' " ,.V. '. L 4 1. v .'. .' - ' -. -. - -jr-- P- ' '' ----'r--'" -'-'" ; i: - : - 1 ' i - : -a. , , .. ' ; . . '. ..., ; .. ' ...' Itoreicm" 'lT7-,,viq'9e1,T'!,repf ?itt?9wr7 war LU be the first frnitnf victory. Several Cossack 'my' last letter to you,' 1 stood ttft . ' - ' w .- -. . y.e caMy)t mt;ot hiuaon. ; Xet wiot. officer. char ith despatches, had long the const, in hoi. , felHn liK n,. , ! ' , y.c..T.uikM iuiw-.u, u uie Piemen geen caniureu dj me iigm-cavairr." leiMMV!a friedtes.-wh.rh wh;:,,. i .' . iet us carry the ar into her territory,. v I he se' ' . ' . in in tht i-i t;n .-. a i - " ' cnd o'f Pola....llib fgJio.,, ;.,, . . WAtl'lN THE PENINSULA,,, K 1", .?. ,' ! v. W French arms as the first; but the peace which we .v. - .... ,s;. , tmdm.Julu 2: f,f P.m,!., tC I r .-.... i . i r . .. ' ":i 4i''ijii.'.- i ir' -j , V J?rw a London Jicfier of July 28. i PUVSStAN LiTUyAMA ; Gumbiwion. June 20. BUILST(K Oi- THE FRENCH GRAND (-v AU MY. . Towards the tni of, the year 18 10 Russia &l r t$ her political sstem. The FJngHsl spirit re gaiac4 tt Influence. The Ukase respecting com merce was its fim ar.t - j In February U h five divisions of the Russian trcy quit'ed the Danube by forAd marches and j)nceeded to Poland. By this movement Russia sacrificed Wallachia and Moldaviv . Win? H iht Ru!Jaa armies vre united and form fdnrotsst agamt France appeared -'which' whs shall :oncludp . shall be its own guarantee and will put an .end to that proud and ' haughty influence which Ri4s&ia hns ior fifty years exercised in the affairs mi Europe. . - , V s vv-At our head quarters,- Vilfc6wiski, jiwe 23, THIRD BULLETIN OF THE flRAND ATI- .w" ' MV;. ' -; r .'i : ' Ata, June .Wli.--, lOn the 23d f June, 'the K'ng cf .Naples, Mu rat, who" comrnunds the cavalry, transferred his Jead qflartcrs to - wiihm two leaeues of ih- NSe Iftrthat ihat she felt nil. wjsh w to save appear; jicWiAU means ot conciliafion were. eraMoyed men. tinon its bank. This nrmr.e has nnrimim 0lhe patt of France Ulcere ineffectual. jdiaie orders the corps of cavalry commanded by Towards the close jf 1811, six months after, it i Generals tounts Nansnntv arvH TVIhnthrmr. th r I ! T.V 11 .1 il l .! . . .... J . . . ffaa mannebi in rj auteuiai an iniroui only eiul Despatches hasre hcen received from Lord WpI lington, of which the foliowi,ng is the V OfFICIAL atrLEIlN., . , Despatches fnnn Lord Wellington, dated June 39th, are received, ' He vwas then at Funta La Pena, nearly thirty 'miks (n advance from Si lama ica,, op the road, towards Vallaciolid, H.s lordship's ydyanced guard hd dai;y skirmishes with the rear of Marmont's array, which was in full retreat.. i1 : The Foriu'ttse Ia-:T been generslly in front-with the British, and on alt occasions had behaved nobly . . .'..) , Fheloss of the allied army Jn the several skir rnrshes Had 9eenv?ry,slht,; and they took a con siderable. number of prisoners. It v.,as understood o be the. intention of the earl of Wellington, to fjrfm war. :rrepiirauons werenaau tor u..: I he sa- f nsoiivi umuiv. .tim muwinuiuwu tu'w . valance; tnc other consisting, or the. oivisious k Stores Oi cvery cesenpuon, ca-itioi, muska'.s, ( uttdt-r the ordei oim.sed of the divisions under the cofntnamt of j-poisue Marmont fo Valladolid, where his lordship the Gcnends Counts Bruyeres, St. Gerwain and intended io establish his ead quarters, k?uving t powder, ammnnitton, pontoons, were conveyed o " that place., . considerable sumsfcot niony wcii: placed at the disposal of the deo utment of cuji geers fur the augmentation of hs foi tilicatiohs. I . The army was placed on the war establishment. ' QTie cavalry, the--train of artikery and the oitlita. jjy bagpae train were comple ted. In Mji'ch 18 12, a reuty of ultiancc was concl'o ded with usirij- The preceuiing mutith a treaty Jiad been concluded with Prussia. t In April, the , first corps of the grand army inarched for the Oder, the a cond corps to the Elbe, the third corp to the Lwer tjder, the fourily corps set out for Verona, crossed the Tyrol and proceeded to Silesia. The guards left Paris. -Ou the 22nd i April'the emperor of Russia took th pommarid of his' army, qyitied St. Peters ; burg, and moved his tir ad quarters to Wilna. v li the camiikjicernent ot JMay the first corps arrived on the Vistula at ElUiog and Marlenburg, the second corps at .!arenwerde'r ; the thirdcorps at Tliorn the fw'h and six.h at P'ock : the 5ih porp assembled at W .rsiW ; the 6'h corps on the tight jof Warsaw and '.hrfthcoips at Puliwa. The emperor-set out i'rom S:. Cloud on the 9'.h of May, croaked ih9 Uhine on the 1 3th, tlv; Elbe rders of General Baroc Vattier. and th Gcrerahj Counts Sebastian and Defrance. ,. . Marshal Prince Eckmuhl, commanding the firM corps, moved his head quarters to the skirts of the great forest of Pilwisky. The second corpsand the line of march to the fi The third corps took the direction by Marien- ;pol ; the viceroy, with the 4th and 6 h corps, winch remained in the rear, marched upon Kd. warry. The King, of VVfsiphalia proceeded to Novajo rad ?ith the fifth, 7th and 8th corps; The first Aiiatiian corps commanded by the Printie of Sehwartztnbu-g, qjiited Leraberg,'on ihe .'.. made a moement on his left, and drew nearer. to Lublin. . , , ' The pontoon train, under the orders of General Eble, arrived ita the 23d within two leagues of th". Niemen. ' On the 23d, at two In the morning, the emper or arrived at the advanced posts near fvwno, tcok a police cloak and enp fromi o:ie of ths !iht cava! ry, and inspected tha bTk( of the Niemen, accorn manied by Genwrul llaxco, of the Euginecnr a 'one. . - ' . . At 8 in the evening the armv was again in mo behind him a chain of strong positions, in order to ensure a communication with Portugal." Dome - on the 29th, and the Vis;uU on the ,h of Juae. J tion. f At 10, Count Morand, G orul of division, , feti6rlrjl BULLETIN OF THE GRAN M.J i . T 4-ix-" Pi it ; iff In ; '.V '.'4 'V- imelli ' All this means of effecting u undei !ta.iling he .(ween the two emperors became impossible. The spirit which reigned ip the Ru-iSiio cabinet, hur r'l-A Stnn tn WAT General Narbonne, aid ne camp to the emperor, Marshal the Prince ot Lcmuiu pusucu turw(ri fMntr.hed to Wihia. and could remain there ooly a'fevv days. By that was gained the proof that the demand, equ-iiry arrogant 8c etra rditary, of -Tiince Karskin, and in which he declared that iie would not enter into ny explanation hefoie France had evacuated the terruory or nerown a JLsi 'm order to Uve them at the mercy of Bus eia, was the sine qua non of that Cabinet, and it made that W matter oi boast toloreign powers. .v...it: 1. .4-.rT.-:, .-.ji--..- r, , i imperial guards Ulowed,0 1 CIaL XMr rv s L NA,iat sun-r',3e they tkkec', and stood irst corps. ; tack with us. By this time we con VUted SiaritT f igafc Consthuthn fust 23. iai2. .win i.it, i. ,.t,utf DM Vj2iJ(? nr.. 1; h a l.ffht lrtrr.hir. hp! i-.rv!i -j.Tr .- . I "4... lax and Cape Sables:, and rwnt',He' -' K.. three or fotirdays wi'.lvni' sct.i::ij any ti;-, k; ma'Je mr der-r.ine tnchv g; iy:sj uxUvi eastvrtrd to,r,X Nwloui,o.'ar d- I accoi-(!iariv uort up,, fted- run' to" he e'v. w... d "undrr'ali s ,'i' p.vssi:.g near th Isle of Sables, lnd lia. fTnit in td take a station off the Gulp.b St. Laure'nee. n-8r Cape Race,; to inttrcept the ships of ihe fnen.. bound either to or from rue!tc or Halifax, ami to in a shmyion to re capture such bt our vessels- is ,uey mipi tr.a'nr..i w . i ten m newiouuaiaiKi ; ana ashe was ndt worth s-i.d-ing in,. I took tiie crew on board and set ' her ori fire. On the 1 1th, Lfdl in with tha BrJt'isiibrir Adeona, from Kova Scotia," bound to Fi)Rian5 loaded with timber, ! took the crew but .oht'r and set her on flie, and. made sail to take a .,;... nearer Cape Racr, where we continued cruizintr Dniu the morning of the lsth at day . light rf when five saU were In sight ahead of us, apparently a small convoy: I gave chr.ee under a press ofssi'V and soon found that we gained on them very ftstj and discovered that one of them was a ship of w v on the Hiwwc Id Dlain'ir r!i. cover that the ship of war had a brig to.f. At 6, coming up very fast, with the ship, and cotl.l St passed over three companies ot cltigeurs, and at . .. ...w..u yj, iiic Alii MUCLHWniarc llldL 1IC IIHU CIS! OH rtll rrl(r thi, cho U,J .j the President, Commpdofe Bodgers, andtheliri tow, and had set her Oh fi. e, and had ordered i tish frigate Ik Ividerc wa taken by an officer, on I second brig to stand before the wind to soara -board the Helvidere, ad tVil into my hands by ac them. T.ie ship of war ruuking sail to windward"" cideotj. It cleirly proves that she only escaped!"! gave cluce to a siiip'which appeared to Le under the CmmioUore by superior sailing, after having her convoy ;' but when we cam? up with her, s; e lightened her, and the president being very deep, j proved to be a British s!rp, p. ize to the DoJphiti As much has been stftd n this subject ; if Com-1 piivateer, of Salem. She had been spoken by the modote ;.RpdRerBh-s not arrived, to give you his' 'hip of wr, but we, came up with thent before, statement of the affaiiJif it meet your approbation'! they had lime1 to put men on board and take charge I should be please.l tojuye this account published of her. Whilst our boats were' boarding this tei: to prevent pele fnm making up their mind sel, the ship of war, had got nesrly hull down f.cni isujy, as i nno uieni wining io ao. , us ; anu unoer sianuinj? lrbm one of the Drisiin-ri u I am conhV'ent cou'Ll th-: Commodore have'ornt ithat she was a vcrw, fAt s.a;t.i. t t.Ja a.uivs;d the Bdndte, she would have been his, not he po3sibl to come up with her heforfc cirfit: it wo nil in kss than one hour I fiave tlw honor to be, With great Respect, Sir, Your o'jeuierit servant JP AR; the fanier time UjjptJ bridges were thrown across) T verlhc three bribes. At a qurter pait one, e'ay began to appear. At noon encicl Broo Pajol drove before' him a cloud of Cossacks, and tcok possession of JCovrao with a single batialion. ; On the 2th the emperor proceeded to Kowno liV fa.: -,1V ; : a3vance(j to the Precrel. The . . . ' i t i a ... - t i r? - vriTK-e hi KcKir.uni nao nisueao quariers, uii.vne. I 'll lith of 'Jutie. at Konijburg, f capital of old P.aa j;;-1:iia.1 ', . . , : .. . . " , v ! ' ;The marshal Duke of Reggio, commanding the I second corps, hd his head quarters at VVhehc ; ! the marshal dukecf Elchingen, commanciiig tkc Sd-cdrps', at Soldass; the Prince Vice Roy at Ra ,r eenbvt; g'; the king of Westphalia at W arsaw Prince' of Poniatowski at Pulttisk'. f ne empe l ror removed his head quarters pn the 12th, toKo " nigsberg, on the Prtgel ; on the lttlf, to Inster ;).'.- burg, on the 19vhto Gumbinnon. ;w'"' iiUvz'A-slight'hpfe of accommodation still remained. 7- The Emperor had given orders to Count Lauris- tori tb'waitbn the , emperor Alexand-r or his mi 1 nister i foreign afitiirs, arid to ascertain whether v ' ' thet o'might not yet be some nV?ans of dbtaihinga f Reconsideration of the demand of Prince Karakin, I and ef reconciling the honor of France and the in. terest of e'r alltts, with.' the opening a negocia- ?C . The same spirit which had previously swayed the Russian cabinet upon various pretexts, pre. C "': vntprf roiint-TAuri9kn from-acctjmfjlishitiir his rtaisVtorik and it appeared for the first time, that an ambassador, undrfr dircumstancesiot so much im- tiortince, was unable to obbin an interview, either wiili the sovertiy.n or his minister. The secreta ry of legation, Pievost, bro'.ght this Intelligence to Gumbinnen t and the emperor i-suect orders to finarch, for the purpose of passing the Niemen. j. i he : conquered', ' obscryea ne, assume me tone of conquerors ; fite drags ibejV on, jet tluiir des tinie4 be fu!fi!lcd.tt : His majesty caused the fol lowing prqtlarnatioQ to b inserted irt the orders of the army i . . ' ':' , i " Soldier The second war of Poland has com jnencedt The first was brought :to a close at -riedland and XUsitAtJXilsitBuasia swoi-eter- nai alltanee withJfrance and war with- England .' She- how- violates ber oaths ' She; refuses to give any explanation of her strange conduct, Until the "'eagles of Frante shall have repassed the Rhine, leaving, by such a movemenrour allies-at her f mercy. Russia is; dragged ial?nff by-a' fatalfty ! -r ' .Ker destinies must hi accomplished. Should she then, consider us degenerate1? Are we no longer tcjEs IcolKd upon as the soidiers of Att5trlUz T ! Y' his head quarters ta Roiuuchiki, and the king of Naples to Lketnuoui., . J ".During the whole of the 24iK and 25th the army was defiling by the three bridges. In the evening of the 24th the emptror caused a new bridge to be thrown over the Villi oppo .ite ,5-owno, and direct, ed .marshal the Duke of RcggicTto pass it with the set Ond corps "i he -Polish light horse of the guards crossed the r i ve r tyswimi..ing. Two men were ckowriine, jjijieiLjlSy were picket! up by two swimmers of the 26th light 'infaiitry. Colonel (lueheneuc having 'impruutrntly exposed himself to affcrd them assistance, lud TunTiiy,' falitn a sacri fi:e himself ; a swimmer of his regiment saved him.,- : , ; ". , . . , '' On the 25tn the Duke ot Elchingen passed on to Koimc'!on ; the King of Naples .advanced to Jigmouroui, The 'enemy's 'light troops were dri ven in. and pursued on every side. v - On the ,ti, marshal the Dche of Elchingen afrivedat Skeroude. Tiie Fght divisions of caval ry covered the whole plain to within ten leagues of Wilna. -..' . :" ' " , r-: ' .Marshal the Duke of Tarentnm, TVho commands' the tentl corps, composed 5n part of thei t'russns passed the Niemen, on the 24ih, at Tilsit, .,'atui moved uppn Kossisna, in order to clear the right bank of that river and to protect the navigation. '.'Ma.rhal't!:eDukeofBcflilno, corn rnahding the 9th corpn and havings under his orders the divi sions H e u d c t , Lagronge, Durutte and Parto neux, occupied the country between the be and the Oder. " -;: . .?v . .,.'"t'.' - - '1 he general ?oJ divisionr count RarrtCOvernoT of Dantsic, hasdnder his orders. the division Da- endcls. ' . ' ",-. . : ;-. '"' - The general of division count Ilogendorp is go vernoi of Konigsberg. . ( ',"--' The emperor of Russia' is at Wilna . with' his ViarfTs. aiid one nart of his armv occupying Rbni -'- ' . ' kotitonia and Newtrooki. The Russian General Bagawort, commanding the stcond corps and a part o the Russian army, having been cut oft from Wilna, had no other means of safety than by proceeding towards the Dwina. : '" " ...' ' .' -' I he Niernen la navigahle for vessels of two or three hundred tons as far as Kowno. The commu nications bynvater; areaIso secured asfar as Dant tie, and with the Vistula, the Oder and the Elbe. An immense supply of brandy, flour' and biscuit is passing from Dantzic and Konigsberg towards Kowno. The Vilia which flows by Vyilna, is ha vigabltf . for very small boats from Kowno to Wib na. The capital , of Lithuania, is also the chief town of all Polish Russia. The emperor of Rus e5a hasheen for several monlhi in vhis city with a pAit ofjbb coujThe'pse.s$ojj16j;,yiis place leaving ". Boston Li$ht oh lite 2d yi IS3AC HULL. Fhe Honorable Pul Hamilton , tPf, jtl -Kccuv q ihe firecredirgi pf Hit Majesty's thtfi or pernp3 not men; 1 therefore eave chacr td the b?ig that run before the win J, determined tp destroy all his convoy, we sooiv found we camti fst up with'the brig, and that they were making every exertion to get off by throwing overboard all the lumber, .wa'tr casks, &c. . . "At . P. we urougbt to tbcxliacr,- ardfosindl her to be the Amwtcan briir Adeline, from Li. Vr2 J .1..-' o. 13... I' ' . f.i . -. . i . . . . , . - ; snuiaetnf.im yrony juq. L.afuw, it J itay pooi, jqauea wnue . dry goods, Bet. prz- t- '.h ''''" ipilf - . , j British sloop qf ar Avenger. .1 took the Bridals A.M. at 4, 4p, Nar.tucke,t Shoal, saw several prize-master and crew odt and-put midshipman asil bearing 8. W. made sail towards them, at 6 Madison and a crew; on board, with orders to t-ct C, tluy bore S. VV. by S. m.de thtm out to be into the nearest port he could rrtr.ke. From the three frigates, one sluopy and one brig of war prizc'-tnastfcr of this vessel I Ieaiot That the hji" standing jo tue S. E. under a press of sail. Ob- burnt by 'the sloop t-f war b( long n. tri Ne.v'Y-ik! served them to nuke signals, and fafailu'i inchace and was laded, with hemp, dm k k . tas Uom JuV of us, h.mliog down their steering sail;-, irta con , laud, having" gone; in. there in ""dihiiess."-' fused, and irrsgplar manner Tacked ship, and Having cliMsed so Tar'tothVeastviard as to m" xle ' made the private signal which was not answered, it impossible to-come up with the rto.i of wa!-, "I made all sail pos-j'tole, N. E.'by E at 8' moderate ,'dtermined to c.habge"' my'-cniizmg'gw'uhd, a' 1 and fine weather, the headmost 'ship of the ehacej found by "some of the 'prisoners that-'c'anie'fron" j. S. W.-1'3 V apparently gaining' round pn us this ycisel, that the squadron that chased us off ; at times, and leaving her consorts. At 11 30, i NeW-York vere on tlie westei n edge of the C rai'j . hoisted our colors,; and pendant, the chsce hoisted iBank, not far ciitat -from me. T r.cordir.j!ly American colors," two of them hoisted Gmato j stood to the southward, intending jo pass near dore's broad pendants, at noon the commodore Bermuda, and cruize oft our southern coast. Saw and the Stcotid headmost ship tf the chuce S. VV. ' nothing till the night, of the 1 8th, at half past' 9j 3 4 WiVabout 2 and 3,4 of a , MileV Nantucket P M. discovered a sail Very near us, it b; ir g (loikj v Srhoal : N. 400. E7; 43 milts, moderate and fiie ( vnaxle sail and gave Chase, and could'se'e.that :sh-' . vyeatlter, cleared, ship for action, Commodore of i was a bruAt. 1 1, baUghther to, and stnt a I wit chace gaining, the other ships dropping, observed on board, fbnnd, her to be the American piivaV the chace p.inling her guns at us, at 3 46, thej.tcer Decatur, belonging to Salehi, with a ciev uf Commodore fired three shot, one of which struck : one hundred and eight men and fourteen gimsj the rudder coa',?.nd come into ihe alter gun.room, twelve of which sb had thrown oyerlxiard whikt ,; the other two came into the upper, or Captains j we were in chase of him. The captain came oii cabin, one of which struck the muzzle of fhe lar- j board, and informed nve that he saw the day before board .chace gur, the ..other went throujjh" the a ship of war standingjb the southward, and iiitit. ' beam under the .skylight, killed, William Could rshe could hot-be far from us ; at IS, P. M. made . - ( Seaman) youndedr John Hill, (arhiouter) M6i i sail to the southward,, intending if possible" to.'fall. tally, Joseph Lee (sea ) severely George Marlon ! in witr. her' The privateer slot d in for ' Cap ' v, ships corpol-Al) badly, Lieut. Bruce and James Kace, intenoing to cruizernnere, ana take srvrp lly, James Karmont tsea.) slightly. At 3 45, commenced firing with our stern giim, shot away her larboard lower' Altering sail, ' keeping our ship a steady course N.-E. by E. ats4 the chacs bore up and fired her larboardbroadside, which cut our tftging, and Sails much, the long Bolts, Breech- ing Hooks, and Breechingspt guns and Cannon, ntles frequently breaking (;by one of which captain Byron was severely wounded in the left thigh) all of which was instantly replaced -Kept up a con stant fire, which was returned by our opponent with bow Chace guns, and at Urines by her broad sides, which by her superiority of Sailing she was enable to do till 6 45, wheiV We cut away our spare sheet, anii sm'dl bower anchors", Uarge, Yawl, and Jolly Boats, .and started 14 tons of water; we then gained oh him, ''whi;h ne bore up and fired 'three broadsides; part of which fell short of us, at 7 opponent ceased firing, and the second frigate com-, meoried Jjutjmdugpherjjhot falLshpt'tfceasejl-a-gain.: Fmployedfishing' olir Cross-Jack yard and maintopmast (both badly wounded, knotting and splicing our rigging, which wa3,;mnch, cut and damaged: At 1 r -altered our course, to 15. by S. Vl S. arid lost sight btour opponents. " U. S. Frigate Constitution,' off Boston Light, by boarding, as he .had lost all his guns but two-. The above is a mimorandbrn of what took phce on board the Const iuitioo under my commahtU from, the time we left Boston up. to the 18th in which 1 houe will meet your approbation ' ' 1 have the honor to be, . , 'r ,VVith jjrc at respect, Sir, your obedient servant," ' ."-.""' -"":' -M- ISAAC lIULIv , . : The HorVPAtit. Hamilton, . ... '. Secretary of (he nuvj, Washington Ofj., , v ... Unitecf States frigate Coiwj.tit;ht -. - . , tytiortm tight, jugtolCZC, 1612. SltR-f I have the honor to ii.form. yu'j that on the 19th inst. at 2 P. M. being in latitude 1 1, 42, and longitude 55, 48, witbl the : C6rif.ifu icn unJer . 4rty command, a sail was disco ve-.' tj-ooi me matt head btaring E. by S. or Il.S. E.- but at vith a dstaneev4-coald-in tell wli"at.ihiwfisCJiai.il was instantly made in chare, came up with hei that she was a in cnare, ann soon iounl -.ve At -i ivl. t'Hil.l pUirily tie oti tivj s;aiDoard"tark unrcv easy sail, close on a. wind; . at ( hilt past t P. ! Mi made her ou t to be a frigate X 'continued the r h s until wa were vi;hiii ibovit :tice mile :, I ordered the light smls'taku in, the ccic s s;!.a,i;t df up, una rne imp cteurso tor-.acuoi.. .n ujs-ii.w- -. Sir I have the honor to infom y Fpu. tliat" after! the c!i?ce tad backed his mamtopvu! i l;r ?r. - th5 idle of s Q dov. n, A soofi as' die Co s.f .1 -.v-

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