The National Register.
London, England, 1822-04-22 00:00:00

RIOTS 1.. V ST.4FFORDSIIIRE.

We regret to learn that a serious inclination to
insubordination has manifested itself within the last
week among the colliers in the neighbourhood of
Wednesbury and Bilston—a great number of them
have left their work, and for several days have pro-
ceeded to slop all those pits in u hich the workmen
were inclined to continue at their labour.—The
lowing is the copy of a letter just received, dated
April 17, 1822:

" L rim now writing amidst 111 or 6000 Colliers, the Bil.ton,
Stourbridge, nod Malley troops all amongst them, wilt.
loaded pistols its their bands. A volley of cinders from She
the large heap here has just been shattered towards the
troops. The position of the colliers is tout sir mi 4. Tire
colliers and terrops ore looking ut each wiser, and God only
knows whit may be the re,tilt before one hour is past. Four
or live erilhers fell into the Canal this morning, oae of whom
wr.s drowned, the others nearly so. No pits at work—all
stopped. 'the colliers are desperate, and stand up to the
noses of the hor.es in the most nternicina: mr.nuer possible.
The

Lady Arabella packet has arrived at Fal-
mouth, after a long passage, from Lisbon. The ad-
vices do not reach to a later date than the end of last
month. An important crisis in the Brazils seemed
to be looked for daily ; indeed some surprise hail
been occasioned, by the continuance of public tran-
quillity in the several provinces which had so often,
since the revolution, shewn a strong disposition to
renounce the authority of the mother country.—
The King of Portugal is represented as being politi.
tally sick, having in view the loss of his South Ame-
rican colonies, and scarcely any money to car.? on
the Government at home. Petitions similar to those
presented to the King of Spain had been laid before
his :Majesty, praying him to adopt rne.tsures to afford
relief to the commercial portion of his subjects, by
withdrawing the high duties imposed on foreign
goods and manutitctures. On this subject the letters
arc couched in the usual terms of despondency, anti
a very faint hope seemed to be entertained that any
change would be made. The King, it is said, has
replied to the petitions, that it will remain tar the
Cortes in its wisdom to deride on those measures
which are most calculated to prove advantageous to
the kingdom, whether of a commercial or political
nature, and that he declines to take any step without
tile sanction of that body
EARTSIIKALE.—A letter from Petersburgh, dated
March 15, gives the billowing account :
" At the Lastern boundary of Asiatic Kiisvia, viz. at the
WeStetii estr. unities of North America, the iiihnhitunts of
the Alcante. hie. (or Foxes) saw in the night of the 2d of
Nlarch, I ri-2 1, all the signs which precede toe rreatest di,
order of nature. The atoll blew with impetuosity from saa
Smola West. At toe sable time th..y fed shaking of the
earth, a I :end rtl wit it subterranenus noise. Toe atmosphere
aro ictl lined immediately after in all directions, unit clouds
of sand a it It ci inlet s, w hich obscured every object, continues
'allot.; shoring the night.
" At (lay tireitY. the a ind charzerl, the fall of volcanic mat-
ter mid tag sea became mo.e aititcted. t 5 titht this
Was pitian; at kiaulaclika, a Soie:11.1. Ilist•I forth hi o.lllr.
lIIIICk, another isluiol of Ito at rst• (514 1ed.,,0e•)
(rum Uonluchka. When the darkness am: divopaied,
the dust nod cinders crowd to fall, the ellects of a volcano
acre aura perceived at thialacliks, and columns of ke
and fire issued until the munlu of August. Trey then sent
to examine the cutter, but the fetal vapours, a iiich car•
tended a acrid !wood it, prevenieJ cal! urc•ra.
" We tire 34,11••• d, that the soil of tie Wand is inei eased,
mat the set ha, recedad a consiecratile distance. Tile corn.
bustible matter via, throw a With SIICh •i”leace that a gr. at
part of the 1.11 it of thitiiinack, three mile, distant from the
voicaco, iv covered. "1 he tollowing account is given in a
letter flu n Cepeoliageo of the 2tit of March v..' Tae
LOA
post from Ireland wiouot new, that they esp... kneed ou
20th, and 21st of I):•a miser heit, a considerable volcanic
eruption, very near Net I t, but in a ,pot o !weer silica
161'2, had exhibited the least •olcai C,yinmom. The. found,
a mile from Cite crater, swims of the %vela ht of e 0 waned',
e have nut yet beard that this eruption
bas pruductal an) mischief. The mass or billobure,u4 ash,
%hieh form.4l a thick cru,t upon the sui mudding groteal,
has been swept /May by u violent hurricane and heavy raiti.
The explosion was accompanied by 'Meat detonations, wad
shocks of .ta earthquake? "

A circumstance of a very extraordinary na.nre late!y
occurred in Pembrokeshire. Daltiel Evans, of Llannw.
than, near Fislutiard, impelled by a beweveldmi wisi or
providing a coffin lin the interment of his trite (who was
then considered dangerously ill, but is now in a fair way
u: recover)), went to the abate town for that purpose;
out so narrow and imperfect is human fore.ialit, that
afterharitrgcompleted the bargain he'becaine.int sicaterl,
returned home that evenitta, slid at teat o'clock the twat
morning he himself stood in 'teed of the same article
which was kindly iuteudal fur his bekned ap ,use.

lt4 '

CIARLESTON PAPE,

The brig Hirailia, buand to Connecticut, was
taken in Chili, by the Spaniards, discharged, and
the vessel fitted out on a cruize ; the Captain and
rew confined at Orico, from whence two of the
mates and several of the crew have made their es-
cape, leaving the Captain and remainder of the
crew in prison, We learn by Capt. Shelfie;d, from
Valparaiso, the Hersilia had been lost by the Spa-
niards. He also brings accounts of the massacre,
by the Spaniards, of Captain Russell, late of the
brig Hero, alter being in prison some time. The
Constellation, an English frigate, bad been to Orico,
and had endeavoured to decoy some Spaniards on
board, and detain them on board as hostages for the
safety of the Americans and English who were pri-
soners, but did not succeed.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman on board
the United States brig Enterprise, cruising in the
West Indies, to his friend in Philadelphia:—
••
iVILT AU PRINCE, Fsa.2. 1522.
" We arrived here last night from a cruize, with
the intention of getting some refreshments, and
proceed to sea again to night. Our destination I
do not know, but 1 presume it will be where we are
likely to be of service. We do not hear of any pira-
sies now, and therefore it is hard to find any more
of tho.:e characters.
I was amused yesterday evenirg, on going on
on shore, to wait upon the commandant of the town,
to inform him we should fire a salute. I was ushered
into his pres,nce, where I found him reclining on
a rich rota, in an apartment ornamented with eon-
aiderable taste. He rose when I entered, and re-
ceived tue with politeness, neither foppish nor stiff,
but very much a man of the world, and a gentle-
man. After settling my business with him. I
entered into a conversation on the subject of Presi-
dent Boyta's expedition to take l ossession of the
city of St. Domingo. He expatiated quite like a
man of information on the subject, and we ate led
to general political discussions, which were handled
with ease by the sable statesman.
" If the whole of the island should come under
the laws of the republic, there will be a great extent
of country, which would be improved in value by
cangration ; and would to heaven `some plan could
be adopted by which the distressed surplus black
population of our country could be induced to settle
in this isLoal. There must be something done with
theat, and I look upon this island as the place where
oumber of them must emigrate to. Those of the
United States who arc here at present, I under-
stand, are making out well. Thero seems, how-
ever, to be an aversion to cultivation among them,
which lets ouc halt of the island be uncultivated.'