The National Register.
London, England, 1812-09-13 00:00:00

TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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as left no aoub' upon my mind of his being,i/Acted. As I
went determined /ii)t to vaccinate during my short 'stay St
Cheltenham ;his year (observe it was so long ago as 1795) I
took no vncci►:e matter with me. What the►► was to he
done? Surely there was no alternative, but his immediate
inoculation, which w3s done by Mr. Cother, one of the
surgeons there."
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TIIS lIEBDOMAIMRY ;
OR, EPHEMERIS OF '1 HE WEEK.

SEPT 1. .%1 I; ER.
13. The sixteenth Sunday after inity. Epistle Fphes. 3. 13.
Gospel St. Luke, 7. 11.—St. Nliterunius and St Titillative Both suf-
fered martyrdom with gi eat resignation and iortiftede in the earliest
ages of thrisiiiwity, and had the honour of twang among the Gist who
scaled with their Mir:cent blow th.it divine fault in Christ a Inch is the
pledge of our s ,leation.-1782. Tor Spanish torci_i, combined with the
F. each, were defeated with gia at loss un their grand naval attack upon
Gibraltar.
The Sun rises at 5h.36 ii sets at 6h. 24 min. •
First quarter of the Mares - at twelve at night. •
14. Afanday—The exaltaiion of the holy cross, a festival in memory
of that day, wile-. the Christian tauperor Ileracnus, having defeated
srocs, Emperor of Persia, recovered from him the ta 0.. s upon Melt
Christ had sulfered, after it h .d urea more tam* fourteen years in the
hands of the infidels. Ile brought it to Jerttedem, carried it w;ti re-
verence and pomp, upon his shoulders, to Mount Csilvars, where it had
been found by St. Helen, the neither of Constantine, near ihrt.c
luut-
dred years before. Antiently, deeds and terms uf payment, were dated
from this day.
The Sun rises at 5 h. 38. min. sets at 6 h. 2'2 min.,
15. Tuesday.—F.uni the earliest times of Christiana , this day was
consecrated to the commemoration of the glorious death of Si. Nien-
inedes, a 'viol iu 14ome in the time of the Ltuperor Diocitatan.
bad been ordered to sac'ifice too idols, but, having constantly refused
to yield to both entreaties ai.d n.enaces, was tried by ;he west eesca
elating torments, and, at last, worn out by tortures of the niusf.barba-
rous kind, he died A. D. 90..--1799. Deka of the French at Nuvi.
The Sun rises at 5 It. 4 1 mitt, sets at 6 h. 10 min.
16. Ircdnesduy.—St. Cornelius, bishop of Rome, under the reign of
Gallus and Volualaitus, who, fur removing the hods of St. Peter and St.
Paul to a more decent place, was fist sent into imeialtineta, and alter-
wards put to death, by the sword. Also St. Cypriatins, ltisilop of Car-
thage, who, by his private viitues and extensive learnitig, ha• rendered
hisaselfemiuent to all agues. The • collection of his writings fil; many
folio volumes. He died a Martyr under Valerian, A. D. 261.—0 n the
same day, under the reign. or rather the prostiennon of the blood-
thirsty Emperor Dioclesian, St. Euphemia, St. Lucia, and St. Gera&
nianus, (the first a virgin, the second a widow, and the other a young no-
bleman), expired in the most excruciating torments. Also St. Editha, a
holy virgin, daughter of King I.:algar, wh- refining offer of a crown,
became a reliaious in the Monaraely of Witten, and alter a life of great
sanctity, di( d there in the year 984.
The Sun rises at 5 h. 4:: min. sets at 6 h. 18 min.
17. Thursday —The Stigmata of St. Francis 01 As:iiata. It is reported,
in the life of this celebrated Saint, that by a peculiar favour, a winged
and crucified Seraph appeared to him, as a vision. in the desert vales
of the Alverina mountains, where he had retiredl \\ . a tew compa-
nions austerity and piety ; and that the division he ving deo
',eared, the holy man !Mind the impression of Christ's sad" WI/1J• (6,
111 1115 Ineal, feet, and side, which remained until his death ; he died
in the year 1.226.
The Sun rises at 5 h. 44 min. sets at 6 h. 16 min.
18. Friday. St. Thomas .'t Villa Nova, horn m Seain, after re-
fusing to till the see of Grenada, he was obliged ny his ups ler% to take
upon himself the charge uf the church of Valencia; he gave up his *out
to Gud in the year 1556.
The Sun rises at 5 It. 46 min. sets at 6 h. 14 min.
19. Saturlay.—St., Januernia. and his cempanions, lie was Bishop
of Betteventuin, in Italy, in the time of Diocleaian. and being
detnned to the wild beasts m the Amphitheatre, it is reported that.
forgetting their. natural lemeity, they laid down with miraculous tau e-
ness at the teet of the'slut, and ti•ai the Prcetor, president of the
games, being iticenaed at this, ordered him to he beheaded instantly.
The body and head were brought I. Naples, where they have been ter
many centuries, an objet' of erne'', tam tOr the religious, of curio ity
for the traveller, and orridieule for Omar. who cannot swot) believe th
the blow) of the Saint kept con,:safed in a phial, being lirou..ht into t
preset t. sod meetly within COUlact s%ith the bead, oitilts and liqui.

Lontion,
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13.

CAPTURE OF ASTORC A A\ I) 1111.110. N.

List night's Gazette contains the following account of the
capture of Actorga by the Spaniards, and the defeat of the
French on the coast of Biscay, with the occupation of the
town of Bilboa by the patriots : •
Letters, of which the billowing are extrcts, have been received by
Earl Bathurst, (tow Colonel Sir Howard 1;ou6lio, nated Ca3troron
ir go, 22d, and ii,tofga, ::9th urost.

Castrorontrigo, August 22. 1812
When the Earl of Wellington transftrred his head-quarters from
Mojados to Cuellar, the Gallic:tan divisions, then occi.pying La Nava
and PoiJos, cr stied the Douro again, and General Santociides vsta
Wished hie head-quarters in Vallad, lid. On the 701 inst. Toidesidas
capitulated, and the siege of Tory was undertaken, bat with means
Nery in‘uffic err.
On the 12tii the enemy advanced, with about seven thousand in-
fantry and one thunwAnd five hundred cavalry, from Palencia towards
Vallado:id, which was only occupied by one battalion. Gen. Saito-
elides retired, taking the road by Torrelobaton towards Villalpando.
The enemy now advanced towards Toro . and tt was ascettaided that
their of j.lcts were to relieve lora and Zatneia, rind then to mach to
Astorga, to raise the siege, and having withdrawn the garrison, to de-
r the .oinks.
the Spanish troops were withdrawn from before Ti,ro, which the
inertly innreduuely abititdoned ; and General Santocddes, having
to lected all :Os f irce at Belver, on the Ili° Seco, coiutuencvit his re-
treat on Benevente. near *ilia place the enemy's cavalry came up
with that of .he 5 h army (about four huLdte3), and in the affair
which tolitA!'d we sustained some loss.
On the 19th instant A•torga surrendered, w!ten the enemy had al-
ready reached La Ban. z,, from which place they have since retired,
on heining of the loss of that garrison, which was of such importance
as to lead them into 4,ese operations. I have no doubt, from the ch-
rec,ion tin y have taken, that they will now withdraw the garrison of
knora, and entireiy abandon the line of the Diurro.
Astorga was commanded by a General of Brigade, was defended by
a Li-. utewint-Coionel of engineers, and the garrison was cur., posed of
two battalions of the Vid and one of the Ist i,,talitry of the lute—in all
one thuusimd two hundred effectives at the time of the surrender.
Astorga, Aug. 'l9, 1312.

The enemy retired from La Baum on hearing of the fall of Astorga,
and took the direction of- Zamora ; they evacuated the latter place on
the mo nunz of the 27th. retirin, by Turo towards Valladolid.
The GdiilC :11) army has again moved forward, and now occupies
c#l4unment.s on the E.tlA, in be towns ai.d villages near Villamanan.

DOW4ING•STREET, SEPTEMZER 12, 1812.
Vtters, of which the following ate extracts, have been received
by Earl Bathurst from Lieutenaot-C luncl Wiliam Parker Carrol,
(Wed Zornoza, 2-Ith August, and oil Portugalette, 26tn August.
ZJruoza, August 24, 1812.
I have the honour to acquaint you that, on the 13:h instant, General
Rouges, with a tOrce of nearly 3,010 men, advanced from Durango to
attack Bilb .a. General Renovales took up a position on the left bank
of the river, having tos ridit on the heights of Bolueta anu 011arg.0..,
defending the new bridge of Bolueta ; h.s reserve at Castrejana. As
soon as the enemy's force was ascertained, General Renovales formed
his plan ut atiaLk: paa of the banguard and Campillo's regiment
were to pass use river at Portugalette, and proceed to tttQ heignis of
Santo Domingo, to attack the enemy's right at daybrealrotnikp
whilst General Pprl.er, with the vanguard, attacked 44.1spetby who
*ere in 107b3C,.151011 of the two bridges In the town, WO*, tToopa at
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