The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-11-30 00:00:00

E STATESMAN.

neither the bard weather, Ivor fattu., diminish in any
manlier their zeal for his Majesty's service.
Thuust, Nov. 7.—A letter fyoin Warta, of the
2'.;t:i Cidaber. contains tae foiiowi!ig intelligence
resdecting the Grand Army:-rate Russian corps of
foe Finland division attacked the position of l'olotsk.
On the 1-Ith and lfitit, Nlai•shrl St. Cyr briskly re-
mised them. Gcneral \\Pre: lilsowise heat them on
the 20th. We took abaut IF.OO prisoorrs, r Tong
whom are ma:iy h this number is an
Eoglish Nasal Captain ( Willoochby), ho entered
tire R.ossian service with the rank of Major. The
9th coitps 'cutler the D'aice of has arrived,
frinhrßstoirefei on the enemy's flank. M. Barlow,
Minister from the United States to France, arrived
here on Om srh ; his Excellency yesterday continued
his route for Knningsberg.

Nov. 1 Sg—The following is the position of the

lOtir corps d'armee:—the head-quarters are at
3littan: Gene* d' York is likewisethere. General
ist has under his orders, behind the Eckau,
%Iv! . nflueoce of that river into the Aa to Spoor,
end in the totes-dn-pout of that line, seven batta-
rims, four squadrons, and four batteries of artillery.
There is in camp at Altbcrgfrietle and iannenhausen,
under the orders of Lieutenant-General Massenbach,
six battalions, four squadrons, and a battery and
a hair of flying artiilery. Colonel de lluhnerbein
commands at Eclian ten battalions, of which four
arr Poles, seven squadrons of cavalry, and three bit-
!Trios and a half Of artillery. There are at Anna-
bourg and Stalgen two battalions of Westphalian in-
fantry, and a squadron of Prusglan• cavalry: The
Cen:ral of D:vision, randjeatt, observes the neigh-
bourhood of Friederickstadt, Jacohstadt, and Da-
nabourg, with ten battalions of Polish troops and
• two squadrons of hussars,
CovEx nit.l:7:, Nov. 3.—Ahont 20 merchants have
lately been sent from Fetersburgh to Siberia,
sus-
pected of being attached to France.
Wn.N.s. Nov. 4.—On the 3lst ult. the 2d corps
effected a junction with the 9th (St. Cyr with Victor).
Nothi.ig nem has occurred at Riga. Gen. Tschits-
cLakoff commenced his retreat on the Qtith ult. .

The 7th corps of the army (Itegnier) passed the
Big on the 9.9 th, at Drnghvdschyth The Austrian
tore: {gas i,.1 that liver nn the 3tjih, at five o'clock
u the morninj, and pursued the enemy in their re-
trent.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF 1,f)R:), NOVVIBICI. 28.

The pi; of Northampton was introducrid by
Nl.insuis of ‘Vincirter and tie Marquis of Hert-
ford. The ialt,n..iati.loed Nobici'Marquis tint haling
take:: the oatit9, 'hey atiministla-ed to his Lord-
shi? yt ihe table, and the form of the introduction
avls, in conscinence, repeated. Th..‘ Alarquis of
Northampton's patent of creatlon havito4 been read
at the table, his Lord took the eats and his sear.
Tile Martplis Girndeo was also intrniiticed by the
Marquises of Winchester and Hertford, and his
pattibit of creation having been read at the table, his
j.sadship also took the oaths and hi:: seat.
The oaths ware tolitlittistered to. the Duke of Glim-
tester, the Marquis cf. Lansdowne,. the Earls of
rembrolco, Brilgevrater, Abereavenisy ; Lords Gren-
ville, Arden, ltetlesdale, and other Lords. At four
0',..10ck the House adjourned till Monday (this day).

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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:
moNDAY, Novi:xi:Eß 30, 1812.

We have this morning received French Papers to
Vtlt inclusive, which announce the arrival of
N.\ roLios at Sm .leusko on the evening of the 7th
ils:.ant. These Pal-icrs do not contain a:;y further in-
t,il:..;etice of the Grain!. Amity. S:itolensko i; 18J
milc from Moscow, an/ from PetcrsburA4 ; in
tlt noighb,wri.oori of Smolcosko Jo:an:tide Paris
sulloosil that t`le army will be cantoced, with the
rua:,;azi:tes of ',VE.ia io its rear. T:',2 Russian arnica
ucnLr TounAzow and WITT:.;E,a :LIN, are, it is said,
al‘anei.ig on their flank, and will, •no doubt, en-
t;eavour to intercept tlwir communication with the
lazier place. 'rho Treasury Journals, as usual,
anticipate the destruction of the Fr'ench Army, and
the improbability of BoNAPAitTr. escaping the dangers
of his retreat. These kind of speculations, so fre-
riocAly intruded upon the peblia, are deserving of
vc-y little attention, as they are seldom or ever
realisk.d, and a little time will probably determine
the success or disaster of NAPOLEON in this destruc-
tire enteiprise. We have given some further extracts
from *the French Papers received on Saturday, which
will Le found in a preceding column.

PAr..l3, Nov. 21.—His Majesty, the EMPEROR,
arrived in good health in the evening of the 7tb, at
IVmolcm;ko.—(Gozette de France, Noo. 25.)
We have intelligence from the Grand Army ; his
Iltiajesty arrived the Bth instant, at Smolensk°, in
good health. His Majesty the King of ROME, some
days ago entered his 21st month ; the health of this
august iufant becomes more and more strong.
Some private letters written by commercial houses
In the South, and from the frontiers of Spain, env
flounce that the Preach troops entered Madrid, eft
the *I of November. They do not give any details
Tespecting this mqp—y. (Jourtwi de P4iPpirel NA?
POOR' 25/)

PARIS, Nov. 25.

EXTRACT OF A LET EER FROM BA ROlti TIITRAULT TO

Tut MINISTER A r WAR.

VITTORIA, NOV. s.—On the 29th of October,.
during the absence .of General nouor.v, Durango
was attacked by 180 t, men; Colonel BORD, .who
occupied it'ivitit 900 men, vigorously defended him-
self, and repulsed the enemy.
On the 30th, Mesetz.tuel., marching with 500
men, renewed the attack, and surrounded the place.
General ltotrerri in the meanwhile arriving, defeated
every thing he •met with on his passage. Colonel
Bonn, Informed of General Rouen's arrival by
the fire of his troops, marched from Durango, fell
upon the enemy, routed them, killed 200 men,
wounded 300, and made thirtylthree prisoners,
lamong whom there were one officer and two cadets.
I—This1—This affair, honourable to General ItorieeT and
his troops, cost us but ten men wounded, one of
whom is an Officer. Gen. Itouesv mentions as halt-
ing particularly 'distinguished themselves on this
occasion, Col. Bonn, M. FfiLeoe, performing the
duties of Aid-de-Camp to Gen.-ROOGET, and who,
with QS Grenadiers precipitated himself into the
middle of tho enemy, and sabred many men.
[Here follow praises of other officers who dis-
tinguished themselves.]
PAnis, Nov. 20.—There has been a talk for
some days of the French having entered Madrid.—
This event, upon which there has not yet appeared
any official docuMent, is announced in privateletters
j from Bayonne, as having taken place on the 2d init.
Nov. 25.—The operations relative to the con. i
scription, for 1815, have finished in the greater ;
part of the departments, and the departure of the
conscripts carried into execution, not only with zeal
and devotion, but even with enthusiasm. One
thousand four hundred conscripts, from.the depart. !
ment of the Orne, are already in march; those of the
department of the Stura are admired for their gaiety
and eagerness to answer the call of honour.
LEIPSIC, Nov. 14.—Moro alaat 10,000 Bavarians
are on their march to join the corps of General
Count Warne, under the orders of Marshal Count
General St. Cin ; several columns have already tra-
versed Saxony. We shortly expect the Wurtemberg
troops, who are likewise going to, the Grand Army,
and for whom they are, at this moment, assembling
1200 hertes ; besides the 20,000 men which at first
constituted the Saxon contingent, and Prince 511xx1-
MILIAN'S regiment of infantry, which is, with a bat.
tery of foot artillery, at Grufswald andWalgast, un-
der the orders of Marshal the Duke of Cerricerose,
particularly two regiments of infantry, one of caval.
ry, and 400 artillery-men have been sent.
We continue to use the greatest care to keep com-
plete the Saxon corps which are on service, for which
purpose several thousands of recruits hare been
raised, of whom.provisionary battalions are formed,
in order to render them tit to enter the ranks of their
brethren in arms, who are honourably fighting for
the interests of their country. The last transport,
which consisted of more than 1000 men, set nut on
the last day of October to join the 7th corps.

They are constantly occupied at Torgau in exer-
cising the new recruits ; they display much zeal and
attachment to their King and Country. There have
lately arrived from the Circle of Moldavia and the
North of Germany, several transports of horses,
by means of which all the Saxon cavalry can be re-
mounted; to whom horses will be sent) from time
to time, as they want them.

We are now raising 25,000 conscripts in the duchy
of Warsaw ; 18,000 of them will soon be in a con-
dition fit to march, and will proceed to join the
Grand Army.

We have established five military hospitals here
for the purpose of placing in them, till their perfect
re-establishment, the Saxons badly wounded.
CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 10.—The ci-dcrant Ad-
miral, HATIZ ALI PUHA, has been named Go-
vernor of Ohre and Abanasso, in Upper Albania.—
VAIIED EMINE EFFENDI, who was Ambassador tOi
the Court of France, is appointed Intendant of the
io place of GLOW EFFENDI, who will pro-
bably be raised to another dignity. The Tschauselt
Basch° has lest his place, and other changes ip the
Ministry are expected. A great stagnation in boa-
ness prevails. It is, calculated that .70,000 Perilous
have aied thialpital and its neighbourhood. *-fro
augment the misfortune which weighs upon it, tiro
fires have lately broken out. The* plague hit; also
broke out in Smyrna and Adrianople.

REPORT or• Tut bill CORPS &ARMEE. ,

WonoNowo, Oer. 3.—.0n the iDilt Sept. at ten
in the morning, the sth corps, commanded by his
Highness Prince PeNtarowsiz received orders from!
his Majesty the King of Nano to repair to the !
village of Czerikow, which is on the road from
Moscow to Kalonga. Our advanced guard, which
was composed of caialry and six pieces of horse
artillery, began its march at eleven in the morning,
and was soon followed by the infantry.
At the distance of four worsts, we found, on the
road which passes through a wood, about 100 Cos-1
sacks, whom 1Q hussars, of the 13tb regiment, dis-
persed and pursued. When we afterwards arrived
in the-plain in which the village of Czerkow is id.
tented, end which is surrounded with-woods en every
side, we perceived the pavalry of the enemy, which
was much superior to ours, and Which %TO preparing i
9,ttac4 our advarned cm*

Our cavalry, •in consequence, by*-1t movement
prompt as lightning, formed in order of battle in
two lines,.under the command .of Gen.
DEMOUETTES. Scarcely had our horse-artillery ad-
vanced on a gallop, when the enemy attttked our
! cavalry ; but the 12-th regiment of linlatts, and the sth
!regiment of chasseurs, who supported with intrepi-
,
dill the fire of the Russian artillery,, repulsed the
enemy several times. They attempted in vain to
drive the advanced guard from its position, and re-
! pulse it into the woods ; when our infantry begin to
debouche from the woods, the enemy. displayed new
forces, and brought up reinforcements of infantry
to maintain themselves in their position, where.they
were covered by the road from Moscow to lialouga.
Prince PONIATOWSKI having prceived that the vil-
lage of Czerkow, on the Jigitt wing of is enemy,
and a small wood in the front of their left,
were the most important points of the Russian
position, be quickly sent a battalion to this
village, and occupy it ; but when the enemy were
obliged to abandon it, they set fire to it. A second
battalion was sent to occupy the small wood. The
Prince, after basing lined the great wood with in-1
fantry, both on his rear and wings, advanced some
pieces of cannon to the centre of his position. Im-
mediately upon our ,troops taking possession of the
village of czerkow, and of the small wood, the
enemy attacked with three regiments of cavalry the
artillery placed in the small wood and village.-1
In consequence of .an order from Prince Pow -1
TOWSKI, Prince Sur.KOWSKT, at the head of three
squadrons, attacked with so much visacity and
success the cavalry of the enemy that he not only' re-
pulsed it, but occasioned it a considerahle loss, which
fell principally on the regiment Connopolsey. It
was only then that the enemy deployed his whole
force to maintain himself in his position, and drive
us from that which we occupied. He attacked the
'village several times, and always with fresh troops; I
but our troops repulsed him several times. The elle.
my, in like manner, caused his numerous columns
to march against the small wood. As this great sirt
periority of the enemy, who had besides n grefre.
nnmber of chasseurs in advance and on his flanks,
encreased more and more, •and his forces overspread
the plain, Prince PONIATOWsKI ordered our in-
fantry, supported by three squadrons of cavalry
to attack with the bayonet. The affair then be-
came very warm. About 500 men were killed on
the spot, and the enemy was overthrown. The fire
continued till eight in the evening. Out troops, how- I
over, maintained themselves on the edge of the wood.
Whilst this was passing on the left wing, the enemy,
with 3000 men and ten pieces of cann'on, attacked
our right wing, and made et tempts to penetrate'into
its flank ; but the valour of Tivsetewites brigade
twenty times repulsed. the enemy, who attacked, with
the greatest velocity, although in vain, our cavalry• in
be front, flank, and even in the. rear, in. such a man-
tner, that notwithstanding the inequality of the
fight, this brigade did not lose an inch of ground.—
Night, and a heavy rain put an end to the
combat, which lasted six hours. Our troops
maintained themselves in all their positions, and
particularly in the possession of the village of
Czerkow, which they received orders to take.
The loss of the enemy amounts to some thousands of
men, besides 500 prisoners ;.among them were 300 so
dangerously wounded, that they died the same night
and following day'. Our loss is three subaltern offi-
cers and 110 soldiers kilted, and 300 wounded.

The advices received last week from America, and
announced in the Extraordinary Gazrttc, are, we
understand, the subject of much felicitation among
Ministers. No doubt the capture of a body of men
by inferior numbers, and the surrender of the Gene.
ral in the field, are satisfactory proofs of the high
discipline of the soldiers, and skill of their Com-
mander—but this is only one other proof of the con.
sequences naturilly resulting from a war, the object
of which is not a national one.—llow different was
the ardour displayed by the Americans in their great
struggle for liberty, on the late memorable contest—,
every man was then .artned, as he conceived, in
his own defence ; and felt an enthusiasm and
determination proportionate to the sacred Cause
in which he imagined 'himself engaged. Not
so, at present. The A►tterican nation is,. .0e
doubt, dissatisfied with the arrogant overhearings
oar Ministers, and Air wretched Diplomatists, to!
whom our affairs with that COntinent have been con.
fided ; but the people in general would much prefer
a state of peace—.-nor will they enter cordially into a
war, which they see is not immediately connected
with their own advantage. Thus it is that their invasions
Canada, have beed spiritless and inefficient, and theit.'
troops (if indeed they 'can, be so called) have been
beaten by inferior numbers,almost without resistance. 1
We lament to see that the savage tribes of America have
been called in, principally by the British. We were
in hopes that the scalping knife and tomahawk would
have been weapons unknown in British warfare. We
trust that the Americans May not succeed in a similar
aid. For even the cold blood of the Treasury Bench
must shudder sit the indescribable horrors of a savage
compaign,

We received Letters and Papers on Saturday from
Quebec to the.date of the 23d ult. and the intelligence
is Important. The consegunce of the defeat and anni. '
hilatioa of the American detachment in Upper Cana.:
da, has been the advance of 'Gun. DEARBORN! from
platiburg toyerds the lines of Gott. V8EV0ET,.....