The National Register. — London, England, 1822-12-16 00:00:00

- BRAZIL. Rio Da JANrIRO, OCT. 20.—The GaCCit? do Rio of the 15th October having, in a lung article, dis tossed the relations between Portugal and Brasil, concludes that. there were no means to save the latter, but to• declare its independence. It then proceeds:— The anniversary of the birth of the Prince Royal was chosen for this most solemn act—the 14th of October, on which the august Perpetual Defender of Brasil attained the age of 44 years, saw the ele vation to the supreme title and sublime dignity of Constitutional Emperor of Brazil, who declared his uceeptance in the following manner:— " I accept the title of Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Brasil, because having heard my Council of State and Procurator-General, and examined the representations of the Corporations of the several provinces, I am fully convinced that such is the general will of all the others, and that it is only from want of time that they have not yet ar rived." This answer, made by his Majesty to the President of the Senate, having been announted to the people from the balcony of the palace, it was received with the most enthusiastic acclamations by the immense multitude in the square, and the crowds of specta tors in the windows waving their handkerchiefq, Sec. The President of the Semite then proclaimed the following viva:, which were repeated with inex pressible transports by the multitude—" Our Holy Religion 1"—" Long live Senhor Don Pedro 1., Constitutional Emperor of Brazil and the House of Braganza, reigning in Brazil."—" The Indepen dence of Brazil."—" The Constituent and Legisla tive Assembly of Brazil."—" The Constitutional Pelile of Brazil." The solemn, legal, and majestic act of the procla mation by the people being terminated, it was suc ceeded by that of the troops, commencing with a salute of 100 pieces of artillery, and three volleys of musketry, at the end of which, approaching the ' barriers of the troops, the people repeated the excla mations above-mentioned. Saute time after, her Imperial Majesty the Empress, with her august daughter, proceeded, in a most splendid carriage, to the Imperial chapel, accompanied by a brilliant and miuet-taus Guard of Honour; the troops then formed in lines in the streets, through which his Majesty, the Constitutional Emperor, was to pass. His Ma jesty soon left the palace, and repaired to the Impe rial chapel, to return thanks to the Almighty, for which purpose the Municipality Lad ordered a so lemn Te Pain, accompanied by all the corporate bodies which had assembled for the solemn act of proclamation. After the l'e Deem, their Imperial Majesties showed themselves at the windows of the palace. There was another salute of 100 pieces of cannon, and three volleys of musketry, after which the Viva: were repeated: the troops then filed off in front of the palace, and returned to their quarters, the offi cers remaining to pay their obeisance to their Ma jesties. In the evening the whole city was illuminated, and their Majesties went to the theatre, where verses were repeated, hymns sung, and pieces repre sented, all adapted to the occasion. it is impossible to describe the transports with which their Majesties were welcomed. The rejoicings and illuminations were repeated on the following day ; even the rain that fell in abun dance on both days could not check the ardour of the people. The Goadte of yesterday contains a proclamation by his Majesty, pardoning deserters who shall return to their colours in two months. The Gacele du Rio of Sept. 26 contains the letter from the King of Portugal to his son, dated August 3, 11122, and the Prince's answer, dated Sept. 22, in which he tells his Majesty that he considers him us n prison2r ; and that he &dares null and void all the decrees which have been made, or shall be made in future, for Brazil by the Cortes of Lisbon, which lie calls by the epithets of " factious, horrible, Ma chiavelian, disorganizing, hideous, pestiferous." The journals contain numerous addresses and pro. 'Lunation,' of the municipalities of various cities and provinces relative to the declaration of independence. His Majesty has ordered a change to be made in the arms and national Sag, to adapt them to the pre sent state of things. The following letter from an intelligent corres pondent has been received by the Brazil JANEIRO, OST. 19. " The preparations fiir proclaiming the Prince Regent, Don Pedro, as Linperor of the Brazils, were on a grand scale; the IXth of this month was the day on which the ceremony was performed with the greatest demonsuations of joy, and an imposing so 'entity. You have already been informed of the de claration of the independence of Brazil : this was a step which nothing could prevent, but was accelerated by his Majesty's departure for Lisbon, and by the impolitic proceedings of the Cortes. COURSE OF EXI linsiertlam, 12 3 C.F. Ditto,rtsight,lo 0 Rotlerdrui,l2 4 . - Antwerp, It 4 liamhurgh,37 7 Altuna, 37 8 ParitcSdaysNiglit,23 SO Ditto. V 3 841 Bouerdeaux, 2i 80 Frankfortos,titeNlaise,lss2 Petersburgh, 91 3 U. Vienna 6P. Fin. 10 r 4 Trieste, Ef. Flo. 10 2 NlAdrid, 371—Cadiz, 3tif Bi!boa, 37—Barcelona, .513 VIE NATIONAL REGISTER " The people here are full of enthusiasm and fire, which, wording to my opinion, nothing can eatin guish : if the black slaves, among whom some symptoms of unruliness have lately been observed, are not lost sight of, there is no doubt but the inde pendence will be maintained and consolidated. Of course some difficulties are to be encountered in the beginning, but will be overcome with a little energy and perseverance. The town of Bahia is garrisoned with 4,001. European troops, under the command of General Madeira, and this force has refused to ac knowledge the independence of the 19 provinces considerable preparations are making to reduce Ba hia, and it will no doubt be accomplished in time. A divibion of three frigates and some other vessels is to sail immediately, fin. the purpose of blockading the port : that force is commanded by the late cap. tain of the Heroine privateer, of Buenos Ayres, who, on his arrival here, was most graciously re ceived by our Emperor, and made a captain in the navy, all the European officers in that department having been dismissed. Our Government is now in want of able naval officers, and if any offer them selves, they will be well received, and well paid : it is even said, that pmposals have been sent to Lord Cochrane, to take the command in chief of our, navy, with unlimited powers for giving it a new organization, it' he can obtain leave from the Go vernment of Chili. It is, almost incredible what activity and energy the new Emperor displays, and if he was assisted by able Ministers, he would do great thing's: he is beloved almost to excess, having removed from his side ell the Grandees who might give umbrage to the native Brazilians, and having introduced an extraordinary system of economy : you may judge of it when you learn that he has reserved for his expenses only ten contos of rees (about 2,0001. sterling) per annum, which he says will be quite sufficient for him. In fine, every thing seems to indicate that our affairs will go on well, without the disorders and mistiirtunes generally attending revo lutions. " The Portuguese troops at Montevideo, having understood that Lien. Lecur had resolved to declare for the Brazilian cause, attempted to oppose it, and would have murdered him, if he had not been pro tected by a battalion which he had commanded in Europe, and which escorted him out of the fortress. With this small force, and attended by all his staff, he took post at Canclones, where he was joined by Frutos Itivero with 700 men. Most of the inhabi tants of Montevideo, fearing a siege, have left it: some naval forces are now fitting out, to blockade that port. " All the European Portuguese, established here for years, are winding up their concerns, anti many of them have already embarked for Europe, taking all their property with them ; few or none will re main in a short time; money is scarce to such a degree, that only copper can be obtained in exchange for Bank paper. Produce is equally scarce, and ex cessively high in price." :HANGE, Mc. 13. 36—C•ibrallar, 301 Lealiorn,47*—Genoa, 431, Nlalta,43—Venice,37 60 limplex,39l—Lisbon, 521 Oporto, 32i—tioltia RioJaneilo,4s Palermo 1.18 _ . 91 per cent. Cork, per cent. Foreign goldin bars,3l. l 7s. 6d. per oz. New Doubloons, $1.148.9d. New Dollars, 4s. 9id. Silver in bars,staudard,4s. PRICE OF STOCKS. Bank Stork 249 i I Ointnonn 0. 3 pet Lent. Ked. 79 Inato.3 per Cent. 80* 3 per Lent.t:nnsuls 10,114 Bonds 45 li per Cent. 92 I A stuck 2561 I per Celli. 1.17 i Etehequer Bill,. Ts. prem. New Fours, Coos. fur Ae. 81* Lon Ann. 20f Lottery Tickets A 54 15s. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16 The affairs of Spain, and the line of conduct her Government will adopt, on the receipt of the im pudent demands of the Cabinet of Saint-Cloud, are the topics that may be fairly said, at the present moment, entirely to engross the political anxiety of Europe--fears, that disgrace past experience of the Spaniards, are enterta'ned by many of those who wish well to the cause of Liberty—what 1 can it be feared that a people, who, when their country was invaded, behaved so heroically in defence of a sys tem they had every reason to abhor and detest, will tamely submit to a subversion of a Govern ment) which has been sealed by the blood of so _ many Patriots—will thos e w h o (ought s o va li ant l y for their native land, in hopes of " Something better which was promised," basely desert their country when that " something better" is fully en. joyed.—Certainly not—the Spaniards have now a country worth defending, because it has • Coast it'. ties, and they will prefer death to that indelible disgrace that must attend even hesitation in such a case—the French Government will find its leg;ti mate army, with its legitimate commander, are not the same as the Hennes who fought under the greatest Genius that history records--and they will find that what was bravery, on the part of the Spaniards, in the last war between that country and Trance, will partake of a sort of desperation, when an annihilation of their recently acquired freedom is attempted—it appears doubtful whether Ferdi nand or his Generals can be relied upon as firmly attached to the Constitution—we hope such doubts will not be permitted to interfere with the question of Spanish Freedom—fur we hold the sacrifice of • dozen such Kings, and a hundred such Generals but pigmy considerations, when placed in the oppo site scale to the happiness of a nation—" a /a lauterne" (we would exclaim, in case of an invasion of Spain,) with every one whose verity shall be even doubtful. A letter from Marseilles, dated the ,22th ult. mentions a fact remarkably indicative of the dispo. sition of the French troops with regard to the con test on the Spanish frontier. In one of the recent . actions between the Constitutional troops and those of the Army of the Faith, a party of the latter who had been defeated presented themselves before the French lines, to claim protection as friends.— As they did not immediately lay down their arms, the offieer commanding the French troops, eithre did not or would not recognise to which party they belonged, but gave orders to his men to fire, and was so effectually obeyed that near 200 of the fugi tives were killed or wounded. The remainder, when the supposed mistake was discovered, were admitted. The conduct of the French troops, how ever, was deemed so reprehensible, that the officer and the regiment he commanded received immediate orders from head-quarters to march into the interior. The Prince Regent, of 120 guns, building at Chatham, is ordered to be launched and got ready with all possible despatch, in order to her being fitted for the flag of the Port Admiral there, Sir B. Hallowell. In the space of about eight or ten weeks, the hull of the ship will be completed, when she will immediately be put off the stocks. A Hereford Paper of Wednesday says—" Our worthy High Sheriff has refused to comply with the requisition fur the purpose of calling a County Meet ing on the state of Agricultural Distress." FatmouTm PACKETS —We are at length able to state as far as the decision of his Majesty's ministers may be so considered, the ques'ion so long agitated respecting the direction of the Fa:mouth Packets, is at length finally settled. The following commu nication has has been received at Falmouth from the highest official authority ;—" The Lords Commis sioners of his Majesty' Treasury have determined on the expediency of transferring the superintend ence of the Fahnouth Post-office packets to the Board of Admiralty," but "that no alteration will be made in regard to the station from which those packets now sail ; that the ordinary refitting of the packets of Falmouth will continue as heretofore ; and that the Navy Board will adopt all the present contracts, and will continue the persons now em ployed. It is nnderstuod that the first building of the packets has not heretofore been wholly confined to Falmouth, and in future it will probably take place (at least in time of peace) in the King s Dock Yards." LORD GROSV "SNOWS EITATE.—After many years passed in consultations, his Lordship's arcithect has hit upon a plan for embellishing all that tract of land opposite to Belgrave-terrace, Chelsea. The original plan was to remove the water-works, and erect a uniform pile of houses next the King's-road : this idea has been abandoned for a series of double cot tages, completely in the Italian style. They will have gardens in the front and rear. By this ar rangement, the piece of water will disappear, and the vacuum be filled up. The admirable new sys tem of draining lands will be put into operation in the Spring; and thus will be removed one of the most offensive objects in existence—namely, the ditch which extends from the wooden bridge neorly to Pimlico. A private letter from Newettatle-upon-Tyne says, —" The keelmeto who have so long been out of em ployment have at length returned to work."