The National Register.
London, England, 1812-09-20 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

SEPT. 20.

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER so.

IVAI MAIL.

A Gottenburgh Mail arrived last night with letters from
St. Petersburgh to the 26th ult. which state, that the Ervt-
P:',ROR had not yet returned from Abo, but that a Courier
had arrived with unfavourable news from the army, which,
although the particulars had not transpired, were thought
to relate to the capture of Smolensk°,
:which had not then
been officially announced. The Exchange had in conse-
quence fallen from:24l to 2e. No Russian Bulletin had
been received either at Petersburgh or Riga, though some
letters from Gottenburgh mention a report, that Count
WiTGtNST it had gained considerable. advantages over
MACDONA LD, after a sanguinary action on the right of the
Dwina. A letter from Riga, dated the 21st ult. repeats the
statement of 600 Prussians and eight pieces of cannon hav-
ing been taken in a sortie by the garrison of that town.
The Riitish fleet, which had been cruising off that port,
•bad sailed, together with the Russian gunboats, on a secret

expedition.
►eports from Gottenburgh, respecting the projected
expedition, are of the most contradictory nature—some
state, that the transports had been got ready to take on
board the Swedish troops, whilst others assert, that the ar-
tillery had been removed from the shore and replaced in
the arsenals.

The transports which have sailed from the Nore, and
which had given rise to a report of our intending to effect a
diversion in favour of Russia, in Hanover,-are now said to be
laden with provisions for our fleet in the Baltic,.
The intended restoration of Finland to Sweden in return
for Swedish succour to Russia, is mentioned in the Gotten-
burgh letters.
There was a report of the French having experienced
a serious defeat near Smolensko.—The loss of the French,
in their attack upon that place, is stated, and probably not
over-rated, at 10,000 men.
From 1-tolland also there is a report, which we give with-
put in any manner stating that it deserves credit, that the
French haying taken a position near a large marsh, had, in a
fresh battle in Russia,- sotained very great loss.

583

PEACE Waif A:M.:HA-A.7 •

It is positively stated that the American Declaration of
War has been revoked. A letter from Liverpool, dated
September 16, has been received in town, which says—
" A essel called the General Washington, i‘just arrived from Am-
ma, in two and twenty days, brinwing the agreeable news of peace.
The NESIDENT call a meeting of the House of Representatives, whet;
the Declamation (t War was revoked by a m.ijori'y of 53 to 36."
The arrival of such a ship as the General Washington has
been doubts d ; and, from a comparison of dates, some dis-
credit has been thrown on the report. That the news, if
true, has been conveyed to us with astonishing expedition
must be admitted, and this circums'ance, when we recollect
the numerous tricks played off by Captains of ships just ar-
rived from America,' will furnish a very reasonable excuse
for entertaining a doubt of the fact, but still there are cir-
cumstances which, unles those who compose the A merican Go.;
vernment ate fools or traitors, ( which some part of their con-
duct might lead us to suspect) must keep the Liverpool lettter
in countenance, and make us feel that such an event is not
improbable.
From a perusal of the intelligence given in another part
of our paper from America, it will he seen that the most
alarming disorders continue to prevail in the United States,
as they are Lulled, but whit t, with-truth, can be said fobe
United no longer. It m: St bz felt that these commotion-1,
the first fruits of a state of hoStility with England, menace
them with all the horrors of a civil war, if they fond- ue to
pursue their present line of conduct. From the proclamal
tion of the Mayor of 13altimore, a proper idea may be formed
of the height to which the danger has risen, and the anxiety
he displays to prove it of little moment, furnishes conclusive
evidence of its magnitude. By this notable instrument, the
people are required to keep within their imusy- -• ight
in the evening, that the presence of the many who are not
concerned in the riots tiny not keep in countenance few
who are.

The absurdity of this intimation is too obvious to require
any comment; or if comment were required it might be
best supplied from The Federal _Republican, in which it is
broadly stated that the recent outrages were " approved of
if not procured and instigated by the Constituted Authori-
ties." The late massacre of those most daringuished as the
friends to Peace, bears a melaneholv re,eniblanee to the polity
of BUONP A RTE, and may well alarm the subjects of the
United States at the preponderance of Fi ench influence. If
a Government is weak and wicked enough to have recourse
to the diabolical expedient of exciting or even of encourag-
ing the outrages ofa mob, to give it fav,,nri t* an air
of popularity, it is not too much to hope that the whole ener-
gies of the people wilt be put forth to wrest the power fioni
those unworthy hands by whom it has been so rociously
abused; or, at least, it may be hoped, that they will make a
sufficient demonstration of their own strength to intimidate
so far those who betray or neglect then interest!,, that though
they may still retain the power, they will not have the teme-
rity longer to sputa the proffeied and) of Peace.
Since writing the above, we have seen the Liverpool Paper
of Thursday last, which makes no mCntion of the arrival of
the General Washington, and, consequently, the pacific in-
telligence is either unfounded, or at least premature. An
article from The ,9-ut bee Mercury, however, dated August 18,
1812, states, that General DEARBORN had agreed to an ar-
mistice of 30 days, that time might he given to hear from
Washington, in consequence of the Repeal of the Orders in
Council. Lusters f!urn Ncw York, of the Bth ult. say. that
a settlement with Great Britain was expected, -and that Ge-
neral hut. L bad been ised for the tomtit time.-at Fort
' Malden, with the loss of 30 men.