The Sun. — London, England, 1825-04-15 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. ,: DAILY Erb rats /ram the Morning Papers, Apra 15,18'25. [Nrw -rtmrs. - 1 Very important intelligence was yesterday re reivedfrom the Burman Funpire. It depends, indeed, on the personal accnracy and fidelity of an individual ; but this person is said to be one who has, on many former occasions, communi cated information which has uniformly been found correct. The accounts are contained in the Cal ' 'culla Gazette, and were brought by the George • Home, a private trader, which left Calcutta about the latter end of December. It is stated, that the Burrnese Monarch had been assassinated, and t h at hi s Queen, who was supposed to be itnpli cated in the guilt of this murder, had fallen a 9Rcrifice, together with many of her adherents, to the indignation of the loyal party.—ln our Paper of the 21st ult. we gave a short sketch of the Bur mese war, from v% hirh our readers would perceive that the Burmans in general are a barbarous, ignorant, and superstitions people, though brave in sr r, and confident from their victories over the neighbouring tribes. The present advices per fectly cnincide with this view of the Burmese character. The capture of the fort of Rangoon fell on the Burmese Government as a thunder stroke. The King's Ministers, of whom there are eight, four private and four public, concealed the fact for some time from their Sovereign. One of them at last disclosed it, and - threw the whole Court into consternation. The result was to overthrow' at once the influence of the Queen and her relations, who were previously the pre dominant party. The King was filled with su perstitious terrors by the predictions of the 'astrologer , ; in pursuance of these fears he pro claimed his son King. This only drove the Queen's party to ex tremities, and led them to murder their Sovereign, an atrocity which was promptly-revenged by the partizan; of the young Prince. Much confusion appears to have ensued among the Commanders of the different troops, but finally the legitimate authority of the young King was acknowledged. Under all these cir cumstances it seems highly probable that some negociations for peace will he opened with the English Government, more especially as the ontrages and insults which provolied us to war, originated with the Queen's party, which has now been entirely put down. The indi vidual who communicated the information of these occurrences, was an inhabitant of Rangoon, named Manor' Mnoon, and his deposition is said to have been taken down in had English ; never theless, it is so clear, distinct and particular, that we can have very little_doubt of its substantial accuracy. We have been always persuaded that the Burmese, however superior to the neighbour ing nations in personal bravery, were far too des titute of military science, to stand the least chance in a contest with a power like that of our Indian Government. The war, on our part, how ever, was purely defensive, and as we have struck into the minds of the barbarians a salutary terror of our arms, it will probably he easy - to bring them to such terms as sound policy on our part may dictate. [BRITISH PRESS.] Dispatches were received yesterday at the ladia House by the private ship George Home, which has arrived at Cowes from Calcutta. The letters by this vessel are to the ISth of Decem. tler. The intelligence respecting the Burmese war is far from being satisfactory. The British troops at Rangoon are very sickly. One batta lion of 800 men had only 90 fit for duty, and the other corps were nearly in the same deplorable state. A spirit of discontent was still, it was feared, prevalent among the Sepovs. It had been resolved, however, that the British army should advance upon the Burmese capital. As the intention of ascending the River from Rao goon was abandoned, it was understood that the expedition would return to Cheduba, and from thence marsh across the country to Procne, and from that point proceed up the I rrawaddy to Amerapoora. The King of Avi had been assas sinated in his Palace by the Queen and her bro- I ther, who, a few days afterwards, with all their accomplices, were massacred by the King's party. The oath of allegiance had been taken to the late King's son, lc ho had succeeded to the crown by general consent ; hut the affairs of the kingdom • were in the greatest confusion. Prince Sarawaddy, the Commander of the Southern army employed against the English, had been superseded, but for some reasons had refused to obey the orders sent - to him. The Burmese Court, in its alarm, had dispatched an embassy to Pekin to supplicate the aid of the Emperor of China. The Im perial reply was at once pompous and discreet : could not believe it possible that the English would be so rash as to engage in hostili ties with a tributary of the Celestial Empire !" The Singapqre Chronicle of the 25th of Novem• • ber remarks, that—" W ay be considered as a certain proof of the difficulties anticipated by the Burman Government, that it should have all so• licited-:assistance in such it quarter, where there must•haye existed No little chance of obtaining it ; fork must be recollected, that of all.the pretended tributaries of the Chinese empire, there is none which has treated it with so little deference as the Burmese ; who, at one time, hot only pro yoked an invasion, but destroyed the Chinese army that attempted to punish them." Lrsi: PUBLIC Lrnocr..) A long and very circumstantial - account of an event, which is likely - to exercise a great influence on our Indian concerns, will be found in a subsequent column. The event we allude to h the assassination of the King of Ara hy his Consoit and her brother.; and, if the account, as• The 'Calcutta Government Gazette infers, be but true, it will be either the forerunner of a prompt end satisfactory. 4djustment of ow- dif fetatites with the Burcuate, or, in the event ofithis'impectation failing, of a succession of cleasikorr'of brilliant .triumplis aver that people. Aliesdra•fertile sourcei.of disord has arisen iirsiftvese army,' the Comma n der,. a ppoinCed by the sew Sovereign, having been disowned by. the troops ; or, what is much to the same import, the person holding the command, who, as well as the present King, is a son of the deceased Monarch, refusing to give it up. It will be seen that The Calcutta Gazette pins its faith to the statement, whilst it assigns, as a reason for its belief, the general accuracy of tl►e source from which it has been derived. Though prolix, and rather romantic, it has many of • the cha racteristics of a faithful narrative ; and, if it be a fabrication, we can only say that it has been well executed. This intelligence, together with other interesting matter, has been brought by tie George Home, private trader, which ha, arrived at Cowes from Calcutta, after an unusually quick passage of about three months and a half. The information she has brought is, cn the whole, favourable to our interests in that part of the world ; and, if it only refuted, as it does most triumphantly, the alarming reports, pre viously curre►►t, as it would afford much gratifica tion. The native troops evinced the best disposi, tion when the George Home sailed, which was in the latter end of December; and, if a dislike to the war prevailed amongst them for a time, on account of the necromantic properties which they ascribed to the enemy, it appears to have entirely subsided. The preparations for carrying hostili ties into the heart of the enemy's territories were completed ; and we are happy to see that the tone of the present advises is as sanguine as that of former letters was gloomy. [MORN'ISG POST.] By an arrival from India yesterday, we are in formed of the assassination of the King of Ava, by means of a conspiracy formed for that purpose by his Queen and her brother, in consequence of his Majesty having expressed his displeasure at the conduct of the late Governor of Rangoon (a relative of the Queen) on the occasion of its cap ture by the British force. The discovery of this horrid murder excited the utmost rage among the friends of the King and the Heir A oparent and the contest which ensued ended in the massacre of the Queen, her brother, and all her other relatives. What effect this event may have upon the war with the Burmese, we have at present no means of ascertaining with any degree of certainty ; we merely find it stated that " the armies on the frontier , , hearing of the sad catastrophe, and afraid for their own safety, retreated with hasty march." Private accounts state that " the British armies had previously broken up their cantonments, and were marching on the Burman capital with great force." If these statements be correct, the probability is that the war has long ere this reached its termi nation. In the House of Peers last night, Earl Darnley gave notice that. on Tuesday next he should call their Lordships' attention to a very important subject. the modifications or alterations proposed in the Quarantine Laws; in anticipation of which he understood that his Majesty's Government had granted permission to vessels corning from countries infected with the Plague, to land their cargoes without submitting to the usual processes and visitations. A question in which the lives of thousands and millions of indi viduals may be invoked, is one which ought only to be decided with great caution, and after the most diligent inquiries. A Bill to re gulate the trials of Scotch Peers was introduced last night by Lord Colchester, at the recom mendation of the Select Committee, which had been appointed to investigate the subject.— The Commons did not resume their labours till yesterday evening, when the only matter of interest was the introduction of a Bill, by Sir John Newport, '' To limit the power of holding a_ plurality of Benefices, and to repeal the Statutes granting power to the Archbishops to make Episcopalian Unions in Ireland." Mr. Secretary Goulburn agreed to the first reading of the Bill, without pledging himself to support it in its details. A Committee was then appointed, on ,he motion of Sir George 11111, to inquire into the laws for regulating the Linen Trade in Ire land.—(lbid.) [MORNING CHRONICLE. We received last night Brussels l'apers to the 13th instant, and Frankfort Papers to the 9th April. In our extracts from the former, is a Circular from the Director-General of Affairs, relative to the Catholic worship in the Nether lands, addressed to the Archbishops, Bishops, and other heads of Dioceses, stating, that in several provinces, Missiuna ries, even foreigners, have come to pariShes with a view to instruct the people in mat ters of religion ; that the presence of these i%lissiun aries is not only useless, but offensive to the parish clergy, and commanding the Cures to refuse ad mission to such Missionaries, should they appear in their parishes. This we consider an extremely judicious measure; for a greater nuisance cannot well be conceived than the appearance among the country people of begging friars in the character of Missionaries, to.work on their imagivatious, It is greatly to he lamented that tlre - Fi ench Govern ment should have given so much encouragement to this sort of foolery, and that vagabonds of all de scriptions should have been allowed to roam up and down the country,placing crosses and exhibit ing mummeries, to the scandal of all sensible people. Before the French Revolution, most of the Governments of the Continent exerted themselves very muc h to p u t a stop to this mis sionary b us i ness, as interferiug with their plans for the instruction and improvement of the people. " An impudent Monk (says a work on Ca tholic abuses, published in 17840 by his preach ing on hell and admiration, often quite tarns the heads of his wretched hearers, and fills their minds with all sorts of fanatical ex travagance, thus often overturning at once the edifice of solid instruction, reared . nth pains by their clergymen."- They drew tire people to gether by the droll stories, with which they seasoned, their diScourses. This writer observes, 4 ' ,4 we may say confidently, that our posterity. will - only know from description, or from copper plates, the sort of animal called a Country Mis !sionarY..." We would fain hope that the example (31 .- the -Netherlands' Government will not be lost on that Of the great ceuntry its neighbour. It is surely high time to abandon the system of trust ing to the debasement of the people for the secu rity of thrones. [THE TIMES.] One of those inexplicable panics to which the Money Market seems periodically subject, oc curred yesterday, and caused a decline in the value of almost every description of Government Security. Consols fell to 92i for the May ac count, and as that price includes in part the di vidend which becomes 'lite in July next, the re duction in value appeared too great to be ac counted for, except by the approach of some po litical disaster. As is usual on those occasions, the inventive faculty was tasked to account for the fall, and every individual explained it in a different way. The Congress at Milan, which the best accounts from Paris now declare to be an unfounded rumour, was the fa vourite topic. The true cause we conceive to be a vague apprehension, which has been gaining ground in the commercial world, with regard to the effect likely to be produced on the funds by the removal of the restrictions on trade, and the opening of the ports to foreign corn at a graduated scale of duties. They have observed for some time with alarm, that the exchanges are falling, and that the exportation ofgold is going on at a rapidly increasing rate. In this state of mind, they have not, perhaps, sufficiently adverted to the principle, that all such matters adjust them selves easily, and find their level when left alone, and in their uncertainty respecting the event, they have withdrawn large sums from investment in Government securities, until its effect can ')e aseertained. We have every reason to believe that capital has, from such motives, been ab stracted to an enormous extent. When it is considered further, into how many channels capital is diverted by foreign loans at a high rate of interest, and new undertakings with indefinite expectations of profit, it is not sur prising that the English market should be pecu liarly susceptible of any alarm artfully excited by interested persons. In the latter part of yes terday, some expresses having arrived from Paris with favourable accounts of the state of the monied operations there, and generally of the situation of politics, some large purchases of stock were made, and Consols recovered to 921, at which price the transactions closed. The other variations of the money-market will be found on referring to our usual list. [YIOHNING HERALD.] In our PA per yesterday we gave an account of a Meeting which was held for the purpose of pe titioning Parliament on the subject of the Corn Laws. The speeches were rather dull ; there was nothing put forth in them of a precise nature. On the whole, it was the worst specimen that we have had for some time past of City elo quence. Our opinion is, that every description of grain should be imported, be the !mice in our mar ket what it might; hut for the purpose of a revenue, and to afford a fair protection to the producers of the grain, we would levy a tax of so much per quarter upon every description. 'the tax on wheat, we are of opinion, should be about ten shillings a quarter ; we would take the average at GOs. A tax of ten shillings, therefore, would be equal to about sixteen per cent, which would probably be a sufficient protection. To this sixteen per cent. would have to be added, freight, insurance, brokerages, commissions, I cartages to and from the ship, and various other charges, which altogether might amount to 14 per cent.; the grower of wheat, therefore, in this country would have an advantage in com parison ith the grower on the continent of 30 per cent., which, on an average price of 605., would be lßs. per quarter. As to importing corn, or any other foreign commodity tax free, as some of our contemporaries recom mend, we think it would be highly absurd ; ' for as we must have a revenue of fifty millions every year to pay the interest of the debt and Government expenses, we might as well receive part of that revenue in a tax on corn, or any other foreign production imported, as to levy the taxes altogether from laud, houses, or other in ternal things. In treating of these subjects, a distinction should be observed between the must proper mode of laying a tax on the im portation of foreign goods for the purposes of a revenue, and in admitting foreign goods for the encouragement of cotnmerce. It is the mixing these subjects that causes so many writers to commit such blunders ; alos many Members in both Houses make speeches full of errors, arising from these sbjects not being treated of separately. We hope that after this Corn question is disposed of, the Alinisters will propose a reduction from the tax on the importation of foreign butter, cheese, poultry, meat, eggs, fruits, and other agricultural productions. Letters from France mention the great want of rain, and that the crops and vegetables are suf fering-greatly in consequence. Extract of a letter from the Ageats to Lloyd's at Alvarado, dated 24th Jan.:--" On the 23th ult. the American schooner Susan, coining from Baltimore and Havannah, was brought in .here a prize, taken by the Mexican schooner Ananuse, who took her off the Castle of San Juan tie Ulloa, where she was bound to provide the same with provisions. On the 4th instant, another American schooner (the Herman), also from Baltimore, was taken by the same vessel in the Came attempt. On the 7th, a pilot boat, without chewing any colours, reached the Castle and anchored hetween there and Vera Cruz, and when the launches from the Castle came to unload her, they began firing upon them from the fortifications of the city for about two • hours and a half, but without doing them much injury, till six in the afternoon, when the Castle opened a tiring, and bom barded the city till the next day at tour in the afternoon. Fvora the 10th inst. we have an embargo on all vessels now in the part; the reasons are not exactly known, and which is supposed will last till the 15th of next mot-Ith. The second 11ep;rt of the House of Commons' Committee upon the state of Ireland, has been printed and delivered. It contains the evidence of the following individuals:--Dr. Doyle, 'rot"' , lar Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin ; Dr. Curtis, Titular Bishop of Armagh ; Dr. Murray, 11 °"';." Catholic Archbishop of Dublin ; Dr. Ke ll l , lar Archbishop of 'Tarn; and Dr. Maguarm, Titular Bish o p o f th e Di o c e se of Ardagh.— As may be supposed, the examination of these Reverend P ersona g es wa s directed, a lmost esc elusively, to t h e e li c i t i ng o f f ac ts connected with the doctrines, and the Spiritual and Temporal Authority of the Romish Church. . MISS FOOTE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta—Unwilling as this Lady always has been, and still is, to obtrude her private transactions on the public, the observations made in a paper of Sunday last, and copied into one, at least, of the daily prints, compel me, although very reluctantly, to make known the following facts : The meeting between Miss FOOTE and Mr. Hai NE, which led to the renewal of his proposals, was accidental, and it was Mr. /Jayne, and not Miss Foote, who sought the reconciliation This is testified by a document in Mr. Hayne's own hand- writing in my possession. Miss Foote had not the least previous knowledge of the amount of the sum proposed to be settled upon her : 6001. a-year were suggested by a friend as a reasonable provisos, to which Mr. Rayne, without hesitation, assented ; if it had been less, she would have been satisfied. It was never stipulated that his income should be under her controul, or that he was to settle 300/. a-year for life on Mrs. Foote, in the event of her outliving her daughter, or that Mrs. Foote was to live with her daughter after the marriage. The sum proposed by Mr. Hayne to be put into settlement previously to the marriage was 20,000/. 3 per cents., and the further sum of 10,000/. 3 per cents. afterwards ; but when it appeared that the sum necessary for the first investment must be raised at considerable disadvantage to Sir. Hayne, Miss Foote immediately gave it up ; Mr. Hayne's property consist ing of his estate in Jamaica, and of 44,6491. 19s. Id. 3 per cents. and 1,8051. 19s. Id. cash, in the name of the Accountant- General of the Court of Chancery, which two last mentioned sums were already mortgaged for securing the re-payment of 25,000/. sterling at the expiration of about eighteen months from this time; and interest thereon in the mean time was therefore necessarily charged with the raising or producing, at a future time, a sufficient sum to purchase 30,000/. 3 per cents. for the purposes of the settlement, which was afterwards, at his own desire, extended to 50,000!. 3 per cents. for his own pro tection only, and not with any increased separate advantage whatever to Miss Foote. The settling 3001. a-year on Mrs. Foote, in case she survived her daughter, was entirely the suggestion of Mr. Hayne, who stated, at the time, that he did it without the knowledge either of the mother or daughter. Any provision for the father was never in contemplation. It was Mr. Hayne's express desire that the draft of the set tlement should not be laid before Mr. Carter, nit; solicitor; but while the deed was in preparation I had interviews with him and Mr. Bebb, his managing clerk, and received from them information respecting the nature and situation of Mr. Hayne's property. It appearing that Mr. Hayne's money in the Funds was already mortgaged, that he had not received any remittance from his W r est India property for a considerable time, and that he was living upon capital and not income, doubts arose as to his present means of support, which doubts being commu nicated to him, he instantly proposed to deposit 3,0001. to insure a certain income of 1,0001. a year for three years. - Difficulties having been raised in producing this sum, Miss Foote gave it tip. }le also," of his own accord, proposed to pay three years in advance of the suns settled for Miss Foote's separate use (being 1;5001.) This sum, without any objection on her part, dwindled to the sumo of 5001., and of that suns I was directed by her not to insist upon the payment. Sir. Ilayne appointed the morning of Friday, the 25th of March, to meet Miss Foot for the purpose of being married; but when the time arrived he appeared by his solicitor, who stated that -his (31r. }Jayne's) pecuniary engagements, were such that itwas impossible for him to marry Miss Foote. This he requested tile to communicate to her, which I did. In the course of the same day, however, I received the follow ing letter from Sir. Hayne:—°t Sly dear Sir, I beg of you to meet me this evening at eight o'clock, at 60, St. James's-street (Colonial Club). 1 will make a point of being there prior to your arrival. 1 can see you there uninterrupted. More when we meet. I have not courage sufficient to write to Miss Foote. A stroke of policy urges me to act thus. I know I must be condemned by her. Entreat of her to form no unjust opinion of till she sees you after our interview. Very truly and faithfully yours, J. Hayne.-39, Clarges-street, Piccadilly. I will call on Mt. Robins after my seeing you." I attended Mr. Hayne's appointment, and he then told me that his brother-in-law, Mr. Carter had caused him to be ar rested at the suit of three of his creditors, namely, Messrs. Rundell and Bridge, Mr. Adams, and Messrs. Harker and Co. for debts which, he said, he had made himself.liable to pay for his family, which alone had prevented his keeping his engage ment with Miss Foote in the morning, adding, that he had ince called upon the parties, and satisfactorily arranged all, anti re quested me .to represent this circumstance to Miss Foote ; he afterwards pressed me to allow him to accompany me to her, to which I, after some hesitation, consented. After my first com municating laSs apology to Miss Foote, he had an interview with her. i On the following morning (Saturday) I received a letter from 31isa Foote, informing me that she had deeply considered every circumstance, and had resolved not to marry Mr. }Jayne ; add ing, that she would have trusted her happiness to him, but that she would not surrender her independence to the controul of his relations ; who, she felt, would ever work upon his feelings, to the total destruction of her happiness and comfort ' • and re quested me to communicate this to Sir. Hayne, with kindness but determination. This letter I read to Mr. Hayne on the same evening, but never " hinted that Miss Foote could not consent to relinquish her theatrical engagements, unless some provision was made for her father and mother during her lite." Previously to the contents of this letter being communicated to Mr. Hayne, it appears that he had on the saute day written to Miss Foote the following letter, which is in my possession:— It is whispered, nay, generally known, th at I am to he mar ried to-morrow; will it not be advisable, and the best mode of proceeding to prevent suspicion of those greedy creditors, for us to be married on Monday morning at Dover, and embark for Calais immediately afterwards. I shall leave anti post to Dover to-morrow night, anti you could also post its the same manner. I have not hinted to a mortal my plans. Consider, and let your mother write me an answer. Rely on me, and by all that is sacred you shall not be deceived. I love you too much to trifle with your feelings. 1 have a private box this evening. I know not which. I am new going to send to Fawcett's.— Farewell ! dearest Maria; and p lace ever y confidence in y ours, affectionately, .. tun J. Hayne.—tarter has not returned, and I at a loss what construction to put upon it. Rest assured time above arrangements a re the safest," &c. To which lenter, 1 am informed, no answer was re turned, or attention p aid. stir him,and It is true that Mrs. Foote did write a letter to Mr. Hayne atl oneer front 3 merely b°ve- menti°l'etibut it was in conse quence of intimated that if he wished to see her, he must make the a ppointment; and I ant informed th a t this correspondence led to an interview, at which Sir. Ilayne wes -not received as us ual ; but that upon hi.•saying that h e of course, at liberty to do as h e pl ease d, adding, that she co uld o '6 h ' e s ' e a r d v follow!tl , that a t 3 l i i e was, adding ss F a ote to Liverpool to be married th ere, s h e not depend upon him, as she verily he lieved that he would turn round at the church door. Whilst Miss Foote was at Liverpool, she received a letter as noodling had happened, intimating that he should be Liverpool on Sunday the 3d, after he had his own person, from Mr. Home, now in my possession, dated Friday, the Ist n o i nt n it t . i i m v i e e e c r i 2 i d o ,:tiotho deliveru t her u p knowledge, o, e settlement caused oi. the Si r. H d a e y e n d e (,) t b ' settle mentbecause u s egllintog to be cancelled. t A h l e is s s et F ae o n o i t e e l , it, we l r d e id e r t i t o u t 7 i r i at ti e i t e l therein for their protection and security. certain A t i article'sle time 0 1) belonging 1 o c n a f e t e ' absence of my client, volunteer the return of the 5001. in my hands, but it was afterwards, on the following; lloada a the 4th, repaid on demand ; and had 31! Foote --- ' - . Y sa me would undoubted! sa been ;n London, the y have been returned without any de mand at all. --- My bill has not yet been made out; and although the dis bursements for stamps and parchments alone exceed 801., Mr. Bayne will have a considerable balance to receive out of the 200/. paid by him on account thereof, hut which latter sum would not have been sufficient to pay my bill had the marriage taken place. I have by all the me ans i n m y power ascertained that Mr. Bayne was nut arrested on th e morning of Friday the 25th of March, at the suit rof Messrs.•Rundell and Brydges, 31r. Adams, 1 az" A - l -"qm linker and Ca., or any of them. These facts, I auprehend, need no comment. I am, Sir, your 0... b-dient Servant , . . . .. GEO. GILL. 10, Milltnazi-street, Bedfcrd-row, April 14, 1825. LITERARY NOTICE. SELECTIONS from the various AUTHORS who have written concerning BRAZIL; more particularly reslact" ing the Captaincy of ;MINAS GE RAES, and the Gold I 1110" of that Province.—By BARCLAY INI OUNT ENEY, Auth or of the Historical Enquiry relative to the late EmPe r°l. NAPOLEON. The new Empire that has been founded 09 that extensive portion of the former Colonia l possessions of the House of BRAGANZA, the va st territory of BRAZIL, and the great importan ce ' which it is likely to acquire in the commer cial world, render this work peculiarly acceptable at the present period. Whether Brazil will ccr fr tinue to maintain the form of an Imperial Go vernment, or, like all the other countries in part of the world, - finally settle into a it e " public, is a question of no great importance itself. It is enough that it has thrown off the E U " ropean yoke, and must hereafter •enjoy all t , he advantages of a free and independent state. Tn e author of this work, who in his preface appea rs to be disposed to assume only the modest eh" racter of a compiler, admitting him only in tha t capacity, has probably rendered a more valuable present to the public than might be expect ed from the sources of any individual travelle r ' We have read his work with great attention, ni' d have derived so much information from it, tha t we can confidently recommend it to the specal a ' part politician, as well as to mercantile people it ) picular. The Work is ► divided into fourt eeu chapters, with an appendix. It commence! with a history of the first discovery of Bra Zit by VINCENT YANEZ PINZON, in 1499, and c traces it through the successive Governments 0- the French, the Portuguese, and the Dutch this Chapter, in fact, comprising, the history o' the country till it finally settled under the Pence ful sway of the Crown of Portugal. Nothi n g seems to be omitted by our author that can WO' trate the character of the natives, point out th e natural productions of the country,particularly th e . mines, and the manner in which their treasur e : ! ' are procured, suggesting improved modes, On indeed affording every possible information tn. those who are likely to engage in commercial in: tercourse with the new empire. As far as it Bible to judge at present, the Emperor bitnso lE seems to act with such sound policy, and suctl regard to the welfare of his people as to afford the prospect of stability to his Government. We h ave r not room for extracts, but we may repeat ti cu ' recommendation of the work as a very histru c , mass of important information, collected from tbd'' most authentic publications of other writers, a n comprizing in a succinct, but satisfactory fo rt ''` every thing respecting the state of the coun t :l e and its resources necessary to be ktiown by tit 1 merchant, the enterprising adventurer, or that amuse and instruct the general reader. We nei ticed the other work of this Author, mentioneat in the title-page, soon after its publication, at are surprized to find that it has been consider/ as a DEFENCE of the GENERAL CHARACTER o f NAPOLEON, oh at least as an apology for manY his actions, which have incurred the censure 0: mankind. In our opinion the Author viewed t . b ll , character of the late Emperor of France ,11y . the freedom of a philosopher and the impartial.' IL. of an historian, examining the situations in ' , O le o , - NAPOLEON was placed, and inquiring merely any other person in similar circumstances c °l3 o ) , have acted, 'under such high responsibility, t t e important interests to support, and with the P'Bo of nations depending on his decision. Surely at e may as well be permitted to inves tig3 _ the actions of an individual of the present tii ne o i who may have raised himself into- the notice ed mankind, as well as of those who distingoisbra themselves in the days of ancient Greece Rome, without being suspected of an int enti° to spread a veil over vice, injustice, and ° ` o pression. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Thi s , Lady Barryntore's repentance was very short-lived— unfortunate Lady has again retarned to her abandoned 'T r oy! and has once more been committed from Bow-street yet ilis ea for an assault upon the landlady of a gin shop, WD° 71; de* her Zativiiiii any supply either of money or spirits , mended. ASSAULT ON THE EARL OF KINNOUL. , MARLBOROUGH-STUEET.—Thomas Whittle, coscn — 01 0 the Right Ho n . G eorge Ti er ney, w a s yesterday brought r, office, charged with running the pole of his carriage ' ll a i o ' side . panel of Lord Kinnoul's chariot, 'and of abusing e l3 oto suiting his Lordship in the most outrageous 'manner, oet; called upon to accohnt for his conduct.. The case °I *Eat f, and wards proved by the testimony of his Lordship hilns e . r, the risoner was ordered to find bail, and in default of ;:ajlr locked up tiff his appearance should be required at the sex Sessions. o f er . FIRE AT ASCOT Tuesdal noon a fire broke out at Ascot Heath on the 1 0 6 mises belonging to Mr. G. COOPER, of Wi ll p tis ,6 which befor e any assistance-could be renw". Ar t bss cnnsumed five stables, a carpenter's and s W l t li , shop, with a shed upwards of 30 yards in Ir t ii The fire is supposed to have originate'; 11. " - d iog spark issuing from the smith's shop, and se.t.so.o on the thatch of the shed at which the fir e, De first discovered. The damage sustained is rig' tween seven and eight hundred pounds. . nately, owing to the wind being full We si ', e re dwelling house, with several stacks of cor n, saved. The property was not 'insured. Lite . Sunday morning, a little after two o'clecr o o; extensive lace manufactory belonging' to Nie".de. Rice. and OttAm, at Chard, was totaitY tie: stroyed by fire. The lowest estimate °Lop loss is computed at 70,0001. The Orate -- the. employed by the Proprietors to walk ()y e t i. fire rooms, was discovered fast asleep, whilst • was blazing around him. Th e premises o' er ' sured for 3,5001. . On Easter Eve, at Glynde vicarage, Sussex, the. ri fe o f t° Rev. Edward Gould Monk, of a daughter. George lingo), ..---- Si r DIED. lace' 111 0 On' Tuesday, the 12th inst ,in Great Cumberland -P in Arran, rtl t 66th year. brother-in-law to the Earl of alas' fo On the 4th inst., at Croydon , . Miss Charlotte Ron a y , t rr daughter of the late Francis Ronalds , Esq., of Ilie b ion ' On the 11th inst., Mrs. Jane Gandolfi, relict of v , cent Gandolfi, Esq., of East Sheen, Surrey- V rlC'f" On the 10th inst George T t of ° 4 1 ~ urney, sq.. ill ile-end. the °' On the 13th inst., at Brighton, aged 16, JoD e ',. e y. of Mortlake, daught er o f 11illi ain Moffat, Esq., SW— to -51/1" " rrinted and Published fur the PROPRIETORS, at ns. Ork•tcE, Nu. 112, Strand, by J. D. CAROIIt."-