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London, England, 1824-01-26 00:00:00

MANIFESTO OF MIS MAJESTY TILE EMPEROR TO TILE

IRAZILLANSi.

Providence, which watches over the stability
and preservation of nations, has in its profound
wisdom permitted, that this empire should, after
the confirmation of its independence, and the
union of all its provinces, even those most remote,
contittue to advance in the career of consolidation
and prosperity. The Constituent and Legislative
Assembly laboured with assiduity, discernment,
and activity, to form a constitution calculated
firmly to plant the constitutional system, and
cause it to take deep root in this es tensive em-
pire. On this immoveable foundation, the con-
struction of the social edifice was steadily pro-
ceeding, and such was the opinion entertained
by foreigners of the Brazilian nation, that the
principal Powers of Europe would soon have re-
coguized the independence of the empire, and
would even have been ambitious of contracting
political and commercial relations with us. This
brilliant prospect, which nothing seemed capable
. of obscuring, was dimmed by the unexpected
storm which overcast our horizon. The genius
of mischief inspired restless and evil-disposed
. spirits with criminal designs, and kindled the
flan)* of discord in the public mind. Some time
ago it began to be seen and ascermined that
there did not prevail in the Assembly that
uniformity of true principles which distinguishes
Constitutional Governments ; and that har-
mony of separate powers which constitutes their
moral and physical force began to waver. Vari-
ous and continued attacks on the 'Executive
Power, and its concessions for the sake of liar-
. mony, enervated the force of the Government,
and silently undermined it. The spirit of dis-
union went on incressing ; the gall of distrust
overflowed ; parties were secretly formed ; and a
disorganizing faction suddenly appeared, and ac-
quired a force which began to alarm the minds of
all worthy Brazilians, who, solely animated by
zeal for the public good, and the purest patrio-
tism, trembled with horror at the prospect of fu-
ture dangers which they foresaw and expected.
Meanwhile, those men who had meditated and
contrived subversive plans, and who continued to
practise their sinister arts, gained over some
honest and simple persons, by holding out the
Mattering idea of the better security of liberty-
-that sacred idol, always adored, but too often
misunderstood ; others by persuading them that
the Government taad become despotic ; and some,
perhaps, by the promise of advantages which
their own extravagant imagination* exaggerated.
At last they carried their malignity so far. as to

propagate that the perfidious and insidious pro-
ject of a union with the Portuguese Govertunent
was adopted.
The plans being laid, the means of acting on
them arranged and put in motion, and the dim-
culites smoothed which were supposed to present
obstacles in the way of succe,s, it was determined
that the, conceived and long permeditated design
should be carried into effect.

One of the means chosen as most certain was
t 4 sow discord between the citizens born in Bra-
zil and those who are natives of Portugal, by the
means of journals written with a dexterous arti-
fice and virulence, aiming at the destruction of
the moral force of the Government, and threaten-
-19g my imperial. person with the examples of I tur-
bide and of Charles 1., and also through emis-
saries who supported and propagated the same
seditious principles.
The fermentation which was to produce the
revolutionary volcano being thus prepared, the
faction which had become .preponderant in the
Assembly availed itself for the fatal explosion of
a petition from the citizen David Pamplona—de-
scribed as a Brazilian by birth, being, neverthe-
less, a native of the Portuguese islands,—who
complained of some blows which he had received
from two Brazilian officers, natives of Portugal,
and who, according to the opinion of a commit-,
tee, was to recur to the ordinary course of law.
Before day-light, and with the most criminal
forethought, the leaders of this horrible faction,
assisted by their partisans, invited a number of
persons to come armed with poinards and pistols
to support them, by spreading terror among
those illustrious, honourable, and -worthy depu-
ties of the A3sembly,•who, faithful to their oaths,
made it their sole endeavour to fulfil the just
confidence reposed in them by the noble Brazil-
flan nation, and who, consequently, wished to
maintain the tranquillity necessary to their deli-
berations.

On that unhappy day tragic and frightful
scenes took place. Cries were set up, and sup-
ported in a manner equally extraordinary and
scandalous. The illustrious President, with a
prudent vigilance displayed in the breaking up
of the sitting, put a stop to evils which would
have burst forth with the dreadful noise of an
immense volcano, fermented by• the fury of
parties, by national hatred, by the thirst of ven-
geance, and by the most inflated ambition. Such
was to be expected from the great number of
persons, who, within and without the Assembly,
were disposed to sustain the projects of this ter-
rible 'faction ; and such was to be feared from
the great quantity of arms profusely sold in the
city on the preceding days,—and from the scanda-
lons acclamations by which the leaders of the
wicked party were received and extolled by
their satellites when they came out of the As-
sembly, in despite even of nhy imperial presence,
This scene of danger was again renewed.—
Violent and virulent speeches from those who
belong to the faction continued to fan the flame
of discord, and many of their dependents, both •
in the galleries of the Assembly and without,
protected the horrible results which were the
necessary consequences of the premeditated plans.
To this end they demanded and obtained the
establishment of a permanent session, under the
specious pretext that it was not fit it should be
dissolved until tranquillity should be established.
For this latter object, L had commanded the
whole of the troops to march and assemble in the
plain of S. Christovao, with the just design of
leaving the Assembly in perfect liberty ; and I
afterwards acquainted the Assembly with this de-
termination, in order that they might take into

I consideration the motives which I justified it,
and the necessity of providing some positive mea-
sures tending to the re-establishment of tranquil-
lity. No such measures, however, were taken,
but they continued, on the contrary, to pursue
their discussions with the same warmth and ob-
stinacy ; and under cover of a multitude of spe-
cious pretexts the ruin of the country was aimed
at, while their first and most decided attacks
were directed towards my august person, which
was treated with every disrespect that calumny
and malignity could suggest.

Nor was a revolutionary fury the only feeling
which appeared in these extravagant attacks.—
They went still farther, and aimed at an exces-
sive restriction of the attributes which belong,
by the very nature of representative governments,
to the head of the Executive Power, and which
had been conferred on me by the nation as Con-
stitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of
Brazil. They even went so far as to require that
the whole or a great part of the troops should
withdraw to a distance from the city ; thus leav-
ing the Government w ithout its necessary vigour
and support.
The delay in adopting decisions, which is al-
ways dangerous in urgent cases, and which must
finally prove fatal in the present melancholy
state of affairs—the horrible prospect of some
imminent catastrophe—the despair of some—the
pride and political fanaticism of others—the
alarm and fear of all peaceful citizens—the
dangerous state of the country, and the dread of
the ruin and subversion of the state,—all impera-
tively dernand prompt. and efficacious measures,
and remedies which, though apparently violent,
can alone succeed in producing early and happy
results.

.And what measures would be the most likely
to succeed in so arduous and perilous a crisis ?
What dike could be found to stay the revolu-
tionary torrent, to bear up against the force of its
waves, and to paralyse them completely ? Yo
other was so obvious or so powerful as the disso-
lution of the Assembly. This, and the dismissal
of the Ministers, are the preservatives from public
disorders in constitutional monarchies ; this last
was put in practice, and there was then no other
resource left than to carry the first into execution,
though to the great sorrow and grief of my impe-
rial heart. Actuated, therefore, by these power-
ful motives, and by the urgent necessity of sav-
ior, the,, country, which is a supreme law, and
justifies extreme measures in cases of great risk,
I commanded the dissolution of the Assembly by
the decree of the 12th current, at the same time
directing the convocation of another, according to
the public constitutional law, to which I am de-
sirous to conform.

In that same decree, as well as in that of the
'l3th, which repeated and extended it, irrefraga-
ble proofs were .given of the absolute necessity of
adopting so forcible a measure, and of my anxi-
ous desire to re-establish the constitutional sys-
tem, which was proclaimed by the Brazilian
nation, and which can alone ensure the happiness
of the empire. If circumstances so difficult and
perilous have compelled me to put in practice so
violent a remedy, I have only to observe that
extraordinary evils require extraordinary mea-
sures, and that it is to be, hoped that they will
never be rendered .necessary again, The penPl")
now satisfied of the extent of my magnanimity
and constitutional principles, and of my earnest
desire to promote the national happiness and
tranquillity, will desist from the commotion caused
by this disastrous event, which is equally painfAl
to myself, and will continue to enjoy the peace,
tranquillity, and prosperity, which the constitu-
tion promises and secures.
Rio, Nov. 16, 1823. THE EMPEROR.

DECREES OF THE EMPEROR OF BRAZIL.
I, Don Pedro, &c.

Having convoked, as I have a right to do, the General Con-
stituent and Legislative Assembly, by the Decree of the 3d of
June last year, in order to save Brazil from the imminent
danger with which she was threatened ; and that Assembly
having perjured itself by violating the oath solemnly made to
the nation to defend the integrity of the Empire, its independ-
ence, and my dynasty ; I have thought proper to dissolve the
said Assembly, and to convoke another, according to the rules
laid down for the convocation of that which has now ceased to
exist. This new Assembly will have to deliberate on the plan
of a constitution which I intend shortly to present to it, and
which will be infinitely more liberal than that which was ap-
proved by the late Assembly. My Ministers and Secretaries of
State, in all the different departments, have received the re-
.qui►ite instructions, which they will carry into execution for the
welfare of the empire.

Given at the Palace, Nov. 3, 1823 ; being the second
year of the independence of the empire.
(Signed) THE EMPEROR.
(Countersigned) CLEMENTE FERREIRE FRANCA.
JOSE OLIVEIRA BARBOZA.

Don Pedro, &c.
As I understand that some doubts have arisen respecting the
real meaning of the term " perjured," which I applied to the
Legislative Assembly of Brazil, in my decree of yesterday, by
which that assembly is dissolved, and that expression has been
supposed to comprehend the whole national representation, I
wish it to be understood that I have never confounded the wor-
thy representatives of the people of Brazil with the notorious
faction who hare swayed that congresf I hereby declare, that
1 draw a just distinction between the upright individuals who
have always had in view the welfare of Brazil, and the faction
that thirst for revenge even at the price of the horrors of anar-
chy. The latter only were comprehended in my denunciation,
as by the preponderance they were the instigators of true mis-
fortunes which they proposed to bring upon the country. My
Ministers and Secretaries of State have also received this with
instructions to publish it.

Palace of Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 13, 1823 ; being the second
year of the independence of the empire.
(Signed) THE EMPEROR.
(Countersigned) FRANCISCO VILLELA BARBOZA.

(From the Estrella Brasileira.)
" RIO JANEIRO, NOVEMBER 14.

" The composition of our paper of this day was concluded
when symptoms of a narure highly dangerous to the public
peace manifested themselves in this capital. They derived
their origin from what occurred in the sitting of the Assembly
of Saturday last. The debate on that day turned on a petition
addressed to the Assembly by a citizen, whose house had beeh
violated by two officers of the Mounted Artillery, who assault-

ed and maltreated him on the supposition that he was the au-
thor of a letter addressed• to a certain journal, and signed' 0
Brasileiro Resoluto.'

" The petition was referred to a committee, whose opinion
naturally was, that the complainer should recur to the ordinary
course of law, this matter not coming within the jurisdiction of
the Assembly.

" This opinion, however, experienced opposition.
" Antonio Carlos de Andrada proposed an amendment to
the effect of requiring, on account of the extraordinary circum-
stances of Brazil, that in case the offenders should be convicted
of the crime imputed to-them, they should be banished from
the empire.

" In the sitting of Monday this amendment was the subject
of a warm debate, the solemnity of which was interrupted by
exclamations from the people in the galleries and in the hall.—
The President therefore considered himself obliged to break up
the sitting at a quarter past one o'clock in the afternoon. As
incredible state of fermentation was then displayed.
" The Emperor, being aware that the sitting would be stormy,
had come to the city, and remained while the Assembly was
debating, in the Palace, where he received the resignation of
his Ministers, with the exception of the Minister of Marine.
" In the evening the fermentation became more violent, and
a great number of officers were observed passing to and fro on
the road to St. Christovam.

" His Majesty perceiving that a crisis was approaching, or-
dered under arms the whole of the regular troops and the whole
of the militia, and these forces were assembled in the plain of
St. Christovam.

" On Tuesday the assembly met at the usual hour.
" Antonio Carlos de Aadrada addressed the Assembly on
the collection of troops at St. Christovam, the disquietude
which prevailed in the city, and the necessity of demanding
categorical explanations from the Government. On his mos.
tion, it was ordered that the sitting of the Assembly should
be permanent.

" Soon after a message was received from the Emperor, in-
forming the Assembly that the officers of the army in general
complained very much of being every day exposed to most
odious attacks and incendiary writings, whose authors re-
mained unpunished; that his Majesty had assembled around
him the whole of the troops, to guard az-tinst disorder, as
well as to secure to the Assembly freedom in its delibera.
tions ; that the troops were in a state of perfect subordina-
tion ; and, finally, that it was necessary to adopt extraordinary
measures.

" To this message the Assembly answered, that they were
very happy to learn that the troops were always subordinate ;
that they were not regularly informed as to the fact of the
grounds of complaint on the part of the of ; that they
were ready to adopt whatever measure might appear necessary
in the existing circumatances, as soon as his Majesty's Govern-
ment gave them the requisite explanations.
" The reply of the Government was delayed a considerable
time. It arrived at one o'clock in the morning. In substance
the Government required restricting the licentious freedom of
the press, and the expulsion from the Assembly of a certain
number of factious Deputies, the shameless advocates of
anarchy and civil war.
" After a long debate on this communication from the Go-
vernment, the greater part of the Deputies declared that they
could not consent to such measures without previously receiv-
ing from his Majesty's Ministers most circumstantial informa-
tion on the subject ; and that it was above all things necessary
to call for the examination of the Minister for the Home De-
partment. This was agreed to.
" On the same day (Wednesday morning) the Assembly
discussed a decree, the effect of which was to order that the
European Portuguese and other foreigners belonging to the
military corps assembled at St. Christovam should withdraw
into the interior, to the distance of at least six leagues from the

capital.
" Meanwhile the troops assembled at St. Christovam con-
tinued to give proofs of a lively enthusiasm for the Emperor.—
His Majesty reviewed them amidst shouts a thousand times
repeated of attachment to the independence of Brazil, and the
Constitutional Emperor.
"At ten o'clock on Wednesday morning the Minister for
the Home Department appeared in the Assembly. After his
examination, the Deputies, not considering themselves suf-
ficiently informed, dismissed his Excellency, and ordered the
new Minister of War to be summoned, in order that he might
be interrogated.
" His Majesty then adopted the final resolution. A body
of troops received orders to march in two columns, to enter the
city, and dissolve the Assembly.
" By two o'clock in the afternoon the troops, the greater part
of whom remained drawn up in order of battle in the Campo
da Acclamagam, arrived near the Palace. Several general
officers entered the Assembly, one of whom delivered to one of
the Secretaries the following Imperiardecree
[Here follows a copy of the first of the above decrees.]
" The decree being read, a copy was ordered to be entered
on the journals, and the President declared that the Assembly
was dissolved.
" Martin Franciseo de Andrade, Antonio Carlos de An-
drade, Montezuma, and Rocha, were arrested as they were
coming out of the assembly.
Besides these, the Deputies Vergueiro, Be]chior, Jose
Bonifecio de Andrade, were arrested without the palace of the
Assembly.
" These proceedings being terminated, an account of the
whole was given to his Imperial Majesty, who was on horse-
back at the head of the troops in the Campo da Acelarnaearn.
The Emperor then made his entry into the city.
" His Majesty then went to perform his devotions in the
hermitage of Nossa Senhora da Gloria, on his way whither he
received the strongest proofs of the love entertained for him by
the loyal people of this capital.
" We were prelent at only a small portion of these events ;
the rest were communicated by eye-witnesses, or collected frotn
public rumour. 'We do not, however, make ourselves respon-
sible for them."

The Eared Brarileira, from which we have given extracts
above, contains a long article under the date of the 19th of No-
vember, which if it do not disclose the precise intentions of the
Brazilian Government, cannot be supposed to speak sentiments
displeasing to the new authorities, since it is published so soon
after the crisis which seems to have Invested Don Pedro,
for a time at least, with absolute power. It is in the•first
place remarked, that thirty-two months have elapsed since
the Revolution was accomplished at Rio de Janeiro, and that
during that period there has been a constant talk of Reforms
and aConstitution, but. that the people had hitherto derived
no' benefit from the change. The writer next obierves,
that the meeting of a new Constituent Assembly is suggested,
to examine and discuss a Constitution submitted by the .Empe-
ror ; but should this be the case, then, says lie, " We may ex-
pect to obtain a Constitution in the year of the birth of our
Lord 1830." After treating the formation of a new Constituent
Assembly as a thing altogether impossible, it is hinted that
his Imperial Majesty ought to take entirely upon himself the
business of giving a constitution, which might be submitted to
the approbation of the whole empire. Finally, it is recommend-
ed
as a means ofremoving all distrust, that the Government should
be purely national ; that no important offices should be given to
native Portuguese until the recognition of the independence ofl
Brazil by Portugal; and that the Government should resort
to the most vigrous measures to compel Portugal to make there-
cognition as speedily as possible. The interruption of all corn-
coerce between Portugal and Brazil even through the means of
neutral ships, is pointed out as the measure likely to extort the
recognition of the new empire from the mother country ; no
Portuguese productions ought to be admitted under the pre-
tence of being Brazilian property. It is proposed that a fixed
term for the recognition should be allowed to the Government
of Portugal, with a notification that if it did expire without
the required acknowledgment, Portugal could no longer expect
the least favour from Brazil, and would even incur the risk of
being excluded from all commerce with Brazil for many years.

THE ARMY.

HALF-PAY OFFICERS.

COPY OF A LETTER SENT TO SEVERAL OFFICERS ON
HALF-PAY.
Horse-Guards, Jan. 21, 1824.
trin directed by the Commander-in-
Chief to acquaint you, that in consequence of the impossibility
of finding Officers on the Retired List, who are equal to the
duties required in three Royal Veteran Battalions in Ireland,
it has been determined to fill up the existing vacancies in these
battalions from the line, under the following restrictions :
That the Officers so selected shall, in the event of reduction
of the battalions to which they may be appointed, not be en-
titled to retirement on full-pay as heretofore, but shall be placed
upon half-pay, unless they shall have been previously to such
reduction transferred or exchanged to Regiments of the Line.
That the Officers shall produce certificates of Army Medical
Officers, that they are fit for any duty.
That they shall be allowed to exchange with Officers of the
Line, but that no exchange will be sanctioned unless the Officer
thus brought into a Veteran Battalion shall be certified to be
fit for any duty, that Officer to be equally liable to reduction
to half-pay.
No Officer appointed upon this occasion to the Veteran Bat-
talions, will be allowed to sell his commission, or to receive the
difference upon retiring on half-pay.

His Royal Highness intends to recommend you for full pay.
in the Royal Veteran Battalion, and desires that you will
immediately transmit to me the required certificates of fitness
for any duty, and state your readiness to join that Battalion in
Ireland, within one month of the date of your appointment.
In failure of which it will be cancelled, and another Officer ap-
pointed.—l am, Sir, vour most obedient humble Servant,
(Signed) 11. TAYLOR.

(From the LONDON GAZETTE of Saturday.)
War-Qffice,Jan. 23.

7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards.—Lieutenant Richard
Doyne, from half-pay 18th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant
and Adjutant, vice Joshua Dunwoody, who exchanges, re-
ceiving the difference.
4th Regiment of Light Dragoons.—Cornet Matthew Chitty
Doynes St. Quintin, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Coney,
promoted in the 17th Light Dragoons. Harry Shakspeare
Philips, gent. to be Cornet by purchase, vice St. Quintin.
6th Regiment of Dragoons.—Lieutenant Wm. Henry E3now,
from halt-pay 4th Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Edward
G. Cubitt, who exchanges.
Ist Regiment of Foot.-=Lieutenant Richard Bennett, from
half-pay 24th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice J. Clayton Cowell,
who exchanges.
sth Ditto.—Ensign Edward Henry Dodd, from the 53d
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Brooke, proinoted in the 27th Foot.
10th Ditto.—Colonel Sir Robert Travers, from Inspecting
Field Officer of Militia in the lonian Islands, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, vice Matthew Stewart, who retires upon half-
pay.
27th Ditto.—Ensign John Brooke, from the sth Foot, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Drewe, promoted in the
Royal African. Colonial Corps.
3sith Ditto.—Ensign John Burns to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Baynes, promoted in the Royal African Colo-
nial Corps ; William Sacheverell Coke, Gent. to be Ensign,
vice Burns.
40th Ditto.—Major Michael Creagh, from the 86th Foot,
to be Major, vice Stretton, who retires upon half-pay 84th
Foot.
53d Ditto.
lsowpolci:toedx,toGthenets.
tthoFboeoEt.nsign, without
purchase vice p
sDei tto.—Lieutenant Richard Percy Pack, from the 60th
usrBcth:
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Edward O'Brien, who retires upon
half-pay 29th Foot.
60th Ditto.—Lieutenant Johan Hein Adair to be Captain,
without purchase. vice Purdon, promoted in the Royal Afri-
can Colonial Corps. Lieutenant George Frederick Greeves,
fromhalf-payto 29th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Pack, ap-
pointede 58th Foot.
63d Regiment of Foot.—Ensign John Gibbons to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Campbell, promoted ix the Royal
African Colonial Corps. Ensign James Gordon from the 93d
Foot, to he Ensign, vice Gibbons.
72d Ditto—Lieutenant Alexander Logie to be Captain, with.
out purchase, vice Nicoll* promoted in the 2d West India
Regiment. Ensign Michael Adair to be Lieutenant, vice
Logic. 'William Henry Robinson, gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, rice Adair.
86th Ditto—Major Michael Chamberlain, from half-pay,
84th Foot, to be Major, vice Creagh, appointed to the 40th
Foot.

_
90th Ditto--Ensign John Wilson to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Dowson, promoted in the Royal African Colo-
nial Corps.

To be Ensigns, without purchase—Hugh Massey, gent., vice
Sankey, deceased; Austin Mackenzie, gent., vice Wilson.
93d Ditto—Gentleman Cadet Andrew R. Evans, from the
!loyal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Gordon, appointed to the 63d Foot.
Rifle Brigade—Brevet Major William Eccles to be Major,
by purchase, vice Ross, promoted in the Cape Corps; Lieut.
John N. Gossett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Eccles;
Second Lieutenant Manners John Ker William Logan to be
First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gossett ; Gentleman Cadet
John St. Vincent Saumarez, from the Royal Military College,
to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Logan.
2d West India Regiment—Brevet Major William Burke
Nicolls, from the 72d Foot, to be Major, without purchase,
vice Grant, promoted in the Royal African Colonial Corps.
Ceylon Regiment—Second Lieutenant Thomas Skinner to
be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice 'tuber, appointed ji
to the 83d Foot.
To be Second Lieutenants, without purchase—Gentleman
Cadet Thomas William Rogers, from the Royal Military Col-
lege ; Gentleman Cadet John R. Heyland, from the Royal
ilitary College, vize Skinner.
Cape Corps--Brevet Colonel John Ross, from the Rifle Bri-
gade, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Fraser,
deceased.

Royal African Colonial Corps.—. Major Alexander Grant,
from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase. Brevet Major Edward Purdon, from the
60th Foot, to be Major, without purchase To be Captains
without purchase—Captain Mitchell John Sparks, from the 2d
West India Regiment; Captain John L'Estrange, from the
2d West India Regiment ; Lieutenant Charles Dowson, from
the 90th Foot ; Lieutenant David Campbell, from the 63d
Foot; Lieutenant Edward Ward Drowe, from the 27th Foot;
Lieutenant Thomas Baynes, from the 39th Foot. To be Lieu-
tenants, without purchase--Lieutenant Frederick Clements,
from the 2d West India Regiment ; Lieutenant 1,1, awn
Francis Cartwright, from the 2d West India Regiment ; En-
sign Duncan Maclean, from the 2d West India Regiment ;
Ensign James Rogers, from the 2d West India Regiment.
UNATTACHED.—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George Fitz-I
clarende, from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant-Col.
of Infantry, by purchase, vice Major-General Alexander, who
retires.

BREVET.—Dr. Robert Walters, on half-pay as Assistant.
Inspector of Hospitals, to be Inspector of Hospitals, by Brevet.
STA F F.—Colonel Sir Charles Sutton, K.C.8., from half-
pay, to be Inspecting Field Officer of Militia in the lonian
Islands, vice Sir Robert Travers, appointed to the 10th Foot.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Hospital-Assistant Conway M`Niece,
from half-pay, to be Hospital-Assistant to the Forces, vice
Cocking, resigned. _ _

31 E :VlO R um.—The Commission of Major Fogerty, of
the 33d Foot, as Major in the Army, has been ante-dated to
12th December, 1823, that being the date it ought to bear, but
he has not been allowed any back pay.

Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Rid-
ing of the County of York, City and County of the City of
York.

2d West York Militia—John Dearden, Esq. to be Captain.
Yorkshire Hussar Yeomanry Cavalry.— Samuel Barwick
Bruce, Gent. to be Cornet ; Assistant-Surgeon Francis Gibbs
to be Surgeon, vice Shaw, resigned ; Samuel Barwick Bruce,
Galt. to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Gibbs, promoted.
Southern Regiment of Yorkshire (West Riding) Yeomanry
Cavalry—Captain John Fullarton to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
vice Lumley, resigned ; John Lord Viscount Pollington, to be
Captain, vice Milnes, resigned; John Fullerton, jun. Esq. to
be ditto, vice Fullerton, sen. promoted; Cornet John Foster
t) be Lieutenant, vice Mawe, resigned ; William Sheardown,
Oent. to be Cornet, vice Birch, reSigned ; Christopher Alder-
son, Gent. to be ditto, vice Foster, promoted.

BARBADOES, DEC. 10.—Arrived TWIT on Sun-
day, after a passage of 40 days from England,
his Majesty's frigate his, Admiral Sir L. W.
Halstead, K.C.8., having on board the Consuls
for South America—namely, Mr. Henderson, for
Colombia; Mr. Tupper, for La Guayra ; Mr.
Sutherland, for Maracaibo ; Mr. Watts, for Car-
thagena ;
and Mr. M‘Gregor, for Panama.

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3 per Cent. Red. 9lit
3 per Cent. Cons. 91.41
3. per Cent 1011•
f
4 per Cent. ft °Niedv, llobl
5 per Cents. 1797 .
Bank Long Ann.
Imp. 3 per Cents

...223 1

PRICE or FOREIGN STOCKS iSr LONDON, JAN. 26',
AT ONE O'CLOCK.
French f Five per Cents. 96a.
1 Scrip, 7 pm.
Six per Cents. 00.
Russian -, Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00.
(Ditto New 004.
Five per Cent. Bonds, 824.
Scrip, 5a prem.
Five per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00.
Spanish Ditto 1821, 25k.
Ditto 1823, lit.
Prussian ( Five per Cent. Bonds, 914.
1 Ditto New, 894.
Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 00.
Portuguese 874.
Peruvian New Loan, 00.
Chili 76k. • . , Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 65.
Mexican Loan, 3j prem.
Poyais 100.
( New, 5.
Bank Shares £22 103.—x23.
1 Seven per Cent. 000.
1
American Six per Cent. 00-000.
Five per Cent. 00-000.
Three per Cent. 714.

Neapolitan
Austrian

PRICE OF IRISH STOCK, JAY. 22.
Bank Stock 2.55 Grand Canal Loan, tip.ct. 61
Gov. Deb. 31 per cent 97a —Ditto 4 per cent.... 4O
Stock, 3i per ct 96 —DittoStock --
Gov. Deb. 4 per cent. Royal Canal Stock
Gov. Deb. 5 per cent. -
-Stock, 4 per cent. -
New -
Treasury Bills, .5 per cent — Do. 6 per cent. --
City Debentures, 5 per ct — Ballast Office Govt. Sec.
Lying in Hospital 4 per a< 5 per cent.
Exchange on London, Jan. 21, Bi.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW-
L4lnrning, 26 minutes after 11. (Evening, 57 minutes after 11-
41.....E.5._

THE SUN.

SOLEAI QUIS DICERE FRESUAI AUDEAT
•

LONDON,
MONDAY, JAN(LIRY 26, 1824.

The Paris Papers of Friday contain no iotel-
gence of importance. The only article deierving
notice is a letter from Madrid, dated the 14th
instant, which states that the Minister CASA.
YRUJO was then at the point of death.
FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, JAN. 23.—Five per Cents., 91-
80. ; Bank Stock, 1,650. ; Neapolitan Five per Cents., 80i ;
Exchange on London, one month, 26. 45. ; three months, 25.
33.—( Court Authentique.)

CITY, Twelve o'Clock.—Consels opened this
morning at 91411, but soon after they fell again
to 91i, with some business doing. An Express
arrived this morning from Paris, bringing the
French Rentes at 94f. 85c.—Spanish 241---Nea-
politan fell from 814 to 801. By the abole
Express I have seen a letter, dated Saturday
evening, which is as follows: This instant
" learn that bad news has been received from
" Spain. It is said that two French divisions
" are ordered to return to Spain, and that
" the Marquess de TAr.itau, the French Ambas-

G 4 sador, has been recalled."
A new Neapolitan Loan is spoken of. A re-
port prevails that the new Bank Charter is to
have two new clauses in it ; one, it is said, to
discount at 3 par cent., and the other to lend
money to Landholders.

FORRIGN MAPKET.—The first opening in the
above Market this morning was in Mexican
Bonds, which were at 3 4 premium. Great
efforts are making this morning to keep up
the Mexican Bonds, but the Public are cautious,
being still unsatisfied as to the stability of the
South American Governments. Spanish Bonds
opened at 25 to 1„ at which price they remain
rather stationary.

We have received letters from Demerara,
dated the 28th of November, of which the fol-!
lowing is an extract :

" The General Court Marshal which assembled at the
Colony-house on the 13th ult., for the trial of John Smith,
of the London Missionary Society, closed its proceedings on
Monday last, when the same were transmitted to his Ex-
cellency the Commander in Chief. The sentence has not
transpired ; but we should judge, from the tenour of the fol.)
lowing General Order, that the guilt of the accused is fully
established :

" GENERAL ORDER.
" Adjutant-General's Office, Head-quarters, George-
town, Nov. 28, 1823.
" ' The members composing the General Court Martial
which assembled at the Colony-house on the 13th of October
last, for the trial of John Smith, of the London Missionarq
Society, and which continued by adjournment to the 2.4 th e?
November, and whereof Lieutenant• Colonel Goodman is Pre-,
sident, will return to their duty, the nature of the proceedingi
being such as to render it imperative on his Excellency the
Commander-in-Chief to transmit them for his Majesty's consi-
deration and ultimate decision.'
" Mr.'Smith was removed from the Colony-house, where he
has hitherto been confined, under a military guard, yesterday
morning, to the new gaol, where the 21st Fusileers took the
guard, instead of the militia, in the evening. We understand
there are still several prisoners for trial." .

Several files of American Paper; have arrived
to the 2d January, but they do not contain any
thing worth extracting.

His MAJESTY will return to Carlton Palace
this day week for the purpose of opening Par-
liament in person. Previously to the Kiwa's de-
parture for Brighton, his MAJESTY is fully ex-
pected at the two Theatres Royal, and the Ita-
ran Opera-House.

The statue to the memory of the late Duke of
KENT ►s to be put up in the course of the en,.
suing week, in the centre of the gardens of tho I
Regent's Park
.Crescent.