The National Register. — London, England, 1813-12-19 00:00:00

- • nog . . ---- THE -N AT, jt!artintent, unless. Ministers made out a strong case to shell the• ntetssitv of it. • Lord i',ASTI.I..B EMI 11 said, that it Was his intention to move that the Hone p t hould, at its risin4, adjourn to Friday next. It was pro ' liable !hilt on' Mond. , y the ulterior adjonrninent would take place.— The Hen—and teamed Gentleman ntight, thererore, take that op portunity or expressing his sentiments in opposition to the adjourn ment. It appeared to be the understanding of the House that on Monday air I.~nirs 51.1nt0 , 11 would oppose the question of adjournment.-- Adjourned to Friday. FRIDAY, DEC. 17. 'rlie CHANCELLOR of the Excnyar.:En stated to the House, that he should move, that at its rising, it should adjourn to 110telay next ; and that on Monday it was the intention of Ilk N 1)le Friend (Loll CAgicreagli), that it should adjourn till the Ist uf Alittch. CO l' PER. CURRENCY. Tile CH A NCELLOR of the EXCII EQUEIt moved the Order of the Day for the House resolving itself iota a Committee of Supply. Ile that it would not be irregular in him to take this opportunity Of I WlC:iVtitiriiig to remove a misapprehension which had taken place in consequence of a statement of what had fallcii (ruin him in answer to a question which bad heel pot to him by an honourable zt ntleman (Mr. Grenfell.) The misapprehension and alarm which it hail caused hail alre•ady produced very serious inconveniencies, par ticularly among the lower classes. l'he question was, with respect to the copper currency; and he was sorry to find, that from some misapprehension of what he had said in reply, there had been a pretty general discredit oldie Tower halfpence, winch were issued by his Majesty's proclamation, and were the copper ciirreacy of the lam!, and unquestionably a lawful tender in those payments ss hide could be made in copper currency. lie was sure that no p-rom who had attended to what he said in that !louse could have so far nave misapprehended his statement, nor was he aware that any statement or it which had been -riven to the public justified this misapprehension and alarm. He' should, however, now ex pressly state, that the old Tower halfpence evere legally made cur rent by the King's proclamation, that they were legal tenders, and • that they would be received by Government us their legal current piice. As it was the intention of Government to receive them at the fall value of the currency, although it might take some time to coo.itier the best means of calling them in, et he trusted that this tat' Anent would be sufficient to remove all apprehension or alarm term the minds of those woo were now possessed of them. Mr. CIIIENF:A.I. said, ',bat the statement now made was precisely what he understood the Right Honourable Gentlianan as having said upon a thriller occa-ion. The only object of his quettion was to remove from circulation the base and adulterated copper-eain, • or local tokens, which' were before taken in payments; and to hate • time Tower halfpence called in at their full value, either to be paid 'in bank-note;, or to be replaced by a new coinage. He could not avoid returning his thanks to the. Right Hon. Gentleman, for the very fur anti manly way in which he had met time question; and he hoped that he would not allow himself to be diverted flow his re solutioa by any clamour that might be set up by persons interested in conthming the circulation of a base and adulterated coin. The House then rt.“ilved into a Committee of Supply, and several small sums were' ordertd for miscellaneous services. The other Orders were then disposed of.—Adjourned to Monday CITY BUSINESS. Thursday a Court orCommon Council was held at Guildhall, which was very fully attend, d. 'floe lifinee Itc:gent's answer to the City Address was read, and iitorted on the journals. A petition sighed by upwaras of c 2,010 householders, complaining of the annoyance aristog from the conduct of prostitutes la the public streets, and praying the Conrt to adopt some meaAres as a lemedy, stag referrutt to a Conniiit for consideration. Mr. iu a speech of cOusit;erable• length, brought forward the follo‘ttp , 4 motion, " that it he refeit•ed to lite Committee for Pilllloil`. , , to prepare a Petition to the I . louse of Commons, pr.iying that tiro Art of .:•rtti• cr.p. 4. ma! , :icetilig per,ons tt. rewrite( for excerot.r . ing trades to they have not served a: epprouttreship, rm. , / remain i!) toree, notice having br en given itt the House, by Mr. !!'oerjeant. 041410 W, of a motion to repeal the same.'' • After a long debate, it we, tufil•recl to the said Commit te to coy,- elder the e:•,:rdititry of petitiouing Parliament on the so!lject. bb. )NAL RECISTER. - DEC. -19. TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. WAR DEPARTMENT, DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 14. A letter, , of which the following is an extract, ha. this day been received by Earl - Bathurst, from Major-General Taylor, dated the Hague, Dec. 11, 1813: It is with the greatest satisfaction that I have the honour to ac quaint your Lordship, that the Allies are in possession of the two important fortresses of lirefla and Williamstadt, which have been abandon( d by the enemy. From a person who has seen General Beukendorff this morning, nialerstand that upon the approach of 300 Cossacks, who had spread the report that they were the advanced-guard of 10,000 Rus. sians ' the garrison of Breda, consisting oflBoo men, had marched out, but the Cossacks having penetrated into the town boOre the evacuation was completed, 600 of the garrison had fallen into their haml4. General Beokendorff proposed going to Breda himself tomor row, and will probably carry with him a great proportion of the remainder of his corps. I have not learnt in what direction the garrison retired. The evacuation of Williamstadt took place last night, in con sequence of orders brought by a French General, who had arrived from Antwerp. The garrison, whose numbers are variously stated at from 900 to 100, retired in the direction of Bergen-op-Zoom. They left in the place 100,000 pounds of powder, 15.2 guns mounted and on -serviceable carriages, but spiked, and ie supply of provi sions was small. They had taken measures to destroy the flotilla, but had imperfectly executed the intention ; and it was hoped that the corvette, besides other vessels, might be saved. They carried away with them four field-pieces, and are said - to have withdrawn the Irish battalion, as soon as they learnt that British troops had lauded in Holland. Dis!ladies, of which the following are extracts, have been this day received at Earl llathurst's office, from the Marquess of Wel lington, dated St. Jean de Luz, the 22c1 and (28th of November : NOVEMBER 21. The rain which commenced on the 11th instant, continued, almost without interruption, till the 19th at night, and has left the. roads and country in such a state as to be at this moment impracticable for any general movement of the army. Lient.-Gen(!ral Sir Rowland Hill reconnoitred the enemy's pots at the tete-dc-punt at Cambo; on the 12th, and again on the 15th ; the enemy withdrew from it on the latter day, haviug•bluwu up the bridge. Nothing of importance has occurred since, excepting that on the 113th instant, he enemy reconnoitred Lieutenant-General Sir John Hope's advanced posts, on which occasion Brigadier-General Wil son was unfortunately wounded. Marshal Sir William Beresford, on the same day, drove the ene my's posts across the bridge of Urdains, and established his there. On the following morning, before day-light, the enemy made an at tempt to drive them in, and destroy the bridge ; they failed in both attempts, and the Marshal praises the conduct of the 9th Portu guese regiment, under Colonel Sutton, in the first operation, and that of the trth Cacadores, under Colonel nuersbaek, in both. ' My last reports from Catalonia ara dated the 3d of November, and nothing of importance had occurred. NOVEMBER e n. Nothing of importance has occurred since I addressed your Ltn d shit) oil the 2'2d instant. • T h e situation °frau• line required that the advanced posts of the light diviion should be pushed wore forward than they were, which uas effected on the 133 but the troops having' gone rather more forw.l.d than was intended, and havin . t.: got under the tire of the in trcnclied cam,) near Bayonne, it was necessary to withdraw them, in doing whic h sonic loss, of - Whit:ll I enclose a return, was incurred, HAkirk, of the 43d, was made prisoner. My last reports from Catalonia arc of the IZ.th, at which period no had taken place. Return of' Killed, Wounded, and Missing of the Army, under the command of his-Excellency Field-M:ll.6lnd the Marquess of Wd linton, K. G. on the ez3d of November, 1813. Total British Loss.-1 lieutenant, 1 Feijcant, ,15 rank and file, killnd ; 2 lieutenants, 9 serjeauts, rank and file, wounded; 1 captain, 14 rin( and file, missing. Total Poi tuguese Los..-1 rank and file killed. Name of Ofileer Foot, Ist Batt —Licuteilant.Mackay Hag,'