The National Register. — London, England, 1811-06-30 00:00:00

4 02 formed, and was not convinced of the heroic valour and fidelity of this province, he itnaeined he had in a great mea sure realized his object. and already contemplated, himself ma . ter of Paraguay. In this supposition he commenced his march with about one thousand troops, and six pieces of flying artil lery, pu-hing forward with the utmost - precipitation towards the river Teviquari, always observed by our parties, who kept falling Lack upon the army. Upon• notice of this movement, I dispatched orders for the union of our troops, who, as if by inspiration, joined ; and in two days I found myself at the head of pox thousend of these incomparable provincials, determined to spill the last drop of their blood sooner than surrender. " On the 29th, I marched from the capital with the staff of the army, which with the artillery had advanced—my direction was the river Teviquari ; but the numerous cavalcade which was necessary fur the conveyance of the people, artillery, am munition, &c. &c. prevented me from arriving in time to attack the insurgents on the banks of the said river, which they passed without oppositio , ,. " On the 4th inst. I arrived at this place, and liking the ad vantages which the post offered, i immediately formed the army in three divisions, placing one under Don P. Gracia at Apuar, another in Paraguay under the orders of Don M. A. Cavanas, and the 34.1 in Aruac, directed by Don J. M. Gamarra. 64 On the 11th, advice was received that the enemy had fallen upon the. division of Cavanas ; the same night Gracia's division approximated that of Cavanas, when understanding the enemy had taken a position a league distant from our tamp, the divi sion of Gamarra was also ordered to join, because it was evident Paraguay was the direction the enemy intended to take. 66 Scarcely could the ardour of these faithful soldiers of Fer dinand VII. be restrained. They eagerly demanded to be led to the attack, and it was thought proper to yield to that enthu siasm which appeared the presage of victory. Dispositions were therefore made for the attack on the morning of the 19th Ja nuary, and before day-break the army was in motion. After an eneaeement of more than four hours, sustained with the greatest order and bravery, the enemy left the field strewed with dead bodies, and a number of their Officers prisoners. 4 4 The lo,s of the enemy exceeded 400 men in killed, wound ed, prisie!ers, and dispersed. Among the dead was found Don Ramon Eseinola, whose head was brought to me. On our part 24 only were killed, two wounded, and silt or seven made prisoners. It is impossible to sufficiently praise the merit#of the Chiefs of Divisions, the able conduct of the artillery, the valour and calm firmness of the infantry, and the intrepidity of the cavalry, who, with their lances, completed the victory. 64 The small number of the enemy who escaped, fled with its General so precipitately, that it is much doubted whether the large party dispatched in pursuit of them could conic up with them. 'Flats has thiS province testified with its blood its fidelity to the King, and to the mother-country. The battle in the plains of Paraguay is one of the most memorable fought in America, it has restored tranquillity to the generous inhabitants, and done honour to the Spanish Nation. " In the beginning of the -battle the enemy had for a short time the advantage, and when it was known in the capital the greatest despondence and confusion prevailed ; no less than 17 vessels were laden with persons and property, prepared to fly front the enemy. Yet, fielgrano is the papers he distributed, declared that he only came to eree Paraguay from her chains, and bestow on her happiness." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY, JUNE 24. EXCITEMENT TO ASSASSINATION. Earl GR V.T called the attention of the House to a publication, which he considered as an act of public duty to notice, it being nothing less than a dir ec t exc i tement to an d a justification of' assa-sination. The paper which he held in his hand stated it to be an extract from another paper, which he had nut seen, and he was induced to believe that the extract had been inadvertently inserted. [His Lordship then read from a French paper pub lished in London, a i extract from an English weelly paper also Rublished in L o nd on , urg i ng a vi_riety of charges against the uler of France, as a justification of destroying him by assassi nation.] llc had no doubt that his Majesty s Ministers would be equally anxious with himself to express their abhorrence and indignation of sentiments like these—sentiments which being circulated on the Continent, would tend to debase and degrade the Engli,h character, and which might be essentially Injurious to our interests in the war in which we were unhappily en gaged. NATIONAL REGISTER. The Marquis WELLIMET fully concurred in what had fallen from the Noble Earl, aid rejoiced that the Noble Earl had given an opportunity of joining hitn in that marked indignation which be had so properly expressed at sentiments, the atrocity of which was only equalled by their absurdity. The paper from which the extract was made had not, amid the multi. licity of objects he bad to attend to, fallen under his observation The sentiments, however, contained, in that extract, met his decided reprobation, excitilig, as they did, to rho:on:mission of a moat atrocious crime, and afttr charging a great number of assassinations against the Ruler of. France, calling upon us to imitate his conduct. • Let us beat him in the field, let us excite the indignation of Europe against his oppressions, until Europe should steadily and effec tnally resist the wrongs he has already inflicted upon her, NA let not the English character be degraded by such vile projects of assassination. He was happy in the opportunity of expressing, in the name of himself and of all his Majesty's Ministers, their marked indignation at the sentiments conveyed in this publica tion, and if there was any mode of bringing the author of them to punishment, he should feel it his duty. humbly to recom mend to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent to order a pro secution. Earl GREY was perfectly satisfied with what had fallen from the Noble Marquis, and was only dealt ous that he might not he supposed to have stated any belief in the charges made in the publication alluded to, against the Ruler of France, several of which he believed to be false. The Marquis WELI.E SL EY deprecated that system of vile abuse against the Ruler of France, which appeared to have been adopt. ed by the paper alluded to. CURRENCY—BANK TOKENS, &c. On the third reading of the Bank Token Bill, Earl S l'A N HOPE made several observations on the scarcity of gold, and suggested a remedy for the inconvenience, arising from the want of a legal tender, stated in the following letter from li .s Lordship to the Lord Chancellor, which Earl Stanhope read as part of his speech: No. 49, Berner-street, June 22, 1811. NIT D—Agreeably to your Lordship's desire, I have the honour to communicate the outline of my plan, in a few words; knowing that you will like that better than my doing it at an unnecessary length. The subject is of the first importance. The want of gold prevents Bankers and others, who may have large payments to make, from making any.legal tender. Bank Notes cannot, by Act. of Parliament, be made a legal tender, without the must manifest injustice ; for, a man who might be perfectly willing to accept a Bank Note for a debt due to him, may very fairly object to any individual Note (especially if a worn Note,) fram the impossibility of his being certain that it is not a forged one. My grand object, though not the only one, is to establish a mode of making payments, which shall enable Parliament, when they shall think fit, to enact a new species of legal tender. First, I propose that the Batik of England shall, as is the case in Scotland, have many branches, in various parts of the country, and of the metropolis. Secondly, That the Bank shall cause Books to be opened its all those places. Thirdly, That persons possessed of Bank Notes, shall be in titled upcn depositing such Notes, to have a credit in the Bank Book, at the place where such deposit is made, equal to the va lue of the said Notes. Fourthly, That every person having such credit so entered to his accoun , , in any one place as aforesaid, shall be entitled to transfer the whole c t such sum, or any part thereof, to his Dwn ac,:ount, or to that of any other person, at any place when: any such Book is kept. • Fifthly, As under proper management, such entries and trans fers cannot ever be for3ed, there would be no injustice, if such a transfer we! c by law to be made a legal tender. The rapidity of such transfers, without any danger of loss from the man being robbed, or front insurrections, or other conse quences of an invasion, must be felt by your Lordship as a great additional recommendation of this plan. I have the honour to be, with respect, my Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, Lord Eldon. s'reNtion. The Bill was read a third time and passed.—Adjourned. 1U ESD AY, JU NE 25. On the motion for the third reading of the Highway fill, Earl. G►zosvENox urged a number of objections to it, and moved that the Bill be read a third time that day three weeks, which was carried without a diyision.— . Uhe Bill is consequently lost. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26. The Royal Assent was given by Commission to The Vote of Credit, the Maidstone Geneva, the Spirit Draw-• back Suspension, the Bank Token, the Army- Prize-money I