The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-01 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, AUGUST '3o.—Arrived the Swedish
brig: Victory, LIBERG, from Gottenburi4h, with
. ,
iron and! deals ; and the Snpl2sa, HuGats, froot
provisions, both int- this port. --

PORTSI'.IOTJTH3 AUG. 31.—A.,:-Tived his !'.:Jajestv's
ship Protector, with the .Goldlltinter and; Ganges,
from Africa; last from Cork ; and the Pioneer
sloop of war, with a.,ffect, from. the Downs.:

.DOVE.R, AUG. 31.—Some vessel is on Shoie on
the coast of France, lint though We can see_ her
with glasses from hence,. we cannot; make out
whether she is a -merchant vessel or a-vessel of

war.

DEAL, AUG. 31.—came down from the River,
and sailed, the Dolphin and Abundance §tore-ships
for Portsmouth; Clio, Cast, and the Orion, BARRY,
for Gibraltar ; and the Russia Company, COLE,
for Malta. The latter, remains in.the Downs.

Arrived his 'Majesty's ship Niemeni with Rear-
xvlio will proceed immediately to
huist his flag on board of the Cliqth,int,. off
Flushiug.

HARWIGH, AUG. 31.---Arrived the Lord Nelson
packet from Gottenhnrglk;: passed the-horneward-
bound.ccinvoy frOm (lo.ttenburgh on Friday last
in the Sleeve ; all. well. - ' . - •

FALMOUTH, AUG. 29.—Sailed the Pth ice Er-
nest packet for Lisbon. - .
The Sut ftswre packet for mew-Fork is detained
till Monday. . -

).77.Rmonva, AUG. 31.--Arrived the King George!:
cutter from Hosely Bay.

A cutter, under prize cialours, is just arrived in
the Roads, supposed to be the goratio's, which
has been anxiously looked for.

It has been blowing a beavy Bile of wind :with
continual rain from. the 27th at night, till 3-ester-
' day, when it moderated. The ships in the. 13Loa.ds
rode it out well. A schoquer, laden with coals,
came on shore near Gorlerton, and went instantly
-to pieces :, the crew andpassengers fortunately were
taken out of her before she took the groUnd.—
Three or four vessels have been lost off Winter-
-4)I) and all hands, it is apprehended, have pe-

THE BRITISH NAVY.—There are now in com-
mission 728 ships of war,• of which 158 are of the
line, 20 from 50 to 44 guns, 141 frigates, 147
sloops of war, 9 bombs and fire ships, 149 armed.
brigs, 42, cutters, 64 armed schooners. Besides
which, there are repairing for service 71 sail of
the line, building 31, together Vfrith a proportion
of all the other descriptions ; making the grand .
tali' 1010 ships of war, of which 260 are of the

We are happy to find that there is a great pro-
bability of the redoubtable glouiinodore Rononns
being overtaken by our cruizers, as, appears by .
the following extract of a Letter from an Officer
on the Newfoundland station
Shannon, Banks of Newfoundland, Aug. 4, •
• " W 6 yesterday boarded a vessel that had just
passed the'AMerican squadron, Commanded by the
redoubtable Commodore RoDGEas. By her we
have have been informed of the course they were
steering, and they cannot now be more than 40 miles
a-head of us. The American squadron consists
of five frigates, a sloop of war, and a brig. We
have the Africa, of 64 guns, ..eEcolus, Belvidere,
Guerrierei and Shannon frigates, as fine vessels as
ever swam, particularly the GueiTiere. As Ave
love the... Americans you may expect the
.American squadron at Plymouth very soon. We
have taken a man of war brig (the Nautilus), and
burnt 20 ships."
A meeting took' place, on Friday last, on Bag-
shot-heath, between Major JANE and a Mr. FOR-
MAN, in con's'equence 'of a dispute about a lady, at
one of the Egliam-race balls. The parties 'fired
twice without injury to 'either, when the matter
was adjusted by the interference of the seconds:
Deserted Infant.—A female child, about • five
weeks old, ,was left at the door of Mr. Fitter, lace-
man, in Bedford-street, COVent-garden, on !ia-
'turday night, about nine o'clock, in the follo.w-
ing manner decent Looking woman entered
into conversation with a little boy in LOng7acie,
and told him she would give Mitts 6d. if he would._
deliver the parcel, which she carried, for her. :The
boy agreed to obey her wishes, and aceompanie4:
her. to the door of Mr. Fitter's house,, at which-slit •
rapped ; and then giving a basket into his arms,
she ran off. The boy suddenly let the basket
fall, and the cries of a child were heard, • .The
door being opened, tile persons- within refused to
suffer the child to be carried into the house, but
sent the watchman to look for the beadle, the child
retaining in the basket on the flags. A gentleman
at length, taking compassion on the little innocent,
conveyed it to the watch-house in Covent-garden,
where, on thelirst view, it was supposed ,to be
dead, bat upon closer inspection it proved to be
wrapped in a' deep sleep, xhich had evidently
been produced by the use of an opiate. The bas-
ket . being opened, a letter was discovered ad-
dressed to one of the family, whom it accused of
being the father.of the babe, and of neglecting to
furnish the mother with the means of supporting it
to which circumstancewas attributed 'that mode of
disposing of it. The letter was written in a neat
female hand, and was signed Harriet Newton,—
Tip? child was decently clad.; and in the basket
with it was found a change of linen, and soMe-
food. On the arrival of the Overseer, it was sent
to the workhouse, where it will be properlytaken
care of until some means are found .to discover
the real parent. Mr. Pitter's family were 'out' of
at the time of the occurrence.

GOTTENEUiLG,II MAILS.

RUSSIAN. BULLETINS.

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OFPICIAX ACCM.TN'Eit,7.O`,I THE Anytt.
.;.. q-o,itartcrg, (0. 2(;tti July.,

The first army HAS taken di strong position near
Witepsk, and during their march, even from Po:
ldzak, the enemy never. dared to attack a singlet":
corps of which it is composed. The small skir7.,
:mislies of the van-guard along the banks of the
"Dwina, across cavalry fregnently
swam., for the, purpose of. seizing the enemy's pi-,
gitets, have always been to our advantage. After
the arrival, it was necessary to make strong re-
.'
tonnoissauces'decisitewith regard to.the-jtinetion
with the first. hi the night between the 13th and
114th, the .Cotinander in. C•hief.,-who" hag received
information of patroles of theeuemy having shev,;n.
themselves' on the road. to BischenkoWitschi;
gave orders to Count Osterman -Tolstoc to dire&
his march towards th..t place with his corps.-:---
Scarcely bad-Count TdlstOc advanced three wersts,
before he fell in with the 'enemy's videttes. TWO
videttes were taken, but the Aliira_escaped, and
gave the alarm to the French van-guard. These-
caused immediately a regiment to _ward] out
.against the two Hussar squadrons of the guard,
which 'We're in front of this colimin: They charged
the enemy, and iminediately overthrew him, .but
.pUrsuing with too much ardour, they fell' in with
the whole of the enemy's cavalry, by whotn.
they' were pursued
,close with,Our ittiaritry
Count . Osterman 'then continued -.his mot:talus,
and found the 'enemy drawn up in order of lgit-
tic,. at no great distance f.roln Ostrovno. The
battkeptymenc-ed wip i
,cannonale,
tinue4 several :lours." Both sides fought with-the:
tt.most-Obstittacy: The greater nu.mbcir of War-
, riOrs4cre on the , French :side, biAt the 'Val-out; of
our trooprs. bvercame'every. thing. :.We have not
Only masters of the field (if battle,- but
h a vre ren -p afeand die enemy_ four versts beyond
his position. ;86 hot an rrrgagement cannot be
expected to have been without sonic loss. *At- ,
cording .ito, the reports 'of the pris'etnerS, the.
my's:lois 114 be:eh very considerable: They ast
sure rts,,- that:llle King -of 'Naples commanded
in pers'liPi 'and that the Viceroy of Italy. was.
wounded.., - -r, • „ „

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SECOND lII.T.LLE'fig.
dead-Quarter:, .1115.13, (30th), 1312

, . .
Theeorps of Gen:Doctorow, who had directions ,1
to Observe the motions of the eneiny:inoe•vicinity
of BiSCh en Kolwitsch, where a part of 'their troops
were discovered marching towards hiM, began to
-make motions, ' whiebiietarded:their progress.. It
was therefore neeessaryto suffer them to pass the
lAwina.,in.order to join the army; which was sta,
tioned near Witepsk onthc left hatikef that river.
In order to perform this, the :Commander in Chief
deemed it necessary' td confine him back to :these
places, where on the 13th.inst. Count Osterman
had stopped him with a much sthaller -force than
that of the Count Konownezyn was or-
dered on this service..' Ile replaced-the corps of
Osterman, and his division Was, the whole of the
14th, continually engaged, Our troops :evinced
equal valour and constancy.
The enemv-did. not gain a single Toot,of.gronnd •
of them. Lieut.-General KonoWnezyn repulsed •
all their attacks, and did not leave. the spot till
night, when he received orders from. the Com-
mander in Chief to take the positibr, ordained• to
hint 'for a, general battle.. „.INleanwhile General
Doetorow passed the Dwina, and arrived at the
same place. The Whole rear-guard Caine under
the command of MajorL:General Count Von ridden.
They were drawn up at ten worsts diwance from
the head position, and the enemy was -reported to
be *bearing towards them. In the' interim the
Commander in Chief received intelligence- by -
a courier from Prince Bagration, -who informed
hith, that having been advised of the ap-
proach of the first army, and finding Mogileu al-
ready in the possession of the enemy's troops, he
had, for the preservation of his troops, altered the
direction of his
.march to Pisch, and had taken
the road to Moteslaw and Smolensk—that his
van-guard had, on the preceding.day, .had 'an en-
gagement, in which Lieutenant General Rajewsky
had defeated the van-guard of .111arshal,Davoust's
army, and forced it to retreat a distance of twelve
wrests. This _intelligence changed the Com-
mander
,in Chief's first plan, and determined him,
insteaVOf giving battle in the vicinity of Witepsk,
to march towards Smolensk, and so much the
more, as Marshal Davoust could take his March
thither with his whole force, and by the
same road. He took this bold determination at
,
the very moment when thenyear-gbard was en- •
gaged in the hottest fight—he manoeuvred in the
face of the enemy, and drew himself • hack in
three. columns. The Commander in .Chief -attri-
bates the good effect of this undertaking chiefly
to , the admirable diSposition•of Count Von Pah- ,
lea; who, by covering the army, lasArn this or-%
~casion shewn proofs of every thing, that, can, be
produced by skill and the art of war. Oar troops
have given wonderful prOofs of courage ; they
have taken, advantage ,of 'every 'position ; the
borders of the -small river Lutchepg were de-
fended with such obstinacy, that tiie enemy "lost
a number of nieii in killed. General Von Pahlen
likewise understood how to tender .the smallest
defile of utility, and
,an. -in bush xvas laid in a suit-
able place in tire vicinity, 1:01pid Cr4pollOWSelllo-
CheSild; Which has, on the March of the 17th,
cut up seVenFren:lisquadronS.
Thisday the :2d and '3d columns have joined
.atrorischye ; the first, which goes over Lismia
and Rudna,- covers -their march ; General Pla-
tow, who is only at the distance of 'two days
march, has , received orders to draw up his.
corps in the front of Smolensk°, in order to
cover the operationS of the first army. Prince
Bragration, on 'his side, is pushing with rapid
marches towards Smolinsko. According to ac-
counts from Lieutenant-General Count Witgen-
stein„.he still continues to hold himself at Drissa ;
he states that Major-General Kilnow; who Was
sent to the other side of the Dwiva, has attacked
the French, and made 700 prisoners.