The National Register. — London, England, 1814-10-23 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. TILE IigBDOMADARY. OCTOBER. Saturn of late limb moi-ttire in his eyes, Whence rain is delug'd from the clouded skies. om••••••• Twentirtk SittlflOy oftrr Trisity.—Morning Lessons are from Joel Y and Luke 9, 11:0 Evening from Micah 6, and Ephesians 3.- 11loon south% at 11 in after 8 in the evening, and sets about It. • Monday.—Sun rises at 6h. 56 m.: sets at 514 and 4 in. Day is 1 , ) h. aura 8 tn. lung. • Tfiesdau.—Arregtion of George the Third ; and a Holiday at all tLe Piddle thin:es.— N n tl Jubilee, 1809. Chrispin and Chri.mutius, two legendary saints, arc celebrated on this day. They were brothers, burn at It •me, whence they travelled to Suissimi to Franc propagating Christianny, but tollowing the trade of shoemaking , that they might not br chargeable to others ; and hence the shoemakers have elected them, from that time, for their tutelur &riots. • Wednesday.—Proclamation of his Present Majesty, and another Ilulielay —lt-sponsiona comme , ice at Oxford. • Thurviay.—Nielit 14 h. 4 tn. long. Friday —S.s. Sinion mid Jude. .St. Simon is suppoced to have in earlier! the Gospel in Britain, and to have been martyred hate. Jude wrote his Epis;lo about the year 65. Full. Moon at twelve o'clock at. Night : this lessor Luminary will rise, this day, about five in the afternoon, and u ill south at hall past televrtt. 29. Saturday --Day is decreased 6 hours and 46 minutes. Sun rises at 6 minutes pust 7 ; and .ets at 54 minutes past 4. TO OUR Su lISCRIBERS. OCT. 23. 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BRITISH OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE LATE OPERATIONS ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN AND AT PLATTSBURG. • The successes with which our aims have been crowned oti the shores of the Chesapeake, and the banks of the Potow mac and the Penobscot, have not only been climded by the, death of General Ross and the failure of the attack on Bal timore even after a glorious victory, (as detailed in the dis patches brought by Capt. Crofton of the navy, and Capt. Macdougall of the army, and published on Monday evening in a Gazette Extraordinary) but by. the defeat and almost total capture and destruction of our squadron on Lake Champlain, and the consequent retreat of the powerful army with which Sir George Prevost had o c cupied Plattsburg and NATURALIST'S CALENDAR. Hyacinths tulips, jui q iils, narcissus, irises, crocuses, and snow. druir-, may be planted in Dor4ers or beds, for early flowering -i—Finish phoning of carnation layers.—Daioea Duey be planted, and roofs parted. .—Laurel and laurustimis may be planted 141 shrubberies.--Flowering shrub:. may be planted.--Gather and sow haWs, for liedges.—Pole and rol gta.s.—Remove plants in pots to warm situations.--Prune shrubs. — Propagate your polyantliuse., by parsing their . roots or detaching, the ~ii-sets. —Gather all tree seeds, as well as dower-seeds of annuals elicit biennials. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BitIDGE. ncrosvn. bays. Morning. Afternoon. 2V. 24. 25. 26. . 27. - 12 h. 34 in. 1. 1 8. •. 29. By the circular letter of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ' of which the subjoined is a copy, it appears, that matters of importance will be submitted to parliament on its meeting:— " Downing-street, Oct. 14, 1814. 44 Sin,- —The meeting of Parliament for the dispatch of hnsiness I , eing now fixed for Tuesday the Bth of November next, I have the honour to acquaint you, that it is intended immediately to bring under the consideration of the House such business as it may lie thought necessary to dismiss before the Christmas recess , and to express my hopes, that you will be able without material inconveni ence to attend at that time. I have the honour to be, Sir, ',Your faithful and obedient servant, N. V ANS ITTA It appears that it is not the English who have the honour vf -being the sole objects of the Paris caricaturists ; that there ate some even against the Bourbons. One represents the as a fa: h ,, g, accompanying the caricature with a d notice that " it is to be . sold—it has been fed in England for twenty years—M . Louis are asked for bim, but one .Napo leon will be taken. _ . t • ti ' 9 ' • 5. • :}7P• .1 ••••• • forced the passage of Saranac. By the Jesse and Mary arrived in the Clyde from Quebec, Papers have been received containing the General Order is. sued by our Commander in Chief in Canada on the f.3th ult. and giviug the official account of those unexpected events. Something remarkable is stated to have taken place in that General Oder. It appeared at first in the form in whichlt will be found in our columns, but was afterwards revised, and repnblished with the omission of the followiug paragraph :••••• " In consequence of the rudder of his Majesty's ship Confiance, being disabled, awl the brig Linnet grounding early in the action : thus leaving to i I-foted vessels, almost without resource, expos.ed to the whole force of the enemy. All that undaunted devt.tion to the gervica could effect was evinced on this unfortunate occasion. Mt- Officer in command of the division of gun-boats, acted with judgmert in secornig those vessels to the service, when his further efforts in action sad be come unavailing " Thus, in the General Order by the Commander in Chief a number of fortuitous circumstances were stated to have oc curred in the attack of the naval squldron, and to which it, was conceived that the fatal result already mentioned was mainly attributable ; but in this revised Order, the detail of these circumstances is suppressed, as not corresponding with fact. • These Journals and private letters assert, that the most ample preparations were made fur the expedition *ainst Plattsburg, and that a force•of not less than 14,000 'men, under the command of the Governor-General Sir George Prevost, and immediately led by Major-General Brisbane, General Power, &c. had proceeded to Champlain' for that. purpose. While the naval engagement was ,going on, the land forces had opened batteries upon the enQmy's forts and ' works, and were preparing to assault them, when - finding F'" ~