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sbould,be three inches deep and two feet distant in good land, but ten inches only in land bad quality. In the French colonies the 'holes are but two inches deep, and only from five to, six inches distant. The quality of the soil re quir&it. It is . customary to make these. holes in straight . lines ; but at Terra Firma they also plant in beds, and those who have adopted this me thod, extol it with as Much warmth, as every pro jector employs, to 'defend anew systein. In each bole as many grains are thrown as can be taken between the finger and thumb : they are then co vered with an inch of earth. It is of no iise to sow fields of 'indigo except in. time of rain : 'the ,earth must have -already, imbibed water, or rain must speedily follow the sowing; otherwise „the seed becomes heated, corrupts, and i 3 lost, with all the labour it has occasioned. • (To be continued.) irenrairsemx.thara. vacceramommpriiiromar.Milmin.lllratillall.~• AI AILS. An fl! n-1 Gottenburgb. DITI , ;-2 Guernsey, 2Jersey, 1 Gottenburgh, 1 Catii, l Lisbon, 1 Dublin, 2Witer ford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWEIA'n O'CLOCK. Consols SRg I Omnium Si THE SUN. sorxm LUIS DICERE FA1.5t7,31 AUDEAT ? L 0 .19' D TUESDAYS OCTOBtid 27 . j 1812. Dispatches were last night. received from St.Pe tershurgh, dated the 4th inst, only one day' later than those before received. .• The reports from Prince KuTusow, of the 23d September, state that the army was on the Culur geua road,,towards Toula, Calouga, Orel, and with a strong party on, the alojaisk road. On theil9th," be sent General FLORAISKY, with the 11th division of Cossacks and the Mere Polski Hussars, to watch the 'enemy, who discovered four regiments 'of cavalry in the village Snamenslia, and made prisoners 400 men, 16 officers, and 40 petty •:.flicers, leaving great numbers dead on the field. On the 21st and 22d of September, the Russian parties brought in 590 , prisoners. • On the 23d, the day he writes, be bad sent General DOROCOFF on the Mojaisk road, who re ports having taken six officers and : two hundred men. In the mean while Lieut.. Colonel DAVIDOFF, with 150 light eavalrY, had been active in cutting off the enemy's communications between Gjatek arid .Mojaisk 1 And Adjutant Genehit AVINZEITGEROPE, was active in the Mojaisk, the 'Ter, and Jasvierlaff roads. . The abstract of General Doaocorr's Report is just received :—lle states, that having sent Capt. UDINA ' on. the Mojaisk road, be had taken 'two ,Captains, five officers,' ninety-two men, with thirty-six waggons of artillery stores. Other accounts state, that in successful affairs of parties, 20 large waggons, with artillery stores, and 309 men had oeen taken. ' addition to this official ,intellizen&e, there `are private accounts of the filth - from Petersburgh, which state that lvI . : - rszE,N4BuoDE had had a bi il liant affair with Mu aAT's cavalry, and taken two guns and 3000 men prisoners. GottenburghMail arrived last night, the con tents Of which'we arc sure will lye'peruSFd by our readers with pleasure. The resolution of the Em peror of Russ' A, so far from being shaken, appears to acquire strength from the difficulties against which he has to contend. In his address to his subjects he holds a language eclually remote from boasting and despondency, b i he declares that he will drain the last drop of the cup of mi sery, rather than make a disgracefid peace. The accounts from the, armies are satisfactory ; the Russian Generals are manceuvering to eut off BUONAPARTE'S supplies, and, apparently with great success. it is said that the Russians have taken Smolensk° ; we- shall rejoice to find this report confirthed, because the loss of that impor 7 talt place would add infinitely to the embarrass ments' Of BIiONAPARTE. It is reported, that the Russian fleet is not to rmain in Cronstadt during the, winter, but that it wilt be removed to a British port. If this,report be weir founded, and we believe that it is, a . stronger proof cannot be given of:tne confidence which the Emperor ALE xANDER places in the honour of this country, and of his determination to main tain the conflict to the last. With regard to the defeat of the garrison of Riga, as -stated in the French Papers, the Got teuburgh Mail brings no intelligence ; but We un derstand that Dis - pat,ches have been received by Government from the British naval officer 'who was employed on the expedition t , ,,Mittaa, froth' which it appears that the 'Russians were at first com pletely successful, for they took Miami, andall the French magazines there. But the retreating Pius- • sians were joined by 23,00,0 men of MACDONALD'S ; army, and, after a battle, in -which the Russians lost, in killed, wounded, and prisoners, about 2,000 men, the,y- retreated - to Riga with their prisoners.. The i-)-4 of the enemy was quite el. C.: ,r_lt as that sf the Russians. SECONn • Jo,ljill / - x ,t, ‘ T I.`'q SUN - TWO p'CI,OCK, Accounts had, we are assured,.reachca Pdga ori the 10th inst. that the French had kftMoscow, and that a battle was daily expected, as. Ku-rusow had completely cut off ^ll communication 'between French and Poland. It was .alSo pusitiyelY stated, that the Russians were in pOSSCSSIOII . of Smolensk:), and that WITTGENSTEIN had tkiVell ST. CYtt'S corps (late OUDINOT'S) trom Polotsli. The. pea- sants were every wberc en masse. NAVAL NEWS. DEAL; OCT. W.—Came down from the River, the Baron Nelson, Wanderer, Boreas, gope, and Mary, merchantmen; and remain - with the out,. ward-bound, consisting Of nearly 300 sail. Arrived his Majesty's ship IndefatigaW from off the Texel. • Sailed the Stag frigate for Portsmouth PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 2(.---Arrived his Majesty's ship. Niobe from Cherbnrgh. Sailed the Ulysses xnci Bold on a ernize. FALmouTir, OCT. 24.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Racoon on .a erurse. Sailed the Carte?et packet, DAVEY, with Mails for Cadiz ; be Walsingham packet, for the Lee ward Islands ; and the Queen Charlotte packet ; for Li:ibon, are gone ijto the Roads. HARWICH, OCT 26,— , -Arrived the Lord Nelson packet, DEARE, from Gottenburgh, with Mails sir has brought over three Cotiriers i .who imme, diately proceeded for London. TORB AY, OCT. 25,--Arrived his Majesty's' ships • Semiramis and Castor. ROBBERY OF TIIE LEEDS MAIL.-The city WaS this morning thrown into an alarm by its being announced at the Post Office that the Leeds Mail had been robbed i on its way to London. There is now and has been all , the morning a corre spondence and communication between, the Man sion-I-louse and the Post Office. Both the City Marshals we understan'd are already actively em ployed.. It is understood that fifteen other bags, independent of the Leeds, have been got clear off. WINDSOR, 0CT.,26.-Yesterday PrilleßSS CHAR LOTTE of WALE,s took an airing in her phaeton and greys, before dinner, accoMpanied ,by Lady . I}E CLIFFORD. Yesterday the Dukes of CLARENCE, and KENT arrived to dinner with the Queen and Family. This morning the Duke of CIARENCE accompa nied Princesses AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, and CHAR- LnTTE of \VALES, on horseback, for two hours, accompanied by Lady PAuLET, General SPENCER, Colonels TAY,LoR and DESEROW. After their re turn, the QUEEN, the Duke of.CLARENcE, and all the PRINCESSES went in her MAJESTY'S carriages to Stoke Park, and honoured Mr. PENN 'N'itb a visit. His MAJESTY COntintleS altogether as well as he was during the last and preceding week. Yesterday, at , three o'clock, his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT held a Privy Council at Carl ton House, which was attended by the Archbishop of CANTERBURY'', the First Lord of the Treasury, the First Lord of the Admiralty,the Secretaries of Str,te for the Home' and NVar Departments, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer'; Mr. Buller at tended as Clerk of the Council. • . At this Court, four Proclamations were agreed to be issued ; one respecting American Prizes and Prize-moncy 5 one declaring English Sailors, who are found on board American vessels, traitors ; one respecting the Distillation from Grain and Sugar ; and one prohibiting the making Starch from Corn. His ROYAL HicancEss gave audiences to Vis count SIDMOUTH, C Earl of LIVERPOOL, Viscount MELVILLE, and Mr. VANS ITT ART. THE THEATRE.—The all - limbic drama of The . Tenipest was represented last night at „Covent- Garden Theatre, with a beauty of decoration, and general merit in the acting, rendering it in all-re spects Worthy of the British Stage. The scenery throughout is new,, picturesque, bold, and con sonant with the nature 'of the play, "and the romantic situation in which thel actin ti is supposed to take place. The part of, Prx,- pero was vz.ry ably sustaiocd by YOUNG. —C. KEMBLE gave a strong interest to 'Ferdi!zand: MATHEWS and BLANC - I.:ART): were humorous hi Staphano and Trinenlo, and EMERY was an e7.1-cel lent Caliban. The parts of Miranda, Dorinda, and Hippolyto, were very well. supported by Miss CooKE, Miss BOOTH, and Mrs. H. JoHNsToN and Miss BOLTON waslight,'playful, and int:_rest ing in Ariel. The whole of , the fine music was correctly performed, and the - piece altogether highly gratified a numerous aiad elegant audience, Another horrid murder was' committed last Monday se'nnight atLongfordArt small village near Market 'Drayton, ; Shropshire, (about ten miles distant from the place where Mrs. Moray and her servant murdered Mrs. M.'s 'husband)., on the bodies of Mr. Francis Bruce, a fanner, and his housekeeper, who were both found on Tuesday Morning in their kitchen with their throats cut, and the house robbed. On Wednesday the Co roner's Jury sat, but no discovery had then been made: of the wretches. who had perpetrated the deed; but it was supposed to have been'done be fore eight o'clock in the evening, as they4;ene rally retired early to bed. The blood had, how ever, been traced on a stile - and gate at Morton, a distance of, about a mile, which, it is lioped, will lead to some discovery. GOTTENBURGII MAIL, RUSSIAN BULLETINS SVPPLEMENT TO THE ST. PETFAISBITRGH PAT It. OF THE eOniOF SEPTEMBER (OCT. 52), I{l -2. .1 , 0 1 .% INFORMATION, B'.1! SDECIAL COMMAND. ,Sundry measures , are - adOpting here (in St. P4ersburgh) for taking astray the necessary articles from this, city. This by Ili; means proceeds from any a piirChension of danger Co the metropolis i a single vies of the position of our troops is suf . = fiCient to convince every one. of this, and to calm every inquietude, for' the enemy not only cannot approach hither by the - Way of the Pskow and Riga roads, but having so often been defeated by our troops, he can scarcely keep himself-there ; and will most probably, wheu - the present levies of troops are arrived, not be . able to maintain Lis po sition. With regard to the road to Moscow, we allow that it is occupied by the enemy,. but only for a very short distance ; for - Adjutant-Geneal Winzingerode, Who is posted with his detachment between Klen 'and Moskwa, sendS his patroles daily close undeJMOskwa. Our troops are like- Wise in T . wer ; and besides this, the Field-:'.tiarshal ComMander-in 7 Chief observes the enemy's mo tions with his whole army. In-consequence, he can neither march hither himself, nor detach any considerable part of his troopt without being pur 7 sued by us.— " Accoding- to f all these circumstances, it clearly appears, that this city is not tLieateued with the least danger. As to the transporting the necessary goods away, as before mentioned, this is merely done in timely foresight, to be before-, hand with the freezing of the rivers. The pre .scnttime does" not threaten the least danger; but we should sin againt God, if we were to take upon us to decide. on future, events, which are only known to him. We have every hope on our side of . extirpating the enemy, notwithstanding the . 1 progress of his motions in the interior of Russia ; but, nevertheless, and under circumstances the most unequivocal, the thoughts of prudential measures ought not to-give rise to fear or dejec tion. rii.lese measures are taken in time of safety, and merely to provide against any danger Which (inayGOd prevent) might threaten this city, when the Government, by making this timely public, and - by having all kinds of heavy articles already sent out of the way, will have rendered the means easier . for the inhabitants to remove from hence into the interior of the country, in better order, and without confusion, it being, once for all, fixed and determined (and in which, no doubt, every Russian' will voluntarily ConeUr), Whatever may be the progress of the enemy, rather than to drain the last drop of : the cup of miSery, than, by a scandalous peace, to subject Russia to a fo- reign yoke." REPORT FROM GENERAL BARON WINZINGERODE; DATED TOWN OF DAVVRDOWKA, SEPT. 2S. " Without giving up the road to Twer, I, with the greater part *of my detachment, have,taken post here at Dawrdowka, certain of my here be ing able more easily and more frequently to re ceive reports from my vanguard, as well as from the detachments which I have on the road's from Wladithir, Jaroslaw, Dmitrien; to Woskusinsk, and in the IoW lands about Mojaisk. All these de tachments daily continue to do the enemy consi derable damage, which we ,can perceive by the. following motions made by the enemy : " The detachment which is posted on the road to Twer has informed, that on the 25th it,made a reconnoissance to the town of Norve, 24 wersts from Moscow, but afterwards withdrew. Our Cossack patroles even scour the country aT far as the town of Jevanowa, towards Moscow. The French piquets are five wersts from me. , Up to the 27th, nothing further had taken place upon that road, neither had any thing occurred on the roads' to Jaroslaw and'Dmitrien. The advanced posts maintain their former positiOns, as likewise the road to St. Petersburgh. , Colonel Jalowaisky, who commands thy vanguard!' had required my, assistance to surprise the French vanguard on the night of the 26th. He attacked it in the toWn Of Hinka, cut the greater part to pieces, and parsa'-' ed the enemy several wersts. We have taken one Officer and 270 men. The enemy's loss in killed Must have been very considerable, whereas on oar side it was very trifling. .""che detachment under command of Colonel Breackeadorri, which stands between Woloko lamsk and Mojaisk, sends its reconnoitring par • ties. to the right and left on the road to Smolensk, and has already sent, in 101) prisoners, taken on the road. Exclusive of this official Report, we have later accounts, which state, that a Russian detachment has entered .Smolensk, and there captured a con sidemble quantity of winter cloathlng which had been intended for the French army. A large convoy of gunpowder had been taken in the vici nity of iqopisk. Prince Kutusoff has posted himself five werqs from Moscow, and has cat off all communication .with that city: Very bloody actions have taken place for four successive day, during which the, King of Naples endeavoured ,to .puslf forward .to Mojais„,k with his cavalry, but was continually re pulsed, and obliged to throw himself into Mos cow. The expedition sent out from Riga was com pletely successful, and had taken there four metal pieces of artillery. I.7lesc troops continue their offonsiye operations in two divisions ; the one into Courland, and the .;'her along the Drina, for the purposes of joining Count Wittgenstein's corps. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ST. PETERSEURGII, DATED OCT. 2. General Winzingerode stands in the road to Moscow, near Twer, with a corps of 'about 30,000 men. Kutusoff is to the southward -of AloseOw. It i endeavoured to close Buonaparte in, so thit lie can neither receive supplies nor _troops, an ..will be forced to cut his way out from Moscow. rn one word„ we entertain . the best hones, but use such prudential Ancthozis as if 211 hopes were lost whicli is most assure:lly the :best .way. " The left wing of" Prince Kutusoff's army has defeated a lesser corns of the French army.; and' taken two pieces ofcannon, and 3 or 4000 men.-- The garrison of llobrni.ck, which had received or ders to marc h t o Thrr:Ti‘soff's corps, has taken 7 : .pieces of cannon, and-1500 men, froth ..l.;-.'ench detachment. Tchsctschagoff's and T6.l'inast:o;l's joint force has already arrived at Pinsk, and con sequently-barass NapOleon's , great line of opera- , tions. This joint corps is now marching on Smo lensk. General Winzingerockt's.right wing„whiel stands at WoskusinsL began to join itself with Kutusoff's left being at Moiais!:, by the communication,in the rear of the French arum is cut off. Finnish troops arrived at Riga on the 22d of 'September. They have commenced their operations with defeating the'enemy, and taken 800 prisoners. We every moment expect inform ation of the enemy's corps being totally defeat ed. lie has' been weakened on this point by Na poleon's havitig Called Marshal Macdonald front thence to h is assistance, ‘.‘ .French Officers who :were t a k en p r i soners i n the battle of the 7th, state, .that the French army was in the greatest disorder, and that it was merely through the superior talents of the Duke of Eichingen that the army was rallied after the of GOTTENBURGII," OCT. I6.—Private letters from' St. Petersbargh state, that the. Russian General Doctorow has retaken Smolensk. In the towa were fonnd an immens e number of pelisses for the Rena army.. At Mojaiik, a great quantify of powder was taken. lu consequence of General Tormassow's : rnpvements, the French have been obli!.ted to evacuate the whole of Courland and,Li- Vonia. Great hopes are entertined that Napoleou will be obliged' to retreat to Poland. The rain body of the grand Russian army is tit italongu ; Torthazow, at Twee Ductorow,. at Smolensk. , The Russian peasantry are all. rising en 77U1SS2 so-many of them have joined the army, that suffi cient arms cannot be found for them. The gallant, the ever-to-he-lamented General. Bpgraion, is dead of his -wouhes. STCg Het OCT. .-The intelligence from Russia is most eilcouragin-g : the communications, of the French army ale said to be eompetely cut Off. The RUssinn .Eniperor appears ckterrnined to persevere in contest. FURTHER _EXTRAC TS. PosEN, SErr. 17.--Our Governor-Gencral REPPE has to day set out for the Grand Army Colonel AlosAizEtvsKt supplies his place. To-morrow Our whole garrison, formerly calleA the Legion of the Vistula, will march for Smo- , under the cf.);:nnall of Major KOS IN On the 10th. inst_ c, d of I. rench gens d'arMes, on the Ilth another of Saxon dragoons and ht:x.-- sa.rs, and on the 12th a of Austrian gees d'r,rmes, called i)as. , :eti through this city on their way to the Grand ,Arrnv. . WILNA, SEPT. 1 2.—This whole week the cavalry and infantry of the 9th corps of the French army, under the command of the Marshal Duke of BEL-. Luxo, has been passing through this city. With these troops is the Polish corps which remained in. Malaga for seven months. BERLIN, OCT. G.—Our Official Gazette commu l . nicates the following : " According to the latest accounts from Mos cow his Majesty the Emperor NAPOLEON occu pied the Palace of Petrowitz at three wersts from that capital." " The Grand Duke CONSTANTINE, it is said, has retired to the Princess, his sister, who is married, in Russia. BERLIN, OCT has been calculated, that front the 28th March, up to the Ist September, there have quartered and Maintained in this city 240,000 men, as well military persons as other individuals 'attached to the service of the Grand Army, and 00,000 horses. STUTGARDT, SEPT. 30.—We . are busily em ployed here in taking the preparatory measures for a ne'x'v levy of conscripts. The of the ci-devant Princes and Counts, who, by the esta blishment of the Confederation of the Rhine, are become subjects of the King, will foim a part •0.1` 2 , this subscription. STOCKHOLM, OCT. S.-ACCprill-fl g to 811bMiS sive Reports delivered to his Royal Majesty, the ships of the line, Gustarni• and Man Miler?, together witli the armed transport, Verger Jart, are arrived at Cariscrone, on ti'e Ist and 2d of this month, with the' troops taken oh board here and at Dalaco. The armed' transport, Eas Sc r4-1F7,1,17., had likewise come to anchor off Carl , C3 ona, on the 29th September, and was to proceed witl% the first'fair wind to Carlscrorfa, A letter fi-om St. Petersburgb, of the 2d Oct. contains as follows :—The Emperor's Kniifesto has had a magic is iuence on all .classes ; every one lakes - up - their arms Ind niarches' this they do.voluntarilr; and although We hare the best hopes of a happy restilt,- yet preparations are every where made to meet the worst that T llay happen, Ind believe, shOup NAroLE os: get posses-, sion PeterSburgh (which 'God prevent) he. will not thereby be a greater gainer than he vitas by the taking of Moscow, where he found nothing but mere articles of household furniture. All 6-e