The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-01 00:00:00

MERCANTILE. SHIPPING.

A.
PEAT. Arnii. 30.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed at S:A M. theHonourable Company's ships Thames, and. Orwell. Tht 3lar-
mils of Huntley is expected from the River this .evening.—
Passed early this morning the Brailsford, Spring,froni Bombay ;
Camerons, Fisher, from Berbice. Arrived from Lond4in!and
sAiled, the Benson, —, for Tobago. The Mulgrave castle
remains.

PORTSMOUT/I, APRIL 30.--Wind S.W.—No arril-ali or
saili.igs. . .
.
.
PLYMOUTIi, APRIL 29.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrizest .t 1 e
Trent, and Leander, outward bound, from LondOn. •.
FALMOUTH, APRIL 29. Wind S.S. W.—Arirved.the Lady
Mary Pelham packet from the Leeward Islinds, .24.days.frorn
St. Thomas's ; and Salto!, Crickmay, froM 'LOodoia for
Sulyrna.
LivEßPoor., A PAM 29.--Arrived-the Traveller fArrows
from St.. Vincent.; • Pandora, Corry, Barbadoes • Thomas
Parsons —, New Oilcan's ; -.4ette, 114,,Afijoh
Eliza and Abbey, Wiln4in ton; Ettribritte!,.StrAugh,
New York ; and lliggenson, Bull; frOm Barbatines.

• •
The Liberality, of and from Liverpoa' cw
Brunswick, foundered at sea thelsth'ult. ; crew saVekr. :•• •
The Roberts, llexton, from Dublin to Hariiii.gtoi,(was
wrecked on the Isle of Man the 24th-utt. ; crew.saved.' •
The Thistle, Aken, of Aberdeen, bound to LondiStf.'wsis
driven on shore near. Whitby the 22th ult., but exiiEcted:o be
got .
off without damatge. . • . 4.:

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'I'UE LONDON. JOURNALS.

DAILY
iglitratts from the Mornin: Papers, May 1.

[BRITISH PRESS.'
iYe. have received, by a packet just arrived
frefre Rio, de Janeiro, letters from the Cambridge
e47lo..guits, the vessel appointed to take out the
South American Consuls to
.their respective des-
throlious. The crew of the Cambridge were all
in excellent health, but the ship sustaiued consi-
derable damage by the voyage ; so much so in-
dtedr,that it. lost its mizen-mast, and was obliged
to undergo the operation of caulking. The
vessel; seems to have been altogether very un-
seriAselly built, and we regret to say, does but
little credit to the present state of our naval
architecture. At Rio de Janeiro the Cambridge
reo,with Lord Cochrane, and a mutual salute
was. interchanged between the English man-
of.-war and the Imperial flag of Brazil. This
is, in fact, a virtual recognition of South
_American Independence, and was probably
adopted, on the part of the Cambridge, in
acEoidance with the instructions which she
rettAved, on sailing from England. Lord
Cochrane is much altered in personal ap-
pearance since his departure. from this country.
ITe looks fatigued and worn by the toils he has
undergone, and expressed himself desirous, if the
state of affairs permitted, to retire altogether
from the service to which he has• for some years
cc:ttributed such important and essential services.
Reciprocal civilities had passed between Capt.
Maling„and Lord Cochrane, and his Lordship
was to have dined on hoard the Cambridge the I
day after the packet, which brought our intelli-
gence, sailed. The most important news from
that, interesting quarter was the very serious ap-
prehension that was entertained at Rio de Janeiro,
of the intention of France to aid Portugal in the
recovery of Brazil, and the Spanish Royalists in
their contests for Chili and Peru. The greatest
confidence prevails as to the futility of such inter-
ference ; but the effort, if made, although unsuc-
cessful, must under any circumstances be attend-
ed with manifold mischiefs. The harbour of Rio
de Janeiro was crowded with French frigates and
ships of war; and at the moment the English
packet got underweigh, two more French frigates
and a corvette were entering the harbour. This
unlooked-for force was naturally regarded with
g,re.at suspicion and distrust. The utmost cor-
diality subsisted between the English and Ame-
rican naval force, and every disposition of appa-
rent friendliness has been manifested on the part
of the Emperor I)on Pedro. The King and
Queen of the Sandwich Islands were at ltio de
Janeiro, on their way to visit this country. The
object of their visit, it is understood, is to pray
ate interference of our Monarch in ameliorating
the condition of the islands and their inhabi-
tants, under their present jurisdiction. The
King of the Sandwich Islands is
,said to he a
very intelligent person, and to- have more exten-
sive and liberal notions of government than might
be expected. As soon as the Cambridge under-
went the necessary repairs, Captain 'Haling was
to proceed with the Consuls to the destinations
respectively assigned for their residence. During
their passage outwards the officers and crew of
the Cambridge passed their time in an uninter-
rupted round of gaieties. Dinner parties were
frequently given, and there was a ball on board
twice a week. The North American Envoys
Lad already been able to reach their several des-
tinations before our Consuls had arrived. This
will deprive our representatives of that important
advantage of the first impression, which, in poli-
tical as in all other affairs, seldom fails in pro-
ducing a decisive effect to the advantage of the
party in whose favour it is made.

[Tug TIMES.]
Intelligence was received yesterday of the ar-
rival in the Downs of the Eagle, a South Sea
whaler, which vessel is known to have sailed
from Rio de Janeiro some days after the Courier,
but no letters by her reached town. It is likely,
howeverohat they will be forwarded this day,
when some additional information may transpire
respecting the situation of Brazil, which has ex-
cited such general interest and anxiety for the
last two days. The effect on the money market
has been very remarkable; every species of South
American security, and even the English Funds,
having declined in value, and it is evident that
the alarm not wholly subside, until some ex-
planation shall be afforded by Ministers on the
nature of the dispatches from the English Consul
General at Rio de Janeiro. It seems now very
generally admitted, that the Brazilian Emperor,
or Regent, carries on a secret correspondence
with his father, and entertains designs hostile to
the independence of Brazil : how far these may
Ix. restrained by a sense of the personal danger
of the undertaking, or in what manner the event
of their ultimate success may affect the important
question of the ex-Spanish colonies, or compro-
mise the honour of this country as their avowed
protector, are speculations not to be hazarded
without hotter information. If Ministers are
really to solve the difficulty, there cannot be
a stronger claim upon them than arises out of the
great financial and commercial interests involved
in the result.

[monNtzio POST.]
We are authorised to state that the rumour of
eight French frigates having appear at Rio Ja-
neiro is quite false. There were only three there
at the date of the latest accounts, and one of
these was supposed to have entered the port
merely for refreshment on her way to the Pacific.

We received last night, by Express, French
Papers.to,the 30th ult. They are again almost
entirely
,filled with the proceedings of the Charn-
bequhielchave as yet led •to no result. The"
anty new feature in the discussion is the appear-
ince, of two of the Liberal Orators, Messrs. Ge-
ra rill!, and Mechin, at the tribune, and their being
mostly beard" with patience and attention. In
(teed the former had frequent testimonials or
ockd humour from the Assembly during two-thirds
of his speech, and it was only when he changed
1113 light sarcastic tune for one of personal vim-

lence against Mr. de Villa', that the Chamber
ceased to laugh at his wit, and overpowered him
with murmurs. Ills colleague, Mr. Mechin, was
more fortunate ; for his speech being strong in
argument but temperate in tone, obtained the
honours of impression, a favour which we believe
was not granted once last Session to the best
harangues uttered by any Member of the Oppo-
sition : It is indeed remarkable that from the
mere force of position there has lately been a great
approximation of feeling between the Ultras and
the Liberals. As but few of the latter, to use Mr.
Mechin's expression, " have escaped from the
electoral Waterloo," they are no longer viewed
with apprehension by either party, and as
their votes may be useful to the Royalist phalanx
arrayed against the Ministers, in the first import-
ant battles of the Session, they are treated with
unwonted courtesy both in and out of the
Chamber. Their speeches are reported at full
length, and the effect of the strongest passages in
them is carefully described in the Ultra Journals,
whilst the Constitutional prints are not backward
in returning the favour, and even complimenting
their former enemies on their sound reasoning
and eloquence. Indeed, should the Ultras not
succeed in becoming Ministers themselves, and
should they continue to act as a regular Opposi-
tion in the Chamber, there appears every proba-
bility that, in process of time, they will become
Liberals to all effects and purposes, save in name.
—(lbid.)

[NEW TIMES.] -
We yesterday stated our opinion that " the
wonderful news" from Rio de Janeiro, which
figured in some of the Papers of the day pre-
ceding, would be found to be grossly exagge-
rated. We can now state positively, that the
letters from that place, received by the first
commercial houses in the City, and dated the
25th February, are quite silent on the subject.—
Had that feeling prevailed among the British re-
sidents which was announced in the Times and
Chronicle, it is quite impossible that it should not
have been alluded to in those letters ; but
though several of the principal Brazil houses in
London have received advices of the same date,
and by the same conveyance, (the ship Courier),
they do not allude to the circumstance in ques-
tion in the slightest degree. So far from
the Emperor's having disbanded any troops,
he was making great exertions to augment
his force, which prevented the dealers from
the interior and adjacent parts coming to
the capital to snake their usual purchases, from
an apprehension of being subject to military duty.
This is mentioned in the letters as one reason
why trade was in such a deplorable state. It is
very probable that some French ships of war had
arrived (their number has no doubt been de-
signedly much exaggerated) ; but there is no-
thing either unnatural or unprecedented in this ;
for the French Government having constantly
ships of war on the several points of the South
American station, they would of course have to
be relieved from time to time ; and Rio is the
point of rendezvous for them as well as for our
own vessels. A British merchant lately returnf-d
to this country says that this was frequently the
case whilst he was there, and iu one instance
some of the ships of war came from Martinique—
an indirect course, which the paragraphs above
alluded to would represent as very suspicious !

[MORNING CISRONICI.E.]
Various opinions are entertained in the City
with regard to the recent intelligence from Brazil.
Letters received by respectable houses from Rio
Janeiro do not allude to this French naval force,
from which it is inferred that it had excited no
uneasiness there. This may be. But what busi-
ness have the French, who have hardly any
commerce in these seas, with so large a naval
force there ? We have already stated the
difficulties with which the question is surround-
ed. Admitting, which we do, that no reliance
whatever is to be placed on the word of any
French Minister or French Prince (after what
has taken place within these few years, he must
be a stout believer who can rely on their word),
still, as we observed yesterday, the embarking in
projects hostile to the repose of South America,
after the declarations of our Ministers, is quite
irreconcileable with the financial schemes now
carrying into execution in France. That our
Ministers should connive at any such projects, we
cannot believe. There are others, however, who
entertain a different opinion, and the following
extract from a letter which we received yester-
day, is an instance I am astonished at the
manner in which the Press of London speaks of
the appearance of the formidable French fleet in
the port of Rio Janeiro, and I have been astonish-
ed for many months at the unaccountable apathy
of the British nation, in regard to the extensive
and well attested armaments which have
been prepared during the past winter in se-
veral of the French Ports. The English Nation
and the English Press have been deceived as they
were last year with respect to the relations of
France and Spain. Even now, that Press speaks
as if our Government were profoundly ignorant
of the late movements of the French marine. It
is not so ; our Government has been apprised of
the whole from the beginning, and has approved
of the whole ; and they would not go into a
Congress at Paris, because they could not after
that have denied that they were so apprized, and
had thus approved. I scarcely doubt the fact of
their knowledge and secret approbation any more
than I doubt my OWR existence. It is now too
late to make a bustle, so far as regards Brazil.—
Our Government cannot interpose to arrest
French intervention in the affairs of that country,
if they wished to do it—but they do not. They
Were privy to the whole plot, and will sooner co-
operate than oppose it."