The Sun. — London, England, 1812-12-07 00:00:00

MAIL.. AIRIVEI?,-1 Cadiz, 3 Gottettburgh, I Heligoland, I anern sey, 1 JeFiztty, 1 Surinam, ' 2 Dublin. "i; Gotten bu:gll, I Malta, 1 Brazils, 1 Dublin, 3 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS .. . 01118 PAY AT TW , ri. , ' , o'CLoCK. Ciltlili . 591 f I Red. Ann 58 sfi 58 frm7 U a_ it SN‘ • SOLEM WAS DICE:Lk: LSUM AUDEAT LONDON, MONDAY, DECtMgEIt 7, 1812. A Lieutenant of tie Egmont arr:ved in town this morning- from Gottenborgh, which place le left on the 28th Nov. Ile brings no dispatches, but we under s tand they were forwarded to town by the mail. He reports, that a courier had arrived on that day from Petersburgh, with the account of a great battle having been fought on the Bth and frth Nov. gt DorOgobusch, 50 or 60 miles to the north east of Smolensk, between PLATOW and the united corps of the Viceroy of Italy, and DAVOUST, in which the latter were completely defeated, with the loss of 12,000 killed, 3000 prisoners, and sixty - pieces of cannon. The French retreated towards Smolensk. Letters had been intercepted from the Viceroy to BERTHIER, stating the deplorable situation of his army, and that he was daily losing from 400 to 500 horses. There are letters from Stockholm giring details of this great battle; and the opinion there iq, that if the remains of the French army should reach Smolensk, it is quite impossible it should escape from thence, with Kull/sow in its rear, PLA TOW pressing on its flank, and the united armies Of WITTGENNTEIN, Tor.MAsow, and TCHITSHA- Cot F, ClOSil;g in front on Smolensk. This morning two Gottenburgh Mails arrived : the following are their contents : OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCF. FROM ST. PETERSBURG, OF NOV. 15. Three several couriers, vv!'o arrived yesterday from am - Field-Marshal Prince KUTOSOW'S army, have brought the following information On the 7th NOvember, Gen. MILORADOWITSCH attacked the French rear-guard near Dorogo butsch, and took 800 prisoners, four pieces of ar tillery, and four pair, of colours ; two which belonged to the French, Imperial Guards, were taken on this occasion. . On the Sth November General PLATOFF attach ed the Viceroy of Italy's corps, and took 3,:m0 pri soners, 62 cannon, and several stands of colours The French General SAMSON is among the ntOm ber of prisoners. The Field Marshal. Prince KUTUSOW is march ing, with the whole of his army, from Jelna to Krasnoi. Another corps is following the French army on the high-road to Smolensko, and the CosL sacks harass it on all sides. Adjutant General Count KUTU sow has left Mos, cow, and joined himself to the first Russian van- guard. General COUMWITTGEN3TEIN marches on Orsza and, it is reported, has already arrived there. The want of provisions in the French army, and the loss of artillery, baggage, and horses, is ex:. ceedingly great.—(Port Tedinengar, Nov. 23.) Further reports from Marshal Prince KUTUSOW, 'dated from the town of Bulkoivo, near Wiasma, • sth November : L have most submissively to report to your Im pc.rlal 'Majesty, that since my last report of the Ist November, concerning General PLATow's movements at the monastery of Kolotzk, Adju tant-General - Count ORLow DENIS . SOW attacked, near to the town of Wiasma, and at several points, the remainder of tire enemy's :egiments, which had been beaten, and were then at that lace. They made a desperate resistance., but were every where beaten. In this affair we have taken a piece of battering artil lery and forty baggage waggon's, and made prisoners the Duke of BkSSANO'S Secretary, CA 'IUSET, with the whole of 'his papers, Captain -HARTUNG, of the Saxon Guards, the head sur geon, M. SCIMADHAUS, three commissaries of Marshal Nay's corps, and 138 soldiers. General 1111LORADOWITSCH 9ttacked the enemy on the morning of the 3d November, near the town of IViasma. The battle continued even until the enemy re treated into the town, from whence he was driven with the bayonet, by the 11th and 26th divisions, under Major-Generals PASCH, litwyrscu, and TSCHOGTOKOFF. The infantry regiment of Per now, which was the foremost of the columns, was the first that entered the town with colours flying and music playing, .and made a road for the rest of the troops over the . dead'hodies of the eneniy. ACcording to the previous report, three of the enemy's corps were, in the battle, namely, tUose vousT and Nay. The lcm of the enemy is 6,000 "nen in killed and wourdled,, and 2;500 are made in - isc.ners, among whom is the General of Artil lery, P 1 ,TIER, with his Adjutants, and the Ch e, of MarshaLDAvousT's General Staff, Col: MoRET. Our loss in killed and wounded does not exceed 500 men. After the taking of Wiasma,- our vain guard advanced past that place on the road to Sinolensko, 'lnd our light troops un4r the coin inane! of Gen. PLATiow, piirsned the enemy from Wiasnia, as far as Ereuinar. We have taken from' arc, snenly One pair of colours, and 1000 prisoners, exclusive of the sick and wounded. He has be sides left a great number of dead on the road.— (Stockholm Post Teduin, Nov. 23.) EXTRACT FROM THE JOURNAL OF MARSHAL KUTU-• SOW'S ARMY, FROM 24tu OCTO3ER TO S.TH NO- YEMBER. General MILORADOWIT6CII informs me, that the enemy left Jaroslawitz on 26th October, and retired to Borowsk in such haste, that be left be hind and destroyed his baggage, and blew up his powder chests. General AlmonArlowyrscn.made 1 . 00 soldiers prisoners, as also one of NArdi..F.oN's state masters, and an officer of the King of Na ples' general staff. Colonel KAIS.ERHOFF reports he has seen the greater ,part of the , enemy's army on the way to Bnrowsk. Colonel EssnmorP has male" 40 prisoners. All the prisoners which Colonel. K.AisEnnory made on the 28th October report that the ene my was in full retreat to Sinolcnsko. On the 28th, General KARSAW reported that the enemy's rear-guard being forced to quit 13o rowsk, bad set tire to the toWn, and taken the road to Winga. . General PLyrow reports, on the 29th that nine reghnent i s of Cossacks were in pursuit of the enemy, who was retiring . towards Smolensk°, that he himself, at the head of 20 regiments, was in hopes.of gaining a day's march on the enemy, and to fall on his flank near Ghcatck. Major- General howmgfcr, with ten regiments, is al ready acting on the enemy's flank ; the prisoners taken by him already amount to a very consider able number. Err. Aaron?' states, that one of his detach ments has made 50 prisoners. Gen. PLATow'S engagement with the enemy, at the Monastery of Kototik ,has.already bcea given in, a separate Bul letin. General PLATOW reports, on the Ist Nov., that the enemy's army. does not retire, but flies, on all sides; in such haste 'as never before has been witnessed. It marches day and night, lenv iAg behind it all its sick and wounded, and all its baggage. The roads are every . where covered with his dead and dying Men. Within the space of two days, and in the view of General PLATOW, the enemy has blown up 100 ammunition chests, and been obliged to' leave as many more in our hands. lie has several times attempted to make a stand, but the Don Cossacks and- the artillery have, after his having shewn some resistance, obliged him to take flight again, and continue pursuing him incessantly ; he has not a moment's rest. • The' Cossacks 'disturb and plague him to the very letter, night and day. The enemy's cavalryis in such a miserable state, 'that the infantry is obliged to defend it. We have found 800 cid lassiers, whom the enemy had left . behind, on the great high road. Cot. DAvlnsow has taken 70 ba - gage waggons on the road to Wiasma, and nride 6 'officers and 225 soldiers prisoners. The General of Cavalry, Pr-vrow, reports, that Col. KAISEIIIIOFF took the adrintagc of a thick fog to surprise the enemy's waggon train. The French who were ignorant of our real strength, took to flight, and were ,pursued by our Yagers with. great im petuosity. One Piece Of artillery, the greatest part of the park, and the waggon train, together with a very rir:ll,booty,_fell into the hands of our ,soldiers. , On the 2d November the Adjutant General ORLow Dzxissow attacked the enemy at several points, near IViasina„ and, notwithstanding the desperation with which . the French fought, they wore driven back rlt all point 3. We have taken . one piece of cannon, and 40 waggons laden with.a large quantity of articles forsaken by the entluy It .was in this,affair that CAmt7SET, the Duke of BASSANO'S Secretary, Was taken, with the whole of his papers ; HARMING, Captain in the Saxon Guards ; the Head-surgeon SCHWABLIAUS, and three Commissaries'of Mar shal NEY'F.i corps, anal 130 soldiers, were likewise taken prifnniers, On the 3d Nov., Gen. MILORADOWITZCII came np with the enemy by a flank March, and attacked his left wing. Gen. PL: Tow being strengthened with l'As C 11K Z g division,' attacked him likewise on his right side. The Combat was. continued even to Wiasina,. from which place . the enemy teas driven away by the bayonet. The regiment of Pernow marched irtto the town with colours flying and mut,ic•play jug, and made the way for the other regiments over heaps of dead. The corps D.IVOUST, NEY', and the Viceroy of Italy, have suifered much in this action. Their 035 amounts to 6000 men killed, and 2500 pri soner*, among whom is General PELTIER, with his adjutants,, and Colonel MoRET, chief of Mar shal DAvousT's general staff. Our van-guard is already advanced beyond %Viasinii. The French were pursued till very late in the night. ..474 VC WV tZen eoraL FLAT V . joined Getp - Tal 7 1 .1mottooAwyrscu's vart-guard , which on the 4th succeeled in getting round - , the right wi n g of Marshal DAvousT's corps ; with which the King of r Naples' army i:ad fornitd a junction. The French were agiin.defeated at ail points, and driven even as far as Ererina. ,The field of battle was . covered with dead, and more than 1000 men were taken prisoners. Adjutant-Gencral KLlTtfsnw reports, that the haste in which' the French left Moscow is, visible from their having left behind them there forty. , two French cannon,, above 270 is fii!ed with cartridges, 51 waggons, laden with Pont gigs, -3;5 lnufage waggons, and ll_ field forges.--(Stock-_ holm Post Teduiug, This morning we received Paris Papers . to,,t'oe 3d instant inclusive, from which the following are extracts : PARIS, DEC. 3.—Agreeably to the Imperi;d Dd cree of the 19th of February, 1806, the Anniver sary of the Coronation of his Majesty the Ent, peror will be celebrated in Paris on Sunday, the, 6th of December.—(Journal ale Paris, Dee. 3.) FRANKFORT, Nov. 23.--The number of French and allied troops who passed through Frankfort during the month of October, were very consi derable.—(Same Paper.) WArts:)..w, Nov. 16.—Since the last time that the General Confederation spoke to the nation regenerated, the course of events have been of - the 'highest importance, and are still too recent to the mind to require they shOuld be called to re 7 menibranee, they are too great 'and too striking to allow any thing to he added to their eclat Our brave Chevaliers have already proved, and in an incontestible manner, what', great sacrifices .they are capable of making in the sacred cause of their country. Brit a field not less vast opens it self to the inhabitants of the inheritance of our ancestors, who have hitherto remained tranquil ; whilst the first make so many sacrifices, and even that of their persons to the country, the -latter should also make new efforts, the infallible success of which promises to all the most sweet and bril liant reconipence. At this very moment the General Confederation has issued the following Address to the Polish nation, which we hasten to communicate " Polish Nation !=—The. general cause, which the force of arms maintains and defends before the face of the whole world, also yoizt own . cause; you will reap the most" precious fruits of so many bloody battles, brilliant victories-.-grand actions and fatigues of the greatest of heroes. The point is the existence of your name, conseqttently of ail you can or ought to hold dearest in the world : • you ought consequently to serve as an example-- to surpass in courage and zeal all other-nations which come to draw you front the chaos into which you• were plunged--- 7 to confirm to the frontiers of Europe their own safety, which your fall had shakc, you should employ all the- re sources of your strength and genius to support that, to you so important and sacred a cantraet. But you do not want encouragement for making new cants. There are no sacrifices which ought to feel painful to those who have sworn at the foot of the altar of the country to sacrifice every thing for it, to surmount all obstuele, and to preserve for posterity the .advantages which they shall have obtained. Marshal MAR:kiwiT. arrived on the 27th Nov. at Bourdeaux, front Bayonne. His Excellency con tinued, his journey for Pari. the following (Journal de' t Empire, 3.) he following extract of a letter, which, though not of recent date, is very interesting, and comes from a person of high distinction, upon whose authority we caq place the fullest confidence. " ST. PETERSBURGH, Ocr. 25.—Our news from the armies •is most satisfactory. General WITTGENSTP.IN carried ,Polotzlc by storm, with a dreadful carriage, and marches on Smolensko.— Gthreral WINZIX.ERODE insults the French for tifications of Moscow daily, and BL'ONAPARTE... fights not for victory, but for life. His idea was to Sign peace at. Moscow out from the moment when it was proved that no terms whatever would be listened t., the danger of his situation became fully apparent : with an enemy's army in front, equal in numbers and increasing daily, and lately victorious at Borodino, his own force diminishing at every step, his communications every hour in danger from the clouds of Cossacks and the armed peasantry, a regular force gradually closing upon his rear, strong enough to oppose with success any attempt at rein forcing•him, the wanton burn ing of MoscoW,. destroying all the magazines, the . impossibility of foraging in an hostile country, the autumnal season in a,morassy country, added to the loud diScontent of his army, were - sufficient, you will say, to appal the stoutest heart. By an intercepted letter, written from him to SAVARY, at Paris, he orders him to pub lish ." that Moscow hating been taken, his objects had been fulfilled, the . Kremlin was to, be for tified, anti he thought of returning to P ar i s ." This is his old trick, to• which the French are sc accustomed, that, a fortnight ago, the, prisoners declared, that, in the dreadful staze of his army, his flight was daily looked for : the battle has ere this taken place; what may be the result, God knows ; but there is every reason to say, that all here arc firm : if they continue so, a Friedland will not save NAPOLEON. The people are so exasperated, that no one who mentions Peace is .sale at the. artily...* a PLYMOUTH , i)Ec. 4.----We'yesterday mentionect. • the arr:vai of the Amerfcan brig Empress (" t _ . .4ddress, Hs env:a:1)11:1y stated) .Capt. .11oltAN, from New-York, with a valuable cargo, cons -; ing of cotton, indigo . , log Wood, and other mei' chandize, bound to Bourdeaux, captured on the Ist iostant i after it Stinirt chase, by the Rover war.—The EP , p reSS Sailed from I\ 7 e.v.: ( lork t wen ty fonr days since, brings intell;gende that 11 . 11 account had reached that plce, stating tbe yercal2 - titre of his Majesty's brig Frolic, of 16guns,by the Poictiets man of war, which, at the same tiine, took possession of her opponent, an America►' skop of war, said to be the Hornet, and earriej thent • hoth into Bermuda, or Halifax. It wits - said at the time the Poictiers fell in with them, both were in so di-3a.blerl a state is to be almost to manageable. eloss sustained on the pa'et tif either was nor known. The Empress is a new vessel ; s he also brine;s intelligence that two flags of truce hail arrived at New York, one front J. B. NITARRE.: 4 , at ii tiilax, and the other from Fahnotth anti that the dispatches by each nail been forwarded 0 / Alrashin l; i but' the ans.wers bed neat been 14" turneil It Was hinted at New York, that an em bargo might shortly be expected on ali Aqiericari, ves:sek, am! that the dispatches by tLe flags of truce were of-a pacific nature. The transport Mary 4n n, No. 395, C,zp: Diu KEEN, that put in here on the .21th nit. is,:ll 3 detachment of the Lite Guards, bound to Lishoni sailed this day, under convoy Qt h i Alajesty' 3 schooner Sc a / a rk, Capt. WALRAND, for FahnoLth, to Wait convoy at that port. The letter of marque ship Snake, Captain FOItD, bound to the Cape, that sailed trout hence a few days since, afterwards put back into Caw sand Bay by contrary winds and stormy vs-cattier/ which she left this day, and has proceeded for' tier , destination. Arrived the British ship Mary, Captain JouN - - S ON', from:Torbay; was captured a few days since on her voyage from the Bay of Honduras, with .x. cargo of mahogany and logwood, bound to Lon don, by the French ship privateer I' Agitiloa,, be longing to St. Maloes, and recaptured by the Rota frigate, Captain So MERVIL LE, The Maqsaileci: front Honduras in - company with the fleet under convoy of the Frolic brig of war ;. her Captain and crew, with the crews of two other vessels. that had been captured by the same privateer, were put on board R. Prussian galliot, that arrived herC a few days since, as has been already stated.. Arrived the schooner Arrow, belonging to this. ' port, CHARLES Aznas.r.sow master, from LisbOno after a very quick passage of five days, with zt cargo consisting of oranges, bowed to Portsmouds and. Southampton and has sailed. again for list destination. The Arrow has not ,brougbt .24 news, The Alfred rnirn of war, with a convoy' ) for England, sailed. from thence three days previous. Sailed the Bittern sloop of war to the. •svet ward. DEC. s.—Arrived the Tina Brothers . , COA,Tg, and the Lord thou, LITTEN, iron London. By the Unicora frigate, which arrived here ori Thursday evening, we have received a 'conlinua 7 Cleat of two French frigatf.s having escaped from the Loire on the 25th instant. . . On Thursday last, as Admiral Lord ii:Erra was walking in the. DOck-yard, a long piece of timber, in a passing cart, knocked him down, and' Ave* are sqrry to state, injured ,him very severely ; 'but, we understand, his Lordship has nearly recovered from the effects of the actident. FALMOUTH; DEC. - 3.—Arrived the Freeing packet,, seven days from Gibraltar ; the' Lady Mfery_Peligpt arrived there from on the (lay the Reeling left, and brought accounts that Lord W. BENTINCK had arrived at Alicant with about 3,000 Sicilian troops, and 2,500 British ; knew nothing of the enemy. General MAITLAND was arrived 'at Sicily. The plague raged with great violence in Turkey, particularly at Smyrna ; also arrived the Diana packet, 38 days from Surinam, DO news. Yesterday the following.. Bulletin was shewn at. St. James's Palace : Windsor Castle, Dec. 6. Since the last monthly report, his MAJESTY remained free . from any considerable degree of excitement." (Signed by the fve Physicians.) His Royal lilghneFs the PRINCE it;CENT will hold a Levee at Carlton House on Thursday next, at two o'clock. . The Gazette of Saturday contains an Address front the County of Westmeath against the Ca tholic Claims. On Friday, the 20th ult. JOHN MORGAN, Vise!. was called to the Bar by, the Honourable Society of the ll4ner Temple. • - A daughter of Lord LE DESPENCER is soon ex pected to be led to the .Hymeneal Altar by Lor.d. JOCELYN, eldest sun of the Earl of RODEN.