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of your support

have the good fortune to be,re:eletted one of your It e.
presentatives, additional gratitude will strengthen that zeal
which has hitherto: unceasingly direCted soy best endeuvotiv7;
in the service of the County. I have also to-assure,yon, thi4
'should I again arrive at this distinguished lionour, my chief
gratification will be the, c,nvietitin it will afford me that zr.y
past conduct has met with your approbation.

I have the boaour to be,

Gentlemen,
Your faithful anti obedient humble Servant,
DAVIES DAVENPORT

Capesthorne, Oct. 2, I°l2.

To the GENTRY, CLERGY, and FREEHOLDERS, of the

COUNTY of .YORK..

GENTLEMEN,
ARLIAMENT being now dissolved,- I think
it my duty to state in an open and public manner, the
grounds upon which I have come forward to offer my, elf to
you as a Candidate to represent this, County in Parlir..-

meut

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Upon the event of, Mr. 'Wilberforce's resignation of the
trust which you have hitherto reposed in him, being, from my
knowledge of the state of part of this Country, perfectly
aware of the disagreeable consequences which might attcnd
a contested Election, I took care to ascertain from Mr. Las-
celies, to whom, from former 'circumstances, I did conceive
the County would, look, in the first instance, what his sleter-
mination was, upon this occasion, and I retired from him
an assurance that it had long been his intention not to offer
himself a Candidate to represent the Comity in the even! of
a Dissolution of Parliament. I then commenced my Cu•
vass, and having in the course of it; perceived a dispositi4u
favourable to Mr.'Lascelles in some quarters, I :communicl.
ed that fact to him, and I received another assurance, that,
however' grateful he might be for the opinion entertained pi
him in the quarters alluded to, his intentions remained the

same,

_Upon this further assurance, I. have continued my ca as?
with,the most flattering- hope of success.

My pretensions to the high distinction which I eon thus sc-
liciting, are not founded upon. any connexion with either- of
those great interests which have hitherto contested_ tt►e
COunty ; with individuals attached to both of them. I havii-
always endetivoUred to live upon the best terms, but with
neither have I any connexion whatever, npram I now assured
of the SUpport of either of them : my only pretensions are
those of a Country Gentlemen, who hds always done his best
to fulfil the duties of that situation.

Standing then upon perfectly independent grounds,
not mean to ask your Suffrages upon any but independent
principles. And, although I shall• at all times, both i
public and in private, be glad to give any explanation of my
past political life; or of my present opinions, I cannot•give to
any man a pledge,' to support or to oppose any p.rt.icttls.r

measures.

With respect to that line of politics which I halve hither
pursued, meaning most clearly to avow the strong bias of my
mind, towards those adopted. by the late Mr. Pitt, I roust
claim a right to act, as occasions may arise, from the sugges•
tions of my own judgment. I now, therefore, place mysof
in yoUr hands, and remain,
Gentlemen,

Year very humble servant,

1, Wortley Hall, Oct. 2(.1, Wk.

GENERAI ELECTION.

To the WORTHY and INDEPENDENT FREEMEN of the
CITY of C AliTkaßijnY.

GENTLEMEN, . •
A DEPUTATION, rtspictabie in itself, and
-1-21- *more so from the, Independent, Interest -which it re-'
presented, hating conoyed to me the df of the
most Wcrrthrof your fellOw Citizens, that 1 siz7.-'uld,offer‘ my-
self as a Candidate for-.their support .at the:ensuing Election,
I beg leave, thus puhiicly, to express my gratitude and satisl.
faction at this mark of your esteem. To hare suffered so en.
viabl,e'an eventftc?. pass by in silence, is more than can be ex
pected from a per Son whose heart is warmly susceptible ef
such impressions. , .

ghat PclO avail rdyself of the fair prospect of success,
thils-irestnti d' to my ambition; must be attributed
'entir.elf to eireutostances, wit the detail of which I shall
t-tcat:tfow:trespaSs on your attention. Be it sufficient to assure
!/.yott;-ti.all. Mu most grateful- foi the pa-,t, and that with re-
`. Sail to the future, I shall venture to hope fur your undimi-
nished and even increasing favour.
• I have the honour to be,

• Gentlemen,
Your very faithful and obedient Servant,
ROBERT FOOTE.

Charlton-place, Oct. 4, 1812.

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OCTOS2I: 8, ISI.

We insert this day the Gazette Lxtraordinary,
published last night, containing the pisp4tclies of
CATILCART, and the'Report of the Rusdan
General Prince Ktvrvso, of the battle of Boro-
dino on the 7.t'n .ult. called by the French in their
18th Bulletin the battle of Moschwa.
There appears to be no douht,that the French
receiveti 'a check on that day, and that they were
compelled to retreat, this being placed beyond
dispute,. by -thelact of. the Russians remaining
the neat day in possession of the field of battle.
Unfortunately, however, the victory gained by
the Russians on the 7th, does not appear to have
the affect of preventing the .adVance of the
French, as we find by the Paris Papers to the 4th
inst. which reached town early this morning, that
on the 14th, only seven days- after the battle, the
French entered Moscow, from whence the
Nineteenth -11ulletin is dated on the 16th. We
can scarcely bring ourselves to believe that
they obtained possession of '.Moscow without
a severe st:uggle and another sanguinary conflict,
but if any such events happened, they are wholly
unnoticed in the Bulletin. It will readily, how-
ever, strike our readers, on a perusal of this do-
cument, that there is an absence of all that
tone of triumph which might naturally hale
been expected in the narration of an event
so important to BLIONAPARTE as hiS entrance into
Moscow. It is evident, from his osil7n, statement,
that although he has entered 'L‘rioscoN't-, still he is,
disappointed in his object. Instead of quarters
for his army, he has found only a city in flames,
and instead of having broken and dispersed the
Russian army, he has still to encounter, with di-
rniniShed numbers, their accumulating force.
_Every precaution appears to have been taken by
the. Russians, to render the possession of Moscow
of no avail to- the enemy, either in, a military,

paint of view, or as a place of resource.
IVhat position the Russian army bad taken, or

what the furtlicr projects of BITONAPART,E were,

are not 'stated. The Bulletin is in- truth a most
- vague and , meagre detail, riot without con-
siderable confusion in its stateinents, which,
w--bilsl it leaves us totally in the dark upon
several important points, evidently betrays dis-
appointment and chagrin; .and -sheers that the
French chief has planted' his standard upon the
walls of Moscow to no 'purpose. How are his
troops to find shelter and supplies in the heart of
Russia during the winter, which must by this time
have commenced ? In the open country they can-
riot exist, and of the cities and towns their arms.
have occupied, nothing but ruins are left.
We rejoice to find that not the most distant
hint is given in the Bulletin of the occupation of
Moscow leading to peace ; and this may account
for the want of expressions of triumph,. conscious
as BuoN.;trakm necessarilymust be, that the occu-
pation' of the ruins of Moscow is to him a ruinous
victory unless lie Can by that step intimidate the
Emperor
,ALEXATIDER into a peace. But what-
ever may have ,been the :events that intervened
between the battle of Borodino and the oe-,
cupation of -Moscow, (respecting- which
.the
French,' from their silence, have nothing to
boast. op' it 'is evident that every preparation
had been made by the RussiauS to render
the possession of that city as little as pos-'
siLle advantageous to the enemy, thus clearly

shewing that the Russians were still acting tirein
a plan.- of campaign founded, amongst.othei• pos-
sible events;
.upon that of the occupation o(itos'.::
cow by the enemy.

Since writing the, above, there has been a strong
report that thc.Pa.ris-Paper containing the Bul-
letin is a forgery, We hope this will turn (Alf to
•be the case.

A, Gottenbuigh Mail:arrived at a late hour this..
day,' but the accounts it brings only relate to the
battle of Borodino, and are nearly the same in
substance as those ive have already given.

American Papers reached town' this morning,
containing the following account of the action
between the Constitution and the Guerriere

BOSTON? SEPT. I.—The best wall of defence
of our country are the A.'ootiell walls„of a navy.
We- have pleasure in announcing the 'arrival in
this port, since our last, of the United States
frigate Constitution, Isaac HULL, Esq. Com-.
mander, from a cruize, in which 'she engaged
and took, after a short but warm contest, the
British: frigate La Guerriere, rated thirty-eight
but mounting 49 guns and 3,00 men, commanded
liy JAS.- It. DACRES, Esq. The Guerriere being a
mere wreck and lealcy',. Captain. Huta, ordered her
to be' set on fire; and she blew up in half an hour.
The following partieulars of the:aetion were com-
municated by an officer of the Constitution, and_
• may he.considered as essentially correct
Lat. 41. 42. N,Jong. 55. 33. W. Thursday Aug.
20th, fresh breeze from N. W.,and cloudy, at two
Y.I.S. discovered -a...vessel to•the southward, made
all sail in chase; at three perceived the chase;to be
a ship on the starboard tack, close hauled to the
wind, hauled S. S.W. at half-past 3 o'clock, made
out the chase to be a frigatei at 4, coming up with
the chase very fast, at a quarter before five the
chase laid her maintop-sail to. the Mast, took-in our
top-gallant-sails, stay-sails and flying-gib, took a
second reef in the top-sails, hauled the courses up,
sent the royal yards down, and got all clear for
action, beat to quarters, on which the crew
gave three cheers; at 5 the `chace hoisted three
English ensigns ; at five minutes past 5 the enemy
commenced firing; at twenty minutes past 5 set our
colours, one at each mast-head, and one at the
mizen-peak, and began firing on the enemy, and
continued to fire occasionally, he wearing very
often, and we manoeuvring close with him, to
avoid being raked ; at six, set the wain-top-gal-
lant sail, the enemy having bore up ; at five' mi-
nutes past six, brought the enemy to close action,
standing before the wind ; at fifteen minutes

past six, the enemy's main-mast fell over on the
starboard side ; at 20 minutes past 6, finding we
were drawing a-head of the enemy, luffed short,
roused his bows to rake him ; at 25 minutes past
6 the enemy fell on board, of us, his bowsprit foul
of our mizen rigging. We prepared to board,
but immediately 'after his fore and main-mast went
by the board, rand it .was deemed unnecessary.
Our cabin bad taken fire from her, guns, but -soon
extinguished without material- injury._ At three
P. M. shot a-head of the enemy, when the
firing ceased on both sides, he making the signal
of submission by firing a gun to leeward ; set
fore-sail and mainsail, and hauled to the eastivard
to repair damages ; all-our braces, and much of
our standing and. running rigging, and some of
our spars, shot away.
At seven wore ship and stood under the lee of the
prize, sent our boat on board, which returned at
eight with Captain DAcags, late of his Britannic
Majesty's ship Guerriere, mounting.'49 carriage-
gunk, and manned with 392 men ; got our boats
out, and emphiyed them in' removing the pri-
soners and baggage from the prize to our mil"
ship ; sent a surgeon's mate to assist in attending
the wounded, wearing ship occasionally, to keep
in the best position to receive the•boats.
minutes before two A. m. discovered a sail off the
larboard beam, standing to the. south ; saw all
clear for another action ; at three the sail again'
stood off, at day-light was hailed by the Lieute-

nanton board the prize, who informed me he had

, four feet/water in the hold, EMI that she was in a
sinking condition ; all hands employed in remov-
ing the prisoners, and repairing our own damage,
Out-igh the•rest of day„ Friday the 21st, commenc-
ed with light breezes from the southward and plea.
sant ; our boats and crew employed as before.
At three P.M, made the signal of recall for our
boats, having received all the prisoners, they
irn-
mediately left her on fire, and at half past
three she blew up. Our loss, in the action,
was 'seven killed and seven wounded : among
the former Lieutenant BUSH, of the Marines,
and among the latter Lieut. Moaßts, Severe:l',
and 'Mr. ALWYN; the Master, slightly. On the
part of the enemy, 15 were killed, and 64 woUnded ;
among the former Lieut. READY, among the latter
Capt. DACRES, Lieut. jiENT, Mr. SCOTT, Master,
ants a'Master's Mate. ,

During her short cruise, the pride of Boston,
the Constitution, besides the above gallant action,
destroyed two English brigs.