The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-11-12 00:00:00

TIIE STATESMAN.,

For the real history of the Hill of Rights, I inert request your
Lordship to turn to Ralph's History of VOL 2. p.
Your I Ardship will there find that the Hill of frghts Wile only
the Bill dickaratnry of our rights, and that,: in have been
followed up tv another, making spec: tic provision to carry been
into eifect, which was defeated by the Pri O
nce of rang.•
himself, who roundly declared, that it' Parliament insisted so
ranch on limitations, he would return to Holland, and leave
them to the mere, of King James. Thus, my Lord, MP
homely expression, l'hr R‘tl of Right, wits the Bill of Fare, he(
th • (Hance has not yet been scru.ri op !
Th.it I should impute any impropm• maim, to your lordship.
God forbid, but there may he au error of the jtelc n-o.:,_av
as of-the hearty and I could not hear the rum. a Reform ar-
raigars: without making the hest etthrt in n. • ..ower to interpose
in Its behalf. To your Lordship's arguiitents I have opposed
those which have confirmed me in my opinions ; both are now
before sheth it and in their.present,
tweed as well
us:Ls. future views
of this subject, public Must Judge b
fa whirrs:on; this Letter ht your Lordship, I hare only taken
the liberty, I hue only exercised the righ• which the mvtaitest
nE your Lordship's cmeitituents posse:qes; when It man's rottio.ry
at stake, he is no rriend to it who suffers ceremony to sway
him. bare endeavoured, however, to discuss the point with
all :he temper such serious subjects require. I have not, I twist,
for a moment, lost sight of that respect which I owe and feel to
your Lordship's situation, plthrie 'cervices, and private: worth,
and though I may be in error, (which I most share, should that
be the case, wit I gime of the most famous Parliament States-
nrso Lawyer,„itinsts, and hloralists, that England ever knew)
I yet shall think myself well repaid for the attempt I have made,
If in explaining the causes of "thesl'olitical Faith which k in
ono," I shall have succeeded in persuading your Lordship,
*hose good opinion I very much value, that my mistake has
not originated in thoughtlessness or vice.
I sh.:ll now, my Lord, brim this letter to a close, I have dia..
beedor.e.l my mind, having, trod, said enough to skew that
Pari;ameatary Reform is not the " baseless fabric," your Lord-
skit. Ira represented It to be., and that a man, so long as any
weight is attached to grave and virtuous antborities. may ent
Lain a conviction of its 'messily, without labouring under the
imputation of v
ery nity or presumption." I have the honour to
be, my Lord, truly sail faithfully yams,
WALTELL FAWKES.
Farnley
Nov. d.

1. 9NDON. GAZ ern EXTRAORDINAR
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11.
Foreign-Office, Nov. 7, 181'2.
dispatch, of which the following is a copy,
has been this day received from his Eseellettcy Ge-
neral Visrount Cathcart, his Majesty's Ambassador
I.'.xtraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Court of
St. Petersburgh, addressed to Lord Viscount Castle- 1
reagh, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of
State ;--
St. Petersbuil,7l, Oct. 27.
My Lotto,—l have the pleasure to acquaint your
Lordship, that the guns arc now firiug, and 7'e
.11-um is to ho sung to-morrow, in the Cathedral, for
a most brilliant affair on the 18th, between the ad- 1
vanced guards of the French and Russian armies near
Moscow, in which the former, under Murat, were
cl•feated with great loss; and for the 'deliverance of
Miss:•ow, by General Wittsingerode, oa the 2'2d of
Oe!,.::;. r. • !
The Bulletin Is not yet published ; but 1 hare the I
honour to enclose a copy of the note I hare this
raurniag received, by the Emperor's command.
I have enclosed a translation of the ofliPtal
ac..ount of the defeat of Marshal St. Cyr, by Count
Wittgenstein, and of the storming of Polotsk on the
20th October, as also that of the repulse of Marshal
Maed.malti's corps by General Steinheil.
Lieutenant-General Count Wittgenstein has been
promoted to the rank of General of Cavalry, and n
Deum for his victory was sung yesterday.
It appears that Prince Schwartzeuberg has retired
to the westward, lonving slime corps, which have
been cut off; that the province of Volhynia is en-
tirely cleared of the enemy; and that &dm. Teiticha,
golf may probably have reached Minsk aboutor soon
after the Ylst October.
I have the honour to be, acc.
(Signed) 'CATHCART.

(Translation of First Enclosure.)
St. Petersburgh. Oct. 27, lill2.

On the 18th of October Marshal Kutusow having,
learnt that the corps of Victor had quitted Smo-
lensko to reinforce the Grand Army, resolved to
Attack the advanced guard, under the orders of
Murat, being 45,000 strong, in face of our troops,
in order to defeat the same before the junction of
Victor, and before Napoleon could support him
vitt' the main body of his army. The attack com-
pletely succeeded : 36 pieces of cannon fell into our
Mud:, as well us a standard of honour belonging to
the first .regiment of cuirassiers. We have made
1500 prisoners, amongst whom is a General. Two
thousand men were left on the field of battle. Our
loss is inconsiderable.
G,i the 2d, the corps of General Winaingerode
eutered Moscow, and obliged the garrison which
the Enemy hadleft in it, to evacuate that capital in
such haste, that the French hospitals remained In
our power.

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(Second Enclosure.) . .
Extract frosaiserteport orGeo. Cnitnt Wittgeos4S, to Isis Tat.
periul Majesty, dated PoWilt, Oct.%
After a hall engagement for two days with the
cnemy, thanks to the Almighty, 'Marshal Goovinn
St. Cyr, is on the other side of the Dwina, and I
Ran in Polotsk, with the corps entrusted to -my
•
toinmand.

On the 6th instant, I directed Lieutenant-Gene-
ral Prince Jaschevil to attack, with his detachment,
the enemy o'n the side of the village Guravitchne,
whilst Lieutenant-General Count Steinheil continued
bis march this way, on the left bank of the Dwiaa. I
The enemy's advanced guard received me at the
Guravitctne, from whence it was driven into
the linos. The engagement was most blody :. it
began at sit in the morning and lasted till .night: I I
kept my grou ea, and compelled the enemy to retreat
within his intrenchraents, whence he kept up a very
heavy cannonade in all directions. The following
learning, the 7th, I did not undertake any thing,
because I waited for Ike- attack of Lieutenant-Ge-
moral Count.Steltsbell es the other side of the Dwina,
WWII took place-accordingly. lie drove the euemy

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from the village Bolonia, and pursued him towards
Polotsk. I received this i.oelligence a little before.
dark ; and, in order to profit of the situatio►► in
which the Tnemy found• himself, .I attacked, on the
evening of the 7th, at five o'clock, and drove him
out of his strong intreuchments, to• which success
Lieut.:General Count mov;.tuelit greatly.

tion of throe corps of the French army, which
were advancing to give him battle ; one under
VICTOR, and the other under BomaraeTz himself,
who bad left a garrison .in Moscow. This success-
ful enterprise of Ktrresow seems to ;hera defeated
the purpose of NAPOLEON, and enabled the Russian
Army, under Gen.. WINZINGLRODE, to take posses-
sion of Moscow on the 22,1, compelling the garrison
to esacuate it in great haste, who left their sick and
wounded in the hospitals. The Gazette also con-
tains an account of the battle at Polotsk, in which
the Ressian Army, under the command of Count
Weems:mete, attacked the French under Marshal
ST. CYR, and defeated them with the loss of 45 ra-
cers and 1000 men. Only one piece of cannon, how-
ever, was taken in this engagement, and a quantity of
provisions in the magazine. These accounts announce
the capture of their favourite General, WcxztecE-
RoDE, but whether by merely reconnoitring the
enemy, at too considerable a distance from the city of
Moscow, or by advancing too zealonsly or rashly
at the head of his troops, is not stated.
The prospect of the Russian war is evidently and
considerably brightened since our last arrivals from
Gettenburgh. We must, however, moderate our
exultation, by
.considering that these are Russian
accounts. That BoNAPARTe has reached the end of
his tether is natural enough to suppose, and also
that after what has so recently happened in his
capital he may be inclined to draw nearer home. In-
deed, as in oar reflections of yesterday, we see
nothing inconsistmt or incompatible with his general
views in the Northern War, to retire from the heart
of Russia to the borders. of Polaud. He will thereby
secure and consolidate the independence of this latter
country (its independence with respect only to
Russia we mean). He, in that case, sets up a
•
barrier as to any future hostility of the Czar
ALEXANDER ; and will have left employment to
that Emperor, or his successor, for half a century
at least, in repairing the damage done him by one
campaign. He may, or may not, therefore, next
year resume operations on that territory, which
at all events, is quitting at this moment ; though, for
our own parts, we are inclined to think, ambitious as
he is, that he will have had enough of such distant
warfare. The'next French news cannot fail to be in-
teresting to an extreme degree, and will be looked
for with.great anxiety.

eontrilneed.
The enemy then threw himself into the town,
which is surreunded by a douhie Imllisade, wh. a he
maintained himself nearly the whble nights. keeping
up a constant fireqf musketry on all sides, from be-
hind the pallisacies, as well as out of the houses. I
gave orders for my ordnance to fire silicify them with
round and grape, and at last directed my advanced
guard to storm the place in .two divisions, the first
under the command of Major-Generals Platoff and
Diehitch, and the other under the command of Col.
Itiediger, of the Grodno regiment of hussars. Lieu-
tenant-General Cazanove, as soon as he perceived
that his troops were close before Polotsk, threw
himself also upon the enemy, and was the first who
marched with•them into the town. In this manner,
at three in the morning of the' 6th, the place was
carried.'
The loss of the enemy must be extrierdinerily
great, for alt the plows of action are •covered with
dead bodies; and according to the• report 'of the
inhabitants, he was employed Cie whole' of the pre-
ceding der in carrying wounded men i the other
side. Marshal Gouviou St. Cyr is himself wounded
iu the leg.
We have taken prisoners forty-five staff and supe-
rior officers, and '2OOO rank and file : among the
former there are two Colonels. We have also taken
one piece of cannon, and a considerable quantity of
provisions in the magazine, which the enemy had not
time to destroy.
The enemy's loss would have been much greater if
the Lieut,-Gesicral Count Steinheil had heed able
to follow him to Polotsk; but to his great mortifica-
tion, he was stopped by the intervention of superior
force, five wersts from the town. Oar loss is ooti
Iconsiderable ; of the Generals are wounded, Major-
! General .Balk in the head; Prince Libirgkoi and
Harman, who have slight contusions; Colonel Rote',
of the 26th Jagers, severely wounded the leg ; and
the Gentleman of the BAclianther, Mordvino,t-Com-
Imauder in the first Petersburgh Militia, has lost his
leg by a cannon shot.
I can say nothing farther of your Imperial Ma-'
jesty's troops, than that they have fought with the
1 greatest possible valour; that the Ist Petersburgh
militia, upon its arrival in my camp, was distri-
buted in the different regiments; and to the delight
of every body, thcse warriors have fought with such
good% ill and courage, that they cottlelnot its exceed-
ed by their colaradei, the old soldiers ; and they have
I distinguish:Al themselves in a particular manner in
columns,with the bayonet, under the direction of their
I brave leader, Senatcr Bibikoti. We have fewkillecl,
but many wooudecl; and the more from its having
been almost impossible to keep the men back in co-
lumn, from their eagerness to,throw themselves into
the enemy's batteries and lines.
There is also a Report of the 21st of October, by
Lieutenant-General Count Steitibeil, detailing the
particulars of his engagement with the corps of Mac-
Idonald, on the left bank of the Dwina ; having fallen
in with the enemy on the 7th near the river Utchatch.
He drove them, in concert with Count Wittgenstein,
within four worsts of Polotsk, at the same time that
Count • Wittgenstein stormed that place. The ex-
treme darkness of the night prevented farther pro-
ceedings. Without counting killed and wounded,
Gen. Steinheil made one Colonel, one Staff Officer,
37 other officers, and 500 non-commissioned officers
and privates, prisoners. The Lientenant-General
speaks in the highest terms of commendation of the
assistance he derived from the able esertious of Ma-
jor-General Phox. •

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THE ST_ITEsMAN.:

10 ArgON:
TIWRSD Y, • OIMIIIEN. 12, Isl 2.

DEFEAT OF MUR,AT, NEAR MOSCOW;
CAPTURE OF POLOTSK, 1W ASSAULTS
AND ?TIC
RETREAT OF Tux FRENCH PROM MOSCOW.

In -a Secrind Edition, last "night, we e.nuesuced
the above important intelligence, after which it Bul-
letin was issued by Government, containing Di,-
patches from te)rd CATIICALLT, dated the 18th ult.
and in the eiening a Gazeite krtraordinary was
published, containing 'further Dispatches front his
Lordship, dated the 27th ult. By these documents,
it appears, that Print* KCTUSOW attacked MVIAT,
whose army amounted to 45,000, and defeated
him; with the loss of 2000 killed add 1600`
pri-
soners, and 38 pieces' of cannon. In this tinily
Ic_neyemeat General litdiriew plowed the jut.

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44 Three pieces of the enemy's flying artillery were
dismouuted, four caissons of ammunition blown up.
The well-directed fire of the Russian artillery chlitied
the enemy's cavalry to retreat. Ten Officers and 150
privates were taken prisoners. Four French regi-
ments, viz. 11th and 12th Chas-curl. a Chem I) the
sth and 9th Hulans, a ICirlembur7 rPgiMPtit of "
Prussian hussars, and the Polish Hussars, suffered
considerable loss in this action.

" 'Marshal Iltrrusow had received a report from
Generals Tostazuwatid Tscurrcn.txuw, of the9.Ctit
September, stating that their army had pa,sed the
Styra on the 21.1, which MOMPINIt had ohligoti Prince
SCIIWAIVIZENIICUI: to NIL back on Bresch."

Lord CATIICAIt i''S diSpatChei Sv.,ak 0.,: ..;
terms of the state of the Russian arm;

From a knowledge of the considerable loss it:
3d Regiment of Guards, before Margot, it is
to be lamented that Mi!sisters do not afford sotaes:a.
tisfactory information to the families of ti'se brave
men who mny, or pay not) have suffered in that
painful and &Nereus service. Captain IlAttvcr, `.
of the Cold itrcarn, has been killed;
tenants Rol-nouns and KNox, of the 3d ite.
ment, have also been severely wounded ; and it i 4
presumed Mire than 100 i'ank.aod file killed and
*minded. Marquis A-acme:et feels sad has -
pressed great anxiety to hale fart.lit!r accounts front
his gallanttrother himself, and the public are no
less anxloui for the safety aid welfare of the *bole
army under his command.

It is scarcely necessary to direct our Readers' at-
tentionto the Letter of WALTER Faways. Esq. to
Lord MILTON, Wilt he found in our first poge.
The Public arc leo well acquainted with the value of
that Gentleman's patriotic views in the cause of !tr.
roast, to need any encovniuta from us.

A Mail from Heligoland arrived this morning, but
has not brought any thing of importance.•
Admiral Sir Enw Alto NAGLE attended this day at
the
.Admiralty, previous to his having the command
of a fleet. .
• Dispatches are making up, and will be sent off this
.evening to Falmouth, to be forwarded to LerdWee.
et N GTON.
enignisutmsbeenr,
oottf.:therEitictordinary Gateltes
•
tlestt.CienntralßElnaitgiGi by Depress, to freland.
weAre Ilaers!g
edtrs.t; .
,NliDasi
a, t,
sor .
Colonelce ueecepueradi
owtthetyhyleayt:AthaLioßeFtio.. .
. ' Major-Geueral WyerceasseCselonel of the Royal
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Iltei.i.el'llw. . ment of Foot;
Dispatches were this "orals% received from Lord
~he itueeeeded in the Coloneley of the Roval West
India Rangers by one of the General Othcors enr•
CkTIICAST, dated the 18th ult. which bring the fol.
lowing intelligence :.-r .• • ploved in• Spain. . .
"The Marshal Prince RtSeesow, is hiereport. ea_ ; We have notnote yet
.heard who es to be appitinte4
Lieetenant-Govertior of Plymouth. We ehall be
dressed to his Majeity the Eniperor.from the village
,of gqrantino, of the 4th October, states, that ;se ins- ,
. - weerious to See ehether it will be the reward or gallant
service hi the' field, or of family sort see in Paella-
poetant event had taken place, up to that day, wept wee
affairs of advance guard and detachments sent tosut , Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
off the line of communicathin of the enemy. .• - Reet India House, when the uesler-mentioned Caps:
is The 23d of Septemlier; Major-General Deese- • Was were sworn into the cc:Amami of their respec-
tive ships :—Capt. C. 0. M A iiit.*-4ilos, Madras sod
CROY!' has sent to head-quarters a mail, intercepted:
China—Copt. Ll. M. Seesox, iletraife, Madras and
by a detachment, containing two sealed boxes, and Bengal. ,The Court adjourned at six o'clock tilt
two cases filled with ornaments pillaged from 'the Wednesday next.
Russian Churches. . We announced, briefly, the arrest of Bsatetee
" Oa the 24th, the same detachment had stopped TROTTER, Esq. The following particulars are et•
tsetse
two couriers with dispatches, and on the same clay cted from the Dublin b?cnins. .!o#:—
" We have learned with srrprise and concern,
20 caissons of the enemy, laden with ammunition; that an extraordinary occurrence has very reccney,
and taken three officers and 200 men prisoners. in the county of Wexford, made a strong sensation.
" On the 27th, they took prisoners four. officers dome Bet:seen Taterree, Esq. the friend and w-
and 287 soldiers, and on the same day, two cretary of the lamented Fox,. hes been, on an aceu-
squadrons of dragoons of the guard had defeated a sation of assault and rescue, marched on foot from
the eeiehbourhood of I...ftui-Ita;1 to Wexford gaol.
battalion and two squadrons of the, French guards, and fet'ced his house on
taking two officers and gfi privates prisenees. . The the evening of the 29th, Military guards surrounded
the orders of C. Tot-
enemy received some reinforcements during the ac- under
es:N.IIAM, Esq. and the Rev. Mr. Ileticoux. Bail
Won,
loss, from the effects these were, however, equally defeated with Seas refused. Mof a sr. Taevereorna
fall. was j
Ileust
requested a
rocoveriag
.
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‘' On the 2Sths • Col. Ertl:core having, at the conveyance—tlist the soldiers might bewail.
mode of come,
drawn—that bail might he received—that the deli-
head of a detachment, fallen in with the enemy near
the village of Nisheffska, in the direction of Pedal,
completely defeated them, and made 500 prisoners. , ode state of his health might be considered—tliat
the soldiers
Arfilitghwtasn, not bsaeintlaralisseedw,
was
sr the
larded country
iG
'' General Kole, reports in the same day that his miles in one day, and the ensuing day, es..—
detachments had taken from the enemy some baggage,
• cret meetitigs."
Mr. Taorree has been charged with frequenting se.
amongst which, were. found some most interesting
The Milo:ford Mirror, of Saturday last, ascribes
papers; the arrest pf Mr. Taiererit to a very different cause
" On the 30th of September, Gen. Mieoanone- from that assigned to it in some of the Dublin Paper',
ulna attaCked theeoemy near the village of Teheri- It says, it was merely for a trifling debt.
tow. The volunteers from the Militia charged the The following is the list of
froze Flhushing tchship bans, a.
enemy with the, bayonet, with the most eitemplary nearly as can be made outti. te D:dt44
courage, and dislodged them from the village. I writing : Gee
66 It was in this affair that Gen. Feature, Chief i re., arlemagne Gout. st
- S 4 ••Auirviaus - if
.0° TibiL.,- , :
of the Stall to the King of NIU'LLS, laud the Captain i -ittit'e -_ - _ 1, ntestre
of Cavalry, Count Potens y; Aid-desCselp to Prince L Ceres ,-.- lie Frictliarld - rim shelo
44
PONIATOIVSIII, were talon, • This is the General •i
tir Virile:at; Bellin - -111'1 i'lrlitcrsl;4Bol* .7 7 - 0
46
• Filutita of ahem mention v;l4 made in .the Bulletin c-valmeenti • - • 23 • .11,.414,4?
I Afton . , - 64 hissers& • 4!
At theist of October.. :.- . • 1 Trajati" ' - • 72 Eugene
* - 14
.: ." The Prince WAIIIIOLELI, with SOO Cossacks is . • 72 ' flussard - li
? Pacificator -
91 Bullctio• . -
Advantageously posted near the village of Rossoitdro 1 linilro" .64 Commcree de I.yop,ipi,"
.
to keens the enemy on the, a M visit.
• 'tie 1 Trump
~ I Citation's - 91 tame unktotoo.
Superb and five others lathe life, Game. .wt known. b
. i relict "., - - 84' Terpsichore. .
K The Aid.de•Camp General Baron Komi, in Ms.! ' . ,I ' dia by t t
' The Bath Theatre has been mat .sp en
Report Of the 210th of September, states, that the i
enamy,•with an escort of ten squadrons atid its at:. demoiselle Moat, • &r. who haveeterfortited sotre,ti;
. attraction of Mr. V usi. It's, Madame DiDELOT, Mao-,
till, had marched on the village of Rlernevet in Mom, Dil)l3.OT'S Bullets with the most euthusts
_.
. for it
order to forage. Colonel 1117LUSIN attacked them applause.. Mr. Buell .tei has resumed his perfortealim
ollowesi by Mr. KEYSLE;
with.seccess. The French lost in this affair WO . f Covent.
killed;tied he is to he t .
prisoners,
men lOO privates were made gtrtY,
of
garden though they give 501. a night to Mr.
which 44 were Cuirassiers. ought to be known,
refused' 201. a itight.to Mr. firs4pLE:
that'the Ntittagerll 0
:
gg On the Ist of October some detachments of .
en in the '.
Bet ween twelve and one o'clock this ninn"g'
Cossacks made 102 prisoners; on the night of the : C ..e bloke out at the house if
wool.
I2d and 311 they mai:43 prisoners.
1 .j cOt, Lainhell3 Marsh, whiels we enthely de. . c__
66 On the 4th of Oetpberk.the advanced guard of id AR''''"
vii- Clothes
other fire broke out at Messrs. Serra and rd
ei
Getleral MILAIIOOOVITCH had defeated, near the vet. • , • t whvh v•
Clothes Warttliouie, in Newg:ate-street, gete-stree , , , mn.
! .Ab.o.ut half past three o'clock this Inorn.nig•."l
,loge of Suaskoe, all the attempts of the enemy to ' ,f,;,„,
entit.-ty enisinstre'tl,. stOtwithoto titling a plentanilo;,,
'carry It; 14 pieces of canntine placed at the edge of ply of wnter was at heed.' We. are haPPY t'
11 for*, bid °attained 044 Frellat coliinstis. I that a 4 116C5 we; 42 :rest