The Sun.
London, England, 1812-12-28 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

NrbEEMBin:G., DEC. 4.—SeVeral parties. of bri-
gands are at this moment desolating many dis-
tricts of Silesia. Their cr!!elry and audasity have
in a few towns struck terror into the: Civil 'Autho-
rJies, so that they. have not exerted themselves
seFiiciently' to apprehend 'theni. This pusillani-
mity; has, as might he foreseen, emboldened these
Ni retch Mid occasioned fresh Outrages.. The :r
-retreat is in the mountains betiveca 'Silesia and
Bohemia They go Well-armed, and their leaders
are men of the most notorions characters. :One
of them Acted under the notoriouS Schell, Was
takenron-the defeat of that partizan, and experi-
enced in the pieservatiOn of hif,.life'a clemency of
which he has proved himself unworthy. Our Go-
vernment has sent de;achnie-nts of. troops is pur-
suit of them, furnished' v.'ith two pieces of ar-
tillery.

GENEVA, DEc. conseription was never
attended with fewer diflculties in the depart-
ment of Geneva than during the present year.
Not single conscript has failed to attend the
Counsel of recruiting. The last dep•lrture3 took
place this, day. The CounSel has likewise, sent
on their route a great part of the contingent, f()r
the marine serivce. The retuaizider departs in a
few days.

/-1, great many young pcople, not expecting the
appeal of 1813, volunteered their services fur ei-
ther the army or the navy. 'This example bal re 7
~:eiced_numerous imitators. In Many cantons,
some conscripts of the year 181.4 have demanded
and obtained
_permission to set out this year, in
order to serve in the corps with their fellow citi-
zens. - Independently of ;the . conscripts forming
the contingent for the land and sea forces—inde-
pendantly of the voluntary enlistment, 123 young
men have solicited the honour of serving in the
light-armed troops' of the ,Prince Governor-Ge-
neral. -

VIEKNA, DEC. 2.-4-On the 4th instant four re-
giments of Austrian infantry. marched to gain the
army under Prince Schwartzenberg. The regi-
ments Duca and Strauch were of the-number.
Pour regiments. beside marched from Moravia in
Hungary for the same destination, and have been
replaced by four Others from Bohemia. Prince
Hohenzollern's• regirpent of cavalry returns also
to Poland.,

It is .believed by many that the purchaser of
Prince Dictrichsteiu's palact' at-Brunn, in Mora-
pia, is , Queen Caroline of Sicily ; while others,
who pretend to be better informed, assure us that,
very • considerable pnrchases of land have been
made in Hungary on account of this Princess,'
and that she designs to take up her residence at,
Pest.

•
BivoNNi, DEC. I..—Two thousand. English
prisoners have passed through this town on their
route to France ; among them is the , English
Cavalry General, Paget. He appears in good
health.

MILAN-, Nov. 25:—By a Decree of his Majesty
the Einiieror of the French and King of Italy, it
is ordained :

Ist. The ConScription of our Kingdom of ltaly
for the year 1813, shall consist., as Li -.le preced-
ing 'year, of 15,000 men-900U Cons,:s .pts shall be
called- out immediately,' and' 6000 shall remain in'
reserve.

2'. 'The measures relating to this law shall he
finished by' the Ist December, so',that the Con-
scripts may be enabled to arrive at their respec-
tive 'depots by the 15th of December'.—(Milan
Gazette'.)

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM BERLIN O,F THE
26th NOV-.

" Our Sovereign very • seldom- visits his capi-
tal, having for some time past fixed his residence
at Potsdam. The Ministers- transact all affairs.—
French military and police agents swarm` in this
city,; and'such is their dictation and uncontrolled
power, that they maytruly boast of having redUced
Prussia to the state of a province of their Empire.
The ordinary and extraordinary taxes have quite
impoverished us.
Several Sharp engagements have lately taken
place in- Courland. Twenty Waggons, with our
wounded countrymen, have just arrived ; they are
desperate' cases, most of them either having lost,
legs or arms!: it is a deplorable sight ; some of
the poor wretches are frozen to death ; a fey: of
the survivors are consoling themselves with a pipe.
undustand that all the hospitals in Poland are
filled.

" Two hundred surgeons passed through Leip-
zie on the Bth for Warsaw. They travelled with
the utmost expedition."

SMITHFIELD MARKET, DECEMBER 23

This day's Market had a good supply of prime
Beasts, and the show of Cattle in other respects
was rather considerable ; Mutton supports last
price ; Beef, Pork, and Veal, are dearer, and the
trade in general was snmewhat brisk. The sales
in the Hay-market were pretty lively; Hay ob-
tained last price ; Straw and Clover have fallen In
price. We annex a correct statement of the prices
and numbeis

To sink the Olfal,.per Stone of 8!b.
Beef, 4s. 2d. to ss.'lod. Mutton, 4s. Gd. to Gs. Oil. Veal,
ss. 01. to 75.0;1. I,anth, Os. to Os. Od. Pork, ss. Od. to Os.•od.
Beasts, 2110. Sheep, 11,400. Calves, 120. Pip, 2'90.

SMITHEIRLD HAY-MARKET.
Hay, 31. Os. •to 51. Ws. Straw, 11. 16s. to 21. 2s. Closer,
31. Os. to 61.65.

CORN-EXCRAFGE, DEC. 28.—Our Market be-
ing well supplied to-day with Wheat from Essex,
and the sale dull, that article may be considered
4s. per quarter lower than last Monday ; Oats
being much in demand, and the supply short, they
are 25.. dearer ; the quantity of Barley was by no
means large, and being much wanted it had a
ready sale, at an advance of 2s. ; the same may
be said of Malt ; Peas and Tick Beans
sold freely at tbe prices •that were quoted last
Monday :---Flour continues-the same.

Wheat - - 765. 86s. 915.
-Fine ditto - - - 1265.
Rye
Barley - - - 463. 61s.
New Ditt - - - Os.
Malt ••
- - - 945. 104 s.
Fine ditto - - -110 s..
White Pease (boil.)110s. 120 s.
New ditto - -128 s.
Grey ditto - - -78 s. 82s.
New ditto - - B4s.

Tick Bean's- - - 735, 78s.
'Old ditto - - —s.
• S:nall ditto , -
Feed Oats - - - 355. 48s.
Fine ditto • - - - 645.
Poland ditto - - $Ss. —s.
Fine,ditto .• - - . 6:25.
Potatoe ditto 645.
Rape Seed - - - 601..701.
Fine Flour - -105 s. 110 s.
Sseonds - -100 s. 106 s.

?Roil TIIE LONDON GAZETTE;•PEc, 26.

Pot eign, Office, .Dec. 2q, 1812

Ibis
Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting
in the nahie and on ti' behalf cif his has
been pleased to cause it to be signified, by Lord
Viscount Castlereagh; his' Majesty's Princio.4l Se-
cretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to the MiniS-
ters of Friendly Powers reading at • this Court,
that the necessary measures hare been taken, by ,
the cottunand of .his Royal Highness, for. the
blockade Of the ports and harbours Of: the Bay of
the Chesapeake and of the River Dtlawile, in the ,
United States of America ft-6:11 _this
tinie all the mLsures authorised by the Law of
Nations will be adopted and executed, with re-
spect to all ;vessels which mat attempt to violate
the-said blockade. - •

WAR DErAnTmENT.
Downing-street Dee. 217,
.1 912

. A Dispatch, of which the fcillo.,ving is an ex-
tract, has been received by'
.E.ortliathui.,:t from
from Gfeneral 134r41nis of. Wellington, dated
Freoada, December 2,, 1812. .

I enclose the return of the killed, wounde:i; and
rnii-;sing, of the trcions in the operations from .9/a-
jar:lam:a to Ciu,ia.,l

Rel'urn of • Killed, Vi,roo! led, and ..,.:ssi7.:l7 of the Army under
he Comtnand of his Excaleney Geriral the_ 7,vl:•ry.,tis of
B. in the (iperationi from the lbth•to the
lnth !.wio-eintier, 181-2.
General
ad Dragoon Guards-15 rank and file, 12 horses, triC574.!1,1•,.
4th Di-,.i.geori horses wounded; 3 rauk aL.i .i]e, 4
misxing.
sth Dragoin'Griards-1 .ti:rjeant, 11 rank and .file, 9 horSes
Missing.- . • •-•-,
Ist Dragoons--,-4 rank and fik, 1 horse, wounded; 1 trum-
peter, urank and file, 2. horse,,,
3d Dragoon S-1 rank awl fi1,.;4 3 korses trilled.
4th Dragoons-3 rank and file, 2 horses, ftaising.
MI) Light Dragoons L-1 rank.. and file womided ; 3 rank and.
file. '; horses, missing. . • •
11th Light,DrageonS-72'hormes killed; 1 rank and file wound-.
ed ; 1 rank and file, 1. horse, missing.
12th Light Dragoons-1 rank and tile wounded;. 1 serjeant,
3 rank and file, 3 horses missing.
lath Light Dragoons-1 horse killed; 1 horse wounded., '
14th Light Dragoons-3 horses killed; .3 rank and file, 3
• horses (pounded; 2 rank and file, 3 horses missing.
• 16th Ditto, 1 horse wounded ; 2 rank and • tile, 2 , horses
missing. • ' .•
let Dragoons, King's German Legion-2 rank and file, 1
norse, missing.
2d Ditto,•.Ditto.»,l horse killed; 1 serjeant, 4 rank and file,
2-horses, missinF. •
let llussars, King s German Legion-5 horses killed; 7 rank
and file, i horse, wounded; -6 rank and file, 6 horses,

missing.
2d-Ditto,DitioB rank and file, S linrses, missing. '
43d Foot, Ist Batt.-1 serjeant killed; 2 lie'utenants, IC rank
Land file, wounded; 17 rank and 1i1e; missing.
51st Ditto, 1 captain- killed; 1 serjeant, 7 'rank and. file
- wounded.
.nd Ditto;lst Batt.—l captain, 2 rank and file, killed; 2
captains, 3 serjeants, 27 rank 'and file, wounded; 8 rank
and tile,. misstng. •
95th. Ditto, Ist Batt,-1 serjeant, I rank and file, woonded.
95th Ditto, 2d -Batt.'—.l'ip.nk and file killed; 5 rank and file
wowided; 1 drum Mer, 8 ranl; and file,
95th'Ditto, ad 8att...1 rank and tile wounded; 9 rank and
tile; , sing,
Ist, Lni;.-it Batt:. King's Grman Legion-1 rank and file killed;
4 rink ,nd file wounded.
2d Ditto, and file wounded.
Duke of Brunswick's Light Infantry-1 rank and file killed ;
s;:_,rik and tile-wounded.
• , lotel British Idss--.2 captains, 2 serjeants, 7 rank and
file; 15 horses killed; 'captains, 2.1' lieutenants, 4 ser-
jeants,,,Bti rank and file, 9 horses, w iunded; I general-
. staff, 3 ser'eants, 2 drummers and trumpeters, lU6
• rank and ilk, 58 horses, missing.
Total Portug-aesc loss-1 „C rankand file, killed ;
lientenant..l.ensigh;"3serjearits, .10 rank and file, wounded;
66. rank and fi.e, missing. •
Total British and Portt4;lieSes--2 captains, 1 ensign, 2 ser-
jeants, 43 rank and file, 13 liOrs.es, killed; 2 captains, 3
lieutenants, I ensigu, 7 set-it:salt:, l rank andfile, 9 horses,
wounded ; 1 -general staff, 3 serjean,s, 2 drummers and
trumpeters, IP' rank and file, 58 liorFxs, missing.
!Signed). • S. A. GOODMAN; D.A.A.G.

Names of the Officers killed, wounded, and missing.
Killed.—British.
51st Foot—Captain INT‘Cabe.
52d Foot, Ist Batt.—Henry Dawson.

• Portuguese.
20th Portuguese RegimentL—Ensign Joa Joze de Areveda.

Wouuded.—British.

43d Foot, Ist Batt.—Lieutenant George Rideout, severely
(leg amputated); Lieutenant H. M. Bailie,
sc2dlFoot, Ist Batt.—Captain J. H. Currie, slightly; Captain
Thomas T. Fuller, severely (not dangerously).

Portuguese.
19th Portuguese Regiment.—Ensign F. Pinto de Casteo,
slightly.
2d Portuguese Caeadores--Lieutenant Gabriel de Came
Liina, slightly.

Missing.
Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir Edward Paget, K. B.
(Signed/ S. A. GOODMAN, D.A.A.G.

21dmiralty-Office, Dec. 26, 1812.

- .
Copy of a Letter from Admiral the Rigilit • Honourable Sir
John Borlase Warren, Bar`. K. B. Commander in Chief of
his Majesty's ships and *vessels on the North American Sta-
tion, to John Wilson Croker, Esq. dated at Halifax, 18th,
November, 1812.
SIR,

I beg leave to transmit copies of letters from
Captain Whinyates and Captain Sir John Beres7
ford ; the former giving an account of the capture
of his Majesty's brig Frolic, by the American
ship sloop of war Wasp, after a hard contested
action ; and the latter,- acquainting .me with the
recapture of the Frolic, and of his having at the
same time taken the Wasp, both of- which were
conducted to Bermuda by the., Poietiers ; from
whence I shall send further particulars for their
Lordships' information the moment can learn
them.

I Lave the honour to be, &c.:
(Signed) JOllti BORLASE WARREN.

SIR,

Ills :Majesty's ship PoicLiers,
(kl.'”))er -23, 181'2. I

It is with the most hitter sorrow and distress I
ba,e_ to report w your Excellency the capture of
his .7slajcsty's brig Frolic, by the ship Wa'sp be-
longlng.to the United States of America,. on. the
t,,th instant.

Having under convof the homeward-bound
trade from the Bay of _Honduras, and being in la-
titude j 6 deg. N. and 6.4 deg. W. on thecnight of
the 17th, we were o'ertaketi by a most violent
gale-of wind, in which the Frolic carried away
,her main yard, lost her topsails, and sprung the
main top7inust, On the morning 'of the IStb,
as
,Nre .were repairing the damages sustained in
the storm, and re-asseiiabling the scattered ships,
a suspicious ship came in sight, and gave chace to
the convoy.
The merchant ships continued their voyage b--
fore the wind, under all sail the Frolic dropt
astern, and hoisted Spanish colours, in order to
decoy the stranger under her guns, and to give
time for the convoy to escape. "About ten o'clock,
both vessels being within hail, we hauled to the