Star.
London, England, 1812-09-22 00:00:00

NAPLES, AUGUST 22.

The Legioneers of the Littoral continue to distin-
guish themselves in rePulsing the enemy.- On the 3d
a frigate having appeared in the Gulph of Policastro
to procure water and prov.isions, these brave men re-
pulsed the clew with their accustomed-valour. The
frigate, after having uselessly consumed her grape-
shot, was obliged to live up her project and stand
off. The enemy having attempted to, water at ano-
ther point off the coast, weserut to flight by another
detachment of troops of the line.
I.E I P ZIC, SEPTEMBER 2.

We continue to receive favourable accounts-from
our troops—they distinguish thethselves by their bra-
very and gr od discipline. We are assured that they
have again advanced, and that they are preparing to
attack the Russians, if they attempt to maintain the
positions which they have taken behind the Divin.
si MUNICH, SEPT. 9.

f 6 The following details with respect to the.toventsl
in which the Army of Bavaria was concerned on the
16th, 17th, 18th, and '22d of August, hive been
published in our Gazelle : . •
a On the 16th of Angust, the 2d and 6th divi-
sions of the army were Placed beneath the orders of
the Marshal Duke of Reggio. The latter, which
consisted of the Bavarian troops, commanded by the
Colonel. General of Cuirassiers Gouvion St. Cyr, was
stationed at Polotsk, upon the right bank of the
Puna. The General of cavalry and Count of the
LinP4deWrede, Commander of the 2d corps of the
tartan army, who had had the French brigade of
light cavalry de. Corbineau, consisting of the 7th and
20th Chaiseurs and thC Bth Polish Lancers, previ-
ously placed at his disposal, was directed to form a
el,ain of advanced posts on the roads leading to Na-
vel and Sebetz. The division Verdier was on the left,
In the rear, the first division of the Bavarian Army,
commanded by the General of infantry Derop, was
pear Polotsk, suiTorted by the division Legrand, the
division of Cuirassiers Demoire, and the brigade of
light cavalry Casteck.
" At noon the advanced guard of a division of the
enemy's army, commanded- by the Prince de Witt-
genstein, att.tekt-t! tl,e advanced posts on the road to
N.tvel; but wab quitkly.repulsed by Major-General
Count de Beckers ; and when, about five o'clock in
the evening, the enemy advanced in greater numbers
to attack a part of the chain Of advanced posts occu.
t by the division of Verifier, be was, in this case,
alco bligett to retire,
" 11,e sth and I lth of the line, de Kinkel, and
sth battalion of light infantry, de Boller, judi.
4044 Jed by Cblopti Baion d'Habermann, who
commaildfd them as a Iltigadier, repulsed every at-
tack of (It_• enemy with- the utmost bravery. From
the. zoirrn:ento of the. enemy, and his reiterated
attempts to aov.:pce by the roads of Navel and
Sebetz,, it was easy to perceive that he 'had serious
intent ioy,s of attadging, .ininrce the division in front
nf. Pe haste.

when the enemy begin - thehtilltack with a fire of
musketry and artillery.
" As the importance of getting possession of Spew'
could not escape the .enemy's" General, he directed
his chief attackstigainst that place, but was repulsed
by General Vincent!, and the troops under his com-
.mand. At length, being reinforced, he attempte4
to carry the village at the point of the bayonet, and,
in spite pf a fire of grape from the batteries which
were upon the let of Spass, he succeeded in making
the Bavarian troops retire to the church, and to the
church and the garden of the castle. The Yd batta-
lion of the 6th of the line,DukeWilliam, then retired
;partly into the Polot*, partly beyond that river, and
`commenced a sharp fire of musketry. At the same
time Major-General de Vincent; made an impetuous,
!Bally from the garden of the castle, and, charging the
I.enemy, drove him from the village with considerable
loss. Nevertheless he continued his attacks upon
Spass, and the entire of. the line, and advanced on
[the road of Sebetz against the French division.
• " The enemy attempted a second time to take
tpass by assault, but was repulsed. Major-General
de Vincenti was wounded on this occasion. Colonel
Count Spaner, who was reinforced by two companies
of the sth battalion of light infantry, de Battler, then
took the command, and repulsed a third attack with
much spirit ; but as the troops which 'occupied Spasi
'vine, in the course of a battle of such duration, and
supported with- so much glory,, overcome with ta.
.tigue, and very much enfeebled by their losses in,
'ldled and wounded in the different attacks, Count
rWre. de had them relieved by four other companies
of the battalion of Buttler, and by two companies
of the eleventh of the line, de Kinkel, and corn,
mitted the defence of the village to Colonel Count
Buttler.
44 The enemy, however, continued his attack
upon the whole line with much obstinacy. Colonel
de Deroy, who had opposed to him the whole of the,
enemy's line from Spass to the point of the wood,
and who was appointed to cover the batteries in his
rear, performed prodigies of valour with the brave
regiment which he commands ; but as his division
was exhausted, he was reinforced by a battalion of
the sth and 11th of the line, and with these he con-
, tinned the contest till night.
46 Although the batteries of Gothard and Graven-
renth, which were well served, mowed down with a
fire of grape whole columns of Russian troops, they,
nevertheless, renewed their attacks incessantly. At
length the part of the village nearest the enemy was
set on fire at six o'clock in the evening by the gre-
nades, and they were, in consequence, obliged to de-
sist from their attacks on that point.
44 Marshal the Duke of Reggio having been then
wounded, Count Gouvion de St. Cyr, who had
himself been previously wounded by the rebound of
a ball, took the chief command of the second and
sixth corps.
" .At nightfall the enemy ceased firing, and occu-
pied themselves in removing the killed and wounded,
the number of whom was very great. •
" Prince Wittgenstein fixed his head-quarters at
, Przesimience, which is only a quarter of a league
I from Spass.
" At four o'clock on the morning of the 18th the
corps of General Deroy relieved that of General
Wrede, which had been much exhausted by the bat-
tle of the former days. The enemy remained quiet
during the morning, but General Count de St. Cyr,
satisfied that they would soon renew the attack, re-
' solved to anticipate them at four o'clock in the after-
noon, and made his dispositions accordingly. The
enemy had collected their forces during the night of,
the 17th, and had increased_ the number of their
, guns to 100.
gg Between three and four o'clock on the 18th, a
battery of 51 Bavarian guns was established on a
height near the village of Spass, and the signal for
the attack was to be a shot from a twelve-pounder.
As soon as this was given the battery commenced a
destructive fire of grape, which reached the Castle of
Przesimience, where Prince Wittgenstein had his
head-quarters.
" When the enemy's advanced guard was routed,
the Russian Artillery, posted upon the heights of
Przesimience, began to play—then the 3d and 7th'
Bavarian regiments of infantry of the line, eons:
manded by Major-General Count Beckers, rushed
upon the enemy with charged bayonets. The ham.'
lion la Roche took the village of Hamernia, about a
league from Spats, in order to menace the enemy's
left wing. The battle became general—General
Ragiovich was wounded severely, and Colonel Zol-
lern succeeded him in the command of his brigade.
General Deroy, after he had directed several batta-
lions to attack the enemy at the point of the bayonet,
was wounded in the lower part of the belly by a mus-
ket ball, and carried off the field.
" The fire became every moment more violent,
and did much execution on both sdes. CountWrede
took the command of all the Bavarian troops—ho sent.
the brigade, commanded by General de Siebein, to
support the division of General Legrand. General,
S:ebein and Colonel de Zollern fought with the
greatest bravery.
" The 9th Bavarian' infantry regiment of the line
attacked the castle of Przesimience, defended by in'.
Pantry and artillery, by order of General Count St.
Cyr. The enemy was driven from it, and having
began to retreat about eight o'clock in the evening,
the victory was complete.
" We took twenty-one guns, many baggage and
ammunition waggons, and 1500 prisoners-4.000
killed and wounded remained upon the field ; but so
many wounded and prisoners have been brought in
since from the neighbouring forests, that the loss of
the enemy may be computed at 17 or 18,000 men.
•General Siebein was detached in pursuit, but he was
wounded. Colonel Baron de Schoeme succeeded
him, and continued the attack with much bravery
and presence of mind, and the enemy was driven
front a defile, where he seemed inclined to take up a
position.
" Thus the brave Bavarian warriors have, on the
banks of the Duna, erected their banners with lau-
rels. In the plains of Polotsk they have answered
the expectations of the greatest hero of the age. This
brave army is the pride of the nation, which might
loudly eikess its joy, if that joy were not adulterated'
by the gnef necessarily attendant on the loss of so'
many brave men who have fallen in their country's
Cause. 'The number. of killed in the Bavarian AIM',
on the ltith, 17th, and 18th pf August; amounts to
;4*—that of the wounded to 1136..-Mari the missing

.• • .: . • 1
~ It was in consequence deemed proper to concen-
trate the 'etond Frtnch division, and • that ofthe
Gera of wfantt y within ;tnd around Polotsk on i
both skits of the Polota, to take post in the village'
of Spass, situate on the right bank of the Pelota, half .
a league is. front of the towir.linlvar of which -two
Ilridges- had been thrown over the, rivers. . Count ;
Wrede was pistcd 4oag.the Polata,' and: occupied
Spats with the first battalion of the. 2d regiment of 1
the line ; Hereditary Prince, and the first company if
of musk, tetra pt tie 6th regiment of the line, Duke
Ili.ilii.ini ; Major-Cenci:4 de Vincenti was directed
to defe..d the village.- . . ' -:-. •-1
At eight' o'ckek the enemy advanct-d in deep is
cc-Limns on the road tit *Navel, againstCountWreders:
rWit v. ing, who liolipt4'
iiitely caused the batteries)!
Oothatd atli..6lavenreuth . to advance ia AO left of
Spas?, ,en a height!' where they were- ad vatic 4geou si y
potted.: 14..! ordered Colonel de vitro tafc.verthese
batteriei irktli O 436
T fith .line; " Wilhasst, and
ti.
to Prestige the cru
uThutiicAtion vii 4%04 $e them
gaTe orders to lidajor-GenesalCoutit,thsaavoiters to ..
- toter the right wing with his brigacle •Srpsysly had.
the troops'ltthi batteries 'comment:est 144 Ingo,

can n stand a charge of the bayonet directed by th
of spreading terror, rout, and confusion •in the Freed
ranks. No troops ever brought into the field two ColonAelms
to 71.5. Likeiluletd..
Cthoelorenealr—e tvet7 CenerGenemaillis.
o e Ad by Fran
onangdthae
three Colonel's, two Lieutenant-Colonels, and eleven
Majors were wounded. e
firm and vigorous arms at m,!n, •
" The Russians had a great number of Generals . . animated with n
killed. triottsm and true military glory.—Look ' `. at the mot;a
uSir. 10.—The Infantry-General Deroy has half starved groupes .of Poles, ,e7;rtem
burghem
since died of his wounds." 1 Saxons, Italians, and Swiss opposed to •
You, brays
The following are the Russian Articles alluded to and gallant Russians—What is it that gives
in the Seventeenth Bulletin a to their arms in the day of battle ?—T ent?"
error l•—Mili.
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. tarp discipline, brandy !—in other Worts plunder, ra.
On the 4th (16th) of August, the Emperor Na- pine, and all the bad passions which
poleon, at the head of his whole army, 100,000 beastialize mankind. What •it degrade and
is that animates
strong, made his appearance before Smolensko. Heyour
b sts on the same occasion '—Pa • • •
was received about six wersts frill the city by the . • mown), indepos.
corps of Lieutenant General Rawesky. The battle dente, liberty, and the salvation of the world
commenced at six o'clock in the mor
ning. and at The Russians have more than once made e, •
noon became most bloody. The courage of the Rus7 ments upon the French columns • Pen*
with the bayonet....
sians overcame numbers, and the enemy was over-
thrown. The -corps of General Doctorow, which in Holland under the Duke of Yoetec—in Italy under
had arrived to replace that of Rawesky, attacked Suwannow—latterly at Pultusk, Friedland, and
the enemy on the sth (17th) at day-light, and the , Eylau—they have shewn what corporeal strsegth and
.engagement lasted till night.fall.The enemy was re• mental firmness can- do against a dastardly crew of
pulsed at every point; and the Russian soldiers, full - hirelings, whose powers are limited to the bate
of that courage and intrepidity which animates them , formance Pte.
in the defence of their country, fought with despe- of militar d tie • d
y u s, an where hernial is
racy, invoicing the assistance of the ALMIGHTY, I displayed not in that enthusiastic enstadsanst of inol.
But during this time the city of Smolensko was a. ial and corporeal energies which charai.etrise }hintl!
prey to the flames, and our troops took a position be- , troops in the day of battle, but in the toollsr
tween the Dnieper, the village of Penera, and Do- . dl
i Dearry of detached parties and single individuk
naghobouj.
The capture of Smolensko, which was reduced to , tish
A Bn lier with his bayonet is more thus
• the match tr 1 chr--- - ith the

ashes by me enemy, cost them more than 20,000 men.
The inhabitants had allleft it previous to the battle.
The loss in killed and wounded on our side• amounts
to 4000. The brave Generals Skalen and Bulla are'
amongst the former. I
We have made a great number of prisoners, and
whole battalions of the enemy's army were obliged
to lay down their arms to escape death. Three re-I
giments of cossacks and three of cavalry overthrew
sixty squadrons of the enemy's horse, commanded
by the King of Naples.
*ZEORT OF LIEUTENANT.OKNERAL COUNT WITTGEN.
STEIN TO HIS MAJESTY TIM. LI.4IIIROR, DATED
" Oswec, July St (August 12), 11112.
66 I have received information from my advanced
posts, that the enemy was making every effort from'
Polotsk to carry them, and by prisoners and deser-
ters, that the French Grand Army was constantly re-
ceiving reinforcements of Bavarian and Wirtemberg,
troops.
" I received at the same time from the Minister of
War intelligence of the junction of the two armies,•
together with orders to attack them immediately in
flank.
f' I accordingly detached four squadrons under
the command of Maj. r Bedragni, whom I directed
to observe every movement of Macdonald's Army,
and give me notice thereof. I advanced against Ou-
dinot's corps, which I met on the evening of the
29th, four wersts from Rochano..va.
•6 Having immediately made the necessary ar-
rangements, I yesterday vigorously attacked him,
with the help of Goo.
" We have taken three ()Ricers and 250 soldiers.--.,
The loss of the enemy in killed and wounded has
been considerable. Their cuirrassiers particularly
have suffered much, in consequence of thair attempts
to take our guns. I caused them to be pursued by
the hussars of Grodno, who distinguished themselves
on this occasion. - •
,g We have lost 400 men in killed and wounded,
among whom we have particularly tp lament the
death of the gallant Colonel Dennissen, who com-
mnnded the 25th regiment of chasseurs, and who was
killed by a cannon ball.
" I mean to pursue the enemy to the Duna."

THE EVENING STAR. •

LONDON.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22.
Liss MAJISTY'S COIIONATION.—HoIiday it the Public 01Ecett,

DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.

/or afirenchman wi, ,e same weapon, because
he has strength far superior in his arm, and becausehe
bas that esprit els corp—that invincible spirit peculinta
the English character, which no Frenchman, and cei.
tainly no Frenchman's slave, ever possessed since dig
commencement of the world.
If we are to credit Sir ROBERT Witsos's desetip,
tion of the Russian soldier, his energies are nearly
=Ur to those of Great Britain, and they onlywaot
tin direction of able leaders to bring-them into 4cticii,.
It is with delight and satisfaction we learn that this
experienced and enterprizing General is now with chi
Russian army, where his Councils must be highly va,,
luable at the present crisis ; the following clemi.offi.
cial account of the battles of Valentina and Smo..
lensko, circulated by Government, has been drawn
up from the materials furnished by that. 'gallant'
Officer. :
" Sir ROBERT WlLsow, who was present at the
" battles of Smolensko and Valentina, has written to
Gi,vernment an account of those two very lariat',
tant actions. He states, that on the 17th Bum:
" P4RTE attacked Smolensk° with his whole forces
a-first on the Eastern, then on the Southern, and it;
" the evening on the Western face; but that he was
a repulsed in all his attacks, and merely suoceedectia
" firing the town. Ott the 18th the lassi .ns took
" position on the right of the Nieper, waitiorwit ata
" tacks but the French merely sent across into de
" suburb, the Span;sh and PortUguese brigade, whiik
were driven back just as they had set fire to the
" suburb. On the 19th the Russians retired on
" Moscow road, when the French attacked their reat:
" guard. The attacks on different parts lasted tki
" whole day, when the Russians effected die retr4
" of their whole army, without the loss of a gunoar.
44 The loss of the Russians un the 17th, is ►tatedlt
" 6000 and two Generals, of the French above tsrdvi
a thousand; and on the 17th each Anny is supposg
al to have /416000 men."
In addition to the above we have seen a letter free
a General of high character in the Russian service,
who fed his division nn the 17th, which states, thal
the loss of the French on that day was not less this
20,0(X) men. We believe every word of these state.
ments—the Russian Generals have not yet acquired.
the art of lying, and the integrity of Sir Roan
Wason is beyond all question. How striking it tbi
contrast between these unvarnisged accounts and thp
French Bulletins!

This measure is now so fir finally resolved on, that
we have reason to believe this night's post will cnn•
vey numerous demi-official communications to various
persons hold'ng public offices throughout the coun-
try, on the subject.

Here we find two Russian Generals killed, ilk
stead of twenty-9000 Roisians killed and takes
prisoners, or wounded, instead of 30,000 ;—and froo
15 to 23,000 French, killed, wounded, or prisonere.
instead of about 5000.
We are not sorry to find, Cron the Seventeen&
Bulletin, that KLTASOF has taken th 3 command of thl
Russian army, which be jollied with the gallant TON
rant from Turkey on the 28th ult. ' We believe kt
'is senior in rank to BARCLAY DE TOW, but aldose,'
' this is a circumstance which ought to LW! nowsieft
in a warfare with DONAPART4 we had the evert SS
auspicious. KUTASOFF is an able and acccmpliati
Osmeral, and in the excellence of his dispositions, hi
caution, and above all, in that happy presence of mind,
which, by a sudden effort and masterly manoeuvre,
decides the fate of a general battle, is considered as
inferior to no officer of the present day—we theiefi re
trust he'will prove a suitable and successful opponent
even to Bo NATARTE himself.
SIXTEENTH BULLETIN OF THE G/tAND ARMY'
Timm*, AtiataT 31.
" The head-quarters of the Emrsaiirt were, on the
-27th, at Slakovo ; on the 28th, near Slenlovo ;on the
29th, in a Cattle one league in the rear of Viastna;
and on the 30th at Viasma; the army m4rchufin
• three columns—the left fortned by the Viceroy, pro'
ceeding by Kanouchkino, Znamenkoi, terectkotes
and Novoe--the centre formed by she King of Na
ma s, the corps of the Prince of ECKSAUFD., :he Duks
of ELOSHNOEN and the Guards marching 4.11 the :ma
coati, and the left by the Prince PcorfarosaigT
marching on the lett bank of the Osna by Whisk
Lou. hke, Pokroskoe, and: Slone kino.
" On the 27th the enemy wishing to nil on sho.
Osma, opposite the village of Kiebke, wok a pOIIUOS

We have received the Sixteenth and Seventeenth
Bulletins of the French Army in Russia.. The for-
mer arrived in town after our Paper of yesterday
• was put to Press, and we gave it in a Second Edi-
tion. Both these important documents are now sub-
joined. They inform us that the Russian army con-
tinues to retire unbroken—and we have no doubt we
may add, undaunted and undismayed, in the face
,of the enemy. No confusion—uo precipitation ap-
.pear in their movements : they burn the bridges,
break up the roads, not a gun, a musket, or a wounded
man is left behind them, and as often as their huma-
nity to their fellow-countrymen will admit of it, they
&sty:lr the granaries andxnagazines. This is, indeed,
.putting desolation as a barrier betlLen them and
,their fierce pursuers. How long this system of re-
treat will last we know not ; but if it is conducted
-in the same cautious, and we may add successful
manner, it must save Russia. We have no Nish to
see the whole Russian army hastily wheel round tporl
their pursuers because we do not think that the ele-
ments have as yet entered the field as their au xili
The inclemencies of a Russian winier, and the state
of desolation and exhaustion of the country, added
to the intrepidity and skill of the Leaders of the
Russian army 4 dispel our apprehensions for the fate
of that vast k:mpire, if the great conflict is deferred
until the moment when the whole energies of the
Russians are seconded by the interposition of the
,usual phenomena 9f climate, or, the- nature of the
,ground. When that day comes, we trust that their
gallant leaders will rely on. the bayonets of their in-
fantry; and ;be *co of the Cusack as alone capable

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eta fila Tngdatae e smog of Notts ctretkj
his eavalry en the left of the enemy, which ameuttted-
en 7or MOO cavalry. Several charges took place, all
to our adVantage. A battalion of the enemy was
penetrated by the 4th regibient of Lancets. A Min-
d,. I prisoners were the result el this small affair.
Tke positions of the enemy were carried, and he wa
obliged to quicken his retreat.
•On the 29th, the enemy was pursued. 'the ad-
*canted guards of three French columns came up with
rte rear guard of the enemy ; they exchannged seve-
ral cannon-shot. The enemy was driven every where.
• General Count CAULINCOURT entered Viasma on.
the 29th, at day-break.
if The enemy had burned the bridges, and set fire
to setetal quarters of the city. Viasma is a town of
15,000 inhabitants: there ate 4000 burghers, mer-
chants, and artisans ; there are 32 churches. Consi-
derable resources in flour, soap, drugs, &c. and large
magatines of brandy were found.
a The Russians burnt the magazines, and the
finest houses in the town were on fire at our arrival.
Two battalions of the 25th were employed with much
activity in extinguishing them. We got it under and
saved three quarrers of the town.
a The Cossacks before they left it committed the
theadfullest pillage, which has made the inhabitants
lay, that the Russians think Viasma Al be no lona.

Eer under theft dominion, since they treat it in so
barbarous a manner. All the population of the

towns retires upon Moscow. It is said there are now
'one millien and a half of people in that great
tity. They fear the result of these crowds. The
inhabitants say that General KvTusow has been ap-
pointed Commander-in-Chief of !he Russian army,
sad that he took the command on the 28th.

a The Grand Mite CONSTANTINE, who had re-
turned to the army, having fallen ill, has quitted it.
'll A little rain has fallen) which has laid the dust

that incommoded the army. The weather to-d.ty is

Very fiaes-Lit will last, as they believe, to the 19th
October, which gives us still 40 days campaign."
4111rENTBEN1H BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY.

" GYjat, Sept. 3, 1812.

I, The NM-quarters were, on the 31st of August,
it Velitchero ; on the 1A and 2cl September at Ghje.
04 The King of Naples, with the advanced guard,
6d his head-quaiters on the Ist, ten wrests in ad-
'mice of Glijat ; the Viceroy had his the same dis-

lance in advance on the left; and Prince Poniatowslci
had pushed forward two leagues on the right. Some
discharges of artillery and attacks with the sabre
were exchanged in each direction) and a fe'w hun-
dreds of prisoners were taken.
* the Ghjat river empties itself into the Volga.
hut w are in possessiini or the course of those
Waters that flow into the Caspian Sea. The Ghjat
Is navigable to the Wolga►
a The city of Ghjat contains a pdpulation of eight
Or 10,000 ildividuals. Many of the houses at% built
of stone and Mick-. There are many parish churches,
Ind seVeril manufactories of linen cloth. It is per-
fectly clear that agriculture has made great progress
in this country withln the last forty years. It no
kager bears any resemblance to the descriptions

which are given of Potatoes, pulse, and• cab-
'loges grow there in abundance : the granaries arc
full. The ptiesent is the harvest season, and we en-
now the same weather here as we have in France
at the commencement of October.

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a The deserters, the prisoners, the inhabitants, all
'agree that the greatest confusion prevails at Moscow,
sad in the Russian army, which is distracted with a
diversity of opinions, and has suffered enormous
losses in the different actions. Some of the Generals
Save been changed. It appears that the opinion of
the army is not favourable to the phtns of Barclay
de Tali : he is accused of having made his divisions
fight in detail.
"*The Prince of Schwartzcnbdrg is in Volhynia :
the Russians fly before him.
" Some sharp affairs have taken place before Riga :
the Prussians have always had the advantage.
." We have found in this place two- Bulletins,
Vaich give an account of-the actions before SMQ.
lensko, and of the battle of the Drissa. They hovge
appeared sufficiently curious to be annezed-to this
Bulletin. When we shall receive the sequel• of
these Bulletins, they shall be sent to the Ai/ea:ear.
'-It appears by their contents that the Editor has
profited by the instructions he received from Mos-
ow) " that the truth is not to be told to die
Russian penple, but that they are to ,be deceive.'
ttli lies."
"Smolensko was set du fire by the Russians.—
They set fire to the suburbs on the Jay atter the
twlle, when they saw our_ bridge established over
Oleo Borighenca They also set fire to boroilld
5111 j, to Viasmi, and to Gl)jat ; but the French
nine up in tithe to ettinguish it. this irtny be
,Nily ebeteived. The French have go interest in
burning those towns that belong tb them) and in de-
!living themselves of the resources which they afford.
'-The cellars have been every where filled with
.tiTandy, leather/ and every species of article that is
Itsdal to an army.
" If the country be wasted, if the inhabitants suf.
ret more than a state of war warrants, the fault is
lithe Russians.
" The army rested on the 2d and 3d in the vici.
lit) of Ghjat.
k It is positively asserted, that the enemy is em.

•
isioyeci 6 lot tng to entrenched caitsp In bout .or
hiojaisk, and has established lines beferV Mostow.
66 At the battle of ktasnoi, Colonel Marbeisf, of
the sixth light cavalry, wat Wotinded 'with a bayonet.
at the head of his regiment, in the midst of a square
of Russian infantry, which he had penetrated with
the greatest intrepidity.
,4 We have thrown six bridges crier the Ghjat."

By letters from Bilboa, brought by a vessel which
left that port ten days ago, we are informed that the
French, having returned to that neighbourhood, had
been twice repulsed by the Spaniards in attempts to
occupy the place ; but on the 27th ult. having a third
time attacked the town with a force Much superict
in numbers to that by which it was defended, they
were successful. They retained possession, however.
but for a short time: the Biscayans having collected
in such numbers on the adjacent mountains, that the
French took the alarm, and retrated precipitately on
the nth inst. without sacking the town or perpetrat-
ing any of their usual enormities. The following is
an extract of a letter on the subject :
" BILBOA, SEPT. 9.

" Since the I tb..of August, when the French
evacuated this place, they have made two attempts
to enter it again, but were repulsed on both oc-
casions by the Spanish troops. On the. 27th ult.
the General in ChW, Count Cafllarelli, at the head
of nine thousand infantry, eight hundred cavalry, and.
several pieces of cannon, entered this town, the Spa-
niards having withdrawn on their approach. The
enemy remained here until yesterday, the Bth instant,
when, about two o'clock P. M. they again quitted as
It is reported that the English have taken St. Antonio."
We rather doubt the intelligence contained in the
Postscript. The capture of Santona, had it taken
place, would probably have been sooner conveyed to
us by a direct channel.
Other letters state, that the Spanish troops had
again taken possession of Bilboa.

By private accounts from Riga, we learn, that the
force assembled in that town is very considerable,—
not less, it is said, than 20,000 men. They are by no
means confined to merely defensive operations, and
must derive material support from the gun-boats and
other craft in the raver Aa, which are manned with
5000 Russian seamen. The following letter shews,
that the garrison was annoying the Prussians ex-
tremely, and had made a number of prisoners--the
fact to which it alludes, was already partially known :
" The result of General Lowts's expedition, yester-
day, is 600 prisoners and eight officers. They were
surrounded and taken at Kekkau. The church con-
taining their stores they burnt. A redoubt of seven
cannon was stormed and taken. Another Rbssian
column had taken the road to Olai, and a great many
wounded have been brought in from Rolbusch. Co-
lonel Trim:mattNtv died of a wound he received from
a pistol-shot this morning, shortly after hewas brought
ha General Loam is returned. The Prussian flying•
artillery at Kekkau retired with precipitation, and
saved their cannon—so that only the seven pieces
mentioned have been taken, They are this afternoon
still fighting on the road to Olai—Rtftsiar. and Prus-
sian wounded are continually bringing in."

.6 ft is added in another letter that the British squa-
dron, under Adrhiml MARTIN, together with most of
the British and Russian gun-boats, had left Riga ;
with the view, as was supposed, of proceeding to Lie.
bau, and landing troops to act in the rear of the
enemy.

“ We have learned from respectable authority, that
the French carry along with them an immense quan-
tity of fabricated Russian paper-money, with which
they pay for such articles as they parchHse in Russia.
The paper-currency of the country enables BoNA-
reriTr•, to resort to this nefarious system, of fraud, and
robbery, which is not new in the tactics of trance
About the commencement of the weir of the revolu-
tion, when the French army entered Germany, the
inhabitants were compelled to tike assignaU in ex-
change for provisions.”

We are happy to be able to contradict any rumour 1
of his Nla.tetar having experienced the return of a
severe paroxysm. The KING'S health, during the
past week, has been as good as at any period since
the last Report of the Physicians.
Yesterday his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK
had an audience of the Pares Renton-.
His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK, as Lord '
Warden of NVindsor Forest, attended the Verderer's
twit, held at Wokingham, and afterwards dined
at General GowEit's, at Bill Hill. His Royal High-
ness was welcomed into Wokingham by the ringing
of bells, and Other demonstrations of rApect. An
elegant dinner was provided at the Rose on the oc-
castor', at %Zilch Colonel VANSITTARt, as Senior WI--
deter, presided, and was honoured with the cam-
party of most of the Gentlemen in the neighbourhood.
The Act of Proliament, by which the aiding of
the escape of French Prtstrners is rebdercd a felony,
ought to be printed in a cbeap form, and distributed-,
in every hamlet, town, and vill age in the kingdom ;
for in many places the law is unknown. It should
also be read frAm the pulpit in every church and
chapel, and published in all the newspapers. The
approach of the winter nights renders such precau-
tions more than ever necessary. • It would likewise
be advisable to enjoin the Commissaries at the dif-
ferent depots to call the prisoners before them two or
three times a-week, or even daily. In France, we
believe that the muster-roll is called over every even-
ing and mornin.,—, and, on some occasions at dinner-
time... The penalties of the act ought to have beet'
extended to those who receive and forward letters,
secretly, s or from primerf o war.

sitrt AltW.
Tl,e Life Cluards, and Blues) appointed for foreign
*twice, are to be reviewed on Friday next, by the
Palace REGENT, on Wimbledon Common.
Lieuenant-Canetal W. STEWART goes nut tti Lis-
bon with the detachments that art embarked in the
present fleet.
By the last accounts from India, the 17th Dra-
goons is represented as the finest corps that has been
in that country.
The 12th Light Dragoons have pilled the highest
credit fur their great bravery at the battle of Sala-
manca. N One charge the enemy were completely
panic struck, and fled at their approach.
This morning 200 invalids, belonging to the Cer-
man Legion, passed through town, on their route for
Harwich.
All the Battalions in England are to send 'detach-
ments to the Peninsula, so as to leave theniseltes ske-
letons to be filled up by recruiting. This is cer-
tainly the best mode of re-inforeing the Marquis of
WELLINGTON.

NAVAL ACTION BETWEEN THE AMERI.
CANS AND ENGLISH.

Dispatches have been received at the Admiralty
limn the British Admiral on the Newfoundland sta-
tion, confining intelligence of the csptdre of the
British sloop of war ALERT/ by the American fri•
gate Essex, after a desperate arid long action, in
which the loss of the Americans was treble that of the
British, and during which the former repeatedly
deserted their guns !
The Essex is rated as a 44 gun frigate, but she is
in fact, like all the American frigates, a 50 gun ship
in size and complement.

The ALE►tT carries SIXTEEN guns—and yet her
brave Commander, with courage truly British, en-
gaged the Essex for several hours. The Americans
have thus had another specimen of what they may
expect from the chastisement of British seamen,

BREAD.—No alteration in the price this week. The
quarters loaf, Is. Bd.
MONTAaulluncorst, Esq. renews his opposition to
Admiral HARVEY and Mr: HOBLON, fur the County
of Essex.

Mr. GASKELL opposes Colonel STRUT? and Mr. C.
C. WEsrEnN, for the Borough of Maiden.
Mr. SHERIDAN, it is expected will have an unmo-
lested return for Stafford.
The Honourable CHARLES WINDHAM and Mr.
ROSE FULLER are prepated tor a strong opposition in
the County of Sussex.
The I)nke of Nonwout will be opposed in the City
of GlouLcater.

The HonourAble Mr. NEVILLE opposes the Sitting
Member for Berkshire, with a certainty of success.
Sir FRANCIS BUIIDETT's class of Constituents de-
clam that they hive a Candidate in Itch% as an oppo-
nent to Mr. MELLIsti, for Middlesex.
Ihe Mai quis of TAvisTocx will, no doubt, offer
himself as a third CAndidate for the City of West-
minster.

Mr. LASCELLES has again declared himself a Can-
didate for the County of York The contest will
again be chiefly between him and Lord MILTON.
MILES PETER ANDREWS, Esq. left town yesterday
on a visit to his Constituents at Bewdley, in Worces-
tershire; as did several other M. P.'s, on similar Di:-
:elution trip to their respective Boroughs !
His Royal Highness the Duke of. BERRY, nephew
of Louis XVIII. is so far recovered from his illness,
as to have been able to visit the house of Mr. CoL-'
NAGHI, in Cockspur-street.
A singular character was apprehended at Leith on
Thursday, calling himself Commissary—General
DOUGLAS, from Bengal. It has, however, turned out
that his real name is fames .Rannie, and he is supposed
to be a deserter from his Majesty's forces In India.
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Richard the Third
was last night performed, for the purpose of intro-
ducing Mr. CHARLES KENriILE, in the Character ofi
Richard. Some men, in the language of SHAKE..
SPEARE, are said to have greatness thrust upon them,
I and this, we suspect, to have been the case with Mr.
C. KEMBLE in the present instance. With powers of a
second rate order very respectable, Mr. C. KEMBLE is
a useful Performer ; but the character of Richard is
beyond his power. The part was more suitable to
Mr. Youxo ; but with the recollection of Mr. Croke
and cf Mr. J. Enlace' full in otir minds, even Mr.
YOUNG would have fallen short in supplying us with
nu adequate representation of the crooked backed
Tyrant. As an attempt to amuse the Public, Mr.
C. Kezinta:'s Richard was received with great indul-
gence, but siihout any encouragement to induce him
to repeat the character. Mr. ABBOTT, as the Earl
Richmond, was very respectable. His combat' with
khard was well managed. Mrs. POW ELL and Miss
S. Boolat supported the ch.tracters of Queen Elise:4sA,
and Lady Anne with great feeling.—The fitithtta of
Midas followed, and received the usual applause.—
The House was very respectably attended.
MARGATE, SEPT. 20.--The strong winds from the
N.E. which have prevailed for the bet few days, have
blown away a great number rf our visitors, who
'daily bi. 4 farewell to merry Margate, and put them-
selves on board the packets for London. The more
fashionable part of the company, however, still' re-
.nor will many of them quit until the middle
or even the end of October. The assemblies are more
genteelly and respectably attended than formerly,
but of course n( t S 3 numerously.
Dunux, Suervaineit 19.—Wednesday night, Mr.
Sheriff HARTY,' attended by RICHARD HAYDEN, one
of the turnkeys of Nev.-gate, went to the house of
M'Keon, (the Keeper of a Gaming Table) just ad-
joining the Head Police Office, and dispersed the per-
sons who were collected at play. He then convicted
the Keeper, on vice, in the penalty of £lOO, and left
Mr. HAYDEN as a guard, to prevent the re-admission
of the company. He then repaired to -the house of
George Thornton, in Crow-street—convicted the pro-
prietor in a penalty of £IOD, and seized the furniture
fpr the purpose of sale in dischaige of thefine. He
then went to another gaming-house kept in Essex
street by one Laurence Byrne, but tit% proprietor o!
the table havink received an intimation of the nature
of the visit refused him admittaace. •

ArriLLIGANCA

MAILS.
Alt. bet. Ala. at;
De6llo - . 1 0 Gaelmity • 1 6
Wattrfora . 1 0 lusty . • 1 0
Cadiz • - 0 V Anhoh • - • 0

FALMOUTH, sEpr. 19.
Nd arrivals. Sailed a few coasters.—Wind
and blows strong.
PLYMOUTH, Stir!: 20i
Sailed the tANCY Cate for the Brest station ;
the INTELLtGuNT, of 14 guns, for Teignmouth.
HELICONI of ten guns, did not artive yesterday,
stated by mistake : it was the atinres, of 18 git
that arrived.

PORTSMOUTH, St PTEMbEIt et.
Arrived his Majesty's ships B,sv4oz and Afars
MESE from the Downs i and the • hip Hero, Stamm'
sox. for Quebec. Sailed his Majesty's til;p PLONEaI
with a convoy for Plymouth. His Majesty's shlj
MARLBOROWGH, with the ships under cdnvoy f )1. Ca
diz and Gibraltar, remain.—Wind S.E. tb S.W. 110
and variable.

DEAL, SEPT. 111.
Can* down from the River his Majesty's ships.
Dtous.na and Success, and Malabar transport with
troops for foreign service ; and his Majesty's ship
CUMBERLAND for off Flushing.
CORN, SEPTEMBER *7.
His Majesjy's ship CIRO!, Captain iliromoinell,
sailed yesterday morning to cruise for the protect►on.
of the homeward•bound West India and North Ame-
rican con'oys. Remain, the Talbot, Fawn, Helens,
and Jalonse, the latter wind•botutd, with her convoy
for the Downs. ViceiAdmiral TMORNDOROUDH
terday communicated to D. CALLACMIANt Deg. for
the information of the Merchants of this city, his in.
tention of appointing a convoy to sail for Lisbon lb*.
first fair wind after the 20th instant.
NAVAL. APPOINTMENTS,
Messra.l4. Tucker and L Poakhlidshipthens to the rank et
Lieutenant.

Captain J. Brisbane, to the PetnbrAe.
Captain H. E. R. Baker, to the Dantnivic.
Captaib J. Wilson, to cite Arab.
Captain Muddle, (a.tting) to the Stately.
Captain Francis 'I erotic to the Armitle.
Captain Charles Hope Reid, to the Fervent.
Ca,tain E. Orey, to the Fairy.
Lieutenant J. P. Baker, to the Bathana.
Lieutenant J. Smith, to the Pembroke.
Lieutenant R. HApman to the Fairy.
Lieutenant Ws H. Rawlins/in, to the Wasp.
Lieutenant L Hackett, to the Success.
Llcuten,utt J. Douglas, to the Surveillant°.
Lieutenant John lirdderick, to the Iphigenla
Lieutenant J. H. Hughes, to the Mackerels.
Lieutenant T. Tridinter, to the Mulgrave.
1.1.-utenant H. F. G. Poison, to the Brambles
Lieutenant H. Tucker, to the Ceatatir.
I.4entehant E. White, to the Horatio.
Lieutenant H. Betsey, to the
Lieutenant C. H. Searle, to the Watspi:e.
Lieutenant Wns. Almer, to the Fervent.
Lieutenants G. Faulip and J. S. Fletcher, to the Metalled.
Mr. George Whitebread. late Purser of the Psyche, to di"
Dartmouth, a new ilvigate billlding.tt Dartmouth.
' Mr. Wm. Bowden, to be Purser of the Ferventa
'Mr. James Galles, to be Purser of the Swan.
Mr. S. Wikoz, to be Purser of the Appellee.
Mr. J. Slater, to be Purser of the Jaaeur. •
Mr. David Patterson, to be Gunner OW thill
vice Mr. Mathew Blood, superanuated.

It Must give great pleasure to the Mends of th.
Navy to observe, that Lord Mitt.vitxt is busily tabs
',bled in a thorough enquiry into the claims of Nara
Officers, whose meritorious and gafarit Services have
hitherto received no ailequate ieshuneration. Its -1
I consequence' of this enquiry; Lieutenant Gnome
KIPPEN has just been promoted 'to the rank of Com-
mander, and been appointed to command the Pam,
mils, one of the finest sloops in the Navy. This
Officer was one of the first in boarding the SAN
Joskr, on the 2/th of Fetnyary,l797. He was thee
on board the Carram, Commodore [afterwards
Lord] NttAox, which was at the same moment en-
gaged also with the San Nicholas. He wasalongsideof
the same hero in the disastrous attack upon Teneriff,
where NELsos lost his arm. In the memorable batik I
of the MLR he so much distinguished himself, that
he was warmly recommended by his Admiral to
Lord St. VINCENT, and was appointed acting Limp
tenant, though he bad not served his time ; and at'
the expiration of his time was confirmed, in coast- ;
quence of a personal application of Lord Mums to '
the First Lord of the Admiralty. In the battle of
Trafalgar, he served an board the Dareaca, Captain
HOPE, now Rear-Admiral, and one of the Lords of
the Admiralty. After the death of Lord NUE%
KIPPEN'S name was found in his list of meritorious
officers ; but till now he remained without farther
promotion. The number of aetious in which Captain
KIPPEN has served, counting regular engagements.
and the no less dangerous service of cutting out ves-
sels, exceeds 20.—The last action in which he served
, was as First Lieutenant of the DNFIANCEI when that
ship drove three French frigates on shore neat
Rochefibrt.

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ERUPTION AT ST. W 10114112/ •-•••iik latter fro* St.
Vincent's, dated July 4, says,
TheWallibon Qum-ter on Sunday night last, wit-
nessed a scene of horror and devastation, much more
terrific and destructive in its effects than even the

memorable night of the awful eruption of the biome
Souffriere. Prodigious masses of ignited substances,
which were ejected from the mouth of the Wallibon
river, effectually stopped the rolling of its waters,
and a vast lake, in a constant state of effervescence, •
had formed near its source, which continued &Lily to
increase till it covered about four acres of land. On
Sunday night last, the diffusion of water, from the
fall of heavy rains, became so great that the frkhoti
ful reservoir overflowed, and the prodigious
burst through the barrier of volcanic combusitiblei
with irresistible fury; and such was its destructivs
impetuosity, that it completely inundated the adja-
cent valley; and besides its ravages in bearing down
a number of .negro houses, several lives were lost,
ancVothevs so dreadfully scalded from the river of

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liquitbate'which overwhelmed them, that their lives
are despaired of. The mountain too, during the
dreadful. scene, had a rettirn of Gas o_,f its Trifle
fever-fits ; its settlings caused a generar cousterna.
tion ; and on the follocioeligistright, about eleven
o'clock, emelt violent on of the earth, such
.s the oldest inbibitaati new experienceode was felt
all over the isboll.".