The National Register.
London, England, 1820-02-07 00:00:00

Aid iquities, &v. died, aged 84.

lii.sea the Queen's fevuurite beheaded.
1783. Order of St. Patrick in Ireland began.
1506. Dr. Win. Buchan, author of Domestic Medicine,
died, aged 76.
1811. The tides rote much high than usual, as had
been predicted by tato ,
26.-1514. An...eartiamake in Voikshc, Worcestershire,
. .

(al.rucestershar, lirrefind,h.oe
164. Copenhag n bad its ro)al palace, %ill' all is

rich furniwrr, deut!‘)?ed iiy Gov..

1797. Cobb payments'pruhibited.
Itsos. The celebrated Joint lvilyn, author of S)lva,
died.
Y7.--.179t. Senate House. Dublin, destsii‘ed fire.
Stamford, in Lineolositire, kit 41111:111thquako,
dial the near Towini.

1802. Peace of Atni..iis.
1803. Bombay nearly de.,troyed by foe, nod many
lives lost.
28.-1367. Thomas, Duke of Oluurester, uncle to Richard
11. wasssnothmed.
1770. Dr. Robert James. inventor of the fever ponder,
died, ai,ed 73.

DREADFUL INUNDATIONS IN HOLLAND.
Extract of letters from Gsdit 6rhind, Holland,
from January 27th to 29th
" The scene of distress offered to our view is inex-
pressible, and draws symphathising tears even front the
most miler:nig heart. Frotn the walls and steeple, of
our cities and churches there is nothing %bible but a sea,
partly covered with fields of ice, one of which, (at this
munient,) of several I 'red :fetes, threatens the des-
truction of a whole village. All the villages inside of
Inc dikes, is the lower Betuwe, are now under water.
At the inomem of the breaking through of the dikes.
between the Maese and Whaal, the water rushed in like
a sea ; in a moment the inhabitants were obliged to
retire to the upper part of their houses; but soon the
water even reached that refuge, and they were forced to
fiy on the rotas; but alas! this was no safety for many
were warped away Irony thence to rise Ito Enure ; castles,
churches, and houses, were, and are swept away by the
united force of the ice and water. The inhabitants of
the few houses which resist the force of the element are
exposed to all the horrors of hunger did cold in this
trying season. Every effort is made to save these wain-
-1 iunate creatures, or to afford them rebel, but human
1 efforts are in vain. Where the want and dauber is so
general the means comparatively are few, u every thing
is spoiled by the water. Our towns even are in some
parts several feet under water, and often it is impossible
to bake bread, The finest •fields and meadow, are
covered in some parts with hills of soul. A great
number of castle are already drowsed; and fur those
that are saved no food is to be found. Several people,
especially children, have found 'watery grave ; a number
of houses are seen floating among the fields of ice, and
in every quarter 'inevitable destruction seems to threaten
us. This part of Guelderland (the Lower Betuwe)
otherwise so beautiful a part of our country is one
universal ruin.
" From Pannenden, above Nymeguen, wear the
Prussian territory, to the village of Kompin (within 6
miles S. E. of Rotterdam) the whole country bordering
on and between the principal rivers of the Riga, Yssel,
Masse, Whaal„, and Lek, is inundated. Night and day,
the roaring of canuon, the alarm-bells, and signals of
distress succeed each otis r ; and new ruptures of the
dikes are at this moment announced.
" It is impossible to form an idea of our sufferings,
without !mute an eye-witness to thew. 'Die crops oti
the ground are all spoiled, mid all the hopes of the
farmers ale vanished. The distress of those that are
saved is su great, and the calamity so general, that unless
those who are spared by Providence front this dreadful
scourge afford es aid, many must perish for want. Sub-
scriptions have been opened. the King made a grant tint
of his private purse of 1,0001. to provide for the firsts
wants, and has himself repaired to the spots where
further dangers threateo.
" P.S. No fears are entertained for Rotterdam, and
the reports circulated respecting that city, in some
papers, are unfounded."

We *egret to hear that the Right Hon. Henry
Grattan lies dangerously ill at Tinnahinch; and
that Mrs. Grattan is also in a very bad state of
health.
On Sunday last Mr. Sieard. formerly a member
of the Household of her Royal Highness the Prin-
cess of Wales, and since her departure to the Con-
tinent acting as her agent in London, arrived at
Dover, where he embarked immediately for France.
While at Dover, he stated himself to be the bearer
of letters to the Queen ; that he was directed to
proceed in the first instance to Leghorn ; and in the
event of her Majesty not being there, to seek her
until he found her residence, and accompany her
Majesty to England with all possible speed.
On Saturday evening last, finer keepers, belong
ing to the Earl of Clarendon, of the Grove, Watford,
Herts, went Is pursuit of poachers, and fulling in
with ten, drafted like game-keepers, a scuffle ensued,
and guns was's-discharged, by which one of the
heiclers was severely hurt. the poachers have not
yet been apprehended.