The National Register.
London, England, 1813-01-03 00:00:00

TIM NATIONAL REGISTER.

which were tOund upon its route, and then has reason to tax the
French with cruelties and bnbarities; but this is not the language
you hold in this Message (Lord Liviitroot.) .; you say it Avas the
Russians themselves who set tire to Moscow, acid the villAgos upon
the mute, what greater cruelty did there remain li)r the French to
commit Did not the sacred cdiftes constitute a part of the cities and
vi!lages which you say the Russians have burnt ? The injury which
Russia haski,ine iper:.(.l4. may be estimated at tine:: million's, and Eng.
laud gives her 5.000,000 !"
The Moniteur of the 25th i 3 entirely filled with a detail of
ilte events and the examinations which took place in con-
sequence of the conspiracy which was suppressed at Paris on
thre morning of the 23d October,
The Moniteur of the 25th mentions that the EMPEROI:
and EMPitt5S %rem at the Opera the preceding morning:
the house was full. Their Mr.usrlEs were received with
the most lively acclamations.
PARIS, DLC. 2:4.-011 the lit of jimuity, their MAJESTIES will,
according to cits•ont, receive the l.image and corgtatulations of tip;
Princes, Ministers, &c, on which clay the mourning will be WS-
voided.
His MAJESTY, this day, held two Councils of interior Admitth-
tla t ion .

JAN 3,

of the failure of the attacks on Canada, and c•s~ential to the
reduction of that province by the American arms.

CAPTURE OF THE MACEDONVIN.
Unlike those party writers who make an ostentatious dis-
play of despair at the capture of another British frigate by
the Americans, we record that unfortunate occurrence with
feelings of regret, but not of despondency. Our loss is one
of men and vessels, not of national honour. 'That British
blood should be shed in vain is certainly lamentable ; but
that British heroism should remain untarnished in defeat it-
self, is a cause for exultation. Those who imagine that our
" sea-spell" is dissolved, and already view, by anticipation,
the American flag waving lord of the ocean, (probably be-
cause Marquis W' ELLESLEY is not at the head of the Admi-
ralty), forget that, two years ago, they expressed no such
terrors, when five or six of our frigates had been taken or de-
stroyed, in various engagements, by the French at the Isle of
France. Yet, it Must be owned, that the occasion would
have afforded greater justification for such pusillanimous
fears than the present. Our " sea-spell" was then " broken"
fry a Power, which, according to a list lately published in this
country possesses, nearly ready for service, 9i sail of the
line, and 87 frigates. But the bravery Of our commanders,
in less than two months, wove it again, and placed the whole
force of the enemy at the Mauritius, with our captured ti
gates, in our hands. In that instance, the first successes
gained by the French might have been supported and im-
proved by an existing powerful navy : in the present, the
Ameticans have to create one. Ten frigates, one sloop,
since we have taken the Wasp) three brigs, three schooners,
and four bombs, arc not dangerous, even in victory. They
may, from their superior size and weight of metal, capture a
few vessels, but when our naval arm is extended in its
strength, they must inevitably fall., because they have no
force whatever in reserve to supppot t them.
The two actions that have been fought, although ter-
minating in defeat on our part, have brought at least
as much honour to the conquered as to the conquerors.
When skill is exerted, and 'courage contends, to the utmost,
the triumph cif sups!, for force, is only a momentary advan-
thge gained on one side, and no credit lost on the other.
That the strength of the American vessels opposed to ours
was such :s to insure victory ; the following table of their
dimensions compared with ours will show. It will be seep,
that what in the navy of the United States is called a.i';:af',
exceeds in length our threc-i/Lckers, or 110 gun ships, far
surpasses our fifties and sixty-fours, and equals our seventy-
' fours in tonnage.

AMERICAN FRIGATES-.
Length Breadth
Mounting. on thin-deck. for Tonnage. Ton..
Vt. In. Fr. by.
53 180 4) 43 10 1630
BRITISH VESSELS.
38 141 01 59 01 918
:7)3 131 0 41 o 1114
64 160 13 44 9 1413
74 171 3 47 7 16(.8
93 177 6 30 2 1933
110 163 0 5,2 012 2091
The American frigates carry long 24-pounders on the
main-deck, when even the largest first-rates in our service
carry on the main-deck only long eighteens. Their quarter.
deck and forecastle guns are 44-pound carronades; and no
vessel of any desc:iption in our navy carry on either of these
decks, a heavier gun than a 32.
To all these advantages, is to be added the consideration
of the numiper of their crew. The complement of an Dig-

Rated.
Guns.
44