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I'd A' if'', 'ArtaivEn—'-1 it.'isho‘&,, I Gotttnlrargb, 1 Guernsey, 1 Jersey, 9, Dublin, 3 Waterfimi. 'ATE-1 Dublin. •Crisols PRICE OF STOCKS TINS DAY ArTwELvg f)'ci,ocw. 69 I Othnium rr i UN it . • si' SOLENT QUIS DICERS i:ALSUM AUDE.II' ? L O N' i) • 0 ' MONDAY, NOVEMBER" 1 - 6, 1812, : We 'have this day the pleasure Of laying before our Readers , the Twenty-fifth Bulletin of the French Army. Never since the memorable ac count which BUONAPARTE gave of the battle of Asp - erne, have wederived more satisfaCtion,froin the perusal of a French Bulletin. This curious docu ment begins with an unblushing avowal, that all the flattering accounts which he had before given of-the situation ot the FrenCh army at Moscow were absolute falsehoods, for it confesses, that BUONA 7 . PARTE is under the necessity of quitting that city in order_ to seek for winter qoarters i . Upon this part of the subject, the Bulletin drops the tone of an official dispatch, and assuthes that °f,a private letter, detailing tlie gossiping reports of the army. We believe that BUONAPAR'iE ha 3 not made up his mind upon the subject of his winter quarters, and for the best of all possible reasons, that he has not the power of making a choice. The probabilityis, that he will attempt to go to the Polish frontiers ; but:harassed as he will be by an active enterpri?- ng force will be continually increas ing, his retreat, if be should be able to accompliA it, must be attended with immense loss. Hehas con , fessed that his cavalry is in bad condition, yet upon his cavalry he must in a great degree de pend to cOver his retreat, and to save him from those 4 ‘ hordes of Cossacks" who Will incessantly harass him. This Bulletin alludes in a very slight manner to the defeat of 'IVITRAT ; it however acknowledges, that he was surprised, and that,SEBASTIANI lost 100 baggage waggons. DispatAcs were received from Col, BQURKE, at ,Corunna, dated the Sth. He had not received any dircct intellit--ence from the Marquis WELLINGTON : , but by letters which had reached_ him from the army, dated the 24th ultimo, it appears, that the bead-quarters were then at Duenas. By letters from Lisbon, ,it appears that all the troopsin that capital had marched . - to join his Lordship, and those ;which had arrived at Corunna were directed to proceed round to Lisbon. The accounts rcspeeting the movements of SOULT'S Army are very confused: • "The next. arrivals will probablvenable -us : to form a more "correct judgment re,pecting his intentions. The yellow fever has broken .out in that part of SOULT'S anny that vas in' Valencia. Wixosoß, Nov. 14.—This morning proving fine, the PRINCESSES rode on horseback, RS usual, accompanied by the Bishop of SALISBURY, Lady RossLyN, Gen. SPENCER, and Col. DEsPRow. The QuEPNT, Princesses Et ZABP.TH ) and MAlly, tti Cwt Ito .F • The Duke of Yoroc. P.rrived at one o'clock, and is- eneettd to dine 'with the QUEER. The Earl of MoinA, according to report, is, to be accompanied-by Mr. TURTSEY arid Mr. THOMAS Moons to India. it is not Said in what capacity Mr. T;,.FRNEY is going, but Mr. MOORE, who has' long., been patronised by his Lordship, has the appointment of Private Secretary. . Mr. MOORE is well, known for his learning , and poetical 7nlu3. THE THEATRE.—Air. RAE, Who a few y.,2hrs ago 'perforined - at the Haymarket Theatre, on Sa turday last assumed the part of Hamlet,' at Drury lane Theatre. He is very much'improved in his deportment, and iu general merit, as an actor.--- We canna - t, hoWever, say that we 'discovered any marks of original or striking excellence. His per formance was marked by good sense, and was wholly free from affectation. He made 'fattier too Much use of his handkerchief ; and thereby gave an appearance of effeminate weakness to the cha racter ibut upon the whole, there was an appear ance of ease, simplicity, and feeling,' that made a strong impression on the audience, and procured him an extraordinayportion of applause. On Monday last, in the ConsistorY.Court of Worcester, the Rev. RicitAß . IC.:ILVERT,' M. A. Rector of Hartlebury, and - the Rev. FRANCIS MILLS, M. A., RectOr of Barford, were elected Proctors, for the Clergy of the Diocese of Wor tester, in the ensuing , convocation. The Rev. JAMES TO2KINGTONT, LL: D. is elected Proctor for the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. On Wednesday last, iu the Cousistory Court of Gloucester, the Rev.. THOMAS IRELAND, D. D. Rector of Bourton=on-the-Water, and the Rev. 'GEO. COO KE, D. D. 'Rector of Tortworth, were elected Proctors .for the Clergy of the Diocese of Gloucester, the ensiling Convocation, which will meet on Wednesday, the 25th instant, in the Chapter House of St. Paul's Cathedral. • TueF,day.che Rev: J. LILLY, of Newcourt, near Hereford, was installed to. the Prebendal Stall, in Hereford Cathedral ; vacated by the death of the Vey. br. YATE. CORK (COUNTY) LECTION.—Nov. 9. Lord Bernard 70. [lon. Mr. Ponsonl; , ... 1011 1701 I Mr. Leader NNVkL NEWS. From TUE LONDON GAZETTE, Nov. 15. Nov. 'l 7 4" t 1812. Vice 7 Adniiral Sir 3.:74dWard Pellew 'has trans mitted to John Wilson' Croker, Esq. a let ter from Captain Hoste, of his Majesty's ship the Bacchante, giving an 'Account of his hexing,, on the 26th of July, captured oil Cape St. Vito, La Victoire, a French privateer, of three giins and thirty-five men, oui twelve days-froni Naples, and had not made any capture. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 13.—Put in here this morn ing in 'distresS; : the Swedish brig Carolue Magnus, .GoanEs,master, from, St. Übes, last from Lisbon, with a cargo consisting of salt and fruit, bound to Stockholm; sailed from Lisbon twelve days.since, hi company with a fleet bound to Engh.nd, under convoy of his Majesty's -ship Success of 32 guns, the greater part of which were dispersed in stormy weather, off Cape s it'inisterre: During a gale, the Caroius Magnus . carried away her foremast, ,and sustained considerable damage, when she was taken in tow by the Success, until a jury-mast was fitted, and her damages were in part repaired ; soon after which she parted company. The Phoenix, privateer, belonging to Guernsey, has detained and sent in here this day the Prus sian brig Juno, RIPKMANS, • Master,. from Bour deaux, With a cargo consisting of wine and salt, bound to the Eastward. Arrived the brig Pallas, belonging to London, Nicnol.s, Master, from G:braJar, with a cargo of wine for London ; put in here by stress of weather ; sailed on the Ist instant, came 'a tun ing ship, and, is , under quarantine; the Pallas was formerly an American N detained on her voyage from St. Lucas, and sent i int( Gibraltar by one of his Majesty's cruizers, and there sold. Arrived this morning, a beautiful American lettor of marque schooner, called the Independene, belonging to New York, pierced for 16 gT,ns, which' are mounted, with a complement of 40 men, frotnßayonne, With a valuable cargo, son sisting of brandy, wine, silks, and-othermerchan dize, bound to New York, captured on Monday last, after a. smart chase of several hours, by the Medusa frigate, 'Honourable Captain BouvERIE, which sailed from hence on the Friday preceding for. St. Ander°, during which the Independence carried away her foremast by crowding sail, to which circumstance may be attributed her cap ture, as she is an amazing fast sailer. - Nov l4.—Arrived the smack Bernick Packet, belonging to Loudon, ARMSTRONG master, from Cadiz, with' a cargo of wine for- this port, , and Leith ; sailed on the 28th ult. in company with the Revenge man of war, which has arrived at -Portsmouth. 'The illarll?oiough arid Stately men of war were lying at Cadiz. It was expected a convoy would be appointed for England in a ,few days. Several Americans bad been dg tained, and sent—in there by his Majesty's ships, but had not, at the time of the depar ture of the packet, - been condemned ; on Thurs day last the Berwick Packet fell 'in ;with five sail of merchantmen off the Land's End, from Lon don bound to Spain and Portug4l, , part of the fleet which sailed from Portsmouth under convoy of the Niemen frigate, which, it is supposed, have been obliged to put into Falmouth, as the wind was blowing strong from the south-west. The Implacable, 74, has been put out of Com mission. The San Josef, 110, Ltrannibat, 74, and Fortunee frigate, are expected up the harhour the . first fair wind. , • On Saturday last the Intelligent gun-brig, which . had the Welsh fleet of colliers under convoy, spoke a schooner off the Land's - End, which was bound from this port for Bristol, the Captain of whiCh stated, that on Friday, 'Whilst off the Dead man, he was boarded by an - American privateer, that toot: . from him every thing of value, and then ,suffered him to proceed. We have not learned, the schboner's name ; the Captain is called Philips. Theprivateer is supposed to be the same that was seen off Maker Heights on . Friday last. The Sylvia cutter arrived here last night from Oporto, but has not brOught any news. Sailed the - Favourite sloop of war 'to the West ward, and the Fancy cutter to join the Channel fleet. Went up the harbour to be refitted, the Land rail schooner. . Sailed the Andromache frigate for Basque Roads, and the Orestes brig •of war on a cruize in the Channel. - Arrived the Fortitude, HERD, from Sunderland; Experiment, CHAPMAN, from Gloucester; George, WutTE, from Fadstow ; and the Duchess of Somer set, ADAMS, from Wales. Put in here this day, by contrary winds, a stoop from London with a cargd of Corn, bound to Lisbon. The Berkshire militia, expected here, are coun termanded, and it is reported that they are to march to Bideford. FRr,NcII PAPER& PARIS, NOV. 8. TWENTY-FIFTH . EVLLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY. NOILSKOE, 20.—A1l the • sick who were • in the hospitals of 'AlloScoW;left them on.the 15th, 16th,17tlr, and 18th inst. for Mojaisk and Smolensk. The arbillery, caissons, the ammtmition taken, a great quantity of curious things, and two trophies, were Tacked up and sent off on the 15th. • The army received orders to bake biscuit for 20 days, and bold ifself in readiness to march ; in effect, the Emperor lift ;Moscow on the 19th.— The bead-quartas Were the same day at Disna. On the one s de, \ the Kremlin has been armed and fortified, nd at; the same time it has been mined, in \orde to blow it up. r. Some think) the _: ! Emperor ,will march upon Toula and Kalouga, to . paSs_ the winter in there provinces, and occupy Moscow, by a garrison in the Kremlin, Others suppose the Emperor will blowup tke Kremlin, .and burn the public establishments which remain, and that he will approach withiir an hundred leagues of Poland, to establish his winter quarters in a friendly ciuntry, and ,-near to receive every thing which exists in the magaL tines of Dantiic, Koji no, Wilna, and Minsk, and recover from the fatigues ,of war 3 the latter ob serve, that Moscow is distant from St. Petersburgh 180' leagues of bad road, whilst Witepsk is only 130 from Petersburgh ; that from_ doscow to Kiow is 218 leagues, whilst from Smolensk to Kiow is but 112.1cagueS ; from whence they con clude, that Moscow is not a military position, or that Moscow possesses no longer political import ance, since that town is buined andinined for 100 years. The 'enemy sheaved many Cossacks, who an noyed, our cavalry ; the advanced guard of cavalry placed in advance of Veukovo, were surprised by a horde of Cossacks; they were in the camp, before they could '3 - Ilona on horseback. They took of General SEBASTIANI'S park of artillery 100 bag gag? waggons, and made about 100 prisOners. The King; of NAPLES, mounted on horseback with the cuirassiers and carabineers, and perceiv ing a column,of light infantry, of four battalions, which the 'enemy sent to support the Cossacks, he ° Charged it, 'broke it, and cut it in pieces. Gen. Aid,de-Catup to the King, a brave officer, was killed in this charge, which honours the Ca rabineers. The ViCeroy .has arrived at -Fomen skoe.,—All the army is ,in march. _ _ Marshal the Duke of TitVISO has remained at Moscow, with a garrison. The weather is very fine, like that in France during October, perhaps a little warmer ; but on the first days of November we may expect colds.. Every thing indicates we must think of Nvinter quarters ; our cavalry particularly require it.—The infantry refreshed themselves at Moscow, and are very well.--(lifoniteur, Nov. 9) FROM THE JOURNAL DE L'EMPIRE OF NOV. 10., The movements of the Grand Army, mentioned in the 25th Bulletin, were annouiiced some days ago in private letters from- Moseow 4 .The rapid march of the army upon that 'city, and thebrilliant victory of Mojaisk, would have ensured the con querors good winter quarters, if the rage and de spair of a barbarotis enemy had not , suggested. to him the frightful resolution of destroying, with his own hands, one of the capitals of his empire. As soon as Moscow. was reduced to ashes, it was no` more than the advanced post of the French army, the occupation of which must be .subordinate to the general plan of the campaign, or what must be, at the end of October, the principal and even the only end of a wise Captain, who finds himself at the head ; of an immense army in the middle of RusSia, viz. that of ensurinr , good winter b quartcrs before the winter should come - and sur prize him. In the.first.days of NOvember, the Russian win ter may be expected 'from one moment to another, the abundance of the rains and snows renders the roads impassable till the period of the'gyeat frosts, the humid cold; much more dreadful than the drr cold, menaceS'the health of the troops, and pru dence imperiously demanded that an army belofe this epoch should proVide wi:fter quarters, trap-' quil, comiodious; and extensive; it 'was Snot sup ficient to remain in inaction ; it was. requisite that •so considerable a mass of men should breathe upon an extent of territory capable of nourishing them. They must have shelter and places to repose in ; it V.wilS in fact necessary that these quarters shouldbe covered by a chain of posts, which :could pre vent all the enemy's parties' from penetrating it, and troubling the repose of the troops.-- It is neither military plans, nor topographical pc) . - stions, which decide the choice - of winter can tonments ; the quantity of provisions, and the facility of receiving fresh resources', are often the greatest causes of it. They - were Similar conside mtions which, iii the campaign;of 1807, decided the Emperor to. quit Eastern Russia, and bring back his victorious army to the ( fertile banks of the Vistula, where' they passea the winter in abundance, covering, by their position, the siege of Dantzic, from whence they Moves, the return of summer, to dictate the t‘zins Of the peace of Friedland and Tilsit, - The of the prese i nt campaign is traced upon too grand a scale to admit of any suppositionupon the chOice of winter quarters which the army is going to take. Will it occupy Kalouga and its fertile provinces Will it menace Kiovie and the rear of Tormasow's armv? Will it cover the siege of Rip ? Or will it remain at Witepsk or Smolensk la a cent:-al sition, and from whence it wit! be able t;_: ;?:, at the first moment of 'the favourable wherever 6c:tory' e:dis it ? Whatever mayl . ._t positions of which'.the army may make choice 1 - 0 1 winterquarters, we are assured; that du!;l14 . their -repose; as in their activity, our - cible lt,.,.gions will command the :respect the enemy's hordes, and we render, thanks 't' that foresight which equally knows hoWto pre - ' cipitatc victory ; and stop at • that pointwhich wisdom demands. We-think with pleasure that our.frienth, our brothers, our sont;lassemtled round the gags of their country, are going to cu joy some moments of repose. If they _sbould even purchase this rcpose by fresh battles, it is good to observe, that the fruit of these battles, howeverrbrilliant they . may he, ad Iter can-nor' must Oe any thing else than the dispersion-of the, enemv'S columns, which perhaps ''support those 1.);).2(;:g of Cossacks by which the positions upon the'..-.arva have been disturbed. All the move ments the amy .2.ha1l make Will only have for its _Object, the ensuring of as tilinquil and a l ai:nth:o winter-quarters as possible. These movements naturally require a large line of opeiationS, and Moscow being. the extremity of the position of the army, which the army Occupies, the head' ,quarters, the focus of all movements, could uo longer remain there. To say that the Emperor has left Moscow, is only'to say that this father of soldiers marches wherever great operations de' mand his presence. His presence commands vic tory; his presence will still watch over the safety of the victorious:army. IVARSAW, OCT. 21.- , Troops who form a part of the army commanded by the MarShal Duke of 'Castiglione, are daily arriving. They continoP their march without stopping, -to reinforce the Austrian auxiliary cogs' under / Prince Schwart zen, besides a Corps of Austrians, which will ay.:L . l4 him equal, if not superior to the enemy:--(.low'. de l'Empii-e, Nov. 20.) OcT. 20.—Detachmehts of troops every day ar rive by Posen and Kalub. WE, to-day expect the regiment - from the isle of tithe, (Journal de Paris, Nor. 11.) BEitLIN; OCT. 31.—0 n the 20th, Lieut. Gene ral d'York had his head-"quarters at Nittaw ; corps had taken a more advantageoug position thal the first, where it in a great measure bivouacked is the marshes, Which would, in this advanced sea son, have been very prejudicial to the , health of the troops.—Vournal de i'Empire, Nov. 11. RUSSIAN ,BULLETIN. OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS FROM THE ARMIES. Marshal Kutusow has received A Report, dated Sept. 14, (26), stating . that the Awnies of Gene'rol Tormassow and Admiral Tschitchegow had, &Aar their „junction, crossed the Styr, and ino-,e.1 0 11 Prince Schwartzenberg's corps, who was retreat ing at all points towards .11n.sc:i. Lientenunt-General Count WittgeTlstein re ports tohis • Imperial" Majesty from Sokole,•clAo - tinder date olOct. 2, k 14,) as f , ,liocvs Lieutenant=Colonel:Bedraga,.of the 15n“!...,;•!_e .. : ganent of Hussars, Was sent with his rf''gimen - , Hussars to the other side of the Dan , -„ to ce;e s . the movements of the C0r.. , ; t!:c Lieutehant-Gelleral Count Stc;:: 'FL; Li t it; tenant-Colonel reports, on the z 5 of &:pt(1 1 '" bcr, (October 10th,) that he, after havlog crossed, on the 124th o , Septentier; (October the 6th,) by swimming, bad defeated a-baita lion of the •cnemy's infantry, about 200 of •ivhosa were cut dowtri. - the prisOner's taken' , were three `Officers, and 90.Non,conitnissioned Officers afai ptiYatess. We had seven privates.killed, and wounded. I and sorry to state that in 'this ainir the pi - aye Lieutenant Anseviow, of the istun giment, was severely wounded, whom we were, obliged to leave behind, on account of the impi.!?' sillility oi bringing him across the river 1)2,i min g, and wlw consequently fell into the enemyl hands. REPORT FROM LIEUTENANT-GENFRAI. BARON, WI;" ZINGERODEi D4I.TiD KLIN, OCT. (3):, I humbly inform your Imperial Majesty that 9 11 is well with the corps, the advanced guard, tli , t% posts, and the advanced posts., . On the Jaroslaw road, the enemy has. made no .offensive movements. On the 10th of October, 3t nine at night, I retired along the road leading V 3 Moscow. On ,the 30th of September, (12th Oct.) excursions were made by parties of Cossacks fro the Cossack Regiment, on the Jaroslaw romi, wards the fight flank of the enemy, on , his could. munication with Moscow, as also on his left V parties from Tschaschnikowo to SuCharewa, from .Rogatschewo to Dinitrow. I, however , taking with me the, regiment of ,Rady, cossacks , two squadrons of. dragoons, two of :hussars, all the Calmuc regiment of Stawropol, marched out t 4 the town of Klin, with intention to attack the Alertly, posted in Dniitrow. I had resolved to Snake the attack in the night, between the 0 (13th) and 2d (1444. On the ist (13th), a t t en a t n i g ht, I arriv'ed Dmitrow, and was so fortunate, that the enemy's advanced posts, which were stationed.son-ze weist s , from the town, did _ no t : p erce i ve .my march, a.tril were all taken by the Cossocks ; these , piquets had been forgotten by -the enemy in his retreat. On niyarrivahat Dmitrow, I found it wns alreadY left by the enemy, who had retreated' in the great' est baste. His rear guard was marchi n g ou t o f OIL' town* at the same time I marched i n . With , found this', I immediately' detached 200 Cossacks in pursuit of the enemy, and the reartguaH come rup with 'some worsts from Dmitrow, j t consisted :entirely of infantry. On account of darkness of the night, and the fatigued State the horses, who" had that day come ' abovu 5 ( f wersts, and still .more, because the eneniv shel' tered .and concealed himself in ' woUdy placf2fl where he left behind hitn men in ambush, th e CossaFk.s would not pursue .the enemy further.; but 100 waggons, 'laden with provisions and dd . ferent kinds of plunder,. and : 3B prisoners Acel, taken, \ and the loss of the enemy in - killed 3 1 . W7 wounded must have been considerable. `I-l;6 • waggons taken-on this oceasi in were given to inhabitants DmitroW; . iYhra must have_suffa ct so much from the enei,;y: - • Arcording to the account-; I hare this Inottl o . t received, the enemy continuA his fetreat to 1‘1`15:4