The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-08-04 00:00:00

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THE ST.

JPRENCII PAPERS.
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TURTHirt EXTRAMI
BvtoaNit, JULY 18.—We .have just learned that
the English have been beaten berore Guctana, Which
place they had blockaded with troops sent from their,
vessels, assisted by a few insurgents. General %mkt'
senai commanded the French forces. He took fromi
the English five pieces of cannon, which they had
brought on shore,' and 35 prisoners of war, amoifigst
whom are three officers. A great number tied to
the mountains, and our troops are constantly em-
ployed Minting them in. They have left behind them
a' grest.qumber of killed and wounded. All the po-
aitiont were carried at the point of the bayonet, so
that General Messenai completely succeeded iu his ex-
pedition. He had with him the 3d and 105th regi.
mints, and three companies of the 120th.
ARTIGUES (MOUTHS Of THE RHONE I, JULY 9.
—The English frigate, the Ardent, which is cruising
at the Mouths of the Rhone, yesterday sent in a
boat with 15 men, and commanded by a midship-
man, to take on board some, sand from a snail
neighbourieg island which joins the Southern pas-
sage.
Ten of the seamen were Americans, who had
been pressed by the English, and who, conceiving
that a favourable opportunity presented itself for the
reeovery of their liberty, had secretly furnished
themselves with arms. As soon as they had landed,
they compelled the midshipman to re-embark, with
the other five men, and make for the frigate. The
names of these Americans are, James Janson, Wil-
liam Velchessen, John Tehick, John Rey, Alexis
Brestel, Charles Esmet, Andrew Velsson, John Wil-
Hams, William Pelgeon, and Edward Barthem. They
declared, that there were still on board the Ardent,
3'2 of their countrymen, who, like themselves, had
been pressed into the, English service.

WARSAW, 3041'. S.
DIET OF THE CONFEDERATION.
FOURTH ItiI'ITING-31.xx 2.
The Secretary-t ;Amend presents the Accessions of the Aethori-
ties, and of the different persons who wish to Confederate.
A note is afterwards read by M. Ferjus, a Lithuanian, for-
merly in the Diet of 1791, for the circle of Kewno, and the
I)uchy of Samogiia, iu which be puts the following ques-
tion :
According to the sth Article of the Act of Confederation. the
towns of the Duchy of Li:lsaniat are empowered to send Dele-
gates to the Council General of the Confederation, to give in
their Accessions and become Alembeis of the Confederated Diet,
in conformity to the rules and forms prescribed by tue Constitu-
tion of Poland of 1791.
The Secretary-General is desired to ,earch in the records of
the Polish laws of 1791, to ascertain tic form according to
which the Constitution admitted the towns the election of Dele-
gates. The seeretary-General is enjoined to furnish the Coun-
cil with a collection of the Polish laws, and with maps of the
ancient territorial divisions. Baron astauraks, the Canon
Kormian, the Abbe of Zarnose, nod M. Al. Alexandrowiez
and Tarnowchl, Delegates to his Majesty the King of Saxony,
and his Majesty the Emperor. are admitted to an audience, and
express their Thanks to the Council for the mission with which
they bare been honoured.
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The Ode is supposed to be the production of M. Francis !al-
zynsk i, Nuncio of Cujavia. In another Ode, M. Tymowski ce-
lebrates the enthusiasm of the Polish nation, the glory of our
Benefactor, and our gratitude. M. Francois Tymowski' and
M. Startier, address verses to the Polish army, and the Lithu-
anians. These poets have addressed some verses to the Lithuanian
Union, and predict that the country will be the grave of the
Russibu power. A military Cantata, by M. N monclewicz, was
performed at the National theatre, on the 10th of Jnue.
VirNsA, Jut.y 15.—A1l Officers absent, with
leave, are ordered, without exception, to proceed to
the quarters of their regiments. A new levy is also
talked of, as about to be made immediately. .The
head-quarters of Prince Scltwartzenberg have been
removed to Zamose. It is said, that thesDuke of
Treviso has arrived there; that he has reviewed the
troops, and found them in a high state of discivliue.
Several letters from Moldavia say, that the Russians
are busily occupied intrenching themselves on the left
of the Pruth, which has given rise to an opiujon,
that their intention. is to cede all their territories ou
the right bank, in Wallachia and Moldavia.
JULY 11.--The Emperor is expected at Badea on
the 14th. The apartments which his Majesty before
occupied In the Conient of the Augustin 9 are getting
ready for his reception.
BERLINj JULY 11.—All the letters which have
arrived from Konigsberg, Elbing, Memel, and other
towns of Prussia, inform us, that several' numerous
corps are actually on their march through Eastern and
Western Prussia, on their way to Gumbinnen and the
Niemen, to reinforce the Grand Army, which now
covers all Lithuania. The Decree of the Count of
liogendorp, Governor of Konigsberg, has prevented
the disorders which might have been the consequence
of the movements of a great army. No military
man dares to depart from the route pointed out ; the
other roads serve for the intercourse of the inhabi-
tants, and the country in the midst of war and its

FIFTH SITTING—JucT S.
The SecretarpZeneral, pursuant to the order of esterday,
made the following report. having produced the Constitution
of 1791, he showed, that the cities of the crown of the tirand
Unchy of Lithuania had the rght of electing and sending Delia.:
ties to the Diet. He read, iu order to explain the sth article of
the Act of Confederation, a project, the tenor of which is, that
the towns in the Provinces evacuated by the enemy, may, ac-
cording to the Polish laws, assemble in Dietines, and that the
I)epuites whom they shall elect, to declare their will with re-
spect to the General Confederation, shall he Members of the
Confederated Diet. The memorials of several of the Ilanivipal
.Authoritieli. and of several private persons who wish to accede
theonfederation. were read. hi Golaszew4d, Bishop of
rigri, moved that certain principles should be laid down, ac-
cording to %bit*, Leclesia tics should be admitted to accede.
N. Orvidcski was desired to prepare a report on the subject.
A deputation of the Royal Society of the Friends of Science
received. U. Bohurz, one of the Deputies, delivered a
discourse, full of energy, and was replied to by the Prince
Martial. On the motion of Count Zamoyski, Palatine Sena-
tor, a Proclamation is to be issued, the object of which will he
to explain the Pith Article of the Act of Confederation, and
which will be addressed to the Poles who are In the enemy's ser-

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the God of armies r and required the adialtraftWat or w Bnekberts to Hofen ; the houses are in forwardness,
~ and the population increases daily.
guns were fi . ...ctu,r_trsrlNOPLE, JUNE
sneilli ittnerey proofeleedli.l trilt. tot hYe cathedral teda rnaelehcts°reilhv,Getavhit:rill'e' the 1
fel 1 . i 1 - • 10.—The news from
Nms.ikowskie "haunted the re Down, while the
The people, the trading corporations, assembled iri aectV : Cairo, of the 30th of April,
around the castle anti the chnecb, sent forth repeated
‘..eri es 1 ~ Our
:Governor, are as follow :
p,•„„preio Is Pstand—Lsoctiee Me Emperor I vacate— !Mehed My Pacha, left- this
Long bye our King r . . . . _._
natlo,__,
_,_ I.plowe unexpectedly yesterday, with a fevraVendants,
zsin themigraftekiernme,n.wtrnthitodiamill drerVecincienorms ExciTtleennel;lamthil : til.Alcxafterrilt, where it is said that lie Will remain
der, The men hod cockades of the OW coloirrs i for some tiank. The real cause of his journey is
tFeesteh Atahafeader. I
not known. Several couriers have arrived from
on #feir rims. At night the city wits illotnittatrti, and iranspa-
the front of the , Jumbo, who,
rendes were every where rill-tidied, with the inscription—Po. !
lad trig Los,: Hoe the Emperor !--On not finding the Governor here
.set off
bornea of the Baron de, Bignon was an illuminated white eagle, :immediately for Alexandria. • *Since-114r arrtittri' tr
Ruth these words underneath—lle reviver, nroerognin to Elie .
report has gained ground that some English vessels
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The day was (Cr iinated by a spectacle analogous to cirenmstau- i
ees; at the close of the ptece, the audience, with one accord, i have appeared. in the Red Sea ; and that the couriers
;bate been dispatched in consequence of this circuta
cried aloud—Lnee live the Eniperor—Loog lin,- out-august Pro-
tector !--Here followedthe discourse of M. Wadzynski, Nuncio ,
stance. Jussum Pasha is still at Jumbo- ; lie has not
of Brpese, of Cuiavia,.filled with expressions of gratitude tnr
our preserver, enthusiastic as tiralions for the -anion a turd con- • been molested by the Weclinbites, who, it is pro.
Li
cord, and hope for the future pions of the Polish nation, if , bable, will soon be entire) driven out of the Otto-
they should bravely unite for_ t to destruction of the common ; y
soelo ...whow power, menaced with destrnetibn, by the invin- ; man dominions." .
Mile armies of his Majesty the Emperor and Kiug. must of ne- i • PETEttsnunGll, J ONE 19.—M. Herman, Director of
scarify }held in the maroonl contest, and serve as the basis fur the ,
i the mines in Russia, has just published a pemphlbts
future pm sperity of Poland.
The Nuncio then invites the whole nation to show by their , in which he gives the annual produce of these mines
generous efforts, nail their inviolable fidelity, the gratitude and : as follows,
in pounds :-11 of gold, 1250 of silver,
attischmint they must feel for the arbiter of their destinies, their
Abgnst Protector. M. Deliouski, Nuncio of Cazimir, aim- • 50,000 ollead, 2,026,557 of copper, 9,722,7/6 of
pares in his discourse the aucient Con:ederatlons, which were i enwrouglit iron, 5,838,957 of bar
iron) 3898 9f
so many focuses of disunion, with that which has restored out
,' vitriol.
political existence, mewed by the genies and power of Napo- I ”
[The pound is equivalent to.about 33 old P
Leon. Ile endeavours to inspire the nation with an unreserved i rench
attachment to the Hero, who has re-established order in France, : Byres.]
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and in whom regenerated Poland should repose all her hopes. • •
The revenues which the Government derives iiii
[Here follows a succinct view of the revolution, and the acts
of the Diet, in the form of a letter to the I. ditor, olds details average years from the metalline produce of all . the
of what has taken„,place up to the 40th of June—the arrival of 1 mines of the Empires amounts to the sum of 6,463,535
the French Ambassador—the Convocation of the Diet by the
rubles.
Ministers of the King bf Saxony, Grand Duke of Warsaw— i
the election of the Prioce Marshal of the Diet—the reception of i AUGSBURGIIs JULY 15.—The Russian Ambassa-
the Embassy—the emit
smilax of the Diet—the discourses in the j dor arrived here last night on his return from Paris.
Senate of Prince Jablosiowski, Om itt Zamoyski, and lbeSena ,
for Wybicki—tbs choice of the Deptantion.of ten Members to , hie alighted at the hotel, of the Three Moors, where
Present the Project of the Act of Confederation, and then a he slept. He resumed his route this morning .for
lively view of the pobliejoy.4 of, the enthusiasm and energy kg . - • • , M.
which the whole nation is animated.), • tut" ssia.
The Gazette cites an Ode, in the national laagunge, in width FRA,MPORT, JULY 19.—A Decree of his Impe.
the poet celebrates the second birth of Poland, and arouses a rial Highness the Grand Duke has been published
spirit of patriotism, and a feeling of gratitude, for the invincible here, With respect to the oigaiiization of the city
Monarch who has restored our independence and our laws.
I Guard. By this Decree, the division of ci( Wan.

,tuard. Hy this ..tty .
try, not comprising the corps of musketeers, is dis-
banded. There will be four battalions of 600 melt
each, one company of grenadiers, and five of 'fusi.'
leers, each cotesisting of 100 men. A- Colonel and
four Commanders of Battalions will be appointed.
The company of grenadiers will be composed, ex-
clusively, of the sons of citizens, in good circum-
stances, who will not be received without the consent
of their parent's or guardians.
All Citizens, of the first and second class,' who
have not passed the age of sixty, shall be held lia.
ble to personal service ; but, notwithstanding, on
showing good cause, will be permitted to find sub-
stitutes, except in cases of urgent necessity—such as
revolts.
Count Dorsenne, General of Division, Com-
mandant of foot grenadiers of the Imperial Guard,
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, and Cham-
berlain to his Majesty, died yesterday, at Paris,
after a long and painful illness. This officer was
one of the youngest Generals, and one of the oldest
soldiers in the army. having joined, in 1792, the
first battalion of volunteers of the department of Pas
de Calais, he was present at the first affair which oc-
curred nt the commencement of the revolution be-
tween Lille and Tourney, and was wounded. Since
then he has been present in all the most memorable
campaigns—and every where distinguished himself.
He was, when with that tine army of Egypt with
which inch glorious recollections are .combined, pro.
muted to the rank of commander of a battalion, after
an assault ; he was sometime afterwards appointed
Colonel of the 61st regiment of infantry of the line.
He distinguished himself at .the head of this corps
(luring the whole war of 1805, and it was after the
battle of Austerlitz, where• his regiment behaved
--Ilantly that he 'as honoured by the COlll.
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