The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-12-31 00:00:00

I'ESMA 4.

• • FRENCH PAPERS.

PASS, Dac.2o.—The managers of the theatre
of the Opera Comique have been punished for the
negligence which occasioned the scandalous scene of
which we gave a detail the day 4fore yesterday.
Martin, who, notwithstanding ;he indisposition
which prevented him from attending the theatre, had
gone abroad that evening, has been condemned to
several days' imprisonment, and the Managers fined
600 francs.

66 The French 5, per cents. are at 77 t. 60 c.":
44 VI EMMA, Dec. B.—There has been published
here the Official Report of Prince Schwartzenberg,
with regard to the recent operdtlons of his corps
d'armee, and that of General Count fteynier,
which is under his direction. This Report is dated
at the Prince's head-quarters, Radetzko, Nov. 2'2. .!
" It appears that, fro•n intercepted dispatches,
Prince Schwartzeuberg ascertained that the enemy's.
corps of General Sakes, consisting of 17,000 in-
fantry, and 7,0Q0 cavalry, was destined to ma... 1
noeuvre on the rear of the Allied Army, forming the
right wing of the Grand Army, in case Prince
Schwartzenberg shoull deem it proper to pursue the
corps of General lchichagoff. General Saken's
corps was, in fact, put in motion, and during several
days attacked Genera Reynier. Prince Schwartzen-
berg then adopted the resolution 'of dividing his
army into two parts ; of which one, wader the 1
orders of General Frimont, pursued Tchichagoff
from Slonim, as fat as Nicswiz while -the other,
commanded by Prince Schwartzenberg, in person,
manoeuvred against General waken, who had Gen.
Reynier in front. Sakes in consequence commenced
a retreat which was very destructive to him, and in
which he suffered immense loss. The 7th corps,
under General Reyneir, has received a considerable
reinforcement, in the :12d division of French in-
fantry, commanded by General Durutte. •The Aus-
trian divisions of Bianchi and Trantenberg, and the
cavalry corps of. General Frolich, have very well
supported the operations of General Reynier."

'waded the public mind in favour of trio
Inot confined to the capital, but pcevai:, d universally thrcugh the country. Bonaparte, in his late svie,
to the Conservative Senate, termed gm Russiaa
a war of policy. Yes, his policy was to Pa r
ul
! commerce from the whole Continent. lie bed at
. _ our
s
stated in that speech, that lie had asked fora deter, urinate number of years to effect that oliject. It
au*
to be hoped, however, that the late successes of the
Russians had at once determined, and put an end t.
;'that hope for ever.
IMr. MA It IL Y ATI' thought the tibj not of file present
meeting of great importance, whether to be rec.:id-
;cd as-au act of liberality, or generosity, or 3,
measure Calculated to produce beneficial effects, it.
creating a union and sympathy of
*the people of the two countries. In erpry point of
view„ the Rcsolutiotth bad his decided Atvi.o, t.
f Mr: C. !ist•rst observed, that it became us town.
eider what would have been the state aft:fairs in ge.
neral, and in particular of our armyiu the Peninsula
i;--had the Emperor of Russia submitted to France ?•
...An additional claim on the generosity of the Britisk
Public was, that the Emperor of Russia had not,
like-other Posters on the Continent, asked any sub.
I I_ly
sta from the Government of this country :—all he
had asked was, that we should endeavour to divide
the power of the enemy.
! Mr. PLOIIEit said, that on looking at the mu.
paigu in question, we should admire as well the %lis-
t dour and boldness of the plan, by which the eccmy
was suffered to advance to his own destruction, into
I the heart of the Russian empire, .and the. success
with which it had been exec,ted. The reagance
of Russia bad been of essential service to this
I country. Long had it been said, that after the sub.
jugation of the other nations of the Continent, tug.
land must fail ;'that her destruction was necessary to
I the support of the power of Bonaparte. But be,
fore this could be.accomplished, our Navy mast he
destroyed ; rind while our Commerce remained en.
tire, our Navy could not be injured. To injure our
Commerce was the object of the endeavours which
had been frustrated by the firmness of the Russinti
nation. It was not for the absolute value of the sub.
ishctio
eripienl:tinatheant it
sentiments
the
deeisnlhmabbiltelt,nbtsutot uir
of this
tmhaiscesot tuntitra;
were in unison not only with those of Russia, bat
with those of the whole Continent of Europe. Ap.
pioving so entirely as ho did of the Resolutions, he
should not have been satisfied with Oving them a
siient consent.