The National Register.
London, England, 1822-01-06 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTERS

be placed on the footing of the most favoured nation,
but on one held by no other nation.
" As little cause has the government of France to
plain of the seizure of the apolla, and the removal
of other vessels front the waters of St. Mary's. It will
not be denied that every nation has a right to regulate its
commercial system as it thinks fit. The violation of its
revenue laws is an offence which all nations punish;
and in this case every thing which occurred indicated a
fixed purpose to violate our revenue laws. Llail the
party intended a fair commerce, he would hate entered
our ports and paid the duties. But his conduct was dif-
ferent ; he entered the river St. Mary's, the boundary
between the United States and Florida, and took his
volition on the Spanish side, no which there was no
town, no port, and scarcely ally settlement. His pur-
pose, therefore, was not to sell his goods to the inha-
bitants of Florida, but to the United States, in exeliange
for their productions, which could nut be done without
a breach of our laws.
" The principles of the system of reciprocity, founded
on the law of the 31 of March, 1515, have been since
carried into effect with the Net herlauds' Sweden, Prus-
sia, I lanaturgh, Bremen, Lubeck, and Oldenburg, with
a provision made by subsequent laws for the Nether-
lands, Russia, Ilaniburgh, and Bremen. Toe govern.
went of Norway has opened the ports of that kingdom
to the vessels of the United States, upon the pad went
of the duties that are paid by their vessels to us.
" 'foe question concerning the first Article of the
Treaty of Ghent has been, by a joint act of the Repre-
sentatives of the United States and Great Briiain, at the
Court of St. Petersburgh, sulanitted to his Majesty the
Emperor of Russia's decision : the result has not been
received. The Commissioners under the Grit article of
that treaty not having been able to agree upou their de-
cision, their reports to the two goeeruments, conthrm-
ably to the provisions of the treaty. may be expected at
an early day. With Spain the treaty 0! 1809 has been
partly carried into execution, although, from a contra-
vention of the orders of their Sovereign, the Governor.
of the Floridas have omitted to deliver up the archives
and documents relating to the property of those pre.
settees. Tins omission has given rise to several accidents
of a painful nature, the which will be hereafter dis-
closed.
" It has been seen, with much concern, that in the
performance of the duty of receiving the provinces,
agreeably to treaty, a collision arose between the Go-
vernor and the Juke appointed for the northern district.
This subject, titer, fore, is reemnmentled to the early con-
sideration of Congress. A Board has been appointed to
make provision for the payment of such of our citizens
as have well-founded claims on Spain. The Cot ttttt is-
stoners and Surveyors, appointed by Spain, have not yet
arrived in the United States, but are scent expected.—
The diplomatic intercourse between the United States
and the Portuguese Govt.:moment, interrupted by tile re-
volution which has transferred the seat of Government
to Lisbon, has stopped the intercourse between us ; the
renewal of that intercourse is advisable at an early day.
It is understood that iSonth America has had great suc-
cess during the year in her struggle for independence.—
To promote a happy 'milt, by lriendly concert with the
government of Spent, will be our object. To conduct
our operations et: h ive raised a loan of five millions of
dollars. There has been all actual increase of the pub-
licitlebt contracted during the year, of one million five
hundred and thirty-eight thousand two hundred and
sixty-six dollars, sixty-nine cents.
" A loan of 5 millions of dollars has been negociated,
under the sanction of an Act of Congress, to pay off a
part of the public debt at the rate of 5 dollars 59-100111
per cent. The total receipts of the Revenue from the
st January to the 30th September exceeds the demands
by 1,7('2,370 dollars, and on the remainder of the year
it is probable there will be a still greater increase of re-
ceipt.
" Under the influence of the most unfavourable cir-
cumstances, the Revenue for the next and subsequent
years, to 1625, will exceed the demand at present au-
thorised by law. Had the deficiency been such as to
subject its to the necessity, either to abandon tneasuies of
defence, or resort to outer means for funds, the Com se
presented appeared to be a plain one.—lt nmet be gr.,.
tiiying to all to know that this necessity does not extst.
It is believed that a moderate additional duty on certain
articles would have a good effect.
" A considerable increase of domestic manefectures,
by diminishing the importations of tereign, will probably
tend to lessen the amount of the public revenue.
" It cannot be doubted that the more complete our
internal resources, and the less dependent we ere on fo-
reign powers for every national as well as domestic pur-
pose, the greater and more stable will be the public
felicity, by tile increase of domestic manulacture.
"The examination of the whole coast newly acquired
will be completed in the present year.
" Due progress has been made in the construction of
vessels of war, according to the law providing for the
gradual augmentasion of the navy, and to the eetent of
existing appropriations. Tne vessels authorised by the
act of 1820 have all been completed, and ate now in
actual service. None of the larger ships have been, or
will be, launched fur the present, the object being to
motect all which may not be required for immediate
service from decay, by suitable buildings built over them.
A squadron has been maintained, as heretofote, in the
Mediterranean, by means whereof peace has been
pn-
served with the Barbary Powers. This equation' hes
ceen reduced the resew year to as smell a force as is
compatible with the fulfilment of the object intended by
it. From past experience, and the best information res-
pecting the views of those Powers, it is distinctly and. r.
stood, that, should our squadron be withdrawn, they
would won recommence their hu.ul ties and depredations
upon our commerce. Their fortifications I aye 'ately
toeen relatuit, and their oteritime force increased. It his
also been necessary to maintain a naval force in the Pa-
cific, for the protection id the very important interests of
our eeizens engaged in commerce and the fisheries in
tat sea. Vessels have likewise been employed ill cruis-

ing along the Atlantic coast, in the Golf of Mexico, on
the coast of Africa, and in the neighbouring seas.
the latter many piracies have been committed on aur
comm.:me, and so extensive was becoming the range of
those unprincipled adventurers, that there was cause
apprehend, without a timely and decisive t ffort to ,up-
press them, the worst consequences would ensue. For-
tunately, a cotusiderable check has been given to that
spirit by our croizers, who Lave succeeded in capturing
and destroying several of their vessels. Nevertheiess, it
considered an object of high importance to continue
these cruisers until the practice is entirely suppressed.
Like success has attended our efforts to sunless the slave
trade. Under the flag of the United State, and the sanc-
tion of their papers, the trade may be considered as
entirely suppressed ; and if any of our citizens are engaged
in it under the flags and papers of other Powers, it is
only from a respect to the rights of those Powers that
these offenders are not seized and brought home, to te-
em" the pottlishotetat which the laws inflict. 11 every
other Power should adopt the 111111 C policy, and pur-aie
the same vigorous means fur carrying a into effect, we
trade could no longer exist.

" Drenly impressed with the blessings which we en.
jay, and of which we have Each manifold proo:S, my
mind is irresistibly drawn to that Almighty ttie
great source front whence they proceed, and to whom
our most eraiefnl acknowledgments are due.
•• 11 it.hiq,4tort, Dec. 3. " JAS. MUNROE."

Extract of a letter from Paris:—" The following
anecdotes, relating to two or three of the Ministers,
are current here. Whether they arc true, or weak
inventions of the enemy,' I cannot pretend to pro-
nounce; 1 give them as ott-dits only :—M. de Villele
felt particularly anxious that one of the City's. de
Bureau, whom he found, on entering into (act:,
placed in a kind of sinecure by the former Minister:.,
should be recalled into active service. The latter
had no objection, on the sole condition that a pet -
manent provision should be made for him in case
of a change,'—meaning, of course, a change of Mi-
nistry. M. de Villele took the words in a diErent
sense, and assured him, ' Monsieur, I will never
dismiss you ; you shall always remain in my Mi-
nistry'—as if he had obtained a perpetual diplome
of office. M. de Corbiere gave great offence to thd
chief officers of the National Guard, who wa;tca
upon him on his appointment to the Ministry of the
Interior. The Duke de Choiseul, Major-General
of this force, was at their head. M. de Corbiert.,
allowing his political partialities, or his sense of
official importance, to outweigh his regard for the
usual forms of society, looked about among them fpi
if he had missed some one, and asked, in an affected
manner, 'ls not M. Sosthene La Rochefacault here?
It is lie I wished to see.' The Duke de Choiseu.,
and other officers present, immediately sent in their
resignations, as you will see by the public prints.
The Minister of Marine is said to tor. sea a short
tenure of office. When his private secretary asked
him what apartments he was to occupy in the resi-
dence of the Minister of Marine, he replied, ' Stay
where you are; I shall probably soon rejoin you.' "

Extract of a letter, dated Chittkdroog (East
Indies), July 25, 1821 :—On the morning of the
16th inst. some aficers of the 2d battalion 14th
Native Infantry, stationed at Chittledroog, Frt.-
cecded on an intended party of pleasure, to the hills
on which the figt is partly situated, meaning to
spend the day there. Breakfast wa• prepared mid.
a tent pitched for that purpose. Having eaten tip-
meal (the last, poor fellows, which two of them were
destined to eat in this world), they all set out to-
gether on a ramble among the rocks. They soon
separated, however, and two of them, Captain Nei.
thropp and Ensign Powell, with their serrams,
shortly afterwards returned towards the tent. Their
path lay by a magazine which had been recently
emptied of soma damaged powder. Near this wr< a
cavern, into which the lascars, from idleness, I soi •
pose, and thinking, perhaps, that no harm was likely
to arise from it, had thrown part of the powt:ei,
instead of depositing the whole in a well, situated a
little farther off; and appropriated solely to that pu,-
puse. The latter officer said to have been smoking
a segar at the time, and, on passing the cave, to
gave thrown the lighted remains into it, little
dreaming, poor fellow, of the dreadful consequent •
that ensued. The whole exploded; and these too
unfortunate officers, with one of their servants, were
in an instant hurled into eternity; and a native boy
so shockingly mangled, that he followed them in a
fix/ hours.

Prorogation of Parlianicnt.—The Parliament re-
assembled on Thursday. At three o'clock the Lord
Chancellor, attended by Lords Cholmondeley and
Melville, the three Commissioners entered the Hous.;
of Lords. The Yeoman Usher (Mr. Quarme) sum-
moned the Commons. Mr. W. Ley (in the absen,k!
of Mr. Rickman, mho is out of town), and other
officers of the Commons, appeared below the ha,-.
The Lord Chancellor said, that they, as Comm:c-
sioners, were authorised to declare the Parliament,
by proclamation, to stand further prorogued till
Tuesday the sth of February, and then to meet
" for the dispatch of business."

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
This Gazette notifies, that the King has been pleased to con-
fer the honour of Knighthood on George August us Quentin, Esq.
Colonel in the Army, Lieutenant Colonel in the loth regim.nt
of Light Dragoons, Aide de Camp to the King, and Major Ge-
neral in the Hanoverian Service.
It also notifies the appointment of R. S. Hadwen, of Lancas.
ter, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.
W. Gill, Scarborough. Yorkshire, linen draper. Solicitors,
Messrs. Hurd and Co. Temple.
J. Gear, Nottingham, fishmonger. Sul. Mr. Wolston, Fur.
nival's Inn.
J. Glover, Easthope. Salop, dealer. Sobs. Messrs. Willis and
Co. Warnford Court, Throgmorton Street.
W. Chafer, Kingston upon Hull, grocer. Sol. Mr. Hicks,
Gray's Inn Square.
T. Oliver, High Street, Marylebone, victualler. Sol. Mr.
Carlon. High Street, Marylebone.
W. Blackburn, Bedford, Lancashire, manufacturer. Sols.
Messrs. Hurd and Co. Temple.
R. J. H. Jenkins, Axbridge, Somerset, clerk. Sole. Messrs.
Poole and Co. Gray's Inn Square.
J. Todd, Cottenham. Cambridgeshire, butcher. Sol. Mr.
Robinson, Half Moon Street, Piccadilly.
T. Coal, Burwell, Lincolnshire, dealer. Sobs. Messrs. Bell
and Co. Bow Churchyard.
J. Parker, Chapel Street, Edgeware Road, earthenwareman.
Sol. Mr. Carlon, !lig!' Street, Marylebone.
J. Hunter, llawkliurst, Kent, corn dealer. Sols. Messrs,
Gregson and Co. Angel Court, Throgmorton Street.
J. Rogers and T. Keats, Savoy Street, Strand, harness makers.
Sol. Mr. Lewis, Surrey Street, Strand.

DIVIDENDS.
Jan. 9. G. E. Aubrey, Manchester, merchant-26, T. W.
Turner, Brentford, potter--31, J. Kenworthy, Saddlcworth,
Yorkshire, woollen manufacturer—l 9, T. Kenipster, Bouvcrie
Street, Fleet Street, carpenter-2H. W. Tucker, J. Fenton. and
G. Machon, Sheffield, silver platers-29, F. Deakin and Jr
Oughton, Deritend Mills, near Birmingham, wire drawers-29,
G. Hewett, Henley upon Thames, banker-26, C. Jackson,
Upper Thames Street, sugar factor-26, .1. T. Thorn, Plymouth,
currier-26, J. Hawkins, Famcornb, Surrey, crape manufacturer
—26, .1. Ilaggart, Limehouse Hole, victualler-2G, J. Bayliss
aid T. Thompson, Piccadilly, ironmongers—SO, F. English,
Birmingham, draper-29, H. and H. Phillips, and T.
Birmingham, toy makers—T. Parks and A. Lawton, Birming-
ham, merchants—Feh. I, H. Jones, Holywell, Flint,draper.
cEirriFicATEs to be granted Jan. 2G.
J. Ilayter, Bristol, watchmaker—B. G. Gunnell, Poultry,
printer—C. I. Cameron, Gray's Inn Lane, hardwareman—W.
ilowbottom, Oldham, Lancashire, machine maker—J. Du Bois,
Copthall Court, merchant—lt. Clements, Coventry, ribbon ma.
aufaeturer—W. Eyre, Cockspur Street, trunk maker—J. and J.
Railton, Manchester, merchants—J. K. Hendy and L. Ilaydon,
Welbeck Street, Caveadish Square, auctioneers.

COURSE OF EX
Amsterdam, 12 13 C. F.
Ditto, at sight, 12 10
Rotterdam, 12 11
Antwerp, 19 7
Halation-oi, 37 6
Altotia,
Pa' is, 3 days' sight, 25 60
Ditto, 25 011
lionvileatix, 95 00
Frankfort on the Maine, 136
Petershitrgh, 0 0 U.
Vienna, EI. Flu. 10 16
Trieste, Ef. Flo. 10 15
Madrid, 36—Cadiz, 36
11 ilhoa, 35/ lia celona,3si

14ANGE, J*a• 4.
Seville, 3.74—Gibrallar,3ol
Leghorn, 47—Genoa, 431
Malta,4s—Veniee, 27 60
Naples, 391—Lisbon, SO
Oporto, 50-ILillia,s9
Rio Janeiro,
Palermo, 119
per cent.
Coil', 9 per emit.
Foreign Odin bars,3l. 17s.

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Mid. per oz.
New Doubloons
New Dollars
Silver in bars,stantlartl, 4s,
I

STOCKS.
Rank Stork Omni 1111 l 0.
3 per Cent. Red. 713 i I Imp. 3 per Cent.
J per Cent. Consols 77i India Bonds 71
3i per Cent. luuta stuck i3tii
4 ter Cent. 95i I Exchequer Lillis 3s. pre n.
rer Cent. Navy Cons. for Ac. 77;
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