Russian slain were found with the insignia of their orders. It appears, that among them was a Prince Repnin. Forty-eight hours after the battle, thers were still upwards of 500 wounded Russians whom we had not been able to carry off. Brandy and bread were carried to them, and they were successively conveyed to the hospital. Let any one magine to himself, upon the space of a square league, 9 or 10,000 dead bodies, 4 or 5000 horses killed, whole lines of Russian knapsacks, broken pieces of muskets and sabres; the ground covered with cannon balls, howitzer shells, and ammunition; twenty-four pieces of cannon, near which were lying he bodies of their drivers, killed at the moment when they were striving to carry them off. All this was the more conspicuous upon a ground covered with snow; this spectacle is calculated to inspire princes with the love of peace, and an abhorrence of war. -The 5000 wounded whom we had, were all conveyed to Thorn, and to our hospitals on the left Bank of the Vistula, in sledges. The surgeons observed with astonishment, that the fatigue of this conveyance did no harm to the wounded.-The following are some details of the engagement of Braunsberg. Gen. Dupont marched against the enemy in two columns. Gen. Bruyere, who commanded the right column, fell in with the enemy at Ragarn, and drove him towards the river which runs before this village. The left column drove the enemy towards Villenberg, and the whole division shortly after stretched out of the wood. The enemy being driven from his first position, was obliged to fall back upon the river which covers the town of Braunsberg: he at first made a resolute stand, but Gen. Dupont marched against him, overthrew him by a charge, and entered with him into the town, the streets of which were choaked up with the Russian slain.The 9th of 1 ght infantry, the 32d and the 96th of the line, which compose this division, distinguished themselves. Generals Barrois and Lahoussaye, Colonel Semele, of the 24th of the line, Colonel Muenier, of the 9th light infantry, the chief of battalion, Rouge, of the 32d of the line, and the chief of squadron, Hubinet, of the 9th hussars, are deserving of particular encomiums. Since the arrival of the French army upon the Vistula, we have taken from the Russians in the engagements of Pultusk and Golymin, 89 pieces of cannon; at the engagement of Bergfreid, 4 pieces; in the retreat of Allenstein, 5 pieces; at the engagement of Deppen, 16 pieces; at the engagement of Holl, 12 pieces; at the battle of Eylau, 24 pieces; at the engagement of

Braunsberg, 6 pieces; and at the engage ment of Ostrolenka, 9 pieces: total, 175 pieces of cann n --- It has been remarked upon this subject, that the Emperor never lost any canon in the ar vies which he has commanded, either in the first campaigns of Italy and Egypt, in that of the Army of Reserve, in that of Austria and Moravia, or in that of Russia and Poland.

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Osterode, March 10-The army is gone into cantonments behind the Passarge The Prince of Ponte Corvo is at Holand and Braunsberg; Marsh i Soult at Liebstadt and Mohringen; Marshal Ney at Guttstadt; Marshai Divoust at Allerstein, Hohenstein, and Deppin; the head quaters are at Osterode; the parish corps of observation, under General Zayonscheck, is at Nieberbe:g; Marshal Lefebvre is before Dantzick; the 5th corps is upon the Omulew; a division of Bavarians, under the Crown Prince, is at Warsaw; the corps of Prince Jerome, in Silesia; the 8th corps of observation is in Swedish Pomerania; the fortresses of Breslau, Seweidnitz, and Brieg, are demolished; General Rapp Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor, is Governor of Thorn; bridges are thrown over the Vistula at Marienburg and Dirschau. --On the 1st of March, the Emperor having been informed that the enemy, encouraged. by the position. of our army, had shewn themselves on the right bank of the Passarge, ordered Marshals Ney and Soult to advance, reconnoitre, and drive the enemy back. Marshal Ney proceeded towards Guttstadt Marshal Soult passed the Passarge at Wormditt. The enemy's posts, which retreated with precipitation, were pursued to the distance of eight leagues. The enemy, observing that the French were not inclined to pursue them any further, and that our force was merely an advanced guard, that had left their main body in the rear, brought forward two regiments of grenadiers, and, in the course of the night, attacked our cantonments at Zechern. The 50th regiment received them upon the point of the bayonet. The 27th and 39th regiments also conducted themselves with great courage. In these trifling affairs the Russians had nearly 1000 men killed, wounded, and made prisoners. After having thus dis turbed the enemy, the army returned again to its cantonments.-The Grand Duke of Berg, being informed that a corps of cavalry had advanced to Willenberg, ordered the Frince of Borghese to attack that place, who, at the head of his regiment, charged eight Russian squadrons, overthrew, and put them

to flight, making 100 prisoners, including three captains aud eight officers - Marshal Lefebvre has completely invested Dantzick, and commenced the lines of circumvallation round that city.

66th Bulletin of the Grand French Army. Osterode, March 14.-The grand army remains in its cantonments, where it takes repose. Frequent skirmishes have taken place between the advanced posts of the two armies. Two regiments of Russian cavalry came on the 12th inst. to harass the

th regiment of infantry of the line in its Cantonments, at Lingour, before Guttstadt. A battalion of this regiment flew to arms from an ambuscade, attacked, and repulsed the enemy, who left SO men on the field. General Guyot, who commands the advanced posts of Marshal Soult, has, on his side, had several affairs of outposts with the eneiny, in which he has had the advantage. After the little battle of Willenberg, the Grand Duke of Berg expelled the Cossacks, from the whole of the right bank of the Alle. In order to assure himself that the enemy was not making some movement, he went to Wartenburg, Sedburgh, Meusguth, and Bischosburg. He had some engagements with the enemy's cavalry, and took 100 Cossacks prisoners.-The Russian army appears to be concentrated on the side of the Bartensteine on the Alle; the Prussian division on the side of Crentzbourg --The enemy's army made a retrograde movement, and have approached nearer to Koningsberg. -The whole of the French army is in cantonments; it is provisioned by the towns of Elbing, Braunsberg, and from the resources drawn from the Island of Nogat, which is extremely fertile.-Two bridges have been erected over the Vistula, one at Marienwerder, the other at Marienberg. Marshal Lefebvre has completed the investment of Dantzic. General Lefebvre has invested Colberg. Each of these garrisons have been driven into these towns after a slight engagement. A division of twelve thousand Bavarians, commanded by the Prince Royal of Bavaria, has crossed the Vistula at Warsaw, and is coming to join the army.

67th Bulletin of the Grand French Army. Osterode, March 25.-On the 14th instant, at three in the afternoon, the garrison of Stralsund, taking advantage of a fog, made a sortie, with two thousand infantry, two squadrons of cavalry, and six pieces of cannon, in order to carry a redoubt thrown p by General Dupas. This redoubt, which was open, without palissades and without

cannon, was defended by a company of vol tigeurs, of the 58th regiment of the line. The immense superiority of the enemy had no effect upon these brave men; being reinforced by a company of voltigeurs of the 4th of the line (light infantry), under Capt. Barral, they resisted all the attempts of the Swedish brigade. Fifteen Swedish soldiers reached the parapet, but there found their death. All the enemy's attempts were equally fruitless. Sixty-two dead bodies of the Swedes were buried at the foot of the redoubt. It is supposed that 120 were wounded, and 50 were made prisoners, though there were not more than 150 men in the redoubt. Several Swedish officers were found among the dead, distinguished by their military decorations. This instance of bravery has attracted the Emperor's attention. His Majesty has sent three orders of the legion of honour for the companies engaged. Captain Drivet, who commanded on this weak redoubt, highly distinguished himself.--On the 20th, Marshal Lefebvre ordered the brigade under General Schraam to cross over from the island of Nogat, in the Erisch Haff, in order to cut off the communication between Dantzic and the sea. These orders were carried into execution at three in the morning. The Prussians were routed, and 300 of them fell into our hands.

At six in the evening, the garrison of Dantzic sent out a detachment of 4000 men to retake the post; but they were repulsed, with the loss of some hundreds of prisoners, and one piece of cannon. General Schraam had under his command the 2d battalion of the 2d regiment of infantry, and several Saxon battalions, who distinguished themselves. The Emperor has sent three orders of the legion of honour to be distributed among the Saxon officers; and three more for the privates, subalterns, and to the major who commanded them.--In Silesia, the garrison of Niess has made a sortie, but fell into an ambuscade. A regiment of Wirtemberg cavalry took these troops in flank, killed 50, and made 60 prisoners.--The winter in Poland seems to have resembled the winter at Paris, that is to say, variable. It freezes and thaws in alternate succession. However, we have the good fortune not to have any sick in the army. On the contrary, all accounts agree that the Russians have a great number of sick. The army remains tranquil in its cantonments. The works whien compose the têtes du pont of Sierock, Modiin, Praga, and Marienwerder, are every day becoming more formidable; and the magazines are organized, and are every where receiving provisions. Three hundred

thousand bottles of Bourdeaux wine were found at Elbing; and though each bottle cost four francs, the Emperor paid that price to the merchants, and ordered the wine to be distributed among the army.-The Emperor has sent the Prince Borghese upon a mission to Warsaw.

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Osterode, March 29.-On the 17th of March, at three o'clock in the morning, the General of Brigade Lefebvre, Aid-deCamp to Prince Jerome, passed near Glatz, in his way to Wunchelsbourg, with three squadrons of light horse and the Taxis regiment of light infantry, when 1500 men, with two pieces of cannon, made a sortie from the place. Lieut. Col. Gerrard imme. diately attacked and drove them back into Glatz, after having taken 100 soldiers, several officers, and two pieces of artillery.Marshal Massena is gone from Willenberg to Ortelsbourg, and forced an entrance there for the division of Becker's dragoons, which he has reinforced with a detachment of Polish horse. There were some Cossacks at Ortelsbourg, and several attacks were made, in which the enemy lost 20 men.-General Becker, as he was coming to resume his po sition at Willenberg, was attacked by 2000 Cossacks. An ambuscade of infantry was formed, into which they fell, and lost 200 men.-On the 26th, at five o'clock in the morning, the garrison of Dantzic made a general sortie, which proved very fatal. It was repulsed on all sides. A colonel, named Cracaw, who had a command, was taken with 400 men, and two pieces of cannon, in an attack made by the 19th regiment of chasseurs. The Northern Polish Legion conducted itself in an excellent manner, and two Saxon battalions distinguished themselves. As for the rest, there is nothing new. The lakes are still frozen; though there is some appearance of the approach of spring.

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Finkenstein, April 4.The gens d'armes of the ordnance have arrived at Marienwerder, and Marshal Bessieres has set out for that place, in order to review them. They have behaved remarkably well, and have displayed great courage in all the affairs in which they have been engaged. Gen. Teuli, who still superintends the blockade of Colberg, has in that command exhibited great activity and skill. The conducting of

the siege is now entrusted to Gen. Loison. On the 19th of March the redoubts of Selnow were attacked and carried by the 1st regiment of Italian light infantry. On this occasion the garrison made a sortie; but the company of carbineers of the 1st regiment of light infantry, and a company of dragoons, drove them back. The voltigeurs of the 19th regiment of the line, distinguished themselves greatly in the attack on the village of Allstadt. In that affair the enemy

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lost three pieces of cannon and 200 prisonMarshal Lefebvre commands at the siege of Dantzic, and General Lariboisiere has the direction of the artillery. The latter corps shews itself in all circumstances worthy of the fame which it has so justly acquired. The French cannoniers will merit the name of select troops. The manner in which the battalions of the train have performed their service has also afforded perfect satisfaction. -The Emperor has given audience at Finkenstein to a deputation from the chamber of Marienwerder. It consisted of Count Von Groeben, Counsellor Baron Von Schleinitz, and Count Von Dohna, Director of the Chamber. The deputation represented to his Majesty the great hardships which the Emperor answered, that he entertained a inhabitants had suffered from the war. The lively feeling for their sufferings, and that he would relieve Marienwerder, as well as Elbing, from the burthen of any extraordinary contribution. He farther observed, that there were evils belonging to the theatre of war which could not be avoided; that he participated in the regret which those evils occasioned, and would do every thing in his power to mitigate them.-It is believed that his Majesty will this day set out on a short journey to Marienwerder and Elbing. The second Bavarian division has arrived at Warsaw. The Crown Prince of Bavaria has gone to Pultusk to take the command of the first division. The Hereditary Prince of Baden bas marched at the head of his corps of troops to Dantzic. The contingent of Saxe-Weimar has arrived upon the Warta. -There has not been a shot fired for a fortnight past at the advanced posts of the army. The heat of the sun begins to be felt, but it is not yet sufficiently powerful to penetrate and thaw the earth. All is still bound in frost. Spring approaches slowly in this country. A number of couriers arrive at the head-quarters from Constantinople and Persia.

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SUMMARY OF POLITICS. PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT (continued from page 84).-I. Lord Cochrane's Motion respecting Places, Pensions, &c.—II.Precious Privilege.III. Irish Insurrection Bill. -IV. Lord Cochrane's Motion respecting the Navy.-V. Poor Laws.-VI. Westminster Election.On the 7th of this month Lord Cochrane made a motion, in the House of Commons, for the appointment of a committee to inquire into, and to ascertain, the number and amount of the emolument, of all places, offices, posts, sinecures, pensions, and fees, enjoyed by members of the present House of Commons, or their wives, children, and other relations, and also of all reversions held by them, or any of them, of such places, &c. &c. and of every thing whatever, yielding profit to them, either directly or indirectly, and arising from taxes, or impositions of any sort, upon the people.My motto, which contains one of the most important of the conditions, upon which the crown of England was taken from the family of Stuart and settled upon the family of Hanover, has been before selected by me;" and, indeed, it ought, in one way or another, to be kept continually before the eyes of the nation. Upon the principles of this constitutional law, Lord Cochrane seems to have founded a very excellent motion. As if he had said: "I hear much talk about the "constitution; whether I go upon the hus"tings, into the courts of justice, or into "this House, I hear perpetually recur the "word constitution, the invaluable consti

tution, and I hear myself called upon to "make sacrifices for the constitution, to 'give all my money if wanted, nay, to die for the sake of the constitution. It was quite natural, therefore, that I should en"deavour to ascertain what this constitution

was, or, at the least, to obtain some dis"tinct idea of it. I looked back into the history of the cashiering of the tyrant "James, and, in the laws, which were

passed in consequence of that event, I "found a description of the constitution, if

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"there stated, and the rules by which the "nation is to be governed in future are plainly laid down. Amongst these rules, "the most important one of all appears to me to be, that which relates to the preventing of the House of Commons from becoming a mere tool in the hands of the king's ministers, or servants; and which "rule positively provides, that no member "of the House of Commons shall hold any

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place or pension under the crown. I find, "however, to my great regret, that, in a "few years after this constitutional law was "enacted, it was, as far as related to this "excellent rule, repealed; that is to say, "that a House of Commons, whom the "law forbade to hold places and pensions "under the crown, a House of Commons, "chosen under a law which forbade them "to pocket the money of their constituents, passed a law to enable themselves to pocket as much of that money as they "could prevail upon the minister of the day "to let them take. But, the constitutional "principle remains unshaken by such alte"ration of the law; and, at a moment "when every man, of whatever party, is

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"self in devising new sources of taxation. "The people knew all this. If he was ask"ed, how he could so judge of the public sentiment, he in answer should appeal to "the universal sentiment without doors; "the variety of publications; the language held upon the hustings throughout the empire during the late election; the language made use of in the different advertisements from the successful candidates " to their constituents, and if all these together did not enable a man to form a just "estimate of public opinion, he did not "know what could do so; nor was it to be forgotten, the different shameless notices "that appeared in the different papers concerning the sale of seats in a certain assembly. At the same time he wished it ". to be understood, that nothing was farther "". from his intention, than to complain of the "allowances made to the efficient public "officers; so far from thinking those allow"ances as extravagant, he thought them "rather under than over what they should "be. As to his motives, Gentlemen might "be disposed to question them. He re

membered a member of that house being "accused of Jacobinism, because he expressed these sentiments which he (lord C.) entirely concurred in."-The motion itself concluded his lordship's speech, and a very puzzling motion it appears to have been. None of the ministers rose against it in the teeth; but, just as I had foreseen and foretold, a person precisely calculated for the thing, Mr. Bankes, got up and objected to it upon the ground of want of precedent. But, let us hear him, and with great attention too. His words are well-worthy of being heard and treasured up." He thought the information desir"ed by the noble lord desirable in many respects but it would be neither practi"cable nor proper to pass the order in its "present shape. There was no precedent "of such an order on the Journals, though

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or depreciated. It was also unfair, as well "as impolitic and unpatriotic, to depreciate "the resources of the country, as the noble "lord had done, by stating that we were "on the verge of bankruptcy. Though "sensible of the difficulties of the times, "and of the relief arising from the judicious suspension of taxation, every man of judgement, who considered the situation "of the country, would allow there were ample resources to meet the difficulties that we had to encounter. He did not sce "how the advertisements, for the purchase " and sale of seats, in a certain assembly, "should be construed into an argument of "the general corruption of members of per"liament. He agreed with the noble lord, "that the public servants, and particularly "those of the higher classes, were rather "under than over paid. There was only

one species of pensions, which it was necessary to inquire particularly inte "Within the three last years the several

public departments had got into the "practice of granting pensions within them"selves, without complying with the pro"visions of Mr. Burke's Act that all pen"sions should be from the Exchequer only. "Some of the public departments had with "drawn themselves even from the control "of the Treasury in this respect. On the "whole, however anxious for enquiry, "and desirous to afford the public informa"tion, he could not consent to pass the "noble lord's motion in its present shape."

-As to the general pension list being laid before parliament, I will speak of that by-and-by. The rest of what Mr. Bankes said I shall leave without comment, and it will, doubtless, produce that effect, which every thing coming from a member, so exalted in point of character and public services as to be reckoned amongst those who are thought of for the peerage, must naturally produceMr. Curwen said, "that he had hoped the noble lord's motion "would have passed without a dissenting "voice. He had hoped some measures "would be taken to put an end to the dis