The Sun.
London, England, 1812-12-19 00:00:00

The accounts of BUONArARTE'S death continue
to be circulated with great corrfidence. It was
yesterday stated that two officers, had reached
Paris, who asserted, that BUONAPARTE bad been
shot by BERTHIER. The officers who spread this
report in Paris, were immediately arrested by the
Police.

We have this day the satistaction of laying be-
fore our, Readers the. Official Reports of Prince
KUTIJSOIV, respecting the memorable battles
mentioned in Lord CATHCART'S last dispatches.—
It appears fiom the Reports of the gallant
veteran, that the loss of the French was even
greater than was at' first stated. His Imperial
Majesty has couferrei. upon him the title of
" Prince of SMOLENSKO," and made ;him Knight
of the Order of St. George of the First Class. The
Russian Messenger who brought these dispatches,
overtook the British Messenger DANIELS On the
mai.. He states, that before he left l'etersburgh,
a Yager had arrived with an account of the death
of Marshal STET.

The opinion which a•e ventured to express some
days ago, that the French would evacuate Spain,
is very -strongly confirmed by the last accounts
from that quarter. The Zephyr, which-has just
arrived from Santander, has brought intelligence
of the retreat of all the troops under CAFFARELLI
into France.

We , are happy to find that the proposition to
Parliament, for granting a Sum for the Relief of
the. Russians, was agreed to in both Houses, with
"Very little opposition.

'We learn by a vessel just Irrived fronrHalifax,
that the uninber of voters for. the Presidency of
the American Republic is known; and that it is
ascertained a majority of one only appears in
favour of Mr. MADISON,. in the competition with
CLINTON. This one vote is itself of doubtfnl,
validity, because it originates in one of-the Mem-
.
hers of the Liective Bndy ;or the State of Massa-
chusetts, and it is a matter not yet settled, whe-
ther this Province has, or has not, an improper
excess of one vote, according to the code of the

Constitution.

Yesterday,, at three o'clock, the PRINCE RE-
rlt NT .held a Court at Carlton House. -The Count
TY, .Lip,EN, Lieutenant-General and Aide-de-
Camp to the -EMPEROR or all the rtus ssiAs, and
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to
- his Britannic .Majesty, was introduced to his
Itoyar Highness by VlSCplillt CASTLEREAc.II, as
Secretary of. State for Foreign Affairs, and con-
ducted by Mr., CllESTER,‘Assistabt Master of,the
. Lermenies ; when his Excellency delivered his
crclentiais, and was most graciously received.
A Privy Council was afterwards held, which
irai numerously attended. The Recorder of.
London made a report to hiS Royal:Highness of
the persons capitally convicted at the October
Sessions, in the Old Bailey, when Thomas Cato,
for forgery, was ordered for execution on Wed-
iissday next.
The PraNcE afterwards gave audience to seve-
ral of the Cabinet Ministers.

TY' ti S,
AI _Li

OSS OF HIS MAJESTY CUTTER ALI3AN, AND ALL

HER CREW, EXCEPT ONE MAN.

ALDI3EbUCH, DEC. 18.—I have to communicate
•tie melanchOly loss dills Majesty's cutter
commanded by. Lieut. KEY ; she was .driven from
the Holland station by the pi esent very heavy gale,
forced on shOre here this morning, and is a com-
plete wreck,
I am extremely sorry to sav, that out of a crew
consisting of 5G nien, 3 Wariten;' and 2' children,
only one woman, servant to Mrs. KEY, and a
young man,.a seaman, of the name of JAMES *NEW
row, are saved.

The Surgeon, Mr. JAMES TnpmrsON, came on
shore with some life in him, but he died immedi-
ately afterwards.

POTSMOUTII, DEC'. 18.—Sailed his Ainjesty's
ships Revenge and Pcirtridge, with the conxoy for
Spain and Portugal.
The Countess of gigin cutter,.with her conyoy,
for the Downs, remain at Spitlieacl.

YARMOUTH, DEc. 18.—There ha-§ been a heavy
gale of Wind for several days past front the cast-
Ac'ard, but the ships in the Roads, coutintie to tide
safely.

Dtc. Venus sChooner,
Horkiss, from Lisbon for LOndon, parted from
one anchor this morning, brought up with a se-
etmd, and rode out the gale, until assistance was
giv,:m her from the shore, when she hove up, anti
ran farther into the harbour.

HARWICII, DEC 18.—Arrived the Malabar from
Sheerness, with the toss of her rudder, two an-
chors, and cable, with other damage •

PRINCE IC UTUSOFF 'S REPORT.

From the villa,s-e of Dobrovo, Nov. is

fc After the dekat of the cntwv. ,near' Viatuna,
the army advanced in the direction of Krasnoe,
by the shortest road, in order to cut off the retreat,
if not of the whole French army, at least of the
rear. This was successfully carried into execu-
tion on the 17th and 18th Nov. The van, com-
manded by General MumaADovicn, bad conti-
nued its -march by Dorogobouzg, as. far as the
ferry of Solovievo, but within a short distance of
that place 'it took the direction of Liotovo, in or-
,
der to form a junction with the grand army.—
NAPOLEON, nut having expected this movement,
could not ward off the blow.

" Gen. PLATow, having been reinforced'by two
regiments of chasseurs, continued his march upon
the roads of Suaolensko and Domhovo, and greatly
facilitated the combined movement of the vanguard
of MILORADOVICII, who, on the 17th, obtained
advantages Over the French guards, that retired
from Keritna towards Krosnoe. On that day the
vanguard encountered the enemy again, who was
routed by General OuvAnol:F's cavalry. In this
affair the enemy lost some colours and cancan,
and and many prisoners, among whom was a General.
" On the 17th, the army went to meet. the
enemy. The sth, 6th, and Bth corps of the,
army, the division of Cuirassiers, eight' regi-
ments of Cossacks, the Negin Dragoons, the
Matropol hussars, and the 19th of chasseurs,
were ordered, notwithstanding the numerous de•
files and the greatest difficulties, to turn the enemy,
by marching towards the village of Dobrovo, which
is on tl.rc road leading to 'Orcko. The vanguard of
General MmonAnovic:n, composed of the 24 and
7th corps of infantry, and of a corps of cavalry, had
taken a covered position near the village of Merli-
no, with a view of awaiting the arrival of DX-
vousT's corps.at Krasuoe, while Prince GA LI Tirti.
was advancing towards the same place, with
the third corks and two' divisions of cuiras-
siers. The" enealy • was astonished to see our
troops advance from all direCtions ; he made,
indeed, some dispositions for an engagement, but
the lvell-directed fire-of our.artillery, and the im-
petuosity of whole columns rushing upon him with
levelled bayonets, overthrew and put him to flight.
NAPOLEON hinself was an. eye-witness of this de-
cisive- cOrubilt ; but seeing •the bad situation of
affairs, he rode off at fail speed to Liacfl, aban-
doning the corps of Marshal DAVOUST to the
mercy of the conqueror.
" The remainder of thiS corps, which was almost
totally destroyed, endeavoured to save itself by
flight, and ran, with the greatest disorder, into
a forest on the banks of the Daeiper, imagining
that it would be safe there ; but our ligl)t troops
pursued it every where, and destroyed it entirely.
Two Generals, 58 Officers, 9170 prisoners, 70
pieces Of cannon, -.Wee pair of colours, and the
batOn of Marshal Da.vousT, arc the trophies of
this memorable day.

" From some papers tli -at were intercepted.on

Fumi wATEII. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
Morning, 45 minutes after 3. I Evening, 10 mitint.c§ after.