The National Register.
London, England, 1822-04-15 00:00:00

TIM NATIONAL REGISTER

tante, should the war be continued, the most perfect neu-
trality between them. Of this friendly dispos.tion an assn.
ranee ail! be given to the Goivernionit of Spain, towhnin,
it is presumed, it a ill he, :is it ought to he, coi,factory. The
measure is proposed, moiler at thorough cough that it is
ill ,triit lifeolii with the law of natio, g that it is just and
ri ht, ns to the parties, nod that toe United Stales tvve it to
their station and character in the world, as well as to their
essential interests, 10 adopt it. Sluiiil,l eiiiigress concur in
tile view herein presented, thy vi ill doubtless see the pro-
14iety of makiu,‘ the neevasary appropriations toe carry log it
ioto elect. Joust Alosaue.
Washington, March 8, 18.22.

(Front the New York Gazette of March 15.)
FROM Rio DE JANEIRO.—The Norfolk Herald
of Monti .y, 1511 s inst. received yesterday, in antici-
pation of the regular mail, contains late intelligence
from Rio, communicated by Captain Small, of the
brig Eliza
The United States ship Franklin, Capt. Stewart,
and schooner Dolphin, Lieut.-Commauder Connor,
sailed about the 25th of December fin Valparaiso.
Considerable agitation had prevailed at Rio, but
had rather subsided when Captain S. sailed.
The disepsiet originated in consequence of an order
from the King and Cortes at Lisbon to the Prince
at Rio, instructing him to prepare to return home in
a ship which would be sent for him, and to bring
home also most of the men of war which were there
in depot. The inhabitants tinily expecting a large
reinforcement of troops from Portugal, and knowing
that in the event of the navy being withdrawn,
their navy-yard and arsenal would be broken up,
and they subjected to a system of military govern-
ment, sent in a petition to the Prince, couched in
very humble and respectful terms, requesting him to
remain with them, They hesitsted not to avow their
apprehensions, should the order of the King and
and Cortes be observed, and went on to show the
great probability of their being realised. The Prince,
who is smell beloved by the populace, replied to the
petitioners, that he would represent to the King and
Cortes the object of their wishes, and would remain
until an answer could be received.
The answer of the Prince to the inhabitants was
calculated by no means to meet the approbation cf
the commanding General of the troops, whose powers,
had the Prince left Rio, would have been unlimited.
But ambitions men, especially officers, are not to be
stopped in their march on the high road to distinc-
tion. The commanding General collected the Por-
tuguese officers and most of the troops, and after
stating to them his object, which they acceded to,
they marched to Signal-hill, on the night between
Jan. 13 and 14, and came to the determination to
adopt measures to force the Prince to proceed to
Lisbon. The troops embodied on the occasion
amounted to about 1300. The Prince, next morn-
ing, on hearing of the conduct of the General and
troops, expressed his astonishment, but declared, in
firm and spirited terms, that he would head the
native trosps, and resist by force of arms any plan
that might be conc.rtett by the Ciovernment troops
to prevent him from complying with his promise to
the inhabitants.
The general, on the morning after possessing
himself of Signal-hill, could easily have destroyed
the whole city in a little time; and the inhabitants
who were much alarmed under an apprehension that
such would be the case, kept their shops and offices
closest the whole day—not one was open. The
streets were paroled by horsemen in full speed,
calling upon the inhabitants to arm and juin the
l'rince ; and the inhabitants turning out and de-
claring that the Portuguese troops should go to
Portugal instead of their Prince.
Betore six o'clock the Prince had collected a force
of native troops and inhabitants of the tuwnof from
6000 to 7000. The European Portuguese seeing
such a formidable number, and every minute aug-
menting, were compelled to capitulate on the fist-
los% ingterms:—That they should march from Signal
Hill, with all their arms, munitions of war of all
kinds, including their field and artillery pieces,
whenever vessels or boats wete ready to receive
them, and go over to l'rior Grande, (a small town
opposite about • a league distant), and there
wait uutil transports were ready to transport them
direct to Portugal. The next day the article of,
capitulation was carried iato effect, and the inha-
bitants greatly relieved from their troubles, notwith•
standing they could perceive from their windows
that the cannon had been so disposed by the general,
in his new fortress across the river, us to point at
their dwellings.
The 21st Jun. was the birth-day of the. Princess.
and of courseu great cour. day. Royal salutes were
fired from all the forts, and from two English fri-
eines and-also from the Portuguese at Prior Grande.
The officers from the latter went over to wait on
the Princess, and of coarse to offer Ler their con-
gratulations, but the Prince was so exasperated at
them for their latter conduct, that he would moot
suffer them to enter the palace.
MARKETS AT American produce very
low, except flour and tar ; there had nut been an
arrlval with flour for five weeks previous to that of
the Timandra, and the late sales had been mado at

8000 reas; the Tiaondra immediately sold her's at
13,000 reas. The Eliza !lenity's cargo was next
in market, which went oil' rather slowly, first at
13 milreals, but soon got down to 12. The prices
would probably soon get down again, as there were
large quantities on the way from Pernambuco and
St. jalvador, where it was nominally at 7500 to
8000, and at the River Plate, it was only 6 dollars
to 23 currency. Elides (Buenos Ayres) on board,
20 to 22 cents. per pound. Sugars very brisk and
scarce, the new crop not having come in. Dollars
25 p...r cent. advance ; bills on London, ditto.—
Since the rising of the troops all kiuds of specie had
disappeared.
FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

WHITEHALL, Arum I.
The King having been pleased to nominate and appoint
Major-Gen. the Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, Knight
Grand Cron of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, snit
Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Parse, to be a Knight Grand Cross
of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Sir Benjamin was
this day invested with tho Ensigns of the said Order.

BANKRUPTS.
J. Pickersgill, Wood' Street, Spitalfields, silk manufacturer.
Solicitor, 31r. James, Rucklersbury.
T. and R. Abbotts, Skinner Street, Snowhill, wine merchant&
Sol. Mr. Heath, Temple.
T. Croston, Westlioughton, Lancashire, manufacturer. Sol.
Mr. Norris, John Street, Bedford Row.
W. Davidson and A. Garnett, Liverpool, merchants. Sol.
Mr. Battye, Chancery Lane.
E. Corbett, Liverpool, common brewer. Sols. Moats. Ad-
lingtoo and Co. Redtitrd Row.
G. Lout.en, West 'Peignintwith, Devon, ropemaker. Sol. Mr.
Rom Oi.'rle Street, Lincoln's Inn Fiehls.
P. Quirk, Jun., Liverpool, corn merchant. Sol. Mr.Wbeeler,
Castle street, Itothorn.
M. Robinson. &bright Place, Hackney Road. plumber. Soh
Mr. Norton, Old Broad Street.
G. Bedlam. late Commander of the ship Asia, master mariner.
Sol. Mr. Tatham, Castle Street, Holborn.
J. Pickett, Caroline Street. Commercial Road, builder. Sol.
31r. Heard, I looper's Square, Goollinao's Fields.
P. P. Good, Lloyd a Coffee Rouse, insurance broker. Sole.
Messrs. Stevens and Co. Little St. Thomas Apostle.
it. Steel, Naive:tole upon Tyne, ship and insurance broker.
Sol. Mr. Baker, Nicholas I.ane, Lombard Street.
DIVIDENDS.
April 27, A. Keating, Strand, silversmith-16, .1. Cary,
lingua Court, Fleet Street, merchant-27, J. Adlington, Tot-
tenham, builder—May Is, R. Perkins, l.ymington, Southamp-
ton, grocer-4, R. Lincoln, St. James's Street, hatter-4, S. P.
Seager, Maidstone, dealer-4, W. Elgar, Maidstone, grocer-
4, T. and E. S. Foster, bidding, Kent, maltsters—J, T
shoemaker-8,. Butt,
Southampton, J. W. Smith and T. Townley,
Manchester, cotton spinners-21, W. Wilson, Shakespear s
Walk, Shadwell, master mariner--8, W. and J. Durkin, South.
ampton. ship builders-7, W. Cole, Sinnington, York, farmer-
4, .1. Willis, %'ardour Street, coaclimaker—in, P. Atkinson.
Itatlibone Place, Oxford Street, haberdasher-+ll, P. Mimi,
Mark Lane, wine merchant.
CERTIFICA'f ES to be granted May 4.
G. cod J. M. Gilchrist, Liverpool, merchants—.l. Tovlor.
Frain. Sussex, shopkeeper—W. stetul, Thrum Ilall, Yorkshire,
' merchant—ti. Wigfall, Sheffield, file maker-11. Seaton, ‘Vent-
bridge, York, cotton spinner—J. Itighum, Chapel en le Frith.
, Derbyshire dealer—J. Sheppard, Gainsborough. Lincolnshire,
icoca factorL.J. Thompson, Carlisle, manufacturer—J. Gibion.
k South Street, Finsbury Square, merchant—F. Dore, Berkeley
i Square, auctioneer.

Orders, we understand, have been issued to the
collector of the King's taxes to collect them with
rigour; but such is the poverty of numerous house-
holders from the depression of trade, that if they
are not allowed time, the distraining of their goods
must follow, which will throw them on their respec-
tive parishes, and ultimately occasion an alarming
falling off in the taxes. It is recommended to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer to call upon the differ-
ent tax gatherers for information on the subject,
and we are persuaded, that he will find our state-
ment perfectly correct.
From the Constitutionel rf Sunday last, the fol-
lowing account is given of a dispute on the coast of
France, dated Granville, 'Alarch '26, between the
English oyster-boats and the French fishermen.--
" The English fishermen have the audacity to come
and fish on our oyster-banks, situate between one
and two leagues from this town, by which we
sustain considerable damage; hitherto the fishing-
guard had confined themselves to threats, which the
English have uniformly treated with contempt. To-
day they again assembled to the number of nearly
200 boats; but our fishing-guard have acted with
more energy than they had heretofore displayed.
After requiring, the English to retire, which they
positively refused to do the guard saluted them with
several discharges of cannon ; the English at last
retired, but avowing their determination to return
with increased numbers, and oppose three to force.
It is very desirable that government should take
effectual measures to prevent this sort of piracy,
which is productive of incalculable injury to our
town, the inhabitants of which subsist only by the
vellum of the fishery."
On Wednesday next Parliament will meet, when
Mr. Western is expected to name the day when he
will bring forward his motion fur the reconsideration
of Mr. Peel's bill, and of the whole system of mea-
sures which has been adopted respecting the cur-
rency, and have effixted 114 alteration in our
standard
value, an alteration greatly affecting teian
interest, as all other classes of the community.
The Drawing-room on the 23i1 inst. is expe‘,ted
to he uncommonly brilliant. Splendid dresses of
English manutiicture have been already ordered by
many ladies of' fashion.