The Sun.
London, England, 1805-12-27 00:00:00

WE yesterday stopped the Press to state that an
Argus of the 17th had been sent out ?It.orn Boulogne
in an open Boat, and that this Paper contained an
account of the Battle of the 2d; and also of an Armis-
tice having been concluded between the hostile
Armies. The lateness cif l/fe hour at which we re-
eqived this information rendered it impossible for us
to Make any. observation upon.this very unexpeCted
and extraordinary piece of intelligence. The Boat
drifted on WednestLy into our Fleet off Boulogne,
and was picked 'up' by the Acute
No, person waa
.45n. board, ' but on examining
the Boat there was fonncl .a parcel inclokd in
a tin case, 'containing the Argus. of the 17th
instant (or rather the Supplement to: the Argus
of that date), di.reeted." io..mr. Thaws RussEt4.,
Merchant,' HaStings." We know not whether any
person of this name resides at Hastingi ; but the Pa-.
pet' was of course immediately forwarded to Govern-
ment. This Paper, which has thus so oddly found
its way hither, contains the 30th and 3 tst Bulletins'
of the French Grand Ariny, the last of which is
dated froth Austerlitz, the sth. 'lt gives, however,
we understand, the particulars of the Battle of
the 2d only, which it states to have been, most ob-.
itinate and bloody, It further states, that the Russian
Army had been reduced to 40;000'men, and that
in consequence of the Battle the'Emizami.of GER..
NANY had solicited an Armistice, for the purpose of
pegotiating a separate Peace, to which BONAPAR`iE.
had acceded. The Terms are not stated, except
tit ono of the Cenditithis is, that the Russian
Troops shall return to Russia. The Armistice is'
stated to have,been concluddd on the 4th.

Thus fare have stated
,the substance of the in-
telligence contained in .the Areus, which we are
thoroughly convinced is a forgery, and that the
-Paper has been conveyed, in the manner above
stated, for the purposes of fraud. The letter, of
Admiral KIKHERT is fresh in the recolleCtion of our
Readers. That, however, bad something like an
official charaCter attached to it, although it turned
out to be a gross and scandalous fraud. &it what
charaCler stamped upon the, present cot-slim-
fiication ? Not one single feature of officially. Is
it.tO be, supposed, if the. French had 'obtained
a decisive victory, and BONAPARTE •:had consent-.
ed to an Atinistice, begged for- by, the Allies,
which would be in faa acknowledging him Com-
pletely and entirely the Conqueror, that Conimo-
dare Roem, at Boulogne,, would not have eagerly
seized the. earliest opportunity of communicating
the intelligence so mortifying to us, to-this Country ?
But who sent Out The:Argus, or, why was it direCted
to a private person at Hastings ? If any official corn-
manicatien was intended,Why,was het The Moniteur
sent out instead of The 4rgu,s, which, ever since its
establishment, has been- notorious for its base malignity.
and gross falsehood, Why was there 'an interval of 8
,days between the date of the Paper and-the time of
,jettdirig it put ?, that Elate would have
readied lionlogne in -three days at, farthest, that is
to say, on ,the2oth, probably before. Is it to be
supposed, if the intelligence was true, that 'a single
moment would have been lost in communicating
to us. the un'kelcorne news ? Instead. :of this,
at least , fou.r. 'days elapse MON the Paper is
sent out, and this t(Y a Paper which; if it is to be
believed, contains intelligendef the,total discerfifi
Pure of the Allies. Under such circumstances, we
'cannot 'believe 'one tittle of the intelligence thus
communicated. It is besides at variance with 'all
the lAtOligence, not Only prev t
ieusly received, but:
a 'date subsequent to that of Thii. Of tile 17th.
The Battle' 4.)f the, acl, it is perfLtly clear, could
not lead to an Armistice, because, we knew that
the Armies ' fought on the 3d and 4th This
Bulletin is -dated froth Austerlitz, the 6th. If the'

Vrench hpd been victorious, why had not-they ad-
vanced.farther ? But if an Armistice waiconiindett
on the 4th, Ounies it that" it was not known at
by the ipth or 1, Oh, when there could, in the
trent, of an .Arrni4tlo, have been no interruption
'whatever to the. trAVelling'orrOouiieri ?
peti3 it, that an Anntitio,F4pchitled on the •ith,
was; not known at- Berlin -by the ptli, or at.
'iirthest the 1 pth ? Sty fn. froth this, the advic.ts
.Which 'reached Berlin .On the lath brought thO•opv.:
scions ot th6Arniids to the evettiit'Qf the 4ii.:
and so far frpm'annotuning an
ed that the Allies had obtained brilliant and a glb.
rims Vietoty.', Still: further crowd upon to
prose,''ilik this SuppWraettiaty>/rvis must be 4:for•s:
goy,. American Capt4itis and Alerehants
have arrived inLob4on, who SaiNci from Rott,.-rda*rn
who were on tho'2otb.
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