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MAILS. ARRIVED-1 Guernsey, 1 :Jergey. 1 Waterford. Due—r diz, 1 Lisbon, 1 Dublin, 1 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCT{. Cinsols .. 55; ex. div. I Red. Ann.....5Gi I Otnniidn..l THE -SUN. SOLEM QUfS PTO:RE FALSCM AUDEAT ? LaNDON,. THURSDAY, surA 16, 1812. We have this day continued our Extracts from the French Paperi ; among them will be found the third Bulletin. of the French Army: It an , ; neunce-s the commencement ,of hostilities.- .No action or even skirmish of any importance has taken place, as the Russian light troops retreated without making any serious resistariee. . The mode in which BUONAFARTE almost. always :draws up his Bulletins renders it extremely difli eult.toform a correct judgment of the movements of his troops, for indeed of any event which they profess to detail. They are often stu diously confused, , and, with the appeatance of particularify, frequently auintelligible. .We can however collect, - that All: French are advanc 'vyistll their usual rapidity, - with the hope -• . . either of, forcing the Russians to a battle, or of cutting off 'some of tile detached divisions of - their army. If, however, the Russians'• persevere in a defensive and harassing system of ,operations; the issue must be favour-;• • able 40_ them, and BpOiqAPARTE will at length find, that the •cloud of Cossacks, whoni he affect 4 to. treat so contemptuously, are quite . as well calculated for pursuing as they now seem to be for retreating. • The 'Documents which we yesterday laid before out readers afford another proof, to Europe, if another proof were - w . anting, that - BbONAPARTE has no other object but that of universal conquest, and that he now considers himself sufficiently powerful to- treat with avowed contempt every principle of justice, and to violate at pleasure all those rights which have been hitherto held as sacred among. civilized nations. It would be useless to attempt seriously to analyse the State Papers is ' sued by BUONAPARTE ; they arc .all founded upon these principles,—that he has a right to seize any territory. .of which he wishes - td be in possession, and that he has a right to pwescribeto independent Sovereigns the conduct that they must adopt. He asserts these rights, not circuitously and by infe-. re nee, but distinctly - and. boldly I have annex ed (says he) Holland to my dominions, because it suited my convenience; I hate seized the Haase Towns, because, without them, the possession of Holland would be of no use to me ; and I have taken the Duchy of Oldenburg, because it is dove-tailed into the other territories which I have seized, and because it is a necessary consequence of my uniting the Hanse Towns with France." This is certainly a most compendious mode of reason itzo and we .do not wonder that BUONAP ARTP . should adopt it; for if the perpetration of one act of .atracity can be urged as a justification of the com mission Of another; the conduct of naraan that ever lived can be so completely defended as that of the present tyrant of France. There areihow ever, two or three points in these Trench State Papers upou.which we cannot - avoid making a.few observations. BuONAPARTE has, to suit his purposes in the war . akainst England, loudly maintained the principle, that free ships make free goods ; and yet one of his principal grounds of quarrel With Pussia is; ,that she acted upon that eery principle with respect to English property in American ships. . The proposition of this _modern lecturer, on the law of 'nations is- this : if French"goods a:e on board . a neutral-ship, the goods of the Belligerent are s'ecurtd by the neutrality,' of the ; but if British goods are on board a neutral v_!s3el, then the neutrality of the flag is destroyecl by the goods of the Belligerent, and the vessel, in the jargon of the day, is denationalized. We are Under the necessity, froin want of room, , of, postponing the remainder - of our observations till to-morrow. • • - WINDSOR, JULY 15.—The KING is not so well to-day as he has been for these few days pest. • Yesterday the PRINCE REGENT arrived here from the review on Wimbledon Common, and ' dined with the QUEEN, the 'PRINCESSES, and Princess CHARLOTTE. After dinner the Royal Party went to Frogmore Gardens. The, PRINCE REGENT and Princess.CHßLoTTE rode in her - MAJESTY'S cairiage. The PRINCE remained there till eight o'clock, when he set off on his return tit) Loudon, and the rest of the Royal Family for the Castle., Yesterday afternoon the Princess CHARLOTTE Of WTALES drove her beautiful ponies through the (teat Park,. Inglefield Green,. and by Virginia Wit er. The Duke 'of CAMBRIDGE arrived yesterday, and went to meet the PRINCE this morning at the Review. AV 1 4 4 S PIArMOI.7TII, JULY 14.—Arrived the Merry Alin, LEWES, It'ilst - 4c, LOVERING, and the Ceres, lArtC - H MAN, from Wales, culm laden ; fot this port.; tl4! Unity, HurekiNGs, from Portsmouth ; and tlie. Speculation, PENGELLY, from Exeter-. We understand a convoy ivas - this dad appdioted from henee• for the Mediterranean.. • Sailed the Andromache frigate for the coast of Spain ; the Favourite Sloop of war on 'a cruize in the Channel; the Scylla sloop of war to the west-. ward j and his Majesty's schooner Bramble for Portsmouth Arrived 'his. Majefity's schooner Misletoe from Port nick We this morning received the following letter, dated the 15th inst. from Portgrrionth " A very alarmink and melancholy ace - Mt:Tit hap pe.ned to-day On boarct the Queen transport, Capt. HEATH, lying at Spithcad, with troops on board, from:Lisbon. On clearing. the after magazine of powder, ite order to its being sent on shore,. some of--the soldiers having a lighted pipe smoking, the whole blew up, by which the quarter-deck is much shattered, and some biros are lost ; the, par ticulars have not transpired. The ship is now • coming into harbour." ' ANO,TIIErt ACCOU NT. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 1 . 5.--The Qlteen trar. , :port, Captain - HEATH, lying at Spithead, was this :morn ing ordered into Harbour, and, as usual, they were preparing to Send the ship's gun-powder on shore,and for that purpose they, were getting it out orthe magazine, when unfortunately, from some unknown cause, it took fire s , and blew up with a dreadful explosion, .tore up her quarter-- deck, and blew away part of her starboard-quarter; but from the immediate assistance rendered by the transports -and men of war at Spithead, the fire was prevented from doing much additional da mage. We are sorry to add, that it is reported, and generally believed, that several lives are lost, and A great number wounded. Captain HEATH, it is said, was dining in his cabin when the acci dent happened, but received no-injury whatever. - - " Sec e 2.1 o' Cl9ck .—The Queen is now coming into Harbour." Letters from a General Officer, of the 20th of June, from Salamanca, "state, that the army was in the highest health and spirits. It was not then known whether Lord WELLINGTON intended to attack MARmoNT behind die Douro. An American vessel has arrived at Dover 'from Dunkirk, 'where she had been detained two years, until liberated by-the decision of the Prize C3urt. She has brought several passe nge r s , w h o report, that the coast of France was entirely stripped of troops to augment the Grand Army, of the North. Provisions at Dunkirk were very dear. The depot for prisoners of war, at Perth, is now nearly completed. It will contain 7000 prisoners,. with the troops on guard over them ; as also ae 6nm-iodation for the sick, and lodgings,for the several Officers of the establishment. , SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET AIRETINO, Ju LT 1812. TUESDAY, JUL? 24. Ld Foley's h. by Mr. Teazk, Bst. 101 b. beat La Darlington's 1". by Dittti, Bst. 41b. T. Y. C.-ICOgs. h. ft.-5 to 4 agst Ld Foley's h. • Ld Poley's Osprey, beat Ld ;P.:rscy'f.,. Antonio, Bst. 41b. each. T..Y. C. Jeers.--6 to 5 aggt Osprey. • " Folev's Teazle, B§t. ;31h. beat Mr. AA - ivy's Magic, Fst. 71b. R. M. A00g.5.— , 2 t I:agst Teazle. Renewal of 'the - Subscription of AOgs. each.—T. M. M. , Ld G. -I-I. Cavendish's Florival, Gyrt old ... 1 Mr. Andrew's Discount, agf.f.d Sir C. Bunbury's b. c. Scout, 3 .. 3 • 4 to 1 asst Florival. 3 started.—The Judge could place but 3.—Three were drawn. wr : ox,Esp.l.l, JULY 15. LdVersey's'Antonio, Ssf. heat L 1 6. H. 'Cavendish's Ba rossn, 79t.'.51b. ywo:yr.old C. 100gs.-2 - to l_on Antonio, A Handicap Sweepstakes of 25gs. each, lOrrf;. ft. if declare 4 in a quarter of •an hour after the weiglits are named, for " all f ! ges. ,A. F. .• D. of Rutland's Sall7ator, G yes Bst. 1 Lil Foley's b. byTeazle, 5 yrs 85. t. 21b.. 2 Ld LoWther's yrs•sgt•* Mr. Andrew's Merel;a-ed PA • 21b. • • . - 4 . _ fi to 1 a SalKator-2. to lagst Mold. 13 started—the Judze gouid place but 4. The Town Plate of 501. for .3i,, r, old colts, Sst. 416. and fillies, S . st. Last mile and a distance of_B. C. Mr...Craven's lat. c. Toot l e? ...' 1 D. of Rutland's bl. - f. Thalestris. 2 Gen. (;rosvenor's ch. f. Deliance, by Gauntlet D. of Grafton's b. c. Joe Miller, brother to Joke 4 3 to 1 agst Toolo.. 12 started—the Judge could place but 4 Covent4larden Theatre closed for the season last night with. the 'Tragedy of HamteL Hamlet was very ably performed by A. C. KEMBLE, who, after the play, made a suitable Address Of Thanks to the Audience in the name of the Proprietois and Performers, for the favour which, they had experienced, and announcing the re-opening of the ,Theatre, next season, on the 7th .-‘sf Sep tember. -Mr. PHILIPPS, of the Lyceum Theatre, is en gaged- as chief vocal performer at the new Drury lane Theatre. . ELLISTON, It is said, iS to resume his station among the Drury-lane - . Company on the opening of the new Theatre. , SutcrDE.—A. young female was found dear' in Hyde Park ; last Tuesday; on examining, the body, it turned out that she had taken a quantity of arsenic. She had been missing from her lodgings, in Hertford-street, since Sunday evening, and (UN tress is supposed to have prompted her to,the rash rRENCI+ P~UETI. hi ima , b , r - TANT - DQC UMENTS. frQm I;uz:Paßar of 'yesterday.) No., IV, G. of • a Note from .Prince. Knritkin •to the Ziiiniter for . I.7ordii.sli Relations. • (7tti 3f May), 1812. " Loan Dtrice=—Near fifteen days have elapsed since I haVe made the communications eir , l joined by my last instructions, brought by Baion Serdohm, and wiaich I hastened to submit tO-yOn two-hours after I had received them. " I had the honour personally to inform Imperial and Royal Majesty, in the course of the audience granted on Monday, the 2,7 th of tlre same month, of those propositions of the Einpe'ror, my august. master,. which constituted the immediate object thereof.• The hopes which 1 bad reason to entertain, from all that his Majesty was pleased, in the course of the audience, 'with respect to his anxious. desire to prevent, by conciliatory steps, a rupture, which threatens Europe with 3 new war, induced, the agreeable expectation that toy- pro ceeding would slreceed to the satisfaction of the Emperor, rely noister ; 'whose wishes havz-. .never been other than for^the preservation of peace; and his alliance with- Prance,_ and.to have, - the. essen, tidily equitable and moderate.mode, through me, to become the basis of an amicable arrangement. " was the noire reasonable for me to indulge suely hOpes',. because- you yourself, my Lord 134 e, It l coastantly, in the course of the first , inter.- views Which followed my-communications; encbti ragud ihent, by the justice which you did to the spirit in which those communications avere con ceived, at once coaciliatory and nacific; and chiefly directed to satisfy his M a j es ty th e E m p eror Na poleon, 'svitli repect to all the requisitions he has hitherto made - His l'llaresty the .Erii peror'and King, in the course of the audience granted me on the 27th'of April„ having desired, that I should immediately 'discuss with your Ex cellency the propsitioas which I was directed to make, had induced: me to contemplare the pos4- bility of giving awacCount to tlro Emperor, my master, after the lapse ofsa very.fittle,time; of the reception his offers hathneiwith::,Never did cir cumstances of a more urgent nature justify a de sire, and entreaties consequent thereon, to ceive a speeoy answe: s - nevertheless, my Lord 'Duke, I have not yet received one. l'ply.pressing and reiterated applications, my daily visits, to your Excellency, have been attended with no other re sult but your refusal to enter into an explanation with respect to the propositions in question, grounded on a want of orders to that • Yect from his Imperial and Royal Majesty. " It is impoisible, my Lord Duke, to deceive oneself as to the fatal efiects which such delays as these must inevitably produce. The daily increas ing prOximity of the armies of his imperial and Royal Majesty and his Allies to the Russian Em pire, may, in a moment, bring about events after which all hope of the preservation of peace must vanish; and which, indeed, at this very-time have destroyed the probability of. preserving it; The only Method by which Europe may be saved from the evils which menace her, is the acceptance of tha conciliatory offers Which the Emperor, my master, has ordered me to make. Yet not only no answer from your Excellency has informed me that .they were accepted, .but -you have also hi therto refused to enter into the explanation 1 have solicited; and ,still solicit, with respect to the manner in which those oiler's are v,iewed, or to what, in the aggregate of our propositions, may not have proved agreeable to.the Emperor. Amidst the _critical circumstances in which the two. Empires are placed, the prolongation of such delays to explanations calculated to produce reconciliation, admits of no other interpretation than a preconceived resolution hot to enter into any explanation of the kind, and consequently:an election of *ar. I must not conceal from your Excellency,. that as this is the point of view in v.;l;;ch 1 must'consider any nbw delays which May prevent my receiving a "cateip ! rical answer to th 4 communications which I have made, pursuant to the orders of tht,-Emperor, my. master; I must tlierefdre assure you, my L or d D u k e , that if in the course of the interview which you have fixed for to-morrow, I should still he so unfortunate as tofind you unprovided with instructions from the' Emperor to give me an anSwer tonly propositions ; and that an answer assuring me that they are ac cepted without any modiF,eation whatsoever (for your Excellency is fully aware that I Ain not au- thorised to admit of any), I shall in that case find myself, in consequence of the departure of, his Majesty the Emperor and king, which is an nounced for to-morrow, and - which Will preclude all houtz:of the expected ansiver, plaCed under the necessity. of considering the withholding of such . • answer as an indication of an election being made : of war, and my fuather stay at Paris as altogether superfluous ; and deeply regretting that I have not been able to contribute to the preservatimi .of -that pence and alliance, in the e s tablish men t o f _ _ which it, has been the greatest happiness of my life to have participated for the :last five years, I shall' be obliged to demand passports from your Excellency:., to enable me to qu it France, and I earnestly request that in sneh case you will obtain .orders from his Imperial and Royal I\ll.‘j - esty to grant them without delay. " Receive, 'my Lord Duke, assirances of my high consideration. " Prince KURAKIN." • N O.V. ‘ Copy of a Note from the Minister for Poreign Relation _to Prince Kurakin,.the Russian AmbassadOr. P " Paris, 9th May, 1812. • .. - " Sta—l have received the notes which roll did me the honour to address to me - on the lOth of April and the ith of May. Before 4 can po'sibly answer them, I mustinquire ot your Excellency whether you have full powers, vested.in you to form, conclude, and sign an arrangement of the difference:3 which have arisen between'the two Powers; and in case you have„ received. such powers, I, must . beg, that in conformity to the custom of all Cabinets, you will make a preli minary communication to that Ifect. r. " L haste the honour of offering to .your,Exeel lency frsh af-:l:3urances of my high consideration. ' " The Duke of BASSANO." Nv. ti t. Cupy cf the answer of Piiiice Kurakia to the above Note , " Faris, AFil 27 (May 9), ISl`-:. LonD DIKE—I. have just received a let' ter f;:otnyonr,Excelleney, dated this day; and you will 'permit me to evinee my great - surprise at the question it conta.iS, and which I imag,ted I had complitely obviated by the `rankness with which Ihad communicated, without any reserve what" ever, the final instructions which I received frool, his Imperial itajesty, my august master. -Your Excellency is, aware of the conciliatory ..piroposi flow which form the object of their, and , whicb: clearly and 'decisively prove the anxious wish °fray' angot masterto preaerve peace and his* alliante with his Tilajesty the Emperor Napoleon. I aid always ready to arrange with you as to the most propeir form to give them, by .a Convention which 16 1 :: sign with you; sub ape rati, although unprovidetv with particular and Special powers for, the pur pose:; and I can safely answer yoUr Excellency, ill, consequence of the. perfect knowledge: I liars 01 , the intentions of the Emperor, my master, and of the intelligence I have received of his design t" transmit to ate full - and special powers, that iu the event of the basis proposed by me heii,g agreed to by his M.ajesty7the Emperor and King ! the arrangement which I shall sign will lie ratified by his Imperial Majesty. I must. , serve to Toni- Excellency,. that even if I were , in posse,:sion of, at this time, full saccial po'wers, for the purpose, aceordicig to. established..ensttnn , still the ratification of the•two, Sovereigns w ould - be necessary, before the act could recei v e full and complete validity. I have to express al deep regret, that in the midst of such urgent cir cumsta.nees, when every instant .may produce the commencement of hostilities, the. silepee which haS been observed by the - Minister:of-his linperial i and Royal Majesty, during the brig T;eriod a. fifteen days, with respect to the manner in which his Majesty has viewed the,basis of arfangemr which I have been .ordered to . -pi•sc , -.t to bit - o, should have So considerably 'retarded the'poz . sibi lity of Concluding them. 1 must express to your, Excellency my ast.9- nishinerit at your thilking the explanation into which I haje entered, or .rather repeated, sary (as I have had already the honour of veil. explicitly detailing - in our former interviews every thing that constitutes the present question), . be' fore you' could answer my notes of the 36th Apra • and ith of May. , • " Your Excellency does not mention that of the 6th of May,* to ivhich I have: an equal right to require, and do equally ri!quirc, answer. • I earnestly entreat that you VvEl let me L jVZ the three answers as soon as possible. They mll'=it contain explanations' which are ind4ensahic cetssary to onable me to ; f i 1 l the very poicivc , duties imposed upon . me by the situation I am placed. _ • "Receive, my Lord Duke, fresh assurance; of my high situation. " Prince ALEX .DER (Signed) * The note of the 6th of May relates to a private busi -ness, foreign 'to the discussions existing betvitia the' 0 -2 countries. No. VII. • - Cali} , of a Letter from Prince Kural-44 to die INliiiizter•for - Foreign Relations. " 49 niy,) 181 • . " i4IY LORD DUKE-4 intended going, this morning to your Excellency's, for the purnow of reminding you that I had not received an answer to my letter of yesterday, when I' received thane. which you did me the honour to write me last night, some,' hours previous t o .your tier,karterr , which; from what you bad the goodnyi to ; t o te to me, I did not suppose would have taken place , - for two or three days longer. Although you are so kind as 'to say I Shall have the passpbrt: which I required; I have received oily that for the tieman of the .Chamber; .Kologrivotf, o 3 whicir ,l even it is not noted that it is for a courier to goins to. Petersburg: " I beg your Excellency to send me the three -others which you-promised me for the persons at- - tache&to my chapel andliousehoid, and ‘1, 1 116, are ' to Jet off with carriage drivers of 'Vienna, already • engaged for. the purpose, and with resptet to whom, not being able to send them away at th appointed time, I have suffered a loss of the. pric6 • agreed on with them for-the carriage from here to " I'rodv. • " Your -Excellency has' not thought proper 1 0 answer the three communications 1 made to Veit on the 30th of April and the 6th and 7th of I\i'-":" , with respect to the more important objects of ow* i ntercourse,nUtwithslanding the established custom % .of answering every official, communication made by an Ambasvador, in a manner so authentic-, and under ; such pressing circumstances: Neither hay" you written to me, according to promise, to ac quaint me with the motives which - induce you t? consider an arrangement betwten the two Powers • as yet possible, and 'which you think should deter - - mme me to prolong riv. stay at Paris, and not to press for my passports. , . " This silence, on your part, places me CN'' actly in the same situation as when i first requir ed thtim. " Not having been able to obtain from you dig, . • offieial and written explanation which I required, of the reastins ;which should induce rie to poStpone iny \departure—an explanation which I ',reckoned on 'being able to submit to the natice of my -au - , gust master, in order the more folly to acquaint him of the hope which yen entertained of die - stia existing possibility of an accommodation—l find myself compelled to rcneWany most pressing solici:- tations for passports, grounded upon . the Unhappili' too great certainty that my presence here call no . longer be of use. " 1 beg youy Excellency may have thego'OdnessA .to make his Royal and Imperial Majesty acquaint ed with this formal requisition, on my -part, thee first time that you may have any communicatio. a with him. I indulge -a hope that' his Mtijesty. •• too well aware of, and will todre`adily call to mina - the personal attachment which has caused ine zealuusly't6 fulfil my duty, in endeavouring t° preser\'e peace and concord between the two ell", pines, to admit of his supposing, that thei-equisi tion I make for permission. to quit my post grounded upon any thing but the complete ant' painful certainty" feel, that every hope of beit 3 S able, in the character of a negociator, to bring' about a reconciliation is cut off.