The Sun. — London, England, 1812-10-09 00:00:00

GENERAL ELECTION. To the GENTLENIE:4, CLERGY, arid FREEHOLDERS of the COUNTY PALATINF,, of CHESTER. C. 4 M , : I:`ZTLIE, n • Dissolutio ot Parliament having iiiken place, permit me again on this occa,ion to s'olicit the favoui of your support. If I have the good fortune to be re-elecied one of your Ile pre;entatives, additional gratittide will strengthen that zeal pct: cli has, hithertO nncea•uiglt• directed my Best endeavours in.theserklCe 4t• the County.. T . have alsO to_assure You, that should I akahitarklje 'at thiselistinggishe4fisnonr, my chief gralifwation will be the conviction it WilY afford me .that :my past conduct Ind with your approhatiuri; I hull/ the hiinour.to be, • - !" Gentletnen, " sYnur f l aithfut and obedient IttitiaVe•Servallt, DAVID Dit'VENPORT. CapesthorWe, Oct. 2, 1812. ,ARRIVED-1 Dublin,,4 lA'atexturd. "!Yur;: , -4•Ca,cliz, 2 Lisbon, 1 Gtiernsey, I Jersey, IGottenburgb. Consnis STOCKS' THIS DAY AT TWLINE 58-11. I Ottmitint TIFTF SUN SOLL:3,I QCIS I'ALSLOI AUDEAT ? L 0 IT I) 0 N, PRTDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1812. Further dispatches were received last night from Lord CATHCART, dated Petersbnrgh, the 18th ult. the substance of which, as made known from the Foreign Office, we insert this day. They relate to the battle of . Borodino, the result of 'which, it is again stated, was a victory on the part of the Rus sians, but do not advert to , any subsequent operations. The contradictory nature of the in rtelligence in the 'l9Ol Bulletin,. stating the ra advance ° of the French to Moscow, in seven days after the above battle, excited yesterday con siderable surprise, and it was very confidently ag 7 setedthat'the Bulletin was a fabrication. We have not, however, been able to discover ,any circum stances tending to prove that the. Bulletin is not genuine, .nor 'Can - we venture to deny its authen ticity.. • 'Without any means, therefore, of reconciling , . the two accounts, we mutt be content try wait for farther intelligence. We shall only repeat, that if .the Bulletin be genuine, it is. evident that in enteringMoseqw BtiroNAPARTE has obtained no real. advantage', arid that; 'from the clestructi9n of the city,. he , : was j 4st ~much-at a ,loss• • for • • quarters for army, to shelter them from the at effects, of a Ilustzian winter, as before that event. • Several letters were in town-. yuterday- from -Petersburgh - ,:dated the 16th ult. which make no mention of the entrance of the French - into Moseakv. We insert day some further extracts from . the Boston Papers - to the 9th nit received. yester day, It will be seen that the result of the Coun cil at Washington was the,is!..nifig,of additional instructions to th^ armed vessels„-of the United : States not tO: interrupt vessels biikniidfig - td Ame .. -rican citizens -.sailing from 13 itish ports •to the United States laden with British merchandize, Conscittienee - of " the alleged repeal of the British• Orders in Council." From this exprcs . -sion it,maybe inferred, that the American Govern ruent had not at that time received any official notification of the repeal; and M.A . nisoN and his party would, of course, in their inveterate hos linty to Great Britain, endeavoulitOakeadvantage of every circumstance to protein the-war: Still, however; Wc'tbink,they cannot long continue this - line of Conduct in opposition to the sense of - the , : people, which is very. day more and more Mani festing itself in declared repugnance. to the 'ilea , sures of the Government. . . The capture of General Hum, and his briny bad excited a great _sensation, and tended to render the wa:: still 'more unpopular. - • • •. - FOREIGN' OFFICE, OCT. 'B, 1812 A dispatch hasbeen received from Lord Cathcart; dated at St. Petersburgh:the 18th, Sept. Lord ship incloSes the•following official account, pub lished at' Petersburgh, of the proceedings of the Russian army from the time Prince Koutusoff took the counnand,, to the . Bth of :September. His Lordship -bad not . ascertained 'any subsequent .moventents, but he understood 01'4. a change of position was determined on, of the piirticulars of 'which, however; no intelligence had been re iezived. . , OFFICIAL IItrfFLLIGEN.C2 FROM TIIF ARMY, tATED 'FRE t3TII.A.EPTEMBER. • - !"rhe Prince Koutt)usoif iippointe , l by his MCi jest th9Emperor, Commander Chief of all, his armies, t hrived at the Vead-qup:fers,_at Cvarevo Salmiseher on .the evening of thei9th of August. He found the first and the second armies in June - tion, but retreating Upon Gehatzk, and a.ban doning Wiasma, General • Ear_elay , de Tolli hay ing not thoughi that position itvbiirable enough for accepting, battle. Prince ,Komousoll; on his part, resolved 'not to ‘ battle, until he should have received, reifiteircements which be expected frord Moscow ,and Our assily was thus continaally reinforcing as it got nearer its _resources ; whilst the rreuch armies were getting farther from their reinforce- Ments,and wekiker as they advanced. . This plan had been jadged the -most proper in order'to coins pet sate frsrlhe superiority in lumbers, which the enetnyolstained by the immense means placed at his disposal by all the Continental States. It was not -long.befort this plan, directed and executed by . Prince Koutousoff, afforded a grand aNd brilliant • 'result. .Even before his_ arrival at the army, he had caused the reserves, comanded by. General Milloradovitshe, and the Militia of the Government of Moscow,. under the,. orders,ol,lsieu tenant-,Getieral. Count Morcolf, to he directed upon Mojaisk. The village of Borodin, situated' 12 versts in advance of this -town, is the,point on which it was deterthined to await the enemy.. The position the village was strong enough on the right and the centre, covered by a ravine 1 and a deettrivuleC But the left, supported, by the village Of Sementtifka, did, not afford the, same advantages. It 'might be turned by the old road''frimi : SmolenSk Mojaisk. The General in Chief, to guard against -these disadvantages, gave, orders for fortifying that wing s He ordered some redam to be constructed on the left of the Village of Semenoffka, and a redoubt in front of it, at one cannon shot and a half off. This redoubt was"chnsidered as an isolated work, wbich,even, -if lost, would make no change in the system of de fence, and was intended more particularly to be of service in keeping the enemy some tune at a distance. These points were scarcely fortified, when the enemy appeared on the sth, and di-, 'meted his vanguard upon the advanced redoubt.---s A, very sharp action commenced, in the' first place with the rear guard tinder the orders of Lieutenant General kanoynitien, which was just reaching the position, and. afterwards with the army of Prince Bagration, which formed our left. The redoubt, which the hardness of die ground had prevented us from entirely completing, v. - as vigorously defended from four o'clock in the after - noon until night. It was taken and retaken four times by the 27th division, which had thii charge of maintaining. it, and was not abandoned until' night.' The 2d division of .Cuirassiers - S 'which executed several brilliant charges of which the result has been the capture of eight pieces' of cannon, particularly distinguished its elf during that day. The 6th passed in skirmihe of no importance ,— The enemy,- de-filed to s wards.lais right, the principal part of his forces, and covered his left,by batteries. The Cominander in Chief, who had foreseen that his left . would' be . the principal point of attack,. made the following dispositions : the 2d, the 4th, 6119, and 7th corps formed two lines of infantry, behind which were placed all the corps of cavalry.' That of the Guards was in reserve between the centre and the left, which was moreover covered by the eighth corps.. In order - the better to :insure the defence of the weak point ~of :the position, Licatenant-General ToutschkoffS with the third corps and a. part of the Militia of Mos cow was placed it ambuscade behind the brush whod at the extremity of the left, with orders to - aet by the old road from Smolensk° .upon the right and the rear of the French, as'soon as they 'shotild attack, and endeavour ,to. tarn our left. The grenadiers of Count Woronzoff defended the redans. " Prince Koutousoff, immediately on his' arri val at this position, had assembled the Generals, and harangued the Staff; be was received with acclamations of the warmest enthusiasm. Full of the sacred cause they had to defend, the army ma nifested a feeling, which even' then gave an as surance of the glorious deeds of which the day of the 7th was witness..--At four o'clock in the Morn ing the enemy, availing themselves of a thick fog. began their movement towards our left. Soon afterwards the battle became general, and con tinued until night. The principal efforts took place on our left. , The attack on the redans was extremely sharp, and they were most vigorously defended. - They Were disputed from seven o'clock in the morning until I() o'clock with an unexampled obstinacy. It was in this sangui nary combat that Major-Gen. Count Woronzoff was wounded, in a bayonet charge against the enemy. The Commander in Chief of . the second army. Prince Bagration was wounded soon af terwards. N evertheless, all the attacks which the enemy made against the left ,of our position, as well with his infantry as with his ca valry, were fruitless, and repulsed with such loss, that towards night he was . .even forced to abandon the little ground which he had gained in the morning. Ills attacks upon the centre did not meet with better success.' Repulsed -at every point, he 'retired towards the beginning of . the night—and we remained masters of the. field of battle. On the following morning, Gen. platQw, was sent in pursuit of him, and had come up with his rear guard, at eleven versts distance from the Village of Borodin. Such are the impresSions . which result, from' the first report dispatched . from the field ofbattle. The' loss of the enerny is - imniense fir l:illcti, wounded, and prisoners. Among these last is the General of Brigade Bonami.. .Our loss has heen severe : besides- the two Generals above-nien s tioned, the Lieut.-Generals Toutschkoff Prince Gostchako — ff, and Kanovnitzin ; the' Major-Ge ncrals Boehmetieff, Ist and 2d, and Kretoff, are among the wounded. " Prince Koutousoff reports; that the, troops surpassed themselves in valour on this memorable day : and that it is impossible forhim to do justice to the courage of the Smolensk and Moscow."' On Wednesday, the Dukes of YORK and Ct...x- REITC2, and Viscount CASTLEREAGH, had audi ences of the PRINCE REGENT. A Cabinet Council was yesterday held at the Foreign Office, in Downing-street, which sat near two hours. Reinforcements for the 65111, 80th, and other regiments, at Madras and Bombay, have been or dered to be in readiness to embark at the earliest opportunity. The 2d Battalion of the 6th Regiment has been directed to furnish 400 men, with two Captains and six Subalterns, to reinforce the Ist Battalion; and this detachment is under orders for immediate embarkation at Jersey, for Corunna, NkV N I'V - - - PLYMOUTIIf OCT: 7.—This morning, during a gale from the South_-East, the sloop. E4terprite belonging to this port, Ito WELL master, missed stays in the Sound, and drifted ashore on the rocks under the garrison; where it is expected she will go to pieces.---Crew saved. A light collier brig, bound from hence to . Sun derland, missed stays yesterday in the'SoUnd, and drifted ashore on the rocks in Mount Batten Bay, but was got off shortly afterwards, and, we under- Stand, did not sustain any material damage. Arrived the Ant belonging to this port, Vv:- TORY, master, from Exeter. The Centaitr man of war, the flag-ship of Sir RICHARD KEATS, that arrived here on Saturday last front the Mediterranean, was this morning released from quarantine. Arrived the Bittern sloop of war, from LiVer pool, with seamen for the Navy. Put back by contrary winds the Hermes; Her bert, and the Alexandria for Lisbon. DEAL, OCT. B.—Remain in the Downs the whole of the outward-bound coasters and colliers, as per last. Came down from the River, with the loss of an anchor and cable, the 41271, NEALE, for Tcneriffe. FALMOUTH, Ocr. 6.—Sailed the Windsor Castle packet for ‘Corannai: and the Duke of Kent for Lisbon, both with Mails. TORBAY, OCT. 7.—Sailed last evening, after post, the ship S2zal.:e, Capt. BURFORD, for the Cape. ' YAnNicit'iTH, OCT. 'B.-- l Artived his Majesty'S ships Cretan .in't K . 11 17 G eorge from off the Texel. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. S.—Arrived .his Majesty's ships iVienzen and Spitfire from oif•Cherbourgh, and the. North Star from a.cruize. Sailed the Panne mark, with French prisoners, for Leith, and the St. Albans for the Downs. • The Sandwich Idgget is appointed convoy for. Guernsey and Jersey. The Vautqur has made signal for the Downs with the homeward-bound Jamaica-men and others; several, of them got under weigh in consequence, but are brought up again. THE THEATRE.—It is but justice in us to state with respect to the piece of The Ethiop, ,or Child of the Desart, .that the Hero lloesnot,. as was generally supposed, effect his purposes by magic, but that all which appears to be the operation of sorcery is in reality, produced by the machination s of the Caliph, under the disguise of The Ethiop. Thus when the Vizier vld the Officers of JusciCe descend into the cavern of the conspirators, and' do not appear to he sensible. that any persons are there, they act tinder the orders of the •Calip , , and hence, the conspirators, in supposing that they are invisible, in-a induced to conceive that they are protected by supernatural power. — The clue was unravelled, it seenis, towards the conclusion of the piece, on the first night of re presentation, but the contest which arose be tween those, who applauded and those who op posed, prevented the audience from hearing the mystery explained. It ,has therefore been fonnd necessary to let the 'audience into the secret during the progress of the play, and the discovery does not injure theeffectof the piece,. but rather has-a; contrary operation, by changing the contempt which attended the supposed influence of necro mancy into an interest in the delusion, as it affectS, ,the minds of the Conspirators, who are in the' hope of destroying the Caliph, till they are com pletely involved in his snares. The only person about the Court 'who is not apprised of this subtle, design of the Caliph, is the Sultana, and she is kept in ignorance, because her husband has sonic doubts of her affeceion. We have deemed it an Act of justice to give this explanation, because we were rather severe in our comments upon the piece, While We' supposed Lhe childish expedient of sorcery had been employed as-the• chief feature of the fable. We think it proper, boyze•;er, to . add, that, with all this explanation, the piece it self is -intrinsically weak. - The serious' part is written• with some vigour and feeling, but the lighter scenes are - void of humour, and the con finement of the .two old men in - the chests, the chief comic incident, is 'a trick too' common on . the stage. _The Managers have been at great ex pence, and -as a magnificent exhibition,' the play suits the taste of the age. The acting, is uniform ly and certainly. gives .the play a greater chance for success than could be expected from its inherent merits. - The close of an election for Westminster- has been usually. attended by a demolition of the hustings by some of the loWer orders of the people ; atid their eagerness . to appropriate the fragments has exhibited a dangerous and disgusting scene, not' unfrequently accompanied with disagreeable accidents. This however, was effectually vented yesterday : bills Were stuck up on the hustings, informing the populace that they 'were private- property, and that Peace Officers were in attendance to take those into custody who should attempt to pull them down. This notice had the ' desired effect. DAvousT is said to have been killed early in the battle of Borodin'o, and the following Plan found upon him might greatly tend to inspirit the Rus sian army, and accelerate the defeat of the French :—Right 20,000, Centre 40,000, Left 20,000, Corps de Reserve in Columns 3000, 1000✓, &c. Train of Artillery,—Total 100,000 Pounds. On a careful examination of the Notes, they proved to be only remarks on the Capital Prizes in the present Lottery, and which will be all drawn on TWESDAY, 20th Instant, CONTESTED ELECT/ONS. LONDON.-FOURTH DAY. Cirmbel...4 • 3437 At hins. . 9450 Curtis . • • • 3042 Waithiumu ' 'C4I Shaw 4 . .2120 Wo6d. Alderman Cobitg, Sir W. CURTIS, Sir T. SHAW, and Alderman ItTkati, then came forward, amidst loud cheering, and returned thanks for the sup port they had received. Mr. WAITIIMAN and his son also came forward ; after many unsuccessful efforts to procure a beating, on account of the uproar, Va IL - Yesterday morning; shortly after nine 0'd0.31:4 the Court of the _High Bailiff was opened, and the„ usual proclamations were made, and the •writs . read for electing two Citizens to serve in Parlia 7 ment for the- City of •Westminster. After the • usual ceremonies, the Electors were called upon to proceed to the nomination of Candidates, when Mr.. STURCH, after going some length into the history.of the elective f:•anchise, and the manner in which it had been exercised in this. country, after deprecating the extension of the tertn of the duration of Parliaments, which he contended ought to be annual ; and after dwelling for some time on thepublie services of Sir F. Burdett, con cluded. with proposing the re-election of. the Hon. . Baronet to:Parliament. _ _ Mr. PULLEN followed in the same course of ob servation and panegyric, -seconding - the nomina tion of Mr..Sturch. Mr. IlicuAttnsoN next proposed Lord Coth rune, dwelling principally on his Lordship's merits, in furthering the political measures of Sir F. Bur- - Jett, and his endeavours to introduce a reform hi the Naval Expenditure„ and the prlctice of the Admiralty,CourtS. ' This nomination was seconded, by Mr. Moms, with two or three recommendatory observations.: Mr. Gisnol , is • afterwatds commenced' a' long speech, in .elucidation of his 'own consistency and, in developement of his opinions on the ,Parliar mentary•views and conduct of Lord Cochrane: The High Bailiff caused the custonmry . proelat mations to be read ; and no one subsequently arising , to name any other Candidate, he requirA the Electors present.to hold up their hiinds yin 1:i:- your of the respective candidates. On the shelf of hands, there was only one against Sir F. Bur dett. (possibly through inadvertence), and three or four only against. Lord,Cathrane ; on the High Bailiff declared them duly elected. In this manner did the Election for this large and populous city begin and conclude--with as little bustle and clamour, as if a confuted and Borough ! SOUTLIWARK.-FOURTII DAY. Mr. Burdett's Committee seeming determined to - continue the contest, the question of the right of persons residing in Christ Church parish, and the Liberty of the Clink, to vote, was revived, and the right insisted on. Mr. KE.mmrsm declared the determination of ths -Committee to keep the poll open till the quegtio4 respecting those rights was determined. Mr; THoßstax and Mr. CALVERT • returaea thanks. • . At the close' of the poll the ntunbers weru— Cal7crt •Tborntcn 1615 BP-ISIOL. On Wednesday, at ten minutes bOore four, the state of the poll' stood, thus : Romilly lB I•Davis P ro th er o e ll I Mint 4 CIRENCESTER. On Tuesday the numbers were— Lord Apsley 73 Mx Beach Mr. Cripps COLCHESTER ELECTION —Mummy. Thornton ' 617 i Davis Harvey ... .593 ;i3f. WORCESTER. At the close of the poll yesterday, the nambc's 'were as follow Mr. Robarts n7B Lord D.:riiiinit Mr. Gordon 654 STAMFORD—SECOND RAY. • State of the poll at three o'clock : Foulkes . • , 249 Noel Henoikor ........... -s4s NORWICH. At the close of the poll, on Wednesday, .the . numbers were : . William Smith ... . 1;304 I Pattesou Harvey 11;37 ST • A LBAN'S .The Election terminated yesterday—the num bers wet'e :--,- • J. Halsey, Esq. - 959 I Daniel Giles, Esq 289 Alderman C. Smith .. 357 I • . The two former were declared duly elected, and chaired, Mr:"Smith opposed ,the two sitting Members. It is remarkable that - a Christopher Smith, Esq. represented the Borough of St. Alt ban's, in•the reign of Queen Elizabeth. MAIDSTONE. Sir Egerton Eridges 143' Gto. Longman' •Esq...' - Geo. tiimpson, Egi • • 1;38 . vo)leti out of 772 Er eemen. ' SHREW sr,ti ity T DAY. Grey Bowen. Ft Lieut..-Gei. Sir R. Hill 49 llenj. Benyon, E:sq. - Mr. BETTY commences his engagenient at Co vent-Garden Theatre next month. A new farce, under the whimsical title of Mr' Snyderkins, is- forthcoming. at Covvilt-Gard efl, Theatre. It is ascribed to Mr. T. DlopxN• Mrs. JORDAN ma - de her first appearance at Sateter on Monday last. She is ,engaged for se' veral nights, and is very attractive. KEMELE, it has been rumoured,. was to °Pe n the new Theatre in Di ury-lane, in the ehar acter of Hamlet, and the report gained ground becaose the bills of the Theatre only announced the Ol e ' and by their silence as to the performerof t il t chief character seen to imply that there is 110 . any body to appear in 'it whose name Was to prove an additional attraction to the nov elty ° the house. Major SCOTT WARING, according to rep ort c... the theatrical circles, is about to enter int ° jy meneal bands again, with Mrs. ESTEN, far Of Covvut-Gardit