The National Register. — London, England, 1812-12-27 00:00:00

pill. IT 16 Queen Mary , d aug hter of Jaine and consort of 91. diet et the small pox, at Kt-min:len, in the 33d 'ear of age, anal sixth id her 1. ign. The Sun rises at It. ? min. sets at all. 53 min. 29. Tries://ra.—St. Thomas," Archkishop of Canterbury. lie was f a cet! into banishment, where he lived a great example of all vititto ; but alter his return to hia ova ti diocese, he was erieily m urdered i n hi, o wn rallied; al at the foie of the altar. --The o,..inions of historians difFer colesiderably as to hrt c haracter, and whilst some exalt hint for his piety, bis learning, and his chanty, letters reproach him with pride, i! . nsolhence, tett illuiat.tude.-1;)91. Was %v etoed at Pais, Jelin Chaste wo at. tempted to assassinate Delay IV. of France.-16b0. Lord Stafford was beheaded for treason. rises at R h. 7 min. sets at 3 h. 53 min. SO. Wednesday Feast of St. liberilis, who, to the qualitiest re iii all excellent histr.,;, united the courage and inttepidity of a .r. yr.--14 1 . Deit Robert ISre!e. the inventor of the ai l w pomp. 1730. Death of James Santo, ti.e t!teelogical and controversiar ter. 170. The Pretender dies at Home, law is buried at Frescati Death of P. ul Whitehead, the poet. The Sun rises at 8 h. 6 min. sets at 3 h, 54 min, 31. Thursday.—St. Shvester succeeded St. Alihiades in the Papacy f;l4. Ile is ' , aid to have been t h e author of several rites and ecrenio. nits of the Roman Cathole church, which relate to the liturgy ; as the shape of copes , chasu b l es, nntres. &c. It was in his time ihat the dutch of Chtist, utter three hundred years persecution, was restored to peace by the command ..f Constantine the Great, who, destroying th e t e mples ui the id- k, ordered churches to he built eve, y where to the 601.-1719. John Flamstead, the eminent a , toaartner, died at te. e eewiett. —1775. General Montgomery was killed, in attemp leg to 4.e Quebec, by a cony de main. - 1799 Matmontel, the celebrated riter " .rail Tales," died at Abbeville. The Sun iISCS at 8 h. 6 ruin. sets a. Bb. 54 ruin. MDCCCXIII. J INU kRY-XXXI D tys. The name of this month is derived from the genitive of the Lath' word Jvniorios. Januorii, and this ileninuituaion, Jou/tar/us, originates trons fauns, one of the heathen deities, to whom the Romanis at tribute,t two tacos. because he looked to the past as well as to the cowing year. It "as placed under the protection of Juno Au ancient superstitioin Lad i;npressed upon the belief of .common people, that the first and days of this mouth were very ominous ; which was expiessed 0.0 following 1 e • Pei": ensis ci Septima truneat itt It is the origin of this opinion, vet it was repeated in the edendar ever ear, to the middle of the Mil century. 1. Frigny Cireumeigion of our Saviour. This emblematical rife was first enjoined to Abraham by God, and it was to he performed on male children on the eighth day after their birth Accordingly to divine precept. our Saviour was, at the appointed time, brought to the kigh priest tit undergo the rereinony, and to spill the first drop of that blood, the price of which was the salvation of mankind. It does ma appear that this feast was celebrated by the Christians before the sixth century. On this day, which his called also New Year's Day, gills are sent to friends, benelactors, and acquaintances, as tokens of affection- gratitude, and remembrance. The custom has fallen off considerably in this country, hut is kept up in France, Italy, Spain, and visits of ceremony are paid with strict attention.-1067. the Conqueror was crowned at Westminster.- -1308. William Tell asserted the liberty of Switzerland, his native country —1515. Death ef the it ood Fetich King, Lewis XII.; he had tie-erred to be called t`te%farther of his people.-1801. Union of Ireland with Great Britain.- 1`,;01. The plat et Cerc2 was discovered by Piazzi cf Palermo. The Sun rises at 8 1.. 5 unit. sets at 3 h. 53 min. 2. gaturday,--St Macurius, the head of a large congregation of Cm pobites, whose virtues were much respected and talked of hi the 4111 century of the Cluistian Death .if Gent rid Wolfs Every knows the interesting perfornsanceroivihis subject, by the venera ble President of the Roval Academy. The Sun rises at 8 h. 4 mut. sets at 3 h. 56 min. New Moon, at 3 m the afternoon. This article was intended to close with the year, but in consequence of the interest it has cult, d it will be resumed in our next, awl con ducted in a winner in wiltp li, it is hoped, will gave the met it of itn 'idly, and imke it a reitository of useful and pleasing informaticn. it Atte.flpt will be. made to render it more complete than it has yet Ppened, care bell g taken at the sante time to guard iig-tinst proliatity •!.! fatiguing repetition, THE NATIONAL REGISTER. TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS 'AND VIE PUBLIC. The Pry prietors of the NATIONAL Ri-GISTtn return their thank. fur the great awl increasing patroliilie they -have experienced in tun course of the ',resent year. They trust success has not had the do of causing them to relax i n their elfars to please, but hope, on dus contrary, that it has Supplied a stimulu4 fur new exertion. To tilt 'tints received from their various Correspcndents the greatest aittittion has been paitt, and they look to the ensuing year with a cerntident ex !iectation that it will enable theta to put for%%ard new claims to public suport. The arrangements they have in.:de promise them • pr;ority of information, in a greater degree even than they have pos.; ,ehsed it hitherto; and care will be taken that no future cause atilt he given to complain of the manner in which it is printed : in a word, it will be their constant study to correct former errors, and einct ndvv Improvements, su as to bring the NATIONAL LS nearer thant ever to perfection. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Lon Don, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27. TWENTY-NINTH FRENCH BUI.I.ETIN—BUONAPAP.TE AT PAR We give, in another Fart of our colums, the g9th French Bulletin, containing an avowal and a list of greater disasters. than any incur' cc' by the Gallic armies since the commence ment of the Revolution. It is a docuosent too interesting and too impot taut at this auspicious dawn of better fortune, not to be carefully read and canvassed by every rea sonab!es man through the whole extent of the civilized wollld. To echo the reflections which must spring in every mind, is not our intention. We shall briefly recapitulate the acknoty• ledgmcuts it makes, and cast up the probable strength of rho weeks of the enemy's force. The proud army of 150,000 men, compris;ng at least .10,000 cavalry, and 500 pieces of artillery, which ponetratedl thiough the bloody field of Borodino to Moscow, left that city on its return, 85,000 strong, and reached Smulensko„, decreased in its numbers to about 55,000. Bete it thought to take rest, but the combined advance of Tcuttaiaoorir and ‘l . VIGEN:.TE,II4 forced it to continue its retrcia. In a few days, out of all that cavalry, so tremendous in its outset, only 600 horses remained, and these, tnounted by Marshals. Generals, au d other Officers, formed a guard fur the impel or„ of which the Subalterns were Colonels, and the Private b consist ed of Captains and Lieutenants.—And bet e let us ren lark, that throughout his retreat, N A PO L EON seems tO have en deavour ed to preserve his Officers at the expeuce of bit t-htn. tiumaa lives, he knew, the conscription woad afford him in alma. dance, but it could not supply him with skilful comtnatiders. • Ile therefore collected his most experienced and valuable officers in the van, and left but a see.. small proportion of them to the corps most exposed. This accounts for the otherwise asionishing difference between the number of pri. vates and (Alice's taken prisoners by, the Russians. At Smolensk° he united with one halt of VICTOR'S divid sion, consisting of 15,000 men, and his army was swelhed - tes 70,000. Of these. at least, 25,000 were captured and !Illicit in the two battles fi ught at Krasnoi. The 45,000 reimiininc felt in with about 6,000 under Dom UR OWSKI, after Iris de feat on the Borisow, and proceeded through Orsha tx, that river. Meanwhile W rrTGEbiST EIN advanced so rapidly as tcs indueeVicroa to attempt to check his march, by an attack on his van on tlw Oula. There Vic TOR lost at least 2,001, men, so that the grand army was reduced to 49,0!)0 combatants. About that period, however, OunmoT's corPs, Ia to ?..; T. C Y Ciwinposed of the Bavaria s, and of the other fifteen thousand formerly belonging to V icTort's division, lout de A . ~~C ~. I Li•