The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-10-15 00:00:00

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ig I shall proceed to-morrow, to confer with_ Ms
the biml weather has set ln, and it is not likely they Lid,on .................... i
Highness Prince Katusow, in order to adopt,
Na vemain, during the rains, in I damp and us. 0 •••
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conjunction with him, such means as will lead to
the txterelinatiott of yout eneiMes. "We will deprive
, wholesome situation.
Letters have been received from Mitten which Bait 2161
these goeste of their lives, and Send tOelo to the
state, that Prince de Wittgenstein has been defeated' ; Per (lel"' °lns' 68"
devil. I will return to dinner, and we will cont. ;
baggage . i 6 per Ceat. Navy 891 i
mence our operations to grind. these perfidious
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PA tuts OCT. 7.4:-Leiteranom Valslolo94la6l the' iLkArther stiffed, that two Ititsslan regiments' of •I' r' Au'
' to capitulate and surrender. The ienfiime:
19th of September,, state, that the Marshal Duke of _
w4'.li , lion of this news is anxiously expected.
Thlmatiti had suce'etled in effecting a julictiee
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the Army of the Nlerthal Duke de Albufere.
Sus. 10.—The troops of the Grand Da-
A•Decree of his Majesty, dated the 7th -of mat I
, left this for the Duna, from
Du-
last, was published in Paris to-day,. relativo to. thl city Sot Pergo who hid halted here for some days,
whence they ate
convocation of the Electoraleollegevg.The calltans
of the department of the :seine. :• 0 ,opening alto join the Grand Army. .
these Electoral Callers is fined forth* .15th of the
present month, and 'these pioceedings are to till&
nate,on the 30th....: • .
A Foreign Journal-east!' the followineirenm-
stances with respect:lW .the ' Orbit' denends,Abe-
rni and Semi% tabo fell at glorious affair of Po-
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letsk::— - -,11q.!• •
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Generals Deroi and Sebeidemestenced at the same
time their military career, they continued it in the
same corps, they shared *the same dkngers, and died
together. This connexion had begotten between
them that degree 0f friendship, that intimate Cl/Wi-
de:ice,- the elleas .of. which -were often felt, b the ,
service. Both in their • Idiot years sea ,
selves in anselioritine.flie organization of . ' ttrtnyt,
in instructing young Officers, in encouraging talent,
and perfecting a system of tactits.• Both were ad-
dicted to a single and frugal life ; both were modest,
disinterested, and generous; there were tint more
than seven hours interval between their deaths.—
Their remains are interred on two neighbouring emi-
nences, in the environs of Polotak.

Letters from the Grand Army, dated the 20th of
September, state, that our troops are recovering
from their fatigue, and that they have found greater
resources in Moscow than they had any reason to
hope for. The wreck of the Russian Army is re-
treating towards the Volga, and the Cossacks, who
enter the service only in the hope of pillage, finding
that hope now frustrated, are dispersing in great
numbers. The situation of the Russian Army Is
deplorable ; discouraged by their reverses, deprived
of their magazines, they do not know where to seek
resources. The taking of Moscow has produced a
great sensation among the Poles, who in every loss
sustained by Russia perceive a new guarantee of their
independence. What effect must not such an event
produce at Constantinople, and at Teheran, where
the Court of Persia resides.

VIENNA, SEPT. 26.--4119 Imperial Majesty, in con-
sequence of the long continued services of Prince
Charles D'Auersperg, and to the devoted seal he
has always evinced towards his Sovereign, has con-
ferred upon him anew the rank of Field-Marshal-
Lieutenant, which he formerly enjoye4,-andAbe Ml.
litary Order of Maria Theresa, which he had already
obtained in the campaign of 1790.
SEPT. 23.—According to superior orders, thek will
be a grand recruiting on the 28th of this month,
which will terminate on the 6th of October. This
recruiting will serve to complete the rank of the third
battalions.

GOTTENBURGH MAIL.

FROM TUE ST. PETERSIIIIRGH GAZETTE, OR FRIDAY,
SEPT. 6TH (18TH), 1812.
OFFICIAL NEWS FROM TUE ARMIES.
Lieutenant-General Count Wittgenstein reports as
fellows to his imperial Majesty, from Gute-Sokn.
lischtscha, under date of the Ist (13th) of Septem-
ber

" All is well with the corps entrusted to me : my
troops continue in the same position. The enemy re.
mains quiet, and undertakes nothing; but is in great
wow% et provisions, find has many sic*: deserters
and foragers are brought in daily. With, regard to
r-Macdonald, after having sent back about 10.000
Prussians and Poles to the neighbourhood of Itiga,
and left two regiments of the same troops at Duna-
burg, he has marched from Oeseros with the re-
mainder of his force; but the direction he has taken
is not yet ascertained. However, there is reason to
suppose that he has put himself in march to join the
Saxons opposed to the army of General Tormazoff."
Lieutenant-General Essen reports as follows to
his Imperial Majesty :
" RIGA, AUG. '2O (Sem 10).—The position of
the enemy in the vicinity of Riga still continues the
same ; nothing occurs but some skirmishes at the
out-posts; and on the side of Frederickstadt, I have no
accounts that the enemy has yet crossed the Duna. I
have free communication and frequent correspond•
ence with Lieutenant-General Count Wittgenstein."

Imola TILE BAlliniaati coaRuPoNDEN2, 0! UM. 211.
PARIS, SKr?. 15.
SWAM dONsuurum Or 'EFT. I, 1812, RILATITL TO

' ERR RECRUITING O!• TIER ARMY. ••
Napoleon, by the Grace of Goa and the. •Con.
stitution, Emperor of the French, King. of Italy,
ace.

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The Senate, after having heird the Orators of the
Council of State, has decreed, and dothuider as fol.
lows
EXTRACT FROM THE REGISTERS OF THE CONSERV/MYR
SENATE" OF TUESDAYS GEM. 1,
" The Conservative Senate, assembled to the num-1
ber prescribed by the 00th Article of the.Ceststitu•
Hausa Act of the 13th of December, 1701 ; consi-
dering the project of the Senates Con:dimsdrawn'
up in the form prescribed by the 57th Article of the
Constitutional Act, dated August 4, 1812 ; after
having heard upon the motives of the said project,
the Orators of the Council of State, and the report
of the Special Commission named in yesterday's sit-
ting ; the adoption having been voted by the num.
ber of voices prescribed by the 56th Article of the
Constitutional Act, of August 4, 1802, has de.'
creed :--

LONDON:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1812.

" Art. 1. One hundred end twenty thousand
men, of the conscription for 1813, shall he placed at
the disposition of the Minister of War, for recruiting
the army.
" Art. 2. They shall he taken from among the
French born between the Ist of January and 31st of
December, 1793. _ _

Paris Papers, to 11th inst. was received this morn-
ing, tram which we extract the following;_
ARMY OF PORTUGAL.
PARIO, OCT. 10.—Two thousand Spaniards, who
preceded the English army, having, on the !!oth of
ISeptember, attacked the posts of Can. Gouverr•r.'e
brigade, near Prodanos, that General collected
part of his brigade, and marched against the enemy;
he, in his turn, attacked them, and carried, at the
charge, several strong positions, in which the enemy
had established themselves. The soldiers of the 118th
and 119th regiments,overanne all the obstacles of the
ground, succeeded in dislodging_ them. and forced
lem to retire upon Villa Franca ; 150 prisoners
• were taken. General Gouxui Ea praises the conduct
of the troops, &c. &c.

FRANKFORT, OCT. 4.—To-day was celebrated
here the success of the French and Allied Army in
the North.

" Art. 3. Seventeen thousand men taken from the
conscription of 1813, among those who shall not be
called upon to form a part of the active army, shall
he destined, according to the sth and 11th articles of
the Senatus Consultum of the 13tb of March, and of
the 14th article of the Decree of the 14th of March,
to replace the men wanting to-complete the cohorts
of the first ban of the National Guard.; and placed
at the disposal of the Minister of War, who will
call upon them should there be occasion.
" Art. 4.. The mustering., and their pedal, ihalt
be determined by the regulations of the ppbllc Ad-
ministration. ' •
" Art.A:The present Senates Commit,* shall be
tmosasitte4 to Ms Majeriltissal!!!!!! *nor ft*
The Preside') .a.• 9 •)4
(Signed) CA MHA t. 4de:t. t . . •
LATOUR NAVOOlike, _ ? thimmies.
Count NOISSY.LrANOLAS, S
Seen mid Sealed. •
The Clmaceller of tits heat.; covet LAPLACE:' I
We cernmend and order that these presents, seated
with our Steal of State, inverted- 1u the Bulletins of
the Laws, be addressed to the Courts, Tribunals,
and Administrative Authorities, to be inscribed la the
Registers, observed, and caused to be observed ;aad
the Grand Judge, Minister of Justice, is charged to
see them published.
Done the 4th September, 1812.
(Signed) NAPOLEON.

They write from Willie, that the national guard
of that town is almady well established, well disci.
plitted, and full of honour and patriotism. It ap.
pears now on parade. The number of individuals of
which it is composed, amount to 1200. All the
prisoners are confided to their care.

WARSAW, SETT. 22.—Upon the great intelligence
of the taking of Moscow, our town was illuminated
for three nights,
WARSAW, Stn. 20..4-4 fresh considerable trans.
pert of Russians has arrived here, coming from
keen, in Lithuania.

A Gottenburgh Mail reached town this day, to
the 7th instant:

-Owniewstrarari-Oes. 7.—We have received ae.
counts from various quarters of the French having
entered Moscow, without another battle having
taken place.
FROM TU OOTTEMNITROIt ALLERANDAI OCT. 7.)

Pasitsl3Ca4l4l, SEPT. 16. TIA 'ast accounts from
Prince Ktpmsow are of the 11th ef September. 'that
Goncoat was stlll e-cropie..l in orgat.iziat indcur4;,..
ing his troops, after th Loixiy victory that he
Rained.

Fie is now strengthened by the recruits from the
Governor of Moscow, and we may soon expect to
hear of a new battle, which will most probably be
more effective than the former, and the consequence
of which will be decisive.
The battle of Borodino will for ever be renter', Is
as the bloodiest ever heard of, and several Generals
write that the battles at Austerlitz and Eylau were
mere child's play in comparison with this. There Is
hardly a family in St. Petersburgh to be found which
Idoes not miss a relation, for the regiments of Guards,
hich usually compose the reserve, demanded, with
I loud voice to be brought into the fire, and bat
few of their Officers have escaped wounds or death.
Fi►e thousand men have been employed three whole
days in burying the dead, and carrying off the
wounded. Both amongst those of the former and
latter descriptions, were found one third more
Frenchmen than Russians. Prince BAGRATION,
since his arrival at Moscow, has been under the
necessity of undergoing a most painful operation,
which was performed by the EMPEROR'S body sure
gaon. It is not expected that he will be able to
'•take his command again in less than two mouths.

illaew received French Papers to the 9th inst.
tatic,h contain the Twenty-first Bulletin of the Grand
Army, dited Moscow, the 20th ult. By this do-
cument it appears, that the conflagration subsided
on the 20th, after having raged six days, and con-
sumed three-fourths of that renonwed city. About
half a league from Moscow the French found a
depot, containing a supply of arms and ammunition,
sufficient to sustain a two years' campaign, which
the Governor RosTorcnrril had left behind,
preferring taking' away the fire engines, that the city
might be destroyed I! The dreadful impolicy of this
transaction is too evident to need a remark, as the
destruction of the city must be of far more conse-
quence to the inhabitants than to the French army.
I When the city was in flames, the Times says that
66 BONAPARTE was in the Kremlin, beholding the
calamity as Nsao on the turret in Rome." True, the
Bulletin states that he was in the fort during the con.
I legation, but he was very differently employed.
Nano was playing his harp, and the city was set on fire
by his orders; BONAPARTE and his soldierF, on the
contrary, were endeavouring to extinguish the flames ;
Nu to is• to have a parallel, the monster Ras-
?omits, who set the city of Moscow on fire, is
the man. The burning of cities and towns has often
been practised by civilized as well as barbarous na•
tions„ and when unnecessarily employed as a wanton
engine of destruction, is the very height of human
dePravitle—Thes gar War Ministers appear to have
'4ll alit engines at work-aloe ROWANS are sinfilog

We rejoice to say, that the good and worthy i
Whig, Wm. PLUMES, Esq. the staunch and incor-
ruptible Member for Reds, has been in a manner
most truly honourable to the Borough of iligham
Ferrets, invited to return to Parliament for that
place, and elected without solicitation, canvass, or
expence. This is as it should be. If all the cities ;
and boroughs who have published their lamentations
at not finding Candidates to spend money, had looked
out for) and elected such men as the venerable Mr.
PLUMER, we should soon see the just influence ell
the House of Cemmous on the measures of Govern.l
meet.
Ills Royal Menses' the Nuns RIGENT has, It
is said, settled upon the widow of the late Captain
I,F.Luutte (who lost his life in attempting to cut out
some vessels near Gibraltar) 1251. per annum for
her Ulte ; 2M. per annum upon each of the sons,
until they ire twenty-One years otage; and 231. per
*MUM epos each of the dasiiiitert) Roth Niet are i
married, ,„t . . •• LI