The Sun.
London, England, 1812-05-23 00:00:00

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A vessel from the other side of the coast states,
that a battle has been fought between the Russians
and French; which lasted two days. The result is,
not stated, and we give the report NNithout vouching
in any manner for its .authenticity. Three French
Regiments are said to hare been cut to pieces.

Vice Admiral CROWN,. a British subject, has, it
is said, been nominated by the Russian Government
to the command of the squadron in the White Sea ;
and as the Admirals TATE and GREIG have been re-
cently appointed to commands in the Russian Navy,
it may be reasonably inferred, that a good under-
standing prevails between this country ;ncl Russia.

We yesterday mentioned a Decree which Ids
been recently published by BUON APARTE, porporting
to be dated in April, I s I t,the objea of which is to
declare the Berlin and Milan Decrees repealed, with
r(lurd to Arnerh:a. A more extraordinary ma-
nmuvre, or, to speak more properly, a more con-
temptibl; fraud, was never praaised by any civilised
nation. Our Readers wiarecoilect that in the autumn
oft 810, BUONAPARTE announced that the Berlin and
Milan Decrees would be repealed on the Ist N -
ieinber following. In consequence of that declara-
tion, America called upon the British Government
to rescind her Orders in Council. The British Go-
vernment replied, that France had not, by any pub-,
Itc official instrument, declared, that the Decrees

were repealed, and that, in fact, these Decrees were
still acted upon in France. Mr. ...\-rADDISON, 110 W.

ever) chose to consider BUONAPARTE'S promise
111.4 the' Decrees should be repealed as a proof
that they were repealed, and in February, 1811,
the importation of British goods and the ad-
mission of British ships into America were
prohibited. The merchants, and the Government
of America, however; soon found" that the Decrees
_were aalually in force, and that all the entreaties of
the President, enforced by all the eloquence of Mr.
BARLow, were insufficient to extra& from BUONA-
PARTE either any public declaration that tl.e
Decrees were rescinded, or any permanent
relaxation of the hostile system which he had
adopted towards America. Mr. MADDISON him-
self, with all his predileEtion for France, has been
forced, very recently, to acknowledge publicly
and officially; Oita the Decrees were not repealed.
What, then, must be the astonishment of the Ame-
rlcan Government to find, that although BUONA-
PARTE refused, even within these few weeks, to
declare, by any public instrument, that his De-
crees Were repealed, he had in point of faa signed
a Decree fourteen months ago, which declared them
to be repealed frOm the Ist Nov. 1811 ! We are not
surprised that BUONAPARTi should have recourse to
traUd ; but that he should have attempted one so con-
temptiblyslumsy, does astonish US. A short conver-
sation 'took place upon this subject last night, in the
1-I,,use of Commons, when Mr. Beoudnam asked,
whether in consequence of this' Decree, the British
. .
Government meant to make any alteration in the
Orders in Council ? and-Lord CASTLEREAGH replied
in the negative. Indeed, we 'cannot see bow this
pretCtided Decree can in any way affe&l our Orders
in Council. The PRINCE REGENT, in his declara-
tion of the 21st of April last, announced that " if at
any time hereafter the Berlin and Milan Decrees
shall, by some authentic-ael of the French Govern-
ment publicly promulgated, be expressly and uneon-
'repealed, then and from the,nceforth the
Orders in Council shall be revoked." Now this pre-
tended Decree of •April, 1811 does not repeal the
Berlin and Milan Decrees expressly and uncondi-
tionallv, but confines the' repeal to America only.
But if e:e 'wanted any further proof of the real. in-
. tention and meaning of the French Government
upon this 4ubjed, we have only to look to the de-
etarition made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs
t. the Conservative Senate on the toth March last,
ire which it is declared that the Berlin and Milan
Decrees are not itpealed, and that they never shall
he repealed nod Great Briyin gives up not only
tier Orders in Council, but Her right of search, her
right of blockade, and' all ,her other maritime rights;
in other words, until the naval power of Great Bri-
. . •
is completely deitroyed.