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

TILE NATIONAL REGISTER. Pfsikussialsw craned *be Rtsine, : and-succeeded. in surprising She town of Neuss, near Dusseldortt and capturing the ene my's magazines. The success of this bold exploit seems to Pave greatly nettled Gen: Sebetatiani. • He attributes the circumstance, that of the two Colonels stationed there, ore was asleep, and the other up away ; and that the soldiers Lander each of these ollicersfollowed the example of their • respective commanders.—The head-quarters of the French *rmy are at Metz, .and conscripts are said to be continually striving.. It appears that the enemy means to defend Ant werp ; an entrenthed camp is forming in its vicinity, and Abe artillerymen are exercised every day at the great guns. !There is yet no direct mention made in these Papers, of the revolution in Holland. On the side of Italy, there ap pears to have been some more partial fighting, but altoge ther unimportant-in its tesults. The at my of Naples is on its march; the first division of it, consisting of to,ooo men, reached Rome on the 2'. l `td and 25th ult. and later accounts state it to have reached Bologna. Two mails arrived on Tuesday from Holland, with papers _to the nth instant. Dispatches were also -received by Go vernment from General Taylor, which communicate the• impottant intelligence of both W illiamstadt and 8 4. -eda havieg been evacuated by the French.- The abandon ment of such strong fortres , es, without an attempt to defend them, is one of the most striking proofs -•tsltich has yet been afforded of the enemy's weakness The articles contained in ' the Dutch Papers inform us, that Corcum`ist blockaded by a Frassian corps, belonging to General Bulow's division. (fen. Winsingerode, with to,ooo more troops, belonging to•the Crown Prince's army, is i n full march towards Gorcum.— The Russian General Benkendorff was to remoyo his head- quartets to Breda on S'unclay last. The French are said to lave quitted Nimeguen. The allied troops in Ilolland are expected- to cross the W aal .without loss of time, and spread themselves through Mod) Brabant, The Dutch Brabanters and Prussians are quitting them as fast as they ran. The Netherlands. ate in a great ferment, and anxiously cs:lsect and desire the coining of the Allies. Blucher, it was under stood, was to cross the Rhine at Cologne, every necessary preparation haying been made. The Island of the Texel, from which the anchorage takes its name, is now in the pos session of the Dutch Government, the garrison having en tered into their service-, ma!: in; that Fienchmen they had amongst them pt isoners of wai7. This event will no doubt determine the conduct of Admiral Verheuil, and the sur render of the Texel fleet. A French flotilla, which had made its escape :coat Ilelvoetduys, endeavoured to get round by the interior waters to Antwerp, but some Dutch batteries stopped it above Wiltianistadt, and compelled it to re turn under that fot tress • • :the Dutch Papers received on Wednesday, under the date of Berlin, contain the following im p ortant statement:— ,'at to,e Tyro l is again free—that Bavaria has voluntarily relinquished the share of tirat country, which she formerly received as the boon of the Usurper--s-that twenty thousand brave mountaineers are aLeadv in arms—that the Brenner Pass is in their presession, and that Brixen has been entered. Dispatches have been received by Government from LoidWellington, dated the :)th instant, which are said to state that there is no prospect of resuming offensive opera tions until the month of Match. A report prevails, that they a!so eotire a serious di-agreement between the Noble Coroloander in Chief and General Minn, in consequence of some deprecla!if.w; committed on the inhabitants of Trance by the troops of the latter, and that he has been put Ist. Our fears that there is some unfortunate ting'steom:u Marquis W ellinvou and, the aseats of Awder at to scliista DEC. • . the Spanish Government, arc strengthened by the following article in the French Papers received on Thursday : " Bonn pEAUX, Dtc. 3.—A1l the accounts we seceive confirm the misunderstanding which exists between the English Government and the Strani,h Government. They write from Bayonne that they have just received there a Gazette of Madrid, containing a Decree of the Cortes, ordering the Spanish troops to obey only their own Generals, and to take no orders from the English Generals. The Spaniards rp.nk apart in the army, and do not mix either with the English or the Portuguese." The letters from Lord Wellington's army, by the mail from St. Sebastian's, are to the 7th inst. they state, that the a-my retains its firmer position. General Mor►llo's divi sion rests it right on the Pyrenees; General Sir Rowland Mill's.head-quarters are at Epilette, he commands the right eorp,s.diartnee; Sir John Pope is . a league in front of St. Jean:de Luz; the Nieve runs in front of the right ; the left of course rest• on the sea; the position a good one, and no body seems to hazard an opinion on the subject of present advance. . It is said, that Lord Wellington wrote 'Marshal Snult a letter, on his entering St. Jean de Luz, in which 'he re quested the French Marshal to allow the inhabitants to le turn to their houses in St. Jean de Luz, and the villages oe- • curled by us. Soult sent for the Civil Authority at Bay. oune, and calmly shoving him Lord . W.'s letter, desired him tci make a return of such families as wished to return. A long . -list was soon Irmded to the Marshal, who ordered all timlemalcs to be marched tp the British lines, and the males to be incorporated wills his battalions. 11EDUCTIoN IN THE PRICE or BEER.—In consequence of the reduction in the price of Malt, Ale is reduced 10. s. and Amber ;is. per barrel, by a regular notice from the Brew. crs to the Public. Several Brewers also sent notice to the Publicans of their intention immediately to reduce the price of Porter, in consequence of which it was yesterday retailed to the Public at five pence halfpenny per pot. But this is by no tneans a proper and alequate reduction in proilortion to the fill which has taken place in the pt ice of Malt, if that article still continues to foim an essential 1 ingredient in the composition of Porter ? For several weeks past there have been publicans selling Porter at the old I price of jive pence per pot, and surely if this could be done by any, it might have been done by all. Where is the pa ! triotism of Mr. Whitbread, that with his influence in this matter, He does not take steps to procure for the lower or ders the wholesome beverage of good Beer, at a fair rate' that their bread (now happily more within the compass of the Labourer's purse) may not be moistened by a liquid for 1 which an exorbitant price is extorted by monopolizing ii Brewers ? 1 COPP ER Cocci.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer statea, in the Howe of Commons on Ft iclay night, that whenever a I I new copper coinage should be issued, the old legal copper I coin would be called in at its current rate. This explicit declaration will do away all the inconvenience which was felt, in consequence of the refusal of tradesmen and others to accept that coin at its current value for their articles.—The folloviing Notice has been issued from the different Police Offices • " Some don4ts whether persons posicssell of the old copper money will be secure from los+, at the time any new copper coimige may be issued, the Magistrates of the Police Offices, desire to inform the public, that it is the intention of Government, and 4u expressed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer iu the House of Common s , that due provision be made for the exchange, or other recompense, at the current value of the old legal copper coin, that may be it, itirculatico at the time. At the sam-e time the Magistrates desire to caution all persOus against the improptiety of refusing, in pa went for small sum, the legal copper coin ) . made corieut by lus Maiestyli pro'c