The National Register. — London, England, 1812-08-30 00:00:00

AUG- 3°• by Saviour, and hated by the Jews on that account.-1660. great fire London began, .m.d continued three whole days. -1792. ani-s..cre took place at Parrs, ani was attended with wanton and un heard of cruelty —lBOl. Alexandria surrenders to the English. The sun rises at 5 h. 15 min. sets at 6 h. 45 ruin. ;. Thrtrsday.—St. Simeon Stylite, the younger, who passed several Years of his life upon a pillar, uhder the reign of the Emperor Mauri tius, rot act of great penance, inconveniency. and abregation, much more to be admired than imitated.—The fakirs of India adopt some t i me , this mode of life, and fix themselves for years on a stone in such all attitude , that their limbs lose their natural pliancy.-1189. Richard 1. i s cr ; Wi l ed, at Westminster. 1191. He obtains a signal victory over Stdadio, in the Holy-land.-165 1 . Battle of Worcester, gained by Cromwell over Charles 11.-1658. Death of Cromwell. The. Sun rises at 5 h. 17 mm. sets at 6 h. 43 min. 4. Friday.—nanslation of St. Cuthbert, an annual commemoraticn of the do. ...hen the body of this holy Bishop was removed from Lin tti,fern to Durham. Also St Marccllus, who suffered Martyrdom under the reign et - Antoninus.— 1657. Admiral Blake was interred with great ram). Wevininster Abbey ; but was removed from thence in 1661, and r‘inter.ed in St. Margaret's Church-yard. The Sun rises at 5 h. 19 min. sets at 6 h. 41 min. 5. Sour iay.—St. Victorious, who, with his brother Severinus, after the death of their parents, gave all they were possessed of to the poor, and lived a life of retirement aid humility togethjr, till Victorious se cluded himself in a deert, and remained there several years ; but. re turnino, to his brother, he died a few years before him —lBOO. Malt( s:oreaokrs to the English.-1548. Death of Catherine Parr, \Vile )(entry VIII.- 180 ti. Battle of Maida, gained over the French by Sir Julia Stuart. The Sun rises at 5 h. 20 min. sets at 6 h. 40 min. New Moan, at 7 h. V 2. min. afternoon. The Days have decreased 3 lurs, 2ti miontes. ____ PRICE OF ST'`CKS YESTERDAY. '?per Cent. Count; b9 q Irma'Atm. IS nI4 3 per Cent. Reduced blit Exchequer IliII:t (Sid) .. I dis p.tr 4 p.•l Ce!..ts. 3 per Cent. ATFR AT LONDON BUIDGM MORNINQ S after S -•- Ou Sunday Slolutty Tur ,, lay IVrtlnclttlay Thursth) 19 ..-- 9.... cN .... ll' .... . Fridav Saturday 1 -. -- I . - .... Es ENING .. 43 aller 8 --- .. jI--- 9 ... . - . :15 ••• 1.2 -••• .... 1 .... TO CORRESPONDENT:. We regret thlt the communication respecting the New Sy s:em of Edu cation should have rettchcd us too late for insertion this week, it will appear in our next. The deposition of Put LO-COLUMBINE must be given on oath, or else we shall not think ourselves authorised to Intel Wre: however, as we are not Police Officers, he may carry on his plan without any interruption from our presence. We thank " A CONSTANT READER" for his communication, but we think it would be giving the contemptible print he mentions too much importance to notice it at all. ABEL DROGGER is received. The tale has se.ne point, but it has already appeared before the public, we cannot give it insertion. We are not fond of retailing second-hand wit. C. F.'s favour is received, and shall have an early insertion. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. tontion, SUNDAY, AUGUST so. DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH BY THE RUSSIANS. There is a report of a great battle in Russia between W itepsk and Smolenski on the 15th inst. ; BUOSAPARTE commanded in person. The right wing of the French is said to have turned the left of the Russians, and the battle was going against the Russians, when BAGRATION brought up his whole force against the left of the 'French, turned them, and gained the victory. Eighteen thousand Fretich arc said THE NATIONAL REGISTER. .537 .............k to have been killed or wounded, and 14,000 made prisoners, Such is the report ; it comes from the following letter, said to have been received through Harwich, but GoVe:nment have no snch advice. . • (,oTrENßuitcu, AUGUST 21.—We have le,lotious news here.— MILLS, the Messenger, is now on his way to your ,ountry, and %via most likely arrive by the time you get this. The amoant of what I can collect from; good authority is, that the Russian.: and Frcmh have had a most desperate engagement—it took place on the 15th in,,t. —The Corsican commanded in person—it was tough: on the plains near Braslaw, a small village, about .rlyiway between Polot4; i,r.d Riga. The French had p:evkusly retreate across the Luna, and appeared r r n e e n a e r h i n g ee ß c t i l g a y . i ng Ti n te a a t i t .4c k —it as a seems b y , h L B - 1 ts si ' ) i kp it i S I: T I z i w t 6, rig e h y t all his strength i n the centre, and BAGRATION tell unexpeLtekby en his left, aided by a great b ud ) o f cavalry. " The right of the French w ere at first victorious, but i t continued \ 1 Ifaourtnameslotofrlthteimdea—y .I:lle.isli:eFrareteneclillairigaei I t s rl . 7 o t k h i e li C e, o t s d , i a d ck ‘ s d vou e t c l, l i d: e. (. t . 1 i. t fi l i ti la4r7i vepris o nersf;r(t)lillei Rsucssiii)ii,itselvsl:oo,ol:lil:efdtahned swthou(n)fdeiA!.u:set,aa.et dl on the titqoe of ex peeraton, waning further Intel. ...ettLe " Accounts front Cottenburgh, sa y , - th'tt an expre;s had k eleven o'clock at night. St. Pcteishurgi , had been illuminated It is said the Prince W I TTG ENS fEi N IS 1 i it n ihne e rit o lr n sfite;tittgeilittitgcgee: a o i tr i j a i k % r i v :t ( a ) r:: , h i a: a i g n a g z i l.: ) e e e s t: oal:ttaeirn tit o; daft: French army of MAcDoN A LD and Oupt sun', who lost all 1 . wounded.—This must be the battle of the 3(01 and 3 ist July. Another letter states, that a dreadful battle has been fought, in which the Viceroy had been wounded, and his Aid-de-camp killed, and the French lost 15,000 men, with a great number of their artillery. We give all these merely as rumours. FROM THE sr. PETERSIX MAI (JAZETTE Annst 5. - " BA GRATION has effected his juneti.in, taken the 'First .Aid-de-Camp of the Viceroy of Italy prisoner, at:d wounded the Viceroy. General WITTGENsEI ha , - gained a battle, in which he made 3000 prisoners, Nvotindtqi and killed 5000 and took 70 pieces of cannon and al.l the baggage of Marshal OLTDI N oT." • The following paragraph appeared last night in a third edition of an Evening Paper, to which however we ei not give much credit, notwithstanding it wa' given with he a,- sertion that it might be regarded as an Official Bulletin flow the Admiralty : " A small British cruiser in the North Seas has pick , d up a fi-hcr man at sea, who left Holland on the 25111 instant. Ii wa* repor•cd in Holland when this man came away, that Boost AP A. tut r lid fought a dreadful battle with the Rossians, in which he had LOiT BETWEEN THIRTY AND FORTY THOUSAND MEN !" FRESH REPO RI r.l) V , CTORIEs At an early part of the week, the following letter posted up at Lloyd's, excited the most lively hopes :—.. The Sta , CLEMENT master, arrived at Jersey on S,,turday last, left Corunna on the 18th inst. Captain CLEMENT states, th .t two days before he sailed, a Major had arrivel with dispatches from Lord W ELLINGTON, and was waiting f-r a conveyance to England in a ship of war. It was reported at Corunna, thAt a second battle bad been fought, in which the enemy lost 15,0'10 men, and 24 p_ec es of cannon. Another vessel had arrived at Guernsey, fr bra Corunna, with the same account." The rumour was corroborated by pas , engers from Jersey, but set at rest by the arrival of Corunna papers of a later da e, in which no mention whatever was made of the subject. It was revived yesterday on the authority of the following postscript to a I letter . , from the Captain of a British ship of war, cruis.ng of ;.