The Sun.
London, England, 1812-12-24 00:00:00

LISBON PAPERS.

An account of the total amount of all the Silver
Tokens issued by the Bank of England, from the
9th of July, uni, to the lOth of December 1812,
inclusive---
9,518,G90 Silver Tokens, of 3s. each ... L. 1,432,303 10 0
4,703037 Do. of ls. 6(1. each 353,170 5. 6

L. 1,785,473 15 3
N. 13. The Tokens are of the Dollar standard. The weight
of the 3s. Token is 9 darts. 11 grs. ; the weight of the is. (.41.
Token is 4 dwts. 171 grs.

Ltsuoll, Dtc. 7.—The head-quatters, continue
at Freynat. General division is going.
South. Cu: "last intelligence froM.headtquarters
is dated the 2d instant.
Lisaox, DEd. s.—General HILL had his head-.
quarters in Curia, and the Conde DE PENNE and
MoIULLo had theirs in Placentia. The Army of
Gallicia marched towards•Astorga.
The retreat-of the Combined Army. from the
TOMES to the Agueda, passes among military men
as a chef d'wzirre in the art of war.--90,000 French,
among whom were from 10 to 11,000 horse, could.
not intercept our army in its retreat to Ciudad
ROdrigo, •although • the Grand Lard was in Sala-
manca when CAFFARELLI With his corps was near.
the banks of the `Formes.
The French, for the third tittle, sacked Sala-
manca; in the last, King JosElia had the honoar,
of beii!g, President'. They imposed upon Valla'
dolid a contribution of 600,000 reals, for having
received and well entertained the English:-

MEETING FOR THE RELIEF• OF THE'
SUFFERERS IN RUSSIA. •

Yesterday, pursuant to notice given by public
advertisement, there was a meeting at the, Crown
and Anchor, to
,consider of affording relief to the
`suffering Russians. •
7-At-half-past one, his Royal Highness the puke
of Your: was called to the chair:
Mr. S. TiiORNTON then addressed his Royal
Highness, and said, that the occasion which had
called together the present Meeting, was one
which must rouse the best feelings of the people,
of this country. We had seen the forces of the
greatest part of Europe collected together for the
purpose.of invading Russia, and we had seen that
formidable invasion repelled by the great and al-
most unisarelleled exertions of the Russian nation.
T`hose exertions, however, and that success, had
been accompanied by the greatest sacrifices ,nd
sufferings on their patt. The burning of Moscow
in particular had exposed its numerous population
to the severest privations. They had been driven
from their habitations in the depth of winter, and
remained without shelter or any adequate means
of support. When one considered the number of
families who had been reduced to that situation in
the defence of their country, it was impossible
rot to sympathise deeply in their distresses. To
afford relief to this accumulation of suffering, the
first characters in the Russian empire, had come
forward by voluntary subscription. The example
bad been set by the Royal Family, and was gene-
rally followed by all the. Nobles of the land, and
those. of exalted rank • and consideration
.in the
country. Among 'the many noble donations of
this sort which had been made, he could not-for-
bear mentioning one anecdote which bad come to
his knowledge, of the Princess Gallitzin. She
was possessed of great estates, and the persons
upon it had suffered severely from those sacrifices
which it was necessary to make, and from the
devastations of the war. She had most nobly
sent word to all who were on her estates, that she
would not accept of any rent, or pecuniary ad-
vantage., 'from her estates, till the persons upon
thtin were reinstated in the condition that they
wore in before the French invasion' (gieat
ap-
lie t:ought it unnecessary for him to
make, any particular call upon their feelings ou the
present occasion, when he recolleeteo how they
had. acted on all similar occasions, and how gel
nerously they had contributed relief to the Spanish
and Portuguese sufferers. He thought it a 6rcurn-
stance highly flattering to the present cause, that
his Royal Highness had condescended, to take the
chair upon the occasion, and set 'that exan.ple
which he trusted would be generally followed.
He did not think it necessary to take up any more
of their time, but should immediately proceed to
read the resolutions which were to be submitted
to the M.—( Vide Adverthement.)"
Mr. Serjeant PELL seconded the resolutions.
He said that be came into that 'room. almost by
accident, and had not expected to have seen.so many
illustrious persons present, In considering the
occasion for which this meeting had been held,
he must say that it was impossible to contemplate
the 'events which had • lately passed in Russia,
without , wonder and delight. The wealth of
England, be thought, could not be better em-
ployed than in the relief of distresses which
indivi-
duals in Russia were suffering under, 'from the
noble exertions aml r,•illing sacrifices which they
bad made in the defence of their country. It must
be recollected, also, that the Russians had not.
only saved their own country, but that they had
also saved Europe. He trusted that no nation
knew better than our's how to appreCiate their
great exertions, or would naturally feel a stron-
ger sympathy for those sacrifices and distresses
which were produced by those exertions. lie was
sure that tho proposed subscription would be con-
sidered a national cause, and that the example
would pervade all ranks and classes; from the
Prince to the peasant. He ti usted that those in
humbler circumstances would contribute in pro-
portion to their ability,' as Nv,ell as the more opu-
lent according to their wealth. He was convinced
that the same principle would appear ill every
class of society ; and, in fact, it was the principle
from which such contribution -proCeeded,.
which
would make the gift valuable, While we were
assisting Russia we were serving England. Re
was isnre that the, work in which they were ep-
gaged. was founded upon the best principlecs
patriotism, and it required little effort to stimulate
the feelings of Englishmen to 'the support of h
cause which must of itself call forth the best sym-
pathies of the country. . .
Mr. WILBERFOItCE had no other doubt of the
propriety of immediately adopting the resolutions
proposed, than that he thought 'that sufficient no-
tice had not been given, and that it was not as ge-
nerally known as he could have wished, that this
meeting was to have been held. He himself had
heard of it only a few days ago, and his attend-
ance this day was almost accidental, as he had
been going to another place when he was told
that, there was to be a-meeting this day. He doubt-
ed whether it might not be better to postpone the
present resolutions until a longer notice should
convene a much More numerous 'meeting. Nut-