The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-11 00:00:00

INSURRECTION AT MOZAMBIQUE.

By private letters, dated the 22d of June, intelligence
has been received of an insurrection in the capital of Mo-
zambique, in which the Government of Donna Maria had
been overturned, either, as is said, with the mere object of
plunder and massacre on the part of the insurgents, or with
the intention of declaring in favour of Don Miguel, It ape
pears that the plot originated with some of the officers of
the fort St. Sebastian, in conjunction with some POrtuelleli
prisoners banished to that province, anti that having top
tured and imprisoned the Governor, they had been ill pop.
session of the town and forts from tho 16th of Mar
It
to the 14th of June, On the Mb, it is said. that
plan was on the point of nectitinn for pluml.ering the
town, murdering the Governor and Eurert,eans, and of
making off in the vessels in the harbr,ar (in a similar
manner to the dreadful scene acted /".st year at the Cape
de Verd Islands), when proviii.e.ntially his Majesty's
brig Leveret, in search of sl.live vessels on the coast,
sailed into the harbour. A requisition was immediately
made to the comma4ider, Lieutenant Bosanquet, for assis-
tance, which was promptly acceded to, and by his advice
the plan of a combined movement of the Portuguese troops
and the men from the brig was formed, to he put into exe-. cution the ensuing night This movement was happy
effected with such sezrecy and precision, that by tI-.e follo
ing morning the forts had been regained, the o.overnor re-
leased, and the lawful authorities reinstated-, without bleod-
' shed, and before the people of the town vere aware of what
was going forward. Lieutenant BcP;anquet and his crew
retained possession of the Cits,',oin-laouse and Palace for two
days, till tranquillity was perfectly restored, and has since
sailed for the Cape of Good Hope, carrying with him the
principal ir;urgents—viz., the Lieutenant-Colonel and Lieu-
tenant of the fort, and nine soldiers, who are to be sent pri-
sowers to Portugal. He is also the bearer of dispatches to
that Government.
The following letter of thanks to the commander of the
Leveret, will show the light in which the insurrection was
viewed by the authorities of Mozambique :
" Sir—The Senate of the capital of Mozambique think
it their bounden duty to thank you for the prom of assist-
ance which you have afforded to re-establish t+,o legitimate
Government.of her Most Faithful Majesty
11. Some soldiers and officers of the :Donna Maria
flarrison of St. Se-
bastian, the fort of this capital, and some banished pri-
soners and degenerate Portuguese., had formed a rebellion,
and were up in arms, and hav',„g-
arrested the members of
the Government of this'
Prr..,vince, lawfully established by
regal authority, had errAted disorder, confusion, and an-
archy, with premedit`..ted intent to act the same scene of
horror as at the 't.:ape de Verds, threatening with death
some officers or. the Government, and many of the inhabi-
tants. The re-establishment of order, and re-placirg the
members, of the Government in their functions, and arrest-
ing the rebels, enabling us thereby to restore the public
tranoaillity, are in a great measure owing to your en-
tkavours.
" The Senate will omit a sacred duty if they do not. ex-
press the gratitude they feel towards you for the heroic
services you have rendered to an ally and friend bf your
nation, in preventing a dreadful scene of tears which was
ahoat to be realized.

" The Senate not being able to declare their sentiments,
in consequence of the short time you, l'Ave to remain here,
will assure you that they are about to
D,57 before their august
Queen intelligence of these sueeolLes, in order that she, in
As,
her own name, may give her tb.er and reward you as she
thinks proper.

" To Lieutenant Bo sar (Signatures of the Senate.)
of his Britannic Ma•jr.,st_.,
q
r.uet, Commader
s ship Leveret,n
&c."

Cif). OLERA IN ITALY.

Extro.t of a letter receivedfrom a respectable banking
e':,..).;l;.shment at Rome, dated Sept. 27 :
The cholera in the Roman States exists only in 'An-
cona, where, however, it is almost extinct, there being only
five cases and two deaths in 24 hours ; population :5.)4,000 :
in a week or two in all probability nothing mere will be
heard of it from that quarter.
" Rome, Bologna, and the Legations (ex,..:epting the city
of Ancona), are free from the disease awd healthy. We
have been assured' by our correspondents from Milan and
Turin that those cities are free from el.,olera.
" Lucca, Leghorn, and all the Tuscan States, are also
free from the disease.

" In Genoa there are a few-eases, and it must be avoided
on account of the quarantine.
" Venice is free froc:i the cholera, not so Trieste ; but in
coming from the Ve..letian States into the Roman a quaran-
tine of 14 days mast be performed at Francolino in com-
ing from Milan,, through Lombardy and Modena, a quaran-
tine of 14 dailS must be performed at Castel Franco, in the
Roman St-.att,s, and this is rather a comfortable and exten-
sive 1az".....ett0, the air healthy, and the expenses moderate.
The r jute by sea from Marseilles to Leghorn and Civita
Vee,elia is open, and no quarantine to be performed. The
!:01...te by land from Leghorn, through Florence, to Rome,
is also free, and no quarantine to be performed."

METROPOLIS CHURCHES FuNr).—lt appears that
the subscriptions and donations on account of this Fund, re-
ceived to the 10th of September iteusive, amount to the suns
73,636/. los. ,_-and that since that date additional subscriptions
have been made to the extent of 1,1851. 55., making a total of
74,8214 15s. Several very munificent donations have been
made by the banking and :mercantile houses in the City.
LIGHT .110U5E:,..---A revolving light, showing a
brilliant flash every '.ninute, is now exhibiting every night on
Cape Spear, New ioutidiand. The light of St. Sebastian, on
the north coast Gi Spain, has been shifted from Mount Igueldo
to Mount Or;,olto, and vessels, in entering that harbour, must
now keep tl:ie light on the larboard, instead of the starboard
hand. Two resolving lights are now exhibiting at the Ba-
hamas, one on the south end of Gun Cag, and the other at
the 'dole in the Wall, on the south-east point of Abaco Island;
in each the lights make their revolution in a minute. A very
material light, which revolves once in a minute, has been
placed by the French Government on the Isle de Bas, imme-
diately opposite Plymouth; and three additional small. lights
have been placed in the neighbourhood of La Hogue, to faci-
litate the entry of ships into that roadstead, in the night time.
Two light-houses, one revolving and the other axed, haze also
been erected on the Slyne Head, on the west coast of Galway,
which will be exhibited on the Ist of November next.
DEATH or' COLONEL 13:ntR.—(From the New
York Daily Advertiser.)--TW.s extraordinary individual died
on Tuesday afternoon at s:ne Richmond-house, Mesereau's
Ferry, on Staten Island, ir, the 81st year of his age. Colonel
Burr has been confined "co his room for the last year, but has
enjoyed uncommon fire spirits, and was able not only to dis-
course with his friwads, but to arrange his papers for publica-
tion. Few men, have made a more conspicuous figure in
American his'.orv. lie was born the 6th of February, 1756,
joined the army under General Washington, then before
Cambrid.ge, as a volunteer, in Aufrust, 1775. He marched
from ;-enobscot with General Arnold, through the wilderness,
to Quebec, one of the most fatiguing marches ever recorded.
The sufferings endured by this band of American troops has
hardly a parallel. He was Aide-de-Camp to General
Montgomery, on the ever-memorable night of the 31st
of December, 1775, when the assault was made on the
city of Quebec, and at which this distinguished officer fell.
After serving with fidelity and honour in the campaign of Ca.
nada, he returned to New York, and entered the family of
General Washington, at his (General Washington's) request.
He was soon appointed aide-de-camp to General Putman, and
fought bravely in the battle of Long Island, after which he
was made Colonel in 1777, and remained in the army, and
was a conspicuous officer in the battles of New Jersey. In
1780 he retired in consequence of ill health, arising or,t of
his fatigues at the battle of Monmouth. As soon as peace
was declared he was appointed a judge of the 'Supreme
Court of this State, which honour he declined. 17. e served as
Attorney- General until he was chosen United estates senator,
which he held from 1793 to 1799, In IP
j 1 Vice-President, which term expired in 180:s. The 10th of July,
1804, he killed General Hamilton in he was chosen
to his political career, and in fact dra:
He then engaged in the celebrate d'ltel,which put a final end
ove him from his country.
to Mexico—was taken, tried, `and acquitted
alnBdo7.eernHmeensoe Burr's expedition,
Richmond
eh m destinedon d i n
soon left lbeifst the cor.ntry, and returned in about 1811,
profession as counsellor at law. He has
been engaged in a ntratber of important causes which have
reached our highest courts. Within the last few years he has
enjoyed an annuity of about 1,400 dollars and a pension of 600,
in all about 2,006, so that he has been comfortable in his cir-
cumstances. 'We are happy to learn that he has left all his
valuable papers to the care of Mr. Matthew L. Davis. A
more competent individual could not be found, and he has now
one volume of his life nearly ready for the press.
The worse than childish usage in this country of
touching and middling with everything has rendered it neces-
sary to surrc.und the portion of the mast of the Victory which
is deposited in the armoury at Windsor Castle with a strong
rail, to prevent the too near approach of visitors. When it
was first placed in its present situation, the shot-hole through
it was perfectly sound. So many persons, however, of all
ranks, poked in their fingers, and broke off fragments of the
wood to carry away as relics, that the perforation Lecame very
large and irregular ; and there is no doubt that, but for the,
precaution which has been taken, the whole mast would have
been pilfered.—Literary Gazette.
By accounts from Matanzas we learn that the slave
trade is very far from being put down in the West Indies,, and
especially in and about that island. Many ships frorn the
United States are sold there for the purpose of being 7. nada
slavers of. Instead of the Baltimore clippers and fast. .sailers
hitherto bought, the slave traders are now buying lee ,ky un-
suspicious ships, which are sent to the slave coast for «sperm
which means for negroes. There is an anchorai ,e ground
near Matanzas, where the slave ships are in very o',ten, full of
negroes from the coast of Africa. There they are landed, and
unwillingly marched to Matanzas, where they a. ~e put in the
slave market, the authorities winking at this violation of the
laws of nations. If the abolitionists, instrAd of making so
much useless and injurious efforts in the U..titec7. States, would
direct their attention to the slave trade as zarrie d on there, and
expose the manner in which the American vessels arc built and
sold for the purpose of making slavers of them, they wosuld do
au essential service to the human race.