The National Register. — London, England, 1823-04-06 00:00:00

FRO4II LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.. • —wasa— At the Conti at Brightao, the id of April, 1823; present, the King's Most Excellent Majesty in Councile— lits Majesty in Council was this day pleasrd to appoint the High. Hon. Charles Grant, President of the Committee eCeur., cil appointed for the consideration of all matters Mating to trade and foreign pladtations, in the absence of the Hight H. n Wm. Huskisson, of of the President of the said Committee f.t the time being. Vio HITEHALL, Await. 4. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be pained t-nder tae Great Seal or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. granting to Col. Sir tl. Hasdinge. K.C.B. the office of Clerk of the Ordnance of the said United Kingdom. CROWN OFFICE, Amu. 5. MEMBER returned to serve in this present PARLIAMENT. Borough of Lymington.—Walter Boyd, Erg. of Plaistow Lodge, in the county of Kent, in the room of Sir Harry Burrard Neale, Bart. who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. BAN KRUPTS. r. Cout and W. Haigh, Leeds, dyers. Solicitors, Meters. Few and Co. Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. J. Barker. Crane Court, Fleet. Street, shoe factor. Sul. Mr. Dunconibe, Lyon's Inn. S. Dickinson. Great Driffield. Tnekshire, money scrivener. Sol. Mr. Chilton, Chancery Lane. J. K. Alderson, Norwich, plumber. Sol. Mr. Tilbur Fal y, cm Street, Alderegate. B. Hilt. Bath, furniture broker. Sole. Messrs. Netheriole and Co. Essex Street, Strand. DIVIDENDS. April St, S. Bourne, Leek, Staffordshire, ironmonger-30, J. Holmes. Portsmouth, coal Meichiutt.-40, R. N. Atkins.. Port. sea, grocer-26,W. T. Slw win, Paternoster Row, bookseller -26, H. J. Powell. Uxbridge, builder-26, B. Troughton, Gen., and J. Troughtee, Wood Street, silkmen-29, J. Camberlege, George Yard, Lombard Street. merchant-26, C. Marten, Biahopegate Street, merchant—Y6, 0 . Mills, Warwick, wine merchant-99, J. Knock, Birmingham, brushmakcr-26, W. ILinisden, Leeds. victualler-29. b. HeselLine. Kingston upon Hull, merchant—May S. B. Martindale awl E. Filth, St.James's tAreet + wine merchants-7. J. Butcher, Alpham.tone, Essex, ndism. CHRTIFICATES to be granted April 26. J. Pailes, Upwell, Norfolk, farmer—G. B. Whatley. Basing. hall Street. woollen draper...J. Bury. Manchester, anu J. Bury, Pendlehill.Laneashire, calico printers—J. Warwick, New Bs. singhall Street. wine merchant—A. Barnaschina. Gravesend, Kent. hardwarensan—J.Bowman, Salford, Lanca shire, dyer— M. Noble. Battersea, Surrey, engineer. cODIISE OF RM. Amsterdam, IX 9 C. F. Ditto,atsight, Is 6 Rotterdam, It 9 Antwerp, It 9 Hamborgli, 1 , Alton*, 38 11 - Paris, 3 days'aight MI 80 Ditto, 96 10 Rourdeitim, 98 19• VratikfortontheMaine,lZ9 Petersborgli, U. Vietwait,Ef. Flo. 10 40 Trieste, E.f. Flo. 11l 40 Madrid, 04—Cadiz, 381 13ilbon,314—Barcelona,30k :HANGE, Aram 4. i Seviille, 35i—tiiirralier,30t Leglsoro,4o-oenoa, 421 Matta,43—Venire,YM 10 Naplez,lBl—Lisbotr..ll Oporto, 51/,-11108ie s S0 ft io J41111.1r0, 44 Itelerino, 114. Dublin, ni per cent,. Cu', iq, per cent. Foreign gold in bare,3l.. 17r. lid. per oz. New Doubluons,ll. 168.03. iNew ((allars, 48. 9d. Silver iu Iniremandard Or. Md. PRICE OF STOCKS.. Bunk Stork (Minium 0. S per Cent. Red. *lint I Imp. 3 per Cent. 74 3 per Cent.t7onsole 741' Ittrtitt Bonds 24 3§ per Cent. India stock 4 per Cent. abut Exchequer Bale 104. prow New roues. 94. Cons. fur Ac. 74i 1..• u; Ann. lei Lottery Tickets 423 rm.. THE NATIONAL REGISTER.. LONDON, SUNDAY, APRIL G. The French Government appears afraid. of striking the first blow in their aggressive War against Spain and Liberty—and we should not be sutprised to see them, after attempting to bully the Spaniards out of their right, slink away under some contemptible subterfuge—but " They bare gone tut ru That should they wade no more, Returning were aa bad as to go o'er"-- the fact is, that they already meet the execrations of all good men, and if they ►tow recede, the im putation of cowardice (an almost constant charac teristic of a bully) will attach to them, and excite the contempt of every one.—At hone, during the recess of Parliament, we have nothing of importance to notice—our manufactories. are flourishing, and the improvement in the markets has suspended the agricultural grumblings. Letters dated the 21st alt. were received yester- city from St. Sebastian. All hope of avoiding war bad long ceased, and the isthabitants of this place were preparing to meet it with firmness. This being the nearest fortified town to Bayonne, there was reason to expect that one of the earliest opera tions of the French would be to make themselves masters of it, and preparations were therefore making to sustain a siege. All the women and children had been removed to Paysages, a small village in dip neighbourhood, on the sea coast. Businese was fur the most part suspended in St. Sebastian, most of ME NATIONAL REGISTER the merchants and their clerks having entered their names as volunteers to join the force embodied for the defence of the province of Biscay against the French. Many had set out for the different stations at whieltdetachments of troops were placed. The military force in Biscay was estimated altogether at about 1.5,000 men. Generally speaking, there ex isted in the province a vetylligh constitutional spi rit, but not without some exceptions,as a few young men of family, alarmed at the rigour of the military service that awaited them, had attached themselves to•the Army of the Faith or Royalist party.. The number of these ►degenerate persons was, however, wholly insignificant ; nor was their cowardly pur pose likely to be attained,, as the avowed intention of the• French Generals was to place them in the van, and expose them to the brunt-of the first attack upon their own countrymen. CITY, SATURDAY, Two oCLocK. Accounts% have been received this morning from Mexico, bearing , date as late as the 20th February, the contents of which are important. By these we learn that all the northern provinces had declared against Iturbide, and all his Generals had abandoned him—the &mous General Guerero had raised the standard against him; Colonel Sanchez; a great fa vourite of the Emperor, marched against him, hut Guerero, at his-approach, shot him with a pistol.— Guerero, with 4,000 men, was in Jalapa, and Gal. Bravo had revolutionised Oaxaco. General Guada louple Victoria was in the Puente del Rey. General Nepente had also abandoned the party of Iturbide— this commander had gone to Baxio with 30 officers, attended also lipEchevarre -and • Corozar, and Lo bate, another Republican chief, had takes possession of the City of Puebla. Private letters also repre sent the cause of Iturbide as desperate, and state that the inhabitants of the capital were far from being favourable to. his sway, which, by its military severity and force& contributions, had caused great discontent even in that city.. In the Money Market there is nothing of particu. lar moment doing, and the Funds are steady. Con sols for Account, opened at 7411, and hate since scarcely varied a fraction. Spanish Bonds opened at about 291 i, and coatinne steady at that price. Several of the Spanish Government Bills have arrived in town this morning, drawn on M. Ber nales, to which the answer returned on presentation was, " to be presented' when due f' and although in ease of need a most respectable merchant of Spain had refbrred these b:lls to one of the London Bank ers, yet such are the apprehensions entertained of the Madrid merchants having given value for the Government Bills, and thereby that they will be subsequently involved in its difficulties, that they were likewise refused acceptance by the Banking firm. Extract of a:letter from Rome, dated' March 10 : I have been here abate two months, and never saw such weather in England as we have had here durina that time ; we have occaaionally • fine day, and then the sun is hot beyond bearing ; about tear o'clock the dew, or whit is commonly called the yellow fog, falls anScient to make all the streets quite wet and uncomfortable ; without great Cr.,., it is sue to give cold and inttimm•tion. We have bad six or seven days constant rain, then • Goa day, then constant rain again for • week or more. Moat of the English have been very unhealthy, and a number have died ;. among the number we have to regret the late Mr. Portman, M.P. for Dorsetshire, who never had a day's illness in his life till he arrived in Rome. Meat of the English, if not actually unwell, appear frosts ten to twenty years alder than when they arrived in this eternal city ," and I am very much afraid that most of the youngladies will repent baring made an excursion this side the Alps) as it clews not add any thing to their natural beauty ; but, on the contrary, that healthy, tine English complexion is, in the course of a very few months, turned into the Italian cream-coloor, with sulphuric tint, and no small share of wrinkles, &c. hoc. The climate of Italy must hare changed very much in the course of the last twenty years, and certainly not for the better. Now, whenever any one is taken ill there, and is fortunate enough to be convalescent, the English medical men, one and all, re commend immediate returning to England. You have no idea of the number of English resideuts in Italy that were 'Disked with the liver complaint last muster. lam acquainted with one family of six persona, three of *Web were obliged to leave fur England last autumn by reason of that complaint. We have also here very often the Sirocco, or south east wind, which brings in its train from Africa all sorts of d' and requires from strangers the greatest care as to Clothing, exer eine, and living." . , ~... The Journal des Debate, after quoting the convey sation between Mr. Canning► ant Lord John Russel on the 25th of March, proceeds thus:.—" The four Allied Sovereigns (of Austria, England, Prussia, and Russia), then have declared in the most formal. manner, their resolution to take requisite measures against any revolution whatsoever which could the nace the legitimate order established in France, of which the dynasty of the Bjurbons is the basis. As France has seceded to this grand alliance, the gua rantees have become reciprocal. The five Powers are invariably leagued against every attempt to re volutionise the states of any one amongst them. The obligation of this mutual guarantee against revolu bons has never been contested, and England agrees isv its principles as frankly as any of the other allied' courts. The question of what was to be done with respect to Spain was foreign to these stipulations, as Spain is not one of the allied powers. England was in a situation to take a different view of this parti cular question frotn the other powers, without, however, giving the right to any person-to conclude from her conduct that she withdraws from the obli gations conrracted with her allies to oppose all revo lutionary attempts made against any one of them.— Although neuter in relation to the Spanish revolu tion, England. still continues a party to the defen sive alliance against revolutionists in France.—Such is the sense of the treaty recapitulated by Mr. Can ning ; such is assuredly the intention with which he refused to enter into the reasonings broached by Lord John Russell; for in all his speeches and, actions Mr. Canning has given proofii that he is one of those who entertain the utmost abhorrence to the revolutionary spirit, because. he is one of those who know it best. We may add i that this application has no object but. to save the Revolutionists them selves from the pernicious illusions which they may have cherished, by entertaining doubts of. the obli gations of the five Powers to preserve each other against revolution. Every Frenchman worthy of that none, is well. aware that the repose of France is nuw.altogether independent of all foreign gnaw rantce. A nation, of which an overwhelming ma. jority is collected around the altar and-legitimacy, can feel no necessity• forany means but her owir, to maintain her laws, ,her intentions, her Thtone, and her Kings." The Freeholders of the county of Suffolk mem bled at Stowmarket on Friday last, to consider of a petition to the House of Commons, praying for a reform in that Honourable House. The High She riff Henry Usborne, Esq. took the chair soon after one o'clock, and laving opened the business of the day, laid before the meeting two letters, the one from the Duke of Norfolk, the other from the Duke _ of Grafton, apologising for their absence. Sir Henry Bunbury, in a sensible and constitutional speech, proposed a petition, in which the necessity for Par liamentary ; reform was ably asserted. Sir W. Parker seconded the petition. Mr. Gooch (one of the county Members) expressed his conviction that the reform proposed would not benefit the people. Mr. James Macdonald, in an animated speech, replied to Mr. Gooch. Sir W. Rowley (the other county Member) concurred in the sentiments set forth in the petition, which was carried almost unanimously, there being but three hands held up against it.— 'The meeting was both numerous and respectable; the rain fell in torrents while the business was in progress, but the love of Parliamentary reform seemed to have absorbed every other feeling; and, spite of the storm, not a freeholder quitted his post. Dutck Journals to the 30th ult. have arrived, one of which contains au extract from the Prussian . Stage Gazette, dated Berlin,- the 11th ult., which says —" There is no foundation for the reports pub. 'fished in the Brussels papery, that considerable ma- Igaxines are forming at Treves for a Prussian Army of Observation. The op tractors for the supply of the troops have, however, made the usual purchases, and, this has given rise to the report." Extract of a letter dated Rio Janeiro, Jan. "The decree of this Government for fitting out .privateers to cruise against the Portuguese flag, is of course a declaration of war. Letters of marque were adme months ago sent to North America, bat with instructions that they should not be issued till the SOth of December. There is little doubt, there fore, that by this time a swarm of privateers have sailed from the United States. To-day an order has been sent down to the Custom-house, that all red. wines shall in future pay 12 milreas per cent. duty, which is the same rate paid by the I'ortugueze on port wines, and 24 milreas for white wines. For merly- all nveign wines paid six milreas duty: and the order further adds, that all articles manufactured in Portugal shall pay 24 per cent. ea tmtlorem k which is the same as paid by all foreigners with the exception of the'English. As yet no alteration hae taken place in the 15. per. cent. paid by the English ; but should England refuse to recognise the Empe ror, there is no doubt but we shall be obligel to pay the same duties as other foreigners.", A, • J By on th 108 ~.~ earth, remei very ‘v hid Mot it eilk:et sail, small vuria purai imp: cqui the' tive hou tore Cow the Fro the to t th ,