The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-21 00:00:00

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The lotion-lug observations respecting the en=
trance of the French into -doseow, and the cOn-
sequences .likely to- result from that measure,- are
said to have been wiitten by a.person of distinc7
tion in Russia:—

In tilt possession of Moscow, Buonaparte hoped
to secure for his army good winter-quarters, aid
abundance Of supplies. For the attainment of
the ►irst,,objcct, it is probable that enough of the.
town has been rescued from the flames ; for
though the buildings.in Moscow consist chiefly of
small wooden houses,, there are whole streets of
stone and brick palaces roofed with iron, and the
walls of these edifices are. so prodigiously thick,
that the conflagration -could scarcely spread
through them. The phrase used in the Bulletin,
Moscow is no more," was perhaps employed to
produce a strong impression on the minds of the
Russian people, and to alienate their affections
froth their Government, as the alleged cause of
such destruction.

But though a sufficient number of buildings may
remain to afford barracks for the French army, it
is difficult to imagine; how this army is to be sub-
sisted through a long winter in this rigorous"
climate. The statement in tile 20th Bulletin, that
every house was provided for eight months with
necessaries of every deicriptiou," is perfectly
false. The season for laying in a stock cif provi-
sions had not arrived when the French.entered'
Moscow. It -is only about the middle of October,
just bdfore the snows begin, to fall, that the win-
ter supplies are collected. At other seasons of
the year, the general stock of proviion, in the
town is calculated only for a short period of con-
sumption. It is equally fake, 'that the French
found large supplies of
.wines, brandy, Sec. in the
cellars. The middle and interior classes at
cow are altogether without any supplies whatever
of these articles. They are obliged to be content:,
-ecl with humble krass, .a beverage that . may here-
after
_produce a greater mortality among the
French, than the grapes of Champagne did among
the Prussians under the Duke of Brunswick, at the
commencement of the Revolution,. In the cellars
.of tile richer and higher . orders alone, were such
supplies to be discovered, but in no propori:ion to
the quantity stated in the Bulletin.
The necessity for collecting stores for the win-
ter, is occasioned by the -cessation of- ail inter-
course between Moscow, and the smaller towns,
villages, and estates,- during that severe season.
Except the great and leading roads of the Empire,
every- highway and footpaths is lost in the fallen
snow. It is difficult to conceive how the French
'army can obtain the means of subsistence for the
winter, fsurrounded, as it must be, by impassable
and trackless snow, and by a hostile population.
Bnonaparte has asserted, that he found in Mos-
cow 60,000 stand of arms, and 150 pieces of can-
non. This is not- to be credited;—there is no
arsenal at Moscow; and the prodigious extent Of
the town renders it perfectly indefensible. It is
surrounded by no fortified lines, and so mime" ous
a park of artillery was not requisite for the delenee
of the Kreinli.

A circumstance which. hitherto appears to•have
escaped general obscration is, the probable iii-
minution of the numbers of the Frenth, by the
effects of .climate alone, at this season of le year.
There aie three rivers, which partly surround and
flow through the city of Moscc4 ; and the fogs
and exhalations from them, just previously to the
falling-'olthe snow, are extremely injurious to the
health, even ..of the inhabitants seasoned to -att.

C: e. Tr, the,:e destructive miiimata the RAS-
siAw- «ill pyobablv have an effective ally ;, and we
may conlidentiv expect, that thousands of Buona-
part e's , southern troops thus be sacrificed to
thc retz_tilential rignurs of a Russian climate.
While the numherS of the French •army are di-
minishing; to those of the Russian a constantang7
mentation will be made. The destruction Of—fhe

greater part of MOSCOW, instead -of-dispiriting the
Russian -nobility, has exasperated and animated
them to the greatest exertions and sacrifices.' Al-
- 'ready they have placed one-tenth of their-vassals
at the dkposal of the Government and it .cal-
- crtlated, that, by this-mode of supply, upwards of
400,000 men may be raised. In Russia there are
:forty-two provincial or departmental Govern=
ments : and it is supposed, that even the smallest
will be able to raise nearly 10,000; recruits.
In penetrating to Moscow, it appears, that Bu-
onaparte calculated upon a certain spirit of., disaf-
fection to:the Government; which . has generally
.been known, to exist in_ that part of the empire :
but. be seems to have committed the gross error of
ednelnding that, because the Moscovite Nobility
were dissatisfied Ilath the Government, he should.
find t'hem ready- to join a Corsican 'invader. He
has been deceived and disappointed.? It- is c,er-
tainly tree, that a sKeof esprit de corps,—or ra-
-flier What may be caged • an rang,—per-
wades this class of the Rnssian Nobility. They
consist chiefly of the most ancient families in the
empire. They have. been established in the terri-
y of Moscow,and,the neighbouring provinces
for ages; they have always' been in a marked de-
gree attached to the ancient metropolis,.and con,-
.sequently have viewed with jealousy the rapid:•
growth of the new capital in the north. .
These and other circumstances, by fostering a
spirit of union among them, have given them a
colisciot;sness of importance .and strength ; and
their opinions have .not . always been in unison
with those of the Court. Bat these feelings have
nothing in them unpatriotic,-1--nothing favourable
to the Views of a toteign interest,—nothing that
Buonaparte shoald have conceived to be favoura-
ble.to his designs. .
• remains only to say a word on that influence
*rich it,. is suspected may, divert the Emperor
'Alexander.frOm.his preent determination to reject
ail overtures to a pacification. Romanzow, tho'
much abused, is at heart a Russian. At thdperi- •
pd when Great Britain and Russia were at -vari-
•ance, he -Was .sa.apeeted, because he manifested no
prefereiva! in our favour, of an attachment to the
,policy of,Francc... The latter was then the inclina-.
7tion of the -Russian Court, anti Rdmanzow, who is
by no means a man of powerful talents, followed
:the stream. He is too timid and humble an indi-
vidual to guide the decisions of Alexander.• He is
content with the moderate ambition of endea-
vouring. to aspertaia the wishes of the' Emperor,
and of contributing to their fulfilment. The same
aibservations may be applied to Kurakin.

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WENESO.AY, OCTOBER 21, 1812.

The Doris frigate„has. arrived at Portsmouth
from the East Indies. She brings intelligence of
the safe Arrival in India of Sir SAMUEL HOOD and
family, on board the Owen Glendother.
The Doris' left Madras the sth of July, and St.
Helena the 4th ult.

The Neptune, Captain DONALDSON, with the
riz.L:ian, Royal Charlotte, and Calabea, arrived at
.Bombay on the 7th May, and the Coutts on

th,2 9th.

The Doris, on the 23d nit. in. lat. 14.. 8: N. long.
I I. W spoke his Majesty's ship Loire, Captain
BRo \ N, having trn Oer con voY the ships Dorsetshire,
Scaleby Castle, Lord Eldon, Batavia and Cornwall,
homeward-bound.

We have already expressed our sincere regret
that the inhabitants of Westminster, consisting
of the most opulent and respectable that the coun-
try at large can supply, should have fallen into
such a criminal inertness ias gave a band of male-

contents an opportunity of procuring the return of
their favourites for the representation of that City
in Parliament. A resolute struggle, ,on the part
of the respectable inhabitants, would'have.tended
'as effectually to rescue the. City of Westminster
from the return of nxb-candidates, as the deter,
ruined efforts of the well-disposed Citizens ofLon-
don did in excluding ;Inch Charactersfrz'an the repre-
sentation of that City at the late Election. We are
induced to renew the subject in consequence of a
letter which appears'. in the public prints of this
day from the:Party, who have'taken advantage of
.the shameful supineness of.the higher order of in.-
habitant. in. Westminster to, elecf- their own Mem-
Lrs , an of the answers of'thase Members. The
letter congratulates the'Members on having been
returned " 'without expense-or personal trouble."
These grounds .6f congratulation, we doubt not,
are very agreeable to both of the Members, but
particularly to Sir F. BURDETT, on the score of
expense; for there is a memorable instance on record
which sbews how anxious the Baronet is to with-
hold money on an occasion in which it might be
thought that expense would sink to nothing, in
comparison with matters likely to excite a great

degree of public curiosity, if. not feelings of a
much stronger nature. But, on -the ground of
persiAal trouble also, we believe, the Baronet is
much obliged to those who have taken the trouble
off his hands ; for though he may be glad thht the
folly of his Electors has been so effectually ex-
erted ip his favour as to procure him a seat in
Parliament, it is very probable that- he secretly
holds them in contempt, and thinks, that the less
'communication he has with,thent the better, ex-
cept for his own ends. If -the Baronet had,
indeed, , any. respect for the Men 'who are so
silly as to lavish their time and their Money
in support of his cause, and .So much more silly as
to 'be ensnared by his political doctrines, though
-Ile would not have gone to any expense' to procure
his return, he would certainly have appeared on
,the hustings., and have given them, at leaSf; a few
inflammatory 'harangues, in order to animate their
zeal; and rewctrd.their exertions-so cheaply. But
he, in reality, ..despises them, and, therefore, kept
aloof at a time wheh he ought to hare shcwu sonic
marks of outward respect and gratitude, what-
ever might be his feelings. ,But the Baronet
has the effrontery to tax the Nvhole,Elective Body
=through the United Kingdiim with venality, and
to say that, " au uncorrupt body of Electors is
no nn-,re to be-expected than an uncorrupt
mcnt," making, however, an exception in favour
of those who elected him: This is a most scanda-
lous attack upon the great body of the people, -and
Could not but excite their indignation and con-
tempt, if,tbe political, conduct of the Baronet had
not before excited such feelings. Can 'it be
doubted, however, that if the Ei...!ctors of West-
minster, at large, ha4.,come forward, and rescued
their City from sticha representation, he would not
have' acknowledged that they were. " an uncorrupt
body of Electors," but Would have confined his
exception to the little band who had bestowed their
votes On him. We say bestowed, because we know
the Baronet's prudence, and that he would never
have been guilty of the extravagance of corruption.
But we shall take our leave of him at present. As
to Lord COCHRANE, those who can take the pains
of reading his long letter, deserve the praise of
patience. Those who have not such perseverance,
we can relieve, from all curiosity, 'by assuring them,
that it contains nothing but what the Noble Lord
said again and again in his letters and his speeches.
We wish to see him drop the politician, and employ
himself in 'his profession; by which means he may
have an opportunity of doing credit to himself, and
of serving' his country; but, judging of the future
-by the past; we have little hope that such bene- .
ficial consequences will attend hitn orihe State,
while he continues -to assume the for Mer cha-

racter.

• Yesterday the Duke of Yonx' had an audience
of the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton House.

Yesterday, at half-past two. o'clock, a Cabinet
Council 'was held at the Foreign Office, which
continued sitting until fire o'clock.
Yesterday Lord 'MELVILLE held a Leyee, at his
Office, at the Adruiralty, which was not so nu-
merously attended as on former occasions.
Yesterday the Commander in Chief-held a public
Levee, at his'OffiCe at the Horse Guards, which
was attended by a number of Military Gentlemen.
Major-Gen. SLEMPT -15 appointed Lieutenant-
Governor of Fort William, in the room of Lieut.-
Gen. MACDONALD.

General Sir THOMAS IliknAlNt has recovered his
health by inhaling the pleasant breezes of his na-
tive land, lie attended a stag hunt on Saturday
last, at Lyndock, and was in high spirits.

POLLS.-SURUEY.--OtT. 20.
Mr 'Sumner IS47 [ Sir T. Turton
Sir Thomas Sutton 1726 I

CUESTER CItY.—OcT. 19:

Gcn. Gr6.31-enor
Egertqn...

...613 ( Sir. Richard 8r0a1ie..... :564
..57l j 111i:Fcr,v.usbiltd 5f.)8

WEYMOUTH .IND -MEI,COM REGT.S.—O'cT. 19.
J. Murray 249 Mr, 11-.
Itiglit Hon. T. Wallace 20G Mr, Steward - 124
Bromihrzu‘t ' 197 , W. I.iiillearns lO7

Gc-n. N'e,,e(lll;.:ra

NEWRY .-Our -Z6

1,46,.1 Curraa

Mr. Curran stgaihed his intention of declining
a.-0 further contest.

• TWENTY THOUSAND POI) ND 5 e fon ow ing,
Capital Prizes, all drawn yesterday, were sold in
Sates at- BVsses truly fortunate . Office, 17, Lud-
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sand Pounds, in. one Halt and eight Sixteenths ;
1it)74756, One tbotsand Pounds, in one Half,
one Qiutzter, and four Sixteenths No. 4758, Five
hundred hundred Pounds, in one Half one Quarter,. and
four Sixteenths. The fortunate holders may re-
ceive their money on demand, at WEBB'S Lucky
Office, 17, Ludgate-street.

Yesterday, a Court of Aldermen was summoned
to meet at Guildhall, ,but a sufficient number of
Aldermen not attending, the LORD MAYOR, after
inspecting the- returns, ordered the price of brad
to be continued at is. ti d. the quartern loaf,
wheaten, and.ls. sd, houehold,
kiiti MAJES'lY`sereana-coloured horses have been,
-for several mornings past, exercised, eight to a
break,. in 'St. -James's and Hyde Park.
Light,Freri-± Officers, who `were : prisoners of
war on their parole at Andover, having been taken
at Hordle, near Lyniingtou, in attempting to make
their escape, are committed to the county gaol.
Yesterday the LORD MA-Yon, the SHERIFFS, the
RECORDER, &c. proceeded from the Mansion-house
to St. Margaret's-hill, in the Borough, Where his
'Lordship opened the Session for Southwark, pro
forma, after which they-returned to the Mansion-
House. •