The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-24 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, AUG. 22.—Arrived the brig
nerva, belonging to Golchesteti J. MANN,- Mas-
ter, from Palma, Mahon, and Gibraltar, with a
cargo of wine and cork, fdr dunnage, bound to
this, port for orders, and is in a leaky, state. S,he
sailed from 'Palma- on the 4th of May, Mahon on
the Bth Juae, and from. Gibraltar on the Bth inst.
in company With a fleet of transports and , mer-
chantmen, consisting of about 50,sail, under con-
voy of hii Majesty's, ship Alceste ; parted company
yesterday, at 3P. M. The Minerva is under qua-
rantine;

Sailed his Majesty's schooner Nonpareil fox
Cadiz.

The ship Nicholas and Ann,. LAND, master, that
arrived a few days since, with a cargo of deais,
&c. is damaged in her bottom, having run aground
soon after her arrival, and her cargo is to bei
landed here iniluediately,, in order to debt, the
repair of the vessel.

The Alceste, with the homeward-botld Medi-
terranean convoy; passed up Channel last night.
Arrived the slbop Active, belonging to this port,
TIL:t. master, •frOin Falmouth, which place she
left yesterday ; at the• time of .her departure froM
thence, the Duke of MarlboFongh, Post-office
packet, was going hi with mails from Lisbon;
and"it is conjectured has brought news- of impor-
tance from the Armies, as immediately on her en-
tering Falmouth" harbour she coimnenced firing.
No intelligence from her has 'yet reached this
place.
, Arrived this. morning. the Bloodhound gun-brig
from Annapolis; after short passage ;. she
brought a messenger charged with dispatches for
Government,. which contain the ultimatum of
the American Government with regard to hoStili=
ties with 'England, and it is currently reported_
here that war is determined on, notwithstanding
the repeal of the Orders in Council. It is also
said the Bloodhound brings intelligence that 150
American privateers were fitting out .at Annapolis
with the greatest dispatch. The intelligence was
communicated to the Admiralty by telegraph ina-
naediately after the arrival of the Bloodhound.

DOVER, AUG. 23.—Passed by for London the
Duckeniield Hall, Buss, Trinidad; Cato, MoR-
Tali, Antigua; Blenheim, MILLI', Grenada ;
Venus, ---, Dominica ; Ann, WILLIAMS, Gua-
daloupe ; Eliza, FITCH, Antigua; Resolution,
HART, Nevis ; John, CLARKE, Jamaica ; London;
DuNcAx, Bar'badoes ; Nautilus, RICHES, Barba-
does ; Euphemia, VAUGHAN, St. Lucia Rachael,
PRICE, St. Kitts ; Hero, CHRISTIE, St., Kitts,;
Julius, AUTHC/RN, St. Kitts ; and others, in all
near 70 sail, under convoy of his Majesty's fri-
gates Garland and Thetis.

FALMOUTH, AUG. 21. Arrived this day the
Marlborough packet, Captain BULL, with Mails
from Lisbon, ten days passagp ; left in the Tagus,
his Majesty's ships Impetueux. , Vice-Admiral
MARTIN, the Myrtle sloop of war; Walsh:gib=
and Queen Chorlotte paCkets.; the former was' ex- •
pected to sail about the, .18th instant. - • Infor-
mation was received at -Lisbon of the death of
MARmoNT, at Avilla ; the General. Officers'
wounded in the action of the 22d ukimo are
all doing well ; Captain Bum:spoke, •on the 19th
instant, in Lat. 46. 50. n0rth.,8... • Long. 23.
west, his Majesty's ship "Siotl)ainfizo, Admiral
Sir B. WARRE-N'; Poietiers, Captain B4RESFORD
and Mognet :brig, from Portsmoutb., out seven
days. Passengers per packet, Captain IVLUNDEL,
Captain' num., 434. regiment Vim:Arts,
102 d, Messrs. NO.WINIAN, • DowsING„. and GLAS-
A -
P.llt, merchants,

YeSterday appeared off ,this potf.thqloinetyard
bound Mediterranean 'fleet, consisting Of about
100 sail; udder convoy of his Majesty's ship Alceste,
of 38 guns, Capt. MAxvVELf., The five folloVving
vessels" hive put in, here to lay quarantine., and the
remainder proceeded tip Channel
Fortitude,' LE BRUN, ..8/12(/, MAUGER,
verance, PINLY, Everiinent, TRE.GARTHEN, .and
Alert PATTERSON. . •

Arrived at Bristol the John, HODDELt, Jamaica,
CLEMENTS,- Eliza, GiEsoN , • ani the Elnicai-n,
BLACK, from Jamaica : parted front the fleet on
the 21st inst. at 4 P. M. in lat. 49. long. 11. sixty
sail in company. The Jamaica fleet are therefore
safe, and may be hourly expected.
• Forty-eight sail of the Leeward Islands fleet
have arrived safe in the Downs, as is dm) the
Mediterranean fleet, under convoy of the,Alceste
frigate.

FRENCH PAPEIS.

Lt NTT. • BU,LLET/N OF THE GRAM) AR NI
Witepsk, 4

" Intercepted letters from the camp of. Bam;fi=
TICS speak of the losses sustained by his cGrps
the battle of Mohilow, and of the number of 0-
sertions from which it has -suffered oh the route'
Every Pyle hasl'rernained in his country, so thi't
this corps, wLich, including the CossaCks of Pi'
TOW,' amounted to 50,000 men, is now ieduceil to
less than 30,000. It will join .the grand army
on the 7th or 6th of August, at Smolensk.

" The followingis the position occupied by the
army on The 4th of August

" lle.ati-iparters at Wit4sk, with four bridgo
on the Dwina: •

The 4th corps at Sarnai, occupying Vclui, r°-
rietehe unit Ousirath.

‘‘ The KING of MPLES at Roudenu, with
three first corps' of cavalry.
" The first corps, Commanded by-Marshal the
Prince of is at the mouth of the Bere9'
sins, on, the Borystlwles, with two brigades °tier,
this last-mentioned river, and one. bridge upon
the Beressina, with double fetes-de-pont.

“Tiic third corps, commanded by Marshal at

Duke of ELCHINGEN, s at Liozna.

" The eighth corps, commanded by the Duke of
ABRANTES, is at Orcha, with two brigades, aO,ll
tete3-de -pont upon the Borysthenes.
" The sth corps, commanded by Prince PONIA'
TOWSKY, is at' Mohilow, with two bridges ad
tetes-de-pont upon the.Borysthents.

. .
" The second corps; commanded by ?Marshal
the Duke of:REGGto, is upon the Drissa, advanced
before Polotsk, upon the road to
". The Prince DE SCHWARTZENBERG IS With

•
corps at Sfonim. • •
The seventh corps is upon Itozana.
" The fourth corps olcavalry, with a division
ofinfantry, commanded by General Count MO"
BERG, is before Brobunsk and Mozier.
The 10th corps,. commanded by the Duke Of
TARENTu:.7, is beflDunaheig and Rig:a.
" The ninth corps, commanded by the Blzke of
BELLUNO, is assembled at Tilsit.

" The-eleventh corps, commanded by the Doh'
of GASTIGLioxE, is.at Stettin.

His Majesty has sent the army into quarteri
of refreshinent.•. The heat 'excessively greater.
than what it is in • Italy. The thermometer is at
and 27 degrees.. The nights-even are warm.
General SL112IENSI(01, with two divisions of
the, corps of BRAGRA'EION, having been cut off
from that corps, and not being able to rejoin it,
has entered Wolynhia, effected a junction with the
division of recruits commanded by General Tog-
mAzow,. and mached upon the 7th corps. Ile
surprized and cut off the Saxon Brigadier-Gene-
ral KLENGEL, who had under his command an ad'
vanced guard of two battalions, and two squa"
drons of Prince CLEMENT'S regiment.
" After a resistance of six hours duration,' tire
greater part of this advanced guard were killed or
taken. General Count REGNIER could not conic
up to their assistance sooner than two hours after
the affair wad over., Prince SCISVARTZENBERG
marched on the 30th of July,. to join General
REGNIER, and Push the war with spirit against
the enemy's divisions.
On the 19th the Prussian General GRAWETer.
attacked the Russians at Ekau, in Courland, over-
threw them, took 200 prisoners, and killed a coa-
siderable number. General GRAWERT- much coin_
mends Major STIERN, who, at the head of the Ist
regiment of Prussian Dragoons, took a prominent
part in the affair. When Genera! GRAWERT had
effected a junction with General KLEIST, he drov,e
the enemy before him on the road to Riga, and
_ _

invested the tete-de-pont
" On the 30th the Viceroy sent to Welij A bri-
gade of Italian light cavalry; two hundred well
charged four battalions of the depot, who were Da
their route to Twor,: brOke them; took 400 pri-
soners; and 100 'wagons loaded with military
stores. •

" On the 30th, the Aid-de-Camp TRAIRE, wb°
had been sent for Ward with the Queen's Regiment
of Dragoons of the Royal
_ltalian Guard, arrivej
at OftsVratli, took a Captain and. 40 men prisoner',
and possesed themselves of 200 carriages loa.dea
with•fiour. •
"• On the 30th,' Marshal the Duke of REGGiti,
marched froip Potots'k upon Sebei.' pact Cienc"
ml WITTGENSTEIN, whose corps had been rtitl-
force4 by that of Prince RF,rtx. An engagemet't
took place near the C•tastle of Jacoubovo.
26th Regiment of Light infantry obtained mucli
• glory.
The division
,Legrand gloriously bore "P
against the fire of the entire of the enemy's corps'
" On the 31st the enemy marched upon the
Drissa, in order to attack the Duk.- of REGGI°,'
upon his flank, as he marched. The Marshal tool‘
up a position with the Drissa in his front.
" On the Ist of August the enemy were fool"
enough to cross the Driksa, and'to present them-
selves in battle array in front of the 2d corps'--
The Duke of REGGIO alloWed half their corps to
'cross, and as soon as he perceived about fifteen
thousand men and fourteen pieces of 0111'1°11,
over, he unmasked a battery of forty piec.e,'
of cannon, which played upon them wite
!
grape shot for ndariy anihour. -At the sahie
the divisions,LEGßAND aud VERDIER Wade 4 r'ae.

ring charge with the 'bayonet and drove the
15,000 Russian intqpthe river. All their artillery
and military chests taken, 3000 prisoners, among
whom were several officers,' and one of General
WITTGENSTEIN, together with 3500 men killed or
Wounded, are the result of this affair.
" The affair of Drissa, those of Ostrovno, and
Mohilow, might have been; in other wars called
three battles. The Duke of REGGIO. praiSCS mucfi
General Count LEGRAND, who is remarkably cool
. in the field.

" He also highly applauds the conduct of the
26th light infantry, and the 56th of the line.

" The EMPEROR of RUSSIA has ordered levies
of men in the two Governments of Witepok and
.11.ohilow, but before his Ukases could reach those
provinces, we Were masters of them These mea-
sures consequently have produced nothing.'
" We have found at Witepsk proclamation's is-
sued ~ by Prince ALEXANDER of Wirtemburg, and
We have learned that the peOPle of Russia are
Running themselves, singing Te Deana on account
of the victories obtained by the Russions."—/110-
titeur,

4 PRUCLAMANION OF THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER.
[PUBLISHED IN GENERAL ORDERS, BY TILE COM-

IrIADIDER IN CRIEP, CsENERAL DENts:IGSEN.)

RUSSIANS !--The enemy has quitted the Dwina,
and has proclaimed his intention of offering battle..
Ile accuses you of timidity, because he mistakes,
or affects to mistake, the policy of your, system.
Cat' he then have forgotten the chastisement
Which your valour inflicted at Dunaberg and Milli.,
Wherever, in short, it has been deemed proper to
oppose him ?t Desperate counsels are alone com-
patible with the cnterprize he.bas undertaken and
the dangers of 'his situation ; but shall we there-
fore be imprudent, and forego the advantages of
our own I—He woutd march to Moscow—let him.
But can he, by the temporary possession of that
city, conquer the Etnpire of Russia, and subjugate
a population of thirty millions ? Distant-from his
resources near 800 miles, he W 61114, even if ,victo-
rious, not escape the fate of the warrior Charles
XII. When, pressed on every side by hostile
armies, with a peasantry sworn to his destruction
rendered furious by his excesses, and irreconcil-
able by difference of religion, of customs, of
language, how would he retreat?
Russians !—Rely on 'your Emperor and the
Commanders whom he has appointed. He knows
the ardent and indignant valour which , burns in
the bosoms of his soldiers •at the boasts of the
enemy. He knows that they are eager for battle ;
that they 'grieve at its being deferred, an'd at the-
thought of retiring. This 'cruel necessity will not'
exist long. Even niriv the period of its duration
lessens. Already are our allies preparing to menace
the • rear of the invader, while- ht, inveigled too
farto retreat with impunity, shall soon have to
combat with the seasons, with famine, and with
innumerable armies` of Russi--.s.

'Soldiers !—When the period. for offering battle
arrives, your Emperor will give the signal, will
be an eye-witness of your exploits, and reward
your valour.
(Signed) ALEXANDER.
PROCLAMATION OF THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER
ON THE RUSSIAN ARMY BREAKING UP FROM DRISSA.

BELOVED SUBJECTS !—ln pursuance of the po-
licy advised by 'our Military Council, the armies
16.11, for the present, quit their positions, and re-
tire further into the interior, in order the more
readily to unite. The enemy may possibly avail
himself of this opportunity to advance ; 'he has
announced this intention. Doubtless; in spite of
bOast, he begins to feel all the difficulties ofti
wevaced attempt to • subjugate us,' and is_
anxious therefore to engage ; he is desperate, and
would "therefore put every thing upon the issue of
a battle. The honour of our Crown,' the
rests of our subjects; prescribe, htiweier, ddif-
ferentpoliey it is necessary that he should be
made sensible of the madness of his attempt. if
urged by the desire of obtaining provisions and
forage, Or goaded by an inSatiable cupidity for
plund'e:r, he 'should be blind to the danger of far-
ther committing himself at such an immense dis-
tance from .his territories, it would become the
'duty of every loyal Russian, every,true friend, to
his country, to co-operate cheerfully in impeding,'
,equally his progress or his retreat, by destroying
his supplies, his means of conveyance, in short,
every thing which can be serviceable 'to him. We,
therefore order, that such of our subjects .in,the
provinces of Witepsk and Pskov, as may have ar-
.
tides of subsistence, either man or beast, beyond,:
their immediate, want, to deliver them to officers
authorised to receive them, and for which they
shall be paid the full value out of, the Imperial
Treasury. The owners of growing crops within
the distance of the Erie of the enemy's march are
commanded to destroy them, and they shall be
reimbursed their loss. The proprietors of maga-
zines, either of provisions or el ::.thing, ate requir-
ed to deliver them to the CommiSsaries for the
use of the army, and they will be liberally remu-
nerated. in general, the spirit of this order is to
be carried into execution, in regard to all articles
whether of subsistence, of clothing, Or of convey-
ance, which may be considered useful to the in-
vaders; and the Magistrates are made responsible
for the dtle fulfilment of these our commands.

ALEXANDER

SMITHFIELD MARKET, Au o 24:

This day's Market had a good supply of 'prime
Beasts, and the spew of Cattle in other respects
was plentiful ; Pork is cheaper ;..Beef and Mut-
ton are dearer; Lamb and Veal support last
prices ; and the trade in general was tolerably
brisk.—The sales in the Hay-market were some-
what considerable : Hay and. Straw, fetched last
prices ; Clover obtained a better price. We annex
a correct statement of the prices and numbers :

. To sink the Offal, per Stone of 81b.
Beef, ss. Oct. to es. Od. . Mutton, ss. od. to Gs. 9.d. Veal,
s . CIS, to 7s. Od. Lamb, 6s. Od. to 75..0d. Pork, ss. to 6s. 10d.
Beasts, -2,U0. Sheep and Lambs, 17,900. Calves, 136. Pigs,
290.

SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET.
Hay, .11.03. to 4, lUs. Straw, ail. ss. to 91. 10s. Clover, 51.
Qs. to 71.10.

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