The Sun. — London, England, 1812-12-14 00:00:00

Al a SPECIAVGENEIIAT., MEETING of the COMMIT TEE for managing the PATRIOTIC FUND, held this day at the Merchant Seaman's Office, BEESTON LONG, Esci; in the Chair ; Resolved, • • Tr the following ADDRESS to the Public inserted in the Morning and Evening Papers. Lloyd's, 31st August, 112. The sign'al and &leriousVictory - on the Plains of SalamanZa achieved, ,through the transcendant military skill and con ' duct of the'Marquis Of Wellington, by the intrepid gallantry and firmness of the brave Officers and Men under his corn ' 'mand, has . ,been duly estimated by the admiring and grate ful People of these Realms, whose exulting satisfaction has recently been. 'eXpressed in the most general and conspi cuous manifestations, of their pride , and joy. The Com mittee of the Patriotic Firnd feel it their duty, on this • great occasion, to call an all their Countrymen to enable them to continue the Relief, so well earned and so highly deserved by the brave ,men who have fallen, or have been disabled in this . nobie Conflict, for themselves, or the `Vi ' 'lows, Orphans, and Relatives,, who depended on them for support. , This Institution, since its establishment at the com mencement of this War, has afforded an honourable' and gratefnl assistance or alleviation to 13,254 Cases of Officers, -Seamen, and priviite Soldiers, their,Widows, Orphans, or de pendant Relatives and, including the deserving and. heroic Sufferers oil the recent meniorable• Victory. of Salamanca, it • has still a large munber of the most meritorious claims on ifs accustomed assistance. ' The Committee feel a firm reliance that through. the generous sympathy of all ranks of a dis cerning people, sensible of the blessings of security from the hostile and vindictive aims of its powerful Enemy and Rival, ' 6 the British Seaman and Soldier may still confidently trust, " that those who are dear to him while living; shall, in the " event'of his falßug in the sacred cause, find Friends and " Guardians in a grateful and generous Coiantry : and that " he who may be disabled in its. defence shall not be neglect -" ed by those whom he has bravely defended." (Signed) - BEESTON LONG, Chairman. - Subscriptions since ast Publication . s. e. ' Hingham Troop of Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry, commanded by Lieuteo,int-Coloncl Alpte 22 0 0 William Lewis, Stamford-hill ' • . 105, 0 0 Norwich Ride Corps, commanded by l' , lnjor Bacon 20 8 2 'Bev. It.H..Knight, R.' P. Glyn ' ' .10 10 0 Twei (Flys Pay of the Officers, Non-eommissioned Ot.Hders, and Private Soldiers of the Woodbridge Voltinteer Infantry, commanded"by Major Jch:n Purcell. 011iCers and Private Soldiers of the,City.of Nor wich Reglineat of Volunteer Infantry,command - .ed by Lieutenant-Colonel De Hague . ' . 25 0 0 Colonel Hugh :d'Leroth • . 5 0 0 J. P. WELSFOIID,' Secretary. Subscripts is received at Lloyd's ; and by the respective Bankers in Town and Country. 22 14 4 PUBLIC-OFFICE, GREAT MARLBOROUGH - STREET, Dec 'l2, 1812. TWO HUNDRED FOUNDS REWARD. • "t& VHEREAS JOHN MRBER, of No. 5, V York-strect, f,:civent 7 garrien, Haberdasher,• stands charged with Forgery, and has absconded. Wimever will apprehend, or caust, to be apprehended, .the sAd.36::n Barber, and give notice thereof at . this Office, so that he may be rendered amenable to Justice, shall be paid a Reward of 2001. . . The said John Barber i about 48 years of age, middle size, 5 feet,. fi or 7 inches high, dark hair, without powder, and dsrk sallow complexion. When be al - 5:• onded, ,wora Mot:ln ing, with dark brown great coat, dark-coloured Pantaloons, and half-boots. ALEXANDER BISSON, Clerk. • MAILS. ./iiptryLp-1 Lish,on, 1 Coruuna, 4 Dublin, 3 Waterford. DO:-1 Cadiz, IBrazils, 1 tiottenburgh, 2 Dublin, 4 Wa tv.ford. PRICE Ol'. STOCKS JIM PAY AT TWELVE &CLOCK. Console 6I soi 6! I Red. Ann. • • 59411 Till. SUN. QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? Los' nor; MONDAY, •DECEMBER 14, 1812. At a very early hour this morning, we received Paris Papers to the 10th inst. They do not con tain any fresh Bulletin, but there are several pretended letters front the Army in Russia, giv ing .a most flattering account of the progress of the troops towards " winter quartprs." The writers pf these letters seem wholly to have forgotten'the 28th. Bulletin, in which BUONAPARTE- Limselt confesses, that the weather was so severe that numbers of his men pet ished with cold.= Ihey say that the fine-weather continued, and •favoured in,a singular manner the movement's of the arthy.—ln a most singular. manner indeed ! if We may credit BUONAPARTE'S last Bulletin, and BEALTHARNOIS'S intercepted letter. It is said that •BUONAPARTE has left • Smolensko for Orcha, and that he was expected at 'Wilna about the 7th of December. But it will natu rally be asked, if individuals could send letters from the army, could not BUONAPARTE have sent a Bulletin 3 The fact, we have no doubt, is, that the Government at' Paris, alarmed at the- long period which has elapsed since the arrival of a Bulletin, have fabricated these letters, in the hope of allaying the public uneasi ness. It is, indeed, stated in a Morning Paper, that a Gentleman had arrived from Paris, who states that the 29th and 30th Bulletins had arrived; that they Nv j ere dated from Smolensko, but that they‘eontain no details. If that be true, then the fine story in the French Papers, abOut the victories of PrinCe SCHWARTZENBERG, must be a fabrica tion 1 for BUONAPARTE would hardly forget to in tea such an event in his Bulletin. The last accounts from Lisbon and Corunna confirm the opinion which we ventured to express when we heard of the junction of the French armies, and their adiance against Lord WELLttiG TON, that they would not be able to continue long together, or to advance into Portugal. They have separated and retreated, and the British -army has advanced. Some of the priyate letters state, that a considerable number of French troops, under CAFFARELLI, had retreate4towardsßayonne, and it was supposed that the greater part of the army would follow. The retreat of the Grand Army frOm Moscow was delayed by BuoNArX . RTE.against the reing)n -• . strances of 'Generals, froth a belief, which , which was encouraged by Count LAuFaSiroN, that the RUssian corps d'armee dispirited by the battle of Borodino.; would not be . able to act on the of fensive, and that the Emperor AtEXAZDER, de pressed by the loss ofi'doscow t , would readily con sent to.an armistice, preliminary to a negotiation for peace. The extent of the French losses was not known in France, but it was rumoured to be very great; no inquiries on, this• head, however, were answered by persons holding places under Government. BuoNAr ARTE was seen at Smolensko on the Bth November, three clays previous to the date of the last dispatches. The non-arrival of any subsequent Bulletin, With the - customary as snrances of his health and safety, had occasioned great alarm to the Government and its adherents; but as scarcely any of the• couriers charged with . dispatches had beta hitherto intercepted, the be lief that he would teach the Duchy of Warsaw in safety was indulged, and prevented , a general in surrection. Had BUONAPART/i been actually in , closed by the Russians at Smolensk°, it is sup : 'posed . that he would have put himself at the head of some select corps,. and out a passage through the .opposing force. The private letters which have reached France from Poland, stated, that the enemy, seldom gave 'quartet; and always plun dered the prisoners of clothes, money, B Sc. which prevented desertion in a certain degree. The Po, lish Govertwent was so apprehensive of the en terprises of the. Russians, that they had began to remove the magazines from Grodno, Wilna,' and ether places. The American President's speech we understand has arrived. It is said to 'be of a pacific nature, though the proposals of ,Sir J. B. WARREN were rejected. ' WiNnsoa, DEC. 13,---Friday and yesterday the Queen and the Princesses went to Frogmore, and partook Of early dinners. This morning the Princess Charlotte of Wales, attended by the Bishop of Salisbury and Lady de Clifford, went to St. George's Chapel, 'and heard a sermon by the honourable and Rev_ Mr, Stopford. The Queen and i)rincesses had tiivine service perform ed in the . Castle._ •, The QUEEN and PRINCESSES are expected in London to-morrovr. • Saturday the LORD CHANCELLOR, and a select party dined with the PRIN4 RadEicr, at Carlton house. •• The Nincesi CHARLOTTE of WALES was to have dined at Kensington Palace on Saturday,. • ‘iith htr Royal Mother, but an express was sent from Windsor to Blackheath to ,the Princess, to acquaint ; her Royal Highness that she could not meet her at the Palace. The cause is said to - be the Princess- CHARLOTTE has a 'slight cold. It is expected that her Royal Ilighness will come to toWn to-morrow for a few days. Yesterday 'at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held, at the Foreign Office, in Downing'•street; On Saturday afternoon, Viscount CAsTLEiteAoH received. dispatches from; America ; the contents of which his Lordship sent round to the Cabinet Ministers - for their perusal. ..LOrd SIDMOUTII . arrived in town yesterday from Richmond. The Earl oIEoRF.moNT has arrived at his house in Grosvenor-place, !tom his seat at Petworth. Viscount SIDMOUTH has appointed Mr. BRowN, of the Secretary of State's Office ,for the 'Home Department, to. he a King's MesSenger, in the room of the late Mr. Ross. . The Earl of LIVERPOOL gave dinners on Satur day and yesterday to select parties, at his house in Whitehall. Metter received froth Hamburgh, by the last 14eligedand Mail, contains the following intel ligence:— " Notwithstanding the most rigorous proceed ing on the part of the Police, the it ussian Bulle tins are universally ,circulated, and peruSeci with the most lively feelings ,of satisfaction. A few days ago; a 'report having been propagated in Haraburgh of the death of Bonaparte, the inha bitants of all classes openly congratulated each other on the intelligence, and the populace were so vociferous in their expressions, of joy, that the Governor, apprelienSive of an insurrection, or dered the police officers and troops_ to disperse the assemblages which.were forming in every street. The ringleader of one of these groupes was- taken into custody while he was haranguing the citizens upon the prospect of their Speedy liberation from the French yoke. Sicaiting.—Those who are fond of theamiise ment of skaiting have met with a considerable disappointment this winter, as the Canal in, St. James's Park, and the -Serpentine, have been nearly stripped of their icy covering, to supply the cellars of the pastry-cooks. We are surprised that the paltry emohiment of the Park-keepers should in any way be permitted to deprive the youth of the metropolis of this healthful and manly exercise. A ,melancholy accident, which happened yesterday, is in some degree connected with this subject of complaint. About 12 o'clock, three youths, who :were skaiting on the Canal, in St. James's Park, very imprudently dared each other which of them could go nearest to the edge of the ice, which had been broken for the'puipose of carrying it away by cart-loads for ice-houses, when the ice gave way, and they all fell in. The '. - ,wo least advanced were in a short . time got out with only a severe ducking ; the third, although ropes, &c. were procured in a few minutes, was, not got out for about a quarter of an hour. lie was conveyed to the Storey's Gate Cotfee-house, where the means of recovery recommended by the Humane, Society were tried)by a Aledical Gentle man, bu,t in vain. NIVA L NEW P.I.Y?..TOUTH, DEC. 12.—Arrived the Pyramla frigate from the eastward ; the Neptune, HAMEt, from .Weymouth ; the Mermaid o GREGORY, and the Gratitude, Ronn,, from Dartmouth ; - Venvs, Burtca, from Exeter; and the .Susanna, WIL LIAMS, from London. Put, in here the ship Enterprize, MILLER, mas ter, from, London, with a cargo consisting 'of cotl'ee, sugar, and °they merchandize, bound to Malta. Sailed the Belle Pottle frigatie for the coast of France ; the Fortunee frigate for Cork ; the Cleo patra, LAnimon, master, and the San doze, SAN TOR O, master, both for Gijon, to which port they belong,- with cargoes .; also sailed the brig Britannia, belonging to London, SIIION Fisn, master, for Falmouth, to join con voy, for Gibraltar and Malta; his Majesty's schooner Sealark, on a cruize ; and a few vessels 'to the westward, names unknown, The Doris frigate has beet' paid off at this port. The Doris and Vanguard have been docked, the former is to be fitted for commission, and the lat ter for a prison ship. Came down the harbour and anchored in the Sound, the Sparrow, aue Pelicdn, sloops of war, the former, it expected, will sail this evening, or to-morrow morning' for St Andcro. We understand the Rhin frigate, Captain MAL coLn, has captured a beautiful homeward pound American ship, Will a very valuable cargo, from Bourdeaux, which is, hourly eXpected here. ISLANDS OF SCILLY, Duc. B.—Came in his Ma jesty's sloops Reindeer and Achates from cruizes in the Channel ; the brig Jarvis, CARTER, from Übes . , with oranges, bound to London ; the Tartar revenue cutter, WORSELL, from Deptford, bound to Milford ; and several, coasters, names unknown. Pk in the Princess Elizabeth packet, Captain KiDri,' from Lisbon; and the Duke of Kent, CROSBY, four days from. Corunna, but no news has transpired, bound to Falmouth. Arrived the b!;igtrausportkangaroo; Sc ARWELL, from Bideford to .Deptford,.• under convoy of • , the Landfall cutter. Also the brig Eliza, S. FRENCH, from Bideford to Deptford, and brig Susan, T. LsuEa, , from Bideford to Plymouth, with timber for the dock yards. Cleared outward, the Experiment, TREGARMAN, for Lisbon, and the Dart, of Topsham, BUTLER, for Gibraltar. • • DEAL, Pnc. 13.—Siiied his Majesty's ship Christian VII. Mars, and 'Cressy, for Portsmouth. The Mary cutter privateer, of Riunsgate, has detained and sent into the Downs the Swedish ship Pomona, from Gottenburgli for Liverpool. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 13.—Arrived yesterday his Majesty's ship Melponiene from Leith, last fiorn the Downs ; and to day, his Majesty's ship Chris tian VII. from the Downs. Sailed his Majesty's ship Cherub on a craize.— Also sailed his Majesty's ships Tweed and Ramil lies, with their respective convoys, for Africa and the West. Indies, they are accompanied by his Majesty's ships Arab, Cal4ope, Tyrian, and Bold, who will'sec them to a certain ladtude. Put in here, .with the loss of anchors and ca bles, the Luna, CORBETT, froni London for Ja- maica. Admiral HOPE ,arrived in town on Saturday• from his late command in the Baltic, and resumed_ his seat at the Admiralty Hoard. Admiral WARREN, in the St. Domingo - , with, the Poictiers, 74, Africti, 64, and Junon frigate,' continued cruising off the American coast at the latest date. • ; The Russian fleet, under the conimand of Ad miral TATE, arrived at the. Nore ,on Friday.— Several of the ships have goiie up to Chatham. They ,are represented as line-looking vessels.— The Russian.flag is white and green; the dress of the, officer's is white coats with green facings ; they are, it is said, to be supplied With stores and provisions, including fresh beef, in the same inan ner.as our own ships. The,Lisbon and Corunna Mails that arrived late on Saturday and yesterday were landed at Scilly, the former by the Princess Elizabeth and the latter by the Duke of Kent packet. THE TIMATRE.—After the Tragedy of Isabella, on Saturday last, at Drury-Lane Theatre, a new operatic. Farce was brought, foward, under the title of Assignation. It had the support of some pleasing music, composed by Mr. H. SMART, the good acting of LOVEGROVE, PHILLIPS, Miss KELLY, and :Airs MOUNTAIN, and their musical aid also, as well as that of PYNE ; but the piece was in itself so confused and feeble, that the pa tience of the audience was exhausted in the pro gress of the second act, and, a strong, general disapprob a ti on prevailed on the falling of the cur tain. Mr. RAYMOND then came forward, and with difficulty procured a hearing. At length, he informed the audience, . that as. the piece seemed to merit their disapprobation, it should be with drawn. • FRENCH PAPERS. 1 1 A 1113, DEc.. 9.-Private letters from .ln .datcd.the 1 29th of November, state, that'they b tiftr'e received letters writien by the liumneror, on, 27th of the same month, from Stukzenka, near Stlroilmorsow. His Majesty continued his memve enjoyed the best health ; at Wilna they flattered themselves with having the. 'pleasure of 'seeing him v:ithin eight days. . Time army was its an excellent (parfaite) situation, the fine weather continued, and favoured in a singular manner its movements. Yams, DEC. 4.—lntelligence from the Em peror, dated the 15th of November, has he'en re ceived. His Mijesty had left Smolensk for Orcha, and enjoyed very good .health. The - army _con. tinned its movement to take winter quarters. PARIS DEC. 7.-=-Private letters frOm Wilna,. dated Nov. 25, announces that the movement of the grand army continue, and that his' Mtijes ty the Emperor enjoys good health. The most. perfect tranquility reigns in Poland, and the Poles . continue to give the most striking proofs of pa triOtisni. They are animated by the best They ase occupied at Wilna with public fetes and rejoicings. French gaiety has communicated self to the inhabitants of Lithuania, who spew thems&es worthy of that independence which is . insured to them by the genius of his Majesty the. Emperor. VILNA, Nov. I 1 ----Smolensk has been made a very strong place ; it appears destinerito be s fortress of the first order. DEC. 6.—They write from Wilna, that the head-quarters of Marshal the Duke of Taren tuw, which had for a time left Mittau, in conse 'quence of the laSt affairs at Polotsk, has just beery `reported in that town. The corps d'armee of Mhrshal the Duke of Reggio has repasbeil to the right bank‘of the Duna ; the Russians have re trograded upon this point, and quitted Polotsk. ARMY OF THE NORTH OF SPAIN. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE GENERAL OF BRI+ GADE RARON THOUVENOT, GOVERNOR OF THE 4TH GOVERNMENT IN srtaN, TO THE MINISTEM AT WAR. Vittoria, Dec. 4. - MONSEIGNEUR-Gen Bigarre, -Aide-de-Camp to, his Catholic Majesty, has just arrived at Vit toria, charged with dispatches for the Emperor ; he has - announced . to me, that on the 6th, .26'04 prisoners, among whom is Lord Paget, Will arrive' at Vittoria, under an escort of about 3000 men the army of Portugal. The English heave retired into Portugal, and it appears .certain that our affairs in that part pro ceed as.l , v;'ell. as possible. The General in Chief;,-: Count Reille, set out to-day to continue his routt to Burps (Signed) Baron TOtiVENOT. . , ARMIES OF SPAIN. The junction of the three armies ,of Portngai, the centre, and the South, w as effected on th 10th of Nov. L-t Alha de Tonnes. The three united armies, under the orders, of his Catholic Majesty, passed the Tonnes on the days of, the- . 13th and 14th ; Amy of Portugal between Salamanca and Alba ; that' of the centre at Alba' itself ; and. the army of the South between Alha and Vnente de cangostro. We have as yet re.- ceived nothing positive respecting the direction. 0 1 the English .have taken in their.reyreat. PARIS, DEC. 5.--On the 18th of November, ' Prince Schwartzenberg gained . a complete victory, over the Russian corps, under General Saken' 2Q,000 men strong. This brilliant day cost the enemy from 7 to 8,000 men, killed, wounded, or prisoners ; he took from hina 40 caissons of am munition, his baggage, &c. That part of th.e .Russians who escaped fled in disorder in different directions, btit without hope of being, able to re-' gain the army of General Tschitchakoff, from , whom this corps is cut off by the skilful manoeu vres of the Austro-Saxons. On the 19th Prince Schwartzenberg continued to pursue the enemy and make a great number of, prisoners. We ex-7. pect the official reports of this important victory. , LEIPSIC, Nov. 26.—The last intelligence from Poland informs us, that the Grand Army - is now stationed between Smolensk and AVitepsk. It has not had any-affair of importance with the Russian. e.rmy. The Duke of Tarentum's corps d'arruce occupies the same positions in the neighbourhood. of Riga. The garrison of that place .still keep* tranquil. The Prince of Wittgenstein' finds him self menaced with a combined , attack by several. French corps d'armee. We are assured he 110 made dispositions for his retreat towards Pleskow.• Marshal the Duke of Reggio, after having re-.. taken the command of his corps d'ermet, re viewed it; his army is. superb. • It had began t 4 put itself in motion. General Tschitchagoff was with his army be - tween•Slonim and Minsk. lie has not entered the latter town, where a French carps is collecting.. Prince SCh%vartzenberg has entirely eta off Tschit , 7- -ehagoff from. Brzesk, - and the positions be 1). , d • upon the Dug.- There remains no other resource for that C;eneral than that of speedily gaining Aiohilow, should he be' siven titue to -accom plish it. [FURTHER EXTRACTS.] PARIS, DEC. 6.—The French people celebrate, for the eight time, the Coronation of his -Ala . jesty—a day the most grand among the great days, which ,have marlicd each year of a life fer tile in prodigies, and precious to the univer.4e. Be' fore placing-upon his victorious brow the Crown of CisiAitLEmAGNE", tine Emperoi•-had already .proyect himself the greatest ,of Captains and the first of Legislators; but our destinies remained attached,to the personal grandeur of our august Chief. 'Since, this sacred fact, which, under . theausPices csf flea . ven, has united the Monarch to the )?eople , the dynasty to the State it to the gram leur of the Empire, to its prOSperity and its du ration. that the whiles and the interests of all the French are again attached. The. four continents I war' . which the Emperor has been obliged to urn' dertake, since the ekoch of his coro taectiom '; • r 4.);:t ti