The National Register. — London, England, 1814-12-18 00:00:00

~" DECEM DER . 1 • ' ' ~f., , _.~.. Sl,otte•t of all the varying days, That hit the circling round of time; Expectance Lens the Sun's bright rays. Soon glancing from the southern clime. • 18. Faut tit gloving n Adceitt.—Morning Lessons are from Isaiah 30, and Acts 18; Evening; from Isaiah 3?, and 2d Peter I.—Sun rises at 7 minutes after 8, and sets at 53 minutes past 3. 19. Monday.—First Quarter of the Moon, 3 minutes after V o'clock at nicht.—Mercury will rise at 13 minutes past 6 in the morning. 'lO. Tuesday. —bay break at 6 o'clock in the morning.—Moou souths at 43 minutes after 6 in the evening. !!.1. Wednesdty.—St. Thomas ; and, the shortest day —Seripture is silent to the country or kindred of St. Thomas, who, although he at first discredited the resurrection of Jesus, was of an affectionate and resolute stirit, preached the gospel with success, and finally was honoured with the crown of martyrdum.—This is the shortest day ; being at Lon don nbrint 7h. 44m. 17 sec. Thursday.—Sun rises at Bh. Im. sets at 3h. 51m. 21. Friday ---Twilight ends at 59m. after S o'clock in the afternoon. 24. Saturday.—Day is now exactly 7h. and 44m. in length. NATURALIST'S CALENDAR. Prepare for the defending of curious and tender plants, whether in beds or pots or borders, by frames or awnings of mat, as frost and snow %I.ortly to be expectstd.—Sweep and roll gravel walks.--iferbaceous plants of the hardiest 'kinds may be planted in open weather.—Dwarf tulips hyacinths and jonquils may be planted in rummy pots; also pi►►ks removed with balls. Perennial flowers, of the hardier kinds, may sti!l he transplanted in mild weather, as during the month of No yember.—Turf may be yet laid.--Tender and choice evergreens will •..on require to be defended. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. DECEMBER. Daus. Morning. Afternoon. 18. 19. f.'l. - .. 7h.37 m. tl. 4, 2. . 9h. 35 m. 12.3. 24. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Loan, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1814. CAPTURE OF NEW LONDON• We have seen letters from Bermudas, dated on the ISth November. which contain the following important intelli- gence.!— " Accounts have just been brought by a sloop from the. American coast, stating that our gallant Admiral, Sir Alex ander Cochrane, had at last shaken off his inactivity, and, on the 7th instant, attacked and captured the city of New Lon don, which was immediately given up to plunder. All the American shipping which he could not carry away was com pletely destroyed. A division of the 60th regiment distin guished itself in that operation." We attach much credit to this information. ft is true that the latest accounts we have received from New York are to the 10th of Nov i and that it may be urged an event of this kind would !laye . beep kflowp by tlt4t time in thAt city ER les distant from the reported seat of our triumphs. But it must be considered, that if the attack wa s made on the 7th, in the tumult of defence and defeat, the regular course of the post is very likely to have been suspend• ed, if not entirely intercepted, by the position of our troops. Supposing that we bad evacuated the town in the morning. of the 9th, and it could not well be done sooner, if even then, no dispatch could possibly be sent to New Yolk until the loth, or received there until the 11th, for, all the time we were in possession of the place, no intercourse whatever would be allowed with the country. Hence the silence of the New York Papers, which do not come down later than the loth, is evidently no argument against the correctness of this intelligence : whilst, on the contrary, ships have been known to sail from New London to Bermuda, in ft.ur days, and, in the present instance, the sloop stated to have -brought the news had full five days and a half to perform that passage. .The letters containing this information were written on shore on the 13th, and received on board ship by officers who bad already embarked in the convoy for Eng land. Our accounts from Halifax are to the 23d of Novem ber, and also silent on this subject, but both distance and the nature of the winds which prevail at this time of the year, furnish sufficient reasons why the capture of New London should not even at that time be known in our _Ame rican continental possessions. DEC. Is 4. ALEXANDER SECEDED FROM THE CONGRESS. - The important .intelligence has at last arrived Of having seceded from the Congress, ar►d rq e moved to Warsaw, where it is intended he shall be pro claimed king, not of Poland, hut of the Poles. This k 4 circumstance of a most important nature. It gives to Russia a new character. It pushes forward her advanced posts, at one and the same time, into Europe and Asia. It gives her greater influence in the Baltic ) and, from the summit of Mount Hemus, she will soon have a view of the Mediterra nean. The impediments to Catherine's being proclaimed Gumeornm Imperatrix have been reniovedby Alexander, and Poland, in a state of integrity, will become the foundation of that Russian aggrandizement projected by Peter, fostered by Catherine, and finally consummated by Alexander. Poland, in the actual state of its military character, will furnish not only officers but privates, and all these are soldiers of the most inestimable quality. This is 'indeed a derangement of the equilibrium of Eu. rope, and calls for serious attention. Some persons imagine it will lead to the union of the interests of France. Prussia and Russia, each haying a view to individual aggrandizement. Some fear *that France will urge Prussia to yield Saxony and that even the project of Frederic to uht►a attempted. This done on the part of Pi sesses herself of Belgium, and thus have rowers on the northern flank of Europe. As to the South every thing is involve , persons think that Murat is -about to House of Austria, and that the equiva, will be his sanction to he{ olatainin a ~ he: 1t .Iy, 8 , 1 4 THE NATIONAL REGISTER. r y ......•••••••••••••• THE HEBDOMADARY. 11 which is only 100 mi • • „ 31)tai.0 Hanover, and clin Holland will be Prussia, France pos. we only three gi cat 'd in mystery. Some be supported by the alent of this support n iept footing icy