The National Register. — London, England, 1812-01-05 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. TIIE STREAM OF TIME ; OR, CHRONOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. JANUARY. 1. HAmsulte.ll, as was noticed last week, dates its rise from the Ist of January, in the year WO. Many Potentates have disputed the posses eiou of this city. but what seems most remarkable in 43 fate is, that on the Ist of January, 1811, not much beyond 1000 years after its rise, we find it formally annexed to France ! Revolutions accumulate. On the Ist of January, .1811, the Diet of Sweden passed the Decree by which the descendants of the illustrious Gustavus Adolphus are declared to be for ever banished from the Swedish soil. 9.. This day, antic) 13'22, the College of Plessis was established, at Park. The same day of the month, 1527, the Citadel of Verdun was begun. The holy Bishop of Verdun, exasperated at this proceeding, excommu nicated the workmen; " but," remarks a Frenchman, " the building was not found the less solid: 3. January 3, 1670, died the celebrated General Monk, afterwards Duke of Albemarle, the efficient cause of the Restoration Monarchy in England. He was a b rave, and a wise, and A great m ofn Posterity still holds him in veneration. Yet, seems it not somewhat degrading to the memory of so illustrious a character, that his cap should be Mmane the coliectin! bag at Westminster Abbey, by those who show ments and wax-work at this place ? It was on ttte Ist (1,1 of the year 995, that the Pope interdicted other Prelates from the practice of canonization, of which they were hereto forepossessed„ and confined this rite, conferred by hint first on Ulda ric, to the e:e of Rome. 4. Amongst the refinetuents of civilization may be classed the intro duction of the manufacture of silks int, Europe. '1 wo monks, travelling from India to ConetantinoPle, i ns tructed the inhabitants of this t own, boatel)? the 4:h, 5 . 6, in this art. Spreading over Greece, it pasted thence intri Italy, and the ether nations of Europe. 5. Catherine of NieLlicis died 1599. She was not liked by the French. The day of justice" is the epithet which they apply to this day. ved an Commencement of the great win ter, anise 1709, which cal unprecedented se.trility, and spread around an almost universal desola tion The financier Law (1719) appointed Comptroller-General of the Fi• !lances. The late Sir Francis D'lvernois was comparatively nothing to our Law ! Perhaps it is worth observation, that on this day, 1810, a Persian Arihis-etdor visited the Bank of England. 6. Francis the First, King of France, whilst celebrating the Fete des anno 1521, was suddenly wounded in the bead. This accident happened during the mock -siege of the castle of the Count St. Pol, to whoin the dignity of being besieged fell by lot, and against whom Francis had declared war in the customary form. When it was pro posed to search for the person front whom the blow came, ti4e King, rejecting the proposal, observed, that it was just that t he ill effect of the pastiate should fall to him 'who had occasioned the whole. It was the Count Montgomery wno had wounded the King, and - whose sun mortally wounded, in a tournament, Henry 11. son of Francis I. Does it not seem perfectly singular, that a father and his son, both ' men of how.ur and devoted. to their Princ e, should be destined, by a fatality the most distressing, the first to wound and the next to kill his King? The custom of this File des Rois seems of ancient date. '7. Galileo diicovertd (1610), the four Satellites of Jupiter. Simon Mayer, Mathematical Professor to the Margrave of Anspach, had per . ceived them in the November o f the preceding year. James the Secant!, driven from the throne of England, arrived (1689), at Saint Germain-en-I—eye. 8, Pomerania was visited by so violent a tempest, anno 1314, that a Dumber of hou,es, besides towers and churches, were destroyed, and a great number of vessels lost ; %%Mist the sea opened a new passage in the earth, forming a vast harbour, since called the Nieudep. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. AMSTERDAM, Dec. 26.—We have received from the Tent details which cannot fail of being aflictitig to huntanit, occasioned by a gale of wind experienced in the North Sea. The ships were overtaken by this tempest, formed , as it appears, part of a convoy of mere than 100 sail, returning from Sweden to England, laden, it is believed, with warlike stores. At break of day, the 25th December, after a most dreadful night, a frigate, two brigs, and a ship of the lin e, were p erceived at about half a league distance from the coast of the Texel. The ship of the- line was entirely dismasted. Two brigs have been driven upon the coast, where they were wreck ed.—Two hrigs belonging to his Majesty, and the privateer Furet, saved 136 men from a ship which was shipwrecked, and have brought an Fn g• lisp brig into the Helder. The Captain of the Furet declares that he saw a ship of the line, which he believes to be the Her ), and two brigs perish, without it being possible for him to render them the least as sistance. The men saved from the wreck, add, that ten transports have been driven upon the banks of the 'Texel. The intelligence, in fact, which is received from that island, state, that it Is surrounded by wreck s. Some thirty men who gained ' the island by swimming were saved. OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FROM THE IMPERIAL ARMIES IN SPAIN. . ARler or A ItRAGON.—The following is a letter from Marshal Count 'Suchet to the Prince of Wagrarn and Neufchel before aj " Camp Valentia, Dec. S. " SlR—Since my last report the works ha ha beencarried finis The convents of the Capuchins and of ! lope, which were taken front the enemy, have been repaired and placed in a state of defence, to serve as points of sup poet to our trenches. 66 The enemy made three sorties to retake the Grao, and establish his communication with the sea. General Branckoust. i, with the 117th re giment, constantly repulsed themes ith cehsiderable loss. 6 , Generals Harisp • and flonsard neve taken some hundreds of priso ners upon the i teht of the Guadalavier. 'lle Chief of squadron Calse 50 has in Arragen defeated the cavelry of the Empecinado; and taken horse. The Chief of Ilittalion Br. ?eau has surprize4 the band of Cam pillo, at Montfort, and taken three Officers and 40 men. I expect Severolt's division to-morrow', which is to bring a large convoy of the besieging park of artillery. I hope in the course of a few days to have moot isnportaut ertnts to 1:11101).1)C0 to your Excellency. I sent your Excellency a list of prisoners sent to Jen since I e e ntere the province of Valentin . Your leeelleitcy will see they ament 7,500; to which are to he added ce,;CO prisoners in the hospitals of Sa rag gesis..l l ARMY of Tax Swum—The following is a letter from far Duke of Dalmatie, tceleis ietthe Highness the Prince of Wag ram and 46 Seville, N0v.16. {6 The report which I had the honour of making on the 2t.1 inst. to your Excellency, upon the surprie v.'hich (1 tueral Girard experienced on the morning of the .18th Octoher, p.cs-iited no details. 46 The honour of our army Is sJved: the eagles have not fallen into the bards of the enemy. • 1 7, " The remains cf the two battalions has, pined the sth corps, with Generals Girard and Denabrouski, and the S.t.drof the army which was with this rear-guard. " According to the report which have reached vile, our loss consist; of 410 inf..ntre, Is° cavalry, 2.00 horses, and IZS artillerymen, who belong ed to the three pieces taken. 6 '. General Broti was in march far from Arroyo de Mellnos, at the bead of 150 horse of the :20 t h regiment of dragoons, when the enemy attacked the village. He i nstantl} retraced his steps and executed, wih s much valour, three charges; 'out the, force were too disproportionat t e, ' his horse were overthrown, and he had the misfortune to fall into t:,e enemy's power. The Duke D'Aremberg was also dismounttd 'in A charge, and in fallitg received two bayonet wounds. It is said they not dangerous. His brother, a Lieutenant in the 27th, received per mission to visit him at the advanced posts between Elvas and Caner° Mayor. I greatly regret that among the'brave men that the arms) has for a time lost in this unfortunate rencoi-are, distinguished e to reckon 'General Bron -,ich Eir•their valour , and me, " I h. Count D General I. Yol respectil add tho! '• Tl 2 give roof 66 I it I would brought done sin rid Duke D'Artmberg, so much eistinguisoeu 1,......... .-. . . !tit. l ave the honour to incioee yo ur Excellency a report from Genera.l D'Erlon, dated the 4th inst. to which is joined ii copy of that frora. .1 Girard, of the 2d. 'or Excellency can therefore inform his Majesty of all the details ing this event, which have hitherto reached me; to which I will use I may receive. sae conduct of the General of D ivision is too reprehensible not to orn for a strongly marked disapprobation. informed your Excellency that if General Girard should return, d displace him from the command of his divisim, and have him. ,t to a Court.martial. Consid,!rine,notwit hstanding, what he has MG. his eurprise, to bring back the remains of the two battalion, USAGE OF SLAVES• Parliament is about to assemble, and amongst those national affairs which will necessarily occupy their attention, we most fervently hope that the present condition and - usage of the negroes in the West Indies may not escape their consideration. By the passing of that Act, which is a most memorable proof of the hobest and honourable zeal of Mr Wilberforce, the Billfish Legislature evinced their desire to promote the ultimate happiness of the whole human race; but neither that measure nor the one subsequently furthered by Mr. Brougham has done aught to better the condition of t hose who must continue slaves to the end cf their existence. The slave trade, it is true, may be ab.dishedi but thousands of negroes are still in a state of slavery in our West Indian plantations; and so long as it is deemed pa/Ric to continue the chains around the necks of those who are now staves in every sense of the word, for the sake of suff.Ting humanity, let a law tie imposed by which the PLANT ERS shall be c impelled, at the peril of their own personal liberty, to treat those in boimage to them as Christians ought to treat those that are, from their hunib;e birth, necessit:sted to labour for their richer brothers! Till such a law is passed, constantly shall we be *WMO4 to hear the It I. A NU R * 1 discipline of 451,44150/I JAN. 5. )1 I: . 1 1 ;Vll.. 1 ; 41 6 • •• •i• • • ,