The Sun.
London, England, 1812-12-08 00:00:00

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Intercepted Eetters .from the Vic,...roy of Italy, toAhe.-PriaCe
, of Neufchatel.
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. , Laselie, Nov. 7,1312.

I 'have the honour to inform your flighness that
I marched out this -morning at four o'clock, but
the difficulties of the ground and the slipperiness of
the roads, obstructed, the movement%of my army
to such a degree, that it has not been possible for
its vanguard to reach this place till sik:Welock
this evening 4 and that the rear has been prevent-
ed from taking up a nearer position :than two
leagues behind .us.
From two to .four o'clock the enemy has been
hovering on my right ; 'he attacked almost at the
same time with artillery, Cossacs and dragoons
the van, the-centre, and the rear. in the van he
discovered an opening, of which he profited/to pe7
cnctrate, and carry off two battalion guns, which
were drawing up a very steep aeciirity. The tith
regiment of infantry hastened to the spot,.but the
field pieces were already taken.
Upon the rear, the enemy fired, witb four-pieces
of ordnance, and General °mans thinks (without
being positive) that be saw some infantry. On
each of the two other points there were two 'field=
pieces. _ _

- Your Highness will easily coneeive,.that being,
encumbered with my heavy baggage, which has
bee❑ restored to me, as well as with a numerous
artillery, whereof upwards of four hundred horses
have die to-day, my position is sufficiently cri-
tical., I shall, however, continue my march, And
set out very early, in :Order to reach Cologni.—
From thence I mean to send out reconnoitring
parties, and according to the information they
,may bring the, I shall either take the.road of Dott.
boutchina or Bruzo.

I cannot refrain from informing your High-
ness- that, after employing every means in my
power, I find it unfortunately impossible to trans-
port my artillery any further, and that your High-
ness, in this respect, •thust expect very great sa-
crifices. A number of pieces have been rendered
useless, and buried by me to-day. ,

I am, &c.

Before pasirig the Vop, Nov. 5, 1812.

I enclose your Highness a letter which I-wrote
yesterday,, but which could not come to hand, as
the officer who was the bearer of it was taken in-
to a wrong road by.his gaidc.
Your Highness will be surprised to find, that I
am 'only • arrived at. the Vop yet I set out this
inorning at "five o'clock from Zaseli ; but the
road is so insected by, ravines, that it requir-
ed extraordinary efforts to arrive here. I am
sorry to find myself reduced to the disagreeable
necessity of •owning to you the sacrifices which
we have made in order to hasten our march. The
last three days journey .have cost the army two-
thirds -of its artillery, , -Yesterday four' hundred

horses perished, ani.l to-day perhaps twice as
many', not including the great number of horses
whi, h I bad caused to be added both fol • military
;,rivate carriages. Sometimes all the 'horses
t':-it were drawing a carriage perished at once ;
,•ve; al carliages were even 'furuished three times
v.-ith fresh sets.

The army has not been harassed in it 3 progress
to-day. Only k few Cossacs have appeared with-
out artillery, for which I cannot account. If I may
believe the report of a voltio;eur, who was sent out
mar auding, -a column of infantry, artillery, and ca-
valry, i; t Ils:;ng the same direction with us, namely
towatd3 _)ouboutchina.- To-night. I intend send-
ing a strO,lg retonnoissance to,Pouboutchina, and
hope to arrive there to-morrow, if the enemy does
not prevent it by serious `opposition-; for I must
frankly own to your Highness, the sufferings dur-
ing the lasf three days have so much dispirited the
soldiers, that I think them little able at present
to
,make an effort. -I.‘f ~thy men have died -with
hungeeor coil ; o'.-hers, being driven to despera-
tion, suffer themselves to be taken by the enemy.

I am, tkd

Faam THE LONTON GAZETTE, DEC. 5.

DIVIDENDS—At 'Guildhall.

Jan. 2. J. _Moore, St, John's-square, and Mark-lane, brandy-
merchant, at oue.
Jan. 19. I{." Cooke, Birchin-lane, merchant, at eleven.
Dec. , 26. W. Owilvy, jun. G. Milne, and.J. Chalmers, Jefferi's-

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sqnare, merchants. at.ten.
Dec. 24. H. Wylie, Mitre-court, Aldgate, merchant, at one.
Dec. 26. J Burgess, jun. Uxbridge, stone-mason, at eleven
Dec. 0..1. Lee, Broad-street, factor, at twelve. -

Toop, Bath-square, Portsmouth, sail-maker,
at ten;
Dec. 26. J. Pain, Peckham,S.urrey, brieklayet, at ten.

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Dec. 19. C. C. Bird, Little Abingdon-street, inerehant, at ten.
Dec. 12. H. Alarchant, Barking, Essex, fisherman, at eierrn.
Dec. 2G, W. Gibson, late of Edgeware-roail, clieesonionger,
at eleven. •

Dec. 26. W. Clancy,.St. Mary-Axe, merchant, at one. • • .
Dee. 8. J. Holt, Whalebone-conrt, Lothbnry, victualler, at 11.-
Dec. 26. W. Berry, Alphington, near Exeter, tanner, at 12:
Dec, 31. A. Whitehead, late of 13arn, SaOleworth, York:hire,
clothier,- at two, at the Globe Tavern, As :ton-under-line,
• • Lancashire.

Dec: 31,. C. Ridsdale, LiverpoOl, boot-maker, at one, ,at ,the
Globe Tavern, Dale-street, Liverpool.
Dec. 23. H. H. Walker, Halifax, Yorkshire, and H. Sunder-
Northowram; Halifax, _.dyers, at eleven, at the
Coopers',Arms Inn, Halifax.
Dec. 28: J. Jackson, jun. Oreenlaw-walls, Norham, Durham,
miller, at twelve, atthe house of WiHiani Wutd, inkeeper,
Durham:- .

'CERTIFICATES—Dec.
J. Bennett-, Plymouth,•haberdasher.
J. Roberts, late of Russia-row, Milkstreet,haize-factor,
W. Raworth, Birmingham, grccer.
It. Morton, Commercial-road master-mariner.
S. ExatiS, Wolverhampton, carpenter.
J. Howes, late of Strood, Kent, ardener:
T. Tedstill, 'fyldesley-with-Shackerley, Lancashire„ calico-
printer. .
T. Browne, late of Savage-gardens, wine-merchant.
E. Shelson, Cohgleton, Che irroct•r:
S. Davit:, Lyii ehrgis., Dorsei`si.ire, vintrier.
7.-I,broan and G. Hobman, Grol'e-street, Deptford, cow-
keepers: •
R. Miles, London, merchant.
S. Jennoett, Tottenham-Court-road, coach-maker.
'l'. Hinson, late of Orange-street, St. Martin's-in-the-fields,
carpenter.
W. Morris, late of Gracechureh-street,.victualler.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOIXED.

C. Gaillard and ll:Layeil, of Craven-street, Strand, wine-

merchants. '
G. Godfrey and J. Thorpe, of York-st,rect, and London Bridge,

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orange-merchants.- -
. E. Watson, T. 'Nelson, G. Nelson, and G. Cooke, of "Love-
lane, London, and of Nottingham, .hosiers.
•J. Pickering and B. Armstrong, of Hatton Wall and of
Le. tber-lane, -• • - - • -
S. &ides and B. Tcpl,nr„ Coventry-street;. Haymarket, jewel-

lt,rs and old" piths. -
J. Brooke and E, Brooke, Beech-street; London, hatters.
R. Faultier, J. Walker, G. Wilkie. J, Robinson, J. Richard-
eon., R. Lea, and S. Hamilton, Weybridge, Surrey, printers.

SiT UAL—The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar,
commuted from the Returns made in the week coding Dec, 2,
312, is 495. 7-id. per hundred weight, exausive of the Duties
of customs.

'The French General, Con-at St. CYR, who has•
been defeated at yolotslc. by General WITTGENL.
STEIN, was taken- prisoner when in the 16th year
of his no,.in the. Bovine Citajjenne. He is son of
the latii (len. ST. CYR, who was in the service of
the late Louis XVI.

'the living of St„Martin's in the Fields., vacant
bp. the death of Dr. HAMILTON,' has 'been given
tv,;Archdeacon POTT, a. son of ,the celebrated
gtirgeon. . _ _ _

Mr.' Cor..Erubc. E, it 'seems, has turned his at-
tention to the Drama, and has presented a tragedy
to the Managers of Drury-Lane Theatre, 'by Whom.
it has. been accepted.
'The new play of The Renegade, notwithstand--
ink the apposition which attended its close on the
first night; haS been very Well received on every
subsequent representation. It is splendid in the
detail, and well sustained in the performance.
Mrs. JORDAN is Certainly engaged at Covent
Garden, where her perfOrmances will not cbm-
mence, till February. She is: now playing with
great success at Soll.:hampton.
The Proprietors.of-Covent Garden Theatre find-
lug that Mr.. BETTY IS the greatest • attraction
which they can at pres..mt bring forward, have ex-
tended their engagement with him.

The Duchess of Mo NTROSE arrived in town yes-
terday. 'Her Grace's return from chit Highlands of.
Scotland has been. considerably retarded -by a Se-'
ries of accidents : 'the travelling carriage broke.
down at Dunbar, owing to the extreme bad-
ness of the roads. The repairs occupied some
time ; but ere the chariot reached town, it again
broke clown twice. Providentially the Duchess
sustained no other injury in consequence, than the
delay and fright necessarily resulting therefrom.
LAW.—In the Court of King's, Bench yesterday,
Mrs. SHERIFF, the widow, of an Officer, brought
an action for breach of promise of marriage against
Mr. GbDB9Lb,, and obtained forty shillings da-;
usages. •
An Attorney was tried for perjury, but acquit--
ted.

COAL MARKET, DEc. 7.
Ships sold. •

Ships at Marscet.
62 Newcastle . . .
5 Sanderlaud . . . .
. 1 -cinders'

Price.
. . . 425. Od. to 555. Od.
. . . 445. 3d. to 465. 6d.
. . . —3. Od. to —s. Od.

PRICE OF STOC.
Bank Stock,
Navy 5 per Cent. shut
Irish 5 per Cent.
4 par Cent. 73.28
3 per Cent. Red. 6'n 58+.
3 per Cent. Cons. shut
BankL.Ann: 14 Ib-16ths 15
India Bonds, 6s. Bs. dis.

!KS YESTERDAY.
Old Ann.
Excbeq. Bills, 34Td. per day,
• 2s. ss. pr.
Omniutu, s+i
Imperial 3 per Cent. 56a
Ditto Ann.
Cous..for 19th Jan. 591 M

• HIGH WATER AT.LOND(
Morning, 27 minutes after 5.

iN BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
I Evening, 53 minutes after 5.

QF COILNIONS, .

IVION_DAY,. DECEMBER 7.

Mr. LEE KEcx- presented a Peition fro,
Archdeacon zind.Clergy of Leicestersun e, agliy
the-Catholic Nanincipation, witich wets h: •
ordered• to lie upon the table..
ELP.CTIO!,,I. PETITIONS.
•
A Petition was presented from three. of toe
Burgesses of Great Liremsley,,,-complainigg of :n
undue return, x;,'illcit was oi.d.ered to lie take.'
into consideration on the Oth of I,V/tn.-try next.
A Petition also presented frun some of
the Burgesses of' the.Borou7ll of 1.-Lviieniere, is
the county of Devon,. complaining of an huthit

return. -
Ordered to be taken into eausideratson on Llli
18th of February.

SLAi`E TRADE.

Mr. WILBRRFORdE rose for the purpose of sub.,
mitting two motions that had- reference to
Si tve Trade. The first was, That an Addi-e:,s be
presented.to his Royalllighness, praying. that he
would be graciously pleased to order, that thei'e
be laid before the House a copy of all communi-
-cations connected with this subject, received from
the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, the
Mauritids, and the Island of Bourbon, since• the
capture of these places.
Mr. BROWN reprobated in strolls- terms the
Commission' that had been issued last year,, with
a view to procuring .recruits on the -coast 'of
Africa. No measure, he said, could afford_ a bet-
ter excuse to those who were disposed. to avoid
the provisions of the-Abolition Act. That mea-
sure,; in 'his opinion; gave arriple:.rooni to .doubt
the sinceritrof the professions. made by the Go—
vernment of this country. He would not oppose
the motion now before the House ; he only took
that opportunity of entering his protest againgt
the plan of recruiting on the coast of Africa. •

,or (l CASTLEREAG—II said, that whatever were
the merits of the JneasNre alluded to by the Hon.
Gentleman (;lir. Brown), it would conic at a
more proper time wider the consideration of the
.-louse."

Mr. 13.ENT,,T. Er..said, that there was a chain of
forts to.the.number of 25, on the coast of Africa,
the Governors of which were said to afford some
tae:lities for the carrying on of this unnaturrd
traffic. He wished to know whether any measure
had been resorted to by the Gov-eminent respect-
ing these forts ?
Lord CASTLEREAGH said it was . the desire of
his ,Majesty's Government to put an end to the
traffic, and that at present there was a proposition
pending upon the subject with the Prince Regent
of Portugal. He knew nothing of the forts to
which 'the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Bennet)
alluded.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEOLUER said, that
the forts mentioned by the Hon. Gentlema❑ were
under consideration at the time of Mr. Perceval',=
death, but The change. of Government, which f.l-
- upon that event, prevented, as. yet, zany
further consideration of tlie.subjf!ct._

The•motion was then read from the Chair, and
agrt.e.4, to.
Mr. WmaEnFoncr: said, that the exertions of
the :Naval Commanders to prevent, as far as they
could, this abominable traffic, were deserving of
the_ highest commendation. .Even the comrn
sailors participated in the samebenignant feelings.
When they were offered bribes to facilitate such
nefarious commerce, they nobly refused the wages
of iniquity and, upowone occasion, in particu-
Lir, were- the means of discovering and giving.
freedOM to two or , three hundred unfortunate
creature's, men, women, and children, who were
closely pent. up 'together in the same .vessel.—
The fears of these creatures had been worked up-
on to preVent their discovery, for they had been
told, that if, discovered, they would certainly he
killed and eaten. By such representations they
Were afraidevenlo breathe. They were discover-
ed and liberated by British seamen, who skewed
upon this occasion, that their gallantry was joined
with that humanity and those generous feelings
that rendered them the pride of the country in
whose service they fought. With respect to the
plan of Major 'Winfield, he would .feel. obligations
to the Honourable Gentleman (Mr.. Brown) if be
brought it under the consideration of the House.
.The Hon. Gentleman then moved for.a copy of all
communications made to the Admiralty' by the
Naval Commanders stationed off the Cape of Good
Hope, so far as such communications related to
the Slave Trade.

The Motion was then read from the Chair, and
agreed to.
THE PRINCE REGENT'S MESSAGE.

On the motion of Lord CASTLEREAGH, the
House. resolved itself into a Committee of the
whole. House, for the purpose of taking into con-
sideration the Prince Regent's Message, reli
tive to the provision for' he Marquis of Welling-
ton.

On the Message -being read by the Chairman,
Lord CASTLEREAGH rose.—ln calling the atten-
tion of the House to the Message which his Royal
• Highness had been graciously pleased to lay be-
fore them, he might, he believed, feel and express
u.confidence tha,t, at least upon the principle of the
Message, there could exist but little, if any variety
Of opinion. There was, he was.eouvinerd, no per-
son wl-w then heard him, thut.could feel any lin.
willingness to repay the services of so gallant and.
so distinguished an Officer as the Marquis of Wel-
lington,with every title of honour that the Crown
could confer, -and every pecuniary reward the
country, could afford- to bestow. Whatever dif-
ficulty there might exist in the calculation of what
wits due to his services, and what was due to the
nation ; whatever may be the limits they would
feel it necessary. to impOse upon the principle of
the Message, and the' generosity that dictated it,
upon the claims of • the gallant General, upon his
Signal, services; upon his high merits and great
achievements, • there could exist no difference of
opinion. The House should recollect, that the
honours which had been hitherto conferred on
Lord 'Wellington by. his Sovereign, \vele not
sought for by him ; that such honours were not
conferred merely for the gratification of the indi-
vidual, to be worn by him as memorials of his mi-
litary greatness, andtestiellonies of his Sovereign's
regard., they were conferred as an example. to
others-L-that they may feel those motives to noble
exertion,- to gallant service, and military fame,