The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-20 00:00:00

GENSTEIN

The former, in Lis pursuit of the enemy; bad
Taken 40 waggons, 22 standards of the Bavarian
regiments, 800 ducats of the military chest, 7 of-
ficers, the Commissary General with all his em-
ploys, and made 100 prisoners, on the 25th Oc-
tober ; and, on the 26th, he took from the elle=
my 7 pieces of artillery, and made 7 officers and
150 prisoners,—besides those taken in various
rencontres of the rear-guard, wherein the enemy
bad much suffered.

COunt WITTGENSTEIY reports, that by the ope-ratiOn of General-Slm:lmi., the Bavarian corps
was separated from that of Sr.' CYR. He himself
in the pUrsuit had taken 800, prisoners, and 10
tumbrils-; he found 300 horses killed on the road,
and some limbers ; the cannon belonging to
which, he supposes, were buried in tie marshes.
The 'enemy had retired to Lepeile.
He adds, that St. CI R'S corps is so weakened,
that it is imnossilde for him to attack again till
be is cousiderabjy reinforced.

General STr_.:s-itm, dates from Koubliche, on
the, 26th October, and Count WITTGENSTEIN, on
the,same day, from Ontchatehi.

Lord'.CATE-cr states, that nothing of nlo-
Tnent had been reported from the Grand Army.
The French were hi the utmost want of .provi-
sions and forage, and the Russians were greatly
superior in the riamber and vigour- of their
cavalry.

The French left seveiai thousands sick in Mos-

cow, in the most miserable state.

With respect to the report from Riga of the 7th,
that a great battle had ISeen foUght between the
Grand Armies in the neighbourhood of Smo-
lenslio, in which 15,000 Frenchmen laid, down
their anus, we confess that we entertain consider,-
able doubts. It is quite impossible that BUONA-
PARTE with -his army could have reached the
neighbourhood. of Smolensko ; his-march, even if
nnimpeded by an enemy, must from, the wretched
state of the Russian roads in winter, be extremely
slow; but exposed, as he necessarily would be;to
the daily attacks of an active • and persevering
enemy, the difficulties'that Would oppose his pro-
gress, we should trust, would be found to be in-
surmountable., The number of the Russian sick
and wounded, taken at Moscow, are said to have
ainounted to about 15,000, and hence may have
arisen the report from Riga to which we have
alluded. It is, however, to he recollected,
that General KuKusow, according to the last
accounts which we received, had sent fif-
te:m regiments, of Cossacks towards Smolensko,
and, BUONAPARTE informed us that, for Rome
days before he lcf. Moscow, he
.had sent off
considerable numbers of his sick and wound-
ed in the -same direction ; it is therefOre very
likely that they may have fallen into the hands
of the-Cossacks, and this may have giVen rise to
the renort in question. We cannot help repeating,
that it is most singular that we should' know no-.
thing of BU9NAPAR7M .and hi 4 army since be left
Moscow. That
,his object was then to fall
upon KOTUSOW" there cal -be little doubt ;
but it is most probable that -:the. defeat .of
Yll.l RAT on one side, and' of ST. CYP. on the
other, • indUced him to abandon his intention,
and to endeavour to. make the best of hi; „Way to-
wards the Polish frontiers. All the accounts concur
in stating, that. the French cavalry is almost an-
nihilated—even the French Bulletin admits that
they are in a bad state, while, on the other hand,
the Russian cavalry are not only in excellent con-
dition, but haVe received very large reinforce-
talents. No less thaU 24 regiments of Cossacks'
have joined Gen.,KuTusoi,v before the 12th ult.

The question respecting the Roman Catholics
freents to have deprived the Opposition of all corn=
maid of temper. -Who would_conccive that reli-!

gloms animosity should have so powerful in.
fluence upon politicians in these times, and parti-
cularly upon those politicians who affect to be
patriots ? Because the Ufiiversity 'of Oxford
lately sheaved, as became it, a fit-in deter-
mination to support the Establishment in Church
and State, it has been assailed, in the chief
Opposition Piper'," with the most violent abuse,
and because Cambridge University ,has followed
the example of its Looped Sister, and decided
for a petition to Parliament against the removal of
those defences of our national faith, and our ex-
cellent'Constitution, framed by our wise ancestors,
and which they gloriously shed their blood to
. support, the same Paper has this day poured out
ailood_of bile against that University also. Aceord7
ing to the Paper alluded to " the Resident Old Fel-
lows, Young Tutors, and Heads of Houses" are
" dregs"—" a mere Caput MortUum" and all wis-
dom, virtue, and learning, are 'to be found in
the Non-residents. How differently would have
been thedescription of the latter, had they taken the
opposite side of the question !—But. these. Resi-
dents are accused of an attempt " to smuggle an
AildresS hostile to, Religious LibertY.". And
what is the proof % Why, that last year they gave
only a day's notice of the intended'illeeting, and
,that this year they Katie three days notice.—
Sure if the; Non-Residents had all the zeal for
religious liberty so fondly ascribed to them,
they had full time given to them to has-
ten to Cambridge, in order to spew how
Much more enlightened they are than our an-
cestors, who did all they could to guard against
the return of a Popish ascendancy, and to prop
the glorious cause of innovation. We are not
disposed to imitate the Paper alluded to by
abusing the Non-Residents for supineness in

omitting to suppo'rt a cause which it is pretended
that they approves On the contrary, we are ra-
ther inclined to conceive that they reposed entire
confidence in the attachment of th,? Universities
to our essential interests in Church and State, and
therefoie did not think it necessary to be present
on the occasion. Yet we think a little more zeal
in support of an Establishment which renders us
the mmt secure and the happiest people on the
face of the globe, might not only have exempted
them from the disgrace of a party panegyric, but
have tended highly to their honour as friends of
their country.

Wrspsoß, Nov. 19.—The weather has been so
very bad. all the week, that there have been no
movements of the ROYAL FAMILY, except the
Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES visiting the QUEEN
and PRINCESSES daily, at the Castle. This morn-
ing the weather proving tine,Prineesses AUGUSTA,
SOPHIA, and Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES, took
an airing on horseback, accompanied by the
Eishdp of SALISBURY, Lady ROSSLYN, General
SPENCER, Colonels TAYLOR and DEsnaow. The
QUEEN, and Princesses MARY and ELIZABETH,
went to Frogznore.

Preparations are beginning to he -made for the
return of the Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES to
Warwick House.

ThePRINCE REGENT continues`down at Hough-
ton, enjoying there, with the. most perfect health,
the sportive diversions of Lord CRoLDIUNDELEY'S
Chase, which is not inferior to any in Norfolk.—
His Royal Highness, we understand, does not
propose returning to Carlton House before Tues-
day next.
Lord I\IEI.N-tux entertained the Cabinet Minis-
ters with an elegant dinner, on Wednesday, at his
residence at the Admiralty. • 1
he Earl of LIVERPOOL will give a grand dinner
on the 28th inst. to a numerous assemblage' of
Peers. Mr. VANSITTART is expected to give a
grand dinner on the same day, to a 'number of
Members of the House of Commons, the friends
of Ministers.

The Marquis and Marchioness of CAMDEN en-
tertained a large party at dinner yesterday, at
their Seat, the Wilderness, Kent.

An Expedition is said to be prepared in Russia
against Italy ; the troops to be landed in the Bal-
tic, and supported by a British naval force.
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it is said that the Duke of OLDENBURG"! iS to
be proposed as the new Sovereign of Poland, un-
der the guarantee of Great Britain and Russia.—
This measure, it is expected, willdetach the Poles
from BUONAPARTR.

Lord CASTLEREAGFI iS so much abusedthat, in-
dependently of all other pleas in his favOur, he
must, upon SWIFT'S principles, be a man of no
ordinary talents. " You May know," said the
shrewd Dean of St. Patrick's, " a clever . fellow
by the knaves and fools who revile him." A long
defamatory letter appears against this Nobleman
in a Morning Paper of to-day; but the Author
conceals his name, and pays for his malice. I
We understand that Major-General BROWNS,
from the Sussex District, is to succeed the late
Lieutenant-Governor of Plymouth, and' Comman-
der of the Western District; and not Lieut,-Gen.
H. WYNYARD, as was stated and intended in the
first instance.

That excellent Officer, Lieue-General DOYLE,
will shortly resume his dcimmand, and give his
assistance to the Spanish Legions, organizing at

Cadiz.

Parliament meets on Tuesday next, when the
usual ceremony will commence, of swearing in the
several Members of the House of Commons,
which will take nearly the whole of that week
and' on Saturday the Connuons will choose their
Speaker, who will be presented to the, PRINCE
REGENT, at the Bar of the House of Lords, on
Monday, the 30th inst. when his Royalsilighness,
in Regency Robes of State, will open the Session
by a mose gracious Speech from the Throne.