The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-06 00:00:00

SOU TEI AMERICA.

, FALMOUTH, DEC. 4.—ln addition to the information
conveyed in our communication of last evening, we are
now enabled to furnish you with a list of the Ministry
summoned by General Santa Anna, in his capacity as
Provisional President, on the abdication of Bustamcnte,
viz. :—Don Manuel Gomez Pedrasa, for Home and Fo-
reign Affairs ; Don Francisco Garcia, for the Trea-
sury ; Don Jose M. Pernel, for the War Depart-
ment ; Don Crispiniano del Castello, for Public Instruc-
tion and Industry.
Although this change was quite new, and the position of
the Government thought to be a difficult one, still it was
expected some good results would arise from the new order
of things, and more especially so to commerce ; indeed
hopes of a revival of trade were fully indulged in. The
consumo duty, which in the course of the political pro-
ceeding was reduced to the old scale, would, it was gene-
rally believed, likely remain so.
The weather still continues most tempestuous and un-
settled. During agale, however, this morning, the (Great)
Liverpool steamer, for Malta and Alexandria, took her de-
parture; and the Alert packet, for the West Indies, made
preparations to follow, but afterwards furled topsails, seeing
no probability of doing any good by putting to sea. The
ship Orient, of Belfast, Taylor, master, from Madras,
ith a cargo consisting of cotton, sugar, indigo, tea, &c.,
,
and bound to London, ran into port during last night
in great distress, with eight to ten feet water in the
hold, having been struck by a sea on the 29th ult., in a
heavy gale of wind, and which shook the vessel consi-
derably. Had she remained out twelve hours longer, it
is more than probable she would have foundered, as the
crew could not gain on the water, and were nearly ex-
hausted on arrival. Prompt and effectual assistance was
afforded from the shore, and it is intended to land the
cargo forthwith.

PORTUGAL.
Faixouru, DEC. 3.—The steamer Tagus arrived this
afternoon, and after landing the Peninsular mails, pro-
ceeded in the evening for Southampton.
Passengers :—Mr. and Mrs. Rees and family, Captain
Shirley, Major and Mrs. Roche and family, Madame
Lample, Messrs. Hewitson, Meinetzhazen, Sehoenkopfl,
Robondo, Jones, Vanzeiler, and Waghorn.
Also arrived the packet Pigeon, from the Brazils ;
nothing new at Rio de Janeiro, whence she sailed on the
21st October. The exchange keeps high, being at 31f
On freight 10,0001., of which about 7,0001. is on account
of the Imperial Brazilian Mining Association.
I LISBOX, Nov. 29.—The Government having been au-
thorised to raise 500 contos in cash towards meeting the
deficit, and also to capitalize a portion of the arrears, is en-
deavouring to carry the same into effect by a common
operation, in which hitherto it has not been very success-
ful. The holders of the Government paper for arrears of
salary due to the persons in its employ, officers of the
army, &c., are offered 4 per cent. per annum, and those
who hold the paper given for pensions, &c., to persons
not in active employ, 3 per cent. The Government is
limited as to the amount, and can only at the utmost
capitalize 500 contos of the former, and 2,000 of the
latter ; the object is to induce the parties capitalizing to
advance money to the Government. In consequence,
however, of the 10 per cent. tax on the dividends, and
the somewhat unsettled state of things, the funds here
are lower than they were, which of course acts unfa-
vourably for Senhor Avila's operation. The Five per
Cents, are quoted at 49 to 50, but I hear that sales have
been effected at lower rates. The Government will
have difficulty, therefore, in raising money at 10 per
cent., unless a reaction akes place. The numerous
commercial failures and depressed state of credit gene-
rally, necessarily augment the difficulties of the present
Government, which, however, I trust and believe, will
be eventually overcome, if the peace of the country be
only preserved.
A numerous and powerful association, of which the
Duke of Pahnella is the head, has been formed for the
purpose of devising ways and means for making roads
on a large scale. They calculate that 600 leagues of road
will be required, which would cost on the average, 8
contos (2,0001.) a league, and, with the bridges, &c., the
whole would not cost less than 6,000 contos, or near a
million and a half sterling. The idea, I believe, is to
recommend the imposition of an additional property tax,
to the amount of from 25 to 50 per cent. on the present
decima, which would guarantee the interest on The money
expended on this great undertaking ; while the landed
proprietors, farmers, &c., upon whom the tax would fall,
would, no doubt, be amply reimbursed by the advan-
tages of being able to send their produce to market,
from which they are now quite debarred ; and a great deal
would be exported from Portugal which is now nearly va-
lueless, from the same want or communication. The ad-
vantages to the country will be immense if the land-
lords and farmers will only submit to be taxed for it.
I forgot to mention that aportaria was issued from the
Foreign-office, ordering that Pascoal Plume, the Consul
for Tuscany at the Havannah, shall no longer be allowed
to give Portuguese papers to vessels there. He formerly
acted as Portuguse Consul, until that office was abolished ;
since then he has continued to sign papers, and has no-
toriously encouraged the slave-trade to an enormous
extent.
An attempt was made on Monday night, by the pri-
soners in the gaol called the Cova de Moura, to break
out of their prison. There are 600 or 700 desperadoes
there, all sentenced to transportation, but allowed to re-
main for years in prison ; they broke open some doors,
but were soon put down. Most exaggerated reports
were spread about here. There was no one either killed
or wounded.
is Baron_al Marechal, the Austrian Minister at this Court,
Nuncio, Monsei
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The Margaret steamer, with the London Mail of the
20th, only arrived this morning in consequence of the
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SONNET,

TO THE MEMORY OF THE LAMENTED DR.
BIRKBECK.
The grave hath claimed its own ;—its rightful earth,
Mortality hath lain it down to sleep.
Affection for the noble dead may weep,
And the heart's tears fall o'er the tomb of worth ;
1 Yet from the grave shall spring to second birth
That fame, so calm, enduring, whose mild ray
Grew not up from the strife of sworded day ;
Nor came the halo of its radiant girth
From scenes of blood, and tears, and woe, but where
The trammelled sons of toil stood from the crowd apart
Gath'ring, e'en at his call, to learn the art
Of s sdom, self-respect, and freedom, there,
In purity, sprung up that holy fame
That to all time shall wreathe the gentle Birkbeck'sname.

IL B.

GREENWICH POLICE.—On Friday Mr. Jeremy
said he felt much pleasure in stating that another half
sovereign had been forwarded to him for the benefit of
the girl Eliza Lovelace, by a gentleman who had read
the report of her destitute ease in the newspapers,

Rumours, DEC. 3.—The Pigeon packet, Lieutenant
T. James commander, direct from Rio de Janeiro, whence
she sailed on the 21st of October. Only one passenger
(a lady, who died on the voyage). From 15,000/7to
20,0001. in treasure on freight. The intelligence by this
arrival is very immaterial. Her Majesty's ship Dublin
arrived at Rio on the 13th of October, from England,
and sailed again on the 20th, for the Pacific. Admiral
King left for the Cape, in the Southampton frigate, on
the 17th preceding. The Rio Grande emeute remained
in statu quo. The tax for granting means to the Go-
vernment to meet their financial deficit had not yet
passed the Senate, and both Chambers would sit a
month longer to bring the important measures of the
Session to a termination. Exchange, 32i ; Stock, 74%.
Eleven, P.M.—Also arrived, late this evening, . the
Express packet, Lieut. Herrick, from Mexico. Her
dates are, Tampico 7th of October, Vera Cruz 24th fol-
lowing, and Havannah the 7th ult. On freight about
114,000 dollars only. The news brought by this vessel,
although her passage is short, has been in effect nearly
all anticipated by the recent steam arrival at Liverpool
from Boston and Halifax, and the lateness of the hour
prevents our saying more this evening than that Santa
Anna was in full possession of power and authority, and
Bustameate deposed. Great stagnation of business pre-
vailed throughout the Republic, and the prospects are
gloomy as to a revival, for want of public confidence.
The (Great) Liverpool steamer, with the Alexandrian
mails,:and the Alert packet, with the West Indian mails,
have been prevented from proceeding on their respective
voyages in consequence of the extreme severity of the
weather, and remain. Among 'arrivals to-day the fol-
lowing : Dutch galliot Eendragh, Lemmin, from Am-
sterdam for Genoa, out 37 days, leaky and damaged ;
Ironside (iron brig), Brown, from Newcastle for St.
Thomas's - Audax (clipper), White, from London for
St. Michael's ; Jordeson, Jordeson, from London for
Odessa, out 24 days ; Chase, Powell, from Liverpool for j
Alexandria • also Sir Hyde Parker in his yacht from
Cowes for Gibraltar.

-.HE JOURNALS AND LRTTERS OF THE
AtrrHoß or "EvELINA."—The announcement of the
above publication, as may be imagined, has excited no
slight degree of attention and curiosity. Our readers
may form some idea of the probable interest and
amusement of the work from the subjoined extracts
from the Prospectus, just issued :—" The following is
the opening passage of Miss Burney's Diary, which was
commenced in 1768, and continued, with but few inter-
ruptions, during the entire period of the writer's long
and eventful To have some account of my
thoughts, actions, and acquaintance, when the hour
arrives whey time is more nimble than memory, is the
reason which induces me to keep a Journal—a Journal
in which 1 shall confess every thought—shall open my
whole heart.' When we call to mind that the person who
formed this resolution, and adhered to it during the
whole of her long life, was one of the most remarkable
and justly celebrated women, not merely of her own, but
of any tune or country—that her family position, no less
than her celebrity, commanded for her an intimate in-
tercourse with all that was illustrious in English litera-
ture and art during their most illustrious era, and that
the results of such resolution are now to be given to the
world precisely as they left the hand of their writer (the
omissions required by personal and family considerations
being alone excepted), the curiosity and interest such an
announcement must excite, will scarcely be increased by
anything that could he added descriptive of the work.
But though it is well known that Madame d'Arblay was
the intimate associate of all who were intellectually dis-
tinguished in London society, both native and foreign,
during the greater part of her life, yet it is not so gene-
rally known that, shortly after the publication of her
second work, ' Cecilia,' she was spontaneously offered by
Queen Charlotte a situation of confidence about her Ma-
jesty's parson, which she retained for more than six
years, and which brought her into daily intercourse with
every
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recording Miss the eßiThird.unmh eey
Journal the events and conversations' of the past day.
And this. private history of the Court of George the
Third during the important.period in question—namely,
from 1786 to 17 inclusive—will fbrm part of the
work now announced for awtiiotnh,
in monthly volumes, 'frlmWalter Scott." which is to appear
BARRACKS ANDuniBULLETS' The .Life of Sir
v. BREAD.—
Our Glossop correspondent says—" It seems Sir Robert
Peel has at last considered his measures, for barracks are
now being built at Ashton-under-Lures
which will accom-
modate 3,000 soldiers. So it appears we are to have barracks instead of workhouses, and bullets instead of
bread "—Derbyshire Chronicle.