The Statesman.
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"r• STATES MAN.

LONDO'V
WILDVESDAY, rEBRUAILY 24, 1813.

A Gottenburgh Mail arrived this morning, bring.
ing the following intelligence :
Ccvvvrar nun, FES. 13.—Colonel Grusenau, a
Prussian Officer of great distinction, set off from
this place to Cirlsham yesterday, and it is said is to
have a command in the Prassiau army : he arrived a
few days ago from England.

REPORT PROM PIELD.MARSH f. PRINCE RETIMOW 07

otoLzirig, TO HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, DATED

READ-IWARTFIV; yYCu, 6TH (1S) JAN.IO.4.RY.
46 Admiral Tchichagoff reports to me, that on the
2d (14) January, the enemy was driven behind the
River Nogat, and that Elbing, Marienburg, and
Marlenwerder, were taken by your Imperial Ma.
jesty's troops.
64 Count rlatoff still pursues the enemy, en the
road from Marleuburg towards Dantzic. In the
mean time Lieutenant-General Sitepeleff has crossed
the Nagat, near Sommerau, and molests the enemy
on that side. The enemy left behind him seven
pieces of ordnance on the road froth Truentz to Da.
merau.

" As soon as I shall obtain a more particular
Occousit of this, I shall have the honour to report it
to your Imperial Majesty."

DEPORT FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME, DATED 7TH
(19TH) JANUARY.

g' I leave the honour to report most humbly, that

after the taking of Elbing, on the 31st December

(12th January,) the enemy was driven from Marien.
b org Near Doshau, he attempted to keep posses.
sion of a tilte.de.pont, but being also defeated there,
' he commenced his retreat in two columns, in the
direction of Dantzic and Stargard. Count Platoff
continues to pursue him conjointly with the corps
of Lieutenant-General Snepeleff. Near Marienburg
we conk upwards of 300 prisoners, andin Dushau
ahos.4 SOO, together with t considembri number of
sul.l.;se, s.

64 :lie enemy left in the hospitals of Marienburg
40 officer-, end 726 rank and file. The first day of
this year (0. S.) was crowned with a double success.
The Adjutant-General of your Imperial Majesty,
Cherneskoff, arrived on the 30th of December (11th
January), in the neighbourhood of Marienwerder;
the following day he attacked the enemy at day-
break, and drove him from his position with so
much suceess,.that he took one General and some
officers, sod upwards of goo rank and file; and also
15 pieces of ordnance, that were on the tete.de-pont.
The enemy was obliged to leave in Marienwerder con-
siderable magazines and hospitals. After this sue-
cvs3, Adjutant-General Cherneskoff crossed the Vis-
tula, anti continued the pursuit of the enemy towards
Neunburg, where the latter had a most advan-
tageous position; he therefore sent oat a corps of
'Cossacks, in ordor to get into his rear, and to occupy
the roads fretn Neunburg to Graudenit, Bronberg,
and by this movement he forced the

Imperial Majesty's glorious troops
the Ist (13th) Jan. Neunburg, the Arst
bank of the Vistula."

ACCOUNT FROM THE ARMIES.

mkt. in Chief of the armies, Field.
'rince Kowtow of Smolensk hits, on

seetwor -1. •
Dints. FEB. 7 --That which pays the highest the 13th January (N. S.) of thilyearf transmitted to
etdoeiom to the financial measares adopted by Go- his Imperial Majesty the following report, from his
ye, nitwit is, that th..y have not iu the least suffered head-guarters,.at the village of Meretsck .I.
by the late military events. 1I tg In all accounts received from the army, state-
Up to the present time, considerable sums have !
ments have been given of the extraordinary great
been sent front all the provinces of the Monarchy, :
fo'r the relief of sick or wounded Prus43:l soldiers. : losses sustained by the French army within the
'NAPLES, FEE. I.—Private accounts received from ' borders of Russia, in the course of the present am-
Sid!y, represent that country as in the most *dePlo- I paign. Such publications may, at times, appear to
rable state. Notwithritanding all the millions- which be exaggerated, or inserted through partiality ; but in
England has spent during the last seven years, in de-
confirmation of them the original report on the con-
of.. t. at island, she has not a great number of i
partisans ; two-thirds of the inhabitants would , dition of even the French Regiments of the Guards;
willingly' dispense with haring English forces with which has lately fallen into the hands of the General
them, or rather with seeing the• English meddle ,of Cavalry, Count 'Wittgenstein, since the expulsion
with the affairs' of the island. The convocation your
of of the French over our borders is laid before
borders,
,is
a Patliament, only had the appearance of I Imperial I Majesty, from which it clearly appears, that
a . bad farce; and the promulgation of a Consti. I
by the confession of the enemy himself, shows his
tution, eich was only promised, not to be en_ t
euted, imposed urn no person. The manner in ; own ruin in a still more dreadful light, and serves as
which they hare treated the Royal Family has greatly : a substantial proof of the total destruction of his
au•-ismented the number of the disconteuttd. All the il army, as likewise of every thing. else that has before
clergy are Anti.Eitglisli, and evince the most lively •
: been made public."
_ resentment against the measures which have been °
adopted. Fresh plots are daily organized at Messi-
na or elsewhere. A great number of respectable in-
habitants of that town have just been arrested on
sespicimi of treason, and we are assured that they
are going to be proceeded against. The sufferings
and misery of the lower order has reached the
greatest height. Public industry is entirely annilii•
Wed, and half of the population is reduced to men-
dicitr. It is impossible that this state of things can
last long.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armies, Mar-
i
' shal Prince Kutusoff of Smolensk, has reported as
follows, to his Imperial Majesty, from hii head-
quarters, Orany, Dec. 28 (Jan. 9) :--
• " Konigsberg, the ancient capital of Prussia, is
subject to your Imperial Majesty. This vast city
I was occupied, on the 25th Dec. (6th Jan.), by the
Count Wittgenstein's advanced guard, under the
orders of Major-Gen. Shepelelf.
" Marshal Macdonald occupied the town, with a
corps d'armee, cotnposed of the old French Guards,
and some troops-who had escaped the general de-
struction of the enemy's Grand Army.
" The wreck of his particular corps, constituting
part of this total, was reduced to 2500 men, after
the Prussians separated from them ; there remained
to him in all but about 7000 men. At the approach
of the advanced guard, which briskly pursued, the
enemy, without halting, passed by Koningsberg,
and abandoned it to Major-General Shei3eleff, who
entered it w it:tout meeting any resistance. This as-
tonishing facility, in giving up the possession of this
city, is a consequence of the Nicteries with which
the arms of your Imperial Majesty have •been
crowned during the last two montl.s.
46 Macdonald's corps is pursued by Wittgenstein's
and Adm. Tchichagod's army, by diagonal routes."

The Commander in Chief of the Armies, Field.
Marshal General Prince G. Kutusow of Smolensk,
has transmitted to his Imperial Majosty the following
Report, from head-quarters, at the villai;e of
Meulsch, dated 29th Dec. (Jan. 10) :

64 I hale the happlueis of most submissively in-
forming your Imperial Majesty that, previously to
our taking possession of the city of Konigsberg, thd
vanguard of General (*ono. Wittgenstein, under the
command of Major-GeLeral Shepeleff, whilst con-
tinuing to pursue the enemy from Tilsit, came p
with him on the '23d instant (Jan. 4), near Lob, a.
" The enemy had here taken a very advant'‘geous
position, and the engagement, in which he I ,st three !
cannon, and about 300 men of the lower ranks,.
continued half a day. After that the enemy was
completely beaten ; he commenced his retreat to
Koningsberg. Major-General Shepelefr seized on
this opportunity, drove the enemy six German miles
before him, and forced himself on their shoulders
into Koningsberg, which was taken possession of
by our troops at two o'clock after midnight on the
125th December (6th Jan.) :—I3OO men were made
' prisoners in the city itself. 1
44 The enemy retreated with such haste, that he
threw 30 pieces of artillery, with the cartridge boxes,
into the river; and left behind him 6000 men, who
were wearied out, and who were made prisoners
by oar troops. Very considerable quantities of
provisions and forage have fallen into our hands at
Koningsberg. The guns which were thrown into
the water, are of the number of those which were in

Courland, and are now drawn out again by the
inhabitants.

" This success, although of so much consequence,
has nevertheless not detained Majer-Lienera.l4he..•
peleff in the further pursuit of the enemy. General
Count Wittgenstein attributes. it to the wise measures
of General Shepeleff, his dispatch, and determined
bravery."

On the debate of last night, we have to congrttu.
late our Readers, who must naturally think with us
in a great measure ; and we have also to congratulate
the country at large on the Prospect of seeing one of
the sincerest, and as he will shortly be, one of the
most powerful friends of the people, likely to ren-
der them that service which they so much stand in
need of. We hive always maintained the opinion,
that Sir FRANCIS BURDETT would ultimately succeed
in his honourable and patriotic design. If, like the
young warrior, impelled more by courage than'cau-,
tion, he has advanced towards the enemy with.
out observing that the main body of his friends
could not follow him, pail passe, we have not
admired and loved him the less; we saw him, to
be sure, in more dander, but we took the more in-
terest in Mr preservation, and we prognosticated
that, in every renco►itre with the foe, he would ac.
quire a further confidence from those who enlisted
with him in the arduous and honourable, though un-
profitable warfare. Yes, this flistinoished young
Senator is ebout devetop those talents which en-
quiry, study, and reflection have so enviably en=
dowed hise with. lie reminds us of the description

one of our best and beloved Poets gives of himself,
when be says
44

When I was yet a child,
'• No childish play to me was pleasing,
" All my mind pas seriously bent to learn

N4VAL INTELLIGENCE.

Pirmiewrn, Fes. 41.—Came in the D tblin, 71,
from of the Western Islands; and the Conqucata.
dor, from off Breqt.

" And tors* what might he venue noes; • Char., Fee. 23.—Come down from the River the
4' Myself 1 thought born is unit mat,
PliSrtilcluediars his not
Al ijk(.sty's known.
ships Asia,Salsette,Ditpatch
Haddad, Nesbitt, for India, • and several others;
" Bora to promote all truth, alkightenas thlegs.
In the discussion of ,the REGINCY BILL, which a
the worthy and truly independent Member for and York; Cumberland, Hope, and Walmer Castle',
mouth. The other East Indiamen and the convoy
Westminster proposed last night ; running ships, for Ports.
the House of ; East Indianten; and sevefal
Commons, may be said to have made some degree of ;
' stiPliorfte•rmsamino.ovs, J.or. 23.—Arrived his Majesty's
reparation for the unjust opinion it may aforetime
ship Escort from a cruise.
have entertained of the views of this their promising ;
v
Member, whose whole fault it now turns out was the; Sailed the Panshian, with a convoy for the Downs .
possessing a precocious understanding, and a firmness . the Spitfire, with staled orders, for Lisbon ; his Ma:
of mind where sech qualities appeared (though not so I iistra ship Slag, for off Cherburgh ; and the Ts.
Zephyr is appointed convoy
acknoWledged) as prodigies in the place where sub. I 1 risnand Camel,
on a cruise.
szrvience is expected on 'l. first entrance. The very i His Majesty's ship
for
Guernsey and Jersey.
opposers of his measure, if they can be called cip..l FALMOUTH, JAN. 21.—Arrived the Duke of Marl.
borough packet, from Lisbon, in five days. On the
posers to it, who ground their objection on the as.
sertion, that the adoption of it was not called for byl 15th inst. his Majesty's ships La Pique and Myrtle
existing circumstances, did him honour. Although, r sailed from Lisbon, with a convoy for England,
in the division of the numbers, the Hon. Bart. is in a .consisting of about fifty sail, chiefly transports.—
considerable minority, yet we view the whole
By the Marlborough we learn, that his Majesty's
ship Magicienne has captured and sent for Gibraltar
proceeding as• one of the completed triumphs of
the American privateer Thrasher, of 12 guns ;also,
reason over prejudice, or rather over precedent, that !that Tour schooner privateers, of 16 guns each, are
in the Aerie-
,
has been witnessed since the 'American war. Mini. !cruising off the coast of Portugal'. Caine
sters*Ould naturally move heaven and earth to bring vicars brig hope, from New Orleans, for Boortleaux,
, pery the
sloop
ernen pri
of war,vateer, left Monteovrey Video,Tile onne
for Rio
would, one and all, have stood condemned for havinJaniero, 37 days before the St. Anselmo, which ar.
g'
•so long carried on the Government as they did with- I rived here on the 19th inst.
out an Executive Head. The argument of no necessity 1 .

existing was certainly no trason for rejecting the
measure ; for, as the /fon. Baronet observed, It was
his wish to be prepared for any emergency, and not
to wait till the necessity should come upon us.

OLD BAILEY.

Yesterday the Sessions coded, when Sentence of Death was
passed on the following Prisoners, viz. Ilymey Franks, for a
highway robbery—Eleanor Condon. Abraham Moses, and J
M` Dowell, for stealing in a doelling house—John Main wright.
for a burg] iry—Wm, Allen, alias Thos. Eldridge, for a Ilk
Yesterday morning, as. we noticed in our Paper, ! offence—Antony Jtveph. Joseph Franks, Richard Rubel:sone
Thomas Blade, Edward Staples, Samuel Smith, Wm. Thump
son, illi..m Perkins, alid Mary Walker, alas Bond, aliit:
the Cabinet Council met, agreeably to summons, at
the Foreign Office. All the Members arrived at the Slni h, for privately stealing in a shop.
Five were ordered to be Iran ported for fourteen years;
Office by half past ten o'clock, and proceeded to for seven years; two were ordered to be imprisoned in the
business. They continued their deliberations till loiteneovfesurraenciitnairt l:lerk•uMell. for s(v:Zrrisentochhe'
len
of prisoned in year,
for various per od ; tree to be privately
near one, when they adjourned to the Secretary
and one publicly whipped 8 18 m . s were respited; two
State's Officfi for the Home Department, to meet a per,. tined each, and discharged; /3 w-r • cle,charged by
proclarnatiou.—Sessions adjourned to the ith April nest.
number of distinguished characters, and to proceed

further on the subject of the Perseus! of WALES'S •
This morning seve I Mails were due from Gotten.
burgh, one of wide.' (the foit-th) has arrival.
The Right lion. Tilust is G wax ri I.l.Eis a candidate
for Buck•, 0 succeed E 4-1 Teem, now Marquis
of BicKINGEIAM.
Tee Vice-C iancellor's Bill, /is etwerfe•' in the
Committee in the Commons, allots to that officer
50001. per annum out of the dead (dud in Chancery,
and 25001. per annum out of the f..es of the Lone
CHANCELLOR, making the whole salary 75001. a
year. Out of the dead rued also, '2OOl. per annum,
is to be paid to the Vice-Chancellor's S.,cretary ;
1001. to his Trainbearer ; and 801. to his Usher.
• A Court of Common Council is summoned to be
held at twelve o'clock, to-morrow.
A Meeting of the Oeputies of the Protestant Dis.
senters in and•near Landon, was held yesterday, %V.
SMITH, Esq..M. P. in the Chair, when it was resole.
ed to Petition the two Houses of Parliament, for the
repeal of all laxs which impose penalties or disabi.
lilies 'on persons rho dissent from the Established
Church. L
We
rejoice to find the Dissenting aity
thus concurring with their Ministers.
A lamentable case of parricide Otcurred at Carn-
wath, the end of cast week. A young man, named
Aiken, having returned home from an alehftse, and
being reproved, on account of his 'dissipation, by his
father, impiously lifted his hand against his parent,
and with one blow killed him on the sent.
It is said, that the wretched mu td-,r,•r of Mr. Sex,
borne down by the weight of his atrocious crime, af.
The lobby of the House of Commons, and all ter taking leave of his wife, drowned himself in the
the avenues leading to it, were crowded early yes- river at Crroombridge, wherein his body seas found
terries to a degree we hardly recollect to have wit- two days afterwards.—(Sussex Advertiser).
nestled. The Members who were hurrying to attend An Edinburgh Paper of Saturday last says, " This
two ballots for Election Committees, could hardly morning a troop of the 6th dragoon guards set cut
make their way to the House, until an additional for Perth, in consequence, we understand, of seep-
number of Constables were procured, who had suffi. toms of insubordinatieu having appeared among Ate
cient trouble to keep the way clear. Public ex- militia stationed at that place. We have also heard
pectation, it seems,, had been raised to the- utmost that a correspondence has been detected, carried on
pitch, by the various rumours of the discoveries between some of the regiments, relative to the late
which were expected to be made respecting certain application to Government, on the subject of the li-
family quarrels. In this hope, however, they were mitation under. which some of the militiamen en-
.
disapphinted. rolled themselves."
EAST-INDIA Hoesz.—Yeiterday the adjourned(' COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—The Tragedy of
debate took place on the Petition to Parliament for Isabella was repeated last night, and Mrs. CAMPBELL
the Renewal of-the Company's Charter. After a few ! again supported the principal character, from whence
words from Sir -11. -firarmr,:-Ither ftstittern -was- rend;-1 the piece' takes its name. The actress was more in
and its merits discussed by Mr. CHAPMAN, Mr. t posiession of herself on this her second, than on her
HUME, Mr. Rom, Mr. T. M vrcALre, Mr. R. ; first appearance; and was, therefore, enabled to give
Moats-ton, Mr. Cummes .GRANT, Mr. Issee'v, and her powers the fuller play. She was received through.
Mr. R. JACKSON. Various amendments were pro. out with great applause, but was particularly happy
posed by Mr. Hesse, and rejected. In the .sequel ,in that scene, wherein she received the ring, which
the Petition was agreed to, and also a second Petition I she supposes to have beetorattsmitted to her from her
respecting the debt between the Company acrd the f dying husband.
Government, after.which the Court ajourned. '-Lord Sostrevtu.e's Annual Spring Cattle show.
A Morning Paper. of yesterday says, "lln the i which commences next week, is expected to display
present ,disastrous state of alfairs,t the people of a finer collection of stock, particularly of thet,Peven
France begin to cast their eyes on the Bouaupn breed, than has been exhibited since the establish-
family," &c. Alas I DON QifIXOTTE never cherish- ment of this laudable Institution.
ed a more romantic expectation than this. Even the I Coke EXCHANGE,' FER. 24.—We are still with►
persons most attached to the remains of that dy-1
out any arrivals, in consequence of the prevalence
nasty, would bewail the dreadful explosion which d of adverse winds, but there is very little doing in the
alone could open the road to their return to their Wheat trade, as none but necessitous buyers make
ancient throne. I purchases, the Millers in general holding Of, in es:
The number of Signatures to the Petition against pectation of large supplies very soon. The little
the Catholics from this Borough, amount to 6,800 Wheat disposed of this morning obtained rather
a very considerable masher to be sure, but much higher prices than on Monday. Having no Barley
'less than we anticipated.; for when the pains taken at"market, the price of that article, ae well as of
to revive religious animosities in this place, and that Peas and Beans, continue nominally as in our last
the means used to obtain signatures to this petition report. Oats sell freely, at an advance of Is. per
are taken inte the account, we did expect that the quarter.
signatures would far exceed 10,000. A number of When( (English) .... 100 196
cases have been mentioned to us of the expedients re- !Ilya,,' ("reign) •'• 14:
sorted to on this occasion, and we shall mention one narks' ..••• 56 72
as a specimen of the rest The Petition against the Fins ditto -.1 .04
Catholics was taken into a large &theel in this town,_ ;Atte' ism
30 00
consisting of about 80 boys, from 10 to 1.1 years of Ditto (hailers) • • WO 103
age, every one of whom,. except two, axed their 00 OLI
ter 1
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Orey Peas ...... N 4
names to this precious instrument.—Let the public
judge if such a transaction does not vitiate the %civic
• proceeding.—(Leads llietcur4t.)

Letter. The Meeting was then attilided by the'
Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the Archbishop of
Yotty, the Bishop of LONDON, the Lord Primate of
IRELAND, the Archbishop of DUBLIN, the Archbishop
of CASHEL, the Dean of WESTMINSTER, the LORD
CHtE*JusrtcEof the Court of King's Bench,the Lo RD
CHIEF JUSTICE of the Court of Common fleas, the
LORD Cutts BARON, the JUDGE of the Admiralty
Court, thl JUDGE of the Court of Archives, the
SPEAKER of the House of Commons, and the MASTER
of the ROLLS. The altsembled in Lord SIDMOUTIfi
room. The meeting continued in dose deliberation
till about half past two o'clock, wl:en it *broke up
much sooner than was expected ; and from this cir-
cumstance it is conjectured that some measure was
decided upon.
We are convinced that every Member of the Coun-
cil feels a difficulty how to give an opinion as to what
measure (if any) ought to be adopted on this highly-
important occasion; and we are equally well per-
suaded, that the venal prints, the meddling Cou-
rier among them, have made that difficulty the
greater : like a conceited over-prating advocate, they
have erratell the necessity for cross-examination, or
at least for cross-1 Viedion.

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