The Sun. — London, England, 1812-09-17 00:00:00

MAILS. d!tFtvEN-1 Watcrirmi. raellz, 1 Guernel - , 2 Gottenburgh, 1 Dublin, 1 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS • flits DAY Ar TWELVE Cnnsoli 5lll I Ornnium . 7 61 pr. E SUN. QVIS DIC;EitE FALSVM .4,t,DEA'r I"0 N D . 0 N, TTIVRSDAY-, SEPTEMBER 17, 1812. We last night received Paris Papers to the 11 th. T..ey bring us no information respecting the vic tory said to h aze been obtained ever the \ltus -1 sians. Indeed, if the report from Dover he correct, the intellig.nee could pot have appeared in a Paper of the 11 th. The informaiioacontainecliil these Pa- pers .is riot very interesting ;.-it is,, however, stated, that the French Army was concgritrating in the neighbourhood of Smolensk°, with a view of ad vancing towards Moscow. - We were in hopes that the arrival of one or both of theGottenburgh Mails that are due, would have enabled us to communicate to our Readers the Russian accounts. of the hattlei which took place neat Smolensk° ; but there was not ,any arrival this morning front the North. It is stated that some cavalry is about to em bark for the Baltic, to be employed in the experii• tion from Sweden. The Savage sloop of war, the Little Ann, and four other ships of the Quebec fleet, have ar rived off Brighton. The Royal Boun►y, GAMBLES, from Hull to Prince Edward's Island, has been taken on the Banks of Newfoundland, by the ?ankee privateer, and burnt, after an'action of an hour and a half; one man killed and five wounded. The Kitty, TnomPso.N, from Greenock to St. Andrews (N. B.) was taken, 31st July, - -by an American privateer, retaken, 4th inst. by the Po name frigate, and carried to Newfoundland. The privateer captured,lst Aug. the brig An:Brothers, of St. John's. WINDSOR, SEPT. 16.—Yoterrlay •the QUEEN ti-:(1 Princesses spent the day at Virginia Water, on a party. b had eery indifferent sport. Lord and Lady FrAxcOuirr - and .Lord and Lady WALSINGHA.I.I, were also of the party. ,They re turned to the Castle at seven o'clock. Yesterday the PRINCE REGENT . set off from Cotriton !louse, at half-past • four o'clock, for Windsor, accompanied by the Dae of CUMBER LAND. _ _ A ",corning Paper of yesterday says, " His Ma jesty,- we are concerned to state, has experienced another severe paroxysm since the last Quarterly . Report of the Queen's Council, which was of more than six and thirty hours duration." Yesterday a Court of Directors was-held at the East India, House, when Captain TCIOIkIkS Bu- Cl-IkNAT was sworn into the command of the ship Pers •reranee; consigned to Bombay and China. Orders, have been issued by the Transport Board to sendan additional supplyof transports to Ports month, for the embarkation of the corps of the Guards now at that port under orders for Portugal. The Ist batt. 91-st, upwards of 1000 strong, em barked on Tuesday at Chatham in lighters, and sailed - to Sheerness, where they are to be re-em barked on board ships of war,:and proceed to the . More. They arc to wait there the arrival of one of the divisions of the Guards from . London ; the whole will then &ll for Corunna. ' Yesterday morning;• at four. o'clock, the last detachment of the Foot Guards, consisting of 100 of the 2d regiment, with Officers, amounting to 300 men, marched from the Parade in the Bird cage-walk, St. *Tallies's Park, along Wastminster, for Woolwich, there to embark to join the Bri tish army under the command of General flux. The troops were in high spirits, and, as they passed; repeatedly gave and received several cheer ing linzzas. The army from Sicily lately landed in Spain, under the command of General MMTLAND, is 7000 strong, consisting of a division of the 20th Light Dragoous, the Ist battalion of the 10th foot, the Ist battalion of the 58th, the Ist batta lion of the 81st, the 4th and 6th battalion of the King's German Legion,' and the.regiments of DILLON and ne ROLLE, at Minorca ; the above for;:es were joined by about 4000 more, so that the whole strength landed amounts to, about 11,000 excellent troops. Extract of a letter from Madrid, dated August 15:—" Yesterday, about one o'clock, the gar rison of the Retiro 'surrendered prisoners of war. I cannot describe to you the magnificence of the Royal Palace, Although robbed of its best paintings, it is still the finest thing I ever beheld. The paintings are by Raphael, 120bens, Titian, Tintoretti, Guido, Spagnioletti, Vandyke, &c.-- The ball of_ audience for the Atubassadors is the finest room, without exception, that ever I saw : it is hung with twelve of the largest and finest mirrors ever cast, and rich silk hangings. — The Cabinet of Natural History is excellent, and the minerals and fossils ,perhaps the finest. col lection in Europe ; but the Ohne buildings are splendid beyond description. The city is by no means large. There is to he a grand ball given ta-night, by tl:c Municipality. The Ist, 3d, 4th, sth, arid 7th light divisions with all the cavalry and artillery, are round the town. We shall have a few days rest here, I hope. The Spaniards will, I suppose ) be organized in all parts ;, and the im mense yrantities of arms and ammunition taken in the Heir°, will equip a considerable army in these provinces." LtNr %IA NEws. PLYMOUTH; SEPT.. 16.—The Minerva, MANN, master, from Palma, with a cargo of wine, that drifted ashore under St. Nicholas's Island a few days since, is in a very leaky state, and her cargo is to be lauded here immediately, in order to effect the repairs of the vessel. Arrived the Zena and Harriet, EASTMA N , from Wales. Sailed the Achates brig of W ar on a cruize. Mrs. JoßbAx tnatle her first appenrancc at our Theatre last evening in the Widow Cheerly. The house was brilliantly and numerously attended. Atter the universal approbation and "preference which, for so many years have been given to this lady's performance by the London audience and London critics, it is almost unnecessary for us to offer a single remark upon those fascinating comic powers, which we think could never have been, more successfully 'displayed than . they were last evening,. We yesterday stated that a disturbance . took place at the Dartmoor depot withibe French-pri soners, and that in consequence a company of Ar tillery Drivers, with artillery - , prooeded'there im mediately to assist the Militia regiment, in case they should attempt to do mischief ; the are hiy,v ever happy to state, that soon:lafter the arrival of the former, order was again . reStored. • A dreadful accident happened yesterday-after noon, on board a smack called the Union, belong ing to. Dover, lately arrived here man named John Shawl, belonging to her, When in the act ,of carrying a sack of flour to the quay, fell down into the hold and fractured his skull ; he was im mediately taken to the workhouse, where he ex pired soon afterwards. We understand the un fortunate man has left a family to lament his loss. DEAL, AUG. 16.—Arrived , the Gambier cutter, with a convoy froui Exmouth, which has sailed for the River. , PORTSMOUTII, SEPT. M.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Viper, with a fleet from the Downs. Sailed his Majesty's ships-Alfred, Dover, and Regulus, with transports, for Corunna. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 14.—Sailed the Freeling packet for the Mediterranean. • LEITH, SEPT. 14.—The Rifleman sloop of war arrived in the Roads yesterday from a cruize, and an American brig, her prize, this morning. The American is from ArChangel to New York. - The Snake sloop of war has made signal for a convoy to the Baltic. DISTRIBVTION OF PATISE-MONEY.—ACIIte, for the Welcomsten, on hoard, at Sheerness ; and Princess of W:;.fes, for L'Anacreon, on hoard, at Yarmouth, on Satur day next ; recalls at 2, Adelphi•terrace, Strand. The 3Thy, AFFLICX, is arrived at Liverpool , from St. Lucia, after engaging' and heating off an American privateer of - eighteen guns and full of men. ./SLe had one man killed and five were wounded. The Ann, from Demerara, is arrived at Li verpool. She also beat off an American privateer of 14 guns, and full of men. The Ann carries 10 guns only. IHF, THEATRE —The Merry Wives of Windsor, and the farce of Catherine and Petruchiu, were the dramatic attractions of last night at Covent -gar den Theatre. The representation of the former piece at this Theatre we have often noticed,. and it differed too little last night to require. any farther attention.—Mr. YOUSG, in the farce, for the first. time, perforMed the part of Petra chio.—A gay spirit does not sit very easy on him', but he conceived the part with his usual judg ment, and will doubtless improve its effect by. practice. Mrs. C. KEMBLE was sufficiently ener getic in Catherine. Drury-lane Theatre, we understand, is to IT lighted up to-night, but no persons are to he admitted, except the Committee; and persons immediately concerned in •the arrangement of the Theatre, in order that they may be able to judge of the general effect. The new Opera, composed by Sir JOHN STE.- vENsoN, and which is forth-coming at the Ly ceum, was written by Mr. Corm, an Irish Gen tleman, and, according to report, it - possesses no ordinary share of dramatic merit. Bards used to accompany'the armies of the An cient Britons to battle, who, with their songs, in - bpired the soldiers,,tand filled them with ardour ; it • was the duty, too, of the Bards tolteount the gal lant deeds of heroes ; also " in plaintive strains" 'to mourn the fall of the valiant defenders of their country. This, in a great measure, -accounts for that mixture of grandeur and plaintiveness which we observe,in the Welsh Melodies. Mr. PARRY, in his beautiful song of '( Arthur the Braii , ," written in ho nour of the gallant WELLINGTON, has closely imi tated his forefathers ; the melody is energetic,, yet sweet, and truly national. We are .happy to hear' that a second edition of this patriotic song is already published,' and that a number of copies have been sent to'Spain and Portugal. , The following, we understand, was the cause of the disturbances in the prison at Dartmouth, which We mentioned yesterday :—lt appears that the bake-house having been burnt clown laStweek at Dartmoor, in which bread for the prisoners had usually been baked, a pound and a half of his -chit had been served out to each man. This was resented by the whole body of prisoners (about 7000), and they sheaved so determined a disposi— tion, that such measures were found necessary as were ,adopted. They even had in contemplation to . fire the prison and effect an escape. Some of them were for seizing the depot of arms at Ta [ vistock, but the appearance of the artillery settled • every thing. C 'PAPERS. ran., SEPT. B.—Private letters from Smolensk announce, that that city, became all at once the point Of union and of passage for several numerous H 'corps, begins to perceive the return of order. and.' tranquility, in the room of the alarm and disorder which the Russian army had there occasioned by its flight. They are busy in repairing, as mach as circumstances will permit, the mischiefs occasion ed by the conflagration, and in carrying without the city the dead bodies of those of the enemy who were killed ; and - to the hospitals, the wounded of both armies, that they may be properly'taken care, of. The number of prisoners increases every moment, whom onr light troops collect in (tide rent places on the road to Moscow ; whiCh, in its torn, it is said, is delivered up to all the agitation which 'precedes a great event. The nobility and rich inhabitants of that ancient capital are pack- , ing up, and sending otr their most .valuable pro perty, and arc making arrangements themselves to abandon a city, which they despair of seeing de- . fended by an army in fall rout. The French troops extend themselves upon both banks of the Borys thenes, as far as the Confluence of that river and the Wop, as well,as upon the great road of Mos cow to the neighbourhobd of I.7sdlate. VIENNA, AVG. 24. 7 -The Supplement to our Court Gazette contains the following-report The Captain of Cavalry, Count Woyna, of the Hulans of the Archduke Charles, dispatched, on the 15th of August, as a Courier from the bivouac before Kobryn, by the General Commandant the Prince of Schwarzenberg, brought yesterday the news, that that t eneral of Cavalry having receiv ed from his Majesty the Emperor of the 14 - trench the command of the 7th corps of the French army, marched from Kossovv, on -the 7th inst. with the , two corps d'aianee under his orders, for the pur pose ,of entering Volhynia., and attacking the ene my's corps commanded by General: Tormassow and Kaminsky, - who had for some time inter rupted the communication with the Duchy of Warsaw . . On the fish, the corps &armee passed the Ji siolda, near to KArtuska.-Beresna. Major-General Baron Froelich; with his two regiments of hussars, came up near Edenhof-• Bluden, with an enemy's corps about 2000 horse. The division ,of cavalry, and the division of Siegenthal, received orders to advance to attack the enemy, and to draw up near Horetz and Eden hof-Bluden. In the mean, time General Froelich attacked; with a great deal Of intrepidity, the enemy's cavalry, which fronted him at Horetz, though superior teallini in numbers, • Made many prisoners, and repulsed the enemy as far_ as the plain of Sinevice, a small town where the enemy. had posted some artillery and infantry. The re giment of hussars of the Emperor displayed on this occasion its accustomed bravery. The infantry of the. division Siegenthala con-. sisting of the 7th battalion of chasieurs, that of the frontiers of Waradin, two battalions of ,Kot 'tuliosky; and a battalion of CzartOrisky, were 'des tined to attack Sienevice on the left : they were compelled to make , a circuit, on account of the Marshes, for the purpose of concealing their march : in the mean time our cavalry, which had advanced as ,fat as Podhoze, commenced their at tack. The advanced posts of the enemy were driven back ; those drawn up in 'front of the town were cannonaded by the artillery; and though the infantry had not . yet come up to -at tack. the left flank, Sienevice; after a defence of two hours, was taken and occupied by our troops. A number of/prisoners were taken in this affair. Our whole corps d'armee has had to regret the loss of the brave Colonel Baron liorwath, of the trussars of the Emperor, who was mortally,wound ed in the , beginning of the action, and who next day died - the death of heroes. By the battle of Sienevice, the left flank of our corps was completely secured. It then advanced, on the 9th, towards Pruszana, in order to join the corps of General Revnier ; for the divisioa Siegenthal could then establish itself on the road of the dyke towards Chomsk and Astepel, by • which the Russian division of Czaplitz had been pursued. But General Baron Mohr was ordered at the same time to advance near to Diady, And to pass the Jasiolda, as well as the defiles of Beres na, and of Chomsk, to :secure on our rear the coma nrmication with Slonim, where were our 'maga zines and our baggage. Tile corps d'armee bivonacqued on the night of the 9th, between Malecz and Kabaki. On the 10th, while the corps d'armee advance& upon Pruszana, the Saxon corps, under the Orders , : of General Reynier, which had advanced by Wellk zelo,. had an engagement with the enemy.. The latter had marched his rear-guard in front of Pruszana. He appeared desirous of defending that plaCe ; but Lieutenant-Colonel - the .Baron de Lilich, attacked him so .impetuously with the regimett of Hussars of Kienmayer, that he was compelled to retire upon the heights behind Pruszana. • The. division Trantenberg, supported by the di vision of cavalry, then advanced beyond Pois zana, and drove the enemy 'from all, his posi tions as far as Koschihrod, while General ey nier cosered the right flank of this column in march. The enemy posted some cavalry, infantry, and .artillery, behind the defilei on the heights of Kos chibrod. A dyke of 1,200 paces in length led . tO this position ; he bad arranged his artillery opp- site to the dyke, placed shme infantry on each side of it, and occupied with. infantry, and three pieces of cannon, the inn which was "in front of the dyke. The sth battalion of chassenrs, commanded by Colonel Baron Soden, made a vigorous attp.cl: on the inn, drove along the dyke the Russian infan try which was posted there, took one cannon, with a quantity of caissons, and killed a great many in the marsh. Tile frontier battalion of St. George, and the first battalion of Duka, had, in the mean time, at tacked the Russian infantry in. the thickets around the dyke itself, and had compelled them, after a severe action, to retire' to the heights in the rear of the dyke. The troops of Waradin and the chasseurs advanced with incredible ardotir across the marshes, and kept up a very lively .fire upon the enemy's artillery, which could do them very little i*jury. The battalion, of Duka supported this attack with a great deal at briv.'ery; and Rs a detachment had been caused to advance, at the same time, beyond the marsh, and by the forest, against the left flank of the enemy, he was at ia•tt compelled to abandon his very strong pOli. tiClllt It was thus, that to the honour cf the Austrian arias, this important defile was carried in a few bonrs, and with trifling loss. •On the 1 lth, Field Marshal Lieutenant the Baron Friinont, with his division of cavalry, followed the enemy, who passed, during tbts night, the defile of florwletzka, and took a po sition beyond it, on heights very advantageously situated. The enemy's position was reconnoitred, and hit a • force was found to consist of from 33 to 40,000 men, with sixiy , pieces of cannon. Ills front teas' Covered by an impenetrable marsh, beyond which it was impossible to penetrite but by the dykes, os far as Horodetzka and Podubnie, in the centre of tire_ enemy's position._ The enemy could 5..-eeep these dykes with a. numerous artillery ; it was, ,therefOre:, impossible to attempt any attack on the &Oat of the enemy, without,being exposed to - great loss. The Austrian and Saxon troops passed the de file of Koschibrod, and advanced to the rear of Horodetzka into the plain, whither also marched the division Siegenthal, Which had remained at Sienevice to cover the advance to Pruzana. On the 12th, the enemy having neglected to occupy a Wood on the left of Podubnie, where he could have supported his . left flank with great ad vantage, Prince Schwartzenberg resolved to cause General Reynier to „advance with the 7th corps d'armee, reinforced by the Austrian, regithents of light hOrse of O'Reilly and Hohenzollern, the in fantry regiments 'of_Simbschen and Alvinzy, and two batteries, on the road of Scher,s.eff to Ko bryn, which - passes through ,the wood, for the purpose of turning by that means the left thnk of the enemy, while his attention Was occupied by demonstrations at Ilorodetzka and Podubnie. _ The division -Siegentlial,' after the tleoati r re of the Saxon corps , occupied the position which the latter had held at Podubnie. But the march of the Saxons, and of our bri .- d ga es, could not be concealed from the enemy; in consequence of which' he advanced in habte from his second line, to form flank with a divisiol) which he drew from Kobryn to reinforce him self. At ten o'clock the colunin arrived on the - border . Of the wood ; it quickly debouched, and formed under the .euemy's fire ; the cavalry formed the right wing. The enemy extended his flank in such a way, that he soon threatened that with.his cavalry, which was very superior in math' hers and it thus became necessary rather to think of repelling his reiterated attacks, than :to continue attempting to turn his left wing. The combat became general,,and on- all points 'the most lively lire of artillery was-opened. _Tile enemy made many vigorous attacks to overwhelm the Saxon left wing, because he hoped by obtain ing possession of the wood, entirely to cut off the right iwing ; 'but he was repulsed with loss. The Prince of Schivarzenberg took advantag, of this decisive moment, and caused a bastalioa o f the regiment of ColloredO to Pass through a part" of the marsh which was found practicable for fnntry. This battalion, having the water up to the knees, reached at last, under a very warm fir' from the enemy, the foot'of' the ridge, and car' tied it by asssult, with the greatest intrepidityas" It is true, it was repulsed at one point ; but the Saxon light infantry having advanced, and Field Marsha's Lieut. Bianchi having. marched at same time against the enemy with the regimen t of Alvinzy, the Russian infantry were -driven back as far a 3 the heights behind Podubnie.. However' the enemy attempted once more, et the extremitY 'of. his left wing, to attack our cava!ry with which was much more numerous. the Sax. 4 '" cavalry advanced to the enemy's front, while 0 6 ' brigade of light horse tack- him in flank • a nd il l consequence of this, the enemy's cavalry NO' driver behind his infantry. Night put an end. t ° the combat.. The right wing, by its advance, threatened tf i cut off the communication of -the enemy wi t i l Kobryn : under cover of the night he endeavou r ,' ed to restore it; and the result was, that he avai; ed himself of the night of the 12th to effect b' retreat*. The killed and wounded whom b e lets bn the field of battle amounted to more than 30°0 men. All the Austrian and Saxon cavalry Pi l o " Sued the rear-guard, which consisted of from / 'a 8000 cavalry, some regiments of chasseurs, brigades of flying artillery. The two cavalry b!' n gades of Froelich and Zechmeister attacked 111 ' a with much vigour Strichowo, which precipitate hiS retreat upon Kobryn. 1 'The enemy formed anew before Kohryn, 31' sheaved a disposition to defend it ; hut the promic, arrival of our batteries of living artillery, comPe' g ed him, by their fire to relinquish this plan• bil retired precipitately through the town , and e: yond the Muchaw ~ iec, setting fire to the br id g c. ' 'however it was extinguished soon enough to et a able a part of the advanced guard to crass ov er o the other hank. [Prince Selmarzcnbrgeonc a l ,' ld ct a. with bestowing praises tin the different otm and corps engaged ; and estimates his loss at °' d ' thousand three hundred men, killed, nde .and missing.] • ao VIENNA, AUG.' 26.—The publication , ' ll , O , Extraordinary Supplement to our Giiiette stjce tesoa - y-, of the advantages _obtained by P.f rr t or . -,Seliwartzenberg over the Russian Generals -tree, massoff and Kamensky, produced such an asset able sensation, that to-day the Government rr has risen. ta b' STLTGARD, AUG. 29.—Our Gazette his P lisheti the following article : - e of Haiing obtained here official knOwle"°.ciP . _ • .1717 the appeal addressed to the Germans )Y e . we cannot restrain our indignation at that "'pi sive proceeding. lies g lo i6 s ' l Without repeating the authentic repv from - all parts of Germany to this appeal, we r co coufine ourselves to-asking, by what right'in°6de" what ground, Russia can reckon upon' the lily of the Germans .towards their'Sovere i g ° ' the infraction of their Most sacred clu,.t,_ ie t - ' e most solemn oaths ? What a contrast,is Pc•jje,o , tureen this revolting invitation, and .the OEC