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London, England, 1813-04-24 00:00:00


THE EVENING STAR

LONDON.
SATURDAY, APRIL 34, 1813.
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In part of our impression of yesterday, we gave
the Bulletin issued on the subject of the defeat of the
American General, Wpm's:site, in Canada, on the
22d January. The interest of this document must
be considerably lessened to the Readers of the STAR,
for we were so fortunate as to present them with the
full details, through the medium of American Papers,
received by us exchuively on the 9th instant. The
documents subjoined to the Bulletin are of another
description. The Americans, who, according to Mr.
MADISON, arc determined to carry on the war 6, ac-
cording to the usages of enlightened nUtions," have
taken upon them, without ceremony, to declare, that
General HULL and the motley groupe of ragged pot.
troons who surrendered with him, in the first attack
upon Canada, and who were most humanely liberated
upon parole, have been exchanged, and that tip•it a
scale never before heard of, even since the reign of
NAPOLEON the Liberator!

A handful of Officers, drummers, and privates of
the Royal Scots, were captured in a transport in July
last, and the Americans, eager no doubt to tebtore
the gallant General HULL to the command of the
army to which he is so distinguished an ornament,
exchange him and his subalterns against the atoresaid
4, drummers and privates," who, by the bye, were
previously released in return for the crew of Attie.
rican sloop of war.
IV the usages of' enlightened nations, a Cony

enn is genetailk eiteted foto, dI which the prki.iplei
:f exchange ate previously settled, but in the present
:ase, the Americans have assumed to theinseles a
sight which cannot be tolerated by•the belligerents
opposed to thena. General HuLt. and his. Officers,
if taken in arms, will be shot in defiance of the ex-
change thus promulgated. We trust, howeeer, that
the mild and conciliatory but firm remonstrance of
C01,,,Del BAYNES, will have the desired effect, for we
!save no wish to see eitretnities resorted to, even With
the miserable beings who tan away at the sight of
Spiitiog and RouniNsea-4, the Indian Warriors:

Letters from New York, of the 20th March, by
way of Liverpool, received in town thii morning;
rnerition that no cartel Mini .Ainerici will be per.:
witted to sail.

, The pressuie of foreign and other matter of yes-
terday did not leave us time to comment on the gra-
tifying details which we communicated. The last
stand made by the shattered French army under
BEAUHARNOIS has, like the rest of their struggles,
terminated unfavourably ; and they can have now no
resting place until they reach the Rhine. The glori-
ous victory gained by WITTGENSTEIN on the sth inst.
near Magdeburg, *was already partially known, but
until yesterday we were not in possession of the de-
tails. The French accounts, it will be recollected,
stated that it was a mere affair of posts Out it turns
out, that instead of rour battalioni, it was a whole
carps d'armEe, of four divisions, 24 000 strong, ram-
)nanded by BEAUNARNOIB himself, which was engag-
ed ; and that it sestained a complete defeat, with the
loss of 1000 prisoners, and 2000 in killed and
wounded, among 'the latter of whom were General*
GRENIEN and GRONDLER•
In order to judge of the importahee of this victory,
we must revert to a late statement in the French Jour.
nals, in which it is asserted, that General LAtousrott,
with five divisions, formed of old troops drawn from
France, and furnished with a numerous artillery, and
double sets of horses, together with a Westphalian
corps, and the first corps of French cavalry, occu-
pied Magdeburg ; that a great military force was
daily Collecting at this point; that Davouse with
the firsts add Vicron with the second corps, were in
the neighbourhood; GRENIER, with the 11th corps,
before Wittimberg ; REGNIER, With the 7th corps.(be-
sides Dundrif's division, and a division of Bava-
rians), at Dresden ; and BEAVIIARNOIS, with the
head-quarters, at Leipsic.
It was intimated that this vast assemblage of troops
awaited only the signal to pass the Elbe at various
points, occupy Berlin, and carry all before them to the
banks of the Oder. ' After a month's delay, during
which lie had been receiving daily accessions to his
strength, BEAVHARNOJS, it seems, thought it high
time u distinguish himself as Generalissimo, by
making a dash at the Prussian capital. A detach-
ment of the Allies, commanded by General Von
33o1sreee, bad had the boldness to approach the
right bank within a few miles of Magdeburg, in or.
tier to prevent the garrison from laying the neigh-
bouring country under contribution. On the 2cl
instant, a superior French force being sent out against,
this Officer, he fell back, according to orders; spread-
ing his light troops en all the neighbouring roads, to
prevent information from being communicated to the
enemy. This precaution was attended with the
happiest effects. Contrary to what we always used
to observe in the Continental wars, the French have
of late been kept in the greatest ignorance of their
adversaries' movements; and the Allies have generally
contrivedto obtain accurate information of their plans.
—Thus it happened in the present instance. Whilst
BEAVIIARNOIS, not knowing that WITTGENSTEIN was
so near him, was flattering himself that he should
march on unimpeded to Berlin, the latter was taking
the most skilful measures, first to surround, and
then to fall upoti him with his entire force. For
this purpose, he collected the corps of Von YORCKp
and BERG, at Zerbst and Leitzkau, on the great south-
ern road from Magdeburg to Dessau, whilst those of
BORSTELL and Bueow were stationed at Nedlitz and
Ziesar, rather to the northward of Magdeburg. Both
parties were to move forward simultaneously from the
opposite points, and the one was to fall on the enemy
with impetuosity, the moment it learnt, by a canno-
nade, that the other had commenced an attack. The
plan perfectly succeeded. The enemy, who had the
advantage of the ground, resisted obstinately ; but he
was successively driven, by the separate detachments
of the allies, from the positions, which he endeavoured
to maintain at three different villages, and alter
having two regiments of cavalry entirely cut to pieces,
lie owed the preservation of his remaining farce only
so the intervention of darkness. In the course of the
night he drew off at all points, and did not even at-
tempt to maintain the defiles, but retreated through
them to Magdeburg, which fortress has been since
closely blockaded on that side. Thus have the French
been already twice defeated by the united Russian and
Prussian forces. 'I heir first attempt, on each side of
she Elbe, has been disgracefully frustrated. The vic-
tories of Luneburg and Mockern have been hailed as
omens of the success of the campaign ; and a solemn
Te Dane has been sung on account of these glorious
exploits, in all the churches of the Prussian Me-
tropolis.

Count MIMES had a long interview with the
?RIMS RBGENTI at Carlton House, yesterday.

AZ'
ARMY;
• •
An:bider bas beesi ;wined GOVeinment to the
Conlin:titling Officer of ill the itegisnisits o LOC.4.
Militia, wait; thirty miles of LOndon, to give op th.'
accoutrements of their respective corps, -for the pur-
pose of being iirsittediausly forwarded tb the North of
Germany: . .
A large quantitY•of arms and =Munition are or-
dered to be sent from the Ordnlinee Dirks of Chat-
ham, (or Harwich, to be shipped for Germany:
Several sail of transports are arrived at liarwir.b•
previous to an eMbarkation daily eipected therti
5000 troops going to the Continent.
The Waterford Militia is on iti,march from Sheiv.:
neA to Dover, to relieve the Derbyshire Militia,
which are under orders to embark fot Ireland.

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The 73d and 91st Regiments of Foot haire Marched
into Cokhester BarraCks.
Wednesday the 25th Regiiitent of Foot marched
into Ipswich garrison from Berwltit-upon.Tweed.

N.fl4tl• INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, APRIL EL

Put back the FAVOURITE sloop of war, with a fleet
for the Doalns. Arrived the Surma man of wai from
a cruize ; also, the American ship Magdalen, be-
longing to New-York, SnTchtuty master ; and the
American schooner Viper, WILLIAMS master, both
from Nantz, with brandy, wine, acc. bound to New
York, captured on the leyth instant, by his Majesty's
ships SUPERB, PYRAMUS, Rovezt, and FANCY hired
cutter, which were left in chace of another schooner,
called the General Marmion, Canana master, also
from Nantz, with a cargo homeward-bound, and it
was expected would come up with hei. These ves-
sels sailed on the 15th; neither we understand have
brought any particular news. The Magdalen and
irr are Ivy fine vessels.—Wind East.

PORTSMOUTH. APRIL 53.
Arrived at Spithead the &MIRE, of 18 guns,
Lieutenant GLANVILL, from the Motherbank, where
she had been performing quarantine, for having had
communication with the ship Fermina, from the Me-
diterranean, which had been captured by a French
privateer, after a very spirited resistance, having one
killed and another wounded, and recaptured by the
SPITFIRE; also arrived the SURLY cutter, from the
Eastward...—Put back the BONNE CITOYENNE, Capt.
GREEN; and RINODOVE, 18; Captain DOWERS, not
having been able to reach the Downs, in consequence)
of the strong Easterly breeze.—Sailed the CASTILIAN,
18, Captain BRAIMER, on a cruize. The FREYA, 38,
Captaiti Soon', takes the next convoy to Lisbon.

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