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London, England, 1819-01-20 00:00:00

Wing Ihr Currency u Ain the Unite-el States, of ilu: Gul,l
1 Coin 01 Crest Britain, l'i Hoer, Portugal, antl Spain, and Ihr
Crowns of France, and Fier-tralle rierrt;" passed illr 29111
i of April, DtIA, I Imre the lonioor to transient inn o ill, It
Report of i lir Director of the Mint, riving she rrsult of wilt-
ISky as, iy•onade .is pursuance of iustriortnnis fruit' this tie-

I have Ile ho.thitr P. b 4 very roqwetftilly, Sir,
Your 4.betheiet Srivaut,
WM. H. CRAWFORI).

Tit Honourable the Speaker of the
House of li.presrutat.rr••

Mint of llw l'iiitial Stairs, December 5, Bilk
Sta.seAercenbly in the general direr s contained in
yaw knee of Ihe 201hrifianuary last, 1 have caused assays
hi be nook of 11w several am sirs of fareien mild and silver
emus, made current in 11w Iliinerl St•tes,by ass Act of Cow
Russ, pr-.rd the ilttili Of April, 1916.
'llse ievnit of the Assayer's Report is as follows :
Gdid cams of Guest Britain, COY. errs.
=ask of 2 pieces (essineas) 22 0
Ditto 'l ilitiu(snverrigns) 92 0
Ditto, of Portugal S ditto. hauls 22 0
Ditto, of France
Ditto, of Sprit; 5 ditto ..... .. • .. 20 3 1.0
os. rotors.
Silver coins or F. IllUee,Mide of 5 pieces (crowns) 10 IS 19
Ditto,

From the shove it appears-
1. That as the 401,1 coins of Great 11rilain and of Porto-
al are of the same triality with thoye 4.f the United Staten,
their intrinsic value will he at the rate of 100 cents fur 27
grains. as regulated by low.
2. That the tutriucic valve of the gold coins of France
will he at the rate of 10n r• nos 27 351 654 groom., or one
dullar in 3,455 01141. than 111. it legal vain..
3. That the intrinsic value of the gold coins of Spain will
be at the rate of 100 cents for 2$ 76-133 grains, or one dollar
in 325 worse thin their legal value.
4. That the intrinsic valor of the silver French erown•
will he at the rate of 117 5-10 cents per ounce. to 2.10 of a
cent in the miner. better than their Irg4l
5. That the intrinsic value of the Over fivc.franc pieces
of Ff4llfe, will 1.,• at the rate of 116 4 10 rents, nearly, per
111111C1.. sir 4-10 ut a cent, neatly, per ounce, better than Omar
value.
I t may, however, Sr, he obterved, that, from hang rape-
riefice of the Assayer of the \linl.it i• found that throw:slily
of foreign coins, especially of silver, is t.uo.twlmt variable,
as will appear by comparing the above report will. those of
former tiara; their respertme values, the,. as ITCII-
- by lhr law of 1516, are priohatoly as near their average
intrintic value as Iran well he stet rtaiste.l
1 have the 1 • to hr, Sir, with great respect,
Your must oh. diem Sol
PATTERSON.

The lion. 'Wm. 11. era*lmo!,
Stlltiary of the Treasury.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FLANDERS MAIL

SiNVARY R.

The Council of State will comtnence its Sittings
on Tuesday next. Count Bereistortf has taken
the rte.-indite of the Foreign Department.
I er Majesty the Empress Dowager of Knish,
sy'l arrive to-morrow at Nleniel. At every relay
there are 350 horses ready fur her service.
write from Warsaw that the Grand Doke
Constantine left that city on the 35th December,
iii-et the Emperor Alexander at &nw,
whence lie will accompany hie Majesty to U.celitig•

GHENT, JANUARY 11.

The Journal de Lund has received news from
St. Helena, which iiiiiiousices that Napoleon appears
ready to sink under the weight of r mahnly which
leaves hut tittle hope.
BRUSSELS, JANUARY 13.

Loral Stewart, the Euglish Ambassador at the
Court of VICIIII3, accompanied by Colonel Wald,
Mr. P. Stewart, and a numerous built-, arrived yep-
terday at the Wellington Hotel, and set out this
monilow for Loudon.
Several l'etitiotts have been already addressed to
the States-General against the new system of indi-
rect taxes. Among them is one front the sm.lar.
refiners of Amsterdam, of which all the 'Almoiliers of
the Second Chamber have received a copy, and
which will he communicated on the nest Sitting.
The Petitioners niake some observations on the pro-
posed tax on the consumption of sugar. They do
not object to the tax, but to the mintier in wind'
it is proposed to levy it, which they say threatens
the ruin of their manufactories. The number of
sugar-refineries at Amsterdam is already greatly re-
duced—those which remain are so depreciated, that
aith their tixturra and app•natul, also it
formerly sold from 50 to 100,000 floti:o, can hardly
be sold fur 10 or 20,000 forms.

JANII4RY 14.
The Court has, ust received the mots et ill death
of the Queen of IVirterniserg.—(Oroele, ANL 15.)

HAGUE, JANUARY I!.

A letter from Curacna, of the :2ail October last,
says, that the Spanish soluadron had been defeattd
by Atltniral Brion near La Goyra.

GERMAN PAPERS.

VIENNA‘JANUAAY 3.
The Russian Minister of State, Count Capo
d'lstria, is still here, but will set out in a few days,
with his brother, to travel through Italy to his
native country, Corfu. Ilia leave of absence is
limited to four month.. The haunt is accompanied
in his journey by mold Guildford (sou of the cele-
brated Lord North), who lias already been frequently
in Greece, is perfect master of the modern Greek
language, and has possessions at Athens and other
parts of ancient Greece.
It is now said that tina departure of our Emperor
will take place on the Pith or 9th of February. his
Majesty ot first intended to proceed from Venice,
where he will pass the latter part of the Carnival, di-
rectly through the Legations, the Marches, and the
A brozzos, to Naples, and not to visit Rome and
Florence till his return. This pilau is hanged.
Their Majesties go from Venice, by way of Modena
and Paints, to Florence, where they will spend
some days at the Grand Duke's Court. Then they
go to Rome, where their Majesties think to spend
three or four weeks, including Passion %Vrek.
Their stay in Naples will probably he about the
same length. Their return home will he by way of
Rome, Foligno, Loretto, Ancona, Bologna. Mo-
demi, and Milan, where their Majesties will pass
some time before they return to their capital.
Pi ince Metternich, the Minister for Foreign AWm s,
will accompany the Emperor during the whole
journey.
The first subject which will he discussed in the
German Diet, in its approaching Session. will he
the Military Constitution of the German Confede-