The Sun.
London, England, 1817-01-07 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA.

fly the Brazil Packet there are Letters from
Rio Janeiro tn'tlte 2thh of October, .which state
that the Portuguese wet e'adr:aneing, and hod al-
ready vowed that part of the Buenos Ayres terri-
tory nearest their own frontiers. Tie Comman-
4cr-iu•Chief bad issued vt prochountion tuldiessed
to tte Inhabitants of Monte Video, and the Eastern
bank of the River Plate, declaring that the Por-
tuguese canoe as friends, (or the purpose of re-
storing order :and liberating them frowthe dotni-

Dion of Artigas, whom he slimmers's to ixtersiti-
nate. The further views of she Portuguese are
not',explained, nor is any thing said of their acting
on behalf of Spain. Some accounts also atld, that
so firm was the belief of the Brazilian atniy taking
)tionteVideo, that already vessels with passengers
bad left Rio Janeiro for that place, and mercantile
specsilatious were also on toot for the seine deals.
not ion ••

On the other band, it. i 4 said that ARTIOAS has
o►n army of 71100 men, Ilat't`t►t which tire well dis-
cil►lined troops of the line, and the remainder light
cavalv ; that, he lois keen sitocessfid in Some
skirmishes, end penetrated into the Brazil terri-
tory from another point. It is added, that his
Om is to grant freedom 'to salves, roosts the in.
babitants of thelntefiot, levy contribution, and
Man deelare the country intl.:pendent of the Bra-
ziliao Government:
-

The adviccs relating to liiienos Ayres by the
same conveyance are not of so late a dale as those
hitedily re,,,ek ell ihreeif and which CRllle tip to the
26th ()curlier. hi),ve‘ el mention (list
ot troops were 'witing; r tl,at a great
inundation
bad been expetienco in the River, which had
done much damage, and occithioned the toes of a
Spaniab rite and crew, with the exception of
three men ; and that General, Belgraau had as-
lint/Q(1 the command of the army twartr, in kicru.

THE SUN.

SOtEM DIME YALIIIIIM At(l)lin

,LONDON,
TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1617.

•

Our Corretpondeot' at Bath prefaces the LetAcr
which we have thii morni►►g recci►ed from him
with noticing an oversight of our's on Saturday,
when we sail that the 11nIk Herald did t►ot men-

tion the aprosching Reinim Meeting, which
actually toots 1111liCe yesivt,l“),. It ispioeuri dint
though it escaped our attention, the Meeting was
announced in the Bialt,ll,lvr, in theform of an
advertisement from the Mayor, prescrihing the
necessary precantionrro• be taken to prevent the
mischief which ruck assemblages a.re calculated to
nrodnee.*

These precautions were taker► rrith the utmost,.
cordiality and alacrity. The nittnhcr ut the 'most
respectable Inhabitants \of Bath, who cri►wded to
the Hall to be sworn itt as Special Constables,
fonottitted to upwards of five limulred. The
North So►aerset Yeomanry were ordered out , the
Bath Rifle Co+, were also under arms j and two
"loops of the' Dines arrived on Sunday ,to aid, if
required, the Civil rower, ,and the Citizens Whir
stood f►►rward for their owti and their neiiobours'

protection against these turbulent 111.1 Cans.
Fortunately (says our Correspondent) none o
them were wanted ; the tel of their an ay scry
ed to keep the Demagogues and the !hob in id
ficlent ewe, and pi event their pushing into out
rage.

At four o'clock thu Meeting was over, and the
Military, &c. were serarating for their qUarters
and homes.

With regard to the Meeting itself, it assumed a
focus about twelve o'clock, at the phte4 appointed,
but the moving Orator, Master Huai., with his
usual impudence, addressed his liagg3l;iliffin
Party, which was at this time pretty nuurerous
and of the very lowest desciiptioh, and stilted,
that the spot where they stood being his

• The lies. Mr. notienea, in his "Sermons on the Ame-
rican Revolution," justly observes," When once a multitude
is tumultuously collected, there is no saying to what a pitch
of mischief they may easily be led. It; matters not that, as
individuals, hey are mild, beneficent, and humane ;* I would
nut trust the milkiest man upon the eat th, when he is one in
a disorderly and riotous crowd. It matters lint that, in our
individual capacities, we are wise, temperate, and just ;
collected together in. a mob, we inevitably become ir-
rational, violent, and tyrannical. -A large body of men
drawn together, may not Unaptly be toiniarid to certain
chemical prilniratiunt, which, in their separate state; are
perfectly hunnsious; but, by being united, use rendered in-
damnable, and even pohamous, hlankind Ilave
assembled in great numbers for any useful•purpop. I whenever.
we see u vast multitude, we mOy well exclaita,with Jacob,
" 0 my soul ! came not there into their secret tiunto then
assembly, mine bonnur,,be not thou united." leis notlw-
probable, that " many of the people" whom Pilate " called
together" to the trial of QUI' Saviour had, before that took
place, sincerely believed that-" wgreat prophet had arisen
hut no sooner were they assembled in the Prattorium, than
" all the peo.pit" (in the fullest sense of that cmphatical
'phrase) cried out " Crucify hini, crucify him."