The National Register.
London, England, 1811-12-22 00:00:00

MOST REMARKABLE

OF THE

JANUARY.
1. Tortosa, in Spain, surrendered to the French.
Hamburgh formally annexed to France.
The Swedish Diet passed a Decree, banishing their Ex-
King, Gustavus Adolphus, and his posterity, for ever from. the
Swedish territory.
Lord Grenville, as Auditor of the Exchequer, refused to
grant Ministers the usual supply of Money for the use of the
Army and Navy.
4. Ministers in three Minorities on the Regency Question

in the House of Lords.
C. Viscount Courtenay left England to settle in America.
8. Merida surrendered to the French.
10. Joseph Paisley, the celebrated Gretna-Green. Parson,
died, aged 79..
11. A Deputation from Parliament waited on the Prince of
Wales With the Resolutions of both Houses relating to the
Regency.
12. Accounts received of an attempeby some French emis-
saries to seize the Philippine Islands, but they were defeated,
and 70 suffered on the scaffold.
13. Accounts received of the defeat of the Valencian Army,
by the Frenchs with great loss.
--. Accounts received of an insurrection of the Janissaries,
who compelled the Grand Seignior to seek refuge on hoard his
fleet, pillaged the Seraglio, and set fire to a great part of Con-
stantinople, but they were afterwards defeated with the loss of
8,000 in killed.
14. Mr. Lewis, the Comedian, died.
Accounts received of a gallant exploit performed by the
garrison of the Mole, Port au Prince, who cut a passage through
Christophe's troops, and arrived safe in their own territories, a
distance of 150 miles.
15. Both Houses of Parlianynt opened by a Commission,
acting under the authority of the Great Seal.
Tht French defeated in Catalonia with great loss.
16. Accounts received from Malta, stating the capture of
twenty British vessels in the port of Lissa, by the French.
16. Accounts received from India, stating that the Forest of
Intel-Debar, 65 miles in length, and lin breadth, together With
50 villages, was entirely destroyed by fire.
18. Orders issued by Government to stop the sailing 6f all
vessels bound to Hamburgh, Bremen, or Lubec.
The Dubourdieu, French privateer, of 14 guns, taken by
the Pomone frigate.
The French port at Tanielva, Madagascar, taken pos-
session of by the Eclipse, Captain Lynne.
22. 011venza surrendered to the French.
23. Marquis De La Romans died, at Lisbon.
A general Embargo laid on all ships in the ports of
France.
e 5. General Ballasteros defeated by the French at Castil-

logos.
27. The Prince of Wales took the Sacrament in the Chapel
Royal, previous to his entering on the Office of Regent.
.29. Accounts received of a sanguinary battle having taken
place in Mexico, between the army of Ferdinand VII. and a
body of insurgents, in which the latter were defeated with the
• loss of 7000-men.
30. Accounts received of a dreadful massacre at Quiro,South
America, in which 700 of the inh litants were shot.
The Leoben, Italian schooner, of 10 guns and 60 men, cap-
tured by the Victorious, Capt. Talbot.
Two hundred and twelve Bankrupts were this month
Gazette&
FEBRUARY.
I. Le Breconniere, of 10 guns and 47 men, captured by the
Royalist, Capt. bownie.
4. Capt. H. Whitby, of the Cerberus, captured four vessels
at anchor under Vestiche (Adriatic).
6. The Prince of Wales took the oaths as Regent of the
United Kingdom.
7. The Common Council of London voted an Address to the
Prince Regnet.
Peter Finnerty sentenced to eighteen months imprisonme
in Lincoln Jail, for a libel on Lord Castlereagh.
8- The argument on the Demurrer in the cause, Sir P. T
dett v. the Speaker of the House of Commons, camas"'
the Court of Kiug's Bench.

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YEAR 1811.

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9. Accounts received of the destruction of a convoy of elev.en
French vessels at Palamas, by Captain Rogers, of the Kent.
il. Accounts received of .the annexation of Valais to the
French Empire.
12. Parliament opened by commission from the Prince Re-

gent.
Capt. H. Whitby, of the Cerberin, in company with the
Active, entered the port of Ortano, and cut out ten Venetian
vessels, laden with very valuable cargoes.
The Ceylon, Capt. C. Gordon, captured by a French fri-
gate.
Accounts received of an attack on some French ships in
Port South East, Isle of France, by the Sirius, Magician/ I
Iphigenia, and Nereide ; the two former were destroyed, ante
the two latter taken, but were afterwards retaken, together
with a French frigate, by Capt. Rowley, of the Boadicea.
18. Intelligence received of the capture of the Isle of France
by the English.
15. Accounts received of the surrender of the Island of Banda.
East Indies, to his Majesty's forces, commanded by Capt. Cole.
15. The Amethyst frigate wrecked in the Sotind.
18. The Spanish Duke of Albuquerque died.
21. The Confiance, French schooner, of 16 guns and 132 men,
captured by the Echo, Capt. Adderley.
22. Messrs. Hunt, of The Examine, acquitted by a Jury on
an rx-oFeio information• for a libels
26. '1 he Prince Regent-held his brit public levees
Two hundred and twelve Bankrupts were this month
' Gazetted.
MARCH.
1. A dreadful massacre of the Mamelukes took place in Cairo,
in which en persons lest their Hies.
5. Lieut.-Gen. Graham, with 500 British, defeated a French
army, consisting of 8000 men, commanded by Marshal Victor,
on the heights of Barrosa.
Massena began his retreat from Portugal, during which
he lost many thousand men, and a considerable quantity of bag-
gage,
9. Lord Cochrane arrested at Malta, for contempt of the
Admiralty Court there.
10. The Velosifere, French privateer, of 14 guns and 57 men,
captured by the Desiree, Capt. Farquhar.
il. Badajoz surrendered to the French.
-- Accounts received of Marshal Soult having 'attacked the
Spaniards in their camp near Badajos, and entirely routed them,
with great loss.
lg. The Challenger sloop of war captured by a French frigate
from Cherbourg.
--The Napoleon, French privateer, taken by the Dolphin
sloop of war.
13. Mr. Drakard. proprietor of The Stamford News, found
guilty of a libel at the Lincoln Assizes.
-- A gallant action took place in the Adriatic, between the
French and Italian combined squadrons, consisting of five frigates,
and six smaller vessels of war, and the Amphion, Cerberus,
Active, and Volage, British frigates, led on by Capt: Hoste,
who captured three trigates, and burnt one.
14. L'Etourdie, French man of war brig, of 20 guns, and 16
carronades, destroyed by the Pornone, Capt. Barrie.
..... The Duke of Grafton died, aged 75.
17. Bernadotte proclaimed Prince Regent of Sweden.
18. A meeting of the inhabitants of Westminster, to petition
the Prince Regent for a Parliamentary Reform.
Accounts received of the loss of the Minotaur, of 74 guns,
near the mouth of the Texel.
19. The Dollar raised in value to ss. 6d.
Cardinal Charles Erskine died at Paris. •
—. The Spaniards defeated in an attempt to retake the fortress
of Montjpi. _
20. A 0 -meal Fait.
The Empress
_ of France safely delivered of a son.
21. Camlio Malor surrendered to the French.
O. Le Cupidon, French privateer, of 14 guns and 82 men,
captured by the Amason, Captain Parker.
24. A British squadron, under the command of Capt. Mao.
1 samara, destroyed a French frigate off Cherbourg.
..MUSS°
-- The Getrowed, Bawd= schooner, of 14 guns, with die
captured by the Fancy armed cutter, l'idr. Hallands,
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