The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-02-06 00:00:00

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burgh Gazettes, that the Russian
tremely embarrassed to complete the effective and
material of their armies. All the peasants
fit to
bear arms have been enrolled, and as muskets are in
some places wanting, they arm them with pikes and
pistols. Those who hide themselves to escape the
' seriice,• are, when found, severely beaten. At the
same time, the peasantry is completely drainedby
requisitions: in the Government of Smolensk alone,
1400 carriages were required to convey provisions
after Kuthsow's army. The nobility of Kursk,
Toula, and 'Kaluga, have been obliged to place
themselves at the head of a numerous militia which is
getting ready for service. The Government exacts
from the Nobles money, and horses, which 'they levy
on their unhappy peasantry. All the Nobility, have.l
haen ordered to give, their own ,horses; the regular
Russian cavalry being entirely ruined, the Cossacks
i alone having succeeded in preserving their horses.
The Polish Nobility of the Ukraine have been
obliged to furnish a new corps of 13,211 men, which
they are likewise to maintain during the war.
DANTZIC JAN. 12.—Our garrison has been re-
inforced with 13,000 men; and the strongest dispo-
sitions appear to have been adopted for a tigoroui
resistance. The fortress is not only well provi-
sioned, but every inhabitant has
,been obliged to
furnish himself with provisions for a year. Govern-
ment has assisted the poor families, by sending frorai
Elbing a considerable quantity of provisions, which
were sold to the Magistrates and distributed to those
who wanted them.
POSEN, JAN. 14.—We fear nothing more froil
the Russians. They have ceased to follow the
Grand Army, which ,slowly effects it movements.—
'ln taking positions at Mariehburg, Marienwerder,
and Graudentz, it has connected its movements with
the troops of the right. The army, such as it is, is
more than sufficient to stop the Russians, and make
them repent of every ulterior attempt.
The Duchy of Warsaw will, in a few days, have
25,000 Cossacks, or Uhlans, well equipped arid
mounted ; and 60,000 infantry, called Garde Fron-
tieres. The intelligence is good from all parts. We
live here without fear of our enemies.
The establishing of an intrenched camp, at Cuners-
dorf, near Frankfort, is announced, which is to be
the first rendezvous of the troops coming from the
interior of the Empire.
NUREMBERG, JAN. 24.—Detiehments, more or
less considerable, of French and Italian troop*, con-
tinue to pass through 'our town.
PARIS, JAN. 31.—The commencement of the year
1813 will be celebrated in the annals of the Great
Nation. The movement (don) which France has
just exhibited, characterizes the apogee of its ele-
vation.
The efforts demanded by Government were thought
painful—the nation goes beyond them, and shows,
by that voluntary impulse, what the Emperor might
expect, if circumstances demanded other sacrifices.
But it is no longer to be feared, that nature will still
fight in favour of the enemy. The Russians 'will no
longer find the only auxiliary which has for a mo-
ment been able to weaken a superiority determined
in the mountains of Switzerland, and the plains of
Austerlitz and Friedland. Fresh troops, joine&to
the old ranks, will quickly appear before the hordes
of Asia, and drive into their deserts those men,
whose savage costume, long beards, and ridiculous';
Leustoms, caanot nationalize themselves in the midst
of civilization.
BERLIN, J tN. 20.—The King has given orders to
immediately place upon the war footing several new
regimeats of infantry and cavalry. A great activity
prevails in all military operations. We are assured
'his Majesty will shortly set out fop Breslow, and
that he will be accompanied by the Chancellor liar-
denberg.
PAR:., JAN. 31.—8 y a decree of the Emperor Na-
poleon, dated 'the 30th of January, the Meeting of
the Legislative Body is adjourned from the Ist to the
6th of February.
'fo:day, after Mass, the Diplomatic -Corps, &c.
were presented to his Majesty.
WARSAW, JAN. tioreka, -of. the 9th tea
vary regiment formed in Lithuania, escaped on the
2.11 of December from Novogorod, where he was
detained by the Russians as a prisoner of war. He
had an opportunity. of seeing the Russian army in
detail, and found it extremely weak, and almost In
complete disorganization. A few days previous to
its march to Grodno, which took place at the corn=
tuencement of this month, there was in Novogorbd,
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Turkish troops had proceeded up the Danube to-at.
tack Widdia, where Pacha Mollah had concentrated
his'forces. Another corps which has passed the Da-
nube at itudschock, is destined to attack that fortress
upon the right bank of this river. .

COPT OP A.LETTNR PROM COONT art Liz, COMMANDER
IN arm or MB ARMY or TO TIIR Ml'
?Minn At WAR. . .• • • ".•

" Valladolid, Jaa. B.
66 Motiszionatril,—l have the honour to inform
your Excellency, that General Foy having received
orders to make a reconnoissance upon Astorga, left
• Benevento on the 22d pf December, with a brigade I
'of dragoons, and two battalions of infantry.
ismeray bad bad at Astorgn for toconsiderable time al
'Company of miners, who were employed in destroy-
ing the fortifications. General Foy foreseeing that I
this troop would savo itself at his approach, sent his
'cavalry by the mountain-road to cut off its retreat, i
and by that well combined movement, he succeeded
in making six Officers and 90 men prisoners ; he
found the place dismantled; it can be entered by !
twenty breaches, in platoons.
46 On the 31st December, the artillery of the lit
division met 120 well-mounted brigands, at the ets-.
trance of the village St. Pedro de la Tara. captain
Guerrier charged them at the head of his mounted!
cannoniers, and some soldiers belonging to the train ; '
killed six of them, sabred about twenty, and took
one man and ten horses.
" Yesterday, Jan. 12th, Gentral Fuy, being
near Mole de Toro, learning that R 2 cavaliers, of the
hand of Marquinez, were in that village levying con-'
tributions ; he dispatched against theta Lieut. Boute-
vale, with a detachment of mounted cannoniery
some dragoons, and some few chassetirs of Zamora;,
the brigands, surprised, shut themselves' up, with
their horses, in a public-house. having refused to ,
surrender, the doors were broken open, the walls
sealed, and ari Officer, 13 brigands; and 2% horses,,
taken; the others were killed. An Officer of the
artillery-train, and a Zamora Hussar, were wounded. I
(Signed) " Count REILLE...'

I The Paris Papers abound with Addresses from the
different cities of 'ltaly and'Holland. The following,
from the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy, is glean as
1 a specimen :-
1 " Staz,—The losses which -the premature rigour
of the season oecasloned the Grand Army on its re-
! turn from Moscow were felt by your people of Italy,
as a national calamity. '
" Love of the country, the pride of the Italian
name, the sentiment of
.individual dignity, tranquil-
! lity, prosperity; present happiness, and future hope,
all are lost, if a wall of brass does not sop:lt-we ci-
vilized Europe from the barbarians of the North; if
the European Continent is not secured against the
corrupt influence of the British Cabinet. The re-
cent perfidy of a Prussian General is a proof of it.
1 " To arrive, Sire, at this, the object of_all your
fatigues,—of all your sacrifices,—of all the perils to
which you expose yourself, who does not feel that
arms and armies, gold, valour, fidelity, and constancy,
are necessary ? Every thing which' depends upon
theme Sire, your people of Italy are eager to offer
you. This is not the counsel of authority—it results
from conviction, sentiment,—a general cry that our
existence re4uires it.
66 This kingdom, Sire, is your work, it owes to
you its protecting laws, its monuments, its roads,
its canals; it owes to you the prosperity of its agri-
' culture, and of its industry.. Twenty thousand Ita-
lians only wait for orders to join the Grand Army.
The Depirtmental battalions burn to share the ho-
nour with it. The Administrators of the Communes
contend fur the honour of offering herses.and-cava-
tiers. The wishes of the nation ..)utwip the demands
which necessity exacts, or foresight counsels. In
the absence of the Prince, your image, who antici-
pates, under every circumstance, the dispositions TO.
quisite for the good of the country, the Italian Se-'
nate, 'deprived of the happiness of -being near' your
hneerielMitirety..begs youlkbelieve the. sincerity
Of its sentiments, and with•goodness'rfceive the ho-
mage, whiclb 'by its organ,, the within lays. at. your
feet. -
66 The Senate does not speak' of the ''fidelity, the
love, which binds it to your august person, to your
family : all feel but one wish at they have-but one
duty, that of assisting with all their strength, and
all their means, the great designs which prudence.
commands your Majesty to' execute,. for • the' glory'
and prosperity, of the empitt, and the kingdom." -

from the Throne-roam to the Gothic ConsergraaltioirryY,
through which, whon.supper was ready, the Prince,
her Majesty, the Princesses, and a few, of the most
distinguished personage. passed. By •this means
they arrived at the head.of thatable without being in
the.slightest degree Incommoded.' -The 4rOlvds *ere
so immense, that though in so polished an assembly
there was not •much confusion the beat was occa.
sionally. almost intolerable.
The rooms thrown open for the reception of coin.
piny were.the throne,rooni, ball-ream, circular din-
ing-room, drawing-room, the two blue velvet-
rooms, and the five anti-rooms, compelling the grand
The. draperies .Were magaiipent to an ex-
-teethe degree. The
.hangings and' canopies were of
Mate and crimson veltel, lenrichistwith `gold taws,
and various ornaments-. of massy gold. if %bad
.the Sailor had a look at this abode. the glitter of his
'imagination would have been increased, and he
could have spoken of palaces raised by the art of
fairies; and subterraneous dwellings, which received
light from nothing but diamonds, with ten times as
ninch-limency, for the sight supplies more opportu-
nities for the energy of description than all the other
:senses. He might also have spoken of beauty in its
greatest perfection,of blue eyes, black eyes, hazel eyes,
! and the innumerable graces, which we are willing to
suppose belong to those who combine pretty faces
with high rank The girandoles and candelebras
the. Ottoman's sofas, and console .tables, appeared
as if they. sprung at the call' of some eastern ma.
gician, and the motion of the company, :in the midst
of those miracles of art, gave us an. idea which is
utterly indescribable. We observed a novelty in
one of the rooms. The carved Gothic side-boards,
which have been in preparation some time for this
occasion, were for the first time exhibited they
were covered with scarlet cloth, embroidered, and
upon them were laid matchless services of gold and
silver-gilt plate, illuminated by aslandelebras and
I-tripods of the most costly or-moltei. The company
I repaired to the supper rooms, whets super. was an-
nounced, which were the consecratory,
.and the
dining-room on the basement story; At rho head of
this conservatory was placed the -Prince's table, at
which, as we have said before, he appeared sudden-
ly, without having mixed with the greater part of the
guests. This table was elevated on a platform about
six inches from the ground, and there was a long
.range of tables extending Moir It:te the Prince's
bed-chamber. All those tables._ were covered with
gold or silver-gilt plate, and the sapper wee the most
exquisitejn the forms of the food and'the delicacy of
it, we hne ever beheld. Amongst the company were
all the Princesses, the Royal Dukes; the Archbishops
of Canterbury and York—in fact, almost every cha-
racter of distinction in town. :•

INSTANCES OF
REMARKABLE. LONGEVITY.

• Aged.
Bowles, a widow, of West Hannay, Berks, died April
4, 1749 - - -* - 124
Brook, Roger, of Halifax, Yorkshire, died Oct. 8, 1558 DS
Brookey, John, of Broad Rush Common, Devon, liring
there in July, in 1778 - - 135
Chin', Mrs.. near Li•chfield, who lived 109 years in one
house, died Jan. 99, 1779 - 138
Hamm, Thomas, of Leighton, near. Mikhail, Cheshire,
died 1648 - - 154
Ethiards, William, Caere, niar-Chrdilf,-Glantorganshire,
• died'l66B ' - - 169
Ellis, Mr. IV., at Liverpool, .died 1780 - lfkl
FairbroSher, Mr.,, Wigan Lancashire, died May, 1770 198
Forthern, James, Gr. auk:, W. Indies, died Feb. 10, 177 S E 7
Garden, Peter,. AuChterness, Scottiad. died Jan. 1775 131
Ciaeuur,Vyclain, Aber-co wareb. near Dinas Mowddwy, Me-
.
rionetbshire, died Sept. 16, 1686 - 140
Ilarpe, Frederick, Fish Hill, Cumberland, died Feb. 1792 190
'Jaye, Sier de la, died Feb. '24 1774 •::.- - lid
Jenkins; Henry, Yorkshire, died 1,10
_,__ - - IV
Leland,- William, of Ireland, died Jan. 1735' - 139
Machndlay, -. Esq. of Tip terary, died Jane, 1779 113
MoVat, Mr. a surgeon, at Dumfries, died Feb. 1776 136
Mount, Mr. Johu, of Laugholm, Densities, died March
196
1776 - - • - - -
Newman, Thomas, of Brislington, near Rilstol, died 1549 152
O'Connor Roderic, last. Irish Monards, died 1198, eery .h/
Parr, Robert, Kinser,. Salop, died Sept. 2., 175; . - 1,74
,Thomas lived in tea reigns, died 1685 - 152
- jL -- - -,-, of it - '- - - lti
- 196

Parr, _ _
l4ntrtl, St. Tint Bishop af dicaf92_ -
;2•lnegare., near Pallsteryna Sclitalryrrir
iP
110biftson, of HOpeterta Half, athrlidlobit'rgb, died 1719 137
'Scrimshaw, Mrs. Jane, died illthe worhhow,.near Tower-
- Itilt,T/ee. 6, 1711. - - • - -
Stalky, George,.Homington near Salisbury, died 1719 151
/ice; Mr. Bagley. Worcestershire, died Feb. 26,1774 Iqs
Walteler, William, Shiffnal, f 714 121
Tates km Mury,Shidliall, Saki), died Mtg. 1776 r 127
111nr11 names might have been selected from 80 to 100, but the
ohject'w,as these Who have exceeded the cengury.
;At. Anthony the Great - . 105
Bahnetites (before ChM) - 109
Alinikenhutrgh, Dane, died 1770 . - 146
Patrlachs, Abraham , &c. were passed over because they
are reciotted itrthe Bible. The above extracts were begun mere-
ly to show that Edwards and Damm were alder than Parr.
•Of these 90 persons oily Oveare females; one of whom is a
peoichwormin,—and there are four .-eutelismen. 'Tetsuo furitidies
four instances of this greatly extended duration of e‘istence
Wales:Vivo two; and the other 19 are of England, and of these
"the I.:ty' Salop affords no less than firer.
r. 46 sing the ingenious and pleasant works •of Dr. Adair,
printed-at Bath, in 174, we may bad this reasark, p. 4_k), vol. 1.
—" From Bala of Mortality,_ it appears that not more than 2or
9in imp persons attain the 100th-year ; tuut only one in 5000 ex.
coeds is that age."

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ir.' 30.1*.**TbrireditY. morning,
the 7th curt. George SutherlandOche wards his
right leg and the greater- part 'Of his thigh, under-
. took, for the het Of a One*, sto wilk.on his crutch.
from Valloyfteld to the centre of Culross, a distance
of two miles, and retell* egain,, iu the space of, So
Miliates, ;which he actually acCOMidlihed in 27 and
a half, to the ittonistiMent :of. a great ntimber of I
spectators ; yet, strange as 'this may appear, the I It h remarkable, that in the Kathie** list of French
same Sutherland, after eating :a comfortable break- I Orceis taken prisonera, there are 43 *who are called
fast at Valleyfield,. walked in the coarse of his be- [Generals, and yet not one among 'them of any lead-
Illibes3, as a constable, fully twelve mikes/ ha fiiktivi ' in; fierce. .-It. is idea obvious, thii4 IS of th,e number
,divi without appearing wry- much.. fatigued. . 1 a.re.riord.crialul, Poland, ibc,...--,... :•,,, . •
On Saturday last, - cod.,
_fisfi. was sold in Leith • .The Acid prepared by Sevattreand, MARSDEN is
-,peneci., it 30 useful wherever I.emon Joie, la: whaled for do-
whit- imeatic purposes, that it only requires publicity and
The a trial to be generally used at table; it is so finely., their powdered that it readily dissolve,* licitly plate, and
the crilb .with the Acid yields the neost grateful.dayour of the
a*
;Lemon. Oaf* Os. is ale& a directionthe bottle for ,
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,been a triiiingikinni:b. the
-crowded
with
mows and mobs nad Carlton.r a • • AN - .• • •‘• •• s' -
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- • --••••—••-•••--#"•,--•--•--.•-•-*-r....."4--re-A—r*A. . • -
teed. The Minister of the Treasury wiii4ivit is- T -The •POmmantied by... Genteel -Rey.
':Tid'il-g:lnidf:NCßeater.ta76WinentiVtor9::olool.4l4. aig.
ructions for the removal of these funds. • edits villttitah
VIII. The men and horses offered
presented feet taussmitt. ay seeing four regiments of Copsackh_ At about ten o'clock the whole et. Pat Ida was
ons and individuals shall also be
:fired twe'r;eltletplagti of Russian dragoons blotto by. 'crow
it, very 9
n 1 i ttthlee
ispection at the chief7place of the llopabl'rtmele4l:tPagt., aad
hey shallimeeet to"' thecetps:for which. the depart-1 Saxon battaffeeteifinfantry, we are cosmrml tnithe Roost began, to receive its noble assay. The
The _sums necessary for the opinion justly established hetet that the' Ressians, scene that pcesented itself to us eat (rely splendid,
ggemcoeunltdB
tent 'furnish themo-
lothiny, eqa And Armlet; of the men utter- • greatly fatigued,. how fight worse than they did and we had the' opportonity of septets west of those
d, and for the ing of the horses, shall be throughout the Campaign. who'congratulated her Majesty the 4ting day
aid into the cheats 41 the corps into which.they The levies from this duchy are carried tote! :exhibiting, in the habiliments of the.' ng
tr
hall be incorporated, "in the way already stated. I lion with the greatest inceees. -114 kilt cavairia charms in a most pleasing kind of v .
admit- Greet Poland, already formed as a' Cossack corps, The decorations of. the. boon
IX. The Ministers at . War, of, the &drill
moose the lance with as much addsess as if they had from these which were lavished u
preeeut been embodied for length of time,--- distinctive cha- last feta was given, We coultobserve no diff,,rence
ion of War, of the Interior, and of the Tree-
t.iry, are chhrged with the execution of the
)scree. * racter ofhhe Polander, to become in "a•short space, but what the differeuie of the season tendered tie.
cewa.sssaoryo.
bviToughe
as their
eolfegtc;la raita°S3n
' a soldier equally disciplined as brave
arrangements
. .
VVENNA, J'Ae.'ll.--It is corditteed • by the last
61e
Peters-
, -letters from liermanstsat, that a numerous corps Of have be more admirably planned
:than • a gallery
LEMBERG, J. 1 e.—We learn by-
nrch Gazettes. that the Russian Government is ex-