The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-06 00:00:00

COTTENITTIRGII MAIL.

GOTTENBURGH, OCT. 27.-Private letters from
COpenhag-en of the 24th inst. state, that accounts
have there been received, of Buonaparte's having
sent a letter by Count Laurision to\Getieral Kutu
'soli; which was forwarded to the Emperor Alex-
ander, and returned unopened. •
-- tSTOCKI-101.1q, OCT. 24:—All accounts 'from
Russia speak in terms the most unequivocal of the
fixed determint.on' of the Emperor Alexander to
pefs,evere in the Coutcst into which he has been
driven by the unprincipled ambition of, -tic Em-
peror Napoleon In this scar, upon which the
existence of Russia as a nation in 'a great meti,.
sure depends,_ his • Maiesty is cordially supported
by all classes of his su'bjects.
Vinz:NA, SEPT.. 29.--They write from Turkey;
that the Servian Authorities have 'eonsenteci-•to
submit to the forte. •

WARSAW, OCT. B.—We are .promised the de-
tails Of the circumstances respecting the fire of
iNloscow. However revolting the image of this
hOrrible cata'strophe-may be, it "is natural to, in-
quire the particiklars Of it.
*lt is now known that the ferocion.s llostopebin
is the sole author of it.- The monster, after 'the
battle of Moscow; stated his project to the Grand
Duke t'onstantinc,.. of opening the prisons. The
Grand'ailie treated tie proposal with contempt.
liwtopchin alone remains blamable with all the
horror of the project.

SUPPLEMENI"FO THE ST. PETERBURGH GAZETTE.
GI, SEPT. 27. (OCT. 9).

OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS FROM THE ARMY.
The Adjutant-General. Winzingerode reports to
his imperial Maje Sty, under date of the 20th of
September (Oct. 2), &oin the village of Dawy-
dowka„ as. tullouis
."Ihaye iltl)4iis.sively to report to your Majesty,
that envy thing is.well iiitb the corps, the detaCh-
thents, the vaogurtrd, vAut the'advanced posts.-
00 the roads. to \Vladimir and iaroslew, on the
ltith (30th) instant., 93 men *ere made prisoners,.
and sent off to. Jaroslaw. 'The French van-guard
remain in their fornier positions on these roads,
Lamely, in the vicinity of. SWerinez, or, the road,
to .Wladirnir, and in the village of Alexejeuzic,,
on the karostaw road.

i` an the road to St. Petershurgh, no more-
ments- have been made by the enemy since the la;;t.,
Report laid before your Imperial Majesty, of the
15th (27th) of September.
"In the last night, we have taken prisovers -
one officer and 34 privates of the fifth division of
the first corps". This fifth division is stationed at
Moskwa and the detachment before-mentioned/
was sent ont from Moskwa, to collect provisions.
The Essaul Gordejew, who is stationed in the
town of Waskressenek, has yesterday sent in 99.'
French private soldiers as prisoners. The most
of these• had been wounded in the battle of Boro-
dino, and were on their way to the hospitals at 'I
Moskwa for their recovery.
His IMPerial Majesty's Adjutant-C.olonet
Benkindorf, is posted with his detaehluent he
tween Wolokolamsli and Moi,;haisk, ;1c.1;- the vil-
lage of SpAsk. . He, with leis detachment,
caused much loss to the ellt:inVy\ ClOse to the
“s-ns a7.1:1,• Two sociath•on:4,
had beta pushedl.;:-,r,:vaid by the French tci
covet-1)1.s detachment: Colonel Benkindoi.f pent
against: them a conjoined party from the body
regiments of Cossacks, and of the 1-.;oi-CossaCks,.
• lipivaiskji fony,. and Tschemotzubow eight, twi:
amounting in the whole,' to more than 100 men.
These two squadrons tvere totally defeated, and,
we took prisoners, one captain and 152 men, with
their horses. The Coniinander of the French do-
taehment wad killed. • I shall have. the happiness
• to Make a report to 'your 'lmperial Majesty of all
thOse who have signalised themselves in the;ie eu-
.gagements." •

FURTHER F.XTRACTS.

MUNICH, OCT. 4.—The Emperor of the Frencb,
on bearing of the' battle of the 17th and 18th of
August, and of General DEROI being wounded,-
addressed the following letter. to him :
" General of Division Count DEIIOI,—I write
you this letter to express my entire satisfaction at
your distinguished conduct at the battle of Po-
lotsk, and my regret at your being wounded. I
wish myself to inform you, that I have named you.
a Count of the 'Empire, and that I. have granted
you a pension of 3000 franks, transmissible tti
yOur children:, . •
" As I wish to insure the comfort of your family,
I send you' a decree, which gives _a pension of.
6000 franks to the Countess DEROI. The present
having no other purpose,. I pray God to keep
General DEROI, 111 his holy keeping.-
." Done at Sloskowa, the 27th August.
NAFOLEON.":

11.ERLIN, OCT. 15.7-Old Gazette c9ntain's the
following

" His Excellency the Marshal Duke of TARE
arrived on the sth inst. at Bauskt, with a pArt of
the troops under his orders. Since the last bat
of whi it we have given the official report, the
Russian troops have maintained the same po.•1-
tions. The Russians have not attempted any at.
tack."

A Court-martial was held on Tuesday, en board.
the Gladiator, on Charles Farrel;a private marine,
of his Majesty's ship Barham, for being in a stat,',
of excessive intoxication, and for disobedience or
orders and insolence to his superior officer,
Court were of opinion that the charge was proVcd,
and sentenced him to receive 100 lashes..
A farmer named East, at Holt, in Bucking
shire, undertook on Mpnday, for a wager of. s°'
guineas, to go on foot 120 miles in 30 suceessic6
hours. He perforthed five miles an hour for
first ten hours, did the 100 miles in 25 hours, o,(f
finished the other 20 miles in four hours and a 111"
with mach difficulty, having half an 11(itir ":
!pare. He batted but two hours during
journey.

TRFSCI4 PAPERS.

PAys, OCT. 29.—Private letters from MOSCOW',
Ioth, communicate the ilgreeable intelli-
•
,genre, that the the Fimperor enjoys the best pas-
'sible state of health.
A consi:lerable-.degree of curiosity has been cx-..
cited by the Gens (le la Science attached to the
Crawl Army-, to. be made -acquainted with ' the
principle's upon which. the, grand aerial machine
was made, with which the wretch Rostopchin un-
dertook to annihilate the- French arny—it was
no less than a balloon, which was to carry up
•into the air fifty men, with rockets, hand-grena-
Aoes, and canister shot, which they were to pour
down upo,n the troops ; but all experiments to-
tally failed. For the -invention of this wicked,
but.uidiculous device,, the' linssians were as usual
indebted,to their aLies, the' English-7-and perhaps
the English General Wilson, who wirs lately in
:Koscow, was the engineer. The following are the
particulars of this business, as communicated to,
the Emperor.
In.the first week of June last, there arrived at
Moscow a person who culhid himself Schmidt,
and said he vas a native of Wurty.hnro,.. This
main, who, thern were strong reasons for suspect-
to be an Englishman under a feipied name,
Was accompanied by an Aide-de-Camp of Prince
Olderibvurg, who had also assumed a fictitious
• name. Both established themselves, in
,a house at
o
Worozow, four wersts from Moscow, n the Ka-
louga road. A few days after their arrival, up-
, 'wards of 5130' workmen were sent to thenr from
Aioseow. Guards Were stationed at all the gates
leading to the place, and no person except those
actually employed Was alt Owed to enter the pre-

The Directors of .the Establishment then made
I 'a demand of an enormous quantity of iron-filings,
and lave an order on a merchant in i'doscow, of
the nalne'of.Preitte for 45N0 roubles NitrOlth of
oil of vitriol. • Preitre' speedily mode his first de-
. livery, and innnedhitely received 20,000, roubles
in ready money. its second delivery, which
consisted of 1,500 poimds, was found at his 'ware-
houses about 40 wersts from Moscow ; it was:' at
the disposal of the GoVernor Rostopchin 5' tile'
latter, on the 4th of Sept6mber, published a no-
tice to caution the people against being alarmed
at an explosionw,ThOi ,was to take place ne:;t day;
it was, he said, the ; rial CC a machine" which was
to exterminate the French army, and he made him-
self sure of succe&4.
The nicilitic Nt.as not ready until the Bth ; an
experiment was matte with it on tl e same clay,
but it would not leave the ground. . A report was
then spread, that Some•alteratiDllS were necessary;
but a few days afterwards, Rostopchin and his
associates renounced this mightrproject, in or-
der •to manufacture the fire-works, with which
they. set fire to the city when our army. entered.
It appears, that the above named Schmidt had
,arrived from Vienna, furnished With -passports,
to enable him to:enter Russia, and with letters of
credit, all furnished to him-by the Russian Mini-
ster at the Imperial Court of Austria.' He did
not leave Moscow until two or three days after
the entrance of the victorious French army into
the capital. •

Tur, riT.NY COAIET. ,

MX.TR!..C'T FROM A PAPER !MAD TO THE FRENCH IN-

SIITUTE, AUG. 31, 1812, BY M. ZIICOLET.

A new Comet was discovered on the 20th of
July, by M. Pons, at
,Marseilles, and on. the Ist-
of August fo!lowing by M. Bouvaid at Paris. M.
Bouvaid and myself calculated that the Comet
would come nearest in. contact with the Sun on
the 15th of September, 92 min. 27 seconds, mean
time, reckoned from the meridian of Paris.

" The distance from the earth to the. Sun be-
ing taken as unity, that of the Comet in its peri-
helion }viii be 0,77,335.

deg. min. sec.
" The longitude of its ascending lode' 23 50
" That of the perihelion on the orbit, 9-2 38
" Its inclination on the Ecliptic...... 74; 20 30
" The motion of the Comet is direct : in addition
to its slow motion, it affords a remarkable uni,
formity in longitude and latitude,—and these two
circumstances have rendered the calculations ;none
difficult of execution.

"It approaches the earth very Slowly. There
are some days when we know its place in the
heavens, and when the absence
,ot the moon ad-
mits of cur observing it, on which it may be seen
with the naked eye : its tail is nearly two de-
grees long. It may appear striking to those
who shall be able, to choose a 'convenient time
and Oace for observing it ; but whatever may be
the favourable circumstances under which it pre-
sents itself to. our vision in France, it is far from
being so luminous -as the comet of last year ; but
this 'is of little consequence to astronomers,who
not found their observations upon the fugitive
characters, which attend 'phenomena. .phenoena. .The:
cametin question was at first seen and calculated
Upon without a tail, and might have disappeared
in this state without causing the least regret
among astronomers. If they now pursue its pro-
gress until it disappears, it will only be to perfect
is elements,, and to ascertain if their series of ob-
seyvations furnishes any irides: on the subject of
its rc..volution,"
AIIFIsIA, OCT. O.—Letters from Rudschuck,
state, thaq great assemblages of Turkish troops
are daily taking place there.'-Their destination is
unknown ; ~7'iut every thing tends to skew that we
arc about to take. a more active part in the war,
than heretofore.
A private letter froM the. environs of s Mount
Causasus conveys the following intelligence :—lt
has been long known that the rich inhabitants and.
invalids of Russia used to frequent the hot springs*
of Caucasus, and that they Were in great repute.
They suddenly disappeared in the month of March
last, and re-appeared in April:,upon -the ridge-,of
the mountain, but in much greater quantity, and
much hotter than before, but not a ;drop was to
be found in the site occuiiiied by the-former,build-
ings. The springs disappeared without any earth-
quake or other perceivable phenomenon. New,
bath-houses have been -hastily constructed where
the springs now flow.

We have reason to Believe that the account re-
ceived from Liverpool, a few days ago, • relative
to the loss of the Oreze&o cartel, with a number
of passengers from Au-lexica, is unfounded.--
•

OF TI-11: •
ELECTION OFTHE RIGTIT HON: 6EOII.Gi CA'NN

On Saturday last upwnrds of 390 gentlemen sat
down to a samptuous dinner at the Star „Inn;
:Manchester.

Alter 'dinner, the Chairman gave the. health of
The night Hon. George, Canning, the, firm and is ':'.,f,;!
gaardian.of our :wit seerritie, and the able and succes,iui
assailant of disaffection.—jhree times three.)

• The Right Hon. G. CANNING.—If, in-every ad-
dress Which I have had occasion to make to my
immediate constituents, whose unexpected sel.c-
tion fOr their representative , has introduced me
'this day to your kind congratulations,'thave uni,
formly expressed (because I 'have felt) that _to no
individual claims of my ov,,n I could 'attribute
their selection of me ; how much moremust I feel
at the present moment, stranger as I was to them,
still more to you, the manner in
,wlirch you.
hive had the goodness to receive me In this, case,
I can attribute nothing to my ambition, but to the.
principles which. I have always had the honour to
uphold.
Gentlemen, When I received that flattering in-
vitation, the result of, which has. occasioned that
triumph which you: are now celebrating, many
private and individual conSiderations would have
induced me to decline it ; but l felt it a duty which
I owed to my country, to accept the honourable
proposal.. I had; Gentlemen, no local knowledge
of Liverpool; ['had no local connection with the
place, Or with any of its inhabitans, which could
in' any way have recommended me to their notice :.
it is to my principles-alone that I can attribute their
choice ; upon which principles alone.! would have
consented to have become the representative of any
place. I had no claim whatever to the advantage
which was offered to' my umuftidti ; but felt th2.t
at the present crisis of public affairs, Liverpool had
been selected as:the stage ox qiumph ',or tho'se
principles which it has been th business of my
life al,ways to opposes and whatever might have
hecn my individual feelings, I considered it a duty
I owed to my country, not to.. withdraw myself
from
/the chance of rendering to it a better service
than perhaps, an' doineStic pal iCs
.would have
given me an opportunity of doing. It is by an
inviolable.attachment to tbnse principles -by which
'the Constitution has been upheld, ky in
times of unparalleled- diflieulty and danger; nod
While naticins have been falling around us, that we
have been enabled to preserve ourselves from that
prostration, fo which they have been brought ;
because thOse.,principles 'have triumphed in the
cerise of Which I. was Chosen the favourite .cham-
pion, I Can say lankly that I enter into all vOur
. •

i'eelings. - - . . .' • ' ' ' •
Gentlemen, there.aretwo sorts of populaOty 5
there
_is one vi;vhiclOs to be gaired-by watching
the weak feelings, by assailing thetemporary dif-
ficulties, or by courting the had'pasSions 'Of the-
populace :—there is another Which is to be won,
by bearing up under obstructions and obloquy, and
by a firm adherence to the principles of our glo-
rious Cons'titation : to which of these I shall at,
tack mysel:.: i need not inform yon.
• Gentle Men, in. this 'great county,- with which,
till this time, it was not my good fortune ,to be
acquainted, but in all parts of which the kind 1
reception I • have met: with' \rill be indelibly
stamped upon my recollection ;—in this &malty it
was thought that 'the .spirit .of party principOly
prevailed ; 'it was known you were, suffering under..
great. anal' grievous privations; it was thought
'by , sonic people or - great ability that you
owed your 'sufferings ..to the • 'misconduct of
Govternment, and not to those causes which ...
haVe have overwhelmed other nations, and af-
fected our own ;. it was hoped, 'that by no very ,
great exertion'of talent yew might ,be, led to at...--
tribute them to causes which changes in the ex-
ternal situation of affairs 'might remove, and thus
disseminating those principles amongst you; a ,
standard Might., be, planted, around .which coin,.
merce and' manufactures might rally against the, -.
threat: ; hut, it surely must have, been apparent
even to the advOcate,s of these principles•them-
selves, that, however their numbers might prevail,
their reasoniqe,: wouldliot stand the test.
With regard to peace :—it
.has been thought
that the road to peace is through successful War;
bkithy the -men to wheint-I have alluded, the ad-.
vocate of this sentiment is considered an enemy to
the cause of his 'country.; but 'can ' there be any
thing so preposterous.? •cart there-be any reason.-
in g more flillacious? • If the question be between
peace and N‘T,r, what humanbeing can:hesitate to
decide? It is:whether by prostration we shall ob-•
twin security', "or Whether it is to be sought in
'-t.e;nching,our encodes that we have the,means of
,asserting and maintaining our independence.
' That you are suffering, Gentlemen,—that every.
matuyvhorn I now address must be suffering in his
own person in a great degree, in his, immediate ;
connections in a still greater, and most of all with.
regari to those people who depend upon him for
support,--'-arises out of the present state of the
world : but that these sufferings are inflicted by*.
any otter means than by- that . afflicting ' hand
which Jningeth down punishment upon nations,
I must utterly deny. You were told, that peace
would-ctre all that you weresuffering or expect-
ing to ste-fer : 1 should have thought that woidd;
have heal the last
,argument made. use of ; for
whatever injury our enemy has . done by ,stopping
up the chi -nels of .Our trade, I will venture to'
say, that. the same means of mischief Which have,
been employed might be practised during peace.,
.1 ll'rhat, their, would be the effect of such a peace ?
If, indeed, they who cry for peace mean no more
than that it is to be accepted on anytolerable con- ,
dition, I do not differ with them : but that is.not
what . they mean. If they mean any thing dif-
ferent from the rest of . mankind, they must mean
that they would make greater concessions ;that
they should accept, less favourable terms i
.that
it is to be purchased at the sacrifice of much,—
at the hazard of every thing which may lie called
national greatness ; but they do not recollect that
even.attempt by which commerce iraa suffered
1 in tfie.country.; might be re=acted by your enemy,
witheutany ability on your 'part to make it mat-
ter of remonstrance.: for, supposing Great Bri-
tain to retain her commerce, and supposing on the
1 other 'land, the enemy to retain that which we
' have not yet been able to deprive him of, his.
rower, the ports of the Continent. might still be
shut ag4nst you, ,and you might seal your own

nt

E1C:11151On, Without tue [minty to prevent it. ry flat,
thtm, must occur in this state of things ? Either
to return upon your internal commerce, or to seek
new c.,).u.se of warfare, in order to re-open the
cl4innels which have been shut against ;you.

nclieve countrymen; that his first blow :is
s•ziands,s and, his -second at commerce,; they
Cte great objects, of his ambition, as, they will
be the great • 'securities; of • • his s power.. When
those who called • upon the :Electors of Liverpool
for•their :nil:Frage% went round, they took with
them a short epitome in their pockets of the ex-:
petiment which they intendedto make upon a large
scale ; bat- it,' was first to , be -Made on a smaller
scale with America, The Orders iu C-ouncil were
a subject of great remonstrance ; and owing to
the, unabated attacks of eloquence -which were
made against them, they were recinded: I need
not;telh you, thatexperiment has failed, leaving a
sufficient argument against the counsels
,of those
men who eNpect there is but one way of preserv-
ing: peace,—by concession :3 and one' mode of naL
tional 8 o.64,y—dish on our ,
'Gentlemen, the - pther point upon which. the
standard was formed, against which. I was called
Upon to take the, field, was that of internal Re-
form. Gentlemen, the vier have often taken
on this subect, which agitates the publicmi,?q, has
been simply this : that the' evil complained.of'does
not exist, and therefore the remedy called for is
unnecessary;. 'because I differ radically. in what is
thought to be the functions of the Members of Par
liament ; . because I think we have the happiness:to
litre under a limited Monarchy; becatn:e i think: the
oflisse'e of the Members of the House of COllllllolls.
is to control the Ministers of the Crown, to
watch over eyery part of the community, to for-
get its 'corporate functions, and to act, not as
Members from Indenendent States, but to unite
their efforts in promoting the-general interests off
the- country at large.; If this is a-tale 'view of the
state of Parliament, and I think it is so in practice;
then is the. House; of Commons equal to all that
'can be expected, and the result is that, under which
England has already fionriSlied ; and I cannot think
illof that Government by which it has .been raised
above all other nations,, and, distingnished from
them by the brilliancy of its achievements, and
the loftiness of its charaCtei.

'lt is upon these principles alone that I have al-
lowed myself to be offered for the town of Liver
pool, and contended against opposite principles 3
and the measure of my satisfaction shall be fall,
if Manchester 'approve the choice which Liverpool
has made. I can only say,- that whatever may be
the, dofects in Parliament, ,so long as the present
deficiency shall continue, if it he your wish, I
shall endeavour to, make the deficiency as little to
you as possible, by representing all-the wants of
Manchester. Allow we to return the compliment
which you have so 'liberally bestowed upon me,
by drinking
Prosperity auti success to the town and manufactures of
Ilhochester.-1-(Three tunes three.)
[Mr. Canning was near three-quarters of an
hour in delivering the speech of which• the abotie
is an abstract.]

May the effort,s,of true patriotism ever be triumphant.
Marquis of Wellirr,,m.—(Three times three.) •
,Our gallant Army in the Peninulp.., and may their gloripas
exampf§ anlioate the nations of Fidropf: to rcnewed enertians
for their liberty and indepletidoce.± (Tfiree times three.)
Snug, " Britons strike tlonte," FMr..Chesshyre.)
The immortal memory of the-RightElon. William Pitt, 'the
revered ,:riend of cur lii.;•hly esteemed Visitor, and the re*
to lied patriot ..Tho so effectually shielded us ha the hour of
danger'--,Jn solemn silence.)

,
'should not have presumed to
have intruded myself again upon your attention, if
your worthy Chairman had not accompanied his -
toast with au allusion personally-to Myself, which
placed me in -a situation which,.it would have.
been awkward for me to have been entirely silent,
if I .were not to express my Obligations to a con-,
neetion which has been th'e proudest boast and
glory of my life. • Gentlemen, if in the humble
efforts which it May be in my power to make in
the service of my; country, I shall in any measure.
be ab to entitle myself to the good wishes which
you have been kind enough to.express; andovhat,
ever I may aim at which I can perfect or accom-
plish, I shall ever be ready to avow, that it will.
be entirely owing to the example of him, and to
his instructions with whom you have done me the
honour to couple me in the toast of this evening.
It is most soothing to me, and happy for the
county, to • find the recollection of those services
which Mr. Pitt rendered to the State,. alive to
.your memories, and that which his death• has left
unacComplished may, yet be performed .by More
inadequate instruments. His powers of serving
the country were unexampled, and have died with
him ; but there lives in the recollection of
his fellow-subjects, enough to animate, excite,
and reward those who \endeavour to forward his
plans, maintain his. principles, and to walk in that
track which he chalked out.

Gentlemen, his principles were those upon
which I. have already dilated too long. They were
those of holding high the honour ,and dignity of
the cotmtry, and resisting the hazardous innova-
tionswhich were attempting to be made. upon
the*, lhose were the principles by which, al-
though. weak and apparently inadequate as this
country-is, from its physical state among the na-.
tions, to :assume the rank whieh she now holds,
hg was :nevertheless enabled, through a conflict
the most arduous, to administer aid to the falling,
and consolation to the fallen. His were princi7:
pies by ,which, 'Amidst the storms which had never
before threatened this country, he foresaw the
danger while, it was yet in embryo, and his firmness
resisted and dispelled the storm when it gathered
strength which threatened to overwhehn the Con.-
stitution.

• : Gentlemen, those who pursue the light which
his example holds out, may be wanting in abili-
ty, but will never be deficient in good wishes
Gentlemen, I ought to say, whether in or out of.
office, it is my endeavour to•imitate his example._
Gentlemen, it has been Any lot to hold, to resign,.
and to decline. high office. I have held it with a
firm desire to do good to my country ; I resigned,
it for reasons. which it is not needful to here re-
capitulate : I thoUght my means of service were
inadequate, and if I lately declined -it, it was be-
cause it waS not tendered to me with the means
which would enable tne to serve my country ‘vith
• effect. But, With Mr. Pitt,, to be out of office is
not to be against the Constitution. With me to
be out of office, is not to be discontented, turbu-