The National Register.
London, England, 1814-04-03 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL RtGIST

APRIL 3.

reqoire a new and different kind of operations before the fortresseM
,fit' Hamburg and Marburg, and the me HUI preparations are actor
dingy making for that purpose. By several Officers who have de
sorted to use and among whom there are even soma native French'
we have received the most particular information concerning both
the strength and the spirit of the garrison. If we were to calculate
merely on the number of soldiers, the corps d'armee under Marshal
Davonst, and behind-his walls, might be deemed force sufficient,
bqt the moral and physical state of the garrison reduces them at
least one half part. frlie .ComManding General in Chief, Count
Bennigsen, has at the request of the Sovereign Prince a' the Ne-
therlands, given Termission for raising a company of Blankencse
eta of the Dutch priioners and deserters, and .to send them from
thence to Holland. By. these means, several hundreds of these nor-
fortnnates are already gone from Hamburg, that unfortunate city,
and which may be considered as one of the last French dungeons,
to assist in the liberation of their native country.
Extract of a prirate Letter from Basile ti the 15th March.
An (Meet, who left Chaumont in the night between the 12th
Ad 10th, assures us, that apartments were prepared on the 12111,
fnr Count Rostimowsky, and the other Plenipotentiaries of the
Allied Po'vers, who were expected at Chaumont, in consequence of
the Congress at Chatillen having broke up.
The head quarters were to be removed from Chaumont to Bar-
. anr-Aubc. .
('onnt D'Artois, who had'been invited by a Deputation from
Lorraine, was to depart this day (the 15th) from Vesoul, for Nancy.
We have received tile following most important intelligence
from the best source :—'l'hat Marshal Ney has been totally. .defeated,
and. on this occasion, 14,000 men, chiefly of the old guards, were
made prisoners, and 52' cannon taken. The field of battle was near
Durmaine ou the Maine. •
The communication between Prince Schwartleriberg and Field
Marshal Blucher eras fully restored. The head-qmirters of the first
;.. meetioned General was, 011 the 13tb, at Bray, and those of Mar-
bind Blucher on the 12th, at Dormant., . •

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TUPIDAY, MARCH
Mr. Limos moved, that there be laid upon the table an areonnt of
grain imported into Great Britain and Ireland from Jai:miry, 11313,
to January, 1814, with the prices annexed.—Agreed to.
Mr. DouGLAS obtained leave to bring in a Bill to prevent candi.
.dates at Elections from paying the expenees of non-iisident
electors. The Bill was brought in, and read a first and second
time.—Adjourped.

WRDN ES DAY, MARCH 30.
A Bill to continue the Gold Coin Bill of last Session, was
brought in and read a first time.
The Clergy Penalty Bill was read a third time and passed.
On the second reading of the Hackney Poor Bill, a clawie. making
the landlord pay the Poor's Rates, and to place him under the
necessity of recovering it again from his tenant-, was much objected
to by Sir Samuel Rontilly, and others. as contrary to the laws which
prevailed generally throughout the kingdom, and injurious to the
lower orders of people. Sir Samna moved the postponement of the
second reading, upon which a division arose—Foe the second read-
ing, ST ; egainit 4,36 ; majority fur the second reading, 1.
Mr. BRAND rose for the purpose of putting two qnestionis to the
Right Hon. .Gentleman (the -Chancellor of •tbe Exchequer), to
answer which he hoped there would be no objection. First, whether
Government had sent out, or was about to send out, a ship to con-
vey the Doke of • Berri to Bordeaux ? and, secondly, whether
negotiations were still carried on at Chatillon between the Ambas-
suitors of the Allies and of the Emperor of France.
The Cid ANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER route first question replied
in the negative. To the second no answer was given. •
Mr. PONSONUY informed the house that Lord Morpeth had
fixed on Friday, the 2.2 d of April to'bring forward his motion
relative to the speech -of the Speaker at the bar of the House of
Lords.
On the motion of Mr. Cartwright, the house was ordered to be
called dyer on that day.—Atijonibed.
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