Star.
London, England, 1812-10-29 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

THURSDAY, OdTOBER
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I`6.day we continue our extracts from the Aire.

tkan papers received yesterday. They present no
'mare, but that which must disgust every man of
wawa sense and common feeling. On the one •
baud,
the Members of the war faction seem to floun-
der on, amid defeat and disgrace to their military
pnterprizes, and amid the execrations of the more
sober and enlightened population around them, who
protest, with asseverations both loud and deep, that
they have been dragged into an unjust, unnecessary,
and unnatural war. We are sorry to be obliged to'
notice) that the language of the Federalists is, on
many occasions, intemperate :—they have, indeed,
great cause for irritation; and they have to contend
with men, whom we have no hesitation to denounce

as the most traitorous, hypocritical, and scurrilous
villains, who ever leaped into power in a country
calling itself free. The Baltimore Massac►e—the
acquittal of the murderers, by the contrivance of the
harking Gevernetent—are, indeed, damning proofs
that these strong epithets are not misapplied : but
we Must repeat our chagrin at the warmth in which
the reprobation of the Federalists of Westmoreland
(the birth place of Washington) is couched. In one
of their resolutions they thus denounce ene of MA.
but)o's Brigadier-Generals :

Ite,olved, That in our opinion no Gentleman can, with
Wdyto his reputation or honour to his sword, serve under Bri-
sadier-Gmersl Sramaza—a wretch, who is is disgrace to the
locate from whom he sprung, to the unhappy children of whom
be If the father, to the country which gave him birth, and to the
limas of which it< is an individual!'
If it be true, as the extracts from the American,
Papers inform us, that their Government will listen
to no just and liberal terms of negotiation—it the
right of search must be abandoned by Great Britain
6--if the Canadas are to be wrested from ber as the
basis of negotiation—then indeed must the impri-
soned winds be let loose upon the unhappy Ameri-
taut. The war agAinst them will become popular

in England—even the leading Members of Opposi-

tion in the last Parliament, who advocated the
Wrongs of America, stand pledged to support it, if

America is not satisfied—and if such is likely to be
the unanimity in this country, the prosecution of the
contest will be as vigorous as we trust it will be sue-
cessful:

While on this subject we May be permitted to ex-
press a wish, that the hostilities of our fleets should
be directed to the total annihilation,in the first instance,
of the American Navy—this will be the best method
of allaying that triumphant spirit which has arisen
out of the capture of the unfortunate Guerriere.—
Nothing short of this can avenge her loss. The of>fi•;
ter who commanded has been honourably acquitted
a-long may he enjoy the honour of being the first
tritish Officer who was tried and acquitted for strik-
ing his flag to an American; but may we never have
to record such another event I

Next to the destruction of the American navy,
Re ptesttme that a domiciliary visit to Baltimore and
others cf the Southern States, where the cry of war
has been loudest, would be highly acceptable to the
friends of Peace and Commerce throughout the rest
of the American Continent. Baltimore, in particular,
exhibits a foul den of iniquity, which nothing short
of a copious torrent of the Congreve rockets will
ever purity✓-if we are to have war, let it be one of
retribution I Our Ministers ought forthwith to give
our Commanders the means of making the British
Rag at terrific in the new world as h is in the old.
Sir JONN BoaLAsa WARREN, according to the Ame-
ricans, tarries out the olive branch in one hand, and
the torch in the other. We must confess, however,
that if we are to judge from the recent conduct and
tamper of the men now in powers we see no chance
even of a negotiation being opened. The unseating
of MADISON can alone afford a prospect of peace and
to attain this object the Federalists are everywhere in
motions They have our best wishes. Their cause
is that of every friend of mankind in both hemispheres.
• ram, Saustualqn. !"

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It was generally reported yesterday, that the 23d
tulletin had reached town; the contents of which
were stated to be, that the Russiar.s had been defeated
in a general action near Moscow. It will create in
us no surprize if another general action should be
found to have taken place; but we are yet fully per-
suaded that ho fresh official accounts have arrived in
this country from Moscow, by the way of France.
Private letters, it is true, have arrived from Paris
to the 24th, yet they are certainly silent on a ffairs car-
rying on at Mbscow and its environs, but inform us
of a circumstance which, if true, is a singular one.— I
It is stated in them, that the French capital had bees
thinned of its mechanics, who were directed to pro-
ceed to Moscow, in order, as it is expressed, to assist
in rebuilding that city. No fewer than 2,500 masons
and carpenters are said to have set off during the
course of last week. This is, as we said before, a sin-
gular circumstance ; and which it affords a proof that
it is BONA/P41111e! intention to occupy Moscow during
the winter, It shews that the desertion by the isatives
has been complete, otherwise he would have pressed
41. them into his service.