The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-17 00:00:00

this most important subject. The letters sJo
dated the '2 7th of November, and state that the
new. Emperor of BRAZIL has. at length most
suddenly and unexpectedly adopted measures
which ;leave little doubt of his intention
to secure, either the rich possession of Bra-
i I for the crown of his father, or the abso-
lute sovereignty for himself. It appears, that
a few days previous to the date of the letters,
the Emperor, by a proceeding as violent and
arbitrary as that of CROMWELL, when he put an
end to the long Parliament, had dissolved the
Congress, then sitting And engaged in deliberation
on subjects of the most important nature, among
which was that of the future constitution by
which Brazil was to be governed, and the terms
of which were presumed to have had the Em-
peror's approbation. Not content with a
simple dissolution of the Legislative Body,
ars order was at the same time issued for
placing under arrest those of its members
known to be attache tad liberal principles.—
They were seized, and placed on board 'a trans-
port, lying in the harbour, which immediately
sailed with this new and unexpected freight, for
the destination, as was given out of Havre, de
Grace, but there is too much reason to fear that
these unfortunate persons will he carried, instead
of to an European port, to some of the Portuguese
settlements on the coast of Africa. The dissolution
of the Congress, and the deportation of the liberal
Members, was followed by the dismissal of the
existing Ministry and the appointment of a new
one, the Members of which, though avowedly of
republican principles, are characterized as men
but too likely to make them subservient to their
interests.

The following is a list of the Ministers in office
at the period of the dissolution of the Congress:—

Jose Joaquim Carneiro Campos, Foreign Affairs and Inte-
rior—Caetano Pinto de Miranda Montenegro, Justice—Joao
Vieira de Carvalhe, War—Luis da Cunha Moreira, Marine—
Manoel Jacinto Nogueira da Gama, Finance•

The following is the list of the new Ministry,
who are one more in number, a division has ing
been made in the offices for Foreign •Affairs and
the Interior, which had previously
in the same individual:— been united

Luis Jose de Carvalho e Mello, Foreign Affairs--Joao Seve-
riano Maciel da Costa, Interior—Mariano Jose Pereira da Fon-
seca, Finance—Clemente Ferreira Franca, Justice--Joao
Gomez Silveira Mendonsa, War—Francisca Villela Parbcza,
Marine.

Private letters from Constantinople, dated the
15th December, state that the Captain Pacha
had arrived there with only ten vessels. which
were in the most wretched. state. Exertions
were making night and day in the dock-yard to
repairTthem. The Fight of these vessels had ex-
cited a strong sensation among the people, and
the Divan had met daily to deliberate, it was
supposed, on the affairs of Greece. The REIS
EFFENDI had frequent consultations with Lord
STRANGFORD, and it seems that the Porte ‘‘as
beginning to attend to the representations of his
Lordship. The violent measures of the Turkish
Government relative to the currency had depre-
ciated the exchange to 72 para.

The Fury and Hecla are to be taken into Dock
immediately at Deptford, and fitted for the voy-
age of discovery. Captain PARRY takes the
command of the Hecla, his ship in the first voy-
age under his orders; and Captain HoerNcrt is
to command the Furl. The Griper is also fitting,
and proceeds to Wager River, from whence
Captain LYON proceeds by land. Captain L-rox
is appointed to the Griper, as is also Lieutenant
MANICO, who is to accompany him in his
journey.
A letter from an officer on board the Harle-
quin sloop of war, states the following. circum-
stance as giving rise to the report of that vessel
having foundered off the western coast of Ire-
land. It seems that the last time this ship was
in company with the Arab sloop, one of the crew
exchanged his hat, on which was painted the
word " Harlequin," with one , belonging to the
Arab, and on the loss of the hitter this identical
hat was washed on shore with several pieces of
wreck.

Mr. Secretary CANNING has been on a visit to
the Earl of LIVERPOOL since Thursday last, but
is expected to return to Gloucester Lodge this
evening. The Right Hon. Gentleman trans-
acted business in Downing-street, on Wednesday
On Thursday, previously to his leaVing town,
Earl BATHURST was with Mr. CANNING for a con-
siderable length of time at the Foreign Office.

MENDICITY Soctrrr.—There is a well-written
letter, signed " A Friend to the Poor," in The
Time; of this day, charging the above named
Society with alleged abuses. I t appears to con-
tain strong facts, but whether the charges
be true or false, we conceive that they cannot
remain unanswered by the Conductors of that
Institution, which, if justly managed, must
be considered as one of the most benevolent and
beneficial of similar essablishments.

TM?. STREETS.-Macadamising. Regent-street
proceeds with great rapidity. The •inhabitants
of the West side were surprised a few mornings
since, to find a road instead of a street opposite
their doors, the pavement having been removed
during the night, and the stones broken sub-
stituted.

Sir JOHN NEWPORT is arrived in town, from
his residence, at New Park, near Waterford,
preparatory to the meeting of Parliament.—
During portions of the last Session, Sir Jour( had
very imperfect health, but he now appears to be
uncommonly well.