The Sun. — London, England, 1812-12-11 00:00:00

•" PRICE OF STOCKS rF4 DAV AT "I' V: E o ' CLOCK. Red. Ann:s9f 513/ 59i 5 per Ct. 1,,r• 0p.91 THE SUN. SOLI PI (013 Dltert , El FALWM,AUDEAT ? p o tRIDAY,• DEt:EMEIt 11, 1812. We stopped the Press yesterday to announce to our Readers the arrival of - a Gottenburgh Mail, with accotrnts .of the further ,successes Or' the Rusiians. • The Russians continue to pursue with activity and perseverance, and the French to fly Ai -rapidly as their wretched state will permit them, daily losing great numbers of men, as well by fatigue as by the sword, blowing up their ammunition waggons, and destroying their cannon. The plain. and soldier-like narrative of General KirruSoW details the losseS of the French behteen the 9th and I.3th of November. The remains'ofthe corps. • of General AUGEREAU (brother to the Marshal), worn down by fatigue, laid down. their arms. - --=, It is . almost impossible to form an estimate of the number of French troops that- have reached-' Smolensk°, but whatever their number may be, they eannot,,asnu army, be very formidable; for they are without artillery and without baggage— their strength.exhausted by unparalleled exertions and privations, and.theirspirits depressed by a long serieso . fdefeat and disasters. It appears thhtVicroa, who commanded one of ,the two Corp:; that BIM NAPARTE left in reserve, had advanced, with a view of endeavothing to force open dpaSsage for the French troops cooped up in Stholensko, but he was defeated with' great loss. Smolensk° may slow be considered as effectually blockaded. WITT CANST.EIN and TSHITQIIAGOFF have formed -a line in front of it, and the gallant Kin•usow has taken a pos'ition a .few miles, to the southward • of i:. The following Bulletin was issued yesterday after the arrival of the intelligence'. BULLETIN. " Government have this morning received ac counts from Gottenburgh to the 30th of Novem ber. No dispatches have been received from Lord CATHCART, but the accounts from the Rusian armies are of the most flattering description.— General PLATO)V had taken 900 men and two pieces of cannon, .at the passage of the Dnciper, below Smolensk°. A Corps of 2,000 men, under the command of General AUGEREAU, brother of the Marshal of that mime, had surrendered at descretion to Count ORLOFF DENIZOW. " The last accounts from KUTUSOFF were dated the 13th of November, at Lolikovo - , 40 %rusts to. the southward of Smolensk°, Nothing at tha time was known of BUONIPARTE:' IVe this morning received the following letter from Dover : "DOVER, DEC. 10.—A vessel arrived off here this afternoon from Dieppe,' and landed a passenger ; but though he v.as very strongly interrogated as to news, he would not utter a word, but seemed very anxious,to.sit off. for London, which he did as• soon as he procured a conveyance. It is thought he is the bearer of• sonic important intelligence;. the vessel was a Prussian, and left thence three days ago." 'We have not beard of the arrival of this myste tious stranger in town. Our Readers trill be entertained With the Ex tracts which we have made from the German Pa p rs under the power. of litlONo.nrcrz. Nothing eau be moreludicrous than:the way in which they speak of the state of .the campaign in Russia:-- We. have long ' justly appreciated the degree of credit which ought to be..given to the . se Journals; but if any - doubt could exist upon that subject BuoNAPARTE's intercepted Leiter would effectually rm:ove it. The Duke. 'of NORFOLK entertained a select phrty of friends to dinner yesterday, at his house in St. Jamcs's7square. The Earl 'of `:_iEFrori - •arrived yesterday evening at his house in Arlington-street, from Sir HARRY FEATHERSTON'S Seat. Lord ASHBURNHAM has left town for Sussex. The Right Hon. THOMAS GRENVILLE left town' yesterday fc.ir Lord GRENVILLE'S seat near Drop more, Bucks. The Coniitcss of ORKNEY has arrived at her Louse in Charles -street, Berkeley-square, from Ler seat, near 'Maidenhead. Lord and Lady BROWNLOW have left town for their seat in Leicestershire, Lord BYRON left Batt's New Hotel, Dover street; yesterday, on a visit to the Earl of OXFORD, at his scat, Eywood, near Kington, Herefordshire. WALTER SCOTT'S new Poem it is said, proceeds with the usual rapidity of his Muse. The reputa tion however, is deservedly so high, that it is iu cumbent on him to learn the art of blotting, par ticularly as he is sure, that, come when it may, t,be work will be well received. .511111.), t UE-I Malta, I Guernsev, I Jercey, I Brazils, 2 Dublin, • 4 Waterford. rs w -am Am-. ..... EL Ai 111 V Hanwicu, DFc. 10.—Arrived the Prince of Wales' packet,' with a mail from GOttenburgh.— Sailed on Saturday last, and "expects that the Leith convoy, then laying at Gottenburgh, would sail on Sundiy. The Russian frigates and transports 'arc riding in 'roseley Bkty. Count L".EltrIN and suite, consisting of fifteen persons, have been landed by the Alien •Officer, anti are lodged at the Three Cups Inn. lie carne over in the Castor frigate, and was taken out of her, in Hosel6.y Bay, by a pilot-boat.. Sailed the Lady - Nepean packet for Gotten- DEAL, 13114 c 10.—Remain in the Downs his Majesty's-ships Chatham, Impregnable, Monmouth, Asia, • Clarence, La Hogue, Bedford, Gloucester, Wa - rior„Chri,slian VII., illulgrave, Duncan, Drake, Rosario, • Munnito, Cretan, Rinaldo, Alert, and Speculator ; and the Glamorgan, Harmony, True Briton,, and Lady Cathcart transports. A foreign vessel, front Newcastle to LisbOn, , -with coals and bottles; run on the Gooclivin Sands last evening,' and is supposed to have gone to pieces ; crew saved, and landed here in their boat. Arrived his Majesty's ships Egmont, Cressy, Afars, Plantagenet, •and two more (who have not made their numbers) from the Baltic. Arrived the Danethark and Melpomene, from Leith. The SANS PAREIL THEATRE has now become the fashionable resort of most of the Nobility in town, - and we are happy to see the Proprietor's liberal exertions crowned with success. The house has been uncommonly crowded this week ; indeed, while :such a succession of novelty is produced, there is no doubt but it will continue. The new Burletta of " Dove, Honour, and Obey," is one of Miss SCOTT'S best farcical pieees, and she certainly sustains the part of the Countess with great spirit. The petit Ballet of " The Rival Sistets'' displays the inimitalile (lancing of the (immix to perfec; tion. The Burletta‘of " The Intrigue, or Miser Duped," is ir'resistibly 'laughable and the . grand Spectacle of " Asgard, the Dimon Hunter," continues, as great a.favourite as ever ; the last scene of which is the finest of the kind w•e hdve yet seen ; in fact, the performances arc all so good, w;t. need nuke no further comment. The intention to apply. to the - Leg . islattire for a third Theatre is by no means l aid aside ; clml, in deed, the'essential objects of the drama under such A Theatre are absolutely necessary% The large scale upon which the present whiter Theatres are huilt . isvery calculated forsplendid speetacles, processions, &c. „Sce. but that ample scale intcrfcrci with the rational purpose of the drama, which is to operate upon the mind rather than the eye. betides, authors and actors, who might possibly suffer by the want, of judgment, the pritvate,par tialities, or the caprice of Managers of the' pre sent Theatres, w ould have another tribunal to pIIC al to, and the Public would thereby have an opportunity of deciding on the validity of their pretensions. The subject will, we understand, soon be brought once more into Parliameutary investigation. KEaiaLE has been remarkably well attendeidur 7 his trip to Bath and Bristol,.but his old enemy, the gout _thought proper to vi s it hi m f or a s h ort time; but not so far as to impede his cour4e to the North. SMITHFIELD .CLUB CATTLE, SITEW. - Yes'fcr tcrday morning the cattle, sheep, and pigs", .eon tinued to arrive in great numbers at Mr. Sad ler's yard, until the hour when the yard was in order for, the Judges of• the Shew tb examine the certificates and the animals, and to consider Of and prepare their award ; which examination oc cupiel the day so 'completely, that we. could 'Ob tain 'no.particUlars of this most uncommon Sbew, as to the number and excellency of the cattle----, We merely learnt, that,prizes had been' adjudged to the Duke of Bedford, Mr. John Westear; Mr. James King, Mr. John Arnold, Mr. John Boys, Mr. John Jenner, Mr. Ro'bert ill:ghes, and Mr. James Tibbets.--Several uew lipplements had arrived. PLYMOUTH,, DEC. 8.--Arrived the lirlicari trig wa.r ) Capt. IlomtNs, from iting•more . ; the Elizateth, CROFT, and the Mary, Risasa 4 oN, from London and the Hope, •SHELDRAKE, froth Yar mouth: DEc. 9.—The ..hndromeda'sloop of war, Capt. ARTIiUR,•it is said, will proceed from hence this week for th_.g.Nediterranean. Sailed le Stirling Caslie man of %vat-10 join the Channel fleet. Went up the harbour to be refitted the Insolent . , 'brig of war. ' - Sailed the Sharpshooter gun-brig on a cruize. PORT GLAS&OW, DEC. B.—Arrivitd the Benson, SPENcEIt, from Trinidad ) . four days before the fleet made the land, they fell in with .the Fa vourite sloop cf war,whieh saw the ships bound for London, and the intermediate puts, as far as the Bristol Channel. SIIEERNESS, DEC. 10.—It is reported that four sail of the line- of the Russian fleet (being the headinost ships) are a few miles below the iNore. FALMOUTH; DEC. 8. , --The brig inse from Liver ,pool for Naha, parted from her anchors last night, and .was driven on shore, she has` received material damage. • GOTTEN'EVAGII, DEC. 4.—Yesterday• rnornintr the Russian fleet got tinder Weigh' for tqgland, together with Admiral tiope, but the wind coin ing to the North4est, they were obliged to put back in the afternoon. Owing Lo the Courageux having lost her rud der, and part of her false keel, and being other wise materially damaged, a survey has been taken of her, and it is thought unsafe for her to pro ceed. She therefore remains here till the spring. She will serve as a guard-ship, and as a protection to the packets during the winter. WARSAW, Nov.- 1.8.---:-The Grand . Army having received intimation that it was about to enterinto winter-quarters, several Officers took, advantage of this circumstance to ask leave of 'absence. Some-of them have passed through our As they made, with their corps, the movement from Moscow to Smolensk, it i s - very interesti ng to hear them give the details of this march, tv!iich has confounded all the idle calculation, and un masked the weakness and irresolution of an enemy, always victorious in his Bulletins, not, • however, daring to annoy a flank movement upon a grand scale, the most difficult to be executed, even be fore forces very inferior. • , Since its departure from Moscow, the French .arniy always flattered itself with coming to a ge neral affair ; it considered it might be esteemed a part of the next campaign, should it take place. The Emperor, yielding to this unanimous impuise of courage and confidence, twice ()tiered battle since the combat of Maloyaroslawitz. The Rus sian General did not tkiuk proper to risk th em , and for a lo ng ti me. ,only shewed Cossacks. 'At last, on the 2 , 1 instant, appeared on the side of Viasina,a corps of 12,000 .R uss i ans , the front of whi c h was covered by a cloud of Cossacks. 'Two columns Were detached upon the flanks•of this corps, which was in an instant cut to pieces. A• Major-General, six pieces of cannon, and a great number of prisoners, remained in the power of the conqueror. It was known by the prisoners, that Kutuzow's 'army was very much weakened, by the departure of all the men enrolled . by force, or marching in their ranks on consideration of receiving bread. This population return in crowds to their homes, haughtily announcing that the war has changed its object for them. Other recent levies which were •in march, having learned that the Grand ArMy had left Mos Cow; dispersed of themselves : they were told, in ;rder to inflame their warlike ardour, that the French array was dispersed ; that the Emperor had already gained Warsaw, and other tales of this description. This contemp tible trick had ;.:n effect quite different to what was intended ; it furnished a pretext for a defec tion for which every one sought an opportunity. WARSAW, 'Nov. 18.—On the 12th of Novem ber, the head-quarters of the Emperor -were still at Smolensk. His Majesty continued to enjoy the best health. Hamnuaon, Nov. 25.—We learn, by authen tic it.kelligence from the North, that in one of the last affairs upon the Nara, the Russian army lost one of its best Officers, Baron de Baggahusisnot. General Benuigsen was wounded in the same af fair ; it is feared, that, considering hi great age, he cannot support the fatigue of a fresh campaign. This loss of Chiefs, the most e",:perienced of the army, ispot the least of the scourges which afflict Russia /in the imprudent. contest in which the English have engaged her, . BERLIN, Nov. 21.--The Dukes of Reggio and Pelltmo are again in march to act on the offensive against Wittgenstein's corps. -General Tschits chagolf contiattes his retreat; his columns were proceeding. from Slonim to Nietwiez. Prince Schwartzenberg, and General Regnier, were fol lowing close at their heels: The first was march ing on Royana, and the latter towards Slonh/L— -rie lust if General was at Zelwa on the 10th instant •LElPztc, Nov. H.—There arc upwards of 10,000 Bavarian troops, several columns of which haVe already passed through Sakony, and are on their march to join the corps under General Count Wrede. Me are in expectation of seeing shortly Wir temlierg troops march through this place, ivhich are likewise destined to the Grand Army, 'and for the use of whiqi 200 horses are now collecting at Leipzie. • Exclusive of the first contingent of the Saxon army, being 20,000 men, and of Prince Maximi lian'S regiment of infantry, stationed at Griefs wald and Welgast, under the. command of Mar shal Duke of Castiglione, : there have been. since sent two regithents of infantry, °ye regiment cif cavalry, and -100 artillerymen, to the Grand Army. 1.11 posbible attention continues to be paid to the coMpletion.plall the .royal Saxon corps 'now in the field ; and for this pm-pose several thousand, recruits have been raised this year in the country, which arc formed in provisionary battalions at Torgau, to be iu readiness to enter the' ranks of their brethren, who are so glOrious:ly fighting for the common cause. The last transport, consist ing of upwards- of 1000 men,- marched in thelat ter end of October, to join the 7th corps of the army. At Torgau they are incessantly employed in forming the new raked men; in whom the greatest ardour and most lively inclination, to the service„,so essential to their King and'country, is evident. Several deliveries of horses from,Mol (Livia, and the north of Germany, give us assur ance of the Saxon cavalry being completely re mon toed. • Twenty-five thousand conscripts have just been ordered out in the department of Warsaw, 18,000 of whom will very soon be in readiness to depart for the Grand Army. It seems to he doubtful whether the Opera-house will he Qpencd for the ensuing season; but though the chief Proprietor is at present under restraint, it will not prevent his superintendance of the ma nagement. It is not, however, improbable, that he and Mr. WATcRs will sacrifice their hostility for the sake of their mutual interest. C N PRECIS OF THE - 6PERATIONS OF THE ARMT UNDER MARSHAL PRINCE KUTUSOFF; FROM THE 9TH TO Tilt 13TH OF' NOVEMBER. " Nov. 9.---,The Aide;;de-Camp, Count 0 1 ;14 Denizi4, has successfully pursued several French foraging detachments., and taken 126 prisoners and 22 waggons. The loss of the enemy, hi:killed; I amounts to 200 men. " Colonel Adrianoff has attacked a detachment of the enemy near Dabutotchina, put theM to flight, and taken a standard and 175 men, also 5 tumbrils of ammunition. ‘."rhe enemy halted some tiMe at 'the Convent 'of Baldin, but on perceiving, the approach of our cavalry, they tied with precipitation, after ckplod ing 38 tumbrils of ammunition, burning some HT . - . bers, and throwing one cannon into the, ditch of the Convent. " Count Orloff obtained considerable advan, tages near Guichkowo, killing 200 of the enemy, and making ISO prisoners, of whom the greater part were French guards. He, in addition, cap tured 30 provision waggons, which the enemy had eolleCted on the road. " Nov. 10.—Count Orloff Den izoff reports, that several of his detachments having orertaken the enemy near the ferry of Solovino, attacked with impetuosity, and captured eight ammunition wag gons 'loaded with cartridges, a forge, &c. and Made 155 prisoners. The same day other parties under his command sent in 102 'prisoners. " General Count Orloff Denizoff having been informed that the enemy, to the amount of 9,000 men, were marching in three divisions on the road from Jellnia to Smolensko, the General having formed a junction with three corps or partizans, resolved to attack one of the said 'divisions posted in the village of Lewkowo. The enemy perceiV ing- his intention, promptly occupied .a hcigl~t on its environs. Having been dislodged from thence by: our artillery, they fell back upon the, village, and were instantly surrounded by our cavalfy, and compelled to lay down their arms, after a feeble.. resistance, ThiS - is the first instance during the present war of a Whole corps laying down its arms. It consisted of 2000 men and GO Officers, under the orders of General Augereau. " Some detachments of cavalry cavalry were sent by the 'enemy to support General Augereau, hut Ge neral Count Orloff overthrew them, and pursued them. with great slaughter. " General - Malaradovitch reports under date, of the Bth of November, that the enemy lost h his retreat from Dorogobuz, to the river °agent, three cannon and 40 men ; and of the 9ti'D, that General Jourkwsky, who pursued the enemy' his light cavalry as far as the Perry of Tolo'- wieuro, made 940 prisonerS, took IS cannon, and 60 ammunition waggons. " Since the battle of Borodino, of the 7th of Septomher, our grand army- has taken .from the enemy 209 pieces of cannon ; General Tormazoff e , 8 ; and Count Wittgenstein, 29, making a total of 246 pieces of cannon. " Besides which, there is no doubt that several guns 'have been thrown into the rivers, or buried, or bOgged in the woods : this is corroborated by the pi isoners and the peasantry. The head -quarters of the Russian army were . on the . 13th November at the village of Ballon -tino, 40 versts from Smolensko." We observed a paragraph in the Morning Chroni cle of yesterday, stating that public notices had been oirculatA thi ough Ireland, offering large rewards for ti apprehension of.another " Public Defaul ter," and that the amount of his deficits was about 100,0001. "We suppose the writer alluded to the following adve;•tiseuient " Three inindred pounds reward.—Whereas information. has been rntived upon oath, that John Drury, Esq. late Ordnance Storekeeper, Cove, hath sold c e rtai n or d nance stores, the property of his Majesty, and that• David Bennett, Morgan Donovan, and James Fitzpatrick have been concern ed herein. Now a reward of two •hundred pounds is hereby offered to any person who shall apprehend the said .John Drury, and lodge him in any of his Majesty's Gaols, or bring him before any of his Majesty sJustireS of Peace, that he may be dcaft with according to law; and a reward of one hundred pounds is hereby offered for apprehending the bodies of each of the other offenders herein before -mentioned. Ariy person who. can give private information on the subject, so as to lead to the conviction of all or any of thu parties concerned iu these frauds, will be liberally rewarded, on application .to• the no dersigmel.' • ".Sighed by order of the respective Officers of Majesty'sOrdnauce, this 27th day of November, 1812. • (Signed) L. H. THOMAS, Assistant-Solicitor, Ordnance, Bristol Am's, Cole-quay,,Corii, or No. 8. Upper Gardiner's-street, ' We know not on what authority che'amount of the, stores embezzled is so confidently stated, or why so much delicacy should have been observed in forbearing to mention the names of the deliu (pleats. 4Ve have the happiness of laying before Out' .Readers the folloF;ing Report of Prince Kurti' zo . sr of the operations of the army under his im mediate command, fann the 9th to the 13th Lt November inclusive, stating, among other'inyori tint successes, the capture of the entire corps of • General AuOEREAti, and the defeat 'olthe detach , ments sent to his aid. The loss of the enemy it the several affairs, in men, ammunition, a nd stores, as herein described, will be found to he very considerable.