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London, England, 1825-03-07 00:00:00

BRAZILIAN PAPERS•

( From the Diario Fluminense. )
RIO DE JANEIRO, DEC. Si.
The court-martial appointed to try Captain Lieutenant John
Pascoe Grenfell, of the Imperial Navy, has unanimously ac-
quitted him, on the ground that the crime is not proved in such
a manner as to lead to any punishment ; for by the instructions
which the accused produced, it was evident that his conduct was
in all respects directed and regulated by the literal observance
of the orders he had received.

JANUARY 3.
Numerous complaints having been made to his Majesty the
Emperor, of the great interruption of public tranquillity by the
many robberies, and even murders, that haveb been lately, com- I
initted, in spite of the existing regulations y which the laws
have endeavoured to check these disorders ; and his Majesty
having taken into consideration this important subject, involv-
ing the security and tranquillity which the citizens of Brazil
have a right to expect under the eyes of the laws • his Majesty
has been pleased to increase the police guards, and has ordered
the following regulations to be enforced on the responsibility of
the competent authorities—(Here follow the regulations, in
n authority.s stop, i n
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en questioned,
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evening
in s
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eleven articles.)
All persons whatever, when they meet any patrol, officer,
or soldier, of the police, must obey, if summoned in his Ala
iPmerseetri,:nsatnen(dain :y to
nine in tha winter, no person is exempt from be-
ing searched by the patrols of the police, and even before
those hours, if there is reason for suspicion, in order to dis-
cover if they have prohibited arms or instruments for house-
trols are to be strictly enjoined not to abuse this mea-
rwal,klbove_mentioned hours), every bskitf'uhoronererTuoaethe second, double ; and so on, progressively,
oneinif:Poagtran.he day or night. After the
good character. Slavespm sons who are publicly
dtooefmploy it in the case of persons
of
it the ea
freeman
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el
ml s
a(na t;
ringing ay be searched at any
4rorson found in a tavern,
anshop,d if oar
sgi
aavne-t,i
sni gaming-house,
a-lhi obues efl,o
flogged.
shall
9,500 reis the first time; double the second; and .I)Tayhe owner of the houses hall pay
safaodr
rrthebelefirthstettililied:
and shall besides lose his license. The same penalty to be inflicted
on those tavern keepers, &c. who shall allow in their taverns,
by night or by day, assemblages of
proved that slaves have sold
of persons without buying.
A tavern or venda, in which
articles that they have stolen, it lshall be liable to a fine of 40,000
reis, and its license irrevocably taken away.

Letters from Cadiz mention the insolvency of
several great Spanish Houses, particularly that of the firm of
ZULOAGO and Co. in Zeres, decidedly reputed one of the
richest in all Andalusia. It is feared that the entanglement
with this house will OCCA*II the failure of a great many other
11011ses,

It appears by the Votes of the House of Com-
mons, that the notice of Mr. S.Woamnit's motion
to limit the time for presenting Petitions com-
plaining of infringements of the Standing Orders,
does not, as we had understood, specify the

period which he proposes to fix for that purpose,
though the first fourteen days of the Session
were, we believe, named in the discussion to
which it gave rise. If the time should be ex'
tended to fourteen or twenty-one days after the
last day for receiving Petitions for Private Bills:
much of the inconsistency of the propositiou will
be removed, though little or none of the hardship
and injustice that it may inflict upon individuals-
in many cases which we can easily conceive. It is
for instance by no means an improbable case in these-
days, when the convenience and comfort of Land-
holders are so liable to be invaded by projected
railways and the visits of those engines which
Mr. DAVENPORT, in the discussion on the Tees
Railway Bill, very properly designated 6 4 in'
fernal engines," we mean the locomotive engineer
that during the absence on the continent of a
landed proprietor, a scheme may be agitated for-
constructing a Railway passing through his estate',
and that on his return to this country, he may be
induced as he passes through London, to refer to
the plan deposited in the Private Bill Office, and
there finding it laid down as running through a,
part of his property at the distance of two or
three fields from the end of his lawn or gar-
den, he may be prevailed upon to give his
assent to the measure, bat after the period
limited for presenting petitions, complaining of
breaches of the standing orders, has expired, he
may, upon going to the county town to attend his
duties as a Magistrate, find it laid down in the
plan deposited with the Clerk of the Peace, as
running at the very end of his garden, where it
must, by its noise and smoke, independently of
the invasion and interruption of the retirement of
his dwelling, be the source of continual annoy'
ante to him. Now, under the new regulation
which Mr. S. WORTLEY proposes, although the
assent of the individual has been obtained by a
gross violation, or at least a most culpable neglect
of the standing orders of the House, which re'
quire the plans to be duplicates or copies of each
other, he will be wholly precluded from corn'
plaining of the irregularity which is the source of
peculiar and irremediable injury ,to him.
Again, supposing the time limited for present'
ing these petitions to be fourteen days after the
last day appointed for receiving petitions for
private Bills,—are the parties soliciting the Bill
to be permitted, by delaying the proceeding'
upon it, to evade the regulations prescribed by
the Standing Orders of the Ilduse, respecting the
different notices which are required between the,
first and second reading and the Committee, aoc",
the copies of the Bills and plans to be deposited with
the clerks of the several parishes interested in the
consequences of the measure ? Is oo _complaint
of infringements in these respects to be received •
The Hon. Member who has been induced to sor
gest this regulation from the same spirit which
regulates the whole of his public conduct, will)

we are sore, find it to he a subject full of
and that if the present latitude is in some
eases the source of increased trouble to Mem-
bers in compelling their investigating more
strictly the compliance of parties soliciting
Bills, with the clear and intelligible regulations
at the Legislature, it will, upon the whole, be
more tolerable than the inconvenience and injus-
tice which must frequently be the consequence of
any limitation or restriction.

Notwithstanding the liberal and enlightened
conduct which seemed to mark the character of
CitAltr.cs the TENTH, at the commencement of
Ills reign, it is evident that his Government be-
gins to assume some appearance of the suspicion
and despotism which characterized the operations
of the French Cabinet previous to the terrible
Revolution. The order for opening all letters
from this country, unless there were good grounds
for suspecting the existence of some dangerous
correspondence, is an act of narrow-minded
tyranny, and may prove very injurious to
our countrymen. The most harmless letters
which may have been addressed to persons in Pa.
rIS and other parts of France may be supposed
t.° contain some political mystery, and may sub-
Ject those to whom they are directed to confine-
ment. We know a recent instance in which three
letters, though merely of a domestic nature, were
not delivered to the party for whom they were
Intended, and doubtless many other letters
were treated in the same manner. We find,
that besides that despicable policy for which
no, grounds have hitherto been stated, that
certain institutions, which had been esta-
blished in all the chief towns and cities
throughout France, under the title of Cabinets
Litteraires, meaning simply Reading Rooms, for
the purpose of introducing foreign Journals, and
scientific articles of various descriptions, are
abolished by order of the Sovereign. Another
Edict of the Sovereign prohibits all Clubs in
j'aris, though politics in some were expressly
excluded from discussion. These abridgments
°f public liberty, and the laws against sacrilege,
recently promulgated, evince as much bigotry as
If they came from FERDINAND of Spain, and
mnst tend to render the French Government con-
tftiltible in the estimation of all mankind.

Paris Papers to the sth instant arrived in town
last night. Their contents, which we subjoin,
arel by no means important.

( From the :Etoile, dated Saturday.)
PARIS, MAIICH 4.
By an orr of his Majesty the King of Spain to the Board of
Customs of Alicant dated the 24th of January, the Decree of
the 4th of .July, 1824, is revoked.
This Decree, which, under the specious pretext of striking a
zeid patting down smuggling, unfortunately injured commerce
and navigation in general, had led to many remonstrances from
several foreign Consuls, and especially the French Consul. The
r?ew Decree of his Majesty has accordingly been received in
unit city with general satisfaction.
The Pretburg Gazette says, " It was announced too soon
Thathtranquillity was entirely restored in Servia. Prince Mi-
-1111111, by abusing his first successes over the insurents, a great
.1.130 bee of whom he has caused to be beheaded, hags only added
wt,:,r,the flame ; on all sides the people fly to arms. The
• .urki,h
ton ' tl garrisons are insufficient to repress the insurrec-
m.;', I,e,Y are worn out with fatigue, by being made to march
""Hauy from one place to another."
Journal says, " Our correspondent at Augsburg infornls
,14,8, that he has received information from Trieste, that Sir
Frederick Adam Governor of the lonian Islands, after having
received dispatches from London, was gone from Corfu to Ce-
'No. It was generally believed that he would there have an
laterview with Some of the most influential members of the
"reek Government."
The Courier Francais, in its Number of the 2d March, has
given some very incorrect statements respecting the situation of
the men of colour from Martinique now in Senegal.
We can assure our readers that none of these persons have
been subjected to confinement; that on the contrary all exer-
ise their professions at liberty ; that the government of Sene-
gal leas been formally authorised to afford assistance to those
wne may need it, only requiring in return, after the first month,
of some kind for the benefit of the King's service; anti
nst, lastly, the letters from that Government do not mention
mat we have to deplore the death of so much as one of the men
01 colour in question.
We have letters from Lisbon of the 19th ult., which mention
:41st Marquis Palmella and Count de Subserra were to set out
141reediately for their destination.
The Monieur contains, in the official part, a
'loyal Ordinance, which, referring to previous
"diets and ordinances (the first dated March
IG7Q), granting to the Duke of ORLEANS liberty
14 have made, at his expense, navigable canals
from the Loire) near Orleans, to the river Loing,
`lce., orders that the shares which shall return into
The hands of the Duke and Mademoiselle
WORLEANS shall be replaced by others in a dif-
ferent form, of which a model is annexed to the
wdinance. The remainder of the Moniteur and
!,uPplement are filled with the debates of the
March."
of Deputies on the 2d and 3d of
4arehi.,)
PARIS, MARCH 4.—FRENCII FUNDS.--Five per Cents.
ItPeneel at 106 f. ; closed at 103 f. 80c.--Bank Stock, 2,0301.
1,,4 ente de Naples Certificate Falconnet, 91.—Rente d'Espagne,
41 --Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, M.:V.—Exchange on London,
month, 23f. ; three ditto, 241. 85c.—(Coors Authentique.)

_At a late hour this day we received the Etoile
°I Yesterday. It contains no news of political
interest.
Zv,. T.' r !'ench Rentes opened at -106 f. 106 f. 15c.
TO 0 Clock - - -106 f. 35c.
tee o'Clock, for the end of the month 106 f. 45c.

Italian and German Papers have been received
this day. In Naples a Decree has beer' issued,
tlrdering the removal of ornaments, &c. formerly
4ttatiled to Religious Edifices, no longer in use
ft:r 1115, pur
German Papers poses. The following are the con-
Rts °of the :
CARLSRIIIIE FEB. 25.
tVesterday morning at 11 o'clock the Grand Duke, accom-
:nied by the Princes of his family, and followed by his Adju-
wuts General and Aids-de-Camp, repaired on horseback, be-
een a double line of troops, to the Hotel of the Assembly of
,e,,,States, and having seated himself on the throne delivered,
much energy and dignity, a speech to the following effect.
th'oing expressed his confidence in the satisfactory results of
~e deliberations of the Assembly, and touched upon the un-
.teasant circumstances which had obliged him to make use of
'l° extraordinary though Constitutional measure, he said :-
130%The C. onstitution has left all the rights o. f the executive
w r united in the person of the Sovereign ; it made only the
the
of some positive rights depend on the co-operation of
e States. But this co-operation can tend to a final result only
bY union and concord, without which, that which exists may
.ae mah.ltain.ed, but the desire of real amelioration cannot be
: a limitation of my duties as member of the
rfn,t,edseration is no part of the co-operation of the States.—
e principles have been at times involved in obscurity, the
t 0 t ve:lepement of the Federal Constitution of Germany has given
te monarchical principle a more solid basis. The doubts on
of the Federal Diet have dispelled all obscurity and all
on this point.
if, then, Gentlemen, you content yourselves with the ho-
Th-e_urearble. vocation of co-operating with reciprocal calmness and
14anon to the good of the Country by a conscientious cm-
12e,,ti and your knowledge and your experience keeping
the limits prescribed by the Constitution of the Grand -""`"'111 and by the resolutions of the Germanic Diet, my people

will tns the first time enjoy, in their full extent, the blessings
of a German representative Constitution."
His Royal Highness, speaking of the dreadful ravages caused
by the inundations, expressed his cordial gratitude for the
readiness with which all classes had hastened to the relief of the
distressed, as well as for contributions received from foreign
countries. The negociations respecting the affairs of the Catho-
lic Church are not cotnpleted, but have made some progress.
His Royal Highness mentioned with great satisfaction the
birth of a Prince in the Grand Ducal family ; the speech was
received with great emotion by the assembly ; all the Members
rose and took the oath, which was read to them by the Minister
of the Interior, after which he declared the Session opened, and
invited the Chambers to meet the following day to commence
their labours. The Grand Duke then withdrew amidst the sin-
cere acclamations of the Assembly, and returned to the Palace
in the same order as before.—(Frankfort Papers, Feb.23o
TOTAL DESTRUCTION of the Hon. Company's Ship
KENT, Captain COBB, by Fire, in the Bay of Biscay,
with Troops on board.

The following is a copy of a letter from the
Agent to Lloyd's at Falmouth, dated the 4th
instant

" Put back the Cambria, Cook, for Vera Crux, having on
board 547 passengers, officers, seamen, soldiers, women, and
children, rescued by her from the Honourable Company's ship
Kent, Captain Cobb, which unfortunately took fire on the
Ist instant, in lat. 47. 30. N. long. 9. 45. W., on her pas-
sage to Bengal and China. The Kent, soon after the re-
moval of the above to the Cambria, blew up, and front the
returns made since, 90 must have perished i❑ her, or were
drowned in getting into the boats. &c., of whom 64 were sol-
diers, 1 woman, 21 children, 1 seaman, and 3 marine boys ;
the Pursor set off by the mail yesterday for the India House.—
We are happy to state that the inhabitants of this town and
nighhourhood have contributed every thing in their power by
cloathing and money to the necessities of the poor creatures
who saved nothing more than they stood up in, and many,
from having been taken out of their beds, were destitute
of any covering whatever. The Cambria is only 200 tons bur-
then, and had a cargo on board, besides near 50 persons
(miners and crew), which, added to the people saved from the
Kent, made a total of about 600 souls, huddled together for
near three days. Captain Cook did every thing in his power to
make them as comfortable as the circumscribed limits of his
vessel would allow, particularly the women and children ; and
by carrying a press of sail, fortunately reached this port just as
a strong north wind set in." -
List of Passengers, Troops, Women and Children, on board
, the late Honourable Company's. Ship Kent, Captain henry
Cobb, bound for Bengal and China, March 3, 1025.
PASSENGERS. Lieut. Dodger
Mrs. Colonel Fearon and five Itaxton
daughters -- Booth
Mrs. M‘Gregor and one son Douglas
Miss Dick --- Campbell
Mrs. Bray and two children Guinnis
Miss Murray Ensign Tate
Mr. Waters
WRITERS.

Mr. Grant
Mr. Pringle
CADETS.
Mr. Shuckburgh
Mr. Birch
Mr. Hatchell
MILITARY OFFICERS.
Lieut.-Col. Fearon
Major M.Gremor
Capt. Sir C. Farrington, Bart. I
- Green
- Spence
- Bray I Ship's Company
Lieut. and Adjt. Shaw
Lieut. Baldwin I Total
Return of Troops, Women and Children lost.
ti 4 SHIP'S COMPANY.

Evans
Assistant-Surgeon Graham
Quartermaster Waters
Paymaster Monk
All saved.
TOTAL ON BOARD.
Passengers
Military Officers
Troops
Women -
Children

- - 34

_ _ - 66

492
. 145

Troops
Women
Children

- 21 Marinee Boys

861

To tol Loss 90

[Further Particulars.]
This vessel, which sailed from the Downs about a fortnight
ago, was making her way in the Bay of Biscay on the morning
of Tuesday the Ist instant, across the heavy swell common in
that stormy entrance to the Atlantic, when her progress was ar-
rested by a fatal accident, in lattitude about 47 deg. 30 min.,
and long. 11 deg. 40 min. An officer, who was sent into the
hold to see whether the rolling of the vessel had disturbed the
stowage, perceiving that a cask of spirits had burst from its
lashings, gave the lamp he had in his hand to a seaman to hold
while he should replace the cask. Unfortunately in the con-
tinued rolling of the vessel the man let the lamp fall near the
spirits, to which it set fire in a moment. The flames spread ;
attempts were made to smother them by wetted blankets and
hammocks, but all was in vain, and they soon assumed an
aspect so tremendous, as to shew that it would be impossible to
subdue them.

At this moment of despair the man at the mast head exclaim-
ed that a sail was in sight : guns were fired, and a signal of
distress hoisted. The gale however was so heavy that it was
for some time doubtful whether the strange vessel perceived the
signals or was likely to turn aside from her course, but this
painful suspense was soon removed by her approach. The
boats of the Kent were now got out and placed, not alongside,
on account of the flames and the danger of staving the boats,
but a-head and a-stern. Into the latter many got out from the
cabin windows, but the chief part were let down from the bow-
sprit into the boat a-head, the men sliding down by a rope,
while the soldiers wives were lowered into the boat slung three
together. _ _

The fire had burst out about ten o'clock, and about twelve
the signal of distress had been perceived by the strange sail,
which proved to be the Cambria, Cook, outward bound to
Mexico, with a number of mining workmen and a cargo of
mining machinery. It was at two o'clock that the Cambria
received the first boat load of passengers, consisting chiefly
of ladies and children, half clothed and pale with fright and
fatigue. The whole afternoon was passed in exertions on
board the one vessel in sending off the sufferers, and in the
other in receiving them. The Cambria had amongst her pas-
sengers several stout workmen, who took their station at
the ship's side, and were indefatigable in hoisting ti'e poor
sufferers on board, so that, out of 642 persons in the Kent,
no less than 557 were safe in the Cambria before midnight.—
The remainder (85 in number) were lost, chiefly in getting out
and in of the boats, the swell of the sea being very great all the
time. The Captain of the Kent was the last man to leave her.
She blew up a few minutes before two o'clock on Wednesday
morning.
It may naturally be asked how the vessel could keep so
long together amid so destructive a conflagration ? She could
not have kept together two hours had not the officers, to avoid
one danger encountered another, by opening the ports and let-
ting in the water, when she shipped such heavy seas as to be-
come water-logged, which of course prevented the burning
downwards.

The Cambria, a vessel of little more than 200 tons, was pre-
viously sufficiently filled, having goods in her hold and above
fifty persons in passengers and ship's company. How great
then must have been the pressure and confusion caused by an
influx which carried the total on board to more than 600. The
progress of the fire in the Kent had been so rapid, as to prevent
the sufferers from saving any clothes, except what were on
their persons, and both officers and soldiers were thus ill pre-
pared to encounter the wet and the cold of the deck. The
cabin and the tween decks (the space for the steerage pas-
sengers) were thug crowded beyond measure, and most for-
tunate it was that the wind continued favourable for the return
of the Cambria to an English port. She reached Falmouth in
48 hours after quitting the wreck, and was landing her unfor-
tunate inmates, many of them half clothed, on Friday morning,
at the date of our correspondent's letter.
Persons Saved.-31st Regiment; •21 officers, 280 men, 46
women, and 51 children ; ship's company, 140 ; passen-
gers, 19.

. .
Persons Lost-3lst Regiment; 64 soldiers, I woman, and
.5 children ; ship's company, 1 man, 4 boys.—(New Times.)

It is reported on 'Change, that favourable
news has been received from Mr. STRATFORD
CANNING, at St. Petersburg!), and that all dif-
ferences are on the eve of being amicably settled.
INDlA.—There are letters in town from the
Isle of France to the 20th November. They bring no news.
The Hungerford, from Calcutta, has arrived, but almost all her
letters and papers are left at Portsmouth. The letters that have
arrived are chiefly duplicates. Those that are not so are purely
commercial. The report of the indigo crop was favourable.—
The letters are dated from Madras, 12th October ; Bengal,
14th September; and Mauritius, 23d November. This vessel
is not above ten days later than the last arrival.
Mr. Secretary CANNING, we are happy to state,
is nearly recovered from his recent severe attack
of the gout.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday after-
noon at half past two o'clock at the Foreign Office, which was
attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Earls of Liverpool, West-
moreland, Harrowby and Bathurst; Mr. Secretary Peel, Mr.
Secretary Canning, the Chacellor of the Exchequer, Viscount
Melville, Mr. Wynn, &c. The Council did not break up till
half-past five o'clock.