The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-31 00:00:00

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The illustrimis stranger Prince 'Alexey Ivano•
wi:ch Gortsellakoff was born in 1769 at Moscow,
%there 1 is father, Prince and Field Marshal, re,-
after the seven years' war, in vt birth he ac-
tptirril• great reparation. Ar a eery early age the
Not::Ig Prince began his military career, thootth
etiO son of n Field Marshal, as a serjeant
Preohyntreu,skoy Guards: but the Father,
Nviihwg him to begin by a different sort of service,
retiitestrd of the Empress to send him, with the
ri,uk Of Captain to one of the Regiments in the
nviglibunthood of (Munson. on the, Black Sea,.
ut,uer the command of General SonvOinit
'1 hat celebrated General first made him serve
ac a Silifide' infantry soldier, where he lived and
did duty with the priV'ateL men; he was then
raised to tha„raidt of set joint, and after some
time he was transferred to a regimeht of cavalry
n rivate dragoon, where he dressed his horse,
and Aid duty like his eunuattys. Raised to the
rank of seijeant, he sei Yeti in that capacity for
awhile, and then he was made to serve in a
Cossack rugiment.•
After this rude apprenticeship to the military
art, Souvornff being satisfied with his conduct,
made the Prince his Aide-de.C..any, in which ca.
pacity lie went.on.the (amour journey of the En►-
pt to she Crimea.
As a war with the Turks Was immediately after,
declared, Sonvoroff, under Pence Poteinkm, at.
tacked them at Kilburn, on the 1313 ck Sea, where
the Turks tette defeated with great losS, and our
y,A,ng Prince, obtained the rank of scumrd Major
tor his good conduct.
In 1788 he served with a battalion of infantry
:in the flotilla commanded by the Prince of Nassau,
%rho) in six engagements by sea the 'Twits were
completely defeated, when the Prince was placed
under the command of Paul Jones, and finished
his naval career wilt great eclat (mom whence lie
recut immediately to the siegeof Otschakciff, which
had already commenced.
Pf ince Potemkin, knowing his conduct and
braver y, immetliatcly made him Major de Tra•
noke, in which capacity he eninnianded Les En-
fans perdne3 in the forlorn hope untlerthe Prince
of ,Aulutit, and for his bravery he received the
Cross of St. George pf.. The 4th class. fie was
then made Aide-de-eamp-General to Prince
Potemkin; distinguished himself at tlie taking of
Bender, matte so famons by Charles XII, of
S‘veden, and sva made Lieutenant-Colonel: •At
the furious and fatal attack on lsmahil he dis-
tinguislo-d himself as usual, and vas, made foil
Colonel,

Tle diploniatie talents of the Prince. were next
trial, dud lie was sent io treat and sign
:pries vrilh the Grans! Vizier in 1791--a proof
that Ilia abiliiies 4.1u1 conduct inspired great eon.
I;tdeme, for he Wa then but io 22A year.

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In 1 lie commanded under Count de' lersen
In l'ol,na!, where, he commanded the advance
golrds, and greatly distinguished himself, and
;....c.e.iv,ed tut' order of St, Whidimer and the Golden
tworii ; and was afterwards sent to reconcile two
powerful Polish
mp Princtclis, which by his sthhe3S he,
accomplished, thereby. cppsolidatiog the union of
the I).oii.sh Confederation,'

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10'1794 he again served under .souvnron at the
taking of \Varsaw, alter thy Ptuistitus had Ethan.
&fled the sirge ; and for his bravery received the
order of the Red Eagle of Prussia.
in 1796 the Pt ince rose to the rank of Majnr-
Oeneral ; and in 1797 acquitted himself so Well
in (=pulling a diiturbance 10 the interior of Rus-
sia, that he was made Lietitenant-General, and
recei'vcd the Gram! CrOss of St. Anne, and was
made Comilla (lei' of the Serninotiskoy Guards.
At the end of the same year he was matte Go-
vernor of Siberia, with the military command
and,the.management 'of the rich,mines and coin-
tn'rce of that:country, which' received great be-
pcfir frotli'the exertion of his talents.

ELs penetrating eye, though bred to a military
lire, perceived that Kiaclita, which was the chart-
i< a. through which. the cotntnerce with China was
I:,,vrica on,' was not so well situated for that pur
-pse Ili iluchterma : he accordingly applied to die
.I.;:mperm Paul to permission to change that In-
termediate -station, and to fortify it. The former
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jeg
lieSt eras granten , Etta feat' of giving umbrage
`to the Chinese Government occasioned hesitation
as, to the lilttCl': here the Prince displayed great
iddri9R, for lie found means to bring the Chinese,
not 10 Consent, hot to make a request that Hitch-
-
terma silrtcilcl be fottified, it being for the safety
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of the 111e11:1 $;n0":', or botn' 00ontries.
At the inolovot that lit receivcd the Chinese de-
pittatiou ft,r that porpose, he received orders to
i'ettml to 14:e eotnotiolki nutlet. General tiouvoroff
Li lI aly'. tiftii Seta to tiAvel above GOO()
-to cotnni4o(t,' is a
,proof of the tsti-
ii hit V. 15 held, In this eq,nipaigo
hiorels, and ohNiined the. Order
Newsiw cif )114s-sia', of Maria
, or •St. I:lnbert and the. GOlden
whose tri)ops In. ccimmanded,
nod St. Maurice and another order of Sar-
.

'in the TstAllan itniipaign the,Care of provision.
ing the arrity,fatohAn
most he well remembered how
the iluslians, at such a distance from home,were
all at voce de•sellcd by Germemy, who.had called
them there.; brit it is. not so generailly known that
thev refused either money ar provisions. in this
Aileibma, Prince Oottschakoff prevailed on the
King of Bavaria.. vvhirm he visited in person, to
give the necessary aid, and thus - extricated the
rainy lrolll I verY diAressing siniation,
ne ±;°v t, sent to Sweden, .to assist at the,
Ao,,iphus.wh,en the people
baths, tin 1V
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1;014,:3I10t1 ui tatt‘,.,
Fifoamd rei,ise.(i to I,lfie 11;e tar,.

per Lt,i,i,)l) tittd

them.to snbmit, and was nominated
thierrunr•Gmteral of Itussian Finiawl ; and it is
sitigu'iiir z:hetrat&tance.tiif4_ tie tOtLs ..afterwtirds
employed under other 'circumstances to. separate
thin same cm:Wry from the Crovvi, Of Sweden.
t4e yetis of the memorable battic of Auster.

lita he presided at the Senate of Moscow, and
hn►! the military arrangements of that province.
In 1807 he commanded a corps that went to as-
sist Prussia against the French ; at the lmttle of
[lei!she, g the commanded the whole Russian army,
when 'Gen, Benningsen was indisposed ; .and for
the signal serr;,ces he performed received the
Order of St.. George of the third class, and St.
Wl:stainer of the second class, Irag his own So-
vereign; and the Black Eagle from the King of
Pruasiss.

.was after-the Treaty of that terminat.•
erf the unfortunate was with Prussia, that the
Prince was sent to conquer 'Finland from Sweden,
where he received a wound in thegrOin, which
compelled hint to quit the command, when he •re-
turned to St. Petersburg") ; and in 1812. the most
important moment Raissia ever saw, he'was made
Minister of War; and it WR$ under his auspices
that those military measures were taken, and.
those armies organised and sent out, that.
repul.ed the Despot of France' with' his 600,00
tote„ ‘l,,ierti from 15 different notions, and sent him
back beaten and alone to' call for new conscrip-.
tions.
During four years that the Prince'sv4Minister,
Russia rote iron) a defensive attitude to he the
first military Power on the Continent ; end dur-
ing the :mine period Paris was twice entered by
the Allies, and twice saved by the magnanimity
of the Conquerors.
'lke Reader must have remarked the severe
training which the Prince received on his first en-
trance in the army, and his very gradual -advauee-
ment, notwithstanding his rank and service 43 but
what is still more curious and important to l; now
is, that when Minister at War the armies of ani»
sia at one time amounted to 1,180,000 men ; and
though in the field and in activity, by means of
his, economy and good order, the expense • only
amounted in the year to 155,000.000 roubles, or,
at the present exchange at 9ifl. per rouble,
11,135,101. steeling; a stint equal to L. 4s. a man
by the yea', .
The Prince is now a Field-marshal, and Mem-
ber of ,the Great •linperial.Cotmeil, and Senator.