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, . . AN ~. "ii~'F'4°~. i., PARLIAMENTARY HOUSE OF LORDS, DICHIEBER L The Justine Administration BM was read a third time, passed, tad sent to the Commons. Lord REDESDALE presented a Petition praying for the ad gancemeit of an Appeal Case now depending, on the groandli that. in consequence of the delay, enereechinentaweremakinten Portsmouth harbour, to - whkh the case related. It was of public consequence, therefore, that the cue should be heard, and de cided upon without delay.—Petition laid on the table. On the motion of Lord WALSINOHAM, it was ordered, that ne Petition fur private Bills be received. after the Bth of February; and no reports on such Bills from the Judges, after the 11th of April. CATHOLIC CLAIMS. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented a . Petition from the Dean and Chapter of the Metropo litan Church of Canterbury, against the Catholic Claims. The Petition being read by the Clerk, The Duke of NORFOLK expressed his regret that • there should' still be Petitions, and especially from such a quarter, against removing the disabilities un der which the Catholics, both English and Irish, now laboured, and restoring to them those civil rights to which they were entitled. He was sorry to hear the often refuted argument, of danger to the establish ment and the Protestant religion still resorted to. He declared himself a firm friend to the Protestant esta blishment, but he thought it would be rather of ad vantage to that establishment that every class in the .community slwuld be in full possession of their civil rights. One of the objections stated in the Petition was, that the granting these privileges to the Catho lics would be the means of putting an end to these tests which had long been the security of the Protes .tant establishment,—a notable security ! which no Minister, however foolish or bigotted, had dared to put fi:rce, but permitted annual acts to be passed to indemnify such as did not comply with the tests. But whether these Petitions were the result of the vo luntary meeting of those who signed them, or whether they were encouraged and promoted by the higher authorities, and the Government,—which he hoped they were not,—it was desirable that they should all come as soon as possible, that they might all be to ken into consideration immediately, after the holidays, when . th e subject of the Catholic Claims was again to Conte under discussion. He hid no objection, there fore, to the motion that the Petition should lie on the table.—The Petition was ordered to remain on the table.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. MARTIN gave notice of a motion for Mondsir t of s Bill for regulating the office of the Deputy Remembrances' of the ExchequLr. The slant to the Marquis of Wellington was read a second ant ordered to be reported to-morrow. The report on the ConsnlidationAct was brought up and read. The Pll mouth Bill was read a first time. 'I he resolutions of the Committee of Supply• were read a se-. cond time. In the _Committee of Ways and Means, the CIIANCILLOR of the haoutou Ell moved the renewal of the ordinal . ) cases on malt, sugar, and tobacco; and that £10,500,000 should be raised .by way of hschNuer Bills.—Agreed to. A message &Jill the , Lords brought down the Bill for radii tatir,g the administration of justice, and desired the concurrence of the Howe.- • . REGENCY. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT rose and said, that be should, at an early day, make a motion for a Bill for devolving the powers of the Regency of this 'Kingdom upon the Princess Charlotte of Wales, in case of the demise of the Regent during the present illness of the K►ng. BANK TOKENS. Mr. MANNING moved for an account of the total amount of all silver tokens issued by the Bank from . July 9, 1811, to the latest date, distinguishing the three shillings and eighteen penny pieces. Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON wanted fur ther information. As he wished to know the proba bility of the tokens remaining in circulation, he should move, as an amendment, to specify the intrinsic value of the tokens at the time they were issued. It had been stated that the three shilling tokens, at their issue, were of the value of two shillings and nine pence halfpenny. Mr.7OSE objected to the Amendment—that any one could inform himself of the value of silver at the time in the market ; it was not an account so easy to . be produced officially. Mr. MARTIN supported the Amendment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER •bserved, that the tokens were composed of dollar sil ver, which was inferior to the standard coin. It con tained 44.dwts of alloy, making . about fed. in the ounce. lie had no objection to brin4ing down the account of the current price of silver in the market. Mr. MANNING believed his former answer in the House was, din the tokens were of thevalue of 9.6 90. but did not precisely recollect. He had never de clined giving any information on the subject. If the Nobie Lord consented to withdraw his amendment, the information could be gained in another way. Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON consented to withdraw it, if any' more satisfactory mode could be adopted. . Mr. ROSE said, his objection was only to the im practicability of giving the information officially: The original motion was then carried. GOLD COIN BILL. The House wentinto a Committeeenthis Bill, when • Lord FOLKSTONE expressed - his wish that the duration of the Bill should be only for a few months, that time might be givers to confider it fully. He pro tested against its renewal, and was convinced he was right in opposing it. Some had thought it necessary, as a consequence of a bad step ; and others had de claired their sense of the merits of it to be adverse to it, though they supported it by their votes. The im mediatecperation of the Bill was to expel thecoin,and w increase the thetemptation to commit what the Act had created a crime. In the mode of its execution. no offence was punished by it but what the Act itself bad created, and the offenders had been absolutely entrapped into their offences. He thought the Chan iellor of the Exchequer to blame for net accepting Ilse offer made to him, of guineas ; nor did he think the statute made it an offence, if the consideration was country bank notes. He had heard that Govern. ment wanted money, not only for Portugal, but for Canada, whither they had shipped off £lOO,OOO in Bank -notes, which was a hoaas to the Bank. The Bill, he also thought, took away from the property of widowi end wards in Chancery, who were almost all 1141111italati• Whether it led to a masimuoi - or a mi- - • -- niasiiii, k was *ally tical (economy. Mr. WHITSHED state of Europe was main but one mode reasoning would not _ unexpected circumstances. The CHANCELLOT declined at present of last night. Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON rose to move an instruction to the Committee—when the &MAKER observed, that it was now too late; but that it might be done in the Committee. - ARMS ! A Gottenburgh Mail has this instant arriv ed remains of the French army are completely surrctun. ded in Smolensk. The Russians are in close pursuit Of BONAPARTE and his escort,' and WITTOIRSTRIR and TECHITSCRAILOI7 have joined, and all is going Mr. BANKES thought it preferable to move a re commitment, or to move for parts to be left ont.— The motion should be made on a fuller day, in ano ther stage. The House went through the Committee, and the report was ordered to be received on Friday. - _ on as the best friends of humanity can wish. • RICE IN I'ORTATION. . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had received various communications respecting the importance and practicability of securing large sup plies of Rice from India, provided proper Parlia mentary measures were taken for the purpose. Great quantities might come from America and other quar ters, which would reduce the East Indian importa tions to too low a value. It appeared necessary, therefore, to give a protecting duty to the rice from India, and he should propose a duty of 10 per cent. on all rice from America and other countries not in his Majesty's dominions, or in the territory of the East India Company, for a time to be limited. The Resolution was agreed to, and the report' of the Com mittee ordered to be received to-morrow.—Adjourned. The following are extracts from the communion dons welave received on this joyful event : " GOTTENBURGH, DEC. 5. " During the retreat of the French, General An gereau, together with his whole corps, haubeen com pelled to lay down their arms, and are prisoners of war. " Generals Wittgenstein and Tschitschakolf have joined. Kutusoff, with his grand army is at Koloona. Smolensk is completely surrounded. The Russians have in all taken 250 pieces of cannon." • THIRD tDITION. ' • -- LONDON. OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF THE ABOVE GLORIOUS INTELLIGENCE. By the above Gottenburgh Mail Government have received accounts to the 3d of November. There were no further dispatches from Lord CATVCART re ceived at Gottenburgh, when the packet came away. Every thing was going on well with the Russian ar mies. PLATOFF had taken 900 men, and 20 pieces of cannon at the passage of the Dnieper, below Smo lensk. A corps of 20,000 men, under the command of General AUGEREALY (brother of the.. Marshal of that name) had surrendered at discretion to Count OItLIFF DENIZOFF. The last accounts from Kurosope's army are da ted Lobkovo, forty wersts in advance of, and south east from Smolensk, on the 13th November. At that time nothing certain - was known of BONAPARTZ, but he was supposed to be concealed in Smolensk In the meantime, a most formidable and impale: trable cordon of Russian troops surrounds that place THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Reduced 594 58} 50-4 per Cent. 74{ 75-5 per Cent. Cons. foru.6lii 6011-om. 74—Bond. 61. 7s. dis. Lg. Anus. 15 146th {....Eich. Bills Md.) par—Do.(Sed.) is. ss. We are happy to announce the arrival on our coast of the Russian fleet. It passed Yarmouth in two divisions yesterday morning —Admiral Hop; in the Echtorit, leading the van. The whole ships were expected to reach the Downs in the course of yester day, as the wind was fair. Last night arrived in town, from Petersburgh, the Prince KOSTOVSKY, Chamberlain of his Imperial Ma jesty the - Emperor of Russ! A, and his Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Sardinia, with Mr. POTEMKIN, his Secretary of Legation. Letters and Papers reached us yesterday from Bue nos Ayres, to the 11th of September. By these it ap pears, that after the basis had been settled, and De puties appointed by the Government of Bueno, Ayres, to treat with the Montevidians about peace, yet no sooner were the names of the negociators known, than the Government of Monte Video objected to them. Still it was hoped, however, that the settle ment of peace would only be delayed, not prevented, by this circumstance. The papers contain an official account of some advantages gained by General Bel grano, in Peru, of no great importance as to the gene ral issue. Dispatches were yesterday received at the Admi ralty, from Sir EDWAIM PELLEW, off Toulon. Ad.. Mind FRIMANTLE was cruizing off Liva, in the 1161- ford, with the Weazle and Apollo frigates. The two latter had fallen in with and captured some of the enemy's privateers, one of which was laden with pain. A squadron of Russian ships of war was ex pected to cruize in the Mediterranean. A reinforce ment of some kind was much wanted in that quar ter : there were lying at Venice thre; line of battle ships, a frigate, tour brigs, and three or four schoo besioies " - of There in every direction. The Cossacs are every where in full punk of the fugitive parties of the enemy. The former have now crossed the Dnieper and the Duna at various points, and threaten Wilna and Warsaw. If BONAPARTE remained in Smolensk a single hour after issuing his 28th Bulletin, on the 11th Novem. ber, he must inevitably have fallen by this time jaw the hands of the Russians. Yesterday the Pasacz REGENT held a Court at Carlton House. At two o'clock a Privy Council sat, which was attended by ners, - a great number _ gun-boats. _ _ . - i he Lord President of the Coundl, the Lord Chancellor, the were also nine ships of the line on the stocks. The Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury,the Chancellor British had to oppose to this force the Achille and Eagle et the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Master gate, besides the ships at Lissa wi . t . h Admiral Fitz- of 74 guns each, and the Bacchante fri. General of the Ordnance, the Secretary of State for th e H ome - MANTLE. _ Department, the President of the Board of Contrtml, the Chan. It is .said, that in a conversation which BO N A- cellar of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Lord Cheatherkin, the Lord Steward of the Household, and the Treasurer of the Household PAltili had with the King of SAXONY, at Dresden, just 'before the former joined his army, the King ven- Last night arrived in town, from P eters bn rg h, t h e tured to express an opinion that the Russian campaign Prince KOSTOVSICY, Chamberl a i n o f hi s i mperia l M a- Mould cost the French a great many men. BoNA . jest) , the Emperor of RUSSIA, and hi s E nvo y E xtra - PARTE replied, that he knew it, but added, that he 1 ordinary and Minister Plenipotenti ar y to t h e C ourt of Sardinia, with Mr. P OTEMKIN , hi s S ecretary o f could afford to expend (de/tenter) 25,000 men a month! His expenditure, however, of human life, has outrun Legation. his calculation. Letters and Papersreached us yesterday &tun Bue- The traitor LESSEPS, who was appointed French nos Ayres, to the 11th of Sept e mb er . By t h ese steppears, that after the .Basichad been settled, and De. Consul and Governor of Moscow, incurred disgrace from his new Sovereign shortly after hie elevation, Puttee appointed by the Gov ernment o f B uenos Ayres, to treat with the bfontevidians about peace, Having been ordered by BONAPARTE tOmakecontracts ye l for provisions, he applied to some of the Russian m e r- t no sooner were the name s o f t h e negoc i aton chants at Moscow : they, however, declining it, o n known, than the Governme n t o f M onte Vid eo objet- -j I led to them. Still it was hoped, h owe v er , t h at t h e the ground that they were without the means, he n e x t resorted to the Jews, who professed their willing ness settlement of peace would n u l l be delayed, not pre. to serve their grand Patron, but stated, th at as I I vented, by this circumstance. The papers contain an they official account pf some advantages gained by Gene would have to go to the small villages and towns to I make their purchases, the peasantry would expect 1 Belgrano, in Peru, of no great importance as to ,an be paid in ready money, and therefore it would i the general issue. , be necessary that the French should advance consider- , Among the other letters intercepted by the Rut ble sums for that purpose. The necessities of the 1 :lens, was one from B ONAPARTE to t h e S ecretary o f French were great : there was no tim e to l ose : t h e I State, MASET (Luke of Bassano), in which he de demand was therefore complied with. The French isires him to expedite couriers to Austria, Bavaria, waited for the provisions, much longe r th an was con- ! Wirtemburgb, & c. with positive orders for all the venient ; but neither money, Jews, nor provisions, , troops in these States to march to his relief. He also ever returned. Lessees was in consequence of this , desires that the march of t h ese troops may be Meta. affair displaced and disgraced. ! dossed in all the foreign Gazettes, and in the ac counts their numbers should be great l y magn ifi e d, The following stratagem is said to have b een play. ed off by BONAPARTE preparatory to his leaving mos- and even doubled. cow. He caused it to be made public, that as salt I A letter, dated on board the ACNILLS. Off Vllike, was scarce in the country round Moscow, the peasan. 28th October, brought by the M a lt a M a il o f 3r try might come to Moscow, and b e t h ere p rov id e d d ay , states , t h at e i g h t trabacculos, laden with sioaji‘ with as much as they required for preserving their hal been recently captured by the British squedgps, meat through the winter, at the rate of three copecks Their cargoes were intended for the buildin g cilia; . per Rood. The proposal tempted some peasants in writs. Another trabacculo was taken with the immediate vicinity 4:i the city, and a few days dice worth £25,000, and this good fortune wawiliiis afterwards upwards of 700 carts were assembled at ceeded by the capture of two gun-boats and !4 Other Moscow, for the purpose of bringing away salt. The vessels, which were cut out by theEsausfrcen under consequence was, that drivers, horses and carts were some batteries. The loss sustained by the British on all put in requisition for the service of the army, the occasion, was the let Linutnnallt badly IrenUded sad employed is MUOVing stores sad baggage. • two men killed and five wounded. a • lly arose violoziost of true poli- SECOND ED/trios'. D KEENE observed, that the such, that there seemed to re. STARAMICE, TWO O'CLOCK. of proceeding : Strict general FURTHER SUCCESSES OF THE RUSSIANS. , therefore apply to particular lind ; tances. LLOR of the EXCHEQUER ANGEREAU, AND HIS WHOLE CORPS) taking up time after the debate 1 D'ARMEE, HAVE LAID DOWN THEIR THE EVENING STAR. NATAL INTBLLIGENCZ, FALMOUTH, DECEMBER 7. Nothing arrived or sailed to.day. The pain' the Mediterranean, Cadiz, and Lisbon, ain st ill t t. tamed. The GLEANER ketch, with dispatches ford, Marquis of WELLINGTON, will sail early task /ill morning. By the Lady Pelham packet which • the Mail front Malta and Gibraltar, we leans. some valuable and important captures have bent by our misers off Venice, and in °dur ports o f Mediterranean. The enemy had at Venice three s hi ris of the line, a frigate; and a number of smaller tk, se t s , beside s a number of ships building. We }W Venice, the Acturtni, 1 - 4, the EAGLE, 74, ad i t BACCHANTE frigate. The Mu.roan, with A* FRRIMANTLE on board, was hov er i ng off Lh a . l6 companied by the WrAste and Ai'ouo !riga". One off the "prizes taken off Venice, is * trabsenk with a cargo worth 430,000. Some gun boats p s , testing a convey, were lately cut out with grim gi lawny, front under the enemy's batteries, by the of the ACHILLES and EAGLE. The loss sustains/ 4h this occasion was two seamen killed, and it eso, ded. Among the latter was a Lieutenant ci 1 EAGLE, severely. Another expedition is • Wind Sicily, destined, d R. es ti str ned ag g itis ae sn s. pposbd, for tbsesdl oomm. .'":'''.• r• PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER s. • - Arrived the Sins arsiooici, of 14 gen s; in d Haman, of 10 guns, front a crude. to e a wn : , frigate will be paid on Wednesday. 'Tatl it l 74 guns, has had her boat m examined, to-night; the VANGUAED, of 76 guns, da r k s 4 last room to be pated as a prison ship. n ess m a In Hamoain—The Centaur, Hannibal. 1111 Ne r oi, 74 sons each ; Unicorn, Sybene, Hevolutienaire, Wm ; a 4 Hotspur frigates • Andromeda, i'elican, Sporran, aid Bustsol,-. In Stonehouee P ool—'llso Martial and Ntenrod.—ln ihnotek. TM Niumen.—Benomm the Liam' mid the Mein— ils in. hound, Bloodhound, Sharpshooter, Sylaria, ass 1.....- S oll9 lS — The Surprise, Fylla, Amaranth, !what, acd Sent.-.ln Calmat lay—The Nuperb and Stirling Cade, I, pia each, PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER 9. Arried his Majesty's ships Row Oat, 74 Captain SioarLAwn ; and SNAP, 16, Captain alum, (run the Eastward. Sailed his Majesty's ' Pnoseirrssaars on a cruise, and 'ruurrs.a for Ply The following ships have convoy signals hoisted: Majesty's ship &minima. 74 , for the West.lndies, at is sup posed will sail the first fair wind Ow 111th inst. ; the Mist.rror for Guernsey and Rrtzscus. 74, for the Mediterranean; and Tv 18 guns, for the Coast of Africa.—Wind NM& DEAL, DECEMBER 9. Came down from the river the Perseverance ' , qui: of Ely, and Marquis Camden, Eaw-Incrnew the Sir Andrew Hammond Southseaman; and ales a dozen sail of merchant-ships, who, with the aid of the outward-bound lying in the Downs, sable the Westward, under convoy of his Majesty's*. CALUOPR and ELGIN.—Wind N.W. SHEERNESS, DECEMBER Ir. Sailed his Majesty's ship Maacuaws, widfa voy for Gottenburgh;—Wind N.W. HARWICH, DECEMBER y . f We have just rim to annotates to ry stirs legraph information, that seven sail 4.4otomiii men of war, having an English brig lett bat, passed up this afternoon with the wind et NS. , YARMOUTH, DECEMBER R Sailed the Beitysa sloop of war, Barrossaaer brig, with the cutters with pilots to cruise off 3. Knowle, to wait "the arrival of the Russian er war, and to put them on board to condnet ti the western ports. Remain the &mime, r miral MII/ARAT j and Daman frigate. No Dimon 9. A fleet,from the Baltic, under Admiral Homy now passing at the back o f Sands— it is very be bat there appears to be a convoy with the= P.S. Wehase just learnt that with the above ilet are five sail of Russian men of war, and three MILFORD, DECEMBER 6. ' Arrived the Hope, /bum from Watseka, fN London ; John, Winces, from Waterford, for OA ham I, and Sam uel packet, Captain Palma. fil Waterford. The packet has sailed for Waterfoli COVE, DECEMBER 11. Yesterday afternoon arrived his Majea Seoaz, Captain COULSON, from Plymouth. mu, Captain Unox, and STORK, are apt convoy for the next West-India fleet. The Ss is taken off this station, and after seeing emit their destination with the STORK, will proceed lel lifax, to join Sir J. B. Wattaaar's squadron a ► coast of A.mesica. CHATHAM, DECEMBER 6. Admiral Suanmox, attended by his Seaedemkt. arrived at the Dock-yard yesterday, and took session of the office fitted up for his teciptiota 110 where the several Captains of the ships and vesstkii commission here, attended to pay their roplals• th Yesterday the SCRPTAS was put out of Dock i _ i _ LJ U morrow the DISPATCH new brig, wll be from the building yard at Upnor, beleagigrw"`" Limo. The next day she will be takes iota ellimmw' from which the &arras was put out. Madras command and Bengal. Monday the of Captain Uwe Britomayt, were landed bon his ship, (theirlili at Yarmouth, firing aflame goire—the 'befr rowed on shore by dm Offian on the steno' boried by mditary.hoeoure s the trio ment of the Bedford" borat.2-- one 'de _ i maim ^ LEITH, DICPJASER T. Sailed from Burstidand Roads yerlaralisw Dnuareaug, 74, and this mania' the NNW" frigate, for Portsmouth. Arrived - in the .&041 01 Satutday night, a Danish sloop; pose ed. 4 01 ., DON sloop of war. Tbe Fbawmurga~an'' Leith harbour, oo Saturday, tor rip*. MP arrived at. Leith from London yawl* and the Hazard at London from Lei*, MB' . last. All the American judged at,mil law prison, marched into Lw it TharsdiTlPP were put on board of oho idisproistaut England. Yesterday a Court of Directors was MOO. East-India House, when Captain Cams ow Ole into the commando( the Lord Melville,. den*' . Mnari...ia itoner2l_ • all ,-al d • ,1 r •~ i 1~ . I