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London, England, 1813-05-15 00:00:00

THE FAVE,NING STAR

LONDON.
SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1813;
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It is confirmed, by the arrival of Paris Papers to
the 12th instant, that a battle did take place at Lut-
zen on the 2d, between the French and the Allies.—
The enemy claims the victory, and so far as remain-
ing masters of the field of battle indicates superiority,
their claim must be admitted; but when all the facts
shall come to be known, we are confidenethat it will
appear that the force of the Allies remains unbroken,
and that the enemy has gained no solid advantage by
the battle.

It would appear that the contending armies were
concentratf:d for the conflict on the Ist inst. and
that the battle lasted for two days. The Emperor
of RUSSIA and the King of PRUSSIA retired with their
forces towards Dresden, where they will probably
take a defensive position behind the Elbe.
In fact, we believe that it was not expected by mi-
litary men, that the Allies would attempt to maintain
their positions on this side of the Elbe, the French
(though they affirm the rontrary) being superior in
numbers, owing to the numerous garrisons left by

the former in their own rear ; but the circumstances
of the Allies will be improved, while those of the ,
enemy will'be deteriorated in the same proportion,
by the approach of the Russians and Prussians to'
their own supplies and reinforcements.
That the enemy have gained no very decided benefit
by the present conflict, appears from this circum-
stance :—Three days after the battle the enemy had
' only been able to push their advance about thirty
miles towards Dresden, from which they were still
fifty miles distant. This confirms what we stated
two days ago—gnat they are extremely deficient in
cavalry ; indeed, the French Reporter repeatedly
admits that they were greatly inferior in this im-
portant species of force ; and though he boasts that
with their infantry, as in Egypt, they will do all that
is necessary, time will strew that the force of the
Allies is of a first-rate quality.

We will not occupy the time of our Readers in
repeating statements of the enemy ; but one circum-
stance deserves particular notice. They state their
own loss at 10,000 men, and estimate that of the
Allies at '25 or 30,000 men. The loss which they
admit is exactly what they stated themselves to have
lost in the famous battle of Moskwa ; but it was fully
ascertained, afterwards, that their loss on thit'occa-
sion was not less than 40,000. In other words :
multiply the admitted loss of the French on any oc-
casion by four and you will make a near approxima-
tion to the truth.
The conflict appears to have been dreadful, and the
victory r.f the enemy, if it shall appear to have been
la real victory, has cost them so dear, that a few such
victories would annihilate their army. NAPOLEON
had every thing at stake, and even firm the French
accounts we are inclined to believe that in this battle
he has learnt a lesson which will make him respect
the prowess of his opponents and act with much cir-
' cumspection. He was himself with the centre of his
army, which at tl:e commencement occupied the vil-
lage of Kaia—which was taken and retaken several
times—the French centre gave way, " and some bat-
talions fied." Here every thing was at stake—Moe.
Mit was ordered to bring every succour to that
point : 16 battalions of the young guard and 80
pieces of artillery, with other forces, turned the
tide of victory, and extricated the Emperor from
the peril with which he was threatened.—Such,
by the enemy's statement, appears to have been
the real state of the contest ; and the principal
matter of exultation to NAPOLEON, his own escape
from the imminent danger with which he was per-
sonally threatened on that memorable day. There
is therefore no cause for despondency from the de.
tails before us : on the contrary, the whole narrative
proves to us that NAPOLEON is sick of the contest.
He talks now of " the field of battle presenting the
most affecting spectacle !" and remarks, that " Eu-
rope would at length be at peace, if the Sovereigns
and the Ministers who direct their Cabinets could
have been present on the field of battle !"—Hypo-
crite ! What Sovereign—what Ministers, poured
the armies of France and Germany upon the soil of
Russia, only a few months ago ?—You, yourself,
sought the war—you have sacrificed already between
four and five hundred thousand men ! You feel the
impossiblity of bringing forward a third army if you
fail in the present campaign—and now you begin to
sympathise with suffering humanity !

The House of Commons last night went into a
Committee on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, pro
forma,vhen the consideration of the clauses was de.
terred till Monday.—Mr. W. FITZGERALD brought
forward the Irish Budget. The Loan, it will be seen,
1 has obtained on very favourable terms. 'Tie slyw
tales are to consist of an increase of the Custom 1)u-
-ties to the amount of 25 per cent. an advance on the
duties on Windows, Male-servants, Carriages, Horses,
and French Wines.
It is stated in a Dublin Paper, that a great propor-
tion of the signatures to the Petition presented to the
House of Comm Ons, by the Lord Mayor of DUblin,
have turned out 'forgeries ; and that a Committee is
to be appointed to consider of the best means of in-
vestigating them) and of submitting the subject to
Parliament.