The Sun.
London, England, 1812-07-16 00:00:00

NJ. XIII.

Copy of a Letter from the Minister for Foreign Relations-to
Count LauFiston:
" Thorn, Juue
.12;
• •

‘.`• You have seen, Condi, by the letter which r
had the honour to write to you on the 20th of last
month, that the declaration irr3de by Prince ku rft-
kin, on the 30th of April, and the repeated demand
of his passports, I;.ad appeared to his Majesty such
proceedings, so strong, so 4eci.,iive in ti#e existing
circumstances, so contra.ry to the language which
this Ambassador had held, till then, that his Ma•
jesty found it difficult to believe' that he had not
taken too much up6n him. +.le have since learn-
ed, that the Russian Governthent eonimuni-
tilted to different Governments, the condition in-
sisted upon fr`ona his iviajety,, of the evacuation
of the Prussian territory•as- a precedent stipula-
tion, indispensable to any .negociation.'
" The letter which von have done zne the ho-
nour to Write to me, of the 22d of May, informs
rue, that thiS declaration is known at: St. Peter 4
burp;, and itind it mentioned at the same time in
the E' Papers, as you can perCeive by read-
the accompanying sheet.
" No doubt, then, can he any lonc:er enter=
tainedi Count, but that Prince gin:akin has fully
comprehended his instructions, and conformed to
them, in his declaration of the 30th of and.
when he i-nade and renewed the demand of his
passports. ' _ _ _

- "The conduct of Prince Kurakiq htld detr-
mined his Majesty to.set oat from Paris the pub-
licity which has
.been given these transactions,
has made him sensible of the necessity of quitting
Dresden, and of drawing nearer to his army.

" He had hoped, until; the last moment, that
- conferences might still take place ; but this hope
ranished.wten he saw that the propositions which
were, really to be submitted to himt were hicom-
. patible Ivik) his honour. At Austerlitz, when the
Russian Army was destoyed when the . EM-
perm. Alexander saw-eve; 3 the sttfety Of his Own
person endangered 3_ at Tilsit, when there no
longer remained to him any 'means by ,which to '
support that struggle in which all the forces of
his Empire ha') fallen-, his Majesty did not pro-
pose to him any condition which would offend his'
honour.

" It is now too certain, Count, that the Go-
vernment is resolved on war, for which reason it
might be inconv,enient that On should remain still
longer at St. Petersburgh. His Majesty enjoins
you to demand your passports, and to repaq the
frontlet. , You will make the deniand by address:
lug a not-a, a minute of which is' subjoined, to
Count Soltikoff.

" I haN7e the bon'Oui, &c. Cze.
{Signed) " The. Duke of BAE SANC."

N.

Copy of a Note of Couut Latzri7.ton to Cc,:nt
" Prince Ktirakiil, after having made the cora7
ny.:l-3ications which li(id -beenbrought to him by
the-last cotifier, which Ire received fil•
om Russia,
baying, aemanded:his passports, and three times
repehtecr that demand, his "Majesty directed that
they should 'be !liven to him. Ire commands
me to ~einatid mine, my mission being finished,
since the demiind which Prince Kurakin made
of his passport; decided the rupture, and since
his Majesty the Emperor and King considers
himse3f from this moment in a state of War with
Russia."

No. XV.

Cqty of a Letter froth the Minister for Fofeign Relations to
Prince Kurakin. • /

" Thorn, .lane 12, 1812.

ff MR. AmßAsiAnqii—By your note of the 30th
of April-you have declared that an arrangement
between our two Courts was impossible, unless
his Majesty the Emperor and King should pre-:
liminarily accede to the peremptorvderaand of the
entire evacuation of the Prussian States. •

When, your Excellency, first made known to
me verbally this proceeding, did not disguise
from you all the consequences of it.: After the
battle. of Austerlitz, when the Russian army wa7,.
surrounded, after the-. battle of 'Friedland, .in
which it had been defeated, his Majesty skewed
his :esteem for the "Nalo.ur ,of this army; for the
'greatness of the Russian nation, and for the &la-
'rafter of the Euiperor Alexander, in not requir-
ing any thing from hinlcontrary to 'honour. It
was not possible to suppose that in the existing
circumstances of Europe, your ',Sovereign, who,
with,vut doubt, contemned neither the character
of the Emperor, nor that of 'the French nation,
Iso faithful to honour, would hive been disposed
.to dishonour France. His Majesty', the Emperor
and King, could not contemplate in th'e condition
of .the evacuation of Prnssia, as •. preliminary' to
any neg,ocition, any thing but 'a positive refusal
to negociate.

" You have confirmed this opinion, Me. Am-
bassador; by the demand Which you have made of
your passports-on the 7th of May, and 'pith you
• have repeated on the llth and 24th.
I have, nevertheless, deferred , replying to
your Excellency, because his Majesty was still
willing to believe that you had exceeded your in,
structions in 'giving in such a note—in establish-
ing that as a formal.eondition which might be the
result of a negociation, and in cutting short all
discussion by demanding your.passports.
" But since the receipt of Count Lauriston's
dispatches, reportsl which arrive „by divers chan-•
nets, and. even the pubFicaticns in the Engiish-
Newspapers, apprise us that your Government has
informed its capitaland all Europe of the resolu-
tion which it has taken not t 9 enter auto ne-
gociation until 'the French troops shall have .re-
tired to the Elbe. I have acknowledged, Mr. Ant-
bassador, that I was mistaken, and I ought tc
render justice to your experience and intelligence,
which should have prevented you from resorting
to a course so extreme, if your Government had
not made it your positive duty.
" His Majesty being no longer able to doubt
the intentions of your Court, has commanded me
to send you your Pwports, the repetition of the
drmand for which he considbaas a declaration
or war. " I have the honour to be, . -
(Signed) " The Duke of BASSANO."

*IIIRD BULLETIN
OF ,THE GRAND ARMY.

" Kowno,4une 2G, 1812.

" on the 23d of June,' the Icing. of Naples
,
(Murat)), who commands ex cavalry, transferred
Lis headluarters to-within two leagues- of,the
,Nienien; upon its left bank. This Princehas under
hiS irmnediate 6rders the corps of cavalry. com-
manded by Generals Count Nansolty and Mont
bran : the one composed of the' divisions Wet,
the 'command of Generals Count ,Bruyeres, St.
Gerrnain; and Valance; the other, consisting of
the divisions under .the onkn o Gr..nera's.B iron
Battier, and Gen,itars Counts Sebastiani and De-
france'. •

" Fririce commanding the
'rst corps, mbved his head-quarters
.to the skirts
of the great forest of Piiwisky.
The Second corps, and the I!nperial Gum's,
followed the line of march of the first Corps. .
The third corps took ,the 4irectioll of Mari-
.
enpol ; the Viceroy, with i.,(4 fonrtb and sixth
Corps, which remained in, the rear, marched upn
.
Kawarry._

" The Elifig cif Westphnlict prcreeded to Novo-
with the fifth, seventh and eighth corps: _
" The first Austrian corps, commanded .hy.the
Prince Schwartzeribel'g,. quitted 'Lemberg on the
naade a moven-lent on its left, and drew FlCarej:
to Lublin.

The Pontoon train, under the orders of Gen.
Eble, arrived on the 23d within two leagues of.

the Niemen:

" On the 23d, it two in the morning„ the Em-
peror arrived at *the advanced posts nelr
tool: aliolish cloak and Cap. from one of th,(2. Eght
cavalry; and inspected the banks, of the Yemen,
aocompahied by General Hato, of the engineers,

" tart eight in the evening, the army vas again
in motion. At ten, Connt Morand, General of
Division, passed over three companies of -volti-
genrs, acid at the same time three brides were
'thrown across the Niemen'. At eleven, three co-
lumns deboucied over the three 'bridges. At a
-
quarter past one, day began to appear. At noon,
General Baron Pajol drove before him a cloud of
cossacks, and took possession of Kowno, with a
single battalion.
" On the 24th, the Emperor proceeded to.
KOWIIO.

." Marshal the Prince of Eclimuld pushed for-
ward his head-quarters to Roumchicki, and the
King of Naples to Eketauoui. •
" During the whole of the `24th and of the 25th,
the army was defiling by the three bridges. In
the evening of the 24th, the Emperor ,c,iused
new bridge to be thrown over the-Vilia opppsite
KoWno, and directed Marshal the Duke of Regio
to-pass it with the second corps. The Polish light
horse of the guards crossed the river by swimming.
TwO men were drowning, when. they were picked
up by two swimmers of the 26th light infantry.—
Colonel Guehengue haVing iniprudeuay exposed
himself to afford them assistance, had nearly fallen
a sacrifice himself : a swimmer of _his regiment
saved him., . •

• " On the 25th, the Duke of Elchingen pushed
on to Kormelon': the King of Naples advanced
to Jigmoroui. The , enemy's light troops were
driven in and pursued on every side.
" °lithe 2,5. f, l'slars'aiil the Duke of Elchingen
arrived et Skoroule. The light divisions of cavalry
covered the whole plain to within ten :leagues of
Wiina.

" .ilarshal the Duke of Tarentum, (rho com-
mands the 10th corp,,:, compsed in part of 'the
Prussians, p-,ssed the Niemen on the 24th, at
and moved upon Rossiena,- in order to
clear the right bank 'of that river, and to protect

the navigation.
" Marshal k the Duke of Hunt), con, malrling
the ninth corps, and haying wider his orders the
division.; Neudelet, Lagrange, Durette, and Par-
tonneaux, occupies the country between the ..L:.be`
and the Oder.
" The General of Division Count- Thlpp, Go-
vernor. of Dant'zic, has under his orders the
division Dicndels.
The General. of Division Count HOgendorp
is Governor of Konigsberg.
The-Emperor of Russia is at Wilna with his
guard, and one part of his army occupying aoni-
'kontoni and Ne,Ytronki.
" The Russian Comerai Bagawort, commanding
the !second corps, and a part of , he Russian army,
haying been cut off from Wilna,- had nw other
means of safety than by proceeding tov.-aris the
Dwina—(the Drina we should ratter suppose.)
- " The Xiemen is navigable for vesis .of 2 or
300 tons as far as Kmrno. The 'comuninicatiOus
by water arc also secured as far. as Dantzic, ;IA
the "Vistula, tine: Oder, and the Elbe. • Ark
itpmense supply of brandy-, flour and bisciw,
is passing from Dantiie and KonigSberg towar
Kowno. The ,'ilia, -which flows by Vilna, is
navigable for very small. boats from Kowno to
Wilna, the capital of Lithuania, is aVo
the chieftown of all Polish Russia. The Eniper.':r
Of Russia has been for several months in this city
with a part of Iris Colut. The possession of this
pl2toe wi,;l:beiliejitst,truit of victory. Several Cos-
sack °Ulcers,. and plieers charged with dispatches,
have been captired by the light cavalry."

" To Me sr.. Taylnr M.,t-ti.:y."
The. Bari of EusTos, eldest son of tlae Duke
O GRAFTON, was married, on the 12th ult. at
L; bon, to MARY, youngest dallihter of the Hon.
Admiral GEOP.GE. C. BI;t1/11:1.EY, and niece to the
Duke of RICHMOND. They are to return to this
-ccuntry"witil the 'Admirdl in a short time.

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