Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-01-17
FROM HAVANA.

FROM HAVANA.
CHARLESTON, Jan. IO.-By the arrival of
the schr. Comet, Capt. Camps. LII, in DAYS
from Havana, we hav., received from Cur at
tentive correspondent the .VoticiOSo, Dju,fo
and flldicddor, to the 1st Jan. inclusive. We
have made summary of such articles as
appear of any interest.
Perd Cruz.-An official account dated 9th
Oct.l is given ofthe evacuation OF troops un-
der DAvILA. 1t took place at Q O'Clock on
the night ofthe Goth. Being left without sup
port, he had been compelled TO make an UNI
| conditional surrender To the Mexican fmpc-
rial forces, who had agreed to bury all past
transactions in oblivion. The lntendant OF
Vera Cruz calls upon the people to submit
| cheerfully to the new order of things A
| paper the same date also contains long
Address from the Mexican General, Don
Nicholas Bravo, TO the people of Vera Cruz,
upon the same subject.
The Spanish brig Brilliant arrived at la
vana on the 25th ult. from Campeachv. On
the lst Dec was captured ny the Patriot
brig Independence, which took from the =. 6
guns, 500 pounds of powder and other articles,
and then released her. The Indeppndenca
mounted % guns orheavy metal, and had
crew of lS2 men.
| The ship Liverpool Packet, of Portsmouth,
which arrived al Havana about the same lime
| from Buen0s Ayres, was overhaued bv a nj
ratical vessel and pundercd of several arii-
Giles.
The U. S. schooner Shark Lieut. PEaRY,
arrived at Havana on the 25th ut from Kings
ion, Dam. land sailed again the day before The
Comet, having under convoy six American
| vessels.
Tie Spanish government had ordered tax
es to he laid by tie Captain General OF Cuba
on It's inhabitants, to dcfray the expenses OK
Supporting three vessels of war, VIZ. seventy
four gun ship, fi'igate and brig, as packets
Tor direct intelligence between Cuba and tire
mother country.
Commerce Of HrrHna.-By supplement to
a paper of the LIST of JANUARY, ii appears that
during the year 1871, there arrived at the port
OF Havana 1882 vessels, of which 385 were
Spanish, 6j5 American, 1913 English, 20 French.
% Dutch, / Bremen, 3 Danish, . Hamburg,
6 Portuguese, Swedish 4 Sardnian, Pira-
teal, (prizes) Prussian and Hanoycrian.-
This statement includes So vessels of war, Of
which ~ were foreigners. 40 arrivals less than
the preceding year. The number now in port
may be estimated mt 220, not including Island
coasters, which may be rated at 500
In the same period sailed from Havana,
536 Spanish Vessels, GOO American, 1872 En-
f Slish, rs French, IS Dutch l6 Danish, 10 Bre-
men, Hamburg, Swedish, Sandman, s
Plratlcai Prizes, Portuguese, Prussian,
Russian, and Hanoverian, making total Of
1854 including So vessels ofwar, Of which az
were foreigners. The statement adds, that
+ the defects in the light ofthe Moro Castle. SO
] justly Il cause of complaint some time previ-
5 Gus, had been remedied, and that ii now has
, ITS usual brillancy tORude the nightly naviga-
} ton. The benefits of Steam Navigation had
[ been well tested in the cases of Steam schoon-
e ers Quiroga and Neptune plying between
c Havana and Matanzas, and the American
4 steam Ship Robert Fulton in her various vOy-
ages. II notices with much regret tho extcn-
Y sIyc depredatiOns by praticaI vessels within
Il few months past on the coast Of Cuba. Ii
Il also mentions that the channel of the port OF
Y Havana had lately become 30 shallow, that
: where ships of the liue could once anchor in
n safety, there was not NOW water sufficient for
= a irgate off guns, and remarks that every
70 confidence may be placed in the proper autbO-
y rity fora correction OF the evil.
, Mr.. Ba,d,cin's Resolutions, a7;g before III.
in House Of Representatives..
,el ResolUed, That it is expcdicnt TO provide
1t by law, chat, from and after the thirtieih day
re ot June next, the same rates Oc duties which
T. are. by the existing laws, now laid On goods
r wares and merchandise, composed Of ans
10 specified material, or Of which any specific.
81, article is the material Of chief value, shall b,
- ldiu WI dut Hb'i55 Ntlt5, anu UltFfUdillS'
81 whereof any such specified articles shall be-
component material.
a That, TO the existing rates Of duties upo
u goods, wares, and merchandise, tglass except
4 ed) there shall be added the amount Of sue
III bounty or bounties as, on the exp0rtatio
n thereof may he given, paid, or allowed, IN to
MS place or country whence imported, produced
his Or manufactured, or IN any place or countr
81 in which any bounty or premium in the ma
h ture thereof may be given, paid, or Above,
IN 90 the expectation OF similar articles, whic
las shall be ascertsined and calculated in sue
tic manner and under such rules and regulation
ib- as the Secretary of the Treasury shall, froI
nat time to time, prescribe.
in That all and singular the provisions of n
ed forty section Of The act, entitled An at
in 10 provide more elIectuaiy for tse cullec, ia
sd cr'he duties Imposed BY lew on gosds 'ca 2