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FRENCH PAPER'. P.I.RIS, OCT. 11.—Seteral pieces emanating from the Governor Rastopschin have already been joinea to the last Bulletins. Subjoined are some others from the same, which are not_ less curious from the singularity of stile. We guarantee the authenticity of them. BULLETIN OF, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL:] MOSCOW. • His Serene Highness Prince NutitsOff, :in-order sooner to collect all tlie:troons whichirere march ing to join hint, has' left Mojaisk,,to occupy a for tified place, in which it is probable the enemy will not.speedilv present themselves. .We are go _irtg_ tn. sen,t the.Prino.f. , i'orty-eight: cannons,. ti ith ammunition. He rays - that he 'Will defend 71 - oicowstO the last drop of his blood, and that he is prepared to fight even, in the streets of this town :.the : tribunals have been closed, but that mnay not trouble you, my friends, affairs nanSt be put' in order. We -have no need of tribunalS to proceed against scoundrels if, hoi.rever,,,ty ishould he necessary, I will take young men Ifont the city, and country. In two or _three days I will give the signal. Ann yourselves with hatchets and. pikes, and if you will do hetter, take three portged forks: To-morrow I will-go and see the wounded St. Catherine'sliospital. I will cause Mass to be said, and the water blessed for their speedy cure. In respect to myself, I am well : one of my eyes was affeeted, but 1101% 1 I can see perfectly well with both. '(Signed) Count ItAsTo•Psdun.T. Moscow, Aug. u. (Sept.ll.) No. M.—(Here is another piece, in which the Governor announces a balloon. ,which :le had caused to be made. .rt was Under pretext of this balloon, that he collected a great quantity -of fire-• works and artificers to prepare the incendiary ma chines of, which he made use to burn the city.) ADVICE FROM THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF MOSCOW. [lt is without date, but it was ptiblished in the month of August,] The -Eniiieror has confided to thc care of constructing a balloon, Which shall be stiiiiciently strong to carry fifty men, and which can, he di rected with or against wind. You will one day know what Will result from this balloOn, and you will rejoice at it. If the weather is fine to-mor row, or the day after, 1 Will make a trial of it at any town house. I inform you Of, it, that in see ing it, you may not think it proceeds from.the vil lain. It is, - on,the contrary; Made for his ruin.:— General I'latoff, supposing tat his, _Majesty the Emperor was ,already here, .arrived at I'tiosco - and immediately repaired to my house... to night, 'departs for 'the army, in order to be ins time for the battle, a - tato sing Te Deunis.' , [EXTRACTS FEOM THE MOS o`,V' GAZETTES.] Moscow, July t 23. (Aug. 4.) The Conunanda:;t in Chief of the. Russian armies, Prince Kutusoff, 'Conformably to the duties or a Chri!_-.tia - n, went the evening preceding. his do for the'ariples to tl.l 'l l ,lct-eopolitari Ctlitrcti (.;.; Kasan, to implore the aid of the All- Powerful. .;' , .iter m, the Priest gaye to this great Captain of the Russian warriors aliOly cross, and some blessed water. After this he per formed homage to the fine, image of our. Lady of Kasan, enriched with ornaments of gold. The inns trionspan, penetrated with faith, 'having received this holy offering, suspended it to his neck, fer vently imploring the-benediction olthe ,;(01 -Power-: ful ; whilst the temple, filled with an immense concourse of people, shedding tears. of joy and affection, biessed the departing hero. All lifted. 111) ; with veneration towards !leaven, their wishes . and benedictions for the sacred. Monarch . deigned to confide the conduct of the brirre Bus-, sian warriOrs to that , great man, so experienecci in the art of war, and the true s on ofbis'counti'Y'. Ail hearts were filled with afirmeonfidenee:in the Russian 'armies. LETTER FROM THE''COMMA'SbER OF . ALL . THE Ac..- TIVE 'ARMIES, .TO THE GOVERNOR. OF NOSCOW2 COTINT RAS TOI'SCIIIN. .1 have just learned with the most profound grief, that the repOrts spread respecting the ope rations of the.army, r.by ill-dispo,sed people, de stroy the repose of the inhabitants of Moscow, and throw them into despair. I very burrotr entreat yon,: Count, to assure and state to them for certain, that our troops are not yet, in that . state of ‘c'eale:'-' ness'inWhich it is endeavoured to represent them ; on the•contretry, all 'our 'warriors; not having yet tried , a general battle, cannot have descended to 'such a ckgree of weakness ; but animated by that spirit of bravery which is inherent in them, they - wait xvith the utmost. impatience the moment for sealini,.- with their blood thei r devotion to the au gust &one and their country. All our move merits have hitherto been directed to guarantee 1116 scow, the first capital. May the All Omnipo tent bless our undertaking such should be the. of - ail the chi i.lrea of Ru3sin. _ . I beg you, Count, to assure all the inhabitant's of Moscow, by my grey hairs, that hitherto we have never had a single affltir which the enemy's advanced guard in which our troops have not bad the advantage ; and that if there has not been a grand battle, that has depended upon my command in chief. • From the Monastery of Kololskoi, Aug. 21, " • (Sept. 2), 1512 'ARIS, OCT.. 13.---Private letters frOM,Moscow, oc:the 25th of September; contain f re sh d e t a il s , the anthc.., - oticity.of guarani e, re-; specting the catastrophe' which happened in that city, and which we hasten to publish' at a moment vhen-.every . thing that comes from the North ex cites the grealest interest. We could hardly have believed that• the'burn ,, M ing of oscow was t the result of the r m st ove ment of. despair, When the impossibility of,arrest ing the march of the French army forced the „Rns sinus :to abandon their ancient capital... rfliat idea Avds' so liatural, that many persons had adopted it ; and although it cannot justify the:cOnduct of the. .4t3overnor Rastopchin, it a little lessens the hor ror which the frghtful image of an irunierde given up to the flames by,those,Who ought to.have: protected it, 'naturally inspires. -Now.' that :eet-..; t ain facts, Which. admit of no doubt,. prove that i bis lire had been beforehand conceived=-that the rr:ears of neStrt•entian Were leisurely Combinefl ‘e - it deliberate refleclion—astonishment7 and indigna 7 * tion knoW no bounds. Never was a destructive combination better formed. The of: -toncliin, that is to say, 5000 banditti to whom lie head cpened their' pris'on doors, proceeded. With . torches in. their hands to the different parts of ,the city, to set fire to the houses ; and to render the firemore destrnctive, they observed from what 'side the Wind blew, to burn all the buildings to windward. In many houses were found all sorts of combustibleS; which, when discovered, our sol diers found' i.t imposSible ,to extinguish... At the moment the soldiers matte this discovery, .they• feared some might have been plaCed in the Krent- Ain - , but the most minute researches proved the Contrary. -It appears, that in their' blind Obsti-• racy, ;the enemy thounih they . could maintain themselVeS. for some 'time in that fortress from which a few cannon-sh o t was su ffi c ient to drive them. It was the pronant at rival of our troops which saved the Kremlin. All these facts explain how the lire began in hnildings and uninhabited houses. :The superb building of the Bank was almost entirely consumed before the iron gates could be penetrated, and_ an entrance made.-. What surpasses' all belief is, that when the French presented themselves to arrest the prbgress of the flames, .a single 'engine could not be found. The firemen had even :been Obliged to quit this unfer- Innate city, the inevitable ; destruction of which was calculated with a sang- froid which makes hu manity. shudder, There now remains to us the painful task e r f relating a trait of barbarity, - with which we, could. have dispensed, Were 'it not tie ' ceSsary that Europe should know the character and Manners Of. that,pcople who have often been represented as civilised. A wretched man, named Wertigen, had been - imprkonod six months: for • haviitg Written, that six mouths the Em peror of the French would be in 11loscow. Upon the first news of the arrival of the French, the Goct'ernor-General brought forth the prisoner; and without any judicial form, had him executed.-- Rastopchin 'tuck a. horrible pleasure in insulting this unfortunate :--" Thou hast announced.," said he to him, " that the Emperni of tlie,French ' would come to INfoscoiv- , ---if be comes': you awill not see him." By a refinement of cruelty, Ros- -topehin .sent for the father of the victim to" be a witness of his en . punishmt, Fortunately he had 'fled. • ~ • These horrible details will serve to form the opinion of all Europe respecting the eyents %bid' bare just occurred at Alyseow ; but when one re flects upon the an;.t...; made by the French ariny, under the eyesorthe,Emperor, to save Moscow , froths total destruction, very - opposite sentiments will arise, and. it' will be .acknowledged that true courage is always accompanied by :clemency and generosity. . Our brave men will relax from their fatigues: They - have. found' provisions for several fnontliS ; they, without doubt, have not the same resourcei as if they were cantoned near a:city of the first order; ,but what remains of Me cow is, at least, .as huge as Brussels ; and -an exact' idea of their situation' may ,be formed by supposing that the. 4cneral,head-quarters are in the latter town, and the troops cantoned in the neighbourhood'. Since it i.s eVident, from every thing that has taken place for some years, that the ambitiouaproiectS of the Russian Government, seconded by England, must necessarily` bring about war between France and RUssia; :there is no Frenchman who,. consi= dering his country or hig 'Children's interest, ought not to' congratulate himself 'that it has broken out under' existing. circumstances. Is it not fortunate for Prat - tee kind Eurolie that their destinies :arc cdatided . to .the greatest Captain or; the age,. to the hero whose pritdeitce equals his activity, who abandOns nothing to chance, over cortle-s all onstacles, and seems by his genius to en chain fortune, and command events ? . . • • NAPLES, SEPT. 30-:—The unanimous deposi tions of the lagitives who arriN a from Sicily, and the Very . Journals ,frorn Palermo and 'Messina, concur in proving, that that unhappy island is overwhelmed with the weight of political evils, of which the English are the authors. The animo sity of parties haS arisen to the greatest height of exasperation. To occupy 'and tranquilize Men's. minds, the English have placed before them the phantom of a new Constitution ; but ills present, was quickly judged worthy. of them who' had of fered it. The, .BaronS discovered that their pretended allies only sought to eternize the English dominion. ' s In the, midst of these agitations, an horrible event happened as a point-to make a diversion in all party quarrels : the Parliament had tact, and whilst in the place even of their meetings.; a sort J. • • of mine 'or inundatory. machine exploded, which, forayrately, either 'badly calculated., or ill com bined, caused but little damage.' All reseayches to discover the author of so . frightful an attempt haVe proved 'fruitless. Each party accuses the other of it, and it is,now begun to be supposed that . 'the true authors Of it only let off this machine in order to have a subject of accusation agaiast those they wished to render. suspected. In the mean time Queen CAROLINE has less liberty than ever; King FERDINAND in a similar situation Prince Er:AN - cis', in vain decorated with the title of Vicar-General, enjoy s but a serahlance of authority... Several Barons have:endeavoured fiight to avold the evils they foresaw. The English are, perhaps, g'oing`to to'd.l these political troubles Gtf, a gene ral famine, by sending off to their array in Spain, the little , 'corn which remains in the island. Governor Goßoo, of Berbice, is about to' re turn to. Europe. Brib•ratlier-GeueraIINIURRAY act 'during Ms absence. . The Duke of MANCRETEri, Governor of Ja maica, is ,expected to retura to that island. in November next. GOTTEN - BURGH 111. A TL: r',uS',4tAlN: 1..3c.,tELV;3. nEroRT of THE GENERAE-..m.c.tutr KUTT3SOW, TO HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, RitOM Tula VILt.AGE ellii..ll-I,'DATED' SEPT. 4. , (16). • " After the sanguinary though victorions. battle_ fought-by your .Majesty's.tr4ps on- the 26th Ult. (Sept: 7), 1 was obligeil.to, kavemy position near - Borodino, for 'reasons of which thave already had. the honour to inform your Majesty. After that battle the armies were much weakened. Unde r snch circumstances we approached Tgoscow, hav ing daily much fighting With the enemy's advane , eel guard. The reinforcements. which :I - hoped to l' met 'With had 'not yet arrived. • The; enemy form ed'. two, new columns,-one on, the 110r0w415, .and the other on_the Zwenigo roads; with - the - vie Cir of acting against my reserve near T+loSeow.. •In con-' sequence of this, I could not risk another battle . ; the - issue of • which Woul4notonly have been ck.;- structive to the army, but would have reduced Moscow to.asheS. • In this truly lamentable.situa . tion, and after consulting my Generals, amongst there were some of a different opinion, -was., - :onipelled to let the enemy enter Moscow, . (nit of which all the valuables, the stores in the arsenals, and almost all other property, imperial or private, were previously conv.eKed, and scarcely a single inhabitant remained in the town. I take the liberty most humbly to represent to your Majesty, that the entrance of the enemy into Moscow is not yet the annihilation of the Empire.- I am making -a movement with my army towards the Toula road. This will enable me to keep open my connrinnications with the ne_ighbonting Govern , mO - its. Any other measure would have ure,vent ed this,. and also have' separated 'ma from the ; of Tormazow and Tschichagow., confess, that the abandonment of the capital is • very hard ; but considering the advantages n!hich May accrue to us from it, a n d particularlythe pre- Servation of our armies, it is no lot-crtO be la-. mented; ; and 1 now proceed to oc, - ;upy,,with my . forces, ' a - line, by which I shall command, the roads leading to Toula -and Kaloup, -annoy 'the. Whole line of the enemy extending from . Smolen .-sko to Moscow, and be enabled to cut off all rein forcements marching to join him from the' rear. By thus. occupying the attention of the enemy, 1, hope to: compel him to leave Moscow-, and to change-his ,whole line of operations, . 4 ".",lrhe General Winzingerode has received orders froth me to post bittiself On - the - Tyr& road, and to detach a regiment of Cossacks on that to jaroslaw, to - protect the inhabitants froth being moleSted by'smalf bodies of the enemy. • I am at no great distance froth Moscow, and as soon as I have collected my troops, I can with confidence... await the approach of the enemy: As as 69 army of your Imperial Majesty is entire, and ani mated With its known courage and zeal', the loss . of Moscow is not yet the los,of the Empire.. For the rest, your Majesty May be assUred; -that this event is the necessary consequence ...3f the:loss of SmolenSko" - - - • • The St. Petersbitrgh Gazette:of Sept. 6, contains a dispatch from General Essen,. GO vernor of Riga, wherein 'he details the late successful sorties tif 4,.]e garrison, which have been already publiShed: His dispatch-concludes thus,:— " The t'''rench have hitherto confined themselves to a"striet blockade of this fortre: - ,s but though their heavy artillery is. arrived at„Mittan, they Rio not 11231iC preparations.to commence 'the, siege in forM. At present they have actually fortified the positions they hOld,, as if, they were afrai&of be lug attacked or rather, as'if we were the he, siegers, and they the.besiegcd!. They expect to derive flaeilities in their i.1. - )proachca• to this place front th 6 cold weaeter ; bit as I am _inform:!'d that their troops already complain of the hard ships they endure, they will he retained with difficulty in the depth of winter in so arduous a duty. `‘. The Prussian Officers . whom I have made pri soners tell me, that they are restrained from quit- ting the service by the 'threats that their faatilies would be imprisoned, their property confiscated, t ems ei vcs outlawed. Both officers and mr,r, have likewise long arrears of pay, which are i.vith held to bind them to the service.. " I have rendered this fortress as defensible as time and circumstances would admit; and am de termineel to defend it to the utmost of my -bower. With the blessing of God, the enemy shall never obtain possession of it, but find a grave beneath its walls. I Cannot conclude without bearing testimony to the conduct of the Eutlish naval-otficers and Seatnen,; our brave allies : they. have performed the most essential services to . hislmPerial Majesty in this quarter. Their courage prompts them to undertakezthe most hazardous enter priset, wbieh their skill and -foresight enables . them to execute success. In every danger . they are foremost, and in every difficulty capable of I have derived great assiStance froM them. - " - Vox ESSEN, " Ria, Sept. 6.", The-Emperor Alexander has written a letter to. Count Wittgenstein, in acknowledgment of his services, and tranSaiitting*him "a grand'cordon of the Order of St. George—the highest -Military Order in Russia; and 'conferred only.un Generals who have gained a battle. . _ • The title of Baron has been Made *hereditary in ,the family of Tenon, the French traveller. M. I.J(iOI..T . VE; the French dramatic poets died last month, in• Paris, at the age of 46 years. A daughter of the celebrated RoussEtui died at. a Paris, on the 12th August, in the 'last stage of disease, contracted by the meretricious sale of her charms. AY n, OCT,, s.—We had, a dreadful storm here on Saturday night, it blew a perfect. hurricane ; its effects have been truly melanchOly. About ele - ten o'clock a boat went down of the bar mouth, . and every one perished ; being so dark and boisterous no - assistance could be given,. but the cries of, the sufferers were heard on the shore for about ten mitintes . before the silence of death took, Place. It cannOt he ascertained .what she was, , but it is supposed, from'severaL articles that have beenyvashed on shore, that. it has been some plea sure boat from :Belfast with passengers for the aces. Three of the bodies have been got, one of the gentlemen with a gold watch; . NEW PARLIAMENT, MEMBERS RTLTRET). Devonshire, J. P. Bastard, Esq. Sir T. D. Aci .. Bart. Deabighshfre, .Sir W. IV. NVynne, f!fgrpeth,__M.r . . Qrd, Esq. fic..;n. W. Howard. .C010.n.e.1 Thomas johnes. • I'orieshirp.,:Lor.,,,-.1 :AEI: on Lion. H. Laseelles. Kensington. Brificaorl, .f.',...erje . atit Best, Lient.--Col. St Paul; ..1- on. G. Canning, General Br 4o1 ; Protheroe, E.sqrs. - • Y. CONTESTED ELECTIONS. SPAR.EY.—OcT..I7. IVIr Sumner .. .....1617 I ,Sir T. Turton Sir Thomas Sutton .. 154:1 I • i)R.Dah.SEIIR Dunclas • • • pis I~evLii. • • 73g E.--OcT. 17. 1 Hallett. , r : ~~~t •r ' , cI , IYERPOO.L.—zOeT. 16 : —L.IsT DAY Caning , 1631 I Creevey Gascovfie 51:'.1;. Tarieton 1111 . ' • ... Ii NOTTINGLIA , •I.—OrT. IC. Smith 001.3 1 Arliwright ttancrtif 1715 Satutday morning. Mr. Anr_wraGnT declined. OxFORi.), Ocr. IG. Finll close of the Poll. .BG - z.: I Ed • 7$S 1327 I Saturday morning Mr. EDEN declined. Total number of Freemen - "vVri4l!t . Lockiiit I t WEYMODTH.---OCT, 1,7. Sir T. Murray ...: .... 198 Mr. H.-Trail .., night Hon, T. Wallace 153 Mr. R. Steward, Mr. Broadhurst - 146 M. W. Williams tss, . 117 .... 96 CHESTER CITY.—OcT. 17. Lail. Grosvenor Mr. EgertJa... ....592 j Sir Richard BroAe 545 ....548 I Mr.Towrishend 489 Mr. VALENTINE" BLAKE, the former oppontut of Mr. ,TA.s. DALY for .- GalNyay, has been solicited by the Indcpelidentinterest to oppose himself to Mr.. PoNsoic.9,-The election was fixed for the 16th". • On ViedtiesdayA Court-Martial, was opened be fore Afai'o'r•General Dyott and a board of Officers, on Quarter:MaSter Weir, 'of the 2d Drazoons or. Scots 6 . i=e'y's;'cluartered at our Barracks, for the itiVestigation of-a char:4-e made against him of overcharging the necessaries to the wen, &c. The , Court continued the examination'of - --witnesses till yesterday, when the,. evidence being,closed on the part of the prosecution, the prisoner solicited till Tuesday to prepare "his defence, to. which day the Court adinurned.,--(Manchester Weekly ..rpress,) SaturdarldS-tr i as Mr. Dennis, Quarman, of Ply - iniiiifirlltipstyard, was inspecting the Revolution are friglt, aftrer,,,the artisans who had been working 'by candle , llglie had retired, he fell into the hold of the:'&3ip, . f tnd , : was not discovered until the re turn of the„Worktnen into the Yard, when he was taken up dead. 'Phis .is the s , 2.cond fatal accident taat has occured on board the same ship. On Thursday morning another melancholy cc curreneefook place In the Pock-yard. As four teen Shipwrights, carrying a heavy piece of timber, .were crossing a plank from the edge of the dock to the Queen Cl'arlotte, it gaVe way, and the whole were-preCiPitated to-the bottom-. One of them, callecUohn .Clarke,died soon afterwards, flora the violence: of his fall :, the others were ranch bruised, 'bpt not ,dangerously. Saturday Morning a Court-Martial Was held on llliarra , aiter, Landman, on hour(' his Majesty's shill : Coquette, in-POrtsmauth harbour, for maim ing himself by chopping off hii left hand, at the Joint, on the evening of the Ist of Sep t..mber. CoUrt agreed that the charge had been proved, and holding in great abhorrence the commission of so atrocious and unmanly an act, ..by which, his country is oeprtved of his ef fective services, did adjudge him to be employed in the most - menial situation on board such ship ,of his Majesty ; as the Commander in Chief of hie Majesty's ships and vessels . at': 'Spithead, and in P m ortsmoh harb6ur, or the Lord's Coin missioners of the 'Admiralty, shall• from, time to tithe direct, and to be rendered unworthy for ever hereafter of beitrg employed in any situation su perior to Landman in the Royal Navy.--Rear-Ad miral LERGOOD, President. The•Freuch - Paners notice'an extraordinary im provisateur, named ARMANI, who has lately ap peared..at-Coui., He is said to possess vast ein dition joined to great poetical excellence. He declaimsin'clifferent languages, and with so much rapidity, that he appears to be reading a poem in stead of composing. it. His ordinary .rate of com positionjs twelv,e.simnets,. upon as many different subjects, in twenty minutes, with the terminating word of each line fiirnished by the condetors. • : SNIITUTIEI,D MARKET, OCTOBER 19: This days Market was amply supplied with Prinie Beasts, ,and the show of Cattle in other re spects was tolerably good ; Mutton is cheaper ; Beef, Pork, and Veal,'sold at last prices, and the trade in: general was pretty brisk. The saleS in the Ifay-market . were rather considerable Hay, Straw, and Clover, obtained last prices. We an nex a correct statement of the prices and num bers - To sink the Offal, per Stone of sib. Beef, 4s. 04. ti► ss. 44. Mutton, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. Veal, 04. to 7e. Od. Lamb, Os. to Os. ad. Pork, ss. 04 to •;-. 2d. Beasts, 2550. Sheep, 16,500._ Calves, 130. Pigs, 240. • SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET. 41„ Os: to 51. 10s. Straw, 21. Os. to 21. 10s. Clover, 61. 10s. to 71.03. CORN-TN:CHANGE, OCT. 19.---There being a • short supply of Wheat at our Market to-day, and a numbt:r of needy burers, that article experieaced an'advance of from 4s. to 6s. per quarter; the quantity of Malt, Barley, and Rye, fully equal t') the Oc.mand, and no alteration in price ; the sup - ply of Oats from Lincolnshire and Yorkshire is so ample as to occasion a reduction of 2s per quar ter ; all other kinds o»:. Grain at last quoted prices ; Flour remains the same. New Wheat 37 s. ll7s. I 225. Tick 'Beans - Fine ditto - - - 1295. Old ditto Rye - - • 68s. 7ss. 100 s. - -98 s. 102 s. Barley -• 51s. 555. New Ditto - - - 58 s. Malt - - " 87s. '97s. Fine ditto , . 100 s. White Peak (b0i1.)1225. 11.25. New ditto , 120 s. Grey ditto - - -78 s. 83s. NecrAitto - • - • Btis. Feed Oats - - - 535. s7s. Fine ditto - - Poland ditto - - Ms.s3s. Old ditto - Pobitoe ditto - Rape , Seed - - Fine Flour - - Seconds - - - - 641. 681. 1055..1103. 1005. 105 A.