The National Register.
London, England, 1812-01-05 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

TIIE STREAM OF TIME ;
OR, CHRONOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS.

JANUARY.
1. HAmsulte.ll, as was noticed last week, dates its rise from the Ist of
January, in the year WO. Many Potentates have disputed the posses-
eiou of this city. but what seems most remarkable in 43 fate is, that on
the Ist of January, 1811, not much beyond 1000 years after its rise, we
find it formally annexed to France ! Revolutions accumulate. On the
Ist of January, .1811, the Diet of Sweden passed the Decree by which
the descendants of the illustrious Gustavus Adolphus are declared to be
for ever banished from the Swedish soil.
9.. This day, antic) 13'22, the College of Plessis was established, at

Park.
The same day of the month, 1527, the Citadel of Verdun was begun.
The holy Bishop of Verdun, exasperated at this proceeding, excommu-
nicated the workmen; " but," remarks a Frenchman, " the building
was not found the less solid:
3. January 3, 1670, died the celebrated General Monk, afterwards
Duke of Albemarle, the efficient cause of the Restoration Monarchy
in England. He was a brave, and a wise, and A great m ofn Posterity
still holds him in veneration. Yet, seems it not somewhat degrading to
the memory of so illustrious a character, that his cap should be
Mmane
the coliectin! bag at Westminster Abbey, by those who show
ments and wax-work at this place ?
It was on ttte Ist (1,1 of the year 995, that the Pope interdicted other
Prelates from the practice of canonization, of which they were hereto-
forepossessed„ and confined this rite, conferred by hint first on Ulda-
ric, to the e:e of Rome.
4. Amongst the refinetuents of civilization may be classed the intro-
duction of the manufacture of silks int, Europe. '1 wo monks, travelling
from India to ConetantinoPle, instructed the inhabitants of this town,
boatel)? the 4:h, 5.6, in this art. Spreading over Greece, it pasted
thence intri Italy, and the ether nations of Europe.
5. Catherine of NieLlicis died 1599. She was not liked by the French.
The day of justice" is the epithet which they apply to this day.
ved an
Commencement of the great winter, anise 1709, which cal
unprecedented se.trility, and spread around an almost universal desola-
tion
The financier Law (1719) appointed Comptroller-General of the Fi•
!lances. The late Sir Francis D'lvernois was comparatively nothing to
our Law !
Perhaps it is worth observation, that on this day, 1810, a Persian
Arihis-etdor visited the Bank of England.
6. Francis the First, King of France, whilst celebrating the Fete des
anno 1521, was suddenly wounded in the bead. This accident
happened during the mock-siege of the castle of the Count St. Pol, to
whoin the dignity of being besieged fell by lot, and against whom
Francis had declared war in the customary form. When it was pro-
posed to search for the person front whom the blow came, ti4e King,
rejecting the proposal, observed, that it was just that the ill effect of
the pastiate should fall to him 'who had occasioned the whole. It was
the Count Montgomery wno had wounded the King, and-whose sun
mortally wounded, in a tournament, Henry 11. son of Francis I.
Does it not seem perfectly singular, that a father and his son, both '
men of how.ur and devoted. to their Prince, should be destined, by a
fatality the most distressing, the first to wound and the next to kill his
King? The custom of this File des Rois seems of ancient date.
'7. Galileo diicovertd (1610), the four Satellites of Jupiter. Simon
Mayer, Mathematical Professor to the Margrave of Anspach, had per.
ceived them in the November of the preceding year.
James the Secant!, driven from the throne of England, arrived (1689),
at Saint Germain-en-I—eye.
8, Pomerania was visited by so violent a tempest, anno 1314, that a
Dumber of hou,es, besides towers and churches, were destroyed, and a
great number of vessels lost ; %%Mist the sea opened a new passage in
the earth, forming a vast harbour, since called the Nieudep.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 26.—We have received from the Tent details
which cannot fail of being aflictitig to huntanit, occasioned by a gale
of wind experienced in the North Sea. The ships were overtaken by
this tempest, formed , as it appears, part of a convoy of mere than 100
sail, returning from Sweden to England, laden, it is believed, with
warlike stores.
At break of day, the 25th December, after a most dreadful night, a
frigate, two brigs, and a ship of the line, were perceived at about half a
league distance from the coast of the Texel. The ship of the- line was
entirely dismasted.
Two brigs have been driven upon the coast, where they were wreck-
ed.—Two hrigs belonging to his Majesty, and the privateer Furet, saved
136 men from a ship which was shipwrecked, and have brought an Fn g•
lisp brig into the Helder. The Captain of the Furet declares that he
saw a ship of the line, which he believes to be the Her ), and two brigs
perish, without it being possible for him to render them the least as-
sistance.
The men saved from the wreck, add, that ten transports have been
driven upon the banks of the 'Texel. The intelligence, in fact, which is
received from that island, state, that it Is surrounded by wrecks.
Some thirty men who gained' the island by swimming were saved.
OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FROM THE IMPERIAL ARMIES
IN SPAIN. .
ARler or A ItRAGON.—The following is a letter from Marshal Count
'Suchet to the Prince of Wagrarn and Neufchel beforeaj" Camp Valentia, Dec. S.
" SlR—Since my last report the works
ha ha
beencarried finis
The convents of the Capuchins and of ! lope, which were taken front
the enemy, have been repaired and placed in a state of defence, to serve
as points of sup poet to our trenches.
66 The enemy made three sorties to retake the Grao, and establish his
communication with the sea. General Branckoust. i, with the 117th re-
giment, constantly repulsed themes ith cehsiderable loss.
6, Generals Harisp • and flonsard neve taken some hundreds of priso-
ners upon the i teht of the Guadalavier. 'lle Chief of squadron Calse
50
has in Arragen defeated the cavelry of the Empecinado; and taken
horse. The Chief of Ilittalion Br. ?eau has surprize4 the band of Cam-
pillo, at Montfort, and taken three Officers and 40 men.
I expect Severolt's division to-morrow', which is to bring a large
convoy of the besieging park of artillery. I hope in the course of a few
days to have moot isnportaut ertnts to 1:11101).1)C0 to your Excellency.
I sent your Excellency a list of prisoners sent to Jen since I eentere
the province of Valentin. Your leeelleitcy will see they ament
7,500; to which are to he added ce,;CO prisoners in the hospitals of Sa-
rag gesis..ll
ARMY of Tax Swum—The following is a letter from
far
Duke of Dalmatie, tceleis ietthe Highness the Prince of Wag
ram and

46 Seville, N0v.16.
{6 The report which I had the honour of making on the 2t.1 inst. to
your Excellency, upon the surprie v.'hich (1 tueral Girard experienced on
the morning of the .18th Octoher, p.cs-iited no details.
46 The honour of our army Is sJved: the eagles have not fallen into
the bards of the enemy. •17,
" The remains cf the two battalions has, pined the sth corps, with
Generals Girard and Denabrouski, and the S.t.drof the army which was
with this rear-guard.
" According to the report which have reached vile, our loss consist; of
410 inf..ntre, Is° cavalry, 2.00 horses, and IZS artillerymen, who belong-
ed to the three pieces taken.
6'. General Broti was in march far from Arroyo de Mellnos, at the
bead of 150 horse of the :20 t h regiment of dragoons, when the enemy
attacked the village. He instantl} retraced his steps and executed, wih
s
much valour, three charges; 'out the, force were too disproportionat te,
' his horse were overthrown, and he had the misfortune to fall into t:,e
enemy's power. The Duke D'Aremberg was also dismounttd 'in A
charge, and in fallitg received two bayonet wounds. It is said they
not dangerous. His brother, a Lieutenant in the 27th, received per-
mission to visit him at the advanced posts between Elvas and Caner°
Mayor. I greatly regret that among the'brave men that the arms) has for
a time lost in this unfortunate rencoi-are, distinguished e to reckon 'General
Bron -,ich Eir•their valour
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rid Duke D'Artmberg, so much eistinguisoeu 1,......... .-. . .
!tit.
lave the honour to incioee your Excellency a report from Genera.l
D'Erlon, dated the 4th inst. to which is joined ii copy of that frora.
.1 Girard, of the 2d.
'or Excellency can therefore inform his Majesty of all the details
ing this event, which have hitherto reached me; to which I will
use I may receive.
sae conduct of the General of Division is too reprehensible not to
orn for a strongly marked disapprobation.
informed your Excellency that if General Girard should return,
d displace him from the command of his divisim, and have him.
,t to a Court.martial. Consid,!rine,notwit hstanding, what he has
MG. his eurprise, to bring back the remains of the two battalion,