The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-26 00:00:00

inents.

loss of the ,11),:ssians is estimated at '2OOO
men in killed and wounded ; that of the enern is
very considerable, in addition to 2000 prisoners.
On the 18th 'the French, attacked the Russians
under WI 7;7 GL Ns , and were repulsed with

'•# grcatloss.

Two Rastian Gentlemen arrived this day in
town, and proceeded immediately to the Foreign
Office. We learn that they did not bring .dis-
patches from the Russian Government, but private
letters. They left Gcttenburgb on. the 19th, at
which time no particular news had reached that
place.
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T 1 e late glorious successes of our arms in:
Fp!kin seem not only to have raffled the tempers,
but to have impaired the judgments of the ,Oppo•-
sition Writers. It is, we admit, no. very plea,'
%Int
,thing for them to have all their predictions
. falsified;, brit then, one would suppose', that in the
successes of their country, their patriotism would
'T tin'd•some consolation for the failure all their
pyogtiosticated prophecies."---W e should have
thought that policy would have induced them at
lc t -to have atisumed the appearance of satisfac-
tion, at a moment -when the whole empire is ani-
nr.ted by the proudest feeling,; of exultation ; but
it is not.easy to get rid of old habits ; the Party
always have desponded, and always will despond,
v, hen' they arc out of office. The MorizZag Ch-ra-
?iiele begins its . daily lamentations this morning
with. the following' remarkable sentence

There-is nothing, perhaps, in the. birtory of
mind so extraordinarK, as the darkness: and
" stupefaction which prevails with -regard to the
" present acquisitions, the-future progress, and
the ultimate des4,7ns of BUONAP\R'TE, 'in the
" northern wa:•.': We did not, we confgss,
Feet to hear such language from a, party which.
has been uniformly and systematically wrong in
every opinion which it has pronounced upon the
subject .of the war for the last three years. Our ob-
servations are not cons ned to the Moraing ChraniCle;
they are directed against the beads of the Party—
those Noblemen and Gentlemen who have arrogated
to themselves the exclusive possession of the talents
'of this country, and who proved the justice of the
claim, by declaring and recording their opinipn,
o,.at FortugaVwas indefensible. , If the Party
11:1! come into power four years ago, Por-
t::gal would have been at this moment

'F.-ovince. of France ; JOSEPH ThioNAP.I.TE, in-
s:ead of being a wretched fugitive, would now
he seated quietly on the Throne. of Spain, and
the Spluisit'ports .and fleets would.now he in the
p:)sses:siOn of France: Sueh would have been the
ituLtiou of theTeninsula, if these great Statesmen

1,:.c are called, bad been iti`power.
now see what is the state of that, important
part of the Continent : Portugal is complet'ely
ice Spain is nearly liberated; the 'Spanish
Navy , has . been rescued , from the grasp of
Yunce ; the 13llies are every whore trium-
phant ; the French Armies, reduced in numbers,,
r.pd, what is Much more important, broken
in spirit, aTe every where retreating ; but above
all, the people of Spain and Portugal arc firmly
attached to Great .tritain, not only by the ties,
of interest, but by those of gratitude and friend-

Let tts

Let the people of England compare these

two pictnrcs; and' then let tTicrn decide '!--,e-
ther “. the Party ate kist:iltfd in holding such
_ .
lan-
;;uage as that whicu we at the beginning of
this article. We -do nct say that zt great Sttates,
man mav\not be mistaken; hut, surely, snch a series
of mistakes as the Party have fallen into, should
have taught them, if not humility, ;at:least eau:-
tion.

The object of ,the article in
,tbe. Chronic.le
of this day, is to prove that the whole system of
operatitns 'which Russia h s •adopted have been
Wreing, and that her cause is_ hopeless. .'"Now, it
'should be • recollected; T-tbat. when the contest
between Russia And .I:zrance was abduf to cow-,
ni6nce, those Very, pefsonS who now loudly con-
clemn the system of Nyarfare which Russi t has adopt-
.
ed', strongly urpt'd the adoption of that Very system,
ve were told that -if the R ussiaus fough t pitched
battle they would be ruined, 4nd that tlicit
oily policy• was. to' retreat. and to lay waste the
country. "It is" (said they, a little more than
two 'months ago) " it is the llope of all abserv-
" infr Ilion, that the Russian Commanders will re-
" • strain theitatural` impetuosity of their troops,
and act:uniformly on the,6fensiv'e.l They.,lrave
" no. other chance of success ; and even for this, '
" their country is not the best calculated, as it
" does not afford the ineans'.ol impeding an' ene-
" My's March bysnaturlll fortresses, Their- chief
*dependende must, therefore, be in the dift.7.calty'
'' which the French s ill find in subsistiy,g tl;Cir
" arnlics:, and particularly in fiiiding. forage for
" their cavalry. • r'2l,-ei-y elrort- must be' ins: lc to'
`` nggraVatc this diffculty' 5 nazi thougl! it ca'n only
" be, done by desclaiing the - country tbro.4,Th
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" have to pass,-..yet e,:en this horl..ible
,calamity mast be eri:iureth"

This ve,;-./ plan-, Which was-to insl:re success,
has been adopted, and we ire now corisistent!y
told that it' must be pr&fuctive of utter r;iin. The
Fiussians are abused. for retreating,and :for ahaii7
cloning a country. (;ve'solemnly-assure our Readers
we are quoting- correctly) " shaded with
scent cities, and teeming with redundant popu-
lation!!!" We are accustomed to perversion of
argument by the Party, butsuch a ludicrous igno-
rance of facts we scarcely ever remember to have
witnessed. We hope the Morning Chronicle will, as
soon as con ven:ent, for the edification °fits-Readers,
and for the information of geographers, publish a
list of those magnificent cities which " shnde"
the several hundred Miles of territory bier which
BUONAPARTE has arready advanced.—We have not
room to pursue this subject any farther at present,
but without wishing to excite hopes that may
prove too sanguine, we shall repeat the Opinion
we have before expressed, that as long
..as the
Russian army remains unbroken, the advance of
the French cannot be considered as deciiive of
the contest.

WINDSOR, SEPT. .1(3.--Tuesday afternoOn ar-
rived the Duchess of YoRK, clineii with-the QUEEN,
and, yesterday left Windsor for -Oatlands. Prin-'
cess CHARLOTTE of WALEs.toOk an airing in her
phaeton and -greys through the Great Park, ac-
companied by; Lady DE bAri'ORD.
• -Wednesday -Princesses •CITARLOTTE of WALES,
AUGUSTA, and SOPHIA, took an airing 'in the
Great Park,, accompanied by Lord WALSINGHA7,I,
Lady P. os sLyN, Gci)etalWYNYAßn, ColauelslYzs-
ERow and TAirrmit ; the. afternoOn Princess
cam; f.pTTE of IV4LES took an airing ill herphae-
ton and greys. through the •Plantations in. the
Great,Park, &c. accompanied by Lai,v DE CLIF-
FORD ; the QUEEN and PRINCESSES went torri_p7;-
mere,to tea.-

Yesterd.ly morning Princesses CHARLDTTE of
W.,ILT;S, ACGVSTA, 'And SOPHIA, aCeol.llpa,)ieii
LordWALSINGRAM, Lady PAULET, Getter.] WY:s:-
YARD, > Colonels and- DEsauow, took
their tt,al morning airing on horseback in the
Great Park, • ez, The Qt.:BEN and Pl'ily.:ebks
ELIZABETH and MARY went to Froginore. ,
This morning Princesses CHARLOTTE of IVALr.s,
UGUSTA, and Sorrn k, 'took their usual ,rmirn-
gg rides in rile Creat Park for two honr,, with
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thetr ;psual attencli,,ns. The Onceri-anti Prnct.,•-ies
an-. _ nn 4ifiyig iee,s to rvn
ELIZABETH
14%:zAr,47,-I•H's cottage at Old Wincis.or.

The Qin-ciz and PRINCESSES are expected in
town Oil rinsday, for t.• few days.
TEe FrQncl) that were taken at Sala-
manca, will be deposited in,Whit,etuill Chapel, on
Wednesday morning, with the usual cereuinits.

• ELECT/ON REPORTS.-Mr..JosEs BuRDETT has.
been invited to stand for the Borough of South-
, .-Wark, but has declined. A canvass, however, is
going on in his favour' in opposition to Mr. CAL-
vF.r.T. The latter has refused to oppose Sir T.
T-oRTON and Mr. TAORNTONe
Mr.,ThomAs WYNDHAN, 'on •account• of bad
health is expected to retire from the representa-
timl of the County of Glamorgan..
Messrs. IL ADDINGTON and HusKissoN are
considered as secure of a return for gamic").

Mr. ROUND is canvassing for Ipswich. This
Gentleman is a banker at Colchester.

S. E. BRYDGES, 'Sq. of Lee Priory, meals to
offer for Canterbury.
W. DICKINSON and CDlOriel GORE
are expected to be returned ,for Somersetsbire
vithbut opposition, as Mr. T. B. LEIHERIDGE
has announced his determination tgretire.

Sir CHARLEI Pic Withdraws frwu the City of
Londou:

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.1 'l.• A'X ,1 ;
_st 4 ‘fil.,4
,Kicft_i -

S LiN -4.I)I,'I'ZCIZ,

TWO O'cl.0(:11.

Since our Paper was put to Press we it::-,
learned that one 'of' the persons •who • ar..ive.l
.town this day comes:, from .elbo, where the
ror of Russik and Lord CATUCART now are; alrd
that the bther is the bearer of letters front Sir.
ItosEl,..r WILso::, containing' the details of the,
capture of SmoLnsli; some of which are already
beTore -the Public. • •

The-uetion, aLe assured., was in the highest
' degree honourable to the Russian ariny, _and the
abandonment Of the place was the result of opi.
nions 'unanimously assented to by the whole of
the Russian Generals. , •

Dispatches from Lord CATIICART titso, we un-
derstand have been received by Ministers, but the
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contents had not transpired. They do not, how-
ever, we learn, state any military operations üb-
sequent to the action at Smolensk.

NAVAL

PLYMOUTH, SEPT, 24.—Arriyed thl 'not-fling
the ship Eliza, belcinw;ip.g to this port, PiLCIIER,
master, from St. And;:ews, last from,flalifx, with
a cargo of timber for his 7slajestv'S Pcckl--yarl Itt
this port,.; sailed -frtorn the latter place
nine days since, hi company with thc..licet, c4m-
tling of about .C.lxty sail, undcr convoy of his
Majc:ty's ship which put Ii thetc by con-
trary.winds, and parted company 011 Friday last,
50.30. N. lorg. 17. 0. W. %viten only
o the‘ Nvere with the coivoy, others
separated:on the passage, and it is feared,
many have been eaptnised by the. American priya-
teen, which were sWarming.

His _:Majesty's ships Alaidsts.;r,R, Spartan, and
PLmper, which sailed from St. John'S, Now
Brunswielc., with the abovc fleet, to accompany
them as far as' Cape Sable, put into Halifax, t-nid
sailed from thence on separate cruizes, previous to
the departure of the fleet. The, 'Grc/Ce, Captain
B:AtiLETT, bOIIIMI to this port, fc.;r
,orders, was
anion; them, and may be hourly expected: His
Majcqy's ship Afr;ca, of 64 guns, hearing the flag
of Rear-Admiral SAwY.tu.,:'arrlyed at
Halifax from a.cruize,' the day before the sailing
of the fleet ; and on the morning -of their depar-
ture, his Majesty's brig Emulous, late the AmLri-
can sloop of war Nautilus; arrived with two Ame-
rican nierehantinen,`, her prizes, and d recaptured
English ship, called tie Osbirne, froth Lisbon;
bound tc St. Andrew's, which had been taken by
the Thrasher American privateer. The American
vessels, whose names we have, not been ,able to
learn, were from p'orts, in England, 'with cargoes
consisting of bale:goods, bound to Atheriea.----
The Ringdove man of war brig arrived -at Halifax
in company with the Lanio-as, and made se-
veral captures; his Majesty's ship _radian, on the
passage, fell in with and hotirded two wiry fine
American snips, with valuable- carnes, which
were from -England, under licenses, and in con 7
sequence permitted to proceed to their destined
ports s it is supposed. the Ingianovith that part of
the fleet in company with her are astern, lint ere
this are in the Channel; the Jason and two other
frigates sailed front ilalifax, previons,tolhe de-
poltire of the fleet, in go>...st of the American fri-
gate ..t,ser, which, it was reported, was cruizing
abut. that latitude ; and ,it fully expected,
would' be fallen in withliy her pursuer,s'.

'Pis Majesty's hrig Rosamond, has capeured and
sent in here this day, the Anisrican ship &ibid.
ship, Ix:longing and bound Or ,alem,‘fi,om Arch-
angel, with -a cargo'of tar.
JONATIiiN ftu:ssEr.:;ESq: late Charge o.°A.lFaire
of the. United States of Anierica,,, arrixed here
last evening from London, ati-cl is to embark from
hence on board the American for
Ainerica, which, it is expected; will sail on -fri-
day-next or follOWing day:

Arriyed the Jasper sloo,z.of war, fi•orn Lishon,
and, it i's said, has not brought any., particular -
news; also arrived his-Majesty's schooner Scalark,
WARRANIi, from a cruize iu the,Channel
the Martha; Cox, Etiza, YOUNG, and the' Fox,
STR I CKL AND, franc • Portsmouth; Bawcontbe, •
CRISPIN, front LyMington ; Two Brothers, \l'ltiA,.
and sate CarOline, LAMBEL,' from Dartmouth;
Edenton, Doi)ns, Neptane, COMER, Providence,
ANDREWS, and the William, BALLANTYNE, from
Sunderland; with 'cargoes of coals ; Richard and
Jane, TREATT ; Ann, PINE`; and the John, STOKES,
from' Exeter; Salem, • BAKER ; and..the...Friends
Delight, APTER,' from Wales, culm laden ; Mary
Ann, LON GMA ID, from Fowey ; Elizabeth, WO6n-
GATE, froth Liverpciol ; and the Deptford, naval,
transport, from the River. •

- FOUR, P. M.--A fleet from Quebec, consisting
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-of abOut.loo sail,, are nol,v passing by this port
to the eastward, under convoy of the Minerva fki-
gate, 'which sailed on the 23d ult. Several of the
feet are•standing into the Sound, but their natnts
Ke have not yet learpt,

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5T207..T/N4,1 1-I,;TIT,LT,I(iSNCE.
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It:tr.:Es.. •
i-UESDAY, gm-r.
tViene•cr's r:ate of 501. for aii ages, twice rounl.
Mr. Bi;g's Dorica, 4-yr3
iVr. C. Buv's ,Katilda, aged di'
WEDNERDA.Y.

Plat:. 9i 51)?. for all ages, twice round..
Nr..Dity's • • 4 1
Smallhoiies- • 3 2
M. A. I.VindsOr, G-yrs old., 3 dr
eged ;.• ,