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13RAZIL. MANIFESTO OF MIS MAJESTY TILE EMPEROR TO TILE IRAZILLANSi. Providence, which watches over the stability and preservation of nations, has in its profound wisdom permitted, that this empire should, after the confirmation of its independence, and the union of all its provinces, even those most remote, contittue to advance in the career of consolidation and prosperity. The Constituent and Legislative Assembly laboured with assiduity, discernment, and activity, to form a constitution calculated firmly to plant the constitutional system, and cause it to take deep root in this es tensive em pire. On this immoveable foundation, the con struction of the social edifice was steadily pro ceeding, and such was the opinion entertained by foreigners of the Brazilian nation, that the principal Powers of Europe would soon have re coguized the independence of the empire, and would even have been ambitious of contracting political and commercial relations with us. This brilliant prospect, which nothing seemed capable . of obscuring, was dimmed by the unexpected storm which overcast our horizon. The genius of mischief inspired restless and evil-disposed . spirits with criminal designs, and kindled the flan)* of discord in the public mind. Some time ago it began to be seen and ascermined that there did not prevail in the Assembly that uniformity of true principles which distinguishes Constitutional Governments ; and that har mony of separate powers which constitutes their moral and physical force began to waver. Vari ous and continued attacks on the 'Executive Power, and its concessions for the sake of liar . mony, enervated the force of the Government, and silently undermined it. The spirit of dis union went on incressing ; the gall of distrust overflowed ; parties were secretly formed ; and a disorganizing faction suddenly appeared, and ac quired a force which began to alarm the minds of all worthy Brazilians, who, solely animated by zeal for the public good, and the purest patrio tism, trembled with horror at the prospect of fu ture dangers which they foresaw and expected. Meanwhile, those men who had meditated and contrived subversive plans, and who continued to practise their sinister arts, gained over some honest and simple persons, by holding out the Mattering idea of the better security of liberty -that sacred idol, always adored, but too often misunderstood ; others by persuading them that the Government taad become despotic ; and some, perhaps, by the promise of advantages which their own extravagant imagination* exaggerated. At last they carried their malignity so far. as to propagate that the perfidious and insidious pro ject of a union with the Portuguese Govertunent was adopted. The plans being laid, the means of acting on them arranged and put in motion, and the dim culites smoothed which were supposed to present obstacles in the way of succe , s, it was determined that the, conceived and long permeditated design should be carried into effect. One of the means chosen as most certain was t 4 sow discord between the citizens born in Bra zil and those who are natives of Portugal, by the means of journals written with a dexterous arti fice and virulence, aiming at the destruction of the moral force of the Government, and threaten -19g my imperial. person with the examples of I tur bide and of Charles 1., and also through emis saries who supported and propagated the same seditious principles. The fermentation which was to produce the revolutionary volcano being thus prepared, the faction which had become .preponderant in the Assembly availed itself for the fatal explosion of a petition from the citizen David Pamplona—de scribed as a Brazilian by birth, being, neverthe less, a native of the Portuguese islands,—who complained of some blows which he had received from two Brazilian officers, natives of Portugal, and who, according to the opinion of a commit-, tee, was to recur to the ordinary course of law. Before day-light, and with the most criminal forethought, the leaders of this horrible faction, assisted by their partisans, invited a number of persons to come armed with poinards and pistols to support them, by spreading terror among those illustrious, honourable, and -worthy depu ties of the A3sembly,•who, faithful to their oaths, made it their sole endeavour to fulfil the just confidence reposed in them by the noble Brazil flan nation, and who, consequently, wished to maintain the tranquillity necessary to their deli berations. On that unhappy day tragic and frightful scenes took place. Cries were set up, and sup ported in a manner equally extraordinary and scandalous. The illustrious President, with a prudent vigilance displayed in the breaking up of the sitting, put a stop to evils which would have burst forth with the dreadful noise of an immense volcano, fermented by• the fury of parties, by national hatred, by the thirst of ven geance, and by the most inflated ambition. Such was to be expected from the great number of persons, who, within and without the Assembly, were disposed to sustain the projects of this ter rible 'faction ; and such was to be feared from the great quantity of arms profusely sold in the city on the preceding days,—and from the scanda lons acclamations by which the leaders of the wicked party were received and extolled by their satellites when they came out of the As sembly, in despite even of nhy imperial presence, This scene of danger was again renewed.— Violent and virulent speeches from those who belong to the faction continued to fan the flame of discord, and many of their dependents, both • in the galleries of the Assembly and without, protected the horrible results which were the necessary consequences of the premeditated plans. To this end they demanded and obtained the establishment of a permanent session, under the specious pretext that it was not fit it should be dissolved until tranquillity should be established. For this latter object, L had commanded the whole of the troops to march and assemble in the plain of S. Christovao, with the just design of leaving the Assembly in perfect liberty ; and I afterwards acquainted the Assembly with this de termination, in order that they might take into I consideration the motives which I justified it, and the necessity of providing some positive mea sures tending to the re-establishment of tranquil lity. No such measures, however, were taken, but they continued, on the contrary, to pursue their discussions with the same warmth and ob stinacy ; and under cover of a multitude of spe cious pretexts the ruin of the country was aimed at, while their first and most decided attacks were directed towards my august person, which was treated with every disrespect that calumny and malignity could suggest. Nor was a revolutionary fury the only feeling which appeared in these extravagant attacks.— They went still farther, and aimed at an exces sive restriction of the attributes which belong, by the very nature of representative governments, to the head of the Executive Power, and which had been conferred on me by the nation as Con stitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Brazil. They even went so far as to require that the whole or a great part of the troops should withdraw to a distance from the city ; thus leav ing the Government w ithout its necessary vigour and support. The delay in adopting decisions, which is al ways dangerous in urgent cases, and which must finally prove fatal in the present melancholy state of affairs—the horrible prospect of some imminent catastrophe—the despair of some—the pride and political fanaticism of others—th e alarm and fear of all peaceful citizens—the dangerous state of the country, and the dread of the ruin and subversion of the state, —all impera tively dernand prompt . and efficacious measures, and remedies which, though apparently violent, can alone succeed in producing early and happy results. .And what measures would be the most likely to succeed in so arduous and perilous a crisis ? What dike could be found to stay the revolu tionary torrent, to bear up against the force of its waves, and to paralyse them completely ? Yo other was so obvious or so powerful as the disso lution of the Assembly. This, and the dismissal of the Ministers, are the preservatives from public disorders in constitutional monarchies ; this last was put in practice, and there was then no other resource left than to carry the first into execution, though to the great sorrow and grief of my impe rial heart. Actuated, therefore, by these power ful motives, and by the urgent necessity of sav ior, the,, country, which is a supreme law, and justifies extreme measures in cases of great risk, I commanded the dissolution of the Assembly by the decree of the 12th current, at the same time directing the convocation of another, according to the public constitutional law, to which I am de sirous to conform. In that same decree, as well as in that of the 'l3th, which repeated and extended it, irrefraga ble proofs were .given of the absolute necessity of adopting so forcible a measure, and of my anxi ous desire to re-establish the c onstitutional sys tem, which was proclaimed by the Brazilian nation, and which can alone ensure the happiness of the empire. If circumstances so difficult and perilous have compelled me to put in practice so violent a remedy, I have only to observe that extraordinary evils require extraordinary mea sures, and that it is to be, hoped that they will never be rendered .necessary again, The penPl") now satisfied of the extent of m y ma gnanimity and constitutional principles, and of my earnest desire to promote the national happiness and tranquillity, will desist from the commotion caused by this disastrous event, which is equally painfAl to myself, and will continue to enjoy the peace, tranquillity, and prosperity, which the constitu tion promises and secures. Rio, Nov. 16, 1823. THE EMPEROR. DECREES OF THE EMPEROR OF BRAZIL. I, Don Pedro, &c. Having convoked, as I have a right to do, the General Con stituent and Legislative Assembly, by the Decree of the 3d of June last year, in order to save Brazil from the imminent danger with which she was threatened ; and that Assembly having perjured itself by violating the oath solemnly made to the nation to defend the integrity of the Empire, its independ ence, and my dynasty ; I have thought proper to dissolve the said Assembly, and to convoke another, according to the rules laid down for the convocation of that which has now ceased to exist. This new Assembly will have to deliberate on the plan of a constitution which I intend shortly to present to it, and which will be infinitely more liberal than that which was ap proved by the late Assembly. My Ministers and Secretaries of State, in all the different departments, have received the re .qui►ite instructions, which they will carry into execution for the welfare of the empire. Given at the Palace, Nov. 3, 1823 ; being the second year of the independence of the empire. (Signed) THE EMPEROR. (Countersigned) CLEMENTE FERREIRE FRANCA. JOSE OLIVEIRA BARBOZA. Don Pedro, &c. As I understand that some doubts have arisen respecting the real meaning of the term " perjured," which I applied to the Legislative Assembly of Brazil, in my decree of yesterday, by which that assembly is dissolved, and that expression has been supposed to comprehend the whole national representation, I wish it to be understood that I have never confounded the wor thy representatives of the people of Brazil with the notorious faction who hare swayed that congresf I hereby declare, that 1 draw a just distinction between the upright individuals who have always had in view the welfare of Brazil, and the faction that thirst for revenge even at the price of the horrors of anar chy. The latter only were comprehended in my denunciation, as by the preponderance they were the instigators of true mis fortunes which they proposed to bring upon the country. My Ministers and Secretaries of State have also received this with instructions to publish it. Palace of Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 13, 1823 ; being the second year of the independence of the empire. (Signed) THE EMPEROR. (Countersigned) FRANCISCO VILLELA BARBOZA. (From the Estrella Brasileira.) " RIO JANEIRO, NOVEMBER 14. " The composition of our paper of this day was concluded when symptoms of a narure highly dangerous to the public peace manifested themselves in this capital. They derived their origin from what occurred in the sitting of the Assembly of Saturday last. The debate on that day turned on a petition addressed to the Assembly by a citizen, whose house had beeh violated by two officers of the Mounted Artillery, who assault ed and maltreated him on the supposition that he was the au thor of a letter addressed• to a certain journal, and signed ' 0 Brasileiro Resoluto.' " The petition was referred to a committee, whose opinion naturally was, that the complainer should recur to the ordinary course of law, this matter not coming within the jurisdiction of the Assembly. " This opinion, however, experienced opposition. " Antonio Carlos de Andrada proposed an amendment to the effect of requiring, on account of the extraordinary circum stances of Brazil, that in case the offenders should be convicted of the crime imputed to - them, they should be banished from the empire. " In the sitting of Monday this amendment was the subject of a warm debate, the solemnity of which was interrupted by exclamations from the people in the galleries and in the hall.— The President therefore considered himself obliged to break up the sitting at a quarter past one o'clock in the afternoon. As incredible state of fermentation was then displayed. " The Emperor, being aware that the sitting would be stormy, had come to the city, and remained while the Assembly was debating, in the Palace, where he received the resignation of his Ministers, with the exception of the Minister of Marine. " In the evening the fermentation became more violent, and a great number of officers were observed passing to and fro on the road to St. Christovam. " His Majesty perceiving that a crisis was approaching, or dered under arms the whole of the regular troops and the whole of the militia, and these forces were assembled in the plain of St. Christovam. " On Tuesday the assembly met at the usual hour. " Antonio Carlos de Aadrada addressed the Assembly on the collection of troops at St. Christovam, the disquietude which prevailed in the city, and the necessity of demanding categorical explanations from the Government. On his mos. tion, it was ordered that the sitting of the Assembly should be permanent. " Soon after a message was received from the Emperor, in forming the Assembly that the officers of the army in general complained very much of being every day exposed to most odious attacks and incendiary writings, whose authors re mained unpunished; that his Majesty had assembled around him the whole of the troops, to guard az-tinst disorder, as well as to secure to the Assembly freedom in its delibera. tions ; that the troops were in a state of perfect subordina tion ; and, finally, that it was necessary to adopt extraordinary measures. " To this message the Assembly answered, that they were very happy to learn that the troops were always subordinate ; that they were not regularly informed as to the fact of the grounds of complaint on the part of the of ; that they were ready to adopt whatever measure might appear necessary in the existing circumatances, as soon as his Majesty's Govern ment gave them the requisite e xplanations. " The reply of the Government was delayed a considerable time. It arrived at one o'clock in the morning. In substance the Government required restricting the licentious freedom of the press, and the expulsion from the Assembly of a certain number of factious Deputies, the shameless advocates of anarchy and civil war. " After a long debate on this communication from the Go vernment, the greater part of the Deputies declared that they could not consent to such measures without previously receiv ing from his Majesty's Ministers most circumstantial informa tion on the subject ; and that it was above all things necessary to call for the examination of the Minister for the Home De partment. This was agreed to. " On the same day (Wednesday morning) the Assembly discussed a decree, the effect of which was to order that the European Portuguese and other foreigners belonging to the military corps assembled at St. Christovam should withdraw into the interior, t o the distance of at least six leagues from the capit a l. " Meanwhile the troops assembled at St. Christovam con tinued to give proofs of a lively enthusiasm for the Emperor.— His Majesty reviewed them amidst shouts a thousand times repeated of attachment to the i ndependence of Brazil, and the Constitutional Emperor. "At ten o'clock on Wednesday morning the Minister for the Home Department appeared in the Assembly. After his examination, the Deputies, not considering themselves suf ficiently informed, dismissed his Excellency, and ordered the new Minister of War to be summoned, in order that he might be interrogated. " His Majesty then adopted the final resolution. A body of troops received orders to march in two columns, to enter the city, and dissolve the Assembly. " By two o'clock in the afternoon the troops, the greater part of whom remained drawn up in order of battle in the Campo da Acclamagam, arrived near the Palace. Several general officers entered the Assembly, one of whom delivered to one of the Secretaries the following Imperiardecree [Here follows a copy of the first of the above decrees.] " The decree being read, a copy was ordered to be entered on the journals, and the President declared that the Assembly was dissolved. " Martin Franciseo de Andrade, Ant on i o C ar l o s d e An drade, Mont e zuma, and Rocha, w ere arreste d as t h ey were coming out of the assembly. Besides these, the Deputies Vergueiro, Be]chior, Jose Bonifecio de Andrade, were arrested without the palace of the Assembly. " These proceedings being terminated, an account of the whole was given to his Imperial Majesty, who was on horse back at the head of the troops in the Campo da Acelarnaearn. The Emperor then made his entry into the city. " His Majesty then went to perform his devotions in the hermitage of Nossa Senhora da Gloria, on his way whither he received the strongest proofs of the love entertained for him by the loyal people of this capital. " We were prelent at only a small portion of these events ; the rest were communicated by eye-witnesses, or collected frotn public rumour. 'We do not, however, make ourselves respon sible for them." The Eared Brarileira, from which we have given extracts above, contains a long article under the date of the 19th of No vember, which if it do not disclose the precise intentions of the Brazilian Government, cannot be supposed to speak sentiments displeasing to the new authorities, since it is published so soon after the crisis which seems to have Invested Don Pedro, for a time at least, with absolute power. It is in the•first place remarked, that thirty-two months have elapsed since the Revolution was accomplished at Rio de Janeiro, and that during that period ther e h as b een a cons t ant ta lk o f R e f orms and aConstitution, but. that the people had hitherto derived no' benefit from the change. The writer next obierves, that the meeting of a new Constituent Assembly is suggested, to examine and discuss a Constitution submitted by the .Empe ror ; but should this be the case, then, says lie, " We may ex pect to obtain a Constitution in the year of the birth of our Lord 1830." After treating the formation of a new Constituent Assembly as a thing altogether impossible, it is hinted that his Imperial Majesty ought to take entirely upon himself the business of giving a constitution, which might be submitted to the approbation of the whole empire. Finally, it is recommend ed as a means ofremoving all distrust, that the Government should be purely national ; that no important offices should be given to native Portuguese until the recognition of the independence ofl Brazil by Portugal; and th a t the Government should resort to the most vigrous measures to compel Portugal to make there cognition as speedily as possible. The interruption of all corn coerce between Portugal and Brazil even through the means of neutral ships, is pointed out as the measure likely to extort the recognition of the new empire from the mother country ; no Portuguese productions ought to be admitted under the pre tence of being Brazilian property. It is proposed that a fixed term for the recognition should be allowed to the Government of Portugal, with a notification that if it did expire without the required acknowledgment, Portugal could no longer expect the least favour from Brazil, and would even incur the risk of being excluded from all commerce with Brazil for many years. THE ARMY. HALF-PAY OFFICERS. COPY OF A LETTER SENT TO SEVERAL OFFICERS ON HALF-PAY. Horse-Guards, Jan. 21, 1824. trin directed by the Commander-in- Chief to acquaint you, that in consequence of the impossibility of finding Officers on the Retired List, who are equal to the duties required in three Royal Veteran Battalions in Ireland, it has been determined to fill up the existing vacancies in these battalions from the line, under the following restrictions : That the Officers so selected shall, in the event of reduction of the battalions to which they may be appointed, not be en titled to retirement on full-pay as heretofore, but shall be placed upon half-pay, unless they shall have been previously to such reduction transferred or exchanged to Regiments of the Line. That the Officers shall produce certificates of Army Medical Officers, that they are fit for any duty. That they shall be allowed to exchange with Officers of the Line, but that no exchange will be sanctioned unless the Officer thus brought into a Veteran Battalion shall be certified to be fit for any duty, that Officer to be equally liable to reduction to half-pay. No Officer appointed upon this occasion to the Veteran Bat talions, will be allowed to sell his commission, or to receive the difference upon retiring on half-pay. His Royal Highness intends to recommend you for full pay. in the Royal Veteran Battalion, and desires that you will immediately transmit to me the required certificates of fitness for any duty, and state your readiness to join that Battalion in Ireland, within one month of the date of your appointment. In failure of which it will be cancelled, and another Officer ap pointed.—l am, Sir, vour most obedient humble Servant, (Signed) 11. TAYLOR. (From the LONDON GAZETTE of Saturday.) War-Qffice,Jan. 23. 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards.—Lieutenant Richard Doyne, from half-pay 18th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant and Adjutant, vice Jo s h ua D unwoo dy, who exchanges, re ceiving the difference. 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons.—Cornet Matthew Chitty Doynes St. Quintin, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Coney, promoted in the 17th Light Dragoons. Harry Shakspeare Philips, gent. to be Cornet by purchase, vice St. Quintin. 6th Regiment of Dragoons.—Lieutenant Wm. Henry E3now, from halt-pay 4th Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Edward G. Cubitt, who exchanges. Ist Regiment of Foot.-=Lieutenant Richard Bennett, from half-pay 24th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice J. Clayton Cowell, who exchanges. sth Ditto.—Ensign Edward Henry Dodd, from the 53d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Brooke, proinoted in the 27th Foot. 10th Ditto.—Colonel Sir Robert Travers, from Inspecting Field Officer of Militia in the lonian Islands, to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, vice Matthew Stewart, who retires upon half pay. 27th Ditto.—Ensign John Brooke, from the sth Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Drewe, promoted in the Royal African. Colonial Corps. 3sith Ditto.—Ensign John Burns to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Baynes, promoted in the Royal African Colo nial Corps ; William Sacheverell Coke, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Burns. 40th Ditto.—Major Michael Creagh, from the 86th Foot, to be Major, vice Stretton, who retires upon half-pay 84th Foot. 53d Ditto. lsowpolci:toedx,toGthenets. t t h o F b o e o E t. nsign, without purchase vice p s D e i tto.—Lieutenant Richard Pe rc y P ac k , from the 60t h u s r B c t h: Foot, to be Lieutenant , vice Edward O'Brien, w h o retires upon half-pay 29th Foot. 60th Ditto.—Lieutenant Johan Hein Adair to be Captain, without purchase. vice Purdon, promoted in th e R oya l Afri can Colonial C or p s. Lieutenant George Fred er i c k G reeves , fromhalf-payto 29th Foot, t o b e Li eutenant, vice Pack, ap pointede 58 th Foot. 63d Regime nt of Foot. —Ensign John Gibb ons to b e Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Campbell, promoted ix the Royal African Colonial Corps. Ensign James Gordon from the 93d Foot, to he Ensign, vice Gibbons. 72d Ditto—Lieutenant Alexand er L og i e to b e C apta i n, w i t h. out p u rchase, vice Nicoll* promoted in the 2d West India Re g iment. Ensign Michael Adair to be Lieutenant, vice Logic. 'William Henry Robinson, gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, rice Adair. 86 t h Ditto—Major Michael Chamberlain, from half-pay, 84th Foot, to be Major, vice Creagh, appointed to the 40th Foot. _ 90th Ditto--Ensign John Wilson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dowson, promoted in the Royal African Colo nial Corps. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Hugh Massey, gent., vice Sankey, deceased; Austin Mackenzie, gent., vice Wilson. 93d Ditto—Gentleman Cadet Andrew R. Evans, from the !loyal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gordon, appointed to the 63d Foot. Rifle Brigade—Brevet Major William Eccles to be Major, by purchase, vice Ross, promoted in the Cape Corps; Lieut. John N. Gossett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Eccles; Second Lieutenant Manners John Ker William Logan to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gossett ; Gentleman Cadet John St. Vincent Saumarez, from the Royal Military College, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Logan. 2d West India Regiment—Brevet Major William Burke Nicolls, from the 72d Foot, to be Major, without purchase, vice Grant, promoted in the Royal African Colonial Corps. Ceylon Regiment—Second Lieutenant Thomas Skinner to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice 'tuber, appointed j i to the 83d Foot. To be Second Lieutenants, without purchase—Gentleman Cadet Thomas William Rogers, from the Royal Military Col lege ; Gentleman Cadet John R. Heyland, from the Royal ilitary College, vize Skinner. Cape Corps--Brevet Colonel John Ross, from the Rifle Bri gade, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Fraser, deceased. Royal African Colonial Corps.—. Major Alexander Grant, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase. Brevet Major Edward Purdon, from the 60th Foot, to be Major, without purchase To be Captains without purchase—Captain Mitchell John Sparks, from the 2d West India Regiment; Captain John L'Estrange, from the 2d West India Regiment ; Lieutenant Charles Dowson, from the 90th Foot ; Lieutenant David Campbell, from the 63d Foot; Lieutenant Edward Ward Drowe, from the 27th Foot; Lieutenant Thomas Baynes, from the 39th Foot. To be Lieu tenants, without purchase--Lieutenant Frederick Clements, from th e 2d W est I n di a R eg i ment ; Lieutenant 1 , 1 , awn Francis Cartwright, from the 2d West India Regiment ; En sign Duncan Maclean, from the 2d West India Regiment ; Ensign James Rogers, from the 2d West India Regiment. UNATTACHED.—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George Fitz-I clarende, from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant-Col. of Infantry, by purchase, vice Major-General Alexander, who retires. BREVET.—Dr. Robert Walters, on half-pay as Assistant. Inspector of Hospitals, to be Inspector of Hospitals, by Brevet. STA F F.—Colonel Sir Charles Sutton, K.C.8., from half pay, to be Inspecting Field Officer of Militia in the lonian Islands, vice Sir Robert Travers, appointed to the 10th Foot. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Hospital-Assistant Conway M`Niece, from half-pay, to be Hospital-Assistant to the Forces, vice Cocking, resigned. _ _ 31 E :VlO R um.—The Commission of Major Fogerty, of the 33d Foot, as Major in the Army, has been ante-dated to 12th December, 1823, that being the date it ought to bear, but he has not been allowed any back pay. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Rid ing of the County of York, City and County of the City of York. 2d West York Militia—John Dearden, Esq. to be Captain. Yorkshire Hussar Yeomanry Cavalry.— Samuel Barwick Bruce, Gent. to be Cornet ; Assistant-Surgeon Francis Gibbs to be Surgeon, vice Shaw, resigned ; Samuel Barwick Bruce, Galt. to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Gibbs, promoted. Southern Regiment of Yorkshire (West Riding) Yeomanry Cavalry—Captain John Fullarton to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Lumley, resigned ; John Lord Viscount Pollington, to be Captain, vice Milnes, resigned; John Fullerton, jun. Esq. to be ditto, vice Fullerton, sen. promoted; Cornet John Foster t) be Lieutenant, vice Mawe, resigned ; William Sheardown, Oent. to be Cornet, vice Birch, reSigned ; Christopher Alder son, Gent. to be ditto, vice Foster, promoted. BARBADOES, DEC. 10.—Arrived TWIT on Sun day, after a passage of 40 days from England, his Majesty's frigate his, Admiral Sir L. W. Halstead, K.C.8., having on board the Consuls for South America—n ame ly, M r . Hende r s on , f or Colombia; Mr. Tupper, for La Guayra ; M r . Sutherland, for Maracaib o ; Mr. Watts, for Car thagena ; and Mr. M‘G regor , f or Panama. STOCKS TWO O'CLOCK. India Stock India Bonds —s. 8 2 F~ South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills 51 54 Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. Cons. for Act. PRICE O. TIIIS DAY AT Bank Stock 2391 3 per Cent. Red. 9lit 3 per Cent. Cons. 91.41 3. per Cent 1011• f 4 per Cent. f t °Niedv, llobl 5 per Cents. 1797 . Bank Long Ann. Imp. 3 per Cents ...223 1 PRICE or FOREIGN STOCKS iSr LONDON, JAN. 2 6 ' , AT ONE O'CLOCK. French f Five per Cents. 96a. 1 Scrip, 7 pm. Six per Cents. 00. Russian -, Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. (Ditto New 004. Five per Cent. Bonds, 824. Scrip, 5a prem. Five per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. Spanish Ditto 1821, 25k. Ditto 1823, lit. Prussian ( Five per Cent. Bonds, 914. 1 Ditto New, 894. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. Portuguese 874. Peruvian New Loan, 00. C h ili 76k . • . , Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 65. Mexican Loan, 3j prem. Poyais 100. ( New, 5. Bank Shares £22 103.—x23. 1 Seven per Cent. 000. 1 American Six per Cent. 00-000. Five per Cent. 00-000. Three per Cent. 714. Neapolitan Austrian PRICE OF IRISH STOCK, JAY. 22. Bank Stock 2.55 Grand Canal Loan, tip.ct. 61 Gov. Deb. 3 1 per cent 97a —Ditto 4 per cent.... 4O Stock, 3i per ct 96 —DittoStock -- Gov. Deb. 4 per cent. Royal Canal Stock Gov. Deb. 5 per cent. - -Stock, 4 per cent. - New - Treasury Bills, .5 per cent — Do. 6 per cent. -- City Debentures, 5 per ct — Ballast Office Govt. Sec. Lying in Hospital 4 per a< 5 per cent. Exchange on London, Jan. 21, Bi. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW- L 4 lnrning, 26 minutes after 11. (Evening, 57 minutes after 11- 41.....E.5._ THE SUN. SOLEAI QUIS DICERE FRESUAI AUDEAT • LONDON, MONDAY, JAN(LIRY 26, 1824. The Paris Papers of Friday contain no iotel gence of importance. The only article deierving notice is a letter from Madrid, dated the 14th instant, which states that the Minister CASA. YRUJO was then at the point of death. FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, JAN. 23.—Five per Cents., 91- 80. ; Bank Stock, 1,650. ; Neapolitan Five per Cents., 80i ; Exchange on London, one month, 26. 45. ; three months, 25. 33.—( Court Authentique.) CITY, Twelve o'Clock.—Consels opened this morning at 91 4 1 1, but soon after they fell again to 91i, with some business doing. An Express arrived this morning from Paris, bringing the French Rentes at 94f. 85c.—Spanish 241---Nea politan fell from 814 to 801. By the abole Express I have seen a letter, dated Saturday evening, which is as follows: This instant " learn that bad news has been received from " Spain. It is said that two French divisions " are ordered to return to Spain, and that " the Marquess de TAr.itau, the French Ambas- G 4 sador, has been recalled." A new Neapolitan Loan is spoken of. A re port prevails that the new Bank Charter is to have two new clauses in it ; one, it is said, to discount at 3 par cent., and the other to lend money to Landholders. FORRIGN MAPKET.—The first opening in the above Market this morning was in Mexican Bonds, which were at 3 4 premium. G re at efforts are making this morning to keep up the Mexican Bonds, but the Public are cautious, being still unsatisfied as to the stability of the South American Governments. Spanish Bonds opened at 25 to 1„ at which price they remain rather stationary. We have received letters from Demerara, dated the 28th of November, of which the fol-! lowing is an extract : " The General Court Marshal which assembled at the Colony-house on the 13th ult., for the trial of John Smith, of the London Missionary Society, closed its proceedings on Monday last, when the same were transmitted to his Ex cellency the Commander in Chief. The sentence has not transpired ; but we should judge, from the tenour of the fol.) lowing General Order, that the guilt of the accused is fully established : " GENERAL ORDER. " Adjutant-General's Office, Head-quarters, George town, Nov. 28, 1823. " ' The members composing the General Court Martial which assembled at the Colony-house on the 13th of October last, for the trial of John Smith, of the London Missionarq Society, and which continued by adjournment to the 2.4 th e? November, and whereof Lieutenant• Colonel Goodman is Pre-, sident, will return to their duty, the nature of the proceedingi being such as to render it imperative on his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief to transmit them for his Majesty's consi deration and ultimate decision.' " Mr.'Smith was removed from the Colony-house, where he has hitherto been confined, under a military guard, yesterday morning, to the new gaol, where the 21st Fusileers took the guard, instead of the militia, in the evening. We understand there are still several prisoners for trial." . Several files of American Paper; have arrived to the 2d January, but they do not contain any thing worth extracting. His MAJESTY will return to Carlton Palace this day week for the purpose of opening Par liament in person. Previously to the Kiwa's de parture for Brighton, his MAJESTY is fully ex pected at the two Theatres Royal, and the Ita ran Opera-House. The statue to the memory of the late Duke of KENT ►s to be put up in the course of the en , . suing week, in the centre of the gardens of tho I Regent's Park .Crescent. tric fo t tot fi P t it);