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

THE NATIONAL 'REGISTER.

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something in the style of what NAPOLEON'S yearly Expose
will he, a list of military disasters. The only object on whic),
Mr: MADISON has to congratulate his fellow-citizens, is their
health. As to their tiafe, notwithstanding the capture of _
a British frigate, and the cruise of Commodore RODG CRS to
the chops of the Channel, it has been so unprofitable, that the
revenue of the country for the la.t year has not equalled two
millions sterling, and had it not been for loans to the amount
of nine millions-of dollars, tie public service must have beet*
suspended. The defeats on the Canadian fcntiers arc said
to have inspired evervwhere fresh ardour and determination,
and a fair srecimen of this enthusiastic warlike spit it is given
in the refusal of the States of Massachusetts and Connecti-
cut to fun Irish their Taota of militia. The rejection of our
propositious is mentioned, but not accounted for ; and the
PRESIDENT gravely adds, that he has sent US proposals in re--
turn. His corrupt partiality for France, displayed as usual
by the manner in which he notices her et nduct, may, how-
ever, experience a sudden revolution, when he learns the dc-
feat and dangerous situation of his great Paymaster,

PIiINCE KtrITA'..OWS SECOND REPORTS.
Two fresh reports have been received firma Prince KuTv-
i..aw, giving a fuller account of the defe.tt of D A VOUST and
NEV'S corps than that contained in The Extraordinary (la-
zette. It appears that Buotr Ar A 'LIE really fancying that be
had been fol;owed only by troops of Ces.acks remained eight
days at Smolensk°, probably to ref' e.h his men, and thus
gave time to the Ru sian grand army to p,ss behind him ots
the south-west fo-ad to Krasnoi. His advanced guard and
main body seem to have crossed to the right hank of the
Dneiper and proc,.eded towards Senno, whilst the rear-guard
composed of the two defeated col ps were to descend along
the left bank to Mohikw. These were entirely surprised and
i almost surromulcd at Krasnoi, and Duos AP Alt TB was the
first to give the example of flight across the Dneiper, which
, was foliowed by I) AVOUST and NEY after the loss of the bat-
Itic. The corps of the latter is said to have fought with mote
desperation than the first accounts would have led to suppose.
At the distance of 2.50 paces," the report states, " they
were received with grape shot from fcuty pieces of cannon.
1 The moment was terrible and decisive But far from being
li dismayed at the sight of inevitable desttuction, they only
' grew the more enraged, and with the utmost fury rushed
upon our batteries, which, continuing to he Weil served,
I carried death and destruction into the enemy's ranks, and
rendered all his attempts fruitless."
. . .
They were reinforced, and made another furious charge
at five o'clock in the evening, but finding themselves com-
pletely :grounded, capitulated towards midnight. The four
Generals by whom they were commanded were killed. .

Rumours of NAPOLEON'S dtaq) continue to pour in front
all quartets. An arrival fro►: the Dutch coast of 11:e 14th
is said to have brought a repetition of such a report, with
this a&litt,m, that he received his death wound on the 1914
from an (Hiker who accompanied him in Lis 1101 t, wad
whom, in one of the paroxysms of rage so common with
him, he had reproached with beinA the main cause of his
defeat and di-a,ter. B ERT HI E a hai Leen named as the Cf-
ficer; and he is said to have retorted upon BUONAPARTit
with so much bitterness as to have produced from the lat-
ter a blow, upon which BERT RUA shit him dead. Of
course, we have given this as a mere rumour, not having
ourselves sten any person or' paper from I lolland, and nut
being able either to contradict or confirm it. • , ,
• The -Emperor ALEX ANDLR has published a Proclamation,
deirtibing the attrocities committed by the French, their

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