The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-10-24 00:00:00

'l'llE STATI4SMAN.

We hare received further extracts from the French
Papers, from which we take the following:—
At/rim:KG, OCT. B.—There art forming in Li-
thuania, five regiments of national isfantry, of 3000
men each, and four regiments of cavalry, of 1000
men each, without reckoning the battalions of chas-
seurs, and the corps of volunteers.
A second army of reserve, commanded by Mar-
shal the Duke of CArt unisex; 60,000 strong, corers
the coasts between the Niemen and the Oder.—
Troops destined to complete the different corps,
every day pass through Wilaa ; within the last ten,
we have seen to the number of 19,000 pass through.
Whilst the centre of the Grand Army, commanded
by the Emexaoa in person, marched upon Moscow,
and took possession of that Capital, the right wing
advanced upon Kalouga, and the left upon Zwene-1
gord. The movements of these two wings appeared
to threaten the towns of Towle and Twer, where the
most important of the Russian manufactories for the
fabrication of arms, are established.
Six corps of the Grand Army, at this moment, act
separately ; they are those of Marshals Macnov,me, 1
GOuvloN ST. CYR (who commands two of them),
Vieroa, and Generals Scuwaierzeivarec and Rec.
NIER. The 10th corps d'arasee, under Marshal
MscroosiaLn (Duke of 'farentum), with which the
Prussian auxiliary corps is joined, has already com-
menced the regular siege of the fortress of Riga.—
The heavy artillery to be used in carrying on the
siege, arrived on the 20th of September at Bouski
(between Mitten and Riga).
The 2d and 6th corps of the Grand Army, the
first composed of French troops, and the second of
Bavarians, both ender the orders of Marshal Count
GOUYION ST. Cra, have kept in check, since the
memorable battle of Polotsk, the Russian corps
d'armee of Gen. WITTGENSTEIN, which was charged
to defend, to the last extremity, the great road
which leads from the Duna to St. Petersburgh.—
Since the great battle of Moskva, on the 7th of
September, this Rus•itn corps d'ar:nee has taken all
manures to effect its retreat, which, under existing
circumstances,- will be exposed to great difficulties.
It will, at all events, be obliged to abandon Livo-
nia and Esthonia to the French army, in order to
corer Ingria and St. Petersburgh.

which had been adopted became genesil. His Ma
festy the Emperor of Routs gave way to the repre-
sentations of the majority. General D 2 Pitts was
sent• from the army. Gen. Di Toga.: proposed a new
entirely offensive, by which the two armies were to
, join to prevent the risk of being separately beaten.
Smolensk° was pointed out as the place of render.
vous, and there they were to resume the offensive :
to Count WITTGENiTEIN'ti corps was left the care of
covering the Petershurgh road. The first Army of
the West abandoned all its intrenchments upon the
Duna, and retired by forced marches to Smolensk°,
where it effected its junction with Prince BAGRA.
VON'S army. On the 9.41 of August, the Com-
mandants of the two armies dined together at Smo-
, lensko, in the midst of the acclamations of all the
troops.

But the manoeuvres of the Emperor of the. French
spoiled this new plan. The corps d'armees, which
had hitherto been under his immediate orders, ar-
rived on the 28th of July at Witepsk. The Russian
Commanders still supposed him upon the Duna,
having his army in quarters of refreshment, and were,
according to some reports,in retreat, :v hen the Emperor,
at the head of the right wing of his corps, appeared
in person upon the left bank of the Dnieper, before
Smolensko. The taking of Smolensk° brought about
all the subsequent events. The offensive plan of the
Russianr was then changed into a forced defence.
Nis Majesty the Emperor ALexsonra, gave the
command to General Kurusow, whom he raised to
the rank of Prince. Be bad under his orders
General &NIMES and Prince BAGHATION.---
.
According to the intelligence from Moscow, there
i are little hopes that the latter will recover from
' the wounds he received at the battle of Mosk-
wa.—What will now be the results of the plan
which the French Emperor so profoundly consider-
ed, and executed with such boldness ?—What im-
pression will the taking of Moscow make upon the
Russian nation ?—How will the Governments of the
North, and particularly Petersburgh, do without all
those objects of the first necessity, which the fertile
provinces occupied Icy the enemy afforded them ?
, What will happen a few months hence will give the
solution of these different questions.
A brigade of the Polish division, charged with ob-
serving the movements of the Russians who are at
Bobruisk, has completely beaten them in two en-
; gagemeuts, which took place on the 14th and 15th
lof last month, so thnt the place is now entirely in-
' vested, and the siege of it is to be commenced.

Prince SCHWARTZENDERG'S corps d'arince, and
the 7th corps d'armee, composed of Saxon troops,
commanded by General Count REOMIER, act upon
the extremity of the right wing of the allied army,
against the Russian corps of Gen. TORMASOFF, and
the wrecks of the ci-derant Russian army of the
Dantlbe, under the orders of Gen. TSCIIITCHAILOFF,
which is advancing towards Volhynia. These two
corps &armee are flanked upon the left and right by
two Polish corps, one of which, commanded by
General Domanowszi, is posted near Bobruisk, and
I at the same time observed a Russian corps, composed
of recruits, under Gess.Eavm.; and the other, directed
by General Kossasas, covers the frontiers of War-
, sew. Whilst the centre and both wings of the
Grand Army have, by maoauvres, as rapid as well
combined, of the Francis Mouirch, occupied the most
important points of the Russian Empire, or still
threaten them,. by every where forming an immense
line' which is in possession of an extent of terri-
tory; the 9th corps of the Grand Army, form.
, ing the first reserve, under the orders of Mar-
. shat Vicvon (Duke of Belluno), advances upon
Stoolensko. This corps, composed of a force of from
45 to 50,000 men, is ready to act on every point,
and besides furnishes troops for the garrisons of the
towns between the Borysthene and the Dunn. Per.
sons who do not well understand the course of events,
cannot explain how this active state of things could
be brought about by the loss of the single battle of
the 7th Sept. and in the short interval of three months;
but it will appear less inexplicable If we consider the
following facts:—

At the commencement of the rupture between this
country Ind [tussle, goods to a very serious amount,
' which had been exported by British Merchants, on '
their own account, were lying for sale in the hands
of Merchants residing in the ports of Russia. These
were sequestrated by the ILllllSiall Government, but
not condemned. Thus situated, the innocent suf.
' ferers, by such unexpected and unjustifiable pro-
! ceedings, have looked on patiently, and with eager
solicitude, to the time when it might be expected a
restitution of this property would be made. And
when a Treaty of Peace between the two Govern.
menu was announced, it was naturally anticipated,
that the Ambassador from Great Britain would have
orders from the Minister, to demand the restoration
of property which had been silted in violation of
. all laws, both human. and divine. A considerable
period has now elapsed, without any appearance of
the sufferers receiving redress. It is, therefore, sea.
cessary to calf the atteotion of the Rulers of this
Country to the circumstancef that they may see the
propriety of demanding instant redress from the Res-
' scan Government, before it be too late.
By the Sir Alexander Ball, &deices were yesterday
obtained from Malta, to the recent date of the 2.1 d
ult. Information bad just only been received from
Constantinople, of the Peace between the sublime
Porte and the Cabinet of St. Petershurgh, hut in con-
: sequence of it, a full expectation was indulged, that
the commerce of the Black Sea would be opened to
j the Mediterranean.

The plan adopted by the Russians for the present
campaign was conceived by General Pi m, who
was formerly in the Prussian service. It was defen-
sive; the Russian army was every where to avoid
attacks without attempting battle, and to retire be.
bind the Dana, without concerning itself about the
loss of ground it should sustain ; Rip, Dunaborrg,
and the intreuched camp at Drissa, were the points
where it was to make a stand. It was consequently
upon these points, that the Russian army, in reality,
retired after the passage of the Niemen. Thus it
was supposed. by the Russians, that the chief of the
French army would direct his principal movements
to the North-east upon Petersburgh. It was incon-
ceivable enough that after this first plan, apeman°.
ously adopted, that from the opening of the cam.
paign, the second army of the West, commanded by
BAURATION, was separated from the first, corn-
mended by BARCLAY DE TOLLI. The first Rut-
slam Bulletins prove, that from the commencement
of their retreat they were uneasy about the junction
of the two principal armies.
The movements of the French army did not in any
manner correspond with-the defensive plan of the
Russians. In place of gaining the Duna and its io-
treuchnseats, the Empror marched with the greatest
celerity, and, with immense forces, to the east, to-
wards the eourcee of the Duna and Dnieper. His
progress menaced Itltiscow, and the most fertile pro-
vinces of the Russian empire. The intrenched roads
front the Duna were useless, because no enemy &p-
-rod to attack them ; and their defenders marched

-upon there *eta really menaced. The two princi-
pal armies were separated. DISC°WOW at the plan

Dispatches have arrived from HeligelattJj but they
Were not opened when Our Paper seas put to Press.
Gen. HISLOP leaves town this iifternoonf to ern.:
bark for the East Indies.
Mr.CkOKEk has lost his election foe Dovitipatridef
In spite of all the Goternment influence!!
Admiral Hoek left town this day, for Seotlaiu
Dispatches were sent off last night, to be forward.
ed to Governor raneuuAr., at the Isle of Pratt Ce.
W. are sari), to announce the Where of a larg
mercantile house in the Swedish and Norway trale,
which has occasioned some consternation among the
foreign merchants.
The undermentioned outward-bound ships, Which
sailed from Madeira the 14th June last,. were on the
lth July in lat. 3. 40. N. long. 15. 30. W. viz. turd
Duncan, Thomas Grenville, Princess Charlotte of
Wales, Drorbournelntry, Sir Godfrey Welisicr,
Juliana, and Dlana.
The medals ordered by his Royal flightless the
PRINCE Rnalrer to the General and Field Officers,
Who so gallantly distinguished theniselves in storming
the lines of Cornelis, on the Island of Java, td
be distributed equally among the Company's Oirxeis
with those of his MAJESTY'S service.
A Gentleman of New York writes to his father in
Glasgow, that the present war is the net of an Impo-
litic and partial Administration. Hopes store enter•
tamed that its projections would speedily give place
to better men.
Orders bare been given for ell the disposable ships
of theline now in the different port:, to l:e fitted for
sea without delay, and proceed inurtediately to the
Accounts were receired yes•erday from Malta to
the 24th of September, whicii bring the dates from
Constantinople down to the 3d of the same month.
We learn, with great concern, (*lac the plague rages
most violently in the Turkish capital and suburbs ; if
the accounts are accurate, thin 5 to GOO inhabitauts
are carried off daily, including those on both sides of
the canal.

PLYMOUTH, OM 22.a-Arrived last eight, the
Patent, letter of marque, Capt. Nl‘Mssycns, front
the West Indies. On the 11th S;pt. a few league.;
from Bermuda, she fell in with the American ship
Hannibal, Capt. Hever, bound to America, besi g
been out nearly four years on a very succes4..l
trading voyage on the North West coast ; indeperie
dant of a very valuable cargo, she had on board
500,000 dollars. On hailing the American, her
Captain requested a supply of provisions, on which
Capt. WMAiTERS desired her boat to be sent on
board ; and immediately the American. Supercargo,
Mate, and boat's crew came on board the Patent, and
were instantly mule prisoner,. Capt. &MIAs-nag
then sent his mate and a taoat's crew to take possession
of the Hannibal, with directions to theme te to make a
signal if he met with any resistauce, which was not
done, and soon after he got on hoard the American.
—lt is presumed the cheat was discovered, and the
English boat's crew made prisoners in their turn.—
As she iostautly filled her sails and put before the
wind, and sailing better than the Patent, made her
escape, carrying with her the English Mate and
boat's crew. The Supercargo, Mate, and Moat's crew
of the Hannibal have arrived here in the Payee.
A private letter from the Breeds, dated Augest 14,
states, that the Royal Family, at Rio Janeiro, were
preparing to return to Europe, In consequence of the
disturbed state of that quarter of the globe. A coml.
ter-revolution, very extensive in its ramifications,
was on the eve of breaking out there, and every thing
indicated some very important political cheap, in
the Government of those fertile provinees.
. Mr. PETRIE, lately (lilt in Council at Madill, had
accepted the Government of Prince of Wales Idea
and its Dependencies, and ea* about to proceed to
his station towards the middle of the motels of July.;
The High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, in compliance
with a requisition signed by eighteen persons, his,or'..
dared a Meeting of the Freeholders to be convened
on the 24th inst. at Oxford, for the unpopular put.-
pose of taking into consideration the propriety or
presenting a petition to Parliament against the claims
of the Roman Catholics.
The Earl of ATLeteroan died at his seat of Pack.
iogton. His Lordship, we are informed, after *
hearty supper, and the usual performance of his de.
votions went to bed on Tuesday, and was in the
course of the night attacked by goat in his stomach,
which caused his death. Ile was born July 4,1751,
and succeeded his father, the late Earl, May 9,
1777. His Lordship is succeeded iu his title and

The Fox packet has arrived at Falmouth from Ca- I estates by his son, Lord GUERNSEY.
diz, in 19 days. She brings an account of three Bri- 46 It was," as a Morning Paper Very happily ex• •
tisk Officers (a Colonel and two Captains) having ! pressed it, " equally brave and generous in Dr.
been destroyed by the explosion of a mine, at Seville, ; presenting himself in justification of the prefer^nce
formed by the French previoas to their final era- of the Committee. But what must he think of the
cutiou. other disappointed essayists—how mast not this
It is* lamentable fact, not less extraordinary than Champion of Posey scorn the dastards, when, af.
trues that uotwithstanding Providence bu blessed ter his so nobly and disinterestedly stepping forward
us with a most abundant harvest, and finest weather j only to break the ice' for their productions,
to save it, yet the price of corn still keeps up al- I not one of them has been roused by his energising
most as high as during the time of the alleged 1 example i"
scarcity. This surely cannot be right, but impe- The Severn overflowed its binka on Monday last.
rlousty calls for legislative examination. Something The river, swollen with rain and increased by an
must be radically bad in the system of the corn- , uncommonly high tide, broke iu frightful hounds-
market, when.jobbers, contactors, forestallers, or floe over its banks, and swept away 200 fine sheep
regraters, by their interested manceuvres, are • en- • belonging to a gentleman farmer. The fences of
*bled to raise the price at their pleasure.—lt is • F.arl Bakeley's estates wero also levelled; and the
obvious that Mark-lane market is ti-,e standard fields furrowed and channelled to the great ditad.
ny which most of the corns-markets iu the king-Ivantage of the hasbandmen.
dem are more or less regulated; this market, the A curious circumstance took place not long ago,
week before last, was looking down rather morel in the Peak of Derbyshire. A mAn ht that neigh.
favourably to the consumer than it had been,: bourhood having formed a connection with his neigh.
when behold a short supply (which the dealers in! hour's wife., at last eloped with her. The poor hes-
{corn know hew to manage well enough) raised the $ band being very fond of his spnuse, promised that if
Ipsce' the week following, 10s. per quarter !—lt I she would return to him, and diarard her gallant, ell
61. the boast of this fns country, that every man past ()fences should he forgiven. She accordingly
Apo speculate in trade in any manner be pleases, ' came back to her husband, and received the most
provided he has the means of doing do.- But ought ; loving treatment; but her old paramour, regardless
not a wise Legislature to provide some check to ra- !of all ties of honour, contrived to rea•vr his visits,
Ipaciotte individuals in an article of the first im-lwhich the poor husband getting at length acquainted
portance, the food of odd, in which all have an in- , with, roused . his, resentment to the highest pitch.,
!crest?—And ought not a stronger barrier to. be He being upon the watch one evening, surpris..4l his
jalsed between the avarice of trade, and the noces. wife with her gallant, who made a very preciphate
I sides of MAN ? In vain has Providence blessed this retreat, and was pursued by the husband ; having
country with plenty, if the poor, with the utmost some fences to pass in his rettatat, he sprung over
lodestry, cannot procure a sufficiency of bread; mid like a doe ; but the e.tranir husband being pro.
how can it be otherwise, whilst a host of weenie- vided with a loaded pistol, at Ay at him, and teak
tors, mee whoneither grow the corn, nor prepare such good aim as tislitilict so severe a wound, as is
k for the consumer, but are-in reality forestallers likely to make the lover remember daring life, the
sod regruters, are allowed to eater your markets encroachments he hid long made Avast his neigh.
I and creative artificial searcity. boar's property.—(Nottinghons Review.)