The National Register. — London, England, 1821-12-31 00:00:00

' , 412 MEXICO AND PEIW. The revolution now nearly conducted to its close in the great province:. of North and Smith America, which heretofore constituted as colonies the chief source of Spanish greatness, has naturally awakened the attention of persons engaged in commerce, to the co nscquences likely to fellow this most important change. That a new trad extensive influcnce on mercantile ailltirs will be produced by the indepen dence of Mexico, Peru, and the other states of South America fan mcrly under the con t rou 1 of Spain, there can be no relsonable doubt; bus is equally certain that the result will, on the whole, be of a nature essentially beneficial to the world. We shall confine ourselves to what (in the opinion of intel ligent and experienced merchants.) may be predict ed us the more immediate consequences of this revo lution, studiously avoiding lo !peak of i•s more re mote effects, from the tqual de.,ire of avoiding too speculative views, and thszuisior.s of u tot contro versial tendency. Mexico, possessing an extensive coast, as well in the gulf that heats the name, as 011 the Pacific Ocean, will, as bpi,' as freedom of trade can be es tablished, become an important link between Europe and Asia. The silver, which hitherto flawed from ILlexico to Europe, and from thence to India mid Chins, will now take u direct course acro-s the Pacific, and .Mexico will be supplied in re:urn with the productions of India and Chinese iudustry.— Being I.bcratcd from the restrictions imposed on her by Spain, the diversity of her soil scud climate will encourage the cultivati m of the sug.tr cane, the co&e and cocoa tree, the Mkt, plant, the vine, the olive, wheat, and every species of grain, The mines will be woakcd with greater skill and activity ; and the consumption of European manufactures will increase in proportion as they become more produc tive. Peru being washed by the Pacific only, and more remote from Europe, will still have an active in tercotwe with Asia, although she cannot be a point of intermediate communication ; but she will in crease the quantity of her exportable commodities, and institute and extend a beneficial coasting trade. Chili will enjoy the same advan tag and supply Peru, and even the western slmres tit Motico, with wheat, flair, wine, tallow, and skins in return for sugar, cocoa, coffee, and salt. The healthiness of the climate, the abundance and cheapness of provi sions, and the situation of the polls of Chili, to windward of the coasts of Peru, New Granada, and Ilexico, will make that state the principal resort and depot for European commerce; while the hardiness of the Chilians, which fits tnem for seamen, will ultimately give to that country a large participation in the carrying trade. It is, however, certain, that the first advantage in that respect will be reaped by Great Britain, until the South Americans shall, by the progress tit commercial capital, procure a sufficient number of ships and seamen of their own. The overflow of our population will henceforth find a ready admission in the thinly peopled, but fertile regions of South America, where lands may be had for nothing, and taxes are insignificant : the length and expense of the voyage are the only serious obstacles. It is to be wished that emigrants may in preference, fix their attention on the healthy provinces of river Plate and Chili, where a climate congenial to European constitutions, together with the friendly disposition of the us, ives, are such as to obviate many of the evils experienced by new settlers in distant countries. An interesting appendage to the above observa tions, we insert a passage twin " Robinson's Me moirs of the Mexican Revolution," descriptive of the means of opening a direct passage by canal between the Atlantic and Pacific, duo' the Alexican Isthmus. The preference, we find, is here given to the neigh &mai of the Lake of Niacaragua, over the gulf of and it is impossible to contemplate with out a mixture of awe and exultation, the practical, nay, it would seem, the approaching aeoinplislt into of a work which would unite the billows of two int,lity oceanr, and by an easy process of hu man labour auto enterprise, change as it were the boundaries of the world : ts r 0.. w cothe to treat of • serliott of the Awes least hem , the titagotlicool stilt OW 01 eoltiog a os- Soktaiote canal, be tat ern Ilse I au 0rt . 40,, type:alb 1..1 ell /1/11 , ‘ nos 11:1/01i11 111,14e0 . 5. itto% love of Ctl-hs Rica, 0 , , as it is named by gouslitelit IS, N mos att 00. has ovrosilirtl bill the refs aety toutit e of ottite Speetioi or Witt r w. tiers; they hare all, boa t toot, Mated, .1141 wont iiiiii '4llOll l'olll/1 111: Upeuril Ihr Lia.e 01 Nseatiw,tia, ott% Veil the lstu twos, OM Ito ,' , Mete Its set iptiott ill the eulillir) has revs bits, .010.1t,ouel , Nod 111044/.1 so etiniph tely has the 111 het*, Ito swot I.mastl.lite Isti at P 411011114, as ille leiV0111e41•1 51 / 1 ss6ws Ise 11,11141 6114,111 d lie utal, 11141 Costa /flea Ilan Oren asst. goe tied. • Is, looking liver the t-xcelletit 111410/ Of *MI Dr, Itoutwm, tr. holly itot.halleal, wt pet eels e that the 11%el railed "'dill Jll4ll U.sCh,cl 15 Its Sabi into the AllY11111: Ocedli, .11 10/I/ 111 . 01/111Ce ill (.5551.1 Kira, about Itir 1411114dr ill I 1) awl: I.••• j ii,lN.•4 1101111. .1111 s uuWe its., has ill troupes In list . 1,1 k.. 551 I 1.1.11' al Its 0111111 hiss I.eru et . 1.C1• 1 4 first ttard 4. not having tr• t ...let nn it. A ;sous s- I. ago an rottipitpli.g La s olattualfo, MhY CuaU•ily vIa,ICLL lilt 4:1/iat iiiii ted ILtl ...~ THE NATIONAL REGISTER. different passages over the bar, and discovered one.lt although nai1...4, would admit a vessel drawing 25 feet. ft is said that some of the 'faders to that coast !tom Hon dorms are likewise acquainted with the passage joist men tioned,fint it has never 11161 laid down on any ramp; and if the Spanish (.I..vernment hail been informed of it, they would, confoiniably to their usual policy, 114 Yr stmliously concealed it. Afie. the bar of the Sall Juan is crossed, there is excellent and safe anchorage in four and six fa thom. of water. fl is stat..il that there are no obstructions to the navigation of the river, hut what may be easily re iiiii ved, and at present large hi ig• and schooners sail up the river 100 the 14ko. 'I ins important feet has been commonicalril to in by NeVVI*4I 1111116 1 1. a4lela 01 the lake, thionglioni its w lisve extent, as e from three to eight fathoms in depth. " Lll toe lake ale astute heantiful klands, which, with the tttttt try around it borders, hum a tom:mile and enciminic sceliery. At its w esi ern extremity is a alllclll river, which coon ttttt 11611 es wills Ike lake of Levu, :Mont right lenglies. Nsuw the W 1.1111 . r. well as at INica laguit, illere ale souse sillitil Orel.; which HO* Soto the Pacific Urea'. The Iliniailer buns the Lake of Leon to the ocean is :1110111 IS miles, and warm' Papagayir, 111 Ille 1 1 :16111* Ocean, is •-•.1 111111.6 The ground het Wvell she lakes and the sea is a dead level The truly theopialities seen are some isolated conical Mils of volcanic in 'gin. 'these are Iwo places allele a canal could be rut %silt the great. st facility; the tine, room the coast of Nicoya (or, as it is called iii souse of the Mar, (,alders) to the Like of Leon, a ilistaneo sit 13 or in Its; llie other, limn the (kit of 1' pagayu to the Lake us N•casagua, a distance sit await 21 us' 25 miles. The coast of Nicuya oath (Ile 61111111 . Pl.llllaltyo are Icce rocks and shoals, particularly in the gulf, the shine of which is so hold, that a frigate may 41161111 a Chia a few yatils of the beach. Some uay.gaiar. have is pi esented 111 e Coasts of Costa Rica, a. well uu the Patitie dv tilt the Atlantic side, as being subject w bevels. tempests, and hence these storms have been called Papagay us but we have conversed with several marine's won have e g lie .. rimmed them, and have been asslll6l 1114111111 as e isilling when cumpaied with the ilre.iiitill lhusliranesexperienced among the Antilles, in the 11101111 lb 111 August, and October. The Papagay slierely strong millih east gales, which last about the Sn:lie tlitt ww ill Sedmili, as the northern gales in the Gull of Alexico. Fur illory than hall the yea!, the .seasons Me pm ft ctly i all -41111, and more espccial:y on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. We have costs ersed a ills persons, residents of the city of Lens, who as•tired us, that for twenty years past they had nut expesumeed any thing deserving the oaolr Ola again% " The chls.ale of Costa Kira hat noise of the deleterious pull; leN 01 the pi or loi:c 01 Chin() Mid the Isthmus of I'. - 111.111 a. 'I he sea In CVLI's 'rum the I'ilelllC, AS aril as ' Allnulte, set in sieadilv carry 100111111 g, aod 111111i.d oars Use whole VI Costa Weil a pet penal N..- We 11 Is DUI IldZ.lllllolg to I , a), that this. 1141 - 1 of Illy Al/lel leals COIIIIII6II Is Use shoal 441111/11011a 1/I ail the tropical regions. 1 iie must holly totaled nll.l rue bust rare of laidtans of the American cuall.lelit ale luisild licit . . The soil is p. , par the 111( . 1011y ul use river S stud aismod tire bus this u. , the lakes Alcasagoa aui Leon." BRUSSELS PAPERS. ST. PETERSBURGit. Nov. W.—The great interests treated of in the Cabinet are still covered with an impenetrable veil. Though we cannot know what will lie the decision of our Contt with respect to the Porte, the general opinion here is, that under the present circumstances, war is inevitable. For some months past our armies have been in a formidable attitude, occupying a s trung position on the Truth. —They only wait fur the signal to exact a dreadful vengeance for the unhappy tate of the Greeks, their persecuted brethren. But the penetration of the Emperor Alexander foresees 111 e dreadful carnage to which the lawless partisans ut Islamism would then deliver up all the Greeks. His noble soul, his hu manity, would wish to see this sad fate averted from them, before he makes known his irrevocable will. A private letter from the southern provinces of the empire cumulus the following particulars respect ing the war and the armed force of itussia:—" I learn at this moment that there are such active measures going on in the second army, that it may be inferred from them that war is going to break out Couriers from the Emperor are received daily. —The tone of the journals likewise presage an ap proaching rupture. Many distinguished officers think there will be a winter campaign, which they pretend will be preferable to a summer campaign in those countries, the climate of which is very un wholesome. It will not be uninteresting to give you a view of the military force of the Russian empire. The Mass of the troops is divided into too armies:god urge corps. Tile first 111111) is eutnpostii u, six division•; the second of four, winch make* ui all 15 Corps. 'These di. visions are all tuttyiusrd in the same manor;—of cavalry, and artiltery and ear Mem*, formed no" &c. total or u cot p. is 60 la 70,000 .air is. Each of the two armies Hasa Gesierali*• . he det..elied coil)* nave Genetals.in Clu.f•. Ali ihe.e carp* ate d Ist 1 Muted in Ilir folio% nig simmer' lir•I army extends turou.li ail the western pitiv 1111 es, un.l inothv. oil the 1111111Iels Or Plllllllll 11 A/ AUNira i toe s. t It. s •d in the .oulla•tu part 1/1 sue empire primp:at) , on th side Tut ke) trod ot Molouvia. Tor five detaels , d iii its are cuntimed it, fulls...:— •• I. 'l•he regiment. of the Guards, the ~,,, -t numerous corp., being li0,00,) alma., which is in ,ellllai at Peters burgh sod hluseua, anal voeir neightioui hood, hisii advanced al WWII( Loa arils Illt at stern haulm s. " 'file rtiviviun ul Laniard.' occupies the Province* on the and calends to tier from kyr, of Pi Hum. •• 1111 1)11 , 1N14 not F. °mud is.talinued..luug the Gulf ut tiot 11.1.i , e, mid uu the tilde of sweeten. •r 4. The Div won of Georgia occupies that country and the f6ihtiello 11./a arras •• rue diviouu of Sib.rtis cattails thrtm gh the writ of ~.... - :;:wwww=otwo,w •---—-•--• • - - • •-- . this man of troopv, tirhe are in each Go. %rrattrvot two or three garrison teisttaltubs, and add u eouopauy of veteran; active bt•l'V . lte, ill the t WO* tow it of e..ch die. trict ; ato throe wimps, drat lord for the ser v u e oi the lutes are to well exercise - A us it to•ps he liar. " The lOW *.t a Iv 1111 . 1. - tot e much ohmr a mil lion, w , shout recktroinA the invalid., w ho do 1,,cal duty, and hose handier is very cisitvideraltle. hi. 'Act r al uh e of till these corps would form ail ialllly souse t uutrruua iliac that of some ON 1 HE POLLY OF ATOEISM. , MPI=M,.. ( Prom the Q , mrterly !leview. ) " One evening that D.desot uud ROW; h d isold'•Ue each other in talkisig atheism, and had said Owl:, tut alt stouis thous:tot' 01'111(1..11)Mo. on their heath, if them& rbults uN buck uteasiuns, the Atli c Galisists, oho Is d P . , ~,,, 1:11.1 said—'(ietutlemen, es-Wetness, ;show sue to .0) that if I w.•re 1 %% otsl r In p nu both up lu Ile loquottiost ; or it I were Klll l 4 of Et.tote. u, the flostile ; but hating tise loditttioaes. too toe milker. I loose wily to Ito 04111,e to Inert )ttu here ceat soul I h'i' for o ill hear to) a o st;cclt. lostiettily se. I 1111,.. h••ii .1 " V.l 1% NI ," e all exclatoted, nod itssitoulso our A t on Thursday !•' " l'outsd.or came, oho after eitmer nod coffee, the Abbe ▪ all; 1. it Olin.. lf Ito 111 u sits orm-cicir ccsos•legzed ck-• a haitot ; ;opt it% the tveatot. I vida Isoololottg h. .kig aloft on ht. left Itactl. 1.111 ;;e•tscul.stiog oho Isl. r %Ist, lie form:ceded as Gallop% " Let nie suppose that one of you, gentlemen, who be lieve I hat Ili, amid 1s tar production W (hailer, were 111 vu 111 14 L:Slooluog table, and that your adversary *sew 1n thillie ,ellge ace, 41.•1 . 1•, 1111 , e, 11111 C.., 14/Ul, 411111 .411 (111 v. rui iiiii ig, 11411 (lien', Dichrsiii VI (mid Ime hll •y, m o d think tar devil nay 111 the in. e. Very ni 11, the _s u er pl , eitds, and your alivei.nry still goes on lluuwul Ih. mails nt seven, 1111 d without variation or Intel i e•tsl \ %LA...— Diderot a :li b uoit to-e his temper a.. a el; as bi- 111 , 111. - .: hr will now sw the dice are ihe adver...ry I; 41 bltickleg, :toil tout the hinee is a 101 l All, .\1 beeamie the saute side of the tun dice e • app. l most fur tee or a times, 411111 :111U 14.4:1• U few 11111111141., )1111 firstil) believe tI, tit t. caused liv a flick, nu art, a t - biome iiii , by, in shall, a waster swindler and his butiserviert and yet, beileg w ilie a .Ivci,e around you, millionllor caiiihmai was. more regunsi, ))))) re ilitlicifit, ore eumptieated, and all certain—all useful—all—you nevi r -u-per that the dire of nature ate loaded, iiiat there i-, 111.1. 4 1 . 11, ;111 art, a comuualtluu, mid a Master Intelligence stamv, a 1141 hue al e play by ins subservient funk mist rim. foitod, the reusilll and ilie skill of such idiom sighted cilia tures as you.'''—.Ventoirs de I - Abbe .11orn dlett It is confidently reported in:the upper circles, that Sir Benjamin Bloomfield is out of favour ; some go so tar as to say, that in a tew days he will be longer in office. There has hen more rain fallen in this kingdom the lust six weeks, than tell in the saute period for years past. Ta u wet will injure the grain in the ground it is feared very much ; and the accounts from Ireland are equally ualavourable, as they are from the low lands of this country. For so.•te days past the vacillations of the barometer have been quick, irregular, and very extraordinary, occasion ed by the sudden and repeated transitions in the weather. . . -------- The National Advocale, (a New York paper), of December 1, states that " ilr. Wallack, being on his way to Philadelphia, was upset in the stage near Brunswick, by which accident his leg was broken. The horses it appears ran away, duct n the Intl near New Brunswick;" and dashed the carriage to pieces on the bridge. Several passengers were injured like wise. The accident, serious as it wouid i.e to any person, i, peculiarly unfortunate to Mr. Wallack.— Just arrived from England, where he left hi% wite and children, braving every danger to acquire hone and profit in his profession, and in a strange coun try, lie meets with an accident which must confine him for a considerable length of time, a id deprive him of those facilities which he had reason to calcu late upisn. The accident is generally regretted; few strangers possessed more friends thin Air. 11. public and private." 1 MPU LENT ItOliacar.-0.1 Minolay •thenMOmdtiflog llle le 111 pllral'y AbSeliCe 01 the 1)e0og,i,10; 10 me faintly of Mr Toortie, nein' Vmeciii square, who it .d gone out and left the street door 00 . 11, iiiii !Mei es co:I -' triseil to voter tile parlour, liefUre ncr relorli 11.111 dt:C.111111tall %oil every article of pate that was oil t•te %aide and side-board, coosisting to utile and riosert spoons, silver iorks, &c. to toe athottut of spewed: of 701. They also carried off a ,deer sand, in it inch wire twee decanters filled with spirits, am: lti . cted 1111 ir t•t• cape ittit•bwi vett. Only a few inmates before the rok.ely, Mr. Tourtie I:womanly entered the parlour, and IM - k. 111)111 the chimney pave hit gold repeating watch and appendages, valued at tool. .Atimit six o'clock on Friday enoritin%, a stack of chittinies (nearly fifteen feet iii hitighi), on a house 1:1 Bath-street, Bristol, occupied Pearce, statiotter, yielded to the force of toe tentiast, and fell oil the ail jonting house, occupied by Mr. lull. The laver aid ills wile slept on the iiiii I floor, and their three daughters in the attic. Upon heating the crash, hill jiiiiipeu out of bed, crying out that her children weee hits! 1 and rusititig up sid is, liluud that toe whole roof had heel) braieu iii, and that the three girls had been buried n, the ruins. The screams of the family soma btougni several of to Mill' assistance, and, OH P:1410%111;4 sum , - u. the Ribbon, the girls were eXtti- Ciileil, tun of thew without any other it,jury than what 111ev sostained Icy the 1,101, AIM tile Iliad With a Iris seven.. einnusiiiits. liappealt Mat 'tail 01 the WM s lir ulydialely over the hens, siistalilletl Ine weight of the and thus sated the lives of the girls I A post of one o• the beds was forced through the Hum it the room, and s me of the bricks were driven two the room on the seervid poor. The weight of the chimneys probably exceeded two tons