The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-30 00:00:00

the incbgo-makers of Terra Firma attach much
weight. There was published at St. Dotningo,
some years ago, the following criteriop to ascer-
tain invariably the. Correct fermentation of the in-
digo : ‘‘ It is only Tequisite to write on white
paper-with the matter,to: be examined If this
ink be of very high colour, -it-is a proof that' the
fementation is not pat at its true point. The ex-
perinient is repeatedsyery quarter of an boor, till
it is f,4ceived that theliquia has lost its colour."
This was .pronounced .an infallible index to .spew
the true point of fermentation, This test had its
time and its mode; but the. planters returned to.
the use of the silver cup.
(To be continued.) , •

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THE SUN.

SOLEM QUIS PICERE FALSUI AUDEAT

L 0 N D 0 N,

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1812.

We are very happy to have, it in our power to
c "ntradiet the report which was circulated, that
several merchant vessels had been lost in the Belt.,
for it appears that the Captain of the Clio, in his
letter of the 20th' inst. addressed to Vice Admiral
°TWAT, mentions only one vessel '(a.brig) being
lost, by getting on Shore on the coast of Lange-
land.

, We. have extracted from the‘ French Papers
an article. respecting Russia, which, if BUONA-
PiRTE was not now fully eMployed, we should sus-

pect to be the -production of, In p-en. In this article
the - Russian Government is abused without

mercy, not for any ao).f..aggression against
France, but because the Emperor of RUSSIA lu.d
the presumption to aspire to independence. Great
pains are taken to convinCe the people of France,
that the•Frencli army in Russia is: quit.e.in a corn-
.... .•
fortable situation. " Two-thirds,:' says the Writer
of this curious piece of reasoning, " of Moscow
is, destroyed, but that cannot endanger the exist-
ence of our legions, as soMepersons, adopting an
opinion totally destitute 4iffciluidatiOn, might for a
inomell -believe. Suppose'jParlivturnt; could
the army which ocenpied the Beauce, the
nais, and Picardy ; in short;:the provinces from
which it' derives Subsistence,—could this army
want provisions ?,—Certainly not. Very Well; our
position is exactly similar to. the case we
have' now -put." If 'the people 'of France can
see. no diirerenee between an army passing the
winter in the vicinity of Paris and that of Moscow,
their reasoning poWer must be defective indeed.

Yesterday morning the Duke of CLARENCE ar-
riV,,ed-in town from Bushey Park, and had an au-
dknce of Ike PRINCE REGENT, at Carlton house.
Lord BitowNtoW is expected in town to-day.'
Adviees were, received yesterday from Basque
Roads, which afford the hope that, an opportunity
1611 soon present itself to 'our. seamen of distin-
guishing themselves there. A French squadron,
consisting of..one three-decker, five 74'.5, three
frigates, and some smaller ships of war, are said
to be lying in the roads, as yet under the
protection Of a strong battery, but not at a greater
diStance than two gun-shots from the British
squadron, which had come ,to anchor in the same
roads. consisting of one three-decker, .and three
74:5. The enemy had more than once evinced ta
disposition, to face this inferior force, but :the
wind, it was thought, had not hitherto exactly fa-
voured their intention.
,They are probably very
difficult to please in this respect; however, our
brave fellows were- only desirous, that the enemy
N.o.tiltl leave the batteries---they might have all the
.a.ivantages they could wish,' either from the state
of the wind, or from their existing superiority
force.

Extract of.a Letter, dated Cronstadt Harbour,
Scpt. I returned• last night from St. Pe-
tersbnrgh. Every body in Russia seems to join
hand in hand against the common tyrant ; and,
ii the IT,:nperor is not
..over-ruled by the, peonle
about I:ut, it Will be impossible for BUONA:PARTE
ever to m;ak:... head against
_Russia. The last bat-
tle Was dreadful the .Russiaus had 40,090- killed
and wounded, the French and Poles near-60,000.,
heard a letter read' from the-Russian Comman-
der in Chief to the,, Admiral here, AILTLLEit ; be
they fought hand td hand three.days, and it
scents as if neither would retire while a man re-
wained on the field ; eighteen Russian Generals
killed and wounded ; Prince BAGRATION lost his

; lie was oue of their best ; BARCLAY DE

I:oLLY behaved gloriously. On the -ilth day the
;French retired ten miles, when the Itussians,
.-inding themselves so weak,and that reinforce-
- Inuits were coining up in the rear, retired to meet
them, and are at this moment about-twenty miles
trom i‘loscow. It is expected, the French will
flit another battle, as IiaJONAPARTE said to his
soldiers, after the laSt----` Soldiers, this is--the.first
battle I ever fought and was not victorious ; you
must wipe -away the disgrace with the blood of the.
-Russians.' I saw my friend, Sir Ro.xi“iT PORTER,
who cline from Moscow. last week ; he says the
town is perfectly empty, that is, bare walls ; all
the movables removed, in cast the. French should
get there. All th.: Russians wish to be soldiers ;
thcy have at present 500,000 men in arms, and
might have 500,000 more in six months. I
brought the news of Madrid being .taken, and was
only fourteen clays from Yarmouth. Sir ROBERT
WILSON and Lord TYR9ONNEL are gone to the

army."