The National Register.
London, England, 1813-08-08 00:00:00

AUGUST S.

TITS NAT!

9. Matuisy.—S.t. Roman, one of the soldiers wha apprehended St.
Lawrence and led him to the place of execution, but who, witnessing
the admirable constancy of this gluri n 4 martyr, in tl e inielt of the
most barbarous torments, desired to he baptised by him, and was soon
after helleatied, ann V59.-17::3. Disco% ery of the Prlew Islands, by
C Aptatit Wilson.-1804. Robert Potter, the eminent translator ut the
Greek dramatist 4, was found dead in his bed.
The Sun rises at 4 h. 31 min. sets at 7 h.:9 min.

High-water mining none, afternoon id 0 h. 3 min.
10. Tuesday.--St. Lawrence, one of the seven deacons who suffered
martyrdom with Xystus, bishop of Rome. Ile was broiled alive on a
gridiron, snider the ;Tips of Valerian, ann. '258.-1792. Siege and
plunder of the ['Mace of 16.1'416de-ries and massacre of the. Swiss. Louis
XVI. and his family, distressed to the utmost, fly hr shelter to the
tseacherous Nati 'nal Assembly.-1794. Carl in Conics, surseuders-
to the English.
The Sun -rises at 4 h. 33 min. sots at 7 h. 27 min.
Niels water morning at 0 h. 33 min. afternoon at 1 h. 1 min. •
11.. Wednesday—S. S. Tibertius asrt Susanna, two Romans, who
suffered death under Dioclesian. ann. 301.
The Sun rises at 4 h. 34 min. sets at 7 h. 26 •ein.
114,41 water morn. 1 le. 27 min. afternoon at I is. 54 min.
• Dog-days end.
12. Thursday.--St. Clara, of Assissi, in the Dakedom of Spoleto.
in Italy,..—Moved by the example of her country Man, St. Francis, she
'disposed of her property in favour of the poor, and having instituted
an order of nuns. surrendered her soul to God in the sear 1562.—The
toms of that order are not confined to their convents, hut travel us men-
dieiids, a sort of life-little suited to conciliate to them the respect due
to monastic virtues.-176.1. About half' past seven o'clock in the men
log, was born at St. James's, George Augustus Frederick, naive of
Wales, now Par stem REG ti
The Sun rises at 4 h. 36 min. sets at Mi. 24 mitt.
High-water morning at 2 h. 20 min. afternoon at 2 h. 41 min.
Full Moon 57 minute p 2 rooming.
13. Friday.--Old Lammas-day.—St. Ilipnolittis, a noble Boman,
who was baptised by St. Lawrence, mentioned above, and being
tied to a horse's tail, lust his life in the most excruciating torments.
mirtyrdom happened under the reign of Valerian. non. 08.-
179%.!.. Three days utter the unfortunate Louis XVI. had placed himself
and his Notify Hader the protection of the pet tidions National Assem-
bly, he is imprisoned in the Temple.-1783. Death of John Dunning
Lord Ashburton, one of the most di,tinguished pleaders at the English
bar.

The Sun rises at 4b. 38 mir. sets at 7h. 2 min.
High-water morning ;it 3 h 1 min. afternoon at 3 U. 18 min.
14. Satoirday.—S'. Eusebius, a holy prisist, who stood against the
Arians in the time r,( Constantios, and ;flyr seven ears confinement,
died in prison, ann. dom. 347.-1649. Cromwell; having been made
Lnrd Lirtrenant of lieland, took Drogheda by atunn, and put the
whole gatrii4m to the sword.
The sun rises at 4 b. 40 min. sets at 7 h. 00 min.
Iligh-water morn. at 3 h.:34 min afternoon at 3 b. 30 min.
On the 12ili the Moon is eclipsed, the beginning will be at 1 h. 41
tuin. morning.—Mars will be sera all night tar several wet ks longer.

PRICE OF ST'iCKS YESTERDAY.
1 per Cent. Con. . b per ('eat. Navy
3 per ('• it. Red.

PANTHEON THEATRE, OX FOR D•STREET.
TO-MORROW EVENING will he performed the Comic Opera of

LOVE IN A VILLAGE.
A New Dance called
THE HAYMAKER'S WEDDING.
WWI
LOCK AND KEY.
Doors open at Six, and begin at Seven.
BOXe4 !is.—Pit 3: —Gallery tAs . —Half price at Nine o'clock.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Lon on,
SUNDAY, AUGUST a.

FLAG OF TRUCE.
The most contradictory accou►►ts prevailed last night.
The an, ival of a Flag of Truce from France. at Dover, was
announced yqt!rday early iu the city, and caused an imme-

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diate rise in the Funds. Towards the evening, it was

lowed by a rumour, that two foreign officers, the one Aus•
trian, the other French, had reached town, and repaired to
Downing-street, with passports for a British Minister to at-
tend the Congress. This intellig nce was soon embodied
into the second edition of a respect ble print, and from that
moment a war of second editions t ok place on this pacific
subject, some flatly contradicting, and some corroborating
the report. As it always happens in such cases, truth.
for which all sides were contending, soon• slipped
out of sight, and left ratty rancour in its stead.—
We -endeavoured to find it, and the result of our
' inquities leads us to believe, that although a flag of
truce may have arrived at Dover with the Officers in ques-
tion, yet Government are not so eager to comply with the
wishes of the French Emperor, or even of Austria, as to
grant their messengers such an hearty and unconditional
welcome. It must be recollected that Ministers have bound
themselves by repeated declarations, not to make peace with
France without the consent of our Spanish and Portuguese
allies. It is true, that BUONAPARTE has proposed that they
should be admitted to the Congress, and that Russia and
Prussia invite them, in their Declaration published at Ber-
lin, and given in another part of our Paper, to send
Ambassadors. to Prague. But- another difficulty exists
which will be found . insuperable, unless our Allies
be false to their es,th, and NAPOLEON to his policy.
They have sworn never to treat with him unless FER•
DINAND VII. be re-seated on the Spanish throne, and the
Peninsula evacuated by every Frenchman. This resolution
has lately been renewed, and a determination expressed, of
maintaining it inviolate, even should Spain be left alone to
wage her honourable warfare. Have therefore our Ministers
ascertained that NAPOLEON. is willing to treat on such a
basis before they send an Ambassador to the Congress.
Their acceding to it must naturally excite that hope in the
Spanish Government. If they have not, do they not run
some risk of creating distrust in that quarter where it is now
highly important that nothing but unanimity should prevail?
And might not that distrust produce dangerous, if not fatal
consequences ? We must never forget, that the Spaniards,
however grateful they no doubt are for our assistance, are
not totally free of that national jealous'y towards us, which
has produced their heroic resistance to the French Might
they not misconstrue our sending an Ambassador, especially
through France, to the Congress, into a departure from the
principle on which our alliance with them is founded? - And
might not the effect of this misconstruction and their reviv-
ing distrust, go to deprive Lord WILL' NGTON of the Com-
mand in Chief of the Spanish armies with Which he has been
invested, if .not of their co-operation ?
This is not a wild surmise of our own. We wish it were,
and had it been so, we should not have expressed it. But it
has been mentioned to us as a danger which it is the interest
of both nations to guard against, and which is more likely to
be prevented by being made early known, than by being
kept secret. The situation of our GovernMent, at this parti-
cular crisis, is, we feel it deeply, most delicate and difficult.
Could every eye perceive the thorns and brambles that chock
the path of an Admiuist'ation, bow often it sinks into dark-
. nes% or sounds between precipices, how few would envy filch
office, how fewer still would find fault with their opera-
tions !

It will be seen by the following important document, that
Austria recalled her troops from the French
augmented her force in Bohemia, on purpose to giv,
a comtnauding attitude as should oblige the bellf

army. and
re her such
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