the terms of capitulation, in the course of the evening, with the exception of two hun dred men, whom he left escorting a valua ble convoy at some little distance in his rear; but there can be no doubt the officer commanding will consider himself equally bound by the capitulation.

The enemy's aggregate force was divided into two troops of cavalry; one company of artillery regulars; the 4th United States regiment; detachments of the 1st and 3d U. nited States regiments, volunteers; three regiments of the Ohio militia; one regiment of the Michigan territory.

Thirty-three pieces of brass and iron ordnance have already been secured.

When this contest commenced, many of the Indian nations were engaged in active warfare with the United States, notwithstanding the constant endeavours of this Government to dissuade them from it. Some of the principal chiefs happened to be at Amherstburg, trying to procure a supply of arms and ammunition which for years had been withheld, agreeably to the instructions received from Sir James Craig, and since repeated by your Excellency.

From that moment they took a most active part, and appeared foremost on every occasion: they were led yesterday by Colonel Elliot and Captain M'Kee, and nothing could exceed their order and steadiness. A few prisoners were taken by them during the advance, whom they treated with every humanity; and it affords me much pleasure in assuring your Excellency, that such was their forbearance and attention to what was required of them, that the enemy sustained no other loss in men than what was occasioned by the fire of our batteries.

The high sense I entertain of the abilities and judgment of Lieutenant-Colonel Myers, induced me to appoint him to the important command at Niagara; it was with reluctance I deprived myself of his assistance, but had no other expedient; his duties as head of the Quarter-Master-General's department were performed to my satisfaction by Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholls, Quarter

Master-General of the militia.

Captain Glegg, my Aid-de-Camp, will have the honour of delivering this dispatch to your Excellency; he is charged with the colours taken at the capture of Fort Detroit, and those of the 4th United States regiment.

Captain Glegg is capable of giving your Excellency every information respecting the state of this province, and I shall esteem myself highly indebted to your Excellency to afford him that protection, to which his

merit and length of service give him a pow. erful claim.

1 have the honour to be, &c.
ISAAC BROCK, Major-Gen.

We have private accounts from Quebec to the date of the 6th October, which state that the force under General Prevost consist ed of 7000 men, of which 3000 were rega lars, about 3840 militia, and 160 Indiars. About 80 more Indians of the clan of St Regis had offered their service, on the condition of obtaining rank and pay, but this accession not being immediately made, they went over to the Americans.

The force of General Dearborn was com posed of 18,000 men, and 3 or 4000 men were advancing to join him under General Bloomfield. The Americans had also about 15,000 men at Oldenburg, 160 miles above St John's fort.

The superior discipline of the British force, it was confidently expected, would counterbalance the numerical superiority of the Americans.

General Prevost was encamped south of Montreal, near to St John's, which is on the opposite side of the river St Lawrence. General Brock was in the vicinity of the fall of Niagara, and was proceeding against the fort of that name, with the fullest confdence of success.

Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren, who sailed from Spithead on the 14th of August, arrived at Halifax on the 26th Oct. with the San Domingo, and Poitiers, the Magnet having parted company in a gale of wind.— Sir John found at Halifax, the Africa (ViceAdmiral Sawyer,) Junon, Shannon, and Herring schooner.-A letter received from an officer of the San Domingo says,—“ We find on our arrival, that the Americans apall possible fury, and it is likely we shall pear determined to prosecute the war with ready nearly 400 privateers at sea; some of have our hands full of it.-They have al them are very large, and are gone even to the chops of the British Channel.

received from New York to the 30th Sep The American papers, which have been

tember, from Boston to the Sd October, and from Halifax to the 8th, exhibit ample proofs of the determination of the American government to persist in the prosecution of the contest with this country. The propo sed negociation of Sir J. B. Warren is slluded to in the National Intelligencer, and it is remarked, that if he comes in a real spirit of amity, the impediments to peace may be speedily removed. In the mean time, great preparations appear to be making to reinforce the Canadian army, as the conquest

of

enemy, extending from Smolensko to Moscow, and cut off all reinforcements which the enemy receive; and, by manœuvring, I hope to compel him to leave Moscow, and to change his whole line of operation.The General Winzengerode has received orders from me to be himself on the Twer road, having, in the mean time, a regiment of Cossacks on that to Jaroslaub, for the securing the inhabitants from molestation by the enemy's small divisions. I am not far from Moscow; and having collected my troops, I can boldly await the approach of the enemy, and, as long as the army of your Imperial Majesty is entire, and animated with its known courage and zeal, the loss of Moscow is not yet the loss of the Empire-for the rest, your Majesty may be assured, that this event is consequent on the loss of Smolensko.

KUTUSOW.

Proclamation of the Emperor of Russia, on the taking of Moscow by the French. "BY ORDER OF HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY.

"It is with a heavy heart we are compel led to inform every son of the country, that the enemy entered Moscow on the 3d (15th) of September. The glory of the Russian empire, however, is not thereby tarnished. On the contrary, every individual is inspired with fresh courage, firmness, and hope, that all the evils meditated against us by our enemies, will eventually fall upon their own heads. The enemy has not become master of Moscow, by overcoming, or weakening our forces; the Commander in Chief, by the advice of a Council of War, has found it expedient to retire at a moment of necessity, in order, by the best, and most effectual means, to turn the transient triumph of the enemy to his inevitable ruin. However painful it may be to Russians, to hear that the original capital of the empire is in the hands of the enemy of their country, yet it is consolatory to reflect that he is possessed merely of bare walls, containing within their circuit neither inhabitants nor provisions. The haughty conqueror imagined, that, on his entrance into Moscow, he would become the arbiter of the whole Russian empire, when he might prescribe to it such a peace as he should think proper; but he is deceived in his expectations: he will neither have acquired the power of dictating, nor the means of subsistence. The assembled and daily increasing forces of the districts of Moscow, will not neglect to block up every avenue, and to destroy such parties as may be detached for the purpose of collecting provisions; until the enemy shall perceive that

his hopes of astonishing the world by the capture of Moscow were vain, and he be compelled to open a passage for himself by force.

"His situation is as follows:-He enter ed Russia with 300,000 men, the principal part consisting of natives of different king. doms, serving and obeying him, not from free will,-not in the defence of their respective counties,-but solely from terrar. The half of this multifarious army has been destroyed, partly by our brave troops, partly by desertion, and partly by hunger and sickness; with the remainder he is come to Moscow. His audacious eruption, not only into the very heart of Russia, but into its ancient capital, will, no doubt, gratify his ambition, and give him cause of boasting; but the character of that measure must be determined by its result. He has not entered a country where every step he takes inspires all with terror, and bends both the troops and the inhabitants to his feet. Russia is unaccustomed to subjection, and will not suffer her laws, religion, freedom, and property, to be trampled upon; she will defend them to the last drop of her blood. Hitherto the general zeal against the enemy clearly evinces how powerfully our empire is guarded by the undaunted spirit of her

sons.

“Thus, no one despairs; nor is this a time to despair, when every class of the em pire is inspired with courage and firmness,

when the enemy, with the remainder of his daily decreasing forces, at a distance from home, in the midst of a numerous people, is surrounded by our armies, one of which stands before him, and the other three are endeavouring to cut off his retreat, and to prevent him from receiving any fresh reinforcements,-when Spain has not only thrown off his yoke, but also threatens to invade his territories,-when the greatest part of Europe (exhausted and enslaved by him,) serving him involuntarily, is anxiously and impatiently awaiting the moment when she shall tear herself from his heavy and insupportable chains,-when his own country sees no end to the torrents of its blood shed for his ambition.

"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 for other powers; nay, even for those who are unwil lingly fighting against us?—It is gratifying and natural for a generous nation to render good for evil.

"Almighty God! turn thy merciful eye

to

o'thy supplicating Russian church. Vouchsafe courage and patience to the 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!"

EVACUATION OF MOSCOW BY THE

FRENCH.

sure, led to the important results above men

tioned.

Private accounts from Russia state, that, in the action of the 18th, Prince Poniatowski, who commands the 8th corps of the French, was killed, and Generals Jonville, Moncey, and Daru, made prisoners.

Count Winzingerode, it is also stated, after the recapture of the place, having ventured too far in reconnoitering, was unfortunately taken prisoner by a detachment of the enemy. The weather was uncommonly bad, and the roads in the worst state; so that the French, in the exhausted state of their draught horses, being unable to carry off their artillery, were forced to leave them in the hands of the Russians.

Fin, left Moscow on the 19th Oct.; on which day the head-quarters of his army were at Disna. On the 18th, his advanced guard, under Murat, was attacked and defeated, on the Kalouga road, by Marshal Kutusoff, with the loss, according to the Russian official accounts, of 38 pieces of cannon, a standard, 1500 prisoners, and 2000 killed and wounded. On the 22d Moscow was re-occupied by the Russians under General Winzingerode. The following official notice of these events has been transmitted by Lord Cathcart:

"St Petersburgh, Oct. 27, 1812. "On the 18th of October, Marshal Ku

tusoff, having learnt that the corps of Victor had quitted Smolensk to reinforce the Grand Army, resolved to attack the advanced guard, under the orders of Murat, being 45,000 strong, in face of our troops, in order to defeat the same before the junction of Victor, and before Napoleon could support him with the main body of his army. The attack completely succeeded: 38 pieces of cannon fell into our hands, as well as a standard of honour belonging to the first regiment of cuirassiers. We have made 1500 prisoners, amongst whom is a General. Two thousand men were left on the field of battle. Our loss is inconsiderable.

"On the 22d, the corps of General Winzingerode entered Moscow, and obliged the garrison, which the enemy had left in it, to evacuate that capital in such haste, that the French hospitals remained in our power."

From the first entrance of the French info Moscow, to the date of its evacuation, a desultory and harrassing warfare had been carried on by the Russfans, against their nemies: : which, no doubt, in a great meaΝου. 1812.

Lord Cathcart has also transmitted a long report from General Wittgenstein, detailing an action with the French on the Dwina

nate resistance; also an account of the rethe same quarter. pulse of M'Donald by General Steinhill, in

The accounts from Russia describe the exertions for recruiting the armies as most successful; the same spirit of determined resistance to the invaders pervading all ranks of the community.

The British Government, impressed with a firm belief of the determination of the Russians to maintain the contest, have determined to afford every assistance in carrying their military preparations into effect; and accordingly nearly 100,000 stand of arms have been shipped for the Baltic.

Altona papers, lately received, state that great alarm prevailed in Warsaw, on account of the vicinity of some strong bands of Cossacs; that the barriers had been shut, and a proclamation issued to quiet the minds of the people, by Count Stanislaus Potocki, the President.

The Diet of Poland issued, on the 6th of October, an order for raising a new levy of 40,000 men, to be completed in six weeks.

The official document inserted in the Warsaw Gazette states it to be at the request of Bonaparte.

The Twenty-fifth French bulletin has been received, which mentions the evacuation of Moscow by their troops, and also the action of the 18th, in which they acknowledge some loss. The following is a copy of the bulletin:

The artillery caissons, the ammunition taken, a great quantity of curious things, and trophies, were packed up and sent off on the 15th. The army received orders to bake biscuit for 20 days, and hold itself in readiness to march. In effect, the Emperor left Moscow on the 19th. The head-quarters were the same day at Desna.

On the one side, the Kremlin has beep armed and fortified, at the same time it has been mined in order to blow it up. Some think the Emperor will march upon Toula and Kalouga, to pass the winter in these provinces, and occupy Moscow by a garrison in the Kremlin; others suppose the Emperor will blow up the Kremlin, and burn the public establishments which remain, and that he will approach within an hundred leagues of Poland, to establish his winter quarters in a friendly country, and near to receive every thing which exists in the magazines of Dantzic, Kowno, Minsk, and Wilna, and recover from the fatigues of war. The latter observe, that Moscow is distant from Petersburgh 180 leagues of had road, while Witpsk is only 130 from Petersburgh; that from Moscow to Kiow, is 218 leagues; whilst from Smolensk to Kiow, is but 112 leagues; from whence they conclude that Moscow is not a military position, or that Moscow possesses no longer political importance, since that town is burned, and ruined for 100 years.

The enemy shewed many cossacks, who annoyed our cavalry. The advanced guard of cavalry placed in advance of Viukova, were surprised by a band of cossacks, they were in the camp before they could mount on horseback; they took a park (un pare) of General Sebastiani's of 100 baggage waggons, and made about 100 prisoners. The King of Naples mounted on horseback, with the cuirassiers and carabineers, and perceiving a column of infantry, of four battalions, which the enemy sent to support the cossacks, he charged it, broke it, and cut it in pieces. General Dezi, aide-de-camp to the King, a brave officer, was killed in this charge, which honours the carabineers.

The Viceroy has arrived at Fomenskoi; all the army is in march. Marshal the Duke of Treviso has remained at Moscow, with a garrison.

The weather is very fine, like in France during the October, perhaps a little warmer; but on the 1st of November we may expect cold. Every thing indicates, we must think of winter quarters, our cavalry particularly require it; the infantry refresh themselves at Moscow.

Among the valuable curiosities that have fallen into the hands of Bonaparte, by the possession of the Kremlin, or Citadel of

Moscow, is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament of the year 400. There is no work of the kind extant so ancient by seve ral hundred years. There are some of the next oldest editions in the Vatican at Rome. In England, we believe, there are no edi tions of the New Testament older than 7 or 800 years.

The Paris journals contain an account of the trial, before a military commission, of 26 Russians, accused of setting fire to Mos cow, 10 of whoin were found guilty and ex ecuted, and 16 remanded to prison.

SPAIN.

RETREAT OF THE BRITISH ARMY FROM BURGOS.

The intelligence which we have this month to communicate from the Peninsula, is by no means gratifying. The tide of for tune, we are sorry to say, appears to have changed; and the lately victorious army of the Marquis Wellington is again obliged to act on the defensive.

The following official details of the opera tions of the allied armies in Spain, bring down the history of the campaign to the 34

instant.'

War Department—Downing Stred,
Oct. 25. 1812.

It appears by a dispatch received this morning from the Marquis of Wellington, dated Villa Toro, 11th October, that the enemy had made two sorties, in which they had materially injured our works, and we had suffered some loss. In the last, Major Cocks, of the 79th, who has so frequently distinguished himself, was unfortunately killed.

Notwithstanding the efforts of the enemy, our troops were established within about 100 yards of the enemy's interior line. A good breach had been effected in another part of the same line, and our troops were established close to the breach. The enemy were still upon the Ebro, and had not made any movement to interrupt our operations. Killed and Wounded in the Siege of the Castle of Burgos, from the 6th to the 10th Oct. inclusive.

British.-1 Major, 1 Captain, 1 Lieute nant, 1 Ensign, I Staff, 4 serjeants, 82 rank and file, killed; 5 Captains, 5 Lieutenants, 2 Ensigns, 7 serjeants, 3 drummers, 200 rank and file, wounded; 7 rank and file missing.

Portuguese-1 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, 34 rank and file, killed; 1 Major, 2 Captains, 1 serjeant, 62 rank and file, wounded; 11 rank and file missing. Total-1 Major, 2 Captains, 2 Lieute

pants,