The National Register. — London, England, 1812-08-23 00:00:00

AUG. (23. ship, in order to gratify them. went out into the church varii, and told them the substance of the glorious intelligence, which he was then conveying to London ; he also banded the eagles and colours around, and the joyful spectators testi lied their thanks by repeated shouts—every eve bespoke the rapture of the heart, and the cry was, i• Wellington and Old England for ever, huzza The following anecdote of Marshal Beresfrira, relatcd by an officer, who was an eye witness of the fact, proves that his hionanity is equal to his bravery. At General Mocre's re treat at Corunna, Cereetal BeresforJ commanded the rear. and, sifter the men had been embarked, he took a brace of pistols, and went in search of stragglers, determined, in case he found of the men drunk in the streets. rot to leave them to the enemy, but to convey them on board the boats. In that bold attempt. at the moment the French were in sight, he exoosed himself to extraordinary danger; but succeeded jn h:s design of not leaving one man behind. Every Lieutenant-General in the army is wounded : Mat shal Bei e , ford. through the breast, but he is doing well; Generals Cotton and Leith, in the arm ; and General (.'ole, severely through the body. - - - - - - Lord %Yellin-don, in his private letters to big friends, it is stated, says, that lie never saw an army so completely beaten as that of 11larmont. A lady followed her husband to the field of battle, near Salamanca, oil the 22d, and found him among the slain. She wa.. wife to Capt. Prescott, of the 7th nisileers. She is now at Salamanca with her two child, en. The expedition from Sweden has been suddenly suspended , which, it is said, till the cause was explained, occa•ioned an universal gloom in that country. But the expedition, it is (hither added, deing destined against 'Zealand, and the h ink; of DEN MARK having expo esscd a wish to see Mr.TnoaN TON, in order to an adjustment of differences with Great Britain and Sweden, its sailing has been put a stop to for the present. A letter from Riga mentions that the Polex in garrison in that place had formed the diabolical project of setting fire to the city, in order to take advantage of the confusion to plun der the place, and deliver it up to the French. Forty of the sing-leaders are said to have been shot, and more were under trial. Sir Francis Burdett experienced the instability of popular, or rather web favour, on Monday last ; for after the family had retired to rest, and the lights had burnt out, a numerous rabble asiembled before his house. and broke most of the windows. They served Mr. Coutts's house, next door, in the same manner. The pane; in the latter were of a very expensive ind. Mr. Wilkes once experienced the same treatment on a similar occasion. A mob knocked him up very late, and insisted upon his ill, urinating his house. It was in vain that he assured them his house had been illu minated; they quite forgot all his patriotism and abn , e of Government, greeted him with the appellation of "simi,r66,g old reveal, Sre." and swore that if he did not withdraw, and have his house lighted again, they would break hia head as well as his windows. The officers and men -of the Life Guards are to wear brass helmets. similar to the old Roman helmet, steel cuirasses, embossed, aad a brold gttd-laced belt round the waist. Two squadrons sif each regiment of Life Guards, and two squadrons of the Royal Horse Guards (Blues), are os dered for ses vice forthwith; as are a!srs the tat Foot Guards. The signal defeat of the French in the Peninsula, has given a strong impulse to the funds, which have risen two per cent. in consequence. 5'73 VIIZ EXTRAORDINARY. Sitt,—On taking up a \lorning Parser a few riays age, I met with the following singular at tide •• siIitANUE AI ; PEAIt..I NUE t THE lIFAVENS. 46 A singular appearaoce was uo Tussda) ttit , ht observed in the Heavens ! from the Royal Ouservatury at Creenwmh. and the vicinity, about half past eight (01:16.4:k. .1 lie sky was clear, and the moon shone with resplendent ; out a c'''''" was to h. seed nut in its immediate neighboui hood, and 'tai of it:conceivable beauty and magnitude. It pi %!‘ei.tett to the admitim, dat e a 1110,i braulitul mixture of ehony and gni I, :,nd at the top, sheets, ur rather slight hates of these, extended to a consitlerable distance. As it pa s sed. over the ninon, whit h pied a spat:. of two minutes, It assumed the image Of Bitl I ANNIA. heating eptre of no small dimen,lovs. At any ther tim.. Iht might huge p.l•st'tl 11110bS•AVed. I , tll at he present moment it stook with pet.til.ir force, wl•en the Botish aims are universally trium Circinustances a-soluiel trivial .n themseivrs soncl tine, all• td amusem:ot u L erstiti , :us au i c:cdulous eeoPle. a tt thousands who :night hake allowed this beautiful tade at any other moment to have paesed unlved:d and untegatded, have dcubtless congratulated themselves that kleaven has at tet~ alt declared hi favour of our happy country, as the Imperi I Despot, when in the height of his toower, so vainly buasted to have plc-cr.., darned and sinctioned all his enoreuties." I read this delectable piff . e of intelligence with great atten tion and proper :0 'enmity, till I came to that part of it which says. " As it parsed mei the moon, which occupied a , space of two minutes, it assumed the image of Bit IT ANNI A, bearing a sceptre of no small dimensions." This made me almost mat t trout lIIV seat, and t began to suspect that I had. been entrapped into leading some advertising pull', while on, the look out for news. I expected to find added to " the sceptre of no small dimensions," the w'tr that Britannia wore on this intereAting occasion, charmed the eye of the be holder, by the graceful cut ls of which it was composed, and of which it is impoFsible to form an adequate idea, without calVog llarher floss to inspect his newly-invented toupee, which for elegance and h guts exceeds every thing we have Ken; " or something like the billowing—'• the lnight ness of the sceptre can he compared to nothing earthly, 'Ave and except the " lustre of Day, and Atari in's incomparable blacking;" or the rich Lrob,/or appearance of this'scene coup lot but remind us of that precious metal which is now so rarely seen, and impress oil us tile necessity . of running to a gentlem;ln shove the common class Of money lenders; who has now an opportunity of advancing flow, 10 1" 30,00'i/. without trifling or procrastination;' or "so extra-.- ordinary a spectacle 'veins to point to the brilliant constella tion of capit - .1 prizes which the scheme of the next State Lottery presents.," or " nothing can more distinctly mark the high destinies of this counter, or wore sty ikiugly prove that it. is fast approaching to the zenith of i s glory, than its posses sing that most inestin,ahle compositon ('id flamed Wanga ries Caliph Ilaroun Alrosehid's incomparable Aft ie.ul Anti septic Vegetable 'Tooth-Powder, which cures stint t v in the gums, Sce." To my surprise, however, nothing of this appears; :Ind therefore of the truth of the statement, I think there cannot be the /fast Motet/. Feeling this, I hope the writer of the above account will favour the world with smite further parti- cubes. I wish most earnestly to be informed, it he did not observe that Brittannia's head was ornamented with a Loupe! formed of the roc, thi,ile and shamrock ; if " WELLING TON," " Glory," " Salamanca," and '' I'ictoiy," did not appear inscribed on the shield, and .if a plume of ostrich feathers, with the letters G. P. It- did not appear at the end of " the sceptre of no small dimensions." I also wish to know, whether Britannia was riding in the car of Neptune, or walking alone, and whether he supposes she was riding post to Spain, in consequence of having just received tilts Extraordinary Gazette, in order to see how things wcut on after the battle, or merely taking a moonlight trip to see the i lluminations. Yours, &C. Scc. Buz. 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