The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-10-02 00:00:00

THir STATESMAN.

FRENCH P4PEIIS.
BATTLE 0? MOJAISIC,
Pule. trier. 25.—The Bulletin of the battle of
the 7t h la, not yet arrived. The letters of the 9th
announce, that it will he recei,ed by the neat courier,'
and it is convegnently expected every moment. AU
the private letters which have arrived from the army
confirm the brilliant victory obtained by his Majesty.
Th. battle %CRS fought at Borodino, four leagues in
atirrnee• bf Mojaisk. The wheie of the enemy's
a. my--uai.engsged.—The Russian Imperial Guard
took part in the battle, and suffered severely. The
French Imperial Guard did not fire a shot;. two of
its Cenerals were wounded: but they had the com-
mand A. divisions of the line. The enemy suffered
an enormous loss in killed and wounded; and a
vest number of cannon were taken from them.
On the 9th of September the head-quarters of the
Emperer were at Mojaisk, and his Majesty was
vondel fully well. The advanced guard was within
fifteen leagues of Moscow. All the villages on the
road were filled with dead or wounded Russians.—
(louria! rle !'Empire, Sept. 25.)
BERLIN, stn. 11.—A great number of troops are
dispatched to complete the Prussian corps before Rip.
A Prussian chasseur, though wounded himself at the
time, slew Major Fiedeman, a Prussian deserter,
Rho commanded the Russians in their last sortie
from Riga. 'rids officer had been loaded with the
K:ng's bounty. He hud forfeited for ever the esteem
of all honourable men, no less than other Prussian
0111 e• s, Members of the Society of Vertue, who had
enter d into the service of Russia.
A troop of robbers and incendiaries has lately
been b: ought to trial here. Two have been con.
demur d to be burned alive, and three to be beheaded.
STtt.t.r.St:ND, SEPT. it —Some travellers who had
set ou' sea from Stockholm, were taken by an
English frigate. Having succeeded in obtaining their
releace, they have just arrived in this city. They
s ite, That !bey had seen on different stations, above
2t/O Fliglish vessels laden, destined for the ports of
litueia But all that fame had published respecting
the sictories of the Emperor, had struck such fear
and uncer!alnty info the minds of the Captains, that
not one of them would run the hazard of entering
into a port e hich might be occupied by the Allied
troops. There iS every appearance that London
and Birmingham will witness the return of these ar-
tidos of m..reliandise which were destined for the
Continental coNsumption. We expect to see these
vessols ins ;red, together with their cargoes, against
the ri.ks cf their return voyage.
COTIR (SAXO,IO, SEPT. 7.—On the 3d of this
month a n .w et:coil of French prisoners arrived here;
it continu d its roue for Alayence ou the following
Sri TG tat) (WI wrEmsEnn), SEPT. 18.—The King,
in order to testily his satisfaction at the bravery and
good conduct of the corps of the %Virtemberg army,
has, by On Order of the Day, of yesterday's date,
snide many promotions, and granted a great number
of decorations. His Majesty has given the regiment
of cavalry,. Nos 1, to Major-General Prince Adam of
Wirtemberg.

Paris Papers to the 26th ult. arrived this morning,
but they do not contain the Eighteenth Bulletin
from the Grand Army, although there are letters
from the French coast of the 29th, which mention
its arrival at Paris, and great rejoicings had taken
place throughout France, in consequence of the victory
obtained over the Russians on the 7th ult. at Borodino,
four leagues in advance of Mojaisk, where tite French
head-quarters were established on the 9th, and the
advanced guard was within fifteen leagues of Moscow.
The Russians are said to have sustained an immense
loss, and all the villages are filled with their dead or
wounded. In a few days we may, therefore, expect
to hear of a termination of this dreadful contest, be-
fore the expedition from Sweden has made any effec-
tive movement.

Turn our eyes which way we will, we see a
fatal propensity in mankind to destroy one another.
What a picture does the French Bulletins present for
our contemplation ? They exhibit a track of country
for hundreds of miles spread over with headless
trunks and mangled and dismembered limbs—while
the Russian Bulletins record the burning of their
cities and towns. The Seythians, their barbarous
ancestors, who advanced in hordes, like clouds of
locusts, to possess or ruin other countries, never in-
flicted wanton deAruction upon their own. The ad-
vance which the Russians have made in civilization
seems only to have sharpened their native felinity—
for on what other principle can we account for their
present system of warfare. It is in vain to tell us
that they burn their cities, towns, and villages to
distress the pursuing enemy, as it is more fatal to
themselves than to the conquerors ; for when the
Russian soldiers set fire to a town they expose
the unotTending and innocent inhabitants to die for
want or expire in the flames. Let any one, in ima-
gination, place himself upon an eminence that pos-
sesses a commanding view of a city, of which he is
himself an inhabitant ; let him fancy that he sees an
army of his countrymen in full retreat towards
his native abode, with a conquering army in pursuit ;
let him see his countrymen driven to despair, turning
! upon their pursuers with the ferocity of wolves, in
order to arrest their progress, while the assailants,
with the fury of tigers, are determined to conquer
or to die—the battle commences—he hears the aw-
ful roar of cannon—he sees them plunge their bay-
onets up to the sockets in the blood of his country-
men, as they retire with precipitation upon their na-2
tive city, leaving thousands of their comrades dead,
or dying in the utmost torment, upon the plain
women and children running in a state of distraction
through the streets, rending the air with their cries,
while the men contemplate with sullen sorrow the
scenes of distress by which they are surrounded ; he
sees them setting lire to the city which they had it
not in their power to defend—he sees the flames en-
velope the habitations, in rolling columns, while the
conquerors enter with shouts of savage joy, wrought
up to a pitch of desperation by resistance and re-
venge—let any nne fancy that he sees and bears all
this, and he will then have witnessed a faint picture.
of a Russian retreat! ! !

Lemat:toi, SEPT. 4.—According to intelligence
from Christianpol, dated August 28, General Ko.
siusky has again entered the Russian territory by
Usritug,issid advanced to Wiodoasira. The kussion
e..oops retired with the greatest celerity from Poryck
• and blilatyn ; and in these two last cities their re-
trot was accompanied with disorders which were
• most injurious to the inhabitants.
NAPEE4, SEPT. s.—Yesterday, at 11 o'clock in
the morning,. arrived in this port a convoy of 11
vessels, consisting of six Neapolitan and five French
vessels. These ships, richly laden, have come from
Marseilles, Genoa, and Leghorn.
Lsaiso, I.—The enemy's privateers, which
dhow tl!,mselves from time to time on our coast, do
nut render our navigation less active. The commer.
cisl intercourse with the neighbouring provinces and
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with all t%c pork of the Adriatic is -as constant as
ever. The arrival of small convoys in the different
ports of the province are frequent.

GENERAL ELECTION.

Parliament being dissolved, and the Irilts returnable
on the ilth of November, as will be seen by the
Proclamation in last night's Gazette, we beg leave
to request those Candidates, who wish to have their
ildecrtisements inserted in the STATESMIN, will
have the goodness to forward them to the Office,
No. 87, Fleet street, on the preceding evening,
or before 1.0 o'clock of the cloy on which they are to
opp:'ar.
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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 11412.

A nottenburgh Mail arrived this morning, with
Riiii‘r,; to the nd ult. from which we extract the fol-

lo\%i:.g:—

GOTTENBURGH, !km 41.

The Royal Family have left Stockholm for Mal-
enqe ; it is expected that his Royal Highness the
Citowe Fat NCI: will take Gottenburgh in his route,
where he will arrive on Sunday or Monday next.—
A hoot 1500 IWO arrived here yesterday and to-day ;
and 4000 meroare expected to-morrow.
The whole of the 7000 men, which are to embark
here, will certainly arrive on Wednesday; and` on
Thumlay morning a grand revie;► of the whole corpi
will take place, after which they will immediately
embark.

Under the'present circumstances of the country, as
connected with the general state of the public mind,
we confess that there appears to us little or no pros-1
pect of any effective measures being adopted without
Peace,that will be calculated to preserve the nation from
sinking still deeper into an abyss of splendid rein.
The approaching struggle between the Government and
the people, during the formation of a new Peril'.
smut, will exhibit a striking picture of the die•
graceful system of electing Representatives, sap.'•
ported Ity a Treasury drained from the pockets
of the poor, end nefariously squandered away for
the purpose of placing in the House of Cos eons a
majority of men who, from weakness or wiskostams,
prostitute their votes, and sacrifice •thA tativieti

-

- nem Rim. 1, the ?op* to satisfy a bass and degenerate thirst
Wo every instant receive fresh detail, 01 the seek far wealth, power, and titles ! to accomplish which,
at Smolensk*, and the vistoriou stops of the Grand Ministers are dispatching their emissaries, like
Army. so many evil geniuses, throughout alt parts of the
^" In' the betties- of Sudeosko and 'relatable tho ' country, to boy the votes of the 'corn. zenh the
Russians last free: 25 to 30,000smen, about 20 Ge- money of the people, in order to chute a representa-
nerals killed, wounded, or prisoners, as well as a ties body, not of the people, but of the (*envies of
great number of °Seem the people.
The people are again put in • full possession of
that sanctum sandorum of British Liberty—the
The following is extracted from Coratum Papers,
which arrived this morning:—
/ House of Commons. The key is placed in their
CORUNNA. San. 21. I
ow n hands, and, as far as the present system of
According to the intelligence we have received in
Representation extends, they have the power of
choosing those characters en whom they can place a
this city from persons worthy of credit, the French
are in great haste erecting fortifications in the vicinity confidence in the disposal of their lives, liberty, and
of Tron, with the object, no doubt, of securing a
mid property !
retreat, in case of necessity.
At three o'clock on the morning of the Bth, the
l
French precipitately evacuated Bilboa, at which mo-
ment a battalion from Biscay occupied the town.
In Santona there is only a gairison of 1 500 French;
It being supposed the Governor intended to act trea-
sonably, and marry a lady of that place, another re-
placed him, and he wu sent WI, strongly escorted.
The Allied Army's the true pole of our hopes,
lately was, we are assured, in Toronentada, since
which, according to private intelligence, it had routed
the rear-guard of FoY's division, taking, as is said,
3000 infantry and 700 horse, with a considerable
portion of waggons, baggage, &c. &c. which will
not be conbidercd as unlikely, when it is recollected
how little Foi was before our army. There are
some who assert that the hero WELLINGTON is already
in possession of Pancona. Our sixth army must by
this time have joined the British.

Yesterday, at three o'clock, the PRINCE REGENT
held a Privy Council at Carlton House, for the pur-
pose of pricking for a Sheriff, which was attended
by the LORD CHANCELLOR, Earls WESTMORLAND,
LIVERPOOL, Viscount SIDMOUTH, Mr. BATHURST,
and the Duke of MONTROSE. Mr. BULLER attended
as Clerk of the Council. After the Council, his
Royal Highness gave audiences to the Lord CHAN.
co.coa, FArl LIVERPOOL, and Viscount SIDMOUTH.
It is rumoured that the following changes will take
place in Ireland, before Christmas :—the Duke of
BIACEORT to be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland • Mr.
Garnetty, a Commissioner of Excise, to succeed Sir
Ceting.Es SAXTON, as Under Secretary in the Civil
Department; and Major itsuoic, who is Private Se-
cretary to the Duke of Ricustosp, to succeed Mr.
GREGORY at the Excise Board.

We have received thelollowing communication :
" Verdigrease and antimony are not allowed to be
imported in future from France, and are specially
excepted In the licences now granted by the Lords
of Trade."

Extract of a letter from St. Michael's, dated Sep-
tember 5 :—" By a vessel just arrived from Fayal,
I have received intelligence of an American schooner
privateer having captured three British vessels, the
crews of which, 17 in number, are landed at Fayal.
One of the vessels (a Jersey brig) engaged the pri,
vateer until all her powder was expended, when she
was obliged to strike. The American small craft ,
will, no doubt, swarm about here. The Fantome
brig of war left this a few days since, to cruise in
this quarter."
The following is an extract of a letter from Stock- '
holm, dated Sept. It, 1514:—" I have been at St.
Petersburgh, and arrived here some days ago. At '
St. Petersburgh they speak of nothing but victories
gained over the French; and my surprise was indeed
great, when, on my arrival at Stockholm, I learut
that the French are advancing rapidly towards Mos-
cow. At this place no one knows the intentions of
the Cools's Pat vex; -he is very reserved ; and, ex-
cept General Baron ArmeacnEwrz, who is his con-
fidant, and, perhaps, some few persons more, we are
quite in the dark about political affairs, as far as they
relate to Sweden. The expedition is to consist of
' four divisions, and each division of 8000 men. Oue
of those divisions is collected at Ladugardgardet, about
one &ail* mile from Stockholm; theft) at Gotten:
burg ; the third at Carlscroua ; and the 4th in Seania.
Gens. ADLERCREUTS, VON DONCLN) SANOELS and
LAGERBRINO, are the Chief Officers to command tits di-
visions,Gen.AlLEßCß WIZ is still Commander inChief
of the whole, as it is thought that the CRowo Panne
, (should the Expedition take place) will not proceed
with the army, but remain at Stockholm. The seve-
ral persons concerned in the murder of Count Fee-
yen have been pardoned; that is to say, they were
all to be beheaded, but the KING has mitigated the sen.
I tome, and they are now put into fortresses at the
liaNn's pleasure. There is a rumour, that the goes-
tion about the restoration of Finland, wilt be dig-
cussed at a future period, or at a re-establishment of
I a general peace. But lam afraid that A Lex.tNurn
Iwill, before this, be compelled to make peace with
NAPOLEON." _

Dispatches were sent off last night from Earl
BATHURST'S Office, for the Marquis of Wstxtxu.
TON. _ .

Mr. SADLER.—We are authorized to state, for the
information of our readers, that Mr. SADLER, the
celebrated aeronaut, will make his proposed ascent
on Thursday morning next, at 11 o'clock, as origi-
nally intentled.—When we consider the boldness of
the undertaking. and the courage evinced by Mr.
SADLER on several former occasions, we are tempted
to exclaim with the Roman Lyrist, " Audasonanta
perpeli, tens humans runt."—(Dublin Correspun.
dent, Sept. 29.)
We are now enabled to state, on authority which
may be relied on, that Mr. Meant, the principal of
an American house in Cadiz, is still in confinement.
He was throwwinto prisqn by order of the Spamish..
IGoviiament., for the reason we assigned yesterday,
namely, for using intemperate language towards the
Regency, in a pamphlet which ho had published, in
consequence of their net liquidating his claim of
600,000 dollars, for flour and other provisions sup.
plied to the Spanish army; and which sum had been
decreed to him by the Government as a public
creditor. _ _ _

The accounts generally from the Army in Spain
are, that great sickness has prevailed, and that many
valuable liverhave been lost bylhe effects of the cli-
mate and of eicessive fatigue. We lament to ha►e
to announce the death of Lieut.• Colonel Coanunrr
(recently so much praised by Colonel SICERHETT),
who died at Seville. Captain 13t. &mita., of the 53d,
Major SMITH of the 36th, and Captain JERTOISE,
have died of their wounds; and Lieut.-Col. OFFLEIrs
of the K. G. Guards, from fatigue.

CORN-EXtIIANGE, Ocr. t
The fresh arrivals of Wheat to-day are not numerous ; bet we
still have a large supply on hand, and sales is general quoted
full ss. lower than on Monday. Rye and Barley continuo at the
late redaction. Malt somewhat lower. White Peas are again
dearer. Not .any Beasts, and at little variation. There is a
tolerable sip* of Oats, with a brisk demand ; and this trade
lepporis out last gestation. Is 'lone there is no alteration.
Wheat
Pipe ditto lOB 116 i Do. (New)
Rye .•
62 16 I Oats 5l 53 5S
Bayley NI 5$ 1 Poland do.
Malt lO 17 1 Pribilof. do. ....... 60 Si
White Peas (holies') 111 98 Rape Seed .....—. • £6O £66
lirey do.
111(444 , .....-.... 84 109 %coeds ..... . 10510,

HIGH PRICE OF DRE.dD.
FURTIIER 4DV.iNCE.

after pay.
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TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE STATESMAN.
subject,Sißl—
•
tng me compliments which I do not pretend to, at.
tributes the high price of this essential of human
subsistence, not to the various cause.; that I have
assigned, but to there being an assize in London
s
and to this solely he attributes all the foul I •
p ay in
this article; and he concludes by asking, whether
1 I believe in witchcraft? I tell him, that if I did, I
' would be one of the veriest fools that ever walked
014 two legs. Now, with regard to the subject under
1 consideration, I believe, and am firmly of opinion,
that the high price of bread (and this too without
cause), in London especially, is to be traced to a
combined chain of inicrilouspraetices, all tending to
the injury and starvation of the public; who, like.
TA NTA LIM, see that plenty, which neither themselves
nor families can taste, but the cup is dashed from
their lips at the moment they are in hopes of drink.
ing of it. In the first place, all the little farmers
have disappeared, their farms being seized and added
to the great and overgrown landed proprietors ;—.
these small farmers reared poultry, eggs, veal ;
raised corn, and they brought It to market ; but
now, these people have all disappeared, and they
and their families are driven to follow some meant. •
Ideal trade, which already is overstocked.
The great farmers never bring their grain or pro:
ductio,ns fairly to market ; but they tell it by sample,
bringing a small bag, containing about a handful,
and by this they sell all they have, without ever
bringing it fairly to market, and, as it is called pitch.
ing it, so that they must either sell it or carry it
back ; the millers, mealmen, speculators. and we.
'waiters carry on their dealing underhand mith
those, whose sons are riding their hunters, and their
daughters learning the piano-forte, to squall Italisn
airs, to dance, &c. &c. instead of milking their
cows, and following their domestic occupations, as
formerly. The fathers, in the meantime, drinking,
instead of Englhh ale, foreign wines mixed with
brandy.
Another great evil regarding land and agriculture is,
that when the leases of small farms expire, the great
land-owners and proprietors take these firms into
their own hands, and as the produce is not pant d
to be turned into money, it is kept back, and the
market fed at the pleasure of these gentry.—Next
comes the Corn-Eschange, with all the evils of sell.
ing by sample, and the mysteries and jogialry of
those that compose it; then follow those just Bud
conscientious men, the mealweighers; and lastly,
the Loan MAYOR and Aldermen bring up the train
of this hopeful set. lam well luformed that a cer.
tain Nobleman, whose estates are 130,00V1. a-year,
kept back his corn last year from market, until four
large ricks absolutely rotted, and it was ordered to te
laid on the land as manure.

The rich in this country live like basharrs—Ar
'middle classes vegdats—and Ike poor starve. At
present an excuse is alleged,far tie high price, viz.
that then is no mode of cooveyenee to London.
What—in a country intersected in all directions
with canals and navigable riven, and entirely sar.
rounded by the occur,
The Loan MAyost and Aldermen, instead of at•
tending to the comforts or relief of the peon, are ea.
balling about civic honours, andjAing for votes of
thanks, when they deserve the Walt mad most
marked censure.

I Am, &c.
POUCOLA,

NarAL ItirRLLIGENCE.

AEA 1.. Oct. 1.
Arrived the Napo* deep wish war, with The Matilda Vamp*
ander convoy, front Leith.
Sailed the Baritataman of war. tot Poetises*.
I'm I .NittUTH -ncr. I.
Arrived the Cormorant store ship, from Lisbon.
His Majesty's ship Zenubia is appointed convoy fb? the
Downs.
Went out of harboot his Majesty's ship Castor, to Spitoead.
I.l,VNivtlf it. Si)
The American ship Lark. a enrol hAving on board Mr. Reno
sell, the late. Americas Cb3rt,e d AC 1r sat Landon, sailed chi!
afternoon, Is ith a Noe breeze of .I.i/A at N. E. fur America.
Arrived rho. Sea lark schemer • from a cruise.
Thelnielocalaot of 14 gam, as* easette-fritrate, went up
harbour last evening. to repair.
The °inward-hound Mediterranean fleet i= now off the haf
boor, going down Channel with a fine b eeze ; two of three
transports are going out from Mere to join the. o.
FALAI UTII, Saps?. 19.
Arrived the Lark, Valli, front :larva poke on her pia
sages the Betsey, from Smyrna, then under eouvuy of his Xs-
jesty's ship Froderiekhein, from hi.aloa t ))))) nd to Imgl Ind.
Sailed the Lady Arabella packet, fur Lisbion 2 C oichestee
packet, for Cadii Lady Mary Pelotalt packet, for Gibraltar
and Malta; and the Darlington p.scket, fur tne West Indies.
llAtt‘VlClf, Orr. I.
Sailed the Auckland ;picket, w ith for )tail Heligolao(1; the
Diana, with the Mails of the lam dud W.n, for Gosteuburgao
still remain.