The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-12 00:00:00

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Dispatches were, we understand, received this
morning by Government, from Mr. Ti;TORZITON,
our ,'.l.linister at Stockholm, dated the 25th ult.—
The contents, of course, have not yet transpired.

We feel great pleasure in stating,, that in ho-
nour of the Pilicz REGENT'S Birth-day, a Naval
Promotion will this day take place. Five Vice-Ad-
inirals, we understand, are to be full Admirals,
ten Bear-Admirals to be Vice-AdmiralS., twenty
Captains to be Rear-Admirals. In addition
to "the above, we ,have also the satisfaction
of stating, that twenty .of the senior Com-
manders, now serving afloat, are to be made Post
Captains, and the ten senior Lieutenants actually
serving as first of line-of-battle ships to be Com-
manders.

We are informed that Captains the 113 n. C. E.
FLE!;IING, C. V. PzhillosE, PLTLTENEY MALCOLM,
and JAS. BtssET, are the new 6olonels of Marines.

We yesterday stopped the Press to communi-
cate to our Readers the Eighth Bulletin of the
French Army, and we are this day enabled to lay
before thew the -Ninth. These Bulletins contain
some important information. It appears that there
have been some severe actions between the Rus-
sians and the French, and in two of them it is oD-
vious, from the Bulletin, that the latter were com-
pletely defeated. General SEBASTIANI,.it is acknow-
ledged', was surprised and beaten; his loss, it is
true, is represented as being very slight, but as
he was forced to fall back a considerable distance,
and, as the Russians had 5,000 cavalry in the
attack, we may fairly conclude that he lost more
than 100 men. The displeasure with which Buo-
-NAPARTF speaks of this affair is a proof that SEBAS..
TIANI suffered a serf ins defeat. In another affair
.on the 10th ult. BUONAPARTE confesses that he
lost 600 light cavalry : here again we may add
very considerably to the loss acknoWledged by•the
French. In a-letter from the Russian-Army, dated
the 14th, brought by the Gottenburgh Mail which
• arrived this morning, it is stated, that the Cos-
sacks under PLATOW bad destroyed three regi-
ments of cavalry, and taken two Colonels and se-
veral Officers prisoners . This we have no doubt mill
- the affair of the 10th, so slightly mentioned in the
- Bulletin. But the two most importantfacts detail-
- ed.in these Bulletins. are the failure. of the efforts
- Which BUONAPARTE niade to cut off' Prince BAGRA-

TI ON from the main army, and the retreat of the Rus-
sians from their entrenched camp at Drissa. With
respect to ;the former event, BUONAPARTE'S disap-
pointment upon the occasion may be collected
from the manner in which be speaks of Ge-
neral DAvousr, certidnly one of the best
Generals in the French service. The retreat
of the Russians from their entrenched camp at
Drissa became necessary, in consequence of the
movements of the French Army. By pushing
on; in the direction of Polotsk, BUONAPARTE'S
object was to cut off Prince BAGRATION,
and to turn the left of the camp at Drissa; in
these objects, however, he confesses, that he has
failed ; and he acknowledges that the Russian
..thrzywhiCh, he said, in it former Bulletin, was

wandering about in corps without object or. di-
recilon) is concentrated -'without :loss of a
single regiment. —We beg pardon, we had forgot
the unparalleled achievement- of Capt. VAUDOIs,
who-with, 50 men, at 15 leagues distance from' the
arrny, took 300 men prisoners, and 800 fine artil-
lery
.horses, -and brought them all in ! So that
during the 45, miles which Capt. VAtmois had' to
March to rejoin the. main army, each
:individual of
his corps had ten • Men and - sixteen horses to
take care of, and this too in a hostile country!!
With the exception of this extraordinary exploit,
BUONAPARTE does not say that the Russians sus-
tained any lass in troops, and he acknowledges
that their Army is concentrated. He says, in-
deed, that when they: evacuated the ,entrenched
camp A Drissa, they destroyed their magazines.
This is not likely, because they
,were not at
all pressed ; they retired at their leisure.; they
evacuated the camp on the 16th,
,and the French
cavalry did not cross the River till the 20th.

The direction in which BUONAPARTE is TIOW
moving is that of Moscow, but we cannot believe
that he wilt attempt to march much further: .The
idea of marching to Petersburgh he ,has given up;
and •to think of going to Moscow would be ab-
surd in the extreme. The Morning Chrhnielc, in
speculating upon this point, supposes that he will
Content himself with Poland, and the ret-urn of
• the Emperor, ALEXANDER to what is called the
Continental system. We have tio doubt that he
would : the most decisive victory could give him
no more ; biit it is idle 4o suppose that he can
keep possession of Lithuania, while the Russian
forces: are unbroken. We cannot 'conceive wb at has
given this sudden alarm to the Chronicle : a few'
weeks ago that Paper eipressed its conviction that
the Russians had nothing to fear, if .their
Generals ivould only adop,t a retreating system,
and avoid general ',actions. The Russians have
adopted . that plan—they 'have avoided general
actions—they have frustrated all the efforts of the
enemy to cut off any part of their army,—they
baN'e defeated him in several partial but severe en-
d . •
gagements,---m a word, theyhave adopted the very
plan which the Chronicle said must be attended with'
ultimate success, and that Paper now begins to
predict the ruin of the Russian cause. It is our ,
wish always to avoid indulging in sanguine,specu,
lations ; but we really do not see any thing in .
there Bulletins that is calculated to excite the
least uneasinesS.

The Anniversary of his Royal Highness
.the -
PRINCE REGENT'S Birth will be celebrated this
day, with zeal and. splendour. An order was sent
from the Ordnance Office last night for the Park
and Tower 'guns to be fired, as is customary on -
the KIX'o and Quteil's, natal days.
Yesterday Sirß. STRACHAN and Admiral BERTIE
transacted busineis with Lord MELVILLE, at his
Office at the Admiralty.
This evening Her MAJESTY will give a grand
Fete at Ftogmore, in honour of his Royal
Highness the PRINCE REGENT'S Birth-day.—
Eighty are expected to dinner, and two hundred
to supper'.
Bow-sTateT.—Monday a young man genteelly
dressed went into holy land's Coffee-house in the
Strand, and stated himself to-be an officer belong-
ing to the 21st Regiment of Foot ; that he was
just arrived, at the Saracen's Head Inn from the
country, and that he intended to, stop a short time
at Holy land's Coffee-house. He said he wanted
some change to pay for his luggage, &c. and pre-
sented a note for 151. dated from the Adelphi,
Aug. 10, drawn by Alexander Lawrie, promising
to pay to-morrow account of your pay due on the
24th inst. ; the balance to be paid when ascer-
tained—directed to Daniel McKenzie, Captain of
the 21st Regiment of Fo6t. It was endorsed by
Daniel M'Kenzie. Mr. Williams, the landlord,
gave him 61. in part, and- said he would pay the
remainder when the gentleman returned to dinner,
which he had ordered at 5 'o'clock. When he had
left the house it occurred to Mr. Williams that the'
note was worded in a very uncommon manner,
and he went to Mr. LaWrie, 'the army agent, in
Robert-street, Adelp' hi, where he seas informed it
was a forgery. In
.consequence of this informa-
tion Mr. Williams applied to Adkins,' who_ attend—
ed at the coffee-house till
,the young man • came
into dinner, when on certain questions being put
to him it was strongly suspected he Was an. impos-
tor, and that he knew the note to be a forgery ; •
and AdkinS took him into custody. IA the •even-
ing he underwent a short examination before Mr.
Birnie, who ordered him to be detained till pro-
per evidence was procured.
Yesterday morning he was brdught .to, the Office
again, and underwent an examination before/Mr.
Nares, when Mr. Lawrie attended, and proved
his signature to the note to be a'forgery.
The prisoner has been an officer in the 21st Re-
, giment of Foot, and by that means. Mr. Lawrie's
name was easily imitated, he being Agent to that
Regiment. The prisoner has been living 'at the
Saracen's Head Inn under the assurrA name of
Hamlinton. He has also been living at Slaughter's
Coffee-house for some tiMe.

Be was committed for further examinatiot.

On Monday morning last, his Majesty's free
pardon was received ,from the Secretary of State,-
Lord Sidmouth, by Mr. Staveley, of York Cas-
tle, for Elizabeth Woodger, and Sus::-.Anah Ly
hall, who were, at the York Assizes, convict-
ed of murdering (from motives of humanity) a
new-born infant, under a conviction-that the baby
was in pain, owing to a deficiency in the formation
of its skull, which left the brain uncovered; and
therefore could only have a' short and painful ex-
istence, if left to the agonizing operation of na-
ture. They were immediately discharged out of
custody.