The National Register. — London, England, 1812-12-20 00:00:00

E NATIONAL REGISTER. inehoing a necessary reimbursement r,f near three millions of the „eine' pal or the public debt. In these receipt: are it:chided a Acts sli of recciv-1 on accoult of the Hans authorised by the m id . t Session, The whole it ui c tually obtainel on loans attiounts to miliions of a-nars, the residue of which being tree , vahle sub. .:equent to the 31th of Septein'ier, o toe,eth-r the current r evenue, citable us to defray all the expellees or' this year. The duties of the late unexpected Mayo: tations nf British Mann factures, will render the revenue of the ensuing t. ear nacre productive I ban could have been anti:,ipated. The situation of our country, fellow-citizens, is n^t without its cl;‘T'culties, thongh it ..bounds in Aninuting consid.l.eions, of which the view here presented of our , pecuniary resotirces is an exarip!e. Wi:11 more than one nation we hav e serious and ttrHett led i.entroversie , :: a;:d with one powerful in the menus and habits of war we are at war. l'he spirit and streugth of this nation are nevertheless equal to the so oporr of all its rights, and to earl it through all its trials. They can b. met in that confidence, above all, we have the inestimable consolation of knowing, that the war in which we are actually enieged, is a war, neither of ambition or vain glory : that it is waged, not in violation-of the rights of others, e but in the maintenance of 'air o w n , that it was pr:.ceiled by a patienc without examiale,!iluder wrenes accumulating without end : anil that it was finally not (Ice! rid, until every hope of averting it was extin guished by the transfer of the British sceptres into new hands, clinging to former Councils, and until rieclarations were reiterated in the last hour throaqh the British Envoy here,• that the hostile edicts against our commerci.:l rights aud nlif maritime independence would not be reveked : nay, that they could not be revoked, without vio lating the obligations of Great Britain to other powers, as well as to her ia•vn interests. To have shrunk under such circumstances, from wanly resistawe, would leave hcen a degradation bla:Jing our best and proudest hopes. It would have struck us from the highest rank where the virtuous stiuggles of our fathers had placed us, and havc'bct rayed the magniii.:ehr legacy we luld in trust for future generations. It would have acknowledzed that on the element which forms three fourths of the globe we inhabit, and xvlrre all is le;aendent nations have equal and common rights, the American people were not an indwendent people, but colonists and vassals. It was at this m utent and with such an alternative, that war was chosen. The nation felt the necessity of it, and called for it. The ppeal was accerilinely made in a just cause, to the just al,d powerful Being who holds in his hands the chain of events and the destiny of nations It remains only that, faithful to ourselves, entangled with no connect: n; with the views of other powers, and ever ready to ac cept peace troll the hands of justice, we prosecute that war with united council, and with the ample faculties of the nation, until oeace be so obtained, and as the only means under the divine essing, of soeechly ohtaining it. Nov. 1, 1512. JAMES MADISON. DEC. c_)p. Prrtug..l, t gnciations he stated, to by nettling witit sp ,i„ Lea the Abolition of the Slave Trade, but, at , oreseat it would be utem‘• tune to state !tow far I he‘ had proceeded. ASSISTANCE TO 1 lIE SUFFERING RUSSIANS, Lord Lt v Ett rbot., after bri-tly noticing the ov-tits of ttie camna' g , r the gallant r•s istaree tryttle by she Russian , to the immetrA •r_ tries brought against them .bt the French, %%null had amount e 360,001 men, moved an Address to the Prince Resent, diSlifjpg t . : :n t hat they would concur in such rmasures as would eatable him to int n eirect the object of his N.: essaf..e. After some obset vations from Lord HOLLAND the motion v.as agreed to without a dissenting voice. The Gold Coin Bill went thro , t , h a Committee.—Adjourned. PAI?/./..131 E NT. ITOU:4'. OF LORDS. MONDAY, DEC. 1.1. The insolvent Debtor's Amendment Bill was read a third time and 1* ,a3sed. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 15. The Snrar Brewing Bill, and the Starch Bill were read a third time and passel. WEDNESD‘Y, DEC. 16. THE ROYAL ASSEN Was given by Commission to the Sugar Brewery and Starch Ma• uutacture .. Titußsryvy: nrc. 17. BMA FE TO TII SUIT TIUS':3! kNS. The Earl of I. tv ER root. presente4 a Messag:: frln l': Royal High tiesi the Prince Repent to the House on this subject, similar to that delivered to the Commons (o which we retcr), and desiring the con currence of their Lordships in such measttres ac would enable his Royal Hightless to carry into elle( t the objects of the Nles - .iai.e. The same being read from the Woolsack, The Earl of LIVERPOOL 'roved, that his Royal Highness's most glac'ous Message be taken into considerAion to-morrow, and the Lords summoned. Ordered.—Adjourucd. TRIOAV, nECMMTIER 18. PRISONERS OF WAR AND SLAVE 'MADE. In arswer que-turns put by Lord! HOLLAND on th.- , e sub!ects, Lord I.lsAtapont. with respect to an exchange of prisnnei s of • war, it was certainly desirable that some arran<zeinents should be made for the purpose, dill he trwttt.l the Noble baron wotil - I give him cfrdit, when he stated, that the object was a , rxintisly in the eon. temptation of Governin..ut ; and that, ai far as conce;sion conic! every proper one was offered on the part of country. At tkf same time he ha!! to state, that wi rr r z , ciatic.n was reikling at pre sent for theta purpose. For the last six int.r,:ll.; the state of the enemy Was such, as would naturally At.cuunt tut that circutwigni:c. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY, DECEMBER 1-1 A messaste from the Lords stated that they had passed a Big for Amen ling the Ins , !vent I;.:btor's Ac ' o f Le,t 'Ss.ion, to which they desired the concurrence of the House • f Ceinino.: ELECTION PETE i lONS. A . nu mber of Election Petiti ens wtre given at the table, and the nam e o f each being written on a slip of paper, the whole were pot into e g lass artd drawn out in the foliowieg order, thereby fixing the priority of each. Th e p e tition for the County of Pembroke, was ordered to be Wen into consideration on Tuesday the 2d of March, at three o'clock lu the afternoon. The Petition against the return for the County of Carmarthen, on the 21 of March, at half-past three o'clock. The p e tition egeinst the return for the City of Cork, on Thursday the 4th of March, at three o'clock. , • A Petition from General Tarlton, complaieing of the return for Liverpool, on Thurscl.'y the It hof March, at halt-past three o'clock. A Petition, complaining of the return for Hythe, in Kent, sn Tuesday the 9th et 41:Irch, at three o'clock. - A Petition, complaining of thl return - PA - Grampound, on Tuesday the 9:h of March, at half-past three o'clock. A Petition, complaining of the return for the Borough of Denbigh, on Thursday the Ilth of March, at three o'clock. A Petition, complaining of the return of the Borough of Cardigan, on the Ilth at March, at half-past three o'clock. A Petition, complainieg of the return for the Borough of Pembroke, on Tuesday the 16th of March, at three o'clock. A Petition against the return for the County of Cork, on the IGth of March, at half-past three o'clock. A Second Petition against the return for the Borough of Tregrey, on the same d,y fixed for the consid ration of the former petition. 1 A second Petition, by Ge st: era! Loft, against the return for Great Grimsby, also on the saute day appointed for the consideration of the former Petition aeainst that return. - A Petition, complaining of the return for the Borough of Holston, on Thursday the IBth March, at three o'clock. GALWAY ELECTION. A Petition was presented on behalfef Mr. Wake, who had petition. ed against the return of the Honourable Frederick Ponsonby for the City of Galway, praying to have the time for lodging his sureties extended, en lir- ground, thet after every search the Petitionerhet been unable to serve the necessary notice on Mr. Punsunby, or to Liii• cover who were his agents. The period was extended for 30 days. GOLD COIN BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the F. xmizoeuit having moved the order cf 1-i the day for ate third reading of the Gold Coin Bill, Mr, Witt Tea e a o rose, and Inov.sd, that certain entries in the Joao nal s of t ;e last Sessioe be read The C It ANC F tto R Of :be if, X f.'. TIEQUER moved the previous question, The House divided, when t' e rennhers were— For the :revinus question, 73 ; For the orieinal, 29. —Majority i.t . favour of the. previous question, 41. After some discu-sion, the !louse divided on the third reading. — Ape:, SO Noes, 15 —Major;ty ti.",. The Ilif!..wac then mil a third tine and passed The House resolved it - e l f into a Committee of Supply, in which the fel lowing sums were voted s. For the Lind 1 orces . . . . • .. • For the Militia . . . . Supernumerary Officers . . . . Ki I main ham Hospital . . . . Foreign Corps . . . . Volunteer Corps . . . . ! ncal Militia . . Surgeons and Hospitals . . American Loyali•ls . . . St. Deininco Soft rers . . . ! The Suffering Clergy and L ait y of France iCers;eau I.:o , igi ants . . French a. d Corsican Emigrants abroad • Duteit Emigrants L .2, 000,16) 710, 0 n - 4, 1 W 12,•:10* ! 7'sg hi r . r 1 p 3;!