The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-22 00:00:00

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(From the Pikte of Tuesday.l
It is remarkable that none of the J ournals have
mentioned RH event which happened near Paris,
and the Consequences of m hich have been serious.
Vie following are the particulars :—On Thurs-
41ay last the English workmen, to the number of
50, at the iron foundry of Mr. Wilson, at Charen-
fton, armed themselves with sticks, and ranging
through the commune of Carriers, attacked and
,d all the peaceable inhah,itants. It is
said that a boatman, who was returning home tran-
quilly, was attacked by one of these madmen, and
received a severe wound in his breast from a
knife. The.inhabitants, forced to repel force by
force, then threw themselves upon the English,
and several were wounded ; one inhabitant had
his arm broken, and we are assured that even
women and children were so ill treated as to
have their lives endangered. They have been
:admitted to the hospital of Charenton. The
Authorities of Paris instantly sent a corps of
ge'nd'armerie to Charenton, whoM the inhabitants
were compelled to lodge.

BAYONNE, APRIL 13.—1 t will be recollected
that an Englishman, Aide•de-Canlp ,to
vas made :prisoner with his General, and con-
ducted -to the prisons at Madrid. The British
Cabinet-having claimed hint, he has been releas-
ed, and-passed through this place yesterday,hav-
in :with hiin a pigeon which took refuge in his
prison. -

- We hear from Madrid that the King has-ar-
rived at Toledo.

PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE, MONDAY AFTERNOON,
' FIVE ()CLOCK,

French Renter opened at 102 f. 50c.; closed at 102 f, 9k. ; Scrip,
164 f. ; Nelyohtan,'96lf. ; Spanish, 17 ; Bank Stock, .1,0041. ;
.:Exeliange,one month, 25f. 10c. ; Ditto, three..rnonths, 24f. 95c.

BRAZILIAN CONSTITUTION:

'LISBON, krn.u. 5.---The Gazette of this dzto
contains the near: Constitution of Brazil, to which
•The following ,observatio:is ure subjoined :
" After this exposition -of,,the principal features
...of this mewiproject of,a.Constitution, we will say
• two wofds about it-7-thst **the Daunt
to form it was wanting—that it is not.
incraelled according to the customs and mariners
..of "the-nation—that it was not granted to the
people by the legitimate authority—that it con-
tains within itself the germ of its own destruction
—that it is eNidently an amalgamation of demo-
, cra*Cy ; 'that it does :not4ive the. Grown a sail-

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dent guarantee; in the ititermediate powers, to
,oppose therevolutionary torrent which threatens
it—thattbk work bears the stamp (df the disor-
ganising end oppressive faction which dictated it
to the. Prince Royal of the Luiiitanian
- forcing him to deviate from his most sacred du-
ties, and to renounce his most valuable rights as
•.arlian and a Prince,:merely to.reign, and that in-

securely and with disgrace, over, a part of the'
.empire; wher.:lte might one day reign over. the
-witOr;.:,.This Constitution, threatened at its.very
:birth by the-dissent of part of the peolile,,a4d bj
the'd'cfects which ,it contains,.aud which presage
lo WOK! common ?ate of all works executed With'
procipitation,.a fate which 'has.'beerß pi9ved.
in-
• bur Ecr.a.zil itself, ,is like doubly
wol k by which it is pretended- to drstrcky
-the 'union of the great Portuguese Ttkis
is the labyrinth in which a population is going-to
entangle itself, divided as• it is•within itself by
the jarring elements of which it formed. \Viten
wirl4he.People find the clue of Ariatine, to get
out -of this maze ? . Do • they recollect what
blood, %viral vicissitudes, tht. Constitution, which
uutlergoing a cotitinual reforth, cost England

how dearly Spain -and Portugal paid for
the effervescence Mich this system of innovation
. intruduCAl into those kingdoms. Have they for-
.gotten'the first'allurements of. the French Revo-
lution, in 1789, and- the- horrors which suc-
cee&d ? Jr this took place in a nation which
had attained the highest degree of civilization,
what can Brazil hope.-in the. state of infancy in
which it is, with .respect to a small
.part of its
population, and. in the most decided state of bar-
barism with respect to the African race, of which
the most numerous portion is composed ? It is
time, rather than wan himself, that gently
alters their habits and their laws ; the sudden
introduction of a universal reform, however.
good it may appear al first sight, never pro-
duced any. thins; but confusion and 'dis-
content. --- Experience demonstrates this. --11
is`'. not merely to pull doWn an ancient
edifiCe• to build a new one ; it is to pull 'to
,pieces an edifice, conni,>cted with others, which-
tirnust.go to•ruitt with it, and the ruins of which may
impede the progress of the projected work.--
These meta, who have involved themselves in an
nride-rtaking equally rash and hazardous, will, in
the course of time, become sensible of their folly;
and the fruit they-will gather from thefr imprn.
Bence will bey to find themselves at the end in
the desperate lituation which the poet describes
'hi the following verses :

" Audit iter, numeratque dies, spatioque viartua.
Metitur than. Torquetur pace utura,
'Nee recepit somnos et scepe cubilibus.arnens
Excutitur, ptenamque lurt foruildine pcenze.' "

LISBON, APRIL 7.—The Most Excellent Duke
of Villa-Hermosa was admitted to-day to an
audience of his Majesty, to present his creden-
tials as Ordinary Ambassador and Plenipoten-
,: liary of his Catholic Majesty.
Ills Excellency math., on tho occasion, a speech
to his Majesty, in which he .stated his Master's
_desire to maintain the frieuddip awl harmony
subsisting between the two Crowns, adding, that
he would faithfully promote his master's inten-
tion in this respect, and on all occasions ,ahew
Otis own, gratitude for the favours which his Ma-
jesty had %hewn him, so long as he had resided
stt his Court.—The King replied— _
" senhorAmbase.ador, all the most powerful reasons of com-
mon interest,3loghbaurhoodoind relationship, required that
my representative m,t the Court of Madrid, and the represen-
tative of his Catholic, Majesty in this Court, should be invested,
as tleey tiavelorspOly been,.with the highest diplomatic charac-
; aPit leeePteitkchoice.Whith your Sovereign made of you,
*aft ATAZIRIA4O; Aft a demonstration. of the amicable and
reciprocal sentiments which ought always to subsiiittetween the

:tro. Crowns:"