The National Register. — London, England, 1823-04-07 00:00:00

r 10f3, ••••••••,, COURSE 01? EXI Amsterdam, 12 &C.F. Ditto, staled, It 3 Rotterdam, 19 Antwerp, It 9 98.1. Alton*, S 8 2. loaria,Sdayesiglit, 25 80 Ditto, 26 10 Boardeanx, 20 10 Frankfort ontbe Maine,U9 ketersburgh, rf U. Vienna, El. Flo. 10 40 Trieste, El. Flo. 10 40 Madrid, 361—Cadiz, 364 Rolboa,36i—llareelona,34, lANGE, APRIL 4. LONDON. MONDAY. APRIL Z. -IP F. 110.11 SATURDAY' VIGILT'S t the Courtin Brighton, timid of April, Mat present, the King% Most Excellent Majesty in Council,—.. His Nlaiesty in Council was this day pleased to appoint the High• lion. Charles Grunt, Pratitlent of the Committee of Cour, tit appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to trade told foreign plantations, in the absence of the Bight Hun. Wm. ittaskissum ot of file President of the said Committee for the time king. HITItIiA LI., APRIL 4. The King has been pleased to direct letters indent to be passed , muter tide Gran Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting to CA Sir H. Hardirige, K.C.B. the °thee etClerk.uf the Ordnance of the said United Kingdom. CROWN OFFICE. Aistia S. BICH BER returned to serve in this present PARLIAMENT. Borough of Lymington.,...Walter Boyd. Esq. or Plaist' ow '.edge. in the minty of Kent. in the room of £4 Harry Burford Neale. Bart. who has aiecerted the Chiltern Hundreds. • BANKRUPTS. R. Coot and W. Haigh, Leeds, dyers. Solicitors, Messrs. Few, and Cr.. Henrietta Street, Coven! Garden. .1. Barker, Crane Court, Fleet Street, b . slUe factor. Sol. Mr. Duncombe, Lyon's Bin. S. Dickinson, Great Driffield,. Yorkshire,. money scrivener. 60. Mr. Chilton, Chancery I.rne. 1. L. Alderson, Norwich..plumber. SoL Mr. Tilbury, Fal— con Street, Ahlerrgate. B. Hill. Bath. furniture broker. Sols. Messrs. Nethersole and Co. Essex. Street, Strand. • DIVIDENDS. April' 2.1 t S. Bourne, Leek, Staffordshire. ironmonger -30. J. Pommontli; coal mivehant—.3o. R. N. Atkins, Port bell grocer-26. W. T . Shei win, Paternoster Row, bookseller -106, 11. J. Powell, Uxbridge.. builder—e 6, B. Trotighion, sen., end J. TmUghiern, Wood Street, silknum-29, .1. Ciimberlege. thorge Yard. Lombard Street, merchant-2G. C. Morgan, Birhopsgate Street. mercliant—M 0. Mills, Warwick, wine mere . ..ant—W. J. Enock. Birmingham, brushmaker-26, W. Ranersden, Leeds, victualler-29. b. Ilestitine. Kingston upon !lull, merchant—May 3, B. Martindale and E. Hitch, St. James's Street, wine merchants-7, J. Butcher, Alphamstune, F.sses. maltster. CERTIFICATES to be granted April 26. J. Fajita, Upwkll, Norfolk, farmer—G. B. Whailty, Basing. hall Street. woollen draper—J. Bury; Manchester, anti .1. Bury, Pendlehill, Lancashire, calico.printers—J. Warwick. New Ba. singhall Street., wine merchant—A. Burnam:lrina,. Gravesend. Lent. hardwareman—J.Bowman. Salford. Lancashire, dyer— M. Noble, Battersea, Surrey. engineer. . - 3bl--6ibralisr,lo4 Leglaurn,4o4,--Genoi, 444 Malta,4s—Vestice ID Nul 1e5,38/ —Lisbon, ,1 Oporto, it l4—lighia,so ItioJaneil , -14 Palermo, 114 Dublin, 9! per cent. Curb, 1 , 1 per cent. Foreign gOldinbara,3l. lir. 6J. per uz. New Doubleonv, Sl. 186.0.1. New Duller,., 4a. 9d. Silver in frara.atandard • 1 Ud. PILICE ON STOCKS. Hank Stork. (111111113111 0. 3 per Cent. Red. shot 11841.3 per Cent. 74i 3 per Cent.Consols 73e Intim Bonds 34 3! ?et. Cent. I India Stock 4 per Cent. slant Exchequer hill. 104. prem. Neer Fours, 914 totiA. tor Ac. 71} 191. Lottery 1 iekets £32 Itls. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. The French Gover►►mcnt appears aftaid of striking the first blow in their aggrefisive War against Spain and Liberty—and we should not be surprised to sec them, after attempting to bully the Spaniards otit.of their right, slink away under some contemptible subterfuge—but n They have gone so far That sLould they grade no more, ILeturning wire as bad al to go o'er"— the fact is, that they Hired(ly meet the execrations of all good men, and if they now recede, the it of cowardice (an almost constant charac teristic of a bulb•) will attach to them, and excite the contempt of every one.—At home,. during the recess of Parliament, we have nothing of importance to notice—cur manufactories are flourishing, and the improvement in.the markets has suspended the agricultural grumblings. Letters dated the 21st ult, were received }cater do from St. Sebastian. All hope of avoiding war kid long ceased, and the inhabitants of this place NCR! preparing to meet it with firmness. This being the nearest fin-titled town to Bayonne, there was reason to expect that one of .the earliest opera tions of the French would be to make themwelves masters of it, and preparations were therefore making mu sustain a siege, All the women and children had been removed to Paymges, a small village in the neighbourhood, on the sea coast. Business was for the moat part suspended in St Sebastian, most. of TITS NATISNAL REOTSTEIt the merchants and their clerks having , entered' their names as volunteers to join the force embodied for 1 the defence of the provitrce of Biscay against the Freinch. Many had se out for the difrerent stations at which detachments of troops were placed. The 1 military force in Biscay was estimated altogether at about 114000 men. Generally speaking, there ex isted-in the province a very high constitutional spi rit, but not without some exceptions, as a few young meurof 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 aruwed intention of the French Generals was to place them in the van, and expose them to the burnt of the first attack upon their own countrymen. THE,REFENUE: Abstract of the Net Pror w— iice of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended the sth of April, 18:22, and the sth of April, 1823; ~ showing the Increase and Decrea.seott each head thereof: Years ended sth April, Increase. Decrease. 182 - 2. 182.3. Customs...— X 9,555,711 9.406.642 71,931 Excise 26,695,643 25446 1,148,701 Stamps.— 6,227,518 6,200,000 • 27,258 Post-office 1,228,000 1.369.0 00 Sl,O O l Teem 7,501.708 6,874,855 643.853 Miacellaneo 320,4h5 426,578 106,095 X 51,385,843; X 49,824,057 £258,026 1, 8 19, 8 12 Deduct Increase Deer ease on the Year ended sth April, 1822. Customs Excise Stamps. .. Post-office Taxes Misc.elluneo. 3,386, I,SYY,i 510.000 416 63.6v1 :t0,9413,; 1823. 4:2,1 CYJ,4OB 1,573,1 8(4 76,7! lxio.6os,ii Increase ... Decrease on the Quarter. Extract of a letter dated Rio Janeiro, Jan. "The decree pf, this Government. foe fitting out privateers to cruise against the Portuguese flag, is of. course a declaration of war. Letters of marque were some months ago sent to North America, but with instructions that they should not be issued till the 80th of December. There is little doubt, there fore, that by this tine 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 milrees per cent. duty, which is the same rate paid .by the Portuguese on poi-, wines, and .24 milieus fur white wines. For merly all timeign wines paid six milreas duty: and the order further adds, that all articles manufactured in Portugal shall pay 24 per cent,' ad &alarm, which is the same as paid by all foreigners with th e exception of . the English. As yet no alteration has taken place in the 15 per cent. paid by the English; but should Englund refuse to recognise the Empe ror, there is no doubt but we shall be obliged to pay the tame duties as other 'foreigners." Extract of a letter from flume, dated March 10 : 1 have been here shove two months, and never saw such weather in England as we have had here darin,; that time ; we have occasionally a fine day, and then the sun is hot beyond hearing; about lour o'clock-the dew, or what is commonly called the yellow fog, falls sufficient to make all the streets quits wet mid uncbmfortable ; without great care, it is sure to give cold. and ielammstion. We hare had six or days constant rain, then a line day, then constant rain again for a week or more. Most of the English have been very unhealthy, and a number have died ; among 114 number we have to regret the lute Mr. Portman, M.P.. for Dersetishire, who never had • day's illness in his lies till he arrived in Home. Most of the linglish, if not actually unwell, appear front ten to twenty years older than when they arrived in ibis eternal city ," and I am very much afraid that moat of the young ladies will repent hating made an excursion this side the Alps; as it does not add any thing to their natural- beauty ; b.. , on the contrary, that healthy, line English complexion is, in the. course of a very few month's, turned into the Italian cream-colour, with sulphuric tint, and no small share of wrinkles, &c. &c. The climate of Italy most have changed very much in the course of the lost twenty years, and certainly not fur the better. Now, whenever any one is taken ill there, and is fortunate enough to he convalescent, the English medical nice, one and all, re• commend immediate returning to England. You have no idea of the number of English residents in Italy that were sneaked with the liver complaint last simmer. I inn acquainted with one family of six persons, three of which were obliged to leave for England last autumn by reason of that complaint. Wc have also here very often the Sirocco, or south emit wiud, which brings in its train from Africa all sorts of disease, and requires from strangers the greatest care as to clothing, elm aim and living." The Joureml des Debests after quoting the conver lutation between Mr. Canning and Lord John Russel' on the :sth of March, proceeds thus:—" The four Allied Sovereigns (of Austria, England, Prus►ia, and Russia), then have declared in the most formal manner, their resolution to to:•.e requisite measures.. . against any revolution whatsoever which could me nace tku legitimate order established in France, of ' which the dynasty of the 13Jurbons is the basis. As Frantic has acceded to this grand alliance, the gua rantees have become reciprocal. The five Powers. ' are invariably leagued against every attempt to re. volutionize thu states of any one amongst them. The. obligation of this mutual guarantee against revolts tions has never been contested„ and England agrees. in its principles as frankly as guy of the other allied courts. The question of what was to be done with . :.:spec► to Spain was foreign to these stipulations, as Spsin.is nut. one of the allied powers. Englund was in. a situation to take a different view of this parti cular question from the other powers, - without,. however, giving.the right to any persomto conclude from her.couduct that she withdraws from the obli gations contracted with 'her allies to oppose all revo lutionary attempts made against any oae of them.— Although neuter in relation to the Spanish revolu tion, England. still continues a party to the defen sive alliance against revolutionists in Franee.—Such is the sense of the treaty recapitulated by Mr. Can ning ; such is assuredly the intention with which be refused to enter into the reasonings broached ty Loaf John Russell; for in all his speeches and actions Ms. Calming has given proof 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, that this application has no object but to save the Revolutionists them. selves from the pernicious illusions mhich.they may,. have cherished, by entertaining doubts of the obli gations of the five Powers to pre►erve each other against revolution. livery Frenchman worthy of. that neme, is well. aware that the repose of France is now altogether independent of all foreign gue.- - ramze. A nation, of which an overwhelming- ma jority is collected around the altar and legitimacy, can feel no necessity for any means but her own.. to maintain her laws, her intentions, her Throne, . and' her Kings." The Freeholders of the county of Suffolk assem bled at Stowmarket or Friday lust, 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 cbaie soon after one o'clock, and having opened the business of the day, laid before the meeting two letters, the one from the Doke of Norfblk, the other from the Duke of Grafton, apologising.for their absence. Sir Henry Bunbury, in a sensible and c • titutional 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 ass animated speech, replied to Mr. Gooch. Sir W. Rowley (Os ether county Member) concurred in the..sentiments set forth.in- • the petition, whirl► was carried almost unanimously; there being but three hands held up again:* 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. Dutch .)lt►urhnls to the 30th ult. have arrived, one of which contains an extract from the Prussian Stale Gazelle, dated Berlin, the 11th ult., 1% hich says —" There is no foundation for tha reports pub lished in the Brussels papers, that considerable naro. gazines are , tbrming at Treves for a Prussian Arntr of Observation. The contractors for the supply of the troops have, however, made the usual purchases, and. this has given rise to the report." OXFORD CIRCUIT..- 7 GLOCESTER, APRIL 4 —• A. question has ansen amongst the barristers of this circuit, which has excited tin inconsiderable degree M bustle.— It appears that Mr. Curwerid, who fur upwards of Yu. years had gone the Home Circuit, having come into the possession of a considerable estate in the county of Wor cester, which has of course given him an extensive con- • nexion in that 411 d the adjoining counties, resolved upon changing his route ; .and acting upon that resolution, at the last Worcester Assizes he made his appearance, . and held several briefs. This gave umbrage to his brethren of the long robe; and after a conference amongst themselves, the majority agreed upon " send. ing him to Coventry," which was accordingly done and on the , following morning, when Mr. Garwood made Isis appearance in court, he was surprised to find that the barristers present refused to speak or as. socials %v iih him. Mr. C unroof], however, insisted. upon his tight to change his circuit once, and proceeded accordingly. 'this was controverted by the members of the bar ; and the matter remains to be settled by the hiKher powers iu the metropolis ; and should tnat deci sion be against Nit. Curwoorl, acid he sill persevere., it is undc.rs:nticl that the WI have resolved not to hold a. brid with hits. Increase. Decrease. 9,529 200,519 8,492 10, 119,132 13,178 --- 32.707 328,163 32,707 £295,436 v."