The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-13 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

Lissom, Nor. '2s.—The Gazelle of this date
has tilts following article :
" War-Office, Nov. 17.
" It having been represented to me that Captains Joao
Joss de CiervAllio, Jacinto Venancio de Menezes, Antonio
Matthias tie Sousa Raivosco, and Francisco Antonio da-Costa,
and Lieutenant Isianoel dos Santos, and Ensign Alexander Jose
Rettellioi all of the regiment of Cavalry No. 9, neglecting the
sacred duties of faithful subjects, and the probity inseparable
from the noble profession of arms, in which they had the
honour to serve my Royal person and the State, sometimes by
regular discourses, sometimes by uttering unconnected phrases,
have shewn in the difficult circumstances that have occurred
an entire disaffection to m' Government, and to the integrity
of the inalienable rights of my sovereignty, endeavouring by
this most pernicious example to compromise and to disgrace
the noble corps of the officers of that regiment, destroying by
all means the confidence indispensable in persons on whore
honour the defence and preservation of the State must depend
anti desiring, as is proper, to make an example of them, whielt
may satisfy our legal subjects, and serve as a warning to those
who may venture to depart from the safe path which loyalty
and duty point out, I think proper to dismiss the above-men-
tioned. (Names repeated.) The Council of War will attend
to the order, and take the necessary steps to execute it.
Signed by • HIS MAJESTY.
" Palace of Bemposta, Nov. 13."
(Another resolution of nearly similar tenour dismisses Jose
Joaquim Ferreira, Major of the Veterans of the province of
T res. os-M on tes. )
The Gazette of the 224 contains a long extract from a Royal
Decree, relative to the management of the Royal forests, the
deterioration and decay of which are highly prejudicial to the
navy.
The only news from Brazil in the Lisbon Gazette consists of
articles extracted from the Dlario Flaniineuse of Rio de Jantiira
to the beginning of August. • •:
(From the Journal des Dads.)
!rano sr, No v.21.--(Extract of a Private Letter.)—The
moment:is about to arrive when our Sovereign will fulfil his
Royal word, to put in vigour the legitimate Constitution of the
Cortes of the three estates or estamentos of the kingdom. 'This
promise, which in fact only expresses a duty of royalty, has
continued for six months the party spirit which threatened our
country. All classes of citizens waited with respect and confi-
dence the re-establishment of their ancient rights, and foresaw,
in the establishment of a wise liberty, and in " die happy union
of well balanced powers in making legislative acts," the guaran-
tees of a public order that shoUld be solid and tranquil. A
single faction was still restless; this was natural, for It has
nothing to hope under the dominion of law. It even rejects the
monarchical order, the best organized, and suffers neither aris-
tocratic nor democratic institutions. The violent effints of this
faction to overthrow by a coup de main the present Ministry,
appears to us to announce that the Royal Ordinance of Refor-
mation will be conceived in the spirit of our best Monarchs.—
An at once, however, there has been circulated in the political
circles an extract of the project of a law, which does not corre-
spond to general expectation. It is as follows:
" ORGANIZATION OF TIIE ESTATES OF THE KING-
DOM OF PORTUGAL.

" I. The Clergy, the Nobles, and the Deputies of the Cities
and Town will meet, each class separately, to deliberate wtih
closed doors on the subjects brought before them by the
Government. They are to have no Legislative power, and will
only have the privilege of being consulted or heard by the King.
" 2. The Chamber of the Ulergy shall be composed of the
Bishops, Diocesans, the Priors of all the three Religious and
Military Orders, the Rector of the University, two or three
dignities of the Monastic Orders, In all about 20 or 25 persons;
no one of them can take his place, unless called by a letter of
convocation from the King. •
",3. The Order of the Nobility is to consist of ;80 members,
chosen among all classes of Nobles by eleven electors,all of
whom shall be named by the King. The 80 elected must be
confirmed or approved of by the King.
" 4. The third Order shall consist of a Deputy, chosen in •
each jurisdiction ( comarca) by the Deputies of the town .and
cities, who are to meet in the chief town of the comarea, to
make the election in such a manner, however, that these electors
should never amount to more than 20 persons, who are to choose
one amongst themselves to be the Deputy. The number of
Deputies of the third estate will consequently be equal to the
comarcaz, or about 40, and seven besides, appointed by the
King, to represent the Colonies of Africa anti Asia. No men.:
tion is made of Brazils, but to say that his Majesty mi,:rves to
himself, when the reconciliation is completed, to establish what,
he thinks proper as to the representation of that kingdom.
" ti. The Three Estates shall be convoked and dissolved a.
the King's pleasure."

INUNDATION AT ST. PETEItSRURGII.

ST. PETERSDURGII, Nov. 10.
(EXTRACT "most A COMMERCIAL. LETTER.)
" The sufferings which for some months past have afflicted
many countries, m consequence of extraordinary inundations,,
have not spared our city; and there has not been in the me. "
mory of man any example of such a flood as we have expe..,
rienced. The following are some of the particulars :--This,
morning, aboat nine o'clock, the water in the canals, which
are supplied from the Neva, h6gan to rise rapidly, and con-
tinuing to do so for some hours, so that at two o'clock the
water was 10 feet deep in the Galeerenhof-street, which is by no
means the lowest part of the city, and thus the whole city was
inundated. The inhabitants of the low houses, of which we
have a number, fled with their wives and children to the top of
the roofs ; other families, irresolute in leaving their houses,
unhappily perished in them, the water rising so rapidly that it
became impossible to save them. To increase the horrors of this
dreadful scene, a furious storm raged, which rolled up the
sheet-iron, with which many roofs were covered, like paper, tors
open doors anti windows, and, united with the force of the
current, carried away many of the slight-built houses. At
three o'clock the water began to fall rapidly, and now (nine in
the evening) we can again go into the streets, the water having
fallen to the usual high water-mark. Thefrightful darkness
of the night, and the continuance of the storm hinder us from
learning all the particulars of this terrible visitation. All the
store-houses, magazines of wine, and by far the the greatest
quantity of goods, are in cellars or ground-floors. The greatest
magazine of raw sugar, &c., is close to the customhouse, which
is the lowest part of the city ; and thus millions in value MUM
be washed away or spoiled. Guard-houses, bridges, planks, a
vast quantity of fire-wood, timber, household furniture, &c.,
covered time surface of the water in the streets, and terrible were
the struggles of' numbers of cattle which, having been washed
out of the stables, and unable to find a footing, perished."
Nov. 20.—Most afflicting is the sight of tins dreadful devas-
tation, which has ruined mars thousand people, and even the
most opulent families ; all the goods in the shops are destroyed ;
the herring-magazines, with more than AO,OOO barrels of her-
rings, are overthrown ; and even the poles on which the build-
ings rested are swept away. The streets are covered with wood,
dead horses, roofs and fragments of houses that have been
washed away, and of stranded ships. Some of the neighbour-
in villages are entirely swept away, and not a living creature
left. To-day no bread is to be had at the bakers' :in short, the
distress is infinite, anti we must look with anxiety to the ap-
mulling winter. Commerce is at a stand ; nobody thinks of
payment—every one looking with grief at the wreck of his for-
mer prosperity ; and who can avoid being deeply affected at the
sight of such terrible distress ?"--(.4nisterdunt Cour wet, Dix. 7.)
(The following account of the same calamity is from the
Hataburgls Maraca Hall List of Dec. 2.)
HAM BURGII,_ DEc. 2.

The storm of the 18th and Ithh November, which raged in
Sweden, extended to St. Petersburgh, and did terrible damage,
as appears from the following extract from a commercial letter
of the 20th of November:-

" Our city yesterday suffered a dreadful inundation, which
has done infinite damage, and ruined many families. Early in
the morning.the wind was extremely high, and soon became a
perfect humane, the fury of which increased every moment.
Unhappily it blew directly, from the north-west against the atr-
rent of our river, which drove the water over the banks, so
that In a few hours it was three arskeens deep (about 9 feet)
in the streets and the inhabitants of the lower stories saved
little or nothing. The storm continued till two in the after.
noon, when the wind veered to the north, so that the water
ceased to rise, and by ten at night had run off again. The
damage which the Inhabitants of all classes have suffered is in-
calculable, and to-day we are able to see the general confusion. '
Entire vessels, barges, boats, and fragments of houses, are lying
in the muddle ofthe streets. In the Custom-house every tiring is in
confusion. Sugars in particular are damaged, which flowed half
melted through the streets, and two-thirds were supported to be
lest. According to other letters, the Imperial :Salt magazine
was entirely under water, and thousands of persons
have lost
their lives. (Goil grant this latter circumatancesnay prove in-
correct). Of course no business was done on 'Change,, arid no
course of exchange can be stated."
STOCKHOLM' ,Nov. 19.
On the 13th arid 14th' the barometer was lower than ever re-
membered here. The next day the sky was clouded, and the,
weather extremely variable ; but In the night of the 111th, we
had a hurricane of unparalleled violence, which 19. re the ships
in the harbour from their moorings, and 'dashed ni.ein'against
each other; houses were entirely unroofed,r, and travellers who'
left this city to-day, !rave been obliged tp by .pisceded by la.
bourers with axes, to clear a way throngli the trees th* flare
been blown down and blocked up the toads.

INDIA.

( Front last Saturday's London Gazette.)
ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, DEC. 11.

A letter has been received from Commodore GRANT, C. 8.,
commanding his Majesty's ships in the East Indies, addressed
to John Wilson Croicer, Esq., and dated on board his Ma-
jesty's ship Liifey, off Rangoon, the 20th of May last; in
which the Commodore reports the occupation of that place by
the land forces under the command of Brigadier-General Sir
Archibald Campbell, and the proceedings of a detachment
sent up t'he river from the Liffey, under the orders of Lieute-
nant James Wilkinson, of that ship, accompanied by 100 men
of the grenadier company of the 38th Regiment, under Capt.
Beach, for the, purpose of destroying some stockades formed
by the enemy on the banks of the river.
Thii aervice was effectually performed, the detachment land-
ing in one instance immediately in face of the principal stock-
ade; the enemy was dislodged fl.om the-several positions, the
stockades destroyed, and the villages burnt; and the Commo-
dore expresses his sense of the zeal and gallantry displayed by
the officers and men employed on the occasion.
The following is a return of the persons wounded in the per-
formance of the above service:--Lieut. James Wilkinson;
Wm. Austin, seaman, fsince4lead); Robert Sim, ditto; Thos.
Jones (I), ditto; Wm. Fergusson, ditto, slightly; W. John-
stone, ditto, ditto; Henry Brown, ditto, ditto; John Bartley,
ditto, ditto; Walter Galway, armourer's mate, ditto.

THE BURMESE WAR.
( From the Telescope.)

As our opinions of the Burmese War differ from those of
many of our friends, we beg to say a few words In explana-
tion of them. As to the :necessity and Justice of the war on
our part, a question that comes frequent Ute t& be mooted in our
disagreements with the Native Powers of India, there can be
no two opinions. A predatory and sanguinary nation had in
the grossesemanner insulted our flag and invaded our territory,
and we were bound both by honour and for our own safety to
punish the one and repel the other ; but it remains to be ques-
tioned, whether we have taken the best means of accomplish-
ing either of these objects.
From the best information we can procure on the subject,
the populations of the Burmese Empire is about equal to that
of Great Britain and Ireland, and these people are well known
to be haply, warlike and enterprising, and to meet a race of
this kind in their own country, with which we are confessedly
profoundly ignorant, must require all the resources of which
we ate possessed, and these intrusted to the most skilful hands.
Rut in a contest with any nation of 'lndia, it is not the power •
alone with whom you are at war, that you have to dread, the
other conquered nations will let no opportunity slip of re-as-
serting their independence; and, even, should they fail to
do so, there are many thousands throughout the continent of
Hindustan whose trade Is war, and who will flock towards any
standard that may be raised, where there is a reasonable pro.
spect of pay or plunder. These circumstances, combined with
the admired disunion and imbecility of our present Indian Go.
!vernintnt, give to this a more serious aspect, than any other
contest since the days of Tippoo Sahib. But when we add to
This, the mode in which the war has been conducted—that a
'handful of men have been thrust into the country, at the very
commencement,of the rainy season, to perish by the climate or
be cut up in detail, we must confess, that we anticipate nothing
from the campaign but disaster and defeat. The expense
already incurred by the Company is stated, a crore and a half
of rupees 000,000), and this may be looked upon as only an
earnest.of what is to follow. The Curt of Directors arc sending
out an matt quantity of military stores, and taking up additional
shipa;aad this with the contingent expenses will very soon empty
the treasury of Calcutta of the superabundant wealth with
! width the wise and peditic government of the Marquis of Hest-
! {uplifts-filled hi The sooner troops are dispatched from this
country, in our humble opinion, the better; as they will find
sample' !employment far them in India, should they arrive be-
fere'the commencement:elf the next rains. In another part of
Mir columns °, will be found arepresentation sent to the Go.
aernor-..(lamenil from a Gentleman high in office, and intimate-
' ly acquainted with the courrtg. in which he proposes to attack
two provinces rattle neck of a Malay peninsula. This would
have acted as a diversion in our favour till the end of the south.
west wh„ we should have time to collect a resp_ect.
awe force, and penetrate into the interior immediately. What
te
the feelings of the people of Calcutta were on this subject in
the early part of June, may be gathered from the following
extract of a priva letter received by the last arrivals
" We find ourselves in the heart of war with a petty Prince
to the southward, which has been permitted to assume conse-
quence, and gain apparent advantages, which do not reflect
much credit to our present Government. While we have an
armament of 10 to 12,000 men afloat before Rangoon, the
maritime key of the kingdom of Ava, lying, we suppose, use-
less, and nearly half as many troops rilady to embark the
same spot on the beach of Madras, we find the eastern frontier,
particularly towards the south', left exposed to a savage ma.
rauding enemy, and we, poor devils I in hourly expectation of
seeing the enemy within a few miles of Calcutta. Though
there may not be any real cause of alarm, our situation is by
no means enviable. Nearly the whole of the troops of the
Fort, Barrackpore, lierhampore, and Dum Darn, form a part
of the expedition to Rangoon, and we arc thus left with two
or three European companies in the Fort, a battalion of
Seapoys (about the same number) at Dum Dungy two thin
battalions of Seapoys at Barreckpore, and as many, with a
handful] of Europeans, at lierthampore. By intelligence just
received from Chittagong, where we have a superannuated
Brigadier and a few Scapoys, with three or four pieces of ord-
nance, we learn that 40,000 .of the enemy, with a small body
of the Company's discharged cavalry, have penetrated through
Arracan into the Chittagong district, burned Cox's Bazar, ad-
vanced on Ramoo, immediately below the district station, put
to the sword POO of our men, including 0 to 10 European
officers, who were opposed to them, and it is feared will in a
very few days force their way to Chittagong, while another
overwhelming force moves on Dacca. These reports, which so
far as regards the loss of our troops at Ramoo, admit of little
doubt, have excited considerable alarm, especially since an
opinion has gone abroad that Lord Amherst has been acting
without the aid or counsel of the Commander-iii. Chief, who
has been heard to express his disapprobation of several of our
measures in very pointed terms. There can be no doubt that
the enemy if half the strength reported, will easily force their
way into Dacca, as well as Chittagong, and should the rains
keep off, a little time will bring them within a few miles of us.
They are, however, ill supplied with the means of transport ;
and it is probable, as soon as they hear of our force at Rangoon,
that they will immediately retreat towards their own country,
and thus afford us time to look about us. As to driving them
back, that, at present, is impossible with our force, which can-
not be augmented by troops from the interior, in less than a
month or two. There is a considerable force at Sylliet, it is
true ; hut it the report of the advuocr of a large body of the
enemy on that quarter be correct, they will have enough to do
in defending themselves. Every disposable man at the Forts
anti Dum Dam (a very trifling force) have been ordered off,
and we are left here with a few Seapoys and the body guard.--
The women have been ordered to quit Chittagong, and the
alarm is so great that one of our neighbours in business has
actuallysolieited quarters in the Fort for himself,
his goods and
chattels. What answer he has received, if any, lam not in.
formed. His application, indeed, may have partly been intended
to show his want ofcontidence in the measures of Government,
Which appear to have been badly managed
and Cabinet. To want of unanimity much mischief is attri-
buted ; we think that the good old Marquis of Misting:
line acted otherwise. c of the
both in the Field
hecaettsre much to
Burmese, on the dissatisfied powers oft
mteanagenient, we must
be dreaded ; and,
independent of
better
icularly if we invest Ava.
have our army nearly doubled,
IParitnere matter of humbug,—
Opinion, now-a-days, is beconing
country. The late increase has
the sword must soon rule
The effects of
ithenseorstu
for the present, been wisely
duce certain allowances, have,
put the army
be sent back to the Court
suppressed. I only hope they Y
however,ina says, that bard Am-
herst,for reconsideration; report,.
t ns of -the Conanander-in-
into good hutmhoisur, and the Court's orders to re-
in opposition to the
nces to be
if so, the conseque
Court's orders in force; ants
discontent,
dreaded are of the mast serious nature;
Chief, Mr. Adam, and Mr. Fopenntliaoll, is determined to put the
revolt, too, likely."
in Tar Su x —En.
• This paper will appear to-motrow

gar is so crowded that four
The gaol Of M-:-1111in.'.4-----
prisoners have to sleep in one bed.—(Linterick Chrankk.)
On Wednesday the indictment against Crock.
fords for play. involving penalties for 70,000!. will be tried.—
Vbe following noblemen and gentlemen are subned by the
prosecutor Onl, viz.... The auis of liertforu, Lord Glen-
Wall Lord AlvanleY, Ur. Baikes, ttc.

(From the LONDON GAZETTE, Dec. 11.)

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.

B. Laing, Fenehurch-street, ship-owner and master-mariner.
BANKRUPTS.

J. Giblett, Frome-Selwood, Somersetshire, clothier, to sur-
render Dec. 17, 24, Jan. 22, at the Wheat-sheave: Inn, Frome-
Selwood. Solicitor, Mr. Hartley, New Bridge-street, Black-
friars.

J. Pickman, Shoreditch, ►rocer, Dec. 18, Jan. 1, 22, at the
Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Robin-
son, Walbrook.

W. Powell, Upper North-place, Gray's-inn-lane-road, plum.
ber, Dec. 18, 21, Jan. 22, at the Bankrupts' CAmrt, Basinghall-
street. Solicitor, Mr. Dodd, Caroline-street, Bedford-square.
S. Radford, Chiswell-street, victualler, Dec.l.l, 21, Jan. 22,
at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitors, Messrs.
Martineau and Mahon, Carey-street, Chancery-lane.
C. Bond, Gravesend, victualler, Dec. 18, 20, Jan. 22, at the
Bankrupts' Court, Basingliall-street. Solicitors,. Messrs. Saun-
ders, Bellwood, and Matthews, Upper Thames-street.
J. Phillips, Bedford-street, Covent-garden, and Finch-lane,
Corn-hill, money-scrivener, Dec. 18, 21, Jan. 22, at the Bank.
rupts' Court, Basingliall-street. Solicitor, r. a'Beckett,
Golden-square.
'F. Lingford, Sloane-street, Chelsea, draper, Dec. 14, 21, Jan.
22, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitors,
Messrtl. Gates and Hardwick, Cateaton-street.
J. R. Townend, Minories, hat-manufacturer, Dec. 18, Jan.
1, 22, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor,
Mr. Clabon, Mark-lane.
J. Crossley, Holborn-bridge, cheesemonger, Dec. 18, Jan. 1,
22, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitors,
Messrs. Walker, Rankin and Richards, Basinghall-street.
R. Dousbery, Bell-lane, Christchurch, Spitalfields, mustard-
manufacturer, Dec. 18, Jun. 4, 22, at the Bankrupts' Court,
Rasinghall-street. Solicitors, Messrs. Birkett, Taylor, and
Cot, Cloak-lane.
J. Gledhill. Halifax, merchant, Jan. 5,8, 22, at the White
Swan Inn, Halifax. Solicitor, Mr. Walker, Lincoln's-inn-
fields.

P. Ball, Mevagissey, Cornwall, merchant, Dec. 28, Jan. 19,
22, at the White Hart Inn, St. Austell, Cornwall. Solicitor,
Mr. Conde, Verularn-buildings, Gray's-Inn.
G. Mason, Northampton, carpenter, Dec. 18, 28, Jan. 22, at
the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitors, Messrs.
Patten, Hatton-garden.
.1. Fuller, Bedford.place, Commercial-road, slater, Dec. 14,
18, Jan. 22, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. So.
licitor, Mr. Baddeley, Leman-street, Goodman's-fields.
J. Daniel, Bedminster, Somersetshire, carpenter, Dec. 22,
24, Jan. 22, at the Rummer Tavern, Bristol. Solicitors, Messrs.
Hurd and Johnson, King's Bench-wall, Temple.
J. Welch, Prince's-street, Lambeth, japanned leather-ma-
nufacturer, Dec. 14, 21, Jan. 22, at the Bankrupts' Court., Ba-
singhall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Watts, Dean-street, Tooley.
street.

J. Badham, Clifton, Gloucestershire, cabinet-maker, Dee. 21,
22, Jan. 22, at the Rummer Tavern, Bri.tol. Solicitors,
Messrs. Hicks and Braikenridge, Bartlett's.building's. olbom.
W. Stevens, Alphington and Heavitree, Devonshire, builder,
Dec. 213, 29, Jan. 22, at the George Inn, Axminster. Solicitor,
r. Fairbank,