The National Register.
London, England, 1812-12-06 00:00:00

VIL: NATIONAL REGISTER.

wt; of Sloolemk, hit+ i' tittirely Lod ‘• ilSte ; the roads, All'{
0.1. di coillol a ants Cie French are in, g :ye katisoll time to t one tip
0•111, oleo, near Viastua, • 'ten I e gave them battle _ :•tid de!'eated them.
11... f re the battle, Butatapt:rte gave the command to Mlont,
vent ilinvet' wills 6000 men to Smolensk, on t is way !tome, b,it h
ma be (tette al fierier" detachment, whi,h obiged litta to taints;
:14•11 ult.(' to ietreot by the road "hick z;oes flu" Smolt:tisk toward--
sc3; there he t• a+ wet by IVittgen,teitt's advanced g mod. va-
l.-jell. anti obli7ed to fall I:ut I; on the grnnrl art,y.
a Ile 101 l now in front :t him To- masow's, Tchitchalar". ard
Aid) ;11 his rear Prince Kutustdf, tt tilt 150,000 wen.
" the Passion" Vac d..ily 3 or 4,t.00 pi is nee,; Wittgenstein made
day n,OOO, and took t.. 3 pieces Of cachou; Plato. 33 pieces of
Icti:iton and 3,7U0 prisoners." ' .

IMPE I? La PARLIAMENT:

DOUSE OF LORDS.

MONDAY, NOV EMBFA so.

Tkii day the business of the Session contrwneld with the usual far.
Saon after two f:'cicck, Itc yat th' PR INCE
arrived at the House, attewlel by the Gre.ft 011kers of
&c. when, tht Metnbe.s of the Ilotte of Commons bin
in, his Itoril Highness was pleated to dvlivcr the fol'owing
~:ecch from the Throne :
I •
Lottfts AND GII yL NTLrESts

It *I, with the deepest concern tl:at I stnohligcri to annottr.ce to you
;:t tL opening of this Parliament, the coinitataree of his "Ltlaoity's
r:‘...ited indisposition, and the diasinution of the hopes, which I have
anxiously emert.:itteil of his recovery.
The sinotti of putilic affair., bus induced toe to take ti-c earliest
o7pottulty of tueethig you atter the late elections. lam persti,ded
ton will cordially participate in the satisfaction which I derive from
61v impr,venient of oar p-uspects during the• course of the present

Tlie vnl,ltr rmd intrepidity tli.,Wayed by his Majesty's forces, and
.11,v of hi, Atlies, in the Peninsula, on so mail ocensions ouriallt
!.;irmipaign, and the consuminnte shill and judgment with whia
operationshave been conducted by General the Marquis of Wel-
lington, hate ted•to cult,ecittences of the uttnost hov-atonce to the
nuuon

By trint,ferring the war into the interior of Spain, and by the wlO-
- end ever memorable victury ot.tainett nt•Saliaintica, he haq com-
plied the enemy to false the siege of CadiA ; and the Southern Pro
v:nres ef that kingdom have been delivered from the power and arrni
4 Ft ance.

_.......__. .
Ahlimi4l) I cannot but regret that the efforts of -the enemy, corn-
biNed with a view. to one great operation, have rendered it necessary
to withdraw from the siege of Bergos,. and to evacuate Madrid, for
ne purpose of coneentfating ;he main body of-the Al•itel forces : these
ctrqns of the evemy have, nevertheless, been attended with important_
isclifi;!es ,•ii their part, which roust materially contribute to mend the
resources, and facilitate tile (erections, of the Spanish Notion.
I an) confident I may rely on your de.termination to continue to
A ft'ird every uid in seppeit of n contest, which has first given to the
C, atinott of Europe the example of persevering and successful resist-
Lira to the Power of France, and on whicharet only the independence
c; the rations of the PerfinsuCt, but the best interests of his Majesty's
ttritiai,nis esseetially depend.
I hive great plen,ure in corn municathltr to you,. that the relations of
Pee and friend,hip have been restored between his Majesty and the
'Courts of St. Petcrsb ureh and Stoel holm.
I have directed copits of the Treaties to be laid- before on.
In a contest for his own Seveceign rights, and for the independence
Df!lis dominioni. the Emperor of !tussle has had to oppose a large pro-
Plr!i"11 of the military power of the French Government, assisted by its
Mies, and by all tho Tributary Sates depeteliet upon it.
The re,ista lice which he has opposed to so formidable a combination,
catelet fail to excite seutenents of Listing admiration.
lay his own nine' tteimity 'and perseverance , by the teal end disin-
hetetedness of all ranks of his Jebj.-cts; mid by the vaunt' v, firmness,
5111 intrepidity of - his forces, the premiruiotuous elt?ectetions of the
eueuiy have been signally disappointed.
Tile entlinsiasm of the Russian nation has increased with the diilieul-
'es of the contest, and the dangers with which del,
.., vete surrounded.
l +icy have submire a to sacrifice, of which there are but few ex,eaplerf in-
he history of the world ; and IL indulge the t onfideet Wee, that the de-
etriroined perseverance of his Imperial Majesty will be crowned with
It
imate success ; mind that this contest, in its reltilt, will have the c&ct
, ~ , .
eeamismeg, upen it foundation never to be ehakc a, the 1140artty
rt,l itelepenclence of the Russian empiie.