The National Register.
London, England, 1813-01-24 00:00:00

JAN.- 24

Extract of a letter from an English. Gentleman at Peters-
burgh, dated Dec. 7 The campaign has been carried on
.with unexamoted resolution by the Russians, which, together
with the desolation that always marks the paths of a reti eat-
ing army., has given the war features of unusual ferocity.
As an instance, I need only relate what General W INZENG
ROD E declares : ' From Moscoly to 'Smolensk I travelled a
prisoner, and I firmly believe that not less than 60,000
dead bodies are lyius; on the road.' BC ON APA RTE, in his
presence, chare;ed the gees d'armeg, who escorted WINZEN-
GERODE, to shoot him if there was any danger of his being-
re-captured."
The ollowing anecdote is extracted from the St. Peters-
burgh Patriotic and Political Journal, a periodical work,
something in the nature of our magazines, now published in
the Russian capital :—" We hope to afford pleasure to our
readers, by furnishing them with an account of the escape of
Lieutenant-General W INZENGERODE, and of Major NA
RISHKIN, who was taken prisoner at the same time with the
Bzron. On their way to Minsk they continued to che-
rish great hopes of being freed from their captivity ;. but
When they had advanced beyond that town all shadow of
hope fled. The French also were so confident of the secu-
rity of their prsoners, that they guarded them carelessly.
One mo; eing Baron \VINZENGERODE espied a Cossack at
sam:- distance, and communicated this to Major NA RISH KIN,
Who at fir,t was loth to credit it; however, on approaching
twarer, they :vete soon Convinced that they had in reality
d'seovercd a warrior of the Danube. Baron W INZENGE-
Rt)U E rose up, ekbibited his orders to view, and exclaimed,
• i atu a Russian General .' The Cossack vanished in an
instant; but soon after, twelve of his companions appeared,
fell upon the guards, disarmed them, took the captives from
the carriages, placed them on Cossack horses, and gallopped
off with them to the Russian head-quarters."
About the latter end of last month, the King of PRUSSIA,
from temporary indisposition, or some other cause, did not
appear for some days in public; and a report having got
into circulation, that he had been Privately carried of to
Silesia by the French, the people of Berlin' began to grow
exceedingly indignant, openly insulting the French Officers,
as veil as privates, in the streets. The Trench, although
little used to such treatment, in any of their vassal States,
for sonic time passed it over without notice. At length they
prevailed on the KING, who was far from well, to make his
appearance at the Theatre, thinking that this would tran-
quiNse the citizens. On the sth inst. he went thither, but
his reeeotion was far filial satisfactory, either to himself or
his conductors. No one cried " (lop save him ;" but, as
if with one voice, they raised a loud and continued shout of
6' Long' liVe ALEXANDER," which they repeated at inter-
vals throughout the whole evening, intermixing it with other
sarcastic exclamations, such as " Who ran away from his
army ?" a question bandied about from all sides of the house.
These manifestations of the Prussian spirit highly incensed
the French'Officera, who thereupon gave orders to their
soldiers not to spare the citizens, in case of insult ; the con-
serpfences of which, as may easily be'conceived, were many
violent affrays, not unattended with bloodshed.
A mail arrived on Wednesday from Malta, brings letters
from that island to'the I.sth ult. In these a 'flesh Mention
is made of the conspiracy at Leghorn, formed against Bu o N A-
PA RT t's authority in that quarter ; and, as before, this con-

from that island to 'the lgth •In these a .fiesh mention I:7sZd' ‘ti; He was proceeding to read them,
is made of the conspiracy at Leghorn, formed against BuoN when the ItrAottitions were handed to the Clerk by whom they were
• PA AT E's authority in that quarter ; and, as 'before, this con- ; rea hey regretmd the course the egletation had taken, and set
; forth in a masterly manner the evils to be apprehllpded from the ex-
spiracy is connected with that at Paris in October last.— tension of the import trade.
Many persons were. in custody on a charge of high treason : The 'first resolution was then rt-ad, separate from the rest.
but their fate had not been decided when tile last accounts Mr. Hu E after apologizing for offering himself to the notice of
, the chair, betve many pasona VP.I4 were hiy superiors in talon
came away.
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