The National Register. — London, England, 1815-01-08 00:00:00

I •• s . • TIM NATIONAL RRGISTrrt. lowed by the cessation cf hostilities with France. Being desiroutt that my faithful fithjects may - , in crusequence,_enjay, 04011 111 possible, the grea t b ene fi t an d a d van t age o f a free rumuttittictdiata with an nations, I have been pleased to order. that the ports of m y States, from the date of this my Royal Decree, shall admit the entry of the ships of nil nations that may be presented before them, and the departure of the same, whatever destination they may have received, that as much as possible the friendly relations and reciprocal interests with their respective countries may be re-esta blished. It is commanded that this Edict be published and pia carded in the usual manner, by the proper Authorities. " Rio Janiero, &c. With the Rubric of the Prince Regent, oar Sovereign." But it does not appear that these arc all the benefits likely to be derived flow the residence of the Court of Portugal at the Brazils. The following details will prove not only how much her India and China trade has increased, but that there exists a possibility that the India Company will not be inter rupted in this monopoly of their trade to Canton. The Portuguese intercourse with the East Indies is vet"► much extended. Formerly only two or three ships were employed in the China, and double that number in the Bengal trade. Now we arc informed that there are 12 ships engaged in one and 24 in the oilier. A valuable interchange has been made at the eastern - and western extremities of the globe. The Maranliam Cotton, cultivated so abundantly in the Brazils, has been transplan eA into the East Indies, and the experiment has been attend/4 with great success. Under the patronage of :be Prime Minister Aranjo, a number of tea plants with Chinese garde ners, have been imported into the Brazil, and the plantations formed under their management afford every prospect of* rich harvest from that important vegetable. The decoction prepared from this exotic is said to be equal to that produced from the commodity on its native soil. ST. DOMINGO. The statement lately derived from the Jamaica papers, that the Island of St. Domingo had returned under the dominion of France, turns out, as expected, to be utterly unfouncled.• M. fluxion Lavaysse, the commksioner sent by the French government, on his arrival in the island. addressed M. Petion in specious language, but without effect, as that Chief has since published a decree encouraging the trade between ITacti and Great Britain, by lowering the duty on ISt itish manufac tures five per cent. while those of all other nations pay ten per cent.—Towards Christophe, it appears, M. Lavaysse ern ployed arguments of the most menacing and insolent natu re. The folk ving ate some of the paces in his letter:—" I ern persuaded, you have too sound a judgment, too enlightened an understanding, and too noble a disposition, not to be sa tisfied with becoming a great nobleman and a general ntEcer. under that antique dynasty of the Bourbons, which Provi dence, as if in contempt of all human calculations, seems to delight in perpetuating on the throne of our dear France. — You will prefer the lot of au illustf ions set rant of the mighty sovereign of the Fi ench, to the more than pt ecai ions state of a chief of revolted slaves; and if examples were necessary for your imitation, behold genet els Murat and Bernadotte, who. as kings or princes, have for several years governed the na tions that they have rendered illustrious by their arms, now descending volentariiv and nobly from their thrones, and pre• ferring legitimate and durable honour for themselves and their posterity to the odious and unsafe title of usurpers.—Do not deceive yourself, general. You doubtless know, what every body in Europe knows, although it is not yet diplomatically published, that the principal art iclek.nf the agteemeht. which the sovereigns of that part of the globe brave ralified.wkit .... ~ .. JAN. 8. Talleyrand, it seems, is looking on with great tranquillity, and, when the principle of aggrandizement shall hwe been fully acted upon with, regard to the Allies, it is said be means to urge the ' justice of its being extended to France, and of her obtaining possession of the Rhine as her boundary. His incipal object was to sow disunion and to side with either party for a time, so that he might enable. himself eventualy to succeed. This he appears to have du n e.—But Naples forms a sort of stumbling block. The liourbons vote for the restoration of their relatives. We. it seems, with Austria, wish to keep Murat on his throne. However, on this subject we feel easy in leaving the cause of Italy to its own people. In the meanwhile a project for a sort of Ger manic union has been put forth. It will, we apprehend, go to "the tomb of all the capulets." FROM FRANCE Nothing or consequence has arrived, except that the Moni tea (the official organ of the Government) has furnished us with a proof of its good will in asserting that the signature of the American treaty was owing to Mr. Vansittait's inability to obtain a lean of three millions ! ! ! "The wish was father, Darry, to the thought." NORWAY. We have had advices from Norway, with a paper published in that country in the Danish language, comprehending some further modifications of the Constitution formed in May, when she declared herself independent, but bearing a near resemblance to it. The paper contains an introduction, stating generally the authority over the two Kingdoms as vested in the reigning Sovereign of Sweden. This is fol lowed by a recapitulation of the principal articles of the for mer Constitution, classed under the respective heads of Re ligion, the Royal Family, the - Diet, Commerce, &c. &c. and two new articles are superadded, by the one of which a Na tional Rank is to be established exclusively for Norway, and by the other it is provided, that the flag for the purposes of trade shall be distinguished as the ancient Norwegian ban tiers; but that the ilae for the concerns of war shall be those of Norway and Sweden united. The fundamental law is then recognised in a short letter- from the Swedish Commis sioners, in which they accept the Constitutkn in the name of their Monarch: and the whole is closed by a Declaration of the Line of Succession, which is determined in favour of John Charles (Bernadotte) and Oscar his sort, on the demise of the p eseat occupant of the throne. SI-lAIN. The Government impressed with the necessity of the cate Is becoming milder. Don Michael Alava is released ; but a very severe sentence 'has been passed on the adherents of the Cartes. Letters from Andalusia &scram its state as most miserable; and say, that a large emizration to :;oath America is expected. PORTUGAL. It is now i•n our power to supply a Document extendinfl the flee Trade which had been granted to the European poi ts of Portugal, to all the harbours of the Empire : ROYAL EDICT. " The vigorous and unanimona efforts of the Allied Powers have happily been attended, under the favour of Divine Providecoe, • Ilith the most £loriou3 and eatraosiihNry •Ahic`n wcrc