The National Register.
London, England, 1814-12-25 00:00:00

TIRE NATIONAL REGISTER.

The second reinforcement of troops had arrived off Niagara en the
; their disembarkation and advance induced the enemy to retire.
General Drummond has in consequence retnrned to Kingston.
EXTRACT OF A GENER IL ORDER, DATED HEADQUARTERS,
" Niagara, Nov. 6, 1814.
Lient. Gen. Drummond acquaints the troops, that the enemy
esraenated Fui t Erie yesterday, and retreated to his own shores.
having tirst blown up the defences and completely destroyed the
place."
The fleet returned to Kingston on the 10th, bringing. down the
414, and a few convalescents. .
'Gen. Drummond arid all his Staff, came in the fleet.

DEC. 25.

T. Cochran, of York, glover.
D. Armitage, of Huddeistield, York, innkeeper.
D. Bloom, of Trowse Millgate, Norwich, Merchants
J. Fisher, of Cheltenham, Gloucester. carpenter.
.D. Sellers, of Fetter-lane, oil and colour-man.
G. Parsons, of Edgeware• road, coal merchant.
C. C. E. Weill, late of Leicester, banker.

DR EA I) FUL WEA THER.

All the Port Letters from the crest of Sci Aland to the Land's End,
have been for several days past 6lled with accounts of the effect• expe•
rienced by the late stortire and high winds. A number of vessels have
tn-en wrecked, and the loss of mnchors and cables is very great. The
d;►ily casualties at sea occasion such an assemblage of merchants,
owner., &c. at Lloyd's, that it is difficult to obtain access to the
books.

Flom the great quantity of rain which has lately fallen, the low
lands in the. neighbourhood of Tewkesbury are in a dismal state of in-
undation, ocensione‘i by the overflowing, of the Severn, the Avon, and
the other streams which there unite. Persons on the opposite side of
the river are obliged to navigate across the whole track of land called
the Severn Ham, which in the very unfit boats generally used ter that
purpose, is very dangerous in the present tempestuous weather. An
accident happened there on Saturday afternoon. A boat, in which
was Mr. Mann and his s,.n, of the Lower Lode ; Mr. Whitmore and
Mr. Mew, of Tewkesbury, and several other persons, owing to the
roughness of the weather, stink about midway between the Lode and
the town. Mr. Maim was in imminent danger of being drowned when
his son swans to hisassistasice, and they were both carried by the viii.
lence of the waves to a considerable distance, but at length got to a
shallow part, where they obtained a footing, and awaited the arrival
of a boat, numbers having been sent tort to their rescue. The other
passengers clung to the boat, and there anxiously awaited their preser-
vers ; and they were all brought to land. A young girl, who had thus
escaped, was taken to a neighbouring house, a pitiable spectacle, quite
overcome with terror and affright.

At Brighton, it has blown a storm from the south-west for some
days. Shipping on the coast has sustained considerable damage.
Of a number of vessels that attempted to run from the Downs into
Ramsgate, five got on shore, some of them much damaged. Several
other vessels put into Margate with loss of anchors and cables.
A very strong gale of wind from the west and south-west has pre-
vailed at Portsmouth nearly the whole of last week, in consequence of
which some lives have been lost, and mach anxiety occasioned. The
gale attained its utmost fury on Wednesday ; during the greater part
of that day it was impracticable to proceed to Spkhead, the
port, for even the launch of the Prince with upwards of SO seamen in
it, •in making the attempt, was forced on South sea Beach, awl in land-
ing, the officers and men were completely drenched, as well as placed
in considerable danger. In the evening, about seven o'clock, signals
of distress were filed at Shithead, which created much alarm amongst
the people on shore. It proved to be the Olympia cutter, which hav-
ing drifted her anchors, got ashore on the Spit. Her signals of dis-
tress were most promptly answered by all the shipping at Spi,head, wha
twisted their lights, and 15 boats put off from different slips to go to
her assistance, in doing which, we are sorry to say, a boat belonging
to the Conflict. containing a Lieutenant and seven men, upset by run-
ning on the Olympia's cable, and two seamen were unfortunately
drowned ; the others were saved with great difficulty. On shore, the
heavy winds have also occasioned much damage. The limbs of large
trees have been carrid away, and, in many instances, whole trees
blown down. Near King's terrace, a solid brick wall was blown down
on Welidesday night, and during the top of the tide the platforM
every day of the week has been rendered impassable, by the sea beat-
big over in such large qttantities, and with great force. The storm
colitinued on Saturday night, but Spithead being aegood ai.churage, no
danger was appieliended.
At Liverpool, the storm was tremendous ; the streets were deserted
for fear of the flying bricks and slates, whilst the river presented a
scei.e of confusion and distress nhich harrowed up the heart.

CA RLIST.E. DFc. 17.-I)oring great part of the week we have ex-
perienced a very severs storm of wind. accompanied with heavy shoW-
ers. In the neighbourhood very consitietable damage has been sustsititd
by the -bilming down of tree', &c. In consequence of the heavy
the Ellen, Peteril, and Caldew, which water Coriolis., have been
notch swollen, affording • highly pictoresque appearance, the imilida-
lion extending as far as the eye could reach, end giving the appear•
rice of a vast lake, spotted with inhuttietable Winds.