The National Register. — London, England, 1812-10-18 00:00:00

..1'• - 644 TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER. FOREIGN INTE74,IOENCE. TWEN 111 , 111 IIITLI.ETEN or 'FITE GRAND ArtMV. Mos Sere. I 7.—The Russians leave celebiated Te the battlDeem for the . "..eel.: of Pnl.esk Te Deunts have h:en sung tor es Riga, fur the betties It Ostroweo, staid tor that of Sanole iske. Ace Cer :tog tt;,! R aC u OUllti, they re every wher he fieli . teuot tqueco tt rte , atid • hey ireve the French to g;et dist were every whet . ciqutWrS, aod hey -lr,,vc the Fretich to ;'t jtaflCC from tha it was then amidst the strains of the Russian Te ileums thAt the army arrived at Moscow. There they thought thenselves cunque- Tart - . or at least t ., e populatlun thonzht so, fer well.i..turtued persons knc.v what was pas,ing. ?siege - Air is the eetrepot of Asia_ and of Europe. Its warehouses were immense.; evert house we: provided for eight moetits with tic cesat ies of every .Aeseription. It was cub s• the evening before, and the day ()four entrance, that the danger became known. We futtei in the due of the ani::erable -Rostopchin some papers, and a letter half written; Ire fled without finishing it. . ore of the fin est and richest cities in the world, is no more. On The •Ilth the • Russians set fire to the exchange, to the bent . , arid' tfte hospital. On the 16th a violent wind arose. Three, or hser•ivundoedtuffialts set fire to the city in. five hundred different places •et thc'sente moment , by orier of the Governor, Rostopchin. Five-etxtlis of the houses were built of wood ; the fire spread with a prodigies's . rhtiiiiity • •it was an ocean of flame. - Churches , of which shoe were .kalo--04;uve Woo..pat4ce,;, immense magazines, nearly.ati have eill.en a ptcy to the , flames. The keemelin has been preserved. th • (less it incilculable: tor Ruseia, for her conuneree, and for her tiobrillye Who' liadlett all thete. trot over.ratipg its. value to state it la many.milinnals. A 'east lOt) of these- incendiaries have been apprehended aud shot ; el re: r them deetirectth Al they dCtX.CI undia the order; of ,Rostopchi anti ;t he *Direttleat of -the' Thirty thottettri sick and Wotinded Russians have beettburnt. .The richest commercial houses in Russia are ruined. The shock must be cortsleleeable. The elnathing, the magaeines, and the equipments of the itedtdaryarrny bave been • consumed.. They have thus lost .every thine ; they would 'remove !might, because they always thought it iinethsible foues to reach Moscow, ands because they were willing to deeclve the people. When they saw 411 in the. herds of the French, they conceited:the horrible project of siestroying by fire this first capi tal, ritisholv city, the centre of .the empire ; and they have relueed to bews'ary - 200,00.) respetaahle inhabitants. This k -the crime of Rostcpetrin, rxectlted . br fetoki liberatedirom the psis its. The atsouvets Which tilt army had found, •are•consequently much diminished ; however, we have collected, and are still collecting,: a nthr.her of riecessaries. All the cellars are untonchedby the fire, and theinhibirantse during the Last twenty'efour had . seved natty articles. . Tney-enifeaved red CO merits the fl rogrets of 'the. fie mes, but Goveritor-liAd taken the Iterritt precaution to carry off or.destruy all the engines. • of The'artny is recovering iron its fatiettes 'it has obundar.ce bread, potatoes, cabbaos, and other eregttables,meat, salted provisions wine, brandy, sugar, coffee , an d, in short, p rovisions of all sorts. *. 'The advanced guard is twenty wrests on the road :0 K.assau, by wh sit threuemy . is retreating. Another French advanced guard is on the WhittoSt:Patepburgh, where the enemy has not a single soldier. The temperature is still that of autumn : the soldiers have found,, and - continue to find, a number of pelisses and turn far the winter, ktosetm- uras the depot of thease•artic les. [The Moniteur of the• ish .gives .the sequel of the Ruaelanoili jjt3ty Repoits, Proclamations, and other prectactions, ?Weide:44lva previoutßulletio.] • r. .9.l4sP:Ni t l'4lll.ST BUT .T.ET OF THE •Gytkrm ARMY. * 4 l:l44uscOur, Szvv.•2o-.—Three hundred incendiaries have been-ar tested;und shot, they were provided -.with, fuses six. inches-1441g, which they had between two pieces of wood s they bad also squii,s,•• whith'therthrew upon 'the roofs of the houses. • The wretch, RosToestme., had these prepared on t!..e• pretence that lie.wislled to 1 send a-balloon full of combustible matter amidst. Cie French armyi.;j 'He thus got together the squibs and other materials neeteteary .for thel e.Vit•Getion •of his - ttroject. ~1 +he-lives subsit kd •on the , . Dals slur 20th ; three quirtass„raf the' city • are. buined ; among • other palaces, that, ores of C• Aar Nal which had been newly fahished ;Zi-not alcove a quarter` orthe houses remain. Yitile itocsoraitts pas 'taking away:the tire engines of the city;`. be left behind him 60,000 mttskets, ii.V . piecetof eshoonvdnare titan 600;000 balls and shells,. 1,500,000 cartridges, - 4:10.0001bs: -of gun-, peOwetcr; 400.50etbs: of saltpetre and . sulphur. , It tra y n o t fin- op.. 19shohat - the. powder, •saltpetre, and sulphur; Were disco cried at fitsc , establislAment, . half a league from the. Allty thin is a. •rnattes of importance -we are now :supplied with •ammtutitioo. for .two canlpelgns. •11Neavery.day.tliscover cellass:full of wine and brandy. - Manufactures were beginning to. flourish at .Moscow g they are • ‘estrOyed. Tie t Ouflagratiun of this capital' will throw gossii !earl' back. The weather is becemimisitailh,onstest oat. of thoitans to s, w hiloicatv4".. 14. • *4l L,rl GOMNBURGII MAIL• -rmaitemp...- • • Rr. A, Sr.r.r. 15.—We are to•leceive a reinforcement 0117,000 mcn, or which `.OllO are cavalry. under General Steinhill ; the General is arrived, the troops ft••• expected every .day. RIGA, Sir r 2`?. —our reinforc.:ments are arrived, and we now t 4 silk:teed in 'driving the Prussians front Cotirland, which, with the con,iderable forte we now have, we may well expect ; Ge. expedition will be' undertaken in a day. or t•ve. Steinhill commands Limier Essen ; Lewis has thoadvaiii;cdsuard, andWittgcnstein may perhaps co- opei ate. it it: A, See r.15.--Our troops march out to-morrow. DISPATCH 'FROM GEt•ite. 7,1.711.30‘v, DATI:I3 AUG. 29, (sErr. 10 ) The battle orttle.lsth has ta'en one of the bloo6iest of the prc-... , !it times. We have .mairttained. the field of battle coiaplttely, and the eiseitty retreated to the .position (tont wl.e ice he hat inivalit.ed to ti.e attack ; but the very severe loss we li.ivc likewise stiff:it:a, and pecially the circumstance of our ..thest tti-tinguished wounded, have iniuced me to mire on the road to Moscow ; to ti.,y !lead-quarters - are .at, Nora,, and I myself ant otdigel to utteat still farther to meet the reilifOrcethelits which are cirning to me Irvin Moscow. The prisoners stale- t h e "enetny's loss to be, according to the belief of the lifenchuaritty, CON. General 1301Jini is takui, and,seteral killed and wounded ; Marshal Davoust is woundtd. There ate continual skiimishes with the rear guard. I have just N- I ceivedinforttration that the King of . Naples' corps is at Rowna, anti that•Croceral,Adjutant Winzengerede has made a movement towards 1 StnoicnAlc, to cower the toad to Moscow. GENEIt4 f EIECTIOX. MENIBERS RETURNEI) T OSERVE IN TI4F, NENV . • PARL'i A . AtENT. Alaborough—u. Dowkins, wild 11. rynes, Esqrs. Ashburton—lion. John Sullivan and Richard Preston, Esq: Courtinay, end• J. Lowther, Esqrs. Aylesbury—T. Hussey, Esq. and Lard Nugent. • Anglesea— Hon. Berkeley Paget. Bridgnarth—Hon. Cecil ienkiiison, and Thomas Whitmore? , Banhury—Hon. F. S. N. DOngla.. I.lostrtsr—llr.it. Mr . . Burrell, arid Wm. A. Nindock l 3. .Beverley.-John Wharton, and Charles Forbes. E-qrst 'Barnstable—Sir Ale.topitz,. and Sit Eyre Coate. rEeauntaris.T. Franklund Lewis, E,sq. Bt-wdley—Miles Peter Andrews, Esq, Beeralstonj-Lord Loiqine, rind lion. Haglt Percy'. Boroughbridge--Gerteral W. IL Clinton, and - Brigadler-Oettetal H. Clinton. Clitteroe—Viscount Ca-errea4ll, end Icon: rt. c CalUbrifige‘hirer-4..0f CI C. S..lllanners, and Lind G. o.borne. Cafe Castle —Henry Bantry', and P. W. Baker. Esqrs. Carlisle-Sir James tirahans,'Etart: - and Henry Fiwcet, Csq. Canterbury—Steiihrri R. Luihington,' rind Jot; n Bake El Es - 1 : Christyhuttii—ll Gi Itose,:.eisd W. K. Tomlin. Es ;(4. •Dcostrtort-4ir Th.intas Plomer, k;ut. and H. Charlea.Bonceric, hsq: v ties —3, Smith, and 'I% (1. k:SVNTIrt. Esqrs. 1 .Dittiwich - Lord linntingflel.d, and Michael Berne, I Drirliaiu (CoUritv)-Llard.Viwatint Barnard; and Sir! I. V. Tempest East Retford-14vo. - 0-4/ardeeten, and'elterles .2Asrsli; Esqrs. EdiretArgli city utak., Esq. . I.3nrougl.s of Flint,..4lt o.—Sir F. P. Llofd, Bart. witisont tkeposition. Wivrarn, and-W-Rashicigh, Eves. ~lintshire—Sir 1': itltotvii. Bart. • Grampotrfici--INon.C". Johnstone,sed I reed;•Pool.. • • ft . mat , J: EON and f f,l;..l,pit4i.*: Gbeestaniffire-1.444 tionter.set, pad sir W. Guise. 1 11 1-4 41 laightim Festers-- Plernqr, Kyq. : ilundratu-:-Sir Arthur Pigott, 1tnt . ..111441 Robert Milt' lickl• ead W. Iteckford, Esqrs. • Plittsre, arid IL Histnatorsley, Vows, •: ;Iltintirtgdostshire-••••LtAd• Id4conot Ilinchirsgbnake,. end.W..lT..rellowesr ' • hAq. . ilertfordstiire-4-Hori. Brefidosed.Sir .r. Se.hriest, Bart. nr.evhtborough---I4ird I,lOsior4rid, and I..orirouidAort. ;,wr Kriitchfhtll,' Sir Wer.*Oeary, Batts. Leominster --•-3 '.l 4 t,' Lubbock, isttd..F., Hitte•urt, Esqrs. Lisdlow-Trlsord.reliett and-OensygiWqr , Ktcu • llFlgorib#ll, qw,ro lipigens. and J. IT. Eynon., 'Esqrt. I.estwitiiicl—Kon, R. rolo.Cerr,A6tjulits'Airttiey Warre, Esq . Litkuln-1.-I(."Fkaatteitl4l gttpliin Vat. withost op.' . poeition t LeasucestsestP. Leelleres. awl J. Bcodier. lesitrib OCT. N. ,