The Sun. — London, England, 1812-08-28 00:00:00

PRICE OF STOCKS • THIS DAY AT Twrixr: irt , cLocit. ''"t,, .1, s3ii I Omnium THE SUN. sucEm Qt7 . lS DICERE r.u,sum AUPEAT ? , LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1812. We have this day continued our extracts from the French Paner. Among.otherinterating ar ticles will be found another account of the battle' (or; as it is termed, " the affair,") of Salamanca. The French Papers; for 'very substantial reasons, avoid entering into any details respecting " this affair" (except, indeed, that they tell us that a Frenchman cut off the arm of an English Officer . who carried a flag) 3 but they assure 'the people of France that the English army was never so near being destroyed, and they add, with-a con tempt of truth Which is really astonish ing4hat after the battle - the French army regained .all its former positions !! The words "former positions," are ingeniously equivocal,—ther.rnay mean the po. sitions which the French army occup4l immedi ately before the battle of Salamanea,—or they tn - ly mean, (which is the fact)-those theroccupied a'lout three years and a half ago. After the perr.sal of this account of the battle of Salamanca, our Readers, we are sure, will not be dispos-ed to give impliCit credit to the details given in the French Papers respecting the operations in Russia. Though the Morning Chronicle yesterday thought . proper to observe a prudent silence as to our an . Swer of. the day before to . its specious insinuations, • a..d fallacious 'reasonings - UpOn the subject of the Sicilian expedition, it has returned to the charge to-day, hut with so . little effect and so little credit , to itself, that a persevering silence would assuredly haVe been its best policy. Instead, however, of denying what we said upon good authority 4 viz:--that the - expedition for Catalonia did sail in due time to produce the elect ex pected from it, the Chronicle contents itself with asking questions upon the subject ; such questionS as it would be folly to propose, if in deed they were not intended merely to serve the purpose of the day, in an attack upon Ministers. When - we tell the Chronicle, which we again do, and in which we ventitri , l6 say it can not contradict - us, that tlife ''- - F...xpedition has produced all that it was intetiifett,t6 effect, its questions deserve no answer and thbligh it may accuse us of " repeating the lesS6n we have been 'taught, or obeying the instructions we have re ceived," which is just such tautteygy as its " prognosticating - prophecies'," yet if we have been taught a right lesson, Ind obey instiuctions founded on truth, we shall treat its questions with indifference till it shall advance real.facts, and draw :such inferences from them as they will justify.— Here we shall at present drop the subject, though we beg leave to i etort its decorous language and to say, that its attack on Ministers upon this grouud.is hut a " clumsy attempt" to divert the attention of the public .from the glorious victory of Sala - - rnanca, by insinuating that it would have 'been . more complete if the Sicilian expedition had not been suspended. Some admirers of the Irish MASTER OF THE ROLLS have expressed their regret that he has not a seat in the Imperial Parliament ; but if he is not likely to make a better speech there than be did at the late CATHOLIC DINNER in Dublin, '-he would act much more wisely in attaching himself wholly to the duties of his station. All of . his speech that was intelligible on the oc oasion alluded to, was mere common-place de clamation, or party rant, and all besides was is ild. rhodomontade. As a proof of the latter, we present to our readers the following specimen of this Gentleman's , oratorical - syblimity : Com- Ilimenting the company on the - nature- o f the rish character, in allusion somebody whom he did not name, he epoke of the " fegthr-sprived disposability to affectionate and:lVOinentary jea lousy, which evaporates in the brecithlhat expresses it. He knows it well—he loves you for it—he knows the rapid contrition of its recoil, but he ought not to be wounded, nor you humiliated, by Any formal ceremonial of that contrition.",-Leav ing the remainder of the preeedg,passage to find its way as it can into the , comprehension of his admirers we shall be glailio know- the mean : ing of a feather-springed disposability which evapo rates in a breath." lint to dwell no longer on the . oratorical powers of the gentleman, we do not think that he displayed much liberality or justice,' . when he said, of Mr. PITT, who is not alive to contradict him, that he " never loved Ireland, and was never loved by it." If Mr..Pirr did not love Ireland, in particular, it was because his . comprehensive mind loved the empire at large ; but so far from shewing that he did not love Ireland, he rendered it a co-or dinate part of the British empire by an union which, however it may be censured by short . aihted politicians, or misrepresented by the zea - lbts of party, will more effectually conduce to its permanent interest, happiness, and -security, than any other measure that political wisdom could have devised for its advantage. We, therefore, are well-grounded in the persuasion, that Mr. PITT did love Ireland, and we have no doubt that if Ireland does not -at present (which we by no . means believe) love Mr. PITT, she will in due time appreciate .the benefits which he and his colleagues conferr&l on her, and bold his memory in lasting- S ;1)1 'l4 11-7 Ti , •+-1 , 1.!.1 • D SUN-OFFICE, TWO O'CLOCK. We understand that a Letter has' been reeeived this day from Capt. MALCOLM, of the Rhin; who . • is cruizing on the coast of Spain, -dated the 14th inst. to which there is the following postscript " MoßeGLoßrous NEws PROM rabliD WELt,ING TON !"--Though we have nothing to add to the above brief hutch ecringparagraph , on theauthenti:. city of which our Readers may'rely, venture to indulge the hope, that it is the harbinger to con.: firm the reports now .in circulation, et another glorious victory in the Peninsula. NAVAL • NEWS. PT...mourn, AUG. 25.—Arrived last night a a schooner from Jersey,,in ballast ; she brings in telligence;that great rejoicings took place at that' island, in consequence of the agreeable news brought thither by the Stag packet from Corunna, that Earl WELLINGTOST had again defeated MAa- MONT'S Army, whose loss, it Was Said, anwunted to 15,000' men in kiffed, wounded, and prisoners, and 24 pieces of cannon. The Stag left Gorunna on the 18th instant. Arrived a cutter from the westward ; _the:Sagit tarius, SLADE, 'Union, TRENNICK., and the 'Bro thers, CUING, frpm Dartm6nth ; industry, BAR RATt, and the Alert, JENNINGS, from Exeter; and the Susannah, ROBERTS, from Penryn. Sailed the Dryad frigate, Capt. OALW AY, with bullocks'for the Channel fleet ; the Jasper sloop of war on a cruize ; and the Mary, pay's; for Liverpool. , The Peter and John cartel, •FERRES, Master, will sail t us eyening for Morlaix with. pas;ied gers. . . FALMOUTH, AUG. 25.— T The Swfftsure packet is appointed to carry out a flag of truce to America, and is going to land jeer guns for that purpose. DLit, AUG. 27.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Castilian and Active cutter from a Cruize. • PORTSMOUTH, AUG 27.—Sailed his Majes ty's ship Prince of Wa/es,'with a large convoy of transports (horse s'hips principally) for Lisbon, accompanied by his Majesty's ships Cormorant, Malabar, Crane, and Tyrian. His Majesty's ship Tenedosis now getting under weigh, with the ships under convoy for Newfound 7 land, Halifax,. and. the St. Lawrence. Arrived his Majesty's ship Cherub and Cor(klia, with a convoy from the DoWns; :awl his Majes ty's ship 'Partridge from a cruize. Sailed t:. e ship Orion, TALEoT, 'for Madeira and the Isle of France. WINDSOR, AUG. 27.—Yester6y the QUEEN, Princesses, and Princes§ CHARLOTTE of : WALES, dined at Princess ELIZABETH'S- cottage, at Old Windsor; the- PRINCE ItRGE,7I. and thc Duke of, YORK Were also expected, bnt .they did not come. A ,Council of the Cabinet Ministers sat for a long time yesterday afternoon at the Secretary of State's Office for Foreign Affairs, in Downing street. On Wednesday evening the PRINCE REGENT left town for Windsor, where his Royal Hightle.ss intends stopping a day or two, previous to. his setting out on his intended tour. Yesterday his Highness the Duke of BRUNS WICK gave a grand dinner to his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, LOUIS the Eighteenth, all the French Princes, the Spanish Ambassador, and a large party, at his residence at Belmont House, Vauxhall. Extract of a letter from Gibraltar, dated Aug. 5, 1812 : " Two v• sAels under Algerine colours hare been sent into this por: by his Majesty's ship ilyqcinth, .which, I understand, • Were both English vessels, captured by the French; and carried into Malaga. One was the Roiler, Mollet , Master ; the other, the Livi/y, Chiles, Master—both schooniz l rs,, the former belonging to Guernsey, ank the latter be : longing to Alderney. The Lively Since been hrig rigged, and is now 'called ',Fatima., The Rover's present name is Marbruka. I believe that the captors intend to proceed against thew vessels as prizes." We have been assured that, within are w Nceeks about twenty thousand pounds haVe beezi invested in the BritishFundsi.which are supposed to have been transmitted to this country lay AlAitmolsr, and which, we learn from the same cinarter; is un derstood to he a provision for himself and. wife jointly, in case of any revolution in the affairs of BUONAPARTE, an event that is by - no means im probable, considering how much he has Outraged humanity, and what havoc of. mankind his arubi tioa has occasioned. SAILING MATCH.— esteraay ai handsome sil ver cup, given by the Proprietor of . Newßanelagh Gardens, was sailed. for by nine ,pleasure boats belonging to Gentlemen, The Prize wils given by the liberal and patriotic donor in . hononr . pi c k l rd Wellington's late victory. The hoats .st.areA a quarter before five, from Blackfriars Bridge, with the wind in the N. E. and the tidein their favour. They were to sail to Putney Bridge, and the first boat returning to Ranelagh, Millbank, was to be declared victor. At the commencement of the con test, the Mercury, Captain Astley, ran ahead of the others, and went first through Westminster Bridge. He Maintained the adVantage during the race, and finally won the cup. The. Gardens were illuminated on the occasion, and between the eon- FRENCTJ irAPE.RS [ FURTIIER EXTRACTS. 3 REPORT OF THE MARSHAL DUKE or REGGId To THE rRINCE MAJOR GEN:RAL; July 31, I.:,levenat Night. •MONSEIGNEVI3,—I have the honour to inform :your lerene Highness, that on th e 20th of this month, T put the troops of the corps, d'armee on ''theie• march for Sae . ; ; the sth brigade of light cavalry and a . battalion took a position the same day at the ford of Sayochinai Nchere I - caused •a "bridge to be established.. The first and second di Visions of infantry encamped between Biata and Sepochena,. the "third division of, infantry set out: from Presaa, and took a ponition at Lozowtta. The sixth brigade of li g ht cavalry,. winch was. charged to cover the march of this division, was attacked toWards 'evening by 14 or 1500 liOrse bus sars'of Grodno, , or Cossacks„Who had passed the Drissa, at the ford-of Valentsoui. The eigth re= gime'nt of light horse, which attempted this at tack, almost alone suffered a loss of nearly eighty 'horses, though" they fought with much courage. This brigade, harassed in its march, did .not rive at its position till eleven at night.. On the other side on the road to Sebej, the fifth brigade of light cavalry met with two squadrons of .dra goons of itiga, which General Castes caused - a he charged, and from whom he made somepii-; soners. The result, ofthe different - relations and recoil )noisances which were pushed on all the debouchor On the 29th were, that deneralKoulinow Yalentsoui with 4000 infantry, the regiment-die .hussars of, : Grodno,' two regiments of Cossaei,srlV 500 horse . c . ach, six pieces of hors 6 artillery, and twelve pieces of artillery on foot;- and th t Prince- Wittgenstein: - wilt') had been joined by Prime Aennin, occupied ,Kokonow and' OgVia.. On the 30th, in the Inorningl began nly.march forKliat soui with the sth brigade of light cavalry, and the" first division of infantry. The 2d division, and the cuirassiers followed /he moVerneuf, and took a position at GloVitschoni and,Sakohisa.`, I left the 3d division of infantry to guard the . ford .of SWO chinos, and T assigned 'the 6th brigade of light.. cavalry to observe the fords of Tarnoivisee and Valentsoni. • , . On arriving at Klietsitsoui, about eleven morning, I pushed some light troops uptinjakou-' bOVa., through which the road that leads - to Osveia and Kostonovo pasSes. They met an enelny's patrole, which they repulsed., .General Le Grand took a position at J a k ou bo va , with the 250 light, 56th of the line, and 24th of horse cliasseurs. I I. him orders to send reconnoissances upon Sevoiana.' In the mean time, the 23d horse chas seurs, whom I had sent on' the road to Sebej,. brought me in a very young 'Officer (4 the Rus sian Staff, who was coining from Sebej to Kleit sitsoui, where General Wittgenstein had-appoint-. ed a rendezvous. Soon after, the grand guard of this regiMent took - an Aid-du-camp of that Gene ral, who was likewise coming from Sebej, and who was the bearer of some insignificant papers and statements of the situation of the_ artillery only:— About four o'clock in the afternoon I was inform ed that my reconnoissance had returned, and that the enemy advanced in . force upon Jakoubova.— They debauched, in fact, and the engageinentbegan with' the 26th light, which made the finest defence, and which the Russians - were'not able to dislodge from the vilage. The enemy endeavonred parti to. threaten the flank of the line ; by making themselves masters of a large wood on the left of the basin, on which the village of Jackoubova is situated. Ceneral Leghand threw into it the .56th of the line, against which the Russians sent a great force, without being able to shake it. The brigade of , General Maison posted itself in echellons, in support of the first 'line. I could not, in a situation, closed in one side-by thick woad, and on'the other, by works placed in battery, more than 12 pieces of cannon. The basin on the other sides being open to. the enemy, he could make use of more than triple the artil lery, and deployed considerable forces. In the meantime, the battle was sustained without the least disadvantage, till ten in the evening.. I brought up the division of General Verdier, which was placed in reserve. As to the Cui rassiers, I left therain the'rear, as froM the na ture of the ground, it was impossible to make use of them. I thought that the object of the enemy being to incline upon Sebej, to , cover the road to Peters burgh, he would not obstiaately attempt to de bouch by•liiiatsistow, but scarcely had the morn ing began to break, when they renewed their at tacks: After a prodigious fire of • artillery, they attacked the castle of Jakoubevo, and were already in the court, when the 26th light attacked on the pas-dc-chorge, killed three *hundred men with the bayonet, took five hundred prisoners, and pursvll the remainder into the woods. The affair being ter'- Minated, it appeared to me..that the:enemy was was too well posted to be attacked with any great, hopes of. success ; I had, besides, a defilie - behind me, and I resolved to manoeuvre to brink hiiii into it t . We have had in the two days attacks 3 or 400 wounded. The. eilemy has suffered considerably, .and we have taken five or six hundrcd prisoners, among Whom 'are several officers, without having lost any ourselvesr'. I am this moment intOrmed, that the enemy is endeavouring to make himself master of the ford of Drissa. 1 have given orders to Generals All hert and Castex, appointed to guard it, not to de fend it. If the enemy passes it—he will do what I cOuldoish him. I have the hononr to be, &e. The Marshal .Duke of REGGIO. " L3i la, Ang. 1, Ten atNight. • MowsEtdrunn—Last night, 'about eleven o'clock, the enemy made an attack on the t r oop s appointed to guard the ford of Sivaehina. They retired as soon-as they received orders. The ene my employed the rest of the night in debouching, till the break of day ; when they,found themselves in condition to They were expected, the firing began by a cloud of tirailleurs, followed by columns Which advanced on our positions, beat ing the charge and uttering. loud cries ; but the placed,' .F pd ae sersW, tnoderftt their ardour, p.llnoon obliged therii to deploy: In the mean our columns formed, and t thtee diviAons re so disposed as to replace eal other successive: " Every T- ,ing ready, I ordered d charge each division. Russians atfirst trade a iii ly but wicless/c3i Therwere overthrov in a momeht, aria , "';Yen' into the Drissa, in our power , 14 of :cannon., I 3 caissoil and more. than _. prison:A-8. For :more tiu three-ghartors'Of •,1 :gigue through which tug were driven to th: rver, the ground waB cover with their dead ; s,een few. fields of b a tt Which, have presented the image of. sy great carnage, , The division of General Le Grand has had tl principal share in th:S,.aetien, I afterwards 0 dered General Verdict- to pursue the enemy, .he, drove them with. a pzoiigious loss, to the di' Unice of three leagues from thelield of battle, 0 the road to . Sebej. The enemy has Jost, from the 30th to the. 3( 4000, prisoners,. and at lCast :4000 killed an wounded.. 'torn us they ly-Te taken no prisoner: ourpart, the General, Officers, and trot V `displaYed the grea,tf.tst ,bravery ; the cavalry, under the orderS of General Castex, mad ,several apropos charges, and With much sucess. 1f. ,4 7.1 101 hereafter lay before your' Highness th names. of the. Generals; Offieers-,• and others wli ha distinguished themselvetf, 4nd lo whom I solicit the faVOl4l: of the Emperor:: I. have the honour to be, -4c. 7 10: The Marshal DUKE of REG;GIO. •" z filar s; AuG. 21.—We have received letter from Swain, which contain interesting (let* -the a flinr which 'took place in the neighbouirfo of :Salamanca on the 22d 'Of July. 'Perhaps English army was' never so near cOntpletedestr tion. The wound which the Duke of Ragusa ceivcd in the' field 'of battle; caused a roomer indecision, which alone saved the . enemy total defeat. The English General Le Mar( .was 'in the battle. Sir W. Beresfore nerals Cole, Cotton, Leith, and Alten, are the wounded.. Several of the English reg were cut in. pieces. The losS suffered by th lish so weakened it, that it was not - able vent - the - French froM regaining their foer sitions, in which they were waiting for r( Men t Our army has brought with' it all lery and baggage. 4 , -On the 24th the English cavalry wisl tack our rear, where the 69th regime line was paced. 'This .brave regurii waited the charg'e,' ana repulsecrthe e' retired with a co,:siderable loss in men We Pie assured teat in this charge G ton, ComMandee in Chief 'of the c wounded: Many 1 fildigies of valor form" ed.;p_these .iiAferent actions. other traits of heroi,,ra, is inentiol Frencl2 Qiiieer of 112th Regime/ liersonal engaged an Engiishin tr lag; tool?: it in cut'_ off his arm, ;Since its arrival on the Ann* t' has been daily fortifying itself, an forcements of troops , from Vittc BERLII4, AUG. B.—We learn f that the convoys laden with iv French army in Poland, and .wk upon the Niemen, hav( (halt, as , s'ach a quantity of p 7 found In.ithe magazines, that for- some. time. BRESLAU, AUG. 7.—The rived here yesterday, at six Majesty descended from the he arrived near the line fort spected them,, and expres their good appearance. viewing the troops, made and afterwards entered Gate. in the evening th the Palace. The Grand preceded his Majesty. This morning his M' the troops which are coUnt'latienzen. • LVELF.N JULY 22.- was. published here,. extract : " The - general ler departments,. and_of as the Legions undf division Kosenske, Of the Vistula, am to defend our ow incursions, which general levy prof inforced by the I fantryn which he ,brayif :troops glory in fightir th'e' Unto& of .enemy." AVARAV.', , his e .gajesty in the ,s itti n ACt of 'Acce ConCederaC Deputatior The Gre ous mare' and other the Fren( partmf merits p been lo Kos his Ex self - roes hear .prot tect rat