The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-19 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPER'.

P.I.RIS, OCT. 11.—Seteral pieces emanating
from the Governor Rastopschin have already been
joinea to the last Bulletins. Subjoined are some
others from the same, which are not_ less curious
from the singularity of stile. We guarantee the
authenticity of them.

BULLETIN OF, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL:]

MOSCOW.

• His Serene Highness Prince NutitsOff, :in-order
sooner to collect all tlie:troons whichirere march-
ing to join hint, has' left Mojaisk,,to occupy a for-
tified place, in which it is probable the enemy
will not.speedilv present themselves. .We are go-
_irtg_ tn. sen,t the.Prino.f., i'orty-eight: cannons,.
ti ith ammunition. He rays -that he 'Will defend
71-oicowstO the last drop of his blood, and that he
is prepared to fight even, in the streets of this
town :.the :tribunals have been closed, but that
mnay not trouble you, my friends, affairs nanSt be
put' in order. We -have no need of tribunalS to
proceed against scoundrels if, hoi.rever,,,ty
ishould he necessary, I will take young men Ifont
the city, and country. In two or _three days I
will give the signal. Ann yourselves with hatchets
and. pikes, and if you will do hetter, take three
portged forks:
To-morrow I will-go and see the wounded
St. Catherine'sliospital. I will cause Mass to be
said, and the water blessed for their speedy cure.
In respect to myself, I am well : one of my eyes
was affeeted, but 1101%1 I can see perfectly well
with both.

'(Signed) Count ItAsTo•Psdun.T.
Moscow, Aug. u. (Sept.ll.)
No. M.—(Here is another piece, in which the

Governor announces a balloon. ,which :le had

caused to be made. .rt was Under pretext of this
balloon, that he collected a great quantity -of fire-•
works and artificers to prepare the incendiary ma-
chines of, which he made use to burn the city.)

ADVICE FROM THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF

MOSCOW.

[lt is without date, but it was ptiblished in the
month of August,]
The -Eniiieror has confided to thc care of
constructing a balloon, Which shall be stiiiiciently
strong to carry fifty men, and which can, he di-
rected with or against wind. You will one day
know what Will result from this balloOn, and you
will rejoice at it. If the weather is fine to-mor-
row, or the day after, 1 Will make a trial of it at
any town house. I inform you Of, it, that in see-
ing it, you may not think it proceeds from.the vil-
lain. It is, -on,the contrary; Made for his ruin.:—
General I'latoff, supposing tat his, _Majesty the
Emperor was ,already here, .arrived at I'tiosco -
and immediately repaired to my house... to-
night, 'departs for 'the army, in order to be ins
time for the battle, a-tato sing Te Deunis.' ,

[EXTRACTS FEOM THE MOS o`,V' GAZETTES.]

Moscow, July t 23. (Aug. 4.)

The Conunanda:;t in Chief of the. Russian
armies, Prince Kutusoff, 'Conformably to the
duties or a Chri!_-.tia-n, went the evening preceding.
his do for the'ariples to tl.l 'll,lct-eopolitari
Ctlitrcti (.;.; Kasan, to implore the aid of the All-
Powerful. .;',.iter m, the Priest gaye to
this great Captain of the Russian warriors aliOly
cross, and some blessed water. After this he per-
formed homage to the fine, image of our. Lady of
Kasan, enriched with ornaments of gold. The inns-
trionspan, penetrated with faith, 'having received
this holy offering, suspended it to his neck, fer-
vently imploring the-benediction olthe ,;(01 -Power-:
ful ; whilst the temple, filled with an immense
concourse of people, shedding tears. of joy and
affection, biessed the departing hero. All lifted.
111); with veneration towards !leaven, their wishes
.and benedictions for the sacred. Monarch.
deigned to confide the conduct of the brirre Bus-,
sian warriOrs to that , great man, so experienecci
in the art of war, and the true son ofbis'counti'Y'.
Ail hearts were filled with afirmeonfidenee:in the
Russian 'armies.

LETTER FROM THE''COMMA'SbER OF. ALL. THE Ac..-

TIVE 'ARMIES, .TO THE GOVERNOR. OF NOSCOW2

COTINT RAS TOI'SCIIIN.

.1 have just learned with the most profound
grief, that the repOrts spread respecting the ope-
rations of the.army, r.by ill-dispo,sed people, de-
stroy the repose of the inhabitants of Moscow, and
throw them into despair. I very burrotr entreat
yon,: Count, to assure and state to them for certain,
that our troops are not yet, in that. state of ‘c'eale:'-'
ness'inWhich it is endeavoured to represent them;
on the•contretry, all 'our 'warriors; not having yet
tried ,a general battle, cannot have descended to
'such a ckgree of weakness ; but animated by that
spirit of bravery which is inherent in them, they
-wait xvith the utmost. impatience the moment for
sealini,.- with their blood their devotion to the au-
gust &one and their country. All our move-
merits have hitherto been directed to guarantee
1116 scow, the first capital. May the All Omnipo-
tent bless our undertaking such should be the.
of -ail the chi i.lrea of Ru3sin.

_ .
I beg you, Count, to assure all the inhabitant's
of Moscow, by my grey hairs, that hitherto we
have never had a single affltir which the enemy's
advanced guard in which our troops have not bad
the advantage ; and that if there has not been a
grand battle, that has depended upon my command
in chief. •

From the Monastery of Kololskoi, Aug. 21,
" • (Sept. 2), 1512

'ARIS, OCT.. 13.---Private letters frOM,Moscow,
oc:the 25th of September; contain fresh details,
the anthc..,-oticity.of guarani e, re-;
specting the catastrophe' which happened in that
city, and which we hasten to publish' at a moment
vhen-.every. thing that comes from the North ex-
cites the grealest interest.
We could hardly have believed that• the'burn-
,,
M ing of oscow was t the result of the r m st ove-
ment of. despair, When the impossibility of,arrest-
ing the march of the French army forced the „Rns-
sinus :to abandon their ancient capital... rfliat idea
Avds' so liatural, that many persons had adopted it ;
and although it cannot justify the:cOnduct of the.
.4t3overnor Rastopchin, it a little lessens the hor-
ror which the frghtful image of an irunierde
given up to the flames by,those,Who ought to.have:
protected it, 'naturally inspires. -Now.' that :eet-..;
tain facts, Which. admit of no doubt,. prove that
ibis lire had been beforehand conceived=-that the

rr:ears of neStrt•entian Were leisurely Combinefl ‘e
-it
deliberate refleclion—astonishment7 and indigna7*
tion knoW no bounds. Never was a destructive
combination better formed. The of:
-toncliin, that is to say, 5000 banditti to whom lie
head cpened their' pris'on doors, proceeded. With.
torches in. their hands to the different parts of
,the city, to set fire to the houses ; and to render
the firemore destrnctive, they observed from what
'side the Wind blew, to burn all the buildings to
windward. In many houses were found all sorts
of combustibleS; which, when discovered, our sol-
diers found' i.t imposSible ,to extinguish... At the
moment the soldiers matte this discovery,
.they•
feared some might have been plaCed in the Krent-
Ain-, but the most minute researches proved the
Contrary. -It appears, that in their' blind Obsti-•
racy, ;the enemy thounih they. could maintain
themselVeS. for some 'time in that fortress from
which a few cannon-shot was sufficient to drive
them. It was the pronant at rival of our troops
which saved the Kremlin. All these facts explain
how the lire began in hnildings and uninhabited
houses. :The superb building of the Bank was
almost entirely consumed before the iron gates
could be penetrated, and_ an entrance made.-.
What surpasses' all belief is, that when the French
presented themselves to arrest the prbgress of the
flames, .a single 'engine could not be found. The
firemen had even :been Obliged to quit this unfer-
Innate city, the inevitable; destruction of which
was calculated with a sang- froid which makes hu-
manity. shudder, There now remains to us the
painful task erf relating a trait of barbarity, -with
which we, could. have dispensed, Were 'it not tie-
' ceSsary that Europe should know the character
and Manners Of. that,pcople who have often been
represented as civilised. A wretched man, named
Wertigen, had been- imprkonod six months: for •
haviitg Written, that six mouths the Em-
peror of the French would be in 11loscow. Upon
the first news of the arrival of the French, the
Goct'ernor-General brought forth the prisoner; and
without any judicial form, had him executed.--
Rastopchin 'tuck a. horrible pleasure in insulting
this unfortunate :--" Thou hast announced.," said
he to him, " that the Emperni of tlie,French
' would come to INfoscoiv-,---if be comes': you awill
not see him." By a refinement of cruelty, Ros-
-topehin .sent for the father of the victim to" be a
witness of his en
.punishmt, Fortunately he had
'fled. • ~ •
These horrible details will serve to form the
opinion of all Europe respecting the eyents %bid'
bare just occurred at Alyseow ; but when one re-
flects upon the an;.t...; made by the French ariny,
under the eyesorthe,Emperor, to save Moscow,
froths total destruction, very - opposite sentiments
will arise, and. it' will be .acknowledged that true
courage is always accompanied by :clemency and
generosity. .
Our brave men will relax from their fatigues:
They-have. found' provisions for several fnontliS ;
they, without doubt, have not the same resourcei
as if they were cantoned near a:city of the first
order;
,but what remains of Me cow is, at least,
.as huge as Brussels ; and -an exact' idea of their
situation' may ,be formed by supposing that the.
4cneral,head-quarters are in the latter town, and
the troops cantoned in the neighbourhood'. Since
it i.s eVident, from every thing that has taken
place for some years, that the ambitiouaproiectS
of the Russian Government, seconded by England,
must necessarily` bring about war between France
and RUssia; :there is no Frenchman who,. consi=
dering his country or hig 'Children's interest,
ought not to' congratulate himself 'that it has
broken out under' existing. circumstances. Is it
not fortunate for Prat-tee kind Eurolie that their
destinies :arc cdatided. to .the greatest Captain or;the age,. to the hero whose pritdeitce equals his
activity, who abandOns nothing to chance, over-
cortle-s all onstacles, and seems by his genius to en-
chain fortune, and command events ?

. .
•
• NAPLES, SEPT. 30-:—The unanimous deposi-
tions of the lagitives who arriN a from Sicily, and
the Very. Journals
,frorn Palermo and 'Messina,
concur in proving, that that unhappy island is
overwhelmed with the weight of political evils, of
which the English are the authors. The animo-
sity of parties haS arisen to the greatest height of
exasperation. To occupy 'and tranquilize Men's.
minds, the English have placed before them the
phantom of a new Constitution ; but ills present,
was quickly judged worthy. of them who' had of-
fered it. The,
.BaronS discovered that
their pretended allies only sought to eternize the
English dominion. 's
In the, midst of these agitations, an horrible
event happened as a point-to make a diversion in
all party quarrels : the Parliament had tact, and
whilst in the place even of their meetings.; a sort
J. • •
of mine 'or inundatory. machine exploded, which,
forayrately, either 'badly calculated., or ill com-
bined, caused but little damage.'
All reseayches to discover the author of so.
frightful an attempt haVe proved 'fruitless. Each
party accuses the other of it, and it is,now begun
to be supposed that. 'the true authors Of it only
let off this machine in order to have a subject of
accusation agaiast those they wished to render.
suspected. In the mean time Queen CAROLINE
has less liberty than ever; King FERDINAND
in a similar situation Prince Er:AN-cis', in vain
decorated with the title of Vicar-General, enjoys
but a serahlance of authority... Several Barons
have:endeavoured fiight to avold the evils they
foresaw. The English are, perhaps, g'oing`to
to'd.l these political troubles Gtf, a gene-
ral famine, by sending off to their array in Spain,
the little,'corn which remains in the island.

Governor Goßoo, of Berbice, is about to' re-
turn to. Europe. Brib•ratlier-GeueraIINIURRAY
act 'during Ms absence. .
The Duke of MANCRETEri, Governor of Ja-
maica, is ,expected to retura to that island. in
November next.

GOTTEN-BURGH 111. A TL:

r',uS',4tAlN: 1..3c.,tELV;3.

nEroRT of THE GENERAE-..m.c.tutr KUTT3SOW, TO
HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, RitOM Tula VILt.AGE
ellii..ll-I,'DATED' SEPT. 4. ,(16). •
" After the sanguinary though victorions. battle_
fought-by your
.Majesty's.tr4ps on- the 26th Ult.
(Sept: 7), 1 was obligeil.to, kavemy position near
- Borodino, for 'reasons of which thave already had.
the honour to inform your Majesty. After that
battle the armies were much weakened. Undersnch circumstances we approached Tgoscow, hav-
ing daily much fighting With the enemy's advane,
eel guard. The reinforcements. which :I-hoped to l'
met 'With had 'not yet arrived. • The; enemy form-
ed'. two, new columns,-one on, the 110r0w415,
.and
the other on_the Zwenigo roads; with -the-vie Cir of
acting against my reserve near T+loSeow.. •In con-'
sequence of this, I could not risk another battle.;
the- issue of • which Woul4notonly have been ck.;-
structive to
the army, but would have reduced
Moscow to.asheS. •In this truly lamentable.situa-
. tion, and after consulting my Generals, amongst
there were some of a different opinion,
-was.,-:onipelled to let the enemy enter Moscow,
. (nit of which all the valuables, the stores in the
arsenals, and almost all other property, imperial
or private, were previously conv.eKed, and scarcely
a single inhabitant remained in the town. I take the
liberty most humbly to represent to your Majesty,
that the entrance of the enemy into Moscow is
not yet the annihilation of the Empire.- I am
making -a movement with my army towards the
Toula road. This will enable me to keep open my
connrinnications with the ne_ighbonting Govern,
mO-its. Any other measure would have ure,vent-
ed this,. and also have' separated 'ma from the
; of Tormazow and Tschichagow.,
confess, that the abandonment of the capital is •
very hard ; but considering the advantages n!hich
May accrue to us from it, and particularlythe pre-
Servation of our armies, it is no lot-crtO be la-.
mented;; and 1 now proceed to oc,-;upy,,with my.
forces, ' a - line, by which I shall command, the
roads leading to Toula -and Kaloup, -annoy 'the.
Whole line of the enemy extending from. Smolen-
.-sko to Moscow, and be enabled to cut off all rein-
forcements marching to join him from the' rear.
By thus. occupying the attention of the enemy, 1,
hope to: compel him to leave Moscow-, and to
change-his ,whole line of operations,
.4".",lrhe General Winzingerode has received
orders froth me to post bittiself On-the-Tyr& road,
and to detach a regiment of Cossacks on that to
jaroslaw, to- protect the inhabitants froth being
moleSted by'smalf bodies of the enemy. • I am at
no great distance froth Moscow, and as soon as I
have collected my troops, I can with confidence...
await the approach of the enemy: As as 69
army of your Imperial Majesty is entire, and ani-
mated With its known courage and zeal', the loss .
of Moscow is not yet the los,of the Empire.. For
the rest, your Majesty May be assUred; -that this
event is the necessary consequence ...3f the:loss of
SmolenSko" - - - • •

The St. Petersbitrgh Gazette:of Sept. 6, contains
a dispatch from General Essen,. GO vernor of Riga,
wherein 'he details the late successful sorties tif
4,.]e garrison, which have been already publiShed:
His dispatch-concludes thus,:—
" The t'''rench have hitherto confined themselves
to a"striet blockade of this fortre:-,s but though
their heavy artillery is. arrived at„Mittan, they Rio
not 11231iC preparations.to commence 'the, siege in
forM. At present they have actually fortified the
positions they hOld,, as if, they were afrai&of be-
lug attacked or rather, as'if we were the he,
siegers, and they the.besiegcd!. They expect to
derive flaeilities in their i.1.-)proachca• to this place

front th 6 cold weaeter ; bit as I am _inform:!'d

that their troops already complain of the hard-
ships they endure, they will he retained with
difficulty in the depth of winter in so arduous a
duty.
`‘. The Prussian Officers .whom I have made pri-
soners tell me, that they are restrained from quit-

ting the service by the 'threats that their faatilies
would be imprisoned, their property confiscated,
t ems ei vcs outlawed. Both officers and mr,r,
have likewise long arrears of pay, which are i.vith-
held to bind them to the service..

" I have rendered this fortress as defensible as

time and circumstances would admit; and am de-
termineel to defend it to the utmost of my -bower.
With the blessing of God, the enemy shall never
obtain possession of it, but find a grave beneath
its walls.

I Cannot conclude without bearing testimony
to the conduct of the Eutlish naval-otficers and
Seatnen,; our brave allies : they. have performed
the most essential services to. hislmPerial Majesty
in this quarter. Their courage prompts them to
undertakezthe most hazardous enter priset, wbieh
their skill and -foresight enables . them to execute
success. In every danger .
they are foremost,
and in every difficulty capable of I
have derived great assiStance froM them.
- " -Vox ESSEN,
" Ria, Sept. 6.",

The-Emperor Alexander has written a letter to.
Count Wittgenstein, in acknowledgment of his
services, and tranSaiitting*him "a grand'cordon of
the Order of St. George—the highest -Military
Order in Russia; and 'conferred only.un Generals
who have gained a battle.
. _
• The title of Baron has been Made *hereditary in
,the family of Tenon, the French traveller.
M. I.J(iOI..T.VE; the French dramatic poets died
last month, in• Paris, at the age of 46 years.
A daughter of the celebrated RoussEtui died at. a
Paris, on the 12th August, in the 'last stage of
disease, contracted by the meretricious sale of her
charms.
AY n, OCT,, s.—We had, a dreadful storm here
on Saturday night, it blew a perfect. hurricane ;
its effects have been truly melanchOly. About
ele-ten o'clock a boat went down of the bar mouth, .
and every one perished ; being so dark and
boisterous no-assistance could be given,. but the
cries of, the sufferers were heard on the shore for
about ten mitintes.before the silence of death took,
Place. It cannOt he ascertained .what she was,
,but it is supposed, from'severaL articles that have
beenyvashed on shore, that. it has been some plea-
sure boat from :Belfast with passengers for the
aces. Three of the bodies have been got, one of
the gentlemen with a gold watch; .

NEW PARLIAMENT,

MEMBERS RTLTRET).

Devonshire, J. P. Bastard, Esq. Sir T. D. Aci
.. Bart.
Deabighshfre,
.Sir W. IV. NVynne,
f!fgrpeth,__M.r.. Qrd, Esq. fic..;n. W. Howard.
.C010.n.e.1 Thomas johnes. •
I'orieshirp.,:Lor.,,,-.1 :AEI: on Lion. H. Laseelles.
Kensington.
Brificaorl, .f.',...erje.atit Best, Lient.--Col. St Paul;
..1- on. G. Canning, General
Br 4o1; Protheroe, E.sqrs.