The National Register.
London, England, 1813-07-11 00:00:00

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THE NATIONAL REGISTM.

General Thevcnot, and another General Officer, Wel' _
priw►ners at Vittoria. Gcneral Rey, and many other Officers
rank, are among the mounded.

The treasure found in- the French military chest amounted
GBO,OOO francs; it %vas taken by the Bliies.
`1 he number of cattle taken is estimated at 9,000 head,
including those fur provison and those tor draft, is not an exaggera
ed calculation.

SINGULAR COINCIDENCE IN THE LAST Nucl.°,
Spain has frequently been the theatre of British heroism
disinterested love for justice and freedom. Besides the war
succession in which so many victories were gained by our
repel from the throne the tinnily whict we now fight to
(for a hundred year's possession and the consent of other .
has rendered the usurpation of their ancestor legitimate) we
engaged near five centuries before in a similar struggle to

the Castilian crown from the brows of an usurper (Henry the
tard) and replace it on the head of the lawful overeign, Don '
In this war, conducted with the. greatest SIMMS and glory
most eminent of Walsh heroes, Edward the Black Prince

battle that decided the contest in favour of the just cause

fought on nearly the same spot as that of Vittoria, from win,
not too much to expect a similar result, within sight of the .
positions, on the t Ist of June last, and only a few miles higher
same stream, the Zadora, stands the village of Navarette, wit
the 341 of April, 1:167, Edward the Black Prince totally di
Henry the Bastard, and in consequence seated Don Pedro
Throne of Castillc. Froissart, who gives a lively dew, ip,
this engagement, observes of Sir John Chaudos, the most el
among the English Knights, that " he never thought die
day of making any prisoners ; but was solely occupied in
and pushing forward." The most striking passage, however. inAtis
Recount is, that in whirl' he describes the approach of the two
armies toward each other, when " a little before they uset, the
Prince of Wales with eyes and hands uplifted towards Heaven,
exclaimed—God of Truth, the Fattier of Jesus. Christ, who bast
made and fashioned me, grant, through thy benign grace, that the
success of this battle ntay be for me and my army; for thou knoweAt,
that in truth I have been solely emboldened to undertake it, in the
support of justice and reason, to reinstate this King upon his
throne, who has been disinherited and di iven from it, as well as
from his country." This zealous prayer was immediately followed
by the onset. the Prince crying aloud," Advance banners, in the
name of God, and St. Ceorge."—" At the commencement," says the
old historian," the French and Arragonians made a desperate resist-
ance, and gave the good Knights of England lunch trouble ;" but
at last, " when all the divisions of the Prince were formed into one
large body," the enemy " could no longer keep their ground, but
began to fly iu great disorder;" and Henry (the Usurper)" per-
ceiving his army defeated, without hope of retayvery, called fur his
horse, thounted it, and galloppcd off among the crowd of runaways:
The English pursued them through the town of Najara, where they
.gained considerable plunder, " for King Henry and his army had
come thither with much splendour; and after the defeat. they had
not leisure to return to place in security what they had left behind
them in the morning."

It is generally supposed that Sir. 'l'. Graham arid Sir R. Hill, will
be created Peers of the United Kingdom. Marquis Wellington has
been created a Field Marshal, and it is probable that additional
honours will be conferred on him by the Spanish Government.
The Hon. G. Thellusson, who fell in the engagement, was brother
to the present Lord Rendlesham.
In the battle of Vittoria and pursuit, all the women of the French
army were taken ; but immediately liberated and sent to France by
order of Lord Wellington.
The. Marquis of Wellington says nothing in his dispatches as to
the loss sustained by the enemy, but our readers will perceive by
Lord Castlereagh's speech in the House of Commons, on Wednesday
evening, that it is supposed to be at least it,ooo.—According to
reports from Officers on the spot when the Lite Guards and Blues
made their first charge, they rode over the French exactly like a
flock of sheep, so little were they able to stand the shock of such
men and horses. These two regiments distinguished themstives
eatly.
The Marquis of Wellington being made a FiehL.Maishal, will give
an opportunity to many older Generals of serving in Spain, who were
disabled formerly from being sent thither, on account of their
supelior rank to his Lordship. -
Te Dem was celebrated with great solemnity on Wednesday, at
the Portuguese Chapel, South Amlley-street, to commemorate the
total overthrow of the French armies in Spain.

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ILLUMINATIONS.

A General Illumination took place on Monday last, which were
sewed on Tuesday and Wednesday. Nothing could exceed the
lendonr of the spectacle presented by the Metropolis, which was
y equalled by the joy and heartfelt exultation every where dis-
laved. To enumerate the various objects of attraction on this
occasion would fill our Paper. Somerset-honse, the Horse Gnards,
‘srlton house, Apsley-house, and Fife-house, called forth universal
tnitation. The East India House, the Mansion-house, and the
ink, did not shine with all their acenstonwd splendor. The
uses of the. Spanish and Portuguese Ambassadors were most con-
icuous, and were lighted up in a manner worthy the occasion.

E NATIONAL RI3CISTVR

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The Judge observed, that escape from confinement , was no ex-
cuse for his entering on board an enemy's vessel; rotting but irri-
sistible compnlsion could justify such an act, otherwise all the British
prisoners now in France might plead a similar justification for en.
tering the service of an enemy:
The Jury brOught him in guilty. awl Sir Win. Scott pronounced
sentence of death upon him ; but Connelly was acquitted from want
of proof of his being a British-born subject.

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