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London, England, 1812-10-15 00:00:00

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The Twenty-first French Bulletin has arrived. It
teems with new horrors ! The conflagration of Mos-

cow must have lasted six days, for on the ROth only,
the date of the Bulletin, it is said to have subsided.
Three hundred brave men, who faithfully executed
the orders of their superiors, have been wantonly
shot, and they are designated by the epithet of Incets-
diaries. The awful calamity which has befallen
Moscow, brought on, as it has been, by the fell
spirit which directs the crimes of France, will indeed
long fill the minds of contemporary and succeeding
generations. Well may we say, in pointing to that
event—
Repertum hcedie facinus, quod nee Poeta fingere, nec His-
trio sonar; nec Mimus inntari poturrit !"
If three-fourths of Moscow have been destroyed,
we are at a loss to conceive how the French 'atmy
can be quietly reposing in barracks, as the Bulletin
would insinuate ; but we regret to find that the Rus-
sians wete not able to destroy the ammunition col-
lected at Moscow. Gunpowder sufficient for two
campaigns sounds rather alarmingly.
The Bulletins or Proclamations of the honest Rus-
sian, ROSTOPCHIN, appended to the French Bul et 3,
will be read with interest by every person of common
feeling. If any thing were wanting to prove, as we
have frequently observed, that the Russian Nation is
now in arms against the invaders, we think that these
documents would be sufficient.
Though the Gottenburgh Mail of yesterday
brought no farther official intelligence from Moscow,
various private letters enable us to lay before our
Readers a few particulars respecting the occupation of
that city by the enemy. On the 7th, the day of the
great battle, the Russians were rather inferior in
numbers to the enemy. The Russians seem to have
suffered a loss of about 40,000—the French probably
a little more. The French, or a considerable body
of them, drew off to the Southward to Kalouga (leav-
ing the Russians in possession of the field of battle)
and were joined by a reinforcement of 30,000 fresh
troops under VICTOR. Defensive operations then be_
came necessary on the part of the Russians, who re=
tired to Zwenigovod, in a northerly direction towards
Vlodymir, increasing the distance between the two
Armies.
Meanwhile, BONAPARTE, anxious to sharpen the

is filled with gun-boats. appetite of his hungry followers with the plunder of
SEPTEMBER 23.—A1l our troops are in motion to- Moscow, pushed his cavalry by a circuitous route to
wards the coasts., The head-quarters are to be esta- t ' he verygates of the city, which MURAT reached on
blidied at Rotschild. The King will command the
army in person. The citizens and students will per. the 14th. Although scarcely any regular force re.
form-the duty at Copenhagen. General Count Wall- mained to protect the town, the inhabitants them-
lenburg has been appointed Commandant .of the selves took up arms, and for three days gallantly re-
Capital. sisted the invaders. Had the town been guilt, like
VIENNA, SEPT. 2s.
Buenos Ayres, chiefly of stone, there can be little
According to superior orders, there will be a grand
doubt that the result would have been, as in that in-
recruiting on the 28th of this month, which will ter-
minate on the 6th of October. This recruiting will stance, the expulsion of the assailants: but the wooden
serve to complete the ranks of the third battalions, houses, mostly covered with a coating of paint, were
SEQUEL OF THE JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE of too inflammable a nature to stand such a contest.
AUSTRIAN AUXILIARY CORPS.
—The Russian accounts attribute the conflagration
According to the latest reports of the Prince of
chiefly •
to the vindictive spirit of the French on meet-
Schwartzenberg, General of Cavalry, commanding
the auxiliary Austrian corps, dated headquarters,ing with so unexpected a reception : the latter, as we
Golubia, the 15th of this month, this corps con- have seen, charge the Russian Government with a
deliberate plan for the destruction of the city.
tinues to occupy its former positions, such as they
were described in the last page of the journal of the The probability is, that when the cannonade had
operations, in order that the troops might take the
, set fire to it in different quarters, when most of the
necessary repose, to recover from the fatigues which
i
they had undergone. Since the last reports nothing barricadoes were broken down, and the brutal fury
has occurred on the whole line of operations, except of the French soldiers was on the point of being gra-
that the corps of the enemy's, General Ertel, on the tified by success, the inhabitants voluntarily consum-
-186, drove in, near
Major-General Mohr, Jasiolwho da,was near the advanceachwa Ld postsAs of
mated the work of destruction which had been already
.
the tnovements of the enemy made General Mohr carried so far, resolving, in the last extremity, to
apprehensive that his communications with the trin- disappoint the hopes of the insulting conquerors.—
cipal corps would be cut off, he therefore determined Amidst such scenes as these,' carried on for three
to retire to
pan, and tothdrawe right
nearer to the main body of th bank of the Yina, behind Slape
- successive days, the carnage on both sides must have
been tremendous ;and perhaps the numbers who
fell,
army, near Liubaschew, which completely secured
his communications. to gain poesession of the now insulated Kremlin, and
_ _

In order to ascertain the iatentious of the enemy of the dreary waste which but lately v - Macaws

may have been little inferior to those of many a gb.
rious battle.
What effects may flow from this event time alone
can unfold, but that which was most to be dreaded
appears not to have taken place—Yielding Despoil.
dency. Letters of the 20th have been received from
Pctersburgh— that is two days later than Lord CATH.
CART'S last dispatch. Tidings of the fall of Moscow
had certainly reached the Government. This was
manifest from the gloom and uneasy bustle that pre.
vailed at the Imperial Palace; but nothing indicated
despondency :—on the contrary, fresh exertions were
making to recruit the armies, and there are grow*
to hope that the Russians will soon absutne a threat
ening posture. ,

On the Bth, General Kuxusow had reteivedseere
reinforcements from Moscow; on the 16th, 14000
men set off from St. Petetsburgh to join him. They
went with the utmost alacrity and cheerfulaess, road
of passing under the review of t4eir Emperor, lad
receiving the benediction of their Pontiff. Melt
the same period .5000 infantry aed ttooo cavalryprn,
ceeded to Riga, at which port the Russians sees to
feel the fullest confidence of success. Bussfles was,
carrying on•there as it in a time of .prOfailad pact,
The Prussians and Poles, who remained to sappat
the nominal siege of the place, were coosidered as
objects of no sort of terror ; and it was even e,pee,
ted, that they would very shortly be obliged so retreat.
—Up to the 10th ult. nothing but skirmishes had
taken place, and the Governor had a free and fn.
quent communication with Count. Waraerisraw,
who, we are sorry to learn, was likely soon to resign
his command from ill health, occasioned by hisgrear
and extraordinary exertions.—This illustrious Gear•
ral still remained at Polotsk—a proof of the sac=
and skill with which he has opposed the
forces of Ot DINOT and MACDONALD.

General TORMAZOFF, who, it was calculated,woda
havt nearly 80,000 men when joined by the biole.triaa
army, appears to have experienced some disappciat,
ment by their non-arrival, owing to the heavy rainsaad
consequent floods, which have impeded theitrups;
obstacles, however, which we may fairly conclude
are at least equally prejudicial to RacEuta and the
Saxons who are opposed to this divisiun of the Res.
sian army.

The destructive nature of such a war to the forces
of France, is well attested by the &saw Columbia of
the Ist ult. which by a single dash of the pen puts at
the disposal of the destroyer, no less than one hoercf.
and thirty-:even thousand youth: of the age of aiadeoll
The thot.ght is awful. For what are the hopes and
joy of so many p..rents in one moment blasted?
what is the flower of the French population dragged
to the frozen regions of the North ?—'That they may
enable a demon in human shape, while he is laying
a noble city in ashes, and pouring forth blood, lire
the great waters, to proclaim himself the benefactor
of mankind !

We have received French Papers two days late
in date than those which contain the 21st Bulletin;
but they bring no intelligence of importance.