The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-12 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PI

St a—By Art. 13. sec. S. of the Brazil Constitution.
observe, that the power for the raising of Loans, ill e
appropriation of funds for the payment of interest 0n.,.
same, is vested exclusively in the Cortes. This Conece•
tion having been sworn to. on the 25th of March hg,.b/
the Emperor and Court at Rio de Janeiro, I beg to ingenr,
through the medium of your valuable Paper, whethe 6t
powers now held by the Brazil Commissioners, deed!
January of this year, signed solely by the Emperor,
not invalidated by his subsequent oath, and whether
circumstance does not furnish sufficient grounds for
non -ratification by the Cortes of a Loan contracted WrIM
their approval or authority ?
August 10, 1824.

6.800.000
1,615,.0011

"800,000
1011.0111
1,11101,0130
1.400.n0n
1.1013,1010
2,000,101

16,1(41,000
10,200.000
4,090,000

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ITOCIBI

Ace lament to state that a Gentleman of the Bar':
bitten at Worcestershire on Saturday evening. and th)ei:
the dog which bit him did not show any bad stillr"l.'s
he thought it prudent to hare the wounded part tiser'r
—.s;il!Frtl Advertiser.
We hear that of one hundred and thirty gentlemen
this Session applied for the degree of Doctor a' Melt!!
forty were rejected ; upon which occasion a leaned TM'
cian of long experience remarked, that in no rreticits"
had so many been rejected, or had those on whoa,
degree was conferred passed with so little hanour.-,
burgA Slur.
A private letter from the county of Wexford,
August 3, says—" We have had some disk:reside rer
of a young clergyman these days back, and the!
their way into newspapers. It stow turns out Ter'
!lately that these reports arc false and unfounded."
IMPROVEMENT IN TIIE A ays.--An exhibition t
a novel nature took place at the west end of el,
few days ago. A gentleman Core a curricle
through the principal streets, the harness of 10'7. _
wholly of brass, and made a very splendid, spre..";
Thattalt hardly adapted for common use. 't i
Mr. Thomas Bushe, son of the Chief Justice of Ireland, mirablv calculated for a ste.te harness. 'Ow for
is shortly to lead to the hymeneal altar, the beautiful we understand, proposes it as a military bridle,
Miss Nannette Phillips, daughter of the wealthy Welsh sabre paprr.
gentleman of that name. Miss Phillips will bring her There is at present residing at Pelton. near 001
husband, besides • her persbrugb, a sum amounting to street, a woman who was christened on tit:' aitth
I h'!
twenty-eight thousand pounds. 17'21, and is consequently 103 years obi ; one w
The bulk of the property of Mr. Heywood, who lately between the two places, the distance being two "s'
died at Southampton, goes to Dame &Aida, relict of the or four times a week !
Rev. Sir Robert llughvs, Bart. late Rector of Tritoley St. List wick, as some workmen were digging 61.11
Mary and Weston, Suffolk, and her children.' The rxectt- tion near the residence of Mrs. Thornton. on their'
tors named in the' will are Lord Mount Edgecotnbe and ing to Pcgwell, near Ramsgate, they discorems.
the Rev. J. Julian, of lfrintley. four feet of the surface, a human skeleton, which
Mr. Henry Baring, who has sold his late splendid real- potted to have been hurled 1,200 years.
dente to the Earl Grey, intends to make the German Spai LYNN, Are.. 9.—On Friday, the day suhrotlin
his risidence during the autumn and the early part of the Marshland Freebridge Fair, rustic sports, 01'3'
winter.
John Iggulden, Esq. is elected Mayor of Deal for the polargneevcoainwoil itilorsenkoeyi. rarer,
to/enc.;
'star
ensuing year. making usual on such occasions were greatlY
S ire' is still so much the fashion in France, that ladies' melancholy accident that occurred during the rn,
watch cases are made of it in preference to gold. poncy was rode by a %MOT, man of the name oia_`''
A botanical garden is about to be established in the who formerly drove the Lynn and Welb coact
neighbourhood of Norwich. *ay, Mr
consequence of a girth or strap giving . _ wao,
A gentleman perceiving a man swallowing liquor front a turned, and the rider was precipitated with 11%7 iner,
thermometer, inquired of a bystander the reason of such a from his scat, that he was taken up in 10" ..,minf
strange proceeding ; to which he reviled, "Oh ! he is ; bility, in which he continued until Taman' '-
getting intoxicated by drgrar." ' when he expired. wbueret thheehtit'iiii•ittl:lanntortt;

The above superficies have been calcvlated with much care from
maps corrected by astronomical observations: the computations
having been verified born by myself and Mr. Mathieu, member of
the Bureau of Longitude. The results darer from those contained
in the table published in 1809, and inserted in the Political Iteview
on Mexico, in which the inhabited districts were alone calculated,
not including the desert tracts belonging to the various tribes of in.
dependent natives. The extent of each country to its most distant
limits, Is now measured, which the respective populations may one
day occupy.
The population of the various parts of America, belonging to the
Spaniards, is very uncertain, nevertheless each branch has been
carefully examined acccrding to the latest data, that have come
into my possession. This statement should be looked upon In the
sante light as the others published by me on America ; that Is, as
an attempt, which ought hereafter to be perfected. The Statistical
divisions can only be brought to perfection and accuracy by degr,..es,
in the same manner as the component pare of the Meteorological
and Astronomical Tables.
PROPORTIOWS THAT MAT ASSIST me A COMPARTIOM.
Spain o ,ntains 16,091 square leagues of 'AI to the degrea—or,
2,1111 toisea—making rt,tt7:. metres.
The whole of Europe contains 301.710 souare leagues.
The whole of Southern America consists of ir1t1,133l square
leagues.

(Signed)

HUMBOLDT.