The National Register.
London, England, 1811-03-24 00:00:00

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rated. It has been generally believed, that the
• value of the coin of the realm was to be raised in
. the same proportion (ten per cent), and the con-
sequence
liss been a further increase in the price of
• bullion. On the other hand it has afforded some
of our notable patriotic writers, an opportunity of
enlarging on the depreciation of Bank notes, a topic
. which they have borrowed from The MOniteur,
perhaps in consequence of superior orders, which it
_ is their interest to obey.
• As to the popular idea, that a rise in the value of
. the coin of the realm is to follow that of the Dollar-
. tokens, we have only to observe, that the national
currency cannot be altered but by an Act of Par-
liament, for which there ex;sts no necessity, espe-
cially when the Act restricting the payments of the
Bank in specie is still in force. But those Dollar-
tokens cannot be considered as national currency ;
in fact they are not legal tenders ; they are a mere
matter of accommodation, a kind of silver Bank-
notes, to which the Directors of that Company may,
on their credit, give any value, as easily as they can
stamp their blank paper with one or with one thousand
pounds. As those Dollar-tokens, however, possess,
not an intrinsic, but a foreign marketable value,
progressively increasing, it was thought adviseable
to raise their currency above the market-price, less
. the purpose for which they were originally intended,
that of accommodating the public, should be de-
feared. They were in the first instance issued above
the market-price of silver, and the present rise is to
be considered as a continuation of the same measure ;
indeed we doubt whether the Bank Directors, had
they only considered their own interests, would not.
have reaped more advantages from the Dollar-tokens
being taken off their hands at the price at which they
were first issued, than from their undertaking to take
those at present in circulation at the rate of ss. 6d.
notwithstanding any fall in the price of silver,
an occurrence which we think likely to happen in
the course of a few months.

The appointment of a Consul-General to Buenos
Ayres, and the nomination of a Consul to Caraccas,
leas produced a strong sensation on the Spanish
Merchants in London, connected with South Ame-
rica, and perhaps may produce some unpleasant
feelings on the J unta of Cadiz.

The General Committee of Iriol Catholics met
or. Monday, for the purpose of receiving the Re-
port of the Sub-Committee, appointed to prepare
a Pt tition to the PRINCE REV;EIs4-1. for the removal
of the LORD LIEUTENANT and • Mr. POLE ; hut the
Petition which the latter had prepared was re-
jected, and another, wh:ch had been written in a
spirit of greater moderation, was adopted, there
icing, on a division,.a large majority of votes in its
favour. •

Some Camas, which have arr iced at Plymouth
from Morlaix -mention the arrival there of the Upton
Castle and another ship, with the Garrison of the
Isle de France.

The following is an extract from a letter, dated

" Calcutta, Nov. 7, 1810.
" AlI the ships of the East India Company of the season 1809
and 10, which le4 England before the 9th June last, have arrived
safe in India. All the ships of the season for China, have passed
Prince of Wales Island. The Thomas Grenville and Earl Sh
Vincent are on their passage from Ceylon to this port. The
Ditina and Juliana are on their passage from Madras; they
separated from the ships that have just arrived here on the 28th
and 29th ult. in blowing weather; they have not since been
heard of, but not the slightest apprehensions are entertained for
their safety. The American ships Superior, Coromandel, and
Dorothea, are on the eve of departure for Philadelphia. The
Sovereign, CAMPBELL, for London, will be dispatched about
12th proximo."
The reply of BUONAPARTE to the Address from
the Electoral College of La Vendee, is curious..
It is as follows :

it Whatever you tell me in your Address, I experienced in
my last journey to your country. The view of your cities and
ynur villages was horrible. 1 have made war in three quarters
of the world. I believe I have a right to the gratitude of the
people i have vanquished, for six months after the termination
of the war, no traces of it remained on their territory. I was
affected with the sentiments which my people of La Vendee
profess for me. They do well to reckon upon the love I bear
them. Let all traces of your domestic misfortunes quickly
disappear ; I have given orders to my Minister of the Interior
to employ new means for your assistance. When you repair
a ruin, or rebuild one of your houses, consider that you do
what is most agreeable to me, it is a certain way of pleasing
me. The first time that you come here, tell me that all
your cities and villages are entirely rebuilt, and that my people
of La Vendee are accommodated as becomes the fertility of

The following intelligence was received by the
last Anholt Mail :

HELIGOLAND, MARCH 15.—Altbough the weather has been
very favourable of late, we have had no arrivals from the Con-
tinent, from which it is supposed the Decreue, prohibiting all
intercourse with this place, are rigorously enforced.
The last Hamburgh papers received here announce that the
new Authorities established at Hamburgh have entered upon the
discharge of their functions.
It is said, that the greater part of the ci-devout Senators have
been placed in situations under the clew Government, for the
purpose, no doubt, of reconciling them to their degradation,
and loss of their fbnner power and importance in the State.
The police at Hamburgh are at present extremely busy in
viewing all the places that can be spared for the accommodation
of troops, from which it is naturally inferred more troops Ore
about to be stationed in that city; though, perhaps, it may only
be a part of the routine duty attached to the French police.
All accounts latterly received continue to mention the march
of the French troops to ards the interior, And the confines of
Prussia, and speak most confidently of approachitig hostilities
between Russia and France.
The conscription is expected to be' carried into execution at
Hamburgh with the utmost rigour, and no exceptions will, it is
said, be allowed. •

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The distress occasioned in that city, in a mercantile point of
view, is beyond description; money r, uncommonly scarce, and
numerous bankruptcies are expected.
In Holstein the quantity of grain upon hand is immense, and
the farmers, in consequence of having no market fur the sale of
it, are reduced to such great distress that the greater part will not
be able to pay their rents.
The number of troops in this part of the Danish territory is
stated at 16.000 men.
The old report of an attack on this island has within these
few days been revived. In the Jande the lq-elich have twenty-tive
armed vessels, twelve of which are brigs, of the size of our
sloops of war, and more are expected to rendezvous in the
neighbouring rivers from Antwerp, whence they have a safe"
pa,sstge by inland navigation.

P. s.—Two.P. M.—Wo have just received positive informa-
tion that the French gun-brigs and gun-boats ((seven m number)
have got round the Elbe; and are now stationedln Cuxhaven, se
that for the present we can expect little Or no intercourse from
tlil/4t quarter.

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