The Sun. — London, England, 1812-12-21 00:00:00

iiJttenhurgb, 1 Cotutina, 1 Waterrford. 1 xi r•—• 1 Cadiz. 1 Lisbon, 1 .Brazils, 3 Guerntry, a-Jersey, 5 3 Waterford. THE - SUN. SOLEM QITIS DICER E FALSCAI AUDFAT ? LON D 0 MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1812. At a late hour last night two Gottenburgh :Nrails arrived. The intelligence continues to be of the most gratifying nature; in every quarter success attends the Russian arms. We have not room to comment upon the various de tails which they contain, but our Readers wilt see. with pleasure that they confirm our statement of the departure of Lord WALPOLE for Vienna. It is worthy of notice that the re port of BUOWAPARTE• having been shot by one of his Officers was current at Gottenburgh, but Dk.- VOUST, and not BERTHIER, was mentioned as the person who shot him. Accounts have been received by Government from Stockholm, which state, that on the 23d ult. Gen. LAMBEFITI defeated BTIONAPARTE'S ad vanced-guard, under Gen.beimnri'w sm.—Letters had been received from . Count tVITTGENSTEIN, dated the .24th, at Copyssa,..:which state that he had killed great numbers of the enemy, and made 800 prisoners. The last accounts froth Prince E.UTUSOW were also of the `? Ith ult. He was at that time marching upon Orsha and Moghilew. This morningFrcnch Papers of the 17th reached town. They do not co►►tain any Bulletin; but there are pretended private letters from the Army, which state, that on the 29th Nov. the French army was between Minsk and Wilna. This, we have no doubt, is a fabrication ; for if the fact were so, a Bulletin would, Undoubtedly, have been pub lished. Letters from Sweden state, that l 8001Prns sians, who marched from Colberg to reinforce the army, returned to that fortress after the first day's march, haring positively refused to proceed. This morning the following Bulletin was is- sued : Foreign Office, Dec. 21, 1812. A Letter from Mr. Thornton, dated Stockholm the nth inat. ;Ili:lust:. a proai4 of tke Prinea of SaL , lensko to the 24th November, dated Peters bui.glt, the 28th . November. 'General Count LAMBERT, who commands the advanced-guard of Admiral TcnicuAoorF, has defeated BUoNAPARTE 's advanced-guard, under DomeaousKt, and made three thousand prisoners. The killed are in proportion.. Count WITTGENSTEIN :is at Copyssa, in . coru- Munication with Admiral TCHICHAGOFt. In his report of the 24th he states, that 'he had killed a great numbet of the enemy, and taken eight tui,cired prisoners. Accounts from the Grand Army of the 23d Nov. state, that the Prince of Srnolensko was marching on Orsha, and Moghilow, parallel to BuoNA. PARTE's retreat. Nothing could prevent the junc tion of all the armies, if necessary. WINDSOR, DEc. 20.—Yesterday the Duke of YoEx arrived here, and after dining with the QUEEN and PRINCESSES, SCS off at six A)'eloek for atlands. This morning Princess CHARLOTTE of WALEs, attended by Lady DE CLIFFORD, went to St. George's Chapel, and . 4eard a sermon, by the and Rev. Mr. STOPPORD. After service the Bishop of. SALISBURY ordained eight Gentlemen in Priests's Orders. Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES staid to see the ceremony. Yesterday the Lord CHANCELLOR had an audi ence of ale PRINCE REGENT at Carlton House. Oa Saturday Viscount CASTLEREAGH gave a valid (Honer_ to about thirty Members of the , douse of Conmiris. Yesterday the Noble Vis- Count gave a dinner to about 20 Members; and on Thursday he will give a grand dinner to Count LIEVEN, the Russian Ambassador, and the other Foreign MinisterS: the Cabinet Ministers are luvitcd to meet them. The Earl of MoiRA entertained a select party of friends at dinner yesterday . , at his house in St. James's Plice. , . A 4 hatidsome gold snuff-box, of the valtie of 1000' guineas, _liieautifully enamelled, with an elegant portrait. of his MAJESTY, tastefully set round with brilliants, is to be sent to Russia, as a present. from his Royal HighneSS the PRINCE REGENT to the Emperor ALEXANDER. Saturday, at . half-past one o'clock, the LORD CHANCELLOR bitoke . up the sittings of Chancery, in Lincoln's Inn.llall, and proceeded to the Coun cil Office, Whitehall, to attend a Meeting of the Lord , of the C',ouncil at two o'clock, which Wits attended by all the Cabinet MiniSters, the .1 ntlge of- the, Admiralty, Sir JOHN Nionot,, the Master of the . Rolls, and Mr. RYDER. 'The latter Gen tleman attended in _consequence of the business having originated at the time he was Secretary of Stqte tor the Home Department. Their Lord ships sat till about three o'clock, when the Cabi net Ministers adjourned to the Foreign Office, where they held a Council, wllich - sap Al past five. • lIVSSIAN IWLLtrINS. REPORT FROM .1133t:TAN P-GEN. KUTCSOW TO HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY 41st Nov. from the To--:n of paYinnwi tche " After my departure from Moscow, I, in the course of 14 days, not only came up with the ene my's army, but likewise sent out detached parties to cut off the road of his retreat. In consequence of this . ,:two French Generals, llautren and Casin, the Polish Colonel Count MalaChowsky, several officers, and a great number of privates have been made prisoners. I shun have the :happiness of sending your Majesty a report of those; who in these different skirmishes have signalized them selves by their activity and exertions. 'Count Prince Wolkonskji, your Imperial Majesty's Ad jutant, deserves particular notice, he having taken one.of the aforesaid Generals prisoner. " I am, by means of the detached parties, al ready in communication with the corps of Count Wittgenstein. Colonel Elmuisen, of the regi ment of body Cossacks, who was detached with .a separate party,' has this moment sent me seven of the enemy's officers, and 400 privates, as prisoners, who, according to their report, had endeavoured to find a place of refuge for themselves after the battle of Krasnow, and intended to defend them 'selves in the 'villages; but being suddenly at tack ed, they were at length obliged, after an obstinate defence, to surrender to the arms of your Impe rial Majesty." ItEr•ORT rROM THE GENERAL OF CAVALRY, COUNT IrITTGENSTEIN,DATED VILLA.GL TSCHAsCHRAKA, NOV. 17. " On the 1-Ith November, Marshal Vic Ton having collected all his troops from, different places, and having been reinforced by a division which had remained behind, attacked with great fury my advanced-guard, under the command of Lieutenant-General Prince Jascit wit., who ) ac cording to my brders, retired towards the corps in the position of the estate of Smolna, in the best order, and as if it were merely executing a ma noeuvre at a review. The enemy immediately ad vanced against the centre of my position and threat ened, with an overpowering force of troops, whirls marched in columns, my two flanks, I suffered him to approach near, and then received him with my Sharp-shooters and artillery. The action was very hot, and continued the whole day, especially in the centre, on which he particularly pressed to take my main batteries,Which were on a height be fore my position, having in front the Village of Smol , na,which was six times taken by the enemy, and as often retaken by us. At length is the evening, thanks be to the Almighty, the giver of all good things, and praise to the brave troops of your Im perial Majesty, the enemy, after having lost about 800 men, and some officers taken prisoners, with a great number of killed and wounded, (for the a great number of killed and wounded, (for the vil lage of Smolna, as the field of battle was full of dead mortified e t the failure of his euterprize. Lame- ' diatcly after this, the enemy Withdrew in my sight, with the greater part of his troops, along the river Ula upon Baitshckow, where, however, he was received unexpectedly, by my reserve, under the command of Major General J"ocK. Ile,there made a halt to pass the night. Meantime he. made a strong demonstration in the night i by throwing bridges over the River Lukomla, intending by this movement to turn both my flanks, and get in my rear, and thereby force me to quit my position. But when he found this at tempt totally defeated,. he returned hack on the 3d (15th) at eight in the morning, and marched past me, with his whole force, which was very great, at a considerable distance. Be at length left a strong rear-guard, opposite to to my position, and which remained there until late in the night, when lie moved further along the road to the village of Akswza.. 1. cqumpawied my van-guard to pursue • him: with cavalry, which has already made. upwards of sik hun dred prisoners. Should he continue his re treat further, I will, 'according to. circum stances follow him in person with my whole force, and I shall not neglect submissively. to give your Imperial Majesty information of the direction he may ,take. It is, at present, impossible to know whether he means to retire, he having halted in the village of Melisehkowelscha, from whence there are two roads, one leading' to Sennd and the other to Tschercga. I cannot sufficiently praise the valour and steadiness shewn by your Imperial Majesty's troops, as well as of all the Generals and Officers commanding th e same. Our loss in both: the van-guard engage ments, and in the battle of yesterdly, amounts in killed and wounded to 18 staff and chic( officer:, and upwards of 1000 privates. The Senator, BI BIXOW, has received a severe ontusiou hi his foot by a bullet." itkiNikt oir Aint/tAt GtNEttAL kArsatit PAUL 14E1V ) TO HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY ) DATED RIGA, NOV. 18. In my dispatches of.the 15th, I had thd nest of informing your Majesty of the taking of the town of Kreuzberg by Maj. FILATow. At the same time I made an humble representation of My intention of taking possession of the town of rtedrickstadt, 'and it being a point of conse quence, from whence the enemy might easily hate made inroads, both into Livonia, and the Go vernment of Pskow. For carrying this into effect, agreeably to the plan Ihad formed,, the following has been performed detachthent from the corps of Lieutenant General LEwIS, con , sisting of 1300 men, under the command of Major BoJowNow, attacked time town from the left bank of the Dwina, whilst the troops under Colonel REDINGER attacked it from the right bank of the same river. To cover this attack, and prevent the enemy from assisting the town, another detachment from Lieutenant-General LEWIS'S corps, consisting of 1000 men, under the command of Major JULIS TRATOW, was detached to make a false attack on WaMIA for the purpose of amusing the enemy, and taking off his attention from Frederickstadt. The attack on this town was made on the 15th inst.. at nine o'cluck A.M. and .at one o'clock in the afternoon, the enemy, after a defence ra ther obstinate quitted the town, and fell back in disorder on Jacobstadt. He was pursued about the distance of 10 wersts, on his retreat, by Major BOJOWNOW. In this affair we have tAken one Officer and about 70 privates prisoners. On our side, We may e3timate. the loss of all the three detachnients At about 260 men. The dead bodies found in Frederickstadt, and round that town, prove the loss of the enemy to have been very considerable. As I had previously supposed, Marshal MAc- • DONALD detached a considerable reinforcement . from Misshof to Frederickstadt, which being on its way opposed by the-detachment under Major- General IcLEsTRow, attacked him, but not being able to , force their way past him, could not pre vent the capture of Frederickstadt; in which there were about 600 Bavarians, and three squadrons of Russian cavalry. The enemy having for sometime past formed a plan for fortifying his right flank he for this purpose, on the morning of the 3d (I3th) attacked the detachments of Lieute nant-General LEWIS, which covered Riga, and endeavoured to force him to retreat into the forti fications of the city, in order thereby to cover his right flank, and by taking advantage of the river Dwiva being frozen, to find LI-Jowl. of enrry;ng his operations in my rear. [Want of room obliges us to postpone the re mainder of this Report.) STOCKHOLM, DEC. 10.—It is reported, and generally believed, that negotiations are on foot between Russia and Austria. Above 400 guns taken from the French, are to be formed into two monuments at Petersburgh. A great number of stands of colours, taken from the enemy, are placed in the Carzan church at Petersburgh. Lord Walpole, it is said, has pro iceeded from St. Petersburg to Vienna. On Saturday the &spatches by the Charley Grant, Marquis of Ely, Perseverance, Marquis Camden, General Harris, for Bombay and China, and Ceres for St. Helena, Bencoolen, and China, were finally closed at the East India House, and delivered to their respective Pursers. Two squadrons of the lOth, or Prince Regent's own Hussars, will set off this day for Epsom and Ewell, where they will remain for a short time, previous to their ,embarkation for Portugal ; as also another squadron to-morrow for Guildford, Surrey. They will be relieved by a party of the 7th Dragoons, who arrived at Knights bridge on Saturday, and will do ,duty at the llorse-Gnards. THE THEATRE.--,The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was represented on,Saturday last at Drury- Lane Theatre,. with a general magnificence in scenery, costume, &c. worthy of the English Stage. Mr. RAE, who has acquitted himself so respect ably. in Hamlet and - Young Norval, performed the part of Romeo, and in such a manner as to add to his professional credit. There is a pensiveness in the general tone, 7 aspect, and manner of this ac tor, which is peculiarly well calculated to expreSs feelings •..c,f --diroppointment and if he is not equally successful In representing the more spirit; ed and violent emotions, it is because, in real life, characters that are marked by traces of a melan choly nature • are not prone to such active emo tions, and such we conceive to be his disposi tion. His performance altogether was interest ing, affecting; and impressive. He was through out deservedly applauded. Miss SMITH was the Juliet, and she rendered the part highly promi minent. Her acting always displays an evident' study of the character, minute and comprehensive, and wherever she fails it is not for want of atten tion. The pervading feature of her acting is energy, but where delicacy and softness are re glared she is not equally successful There is, however, a dashing spirit in her performance, which covers all minor defects, and if she does not often excite the sympathy of the audience, she strongly appeals to the imagination, and en forces their applause. •Her efforts were most libe rally requited by approbation. 'EXECUTION.—CharIes Frederick Palm and Sa muel ,Telling, convicted at the Admiralty. Sessions last, week, of Murder on the High Seas, this morning suffered, pursuant -to their sentence, at Execution Dock.—John Bruce,• convicted of the same offence at Milford Haven, and who was to have suffered at the same time, bas b een for fourteen days. respited NAVAL N.EWS6 PLYmouTit, lisc. 16.—=Arritiect the Promthears sloop of war from Pbrtsmonth: DEC. 17.—Arrit•cd the slOop Arthur and Si bille, belonging to Darttkuuth, DEACENT, master, from Guernsey: Dec. 18.--- , =Arrived the Friendship, CLARKEy from Yarmouth ; and the. Prince of Wales, Clio• TER, front Newhaven. Sailed the Andromeda sloop of war, the flag-; ship of Rear -Admiral Li IC ZEE, for Falmouth, from whence she will proceed to Gibraltar; the Sur prize frigate for Cork, to take convoy for the West ludies ; the Parthian sloop of war for Ports mouth 3 the Amaranth brig of war on a cruise ; the Intelligent gunbrig on a cruise off Seilly; the Vengear and Princess Caroline men of war to blockade Cherburgli ; and the Prometheus sloop of war to the Eastward. Arrived the Crescent frigate from the eastward ; the Appledram, GANTLETT, from Chichester; Polyblank, BALL, and the Sally; JAavis, from Dartmouth ; Friends, FAYEDEn, from Southamp ton ; and the George and Henry, COLE, from Exeter. The following ships of war are at this port. in, elusive of guard-ships, prison-ships, 8:e. viz.: Centaur, Danomark, Hannibal,, Revotutionaire, Norge, Unicorn, Hotspur, Salsette, Pyramus, Bus tard, • Insolent, Martial, Niemen, Bloodhound, Pe lican and Crescent; Thistle schooner, and Sylvia cutter. The 2d Battalion of the sth Regiment of Foot, which lately landed here from Lisbon, are to be stationed at Kingsbridge. There are now 600 wounded soldiers from the army in Portugal, in the Military Hospital and Barracks. the Berkshire Regiment of Militia are on their march from Bideford for this garrison. DEAL, Dec. 20.=.-A vessel has this moment an chored here from France, which she left at four o'clock last' evening. She brings no news what ever, The strictness of the French Officers to prevent papers or correspondence coming away exceeds all former descriptions. The French ar•e still in the dark as to the situation or state of the Emperor. PORTSNIOUTH, DEC. 20.—Sailed yesterday his Majesty's ships Deruent and Alert on a-crnize. The Beagle takes convoy for the Downs instead of the Countess of ragtn. YARMOUTH, DEC. 19,—Tbe John and Mary of Hull, HOLCROFT, master, from Wished' to London, with potatoes, was driven on shore about 12 o'clock, at Gorton, crew savid. This morning early the Bee, of Hall, Bewirr, laden With potatoes was stranded near the Pier.— Crew saved. A boat belonging to Gorlestor,, in attempt ing to go out of the Harbour this morning, to assist a vessel in distress, upset on the bar, icy wbicb melancholy accident nine men belonging Gorleston were drowned. FALMOUTH, DEC. Is.---Sailed his Majesty's ship Ramillies, of 74 guns, and Thud gun-brig, for Cork, to join the West India convoy, said to be destined there, previous to their final depar- tore. .Sailed also his Majesty's ships Alhicore, Tyrian, and Castilian, on separate eruizes ; the Pickle schooher, and Earl St. Vincent, BRICKET, for Guernsey; Sir Charles Cotton, HEAN, for Len,- de ; Ajax, TAYLOR, for Jamaica, with fish ; Alert, BOSNSTOW, for Lisbon ; Carteret packet for . C.o runna ; and the Diana packet for the West Indies. Arrived his Majesty's ship Zephyr, Also a frigate, having a signal for the Mediterranen 0011 , voy, supposed to be his Majesty's ship .4ndroineda;- from Portsmouth. llAawrcn, Dac. 20. Arrived the Beaufoy packet with mails and passengQrs from Gotten burgh. Sk.iled the 16th inst. The Helder, Far, with about 20 sail, came out just before her, and were collecting ; they must be now near the kiwi. The, Auckland packet arrived at Gnttenburgh the same day the I3eaufoy sailed. Capt. WILKIN SON of his Majesty's ship Courageux, bad detained a gun-brig for dispatches, in case the packet should not be able to proceed immediately. The ice is about as low as the sugar-house. HOMEWARD-BOUND FLEET. On the 7th or Bth inst. it was officially asserted that a .convoy would sail,' but as no ships had ar rived before the packet sailed, no accurate ac account can bel given, nor ,cant it be ascer•- tained what number 17,11 accompany it, but it was said, about 200 sail out of 450 in Carlshani and Carlscrona. The 29th regiment of foot, now stationed at Windsor, is under orders for America, it is sup posed for Quebec. Prince KAUNITZ died last mouth at Vienna.