The Sun. — London, England, 1812-12-09 00:00:00

ARRIVED-1 Malta, 2 Waterford. I Gottn , burgh, I Brazils, I Dublin, 2 Wa.terfotd. PRICE OF STOCKS TillS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. , Consols 61i Gill Red. Ann THE .. SUN. SOLENI 'QUIS IIICEIti: FALSUM AtiDEAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY., DECEMBER 9, 1812: The 4ctire cutter has arrived at Harwich from , Gottenburgh, but this vessel does not bring any intelligence of a later date than that which arrived yesterday. PrinceKonoviKv, Minister from Russia to the King of Sardinia, came over in the Active: 'he'confirms the accounts . which have already reached us, and is clearly oc opinion, that not a single Frenchman will escape from Russia. deed it is almost impossible; after the perusal of the dispatches contained in the last Gazette Ex tra Ordinary, to entertain a doubt of the entire de structionofthat immense army which entered Russia last June. In a conversation wh cb BUONAPARTE had with the King of Sax - oi ! :v at Dresden, just before the former joined his Army,: the King ven tured to express an opinion that the Russian cam paign would cost the French a great many men. The unfeeling monster replied, that he knew it, but added, that he could afford to expend • (depenser) 25,000 men a month ! ! His expendi- • ture, however, of human, lives has outran his cal culation ; for since June be has lost, upon an ave rage, very little, if at all less than 50,000 men a month. It remains to he seen, if he escapes out of Rtissia, whether France and Germany will still pour forth their population to promote . his ,ambitious views, or to gratify his implacable 'resentments. Although the accounts received yes terday from Gottenburgh were not official, -we' think they are extremely probable ; indeed. we are only surprised that the foreign troops in the French service did not lay down their arms before ; they have been 'exposed to the brunt of every battle, and when the retreat commenced they were left in' the rear, to sustain all the attacks of the pursuing Russians. The un fortunate son of 3 - OEPIIINE was left with this devoted portion of the army, while BUONA PARTE, AluaAT, and BERTHIER t,avelled in I their coach," and with the fav9urite Itnperial Guards. There seems to .be no doubt that BuoNArAttTn, determined to sacrifice the .divi- sions of the Viceroy, DAVOUST, and NEI-, to his own safety, otherwise he would not have divided the cavalry from the infantry and thereby left the latter completely exposed to the attacks of the Cossacks. In fact, when those corps were attacked on the 9th of Nov. we find that they were, as the Vice roy had predicted intis letter, almost incapable of snaking any resistance, and 12,000 of them were ]tilled, and 3,700 taken prisoners. It is impossible that BUONAPARTE must not have foreseen their fate when be left them without cavalry, and %%ten he knew that, in consequence of the loss of their horses, they were daily destroying their artillery. But this calculator. in. human Mod thought that the time :which the Riis- Flans would employ in slaughtering the main body of his Army, would enable him to . ef sect his escape with his chosen few. In that ex pectation, we trust, that he has been disappoint ed. His only chance depended upon the,rapidity Of his movements, because the Russian cordon was :becoming every day more compact around him. .1f he had left Smolensko soon after the llth Nov. and had passed the Russian lines, he might cer tainly have communicated with Paris by the 3d of this month. It may 'appear strange, that a man who certainly has displayed such great military talents should have ventured upon such an expe dition, without having made a more accurate es t:mate of the tesults. There can be no doubt that I h JONAPARTE relied upon being able to terrify .the Emperoi of Russia into a peace ; i his Mistake in that speculation, and the burning of Moscow, have caused his ruin. The risk he ran was great, but then the object he had in view vas a great one ; by imposing a peace upon Russia he would have coin pleteei.his continental system, and have cut us off irom all intercourse with Russia. The success of ibis plan would have deprived us of naval stores lion) the .North ; and if the Americans had also si ceeeded in the attack which he Catised them to in; ke at the same time upon Canada, the conse qi ences to our Navy might have been most se rious. AMOng the other letters intercepted by the. Russians, was one from BUONAPARTE to the Se cretary of State, MARET (called in the French Papers the Duke of Bassano), in which he desires Lim' to Expedite couriers to Austria, Bavaria, Wir teniburgh, &c. with positive orders for all 'the troops in these States to march to his relief. He also desires that the march . of these troop may be mentioned kn all the foreign Gazettes, and its the accountt their numbers should be greatly mag nified, and even doubled. We are inclined to think that the Tyrant's orders will not be so rea dily obeyed as they would have been a few mouths ago. Like Glendower, he may call spirits " fram the vasty deep; " But will they come ?" A Malta Mail arrived this morning, but it brings acipew.t, - • The report of the defeat of SOULT has been vain revived, and it is added that he has re treated towards France. the Intelligence brought Lv the Beagle certainly gives some strength to this rumour. PL'fMOUTII, DEC 7.-Put in here yesterday the ship Reicca, belonging and bound to London, WORTS, Master, from Malta and Gibraltar, with a cargo consisting of wine, cream of tartar, oil, &c.; sailed froni Malta on the I,oth October, and from Gibraltat;_on the 2Gth , November, came a running ship, and is trader quarantine: Alto arrived .the Sully Ann, Pitgu.s, Ceres, LONGMAID, John, OLDRLEVE, and the Blue-elicit Lass, 'loco, from London ; the Two Friends, MAnnicK, from Southampton ; Diligence, c*AP . MAN, from Truro ; the Unity, CROSS, from Cowes ; the Havant, GALES, from Arundel; and . the Ant, V crroßy, from Lyme. Arrived the Superb man of war from Ports mouth, and the Shorpshooter gun-brig from a, cruize off the Start. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. B.—Arrived his Majesty's ships Venus, -Bellona, Bellerophon, Ramillies, and Thistle, with a' convoy, from the- Downs ; and Pyramus from off Havre. His - Majesty's ship Tweed got under Weigh this morning* to proceed with a convoy for Madeira, but was recalled by signal, and remains. DEAL, DEC. B.—Sailed his Majesty's Ships loyal ; Oak, Theseus, .Bellona, and Va/iant, for Portsinouth, to relit ; Success, Freya, and six • transports with French prisoners for Lcith. HARWICH, DEC. 0 —Arrived the Active . cutter, , GREC-SON, from Gottenburgh ; has brought his Ex . - caency Prince hOLLOSKY, who is going Envoy Extraordinary from Russia to Sardiniz. Ilk Ex cellency confirms the accounts already recei-ved, and states it as his firm opinion, that not a French man will get out of Russia. Sailed the Auckland "packet, and the Lady Fran, ces, for Gottenburgh ; and the Lord -Nelson for Heligoland, all With mails. , YAumotmt, DEC. Active, of Hull, LATTIMORE ; Master; from Wisbech for London, with potatoes, was driven on .shore yesterday on Caister Beach, and will be totally lost. Atrived the...ctive, of London, WINLAY, Mas ter, from London. FALMOUTH, Dac. B.—Arrived the Lady Pelham packet, with a Mail from Malta last from Gib raltar in six days. Also arrived a man of war brig, and made signal of convoy for Portugal and the Mediterranean, and a ship sloop of war supposeci from a foreign station. Also arrived a brig from Messina, for Loudon, and is put under quarantine. The Marlborough packet, for Lisbon, has gOne into the roads, and, with the Lady Emily, for Malta, and the Sandwich, fbr Cadiz, still remain. esterdarthe DUKE of .3.r.oT;iz held a Military Levee at .his office in the 'Horse Guards, which was attended by a number of Military Officers. The Duchess of YORK arrived in tcwn yester day, for a few days. Sunday the Vrineess CUARLOTTE of WALES, ac ,companied by Lady DE CLIFFORD, attended divine Service' at St.,.George's Chapel, Windsor, and heard a Sermon preached by die Honourable and Re verend Mr. STOFFORD. , This morning the trial of Mr. Hunt, of The Examiner, for a libel, came or. in the King's Bench, when he was found guilty. SountAmp - rox, DEC: 5.-4)ied,..on Sunday last, aged, 70 years, Mr. 'William Lakeland, an officer in the excise, a. most eccentric character. This person died worth near 40001. the whole of which . is funded property. He lived latterly so very ab stentious as to deprive himself of the common ne cessaries of life. He died without making a will, and often, on having been requested to make one, observed, that he no relative in the world, and that his property, at his decease, should de lve into the hands of the English government, under „which he lived. Some respectable gentle men, of this town, hearing of the deplorable state in which lie lived, a few days before his decease, dictated by the feelings of humanity (though well knowing be might have rendered.himself com fortable, in consequence of his property), codes vonred to render his latter days cornfortable, by frequently. attending him, administering to him the sustenance and necessaries for a person in his situation, and occasionally sent a few bottles of wine, &e. the whole of which they, found,, after hi& decease, remaining in the same state as sent; on inquiry," they Were informed, by the people of the hatise where this penurious man lived, that on his being requested to partake of the articles sent for his comfort, his answer was, " No, I shall get better soon, anal then it will be worth something to me." A very voluminous assort ment of letters and paperS of his have been exa mined, but not the least satisfactory knowledge could be obtained from - them: . CORN-EXCHANGE, DEC. 9.—We had a good supply of Wheat to-day,• the sale of which was dull, and . the principal part held at Monday' s prices ; Rye, Barley, and Malt remained sta tionary ; floe Oats.-were much in demand, and very scarce,, hut a great many of a quality scarcely saleable at any price ; of New Tick Beans we had a gobd supply, and the•salei heavy ; Boiling Peas are looking upwards ; in other descriptions of Grain no alteration. Lord Chnn!)erletin's• • f.yfire, hvremter 8, 181 .4.. Notive is hereby Kiven, that the Lert.e intended to have been held by his !loyal liighues the Prince llto - ent, at Carl- , tun-liouse, on Thursday, vi pt;stparied till 310;7(lay next, the 14th ihstaut, at two o'clock. • lrar:Pgice, Dec, 8, 1 SIQ • BREVET.—Capt. Thomas Kennedy, on the Staff, to be Ma in the Army. • - • The King's German Lrgion. Ist'llattali•on of Lightiaantry, Hermann Meyer, Gent, to be Ens gn, Vice Henstq., pronmed. Ist liatLalioil of the Line. To be Litintenants, - .l7:nsigi,,,Cliarles.Wevlie, vice Aiever, dead of hi, AVoilads. Ensign . - Meyer, Tice tot:liner, killed in action. Tu be Enlig.n, Serjeant-Major promoted Wolff*, vice Einem, Mr..itoßANntrm.--Ensign Johnson, of the. 89th Foot, who wacSnperseded, as stated in the Gazette of the 1 7th ult. is re instated in in; rank. The tip puilituit,lt of tisign John Thomas Carroll, of th-e Limerick City ,filitia, to be linsign; without purchase, as stated st the Llazette of the ‘2lst April, 161, has uut taken ERRATA in the Gazettes of . the 6th October lasi* an i 1 Ist in stant.-53 Foot, For Volunteer Ember, from the sth Foot, to be Ensign, &c. read Voluntea Charles "label . ; from the sth Foot, to be En iyu, &c. • BuEvEr.--For Captain James F.Faulton, of the 95th FoOt,!to be Major in the Army, read Captain James F. Fulton, - of the 49th Foot,-to be Major in the Arne)-. • BANKRUPTS. William Hopwood, Wesrborne ' Sussex, fell-monger, to sur render December 11, 12, and,l,,nuary 19, at eleven, Jt the Dolphin Inn ; Chichester. Attornies, Messrs. Johnson; Price, and Freeland, Chichester. Joseph Balfour, Basitighall-street, Blackwell-Hall-factor, • .December 12, at ten, 19, at one,, and January 19, at ele •ven;at Guildhall, Loudon. Attornies, Messrs. WiLic and ,Knight, Castle-street,Talcon-square.. George Newman Harvey, Liverpool, merchant, December 2R, 29, and January 19, at one, at the Globe Tavern, John . street, Liverpool: Attornies, Mr. Pritt, Lirerpool, or Messrs. Blackstock and Bunce, Paper-buildings, Temple, London. Thompson, Greenside, near Shetlie4d, Whitestaith, December 15, 22, and January 19, at eleven, at Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. lirrighte, Belvidere-row, - St. George's, Southwark. George Blakeley, late of. Wood-street, warehouseman, De , cember 12, 22, and January 19, at ten, at Guildhall, Lon don. Att orne y, M r . H ar tl ey , New ridge-street; Black friars. James Chapman, Bath, 'carpenter, December 21,. 1 29, and • January 19, at eleven, at the Elephatr• and Castle, Bath. Attornies, Messrs. George Pearson.and Son, •Pucup-court, Tempt.., London, or Mr. W. J. W. TaYloc, , Bt;::h. - Robert TosleY, late cf Gloucester, corn-tie-444-, December ta, 29, and January 19, at ten, at the Boutitall Inn, Glitu aster. Attornies, Messrs. Whitema'm .and King, Ser jeint's-Inn, Fleet-street, I...initial, or Mr. W. - C. Ward, Gloucester. Solomon \Valle:B and Thomas Attwood, Oldawinford, Wor cestershire, anvil-makers, January G, at fire, 7, and 19, at eleven, at the &corm Inn, diey, WorceStershire. At tornies, Mr. Roberts, Stourbraig,e. William Francis Pattersou, Great Pulteney-street, Golden square, bill-broker, December 12 5 19, and January 19, at twelve, at Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. Walls, George-street, Portman-square. Richard. Junes, Bimingham, shoemaker, December 14, 15, and January 19, at ten, at the Swan Tavern, Bnll-street, BirMinghant. Attornies, Messrs. Devon and Tooke,•Hol burn-court, Gray's-Inn, London, or Mr. George •Bureish, femple-row, Birmingham. Charles Cooper, late of Langley-Hid% Sotton Coldfield, Warwickshire, coal-master, December 14, 15, and January 19, at one, at. tbe Three Tuns ' Sutton,Coldileld. Attornies, Messrs. Sherwin and Hall, Great. James-street, Bedford row, London. John Grant, Hatton-garden, merchant, December. 12, 22, and January 19, at ten, at Guildhall, London. Attormiy, Mr. Shaw, Staple's-Inn. Charlei . Williams, St. Albans, wine and spirit- merc h a nt, Dec. 12, 15, and Jan. 19, at eleven, at Guildhall, L ou d on . Attorney; Mr. Richard Woodhouse, Harcourt-buildings, Temple, • •• John Theodore 131tricer, Dover, Kent, draper, December 15,. 2.2, and January at twelve, at Guildhall, London. tornies, Messrs. Wiltshire, Bolton, and West; Old Broad street. • ' James Allardice, Conduit-street, linen-draper, December 15, 23, and January 19, at twelve, at Guildhall, London. At torney, Mr. Langley, Charlotte-street, Bedford-square.... Wi'ktium Henry Gall, Gutter-lase, Cheapside, silk-manufac turer, December 11, 12, and January ID, at eleven, at London. Attornies, Messrs. ,Bourdillon and Hewitt, Llttlt Friday -street. DIVIDENDS-At G u ildhall. Jan. 12. H. Atkins, i'ope's-Head-allt6 11.wisii-broker, at 10. Jan. '2. M. Barter, Red-Lidn-euurt, Flcet-street, victualler, at eleven.. Jau. 2. 'F. Blackburn, Mount-street, Wllitecliapel-roamas ter-mariaer, at eleven. Jan. 5. T.-Browne and J. Forrester, Savage-gardens, wine merchant, at ten. Jan. 16. S. Chettle, Blackman-street, Southwark, uil and colourntap;at one. • • . , Jan. Iz. J. F. Guodnxiu, AbcLurch-lane, tavern-keeper, at 10. Jun. 9. M, Isaacs, Sheerness, slopseller, at ten. Jan. 9. J. LAig, Kingston, Surrey, maltster, at eleven. Jan. 12. T,Lo*e, liotolph-lane, oilman, at ten. Jan. 5. Featherstone Richards and W. Bond, Upper Thames - street,_hat-manufacturers, at eleven. Jan.. 9. T. Rooke, Rengeo, Hertfordshire. farmer, at ten. Jan. 9. J. Routh, Austin-friars, merchant, at eleven. Jan. 27. S. Sheffield, Aldgate, High-street, butcher, at one. Jan. 2. W. Stonebc•idge, Colcheoter, grocer, at twelve. Jan. 6. NV; Squire,•Leeds, hosier, at eltven, at the Bull and Mouth Inn, Leeds. A. Varicas, Founder's-court, London, merchant, 'at twelve. Dec. 30. C. Wiidguose, St. Philip and Jacob, Gloucester, coal -merchant, at twvive, at the Rummer Tavern, Bristol. Dec. 28. S. D. Willinott, late' of Duthiter, Somersetshire, merchant, at eleven,' at the Angel Inn, Lridgewater, So inersetshire. Dec. 29. J. Beck, late of St. Ives, liuntingdonshire, iron monger, at eleven, at the Uni co rn I nn , St. I v e s . Dec. 30. S. Boweher, and W. Wood, Exeter, Nine and &randy merchaats, at the Old London lon, Exeter. Dee. 29. J . Brown, and a,Tre g ent, late of Birmingham,. fac tor, at elerea, at the Swan Hotel, Birmingham. Dec.: 0. E. - C(41111w Norwich, Laherdasher, at four, at the Angel Inn, Norwich. , . Dec. 28. C. i)yche, Burtou -npon-Trent, Staffordshire, buteker, at eleven, at the Swan Inn, Stafford. • Dec. 30:It. Johnson, Lane-end, StaffOrdshire, manufacturer, at eicircu r at the Roebuck Inn, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Dec. 3j. M. Moore. Great Yarmouth, ehinatuan, at. twelve, at twelve, at the Ship Tavern, Great Yarmouth. Dec. 28. J. Norton, I.ete of Bloxham, Oxfordshire, inniioldcr, at eleven„ at the White Lioninn, Banbury. CERTIFICATES—DEc.. 22. C. Marchant, Gloucester-street, stationer. J. Bradshaw, Portsea, slopseller. A. Sculthorp, New Bridge-street, Vauxhall, ironmonger. J. Prentis, Christchurch, bricklayer, A. Still Gutter-lane, tailor. J. G. Irks, Arundel-street, Strand, paper-maker. W. West, Merton - , calico-printer. 'l'. Dawson, Ah'gate lligh-street, linen-draper. 'T. Okell, Great Queen-street, linen-draper,. P. Lock, Nailsworth, ya-m-makey. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Wade and. W. Mouney, Cannon -street, wine and brandy merchants. A, Smith and, Zaccheus Coates, Little Grosvenor-street, newspaper agents. J. Kearsley, J. F. Muller, and F. W. Thies, Liverpool, mer chants. B. Burrows, and J. Brown, Birmingham, hatters. E. Williams and T. Williams, Newport-street, linen-drapers. W. Whittenbury and N. Whittenbury, Manchester,- cotton merchants. T. Boarne and S. Bourne, Melksham, shopkeepers, E. Halsey Bockelt aud J. Bockett. J. Kinder and H. Raven, St. Albans, spirit-merchants. • ' E. Lawson, G. Draper, and T. Draper, Brown's-lane, Spite fields, carriers and leather-cutters. J. Straka!' and J.'l'. Thompson, Long-acre, camp-equipage 7 makers. D. Owen and W. Higginson, Liverpool, red and iron-liquor mait ufacturers. ' G. Kell, B. Kell, and W. Jowsv, Rotherhithe, =stand b1e,4 7 makers. Art I ,:kL4 I" A. 11,14 I A kivi 1..4‘.04 HOUSE - LORDS; 11.11-231)AY, DLC. 8. The hearing on the Writ of Error CASE', the East India Company v. Certain Rectors in DoT'' don, and others, respecting a Tithe Question/ which stood for.this day, was posOned,till day next. . • -•, Their Lord hips then adjourned for some time during pleasure. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' BILL. Immediately on the resuming of the House, .Lord ELLENBOROUGH presented .a Bill-to ex plain and amend. the Insolvent Debtors' Bill of last. Session :.part of which his Lordship described as found to be materially defective, and princi pally in what respected the provisions relative t° debtors, the amount of whose debts exceeded two thousand pound's. With respect to these; flit powers of the judicial Barristers who were to be appointed by the respective Courts.,of Law,•were. far from dearly defined,- and in some points or _ view, they fell short of what wasfound to be ne cessary:, The remedial Bill which he now pro posed, would go to give those Barristers so ap pointed, the powers of administering an oath ; and also to cause prisoners for debt to he brought before them, on their warrants, -in the counties of Middlesex and Surrey; and with respect to other , parts of the kingdom, by Writs of habeas corvs. Provision was also made that the decisions of the judicial Barristers should be ,final; and farther, that the properties of debtors of such description he vested, for the purposes of .the Ac:, iFt the Clerks of the Peace. 'l7lle Bill contained soine subordinate, Provisions for remedying defeet• tile original Bid, which were adverted tO, by the Noble and Learned Lord. Ile' then presented the, Bill, which, under the aboVe title,- was forth wit.-11 read a first time. A Message was sent, agreeably to their .I,.. ! pi± ships order of last night, to the Cononovs, r.:- qucsting copies of the Reports of their commit; tees, appointed to inquire into the delays attend ing the decisions on the Suits in the High. Court of Chancery; and which, on the return of the Messengers, were presented by them to t►ie House, and ordered to lie on the table. The Report of the Vice Chancellor's Bill was taken into consideration, and agreed to by-the House. The Earl of CLANCARTY laid a document on the table, the purport of which we were uuable to collect. Adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE' OF COMMONS, TUESDAY, DECE.IiBER. 8. A Message from the Louis requested this House to communicate the Reports of the 18tli June, 1811, and 13th June, 181'2, respecting suits .in Chancery, to their Lordships. The re- 7 ports were ordered to be communicated,. and the Messengers were informed of the same. Mr. ROBINSON presented a copy of the Orders in Council, authorising the exportation of certain goods from, and the importation into the West India islands. He also gave notice, that on Thursday next he would move for leave to bring in a Bill for the indemnification of persons acting under the said order. Lord PALMERSTON, in presenting a Petition from the University bf . Cambridge, against the Catholic. Claims, took occasion to state, in con.; tradiction to the rumours that had gone abroad, that six days bad been allowed to the non-resi dents to attend the convocation, which was twice the time usually allowed. - The Petition was read and ordered to'lie on the table. . . A. similar Petition was pi•teilted from the Re corder, Alderman, and Burgesses of Grautham 7 Ordered to lie on the table. 'rile SPEAKER acquainted the House, that be had received a letter from the Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, containing a petition, cons plaining,of an undue returThof a Member to serve for the town and county of Galway. The pe tition, which was from John Joyce and others, w-as then -read, and ordered to be taken into con sideration with the other Petitions against the same return, on the 11 di of February. Mr. LociatAßT rose, pursuant to notice, to move for leave to bring in 1, ,Bill to prevent the Trustees of Parish property from granting long and impro vident leases. , After explaining what in his opi nion, were improvident, and what linig leases; he stated it to be'his intention to propose, that.the trustees should not be able to grant a lease With- out the concurrence of the Bishop of. the diocese in the term fir which it was granted ; and he also would propose, that it should be imperative upon trustees, to give a public notice when leases of grotnuk were to be •granted, which would pro-: duce a competition that.wouLl have the effect of making the lands let for their value.—Leave was given to bring in a Bill. • • The StarCh Bill went through a Committee, , the report of which was ordered to be t - ceiyed to morrow. • The House went intoa Committee on the Malt Act, in which the Chairman was instructed to move for leave to bring in a bill to alter and amend the said Act. The House resumed, and oil the motion of Mr: Lushington, leave was given to bring in the Bill. blouse went into a ComnOtee on the Cho colate Act, in which it was.resolved, that the Chair-. man should move for leave .to bring in a Bill for allowing an additional drawback. • The Rouse went into a Committee on the Cus toms Consolidation Act, in which several resolu tions. were moved for altering the drawbacks on Spanish %Vines, &c.—The Report of the Commit tee was ordered to be received to-morrow. Mr. LUSIIINGTON brought up a Report of the Committee- on the Prince Regent's Message re specting the Grant to,Lord Wellington. Mr. CAtCRAFT did not rise to oppose the grant; on the contrary, be subscribed -to it in the most; unqualified manner, and thought nu reward could be too great for the services of Lord Wellington: The Resolution was agreed to nem con: The Report of the Committee of Stipp!) , was brought up' and agreed to. Le - ave.l;as givi;rt to bring in a Bill pursuant to