The Sun. — London, England, 1812-10-26 00:00:00

C ) \44 '' `RENCII PA. ER PARIS, OCT. 20,---The .latest accounts' froth Nioscour are dated the 3d of October; at this time the rains bad ceased, and the fine weather set in. Provisions of different descriptions daily The inhabitant§ of Moscow, who have been treat-, ed with the utmost humanity, have recovered ft om titat fanaticism into which the proclathations, false intelligence, and deceitful promises of their chiefs had. raised them. They quietly resume their ordinary occupations, and only think of re pairing their disasterS. OCT. 19.—We have received intelligence from Moscow, dated the 341- of October : his Majesty had stilt his head-quarters there., Winter began to be felt there ; the temperature was already three degrees below the freezing point. A letter from Dunabim; announces that Marshal the Duke of Parent() has had a very brilliant .affair with the Russian corps, ,commanded by General Essen. The enemy have been completely routed. They have suffered a loss of 3000 men in killed or Wounded, and 6,000 prisoners., We have received private letters from Moscow, which inforM ns, that since the re-establishment. of order in that city, the inhabitants have restuned their usual occupations. 'Provisions arc •abun dant, and the troops ,in barracks. They observe an admirable discipline: Majesty enjoys the best health. • • - OCTOBER 18.—Aecording to private letters from Konigsberg, under date of the 3d instant,. the gar rison of Riga havingmade a vigorous 'sortie, with the intention of burping and destroying the park of artillery, destined for, carrying on, the siege of that place, the Prussian troops, under Marshal the Duke of — Tarento, promptly removed the park without losing a, tumbril, or piece of artil lery, and fell back. to,induce the enemy to engage. The Russians, fell into. the snare'. Then the Prus sians, Davin; `arrived at the position they had de termined on, commenced the battle. The affair Was very, hot ; and the victory complete.. The ene iny lost at least front 5 to 6000 men in killed and wounded, 'and many prisoners. The Prussian troops. to Whom thehii.i:hest praises are given, join ed to the troon:i brought. by the Marshal Duke of aren r 0 .,, returned to their former position,before Riga. The 6th Polish regimen , . of the line of the 7th division Was engaged, and fought with distin guished bravery.. OCronea 15.—An individual, who has arrived 11;oin Louden, 'states that dining twenty-four hours, it was 'believed in that city that the'Russian army had been victorious. There were no kind of hopes to which they did not deliver themselves up. The Ministerial Priots represented the French fly ing towards the Vistula ; and the .Opposition 'Journals themselves' appeared to give credit to the pompons relation of Lord Cathcart : but the arrival of the Nineteenth an Twentieth Bnlle tins immediately changed their opinions. In vain did the Ministers and their agents attempt to deny their authenticity, anti persitade people that they had been fabricated ; the mass of facts became so over-whehning, that it was requisite to. resolve to believe that the Russians had' been beaten. It was judged, that having given battle to save Moscow, they would not have evacuated or 'burnt it, haul they gained the victory: thuS taunts, pannihlets, caricatures, showered from all parts. One appeared, the idea of which was' sa tirical enough, and represented Russian priests singingTe Deum, accompanied by the musicians of aFrench regiment. WARSAW, OCT. I:—According to Our Jour nals, the Duke of Belluno!s-,corps * has arrived hi the neighbourhood of Bobruysk, in Lithuania. VIENNA; Oct. 7.---The recruiting will continue the whole of this week, for the city of Vienna and its suburbs;. at has not been so productive as was at first presumed. By a very recent rescript. of the _Mille Council of War, 'there has, been a tresh or der for four regiments to Inarch 'and reinforce the auxiliary corps, under the Prince of Sell wartzenberg; 'the regiments .of Strauch and Duca are a this number.---Four regiments . from Moravia • will march into Hungary, and four' front Bohemia have orders to replace them. In regard to cavalry rep gitiwnts, only HolieniollerWs nas.taken the route to Polapd Alventzy and Colloredo's regiments, which 'suffered in this campaign, have been re call...tato recruit, and have been replaced 14y eight battalions of chasseurs, for theservice of the ad vanced posts. General Tormaszow is still charged with the, command of the Russian army in Volitynia: Gen. Tschitschagon, who commands the army which conies from the Danube, has provisionally war blished his head-quarters at Kaminieck, in Po dolia. The report 'of his having advanced' to Starray•Constantinow is erroneous. The troops under his orders are between,Choczym and Ka minieck. They there wait for orders for their ulterior destination. The troops under the imme diate command of Tormassow form the 9th and 15th divisions. This General is one of the oldest in the Russian army. He was a Major-General in the Polish wars. of 1792 and 1794. He it was who ,commanded the corps d'armee, which was com pletely beaten, '1794, between Cracow and War saw, by the celebrated Kosciusko. ills reverses, however, were not attended with the loss of his credit ; he maintained himself in the good graces of the Empress Catherine, who conferred on him the F i s tact, decoration of the Order of St. Wladimer, made him a present of a superb sword,. the handle of which was set with diamonds. He was subsequently employed in the Russian corps which, under the orders of Suwarrow, Koutbusoff, and lienigsen, carried on a war against Fiance. He also commanded a division of the Russian army in 1 - 4"inlaud, under Buxhoevden. 11E.151)EiSr, OCT. 8.-Priyate intelligence states, that the French troops have entered the town of Twer, between MOSCOW and I)etersburgh. NAPLES; SUPT. 30.—1 t is not yet known whe ther the explosion which took place during the last ,Parliament of Sicily should be attributed to the English partizans, or those belonging to the Court. The Duke of Craco ,has, however, been arrested ureic in the palace of King. Ferdinand.— It is said, that Queen CarolintOias at length ob . tained permission to proceed to Vienna. It is added, that the English leer a frigate to convey her to Trieste,' lit,. i-ernsed, preferring to lxtakt the voyage,in a Sicilian ;h..- gate. AMtIUUA. On Saturday some more American Papers aria letters reached us, via Liverpool. The following are extracts - -. • .• , Secure the navigation of Lae Champlain, the American' ExeentiVe have - pkirchased and arm ed the hunter, Champlaik i ,jui)ite.rlitnd Fox' sloops., They have likewise contracted for 1600 batteaux, which Were: nearly - comp - U.:tett -; they are 37 feet long and 'eight wide, and will carry about 45 men each. The British were ac;- tively fortifying' the Isle Auk Noix,., and had a number of gun-boats at St. John's. , The report in some of the American Papers that Fort Wayne had been taken by a body of Indians froth the Miebigan territory, is contradicted in a letter from Cincinnati, of the Ist of September, being eight days later than the former account.— The fears of the inhabitants had given currency to the statement; though it was' extremely impro beble, as Fort Wayne is, a regular Square fortifi ,cation, with bastions at each angle, mounting 16 guns, and garrisoned by - 300 men. Singe the 'rumour of its capture, General Ilarrison hatl. de: tached thither 6000 men from Xentucky, which- had been intended to rriuforce Gen. Hull_ • The inhabitants of many of the United States frontier towns arc not only averse from hostilities with their British neighbourS, but have declared, in Resolutions passed at public meetings, their determination to take no share in the war into which they have been precipitated by their Go- . Nernment, Howeversingular such a determination may appear, it is certain that a -commercial intercourse is still carried on on the faith of its strict Observance. Even the British Commanders have recognised it. Au official notice,,, dated 'Halifax; August 5, signed by Gen. J. 'S:' Sherbrooke ancl Admiral H. Sawyer, 'ordered their land a:Ai naval forces re 'spectively, " toyespeet the persons and property of . the inhabitants of New Bruns%Vick and East port, SO long as they shall carry on their, usual and accustomed trade, and intercourse with any parts of the 13'r Provinces ; nor shall this sys ten: of perfect' neutrality be departed from without unite and timely notice 'being given to the inha T bitants thereof." OR R , the 2ri September, Mr. Eustis, the Secretary at War of the United States, forwarded; through the medinrit of Gen. Dearborn, some dispatches, said to be of an important *nature, to Sir G. Pre vost, .Governor of Canada. The bearer was Ma jor W.. A rford, id-Oil-Camp to General Mooers, who coinmaruis at 1 . -lattsburgh. MUch conjecture Nvas e x cited conc'ern'ing - the subject of the dis patches, as their transmission was' so quick after the receipt of the intelligence of General Hull's surrender. : General Hull passed through Albany on the Bth September, as it was believed, on his return to the scat of Government. His accuser, Col. Cass, had arrived at Wahhington some days preceding. It is mentioned, in letters from America, that it wes the intention of the Executive to put the Ge-, neral under arrest, preparatory to an investigation into his conduct by a Court Martial. There con4l be no impeachment of his courage and, capacity it was therefore insinuated by the Government Print's, that he was a Federalist, and that the sur render of,the army in. Canada was the result, of treason, in order to throw opprobrium on the Go vernment which bad selected biM to carry into execation a favourite and Well-arranged plan. BUENOS AYRES. Fresh advices were received on Saturday from 'BrienOS Ayres, by which we learn, that one Ell 7 ropean Spaniard more had been convicted of being a principal in the conspikacy, and had paid the forfeit of 'his life. in all twenty-eight had been 'put to death.' Upon the restoration of tranquility, Many of the Spaniards who had been under arrest/ had been set at liberty, whilSt 'others had been sent out of the country. Thrimgli the inter ference of Lord Strangford, a perfect good under 7 standing was• maintained between the Portuguese Government and the JUnta. Information bad reached iiirenos Ayres, that all the Peruvian mines, and .the mint at, Potosi, were in the power of the army of Lima. In consequence of the del ticicney of specie, arising from this cause, sales of goods were very heavy. Produce was not plea tiful nor likely to be so for a length of time; as. the ravages of the civil war on the eastern . side.of ti)e River Plate had ruined the JEstancius, where hides ; and tallow of the first qualities IT erc pre pared. The punishment of the conspirators had revived the animosity of the Government and in;- habitants of Monte Video, against the Junta of Buenos Ayres and active preparations were mak=- ing for the recommencenient of hostilities: JAVA. W have received Java Government Gazettes to theSth iNlarch ; they relate principally to those . ,judicial and cominerCial regulations consequent on conquest, and which will, it is to be hoped, tend to render the acquisition advantageous to the Bri tish, and ultimately promote the happiness of the natives and settlers. • Governor RAFFLES has directed the formatiOn of, a 'Javanese corps, which,. when 'completed, would consist of 4000 men. Colonel GLBBs and Capt. FRASEn were superintending the enlistments at Sourabaya. The legion of the native Prince PEANGWEDONO, comprising 1500 men, had been taken into British pay. The officers and men would wear the British uniform. The Prince was, to be Colonel CoM mandant, and all the officers were to be appointed by Government, from his family, or on his Teebni mentration.• They would have local rank, except when acting with British troops. . Lieut. PAUL had been Appointed Adjutant' to the Legion.— TweiVe hundred Spanish dollars. are to be allowed the Prince monthly, , for the subsistence,' and all other expellees attending the Legion. . _ the Courts of Justice on' - the Island have been new modelled oh the plan of those of Great Britain, so as to separate the judicial from the po lice duties, and insure the prompt, free, and im partial.administration of justice. The American colours taken at Fort Detroit have been hung up in Whitehall Chapel, near the French eagles and standards. alit 1 - 1 U th VOrl-13.1.11. . . . . • , Vre fink it bilt justice to the. character of a 1 , -:111ant and 'absent Officer. to coy the fdliciwing 0... Letter from a A.l . or . niqg . Paper . : 7 --,. , _ . :TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. Sin, -•' , . . • Wellington -Wished a naval diversion on the North Ceast. - of Spain---tt, is entrusted to Sir thone Popham !". . ..:thiraiteg , CitroitieZe of this day, Oetaber.24, 1812. No ghost is accessary to solve the above insi nuation: Well; be it so. The writer of the 0- ragraph In this day's Chronicle . shill have all that he Covets upon this point, ,and cinch more. He shall be drenched with concesSions. First, the facts. 4nterior to the -middle of'August, •,Ziir Home Popham's Sqqadron had taken above 100 pieces of cannon)-be6sten - 6 and 700 'prisoners; killed and wounded - itn equal number, and forded the enemy to-send between 6' and 700 more to the hospitals, entirely in consequence of the perpetual agitation in harassing , marches and counter-marches, caused by Sir Home's squadron to the 1 1 ;rench -.forces commanded by ,Soelier. Sir Home's attack upon Geetaria recalled the Baron Anssenac,. with 4000 Men, from :the vicinity Of Vittoria, which poiot' he bad nearly reached in. his advance towards Marmont, whom he would.have actually joined. by th?. 20th of July, if Sir HoMe'S manoeuvres, in the North, had not forced him (Aussenac) to re trace lhiv steps from the South. The same cause prOduced the same effect upon - Generu'l Cajarelli, Cearetli would have :assisted Marmont with 6000 inert from Vitto;ia; whereas 2000 was the ittniost . number which he , could venture to detach to the Freitch Commander - in Chief, solely from the awe and oCcupation• in which Sir lionte Popham's squadriffi kept the whole French line of defence upon the coast of the . Bay of Biscay. All ; the ,SpaniSh Chieftains be st'i t nited and animated. Now, for the Sake Of a:gument, let all this go • . P for nothing. The, captin:e of one hundred pins shall be reduced to a Single gun, to hit the humour of another paragraph writer in another paper.— Home.',s proceedings, ever since his .arrival on the coast of Spain, shall be admitted , to be no thing but a series of blunders. Our enemies de- .. ried, our allies decried hint. The writer in - The' Morning Chronicle of this day shall be fur al,we either .of those learned Admirals and Generals, (Messrs: .Thurlow ,and ITedderburne), to whose nautical,, and military science, in the House of CommonS, Mr. Burke attributed the success of the attempt to reduce Arfferica. My argument will not suffer, by, the admissiOn, that not only Sir Home POphain,is, but that Lords Wellington and Keith are, among the arrantest drivellers that ever moved, either upon sea or shore. All that I think it needful to contend for is, tht - tt his Coin , minders, namely,'-the Marquis of Wellington and Lord Viscount Keith; are the proper judges of Sir Home Pophani's conduct. inculpation or excuse of the Admiralty is wholly wide of my purpose H • . Sir orne Popham is an officer in Outman& and at a distance ; motives , strong both for attacking him in his absence. The attacks and, the attackers I leave to be disposed of .by the plain sense and gobd feelings of the English nat,ion, after they have read what I shall now transcribe far their in formation, in defence of a mail Who can say no thing for himself ; Extract of 'a Letter to Sir I-?omr Popham from the Corn , mander in Chief, Lard Keith, dated Sao :Josef, pat of. gust, 1819. • • " While I regret to observe that Captains Lake and: Sir G. R. Collier are wounded (the:later •so dangefouslv as to require his return to England), I highly approve;of tite.me r :anus exertions manifested by yourself and the officers and then em ployed under you., They are such as cannot. fail to•attluct the notice of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and that of the country. "- I am also•equally satisfied with the cordiality which you have maintained with the Spanish Chieftains, and the zeal with which you have inspired them. (Signed) • " KEITH." • Extract of a Letter from the Marquis of Wellington,' to Sir Home Popham, dated Cuella,r, August 4, fEI2. " I beg leave to congratulate you upon the success of your operations; they have been of tbc , greatestservice to me, as I know that Catiarelli was prevented from detaching more than cavalry to Marmont's,assistauce, and that.he even recalled a division of.troops which had marched for that purpose. I trust, therefore, that yOn will not discontiaue them. (Signed) " WELLINGTON." If ever the.illustrious Marquis of Wellington should see this Article, he must, know that it is physically : impossible that Sir Home Popham shoal() be, a party ,to its publication. Flesh and blood, however, in the person of a friend, can not resist submitting to the understanding of the country which it will prefer, as the test of‘Sir HOine Pophain's services, such testimonials as the above, or a gaudy anonymotA paragraph in a newspaper, written, perhaps merely for the sake of a flourish. Your regard, M. Editor, for, not the form only, but for the essence of free discussion is too sincere, to. allow a doubt of your ready.and quick insertion of this answer to the insinuation in your paper of this day, from an . . October 22, 1812. , ADVOCATE OF THE ABSENT. • A letter from Gottenburgh, brought by the last mail, gives the following explanation respecting the Swedish Expedition ; it is derived from a re speetablo source : .f`. Mr. YE . ON,• the French merchant, who was apprehended for.being a spy, ,has undergone se vend examinations,,, It has transpired that he Maintained a correspondence with ALQUIER, the French Ambasadorat Copenhagen, from the 'day the latter quitted Stockholm. He gave him 'the most correct intelligence that could be procured of the expedition fitting out in our ports—the number of troops ordered to embark—anal its sup pose& destination. In short, whatever could tend to frustrate its object was communicated by him. The consequence' has been, that our Government has deemed it necessary to depart so much from the original plan as may, still secure success to its object but this also has produced a considerable and Unfortunate delay." . The next dispatches from Canada will probably be of importance, as, according to the American L'apet:s, the ,I;ritish army was advancing against. Plattsbnrg, ,Sacketes. Harbour, and other. sta tions on. the banks '.of ; Lake Champlain. Batts- burg was garrisoned by two thousand men. ; it was a grand depot for stores, and would, if taken, be another, deadful blow to the \val. party. The Americans begin to be dissatisfied with the in-. activity of , Gen .. Dtiaßoux , whose head-quarters have been removed from Albany and Greenbush to Cumberland, without ,his undertaking any mi litary operation of moment. GuADHAt Thoinds ' of •seventeihi years• old, was e M. Bioxx.:ll\z,, on suspicion of having rut;! ~ an I set fire to his m aster's house. One of the ofhe,.r s stated, tiriat:a Most alarming circumstance place - in, Barbican a few days since. Mr. It nn y, a paper-stainer, went out with his wife to spead.' the evehing.,..and within .three hours after they • left the house a small chest of draw..ers.;.contani ing cash and notes, was opened by . sonic person . , who took the money out, and in order to cover the felony, set fire to the premises. The flames spread alai endangered 'the house, but fortFnate4 it - Was discovered and. put out ; the money was lost.— There•was no 'person in the house who knew of thenoneybeing_there but the prisoner and a little girl, daughter to Mr. Denny. Under all the eir cumstfmces, the boy was - suspected; and conSe queßtly taken into custody.. - Mr. CUDently said,: be Iventout on Wednesday night with his wife to visita :friend, and during his absence a fire was. discovered in the back rotsm. of the first floor.i-The fire .was discolVered at eight o'clock by a child going up stairs, - iiiho saw a light: .over the door; and ran cibwri to give 'the alarm; The smoke-at first prevented them from discover,: ing where the fire was, hntit was fin - ally found to issue from it drawer which conttrin'ed - nineteen Bank. notes arida guinea, all of which were lost.: He then r•lated the suspicions circumstance of the Boy's falelioA, as told by the officer, and observed, that in half an hour 100 .houses have been in .fiames if the fire had not-oeen put out, as the buildings were mostly of wood. 'He •brought forward every person iii the house at the time of thefire, fur examination, but it - did not appear that suspicion could attach to any so strongly'as the prisoner. The Worthy-Alderman observed, that the roa, duct,of the boy was, suspicious, but in the want of evit!enie to .prove the offence,: he could not commit hiur.. Ali he could do was to relminmencl. the father (who was in Coarc) to send him to - sea. The prisoner discharged to go to the a rite`Society, .. • . WORSHIP -STREET. :Thomas Norman, appre hended on.. Wednesday last nu Ealing Common, a - kacc of dontile_barrelled who. with ....Diller :prisoners, Moss; iioame, and Keble, were remanded, for further examination on. Thursday,.thargedwith being concerned in yari ous acts. of bfirglaryin different parts of the coun try, was on- Saturday brought up by himself on a separate charge„ with being one of the'-receivers, of the silk and feathers.,mhich• ‘Kete stolen front the Sisters hoy . in July last., In all the dream-. stances attending this transaction the prisoner was ideritified-by a number of witnesses ; and on this charge wits ordered to stand. con - nnitted, but to be brought up with the-three others for further.exa mination on -the charge of robbing -two houses at Uxbridge and Watforclin the autumn of 1811. - UNION-HALL.—Michael fordecai, the prOpriel tor of an old iron shop, in New-alley was charged tinder tile-LeAd Iron Act, with having;, 11iS . ..I)CSSe3SIOiI about fifteen, cwt. of lead, •of which he could .give no account. It appeared that the lead was found by the officers concealed in different parts of the premises; it had been melted down in pigs of • cwt. and cwt.—Au iron. pot fixed in the chimney as a copper ;. exhi bited strong symptoms of having been recently used as a melting pot , Collingburne alSo found a number of locks of different kinds concealed under a heap of rags. Several. witnesses were called by the defendant, who stated that they had sold bins small quantities of.lead at differenftimes. Their account, however, not proving satisfactory, to the Magistrates, the defendant was convicted in the penalty: and the lead forfeited, A baker was summoned before the Sitting Ma gistrate,- charged With having exposed to sale in a 'shop seven half-peck, twenty-three quarters, and thirteen half-quartera loaves, deficient in weight. The loaves were_produced, and weighed before the Magistrate, and proved to be deficient 160 ounces. Ile was fined a shilling per ounce for the deficiency and costs, anti the bread wal forfeited and di,tributed to the poor. A Coroner's Inquest was held on Wednesday last on the.body•of Canury, (the man who- was shot on the preceding night in Catwater, mouth„while approaching too near the wreck of the Redness victualler), and which was continued by aqjournment until last evening, when the Jury returned a verdict of Ace.dentalikath:. SMITHFIELD MARKET, OCTOBER 26, This day's Market was amply* supplied with prime Beasts, and the Ahow of Cattle was consi derable; Beef sold at last price ; Mutton, Veal; and Pork, were dearer, and the trade, for the most part, was somewhat brisk. The sales in the Hay market:were rather lively ; Straw and Clover have got" up in price ; Hay obtained last price. We subjoin an accurate statement of the prices and numbers-: To sink the Offal,per Stone of Slh. Beef, 4s. Od. to Ss: Od. Mutton, 4s. 4d. to ss: Bd. • Veal, Ss. Od. to 75.0 d. Lantl), Os. to Os. Od. Pork, 6s. 04. to 7s. 6d.. Beasts, 3015. Sheep, 15,900. Calves, 109.. Pigs, 230. ,` SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET. Hay, 41. Os. to 51. 10s. Straw, 21. Os. to 21. 10s. 'Clover, 51. 16s. to 71. 7s. CORN-EXCHANGE, OCT. 26.—Our Market to, day was brisk, and for most kinds of Grain dearer ; of Wheat there was but dscanty supply, and all qualities from Gs. to 7s. per quarter dearer than last Monday : . Malt 6s. per quarter clearer ; in Barley an advance of 3s. per quarter ; Rye also 2s. higher; there being a good supply of Oats froM Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, and a few from Scot land, ,they are full 2s. lower, and a great many remain Unsold ; White Pease being in demand, are considerably clearer, 'but no alteration in flog Peae ; in new Tick Beans there is an advance of 3 - s. per quarter ; in Flou New Wheat 925. 1225. 1275. line ditto - - 1355. Rye -•- - - - (iGs. Icarley - - - - *6-Is. GOs. New Ditto - - 645. Malt - - Fitie ditto - • I Ws:: White Pease 120, New d i tto - - 1303. Grey ditto. - tios• New di4o - - Sis. no alteration. Tick Beans- - 735, 7Gt. Old ditto 7 100. Suiall ditto - - OSs. 102.5. Feed Oats - -418 s. &i:s. Wine ditto - - 555. Poland ditto - -50 s. MI. Fine ditto - - 575. PotAtne ditto - - GOA. Rap Seed - - 661..701. Eine Flour - - . .105 s. -i 10s. Secoxids - -100 s. lU5s..