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otir brave troops, partly by desertion, and partly by 1 the measure, on the contrary, we can scarcely find ex- have recourse to the step which he adopted—a step
hunger and sickness .: with the remainder he is come j press;ons adequate to praise the true heroism display- " dictated by a sense of duty, and a full conviction
to Moscow. His audacious irruption, not only into .
the very heart of Russia, but into its ancient capital, ed by General Kurusow in its adoption. He felt of its expediency. The bands of savages [says this
will, no doubt, gratify his ambition, and give him that to give up the ancient capital of the empire, was humale commander, who denounced death to every
cause of boasting; but the character of that measure incurring, in the eyes.of his Sovereign and of his coup- white man found fighting by the side of an Indian!]
must be determined by its result. He has not entered a trymen, the heaviest possible responsibility; that it was —64 The bands of savages which had then joined the
country where every step he takes inspires all with
terror, and bends b
Russia is oth the tr
unaccustomoops and the inha
to subjectionbi, and tants touching the individual interest of a vast number, and. British force were numerous beyond any former ex-
to his feet.
the honour of a whole nation in a most tender point ; ample. Their numbers have been since increased ;
will not suffer her laws, religion, freedom, and pro- 1 and that it would be felt by many as little short of the and the history of the barbarians of the North of
perty to be trampled upon: she will defend [hearts; foss of the empire : but he saw that it was necessary Europe does not furnish examples of more greedy
the last drop of her blood. Hitherto the general zeal ' for the preservation of an army, on which the real violence than those savages have exhibited.—[How
against the enemy clearly evinces how powerfully our safety of the State depended; and he did not hesitate pathetic ! but mark the grand sublimity and hero,
empire is guarded by the undaunted spirit of its sons.
Thus, no one despairs • nor is this a time to de. rto make the painful sacrifice. This, we repeat, is a ism of what follows]. A large portion [it would
spair, when every class of the empire is inspired with kind of heroism, far less common, and therefore more appear then that some were otherwise minded]
courage and firmness,—when the enemy, with the 1 admirable, than that which was displayed in the bat- of the brave and gallant Officers and men I com-
remainder of his daily decreasing forces, at a dis-
tance I tie of Borodino. The manner in Which so noble a manded would cheerfully have contested until the
from home, in the midst of a numerous people, I
is surrounded by our armies, one of which stands resolution was carried into effect, is neither less. de- last cartridge had been expended, and the bayonet:
:
: serving of our commendation, nor less prolific of hope WORN TO THE SOCKETS ! !
before him, and the other three are endeavouring m
cut off his retreat, and to prevent him from receiving with respect to the ulterior prospects of the war. 1 Our limits do not allow us to take farther notice
any fresh reinforcements,—when .Spain has not only 1 There was daily fighting, it seems, with the ad- to-day of the Commentaries of C/ESAR the Second.
thrown off his yoke, but also threatens to invade his : vanced guards of the two armies. Strange that the Sir GEORGE PREVOST, without an solicitation on the
territories,—when the greatest part of Europe (ex-y
Fitnch Bulletins should conceal all this ! But, had part of General Hutt, offered to take his parole and
hausted and enslaved by li.m), serving him involun-
tarily, is anxiously and impatiently awaiting the mo- ' the adverse parties continued on equal terms, the to permit him to return home.
went when she shall tear herself from his heavy and capital would not have been given up, without ano- On the 19th of August the people of New Orleans
insupportable chains,—when his own country sees no: thee, and a still more terrible struggle, between the and the neighbouring country were visited with
"n - the

end to torrents of its blood shed fol. his ambition.
46 In the present disastrous state of human affairs,
will not that country acquire eternal fame, which, after
encountering all the inevitable desolations of war,
shall at last, by its patience and intrepidity, succeed
in procuring an equitable and permanent peace, not
only for itself, but also lOr other Powers ; nay, even
for those who are unwillingly fighting against us ?
It is gratifying and natural for a generous nation to
render good for evil.
Almighty Goo! turn thy mercirul eye to thy
supplicating Russian church. Vouchsafe courage
and patience to thy people struggling in a just cause,
so that they may thereby overcome the enemy ; and
in saving themselves, may also defend the freedom
of Kings and Nations!"

THE EVENING STAR.

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The intelligence from Russia, which will be found
in our columns of to-day, while it must fill the minds
of our Readers with confidence in.the Russian cause,
is precisely of that description which, as Journalists,
we could have wished, even from the pitiful and
selfish consideration of keeping up our own personal
reputation for accuracy of judgment with the public.
It is, indeed, with emotions of triumph, that we
point to the documents now before us. The Emperor
ALEXANDER has armed himself for the great contest
with the affections of his people. -The palisadoes
which now surround his throne, are composed of
men; and not slaves. The character of the Russian
soldier and the Russian peasant is now changed--
Liberty and Patriotism are inscribed on their banners
—Revenge and Victory ! are now their watch-words
in battle.

The day on which Moscow was entered by the
barbarians, may yet prove to have been a happy day
for Europe—it has drawn the Emperor ALEXtit
closer to his people, and has removed for ever all
prospects of conciliation with his enemy—fron• the,
ashes of the human victims, whom the do/outing ele-
ment consumed, there has arisen a spirit whiclr will
shake the' Continent to its centre—yes! you may
now tremble, ye tided cowards and sceptred villains,
who,have, throughout Europe, squandered the life
blood of the human bei.igs entrusted to your Govern-
ment, at the beck of a ferocious and sanguinaty ty-
rant, whose drink is human blood, whose food is
havoc and desolation !

!train armies: their inequality was destroyed, how-
'sever, by the reinforcemints with. which the almost.
);Cittndless sobstrviency of the Continent supplied 80.
teAPARTE. He was enabled to place two new columns
• on different roads to Moscow, threatening the reserve
Of General KuTusow, in the very vicinity of Moscow.
A battle, in such a situation, might have destroyed
the 'army, without even saving the city. A wood-
;built town; the object of close dispute between two';
armies, furnished with a thousand pieces of carnori,
might have been wrapt in flames by the very struggle.
Prudently, therefore, as well as bravely, did Gene;ai
!-Kvrvsow resolve to snatch .trcm the impending con-1
fiagration whatever could be saved of the military
stores, the valuables, the property imperial and pri.
vate. He called on the inhabitants to second his
efforts, and we have the confirming testimony of the
19th Bulletin that his call was obeyed. " All the
merchants and shopkeepers," according to that do-
cument, had abandoned the city when the French
entered. That a number of the poorer class, who
could not command the means of transport, would
,still remain—that they would cling to their homes
with a feeling of sacred despair—and that they would
vainly and ineffectually, but still desperately, resist
the banditti, strange to them in dress, and language,
and arms, and discipline, who came to pillage and
massacre them, may be easily conceived, and we
fear is too lamentable a truth. General Kurusow
must not be understood quite literally, when he says
that scarcely an inhabitant remained in the town.—
The French told us of 5000 malefactors, and 6000
tither satellites (so they thought fit to designate them)
and it is to be apprehended, that the numbers were
far greater. Yet what an example is this ! Three.'
fourths, or more, of the inhabitants of a vast metro-
polis, abandon their dwellings and property at the
summons , (for it is idle to call it compulsidn) of
l'fieir Governor ; whilst the others remain, not to
pass tranquilly under the dominion of the enemy,
hut to resist him to the last, and to involve him and
tbemielves in a common ruin.
, • While we are thus pointing with satisfaction at the
/ 'prospects which are opening in the heart of Russia,
it mtist add to the general exultation to learn, that
the Turks have begun to act against Austria:
" BERLIN, SEPT. 2.5.
" We have the mortification to learn (says the
French writer) that the Turks have begun to act
against the Austrians, and there has been a conflict
between them."

a
most dreadfql hurricane, the ravages of which ex-
ceed any thing of the kind that has occurred for many
years. Almost every house in the city was' unroofed,
warehouser loaded with produce of different kinds
were levelled with the ground. The whole place
presents nothing but scenes of havock, ruin, and de.
lolation ; and to add to the distress, torrents of rain
continued to fall on the shelterless inhabitants, who
survived the destruction till the date of the latest
accounts, viz. the ‘24th of August. The scr!le
cn the sea-coast was, if possible, more distre,sing.
nbole shore was soon covered with wrecks of
vessels and multitudes of cones and mangled objects
of misery.: We have seen a list of upwards of fifty
ships and brigs lost or nearly complete wrecks. The
account:llia had been received from the neighbour-
ittq were equally afflicting ; the planters'
houses and sugar works were many of them over-
thrwin, and the sugar-canes levelled with the ground.
The lower part of the country has been entirely laid
under water, and vast numbers of the inhabitants have
perished. •

GENE AL ELECTION.
BEnKSHIRE.—State of the' Poll .Sixth Day :‘
Dundas, 94h—Neville, 736—Hallett, 235.
asa.x, Ocr. 1.6,-State of the Poll, Sixth Day!,
Houbien, I.l7l—Western, 1 tho—Eurgoyeia, no. •
SURREY, OCT. 17.—Saturday's P,:11 :
Sumner, 1617—Suttan, 1542—Turtop, 811.
Otronn CITY, 10th Day, (Saturday.) - Mr. Et/Ex ,
this morning declined any farther contt.tt, when Itil"
ATttrris WRIGHT and Mr. LOCKHART were declared
duly elected.

We this morning received New-York and other
American Papers to the 23d ultimo. They were
I brought to Liverpoolby the Tontine cartel. Their con-
tents are important, but from the press of other matter
1 -
we must condense them. We regret to say, that some
of our plicate letters concur in stating, that there
are strong grounds for supposing that MADISON will
Se 're-elected President, and in that event hostilities
::*iilhe continued. Other letters, however, state that
;he CUNTON or Federal party was every where
tiriumphant. In the mean time, Addresses- against
ire War-are pouring in from all quarters. The
iiinted Journals do not enable us to say any thing as
yet, respecting the determination of the American '
Government. Congress has not met.
The surrender of the redoubtable General HULL,
as might have been expected, produced a strong sensa-
tion
among the Americans. His Official Dispatches,
announcing this event, chew in the most striking man- i
ner that the Yankies had allowed themselves to be
hurried into the mad project of conquering the Cana- ;
das without even attending to the dictates of com-
mon
prudence. They expected that all the Indian-1
tribes would remain neutral I—that the Canadianmi:
litia would desert to them in great numbers (and Hut.t.
says that some of them did)—and that the inhabi-
tants would hail them as brethren, and receive them
as welcome deliverers from British tyranny and oppres-
sion! I But, unhappily, none elan these expected events
took place. .HULL found himself surrounded with .
hostile Indians, cut off from every resource, loaded
with sick and wounded men; unwilling to retreat;
unable to advance—the British in his front, and their
ships approaching within cannon-shot; and at last
bead bianelf obliged, oa his own Meoseibility, to

This may be called the language of enthusiasm—
it is, indeed, stronger than we are in the habit of
wing, but there is such a patience under suffering—
such a determination to persevere to the last extre-
mity, and such a respectful but heart-rending appeal
to HEAVEN in the Proclamation of ALEXANDEIt to
his people, that torpid indeed must be that bosdra,in
which it kindles no glow of animation.
•4 In the present disastrous state of human affairs,"
says this most magnanimous declaration, g, will not
that country acquire eternal fame, which, after en-
countering all the inevitable desolations of war, shall'
at last, by its patience and intrepidity, succeed in pro-
curing an equitable and permanent peace, not only
for itself,. but also for other Powers ; nay, even for
those who are unwillingly fighting against us ?. It is
gratifying and natural for a generous nation to ren-
der good for evil. Almighty Gon I turn thy merci-
ful eye to thy supplicating Russian Church. Vouch-
safe courage.and -patience to thy people struggling in
a just cause, so that they may thereby overcome the
enemy ; and in saving themselves, may also defend
the freedom of Kings and Nations."
It is, in short, throughout, a document of inestima-
ble value. It announces the fall of Moscow—but it
has produced a solemn resolution to avenge the blow,
or to perish in the attempt.

CHESTER.—State of the Poll on Saturday
Grosvenor - 592 Brooke - 545
Egerton I 548 "I owt+shend - 489
NOTTINGII/111.—Mr. ARIEWMGHT having declined,
Lord RANCLIFFE and JOHN SMITH, Esq. have been
declared duly elected. Final state of the Poll :
Smith, 9013--Rancliff, 1515—Arksvrigh', 1239
LIVERPOOL.—The Electron finished on Friday
The Right Hon. GEORGE CANNING and General G./.8.
coviqx the successful Candidates. There was a rtla--
jority of 400 in favour of CANNING, who was chaired
amidst the acclamations of 4-sths of the inhabitants.
Canning 1631 I Brougham - 1131
Gascoyue - 1592 Creevey - 1068
Tarleton • II
YORKSHIRE.—Mr. WORTLEY having Withdrawn
from the cotest, Lord MILTON and the Hon. Mr.
LAscrum were elected on Friday, and were chaired
accordingly.
Mr. VALENTINE BLAKE., the former oppCinent of
Mr. JAMES DALY, for Galway, has been s( licited by
the Independent interest to oppose himself to Mr.
PONSONSY. The election is fixed for the 16th.

The abandonment of Moscow, as we find from
Korusorr's dispatch, did not form a part of the ori.
ginal plan of the campaign, but arose. out of the pre-
cipitate retreat of BARCLAY DE Tow from Smolensk,
.it was adapted with great resolution, and even amid
great diversity 'of opinion among the Russian Gene-
rals. Events have shewn that we ought not oblong

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