The National Register. — London, England, 1813-08-01 00:00:00

AUGUST 1. . . will appoint a place inhere all the arms and amm u nition shall be de po.-ited, until the state of siege is raised, and then the different arms will be restored to their owners. Every inhabitant with whom arms may be found, shall be condemned to a tine of 100 crowns, which shall go into the public chest, and a month's impri son►uent. " The Commandant of the place, and the Commissary-General are charged with the execution of tl:e present order. " Head•quarters, Magdeburg, July 11." DRESDEN, JULY 14.—The Emperor left Mag4burg on the 15th, after having seen the divisions of General Vandamme's corps, and proceeded to Leipsic. On the 14th, at five in the morning, his Majesty inspected thsv 5d corps of cavalry, which the Duke of Pasha commands. In the afternoon his Majesty inspected, in the great square of Leipsie, the remainder of the Duke of Padna's troops, which he had not been able to see in the morning. He afterwards got into his carriage, at five o'clock in the afternoon, for Dresden, where he arrived at one o'clock on the following 'nursling. LEI?SIC, JULY 14.—As soon as we yesterday learned the ex pected arrival of the Emperor Napoleon le Grand within our the joy was general, and all the town wak in motion. About ten in the morning, the newly organized Burgher Guard was in march, and formed a line ; the clergy of the different communities, and all the authorities, had assembled before the exterior gate of Halle to rceeive this great monarch, when they were informed he would cot arrive till night. At nine all the town and suburbs were Mimi. noted. His Majesty arrived at one o'clock in the morning, and after having reposed an hour in the apartments appropriated for his reception, went, at seven, to a plain a league from hence to review a numerous corps of troops commanded by the Duke of Padua.. The Emperor returned here at noon, and received the de putations from the different authorities. His Majesty discoursed tie a considerable time with. the -Deputies. VICENZE, JULY 14.—The Prince Viceroy arrived yesterday at Castel Franco. His Serene Highness reviewed the troops in that town. CUXJIAVFN Jtu.v B.—A fr igate, four brigs, and nine English gun boats attackc:l4s this eveningabout six o'clock ; this fresh attempt of the enemy turned to his shame. He appeared to wish to interrupt our works, and undoubtedly hoped to destroy them. Favoured by a good wind, the English flotilla approached within pistol-shot of us, and during three successive hours, sent a Shower of bullets, balls and grape-shot among us ; but all this violent fire only wounded a single man. _ _ The damage caused to one of our batteries can easily be repaired in two days. We were covered by banks, and set death into the enemy's ships, whilst all their tile passed over onr heads. All requisite measures had been taken to vigorously receive the enemy, had he attempted a disembarkation ; but he retired, after having been very roughly handled, and without having lauded a single man. [The Journal de rEmpire, of the 24th of July, contains a decree. signed " Jerome Napoleon," by %%inch the University of Halle is suppre,sed, on account of the dispositions manifested by its Mem bers during recent events. The property and library belonging to the. University are to be sold for the benefit of other literary esta blishment:.] GOTTENBURGII MAIL. STOCKHOLM, JULY 14.—Major Hierta arrived here late last bight, as courier from his Royal Highness the Crown Prince, with juror nation, that a meeting to take place between his High-. ness, the Emperor of Russia, and the King of Prussia. In conse quence thereof, Royal Highnessl had on the 6th instant departed, in his carriage, by the way iat Prentzian, Schweilt, Zollen, Mizente, Coslen, Selmieget, and Rawitz, to Trakenburg, whet e he was to arrive on the evening of the 9th. The whole of this road lies on the other side of the nerjral ground, designated by the arnii , tii e, and comequently through a country which is defended by the Prus sian and Russian troops. STOCKHOLM, JULY o.—The (Thief Director of the Royal Posts has herewith to inform the public,' that the post routes to Denmark and Nerway are stopped. and that no letters addressed to places in either of those kingdoms will he received at the Post othe e. GOTTENBUROff, JULY 21.—The Crown Prince is to have a meeting with time following personages :w-Emperor of Russia, King of Prussia, Lord Cathcart, Mr. Thornton. '`~ ,; •~-- • THE NATIONALREGISTP,R.;- •• -; ;-2431gl":1144"--* - QUEBEC PAPERS. QUEBEC, JUNE 11. GENERAL ORDEL—HEAD-QUARTERS, KINGSTON. Adjutant-Generals Mice, Jnne 3. The Cctrmander of the Forces has received from Brigadier. Ge. • nem! Vincent a report, announcing that the enemy. inr can nonaded from his batteries lid hips, the whole of the 4th and t sth • of May, the fortress and works of Fort George, and very materially destroyed and injured the defences of that post, on the 517th, at day-- break, made a general attack upon that position, and. under o f their fleet, which It( Pt up a tremendous and most destructive tire, etketed the landing of a body of troops, tenfold as numerous as the detachment allotted for the defence of that portion of the Niagara frontier. • Regardless of the immense superiority of the enemy, his advance was gallantly and obstinately disputed--a judicious position was oc cupied by Lieutenant-Colonel Myers ; and when that zealous and meritorious officer was ohligtd to quit the field, having received three wounds, he wag ably replaced by Lieutenant-Colonel Harvey, and the unequal contest continued with unshaken gallantry and de termication. Brigadier-General Vincent, considering farther per , everenee against an overwhelming fwee, a frmitless sacrifice of invaluable lives, and having pined by their intrepid resistance the means of dismantling the fort, and destroying the stores, directed the troops to fall back on Queenston, which was done with perfect order. Brigadier-General Vincent reports that the nwvements were ably covered by the companies .of the Glengarry light infantry, strengthened by a detachment of Royal Newfoundland • Fencibles, and Militia, and thuve troops were gallantly sustained by a division of the Bth, or King's regiment, commanded by Major Ogilvie. Brigadier-General Vincent has concentrated Ins force in a strong position at the head of the Lake. EDWARD BAYNES, Adjutant-General. The private letters state p . ir loss at Fort George at 350 killed .and wounded. Colonel Myers received three wounds. The American Colonel Preston issued a proc;amation on 30th May, dated from Fort Erie,' in which he addressed the inhabitants of Up per Canada as a conquered people. This proclamation was an swered by another published, by Sir G. L'revost, on 14th June, in which he refers to the . % ictory obtained by General Vincent on the Pith, and states that the squadron under Sir' J. Yeo was in undis turbed posse. ion of the•latkeit. The enemy on the 11th, in con sequence of General Vincent's brilliant achievement,. were retreat ing in etniffision to Fort George, and their road bark king all along the bank of the Ontario, and eing occasionally within reach of Sir J. Yen's gun's, it is probable that they won'd be much aonoyeci l and even possible that their retreat may be cut off. PROVINCIALS. As part of the 35th light infantry were practising ball firing, on the beach near Ilythe, on Tuesday seinnight, one of the men's muskets in the rear, accidentally went off, and unfortunately wounded two men ; the ball having passed through the thigh of one Man, and thiough both the thighs of the other; break►ng one of the knee joints, making three wounds, and six orifice►; one leg of the latter was immediately amputated, but the poor fellow died on Friday; the other is likely to recover. MA no Arr., JULY 25.—Yesterday a dreadful thunder storm was ex. perienced here; and, although it passed over the town without injury, it was productive of fatal effects in cur immediate vicinity. A donkey party, common at watering places, consisting of a gentleman, Iwo young ladies, and two little boys, had gone hi the evening to Ilams gate ; on their return they were overtaken by the thunder worm. They immediately sought fsr shelter under the porch of a house on Chapel hill, -and the two hoes, who drove the donkeys along with them. tear ing the donkeys on the road. Time storm still continuing, the donkey. drivers, fearful lest the poor animals, frightened by the storm, might ruts home. went out to see if - they were still there. They h►md scarcely reached the spot, when a tremendous flash of lightning struck one of then' dead, threw the other to the wound, scorching his eyes and arms, and killed three of the donkeys. The boy who is alive was car ried home, and there; is every reason to hope, 'lna hr is now in a cqn.. valescent state. There is a large hole in the left arm et his jacket, whefe the fluid appeals to have entered 1 taid his shirt is scorcl•ed al• most to tinder. Tuesday morning, between two and three o'clock, the Bath Mail coach was overturned, on its way from town, between Reading and nem 4t A