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powers in the Lands of altegeriey chosen by theih- - selves. A Governmen t thus fortnet, wa. little calculat— ed to re-est . :Nish the confidence of tire c9lonies : vi conscious, indeed, were the ,members of their weakness, that they did notdaTe/to communicate. , their installation to them, befote they had been countenanced by a manifesto of the merchants of 3 Cadiz., species of support which, while it in sured the attachment of the Spanish factors in the colonies,, was certain to produce the contempt, and abhorrence of the rest o — f the people. fTo he continued.) MAILS. AR ATVEZ)--1 Gnerusey, i Jergcv, Quebec and Halifax, Gottenburgh, 1 Dublin,, 1 Watt:s - 1 DUE--1 I Dublin, Waterfor4' PRICE OF STOCKS • - VIES DAY At,TWXLYI; • C•m5c1:i.....57i 33 Red...1vm.....334i Omni= ... pr. THE; SUN. SqL,LM QUI3 DILLKS FAbsUM AUDEAI? LONDON,- FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, ..1812. FURTHER SUCCESSES OF THE RUSSIANS. A Gottenburgh Mail arrived this morning, bring ing accounts of three distinct successes obtained by the Russian troops over the French, who are stated to have lost no less than 22,000 men, be -sides, cannon and baggage. Cowing in the unof ficial shape which - these statements at present assume, .they may probably be exaggerated,' but there appears no doubt that the French have sustained a serious defeat, a circumstance which sufficiently accounts for the silence main tiined for so long a period by the French . Papers as to the state of the war . in Russia. — We rejoice also to observe, that the prepa• rations for the Swedish Expedition' are re- sumed. The Caowx PRINCE has been ap t pointed Generalissimo, with full powers, and it is said, that the expedition will land either in Po merania or some part of the adjoining territory. It seems, from the Gottenburgh accounts, that two attacks were made by the French On the 25th .• ' ult. one upon Prin ceßAGaAnoN's advanced-guard, and the other on the main Russian army, in both - 'which the . enemy were repulsed, losing in the foriner attempt- 8,000, and in the latter• 6,000. men, The third attack was made by OCIDINEPT, on the 30th and 31st ult. on a part. of the Rus sian army, under the command of General OSTER. MANI in which the former was repulsed with the loss of 5,000 killed, 3,000 prisoners, two pieces of cannon, and a' great quantity of baggage. We hasten to lay before our Readers extracts from the Papers brought by the Mail : GOTTE:IBURH, AUG. 15.—0 n the 25th ult. the French attacked the advanced guard of General BAGRATION, but were driven back with the loss of 8,000 men. On the same day the main Russian army *was attacked, and, equally suc cessful, the French being repulsed with the loss of 6000 men. On the 30th and, 31st Ult. r. French corps, Under the command of OuniNoT, attacked the Russians, under the command Of Ge neral OsTERM kN, and were repulsed with great slaughter, leaving 3000 prisoners, 2 pieces of can non, 'and a great quantity of baggage their loss in killed is estimated at 5000 men. The greatest , activity prevails in preparing the intended expedition ; its deStination is supposed to be Holstein, Pomerania,. or some part of the Prussian Waste. KONIUSBERG, JULY 27.—0 n the 21st inst. Clere was, at Eckaw, near Mittau, a battle, glo rious to the Allied arms. The corps of Prince WITTGENSTEIN, having passed 'the Duna, and being retiring towards Riga, General LEWES vas charged with covering the retreat of that Prince. 'Ori the twenty-first, 'there took place between him and the PinSsian Generals GRO*ERT and KLEIST, an action in which the Russians were forced to retreat. The former amounted to 10,00 Q men, 'the latter to only 5000 cord-. batants. The Russians lost 300 in killed, wound;• and prisOners, and a flag, which Major. TIPPELKIE.CH . carries to - Berlin. The loss of the Prussians consists of 100, in killed -and wounded. Captf ESEtECK and Lieut. WALms re mained on the field of honour, and the Captain of t ile corps of Guards, Count BEANDENBURGII, is slightly wounded, Gen. YORK has. arrived at Liebau. Eekau belongs to Count P-AHLEN. We are assnred that the Russians have burned the suburbs of Riga. WARSAW, JULY 25:4—The last intelligence from our army is dated Sluch, 18th inst. The place:of date sufficiently proves the celerity of its March. Between Nieswiez and Sluch, there .Was,a.fresh engagement beiiveen our troops and thelinssian cavoiry, in which the Ruisian — Geneial PaJILEN •was Ldled, and the Hetman Of the Cassacks,PLA- wounde! Cene!al BV' RATION must be surrounded in the neighboLrLood of Robrynski. • v rah hundred Itusslan ha v e been sent from hence to Magdeburg. • WARsAw, JULY 26.---Thc extraordinary Sitting of the 24th in waamost brilliant. As . toon as it was opened, the Mint Deputation, return..!d from Wilma, was introduced. Senator and Count AVYBuFor, gave an - account in the name of the Deputation, of the object of its diplomatic mission ; and Senator NA 7 y,Awont, in his present ing his Majesty's the Emperor iIA.r.OLEOWS .in swer in French, gave at the same . time a transla tion of it to osmEARs, Secretary to. the Confederation, in order that it might be read to th/ssembly. The 'reading being finished, the Hall resound&d with the cry (for whichflie Marshal of the Con federation, Prince CZARTQRISKI, gave the signal) of "long live NAPOLEON the Great." The.,ris • semhly afterwards' decreed that the answer of his Majesty the Emperor should be. engraved Upon marble, in letters of gold, and placed iu the Hall of the Diet., It was besidts proposed to strike a a Medal in memory. of this happy epoch,... The sitting terminated, the • Assembly itt paired in a body to the Cathedral to assist in re Dom. • At four o'clock the Marshal of the Ceneral federation, Prince. C7,ARTORISI{I, gave a gnitict : dinner, and in the evening the town was bril liantly illuminated. , The French Ambassad6r, the ArchbishOp of MOLINES, assisted at this sit ting of the Confederation, with all the persons attached to his embassy. The Prefect conducted him to the Tribune which was destined for him. The General of Brigade KosomA, a Lithua nian by birth, who distinguished himself in Spain, is forming a corps, which will beat the name •of the Lithuanian guard. Our Papers announce that the head-quarters of the Grand Army are at Druja. Entity, Avo. 4.—On the 2d inst. the General of Division, count BARAGUAY D'HILLIERS,passO through this city on his way to join the Graud Army. SToc Kft 01,14. —His Royal Majesty haying; in consequence of the present state of political affairs, deemed it necessary to continue the means of de fence for the kingdom, both by land and sea, has-Most graciously ordained his beloved Son, his Royal Highness the CROWN PRINCE, to the chief command of the saute, in quality of Generalissimo, with full, power and authority to require of all the respective .Royal Colleges, and official persons, all such needful aid and assistance as are consist ent with the fundamental laws, and may be judged proper for the purpose. His Royal Highness being thereby entitled to act with his Regyal• Majesty's own full power, in.every matter con, cerning whatever appertains to the .rnoverntrits,.7- and dispoSal of the military force, their. pay, support, &c. and to ordain and employ the official persons and servitors necessary for such service, and likewise to fix their several salaries to give the needful directions regarding - the.disposal of the Military Fund, and the accounts for the same, all according to eirettaistances. It being his Majes'- ty's mast gracious will-and pltasure . , that what- ' ever his Royal Highness shall or may ordain, shall,' be carried into effect without delay. ' In the-like manner, and with regard to the.assemblirigof the• military force, it has graciously pleased Iris r hoya Majesty to appoint an Intendant General; •Wlierse oftic...e it is, in conformity with the Kings, or with . ' his Royal Highness the Crown Prince's-gracious orders, to provide all the economical nutters shall he found necessary for-the supply, carriage; and subsistence ,of the trtiops ; and to which office he has graciously chosen and appointed'the Chamber Counsellor, and Knight'of the Order of the North Star, Mr. J. P. BILLBERG . , and his . Royal Majesty has likewise graciously nominated . - Mr. PEHR ArzEr.rces, M.D. in quality of Surgeon General, to have the inspection of the sick in the whole army. Notice has been given by the Magistracy of Gottenburgh, to the inhabitants- of that city, that as a greater number of troops are expected to arrive in that city by the latter end of August, necessary measures are to be taken concerning quartering them on the inhabitants, for which : , purpose, the Burgomaster has appointed the:City Quarter-master, AL` auts-r; ivho is to give the inhabitants timely notice of the .number to , be. . quartered on each, &c. WMISAW, JULY 20.—According to the- latest accounts; the King of WESTPIIALIA IS , At Niesviev and the Polish army at Sluch. The Tartars, which have dwelt for many cen turies past in Lithuania, have joined the Confe deration, and are to raise a regiment among-- themselves. Since the above we have received the fol lowing Russian Bulletin :—The main army of Russia, With which Prince BAG R ATI ON haa joined, were retiring to Smolensko in perfect order. General BARCLAY DE Toi,Lx had gained advantages over DAvousT, since the ,success of. BAGRArIO N. . Klesslitzki, July 31. " Yesterday and to-day Lieut.-General Count WITGENsTEIN defeated the corps of . Marsbal. OvDINOT, near Dwor-Juhihoiva; - between Po 7 lotch and 'Sebetch. The advanced guard and reserve of Couut WITTGENSTEIN pursUed the enemy closely. A great part of the bagg!lge .of the French had been'aim;.,ly taken by the Rus:dans.. The hext ciii.helinien4eA to pursue tbes.otie";;: my, and after paSlinithe Duna with or without opposition, fitm OUDINOT'S COrp, it was his in tention to turn upon McDoviALD, to relieve Cour land and Lionia• “ - ;At the depuiture of the courier the Russiais bad made 3009 prisoners and - taken tvvo pietct, bt cannon, and were continuing in pnrsnit of the - enemy. They had driven thera back 60 miles.” ANIERICAS PRiVATL,ERS. Extract of, a Leiter from Halifax, dated July 21, 1812, received at LLOYD's this inarning:----' " You will have learnt by this 'time that the. American Government have:declared war against Great Britain, and that a great number of priva , teers have been fitted out of the different ports or( the United States ; and I embrace the earliest opportunity of apprising you, that . within these few days a aumber of privateers have an ived de this coast, which they are securing from the Got of Canso to Cape Sable. The Bay of :randy swarms with them, and we had yesterday a re-' port that a number of them were in the r3uiplr of St. Lawrence. I cannot aseerthin, however , , that this report is correct ; but should it be, 1, fear - they will cut off a number of 'the Quebec Fleet. There is a large fleet to lease the Bay of Fundy in a _few days, under : the , protection of his Majesty's ship Indian, for' - England, but the Admiral is making arrange ments for their being protected some little distance to the Eastward, by two frigates and an additional sloop of war. " The Harmony, BEVANS, ofNewfoundland, the Derbice packet, Mortals, of. Teignthouth, and the William, lIABB, of Bristol, were captured ,by American privateers, a Cape Sable, in the Middle of last month. The latter has been retaken by the Indian sloop of war, .and arrived. here. The Ann, SANDERS, from this port to St 7 John's, is taken by an AMerican privateer." Neither the arrival of Mr.FosTEa, nor the Ame rican Papers which came by the same opportunity (and from which we have given extracts), serve in any manner to set at rest the only question which is at present of any importance regarding the United States of America, namely, what was the conduct of •that Government after receiving the official account of the revocation of our Orders in Council. The Gleaner having sailed from hence the 19th of June, (uot the 7th, as before stated) of course could not 'carry out the revocation, which was not issued till the 23d of that month, 'and with respect. 4sfathe dispatches which that re el actually con. , Veyed to America, relative to the intentions of this :`Government respecting the Qtaers in Council, we have, at present, no information as to 'the effect produced by the comraunicatior: on that Subject, transmitted by Mr.' FOSTER to the. American Government. It will ,be seen by letters'', which we insert this day, as well as by the American Papers, that American privateers are certainly at sea, and therefore, :there is no doubt that letters 6f mayque . and prisais have been issued. The vvhole of this in telligence, however, it should be recollected, applies to a state - of"- circumstances antece deuCto the arrival in the United States of the revoc;tion our Orders in • Council, and is therefore of 'comparatively little interest. We" must still be content to wait until we re , ceive intelligence of the ,effect produced by the receipt o'f that revocation in -America, before we can form any correct opinion of the probable re lations of this country and the 'United States. The Papers State, that the American* squadron under Commodore' RODGERS was in pursuit of our Jamaiea Fleet ; but we belicVe the real. fact will be found to be this, that the Americansqua dron was 'out, and our is . quadron in pursuit of them. A.(l - vices were received this morning by Otoyern rnent from PeterNhurgh of the 2.lst ult.—The Ern - peror ALEXANDER had been to Moscow, and was proceeding through . the:great cities of his Empire, to animate .tbe spirit '• of his subjects, amongst whom; we are happy to leain,. there is a general determination heartily to support their Sovereign, in' his resistance to the unjust and unprincipled in vasion of France. It will be observed, that these advices'are of an earlier date than that of the actions, the accounts , of which have been brought by the Gottenburgh Mail, and, therefore, of .course; ca - n have no re ference to Oen]. THOMAS PEREGRINE covicrgrAY, Esq. is Ap pointed Secretary to the Buaril of Commissiouera for .the Affa i irs Of India, in .the room of JOHN ; BRUCE, y. sq. resigned. The French Duke D'Atco.ouLtEmi is said to have received the PRINCE. REGENT'S permission to join the British Army, 'as a volunteer, on th e Peninsula,. We ' hear ,that Generals FANn, LUMLEY, and .DORRIEN, are appointed on the Staff under the Marquis of WELLINGTON. NAVAL NEWg. PLY AUG. 19.—Arrived the flotspur nigate from the Coast of France. ,Carue down the harbour and anchored in ti:e .xSOttnd.,, L after having been re.fittei, the Helicon brig of r y.-ar. Wenj. ui). the harbour, to be refitted, the Sea- AQwer.brig of war. ,FALNIOUTif; 'AUG. 18.—Arrived his' Majesty's brig Atalante,l'Capt: HICKEY, in 26 days, from Halifax;. has brought over. Mr. FOSTER, Colonel BARCLAY., . and. Mr. HAMILTON, • Secretary;; the : hitter-bus >set.off for town with dispatches.. They ,left:New York on the 7th July. • 'l= Thy: accounts by• this vessel are unfavourable : p it appears that the rescinding the Orders in Coun cil only Avas not likely to effect much.. Several American vessels have been sent into Kalif : . x : it does not appear that the Americans . tave inade any captures. BOth squadrons are at sea.; the British is, between the American and New York. The Gleaner ketch had arrived at Halifax. The dispatches were fOrwarded to New• Fork by Mr. FOSTER. The packets are allowed to pass and repass till the 15th September. Two Messengers have this evening arrived here for Cadiz. The Chesterfield packet will sail ha the course of the night with them. DEAL, AUG. 20.—Arrived his Majesty's shirt Echo and Reilpole from - a cruize ; and the Earl rf Leicester, DUCKER, from Lisbon. The Folkestone lugger 110 a signal for con-0y for Portsmouth. Poe 017T1f j Au() 20.—Arilved lasi night ; after. rs 4 his Majesty's ship 'Atalanta Von: ud has brought hoine Mr. FC:ITZR and Ge- ' neral WALLAtE, with dispatches. Arrived to-aay his Majesty's ship Partition from . a, cruize ; and the Narcissus frima Plymouth: Coi, AUG. 14.—Yesterday morning arrivt4 his Majesty's ship Virago, Lieut. PITTMAN'. She met s . eyerai Americans, all licensed ; the Virev 9 on Sunday, spoke the Talbot sloop of ear, CapL . SIVAYNE, from Plymouth, proceeding on a crnizei after having seen into that port, the transport No. 239, and a large American ship in inliast,' Lek prize.. The Circe frigate, of 32 guns, Capt. Wow.- - comsr, is appointed to join the ships on this sLs— tion, and expected in directly from Portsmouth. The FiTago, on. Tuesday last, fell with n small brig from Oporto, hound to this port, part of a fleet which sailed from thence the jci under convoy of his Majesty's ship Jasper. YeSterday afternoon arrived his Majesty's ship Projector, •12 gum, • LieutB:Ftant G. MyrctaNts, with two transports; N 05452 and 172, pn,hdara of one of' Wtieli 4:a's a number of invalids, ing to the Royal African Cotps, froth the coast of Africa. The Priiteciar left Goree, in Seagal,e on 21st, of lune last. Oar African colonies were all • • in a alq.rthy state. They put in here for a supply of WAatar• and provisions, of which they vvere :41 (*mat Want. The Virago, off.this harbour yestecclayy hot ght to the American ship Cleopatra, of Philadelphia. four days_ out of Liverpool, with a llecnik having . a valuable cargo, which she permitted to proceed on her voyage for Philadelphia. , `. Signals for men of war in the offing. . . NAVAL, APPOINTMENTS:—Captain G. Brime, tQ . • command the Sheldrake, in the room of Captain Gifford, pro moted to the rank of Post-Captain. • Captain .L Bedfoa, the Childers sloop, at Portsmouth, in the room - of. Capt: Bio ett, promoted to the rank of Post-Captain. Captain H. Sr ford, to command the Erebus sloop, in the Baltic,'m the' mom of Captain Aubridge, promou,al to the rank of Post Captain. Capt. M‘Donald; commanding the. itedpole, off Gravelines, to command the - Scylla sloop * at PlyMotith.. Lieut. H. Jenkin"' son, promoted.to the rank of Commander, and appointed t command the Jasper sloop, in the Mediterranean.:Captain A. Sheppard, to the As:A, 74. Lieut. F.. Beckett, Li the B aloud, 74. Licit. G.. W. C. Alley, - to the 'lVlonmorith guard-ship, in tics Downs.. Lieut. T. Eyre, First - tif the Itarl/tur,.proroote...i to the rank. of Commander. Captain .Pater, to - command the , William and Mary yacht,,at Deptford, Captain S. Myth, ta command the Boxer :;loopottPortszinanth... - Lieut. J. Helizady• to the Gladiator, at Portsmouth. Lieut. -1 4'. it. Dawkins, to the Duncan, off ,Flushing. Lieut. 0. Hall, to the Adamant, at Leith. .Mr. F. Wemyss, Midshipman, promoted to. 'the , rank of Lieutenant, and - appointed to the -Swiftsnre, Mediterranean. Lieut. A. F,. Branch, to the Atom, at Sheer.' • ness. T. Patten, to the Forester stoop, at Shcernesl- 'Fifteen' hundred of the Royal Foot Guards htive also received ofders to march for embarkation t 3 join the Marquis of NITPLLINoToN. The Troop Horses of the Life Guards are or tiered to be picketted, in Hyde-park, immediately, ~ t 6) prepare them for the general service of the field. FAXE .T N.-This morning Thomas. 130 TV le r ' pt.irs Ita lit to his sentence, for attempting to assas sinate Mr.` Burrows, was executed before the. debtors' door,, Newgate, , presence of a vast crowd of spectatorS. The unfortunate man bad,' as well as his 'relatives, been buoyed up with the hope of a pardon till yesterday afternoon, where the Melancholy tidings of his .inevitable fate were ,communicated to him. Daring the whole of tim night, and to the time of his ascending .the scaf fold, which was at eight o'clock, he conducted himself with firmness, and on hiS coming on t 1 :1° platform, diter &short period occupied in pyaYfit4-• he was launched into eternity Without the least struggle. After the usual time the body 'cva* cut down, and delivered to his friends, veyed it way iu a, hearse to the: itidquct in the country. who .con• :A ~.: