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London, England, 1812-10-10 00:00:00

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10,481'2..

A Letter was received in town yesterday from
Newcastle, stating the arrival at Sunderland of a
cutter from tbe,Baltie, bringing a report that a
dreadful battle had been fought close to Moscow,
the 15th, 16th, -And 17th ult. ; that in the first
two days the French had the advantage, but on
the third, victory decided in favour of the Rus-
sians. From the circumstances accompanying the
report,• there is no doubt that it entirely relates
to the battle of Borodino.

A rumour of a contrary nature was also brought
3friterday frOm Morlai;c, namely, that g negocia-
tion had commenced between France and Russia ;
that the Emperor ALEXANIYEE: had solicited an
armistice from BuoNArAkTE, Which was granted
upon the following terms being conceded as.pre-
liminaries to a Treaty,
,viz.:—Moscow to remain
in possession of the Fren eh during the winter; gus-
sla to become a member of the Confederation ; to
pay 70 millions of francs, to shut her ports ::,ainst
England, and, finally, that the Grand Duke CON-
STAN TINE shall be sent to the ,French head-quar-
ters as a hostage for the performance of these
conditions. '

We feel it our duty thus to state the par-
ticulars of
,this rumour, to which publicity has
been given ; but it would be a gross libel on the
Emperor ALEXANDER to suppose that there can be
any truth in it,_ nor do we believe one word of it.
Boo:cap/turn may, very probably, have imagined
lat by entering Toseow he should intimidate.
the EMPEROR, and impose his own terms of Peace ;
but the destruction of that capital, as stated in
the 19th Bulletin, (the authenticity of which We-
see no reason to dispute) is the strongest proof
that could be given by the Emperor of Ilttis'slA of
his determination to continue the 'war.

The Mary and Ann, MILLER, from Jamaica to
Londbn ; the Diana, HARVEY, froM.Londou for
Bristol; and the Janiaica, KNEALE, from Bristol
to LiyerpoO\l, are taken -by the Higiiker, Ame-
rican pril.atek arrived at Baltimore'l ith

The Grendda, DUTCHMAN, from Gu:ulaloupe to
London, is taken by the Eagle privateer,.of New

York,

- A Letter has been received from CiptainThl7.6-
TERRE, Ot the ship 'lithe,- dated at sea, the 3d
Atig':st last:;. lat. 7.. 0. S. 33..20. W.' in company
with the extra ships Ciirmartheti, and Alciander,
-all outward-botnd.

Is is .somewhat curious, that thon'..;ll. Lord
COCIIRAI4I and *.FII4NCIS I3unnETT Were fully
apprised of /the day when the Election for West-
minster took place, neither of them concleseended
to appear,On the hustings. They seemed, indeed,
to be .as, much ashamed' of their suppsrtcrs as
nista/ was of his ragged troops, with whom he
declined to march through Coventry: It is strange
hpowerful • •
that -with so many wealthy a inhabi-
tants as Westminster contains, the power of elect-7.
Representatives; shoulU be left to such men
as the Burdettites. Nothing,can •he more degrad-
,
ini..; than such supineness in so respectable a City,
wnen any resolute stir on the part of the higher
and more reputable' inhabitantS: would effectually
have rescued the Representation from -such hands:
As to the conteniptuous absence of the two Can-
didates, it is rather a subject for satisfaction than

regret', asv thereby the public escaped some in-
flammatory hafangues that would only have tend-
ed to excite diSturbancesumong the populace, and
afterwards to raise disgust through, the columns of
JaCobin newspapers. But that the choice of Re-
presentatives , should have fallen into such hands
as those who have elected the Representatives for
Westminster -is truly' lamentable. If the same
inertness should prevail among tne more dignified,
opulent, and respectable-, of the constituent body
throughout the Empire, there will be an end to
that gliirious Constitution which h:-.3 long been
considered as the triumph of 'political 'sagacity,
aided by the maturing_ operations of time and ex-
perience. W earnestly, therefore, "'exhort the
Electors all over the United• Kingdom, to take
warning by the lamentable fate of Westminster,
and to confer their suffrages only on menf who arc
decided friends to our excellent establishment in
Church and State. If a majority of those men
should be returned to Parliament who affect such
a liberal toleration as would remove every safeguard
. •
placed round that establishment by' the wisdom
and the virtue Of our,ancestors, we may expect
that our posterity will be elqposed to all the hor-
rors that attended a Roman Catholic ascendancy
in former tunes. The Ronian Catholic faith, its
disciples declare, is unchanged and unchangeable,
and therefore it is not bigotry, but 'wisdotn and
self-defence, to gnaird against it, as it may be ex-
pected when in po'wer,, to do a-gain what it baS
clone before. We are far, from wishing that
politics should ever be introduced in our pulpits,
but we conceive that it is particularly the-
duty of. the Ministers of our religion to raise a
warning voice against the progress of Popery, and
to counteract its efforts by the utwOst exvrtion of
their zeal and ability. Too many of our Reformers
will stick at nothipg to get into Power, and " in
the shipwreck' of the State, trifles would float and
be preserved, while every thing valuable would
sink to the bottom; and be lost_for ever."

Yesterday the SWEDISH AmßAssAnort, Lord LI-
VERPOOL, artd Lord CASTLEREAGH, had audiences
of the PRINCE REGENT, at Carlton House.

Yesterday evening summonses were issued from
the Earl of LIVERPOOL, for a Cabinet Council to
assemble this day at the Foreign Office. .
A Gentleman who left Santander in a British
ship of war,
.on Wednesdayse'nnight, states, that
the Marquis of WELLINGTON was in Burgos, and
it was • expected that the Castle, whicli is com-
manded by the bill of St. Michael, would surren-
der in a few days. It was provided With a garri-
son of from 1500 to 2000 men. The main body
of the French army, late Under- MARmoNT, bad
retreated-in .the direction of Miranda del,Ebro.

A new expedition bad been undertaken to Gua-
tierra, situated on the coa'st, a few leagues to the
west of St.. Sebastian. It consisted of about 4000
Spaniards, under General MENDIZABEL, and four'
or five hundred marines from the squadron com-
manded by Sir HOME. POPHAM. The result of thiii
enterprise was not known at the time the ship of
war left Santander.

Letters have reached town flout Boston, of the
11th ult. By these we learn, that' in consequenee
of Mr. MADISON'S determination to persevere in
w the ar'against this country, he had beComeex-
ceedingly unpopular ; and Mr. DE WITT CLIN-
TON, on the solicitation of a numerous and power-
ful body of citizens, had consented to oppose him
at the. next election for a President. This gentle-
man, who, bad hitherto professed similar princi-
ples to Mr. MAntsoN, has of late expressed him-.
'self in strong terms on the impoiicv of the war
with Great Britain, which he very justly charac-
terises as " frivolous and vexatious." .1 influ-
ence with the ilernocratie party is considerable,
especially with the more moderate amongst them.;
and the Federalists, to a rhan, have promised him
their support. A ealculation has already been
made of the respective interests of the Candi-
dates : and it is thought that the election will de-
pend on the part taken hythe majority in Penn-_
sylvania.
Letters, 14y way of America, have heen.reeeiv7
eft from Calcutta, to the 1 6th of 'April. The
Cornwall and Barrosa, country ships, and the
Baring, were to sail front Bengal, for England,
in the lattee end Of April. The Charlton and Sir
liurroughs.were,taking in cargoes for Eng-
land.— The. Java, country ship, sailed from Co-
lamb°, with rice, on the 10th of April, and was
to proceed thence to Java, to take in a cargo of
Sugar and coriee fOr England:—
, The following is an extract of a letter-- from
Stockholm,: dateViSept. 25 :—" Every thing is
quiet at this place, and, except two couriers iron
Petersburgh, one.of whom arrived here yester-
day, and the other to-day, and who hrotight with
them an account of a victory gained by the Rus-
sians near Mosk\a, we have no news w,latever.
Part of the military in this city has departed, and.
is at Da aro ;
_but the whole division cannot yet
be embarked, as there is a great scarcity of sear
men. The press-gangs are very busy, yet can
catch but few. Mr. THORNTON has almost every
day interviews with Baron `?ON ENGETROM,. the
Prime Minister; and, it is said, that he, has de-
livered in a strong note on acedunt'nf the delay in
.the sailing' of the expedition. The CROW
• PRINCE is much beloved, but no one. knows his
politics. He has discharged all his French ofii-
cers and servants, and sent them away to France,
except his Equerry."
The British Army in CanadS has received a re-
inforcement of-2000 men by the arrival at Quebec
of the Istbattalion Royals, and the 103 d regi.-
Ment. Tn'the event of a reconciliation with the
United States, this army can 'now furnish a large
effeeili , e force to the Peninsula. The 41st and
49th regiments that were ordered home fbr that
purpose, have been countermanded, and detained
in Canada on account of the DeclaratiOnOf War.