The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-10-27 00:00:00

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Anoattempt is making to close Bonaparte in, so that QB.—Tice covered way :was totnpl ". and Wens..
be can neither receive supplies nor troops, and will , it a mine begun, which is carried ott
e greatest
be forced to cut his way out from Moscow. in one , activity, and it is said will be ready to be blown up
• !word, we entertain the best hopes; but use such pro- , te-morrow. The enemy defend themselves with great
dential methods as If all hopes were lust, which is : obstinacy, though we know they suffer greatly- from
most assutedly the best way. the scarcity of water; but all their resistance, ne7
44 The left wing of Prince Kutusow's army has de- cording to their situation, and the state of our works,
feated a lesser corps of the French army, awl tal:ett cannot Continue more then tour days.
two pieces of cannon and 3or 4000 men. The gar- OCT. 4.—This morning, at day.break, a brisk lire
rison of Bobrinsko Which had received orders tsireerch of artillery was begun from the English battery,
to Tormasow's corps, has taken 7 pieces of Gannon constructed in the redoubt, to which the enemy an-
and 1500 men from a French detachment. Tchsig: siereds with corresponding briskness. Four mines
chagoti's and:Tormasow's joint force has already ar- are already charged and prepared, at the first word,
rived at Pinsk, and consequently harass Napoleon's to throw a great part of the wall that surrounds the
great line of epernlinus. This joint corps- is now height 011 which the castle stands, and according to
marching to Smolensk.. General Winzingerode's appearances and the dispositions made, they will be
right wing, which stands at Woskewsnsk, began to blown up -to-night or in the morning, so that in a few
join itself with Kutnsow's left wing at Monist:, by days we shall he masters of the fortress.
which the communicatiou in the roar of the French The inhabitants of the neighbouring country look
army is cut off. Finnish troops arrived at Riga on lup with enthusiasm to their deliverers, awl make
' the 22d September. They lui*e. cceisnenced their every exertion to give assistance to the allied troops.
operatin::s with defeating the want anal taking 800 Lone, Sm. 17.—We have had en action with
prisoners. We every moment cttitect information of j Soult's rear-guard, in the neighbourhood of this
the enemy's corps being total* defeated. lie has I place, killed 36 and taken 122 prisoners. fliSforces
beets weakened in this point, $y ,Napoleon's having I consist of from 35 to 40,000 men. •
called Marshal Macdonald from thence to his as- : lam persuaded, that after Rill, Penns, Morella,
sistance. , i the second division, the . expeditionary division, in
44 French OfSeers, Ilnli were taken prisoners in combination with that from Majorca, which is.al-
the battle of the 7th October, state, that the French ; ready in lkria, have joined, battle will be given.
army was in the greatest diiorder, and that it was . BLtMONT, SEPT. 12.—The head-quarters of the
merely through the superior talents of the Duke of : 30-army, under General Elio, are in this place.—
Elchingen that the army was rallied after the affair." i ills force consists of 6000 infantry and 1500 horse,
Gm-resat:men, OCT. 16.—Our private letters : under the orders of Sen. S. Juan., in consequence of
from St. Petersburgh state, that the Russian General i Setter Freijus' absence at Madrid, and ten pieces of
• Deatiorow has. retakenSmoiensko. In the teoyn were ' artillery. .- He has left in eacb- of the Castles of
fcrund an immense number of pelisses for the French ' Ague tas,; !Aria, •Caravaca, Chiuchetla, and Maw-
army. At Mojairk a great quantity of powder was tarella, 'lOOO, Ifireittry, Well supplied with pro.
taken. In consequence of General Tormasow's move- visions. •
silent, the French have been obliged to evacuate the
Whole of Courland and Leittond. Great hopes are ,
entertained'that Napoleon will be obliged to retreat 1
to Poland. The main body of tie! grand Russian
' army is at Taloga—Toimasow at 'Ter—Dncterow
et Smolensk°. The Russian peasantry are all rising
en masse ; so many of them have joined the'artny-
. that sutAcient arms cannot he found for them.
The gallant—the ever-to-be-lamented General Ba.
. gration is dead of his wounds.
STocanocm, Ocr. 11.—The intelligence from
Russia is most encouraging : the cotnmunications
of the French army are said to be cut off. The Rus-
sian Emperor appears determined to persevere in the
stoutest.

COURTS-MARTIAL,

• *HORSE GUARDS. Styr. #9.
At a General Court-Martial, hell L ...A m
1
the island 2d of June, 1812, Lieut. ittst M rthi
of the 3d regiment, or Buifi, was arraigned )n th
under-mentioned charge, viz :•—.;•
For disgraceful conduct, highly unbecoming the character of
on Officer and a Gentleman, in dt-franding Mr. Martin Slack
Srnallpiece, a tradesman at Lisbon, of a so of money on or
about the 15th day of March last, by gis• tie said Mr.
lig
Martin Slack Smallpirce, au order upon his nltsisteace to the
24tIte April, for money ohtaine,, which sub tepee was drawn
by Mb said Lieutenant -NP Arthur. from the ' nth of the Pay-
master, prior to the mid order being preseoled for payment.

at Lichon, on
ter.lll‘Arthur,
upon the

Upon which charge the the Court came to the fol-
lowing decision :-
1 " The Court having duly and deliberately
weighed and considered the evidence in support of the
prosecution, as well as what the prisoner, Lieut.
Peter Arthur, has brought forward in his defence,
! are of opinion, that he is guilty of defrauding Mr.
Martin Slack Smallpiece, a tradesman at Lis-
bon, of a sum of money, amounting to twenty-four
dollars, by giving him receipts for his subSistence,
!from the 25th of March to the tlth of April, which
i subsistence had been received previously by the pri-
soner, Lieutenant Peter M'Arthur; which being in
! breach of the Articles of War, the Court do there-
; fore sentence the 'said Lieutenant Peter M'Arthur,
3d regiment, or Buffs, to be cashiered : and a dam-
tion cf twenty-four dollars to be made from his sub-
sistence, to defray that sum due to Mr. Martin Slack
Small piece."
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been
pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Ma-
jesty, to approve the finding, and to confirm so much
of the sentence cf the Court, as adjudges the Pri-
soner to be cashiered ; and the Commander-in-Chief
directs the foregoing charge, preferred against Lieu-
tenant Peter M'Arthur, of the 3d regiment of foot,
together with the finding and sentence of the Court,
shall he read at the head of every corps, and enter-
ed in the General Order Book.

CORUNN et PAPERS.

CAMP BLFORE BURGOS..
San. has been already said, the on the
19th, at night, the English took wi.h the bayonet, the
strong redoubt to the north of the castle, hat the cir.
cumstances which attended the capture, mid which
well display the intrepid character of the assailants,
are well worthy ly.ing noticed. Four hundred For.
togaese, carrying scaling ladders, led the van ; hut
on their arrival at the fosse they found the ladders
were too short. They hesitated for a moment, but
at the same instant came up the famous brave High.
Landers, who commenced the attack like lions, who,
locking their bayonets, were mounting hy them, thus
supplying the defect of the /adders. The result was,
that they cut in pieces all they found within, with
the exception of about 40, to whom they gave quar-
ter, which they earnestly implored.
•
On the 20th three pieces were sent into the re-
doubt that had been taken ; also ti:nber and other
materials necessary for constructing a battery.
22.—The enemy threw balls and bead grenades
into the works at the redoubt, but did not prevent
their continuation.
23.—At night the enemy kept up a lively and con-
tinued fire of howitzers, cannon, musketry, and hand
grenades which lasted five hours without intermis-
sion. According to all appearances an 'assault was
making on the ensile with scaling ladders, so at least
we judged from the Camp, though we could not but
condemn what we conceived to be a very rash at.
tempt; but to-day we found that it was to cover a sally
which the enemy had 'endeavoured to make, to pro-
cure water from some neigbouring wells, but in which
they did'uot succeed, hut lost in the attack two pines
of cannon, and had many killed. The first regiment
of Asturias, whit!' garrisoned the city, and opposed
an intrepid resistance to the enemy, also suffered some
lost.: A flag of truce was to-day sent to the Colonel
of the enemy, intimating that he must abstain from
firing upon and designing the city, or expect the se-
verest treatment. .*
• A peusist, who, in the•attaek to-night, had con.
trived to escape from it, and who had been em-
ployed ie it, though against his will, to keep the
cattle, assures us, bat along with the French are
many tniitors, who throw themselves at their feet,
And entreat them With tears to listen to no capitula-
tion, for there is.great., tetstaa to hope that relief
"iviil'sciOn arrive ; such is the meanness to which the
Ste wretches who have conspired against their min-
try can descend. The French themselves treat them
with the greatest contempt, and only use tau' well'
as far as is conducive to their own views. The inn-
ewer which Bonaparte gave at M tdrid to one of hi4'
Marshals,•llimed him for his excessive compliance
with' their applications for favour is wAI known—
" We most support them and humour them till our
work is done." It is notorious through the whole
province of B:trips, that the degenerate Spaniards
Who follow in the train of the French are tailed by
them the canaille, an honour well deserved by those
weak and it:unmet men who adhere to the maxims
and party.of the tyrant.
‘l.4.Eighteett French deserted to us. The Eng-
listi have begun a covered way, from the redoubt that
they taken to the Castle.
Is said that the fugitives in Paneorho are
already pesieg,ed by the great Anglo-Portuguese di-
4fr.!ilch went from ' after them ; but this

By command of his Royal Highness the Com-
mander-in-Chief.

iLtRitY CALVERT, Adjataat•Geueral.

HORSE GUARDS, SErt.

At a General Court-Martial, held at Memento
de Beira, on the 18th of May, 1812, Assistant-Sur.
geon J. H. Walsh, of the 4th regiment of Foot,
was arraigned upon the undermentioned charges,
viz:-
Ist. For conduct highly unheeoming„the character of an Offi-
cer and a Gentleman, in altering, with a fraudulent intent, a
return of necessaries of private John Parker, of the ith regi-
ment, and taking for his own private use, a blatiket belonging
to the said private John Parker, then going to Lisbon. &eft. on
or about the 31st of December, 1810 t the said return of neces-
saries having been duly and officially signed by Captain D'llal-
loran.
id. For disobedience of orders in retaining private Trudgett,
of the 4th regiment, in his employ, in violation of the positive
orders of his Commanding Officer, from the 10th of November
to the lids of Deceinher, and taking the said private Trudgctt
to Lisbon, contrary to Vie t ;enteral orders of the Army.
3tl. For highly uninilintry conduct, in taking private T. Moe.
ris. of the 4th regimen: from his party at Azembuja, on or
about the 11th of December, 1810, the said Morris then com-
posing part of an escort with stores, on the march from I.iAon
to the limd-trartert of the regiment, and retaining the said sol-1
dthislirtsate.servaocor.at &modals*.
lth. For highly itumilitary conduct, la sending a disrespectfiil
mmage to Lieutenant-Colonel, then Major Brooke, his Cont-
' manding Officer, through the Adjutant, threaten* to prefer
charges against hint, the said Commanding Officer, if he perse-
vered in bring;ng him, the said Assistant-Surgeon Walib, to a
Court Martial.
The Court found the Prisoner on 2d
and 4th charges, nut' sentenced him to be used
the service,—which sentence has been cola by
Prince Regent.
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1 Captain Susmut is not the son of the Member for
`Surrey,
but Wdistant relation. The facts relative to
. his promotion' are theses—Captain Sol:Nice, began
his career at Maidsi;' he afterwards accompanied Isis
regiment through the whole of the eventful campaign
which terminated in the' battle of Corunna. The
last two years he has spent' t Wickham, and is now i
promoted at the special• recommendation of the
Wickham Board, in consequence of his military• pro.
fitiency. • . • .
To setatre the navigatiOn of Lake Champlain, the
American Executive have purchased and armed the
Minter, Juno, Champlain, Jupiter, and Far, sloops.
'rimy have likewise contracted for. 1600 batteaux,
which weremenrly completed ; they aie'B7 feet long
II
eight-wide, and will carry about 4S met eactt.—
I The British were actiiiety fortifying thellsle Aux
Noit, and .had a.ntunberOf gun.boats"at,fh. John's.'
We leern,thatthe,Pasi4Cc RtoE” intends eo open
the first Sestilen'e(fhe new. Parliament) its person :on
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thb 24th ofire.ittiiiiith. •"- ' . 1.,,'" , , , '• " , '
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vants-etnifirmation.
2'6.-.--Tliosn besieged are in great want of water
They haiegOt some poor women, whom they let down
over the 'wittl, giving them four rears for every bucket.
ful they brings them. .
27.-r-The *uric of the covered way is continued, as
is also the :fire of the besieged. Alright, the first re=
... timeht of 4.isturtas took n 'Mall pnropetwkich the ens-
'• thy bad ta the east of the Cyst's. ' • • ,
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