The National Register.
London, England, 1812-02-09 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

ARMY OF THE NORTH.
The General of Division, Minnet, is master of the Asturias. Sixty
English and Spanish vessels, laden with merchandise and, ammunition,
have been taken in the port of Gijon, and_the other ports of the
coast. The• fl.:g of the insurgents was ea flying, in order to allure
them. A fine Spanish blig of war wss taken there.
The Gyneral in Chief, Count Dorsenne, after having visited Navarre
and I'l4e.ty, c•arried back Eng head-quarters to Valladolid.
The wiiole band commat.ded by Mina and Nlendizabal had united
on the C:lliimunicati at he wpun Sarl.gubsa and Jaen, to disturb the
army which t.VILS be,iei4h.g Valencia; but the General Count Cafartlii
set out with his divi,,lon trorn Sarago.isa, marched against them, dis-
persed them, and re-established tlt conununications.


RIT.-;SIA. Ni)A 1.111:KEY.
VIENNA. JAN. R.-- I tit! rel'orts of peace between the Porte and
Rus,ia arc totally d)ne away. According to all the accounts that we
have lately receoied from Blic‘iarcst, Widdin, and Belgrade, this state-
ntent is confirined„thlto4h it is not positively asserted,that the ne-
vtiatf•ns are Ip.oken oil, but rather that they are to be continued at
linchar..st. Certain it is, that the UktAND SEIGNIott has formally disap-
pr.)ved of the proposal.; made or accepted by the GRAND VIZIER. It
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furilier as erred, that the GRAND VIZI V.R had found himself under the
tiects,ity of it voltult; a part of the conditions into which he had atithe
first instant ciA,..tt d Gene' al Ku rusow. It !further appears that he
enjoys the full coL:ldence of his Sovereign, and that all the reports that
v e heed spread concerning his disgrace are without-any foundation.
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LISBON PAPERS.
PORTU GAL.
OPORTO, JAN. . —Before you receive this, you will have heard the
particulars of the capture of Ciudad Rodrigo. The garrison con,isted
of 3000 men ; MO were killed on the ramparts, and the remainder are
prisoners. MARMONT has begun his march towards Cithiad Rodrigo
and you may expect shortly to hear of a battle. Lord WELLINGTON is
well prepared to meet him ; and it is reported, that Do RSENNE is de-
scending from Salamanca to join MAI:MONT. General Intl is advanc-
ing front Estremadura towards the expected scene of action. I am of
opinion, that important events are near at hand.
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IMPERL4 L It Lizom.vi..

HOUSE OF LORDS.

MONDAY' FFB. 3.
On the question for going into a Committee on the Corn Distillery
Prohbitimi 13111, a conversation took place between the Earls Lauder•
dale and Bathurst, and Lora Grenville ; after which the lionse went
into a Committee, and agreed to the Bill without any amendment.—
adjourned.

TUESDAY, FEB. 4.
The Royal Assent was declared by Commission to the Malt Duty and
Sugar Importation Bills.
The Distillation Bill, the 1,500,0001. Exchequer Bills' Bill, and the
10,500,0,01. Exchequer Bills' Bill, were read a third time and pased.

NOTTINGHAM RIOTS.
I•otd HOLLAND, seeing the Noble Secretary of State (Lord Liverpool)
in his place, was desirous to be informed, previous to the discussion nt
the Order of the Day, whether any information was ready to bc: com.
municated to the House, concerning a subject which for some nme
past had engaged and alarmed the public mind, and which appeared to
involve and be pregnant with the most serioei consequence—he was
alluding to the recent disturbances in Nottingham and its neighbour-
hood. Those disturbances had continued under the cognizance and
eye of Government, and during the actual sitting of Parliament, fur
many weeks, and no effectual measures had as yet been taken ro suppress
them, nor any communication whatever been submitted to Parliament
respecting the cause of so alarming an evil. ile was .by no means prepared
or inclined to throw blame rashly on Ministers; but the subject itself
was of such striking importance, that whatever might be the conduct
or opinion of those Ministers, it became the pressing duty of their Lord-
ships and of Parliament to obtain, without delay, such satisfactory in-
telligence, respecting the cause of those outrages, as might enable tuem
to take the proper remedy fur putting a stop to them.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL rose to assure the Noble Lord, that the
disorders to which he had alluded, had not been by his Majesty's Go-
vernment overlooked ; on the contrary, they were seriously impressed
with the concern which such proceedings were calculated to excite, and
with the duty which was incumbent upon them to examine into the
causes, and as far and as directly as possible, to apply an efficient remedy.
Many considerations of delicacy, however, made precaution and circum-
spection expedient. Inquiries had been set on foot, and some most
active and intelligent Magistrates had been, employed for that put-pese.
The exertions of those persons had already been attended wall very
hopeful results ; and should they not speedily be fully answerab!e to ex-
pectation, it was the intention of his Majesty's Government to bring
the subject before Parliament.

THURSDAY, FEB. 6.
The Earl of LivEßrooL gave notice, that he should next Monday pro-
pose the Thanks of the House to Lord Viscount Wellington, and that
Officers and Army under his command, for the late bi !Mara at-A I
A:l,-i- nt
in the capture of Ciudad Rodrigo, and Iloveti that their Lordships
be summoned accordingly. Ordered.—Adjourned.

FRIDAY, EEL 7.
The Royal Assent was given by Conunission to the Corn Distiller?
Bill, to the two Exchequer Loan Bills, and to some Private Bills.

CONFINED DEBTORS.
Load REDESDALE moved, that various returns, which be particularly
specified, of prisoners received into, and discharged from the several
jAils, should be laid before the House.
The Earl of Mourn expressed his satisfaction, that a subject in which
he had long been most anxiously interested, and on which he had so
often called the attention of their Lordships, was likely, at length, by
the zeal and acknowledged legal ability of the Noble Lord opposite, to
be brought to a succesful issue.
ORDERS IN COUNCIL.
The Marquis of LANDSDOWNE said, that the Orders in Council as
acted upon, called for the notice and attention of the Legislature; first,
because they were the subject now of hostile discussion with the I.ll,lted
States of America; and secondly, because they were the cause of the
vast injuries done to the commercial and trading part of the British
Public. Hs therefore gave notice, that he should submit a motion un
the subject on Monday the 28th inst.

• FINANCE.
• A long conversation took place between Lord Grenville, Lord 'Lau-
derdale, and Lord Harrowby, on the subject of Finance; in which
Lord GRICNTii.LE stated, that the deficiency in the public income
ing the sth April, 1811, was no less than 3,30,0001.
Lord HARROWOT, on the other hand, conti.nded, that all things
taken into consideration, the Public Revenue was progsessively Un-
proving.—No motion was offered on the subject.

ROYAL 1-10 USEHOI.I).
The Order of the Day being read for tJae third reading of the Royal
Household Bill,
A dicussion took place between several Noble I .ord9 ; and IA lent
the Bill wai lead a third tinic aLd paostll.—Adjourned to Muoday.