Star. — London, England, 1824-12-08 00:00:00

'T. . IL Years. fr. e. 1815 - 30,818,267 4 1816 - 37,521,254 93 1817 - 44,922,991 20 181 8 - 49,79 4,486 21 1819 - 54,477,877 21 1820 - 61,069,824 21 MINING ASSOCIATION FOR BRAZIL. THE EVENING STAR LONDON. tray say that his work .ontains a considerable stock off useful iriformation. He proves incontestibly that the Government of Portugal has behaved with great im traiice in its conduct towards Brazil; that Brazil never can be 4oncpered by Portugal; and that conse -quently the best policy for both would be the formation of a cordial union, on the footing of mutual independ ence and reciprocal advantage. Sprung from the same origin, speaking the same language, and professing the same religion, the Portuguese in Europe and the Por tuguese in America might thus enjoy a beneficial com mercial intercourse, and form a secure and useful poli tical alliance. Portugal will henceforward be unable to obtain gold and diamonds from Brazil without an equivalent ; but she may procure them in exchange for the products of her industry. She will be unable to force her oil, her wines, or her cloths on a trans-Atlantic population, by having a monopoly of the ma►ket, but she will have her'fair shale of that trade, if she sells as reasonably as other nations. In the conclusion of the pamphlet of M. de Beau champ, we find some statistical facts which we think not incorrectly stated, and which, if correct, evince the wealth, the power. and the resources of the Brazilian empire. The population of the 19 provinces which compose it amounts to upwards of 4,000,000. In this census, it is to be lamented that there are more than 2;000,000 of slaves. The regular aamy of Brazil amounts to between 25,000 and 30,000 men; its militia force to 50,000 men. The revenue of the empire is estimated at ne4rly 3.000,000 sterling ; in the year 1824, it is esti mated at 95,000,000 of francs, or nearly £4,000,000 sterling. The vast extent of lands belonging to the nation vetmits Brazil, by their sale, to redeem its debt, without imposing burdens on the people. The f allowing is the prcgiessive state of the revenue of Brazil, from the King's arrival in 1808, to his departure in 1820, computed in French money Tgars. fr. e. 1808 - 14,361,900 61 1809 - 18,424,381 73 1810 • 33,013,093 21 1811 - 23,253,051 47 1812 - 20,428,832 66 1813 - 50,751,264 61 1814 - 27,423,354 87 The plan of the Association established for the put' pose of mining for gold in the province of Minas Geraes (General Mines), in .Brazil, has been completed, and the shares in it will be brought into the market imme diately. The substantial advantages of this undertaking are stated to rest on the following grounds :—l. That the inhabitants of Brazil generally, are alike destitute of capital and industry, and ignorant of the principles of mineralogy ; all which defects the conductors of this Association will be able to supply. 2. That the only method hitherto resorted to for obtaining gold by the uninstructed natives, has been the simple process of making the current of a stream descend a mountain, by the force of which the grains ate washed out: but it is the opinion of experienced miners, that by ascend ing the streams to their sources, or by penetrating deeper into the mountains, a much greater quantity of the metal may be obtained. Of this latter point the Emperor of Brazil, who anticipates a great increase of revenue from the produce of the mining districts, ap pears to be aware; as he expressly states in the decree granted to Mr. E. Guilford, as one reason for departing from the hereditary jealousy of the Cow t of Brazil on the subject, the advantages the country may be expected to derive from the introduction of foreigners, who may bring with them the improved methods of mining adopted in Europe. Most of the mines in the province of Minas Geraes are said to be private property, as at the period of its original conquest from the Indians by the Portuguese, they were apportioned among the conquerors by grants from the Crown. Of the original possessors, however, numbers have wholly disappeared and abandoned their allotments, and among those remaining in possessitn, as already stated, the means of profiting by their right are ex tremely limited and imperfect. The decree of the Em peror grants what has never yet been conceded to any foreigner—the right of making purchases of estates in this territory. It has been started as one obstacle to the success of this Company, that the appearance of their agents in Brazil, with the view of making purchases, will induce the owners to ask so enormous a price for them as will defeat the object. But this difficulty is answered fairly enough, by observing that the Com pany will require only to purchase one, or at most two estates, and that the competition of the immense nuni ber of proprietors, dispersed over a district 400 miles long by 200 miles broad, anxious to sell what has hi dierto proved to them to be unproductive property, will admit the agents of the Company into possession on sufficiently easy terms. Considering the well-known wealth of this province, even allowing for the usual hazards attendant on mining as a science, this under taking appears to present as fair an opening for the ex tension of British capital and industry as any of the same kind that has been offered to the Public. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1824. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened at 951 1 for the Account, at which price they remain stationary. FOREIGN FUNDS. In the Foreign Market there is nothing doing but in Mine Shared Current Prices : New Spanist 161, Old 221 1, Russian 95196, Mexican 671, Colombian New 851, Old 831, Milian 77, French Scrip 131 1, Austrian 951 1, New Prussian 1011 109, Peruvian 73, Portuguese 881 j, Alliance Shines 91 10 pre. Marine Alliance 11 2 pre. Buenos Ayres 11 1 pre. Braiilian 21 1 pre. Co lombian Mines 191 pre. Buenos Ayres Mines 61 7 pre. . PRICE OF S'I'OCNS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Red. %% 8 '7 B 3 per Cent. Cons. shut. 4 per Cent. Assented 101 1 h 101 4 per Cent. New shot. India Bonds 97—01 d Annuities 91 4 £l,OOO Escheq. Bills (2d.)53 52 (1 lAd.) 52 3 Cons. for Acct. 95% Vs We have received another file of the United States Papers, from which we quote the following: NEW YORE, NOVEMBER, 4. Lieutenant Hunter, of the frigate United States, has arrived at Philadelphia. He confirms the account of Bolivar's victory, and is confident ofthe success:of the :Patriot cause. Ali well on board the United States ; she was about to sail from Callao on a cruise. Lieu tenant Hunter crossed over from the Pacific shore, with dispatches for Government. The American Agent' has effected a peace between the Republic of Mexico and the Missouri Indians, and thereby restored the lucrative interior trade between the United States and Mexico. The Camanches, a powerful tribe, threaten the Osages with war, but the spread of the white population, will soon prevent the Indian contest!. This forenoon we received a file of Spanish Papers. The following is from the Madrid Gazette, of the 25th ultimo. MADRID, NOVEMBER !4. The King our Sovereign being informed of the re sult of the proceedings commenced by the Intendant of Police of La Mancha, and the Commissioner Don Pedro Silva, in consequence of the information given to the former, by the Alcalde of Alcubillas, relative to the conspiracy suppo , ed to be carrying on in that province; his Majesty has been pleased to resolve, that the inno cence of all the persons implicated in these proceedings, who have been imprisoned and prosecuted so entirely without reason, be published in the Gazette, that the said proceedings may not, at any time, injure their good character and reputation. (Here follows the list of the individuals in question, about forty in number, inha- bitants of different tons in La Mancha). All honourable men, and those who have any feel- ings of humanity, beheld with the greatest horror and just indignation the atrocious and scandalous conduct of the Constittitionalists of Corunna, the cowardly as sassins of 51 of their brethren, of whom 43 at least were guilty of no other crime thaw that of having e. mained faithful to their King and the laws of their country, and of having attempted, like true Spaniards, to defend these valuable objects and the religion of their fathers, which they saw despised and persecuted by those who, in their destructive Constitution, bad sworn to preserve and protect it. Now that the pro ceedings are terminated which were commenced in consequence of that lamentable event, which 6114:d all Europe with indignation, we insert an extract hoer hem which cannot fail to excite interest and to renew the grief for the fate of the victims, and indignation towards their assassins. _ _ Tne Governor of the place, Don Pedro Mundez Vigo, gave orders to his agents on the 15th, 16th, and 20th of July, 1823, to convey from ,the Royal Prison to the Fort of St. Antony, a considerable number of prisoners. This was done ; and by his further orders, they were removed from the fort, and put on board a vessel of Seville, called Santo Cristo de los Ajligidos, between 11 and 12 o'clock in the night of 221 July. (Here follow the names of the individuals : 43 are stated to be for political opinions and attachment to the Royal Government. Among them are several Officers, and some Priests; the other eight for ordinary crimes.) All these prisoners were escorted by some of the National Militia, and some of the Sacred Battalion, who were also accompanied by Commissioners of the Governor, who were informed of the tragical fate prepared for the unhappy prisoners, who were immediately stripped of their garments, effects, and money,.bound, and put under the hatches. The vessel set sail in the night, but in the morning anchored again, and quitted the bay about one-in the afternoon of the 23d, at which time there came on board a reinforcement of the national troops from this City, and from Ferrol, which had been fetched by one of the Commissioners. When at three leagues distance from this port, the prin cipal Commissioner gave orders for the prisoners to come on deck as he called over their names, from a list which he read; this being done, he desired them to sit down on the sides of the vessel, offering them bread and wine, which everybody' declined : he in formed them that he was going to remove them into a vessel that was in sight; he ordered them to be bound again, and to go under the hatches. Soon after he br dered twenty of them on deck, and one of them seeing that everything was ready to throw them into the sea, made a motion to rush on the principal Commissioner: then both those of the escort and other subaltern agents drew their daggers, which they had ready, began by stabbing them, and in this state threw them into the sea. The remainder were taken out one by one ; the said Commissioner, who was close to the hatches, seizing them by the neck he ordered them to go for ward, and as they passed along the side of the vessel, knocked them overboard. One of the Priests began, in a loud voice, to sing the Miserere, and the other victims struggled with the waves and with death, while the escort sung patriotic songs; such was the cruelty of the assassins, that, fearing one of them who kept above water would save himself, they put two sailors on board a boat, who beat him on the head with their oars and killed him. Not content with this, they gave the last and most horrible proof of inhumanity. They coolly divided the garments, money, &c. which they had taken, and having consummated this unheard of crime, returned to the city on the 24th July, in the morning. The Regency of the Kingdom gave orders, on the 1 24th September, 1823, to a Magistrate of the Royal `l'ribunal of Galicia, to proceed against the authors and accomplices of so cruel a crime. All the proceedings having been carried on in the regular forms of law, sentence was pronounced on the 24th July last; by this sentence, six of the accused were ordered to be hanged, and the remainder to various terms of imprisonment in different presidios, to payment of costs, and to fines : the property of the criminals to be applied to the benefit o the families of the victims, The sentence being referred by his Majesty to the Supreme Council, for examination, was approved by his Majesty; when it was announced to . . -... the triminitt, most of them heard it with indiffereuiei l and Joseph Lizaro, a shoe-maker", of Ferfol, sung therm. gala. The endeavogrs of the iecular and iegulat ecclez siastics to induce them to receive the consolations die ligion were in vain. The people are stated to have behaved with the ut most decorum, at witnessing the execution of this just though awful sentence. The shoe-maker killed himself, by opening some veins with a small knife. Two others poisoned themselves, by taking opium. The three dead bodies were suspended to the gallows, and six others of the condemned were hanged. - It is reported in the City, that an expedition 43,000 men is on the point of leaving Spain for South America, but the rumour is not entitled to credit. FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS. .--•••EP..... - . Baroness De Willoughby, the Hon. Miss Burrell, and Miss Elliot left town yesterday for her Ladyship's seat, at Richmond. Lady Merck bas arrived at her house In Ciargss-street, from a tout. Lord Bexley has arrived in town from bis seat, Foot's Cray Place; Kent. The Hon. R. Neville arrived yesterday in New Burlington-street, from his father's (Lord Braybrook) seat, Audley End, Essex. 11. Straittield, Esq. has an ived at Lord Dacrb's seat, the Hoo Farm, Welwyn, Ilerts, from Tonbridge Wells. The Hon. Mr. and Biro. Agar Ellis left town yesterday for Brighton. Colonel Campbell left town yesterday for Brighton. Sir J. and Ludy Shelley have arrived at their seat, Mayeisfield Park, Sussex, from a tour. The Hon. Colonel Howard, Mrs. Howard, and family, have left town for their seat, Elfrod, near Licthkeld, Staffordshire. Lord and Lady G. H. Cavendish and family, have left town for their seat, Holker, Lancashire. Arrivals at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street:—Earl Shannon, from Norfolk ; Lord Boyle, from llarsow ; and the Hon. , Mr. Boyle, from Surrey. ' Departures from Read's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street :—Cap ' tain and Mrs. Heath, for BatK ; Wm. Rosser, Esq. for Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire; and J. H. Shepherd, Esq. for Brighton. l)epirtures from the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street:—Alts. G. Barclay and family, fur their scat, near Dorking; C. Disney. Esq. for l'aris. THE CITY STATE BED. The mgacious Committee in anger declare, That the bed which the Cits used to stare at, Which has been pressed and tumbled by many a Mayor, Would disgrace and disorder a Garret ! Yesterday afternoon hisMantsry left Carlton House for Windsor, from whence, in a few days, he will go to Brighton, there to remain till the meeting of Parham:nit, early in February. The Pi ince de PoLIONAC transacted business at the Foreign Office, this forenoon, with Mr. Secretary CANNING. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER took an airing yester day with the Princess SOPHIA, in the Regent's Park and its neigh. bourhood. The Cabinet Council held yesterday afternoon was attended by the Loan Cnaiscaccon the Earls of Livearoo,Werr- KORLAND, and BATHURST, Mr. t. Secretary Peet., Mr. Secretary CANNING, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Viscount MELVILLE, Mr. WYNN, &c.—The Cabinet did not break up till a quarter past fife o'clock. After the breaking up of the Cabinet, the CHAN czi.i.oa of the Menem:en left town, for Beckenham. Yesterday a 13oaid of the Lords of the Treasury was held at the Treasury Chambers. His Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE pro poses to visit the immense ship Columbus, on Friday at 12 o'clock. Prince POLIGNAC, the French Ambassador, is daily expected from London on his return to France. Tuesday, W. W. Ba.sottar,Esq. was elected Mayor of Sandwich, for the year ensuing. Much has been said relative to Ole State Bed, at the Mansion House, and the luxury the Puhrinar has afforded many Chief Magistrates of the City. Sir Joins EAMIR, during his May oralty, was the cause of its being put up; and Sir Wm. Luoitzoz, was the only L9rd Mayor that slept in it, which he constantly did during his Mayoralty. So much attached was he to the Man s ion Howe ' that during the whole of his Mayotnity he never once slept out of it. A circumstance which the laotn CHIEF BARON of the lizestene ER, upon his quitting office, noticed, and paid him a high compliment. A Continental Journal says, that it is at present, the intention of the King of FRANCE to give a magnificent entertain ment this Christmas, at the Palace of the Tuileries, to the ritizens of Paris, including the merchants, artists, manufacturers, &c. At a meeting held in Edinburgh on Wedne-day, 22,500/. were subscribed, in addition to 32,e001. subscribed before, towards carrying into effect the railway projected many years ago, to pass from Kelso to Berwick. Friday, as Mr. it. Finnis, of Dover, was hunting with the harriers of E. Collard, Esq. of Paldington, his horse fell and threw him a considerable distance, which fractured his skull; he was found by the Rev. Thos. A. llutlow, who immediately got assistance, and conveyed him to the Rose Inn, where be now lays in a precarious state. LORD BYRON'S CONVERSATIONS.—A Fourth Edition of this interesting work will be published to-morrow, in two vols. foolscap, uniform with the Works. The clamour raised against it by his Lordship's friends and relatives, seems only to have en creased the public curiosity, which may now be gratified at a rea sonable expense. The East India Company's ship General Harris, was off Tappanooly Bay the 22d of July. The Rev. G. GOULD, Rector of Fleet (a village de stroyed by the late storm), intends building a new lage ; and, with a degree of philanthropy that will ever immortalize his name, has taken and provided for all 'the sufferers under his roof. - - - - Two Gentlemen were walking together in Paris, 11 will engage," said -the one to the other, " to give the man betore us a good kicking, and yet he shall not be angry." He did as he had undertaken to do: the man turned round, and looked astonished. " I beg your pardon," said the kicker, " I took you for the Duke D& LA TacuoulLLa." The Duke was very handsome —the kicked man very plain; he was gratified by the mistake under which he believed he had suffered, shook himself, smiled, bowed, and went on his way. An ingenious operative weaver, residing at Paisley, has, at his leisure hours, constructed with a knife and pair of tweezers, a curious and complicated piece of, machinery. It consists of a weaver at work on his' loom, with lay and treddles working ; f corn-mill ; a sucking and a spiral pomp, both of which throw water; two sawyers at work; a hare-race; wind-mill; ship at sea ; regiment of military passing the General, &c. THE PLYMOUTH BREAKWATEIL—The account we gave in our last of the damage which this structure has sustained during the late gales, was strictly correct.— Great quantities of stones were,: by the violence of the sea, thrown up from the south side, rolled over the top, and plunged into the Sound on the north side. The surface, which before the gale was nearly level, is now a complete mass of irregular stones, withoiat form or order; the whole appearance of the erection is quite changeJ. The gales which have occurred since that of Tuesday the 23d, have also contributed to the destruc tion. How tar the real extent of damage may be we are not enabled to state, but if we might judge from ap pearance; we should imagine it to be great.—Devon- shire Freeholder. THE liiNo AIVD THE IiNE Our Gracious Sovereign's patronage of the Fine Art , / and his munificent liberality to various professors of them, are generally known and appreciated. The pur. chase of a picture left by the late Mr. Muss, for no less a sum than £1,500,* was a splendid instance of th e Royal benevolence, and we venture to relate a mote recent one. While Earl Whitworth was Lord Lieutenant of Ire. land, the Duchess of Dorset requested his Majesty (th. 2 .5 Pi ince Regent) would graciously favour her with hi s portrait, which the King acceded to, .and Mr. Owe n (the artist) was summoned to Carlton House; but i t being inconvenient for the - King at that time to sit f or his picture, a capital one, by Sir William Beechey believe, was given to Mr . . Owen, With directions to cop y it carefully. Mr. Owen immediately set anotheyiii. ; about the preparatory part of it; and had already r ,,;,t him 401. or .501. on account, when the Duchess of set 'arrived in town from Ireland, and called to see what progress was made in the portrait. On learning ;hat it was to be only a copy, her Grace declined it altogeth er , and the picture remained upon Mr. Owen's bands. For some time past Owen has been incapable of fol. lowing his profession from severe illness : his finances have in consequence been much reduced. Speaking one day lately to a friend on the subject, he mentioned his loss by the picture above alluded to. "Is the King aware . of it ?" asked his friend. " No," said o.%en ; was never finished." "No matter : contrive to inform his Majesty of the circumstance, and rely upon it you will be remunerated." Owen followed his firei,d's ad. vice, and respectfully acquainted the King by letter of the particulars we have-just detailed.- On the. i.ezt Jay but one he received a reply from Sir Wm. Knighton, lay command of his Majesty, expressive of the King's regret" at having forgotten the matter, and at the dis. tress of Mr. Owen, desiring that the picture night be sent in its present state to Carlton House, and inclosing a cheque for two hundred guineas. • • TMs is one of the sums entrusted to Is:aunties-ay, of which no account has been given; and thus the widow and tamily of pour Muss have been deprived of the whole sum so munificently be stewed upon them by the King. HIGH BAIL,IFF OF SOUTHWARK. Several members of the Corporation held a meeting at the Guildhall Coffee-house, upon the subject of sup. porting the election of a fit and proper pet son to set ve the office of High-Bailiff of the town and borough of Southwark, vacant by the resignation of John Prinsep, Esq. It was moved and seconded, that Mr. Holmes, the present principal clerk of the Court of Requests, was a person Well qualified to discharge the duties of the office, and entitled, from his long experience in the particular branch of knowledge requisite in a candidate, as well as from his long services in the Corporation, to the situation. After some observations upon the pro priety of supporting the election of this Gentleman, a motion to that effect was unanimously agreed to. ' The other candidates are Boyce Combe, Esq. and Alderman Ainslie, but it has been said, that before an Alderman can stand forward •as a candidate he must throw aside his gown. It is reported that Mr. Prinsep's son-in-law, a Gen tleman of large fortune,' upon seeing that the Coutt of Common Council had taken a decided pirt against the High-Bailiff, immediately advised his father-in-law to throw up the situation altogether without ceremony ; and it is also said, that Mr. Prinsep will undergo no inconvenience sshatever in consequence of his sesigu ing the office. The LORD MAYOR and family still reside in their house, the intetior of the Mansion-house being newly painted. The falling-in of the sewer on Ludgate-hill, is tie cause of much stoppage, and many depredations, by the light•finge:ed gentry. Not less than three robberies were committed there last night. Mr. THOMAS, joiner, Bishopsgate-street, detected'a fellow picking his pocket.; a put suit took place, the fellow ran up Cock -court, into the Broadway, and finally escaped. At about two o'clock, on Monday afternoon, the shock of an earthquake was felt at Por tsmouth and its neighbourhood, as well as at Chichester ant Hayling Island. It was very sensibly felt by many at the lower end of the Point at Portsmouth, by the Custotn•lir•use, but more particularly at Kingstone Cross. The con vulsion was so great there, that the family of a Mr. PADDLE was so alarmed that they feared their residence would be rased to the ground. The plates and dishes were all in a gingle ; such articles as were suspended moved as a pendulum of 'a clock, and, indeed, every thing in the house was in great agitation. Tuesday, Captain CASTLE, late of the East Kent Mi litia, who has lately resided in Park-lane, Soutlisea, di"d suddenly, in the " Accommodation Van," near the Green Post, Hilsea. He left London the preceding night, where be had been a few days, and was in his usual state of health until the coach had arrived at the aforesaid place, when he leaned his head backward, and expired. The opinion delivered from the Bench.the other day in the case of " Davis v.the Bank of England," shewing that if " a person obtain possession of Stock by forged power of attorney, and continue for six yeari to pay the dividends, and the owner should not ring the six years apply to the Bank, his claim upon. the Bank would toms under the Statute of Limitations, " is of such moment to all persons having Stock in the name of Trustees, that it becomes a subject of serious inquiry, in what way such persons can ascertain from time to time whether their property bs or be not In raft custody Y It is well known that the officers of the Bank will not answer any interrogations as to whether *ems are or are not standing in the names of persons applying for information. This appears very proper, and is for the general security of the public. The question then comes, how is the information to be obtained, so as to satisfy the parties really interested, that an application to the Bank for re-payment be not necessary ? It is very clear that Stockholders should be able to come to a knowledge of the facts, in such a way as would not hurt the feelings of those to whom the power over it has been granted by will or otherwise, and yet so as to shut out the impertinent or dishonest from acquiring infor mation which they would turn to bad purposes. - Sunday se'nnight an accident occurred to Mr. PAR LEY and his wife, of Horsemonden, as they were going to church in a chaise. The horse turning restive, threw them out with great violence. Mrs. PAwLEY had her arm broken, and was otherwise much hurt by the plunging of the horse. 41Ft. PAWLEY escaped unhurt. Amongst the very many curious charges Of inn keepers, we have lately heard of one not less ingenious than novel. A gentleman having occaison to borrow razor at an inn at West Ridilfg, of Yorkshire, on return• ing it, was called upon for what was modestly termed the usual charge...-sixpence I a sm. ;a r m : bl tb e 91 Moo the Chu corn lity to tl app in IA of tb