The Sun. — London, England, 1812-08-31 00:00:00

Comob . - rr,TcF, OF STOCKS • s DAY AT.TWELVE O'CLaCK. THE SUN. EQLEM Ql,lls ,DICEnE /ALS:3M AUPEAT ? L 0 N. D. 0 AT, MONDAY, AtirAIST 31, IRI2. A coniderable agitation was excited on Satur day by the arrival of the following 'Letter from Gottenburgb,. dated the 24th instant :—" The Russians and . Ftench have had a most 'desperate engagement—it took place on the 15th instant. The Corsican commanded' in person- 2 - it was fought on the plains near Braslan, a small village, about Midway between Polotsk. and Riga.—. The Frelith had previously retreated across the and appeared nearing - Riga. The at.:- tads was by the Russians, the right of the French. 'French. occupying Braslau. It seems BuoxA PARTS threw all his strength in the* centre, and BAGRATION fell unexpectedly on his left, aided by a . great body of cavalry. The right of theFreneh were at first victorious, -but it contained but a short tiate--;-a desperate charge froin the COssacs • decided the fortune of the day. The. French lost 18,000 killed and wounded; and 14,000 prisoners; the Russians 11,000 killed and : wonnded," Of this most desirable event, we are sorry to say: no` confirmation has . yet been received. It is, IiOW 7 , ever, extremely probable that a battle may. have taken place about the geriod stated in this report, . provided the French had previously retrograded frota their advanced positions ; for the reported scene of action is at least no miles iii - the rear of iIuoz,APARTE'S head-quarters, at the date of the last Bulletin. The fact of the enemy haying re treated being once ascertained, their Sub Sequent defeat wbuld be an trent most reasonably to be expected ; and as - the . foimer' is by 'no means probable, we cannot help, entertaining strong hopes that the letter may prove correct. Although we do not Undertake' to .pledge our- Selves for the truth of the contained iii the above letter; yet we by no means aree with_ those who hold it as altogether unworthy olsredit. The letter has been treated ase* a fabricatiot; and' it has been called P a pretended letter now we can venture to' assert that, whether the state be correct or not, the letter was actually received from Gottenburgb. With respect to the probability of the story, it has been objected, that it is very unlikely - that a general battle should have been fought on the 15th in the neighbourhood of Braslan because the 12th Bulletin, dated the 76, stated the French Army to be at Witepsk.. It is very true that if a battle was fought on the 15th at Braslan, the French army must have retreated with great 'rapidity between the' '7th and that day. We . stated cur reasons some days •ago for, thinking that BOONAPARTE. meant to -retreat, and-the, news . which has since reached us is not calculated to alter that, opinion. Dispatches have been received by Government from Raga, dated the 1 lth inst. which contain anaccount of the battle of Cobryn, - ;rom which it appears that the Russian- General ToamESSOW,who commands the third army, gain ed a coMpletevictory over the French, haVing taken' 4 standards, S pieces of cannon, l Saxon General, 70 other Officers, and 3000 men prisoners of war. The Russians are described as being in the highest spi rits, and greatly elated with the successes they have obtained. Another very important piece of i iformatiou which has reached us . is, that the Rus sian army, which had been employed against the Turks, had arrived in Volhynia, and was advanc ing towards Cobryn, almost in the rear.. of the French. Now this circumstance, coupled with The success of TORMESSOW, may very well, in our opinion, account for the rapid retreat of the French. Another circumstance has . come to our kw.mled , r b e, which we think it rioilt to mention. One of our. cruizers last Week - fell hi ,with a Dutch fishing boat, the owner '4;) stated, that on - : the day he sailed, „which wai the 25th, a report was generally culated,, that the French had been com pletely defeated in Russia, with the - loss or be tween 30 and 40,009 men. Having thus.stp,ted all the information which has reached us upon this subject, we shall leave it to our Readers to form their own Conclusions ; a very few days, however, must remove:all doubts upon the subject. MAc- RONALD ,hilA retired from Riga, and the Fre' nch kisoners state that BUONAPARTE has. left the Army. The Gottenburgh 3fails which have arrived have not bought any intelligence of importance, except that' the Expedition from Sweden had not sailed, a circumstance which we deeply lament. We have already said all that .wethink7recluisite on the Sicilitn'Expedition, and more,. we doub riot, than the Public could require. Vie Morning Crouniete copious :in its atiiinadversions . on it th-day; hat as we can say, from indisputable in formation, 'that all its facts are unlounded, we do 'riot feel ours Ives under the necessity of refuting the reasonings which it has built npon.them. We only think it necessary to add,"that -the Expedi tion proceeded from Majorca on the 2.5 th of July ; Ind is now in Catalonia.. NAVAL NEWR. 29.—Arrived hired armed brig, with, a convoy from Wales, con sisting of the following, viz; :---Sufficient, P2ARSE, liagflower, WILLI4ms;, Hero, BARTLETT, rimers, DALTON,. Bedford, NICHOLLS, Fdx ,' BENIMAN, and a few others, names unknoWn, calm laden. Arrived the S'pectiiat-orhired armed lugger from the. eastward, and is appointed convoy to Ports mouth and theADowns ; it is. expected .she will' sail . on the Ist of September. • .Arrived the Firag' o. gun-brig, convoy from Ireland ; the former, it - is expected, will sail again immediately ; also the ship Davison, J. . . NE'riZIOE, Master, from Petcrshurgh, with a cargq consisting of hemp and iron, for his' Majesty's dock-yard at this port; the Neptune, HAMRT, fr - om Weymouth ; Fortune, D New 'sPrOvidence,- RABY , and the Brilliant,.VlßE, froni Portsmouth ; Lord. 11,azdeesbury, WARNER . , from Southampton Active, STEVE'S, from BriStol ;- Two ,Friends, BROAD, , from Liverpool; jenny and Phccbe,MEL 7 yix, Richard, SCRth3, and the Sceptre, DOvE,lroni Sunderland ; Stert, COWLING,. Salty Ann, i'rint.rs, and the Venui, P s Y L S front London, Aitive,Tri.t., from Southampton Irea/anc4,,11u.05 . oN;fromSun derlaud ; and the Good Intent, .11AsAFoan, front,. Poole. . Passed down-Chgnnel yesterday a fleet consist ing of about 200 sal: Arrived the Ann tender frOtn Bristol. ISLANDS OF SCILLY, AUG. 22.—CaLie , in his Majesty's sloop Favourite, Captain FORBES ; and brig Wilton; HUTCIIrNSON, under convoy, bound to Corunna ; the ship floward, CHAND'I,ER, from London. to •BOstun (licensed) with a general cargo ; the brig Princw, STEPHENS, from An tigua to Phi,-month, with nun and sugar; the schooner //ape, PARKER, from Liverpool, to Lis bon ; aad the Royal Charlotte, HALLIVET . , bound to Gibraltar. ArGUST 24.—The above vessels sail. this morning. DEAL, Auo. 30.—Sailed the Pioneer, with the outward-boutid vessels, for Portsmouth. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 130.—Arrived the North stor sloop of war from a cruize. • . Saileci.hisll.lajesty's ship Niemen for the Downs, and Vauteur sIoOP of War, 'with a fleet, for Guernsey. ' . HARWICH, AuG. 29.—Arrived the Xing Georgi packet from Gottenburgh, sailed the 22d instant: Two large convoys bad arrived in Hawke Roads from the East Sea, and were . about to sail for 'England when the King George left ; a convoy. from Leith had arrived out. Arrived the Auckland packet from Gottenburgh ; saiLed the 20th inst. passed many wrecks off the Halm, and part of a ship apparently of a130ut.250 tons ; her quarter was painted with chequers.— The Auckland brought a Messenger with the rati fication of the Treaty of Peace between this coun try and Sweden. Letters, dated 16th August, from our sqoadion at anchor in Basque Roads, reached us on Thurs day 'last ; they state the enemy's 'force at five sail of the line. (one a three-decker), three frigates, five brigi4,- and a schooner. On the night of the 12th five Italians deserted from the enemy to join our squadron ; they state the ships of the line to have but 500 men each. The boat they came in was sent back again with an account of the defeat of Marmont written on her sails. The enemy were dressed out as usdal on Boney's.birth-day, and saluted at sun-rise,, noon,• and sun-set, with' 15 guns. A Gentleman named Reay, accompanied by a Latly, were overturned on Hounslow Heath, re zianing from Eghamn races on Thursday night, by the 'vehicle getting in contact with a waggon.. Mr. R. has bad his arm amputated in consequence Of its shattered state, • and he is yet not expected to live. The chaise was,broken to pieces, but the lady was not hurt. , A discovery of rather a singular nature was made a few days ago in the neighbourhood of Lnuth. Mr. Parker, of the Black Anil Inn, in that town, while rermiving some old hay in his pasture, discovered a tin tinder-box, ikturn-screw,. chisel, and virile, pick-dock keys. , On searching further, he .found a coarse linen apron, containing 741'. ‘rapt up, which proved 'to be Louth 'Over tokens, the. property of Mr. H. Chapman, grocer, whose house was. broke open about three month ago. The following circumstance occurred a few days j since at Pinncy, t near Lyme :—The children of the family had placed .a cage of young goldfinches I near an open window in their nursery. This ex cited" the cupidity of a spauow-hawk, who pounced with such violence on his intended prey,. thal not . , reckoning upon the resistance Of the:wires, he fell on - ;he floor, and' was made prisoner by a female servant, who WaS sitting at'work un der tbe cage. One of ,the .hay. stacks. belortging to Mr. Bon ney, of Ulcornh, near ,Lecrls; caught fire last week, and wai with a quantity or straw .tot 111 consumed. The damage is. estiartted at 3001. A bay-stack of ?An Moce, at Tentcrdert; Sent, being overheated, caught fire on Sunday se'rotight, hen about 20 tuns were coasuaiel - , GOTTESISTIRGII raox ina St . PETERSBUIIGH GAZZTTP., AUG's/ST sTit' 067.14). "Important intelligence has been just feetived here ffom Our arm ies —Bagration, in,•spite of the utmost efforts of the French army, bas effected liia junction with the main body, under Gen.. Bar clay de Tolli. There have been several itn portant . actions, in one of 'which the Viceroy of Italy, Beanhnrnois,was wounded, and his first Aid du.:Camp taken. The success of General. Witt genstein has been decisive, having completely' de- 7. featedMarshal Ourlinot, 'after a bloody contest, whiCh the PrenCh left 3000'killed on the field of battle, besides having 8000 wounded. All the artillery of • Oudinot; consisting of neat 70 pieces of-cannon, with-his heavy baggage,"fell into •the ,hands of our - brave , army." GOTT EN/-1171tG ti, •AUG.l9.=—Nothing of import 2 ance from th .artnies: On the 17th the Diet at Orebro was diStaised. • Aug. 22.—At the bnttic of Polotschs the French lost General Le- Grand, 'another General, and 3000 men. After the affair of the_French cavalry ; in Ivbich they were .so completely cut up by the CiAsacs, , Buonaparte became sO enraged With his brother Jerome, who Coannanded the division, that he' disiniised hiin, and he is now at CaSsel, on 'pre tence of being unwell, - and snot able to stand the fatigues or the campaign. -.Lord Walpole 'sailed from hence early this morning, in t!,e C' morning, sloop of war, for tail shm, where he into , ioin - Lord Cathcart. The convoy is noW in sight, consisting of 230 sail. - • • A number of vessels that Lad been engagetl as , transports, have been discharged, it. being the intention to transport the infantry in ships. of war ; those .fitted up for cavalry remain in .readi ness to receive then). ..., . CARLOTIAM, AUG. 17.—General Sannezat Inisi near Hcben, dcfuated the Saxon army ; taken one, General, .70 Oaicers, four standards; 30 pieces•Of cannon., and-30b0.inen. . ' The report of a general battle having taken place is unfounded. St..Petersharg has teen il luminated two nights, on account of the ratifica- . tion of the peace: with Turkey. The Russian corps which have been acting. against the Turks, ,are in full march to join the Grand Army: I:3ERLIN, Auo. 6.—They write from Warsaw, that the King of Westphalia (Jerome tuonaparte) arrived in that city on the 30th July. The health of his Majesty has been. so Much injured, that he has been obliged to leave his army and return_ to his dominions by easy journies. We hope; hosv , ever, that in consequence of proper remedies hav ing been timely applied, that his disease will not be attended with fatal consequences \ CASSEL, AUGUST 7, 1 -7-The .Chamberlain, Count ()bug, one of his Majesty's Dificers, has just ar• rived as a Courier to announce to her Majesty the: queen, the speedy return of our august Sovereign to his States. COPENHAGE,V; A.vo. £3,—tet;ers from Norway state, that the winter has been extremely pro longed. In the month of July great part of the surface of the country was covered with the-snow,- and the fruit trees. scarcely appeared in bud. BERLIN, At7Ce. I 1.--According to our Gazettes, the Emperor Ar-ExAxpiß has retrogaded to Novo gorod. The Minister from Prussia, to the Aus trian ,Court, Baron klumaot.p. , r, has set out for Vienna. nos Tacit, Atrovs2. li.—Sinee the ith August, we -have had in sight, before Warnernunde, a feet of from 150 to 200 sail, which are waiting. for a favourable wind to pass the Belts and return to England. The westerly 'winds which have prevailed hav; given time to Other ships coming from the . Guiph of Bohemia to join this fleet. We. learn that there are la it a great number Of vessels laden with Eili2;li::11 merchaudize and fugi tives who precipitately left the ports of Liebau, Nirindaw, and Riga. RXTRACT oi , A PRIVATE LETTER FROM witqA, DATED ItTH JULY. "'Already anti separated GOO leagues from you, and am ignorant what greater distance may 'still be placed bet'veen us. Those in Europe who believed that Russia had premeditated - , to retire without fighting, in order to draw'nl . into her deserts-, have been strangely mistaken; 1,0- army extended to all points of Russian- Po-, land, and the Emperor ALEXANDER was etjoying fetes at Wilna : can the very day ,we passed the Niemen, when-he learned„ with the utmost asto nishment, of 'the passage of this river, he was at a hall given him by General. BENNIGSEN, at his_ magnificent castle in the .environs of Vilna. It was, therefore, the rapidity of the t march of the French Army, and the harmony . 4 of its movements, to which are owing the so' .spcedy conepte,t of Lithuania. Ou Tuesday, last, at twelve o'clock, an inquest was held before J. W. UnWin, Esq. one of the Coroners fbr Mideliescx, nt the Black Horse, in Poplar, on the body Of Patriti Doyle, who bad inpthis death by a stab in the side on the Wednes- thlyeveniog previous. After fOur hours investi , .!..;ition,.the Jury were adjour,;(d till Tuesday' , • 'r'vc pf,-..r3ons are iii citslotly on s.usPicion of this; fltrpciousnoirder.; The-MaAl3tr-ite at officer's' •,. of the Shadweli Police arc op, the alert to find out .the 'Perpetrator, of th de'rd • • •;• Stveral slaves have lately .beOn . tried at .Dorni- Pica for pr-ictising.the art' Of witchcraft, or' what Obrascol4y calks! oile i d t . They -were found gUilt.y,-awl received se-Ire:lice of &mi l , but were reprieved at the.place: executiol. • Fifty-one invalid French prisoners of war were tokel - , Int week fr'ur tk at Chat: . anti sent in a cartel, to 1 ing s.pANlsri cutbmiTrcN. • On ..aiurclAy, the principal Spanisli Gelti.eT.e7.l in Lo:idon who lately had taken the oath to Cciiittitution; assembled to celebrate the day. Thy prCleeedt.d. in the morning to the. Spanish Ambassador's Chapel, where High Mass Was per formed. The body of the Chapel was set apart for the subscribers.;o the festivity, the floor aril cushions covered with crinison cloth. The'por trait of Ferdinand VH. was hung:unuer a crila son canopy withinside the rails of , the altar. A litte after e'even, the Ambassador, the Conde. Fenian Nunez, entered in • a richiy- embroidered Spanish court-dress, with the ribbon ofthe Order of tue .Golden kleece over it, attended - by the Suite of the embassy in military uniforms. Senor, Tutor, President of the Celebration, fcmowed at the head of the subscribers, all in fin). dress, and the MUSS began. ; cbauriting,viros, sustai-ed by, a veryaole choir, directed byßettor Vac,- earl led the band with his .a.:;u4.i.excecience. wards the close, the Te by lie Lesnia, very striking si.ecimen of- the , coLuposer's tatentS; was sang by .:Nliss Lue i...nors Dc Lesma and Losquelias. rS gr.i.o Mardi, hy clia.inted by ail ine voices . , dosed the. ccreinony 'ibis c , xquisitetreatto thehivers of niusie, occupied in the ei.Lite neaily tyo hours"; and too niuth praise cannot. Dc g,!yen to the whole , arrttrgement. Atiss i-lu 6 bes s already known as a .very interestni b sini;er. _be I,esnia'S• von:e is . firm, tasteiul, annsinguiar!y articulate. occiviitniiiiy. mentioned that of itogyielios, and stilLtbank it wiiiiont a,siiperior taste, and elegance : its nexnJuic: i puts rdi the evolutions (..t: the scale - itniu its power, and its captivating taste .ivart iii;turi:Ly to the choice of the finest-and most *wished B rAce,:. 4iis march " Vire, vire, sierapre Iberia, " Sublime in Leulyid," ivasa vigorous and animateci composition - , hi-ili a:it, characteristic, and abounding with t ‘ he rich t. snick of harniOnY. The galieries• were filled w ;PA Spimish. and English, ladies ; among wilwn, understand, were the Duchesses of Njer and la fantado. About seven the Subscribers dined at the City of Lonth:n Tavern. The dinner was sainptuo , ..4, with:a profusion of Madeira, Hock; and Chant- . pagne. The tables were laid round three sides of the room ; large plateaux placed along the centre, covered with emblematic ornanieuts, Elags, and. trophies ; the standard of Spain, the arms of England, in arcades and wreaths. Tile_ mirrors,. the blaze from the chandeliers, and the str:king equipment of the room and of the asstmibly, pro duced a splendid and interesting coup-d'uni. A military' band in the orchestra played marches and boleros ddring tne evening. The Aninassador, with Senor Tutor, the Marti 1s Api'.r tiad, General Mazzaredo, the COnsul4itnerl, and several Spanish Gentlemen, took thelr-Ft4ts at the centre table. At the request of the Ani balsador, the President gave up the annon-cc moat of the toasts to him -; and he acquittecthith zelf with all the dignity and courtesy of a Spnish NObleman. The first toast after - dinner . was - , " Ferdinand the . 7th;" drank standing, and witA three - times three.- The grand march by Rosquel-'' las was then played by the orthestrai, - andehe.wurd by the company. The shouts of ‘f Vice ! vive! siempie Iberia," were. loud and, enthusnastic, unel the march,was encored with great .applauf.e.....Thea followed, " The Constitution of Spain," Wio three.times three,. ", The health of Creorv.,, , e,lH. of SPain," was. neNt drunk with univer sal acclamations ; and Goa save the King!' ad mirably sung by Itosquellaa and De 11e5uni, the - whole company standing and joining in chorus. The toasts then succeeded rapidly, and the Ambassador gave, " The Cortes,—The Spanish Regency and its President, 7 -The Prince liege a: of England," with a brief panegyric on his po pular virtues, and his honourable attachinect ta the cause of the Peninsula,—" The Emperor of Ruisia, the Prince Regent of Portugal,'the of Naples, the Allies of Spa Liberties - Spain, as the beginning of the Liberties of :Contineht,--,The Marql:is of Wellington*The Reconciliation of the ...laiericas with Spain„-- The Guerillas." After tile 4-I.mbassador's.riAiring s , with a promise to reiurn, Senor Tutor took t!.e Chair, and.gave the . health of " The Conde Fe,ruan Nunez,--"Lhe. -Ladies of Spain, England, and _Portugal,—The English and Portuguese Guests,—The Conqueror of 13aylen,--•The Patriotic Composers of the Music, which had so hihly gratified them during_ the day,—Tlie. Stewards." •The. Ambassador then resumed, and returjed .thankS to. the company in a short but animv.ed and gracefully deliveredispecch. lie suggested it .as the great duty of patriotism to vent:raft' the la.W,s of the State. The cause in which they were all equally embarked was one equally dear, im portant, and auspicious to all. amour himself, his first _ - lesire waS to serve that catise,—his . ne),e, t°, Qn ail occasions-, the.puhlic and private friend of his countrymen. 'The company did not separate till a late hour, and the highest and. most genuine festivity pre - -.*aßed, • Dispatches were on Satarday sent offfrona Lard ''CATLEREApH'S. Office for Amv:rica. They will be "6'611 eyed from Falmouth in the Swiftsure packet/ • tinder a flagof truce. Government, it is said, have contracted for the transport of 40,000 quarters of wheat from the, Black Sea. EXtraordinary exertions have been tately at the Tower in preparing arms fov fore;go s er- • vice; Ninety thousand stand been Compkted. within - the last. forznk;ht-10,000 of which have been sent to eort ilial on, 1 0,,000 ,to COIL) il3 algid 50,000 will be shipped ininiediatelv fur On frijay the establightnent of n:ac!ictS to was Co-. rinina announced t!.:e Vost 0/fice• first mail from hence is to be ina le up to-marrowP' and the same opportnorty fs , to be afforded 0,017 forCnicrbt. • " • , Captain MILNL , is appa . nteJ to cohnnanci the irTier-olik, of 74 gunS, ()lithe north coast of in the room of Sir Ht NtE Mr. :a ci Vrs. C. KEMBLE have been ye tr letive. at Cheltei.ham. Mr. BETT,r 1S toA.e 4. /um). the,:e neit week.