The National Register. — London, England, 1812-12-20 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. fig 4 trate, and seem c,eval with the French Not*, us they pre called a to..rt canticles DY rel.i:-,ious songs, in toich intictikrus nonsense, b o r• slenti,, upon blasphemy, and not excusable, bit! upon the plea of real intoranee. iu these who compowd and sang the.ii, is united to quaint ideas and incorn,et rhymes.—Also St. Ana,tasia, Virgin and Martyr. Peace between Ilussia and rran:e.—t7:2 4 ). hof Collins, the. V uThor of the Ode on !he Passions.-1758. Dt.ith of James Hervey. trreatiTher of the " Meditations."--1759. Birth of ItiLltard Poisson, the best eel: scholar in our time. The Sun iises at S h. 8 min. sets at 3 h. 52 Last quarter of the Mia , n, at 3 h. Ate, twou. 2.6 Stitardaif.—St:Stephen. He was the first Deacon chosen by the Apostles; lie bore the malice of lii adversaries with supernatural courage, and was stoned to dealt by them. The taking up of his lady. and the mountings of the Christians for his death, are the sub• iert of a most beautiful rerfortmince by Mr. West. P an - I has *rot lot g since admired in the church of st. Stephen ‘Valbiook. 1 7 15. The Pretender landed at Peterhead.-1780. Death of Dr. John rothergill. an eminent physician. The Sun rises at 8 h. 7 min. sets at 3 h. 53 TWENTY-NINTH . BULLETIN. ANTICIPATED. PEACE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. DEC. 90. 3 per rent. Red. I per Centi. 1 1 , MU NV A I'EH. ,IT LONDON lALIGP, an Sunday -.. widay 'Ft; tirie..t) ... Friday S.lturday lEVF!‘iNG ▪ a I ler 3 . • 1(1 , 31 --- ~~ .. Subicribcri, and the Publ:c in gelonal, are teipl-ctfully that Tile Put PIT will be resumed in our next, with Strictures en 14 Rev. LIMY Haldane Stewart, Minister of Percy Chapel, P.atiikwe. place, and Chaplain to the Itmottrable thu Earl ()I' BreadalbutP. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Loan, SUNDAY, DECEIIBEr ‘2O. P.NI G .... 3 after 3 ... ... 39 r .... Staroy Borisow, Nov. 19. The winter is now completely set in. The army is in ex cellent spirit., though night bivouacking on the ground does rot agree with them well. Some of the lath of Pali.; who were formerly mechanics, have constructed very neat bed steads of ice, which arc found of great service. The sheets furnished in these parts, are beau tifolly 'white. The army is well supplied with most of the necessaries of life. Snow, in particular, is so abundant, that every one gets as much as he wants, for nothing. A scarcity of shoes is felt: but these are things the soldiers of NAPOLEON the Great do 'not stand upon. • On the 17th, a cloud of Cossacks attacked Prince Ec MUHL. The enemy was defeated, and our brave fellows took possession of a forest in their rear with little difficulty, with the exception of 9,170 men, who march towards Mos cow, in order to intercept the Russian supplies: Prince EcK num. covered himself with glory, all of which he carried with him to Liadi, on which place he made a movement alone. The weight of his glory was so great, that he jud,;ed it prudent to leave his Marshal's baton hebind. On the following day the Duke of Etc in tGEN covered himself also with glory, all of which, together with a wound, • he carried across the Dnieper. The Russian General Mr LARADOVTTCII was completely defeated, his Nvhole army stabred, and he himself was glad to consent, on a flag of truce fteing sent to him at midnight; to allow 1-2,0013 of our sol diers to join their comrades on the way to Mo3cow. What the EMPEROR'S next movement will be is not known. Some think he will go to Callicia on a visit to his father-in-law ; others imagine lie will imitate Co ART. LS the XIETn. of Sweden, by paying his compliments to the Ottoman Porte. Perhaps he will quit the army as he did in Egypt, to prepare for the reception of his soldiers at Paris. Whatever this father of soldiers may decide upon, there is Ito doubt of its beim?, exactly what could be wished ; and as ire knows his life is dearer to every man in the army than his own„ his parental anxiety will doubtless consult the f.elings of his soldiers, by endeavouring in the first instance to pro vide for his own safety. The weather is beautiful, the roads superb, the snow en chantinu,ly white, the ice refreshingly cool, the bail remark ably soft, the EMP EROS health excellent, bls condition ollightful! RU SIA N CANWALG LETTERS OF LORD WELLINGTON TO THE EMPF,ROr, AND Elt.--RUI N OF TUB FRENC:I GRAND ARMY. We have learnt from unquestionable art:horitv, that onr immortal Commander in the Peninsula wrote two letters, a few mouths since, to the Emperor of Rossi/1, in which he expressed " his firm confidence that the plan of retreatine,ad destroying the country, adopted by the Russian (general', would be attended with the happiest results. He felt autho rized to state this by his own experience, having ascertained the efficacy of that system in his campaign with He earnestly advised his IMPERIAL M AjEST to persevca , , and had no doubt but the deeper the French should pePo trate into his country the more certain would the neccsitv of their retreat become, and the greater would be the dimi• nution of their force. By repeating the same line of con. duct, should they attempt a fresh invasion, he wa: convinA the very last regiment of the'enemr might be annihiLred." Such were the sentiments expressed by a-Commander, who, though carrying on a most important and difficult ea;PN;:n himself, against superior nuLthers, at one extremity of rope, could follow the movements of contending armies ;It the other, and assist the Allies of his country with the Cuiti of his expel ience and wisdom. That his letters have ol‘ol to confirm the resolution of ALEXANDER, when te tide of de s truction that had overwhelmed one of his c apit h als, daTat cried to swallow up his whole empire, it is not unrelsi•nah.:. to infer. The opinion of the conqueror of Salamanca have been considered as an oracle spoken by victory and foreboding success. And how has the prophetic inn. illation been realized ? The Russians persevered, thougtlrh tir their sincere friends, but less clear-sighted observcrs, retreat ind the desolation of their laud ap p e ared ` the s equence of necessity, not of choice._ Moscow, hich t; Al enemy fancied would have afforded them comfortable wi..l'`.:7 qu a r ters, and protection against attack, as they expectcd.: world have been respected by their antagonists, was limi t :. native patriotism, and its destruction, together with the e. . vance of W ITTGENSTEIN and TCHICRAGOFF.3 reinfoc armies, compelled the invad ers to a sudden and disastiu,.!, retreat. It was then the excel lence of Lord WLLLltsol'o- advice was fully known a nd his antici p ations of success c,! pletely.verified. The first retrogra de movement of the ere Jny was the signal for-Offensive operations to all the . corps and militia on the vast theatre of war. rt,ApoviTcu and the indefatigable Cossacks harassed 20 l e k . a • i 1: t!