The National Register.
London, England, 1822-03-17 00:00:00

There was much business transacted on Friday
at the Stock Exchange. The report of pacific in•
telligcncc having been received in the morning from
St. Pctersburgh, relative to the misunderstanding
between Russia and the Porte, occasioned an im-
rrovement in the Funds. Even the Navy Five per
Cents. improved, as the speculators, thinking that
there willl be no war, calculate that the new Four
per Cents. will open at a good price, and therefore
are anxious to get into them by parch:ping Navy
Fives, and transferring the latter into the Fours,
azrecably to the plan proposed by Government.—
I.:sterday being the last day allowed fur dissenting
from the scheme, a number of persons, chiefly from
the country, were observed in the Cashier's Office,
the place where they sign. There was much busi-
ness also transacted in the Three per Cents. and the
Fives, but chiefly in small sums. A bustle prevailed
on 'Change in the Spanish market, owing.- to- the
delivery of the new Spanish Stock, as many persons
were busily engaged in settling their accounts.—ln
consequence of the disturbances in Paris, the French
funds have fallen, and are expected to be stilll -ewer.
Asolicet.TuAl. Costmerrm—The committee on
a4riculture arc pursuing their labours. The scheme
of appropriating one million to the purchase of corn,
thus to relieve the farmer by exciting a temporary
sensation in the market, is understnod to be aban-
&led. It was only sanctioned by the cutting vete
tii the chairman, Mr. Gooch, only; but with such
sepport, it is said, the ministers do not feel war-
ranted to press the plan fiirward, so as to recom-
mend it to the House. And the graduated seek of,
protecting duties has also undergone. it is said, an
important change ; the import duty is now to be
bre:re instead ot.,,filieen shillings. The following is
the scale, is changed from that originally proposal
Lv the Marquis of Londonderry:—t. That the fu-
ture import price of wheat shall be 70s. instead of
SOs.-2. That a duty of 12s. be imposed upon int-
] ..rted wheat, when the price is from 70s. to SOS.
—3, That a duty of sa. be imposed upon imported
wheat, when the price is from 80s. to 855., after
which the duty shall be redueed to Is.—and 4.
That a further additional duty of is. shall be im-
posed upon imported wheat, fur the first three
months. after the ports open, and when the price is
from 70s. to 555.

The measure of opening a direct intercourse be
tween our West India tolonies, forth and South
America, and the north of Europe, in addition to
the south now open, is nearly determined on.—Per•
mission will be granted to export their produce to
those countries, and to import theirs in return, in
the shipping ef the British and the Americans ; but
such imports are to be subject to duties sufficient to
afford a fair protection to the produce of our North
Amer:cm colonies, and no more; those now existing
i a Jamica on flour and provisions, as fixed by the
Assembly, in Jamaica, 1 821, are considered ample.
We understand by the latest letters front Valpa-
raiso, which are dated the 20th of November, that
an arrangement has been entered into in Lima, be-
tween Gen. San Martin and the Authorities there,
by which all foreigners are precluded from acting as
consignees, a circumstance which if correctly stated,
will cause much perplexity to those merchants who,
immediately on the declaration of independence,
planned the formation of establishments in Peru.—
These letters mention, as an extraordinary fact re-
lative to the. situation of Chili, that the republic
has been able to reduce its debt nine-tenths, not-
withstanding its extensive armaments lately under-
taken against Pbru. and that the whole will shortly
be liquidated.
Letters from Port-au-Prince-of •the 24,th of Jan.
say, that a deputation had arrived from the city of
SL Domingo to President Bower, inviting him to
assume the government of the Spanish territory,
and to incorporate it with his dominions. This in-
vitation had been accedod to, and the President was
to proceed shortly to take possession of his new
acquisition, which will place the whole of the noble
island of St. Domingo wider his Presidency.•
Ilion the soh jest of the report now current on
the Continent, of an intended matrimonial alliance
between his Britannic Majesty and a Danish Prin.
ce,s, u letter from Aix-la-Chapelle of the sth inst.,
inserted iu the French papers, contains the follow-
-I.:g passage:—`° It is affirmed that on the occasion
of the ensuing marriage of George IV. with a
Danish Princess, a treaty of alliance will be con-
cluded between England and Denmark, in which
certain modifications will he stipulated relatively to
the navigation of the Baltic. It is not said whe-
ther Russia and Swtdeit will be parties in this
tree: y.'•
The long depending w: ger for 100 guineas, b.:.
tween the celebrated Mr. henry Cockburn (upwards
o 20 sti ne) and Mr. Thomas Whitehouse, was de-
cidcl in White Conduit Fields en Wednesday, lat
aNe o'clock. The wager was to pick up 100 stones,
at a yard distance from each other. Mr. C. cum.
pleted the tusk with great ease in 53 minutes and a
half; although greatly annoyed by an immense con-
course of people.