Star. — London, England, 1812-10-19 00:00:00

N JUIL. SST 22. ur Russia and t..v n with regard to bfol. Governmen t i s in the loyars, and the militar by the Russians. They Ursa, brother-i.1 -l aw of Governor of the pro. between the Dniester, ssian troops are march. ruth, bu t their march wet weather. AND THE PORTE. the a/teen Articles the :to Russ.* and the Sublime friends* blevreen the two larties quill use every tfforc onboatitities bess rm thtil )e granted to the subjects op tke operations of the wee ovvreigns. n in force, with the creep. resent Treaty., have under. of the Preliminaries, it is its entrance into Moldavia nd kft bank of the Daub ; the Kili, and from *meg of the two Empires, the common use of both. Ihs war, were uninhabited, shall remelts usunhablted; i on toe s a id i slands. On relinquishes to Russia ail Ing on the left bank of the Lid river shall be the beim e merchant -vessels of both re of the Danube; but the other than the entrance on the other band, restore, at Mold.tvia, on the right eater and LesserWallachia, ill be freed from all coml. ? nd these shall be Axed aro Wavle. in shad be fixed pettedly out. the provinces ceded. to parts, who In consequence :turn with their property o . I:urkey. In I ke anew try now added to Rowe, rithoig any let or melees. µton and general amnesty or mesas. be molested fon ly erected in their easetry 'lateen in all, rel,e to the ) of debts, the removal of 'mashed mediation of the weal her and Russia, aw 4 r..A TINS, Et EUTUSONV I TO . 14g VILL4QE gh victorious battfr.., s on the l6th ultimo, tve my position near I have already h 44 Slajesty. After that akened. Under such loscow, having daily y's advanced guard, ied to meet with hail d two new colurtin, her on the Zwenigo against my reserve, of this I could not vtitich would nor he army, but would zation, and after con. horn there were some cmpelled to let the ich althe valuables, 'most all other pro previously conveyed, emairred in the town. to represent to your enemy into Moscow, he Empire. lam y towards the Tou rep open my corn" ring C;overnrnents% prevented this, and armies of Torma. adonment pf the ca• ing the .advantages and particularly the no longer to be le. occupy, with my ommand the roads, unoy the whole lino Diensko to Moscow, ncemehts marching is occupying the ata ompcl him to lest, line of operations. has received orders rwer road, a nd to a that to ItrOslaVO, being molested by ►t no great distance have collected my ut the approach of r of your Imperial pith its known coal r is not yet the 104 ;a- Majesty may be tssary consequesc4 • r.-GENERAL COMM )I.ISCHICIIAI FIRS; rusted to me ; tion. The enemy thing ; but is iq s many sick : des tin daily. With sent about 10, 060 ourhood of Riga, troops at Ductal eros with the rel ction he has taken here 4 reason 'oppose that he has put himself in pinch to join the Saxons opposed to the army of Gen. Tormazoff." Lieutenant-General Essen reports as follows to his boperial Majesty: 4. RICA, AUG. 29, (SEPT. 14) id The , position of the enemy in the vicinity of . Riga still continues the same ; nothing occurs but s ow, skirmishes at the out-posts, and on the side of Frede-ickstadt. I have no accounts that the enemy bas yet crossed the Duna. 1 have free communica tion and frequent correspondence with Lieutenant- General Count Wittgenstein." The l ate st dispatch from Kutusow is the following, dated the 10th instant : The battle of the 26th has been one of the bl oo diest of the present times. We have maintained t h e field s it battle completely, and the enemy retreated to t h e posion from Whence he had advanced to the attac k ; but the very severe loss we have likewise suf fered, and especially the circumstance of our most distinguished Generals being wounded, have induced me to retire on the road to Moscow. To-day my head-quarters are at Nora, and I myself am obliged to retreat still farther, to meet the reinforcements which are coming to me from Moscow. The pri soaers state the enemy's loss to be, according to the belief of the French army, torty thousand. General ,B on ami is taken, and several killed and wounded. Marshal Davoust is wounded. There are continuall skirmishes with the rear-guard. I have just received information that the King of Naples' corps is at • Bonza, and that General-Adjutant Winzingerode has made a movement towards Smolensk, to cover the road to Moscow." The further advices from the same quarter are from Wittgenstein to the 3d, and Essen to the 6th Sep tember, as follows: " Head quarters, Polotslt, Sept. 3. te Since the last report I had the honour to make to your Imperial Majesty, the enemy's force opposed to me under General St. Cyr has made no move ment of consequence. I understand it has received some reinforcements from Marshal Victor, who has arrived with the sal-my ,of reserve from the banks of the Vistula, and.that it. is the intention of the French Generals to attempt to. drive me from the positions I now occupy. The enemy's troops labour under great - privations, owing to their distance from their maga zines: he is deficient in tents and camp equipage, and the soldiers' rations have been reduced. I still communicate with General Essen, who informs me that the enemy have made no material progress in the siege of Riga. Marshal Macdonald is kept in a constant state of alarm by the enterprizes of the gar. rison, and tl.a expeditions undertaken against his rear. 66 WITTGENSTEIN." General Essen details in his dispatch the late suc cessful sorties of the garrison, which have been already published. His dispatch concludes thus : " The French have hitherto confined themselves to a strict blockade of this fortress ; but though their heavy artiliery has arrived at Mittau, they do not. !mike preparations to commence the siege in form.— At present they have actually fortified the positional they hold, as if they were afraid of being attacked ; or rather as if we were the besiegers and they the be sieged. They expect to derive facilities in their ap proaches to this place from the cold weather ; but as J anrinformed that their troops already complain of she hardships they endure, they will be retained with• dithculty in the depth of winter is so arduous a duty. " The Prussian officers whom I have made priso ners tell me that they are restrained from quitting the ' service by the threats that their families would be imprisoned, their property confiscated, and themselves outlawed. Both officers and men have likewise long arrears of pay, which are withheld to bind them to the service. " I have rendered this fortress as defensible as time and circumstances would admit, and am determined to defend it to the utmost of my power. With the blessing , of Gon, the enemy shall never obtain posses sion of it, but find a grave beneath its walls. " I cannot conclude without bearing testimony to the conduct of the English Naval Officers and sea men, our brave allies : they have performed the most essential services tohis I mperial Majesty in this quarter. Their courage prompts them to ttndertake the most kaaardons enterprizes, which their skill and foresight triable them to execute with success. In every danger they are foremost, and in every difficulty capable of counselling. I have derived great assistancefrom them: Rig, Sept: 6. (Signed) " VOW ESSEN. " 4ROCLAMAI lON OF THE EMPERQR OF RUSSIA, ON THE TAKING OF MOSCOW BY THE FRENcH. " EY ORDER 0? HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY. ' 6B his with a heavy heart we are compelled to in everi km of the • country, that • the enemy en tered Moscow on the &I (15th) of September. The 'glory of the Russian empire, however, 'is not thereby tarnished. On the 'contrary, every individual is in spired with tresh courage, firinness, and hope, that all the evils meditated against us by . . our enemies, 'Will eventually fit upon tl.eft own beads. The enenty has not become roaster Of Moscow, hot overcoming, or yeakeni4 our fo,rits the Commander in Chief, .101aitdvrceof fictional of War,,, has found it ma- Pediept to retbe:ai'a moment of necessity; in order by the best and effecivat ineatis to turn the 'tran sient triumph of the'neriiy to,his' inevitable ruin. - However painful it may be to Russians, to hear that the original capital' of the empire is in the bands nf the enemy o f their country, yet it is consolatory,:to reflect that lie is posseised merely of bare walls, con g within their circuit neither inhabitants nor Pi'maions. The hanghty conqueror imagined that cn Lis entrance into Moscow he would become the ar biter of the whole Russian empire, when he might ;,:rescribe to it stitch a peace as he should think pro w; but be is deceived in his expectations : he will asith . er have acquired the power of dictating, nor the means of subsistence. The assembled and daily in creassing forcee,of the districts of Moscow, will not neglect to blcck Pp every avenue, and to destroy such Parties as may be detached for the purpose of collec ting provisions; 'until the enemy shall perceive that his hope; of astonishing the world by the capture of Moscow were vain, aid he be conipelied to open a ' passage for himself by force. "His situation is as follows :—He entered Russia with 300,000 men, the principal part consisting of na tives of different kingdoms,_ serving and obeying him, not from free will,--not in the defence of their respec tive countries,-but solely from terror. The half of this multifarious army has been destroyed, partly by . . otir brave troops, partly by desertion, and partly by 1 the measure, on the contrary, we can scarcely find ex- have recourse to the step which he adopted—a step hunger and sickness .: wi t h t h e rema i n d er h e i s come j press;ons adequate to p ra i se t h e true h ero i s m di sp l ay - " di ctate d b y a sense of d uty, and a full conv i ct i on to Mo sc ow. His audacious irruption, not only into . the very heart of Russia, but into its ancient capital, ed by General Kurusow in its adoption. He felt of its expediency. The bands of savages [says this will, no doubt , gratify his ambition, and give him that to give up the ancient capital of the empire, was humale commander, who denounced death to every cause of boasting; but the character of that measure incurring, in the eyes.of his Sovereign and of his coup- white man found fighting by the side of an Indian!] must be determined by its result. He has not entered a trymen, the heaviest possible responsibility; that it was —64 The bands of savages which had then joined the country where every step he takes inspires all with terror, and bends b Russia is oth the tr unaccustom oops and the inha to subjection bi , and tants touching the indi v id ua l i nterest o f a vast num b er , an d. B r i t i s h f orce were numerous beyond any former ex to his feet. the honour of a w h o l e nat i on i n a most ten d er po i nt ; amp l e . T he i r numbers have been since increased ; will not suffer her laws, religion, freedom, and pro- 1 and that it would be felt by many as little short of the and the history of the barbarians of the North of perty to be trampled upon: she will defend [hearts; foss of the empire : but h e saw t h at i t was necessary E urope d oes not furnish examples of more greedy the last drop of h er blood . Hi t h erto t h e genera l zeal ' for the preservation of an army, on which the real violence than those savages have exhibited.—[How against the enemy clearly evinces how powerfully our safety of the State depended; and he did not hesitate pathetic ! but mark the grand sublimity and hero , empire is guarded by the undaunted spirit of its sons. Thus, no one despairs • nor is this a time to de. r to make the painful sacrifice. This, we repeat, is a ism of what follows]. A large porti on [it wou ld spair, when every class o f the empire is inspired with kind of heroism, far less common, and therefore more appear then that some were otherwise minded] courage and firmness,—when the enemy, with the 1 admirable, than that which was displayed in the bat- of the brave and gallant Officers and men I com remainder of his daily decreasing forces, at a dis tance I tie of Borodino. The manner i n Whi c h so no bl e a man d e d would cheerfully have contested until the from home, in th e m id st o f a numerous people, I is surrounded by ou r arm i es , one o f w hi c h stands resolution was carried into effect, is neither less. de- last cartridge had been e x p en d e d, an d the bayonet: : : serving of our comm en d at i on , nor l ess pro lifi c o f h ope WORN TO THE SOCKETS ! ! before him, and the othe r t h ree are en d eavour i ng m cut off his retreat, and to prevent him from receiving with respect to the ulterior prospects of the war. 1 Our limits do not allow us to take farther notice any fresh reinforcements,—when .Spain has not only 1 There was daily fighting, it seems, with the ad- to-day of the Commentaries o f C /ESAR t h e S econ d. thrown off his yoke, but al s o th reatens to i nva d e his : vanced guards of the two armies. S tran ge that the Sir GEORG E P REVOST , w i t h out an solicitation on the territories,—when the greatest pa r t of E uro p e ( ex -y Fitnch Bulletins should conce a l all this ! But, had part of General Hutt, offered to take his parole a nd hausted and enslaved by li.m), se rv i ng h im involun tarily, is anxiously and impatiently awaiting the mo- ' the adverse parties continued on equal terms, the to permit him to return home. went when she shall tear herself from his heavy and capital would not have been given up, without ano- On the 19th of August the people of New Orleans insupportable chains,—when his own country sees no: thee, and a still more terrible struggle, between th e and the neighbou r i ng country were v i s i te d w i t h "n - the end to torrents of its blood shed fol. his ambition. 46 In the present disastrous state of human affairs, will not that country acquire eternal fame, which, after encountering all the inevitable desolations of war, shall at last, by its patience and intrepidity, succeed in procuring an equitable and permanent peace, not only for itself, but also lOr other Powers ; nay, even for those who are unwillingly fighting against us ? It is gratifying and natural for a generous nation to render good for evil. Almighty Goo! turn thy mercirul eye to thy supplicating Russian church. Vouchsafe courage and patience to thy people struggling in a just cause, so that they may thereby overcome the enemy ; and in saving themselves, may also defend the freedom of Kings and Nations!" THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, OCTOBER 19. • PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Reduced 57-4 per Cent. 72 1 73-5 per Ct. 891 i COns. 58-K—for ac. 58ff —doin. 4f pr.—Bunds L's. 4i. dis. Exch. Bills. (W.) par 3s. pr.—Du. (34d.) 4s. 6s. pre. Bank Long Anne. 14 13-16th, • The intelligence from Russia, which will be found in our columns of to-day, while it must fill the minds of our Readers with confidence in.the Russian cause, is precisely of that description which, as Journalists, we could have wished, even from the pitiful and selfish consideration of keeping up our own personal reputation for accuracy of judgment with the public. It is, indeed, with emotions of triumph, that we point to the documents now before us. The Emperor ALEXANDER has armed himself for the great contest with the affections of his people. -The palisadoes which now surround his throne, are composed of men; and not slaves. The character of the Russian soldier and the Russian peasant is now changed-- Liberty and Patriotism are inscribed on their banners —Revenge and Victory ! are now their watch-words in battle. The day on which Moscow was entered by the barbarians, may yet prove to have been a happy day for Europe—it has drawn the Emperor ALEXtit closer to his people, and has removed for ever all prospects of conciliation with his enemy—fron• the, ashes of the human victims, whom the do/outing ele ment consumed, there has arisen a spirit whiclr will shake the' Continent to its centre—yes! you may now tremble, ye tided cowards and sceptred villains, who,have, throughout Europe, squandered the life blood of the human bei.igs entrusted to your Govern ment, at the beck of a ferocious and sanguinaty ty rant, whose drink is human blood, whose food is havoc and desolation ! !train armies: their inequality was destroyed, how 'sever, by the reinforcemints with. which the almost. );Cittndless sobstrviency of the Continent supplied 80. teAPARTE. He was enabled to place two new columns • on different roads to Moscow, threatening the reserve Of General KuTusow, in the very vicinity of Moscow. A battle, in such a situation, might have destroyed the 'army, without even saving the city. A wood ;built town; the object of close dispute between two '; armies, furnished with a thousand pieces of carnori, might have been wrapt in flames by the very struggle. Prudently, therefore, as well as bravely, did Gene;ai !-Kvrvsow resolve to snatch . trcm the impending con- 1 fiagration whatever could be saved of the military stores, the valuables, the property imperial and pri. vate. He called on the inhabitants to second his efforts, and we have the confirming testimony of the 19th Bulletin that his call was obeyed. " All the merchants and shopkeepers," according to that do cument, had abandoned the city when the French entered. That a number of the poorer class, who could not command the means of transport, would ,still remain—that they would cling to their homes with a feeling of sacred despair—and that they would vainly and ineffectually, but still desperately, resist the banditti, strange to them in dress, and language, and arms, and discipline, who came to pillage and massacre them, may be easily conceived, and we fear is too lamentable a truth. General Kurusow must not be understood quite literally, when he says that scarcely an inhabitant remained in the town.— The French told us of 5000 malefactors, and 6000 tither satellites (so they thought fit to designate them) and it is to be apprehended, that the numbers were far greater. Yet what an example is this ! Three.' fourths, or more, of the inhabitants of a vast metro polis, abandon their dwellings and property at the summons , (for it is idle to call it compulsidn) of l'fieir Governor ; whilst the others remain, not to pass tranquilly under the dominion of the enemy, hut to resist him to the last, and to involve him and tbemielves in a common ruin. , • While we are thus pointing with satisfaction at the / 'prospects which are opening in the heart of Russia, it mtist add to the general exultation to learn, that the Turks have begun to act against Austria: " BERLIN, SEPT. 2.5. " We have the mortification to learn (says the French writer) that the Turks have begun to act against the Austrians, and there has been a conflict between them." a most dreadfql hurricane, the ravages of which ex ceed any thing of the kind that has occurred for many years. Almost every house in the city was' unroofed, warehouser loaded with produce of different kinds were levelled with the ground. The whole place presents nothing but scenes of havock, ruin, and de. lolation ; and to add to the distress, torrents of rain continued to fall on the shelterless inhabitants, who survived the destruction till the date of the latest accounts, viz. the ‘24th of August. The scr!le cn the sea-coast was, if possible, more distre,sing. nbole shore was soon covered with wrecks of vessels and multitudes of cones and mangled objects of misery.: We have seen a list of upwards of fifty ships and brigs lost or nearly complete wrecks. The account:llia had been received from the neighbour ittq were equally afflicting ; the planters' houses and sugar works were many of them over thrwin, and the sugar-canes levelled with the ground. The lower part of the country has been entirely laid under water, and vast numbers of the inhabitants have perished. • GENE AL ELECTION. BEnKSHIRE.—State of the' Poll .Sixth Day :‘ Dundas, 94h—Neville, 736—Hallett, 235. asa.x, Ocr. 1.6,-State of the Poll, Sixth Day!, Houbien, I.l7l—Western, 1 tho—Eurgoyeia, no. • SURREY, OCT. 17.—Saturday's P,:11 : Sumner, 1617—Suttan, 1542—Turtop, 811. Otronn CITY, 10th Day, (Saturday.) - Mr. Et/Ex , this morning declined any farther contt.tt, when Itil" ATttrris WRIGHT and Mr. LOCKHART were declared duly elected. We this morning received New-York and other American Papers to the 23d ultimo. They were I brought to Liverpoolby the Tontine cartel. Their con tents are important, but from the press of other matter 1 - we must condense them. We regret to say, that some of our plicate letters concur in stating, that there are strong grounds for supposing that MADISON will Se 're-elected President, and in that event hostilities : : *iilhe continued. Other letters, however, state that ;he CUNTON or Federal party was every where tiriumphant. In the mean time, Addresses- against ire War - are pouring in from all quarters. The iiinted Journals do not enable us to say any thing as yet, respecting the determination of the American ' Government. Congress has not met. The surrender of the redoubtable General HULL, as might have been expected, produced a strong sensa tion among the Americans. His Official Dispatches, announcing this event, chew in the most striking man- i ner that the Yankies had allowed themselves to be hurried into the mad project of conquering the Cana- ; das without even attending to the dictates of com mon prudence. They expected that all the Indian-1 tribes would remain neutral I—that the Canadianmi: litia would desert to them in great numbers (and Hut.t. says that some of them did)—and that the inhabi tants would hail them as brethren, and receive them as welcome deliverers from British tyranny and oppres sion! I But, unhappily, none elan these expected events took place. .HULL found himself surrounded with . hostile Indians, cut off from every resource, loaded with sick and wounded men; unwilling to retreat; unable to advance—the British in his front, and their ships approaching within cannon-shot; and at last bead bianelf obliged, oa his own Meoseibility, to This may be called the language of enthusiasm— it is, indeed, stronger than we are in the habit of wing, but there is such a patience under suffering— such a determination to persevere to the last extre mity, and such a respectful but heart-rending appeal to HEAVEN in the Proclamation of ALEXANDEIt to his people, that torpid indeed must be that bosdra,in which it kindles no glow of animation. •4 In the present disastrous state of human affairs," says this most magnanimous declaration, g , will not that country acquire eternal fame, which, after en countering all the inevitable desolations of war, shall' at last, by its patience and intrepidity, succeed in pro curing an equitable and permanent peace, not only for itself,. but also for other Powers ; nay, even for those who are unwillingly fighting against us ?. It is gratifying and natural for a generous nation to ren der good for evil. Almighty Gon I turn thy merci ful eye to thy supplicating Russian Church. Vouch safe courage . and - patience to thy people struggling in a just cause, so that they may thereby overcome the enemy ; and in saving themselves, may also defend the freedom of Kings and Nations." It is, in short, throughout, a document of inestima ble value. It announces the fall of Moscow—but it has produced a solemn resolution to avenge the blow, or to perish in the attempt. CHESTER.—State of the Poll on Saturday Grosvenor - 592 Brooke - 545 Egerton I 548 "I owt+shend - 489 NOTTINGII/111.—Mr. ARIEWMGHT having declined, Lord RANCLIFFE and JOHN SMITH, Esq. have been declared duly elected. Final state of the Poll : Smith, 9013--Rancliff, 1515—Arksvrigh', 1239 LIVERPOOL.—The Electron finished on Friday The Right Hon. GEORGE CANNING and General G./.8. coviqx the successful Candidates. There was a rtla-- jority of 400 in favour of CANNING, who was chaired amidst the acclamations of 4-sths of the inhabitants. Canning 1631 I Brougham - 1131 Gascoyue - 1592 Creevey - 1068 Tarleton • II YORKSHIRE.—Mr. WORTLEY having Withdrawn from the cotest, Lord MILTON and the Hon. Mr. LAscrum were elected on Friday, and were chaired accordingly. Mr. VALENTINE BLAKE., the former oppCinent of Mr. JAMES DALY, for Galway, has been s( licited by the Independent interest to oppose himself to Mr. PONSONSY. The election is fixed for the 16th. The abandonment of Moscow, as we find from Korusorr's dispatch, did not form a part of the ori. ginal plan of the campaign, but arose . out of the pre cipitate retreat of BARCLAY DE Tow from Smolensk, .it was adapted with great resolution, and even amid great diversity 'of opinion among the Russian Gene rals. Events have shewn that we ought not oblong • • NAVAL IN7ELLIGRNCE. The Laura and the Whiting schooners, from Hampton Reads for England, with dis Patches, are taken by a French privateer. The bawds, —, from Greenock"to New-York, is take% and pierlifinto Rhode Island. The Pranklin,..--, of Savannah, from Liverpool, is takes, and carried into Cape Ann. The Elizabeth, HAMAR, from Jamaica to Belfast; the Leon& das, GAIIIIACIL, from ditto for ditto; the Hopewell, and another ship, from Surinam for London; the Quebec, Haavat, from Jamaica fer Liverpool; the Osborne, —, from Gibraltar to St. Andrew's; and the Adonis, Coo rat, from Liverpool to New. foundland, are all taken by American privateers. The Quebec is carried into New-York. The line, FLINN, fl-Om Jamaica, foundered at sea—crew Saved by the.Osatiec, and carried to New-York, FALMOUTH, OCTOBER 16. Arrived yesterday the DAUNTLESS from Cork, and oiled again this 'day for the same deeinatium. Sailed the HIND revenue cutter on a cruize. The Marlbo rough packet for Lisbon, and the Manchester packet for Surinam, are gone into the Roads. A vessel is nuw off this port, supposed to be the Nymph packet from New Yolk and Halifax. TORBAY, OCTOBER 17. Arrived his Majesty's ships LINNET and FERVENT ) the latter with a transport, No. 215, under convoy tor Cork.—Wind S.W. PLYMOUTH, OCTOBER 17. Arrived the. ESCORT gun brig' from Guernsey, and the Rose and Neptune tenders from Ireland...—. Sailed the FORTUNES frigate for the Irish station, and the SEALARK and TEAZER on a cruise. The RA. (vox gun brig is appointed convoy for the Downs, and sails to-morrow.—Wind S.W. - CORN MARKET, MARK LANE, OCTOBER 19. The Market to-day bas several fresh arrivals of Wheat coast wise, which constitute a tolerable supply, but the buyers being nuinerous and the trade brisk In sale, prices are quoted at a fur. tber advance, of • about Ss. per quarter; we have very little Barley, and fine samples fetch rather better teria9lliak Soso of freely, at the last quotation; White Nee agisfa 1111.1111 dearer— In Beans hair variation—There is a large NV ant ti of Om. and sales not so readily effected as last wort; a on may be noted.of abeam Its. per quarter, and ratateowNsi on Potato* QKi fella Se lasadoefcma4siaav—ibesiddlestaillaillis •