The National Register. — London, England, 1812-10-04 00:00:00

CIS 11Wde ill illl-s' S WhOk.' .‘ tating ari , al'et, ciiwi;iing to retite. and :enotinehig the hope of vic tory,- vve :tie now told, tilt: iii i n c4.lu.):ns letnai:.ed tit (It S(' 0' tier irOM'S expe,:ect to :he chaired shot of the which :.t la•t eptitcO them oh ever‘ sub-, and formed 11 passoge,. f r 11. v cavidry, by whit they sere dist eised on all 1! :An instiorec of ra sive bravery, relideted useless 11 ' .h e ign() :'nee, Or the treachery of the Chicf• has perhaps !, nev. r heeu known. That troors, which could teccive it i:tl ‘ti:hout WdV, the de:Arnett% e fire ('t pieces Aof c annon for two whole should not havt• bean di yected to advance, and charge the Late' ies which hulled death among them, or rot have bevii extended, so as I 1 o iler l ess d e pth to the shot of the enemy, seems inex ph- '1 `Dint they have been sacs diced is evident, but whe ther !iv imbecilh V, or the treachetv of the Cominauder, can II only be corjettuttd. Earl not the Russians 1)1 ett hept soli long under the foe of his batteries, NA rot.LoN aanow ;edges that h s loss would have exceeded thoirs, whit ► he st to in cous( towhee of their obstinat‘, at between 1 , .2 21:d i . 1:'„!.c0 hAcd, with f:otti 000 es, prisoptqs, zkiid above otto Ny(4ll.ded, in 'he whole upwat ds of 40,000, 1 and Co pie, t , f cannon. I:is own be modc,t'v compwes Sit Q,500 tool 7;.m0 wounded, in t.ll 10,v100 This is ptohlildv a:'d that of the Pcss:atis txa:,tei ated ; Lot the Ft ench having fought chiefly .vvith their at y, thief) tlin , tel us fr ed CO,OO rounds; ,and ; I 411 c Ilin-jaris, with theit ihf.totry ag;iin , t the batteries tvi; the -enemy, it is not inctedille tli.tt their loss should Le more corlsitlerable. The Frew h bulletin is vincd Mojki ik, tember 1(1, 73 miles trout Moscow, front whit it et.ty - the Vrentli advanced guard w;45 then distant only 45 miies. • 'The p: i‘ ate letters, dated Paris, the '2; th ult. to which 3ve Lave ahead' allud.d; state, that a telcgrat:bie dispatt b bad cached that v.:wit:A, annocucing . the :if , it al of the french at Moscow. IVe fear this intelligence may coludtk wilh fact. It is further stated that the Russians hrd lost tio,ooo men in the battles which preceded the oceov:aion of that city: `if so, there 'must have been other ert i o,;csnents after that AIo ?:rya. GOT I'EN itt; I MAIL. We„are unwilling to doubt the since: ity of the Swedish 'Court, but the unaccountable delays which are incessantly taking place in the sailing of the expedition, are calculated , to excite suspicions. According to the contents of the Got. tenburgh Mai!, received on Saturdav sennight, the men, cannon, and stores were embarked, and the expedition was to sail the next day. Another Gottenhurgh Mail, which ar rived on Friday, informs us, ti at its departure was still in perspective, and reduces its certainty to—" It was said that the long-talked of Swedish expedition was about to sail in five divisions, as follow :-8,000 men from Gottenburgh ; 8,000 from Carlsham ; 8,000 from Carlscrona; 8,000 from zStOel'holtri; and 8,000 from Jevla. The troops at Stock holm had already embarked ; those at the other places were .embarking." Is BERNADOTTE merely :gaining time . nntil the fate of the -campaign is decided in a general engagement, - to join the con queror ? One of the most recent letters from St. Petershurgh states, ,that Lord CATHCART had received the official repot t of the battle,of Salamanca, which was about to be published-in The St. Petersburgh Gazette. Exchange 231. General SARRAZIN, who has heen at Harwich for a week, -with an intention of going 'to Gottenburgh, embarked on board the Auckland packet, for Heligoland. r!-~s-x-i-: ... :n r .. ry.• NATIO N A I. It 1 7 c; S'r F 0(1. 4 . :ortinna oate, ?hitt the Marquis of WEL LINGTON hid come up with and routcd (leneral Fov's rear. gilt !, taking 5,000 infant' v, 700 ravahy, cannon, baggage, is not k i rroimble. 'the eaciny, who weie i n Torquernad.p the day licf‘ite hi, Lord: hip entered it, were ninte than two !ea.ttes in afivance of him or. the 13th. .N 0 advice.; of this action with 1:4)v, have, however, bccn leceived Covurtonent. On Friday Cmeinnient received di-patcheg, which qive an account of the farther i•rotzrc.s of the Mu.gnis of WrL t.tNGToN in theliur.ilit Of the enemy. Thee dispatehea are dated the 24 h ultimo, at which time intelligence ha-1 jest reached that pert that the :llaHiris - e f \VLI.LINGTU w oil 111 Q I 51h, within nine leaz,“ sof Burgos, and the tioops under SA NToci I.D Es were alrout Once leagues in the rear of our army detachment of the Cilards, consis'ing of 1,:)00 non, which recently enl l 42o7;ed at Portsmouth, h a d arrirtd at (.'oi ati4l we; e irt:tnediately anached forward to join the Ai!ica enc. , al lit e yreeeeding d, crossed the Titeti: , at Alleaiat, an 4 on c t tell enAtied 'l'rusiilt). lie api rats to be on I,y av for 7:1 1: ./!• • l)n the C33d Angu-t, GetierA -.IIN A attacked a French corps of 3;•20() At Tel has, on the lain pt Infra road, and de- • feat«l it, with the loss of sco men. Theve w,!s a vague report of a battle between Sec H and Gene/ MAIT L AND,. but it received no credit. The latter remained at Alicant, I in the bay of which the transport; tern iiiiod to convey the tiof)ps to any o:hcr situation ‘‘hieh a change of rosition by , the enemy Intitt . render expedient. SouLT continued at Grenada. •Malslial Ilk eseui,l3 lea. left the of eery ; and ar rived at llshun. The accounts geneiallv from the Army are, t! at great sickness has prexailed, and that many %alualde lives have been i< by the effects (f the climate and of execs -lye rit•gue. We iaimutt to have to announce titre: death , of Licht -Col. Cot.9uti - r, (roccntly somuch prith-ed by Col. EIZIZET ;" he (lied at SevAle. Caotain BL ACK A I 1., of the !):3d, Marne :4!..ti Tit, of the Stith, and-Captain JEItVOISL, have died of their wounds. Letters from Malta of the 4th ult. state, that Pkagusl, the Months of the Cattaro, and the whole of the neighbouring coast, arc in a state of insurrection ; and that the natives had applied to our troops in Lissa for arms and UMW The expedition under Admit al 1:n T. 1; N 1 ANTLE which lately sailed from Malta, is believed to-be destined for that quarter. A m ail art ived from Cadiz on Tuesday, by which we have received Gikraltar Chronirles to the sth, and Cadiz Papers to the 1I th itioant. The advices front Gibraltar, we regi et to state, inform us, that some appearances of the epidemic fever had broken out at Cattbagena; but measures had been taken to prevent the contagion from spreading further. The Cadiz Papers contain a Treaty of Alliance, oliensive and defensive, between Russia and Spain, in which VERDINAND Vii. is re cognised by the Emperor ALEX ANDLR, as the King of Spain and the Indies ; and the legitimacy of the Cortes is acknow ledged. A report plevalled at Cadiz. that JOSEPH BCONA• - PART E had entered Valencia, and had issued a Proclamation, giving out that the plague had cbliged him to quit Madrid. BALL ASTEROS is stated to have obtained some advantages over the rear-guard of Soer.T in his• retreat. On the 3d,- a division of the French, under VILLAT and SEMELT, con sisting of 8000 infantry and 9.000 . cavalry, with six pieces of cannon, were attacked by General BA L L AST EROS, at Ante quern, and dislodged from their position, with the loss of two pieces of cannon and some prisoner*. Ou the sth, BALL AS TEROS again attacked the enemy at Lola, and captured Up wards of 200 prisoners. SOULT is said to be in Grenada, , . Of ONO .... f..,. _ . _ . 1;;von