The Sun.
London, England, 1824-02-09 00:00:00

BRAZIL.

It appears from the following extract from a
letter received at Portsmouth from an officer of
his Imperial Brazilian Majesty's ship Nether°ll3l,
Captain 'I'AYLon, that that ship alone captured
seventeen sail of the Portuguese fleet, which
abandoned Bataa,during her fortunate, but event-
ful cruise :

H. I. M. Brazilian frigate Netherohy,
Bahia, Ist Dec. 1823.

We have refitted here after a four nionths' cruise in pursuit
of the Portuguese squadron. We followed them to Maranham,
crossed the equator, and cruised a single ship off the Rock of
Lisbon 14 days ; where we fell in with their line-of-battle ship,
and disturbed the Admiral, after he had hailed us, by a few
grape-shot into his stern-windows, and made our escape with
ease. During our cruise we captured and destroyed 17 prizes,
10 of which were dispatched for Rio ; 2 of them are valuable
ships.
Our anxiety at times was very great ; and this successful
cruise has not been attained but with the risk, at one time, of
every soul on board being perished. On our return from Lis-
bon, we were obliged to stop at St. Nicholas, for water (0n,,, of
the Cape de Verds), in an open hay ; and, on the
.7th Nov.
the wind chopping round, we were obliged to cut our cable
and carry close reef topsails and courses to clear the land, the
breakers of which were not more than a quarter of a mile
from us. We had no sooner escaped this peril than a heavy sea
struck the ship ; all our head-sails were split, (with the excep-
tion of the fore-top-sail) ; the man was washed from the wheel,
and the frigate laid on her beam ends. Thank God, our Cap-
tain felt himself superior to fear, and with tranquillity ordered
the main and main top-sail sheets and tacks to be cut, the mizen-
mast must cut away, and the lee quarter-deck and forecastle
guns to be thrown overboard, and the helm put to windward,
to scud before the wind. After lying in this state in the hurri-
cane from twelve to fifteen minutes, the ship regained herself—
three cheers was the cry, fore and aft ; and afterwards the Cap-
tain had the gratification to receive the same, and the thanks of
the ship's company, for his tranquil and judicious exertions--
Perhaps never was there a more pitiable sight—the rigging and
mastheads crowded with 200 seamen and soldiers, imploring
mercy, whilst Captain Taylor, his English first Lieutenant,
pith about twenty British tars, were employed in the way above
stated. It is true there were a few Brizilians, headed by the
Second Lieutenant, a fine young Nobleman, who greatly as-
sisted. To this gentleman we partly owe our existence, for by
cutting away the mizen-mast, the weather quarter fell upon
three men anti Captain Taylor, all of whom were killed, with
the exception of Captain Taylor. Judge of our state ; when
we arrived we had only a barrel of beef and one day's water ;
in fact, we were existing upon a pint of beans and a tumbler
full of water per head.—We sail to-morrow for Rio, to rejoin
the Marquis of Marenham."—(Hampshire Telegraph.)

We received last night Bayonne and Frank-
fort Papers to the beginning of the present
mouth. The former contain intelligence from
Madrid to the 29th ult. by which it appears that
the whole province of Galicia was in a state
verging fast towards insurrection. All the for-
tresses are represented as in a manner surround-
ed by bodies of partisans who hemmed them in
so closely as to render it dangerous for the sol-
diers to venture beyond the walls singly. The
amnesty continued to be spoken of, hut was no
longer believed at Madrid. It was also asserted
that two insurrections had taken place at Cadiz,
immediately succeeding each other, and that the
French had behaved so well as to suppress them
entirely, and to restore complete order. Two
military barracks, however, are said to have been
burned during the struggle ; but so many diffi-
culties are opposed to the circulation of news in
the Peninsula, that no great reliance can be
placed on any of the reports which reach the
frontiers. The French were carrying on im-
mense works to strengthen the citadel of Pampe-
lune, which was regarded as an indication that
they intended to occupy it for a considerable
time. It was even reported at Bayonne, that
12,000 troops would shortly re-enter Spain, and
that fresh corps would be assembled on the fron-
tier. Five or six thousand conscripts were also
expected to pass through that town on their way
to reinforce the divisions of the Army of Occupa-
tion.—The Frankfort Papers also state, that the
Prussian Government had discovered the secret
of the system of contraband carried on along the
banks of the Rhine, by which the revenue had
been defrauded of import duties to the amount of
several millions of rix-dollars, and that measures
were taking to remedy the evil and to punish
the guilty.

We understand that it is in contemplation by
Court of Directors of the East India Com-
pany to bring home, and present to hie MA-
JESTY, the large brass gun, cast by the great
A UItENGZ EUE, to commemorate the conquest
of the city of Beejapoor, A.D. 1689, the fort
then being one of the largest in the world.
This gun still remains in not a very imperfect
state. Indeed we have it from good authority,
that an estimate of what its removal to Eng-
land, would cost, is nearly completed, and from
the known liberality of the Company, no doubt
is entertained of this far-fetched curiosity be-
coming, ere long, a companion to the Regent's
bomb in St. James's Park, for honest JoHN BULL
to gaze at.

The following is a description of the Gun,
taken from HAMILTON'S Ga:etteer

Feet. In.
" Diameter at the breach - - - 4 10
Ditto at the muzzle - - - - 4 8
Ditto at the bore - - - - 2 4
Length - - - - - 14 1
Circumference in the middle - - - 13 7

" This brass gun is fixed on its centre, on an immense iron
fixed in the ground, and grasping its trunnions in the manner
of a swivel, its breech resting on a block of wood, supported
by a thick wall, so that it cannot recoil. For the calibre of
this gun, an iron bullet, weighing 2414 lbs., would be re-
quired."

MR. LAMBTON AND MR. PEMBERTON.-There
is a long article on the dispute between these
gentlemen in the Durham County Advertiser of
Saturday last ; but as it has not the name of the
author, we shall not insert it.
The following extract of a letter from Maran-
ham, dated the 19th of November, wholly dis-
proves the assertions lately made in the Lisbon
Papers of disturbances in that province :—" The
advices from the interior are daily becoming
more favourable, and the shopkeepers begin to
send supplies to their country customers, in con-
sequence of which the demand for goods co►►-
tinues to increase. The Eclair English brig of
war, and a small Brazilian brig, are the only
square-rigged vessels in port."
Yesterday morning Prince LEOPOLD, accom-
panied by Major Cust, attended Divine Service
at St. Philip's Chapel, Waterloo-place. His
Royal Highness dined with the Duchess of Kent
yesterday, and afterwards returned to Claremont.
Yesterday Prince Polignac, Count Lieven,
Baron and Baroness Werther, Count and Countess
Ludolf, Count and Countess Molteke, Baron
Fagel, M. Neumann, M. Falck, Lord F. Conyng-
ham, and Mr. Planta, dined with Mr. Secretary
and Mrs. Canning, at Gloucester Lodge.