The National Register.
London, England, 1812-08-23 00:00:00

AUG. (23.

ship, in order to gratify them. went out into the church-
varii, and told them the substance of the glorious intelligence,
which he was then conveying to London ; he also banded
the eagles and colours around, and the joyful spectators testi
lied their thanks by repeated shouts—every eve bespoke the
rapture of the heart, and the cry was, i• Wellington and Old
England for ever, huzza
The following anecdote of Marshal Beresfrira, relatcd by
an officer, who was an eye witness of the fact, proves that his
hionanity is equal to his bravery. At General Mocre's re-
treat at Corunna, Cereetal BeresforJ commanded the rear.
and, sifter the men had been embarked, he took a brace of
pistols, and went in search of stragglers, determined, in case
he found of the men drunk in the streets. rot to leave
them to the enemy, but to convey them on board the boats.
In that bold attempt. at the moment the French were in sight,
he exoosed himself to extraordinary danger; but succeeded
jn h:s design of not leaving one man behind.
Every Lieutenant-General in the army is wounded :
Mat shal Bei e,ford. through the breast, but he is doing well;
Generals Cotton and Leith, in the arm ; and General (.'ole,
severely through the body.
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Lord %Yellin-don, in his private letters to big friends, it is
stated, says, that lie never saw an army so completely beaten
as that of 11larmont.

A lady followed her husband to the field of battle, near
Salamanca, oil the 22d, and found him among the slain. She
wa.. wife to Capt. Prescott, of the 7th nisileers. She is now
at Salamanca with her two child, en.
The expedition from Sweden has been suddenly suspended,
which, it is said, till the cause was explained, occa•ioned an
universal gloom in that country. But the expedition, it is
(hither added, deing destined against 'Zealand, and the h ink;
of DEN MARK having expo esscd a wish to see Mr.TnoaN TON,
in order to an adjustment of differences with Great Britain
and Sweden, its sailing has been put a stop to for the
present.
A letter from Riga mentions that the Polex in garrison in
that place had formed the diabolical project of setting fire to
the city, in order to take advantage of the confusion to plun-
der the place, and deliver it up to the French. Forty of
the sing-leaders are said to have been shot, and more were
under trial.

Sir Francis Burdett experienced the instability of popular,
or rather web favour, on Monday last ; for after the family
had retired to rest, and the lights had burnt out, a numerous
rabble asiembled before his house. and broke most of the
windows. They served Mr. Coutts's house, next door, in
the same manner. The pane; in the latter were of a very
expensive ind. Mr. Wilkes once experienced the same
treatment on a similar occasion. A mob knocked him up
very late, and insisted upon his ill, urinating his house. It
was in vain that he assured them his house had been illu-
minated; they quite forgot all his patriotism and abn,e of
Government, greeted him with the appellation of "simi,r66,g
old reveal, Sre." and swore that if he did not withdraw, and
have his house lighted again, they would break hia head as
well as his windows.

The officers and men -of the Life Guards are to wear brass
helmets. similar to the old Roman helmet, steel cuirasses,
embossed, aad a brold gttd-laced belt round the waist.
Two squadrons sif each regiment of Life Guards, and two
squadrons of the Royal Horse Guards (Blues), are os dered
for ses vice forthwith; as are a!srs the tat Foot Guards.
The signal defeat of the French in the Peninsula, has given
a strong impulse to the funds, which have risen two per cent.
in consequence.

5'73

VIIZ EXTRAORDINARY.

Sitt,—On taking up a \lorning Parser a few riays age, I
met with the following singular at tide
•• siIitANUE AI;PEAIt..I NUE t THE lIFAVENS.
46 A singular appearaoce was uo Tussda) ttit,ht observed in the
Heavens! from the Royal Ouservatury at Creenwmh. and the vicinity,
about half past eight (01:16.4:k. .1 lie sky was clear, and the
moon shone with resplendent ; out a c'''''" was to
h. seed
nut in its immediate neighboui hood, and 'tai of it:conceivable beauty
and magnitude. It pi %!‘ei.tett to the admitim, date a 1110,i
braulitul
mixture of ehony and gni I, :,nd at the top, sheets, ur rather slight
hates of these, extended to a consitlerable distance. As it passed.
over the ninon, whit h pied a spat:. of two minutes, It assumed
the image Of Bitl I ANNIA. heating eptre of no small dimen,lovs.
At anyther tim.. Iht might huge p.l•st'tl 11110bS•AVed. I,tll at
he present moment it stook with pet.til.ir force, wl•en the Botish
aims are universally trium Circinustances a-soluiel trivial .n
themseivrs soncl tine, all• td amusem:ot uLerstiti,:us au i c:cdulous
eeoPle. a tt thousands who :night hake allowed this beautiful
tade at any other moment to have paesed unlved:d and untegatded,
have dcubtless congratulated themselves that kleaven has at
tet~ alt
declared hi favour of our happy country, as the Imperi I Despot,
when in the height of his toower, so vainly buasted to have plc-cr..,
darned and sinctioned all his enoreuties."
I read this delectable piff.e of intelligence with great atten-
tion and proper :0 'enmity, till I came to that part of it
which says. " As it parsed mei the moon, which occupied a
, space of two minutes, it assumed the image of Bit IT ANNI A,
bearing a sceptre of no small dimensions." This made me
almost mat t trout lIIV seat, and t began to suspect that I had.
been entrapped into leading some advertising pull', while on,
the look out for news. I expected to find added to " the
sceptre of no small dimensions," the w'tr that Britannia wore
on this intereAting occasion, charmed the eye of the be-
holder, by the graceful cut ls of which it was composed, and
of which it is impoFsible to form an adequate idea, without
calVog llarher floss to inspect his newly-invented toupee,
which for elegance and h guts exceeds every thing we
have Ken;" or something like the billowing—'• the lnight-
ness of the sceptre can he compared to nothing earthly, 'Ave
and except the " lustre of Day, and Atari in's incomparable
blacking;" or the rich Lrob,/or appearance of this'scene coup
lot but remind us of that precious metal which is now so
rarely seen, and impress oil us tile necessity. of running to
a gentlem;ln shove the common class Of money lenders;
who has now an opportunity of advancing flow, 10 1"
30,00'i/. without trifling or procrastination;' or "so extra-.-
ordinary a spectacle 'veins to point to the brilliant constella-
tion of capit-.1 prizes which the scheme of the next State
Lottery presents.," or " nothing can more distinctly mark the
high destinies of this counter, or wore sty ikiugly prove that it.
is fast approaching to the zenith of i s glory, than its posses-
sing that most inestin,ahle compositon ('id flamed Wanga-
ries Caliph Ilaroun Alrosehid's incomparable Aft ie.ul Anti-
septic Vegetable 'Tooth-Powder, which cures stint t v in the
gums, Sce."
To my surprise, however, nothing of this appears; :Ind
therefore of the truth of the statement, I think there cannot
be the /fast Motet/. Feeling this, I hope the writer of the
above account will favour the world with smite further parti-

cubes. I wish most earnestly to be informed, it he did not
observe that Brittannia's head was ornamented with a Loupe!
formed of the roc, thi,ile and shamrock ; if " WELLING-
TON," " Glory," " Salamanca," and '' I'ictoiy," did not
appear inscribed on the shield, and
.if a plume of ostrich
feathers, with the letters G. P. It- did not appear at the end
of " the sceptre of no small dimensions." I also wish to
know, whether Britannia was riding in the car of Neptune,
or walking alone, and whether he supposes she was riding
post to Spain, in consequence of having just received tilts
Extraordinary Gazette, in order to see how things wcut on
after the battle, or merely taking a moonlight trip to see the
illuminations. Yours, &C. Scc. Buz.

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.59.4

DRAMATIC REGISTER.

TAT EI 'II.
An Opera was last night produced at this Theatre, entitled
The Privateer, founded on CutvinEnLA ND'S comedy of T/i
Brothers. The principal features of that play ate preserved,
and the dialogue is genetallv the same. Some of the songs
were very much apl►hooled, and the piece altogether was vet y
favourably received. The perti►rmers exerted themselves
with great effect. FA WCET T, 111 Old Ironside, though occa-
sionally he appeared to have a pair of young legs attached
to a❑ aged body, gave a highly entertaining delineation of
tic rough tar. LOVEGROVE, in Sir Boi.jamin Dove-, was
very happy; and Miss KEE V., in Sophia, de,erved the
author's best thanks.
In the third act a song was introduced, the subject of
which was the late victory. As a literary pet formanee it
appeared to us very deficient in merit; and popular as was
its theme, it was hissed by many, when son►c of the audience
called for it again. Finally, it seemed to he the feeling of
the house, that on such an occasion the will should he taken
fur the deed, and it was suffered to be repeated.