The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-12-24 00:00:00

Total, and iitasobers atartlfy the Crir e.
wyl eflityw ill Kings target that linty are mm!
An/ men that they are brethrea ? Why delight •
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leitmotif wiceilite? Why ?Alen the lies
M Nadine. that bhoold Cult their visit. together)
in one .01f, bloody( amity mad love I •
yet still they breathe destruction, still oak • . •
johassatily fagoting., to find oat • •
New pains for life, gear terra!, inr.theirrave ;
Aetipeers of death, still Mantuc i! dream
of ualrersal empire growing rip
From unlveml ruin. Blast the design
Urrat God of Mats, *or let thy ertmtaree fall
Vivitied victims at ornhitiofes shrine t

These are sentiments which, we are well aware,
Rill not be graciously received by. our War Mini-
sters, who have au overbearing. interest for themselves
,:nd families, arising out of what is called the divine
Dam or KINGS I.

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We have this morning received further extracts
from the Paris Papers, which will be found lute.
Testing, as they are very contradictory to the former
accounts received from Russia, and a due allowance
mast be made for exaggeration on both sides :--
• NAN, Dec. s.—Since the last dispatches from
the Grand Army, of the 28th, 'Admiral Tsehitscila:
golf has appeared on its left. Some divisions threw
theine;res upon him, and, notwithstanding. his pre-
cipitate retreat, we have taken from him 3000 pri-
yawns ; a great number of dead covered the field of
battle.
Tice Admiral's army is totally in want of provi-
sions. After the defeat-of Gen. Sachen, who com-
mantled 25,000 good troops, this corps being very

much weakened by so great a detachment, now
counts more irregular bands than regular battalions.
It has become impossible for the Admiral to keep
any discipline in the army under his command, and
he contents himself with the constraiut which de-
castation carries round about him.
The Russians justify in this campaign, and in
their own country, the sentiment of one of their
principal Generals, M. den Thlst‘y, who knew them
cell. This General, during the campaign of Auster-
litz. commanded the Russian auxiliary corps, which
the English had subsidized to retake Hanover; being
momentarily abandoned by the Imperial troops,
IV was alighting at Celle, at the house of a very ob-
svving person, where his - quarters had been
prepared, and on his arriral informed himself of the
conduct of his softtiers. . Ow their declaration that 1
they were satisfied with it, he replied, " That is
very well for the moment ; but if the French should
repulse me one day, and I should on. the following
day again take possession of your city, there would ,
not remain of it one stone upon another." The
hearers were struck with astonishment, and he con-
tinued-44 The ignorance of our people is so great,
that they cannot contain themselves when in a coun-
try evacuated by the enemy. If your city was ems
pied fnr, only one quarter of en hour by the French,
bathing could prevent its being treated AS an enemy,
and every thing put to fire and sword."
Beaus, Dec. 8.--The Russian corps of General
\Sieben, which was chased as far as Vothynia, has
\lost 7,824 prisoners, without reckoning the dead and.
bounded, and the military dispersed in the forests.
Tte patriotic gifts raised at Konigsberg for the
voninled Prussian soldiers, amount, up to this pre-
sent time, to 2000 rix dollars. . .
DltE,lleat, Dec. 6.—The intelligence from the 7th
corps of the army announce, that this corps, conduit-
, hie to pursue Gen. Sachet', arrived at )rzesc on the
2t;tii of November. The enemy retired to Ratno,
slid seemed to intend traversing the morasses and to

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ante, that the enemy endeavoured in vain to board
the vessel ; nor did he succeed, but by setting fire to
the vessel on her quarter, which was immediately '
burnt.
The whole attack was then directed against our
gun-boat and our battery, but it was ail useless; the
Legionaries precipitated themselves into the water,
and in the midst of cries of 46 Vtae k Rot!" sus-
tamed the enemy's attack, repulsed him, and forced
him to renounce every attempt in future.
In this last attack, in which the fire of our brave ,
troops was kept up with surprising activity, Lieu- I
tenant Piisco received t< contusion from a discharge
of grape-shot.
On the 17th, in the morning; the enemy was seen
at a great distance from the coast; at about eleveni
o'clock he directed his course towards the east.. At
the same hour our convoy had got under sail, and I
steered under its guard towards the port of Vasto.
The enemy had at the same time the humiliation to
see a second convoy of :10 sail pass him, and steer
*long our coast.
The crews and vessels of the enemy have suffered
very severely daring this long action. We have on-
artunately last one artillery-man, who was killed
brihe very gun thM,lte was evading,
Prisco has shown much talent, courage,
,lpld devotion to the service; he was bravely seconded
by the Legionaries, and by the armed force of the
..atom-house. Lieut. de Reusis has likewise greatly
distinguished himself.
llAmsunair, Dsc. 10.—We have just received
news from the Grand Army, with Intelligence of a
victory obtained on the 2Sth Nov. over the two
Russian corps of Wittgenstein and Tschitschagoff.—
The bead-quarters were arrived at Moldeechonow,
which gives the solution to the grand movement,
which has been announced to have taken place on
the Dwitus and cm the Borysthenes.
It is now evident that the dispositions made by the
Russians were combined to stop the march of the

retire on Kowel end Luck. The Saxon cavalry, al..
tho,:zh inferior in numbers, always sought to attack
the enemy, and have done them much harm.
From Wolkowysk to Brume tha loss of the Rus-
sians amounts to 8000 men ; and is far as Wieli-
liiinki we had already taken, 2,-100 Hsu:lets. The
Saxon cavalry afterwards took 2,)oo.pri.totters, end
that of the Austrians about 1,40. The Austrian Col.
Scheiter, surprised, it Pruazang, 353 Cusatcks, with
10 Officers. At Brzesc we took a Russian hospital,
with 800 men, and there released WO prisoners of
our own men. The Sasee•troops have suffered last
little, and the mortality Jamie hospitals is hut very
man, in comparison wit it: what it geuerelly b In
Lampaigns.
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N•trtts, Nov. 30. lii t Wee time past the ens-
v had ceased •:/11 -
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to ,sturbW navigation our port
for the whole length of the Adriatic sea, is those of
Cie kingdom of Italy and the Illyrian provinces. it,
►reined as if the many attempts be had made, with..
nut success, had taught him to respect a coast,
where he had constantly encountered as many bruit
men as there were legionaries destined for its 40.1

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enemy's cavalry under the fire of the Saxon light in-
fantry, and a piece of artillery masked, which
forced him to a speedy retreat, which he executed,
but with considerable loss.
The Saxons only bad one light infantry slightly
%Mended on this occasion. The loss of the enemy
trait Wolkowysk to Breese, is, at least, 8000 men.
We had already taken 2400 prisohers on his arrival
at %Vielizhainke. During the march to this place, the
ts'azon advanced guard made 2100, and the Austrians
1500. The Austrian Colonel Scheder made, with
Ake squadrons, a verf successful charge upon
the Russian cavalry near Pruzzany, and took
prisoners, 300 mounted Cossacks, with 10 Officers
of the new regiment of the Ukraine. At Brzesc,
the seventh corps found an hospital with 800 Rus-
sians in it, and delivered about 200 prisoners.—
Among the Russians taken by the Saxons was a
Major Officer and seventeen Officers. Major de
Wortzdorf also took, on the road from Brzesc to
Ratno, 19 carriages laden with provisions. •
The troops of his Majesty have suffered very little,
notwithstanding the great efforts they have been
obliged to make. There are now on their route con. ,
siderable transports of military convalescents,. pro-
! teeding from the hospitals of Warsaw, Pultittlz. nod
ti
filslystock ; the mortality has been much lo„ in
these different hospitals than it was in prcceditig
campaigns.

Grand Army toward', its winter quarters.
This 'plan was greatly conceived, but the execn-
tiou.of it was the less easy, es being to take place
before the greatest General ever known, and before
the first of all armies ; and as there must be less
connection between the operations of Generals act.
!lug separately, and unable to communicate with each
other, but by very circuitous ways.
1" The Prince of Schwartzenberg wu, on the 10th
of Novemhcr, at Slonim, about 30 miles distance
from Borosow.
The Emperor arrived at the last-mentioned city on
the Y7ih, and it is therefore certain that the COMINIP
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Mentions were at that time well established.
We know by letters from Posen,* froraWarsawo
and from Wawa, that the divisions of Daring. La-
! grange, Loison, the Neapolitan division, 'be Guards

of Tuscany and Turin, the marching battalions of
the Imperial Guards, and all the divisions of the
Grand Army, &c. Vera ow the Niemen.' 'Ns im-
posing mass of forces, which, accordiag to the most
moderate calculation, amount to 110,000 moo,
should teach the Russians to reflect. its

A Cadiz Mail arrived this morning, by which it
will be seen that the Marquis of WELLINGTON has re-
moved his head-quarters ti' Ciudad Rodrigo.
OFFICIAL A
" The enemy, as I informed your Excellency, in
my anterior of`the 30th ult., continue in Benevente,
is &umber IMO infantry, and 40 horse, colleeing
provisions; and are, as 1 am informed, fortifying,
themselves at the bridge of Castro Gonzalo.
" These accounts I have just been put in posses-
sion of, by the daily Journal, which I receive from
cho ith ;ht horse, Inul advanced

two officers, who, wiL eigL._
three leagues beyond Bantza, and whoße spies e‘.
tend even to Benevente, the tatter confidently speak
of the speedy retreat of the enemy to Rio Saco, and
add, that the 400 horse, which the day before yester-
day marched towards Mayorga, had not passed the
said town.
44 All this I state to your Excellency for, your in-
formation.
" Dee. S. M. OF. OTAIIPSP.M.
'6 P. S.. This moment, 11 o'clock at night, a se-
cond Dispatch has reached me, stating, that the spies
know that the English have entered Salamanca."
lynoss est EOIII7NNA DIARY, OP DEC. 6.]
1.
IMP Proses have already divided thrnagh Old Cas-
tile, ll the forme which they had collectedto fight the
Lord, to'which they have been obliged, by want of
"envisions.

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fa ells begiaaisg of this month, about 300dragoo
asiipsnid to eaneza, and 200 of them arrived at
Astor... Gen. foyer, who at present commands s.l
divides imposed on Valadolicl, Salamanca, Zamora,
sal other places, a contribution of 2,000,000 of
stall, which they were not able to satisfy.
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cr:.;,•s, I with the 2d, 9th, and 10th corps, with the Saxons seal Thi 'General, the most fierce instrument of the
After a long repose, (hiring which, though with. I Austrians, presents the image
of
the meet itePindeg tyrant, is destined to occupy the points of. the Asta-
oel giving up appearances;, he was nevertheless kept' strength, and renders the Grand Army much sepe. : vies by order of Napoleon. Only anxious for money,,
at a respectable distance from the coast ; he, on the : rior in numbers to what it was on commenting the 4 cruelty is the prominent feature of his character.'
lath instant, determined on recommencing hostili- : campaign. .--- • i' I King Joseph, with a division of. 10,000 men, coun-
ties. lie, no doubt, tattered himself, that the in. I The Russians having these forces in their front, ; sues in Valladolid. • .
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active state in which he had kept !limo& I
for several and behind them, as far as Moscow, -the desert ere- 1
Sairrivroo, DEC. 11.—The suppord expedition of
mouths, bad rendered the defence of our coast less seed by themselves, possibly, flattered themselves ' the French to Santander, 'Was only a false alarm.,
vigilant, and that it might be possible for him to sae- with passing them, and to maintain themselves on the batted • 10;000 men preCeeding to that towii,'
prise with advantage some one of those numerous vide of the Dila& *A the Borystheners ; but the vic- tbs was only 10% who, came, to Reynosa from
convoys; which keep the, navigation ,in a state of tory of the 28th NWT' ember hat decided the question. in _—
muitas,- in seercA .of what cattle they could find,
great activity frond one extremity of the Adriatiate FRANKFORT, Dn. 9.—:-M, de Wingingemdit Akl. tied who appear to be part. of the•GQOO, who, with
the other. ' : '. de. Camp totba limpartse of RINI% . Mk, was made Catfarelli, ittizanced to Vittotba. - -
In this hope, and at about 4 o'clock In the after- prisoner of wit, is arrived her''''. . .. I ' About the middle of last month, 111eitdisaivel was
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noon of the said day, at the moment when the dp- I Theasemes Dee. 6.—a CaPhllvt. d Canby, nt illibea, employed in trebling the battalions of
Preach of night rendered the su,rprise moat easy, he Count de lichnleisboerg, wife' left tieb lined•qitarteri Biscay, and even then the English:, were biockatlitig.
attacked a convoy of several Loftin an 4 Illyrian of the7th earpsost thet9th Plovombervhas bteng,tt Seaton'. On the.2lth of November, the Englisk
*easel, which, taking refuge notior-Ao. ow* of ibo fillovriotioloVigtooos ' 1-cevairy, which came to reinforce Lord Wellingtons'
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finished' its' disembarkation it Usher's and the ln•
fantry which has left the ports of Greet Britain, is
immediately expected.
General Boyer, so *ell known for his erttelties,
and, nu that account, so much esteemed by
Master, con►a,auds the troops which are on ibis side
the Duero. It is said that ho has received order{
from Napoleon to pass intolhe Asturias; but it epa
pears that his employment is now reduced to impose
ing am! demanding contributions from the towns
through which he passes, almost without stopping in
any. lie complains of the want of moneys and
even of provisions.
The intrusive King is gone from Tore to V*Hale.
lid, where it seems as if he intended to make eoe►f
stay.

Camp. Merino, repulsed him, and Osk to The Pth corps d'armeefpnt itself in march on the
sustain a wry con,iderable damage. . 20th Not. from Wieli.hainke, conjointly with the
At night the fire ceased. On the 16th, at brisk II Austrians, and marched by Iludea, Ssereisew, Czer-.
of tiny, the enemy steered towards Tecchio, where nawestle, upon Breese, where it arrived on the 26th ;
the whole of the convoy was lying at anchor. I the enemy's General Sachen had taken the same
At the first movement of the enemy, Lieutenant toute with the greater part of his cops, having only
Frisco, who commanded the Legionaries, caused the caused a small column to pass through Kamoniec,
ienerak to beat ; every thing was disposed for the and a strong detachment of cavalry by litibryn;
attack, and we immediately formed a battery of two From Breese jgasspogaded to Ratno, and it now ap-
six-pounders on the spot. The battle was kept up pears beyond tionk4 that he probably will retire
the whole of the day. Towards the evening, the across the marshes to Kowel and Luck.
crew of one of the vessels belonging to the convoy, I The 7th corps did 'not cease pursuing his rear-guard
yielding to the superiority of the enemy's force, re. from Wiele-hainke to lirzese, • whilst the Austrians
treated from the combat. The action then became in their march, constantly menaced his right flank,
more brisk, and the enemy was forced to abandon his., The bad roads and the re-establishing a great num-
, prey. The streams of blood which ran the *hole her 4 bridges, the whole of which had been destroy.-
length of his side, sufficiently proved what damage ed by the enemy, greatly retarded the march of the [roost Tim SAME PAM, DEC. 15.1
the cell-directed fire of our artillery and mnsquetry corps, and these different obstacles required consi- It' is indubitable that all communication between
had .caused him. derable efforts. The Saxon advanced guard was Bum): and Paris, is intercepted. In the latter city, the
Lieut. Prisco being persuaded that the long duns- several times obliged to fight during this march; !police is very active in preventing illy persons from
tion and fatigue of the battle was the sole cause of these different combats always did it the greatest i assembling together, or conversing on the Russian
the enemy's keeping silent during the night, but that honour, considering the great superiority of the . war.
he would recommence the attack on the following day, enemy's cavalry ; itlost in all but ten men. I Caffarelli separated himself from the army to
took advantage of the time left him to prepare for al The 23d, towards midnight, a corps of 600 Cos- I prevent the siege of Santona, which was in a
more vigorous defence, nett doy, in case the enemy ' sacks, supported by some detachments of infantry, I very critical situation. ' It is doubted Whether
should again come to action. In effect, his armed wished to surprise it. The vigilance and sang he will arrive in time. Mina is blockading Parr•
beats esAyed to disturb our preparatiensomd by a frail lithe cavalry piquets of the .Grand eased, pluna, the garrison of . which place is retiree' to
bold coop-de-main make themaalsit masters at, eomentailled by Lieutenant aodttse intent- the greatest distress. It was inteeded to ate
some vessel. The enemy directed his whole force table promptitude with which all the troops forming tempt something against the celebrated town of
against it-taahatole, richly laden, which was laying at the advanced-guard got under arm's, occasioned all Barcelona, but the negligence of a General, es is
the right el our line. The Lieutenant of the Le- the disadvantages of this attack to fall upon the ene- usual, prevented the design from succeeding.—The
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gift:tries of Iteusis made such a determined resist- my. The Grand Guard succeeded in drawii the -

article conclin- . with some sarcastic observations on
the repeated plunderings of the French, and the con.
tributions they are continually imposing.
SANTIAGO, DEC. 4.—.1.0rd •Wellington has his
headquarters at Ciudad Rodrigo, in the vicinity of
which piaci his :mop* are encamped-. ' ' •
The great scarcity of previsions, in a country en.
tirely wasted, has obliged nor Simko to divide them.
selves, and take positions in which they can find tub•
sistence. It appears that, except the cavalry, the
whole 6th army is marching upon the towns of P.M.
brie and °reuse ; and the sth, under Senor Cistanos,
with all the cavalry, of the 6th, has taken the road
to Estremadura, and will establish its head.qaarters
in Caceres. For the same reason, we are assured
I that the French have not left Salamanca, but luta
seemed to manifest an intention of turning back up
on Valladolid and Segovia.
A Lisbon Mail arrived last night, by which we tr.
ceived the following intelligence :-
1 Limn, Mc. 7.—Bead-quarters continue at Frey
nada. Gen. Hill's division is going South. Our last
intelligence from head-quarters is dated the 2d ima.
i Orc. s.—The head-quarters of the Grand Lord
• sti' I remaiued, on the 30th November, in Freynada,
and the wavy WAS cantonal in its neigboarhood.—
ieven. Hill tuati.his )lead-quarters in Coria, and tha
Conde do Penne and Morello bad theirs iu Placentia.
iThe army of Galacia marched towards Astorga.
' The retreat of the Combined Army from the
1 Tonnes to•the Agoetia, passes among military men as
i chef creturre in the art of war. Ninety thousand
French, among whom were from 10 to 11,000
horse, could not intercept our army in its retr. at to
1 Ciudtad Rodrigo, although the Grand Lord was in
'Salamanca, when CAEVARCELI, with his corps, was
near the banks of the Tormes.
I The French, for the third time, sacked Said..
1 rnanc3 ; in the last, King Joseph had the honour of
. Wing President ; they imposed upon Valladolid a
•ontribution of 600,000 reels, for Laving received
i and well entertained the English.

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Two French frigates are *stitd to hive lined trom
Natnz for •Alnerica. The Carteret packet, which
sailed from Falmouth on the 17th, fer Corunna, site
a frigate engaged with two sloops of war, curd after
the action the frigate stood foe the westwards and the
sloops bore away to the south.
- The statement inserted in the papers on the tist .
Instant, that the Marquis CAMDEN resigned his key
ns a Cabinet Minister last week, is not correct. His
Lordship resigned the Office of President of the
Council in March Inst,-htiteontinuid to hold a seat
in the Cabinet until the Administration Wits etta‘
.blished andthe Parliament way prorogued.
On Tuesday lasi SANFORD PAM' AM, Eq. of
Portland-place, was unanimously elected Member
for Ludgeyshalf, in the room of MaorNs Damns", _
Mar.Ess, Esq. • and Josrrn Bina, Esq. of the • .
Ilasells, Lancashire, was also unanimously elected". ' ''" .
the other Member, in the room of JOiEI4I HAGVit -.:'‘ '. .:
EVERETT, Eq.
By a letter from Portsmouth, of the 21st instant,.
we learn, that the-Portant cartel had returned to .
that port from Morlais, having on hoard en interest.. •
tog woman, a native of Ireland, of 22 years of age,
who having been married to Col. Ilsarnow, a French
Officer of -Artillery, lately on his portliest Chester.
field, received the permission of this Governmeaf ter
follow her husband to France, and embarked for that ' ..
purpose at Portsmouth oh the 17th of August last ' '
rinii. i.
has now hems cruelly driven back, together with
son, an infant 19 months old, by order of the V ''
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-Authorities, and is arrived at Portsmouth, as abate, '.-
-mentioned, in a state of the greatest misery and dia.
tress, destitute of the means of subsistent-eft): an hoar,
uotit relkpiria at the charge of this:Governments at
is-dene in ill cios of English women arriving frogs. .
-France in a state of distress. .
, • The clot:- -s of one of the female attendants le , -.
the entertainment of Midas, ctu;ht Are last night,
and she was instantly enveloped in (tames ; but by
timely assistant'e shesustained very little persomd in.
jury. -
The Curieret packet, which 'ailed from ?shatter(
on the 17th instant, front Coruna*, Si,, a fri.4ate 4 •
•the Canard, supposed to be French, rogseng two
ajeops of war; and shortly after, the sloops doedie
.thwanuthwardand the filets to the westward.
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