The Sun. — London, England, 1814-12-16 00:00:00

TUE SUN REVIEW. -itio. .4 1 rrunwanfial Ararratire al the Campaign in Russia elyih.liished with Plans of the Battles of Nloscow and Malo jaroslavitz. Interspersed with faithful pescripti,ins of those affecting and interestj.rw Scenes of which the Author . 1M Eye-s itliegs. - By EUGENE LARAMIE, Captain of the Roy , al Geographical Engineers,TEx-Otficer of the Ord: nanet--of Prince Eugene, &c. &c. Translated from tl:e French. BVO. pp. 40S. Printed fof S: Loon, Strand, price tog. 6d. Having already so fully expressed - our opinion of the deep interest attached to this volume, the remainder of our task will consist more in ex- traeting from it several of its striking.passages, to illustrate these opinions, than in following _them 'up by further remarks—We may, however, briefly observe, what will have occurred to our . readers that in any future editions there is much room for amendments, both in the matter and style of the translation. The following picture of the French Army after the destruction of Moscow is very singular : • "At the time when the main pa-t of the Rus sian - army had taken different positions, the lords of the provinces in - the neighhOmbood of Mos cow, perceiving that the disasters• of the war had highly exasperated the people, availed themselves of it to 'stir them up, and aria Ahem against us. Mary raised levii•s at their own expense, and put themselves at the head of their iniurvent peasants.. These forces, united to the Ciissacks, intercepted : our convoys on the great roads. But the principal aim of these military preparations Was to harass our forage - rs, and, above all, to take from 'them all the resources which they could still procure 'trom the neighbouring villagei.. In digging under the ruins Of. Moscow, they often fthiltitnagazineS of sugar, of 'wine, or of bra illy. These discoveries, although they would - have been precious in happier ti nes, were no great relief for an army which had consumed all the vegetables of the country, and who would, in a short time, have neither bread or meat to ear. Our rnttle peribhed for want of forage, and to procure others, it was each day necessary to en rage in,comhats, always disadVantageons to us for at so great a distance from czur country, the smallest toss as sensibly felt by us. !‘ Our,real misery was disguised by an apparent abundance ; we had neither bread or meat ; yet Intr tables were covered with sweetmeats, syrups, and,dainties. Coffee; and all sorts of wines, serv ed in china or crystal vases, made it appear, that, with us, luxury was nearly allied to priverty.' extent and nature of our wants rendered . money of little value to and this gave rise to exchanges ; those who had cloth, offered it for wine ; and he , vho had a pelisse could procure plenty of sugar and coffee." . After the defeat of Murat at Tarouta, all hopes .of peace, which the .French till then most ardeutly entertained ; - vanished. , " The Emperor Ivas ,at the Kremlin, occupied in - reviewing his troops, when he received - this _unexpected news_ lie immediately becatite fu riotvi, and, in the transports of his rage, he ex 'claimed, that it was treacherous and inflaions ; that they had attacked the King of Naples in con tempt of all the lank of war ; and that none but barbarians would have thus violated conventions. immediately the parade was dissolved—all hoprs of peace vanished, and the order for our departore was given that very evening. All the corps were to quit Moscow, and - take the grand road to Kaluga. We hoped wP should go to Ukraine, to seek, im tler.a milder sky, countries less savage -and more fertile. But those who. were best informed, as sured u 3 that our movement on Kainga was only a false thanceuvre, to conceal from-the enemy our project of retreating on Smolensk°. and Witepsk. "-Those who did nor witness the departure of the French army from Aloscow, can hare but a faint idea of what the Greek and lionian armies were when- they abandoned the ruins of Troy, or of Carthage. The appearance of our army at that nmment recalled to tier remembrance those inte resting scenes which are so admirably described in `, the writings of Virgil and Livy. The lobg files; of carriages which, in three or four ranks., exi tended - for several leagues, loaded with the im . tnense booty which the soldiers had snatched front the flames ; and those - Moscovite peasants, who were now become oui• servants, gave one some idea of toe slaves w ho followed in the train of the ancients. Others bringing away with them women and children, represented those warriors .amongst Whom . .the captives had been divided. Afterwards tame several ammunition-waggons filled with trophies, and Turkish or Persian draperies, which we had taken troni the palaces of the Czars, and, List of all, the famous cross of Saint Iwan glori ously closed the rear of an army, which, but for the imprudence of its Chief,, would one day have bad to boast having extended its conquests to the limits of Europe." Our Author next particularizes the daily marches of the retreating army, and the daily augmenta-, tion of- its difficulties and sufferings, till the fa mous battle of Malo-jaroslavitz, where the Rus sians first appeared in force to destroy their cruel invaders. .From this hour the retribution of Moscow fell fast .and heavily upon their • guilty beads. la this battle perished the son of the Hetrnan Mud, whose death is thus . described— Front thecommeneement of th e cam p a i gn , the son of the Iletinan Platotf, mounted on a superb white horse front the Ukraine, was t h e faithful companion In arms of hits brave father, and always at the bead of the Cossacks. Lie was distinguished by the advanced guards for his con rage. anti intrepidity. ; This tine young !Tian wa s Cie idol of his father, and the hope of the war like ,nation, who would one day haVe been under his command. But destiny had pronounced Ins fate, and the fatal hour was at hand. In a des- Nl)ON, FRID_IY, DEC.EMBER 16, 1814. iVe:have uo particular arriitil from the Conti nent to-day. The uext accounts . frinn Germany will probably be importanin the Meantime we' beg again to assure the Public, that there is no foundation for the giooray croaiiings of the jaun diced and discontented among us, respecting the state of affairs at Vienna. We have inserted, from a Morning Paper, ac counts relative to St. Domingo, received by way of Jamaica, and cannot do better than copy also its remarks upon the intelligence thus ob•- tained : " It states that a vessel named the Vigilant had arrived at Jamaica from St. Domingo, with intel ligence that e a-General Treaty of Peace bad been signed between PETION and CHRISTOPWE, and bad been publised previously to the sailing of ,the Vigilant, in which it is said that they had mutually agreed to sea-rend:2r St. Domingo to- the French Government, on certain conditions and that all the property, excepting that possessed by Gene ral and. other Officcrs7, was to be given up to their owners.' Ihe same Gazette also st a t es , that,` on the Monday previous the Due de Manchester school-ler, bearing the colours of . his MOst Chris tian Majesty, and having on board M. AUXION LAVAISE, Adjutant-General in the French ser vice, and oae of the Commissioners from the KING of FRANCE to St.-Domingo, proceeded for Port-au-Prince.' " This intelligence is directly at variance with all the information we 'have for a long time past received respecting the situation and disposition of the Inhabitants and' Government of St. Do ntingo. The manifesto of King HENay, of the 18th of September last, in whichite declar e d, in the most energetic 'terms, his irrevocable deter- . ruination never to submit to the French dominion; but to resist invasion to the very last extremities of war; the declaration of a similar resolution on the part of his rival l'Ertog;the degree of strength which we must suppose the 'new Negro State to have attained, and the various circumstances arising from the love and pride of their new-born Freedom,—all combine to make us withhold our belief from an account which would falsify all that has - occurred for years past in St. Vomingo." The Rhenish' illercyry,. which, we received this morning, contains a tedious. Essay, the gist of which is to chew that Poland onght to be erected into an independent kingdom, even under a sian Prince, rather than ,be again partitioned. The Writer dwells much upon the political expe diency of re-creating this Eastern' or Sclavonian Nation ; btit as there is no novelty - nor pecaiar force in his arguments, we do not think it neces sary to lay them before the Public. There has been a new Journal established at Madrid, under the.name of the Sun—We trust it . will, by its loyalty and patriotism, prove itself worthy of the appellation. At present it gives the lite of a Saint in every publication, by way, • we suppose, of illustrating its heavenly course! We are sick almost to nausea with the eternal round of gross, palpable, and Wicked falsehoods, with which the Organ of the-lowest Faction that ever disgraced. Ifritish politics loads its detestable columns. Yet we know not whether we ought not more to feel contempt than indignation at the efforts of this worthless Journal. With an unparalleled quackery, it contradicts its own inventions of one day on the next, and impu : - , dently states, that they appeared in other papers, though it knows that this only happened - from their being copied from itself, and that the sole merit ofthe original untruth belongs exclusively to the Morning Chronicle: This very day - there are two instances of this unblushing chicanery and ef rontery. The Chronicle says,— " We lament tosny that there is no truth in the statement published in aft the Papers that the Portuguese Govenment bad acceded to our wish, respecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Why, then, did it spread the mischievous report which all the Papers copied only from its pretend ed communications from Rio Janeiro'? The Chronicle says, " There it no fotentlation for the rumour of a Duty, amount ing to a prohibition of all external trade, haling been passed by the PRINCE REGENT." , Why then, did it invent this rumour and give it to circulation. We will tell it, and openly too. For the infamous _purpose of embroiling, if it could, this Country with Portugal. For this and • • this only has it assumed the cant of humanity about the Slave Trade ; has it slandered Mr. CANNING ; has it descended deeper and deeper into the gulph of malignant.calumny and per , - version of saved truth. What a despicable figure doeS it cut with all its falsehoods, and all its enmity to the interests of its eciuntry. But we shall not waste, another word in exposing derelic-- tions from overrhonest principle so glaring that even Its own besotted partizans must 'be ashamed of them.. perate charge of the cavalry, which took place near Vereia, between Prince Poniatowski and the Hetman Pla,off, the Poles and Russians, ani mated by - .t mutual hatrA, fought with fury.-- : Ex,iited. by the trdour of the combat, theyeut eacit . otfier tti - pieces, aniron all sides fell gi•eat . men,. who had escaped many former battles,— Platoff, who saw his best soldiers falling around hint, fotgot the danger, and with an anxious eye sought his. fav ourite son. But thi s unfortunate father had nearly arrived_at that tlreadful moment when lite is almost unsupporfable ; for the un fortunate younz man, returning from the heat of the battle, while Making preparations to re new the attack, received a mortal wound from a Pole. " At this instant his father appeared, who, flying to his assistance, threw himself upon him. On seeing him, the son heaved a deep sigh, and wished to express, for the last time, his affection for a •beloved parent ; but on attempting to open . his lips, he breathed his last. In the meantime Plat..iff, who could not restrain- his tears, retired to his tent, to give vent to his feelings. At that moment, he even considered life 4 burden, and could no linwer endure the light. The following Looming, b;day-break, the. Chiefs of the, Cris sacks came to express their grief, and to request that-they thight he perm tied to render funeral hon'otirs to the son of their Hetman. Every one, on- seeing this fine young Man - stretched:in a bear skin, respectfully kisse . l the band of a youth, .who, • but for a_premature death,' would have equalled - the• greatest heroes, by his valour, and by his virtues. After having, according to their religious rites, offered •fervent irayers for the re pose of his sold, they removed him from the pre- , Bence of his fattier, in order'to carry him in so lemn procession to a neighbouring . eminence, covered with cypress, where be WAS to be in terred. The. Cossacks, all ranged in order of battle, observed :a - religious silence, and bowed their heads in profound-respect, while grief was painted in every countenance. At the moment when the earth was for ever to separate them from the, son of their Prince, they fired a vo:ley over the grave. Afterwards, holding their horses in their hands, the► defiled aro'und . the 'tomb,. with their lances pointed towards the earth." We cannot dwell upon the scenes which follow. The acts of infernal hell-hounds were punished in the most signal maimer, and divine vengeance was not slow in asserting its justice. A few examples of both, however, we cannot refrain, from giving, and w:th these shall close our notice of this work. (To be continued.) D 4 AILS ARRIVED-1 Dahlia, 2.Waterfurd. DUE—I France, 2 Ham , burgh, 1 Malta, 2 Holland, 1 Gottenburgh, • 1 Guernsey and Jersey, 1 Waterford. ST CCKS vELv E Bank stock, • " . j Anp. 1G 1,-16th_.f s per Celit. ItelL 7 'fj Bonds, 16s. pi. 3 per Cent. Cons. shnt Excheq. Bills, gs. Si. pr. 4 per Cent. Cons. 82 Oniniurn, i dis. - . 4 pet Cent; Navy Ann.shut Cons.. for Opening,.l364l-1- PRICE 0 TH'IS DAY Al T' 41In1f WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 23 minutes after 5. Eienitlg, 53 minutes after 5. 11741. E SITIN. 8 ,, 1,101 ovls DICER& VA LS II At Al , VF.A'r ? HIGH PRICES: A Correspondent thinks it cannot be too pne rally made known, that the contract price for' supplying •the three regiments,of Foot Guards in London with prime butcher's meat, is five pence halfpenny per lb.; perhaps some of the Gentle men who attend the Smithfield shew of Cattle . ' this day, may be able to explain why the Public cannot obtain this neeessay of life, without being obliged to pay for it nearly clouble the above price.—(Dec. 16, 1814.) The Dukes of YORK 'and CLARENCE visited the PRINCE REGENT yestetday. Yesterday the RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR paid his respects to the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton House. Earl BATHURST had an audience of tke PRINCE REGENT at Carlton House yesterday . : Wednesday Mr. WALSH, the King'S . Messen ger, arrived in Downing -street, tvith - dispatches from Viscount - CASTLEREAGH ; he also brought dispatches from the Duke of WELLINGTON. On Wednesday the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHE QUER gave his first. Cabinet dinner this season:— There were pretput , -- The Lord Chancelloi, the Earls of Liverpool, Bathurst; Westmorland, Mulgrave, and Harrowby; Lord Melville, stud Mr. Wellesley Pole. • Yesterday the .Earl of WESTMORLAND gave a grand dinner to a large party of the Cabinet Mi nisters at his house in Grosvenor-square. _ It is not true, as said, that Vice Admiral Sir JOSEPH SIDNEY YORK will succeed to the com mand at Plymouth, in the room of : Admiral Do- METT, who retires through illness. It is rumoured, says an American Paper, that WILLIAM DUANE, Esq. (the Editor of the Aurora) will be appointed American Minister in the Island of Elba, at the particular request of BUONAPARTE himself!! The Emperor could not have made. a 'better selection, if he wishes to be well acquainted, with the affairs of the East Indies. • Yesterday was held the Adjourned Meeting of the Middlesex Sessions, at Hicks's- Hall. The day was occupied with discharging recognizances, l and disposing of other business of course. The agitation of .the question respecting Mr. MAIN.• WIRING'S" Treasurership is reserved till- next Couuty Meeting., NAVAL NLA'S• THE GALE. tbo t „ PLYMOUTH', DEC. 14.--The ves -1 t bc l lost on the Newstone y es terday pro °of iv French brig Jean Adelle, Capt. DA /41 ' - L Ort Ge ' tons, from Oporto, bound to gavre7:ollole with ZOO chests of oranges and leinons, td` of which, with the ship, are total l / g ll3 Captain . and three men drowned. I he ire ° two men saved themselves. on tliC 1 ; 0 : whence they were taken' last ev ell ' l3 ';.o ll ': 'bruised.—The Swedish galliot Sop hia ' 1 4° ' verpool for Hamburgh, valoBl)`elicr t o now riding in Whitsund with all "rode' and bowsprit gone : should the sv eatie beti llt° rate, the pilots will endeavour to b rilig t f a ir port ; but at present it has blown a 11195 t idefi cg ' gale from the S. W.—The brig nt gee CRAIG, which went on shore yestero3] cre ct ° hill, still remains there, with litt i ` . P r° ,,',.oo ll° co.r , 1 0 getting off , about two-thirdi of expect been got on shore, and the 'remainder e % P, s • port' be saved.—The 0. P. schooner:9f,, till isuo r ' having on board 500 bags. of cocna,..ll6°lplobl Beaux, was pot on the beach tosfoll-1 0 6 0 ` 5 some accident'filled with - water, W I o n f o‘ L v o t n ii: i l o o n a:lit u ig . 5 f0 . : 13 . ititosup,NreEs,erLaatsitoenrs;ol- esbeefelio ed t guns this afternoon, which apPefu,:entild, assistance ; several pilots went off, antaw were informed it was for the Mas ter : l a mi g e Fia l l t ve . eoof S ,cl u i:i c iaid Such conduct gal is highly bi alligit'—e • every prospect of a - verybO e is s te ti r i o l u c a °fliiitilltnu:s' {ro d st DEAL, DEC. 15.—Arrived the iu Teneriffe Diencio Probie, JANsEs, Icr°loco Michael's ; Carleburg, JAMIESON fr° l/2 . o tee rl It ti f i t c r arse b cb e a : r p : tv:lnr captured by an Amer ic6ll e l/ ships in the Downs gbayieilai r sl nsotiyigi'thstr e : t bi n lid a P r t k C°:l;ds:3 ; l d ''l : e most of them have two anchors a-liesdP,.a-; top-gallant masts ‘struck.—Wind S. CV.. .a ies t i l Popasstop.-rn, DEC. Is.—Arrived IL''lols"port' ship Zealous; from Hair ax ; Antelope oflitt) from Cork ; Hope schoonet, from I.l.sllc i e' oo floll loss of. anchor and cable ; she is bo" l ' d t° o ; ls'' with wheat. —Carne into haibour Lbe ' th e ,f l ,lei e ;, cutter, having been on shore during , 1 2 1 ;' '' t t l e l red whole t e ) i v e e ifn yesterday 'o li tl e S a p n i d t. t 0 ~b 3 a r f bavel~eard of no o the evening, when ther damage e d C a a m ni a e g Wind W. ' . n OP _ b FALMOUTH, Dtc; rived- 9 11- 14 I rig, name unknown. Last night i t 1) ,.7 8 0- ieavy gale, and this morning, ivlien .a cairn, several of the ships got foul of r c p t The ship John Shand, GREENNESS) f ell i t : 0 1 7; ship Charlotte, g,yrauttseis:ei Prussian, r e fii n gLs t h lth e :s ei c u ti r i ° l e t i: b! : ei v ae ra n : lll b. ft'.6 .o : l s te rn e t t v. t i . : o, , P e , oil s°';' foremast . . .• The ship Prince, FlA gni . a r y sprung a leak, will be obliged to di sci' t to l p a r i t • i g s o si . au A vcecsoietflu,tsir—otsCitl.eaubteilli: 1:51.1110i571'6C It ,/ leaven, on the 11th instant,; the' COit save d , and three men drowned—four 'l33e° te Wind W. S.W.' „ co llte t rf BRIGHTON, DEC. 14.—Severa l casv; reclt, s o d ing porter, and the fragments of picked up by -yesterday the. w ater's iv cr floatingiiave the iia between lieo f th ß is a p re la ia c y e a a n li d d 7 er v i :j os 00: pi l' ri elti [c 5 e ; A boat, laden with contraband pr . °P erti t ' i,is e l h o with several individuals belonging - 'a on board, is supposed to have fount.: squalls of Monday or last ilight• Yesterday t public other r d near Linichouse. Time L°l. 60111 il' o n board.Prbl principal e t si:eaeln persons t P r mg the proceeded,a g . ers. distance in - ' It is about 40 toils boil'ie'''i 49011 convey wire' for ( It ‘l,oa, of ld tthlrieoCohrtploi ): noe:i.:: is build • In inthe I or.- - 0 river .o two WI I da ' /id! ) be employed as a packet betwee° Ramsgate. isiiixilteeac:d or jeitno,ii•tne,eil!,:i'Atoooo:;; bl ei The on T General Court Martial, whirl) et iVio r e Tuesday General ,ues fer6dhy Willtell3ll, to investigate `I f ei l). ,"•lo ol `yps Foot-a Major Golsss, of the' 3(1 `q4er'CL,iiit'l, belon . uards, against Ensign W. (1 ' '',,,isc illi d of Jul . lin the Theatre at Bout; whilstg'ing to, the said Regiinent), t b z i. 0 0 ' I,ei‘ investigation, st)'yesterday afternoon finaliY c ' 'VP 0 1 ao t og che result of tvbieb ill f ~1) noy „Il ii i intligateti till sanctiontd by Il is 'l.--. j 4l' the p , • RINCF R . 3 0 w ii t • EGENT The Men►b e' . th e . la te .I'e 5 l er , i exs-o. - e ta e r JOhn's Volunteers, te hieitAll,[l,sl tior: ifro: olunteers, a b ou t 200; (filled i f° Tfte r A 0 joving . themselves very ple tifidly, theJoeir.,co .I‘l.enlason's Tavern on itloodar, Illitl' o O re ll I‘;'s.l,eice of plate, of the valor- of 100/. , P:),-Io Pl 4-14 of 5 1. 0 " 1 1 Y Commandant, Xl:ij r JOO5 ; t il ' i ti oti $ . 5 d 1""-----------t mt the Office asiellls, their Setto their Q'iartet - 1 1 (-I t 1 11 11 ' 1 ',, Et i ; lie'delid jeant-Mi• " iS' • • VP' .5 " I n to each of ' J " r the sw " " t I P ie' ' their Drhowers,oo(,,,,,,y. %mut the evening in the veatest bor'-'1 A