The National Register. — London, England, 1812-10-11 00:00:00

026 - would cettaudy deprive them. • The LORD MAYOR himself, Nindisinave.l by the higit pi ice of bread, which he had been cowl:eked tq increase the week before, came forward to claim the li.nour oiCity llepresentation, and after expounding all his tile s to confidence and support, had the satifaction of bet mil.:i out at least two thousand, twelve or fourteen •11-,mis kf ei in his lichalf. T 111.; sight affected his gratitude, or his pt de 60 'deer v, that he had pity on the friends who hid rear,4/00,/,4 , c;ec aced themselves in his favour, and saved tne , n the trouke of voting, and himself the humilia tion of standing at the> bottom of the poll, by a timely re nunet:!tiou •of his claim. Two or Once Aldermen were equally considerate : Lad those whom a moderate show of hands encotLaged to maintain their pretensions, seemed to enter on a most hope!es-s contest; for no sooner had their po pular antagOni,t, Mr. Wa t I:LIMAN, appeared and addressed the multitude— Than to confirm his words, outtiew I'h -u , 1111(14 wa% tug hats, drawn horn the heads 0: . the sable 1 1 .ofid rottEd ohs. wed 6ntlithall hi , ddy they rage(! Against the lo‘:11, and tierce wi:h 111 , 0uVring throats Ono' the erltoine hall the (lima nix, Hurling defiance to the adverse kw. But when the poll had begun, and votes were wanted in stead of noise, the loud and numerous champions of Mr.•• % AITH MAN turned out to be inched nothing but mimic Li vct ; for out of that great multitude which threatened to devour all op - position, and to carry his election at once, only , such a small prcesortion. of Electors proceeded. as have kept hint up to the present time, at the respectful distance of neatly a thousand votes behind the lowest of four of his antagonists. This ill success must be the mere galling to .eeliegs, us it evidently arises from a want of confi dence in his pr , .)fessions, and not- a decided objection to his political rrinciples, since Alderman Co M E, whose senti ments are equally' anti-ministerial, has 1 orn the first rim- . went stood at the head of the poll. But !Aida titan Comer, is an Opposition matt, without being a virulent drmagogue, rid some }carts of his private dealings never tatted forth a damning" opini,in, frorn the h:ghest law authority of the laud, which Mr. NV Arrnm . A N has so long promised, and so obstinately forborne to explain. Tpe example of the City is pretty closely followed in the Borough, where tie friends of Mr..lot4es BURDETT, un appalled by majorities of twelve and lodetren hundred votes, continue to press his election, although he has do dined coming forward as a candidate, and will only con sent to accept a seat in Parliament, which, like his brother, he considers .to be no- honour," if elected without any solicitations or expense on his part. This management has 4udecd succeeded with _Sir l'asNe (whose extraordinary *drives,: to the Westminster Electors, we give in another part of our co!umns, as a specimen of triumidiant audacity and tniirepre , entation, proved fake by the very fact of 10s free god unopposed eleetion) ; -hut Mr. JoNks Buttoe , itr has vot yet gained a sufficient ho.ld on popular blindness, to treat impuneiy his constituents as spaniels, and to gain their Support Iry openly. declaring his contempt c rf it. •It i s on ly tistonisling that afer the i'' usal of his last- letter,• his Committee should have been willing to persevere iu a Cause in which they are not even seconded by him for whose e'er Lion they contend. • Driven .by his own folly from the House of •cornmons, *here, ever sinee•the disgusting exposure-tbat. followed his diction ag tinst_Witioter, he seldom dared to show his face, Colpm I WARDLE has sthed the present opportunity of re tUrfiltli; to his original insignificance, with as mre;di joy as be expected. To save appearances, himi:ver," he hag . _ 7. .• 1,. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. OCT. )1, issued a manifesto, in which lie lays the blame of his retreat on the triumphant corruption of the land, which has baffled a ll hi s efrotts and shot higher and stronger from his pruttin 2 ,.. Let him draw a specious veil Ay er his disgrace, and shrink back into obscurity ; we shall not call up the shade of the popularity which he sacrificed at the shrine of avisice., to haunt him in his retirement and distuth his pence. lle has rea d the funeral sere ice himself over his political exis►ence, and we henceforth consign him willingly to the oblivion he courts. It may be some consolation for him ti know that on quitting the stage of public life, he leaves no regretting fi lends behind. N o t so w ill it he amongst the lovers of merriment, what they learn4hat honest Jock l'uLtnt, who never spike a word that did nit come from ,his heart, and did not convulse all parties with laughter. is also retiring to roar out truth• no longer. No mot e shall his ruddy countenance illuminate the [louse, and his blustering thunders elicit from the alarsind Speaker, a gentle call to order. No more shall he soften the rugged features of the most important business, and make lleayen-born Euphrosyne take her scat beneath the roof of the serious Goddess of debate. In hint Parliament may lie said to have lost -the most passionate promoter of good humour in others. Notwithstanding these secessions, it nine pretty eon ectly be inferred . from the progress which the general election has already made, that the next Parliament will be very nearly composed of the same Members as the last. The election itself bears a different character, and except in a few in stances, seems to be can ied on with an unusually small degree of opposition, and an uncommon share of good humour, liberality, and independence. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, Ocr. 3. Aloscow, Svev. M.—After the 'battle of ifolivra the 1....eiv.h army pursued the enemy upon Mo-eow, 'u the three route., Nlojais!:, Svcnig• rod, and Kalougit. The Ring of Nripies was on the tit lionhiii•Tio, the Viceroy at Riniza, and Prilioe Po , iatouski Ihe lie.tit ipuirters were on the lath transferred front ,)il‘ j iisk to Pe-cline ; on the I.lth they were a' the c....stle of Bentska ; on the it: h, at we entered Moscow. Ihe enemy Ltd raised on the Sparrow Motel:din, two wersts from the city, smite redoubts, which he abandoned. 1 he city of Aliiscow is es large as Paris : it is art extreindy rich city, full of palaces a =f till the nobles (tithe Empire.. The Russian Gteritor, Rosnipchin, %jelled to roin fine City when lie saw it abandoned by the Ruzssiali army. I 1 had armed 3000 inulefaCtors whom lie had taken flow tie 41'0r...eons he also sammoned together 6000 satellites, and dust ributed , eims u nion g them front the arseti:•.:. Our advanced guard, arrived in the centre of toe city, was received by a fire of umsketry which issued from the Kremlin. The King of Naples ordered n battery of it few pieces of c.tnitelr to he opened, dis peised this rubble, and took poioession of. the Kremlin. We hat' found in the armpitl silty thousand thew muskets, and One hundred and ,wen y pieces of cannon. ou their carriages. Iha molt complete anarchy reigned iu the city ; sonic drunken nuidmen ran through its ditfereut quarters, and every where set tire to them. • The Governor Rostatichiu had caused nil the mer.Azants and shopkeepers to be carried tilt, through whose instrumentality rdor us'At ha.e hi en re-eitabli•lied. More than 44)0 French and Gerfuans were *fretted by his orders ; its fine, lie had taken the precaution of carrying off the firemen with the Ere engines ; so (hat the most complete anarchy has desolati'd this great and tine city, and the flames are devouring it. We have Mond in it • considerable resources of every kind. The Emperor is lodged in the Kremlin, which is in the centre of the city, like a kind of citadel. surrounded by high walls. Thirty thou- Sand wounded or sick Rutsiant arc iu the hospitals. allaaduned, with out succour, anti without nourishment. The Russians acknowledge that o.ey lust fifty thousand men in this battle of the Moskwa. Prince liagration was mortally wounded. A lice h.is been mad! of the Russian Generals wounded or killed in Oaf battle : it aniumutii to between toriy-fare end filly.. 0( fl _.. (-'(C' tat a v i 11,1% 111 ''l