The Sun. — London, England, 1812-08-20 00:00:00

PIIICE OF STOCKS . TIPS T):%' AT TWEiNi: e:cLocrt. Corike!s..Vi 57f. I Red. Ann. .59-i 67i 58 I OntibiAm 5 dM pr. THE SUN. 5f)1.1.:7 , 1 QUIS DICERE r.u45t.77 , 1 ? L,o INT 0 A r , THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1812. • The Atalanta arrived .last night. at Spithead, Having on boarcl.Mt: Fos - TER, our - late Minister in . America ; she came ?gist from Halifax. The Gleaner, which carried out a draft of the intended measure of this Government,"relative to: the Orders in Council, arrived at New-York the day before thedts!anta, sailed fronithence ; but Mr. FOSTER did not receive it till he reached Halifax. # Ile then, sent off a proposition to the American Government, stating that his . own Government had agreed to a suspension of the Orders in. Council for a time, and suggesting the propriety of an armistice, or some other recall or suspensiOn, of the warlike measures of tl - mtlineriea*i Govern-- ment. .Mr. FOSTER left his Secretary at' Halifax. From the following Extracts of - Letters, receiv ed this morning, we apprehend that the American Government have already permitted their priva teers to cruize against the commerce of this country. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ST.. JOHN'S, NEW- FOVNDLANp,.TULY 24: , " Yesterday a vessel arrived from Sidney : the master assures me, it was posted up there, that a sloop laden with coals had been boardedly an i'merick.n cutter privateer, bat suffered to prOceed,not being worth, taking,. So confident is Sir JoHN DUCKWORTH of there 'being American prlsTteers at sea, that he will not suffer a Captain of Marines,. who lately arrived heye-from Eng land, to proceed in a merchant vessel to join the Africa man of 'war at Halifak. Accounts from Halifax to the 18th inst. state, that AdmiraISAWYER had sailedifrom that port with 12 sail of - ;hf.ti of war, ancl it 'is reported here that the'AMerican squadron is on the tail of tine Bank." EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM FORTSMOUTIT, DATED AUG. 19. " Just arrived the American ship Lucia, ITAYDEg, from London, bound to New York, but detained by the Muros ship of 'war, in her passage from NewfoUndland, in consequence of her license not l)eing indorsed, and the . irregularity of her papers. On the 30th ult. ik)le Muros boarded the • hip Duke, which hail spoken one of the CherUb's convoy, from the Leeward Isla,nds, and was infOriiieil, that the Hazaicl sloop of x . var had captured seyeral American vessels, and taken a brig from .one of their Priva teers." We have inserted some further accounts from Russia, brought.by the Gottcnburgh Mail, which, Although they communicate no'new event of im portance, are nevertheless satisfactory in the fur ther confirmation they afford of the failure of BUONAPARTE'S project to separate the Russian army. The troops were, as we stated yesterday, concentrated, and a battle was expected. /4 is to be hoped, however, that the Russian Govern ment will not too soon depart from that derensive system which it has hitherto so wisely; adopted,. and which, if steadily acted upoa, , cannot fail ul timately of success against the invading"enemy. We regret to observe, that the S-vedish expe dition is suspended. It is alleged, that the ob ject of it was to compel Denmark to free herself from the yoke of France, 'and that the threat of au attael:- upon Zealand has had the desired effect, in inducing the Danish Government to express a wish to communicate with Mr. TFIORNTON, with a View to an adjmstment of..differences with Great Britain and Sweden. To wrest Denmark from the grasp of France, will certainly be a gain to the comrnoa cause of Earope: but we trust the preparations of Sweden will'not be limited to this ofject, when at least there is a fair chance of proincing the most !I:iportant, results by a sea sonable cliveis:iOn in the rear of the French ariliy. We are glad to find.that it was the general per suasion at the Russian capital, that the Emperoi. Alexander had .made up•his mind to a contet of the last extremity, snit that the occurrence of ilsas ters in the. first instance would not ir.aluce him to liken to 'any proposals from Buonaparte. MI the foreign Ministers of - Courts in alliance with France, as well as the French Ambassador at . St. Petershurgh, had embarked at Cronstadt on board a frigtitc, which tailed for Mesnel. • iiecordiog, to a notice from the - Board of Trade r...sterddy, ail American -vessels, hOing ::a ,port hither cargoes, and to depart in ballast; will be allowed to: loth! with cargoes for the United States, if they • bona fido' belong to Ameri can owners - , Two reports were in circulation last bight, the, one that Josrrif and 7000 men had been taken prisoners ; and the other, that Sir ROWL AND HILL had defeated Solar ; but there is no intelligence whatever from the Peninsula to warrant' either of these rUtuour4> NAVAL NEWS . Pty rscs sr, AT.yo. IB.—Sailed the Narcissus fFi gate, Captain LII";LEY, with a fleet, of transports awl merchantmen, to the eastward; the former are light, the gtez ter part of the latter are those from Oporto, that arrived here on Friday - last, under convoy of bis Majesty's ship Jasper. AlsO sailed the Sabrina sloop of war forEisbon, and a few merchantmen to the westward, names unknown. Arrived .the brig. Ann, FRET, fronilersey ; the Samuel, t7i?SE, t.IIC John, PApooti, , and the Ann, TAYLOR, from Wales, culm, laden, for this . port ;. the • Saqiuel, and John, MORrann, - from Lyme ; Eliza, 21.init, and Robert and SaT.dh, fr9in iScr evcastle, with cargoes of coals ; Sump . soir,: PARKER, and the Sybille ,Wips;front Gloucester; and the — Three Brothers, SEYllliou,..ftom Southamp ton.: Sailed the schooner Hotspzzr, . _ River. • Detachments of Regiments embftreci here yes terday on board transports for Portugal: FALMOUTH, AUG , . 17.—Sailed . his Majesty's ship Mutine forrialifax, to join the fleet' under eon vOy of his.M'ajesty's ship Porcupine, now off this I port. DEAL, AUG. 19.—Sailed the _Castilian, with a convey;' for Pgristhouth ; and .6e-tied/A/le sloop of war, .on a'cruize off :qoulope. Arrived the Olympia cutter from a crnize. PORTSMOUTIr, AUG: 19.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Dwarf, with a convoy, fOr the Downs. Arrived his Majesty's ship Vautetir, with six or eight sail of transports, from Lisbon ; the re. mainder of her convoy stopt at Plymouth. The Ln cia , HAYDEN, from London to New- York, is detained by the Muros sloop of war, and arrived- at Portsmouth. 4,` The PRINCE REGENT is expected- to leave Pet worth on Friday morning, and to proceed from, thence across the country to Windsor, to,he pre sent at the celebration of the Duke Of.CLARENCE'S birth-day. The Duke of YORK inforMed the officers of the 10th Dragoons,. at. the dinner after the Re view on Monday, that he should.soonwant,the services of the regiment. The PRINCE REGENT is expected at Cholmon deley Castle, Cheshire, every day. From thence, report says, his Royal Highness goes to Eaton, taking Chester in his way. The Marquis WELLEsLEv yesterday sent a do nation of 601. to the Warden of the Fleet Prison, to enable the Debtors more substantially to re, joice at the glorious victory obtained by the Allied Army under the. command of his Lordship's noble and gallant brother, , by partaking of a British dinner of roast - beef, plumb pudding, and porter. " Yesterday Lord ELIoT gave a grand dinner to a large party of Noblemen and Gentlemen, at his house in St.. James's-square. An alteration in the establishment - of' some of the ships in the Navy is to take place immediately. All the large gun-brigs, hitherto coMmanded by Lieutenants, are to be denominated sloops of war, and to be under the orders.of a Commander, with a Lieutenant. A Purseris also to be added to the complement, At the taking of Havanna, which snrrendered to the British arms in 1762, on the day the Prince of Wales was born, the present Bishop of Chi chester was present, as Chaplain 'to the Regi ment the late Duke. of :Richmond' then 'co►n mancled: Both events were, ,on the same day, celebrated at the Duke's table, by .a select com pany of thirteen, who all engaged, to celebrate the anniversary, by a festival, for fifty years to come. On that occasion the Bishop and Gene ral Prescot, two, of ..the party, dined together on Wednesday last, at Star Green, near Battle, in Sussex; and it is worthy-of remark, thereby com pleted, in good health' and spirits, the long term of their patriotic engagement. How many more of the party are living, we are unable, to say. - During the illuminations on Tuesday evening, two .horses, the one rode by a groom, and the other led by the bridle, took fright, from some fire-works throWn at them,. in. tlie Strand. 'Whey, directed their course towards. aring-cross , over turning as they went: several persons, who were • severely injured.. Ooe man and two, women were very severely hurt. . . • • On , Friday last, as the Inail , coach was passing over Poulson-bridge, .which separates Cornwall from Devonshire, one of the wheels came in con tact with an angle in the Wall, and the coach olterset.. There were four outside' passengerS on . the coach, three of 'whom were participated over, the hrie,ge ; 'the fourth hung by his Ilan& on, the top of the wall, until he was delivered by the guard. 'A Mr. Williams, of London, one of the passen gers, had his' right leg badly fractured, aiid one of his ribs broken,. another, a Portug'ueSe,.reeeiVed several wounds and contusions in different parts of his body; the third escaped with a slight wound on his knee. The coachman was seriously hurt, and the gyard Fire at Wooluilz.—Monday a fire of consider able magnitude' broke out, about seven o'clock in the evening, in the pitch stogie-house belOng , - lug to• the Rope-yard, at Woolwich, which burnt with great. fury, and' excited considerable alarm ..among the 'inhabitants... The alarni•bellc _rang, and the drums beat. to arms for all . the men in the employ of Government to assemble, when, with the timely assistance of the numerous fire-engines 'belonging to the Dock-yard and Ar senal, it was completely got under about nine o'clock ; but the damage done is very considera ble. It is generally 'supposed, by thoge who are best acquainted with the place, to have been,wil fully set. on fire;- although the greatest care has, for some considerable time, been taken about the admission of strangers. GOTTENBCAGII MML. [FURTHER EXTRACTs.I SUPPLE:,TENT TO THE ST. PETE RSIIT RCM GAZT:TTE, TUZ,SDAY, 16th (28t11) , JI LY,1812. • OFFICt AL ACCOUNTS FROM THE ARMY, OF TI !Jill (21ST) JULY, .1812. " The first Army, after passing Polozk, makes forced marches towards Witepsk. The corps of Lieutenant-General Count Wittgenstein, which has been strengthened with some battalions of're ' serve,: is now at Drissa, •in . order to , obServe the movements of the enemy, as . well as to secure the Pskowisch road. 'To . elleet a junction of the. ti o _ armies is ` the principal object of our movements. " It appears by the last accounts from Prince liagration, that his advanced guard; under the command Of Lieutenant-General NajeWskji, is in the neighbourhood . - of MOgilev7. Gen' Platoff, who commands the rear-guard of Prince Bagra . , tion, was attacked near Romanoff •by seven French regiments of cavalry, ,of , the King of Westphalia's corps e which .were totally defeated ` , and pursued for •15 wersts. In this action, the first regiment of cavalry, Jagers, one of the best of the enemy's regiments, and o ne cavalry gre-, nadier 'regiment, were' entirely destroyed; two Colonels; la °Meer:3, and 30U privates, taken prisoners." E:•:TRACT OF A LETTER FROM RIGA, DATED AUG. 1- " The destruction of our suburbs has been completed, and has occasioned the utinOst distress amongst the inhabitants. Thee enemy is close at . Laud, and we expect daily to be attacked. We are;,however ; well prepared. Our fortress is in the best state of defence, and our. garrison con sists of 25,000 men, p. ovisioned for,six months." EXTRACT OF A LETTER vßosi REVEL, JULY 29 " This goes by a Swedish courier from head: , quarters. - On' Sunday, •we had bad news front Riga., The. west suburbs, with all the timberand piles of masts, were ordered to be burnt, and were burning when my letter Was sent fora FoUr thousand Ibissians were obliged to cut through twelve thousand Prtissiins, hear Mittau, and re treated into Riga. The east suburbs were ex-: pected to he burnt to the ground in a day or two. :Admiral --Alartin,:who•has the command of the river, and Fort Boldra, at the entrance of the river, has caused a nurbber,of gun- , boats to be fitted out, so as to aE9rdintinite service and pro , tection. • , General Essen, the Governor of Riga, Airites to . the'Gavernor here, that the Prussian• troops, who drove the four thousand Russians into Riga from the neighbourhood of Mittau, are now sur rounded ; and he hopes by his next to have'the satisfaction to announce the, capture of the whole body." EXTRACT OF A LETTER" FROM GOTTENBURGH, DATED, AUGUST 11. " I arrived bereilate - yesterday evenirig; and, according to my promise, hasten to sketch you the information I have been able in an hour to collect: ; • The Swedes are embarking troops con jecture is at variance whether for an attack on Zealand, or a diversion in favour of the Russians at Dantzic. Peace I understand to have been proclaimed in the churches yesterday throughout Sweden. Lord Cathcart has, in coniunction with Sir James , Satimarez, visited the Governor of G-ot tenburgh, and has proceeded up the country. lie will meet the' frigate, on the coast, after sbe, has run the gauntlet of the Belt, arid will . proceed ; . I suppose, to the Russian head-quarters: . Gaiety. of heart seems to be With every body here; arid one spirit of resistance to Buonaparte animates the .whole body -of the people. The Norwegians talk of asking theßritish Throne to provision and . govern them. It is understood Vie Swedes are to. embark in three divisions of 10,000 each. Trans ports here are all ready ; Captain Willoughby; of 'the Navy, is gone to the Emperor of Russia, pre- , Ceded' by Lord Cathcart." We understand that Lord MEtvz,LLE has changed his day for receiving Naval Officers, from Friday to Tuesday, at twelve o'clock. = We are happy to state, that letters have been ieceiVed in town from General BERESFOfiD, writ ten with his own hand, to some of his most parti-- cular friends, to . announce, ri the most unques tionable form; the welcome news of his being out of danger, and rapidly recovering from the wound .that he received in the battle &f the 22d ult. Some accounts from Spain state; that MAR moNT had reached Burgos in a litter, ext.:re:la:ly . . The Life Guards, about to embark for the Pen insula, feel hondured and gratified by the actual ervice to which the superior military judgment of the PRINCE REGENT has so wisely destined, theni. nu' l 2th Dragoons distinguished itself geatly in the late affair at Salamanca. It was -led on by the Hon. Colonel P. PowsOseY„and was for a considerable time in the hottest part of the battle.: The 61st Regiment (General Hewitt's) expe rienced ty much greater itHS than other corps in killed arid wounded at the baffle of •,?,alamiica ; the 11th PoOt (Sir Charles Asgill's regiment),and third battalion of the Royal Seots, were next in succession tlke 'greatest snifflers. Five hundred of the Wiltshire Militia entered, Liverpool on Saturday, .under the conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel WAnNroittr; the remainder of We regiment, to the number of 450., departed fot'.Chester. The effeet of habit is not less poweiful with nations than individuals, and hence originates na tional character. A Tartar Prince, with his wife, children, and dependants,. once took refuge at the Court of the late Empress of Rus3ia, .for protec— tion against the insults of some of his more power ful neighbours. To the surprise of the whole CoUrt they could not . tast: the butcher's meat of St. Petersburgh,'but had a horse occasionally killed for their own use. • Harbouring and Concealing Deserters.—A person. named Saunders; residing in the neighbourhood of Clerke.nWell; Was convicted yesterday at Queen square Office, in the penalty of '2Ol. for liaing knowingly concealed a deserter, named 4ratt, be longing to the Coldstream regiment of Foot Guards; and he not paying the said fine, w as committed to prison until the same be paid. (THIRD NIGHT.) The whole town was again a complete blaze of light last night ; and-th; rejoicings were, if pos sible, greater than before.. The poplar feeling was manifested in a remarkable degree, - at the west end of the town, where, what with hutZaing, and cries of " Wellington and Victory," the up , roar WM inctssant until long after midnight. ' The Mansion-House:Much the tn , .;st magni ficent illumination and jubilee were exhibited lase night at, the Mansion-llowe: The Lord Mayor did not wish to encourage a second night's nation, and therefore did not light up the House on Tuesday, till he was-prevailed upon to dose the multitude; and then . he did it with the great est good humour ; but, , understanding that it was the universal wish to celebrate the late .glnriotlr victory by a third night's illumination, the Lord Mayor gave instant orders that - for this nignt the: Mansion-House should be illuminated in_ the znost brilliant manner, which vv - as completed by eigbt o'clock and in addition, . military trophies ana nags" of all descriptions, were hung. up en thy. grand brilliant pillars of the portico : and, as Much mischief had ensued on the last night by fire-works, the Lord rtlayor provided a full and grand .band, which played till a late hour of the night.. (fins was a happy event, as it kept the. people . in ,exeelient huiriour, and the grandeur of the Whol& scene Was .beyond all description.: The following Letter was circulated by the Lord ,Movor:— " appearing from the.-dispssition of the inhaktitants of this city last night, tnat three. nights' celebration, by illumination, should tak9 price, and 'which has been formerly witnessed on the events of battles not less glorious or moment- Ouse than the recent gallant actions of Lord NVel-• lifigton and s his brave arniy ; .. and as by Mistake on the first night the Mansion - house was not particu-! laily illuminated' till a late hour, and only partii, ally so last night, I intend this night to prepare: an illumination, in compliance with the general wish,, in which I most" fully participate. " Your faithful humble Servant, " C. llutsrrEn M'yor." The Merchant Taylors'' Company celebrated the , Arictory . with a turtle dinner, which was attended by.the.Lord Mayor., several Aldermen, , one the Atria's, and other persons of respectability. Their, illuminations; in consequence, were grand. The avenues to .the Hall Were a blaze of lustre; the Hall itself,, oh one side, were emblazoned with the: CroWn various devices, in coloured lamps- The screen was decorated with two transparencies; the one representing Captain Clinton brills knee, delivering the eagles and ensigns taken from the Erench to th . 'Prince Regent on Lis Throne ; -the other was a Venus Anadyomene, surrounded by • Neptune and Tridents, with a vanquished vessel in flames in the hack ground. Stnarset House.—Three Crowns, Anchor, of various coloured lamps ; 'the letters G. it M. W. - P. R, with rows of lamps ; the tout enJanide very splendid and brilliant. Immense crowds flocked to the Spanish Ain ba4sador's residence in Spring-gardens, the front of ;which was. .brilliant beyond description: En addition to the numerous rows of lamps, fes toons, and stars, were triumphal arches of ramp:7, , - The "Same transparency addressed " To Britain; Triumphant;." with " Wellington," and under neath, " Spain -Grateful," appeared ; also as entablature in. the back ground, the same which we 'yesterday; described :—the allegorical trans. . natency at Wrigley's, representing the Hero ou horseback, crowned by Victory, fur having put ti) flight Despotism, Impiety, and Rapine, had at inimitably .nue cifect. The Portuguese Ambassador's house, in South ' Audley-street, was lighted with candles from the top to the bottom, which were placed in every, window in the form of a triangle. His. Royal Highness Monsieur's house was also brilliantly lighted with candles. The Admiralty was again illuminated. In ad dition to the former arrangements of the pyrami-, dical column,• composed of the Anchor, Star, Crown, and W. appeared G. HI. Rex ; and 'on, the left, G. P. It. . ; The Horse Guards.—Q. P. R. and Crown. The Treasury, and other Public . Offices, same. Passing up Charing-Cross., liantOck's, the Bri tish, Oliphant's the:, Opera-Hnuse, all vied with each other in splendour ; the only alteration was substituting the letter M. for E. ' the Ordnance-Office, in. Pall. Mall, was illu minated by torches, extending the length of the building. Lady.Louisa-Manners, the-Marquis of Bucking ham, and the Duke of Marlborough, had Ball" beaux and candles. The'Marqufs AVellesleyfrhouse in PiccadillYP displayed seteral new and approbriate .devices, arranged with considerable. taste and brilliancy. • The house of Mr. Wellesley. Pole Long, in -Ncyr Norfolk-street, was ':very grand, and , tary to the Spanish • cause.. The Servants- have thrown out tickets for beer among the people the 'Value Of 500 t. The beer was delivered at the different public houses. The Earl of Essex's house, in Great Stanhopi street, was lighted in front with large. Wax - till?: - beanx. Earl Gower and .Viscount Cramorne -s ' were lighted up in the same manner ;- as well as • 'the ..Ilarquis of Lansdown's in .4erkley-square• Lotdf-%ardley's house, in GTO s strc etonacte a grand appearance. The .splendour and bra: Tiancy, of the adornments in honour of the great rictory,:excited general, admiration.: Lord - Castlereagh's excelled ev9ry other.mral sion in St. James's-square ; pyramidical Coluura, festoons, a.W. and .military trophies. 'foe Bishop's_of London, Wedgwood's, thilr, of Norfolk's, Mr. Rose's, Lord Beauchamp's , Boehm, and Mr. were very brilliant, by ti aid of a vast quantity of candles. r Pay Office—G. R. anti a Crown. in coloo- d lamps. Dolan's Italian Wareb.Ouse; . Strati _Star 1 1 coloured lamps. Hungerford coffee H o use, Strand—Ecery vciri t e, dow.in the ho us e f u ll :o f can dle s , in the bacA ground laurel•aud roses. • . . d, r l. Phoenix Fire Office, Charing-cross—A 25 . -- 0 !' length row of lamps three deep. neat and sPleudiw