The National Register. — London, England, 1813-06-13 00:00:00

JUNE 11._ the Court of tit. Petersburg. The Emperor wts inclined towards peace, but feared the opposition of his Nobles and his people, who were decidedly for war. The fall of Mos co w would have made him sign the treaty, had not KUTU SOW insisted in the most pressing manner on the propriety of prosecuting the war at a tune when the French Grand Army, almost cut off from Poland. seemed delivered up to the vengeance of the recruited Russ!ans. llic advice at last prevailed over ALEXANDER'S indecision, and as long as he lived, he so skilfully. exerted the influence which his triumphs had given him over the mind of his Sovereign, as to push on the campaign with a degree of unexampled vigour during the mast arduous season. Ills death is there fore the greatest calamity that has yet befallen the cause of Europe. W ITTGENSTEIN, though an alder General, does not possess the same influence over AL LXANDER, and if the statement published in the French paper, that he and WINZINGERODE have resigned their command, be correct, it must lop attrillzited to a relapse on the part of the RUSSIAN EMPEROR and the KING Of Paust A into those weak and pernicious Councils, which disgust tlAt ablest sup pot tors of a cause, and thus occasion its ultimate failure. "%Vet hope, however, that the unfavourable picture whit h the in telligence of the week presents of the state of the Allies, is an exaggerated one. We trust that they have still powerful reinforcements in their rear which may enable them to stop the advance of the enemy. Should Austria interpose in their behalf, still much good ;night be done. DISPATCHES OF SIR C. srEwART. An extraordinary Gazette ptiblished on \\'ednesday night put us in possession of an able account of the battles of the 20th and 21q ult. written by on Minister in Prussia, Sir CHARLES STEWART, who minutely describes those two im portant actions of which he AA - as a spectator. His statement, which is extremely clear, differs in several points from that publi.hed by the Governor of Berlin, which had reached us previously. According to him the Allies retired from the field of battle at Bautzen on the 20th, leaving it, with the town, at the close of the engagement, in the pos•eFiion of the Trench, after having fought with the most distingukbed bravery. On the 21st, the anniyet<ary of the celebrated and sanguinary battle of Aspen), fought beyond Vienna on the right hank of the Danube in 1809, the enemy attacked the entrenched positions (.1 the Allies at all points with superior numbers, and the conflict was maintained with alternate suc cess and the most deterinined resolution for several limits but at last the enemy having carried a battery and the heights that commanded the centre, and succeeded in turn ing the right wing of the Allies, they retired in the greatest order, and up to the 24th ult. the day the dispatches were written, had fallen hack as far as Goldberg, about sixty miles from, the field of battle. Sir Cu Atct. ES bestows the highest praises on the gallantry of the Itusz , ian and Prussian troops, and attributes their failure cutirvlv to the Uric! icy ity of their numbers; which enabled NAPOLEON, not only to tut n their right, but to bring superior forces on every point of attack, They had no more, Sir Cu ARILS tells us, than 65,000 men even after having effected their junction with the reinforcements under BARCLAY DC 'FOLLY and some Prussian corps, whilst the French amounted to above 1'20,000. They intended moving still further back on Schweidnitz. THE BUDGET. The ( HANCEL LOR of the ExcilEciu ER on Friday brought forward the Budget. Ile entered into the various topics usually discussed on such an occasion: but the greater pac t yf the details, having been already published, his speech THE N%TIONAL RE(ISTFR. ervi 1 I 7 had not all the intetest which usually attaches to suet a 4ratement. Ile adverted to the fedliug off in the revenue of 4500,000/. lult observed it was satisfactory to trace it to its cause, as in doing this it was found that there was a defalcation on the Malt and rxcise duties to the amount of nelrly 3,030,0 W. This had arisen partly from the situation of our manufactures, and partly from the scarcity of the season. Ile hoped such an of was not likely to arise from either of those causes in the present year, and therefore as there appeared a deficiency of near 3,000,0001. on the Malt and Excise duties, while the falling off in the revenue was but 1,500,0001. it was clear that the other brandses ,of the revenue must continue to be unceasingly productive. Ile calculated on a surplus on the Consolidated Fund this year of 500,G001. over and those the sum requited to make up the deficiency of last year. The vote of credit is to be for 6,n00m001. to enable 'Nlinisters to take advantage of any cir cumst4nces that may arise nut of the present interesting state of things. The sum called for to meet the Army Extrior dinaries of the scar is 9,300,01)01. Fresh disturbances have taken place in Holland. They broke out at Leyden, mhere, on the 2d of last month, some thousands of retuntry people, who had been drawn for the conscription in that neighbourhood, assembled in the town. took possesd:m of it, shut the gates, and declared they would defend thcm , elves. (;en. Motrrott aesembled all the troops in the netghbourbood, and issued a proclamation, that he would burn the town if it did not surrender. In consc. quence, some of the inhabitants drove the country people from one of the gates, and let the French in. The Fiench, then fired on.the people, killed many, and took some hun- • dreds prisoners, of whom eighty were shot the neat day. The Burghers who had joined the insurgents were disarmed. Advices from Sicily of the Sth of April state a very ex traordinary circumstance, if fact, namely, the appear a nce of a friendly rotnmercial arranlement between Lord W. BENTINCK and the Ministers of MURAT at Naples, a ve i sa., tion of hostility having been previ9usly agreed upon'lse iween the parties. It will be curious if another French Marshal has enrolled himself with the Allies against France. It is probable that the arrival of the Viceroy of Italy, i~~..,UitARNOF, at Milan, has been in consequence of the defecti , :n cf MURAT. A dinner was given on Thursday at the Freemasons' Ta vorn, in honour to the Catholic Delegates fumn If eland. . After the cloth was removed, the (Mailman proposed " he health of the PitiNc E REGENT;" not a word of applause l‘llowed: and when the conirany expected, according to the usual process, to he called upon to rise and di iek it with three times three, it was quietly dropped ; and the next toas4 " The QUEEN and the Hord Family," was drunk with ac ' elamations. An al'usion made by Mr. WHITBREAD was received with an enthusiasm such as we never before wit isesed Ile was applauding the conduct of the two Royal Dukes (KENT and Susstx) who supported the Chair, and said, "if the feather which stood over their h , ads (the PRINCE'S feathers are placed upon an organ at ae NT of the room ,—if trifle were merely thrown into the scale, the cause of the Catholics must preponderate." A raptu rous applause 01' five minutes followed at this flee and not unhappy seinire of 1 Luc -1 eireninsiance to illustrate an at - - vnnent. The Duke of Suss' x alluded, in terms of strong indignation 'to the Orange Club lately instituted- Ile said it Wa• dangerous and treasonable, and in direct violation of the Constitution. The r<ycintnyr presented his Report to the PniNcr REGENT Alter his Levi e on Weilne.iday, when Robert Kennett, for forgery, a , was ordered for execution ot3 Wt3lnesditY ileXte IN