The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-06-26 00:00:00

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BERLIN, Juin 6.—The lively interest which
public justly take in the corps of Lieu(.-General Von
Below, destined to cover this city, occasions as to
give the following particulars concerning the happy
!termination of the battle which took place the day
before yesterday, near Lockett.
The enemy's corps, about 30,000 strong, which
stood behind the Black Elster, under the command
of the Duke of Reggio, had marched to Sonnen.
walde and early on the day before yesterday, at-
tacked the advanced pests of Gen. Bulow's corps,
I who had retired from Cottbusen Lucked, with great
vivacity, before that it had joined the brigades of
Von Borstel and Von Boyen. Lieut.-General Von
Bulow took his position, leaving Luckan in his
front, on some advantageously situated heights; the
jenemy displayed his attack on the town and Wlgar.
rison, supported it by masses of tiralleurs, and
stormed the walls and gates of the town, with strong
columns of infantry. The garrison defended them.
selves obstinately; the enemy. was repulsed with
great loss, but then set fire to the suburbs, and a part
of the town, by grenades. Meanwhile, by command
of Lieutenant-General Von Bulow, the Prussian
and Russian cavalry, commanded by . Major-Gen.
Von Oppen, threw themselves on the enemy's right
Sank, put his cavalry into the greatest disorder in
several squares Which he had formed, and thereby
drove him to flight.. A great number of the enemy
were sabred, and one howitzer and two cannon'
taken. This brilliant attack, accompanied by a f
and lively one by our brave infantry front
suburbs, forced the enemy to retreat, and poi
end to the battle, which had lasted from ten o'clelet
in the morning till nine at night, and does great 117
nour to our troops, who had only three brigades .
gaged in the combat.
The enemy's loss may be estimated at 2500 men •
the field of battle, with the suburb, which is reduces
to ashes, and the wounded French, who weretherede.
stroyed present a most dreadful sight. At the departure'
of the courier, we had already made 500 prisoners,
and the volunteer Yager', and the light troops, were
continually bringing more in. The prisoners stake,'
and their miserable appearance and worn-out fore e
confirm their report, that the French Army baud*.
ing under the greatest privations.
The brave inhabitants of Berlin will now certainly
further prevent oar brave troops from suffering any
wants, that they may be enabled with fresh vigour to
pursue the enemy.
Late in the evening the Commanding General
joined Major-General Von Boatel, and Colonel
Vou Boyen. The enemy is retiring by the way of
Sonnenwalde, from whence be came, and is vigorously
pursued, in which the Generals Von Borate!, You
Oppen, and Von Harpe, are occupied with their
light troops.

The Royal appointed Military Government for the country
between the Elbe and Oder,
(Signed) V. L'ESTOCQ. SACK.

that ,
inexpedient,
_ ences. Wa m, p on,
that he has overioeked is cilfAl , ,
!barite partition treaty, safissientlremesliali
affirml_that Russia and Sweden are slot. in I
prat Britain fob the purposes, if 'mai against
plltlmirk. Those two Powers weitiat • pie loth
&mark, and a Contention was forced at Abp,
leder the apprehension that we liseild aieede -te aMs
alliance with Front*, and ea er their Wattle":
Had Sweden already commensehistketAttack maim
Norway, then might Mr. Ponsonby have feumfatilla
for his argument. Had England compered Norway.
she might is strictness, at the conclusion •of pen%
have surrendered that kingdom. to Sweden, bikes
contracting parties concurring in the'alienation. Oe
to guarantee suck as appropriation of an untouched.
and unoffending country, will issio subject of ap-
plause with the English people, although the Minis .1
ter may triumph in Parliament by IXlie, Conjectures,-
and gross misrepresentations, as was the case in the
year 1807, on the occasion of the attack upon Zee.
land, which every British heart *condemns. . I
" What right had Russia to dispose of any portion
of Denmark, without the means to conquersor.e,vin
to molest it, and in a time of profound peace and
good understanding'at the Court of Copenhagen ?
At the same period she was flattering ourAmbassa_
dor she presumed to send a Minister Extraordinary
to, purchase the friendship of Denmark, or to bribe
her to participate in the war against France, with
fallacious promises of remuneration in cities, and
territories, which Russia did not herself possess, and
over which she had no manner of controul, under
any principle recognised by the law of nations.
64' Thus happens it, that small states, when they I
devolve under the power of greater, are exposed to
ruin. The former are uttered a sacrifice to the mer-
cenary designs of the latter, and by the great and ;
mighty, honour and truth, justice and morality, are
driven from the face of the earth !"

TMNISH VINDICATION.
[CONCLUDED.]

" It was natural to expect that Denmark would
propose to take temporary possession of the Hanse
Towns during the war, in order to preserve Ham-
burgh and Lubec from the sanguinary effects of the
collision of the conflicting armies, and also for the ,
security of the Danish province, in their neighbour- ,
hood ; but with respect to their being set apart as the
prey to violence under the proposed partition, as
alleged in the English Gazette, we boldly contra-
dict such a statement; and on the contrary we affirm,
that had the offer been made to us to occupy these
places, we should have only accepted it under the
express condition, that they should be surrendered
on the re-establishment of tranquillity.
64 It has been usual in treaties of peace to restore
conquered countries to the original possessors; but
it has been reserved for the tortuous policy of the
present times to offer the territory of a friendly
power, as a bribe for obtaining mercenary ildrauT
tages. Hitherto it has been considered, that "the
lands to be alienated, whether acquired by conquest,
'inheritance, or purchase, should, before the alliena-
don, have become the property of the party by
:Wham they are transferred; but now these pretended
distributors of justice imitate the foresters in the
comedy, and sell the skin of the bear beforwthey
have shot him. But know ye that the bear whom
ye seek to sell, is a noble, free, and dangerous f0e,,1
who knows how to defend himself, and to avenge
,lsis wrongs upon those who molest him, and he will
jeer no fox or beast of prey to interrupt his repose.
Denmark, like the arms she bears, is a courageous
"gime, provided with the battle-ax, end she i, pre-
pared to'resent the insult offered to her. Do not be-
lieve
that it is as easy. to conquer as it is to barter and
divide. •
" The people of. Norway have seen the heir ,
ap-
parent of our throne in an open-boat,defying the Page !
lof the ocean, and exposing himself to vigilant ene-
my, in order to liasten to their protection, and to con-
duct them by the path of honour to victory. Such a
Prince will know how to resist foreign usurpation.'
The justice of our cause, the spirit and valour of oar ,
subjects will crown his endeavours with success, end
will afford grounds fo; the hope, that the destruction
contemplated by oar adversaries will fall upon the
head of the aggfessors. .
66 The English Minister las promised to Parlia-
ment, that he will submit to its attention something
regarding the demands of Denmark, which respects
Great Britain alone, indepeudent.`of other Powers ;
but in angler to a question bY hfr:ronsonby, tench-
lag the 'late twOpositieut (of repel:01We by Den-
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THE STA7'ESIVIIIN.

LONOO.4i:
SATURDA Y, JUlgt VS, 1813.

We have.e.....gtv:ro the
on ncolenstetntnsieohft,thtehePma
being
gich most recent
eaprnto"lthe gate of the 23d instant.risThrPeour:l:
the
up or t
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et ifc a
sl ,eto
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adroi pgelenommoanartkti ch. ai
this channel much additional light is thrown upon
s o
sl Theseeh a n.fnuei
gsr
yh further wrhie.e
advance in
cate subject, the mere do we discover the awkward
condition of our Ministry. They have certainly
involved and entangled themselves so far with Swe.
den and Russia, that they must confess themselves
in the wrong, and make the best of their way
out of the labyrinth, or inflict on their coon.
try a fatal stigma. After the discovery that
Sweden would have joined France, if BONAPARTE
would have countenanced the severing of Norway
from Denmark, what becomes of the only plausible
part of their defence of what they have done ? They
really appear to have been frightened out of their
very wits, by their acquiescence in the strange, the
unreasonable terms entered into. We had hoped,
that injured and weakened as our country undoubt-
edly Is, that it had a higher sense of its own im.
portance than to have submitted to such humiliation.
A strait forward, open, and honourable diplomacy
can alone avert that ruin from England with which
ebstsettess threatened. If she cannot be supported
in her designs by her own intrinsic strength, she must
be undone. She has long been too much envied, and of
latetoo much hated, by surrounding Sates, and especi.
ally the maritime States, to expect to be supported itt
her high (we must not say unreasonable) pretensions,
without in some way er other bribing them ; and
then it should become a consideration with those to
whom the fortune 'and honour of the country are
entrusted, how far they may commit themselves and
their trust to hazard or shame, in proposing, or con.
tenting to give, such bribe. This is the state of our
present connection with the Powers of the North.
The wisest and most able Statesman of England,\
cannot say what it may be in two or three months
hence. Its complexion may be as different from
that which our men in power would now paint it,
as the. African's face is from that of the Circas-
sian. By these French papers we are informed
too, of a very curious piece of intelligence: of
what is truly an anomaly in the history of Ar.
misticea. It is contained in the following ar'i.
I cle:-44 Some of the enemy's partizans are still in
our rear. They make war on their own accounts
. after the manner of Salmi., and refuse to acknow.
ledge the Armistice." The account adds, " Several
columns are in motion to destroy them." This, to
I most of our Readers, will appear as inexplicable,
till some further light Is' thrown upon the subject.—
We believe, however, we can guess %hat is meant
by this detached and racoo kind of warfare. We
do not believe, that these partizans make war wholly
on their own account ; we shrewdly suspect it will
tarn out to be done in partnership; but- as the
primuus mobile of these little armaments will most
likely be laid open to the world in a very short
time, it is not necessary to supply the place of those
coming facts by conjectures, however warranted.—
We wish from our souls that we were free from
those diplomatic fetters with which we are hound to
the Continent, and that our tutelar guardian or
genius would dispose those who have the sway over
these kingdoms, to conciliate the minds of their in-
habitants, so as to arouse and engage their zeal in
cutting the Gordian knot', which it is impossible now
It will be seen by an Advertisement in our Publi-
cation of this day, that, on Tuesday evening, there to untie.
will be a Benefit at Drury-lane Theatre for Mrs. I
By the Gottenburgh Mail, which arrived last night,
Seat:l4.--AI an old servant and an excellent come- we have, with other articles of less
importance, the
dian, this Lady has cogent claims upon the Public; State Paper from Berlin, to which we refer our
her acknowledged talents as a theatrical representa-
Readers. It relates the success of a battle fought
live have been long admired, and her virtues es a
woman duly appreciated, and esteemed. Several •
Prior to the armistice taking place, viz. on the 4th inst.
popular Songs will be introduced in the course of
the evening, some of which are promised by Mr. defeated OODINOT, who commanded a corps, said to
of Miss Ruth Rivers, in the Comedy of near Luckau.. The Prussian General, Von BOLOW,
BRAOANI. Mrs. SPARRE will
_perfOrM the character be composed of 30,000 men. The contest appears to
Enin, which is designed for • e The French lost in killed, wounded, and prisonets
respectable house, and that the *tidied
have no doubt but that we shall witness s fell Ind
repreientiitthioenSonsyfl have been stubborn, and lasted above ten hours.--
cony convinced that the charaetee of Engilelscsatigewlll 2boo, besides
will find it difficult to make it believed,
besides two cannon and one howitzer. The
been ably supported. •." ' I that they were not defeated in this attempt

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seceigiLeuer to WILLIAM 4
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dined to 10 Of 1$ men, with whom he Was hying riffifith, :AI Rid, that 155."1"..".. —lareauld set retire the ismer at The
from the pursuit of the cavalry, and that .the t%?od- tgo because the Alike might lan* by tbi ex- it P. k,er milk . • 11"° Bah led*
deuce of the inhabitants in him had been ileakthr lae", . Each indleidoel Daub is u analogs to re.
for their Royal Higktesses the Prince of IV
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spited, and he himself meth dejected by his sadder 'move this mat, u any
reverse of fortune.") EmPirkeo le•monidectliryi:Toniavitiorionced_ ,
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of
Mr.
Pliiiiiien.
The Trial and Condemnation of the PRINCES'
FRONTIER" .07 80111X44, JUR4 104iPtiCierabig 4:4O"Hk
to ioielligence from prays Prince iceteartseaheri ailloillilmil, ill*,_,_, ..T., ty, •
mereage nd others implicated in. the transaction
who arrived there 111 the 21;th of May, on the id of , . i'a a" s.agne, tithed on Monday next.
June received,. Coition He set oat, the same day, by, we MGR 401111elet Or surprise at his'declaVatlon,
with his Staff, for Caitlin, where be preeented his that the gassorstos glue by-lkitei. of tivasaersadey i
respects to the Pitparar of Aostria4 The following of Norway to Sweden is jest, and in coincidence
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the
esisightand ' Weiift :"I''isat! reCTF:7:ll23lzlrtiller fro:riii.rthielß44l/7.R
day, the 4th of June, he set oat with that Menikeie"lth all the customs of war. When we are in hos. who guillotined in Paris, will also be pub:
Lill cte'atisavyees iht,e9andwitiltol'lnappty naeptio407101::10001:0".
for Brouuau, where the Emperor arrived the same
day.
provinces, or to permit oat-Allies to do so. - Yet he if: ' ietpols the lisii ' et'.
pre
GO TTENB URG El M.4IL. admits, that there stre many osserwhiab *gift render. Catholic Discd ' •
mons, al:Rh
—.op— this inexpedient .
, on arsoent of the tilitihit ~,thi ea,. have an ha an ecurbiimpertiow,.
BERLIN, JuNt o.—The lively interest which the sequences. We meet thispropoeiti ,on and we asset, ar-7.----7.'mr-----mr"P-6-----'
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public Dug
justly take in the corps of Lieui.-General Von that he has overlooked a eircebetlinte iss .this ye. 0., .
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give the following particulars concerning the happy affirm, that Russia and Sweden are wet' le alibied • 0 ......,.........-..-wow 1 •
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termination of the battle which took place the day with Great Britain for the purposes, a .irar against • ....,d±t‘:,;::4.., ix ' • i •