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VirnriiißEAD said a. few, words on what he toesc•eived to be a satirical fling of the. Right Hon. OeiP le - man (Mr. Vansittart) with regard to his answering questions, but not stating opinions. He observed, that the Right Hon. Gentleman had not said any thing which convinced him positively th‘ti't,'Gßvernment had not persons employed to purchase gold coin: The. CHANCELLOR of the Excritattcn again, in the most pOsitiVe terms, refuted such a charge, which was made without foundation. After a few words froin Mr. CREEVEY, which were not audible ' • on the question being put+, leave was granted to bring in a Bill to continue, the ..14.et. Adjourned at Eight o'clock. AILS. [ .kittvcD.-I'nuernsey, I.lersey, 1 Dublin. 4 Waterford. Dc.l , ---1 Cadiz, 4 Gottenburgh, 1 Guernsey, 1 Jersey, 1 Brazils, 1 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS Tills DAY AT .TWEINE O ' CLACg. .58E l'Red:Ann 57 Til E SUN. SIPLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AunEAT LUNDO N, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, ISI2. r . - • INiOST IMPORTANT AND GRATIFYING INTELLIGENCE FROM RUSSIA. TWENTY-EIGHTH BULLETIN OF TH.E FRENCH ARMY. We have this day to comuauniaate to our readers Tome of the most important intelligence that perhaps ever reached this country:—The pre4ie- tions which we ventured to make, when we. found that BUONAPART4 was advoncing into the heart of Russia, are, we trust, on the eve of being ve.. Pispatches were this morning received by Government from Russia, and the following Bulletin was published:— .4drx.iralty Offire, l)oc. 4, 1812. Rear ~i~imira . l iloß4 bas transmitted. to Mr. OKUR the following t 2 anslation of two Russian Bulletins, dated St. Petersburg, Jth And I Ith Nov. together with an extract of a letter received at Gottenburg Aron: his .E.,l:.cellency Count 1103E14, Governor of that place, dated Stockholm, Nov. 19. The Rear-Admiral had not received any accounts officially. Rear-Admiral Hors also acquaints3lr. CROKER, under .date of the 24th November, that the whole Russian fleet, of about 20 sail of the line, had passed, the Belt in safety, and Captain DtwaY, the bearer of the Dispatches, reports that they were standing into Hawke Roads when► lie sailed. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 9.—Gef)erartVlTTGEN- STEIN reports to his Majesty, October 31st : " After our entrance into Polotsk, the enemy bas su&red much by the fortunate operations of Count STEINHEIL'S corps. The loss of the enemy at the battle of .Polot6k, and during their re- treat to Lepel, amounts in prisoners, to 103 Staff officers, (among whom are five colonels) And 6000 privates ; 9 pieces of cannon, tic v¢liole baggage belonging to the Bavarian regimenti,-90- powder waggons, and a great number •of gidf carriages, the guns being thrown into the ricer by the en.em). " Their loss in killed must have been immense, as not only the field of battle, but even the whole road, is covered with dead bodies, so that this corps of the enemy is entirely destroyed : besides, this had forced Vlcroa with his corps to scpurate from the grand army. They have left Smolensk by forced marches, and joined the weak remains of ST. CYR'S army, which is commanded lire General LE GRAND ; ST. CYR having gone to \Vilna on account of his wounds. St. Petereburgh, November 11th. " After Moscow was re-taken by the Russians, under Gen. WINZINGERODE'S command, NAPO- LEON moved his whole•army on the road to Ka- louga, against Borowsk, thinking, as is proved by letters found on a courier taken prisoner, to force himself lute the most fruitful provinceis of J ufigia. ".General Ktrrysaw entirely counteracted this plan, by a serious_ attack; which took place on the 24th Qctober, rat MaloyaroskaTitz ; this little town was taken and re-taken eight different times ;. at last the French were obliged to retreat with the loss of 1 G pieces of cannon. "N.trotsoe then ga, up his rlAn, left the army, and took the road to StnolenA, after he had given orders for the whole army to follow in the same road. To : conceal as much as possible his retreat, be oiclered onee, corps to march to Medyne, as if het-had intended to march round the Russian left ,wing; during this time tbe (uards, with the greatest part of the army, marched towardsto- jair,k. " As so‘on as General EuTusow was apprised os this, he broke up with his whole aimy, and tpllowed the enemy. " The Russian advancul guard, under PL scow, overtook the French army on the Ist November, near Kolotsk, not far from Borodino, and took from them 2 colours and 24 pieces of cannon. " The 3d November, 'Gen. IthcoßADowlTscx, supported by PLATOW, attacked several' French corijs.nearViama, commanded by the Vice King of Italy, DAvciusT, and NEI ; these corps WCIT completely defeated, and lost 1 colour, 5 cannon, and.2ooo prisoners, amongst whom is Gen. PET- TIEN. The whole road toiNfojaisk is covered with ammunition waggons and dead .horses. The French army retreats daily upwards of 50 wersts. " Admiral TSCH:TCHAKOVF'S advanced guard, under Genera,l TSCHAPLITZ, entered_ Slonilu on :he 21st Oct:and took Gen. KANorx,A, - with the whole of the three Uhlan regjments of Guards prisoners. Col. TCIZERN/SKOFF, with a detach- ed corps, bas advanced near 'Warsaw. A corps, belonging to General WITTGENSTEIN'S army has entered Witepsk." EXTI3.ACT OP A LETTER TIZOM COUNT ROSEN, DATED STOCKHOLM, 19TEr Nov. 1812. Two Messengers arrived to-night from Russia. WITTGENSTEIN has totally destroyed VICTOR and ST. CPR's armies, and is now near Smolensk. When BUONAPARTE left Moscow, * he ordered MURAT to attack General BENNINOSEN, but he was driven back. BUO7gAPARTE then attacked Ku- TUSOW in person, with great desperation, near Al a - loyarokanvetz, and was again repulsed. He then intended to fight a general battle ; and if he was conqueror, to mural by way of rialuga to Poland. and there remain in wintet quarters, as,near Ga- licia as possible ; but he found the Russians so fortified, that it was impossible; he had, therefore, nothing left but to concentrate his whole force, and return by way of Smolensk, which is entirely laid waste; the bad roads and the dreadful wants the French are in, gave KUTt7SOW time to come up with them near Viasma, when be gave them battle, and defeated them. Before the battle T3tIONAPARTZ gave the command to MURAT, and went himself with six thousand men to Smolensk, on his way home, but he was met by General OERTZL'S detachment, which obliged him to return ; he then tried to retreat by the road which goes from Smolensk towards the sea; there he was met by WiTTGENSTEIN'S advanCed guard, was beaten, and obliged to fall back on the Grand Army. He bas e now in front of him TortmAsow's, TCHITCHAKOWS, and WITTGENSTE:N'S armies, and in his rear Prince KUTUSOW, with 150,000 men. The Russians take rjaily 3 or 4000. prisoners ; WITTGENSTEIN made in oni2 day 6001, and took 23 pieces of cannon ; PLATOW 30 pieces of cannon and 3700 prisoners. In the written copy it is Smolensk, but this lar..st be an error of the transcriber. , We this morning received Paris Papers of the 29th ult. which contain the TWENTY-EIGHTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY. Smolmsho, Nov. n. The Imperial head-quarters were, on the Ist of November, at Viasnia, and on the 9th at Smo lensk. The weather was very.fine up to the 6th, but on the Sth whiter began. The ground is co vered with snow. The roads have become very slippery, and very difficult for carriage-horSes.— We have lost many men by cold and fatigue 3 night bivouackings are very injurious to them.. Since the battle of, Malocaroslawitz the ad vanced guard has seen •no other enemy than the Cossacks, who, like the Arabs, pour upon the Hanks, and By about to annoy. On the 2d, at two in the afternoon, 12,00 Russian infantry, covered by a cloud of Cossacks, interc - _:epted the communication, a icagne'F.di4tance 'from Viarna, between the Prince: of ECKMUITL and the Viceroy. The Prince of Ecicmuift.:and the Viceroy Marched upon this column, drove..it from the road, and overthmw it in the wood, took.a 'Major General with a good number of soners, and carried off six pieces of cannon ; since that tithe we have not again seen the Russian infantry, but duly Cossacks. Since the bad weather, from the 6th, we have lost more than 3000' carriage horses, and nearly 100 of our caissons have been destroyed. General WITTGENSTEIN having y been reinforced by the Russian di v isi ons f rom Finland and by a great number of troops front the Militia, attacked, on the 18th October, Marshal GOUVION ST. CYR ; he was repulsed by that Marshal and General WREDE, who took more than 3000 prisoners, and covered the field of battle with his dead. On the 20th instant, Marshal GotriloN ST. C,YR having been informed that Marshal the Duke of BELLUNO, with the 9th corps, was marching to reinforce Win, repassed the Dwina, and march ed to, meet him, iu 'order, on haiing effected a junction with him, to fight WITTGENSTEIN, and oblige him to repass the Dwina. Marshal GOVVION ST. Cm bestows the highest eulogiuni:4 upon his troops. The Swiss division tlistinguihed itself by its sangfroid ,and bravery. Colonel GUEHENEW, of the 26th Regiment of Light Infantry, was wounded. Marshal ST-CYR received a ball in the foot ; Marshal the Duke of REGGIO has arrived to re place him; and retaken the command of the 2d corps. , The health of the Emperor. has never' been better.—(Monitear, Nov. 2 9.. ) NAV :4 • L,4 PLYMOUTH, Dec. 2.—Arrived this morning the transport ship Lord Eldon (NO. 130), belonging to Sunderland, SIMEY, Master, from Alicant, Mi norca, and last from Lisbon, .where she remained two months, and has brought from thence.abont. 130 sick and wounded soldiers and invalids, from different regiments, together with twelve women and seven children ; ten of the soldiers died on the passage. The Lord Eldon sailed from Lisbon on the 15th instant, in company with the fleet, under convoy. of his Majesty's ship Romulus, from whith She parted on the 21st following. The Lord Eldon was Wound to this port, and has been put under quarantine. We yesterday stated the arrival of the Niemen frigate, Captain Pym, from Lisbon, which had a very short passage, having left the Tagus on Fri, day last, the 27th ult. and, it is reported, brought an account of the retreat of the British array, un der the command of the Marquis of WELLasotos.,, who had gone into winter quarters at Ciudad Rodrigo, and that the French army occupied Sa lamanca; their force, it was said, amounted to 90,000 infantry, and 10,000 cavalry ; that, under the Marquis consisted of 70,000 men, exclusive of the Spanish troops. Arrived the Hotspur frigate from the coast of France ; the Foxhound sloop of war from a cruizc in the Channel ; the Friend's Desire, CRAB)3, from Penzance; and the Dove, MOMAS, fr6am Loot. The Amaranths sloop_ of war, in the Sound, takes convoy, from hence to the Eastward, and, it is expected, will sail to-morrow morning. Sailed the Worspite man of war, and the Phan tom, brig of war, for Portsmouth; and a few coasters to the Eastward. FALMOUTH, DEC; I.—Arrived this day the Lord Weltinzton tiantport, with.about 330 French prisoners on board. Sailed the followiu packets : Prince Ernest, for Lisbon ; Eliza, for Surinam ; Adventure for the Leeward Wands ; and tl►e Mary Ann far Cu-. rnnna, with mails. Remain the outward-bound West India fleet tinder his Majesty's ships Seahorse, Coquette, anti Dauntless. The packet for the Mediterranean (Lady &nay Pelham) is detained till Thursday. By the Queen Charlotte packet, which arrived yesterday from Lisbon, we find that the fleet of transports under his Majesty's ship Crocodile had arrived at Lisbon in six clays. DEAL, DEc. 3.—Put back by contrary winds the greater part of the ontward-bound that sailed yesterday. P. S. The outward-bound have sailed again, under convoy of the Speculator, for Portsmouth. About forty vessels were, yesterday on Lloyd's hooks, consisting of arrivals of flour at Cadiz and Lisbon, from the United States, so that our army will be •provided, in its new situation, with abun dance of this essential commodity. ' CITY BUSlNESS.—Yesterday the LORD MAYOIt hekl his fir . - 3t Court. of Common Council, which was numerously attended. 'On the notion of lfr, FRISBY, t!1 Court brinnir;)ur:ly voted tleir tl,3aks to the late-Loan thanhs of thP Court, and usual conip!imeutary purse o f fifty guineas - , were voted to the lief. M. KJEBBLE, Chaplain to the late Loan, I‘.IIAYOIt. The linprovetnent Connnttee presented a:Re port for of additional accommodation, and enlarging Smithfield 751:!.:1,et, which was agreed . to, and .a PititiOn direct d to be presented to the -House of CoMmons, f,r leave to bring in a Bill for effecting so desirably a purpose. The LORD .1 1 ,1 - AYOR :stated, that the Court of Aldermen were applying for a Charter, consti tutinj all the Aldermen iWagistrateS in the 1 - 34' rough of Sonthwark, and that they were opposea therein by the Magistrates of the County of Sur rey. Upon which it was resolved, to request the Court of Aldermen to persevere in, and press their application in the best manner they should be advised. The NFilitia Committee presented a Report on the Trophy Tax Account presented in June last, which, after- some debate,. was adjourned, and ordered to - be printed, and a copy sent to eacit Membet. everal other Reports and Petitions were pre sented, and the Court broke up at tour o'clock. . A CARD FROM CORNHILL.—It is with a great degree of satisfaction EYTPIC introduces to the notice of his friends the Scheme of the present Lottery, so arranged as to be drawn without classes, by which means every number decides its own fate, and no other. The Capital Prizes con sist of two Twenty Thousands, two Ten Thou sands, with varioul other Capitals, making 36 great Prizes. The advantages which constantly result to numberless individuals from a trifle ex pended in a lottery share at EYTON'S Office, need not be pointed out ; there are but •fcw persons who have not stich instances amongst their own acquaintances. No. 2, Cornhill, and 18, Coven try-street, are Eyton's fortunate offices. Persons who declined purchasing in the late ,Lotteries, because they could not obtain particular numbers in the high thousands, which they had' been always in the habit of bespeaking, may now gratify their 'wishes, as .the present Lottery con sists.of43,ooo Ti7 , sli - etg; till different numbers, each to he drawn separatelyfrom the Wheel, according to the 'old mode of drawing. The variety and jthlicions arrangement of the new Performances at the SaN - 4 PAREM THEATRE, Strand, reflect the highest• credit on the taste of the Manager, and attract hundreds every night, at .that clegiint place of public resort : indeed, while Such popular piece " Love', Honour, and Obey," in MISS SCOTT displays the versatility of her talents, and the beautiful ballet dance of "The Rival Sisters," which introduces the inimitable dancing of the GIROUX, with the " Red Robber," and " Asgard, the Demon Hunter," the scenery of which, - particularly the last, excites universal. approb!Aion, it is not to be wondered that Eo many of the Nobility, and most of the l'asbionahiei in town, should gi-ece the Boxes every evrnif4z. _ . OI:D BAILEY.-14 7 . M c gone, jaw DegheTty, and W. Norman, wire yesterday found guilty of different - street roblDeries ; and seine others were acquitted for want of evidence. iloW - STREET.-Several persons Were yesterday examined on charges of robbery and remanded . Murder.—a 'Wednesday last, between six and seven o'clock in the evening, Mr. Wiggin, a respectable miller, who resided about two miles from Bridgnorth, was • murdered bet Ween that place kind his own house. He was on his return tram Wolverhernpton market, and was met by a footpad about a mile from home. It is supposed that, on making a stout resistance, the villain drew a pistol and shot him thfou'gh the body the ball passed in a direct line just below hib heart. tt seems, however, that the assassin was alarmed by his cries, as he made o'ff without taking any of his property, which consisted of between 50 and M. in cash and notes. It is re markable that the unfortunakie man pursued his murderer after being shot, for about a hundred yards, and was found by some persons from the Turnpike-house, who had heard his cries, ex hausted from the loss of blood, at a stile which he had in vain endeavoured to get over in his pur suit ! He was carried to the house, where he ex pired in a few minutes. We have. heard from good authority, that the deceased, was about be ing married to an amiable Lady ofWolverhantp ton, and that Monday next was fixed for the wed ding-day. LONDON : Pri:ltt.(l by TriomAs Wrv.)r), of No: 22, Ruisell-court, Brydges-street, Covent-star' At the Suls: ()) ; 112, &ram', where dithierticerinentt, Circle-Ts fa (ten ; 11'0)11 ,11(.1 by WI LLIA ARMIGER SCRIPPS, Swath thj Paper ; ,titters for the Editor, &c. (pest purl), r SMITHFIELD 'MARKET, Dec. 4. This day's Market had- a - scanty supply of dif ferent kinds of Cattle ; Mutton is cheaper, •Beef, Veal, and Pork, sold at last prices, and the trafe in gengrar was not over brisk ; the Sales in the Hav-market were seinewhat dull, thy, Straw, and Clover fetched last prices :---The undermen tioned prices and numbers arc a correct state- ii~cut : To si,kli.the Offal, per Stow! of slh. Beef, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. Mudton, 4s. Bd. to ss. 6d. Vial, 4s. Bd. to G. 6d. Latni,), Os. to Os. Od. ,Pork, ss. Od. to 7s. Od. Beasts, 790. Sheep, ‘1,..',00. Calves, In. Pigs, 9. , 10.. SMITHFIELP HAY-MARKET. ILty, 41. os. to 51. los. St4.aw, 21. Os. to 41. lOs. Clover, 01.63. to 71. - • • Cort-Exp i T.AN - cr, DEc..4.—The quant:ty of Wheat, Malt, and Rye, at our Lf-Irket to-day,.WAri very small arid no alteration took placein any of these articles ; Barley we had a good supply, which being zmuch in demand, it ICaintained the prices of Wednesday ; fine Oats arc 2s. per guar - ter dearer, buti4erior samples se.inain stationary; illeltse. have advanced from 4s. to Gs. per quarter lothier descriptions of grain as before. Wheat 90s. 10C5.1054.. I , ine. ditto - - -140 s. 1t... 73s. 80s. 465. -Cis. - ;"•!.:v Ditto - - 665. - • - - 92 5 . jog s . Fine ditto - - - f OSs. V. - Lite Peace (1x)i1.)10Gs. 116 s. New -ditto - - -120 s. Grey ditty - - -80 s. 849. New ditto - - - Tick Beans— - • 755. SOS. Old ditto - - -12 Gs. Small ditto • -140 s. 19tis. Feed Oats - -38 s. 425. Fine ditto - - - 545. Poland ditto - -48 s. us, Fine ditto - - 5Gs. Potatoe ditto -58 s. Rape Seed - COl. 79i. .Fine `lour 105 s. 110: Seconds - - -100 s. 105 Nlolton- , ticet, crust - qr . -Or-v.lWe, 'lust be iiddressed.