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means adequate to effect the purpose in vic.v but an economical and Juditious distribution of. the sum would produteu great effect, net only' by the relief which it would afford to the.suiVercrs, but ,from the example which it would 'give. Ile could s not concur in the sentiments of the Hon. Gen tleman Whitbread), who seemed disposed to tplk. very lightly of anyone who could think that utch a sum would be the means of cementing an alliance between the nations. The grounds for pranting the sum in question 'were, that it might shew that we _sympathised, in, and felt for the .distresses 'of tile Russians ; not to say, -,how much the sum itself‘would tend 'to mitigate the distreSses of the peasantry. For his own part, he should vote for it, from a conviction of its efficacy to mi tigate, in a great degree, the distressesof the un-. fortunate inhabitants., The House should recol lect that the Russians knew the , distressed state of this country ; and of course they would 'feel the additional value of a sum granted under the exist= ing dis4esscs of the country. Jie was of opinion that they should certainly consider the distresses of our own country: priMarily ; but they should also attend to the distresses of others, and pro portion their grant for that purpose, by keeping irtview the distresses cif our fellow-countrymen. He saw no reason why nation: should riot be ge nerms as well as individuals—and certainly ge nerosity could not be strewn in any way-more ho nourable, or more consistent with justice, than by a vote of the kind then before the House. Lord COCHRANE said a few words in fiivour of the grant, and observed,. the sum was no more than ten days pay of our army in Spain: The question was then put, and carried without a diviSion.—The- Report of the Committee was then ordered to be ,receive(! to-morrow. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' DILL. The Amendments of this Bill were read a second time, and ordered to be read a third time to-mor row.—Adjourned. PRICE OF STOCKS rills DAY 'AT T ELI' 1; &CLOCK. (i 2 Red. Ann. Consuls THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICEItE YALSZINI L 0 N D .IV, SATORDAY DECEMBER 19, 1812. The accounts of BUONArARTE'S death continue to be circulated with great corrfidence. It was yesterday stated that two officers , had reached Paris, who asserted, that BUONAPARTE bad been shot by BERTHIER. The officers who spread this report in Paris, were immediately arrested by the Police. We have this day the satistaction of laying be fore our , Readers the. Official Reports of Prince KUTIJSOIV, respecting the memorable battles mentioned in Lord CATHCART'S last dispatches. — It appears fiom the Reports of the gallant veteran, that the loss of the French was even greater than was at' first stated. His Imperial Majesty has couferrei. upon him the title of " Prince of SMOLENSKO," and made ; him Knight of the Order of St. George of the First Class. The Russian Messenger who brought these dispatches, overtook the British Messenger DANIELS On the mai.. He states, that before he left l'etersburgh, a Yager had arrived with an account of the death of Marshal STET. The opinion which a•e ventured to express some days ago, that the French would evacuate Spain, is very - strongly confirmed by the last accounts from that quarter. The Zephyr, which - has just arrived from Santander, has brought intelligence of the retreat of all the troops under CAFFARELLI into France. We , are happy to find that the proposition to Parliament, for granting a Sum for the Relief of the. Russians, was agreed to in both Houses, with "Very little opposition. 'We learn by a vessel just Irrived fronrHalifax, that the uninber of voters for. the Presidency of the American Republic is known; and that it is ascertained a majority of one only appears in favour of Mr. MADISON,. in the competition with CLINTON. This one vote is itself of doubtfnl, validity, because it originates in one of - the Mem . hers of the Liective Bndy ;or the State of Massa chusetts, and it is a matter not yet settled, whe ther this Province has, or has not, an improper excess of one vote, according to the code of the Constitution. Yesterday,, at three o'clock, the PRINCE RE rlt NT .held a Court at Carlton House. -The Count TY, .Lip,EN, Lieutenant-General and Aide-de- Camp to the - EMPEROR or all the rtu s ssiAs, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to - his Britannic .Majesty, was introduced to his Itoyar Highness by VlSCplillt CASTLEREAc.II, as Secretary of . State for Foreign Affairs, and con ducted by Mr. , CllESTER,‘Assistabt Master of,the . Lermenies ; when his Excellency delivered his crclentiais, and was most graciously received. A Privy Council was afterwards held, which irai numerously attended. The Recorder of. London made a report to hiS Royal:Highness of the persons capitally convicted at the October Sessions, in the Old Bailey, when Thomas Cato, for forgery, was ordered for execution on Wed iissday next. The PraNcE afterwards gave audience to seve ral of the Cabinet Ministers. TY' ti S, AI _Li OSS OF HIS MAJESTY CUTTER ALI3AN, AND ALL HER CREW, EXCEPT ONE MAN. ALDI3EbUCH, DEC. 18.—I have to communicate •tie melanchOly loss dills Majesty's cutter commanded by. Lieut. KEY ; she was . driven from the Holland station by the pi esent very heavy gale, forced on shOre here this morning, and is a com plete wreck, I am extremely sorry to sav, that out of a crew consisting of 5G nien, 3 Wariten;' and 2' children, only one woman, servant to Mrs. KEY, and a young man,.a seaman, of the name of JAMES *NEW row, are saved. The Surgeon, Mr. JAMES TnpmrsON, came on shore with some life in him, but he died immedi ately afterwards. POTSMOUTII, DEC'. 18.—Sailed his Ainjesty's ships Revenge and Pcirtridge, with the conxoy for Spain and Portugal. The Countess of gigin cutter,.with her conyoy, for the Downs, remain at Spitlieacl. YARMOUTH, DEc. 18.—There ha - § been a heavy gale of Wind for several days past front the cast- Ac'ard, but the ships in the Roads, coutintie to tide safely. Dtc. Venus sChooner, Horkiss, from Lisbon for LOndon, parted from one anchor this morning, brought up with a se etmd, and rode out the gale, until assistance was giv , :m her from the shore, when she hove up, anti ran farther into the harbour. HARWICII, DEC 18.—Arrived the Malabar from Sheerness, with the toss of her rudder, two an chors, and cable, with other damage • PRINCE IC UTUSOFF 'S REPORT. From the villa,s - e of Dobrovo, Nov. is fc After the dekat of the cntwv. ,near' Viatuna, the army advanced in the direction of Krasnoe, by the shortest road, in order to cut off the retreat, if not of the whole French army, at least of the rear. This was successfully carried into execu tion on the 17th and 18th Nov. The van, com manded by General MumaADovicn, bad conti nued its -march by Dorogobouzg, as. far as the ferry of Solovievo, but within a short distance of that place 'it took the direction of Liotovo, in or , der to form a junction with the grand army.— NAPOLEON, nut having expected this movement, could not ward off the blow. " Gen. PLATow, having been reinforced'by two regiments of chasseurs, continued his march upon the roads of Suaolensko and Domhovo, and greatly facilitated the combined movement of the vanguard of MILORADOVICII, who, on the 17th, obtained advantages Over the French guards, that retired from Keritna towards Krosnoe. On that day the vanguard encountered the enemy again, who was routed by General OuvAnol:F's cavalry. In this affair the enemy lost some colours and cancan, and and many prisoners, among whom was a General. " On the 17th, the army went to meet. the enemy. The sth, 6th, and Bth corps of the, army, the division of Cuirassiers, eight' regi ments of Cossacks, the Negin Dragoons, the Matropol hussars, and the 19th of chasseurs, were ordered, notwithstanding the numerous de• files and the greatest difficulties, to turn the enemy, by marching towards the village of Dobrovo, which is on tl.rc road leading to 'Orcko. The vanguard of General MmonAnovic:n, composed of the 24 and 7th corps of infantry, and of a corps of cavalry, had taken a covered position near the village of Merli no, with a view of awaiting the arrival of DX vousT's corps.at Krasuoe, while Prince GA LI Tirti . was advancing towards the same place, with the third corks and two' divisions of cuiras siers. The" enealy • was astonished to see our troops advance from all direCtions ; he made, indeed, some dispositions for an engagement, but the lvell-directed fire-of our.artillery, and the im petuosity of whole columns rushing upon him with levelled bayonets, overthrew and put him to flight. NAPOLEON hinself was an. eye-witness of this de cisive- cOrubilt ; but seeing • the bad situation of affairs, he rode off at fail speed to Liacfl, aban doning the corps of Marshal DAVOUST to the mercy of the conqueror. " The remainder of thiS corps, which was almost totally destroyed, endeavoured to save itself by flight, and ran, with the greatest disorder, into a forest on the banks of the Daeiper, imagining that it would be safe there ; but our ligl)t troops pursued it every where, and destroyed it entirely. Two Generals, 58 Officers, 9170 prisoners, 70 pieces Of cannon, - .Wee pair of colours, and the batOn of Marshal Da.vousT, arc the trophies of this memorable day. " From some papers tli -at were intercepted.on Fumi wATEII. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 45 minutes after 3. I Evening, 10 mitint.c§ after. A.IYAIMALtV sts§l ON A, . . . OLD nAILLir DgC s C. F. Mm, S. 'felling with -- 3 7 rLqd (Ot in custody) w e re indicted for the ' ( -' 5 P t Keith, of the Adventure; dfithe high seas: H. Maddis, apprentice to Capt. Keith,depostof that the vessel was from Londonahind sailed as Bontlf Sea whaler. The crew toiisisted of fifilr . teen. In the middle of . April betwixt eight 1 11 the evening and four in the ;homing, Palm. -MO was Second Mate, was on the Watch. -Witnesj was ou the opposite side of the cabin, and ah 3 ", that beingwarm,..a skylight; which communicated with the deck, was left open, and G. Roe, a boY who was steering the vessel, called through thd skylight to the Captain that somethi..! , impraoer was transacting upon deck. The Captain it - stantly went on deck in his shirt, and returned below ; immediately calling up tire Mate, ob serving, hastily, " Turn out, turn out ' Smith! the Mate, went on deck immediately after , amid witness, who Was still below in the-cabin, shortly after heard hint call out " 0 Lord, 0 Lord '•'' Witness got upon deck ; where the crew had asseni= bled, excepting two black men and a boy. Shortll, after, witness, observed. Capt. Keith hi the main chains, and Palm was canting him over the ship's side. The Captain did not seem to struggle., no' did Palm say any thin .at time time. In a moment or two afterwards, witness heard Smith's voice from the water, calling out " boat,- boat !'' No efforts were made to save - the Mate, and the yes sel might have been at that time fifty leagues front the land. The Captain and First Mato . having been thus disposed of, all hands were called below., axeepting the boy at the helm ; and Palm,who was then commander of the vessel, achni ' nistered an oath upon the Bible to each of them-- that they hoped never to see the light of Hearth) it they ever divulged the secret by which the two persons. came by their death. ThatWo black lima were not called on to take the oath. Palm's shirt was bloody, and he put oa one of the Captain's, and threw h's own overboard. He afterwards sent witness to the Captain's desk, and he uiuk a 51. note from thence, and gave it to Palm, anti lie burnt the Captain's and ship's papers.. Witness heard Palm say, he had knocked the Captain oirthe head, he having first struck hun. The vessel was very leaky, and she was afterwards scuttled ; when the crew took to the boats, and gained land, after , having been four days and nights at sea. 'T'hey landed on an island inhabited by blacks; and Paint and Wright got on board the Dart, for Live:pool, and the boys were taken up by a Portuguese schooner. When witness arrived in Liverpool, the prisoners were confined by sickness; in the hos pital there, where the boy first saw them. It Nvas agreed to say that the Captain was dragged over board, whilst towing a whale, and that Smith, the mate, died or a consumption. Witness first• told this story ; hut he subsequently confessed to his mother the real factss as sworn to by him itt , evidence. . Mrs:Keith, the widow of the deceased, linevir both the prisoners, and had seen them since they landed, but they' gave her no information respect iug her husband. 'The next evidence was the voluntary confess ori of Telling, before the Police Magistrates. lt stated that a boy, George, being at the helm, dur ing Palm's watch, the Captain came upon int his shirt, and asked Palm; the second mate, I.vhat was going forward. Palm struck him with a Lain= finer, when the Captain said, "You have dune for' me." Informant heard the first mate call out foi: assistance when in the water. Ail the crew were sworn, with the exception of the blacks. GlaSsew of rum were (landed to each of them, and they, were shot by two Swedes• with pistols, w4ica tic act of drinking. On'the prisoners being called on for thei.r ( I ,e fence, Pella stated, that he knew nothing that was going on in the schooner when the - Captain came to him upon deck ; and a Seaman, named Peter, told him the crew were about to k:11 the Captain and Chief Mate, and also him, Palm. "rlic Captain called up the Ali,te, and Aiwa seized Patin round the waist, and some one of the crew strack.theCaptais at the same time with a hammer, which the Cap tain afterwards got hold of and struck- Palm. Tne Captain called out, and came to die spOt, and assisted Palm in throwing him overboard, , -- [Here Telling looked at P,alin with. an• of sternness, and desired hint to speak the trathiarily]. —Palm contiuued, that upon going upon-the quarter-deck lie heard tht Chiet mate,,who hs(l, been thrown overboard, singing out. Dawson and .Peter, two Swedes, .shot the two black men .witis pistols. He was called on to command the vessel.. Telling said, he had nothing .to do with the murders, nor (lid ite assist . in heaving the Captaia overboard. Baron TnomrsoN, in summing - up the evidence, observed, with respect to ening, that if the jury should be of 6pinion the crew were in a state o mutiny, Telling' would be equally guilty us the man who committed the murder. Ile had taken the oath of secrecy with the. ethers, and had made no -disclosure. The question With respect to Telling was, whether a mutiny existed on board the vessel ; and if,so, was lie one of those who joined in the mutiny? With respect to the boy, Maddis, he .had given his evidence very distinctly, and he was corroborated by both the prisoners. The boy admitted having taken the oath for his own satety; but the moment he saw his friends, he divulged the whole adair. Thc.Jury retired for. souse time, and returned a verdict, finding both the prisoners Guilty—Death. The Judge then passed sentence of death, and ordered them for execution on Monday 'next. BinVH. DILL). LONDON; printed by TIIONIAS WOOD,:of No: 22, Russel!-court, Bl3 ; dges-street,Cove.mt-gardell; anil Published by WU.I.LIIII ARMIGEI 'SCRIPPS, Smith Molt On-street, Gr o s varl o r _ sv , f4 At . Syti N 0 ... I 12, iitrapid, *here , ildmorticeinentv, Orthers for the laPer ~ Letters for the gditor, (.104 rail), must lie addressed. Yesterday, in Old Bond-street, the Lady of G. S. Marten, Esq. of Sandridge Lodge, Herts, of a .Daußker. 21411t1c1M). - On the 17th inst. John iiitbarii, Esq. of Sharabrook, Bed. fordo,ire, to r•••:isy ll.Ainpsor!, of Luton: On Tuesday last, at Sion-hill, the Right Hon. Lady Eliza beth Spencer, second daughter to th't l_;ulie of Mari!)orough, and wife to the Hon. John Spencer. After a life passed in the practice of every Christian virtue and domestic affection, she. endured a long and painful i:lness without a 111:11 - 111l1r,and was rewarded by a forti:.ade in death, which heroes and pliiiloso pher3 might have looked upon with envy. .•" She taught us how to live (and oh ! too lizgh " The price of knowledge), taught us how to d:e." the sth (17,1 t learnt t!le had been'made for the enem y's retreat I found by these papers, that the corps of Marshal NEy, composing the enemy's rear, was to-lea - 14T Seto. , lensko, and march. in the direction of Krasnoi. I formed my plan according to this information." ItEI'ORI" 07 TILE 2aTa NOVENl3filt. " Fully resolved to cut off the retreat of Mar shal Ney's corps, and wishing to insure it, I re inforced Gen. Millarodovitch, and ordered him to occupy the villages of Ch!rokorenie and Tc . her risk, and to await there the arrival. iof Marshal Ney. _" At three o'clock in the afternoon the Cos sacks discovered the enemy. la the beginning, a thick fog allowed us not to distinguish the number of the French columns, which advanced upon our batteries with a firca'resolution of dis lodging us. " At the distance of 230 paces, they were -re ceived with,. grape shot from 40 pieces of cannon. The' moment was terrible and decisive. But far from - being dismayed at the sight of inevitable de- Sr - • struction, they ,only grew the more enraged, and with the utmost fury rushed upon our batteries, which, continuing to be well served, carried death and destruction into the enemy's ranks, and ren dered all attempts fruitless. " General Paskowrtch, geeing ether columns of the enemy arrive to succour the first, threw himself upon them with his brigade, and being reinforced by two other regiments, charged them sword in hand with so much impetuosity, that he destroyed whatever he met. " The field of battle was covered with dead bOdies. The enemy ah'andoning standards - and cannon, fled into the .adjoinng forests: The number of prisoners is ... very considerable. At five o'cloc& 'P. M. other French columns advanced towards us, with a' full. determination to conquer or. die. A batter of 24 guns,. advan tageously placed, arrested their first ardQur. At the very moment when our cavalry 'had turned and attacked them,in the rear, the enemy came to a resolution of sending a flag, of truce to Ge 'neral Miloradovitch to be,g for quarfer. At midnight', the _enemy to the number of 12,000 men, laid 'down their arms ; all their ar tillery, Consistingi of 27 pieces of cannon, their baggage, and their military chest, fell into the hands of the conqueror Upwards of 100 Offi cers were made prisoners, Marshal I:cy received a wound and saved himself by flight to the other side of the Dnieper. The Cossacks are in pursuit of ; him. The prisoners say that the four Generals who commanded were killed. The field of battle is Covered with dead bodies. Our loss in the van under'S General Miloradovitch, amounts ouly to 500 men killed and wounded. ".The enemy, after blowing up some fortifica tions, evacuated Smolensk° on the 1 ith and 18th. General Natoli, leaving only a regime . nt of Chas seurS and lOU Cossacks, set off himself at the hca.l of 15 pules from the Don, with artillery, and of one regiment of Chasseurs, to the right bank of the Dnieper, in order to pursue the enemy by way of Katane, towards Poubrowno. " With a view of pursuing also the enemy who has left 'Smolensk, General Platoff has detached General Dttlissoff with two pules of CaSsacks, six squadrons of dragoons, and two pieces of cannon. General Platoff, in carrying on his operations upon the right bank of the Dnieper, is commu nication with General Kutusoff, the Aid-dc- Camp and if the enemy should attempt to march upon Seuno, the junction of thes'e two Generals would become very fatal tc) " Oar Grand Annyis at b:rasnoi, and our van, is at DubrownO, will regulate its march by the movements of the enelny's army, and will endeavour nat to lose sight of it. . . " General Plato privatelettey addressed to me, at - mon:ice's, that the enemy has left near Smo/4nk 112 pieces of cannon, 144 n extent of 17 versts. • " The mntberof prisoners is far-more consider able than I have stated in my twolast Reports." COAL MARKET, DEC. IS. Ships at Market. Ships sold. 494 Newcastle . . . Sunderland . . . . I Cinders Price. 495. Od: . . Od. to —S. 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