The National Register. — London, England, 1812-11-15 00:00:00

NOV. IS. r- t •,,,,:•tblecotr.:nler the march of NAP() LEON to b a i min as an; thing el-e but a real retre,;t, attfnlly con cea cd, however, even from his soldiers themselves. lie te :s them that they will test from their labours at that p , ic c • but does he not expect at the same time , that , shou!d U USOW not think himself sufficiently strong to 11l a ge neral battle, lie will destroy Kalouga :is well as Moscow. Where then will the long promised winter-rnlrters be fowl(' ? B oNAPAIITE may pu-h on to 'Fula, and meet with the same desolation ; he will then tutu to•his ti..2.ht, and trace hi s way back to Sinolemko, which is nearer Kalouga than lo , cow, and will represent his further retrent once none as measty e of mere convenience, ti taliy uninfluenced by the st'en..;th and positions of the Ru-sian armie;. His first object, however, on quitting Moscow. was pro- IL.blv, as he still pn , sesses a great Orperio;ity in numbers, to o‘anri the pt udent TUSO AV to hazard a general battle, al.ich, if Ue succeeded, would restore him the safe possession o f Nlo,.cow. But we trust that the experience of his antagonist tillonce mote foil his plans. To fight, would he to allow Lint an opportunity of retrieving his fortunes. Let him be coGguered I,y the flames, not the sword. It is less rumour to (OH. tune houses than to waste human lives, for the strength of an empire does not cos.sist in its dwelling , , but in its po pu!ation. Wi..!ter and famine ate now become the mi , !hty :hies of the Russi.,ns, and to them may the fate of the cam , pa;gn be safely entrusted. Let every grain of food that IniAitt support, every but that might shelter the invaders, be Lsvoyed, and their flight, attended with nearly tctal ruin, cull be certain. DEFEATS OF VIE FRENCH---i:EUVETIANCE OF MOSCOW The intelligence promulgated in The i'..:arraorlinaiy Ga• ~tie will be found highly heel esting, and well calculated to inTile new hopes for the issue of the contest. Bo NAP A n hai now obstacles to encounter which were never opposed to him in his fen tiler campaigns. Ile has seldom, if ever, been placed in a situation so truly precarious. It is only reouree seems to he a general engagement, a: d even then defeat would be uin, whilst the utmost he conld hope from a vic tory would be supplies for his army for ti;e greater part of the winter season. The rigour of the cli:nate is already so se verely felt that his soldiers arc physically inferior to their opp:nents. If he succeed in beating the army of KtiTusow he will only gain partial and temporary relief; if he expe rience an overthrow, in all human probability his authority trill not long survive the shock. The heterogenous mass winch he commands be likely to contribute to his de s!-action, and the enslaved nations of Germany will at last rise in vengeance on their spoiler. Sweden, who has hi !hello been undecided how to act, who has been endeavour ingto dupe all parties till she could discover what line of p?licy would be most conducive to her own interesA, Sweden will at last be frightened into honesty, and want courage to shutllt longer. Such an event would at once create and con solidate that coalition which it has long been the object of 211 the nations of Europe to form, but which treaties, years and experience have as yet failed to complete and animate with the vigour necessary to ensure success. 1. mmediately after entering into Moscow, it is said, BcTo NAPARIE sent a message by a Russian Gentleman to the Empeior ALEXANDER, couched in the most amicable, aod !yen familiar terms. Ile said "there was nothing he wished tor more, th an to renew hi s friendship with diEMPEROR, i d• %horn he had ever cheiished the highest esteem, and with whose personal wishes he should at all times be happy C omply;—that had ALEXANDRA requested him not to THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 713 enter Moscow, he would not have entered, it ;--that he W.. 1 even now ready to quit the spot, if such was the do ire o a Sovereign, whom he was anxious to oblige. In short, ti.at- if ALEXANDER desired peace, he had only to say so, and peace should be that instant concluded." Tris bait m have taken with almost any individua:, sooner than widi the- Emperor of Rust A. Ile remelt) be: ed the I,wning the flattering words, the feigned hemrity•of Til.it,—atel felt, that it was not for SINOS to betray a second Tr., . it is needless to say, the friendly oiler was rejeced. In addition to the statemen:s contained in the ave"e Extraordinary, the following pa, ticulars have been n ptild'e, and may be cottsidth cd as official :—" In the La: tle . of the 18th ult. between (;enetal KUTLISOW and Mu RA E. Prince ATOWSKV, who com:-.landed the sth ceTs c f the French array.. was killed, and Gene,als JOIN VILI MONC Ey, and D.% au made. prisoners. The lo‘s of tiie French cannon was in gle,a Ille:tSlIr0 owing to the. Wea satin; uncommonly bad, and the toads so cut up, as te, :tiniest impa , sable. The horses of the French cavalry', I.oin want of fo; age, and not beieg inured to the clima c, we•e feeble, and scarcely tit for service; whih• the Ike sia were in their usual eood condition. Gen. PLATOW, 15 regiments of caval'v, l'ad been dispatched towards S., •-• lenske, to act against Vies rots. pen. Court WINZiNf. , Ett , was taken prisoner, with part cf his :Staff, by a T.ll e• - tachment while reconnoiu ing at a di•tance from i‘lost ow Gen. ()ERTEL I" who commanded at Mozvt, had dt•ti - guiOted himself by a sinks of masterly manaeuvies clout F2th u, the 9.2 d of :Feptetnbe:•, in the course of which troe • • had eompellted Gen Dom alum - it:l to raise the him ks.th Ilobraisk, and fall back upon Mobilow, who the 10. , 1 his magazines, and the total disper-ion of a coro; f men ; of whom I.QOO were killed in various Uio.,tlt enc. '..0-ters ters during the above-mentioned per iod A Tieligoland Mail arrived on Thwsdiv, bring•trg• and Altona papers to the g0;l1 ult. ft appears (torn tir.e-, that the news of the recapture of 7 .`.loseow, by t - •:e itu-s• • • has spread over the Conti:lent with unexampkd ,-;teide and produced every where the ince , t !vowel ful Fer-4:14)1i t Warsaw, the Meath who act as Magistrates, .y.th Cr , A ST ANISI, AUi PoToc_Kl at their lie,td, wei e Geo t'•! •Ilto neral panic, and already thought saw t.,r s t their gates. Their first care was to shut the bars is i s .1 then they issued a proclamation to quiet, as they pre , e' the minds of the people. It will he recollected, that one of the ! itcy French 13. t. 3 recorded the fact of several Russians hqving ben ; death, for no other crime than being faithf-A to t!.e ca:' . r their Country, in endeavouring to tender the pow:ssioo - •h Moscow of as little avail as posible to the it , vad• s lov de stroying it. It DOW appears that this a- rocious act tempted to be covered by the mock salemnity of a .•y Commission, at which the charge of sett n.; fire to CA., •-tiv was formally made against 26 Russians, se oral of whom f c natives of Moscow, and for which ten of them w .te se, te..i.ed to death ; and the remaining 16. although it was a, k !edged that there was not evidence sufficiew to coi:y i• t them, were ordered to be detained in the prisons of i'tiose ! .w, to prevent the mischief they might commit ! h:trl it n -t befit for their own record published to the world, it . yel.tl ct haps, have scarcely been believed that so Wantoa ,trpt ,a rous a violation of every principle of justice hart t( h committed ; yet such is the fact avowed in the I t ::•..b•-tti cial document. A .Military Commission, of French Officers, is appointed to try 20 nalves . 4" , f upon no other charge than that of the faV e . xercks , -%she rizlits 'of war against an invader; and by that - Military Cum.: • e . -~ 41