The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-10 00:00:00

SOUTH• AMERICA.

Letters were received yesterday from Rio de
janiero, dated the 3d of June, which state that
Alie„tPuputies to the General Assembly from
Pernambuco, St., Paul's, the Minas Geraes, and
ottier provinces, had arrived in that city. That
00-labia, it was understood, alone withheld them,
Ad it was said that orders had in consequence
'peen passed to' detach two vessels of war to
blockade the port of Bahia, with the view of
preventing the arrival of reinforcements from
Portugal. According to advices from -Valparaiso
received at Rio Janeiro, two Spanish frigates
were cruising in the Pacific, and had caused
considerable alarm among the merchant ves-
sels in that quarter. This intelligence, how-
ever, :'requires confirmation, as no Spanish
frigate is known to have visited those seas
for a considerable period, except the Prueba
and.' Ventran:za both of which surrendered
t!.
a' few months ago, by, convention, to the Go-
vernor, of Guayaquil. Other discourage-
ments, •hOwever, to English commerce in that
quarter bad arisen out of the severity with which
the laws were executed at Callao, by which all
vessels touching at a port in the possession of
the Royalist Spaniards were subjected to seizure.
The punishment: has even _extended to the im-
prisonment of the masters of such vessels. No
mention is made of Lord COCHRANE, in the let-
ters from. Valparaiso ; and a similar silence has'
been preserved, it will be recollected, in several
of the preceding accounts, from whence a report
has got in circulation that his Lordship had gone
on an expedition against Manilla. Should that
be the case, a much longer period must elapse
before tidings can be received of his operations.

'NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, BTU AuGusT, 1822.

Yesterday afternoon, at half-past five o'clock,
EDMUND CHASTER, Esq. the High Sheriff for Northumber-
land, accompanied by the Sub-Sheriff, (P. FENIVICK, Esq.),
and a numerous cortege of County Gentlemen, set out from
the Moat-Hall, to meet his Majesty's Judges of Assize, the
Hon. Sir Charles Abbott, Lord Chief-Justice, and the Hon.
Sir George "Wood, Knight, at the usual place in the county of
Durham. There was the customary display of coaches-and-,
four, chariots-and-pair, &c. &c. At half-past seven the High
Sheriff returned with the Judges and their suite. They were
received at the Blue Stone, on the Tyne bridge, by the Sheriff
of Newcastle, (Alfred Hall, Esq.), who was accompanied from
the Guildhall by one of the most numerous and respectable
bodies of townsmen that has been remembered for a long time.
At the entrance of the Guildhall, the Mayor, the Recorder, and
Aldermen, were in waiting to pay their compliments to the
Judges priorto the Commission being opened. This ceremony
performed, the Letters-Patent were read in the usual manner,
and the busineSs of the Court proclaimed to conimence at nine
on the following morning. The Commission for the county of
Northumbland was likewise read in the new courts the same
evening—business being prorogued till the following day. It
is pleasurable .to state, that the criminal cases are very few ; nor
is there much employment for the Gentlemen of the long-robe
in civil suits. His Majesty's impending journey to Scotland is
the, engrossing,topic of the day. Should it appear that there is
no probability, of the King's honouring this ancient and loyal
town with-hisnugust presence during his tour, it seems more
thaan probable tfiat the body corporate of Newcastle will repair
to Edinburgh, that they may have the high honour of testifying
inhis Majesty in person their affectionate loyalty and devotion.
Riivensworth Castle, it is said, received an accession of costly
furniture last week from London, in older to be in,readiness,
Would the King determine on paying a visit to the Noble owner.
Ells Grace the Duke of Northumberland, too, has completed
several embellishments at Alnwick Castle, .with a view to the
entertainment of his Majesty, should lie bend his journey into
Northumberland; and, it is said, his Grace rather cherishes an
expectation that the King may honour him with a visit while in
the-North. In the event of his Majesty's visiting. Newcastle,
we may give a pledge of his reception in the following lines :
, " The manly hearts on Tyne,

'0 ! Royal (fEonGE, are thine;
. True to their King :
Northumbria's sons of old
Were England's strongest hold,
And still are firm and bold.
GOD SAVE TIIE KING !"

T. G.

• Letters from Havanna'', dated 29th May, state,
that in.consefibence of the want of naval protec-
tion, the Wali.o navigation was nearly destroyed,
so,numerous''were the privateers and pirates, not-:
withstaiiding"the navy belonging to Cuba costs
the Colonial.;:government a million of dollacs
annually 4 ~The garrison of the fort of St. John
'de Ulua, in,- front of Vera Cruz, was also de-
pendent on Cuba ; and this, together with
LZNAxa -divisions composed more of officers than
'Soldie'rs,. and "numerous other emigrants from
Mexico, pressed very heavy on the revenue of
of

Yesterday the Duke of YORK visited the KING.
---Tite.Marquis of LONDONDERRY and the Duke
of-WELLINGTON had audiences of his MAJESTY
•
yeSterday.. •- -
. :Yesterday“ Board of the Lords of the Trea-
sury assembted at the Treasury Chambers, at
.
Which the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the
HOndße.PA6f.-T, and Lord G. SosteasET, were
prOsent: . Ou.Thursday, a Special Board of the
Lord's '
of the.. Treasury was held, at which the
Earl of 1410:It:root, presided.
• • Durin.g the prorogation of Parliament, the House
.of :Lords..is.to-undergo many alterations. Mr.
SOANE 'and .the''Stirveyor-General have received
a warrant, authorising them to commence the
improvetnentt.,.-A new Royal entrance is to be
made, and.the Great Chamberlain's rooms are to
be fitted-tili‘im.a,tuperb style for the accommo-
dation of bis--M-AdtsTy, whenever he goes to the
tiouse'of'Lbrds..;: Hitherto the .KING has had no
other apartmantAn which to be accommodated,
but the itobitroOm.
The importance of the passage between Dover
and Calais begins now to be pretty generally established. The
l,numhers of passengers that sailed from Dover to Calais during
the week ending the 3rinst. were 614, with 19 carriages,' and
the numbers passing in the opposite direction were 544, with
26 carriages : hence it would appear that the numbers of per-
sons leaving this eountry are, to those arriving, in the propor-
don of nine to eight.
Smtintint..FrtAun.—A fraud of a novel and
Most brutal nature was on Thursday evening,practised on Mrs.
Moss, a respectable .married woman, residing at No. 2, White
Bear, garden, Kent-Street, Borough. About 6 o'clock a young
man, dressed in a greasy velvet jacket, with a blue apron before
him, rushed up to tfie door, almost breathless with taste and
.asked, for the lady by' name. Mrs. M. came down ; and the
.fellow perceiving that she was in the family 'way, determined to
turn the circumstance to his advantage' and, accordingly began
by calling uponcher to summon all her fortitude, as he had most
afflicting news to tell her. The woman stood almost petrified,
whilst the fellOw related that her husband ( who works in the
Docks)tad, about half an tour before, fallen from the:, yard of
the vessel, by;which hg received a compound fracture in the leg.
Ilawever he saidohe must not despair, as the surgeon who was
called told him -to' feTteliTiVlr. Astley Cooper, who would set the
bones, and he would be -well in a few days. 'The poor woman
urgqd him to .go. with all speed.; to which he replied that it was
useless unless he had a sovereign, as the Doctor told him
Mr. Cooper would not come - without that. Away ran Mrs.
Moss, and borrowed one at the public house, which she put into
the fellow's hand, and off he went with seeming alacrity. As
she was getting ready to go down to her husband's work, the
latter suddenly entered as sound in health as when he went out.
On hearing ;you had happened he went in pursuit as far as the
1 Town Hall, but it seems the rascal had taken another course.

[FROM THE EDINBURGH STAR OF TUESDAY LAST•]

The Regalia of Scotland are at
_present, as it is well known,
in the Castle of Edinburgh, under the care of Captain Adam ,
Ferguson. Sir "Alexander Keith, Knight Marischal of Scot-
land, will as soon as the King is in Holyrood, proceed to the "
Castle, and presenting a warrant under the Sign Manual, de-
mand the Regalia from the Keeper, in order to their removal
to the Palace. The Knight Marischal (who represents the
ancient and illustrious house of the Earls Marischal and
possesses their estates, the title of Earl having been for-
feited in 1715) will ride, according to the old custom, on
horseback, attended by six Esquires in rich costumes of scar-
let and gold. He himself wears the dress of his office, which
is of blue and white satin, the national colours of Scotland.
The Knight,Marischal, having received the Regalia, will con-
vey them in his carriage to Holyrood, attended by his Esquires,
as above described, and a large military escort. On the day
when the King in person goes to the Castle, the Duke of Ha-
milton, Premier Peer of Scotland, will carry the Crown.—
This is a privilege which he enjoys as Earl of Angus, and
Representative of the once all but Royal House of Douglas.—
The sword of state. will, on the same occasion, be carried by
the young Earl of Errol, Lord High Constable of Scotland. In
virtue of this high office, Lord Errol ranks as the first of Scot-
tish subjects. His authority supersedes that of all other Ma-
gistrateS within the verge of a Court holden in Scotland ; so
that the peace will be preserved at Holyrood, &c. during his
Majesty's visit, by the officers of the Lord High Constable
alone.' The Gentlemen of the Celtic Society are, it is sup-
posed, to act in this capacity ; but, besides these, whenever
the High Constable appears in any procession, he is entitled
to come with a personal suite of five knights, ten Esquires,
and twenty yeomen, all in appropriate costume. Lord
Errol's aNearance will, therefore, form a very important
feature on every- occasion of formality. On the fourth day,
it is understood, his Majesty will hold a drawing-room.—
When the King was in Ireland last year, the crowds of Gen-
tlemen coming to Court was such, that his Majesty was con-
strained to issue a sort a order that none of those who had been
at the Levee should come to the .Drawing-room also, unless
they had ladies on whom it was necessary for them to attend.
It is hoped that from the superior accommodation in the state
chambers of Holyrood, no such arrangement will be called for
here. No Gentleman can come to the Drawing Room without
having been previously presented at a Levee. The proper ob-
ject of the Drawing Room is the presentation of Ladies.—
Ladies are. introduced to the King either by Ladies who have
already been at Court, or by the Lord in Waiting.—The Lady
drops her train (about four yards in length) when she enters
the circle of the King. It is held up by the Lord in 'Wait-
' ing till she is close to his Majesty. She curtsies. The King
raises her up, and salutes her on the cheek. She then retires, al-
ways facing the Sovereign till she is beyond the circle. A
considerable difficulty is presented to the inexperienced by the
necessity of retiring (without assistance) backwards. The
Ladies must exert their skill to move their trains quietly
and- neatly from behind them as they retire ; and those
who have never worn such dresses should lose no time
in beginning to practise this. Most painful must the situa-
tion be of a young female who is so unfortunate as to make
a faux :pax on ,such an occasion. It was by no means so diffi-
cult when hoops were in fashion ; but now that these have been
discarded, there is nothing to assist in keeping the train off the
ground.—The Ladies cannot require to be informed that they
must all appear in Court plumes and fans. At least nine fea-
thers must be in each head-dress.— A second Levee and a se-
cond Drawing-room will conclude, for the present, the public
appearances of his Majesty at Holyrood. But it is expected
that he will gratify us by coming one night, during his stay, to
the Theatre, where a proper box is to be prepared, Stith all that
good taste for which. Mr. Murray and Mrs. Siddons have ever
been distinguished.—lt is understood that the -King will pay
short visits to the gallant Earl of Hopetoui,,, the Marquess of
Lothian, Lord Lieutenant of the county, V iscount
and some other distinguished characters in this neighbourhood.

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THE KING'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.