The National Register.
London, England, 1812-10-25 00:00:00

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trying occasion we hang with hope, but we could not say
with confidence. We rejoice to find that his conduct, sub-
sequent to this event. has regained him part of that esteem
he had lost. After receiving Kutusow's 140 dispatch, which
informed him of the necessary abandonment of Moscow to
the Fiend) without another battle, lie is sued a Proclamatlim
on the occasion, in which he made a manly appeal to thq
people, and assured them of his determination to peise-ere
notil he had brou...ht the contest to a safe and honourable
issue. This is the right spirit, without which, a war, begun to
assert his incite endence, would only serve to rivet his chains.
Neither does that spit it animate the heart of the Emperor
alone. it pervades the army and the Generals, for Ktousow
hit-elf entreats his sovereign not to consider the occupation
of Moscow by the enemy " as yet the anoillilation of the
empire," and it seems to excite the people to renewed ex-
ertions. According to [And Catlicart's di,patches, flee
offerings of men and money are made by the nobility in all
quatters, and the enemy, di.qtppoitited in his bores of inetl-
- ing with the co-opetation of the natives, and of tertifin4
Alexander into an ignominious peace, now finds himself
amidst the ruins of Moscow almost entirely surround-
' ed by hostile corps, which already begin on his line of
communication with Smolensk°, whilst the Russian army,
collecting reinforcements and repelling its losses, encamps
at a distance of less than twenty miles, and prevents him
from deriving any supplies from the frac provinces
in the South. To counteract the effect of this in-
telligence, which, if known at Paris and Vienna, might
create alarming apprehensions for the probable issue of
the campaign, dangerous to the invaders, NAPOL cos af-
fects, in his official accounts, a twat inditVerence to the
movements of the Russian army, the position of which he
scarcely mentions, and endeavours to direct the attention of
the public to the enormity of :ring a capital, and the abund-
ance of provisions that have escaped the flames ! In his
22d Bulletin, which is dated Moscow, Sept. 27th, and ar-
rived yesterday, he, however, changes the subject a little,
and states the formation of a Municipality and of Commis-
sions, out of the remaining inhabitants, and slightly notices
the retreat of the Russians upon Kalouga and Toula, whence
they certainly incline towards To am A SONV's army, the main
body of which has 'evacuated Vo!hvuia, and already appear-
ed before Bobrunsk, on its way to form a junction with he-
. MO NY, whilst the rest, strongly entrenched, keeps in cheek
the force under Prince SCUWARTZENBERG and General
R EON! ER. By private letters from Moscow to the 30th ult.
contained in the French papers, the discovery of magazines
of meal, by which the subsistence of the French army is
said to be assured for a long time, is mentioned. If N Po-
LEON is not able to procure other supplies than these,
and
1 the ve,etablei which the neinbbouriwf " farms and chateaux"
o 0 o
furnish, how is it po‘silde that he can maintain himself during
seven or eight months of hard winter in total inactivity and
Iwith suspended or doubtful intercourse with other parts of
the country ? Other letters state the arrival of VICTOR,
with 30,000 men, at Smolensko, to act on the rear of Prince
W yrTo ENSTEIS, but more likely to endeavour to keep the
communication with Moscow open. The natural shield
which the ice will soon form round the coasts of the Baltic,
will enable the troops which had been left for their defence
against any descent we might attempt, in conjunction with
the Russians, to enter Lithuania, and assist in carrying on the
siege of Riga, which has, probably, been postponed until
the town shall have been deprived by winter of its naval
protection. The Austrians are increasing their subsidiary
force, and the levy of i 20,000 conscripts will place fresh num-
bets at the disposal of BUONAPARTE. The exertions of Russia