The Sun.
London, England, 1827-05-29 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS.

CIRCULAR TO COLLECTORS.
Treasury Department, April 28, 18''ret-
Sir,--By direction of the-President, I have to info
m. „0,
you, that the prohibitions of the act of the 18th of APB
1818, are not considered as extending to passengers lc*
may arrive on board of British vessels. Those, then orb:
who are bona fide such, may be allowed to land, with sTit
baggage, care being taken that this construction of the ~
be not abused to a violation of any of its provisio°o
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
RICHARD RUSH, Secretary of ow TA

COLONIAL TRADE. of
MAY 7.—The following letter from the Secreitsl..
to
the Treasury, to the Collector of Boston, is pubis
the sake of these to whom its contents may be of import
ance, in the other commercial districts of 'the Union
Treasury Department, May 2, 182:7•_,•
Sir,--In reply to your letter of the 24th of April, I n
to state, that a remission of the forfeiture that attacm;
in the case of the British brig Belfast, and cargo, receaa
arrived at Boston, from Bermuda, having been granor
on satisfactory proof, duly laid before the Departments %:
no intentional violation of our laws Ins committed in
case, it follows that this vessel may now be permitted
depart with a cargo, in like manner as any other 13.47,0
vessel could lawfully do. 'But it is very dear that.
cannot he permitted to take a cargo to any British to 1,-/
port, from which the vessels of the United States
been by that nation excluded ; to guard against
you will take care to require the penal bond spiciallY fros
scribed in such cases, by the Act of Congress on the 15
of May, 1820.
I remain, your most obedient servant, fr •
H. A. S. Rearborn, Esq. Col. Boston. E. RUST

LATE AND IMPORTANT PROM RIO JANEIRO.
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Naw Your, MAT. B.—We learn by the ship difine'",,,e
Capt. Hammond, arrived yesterday from Rio, which Piir
she left on March 17, that the country was in a
plorable condition. The paper money of the country
greatly depreciated, and business, generally, was con:Wiled
at a stand. The brig Spark, Clark, of this port, aa'
from Rio on the second of March for Montevideo, and sv,he
captured the same day by a steam boat (which left 0,
port for the purpose) on suspicion of being bonouto
Buenos Ayres. A prize crew was put on board, Oa be
brig brought to anchor. On the sea breeze setting in'
cables were cut, and she was carried into port. After );.*
ing nearly a fortnight, and every attempt to obtain bee r
lease proving ineffectual, she was abandoned.
After her capture some of her crew were hupres96lA;
carried on board a Brazilian 74, and put in irons. C41:17
Baguet, Esq., the American Charge d'Affaires, and "*
Wright, the American Consul, had demanded an, exPlll-;
tion of the cause of their imprisonment, which was t'sit
only refused, but it was understood they were treated ds,.
indignity by the Minister of Marine. Mr. Baguet 4a
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mended his passports, which were granted, and he v9l'.
return home the first opportunity that offered. A 117,y
count of the facts connected with this affair have been
misted to to our Government.
- bee The French and Colombian Ambassadors , had net
well received by the Brazilian Government.

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Herald,.
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CHILTERN HUNDREDS.-----The Chilte.i
Hundreds, so frequently mentioned as being a',
whencepte (I
they b y
wMemberswish
to
are ahri"
sions of counties made by King Alfred, and no.`
annexed to the Crown, although they still retail'
voafeatthee
tlhleoiruseseoatfsC, Commons'
their peculiar courts. The stewards of tiles.:
courts are appointed by the Chancellor of
Exchequer, and their salaries are twenty O.;
lings per annum ; this sum, however, small as 1
is, being derived from an office under the Crovfn. ;
is 'sufficient to disqualify any person who aciee
it from retaining his seat, unlesS re-elected'
Accepting . the stewardship .of the Chiltern WI.
when a Member wishes to re"
a formal manner'°
trdierrseeAidgi:olinms discovery,g,Patilesrrieeia. Parliament.
ree
interesting
and to the geological student, was made lt,i`of
days ago in the Moat Colliery, in the 1;0365! ....
Tipton, in this county. A petrefaction
..Llie
sembling part of the trunk of a considersl:th
sized tree towards the butt, measuring in heil,.
two feet four inches, and in circumference I°Aj,,
feet ten inches, with the bark formed into cf..-
was found in nearly an upright position, airytt
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the strata of ironstone, at the depth of.up--_,a
of two hundred yards below the surface, sr
which, in the extraction of it, was broken 1.6). "
the upper part of the trunk, which still rernaTg
o
in the earth.. . On the exposure of this- fosa
the atmospheric. air,. the coal formed fro' ,tbe.
bark, shivered from - the trunk. So great g;o:
rioaityais thii specimen considered, that tlie'.'"'".
prietors-of the Colliery,- at their
.4.tiarferly. To et.
ing, passed a resolution, generously offering it
a present to the Trustees of the British Muse t;
and there can be. no doubt that: it will'!3e deer.e",_
a.valuable acquisition' to . the numerous kis!:
ditutiGn....StajOrdshire Advertiser.
which are already deposited in that National 1