The National Register. — London, England, 1813-02-07 00:00:00

FEB. 7 ,'~ The latest accounts from St. Peteisburgh, brought by the mails, are dated the 29th of December, at which period there had not been any intelligence published in that city, subse quent to the departure of the Emperor from that capital. It is stated in a letter from Elsineur, of the 19th ult. that 70,000 Russians, under KerusoFF, had proceeded to Gal licia ; that 80,000, under WITTGENSTEIN, had entered Konigsberg; and that 70,000 were at Warsaw. - MuItAT has been disgraced and deprived of the command of the grand army, prubably because he imitated BUONA PARTE. and retired from Modoloscheno to Elbing, without trying to maintain Vilna, and sacrificed every thing to secure his personal retreat. EUGENE BUONAPARTE is ap pointed in his stead, as more accustomed to a grand admini stration, and enjoying the whole confidence of the Est PEROR! Lisbon Papers to the 12th ult. at rived on Tuesday. Jo- SEPR ba.s returned to Madrid; Sec HET is still in Valencia; and SOULT is expected to recommence operations early in the spring. The Marquis of W ELLINGTON was expected at Lisbon on the 'Bth. It is confirmed that his Lordship had obtained an army of 50,000 `%paniards, completely clothed, armed, and equipped, should be placed under his unlimited command, and selected and officered under his immediate inspection. The privates will be chosen loin among the veteran Spanish troops now in the field ; and the Officers will, with few exceptions, be British.—Private let ters state, " that the British army had nearly recovered from the fatigues and relaxation of discipline incident to the late retreat.—An issue of ray, clearing the arrears to the 24th of August, bad been made in guineas, at 21s. each, which was a great benefit as %veil as a great relief, each guinea be im*, current for us. Lord \V ti I.INGTON was to pass some days at Lisbon, previously to his joining the army ; a large mansion wa , prepared for his reception." Further Lisbon Papers to the 21st ult. arrived on Wednes day. The Marquis of WWI_ L . INGTON arrived there on the Gth, and was received with all the distinction doe to his eminent services in the cause of the Peninsula. His Lord ship set out on the 20th to rejoin the army, and was ex pected to ascend the Tagus by boats to a certain distance, and thence to proceed by land to head-quartets. It is stated in some intercepted letters, that it is the intention of the enemy to make a great effort early in the spring to drive the British Army from the Peninsula, by uniting the four armies of the North, the Centre, Portugal, and the South. Other accounts state, on the contrary, that the French are reducing their forces in the Peninsula; that 24,000 had re turned to France, exclusive of 8000 under CAFFAILELLI. Benevento, Astorga, Toro, and other points in that part of Leon, have been evacuated, and the troops which occupied them, retired ti d' - f Valladolid , d Palen' ia, 0 c , I them, retired in the direction of Valladolid and Palencia. uy ministers. 1101118 MIS, lIC IIIIIML17:9 Et; ton:zas ii avitua „111.% II There is no doubt of- the campaign being speedily com- menced. . appeared in The Courier, signed Virus, and then come the following re;lections: •" How much of dignity—how much of ingenuity—must i A great number of French prisoners bad reached the lie asei ibed to the Goyei ninon of a mighty Empire—when neighbourhood of St. Petersburg!), but they died so fast a friend of VETes, on the day picceding that above-fnen i when the comforts of existence were restored to -them, that t i nne d, wag t !I ld, i n t h e so l emn an d full-bottomed ph r a seo lo- the ordinary mode of burial was found insufficient, and char- gy of office,that 4 the weisure!! (to wit, this imposition,) eels were cut in the ground into which their bodies' were was decided on,'—and that ' such a plier would appear in the . . thrown, which were progressively covered in. :- ; • • following Courier.' . Dr. KIERNAN'S excellent Institution in Grange-court, for , It is curious to olg , eree how regularly Ministers unfold 1 • delivering Poor Lying-in -Women, embraces so mdby ho- their hopes and their plans to the friends of VETCS. That 1 mane objects; in favour of poor afflicted females, as set VET Us should mention this is easy to he accounted for. Bo forth in the Prospectus now before us, that we give it our tin- has no idea that the public will suspect him of getting his r,; 'qualified approbation; and we further earnestly recommend information from the valets and livery- servants of Men in ... ../. it to the notice of tlh: Nobility and (.1t utrv, &c. - (Ace, and very uaturaly coucludes,.that by repregruting . t . i . . . . i .• / . ft' :'• i . - • TRH NATIONAL REGISTER. VETUS ; OR, THE MOUNTAIN MOUSE. 01 In a !afe number we accidentally glanced at the vanity and scurrility of the writer who has assumed the signature of V ETUS, in a moi ning paper. We had no intention of no ticing him again, nor should we now return to him, did we not think, that to walk a few of his absurdities may afford en tertainment to our readers. The self-importance of this writer is to us excessive!v diverting, as nothing i. more clear than that he thinks himself the greatest prodigy of the age; as•if the arts of quackery and scribbling were'neyer before united in the same individual. This very important personage, as he thinks himself, after an absence of six weeks, has again come forth from the moun. tains. Parturiunt mantes; nalect ridiculus nius. Happy Mountains, after six weeks labour to produce so magnani• mous a Mouse ! The friends of Vrrns will be glad to find, that in his la:it letter he has nobly kept up his character, by inking his own importance the subject of it, from the beginning to the end, From this it appears, that he believes the Government have nothing to do but to consider how they shall put d own VET US. This reminus tr; of Mivi Dennis, who lived in con stant fear (from a consciousness of his political importance,) of being seized and cart ied to Fiance, by order of the Grand Monat que. IrETus commences his last with the following interesting piece of intelligence : " A certain personage (unless my information be false,) whose station has thrown upon the finalities through which he obtained it, na very becoming glare, has within these few days asserted, that ' VET us was entirely beaten down,'—that the fire directed against him by the Ministerial press, had been so spirited, happy, and successful, as to put it out of the question, that he could ever rally—that he bade fair to be forgotten—and that the Treasury had gained an undoubted triumph " The adroit manner in which the " (unless my informa tion be false,)" is thrown in, is entitled to great praise, as this will at any time get him out of a scrape, however appa rent the falsehood. The finely clouded description o f certain personage," is well contrived to set discovery at defiance. Immediately after thin, VET us tells . us he is a great man, while speaking of the languago held by " a eel tan.' pei- sonage." " hr this °Minns tb^ sarcastic bitterness of ITAAt LET hinnelf, when he allots to a great mall,' at least • a sit month; nv..mory.' " The great man proceeds to give up 46 the whole domain of St. Giles's," s having first completely ransacked it,) to others; and then goes on to show bow et uelly he has been persecuted by Ministers. Doing this, he imputes to them a letter which '7