The National Register.
London, England, 1812-10-18 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

dcstroying angel " amidst an ecean of flame;' the
ww-ehouses Mled with the accumulated prednce of the East
and of native industry, have been consumed ; and in tote I
condagration of a whole city lives without nutnt•er have
been lost. But the main object of the enemy has been (le.
felted. Ile has been deprived of those " comfortable win- .1
tet ooarter:i.." which he anticipated with so much delight,
and to obtain which he fought the sanguinary battle of
Moskwa. Isis resources, he acknowledges, are considerably
diminished ;.and it beComes•doubtful Whether he will be
able to maintain. himself, amidst the ruins of the burnt
capital, under the aspe:ity of a Northern winter. 'lad
Wseow remained entire, its palaces would have become the
habitations of his soldiers, its churches would have been
turned into hospitals, and its temainiog population into the
slaves and servants of the invaders, who would have enjoyed
every comfort, whilst the Russian armies, compelled to en-
camp in the field, or to retire to Jistant towns, would have
encourittred every difficulty, and sutlered every privation,
or by their remoteness freed him flow any apprehension un-
til the return of summer. As it is, however, without any
other shelter for his troops than the miserable barracks built
out of the wrecks of the city, with a reduced stock of provi.
F. ions, and a long line of communications liable to beintercept-
ed, he may be considered in a situation pregnant with danger,
provided the resolution of ALEXANDER do not fail. If the
mighty ruin which hai overwhelmed a large portion of his
empire, and in the destruction of one of his capitals has el-
le:Jed that of .his richest merchants, manufacturers, and
nobles, does not produce the intimidating effect which we
apprehend( d on the Russian autocrat, hi independence may
yet be recovered, and his territory freed from the gi asp of
its invaders. The ^vitt( heroism of his subjects, although
hitherto unavailing on the field, has raised by its voluntary
sacrifices a stibn4er banier to the ultimate success Of the
enemy., than that which was so bravely oppwed to his
progress at Moskwa. Dispatches from Lord CATticART
state, that Gen. KUTUSOW thinking his position untenable
after his victory, had fallen back in search of another, which
he could not find in an extent of -eighty miles ; in con:;e-
quence of which he had recited twenty miles 1..•.y0nd Mos-
cow, allowing the Fiench to enter that city without opposi-
tion. As the battle of Moskwa was fought for the express
purpose of saving Moscow, from the subsequent abandonment
of that capital, and the last dispatch from Prince Ku TUsoW,
dated Nera, three days after the action, and about forty
miles from the field, in which he does not even then mention
the number of pi isoners taken, that of killed and wounded,
or even the capture of any Cannon, we must reluctantly
conclude, that, a:though he may have inflicted nearly an
equal loss on the enemy, yet he- must have been worsted
But as his army, though diminished, remained undisposed
and undismayed, and as the junction of the Moldavian
troops with Gen. To a M ASOW enables that commander to
threaten, in conjunction with the reinforced WITTGEN-
STEIN, the real, of the enemy, it may still be hoped, that ere
long the campaign, instead of being terminated by the
disastrous capture and destruction of Moscow, may be
concluded by the defeat or the retreat of its. invaders.

Baron NICOLA], the Russian Minister to this country, ar-
rived yesterday morning at Harwich, With his family.
A mail from Lisbon arrivedlesterduy, but has not btonght
any intelligence from the Mart Ole, Of .WiLLTNGFOI4 of so
late a date as we obtain by the.Corun4
General HILL is pursuing hie march BALI. AS-
TEROS is following. SiipT.T., aid harissiiig his tear
_gilark
But there is no clout( ofSoutr having cfeccied his junctiqn
WA SI:CHET.

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Thur.d3v, Government received dispatches front
I Cathcart, the substance of which was published in the
followitv, Bulletin :
" FOREWN-OFFICF., OCT 15.
" Accounts have been this morning received from General Viscount
Catlicut, dated St. Pactsburgli, Sept. , atitiatating to the following • •
et*et
" Marshal Prince Kutwow having withdrawn his army front
~ternte Moscow, title enemy en, ered it on the 14111. But the Emperor
of Russia nas determined to persevere,. and refuse every overture to
negnetate, ...irect or Unlit-est. By every account, the French lost
100.19 11101 in nhe battle of Borodino, atid retreated 13 versts. Tv",
da%s atter the battle, Kotitsow retired a shot t tiktance on the Moscow
road ; he then ei•d•avotut.rllo find a position tenable near Mos.
t..0%v ; but, such not being to he found, 11: retie d, aft:r a Council
uf War, to a s:r, i•g position, leaving the enemy to cuter the city.
" Fite positi...ll take,' up by the Itusiaus is wail) '2O ticyosol
Mos;;.,,v, near tioookk and xV::1; alesk.
" The co.onunications of the enemy on the tide of Smolcrisk are
menaced Thirty thousand n:en are near Twer. The of
Kalou4a nut the surrounding couw,,ieb are kert in their positions.,
Flirt of Moscow is with K . A battle in the new position
st.eins inevit..ble at,an early day. Tormazoll's corns would he near
itt.),(!no men in a few to.ays: detachments from Riga and Fitil.uul
%vete moving to jinn Wittg.nstyin."

It is stated in some accounts, we hope with much exag,-
gel ation, that during the conflicts and the conflagration of
the In use; at Maccow, including rrench and natives, of men,
women, and children, no fewer than '200,000 pei ished.
At len,gth the peace between Russia and Turkey has been
proclaimed at Constantinople. The letters mentioning the
fact, add, that at certain entertainments given on the ocea-
si,,n by the GRAND SEIGNIOR, the French Atnhas-ador ex-
cused his attendance. Exchange at Malta was at 681.
We have received a copy of the treaty of Peace between
the Poi te and Russia. The Poi te telirupti,hes to Russia all
the pros inccs on the left bank of the Pruth ; and Russia re-
stores to the Porte that part of Moldavia which is on the right
bank, and Greater and Lesser Wal •The Pruth is to
be the boundary between the two Empires, but there is not
a wolc,l about Turkty's as,isting Russia with a military foice
is the present war against France.
It is statcd upon the best authority, that from the good
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understanding which now exists between Turkey and this
country, none need dread the want of grain in Spain and
Poltugal, as the Russian merchant-ships will be allowed to,
pass from the Black Set, through the channel of Constan-
tinople; and from the cheapness of corn in Russia, and the
safe navigation of the Mediterranean, supplies will be cheaper
and more abundant than even those from America. Tits
spit it of speculation in grain, so prevalent in this country.
will he thereby materially checked.
The Senatus (.7.onsultuin lately he'd in Paris, ordered- a
new conscription of 1n7,000, for the year I 8 IS. The clans
of the French • youth liable st 4 the conscription, is limited to
those of eighteen years of age.
More than 16,000 Bi iti.h 'troops are now under marching
• orders for embat kation for Spain, from different ports in this
country, Ireland, and the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey.
Admiral Mp.ttrist arm ived this week froin the Battle.. Be
has been recalled to take a command in the Mediterrauesm,
his health not allowing him to remain in the Baltic.
On Wednesday last, the Regent's Canal was. commenced,
by the Directors proceeding from the Company's Office in
Foley-idacc, with their engineer, workmen, &c. to the Ifc-
gent's Palk, under Primrose Dill, where their Gbairmen,
Sir THOMAS BEUNARD, Bart went through the forum, `6l`,
putting the rtrst spade into -the gronntl'of the ifitenitta
of the Canal; amidst the aeclahiatidhs of tte.p'enple attend-
ing. By the act, it is directed: that the part,o‘ the Coosa
eitending through the Regent's Park shall be executed
iii twelve months,- which there is tittle dottbi bait
cnmplishcd.