The National Register. — London, England, 1812-10-25 00:00:00

t. , i • • TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER. the Mike of Tavern°, their Com o vo loviums from their chiefs; wader in Chie 4 , has expressed to them hitt particular satisfaction. If de•crters ho, at the commencement of the prow,nt 010 l'o.sian service to enter that of Russia, are intid with inor titude Itimmn=. Several of them have lost their rheum, and th e niaiii,kr all OA of respect. On their side our Government proceeds 1014 them Kith a; gout. - The and English have menaced us with a dis - mh , rlia , ion. a t ha., n t been realized. The roasts are beside s oet • nli i e d but this titre : pod min,her troiv, who would make the enemy )(pent their ShU(tld thr ' y attelliPt It. ritit the season to a pp i . ac hi„ g o wl) i . c% %%ill no lunL:er be to remain in the Baltic oti account of I:,e ice. ExrnAcT OF A PRIVATE LETTFR. Moscow, SrPT. 2?. Order at last re—established in the city. The M itsind Duke of T re ,i,) is named Governor of i\losco and the Province, and G, ne;al Commandant of the City. The town was divided into twenty qu nicis. 'lll6 division remains, and each quarter has a special Cons arvi.faut. liuch Iris been said of a militia of peasants which the Russian. C o . minima had formed. Scarcely has it been able to its.euilde t“, mt . 00 , 41 s of men ; we have takt,s a eettain number of them ds 1112 loth !lancer and lassiinide : they were driven on like a drove of cattle Nulivi;lohouling all that has been done to rouse these awn, tbuy ( 11 11 , iteceed in rendering them fanatics. They every NI here threw tear the itikl.4 tsl It which they were erred, and only deirrinded to r.qco to their silla t t.es. Their uniform cmi;ists of a bit of eim et af -14.11,d to their el;), which represent> an .1, surtuounfed with a Grsie This net , upai the heads of the tecruit•, reoiin 's n. of the r. - .n:er in which horses. some :;,eAra ago, were raised' in Frinice. The rs A or v was pl ate d upon the head, to incirate that they ' , Convect ;lie artillery or provi-ions. This comparison is hat ji'st, for here they i , !isi.ite men but as ce , tion animals, and one may easily Din nin several va for one him. The y Ming meant' Moscow tree tortned into small 1,1 tzlrrll:l , l4`l 4 : and ehatatenrs, mid in foot and mounted lie inclintiti , n but not. the p - Ju er to fly. We take stqt.iit Ihein every day. • _ leoirtlin t :to tlit• aee..ttots of the inhahltants who rennit.etl at NTos r" Kitovror Alex:order was expected' there on tiu 10th Scot. hut 1- 'lll It'll appear in this capital. The Grand I) kt. Constantine ;tr.- rhol in it immediately after the battle ul \lt bkwa, :Ind almost intitiedi tiOv P.pitt left it. large mavizinPs of meal wag ilit,covered, go that the vi!)!eia.*.e of the army ix assured for a long lime. .I . IUSSI,IX BULLETIN'S. ILTRIIIT OF TIIE GENERAL IN Cl!! r.r, KUTUSONV, TO lIIS I:IPERIAL MAJESTY, FROM THE VILLAGY. CHILIN, DATED suPT. 4, (10.) ". - k!ii-r the sangninary though iticrer;ous ! -. .atrle fought by your troops ttii the Viith nit. Sept. 7), I was obli,;el to leave my poen near Bored!' 0, for reasons of watch 1 have already had the thiTioess to inform Your Mit jes v. After that buil •the at Mks were r i i:ish Eider such circtint.stiinet. s we a p pr , ac bed :lloscow, )4y ".% daily moch 1 - I,:liting with the corm% 's advan, eel-guard. The irtilihriemetas which I hail intro! to meet with had wit yet arrived, :eentlny formed two new cotur.n cue on the liofowsk, anti the :er on the Zwenigo roads, w:th t vi:•w of acting aLlaitiet my re.. .re near Moscow. In coosecrence of this I could not ri k another the issue of which %YOU id n(4 only have b -en destructive to the r ' 3 ', bat would have te•hiced Moscow to ashes. In th.s truly la i,:Thrthle si tuat i on, and after cot:suiting my Generals, amongst whom Ise: were some of a ditnrent opinion, I was cothltellea to let the enter Moscow, out of which al tlw valuable 6, the stores in the f:tods, an-I almost all other oropertv, imperial or private, wt re pre_ isly Conveyed, and scarcely a single 111habittnt remained in the 1 take the liberty most 'ninthly to represent to your Majesty, RR the entrance of the enemy into MreA:ow, is not yet the aninhila the Empire. lam inn kirg a movement-with my jrniy towards calla road. —Thi s w ill ena b le me to k eep open m y communica ::with the neighbouring Governments.—Any other measure .:. o e 'thoe prevented this, and also have separate,: Inc trent the armies mazow and - Tscli•el,rteow. I must confess that the abandon.a to us from it. t hecapital is very hard ; but con s id ring the advantages which accrue and particuhtly the pre s ervation of our ar -411 is no l onger to b e lamented : and now proceed to occupy, " ) ,Y kirc''s, a line, by which I shall command the roads leading ,„ f()u 'a and Kalouga, annoy the whole line of the enemy extending :molentko to Moscow, and be enabled to cut ()Wall reinforce ._,,.marching to join him from the rear By thus occupying the Li, „ 1 1 1•11 of the enemy, I hope to compel him to leave Moscow, and ,`. l) .;.. ) tie his whole line of operations. I 1 1—G en4gl Winzing,ttode has received orders from me to post 659. 11;mstlf on the "f l yer road, and to detach a regiment of Cossacks ont that to prorlave, to protect thl: inhabitants• front being molested by small h , dies of the enemy. lamat no great distance from • kfoscow l i an:l as son as I Lave collected my troops, I can with confidence awai t Ito approach or the enemy. As long as the artny of your Imperial Al.ljt•st v is eivire, and animated with its known courage and zeal, the If)ss ct N - tosLow is not vet the loss vt the Empire. For the rest, youi Majesty may h. ashiired that this event is the necessary consequenCet . of the loss ut Smplensko." • COPT' OF THE r* , (PF.ROR A LIAANDER . S ADDRESS TQ Hit SUBJECTS, og THE CAP rt.RE OF MOSCOW. " 10n T►lR TV rnnmATuiv or THE runt re. order of h's linpe:ial Majesty.) " It is with a heavy heart we are compelled to inforni every soA of the country, that rho enemy entered Moscow on the 3d (15th) Sep.. tember. The glory of the I<ussian empire, however, is not thereby tatnishecl. O n the c on tra ry, every i n dividual i s inspired with fresft courage, firtime-s, an.l hope, that all the evils meditated against ns by our eneMios will eventually fall on their own heads . .? '• Thq, enemy I:as yet become master of Moscow._ by overcoming i i. or weakening our fuces ; the Gommander-in-Chief, by the ad. vice of a Council of War, has found it expedient to retire at a moment of necessity, in order by the best and most effectual means to turn the tran.,ient triumph of fhe enemy to his inevitable ruin. flowever ful it may be to the Russians, to hear that the original capital' of the' empire is in the hinds of the enemy of their country, yet it is console. tot). to reflect that he is poFsessed merely of bare walls, containing within their circuit Pei: her inhabitants nor provisions. The haughty couqueror imagine-! that 011 his entrance into Moscow' he wottld he. • Come the arbiter of the whole Russian empire, when he might pre. •crihe to it. such a peace as he should think paper; but he his de-., • solved in his expectations : he will neither have acquired the power of ng, nor the means of subsistence. The assembled and daily in. creasing forces of the divricrs of Moscow, will not neglect to blota ito every avenue, and to destroy such parties as may be detached felt the purpose .1 alecting provisions ; until the enemy shall Perceive th it his hopes nt astonishing the work! by the capture of Moscow werer van, anti he he compelled to - open a passage for himself by . force. " His situat on is as foll-ws : —lle entered Russia 'with 300,001 men, the principal part consisting of natives of rent kingdords; serving. and ()bet ine hi n, not from free will,—not in defence of their r..spective couoir'es,—but solo'' trout tern*. The halt of this wild:, farious army has been de s troy.'!, partly by our brave troops, partly by desertion; and partly by hunger and sickness ; with the remainder' • he is come to Moscow. His audacious irruption, not only in the very heart of Russia, but into its antient capital, will, without doubt, gra.r tiny his ambition, and give Mtn cause of boasting; but the character of that measure must be eetermined by its result. He has not entered a country where every step he takes inspires all' with terror:, and bends both the troops and the inhabitants to his feet —Russia is un.• accustomed to subjection, and will not sutler her laws, religion, free dom. and property, to be trampled upon : the will defend them to' the last droa of her blood. Hitherto the general zeal . against the* e emy clearly evinces how power fully our empire is guarded by the' undaunted spirit of its sons. Thus, no one despairs ; nor is this: uv ' time to despair, when every class of the empire is inspired With . courage and firmness.—when the enemy, with the remainder of his . daily decreasing forces, at a dist'ance ?ion) home, in the midst of a numerous people, is :surrounded by our armies, one of which stands. before him, and the other three are endeavouring to cut oft his retreat, and to prevent him from receiving. any fresh renforcements,—when. Spain has not only thrown off his yoke, but threatens to 'invade his territories,—when the greatest part of Europe (exhausted and enslaved• by him,) serving hint involuntarily, is anxiously and impatiently awaiting the moment When she shall tear herself from his heavy and' hemp p:rtable chains,—w hen his own country sees no end to tie tor rents of its blood shed for his ambition.--In the present' dist ti e state of human aiLtirs, will not rhat country acquire eternal tame. , Which, after encountering all the inevitable desolations of war, shall at last, by its patience and intrepidity, succeed iq procuring an equi. table and permanent peace, no. only fur itself, but also for other . powers; nay, even for those who are unwillingly tiAhting against ?- It is gratifying and natural for a generous nation to render goud fro evil. " Almighty God ! turn tliy merciful - eye to thy suplicating Russian church. Vouchsafe courage and patience to thy people strugt4ling in a just cause, so that they may thereby overcome the enemy ! and in sav ing themselves, may also defend the 1 . , eedoni•of King ar.d.ruktions." - - DISPATCH AMERIC,IN. PAPERS. tRONI IaRTGADIF.R GENERAL 'JULE TO TN* HON. WM. SECRETARY OP tilt DEPARTMENT Fort G eoige, .Aug.. 26, 1812. S R —Enclosed are the articles of cipitttlaeon _by virlikh tie Fort of Detroit has been surrendered to Major-Goneral Brock, command,uts. OF WAR. • Irtl• lIp• t ut t fio tire I ill a' a vs ii!e 10: 44 K oW mire o,.ps ligN; , r ore 11;iit s:iiiii ctiuu Their ritad