The National Register.
London, England, 1812-12-20 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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subsequent discomfiture and diast‘ous flight ; panegyrising
his subjects,"and expressing gratitude for their past, and
confidence in the it future exertions.
We a' e sorry to announce the loss of the Alban, King's
cutter, and all her clew, except one man :
ALnsoßoecn, Dec. 11— I have to communicate the melan-
choly loss of his Majesty's cutter Alban, commanded by Lieut. Key.
She was driven limn her station, on the Dutch coast, by. the present
very heavy gales, and forced •on shore here this morning, and is a
complete wreck. lam extremAy sorry to say. th:q of a crew
consisting of men, three women, and two children, only ore wo-
man, servant to Mrs. Key, and a young seaman of the n nu.: of
.l'i'mes
Newton. are say d. The Surgeon, Mr. !aims Thompson, chute on
shore with sonic life in him, but he d'ed immediately afterwar;s.
in the House of Commons yesterday, the amended Insol
vent Debtors' Bill Was read a third time and passed.
Mr. LustaINGTON brought up the ir port of the grant of
200,0001 to Russia, which was agreed to.
A conversation took place between Mr. WH A R TON and
the SPEAKER relative to a proposal to make the grant of
200,0001. free of all official expence.
Mr, Luc Ktt ART gave notice that, on the 25th of February
next, he would bring into consideration the claims of Ameri-
can merchants.
In the House of Lords several Bills, and, among time rest,
the Gold Coin Bill, were read a third tune and passed.
The last Russian Messenger, who brought dispatches to
the Russian Ambassador here, left Petersburgh after the Bri-
tish Mosenger DANIELS ; and overtook him on the road to
Stockholm. Ile reports, that just before he left Petersburgh,
a Teldt Yager bad arrived, with the account of the death of
NrY, and the surrender of the remains of BEALTHARNOIS'S
grmy. he baying been made pi ironer himself.
We have received the American account of the late de-
feat of their army in Canada, given by General Van RENS-
SEI A ER. It exhibits Gn admirable specimen of tl:e
of an !American army. 'The troops first insist upon directing
the General. They tell him they will either figkt or go
borne. He therefoie determines to send them across a rapid
Tiver, and as soon as part of them are landed and engaged,
the others begin to show a disinclination to embark. Then
commences the usual course of blunders and disputes, corn-
won on such occasions. All the oars arc put into one boat,
and that one is carried away from the .detachment. The
ardour of the unengaged troops unexpectedly subsides, in
the very moment of danger; and the Commander sn Chief
dispatches a no.'e to the second in command, " leaving the
course to be pursued much to his own judgment."

DEC'. n

When the Erni cror Alexander received the last Report!, he 0,
to tit:. illustrious Kutetsow the q)propriate ti:le of the NiFc;: .„;
Smolensk°, and made him a Knight of the Order of Sr. Geor4.. of tit,
first class—an honour se'dom conterrcd, and only upon NNI
dials who have defeated Field Marshals —Adrn.TsLhicliJOl's
%sac the last officer who received this lymour.

The follovaing extiaerdinary eiri umstance took place on the entraitc,
of the French into Moscow : The A rchhishop, who was to ativih,d-
age, whose character was held in the highest veneratbn, tied :vim
had composed a prayer which was much atlnired, was in ilie act of
ho
ill:ea.co
t:i
performing Divine Savice, whist he was meiratel tia:• ;M.: eitett...•
kid entered the city,. He paut.e..l for a ni.iny.:nt, erJsszst to ~ , •
and immediately expired.'
Thursday, a meeting of the inhabitants of the City of We,tml,ta
was held At Willis's Rooms, St. James's, for the perpo,:e a terin;ig
a Society to be called the Westmnister Auxiliary Britt ,h ;nal FerL.;i
Bible Society, under the patronage of the Duk .s of York, f;,:ir.
Cumberland, Sussex, Cambridge, and Belford, and a tuiliiar odt
i ernr,
sons of distinction.—Lord T m eignouth, who presided, itated the 01.
jet's of the Society, and Lord Castlereagh awl Mr. xlii,)t
ro.ied and seconded the resolutions —•lhc meeting was artend..:l te.• a
great number of genteel fem.:lei, and the 7.:!:11 ,x rcis..d in such a',:,04
cause was highly respectable. The trweting did not break up till ace
six o'clock. King-street .was filled with eartiages waiting fur the
comp.lny.
An Officer of Raid., and long s.Tvi:es, re:loved to extreme tliqri,
by misfortune, and bereft of every me :ms of support, but that of t!,,,
scanty pittance of his half pay, in the maintelmuee t,c •1 ‘elfe a.,d 61:: t
children, most resp-clfully solicits (while he is compelled to tai:lk, ti.s
sacrifice of his feelikts) the attention of the Humane awl Be, veMile,
towards al'eviating, the sufferings of his family.—References to 11,-•:.
I todsol and Stirlinkr, Batiker, Strand ; and the Hon. Simon Fr .ser,
Perring, Shaw. lhaber, and Co. No. 72, Cot nhill, will be satisfact .ri.;
attended to, and the smal!est donatiotis must thaoklully rceeivtai Lt
t Lem.