Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-08-15


foiIow wing particulars respecting ,,e death CT "''
Prince
| On The 19sh Of October, when the French 81.
m, was re,rcatng, the emperor assigned part q
the suburbs OF Leipslc, next 10 the Borns fosp,
| % prince Poniatowsk,. Tins post he was TO de-
tend with body OF no more than iwo Thousand
Polish infantry. Perceuing that the Erenei,
columns on his left hsnk were hastily retieatin,r
before superior force, and that there was n,
possibility Ut getting across The bridge, incessan
ly crowded rs IT was with artillery and Carriages
he dew his sabres and turning to the officers
Immediately sbou, him -" Gentl men. sa,d he.
IDS better TO fall with honor" aud at The he'd
Of few Polish cuirsssIers and he Office, attcn-
ding him, he fell furiousiy upon the advanced
columns. He had been wounded both on the
| Al, and 16.h on this occasion he received Il
musket BAH in his lett arm. With The wolds
| above mentioned, he sprung forward, but found
Inc suburbs hsied with allied troops, who hasten.
ed up 10 make him prisoner. tie cut ma way
through them, was sgsa wounded through his
cross, threw himself INTO the Pieisse, and with
the assistance VI the surrounding officers, re sch.
ed tie opposite shore in safety. The noess
which he fode was left behind in the first river.
aud the prince, greatly exhausted, mounted an.
other which Was brought him. He then o. @.
ceeded 70 the river Elster. but il was already
lined with Plussan and saxon rIaemen. and
plunged INTO the riseg and sunk together with
l,s horse. Several officers Nh, precipita,ed
themselves into the water 4fier tne prince were
like wise drowned, and Others taken nrisoners an
The bank Of in the fiyer. The prince WIS ueoi,.
ew to o,AnisiAus Augustus, the last king OF Pc.
land. HIS funeral obsequies we've peltofnre {! on
the lssn November, ~ ne Gnu CHI Of Tie Holy
Cross - Warsaws in he presence Of the most
DIS nSu pushed Russian and P.lsh families ~ mas
city In The middle OF tue church, which w.s
most briil'snuy lighted up. STOOD laststui can
opys uudcr which WAS placed CO llin richly dc.
ors.eds covered with The mamie of The frince.
aud adorned with The mlisasy lns i,.nia Of HE de
ceased. Close 10 II were suspended his eight
orders, proofs OF hrs distinguished vatour. lls
services 70 us country. aud he regard OF to- eigD
powers. Below was seen the medstiion Of ti,s
prince, with as cosone,, arsh4i's stan and coAe
OF arms - Inc high mass ives SAID by h,s excel.
sency the Bishop OF imol zyok,, aud " !, xccoms
panied wiah seecs music pc sto4 me d py sm.teufs
Ut The capital. -
We wish some confidential hanger. on
OF the Cabinet, tor inslance, MIR. Gales,would
be good enough 10 Inform The nalionl.ow lar
We have advanced, since the Commences
ment OF the war, toward the aDrosation #
the Brush practice OF lInpresslng their own
subjects tue establishment Of ;" nee f,oge
and sailors r1ghss these being the sNo
gfsas objects OF the war, though one Of si4e.r
has gown up since t1e war egan, surg
ly We ought to be told from lime 10 tl,ne.
what progress We make SO thai All doe en-
courageineht maybe hed out TO US 10 pro.
coed. ibe Capture OF Easlport, the holding
tort Niagara by the Bsitish,tue havoc maze
ON the SOUTHERN Coast. and the alarm thro'.
cut our whole borders TO common
minds, appear calculated to create doubts
whether we have advanced much since We
began. Indeed, the tact that Canada has
been cspabes and IN q CRATE degree by rer
own strength, and resources, to resist all
the Efforts We have been able In two wears
TO make 10 subdue the province, is a fact
that has no tendency TO remove those doubts
When the War began we had our armed
ships afieat, We very soon We're able 10
shew what the nation might have accom-
pIished, II the good old federal policy had
been pursued, and our navy had been prom
erly tostered. But now that poor chance
Is taken away-our ships are either haul
edsuP IN rivers * creeks to places of safety,
and there LETT, or are in the hands of the enc.
my, so that il is probable, at the close of the
war, tina, We shall scarcely have one of ,h,.
few friga,es, which were in fine order a, thu.
declaration Of war, in capacity to plow
the ocean. Those tina. are not taken, must.
BY lying in the mud, be greatly injured, if
not destroyed.
If this Is progressing towards The objects
OF the war, we should liae to know il: and
We wish very much to be told so tom high
authority otherwise we are apprchensiyr
the people will not believe II. Conn. AAyr,r
~ From the London cas.t,e of May 81.
Brittle ard Foyeigi Bible Society.
On "wednesday, the 4th infant, the
tenth anniversary of the Blitiih and For
eign Bible Society was held at t" The Free
Mason's Hall. Qasen street. Lincoln's
Ion Fields" The Report read by Lord
reignmouth, the president, contained a
variety of interesting matter relative to
fhs prCurefs made nv thA Ioo,:..: