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4. b k . 1... / • • i justice of the independeak which we defend cannot fail to give a right direction to they wise and enlight ened policy. • . , But vigilance, Brazilians ! valour, constancy, and, abiore all, internal union amongst yourselves ! And the Ger of armies, the fountain of all justice, will bless our legitimate efforts for the preservation of that liberty and independence which it is the will of PROVIDENCE that all the nations of the earth should possess. Under its powerful auspices you will see waving on your walls the victori , us flag of independence, and our squadrons will even penetrate into the mouth of the Tagus, to teach justice and moderation to that infatuated Government. (Signed) THE EMPEROR. Rio de Janeiro, June 10, ig24—third year of Independence." " PROCLAMATION To ?Ha PEOPLE or PERNAMBUCO. " Pernarnbucans I—The moment has arrived when the veil of imposture in which you have hitherto been en veloped by demagogues, the enemies of the empire, and of your teal happiness, will fall to the ground. To be tray your good taith, to inflame your imaginations, and to entrap you blindly into political systems which the lessons of experience prove to be absolutely incompati ble with your present situation: and to promote their own interests in separating you from the general union. of the provinces, so indispensable to the consolidation and security of our independence, they have attempted to persuade you, that a faction, sold to Portugal, con trollied the political operations of this empire, with the view of subjecting it to the old dominion of the Portu guese, and the despotism of their Government. So pro found has been the impression produced by this atrocious calumny, on the minds of credulous persons, zealous for the preservation of their rising libel ties, that notwith standing the many decided pooh to the contrary, they are not yet entirely undeceived. But the moment has arrived when the illusion will completely vanish. ' 6 The Portuguese Government, which is doubtless ruled by a few ambitious or incomcetent Ministers, having neglected the opportunity which our modera tion and prudence afforded for negotiating an advanta geous and permanent peace with this empire, and per haps still influenced by the old habit of despotically contrruling the fate of this population, has conceived that the speediest and most effectual mode of gaining their object would be by force of arms; and according to the latest Lisbon Gazettes, an expedition is preparing to sail for this country. The empire has determined to take up arms to repel this unjusi and useless aggres sion, and your Emperor, the Perpetual Defender, faith ful to the obligations he has contracted with you, is abaut to head the brave troops of Brazil, and to prove that the glorious title in which he so highly prides him selt is not a mere empty sound. Having perfectly iden tified himself with the Brazilian people, he is resolved to share their fate, whatever it may be. His interest, happiness, and glory do, and always will, correspond uitli those of the Brazilian people ; and he will never sheathe his sword until every portion of the empire eq ,ally enjoys independence and freedom. Pei nambucans I—What precious time has been lost. What immense saciitices have been made to deliver' you from the manccuvres of the revolutionary and anar chical demagogues who have desolated so many of these Ate provinces. What would have become of the insolent enemy who now threatens us, if our forces had been con stantly united?, If, instead of weakening by internal tlivirioni so important a point of the empire, you had rallied round the common cent:e of union, like the other I prosiocesr wuuhi tic etlctuy hive dated LO attack us if he had not calculated ( n deriving advantage from your fatal disunion? Would he have dared to attack us if from the Amazons to the Rio de la Plata w•e had pre-' sentt d to him one solidly united rna.,s, one uniform re- sistance, directed by a well-combined general plan ? Certa.nly not. " Thus, then, being ignorant of the point to which the et emy's forces may be directed, and it being impe riously necessary to secure against invasion the capital of the empire, as on it essentially depends the sal vation of all the provinces, it becomes indispensable t concentrate at this port the whole of our maritime f ace. But what pain does not my paternal heart feel a: finding, that instead of sufficiently augmenting the force on your station to assist you in defending your. selves against the foreign enemy, I am obliged to with draw it. However, be not disheartened, Pernambu cans Put an end to the hatred and internal dissensions which divide and distract you. Unite, with heart and good-will, For the common defence, and you will find in your soil and your valour infinite resources against the foreign enemy, who cannot long maintain himself in the►e remote regions. Never think of capitulation with such unjust aggressors ; but rely upon it, that the capital being defended, to whatever point the enemy may direct his attack, thither will our land and sea forces be sent to its succour. Pernambucans ! Have courage, constancy, and above all things, internal union, and the enemy will be overcome. (Signed) " THE EMPEROR." From the Estrella Brasileira and the Diario noise we extract the following paragraphs, which, with the above proclamations, and some documents) elating to local regulations, form nearly all the contents of these papers :- 4' We perceive, with much satisfaction, from his Im perial Majesty's proclamation to the Pernambucans, that orders have been given to Commodore Taylor to repair to Rio de Janeiro, with all the force under his command. He may soon be expected. is The ships of war here are fitting out with great activity. Some good souls have affected to be incon solable, because they suppose the Imperatriz frigate is not fit for service, and requires expensive repairs. We hasten to relieve them from their distress. The frigate is in an excellent state, the repairs which are wanted are trilling, Rd Within a month at the farthest, she will be able to : qui tire Portuguese with 24-pound balls. " The bon Pedro is ilearly ready for sea, with about 500 English seamen on board. When Commodore Taylor arrives at this port, we shall hive a squadron capable of, the boldest enterprises, and the fatal con sequences of whieh.to the Portuguese, they are probably far from foreseeing. " The Emperor has issued a decree, pardoning all deserters on their rejoining their respective corps within a limited time.' The last letters from New South Wales state, that Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Botanical Collector for Kew Gar dens, has discovered a valuable track of country abound ing in well watered plains, and fine timbered land, to the north of Bathurst, and a pass through a ridge of mountains,' which stretch east and west to Liverpool Plains, discovered by Mr: OZLEY, in 1818. This lati tudinal dividing range is situated on the other side of a stream named the Geulburn, and in many parts re sembles the Blue Mountains. 'l' THE'EVENINC STAR; LONDON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1824. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 93i, 4, for the Account, with a good deal doing.—Consols have just been done at 93i to g. —All South American Securities are very heavy, and have considerably lowered. FOREIGN FUNDS. In the Foreign Market this morning there seems to be a panic in Colombian and Mexican Securities. The latter has been done at 50, and the former at eight per cent. discount. Current Prices :—.New Spanish 18 to 4, Old 224 23, Alliance Shares 12, Russian 964, Mexican 504 4, Chilian 76, French Scrip 121 1, Austrian 954, New Prussian 974 4, Portuguese 874, Bra zilian ito par, Buenos Ayres par. AUSTRIAN FUNDS. Viz/nu, AUGUST 4.—Metalliques 93. 546. Bk. Sh. 1 i 06. s.—Metalliques 93. Bk. Sb. 1100. 3-3. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 236 1 / 2 236-3 per (:t. Reduced 94 1 / 2 1A 3 per Ct. C0n5.93% 3 /s-3i per Cent. 101% 4 per Cent Assented 101% 1 / 4 4 per Cent. New 106 105 A Long Anns. 23 1 / 2 3-16—India Bonds 82 84 £l,OOO Esclie. Bills (2d.) 40 1 ; (1 1 / 2 d.) 39 41 £5OO Do. (2d.) 40 2 ; (1 1 / 2 d ) 40 1 £lOO and 1:200 Do. (21) 40 2 ; (1 1 / 2 J.) 41 3 Consols for Acct. 93% 3/s %4. Dispatches were this forenoon received at the Colo. nial Office, Downing -sheet, from the Marquis of I-l As. TINGE, at Malta, and Sir FREDERICK ADAM, at Corfu, but they contain no intelligence of importance. This forenoon we received the Etoile of yesterday and the Meniteur of Wednesday, by Express. It con tains a letter from Cadiz, addressed to the French Mi nister of Marine, announcing that, on the 24th ult. Vice-Admiral DUPERRE arrived off that port in the Trident, with four frigates, and anchored at Rota. On the following day, Rear-Admiral Baron Racoons, on board the San Petri arrived, and put himself under the orders of Admiral DUPERRE. On the 26th, the squa dron was to leave Cadiz and perform its evolutions. Wednesday the KING transacted business with M. de VILLELE, and afterwards rode out. TheMoniteur_contains a Royal Ordonnance relative to the pensions of the widows and children of Magistrates, The King of SPAIN arrived at Madrid from Sacedon en the 11th inst. amidst the roar of cannon, the ringing of bells, and the shouts of the inhabitants, who went out to meet him. The Madrid Gazette publishes a Royal Decree, for suppressing Freemasons and Secret Societies in all his Majesty's States in Europe and America. The French Journals are more remarkable for what they do not, than what they do contain. The Moniteur, which was published on Monday for the purpose (it being the' only Paper published on that day), contained the ordon_ nance reviving the Censorship, which appears to have. been put in full operation on the following day, particu larly against the Coristitutiourrel and Journal des Delats. In both these Papers there are enormous blanks where the pen of the Censor has ei ased the obnoxious articles; the interior of the Journal des Debats has two columns and a half blank, and the Constitutionnel nearly ps much. No explanation is given, but the inference is obvious. The Jou, nal des Debuts contains some farther par ticulArs of the capture of Ipsara; but it is an often tqld tale, and repetition, in such a case, is unnecessary. o.re of the French Journals re asserts that the Captain Pacha bad sustained great loss in an action with the Greek fleet, after the destruction of Ipsara, and that DER%VIBII PACIIA had lost the whole of his vanguarclAr an unsuccessful attempt to cross the pass at Therms pylx. The Greeks, it is said, suffered it to advance, • and by a skilful manoeuvre cut it off from the main bady, and compelled it to surrender. PARIS, AUGUST 18.—Rentes 100 f. 70c. This forenoon we received the Austrian Observer to the 7th inst. It does not contain a single article on the affairs of the Greeks. The following are extracts : SWITZERLAND, AUGUST 6. The commercial relations of Switzerland with foreign countries was discussed in the sitting of the Diet on the 9LII. A note from the Sardinian Charge d'Affaires, in reply to the remonstrance of the Federal Directory,o n the subject of the new tariff of duties, assures Switzer land of the importance which the Court of Twin at taches to the commercial relations with the confedera tion, and offers to resume themegociations on that sub ject. A committee was accordingly appointed, to make a report on this matter. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of the kingdom of the Netherlands, has made an equally satisfactory reply to a note from Switzerland, on the commerce with that country ; and adds, that M. de Liedeck, who is nowlat Turin on leave of absence, will go to Rome to receive more precise overtures on the object of the conferences. The negotiations for the treaty of commerce with the kingdom of Wirtemberg, are to be opened immediately. The Officers of the Companies formerly in the service of Naples, have succeeded in settling their claims at the ate of 57, payable in thirty months, so that this affair will not come before the Diet any more. The Government of the Canton of Schwytz has thought it advisable to appoint Commissioners to exa mine the situation of the Rufeberg, and especially to see whether the actual position of the rocks which have separated from it threaten any danger, imminent or mote, to the inhabitants of that neighbourhood. The examination was made on the 26th of July, and the an swer of the Commissioners has been inthe niBazive. A letter from hii Majesty the King of Prussia to the Government, announces the retal of M. de Meuron, . • • his Majesty'sPstet Plenipotentiary Switkegand, , Who is appointed to anotier post. We have received intelligence froth Mexieo to 'the Ist ultimo. but it fails tO confirm the reported 'suc cesses of General BRAVO, who, it is said, has been ap pointed Dictator; indeed his irrivil at Guadalaxara was not positively known at Mexico, though it was re ported; the rising in Guadalaxara was in favour of, 'TUMOR, as was the conspiracy discovered in Mexico on the 9th of May, two days before this adventurer left England, to try and regain his former power. The in dividuals were assembled in a house in the street of Calaya, which the soldiers entered by the door and the roof, so that none of them escaped ; there were twenty two in all, and the wife of a Mr. BARTOW/ acted as their Secretary. On the entrance of the soldiers, she tore from one of the papers the sign manual of her hus band, who was not present, and swallowed it, in order to destroy the evidence against him. It appeared from the documents, that the plan of the conspirators was to proclaim ITURBIDE. We yesterday stated the punishments to which the principals had been condemned; and it appears that they are to be sent to Acapulco, in order that their sentences may be carried into effect; and that such of them as have appealed to the Sovereign Congress for a commutation of tke punishment of death, may be kept in the castle there, to await the result of their applica tion : it is not probable that any of them were executed. Neither the Mexican Papers, nor private letters, nor the advices from Alvarado, which are to the 2d ult. contain any information of ITURBIDE having landed, or even arrived on the coast, which is extraordinary, as he sailed horn Southampton on the 11th of May. In a preceding column we have given the Procla mation of the Emperor of BRAZIL, of which we gave an outline yesterdry, and another addressed to the Per nambucAns. The EMPEROR is peculiarly situated, what ever may be his real views. He is threatened with in vasion by Portugal, and his authority disputed and re• sisted by a portion of his own subjects. Should he re main faithful to his declaration, that he wilt sooner die than betray the Brazilians, it is more than pro bable .that the appearance of an enemy may heal the dissentions which exist, and reconcile those to a Monarchy who want a Republic ; but should his conduct seem equivocal, the only resource left to the party that now supperts him will be to join the Republitans, in which they will have the secret or open support of the Republics in both North and South America,who view a Monarchical G,vernment in the New World with pecu liar jealousy. The alarm which • has been excited in the Brazilian capital will rather be increased than allayed by the Proclamations of the EMPEROR, who appears, however, to be making great exertions to resist the threatened invasion. Orders have been dispatched to Pernambuco to recall all the yessels employed in the blockade of that port, for the more effectual defence of the capita l against the expected attack ; and such was the anxiety 'of the Government to increase the ranks of the army, that numbers were seized in the streets of Rio, and forcibly impressed into that service. Among other consequences of the general alarm, it had led to the accommcdation of Lord COCHRANE'S differences with the 13razilian Government. His Lord ship had put forth a protest against the decree and proceedings of the Government with respect to the ships captured from the Portuguese, which not meet ing immediate attention, he had gone on board the Pedro Primeiro, with the declared resolution of not ,again coming on shore, unless his demand. were com plied with. After the arrival of the intelligence ft om Lis bon, means were found to conciliate his Lordship, who was using active exertions to prepare the fleet for sea. Several pirate letters have been received from Cal cutta, by the ship Maitland, from one of which we make the following extract : " Tn . & is exceedingly dull, and there is not one out of one.hundred and fifty who succeed to realize a for tune ; those who have realized, cannot effect a remit tance of them without sustaining a loss of at least one-thira. There have been many failures in Calcutta, and it is expected there %ill be many more. Landed propeity is increasing in value, and the improvements in Calcutta are so great, that should you have occasion to come out again (which I do not see you,can avoid, having such a large sum at stake), you would not know it again All seems quiet here, excepting some trifling dispute with the Burmese, about an island formed at the mouth of one of their rivers, but it is not expected to cause much trouble to set the matter right. One of the Burmese Tanandaros (a police-officer) had the folly to seize a Mr. Chew, a pilot, and his boat's crew, who, it appears in this day's Calcutta Paper, are given up, and 1 sup.' ,pose all will be immediately settled ; and it is hinted that a great part of one of the Company's Loans is about to be paid:off. It is astonishing the high pre mium, thirty-six to forty per cent. on six per cent. re mittable paper to Europe. There is no employ in this country for money. I do not know what it must be with you." It is confidently reported, that some Gentlemen set off in- the course of yesterday, from London for the Continent, for the purpose of negotiating with the Spa nigh Court the Loan of a considerable sum of money. There is a homely proverb, that " Fools and their mo• ney are soon parted," but its truth was never, perhaps, manifested on so large a scale as it will be, if our Capitalists adiance a new Loan to Spain. Let us no longer talk of the weakness or imbecility of FERDINAND'S Government, if it can thus outwit the Monied Interest . of England. j !'HF ARMS'. . Yesterdiy morning the 2d Regiment of Life Guards marched howl the Cavalry Barracks at Windsor, to Inglefield Green, where they bad a grand field day. In the afternoon the band of the Regi.. ment attended, and played on the Long Walk, where a great deal of company attended to hear them. The first division of the Bth (the King's) Regiment of Font, ar rived on the 16th instant, on beard the Loyal Briton transport, at Plymouth, from Portsmouth. The 66th (the 2d York North Riding) Regiment of Tnflntry is ordered, on the arrival of the 72d Regiment of Foot at Ediab tiro \ to proceed thence to Ireland.. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. We are directed to contradict the appointment of Lietiter:.ist Botrrocz to the Marquis of Salisbury packet; it seems it lit. t ;it taken place. Lieutenants CAIIINTIS and WCata, of the Barratona,l2o, at ; mouth, are promoted to the rank of Commander. FALMOUTH, Auo. 18.—Wind W.—Arrived the Cygnet pachet, from the Brains—sailed from Rio the 19th June, Bahia tin_ 1(1 July, and Pernambuco the 3d ditto; Montague packet, from the Mediterranean—sailed from Corfu the 7th June, Malta the 15,11, Gibraltar the 2d of August, and from Cadiz the 3d ditto. Sailed the Lord Melville packet, for the Brazil; ; and Duke of Kent packet, for Lisbon. Poammourn, Atm. 19.—Wind W.—Sailed the George, Hoar. sox, for the Coast of Africa; Duchess of York transport, forChathant. DaeL, Atm. 19.—Wind W.—Came down front the River and rentals, the Brutus, Zephyr, Diana, and Naiad, outward-bound. Arrived the Asia, TINDALE, from Quebec ; and Venus, Nicol, fr, Dominica. The Britannia steam-vessel, of Dover, returned to Ranngate yesterday, in consequence of Mr. C. Snit% of London (one of the passengers), having unfortunately fallen over the lee rail, owing to a sudden lurch, off the South Foreland, and, n',. withstanding every exertion of the Commander and crew, was lost. Four, p. u.— Arri ve d from London and remain, the following out. ward bound ; viz. Caledonia Zeno, Fame, Scotia, Amiable Eliza, William Wilt erforce, and Sceptre. Dolma, Atm. 19.—Arrived off the port, the Monmouth, SimrsoN•, from Jamaica; Margaret, Witsox; and Butleigh, Cualsexccott, from Quebec.- THE KING. WINDSOR, AUGUST 19.- r -Sir CHARLES Lowc, Sir EDMUND NAOLZ, and other visitors, called at the Castle yesterday, and staid a long time inspecting the alterations now in progress, there bring about 400 men at work in different parts of the Castle.. Sir CHARM{ Lonc had the honour of dining with the KING yester day, at the Royal Lodge, and returned to London in the evening. Lord MARVSOROUGH takes up his new residence at Vern Hill, on Monday next. His Lordship, on Tuesday last, went to Ascot Heath, and after inspecting the King's Stand, gave directions for some projected improvements to be carried into effect. A large sturgeon was caught in the Thames yesterday, near Wind sor Bridge, where it had been seen for several days past. It was caught by some of the bargemen. and put into a large punt filled with water, and kept in that state till this morning, when the pun t , containing the fish, was put on a brewer's dray, and conveyed to the Royal Lodge for the inspection of the KING. This remarkah'e fish weighs upwards of a hundred and fifty pounds, and measures seven feet and a half in length. Lord ALVANLIT had a dinner party yesterday, at his 'house in Park-place. The Dowager Countess of STAMFORD had a select party yesterday evening, at her house in Charlecst. Berkeley-sq. Lord FIFE'S very extensive manors in Scotland, where the game is preserved with so much care, abound with grouse; the ' black, the red, and the grey cock, being in the greatest abundance. The Noble Lord's hospitable mansion is, as usual, full of visit :rs for the commencement of this manly and healthful exercise. Lord GIFF.ORD has closed his sittings f o r th e p resent , as Vices Chancellor. We are happy to say, the answers given this day of the state of his Honour the Vice Chancellor's health, were equally favourable with those of yesterday. Mr. ROTHSCHILD'S two brothers and his nephew at rived this morning in.town, from Paris; in their way from the 'coast the carriage broke down on Bexley Heath. We are happy to say they did not sustain any injury. Salisbury Musical Festival, which is held triennially, and continues three days, commenced on Wednesday. Madame CATALAN:, Mrs. SALMON. Miss CRORGE Messrs. SAPID, 1361.LANT, HAWKS, Ifasaminx, Ste. are engaged, and dildayed their varirj talent with great effect. The attendance both at the Cathedral in the morning, and at the Evening Concert, was crowded in the extreme.' It is not, perhaps, generally known, that the liou,e which now constitutes the entrance to Inner Temple-lane from Fleet-street, and which is at present converted into billiard rooms, was originally the residence of Prince CHARLES STUART ' son of King Jamas I. of England. Th e front t tl e v at i on i s nearly iu the same state as it was when it was first built. ELOPEMENT.— It was yesterday rumoured in the West, that the daughter of a wealthy tradesman in the East had travelled for Gretna Green. The companion of the young Lady's flight is said to be a gay and 'gallant son of Mars, whose sole patrimony is his sword and a pair of colours. Major-General Turman, who has been appointed to succeed Sir CHARLES MICA rum in the Government of Sierra Leone, went yesterday to Woolwich, for the pur pose of making himself acquainted with the new sys tem of discharging rockets. They will be of powerful use should he be obliged to continue hostilities with the Ashantee savages, who are in great dread of fire, and are easily discomfited by the discharge of musketry.— Under such circumstances Gene ra l TURNER does well to make himself acquainted with this very annoying mode of attack. General TURNER is an experienced and distinguished Officer. lie lost an arm in the ser vice about fourteen years ago. During the storm of wind and rain on Wednesday, much damage was done in the environs of London.— Several of the nursery grounds sustained great injury by having some hundreds of thriving plants torn up by the roots. Between Loughton and Epping a large oak tree was broken in two. A boat coming from Green wich, with siz persons in it, was upset by a sudden gust of wind : all were fortunately picked up by some barge. men, opposite Blackwall. The damage at Camberwell Fair was very considerable, from the sudden stripping of the booths by the wind ; and the confusion, to get shelter from the storm, amongst the assembled multi tude, was great : many being thrown down and tram pled on sustained much injury. Cape of Good Hope Papers have arrived to the 6th of June. They contain a Proclamation issued by the Go vernor on the Ist of June, in which he offers a reward of Joe thousand rix-dollars to any person who should reveal the author of a " certain defamatory libel, tend ing to disgrace his character and honour," which it ap pears had been stuck up on one of the posts of the bridge leading to the Grand Parade. No mention is made of any person having come to claim the reward by ful filling the conditions on which it was proffered. Mr. BIGGE, one of his Majesty's Commissioners of Inquiry, and Mr. GREGORY, Secretary to the Com mission, arrived at the Cape on the 24th of May, from the interior. The ARACHNE sloop of war arrived in Simon's Bay on the afternoon of the 28th of May, with a Mail from England, in seventy-two days. Ad vices had reached the Cape from Bengal to the 10th of March, but they contain nothing new respecting the Burmese war. Wechtsday we stated that the illegitimate infant of young woman, named Taylor, was found in the privy of a house in the London-road. Yesterday aninquest was h.:ld on the body, when the Jury, after hearing every evidence that could be brought beforethem, came to the conclusion that the child was not unfairly destroycJ• _;