The Sun.
London, England, 1827-03-30 00:00:00

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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1827.

Its Majesty's packet brig, Mutine, has ar-
rived with a Brazil mail. She sailed from
Madeira, on the 28th November, from Bahia,
on the 27th December, and from Rio de Janeiro,
on the 3d February.
By this opportunity we have a confirmation
of the arrival of the EMPEROR at Rio, the die-
unsul of his Ministers, and the appointment of
their
successors. His MAJESTY'S grief for the
loss of the EMPRESS, is said to have been very
profound.

The following are some extracts from the
)iario Fluminense, to the Ist of February, but
tey do not possess much interest. It appears

►at an English vessel has been seized by the

Brazilian squadron, blockading Buenos Ayres.
The EMPEROR'S visit to that quarter, only
served to show his own weakness, and the im-
P6iieY of embarking in such an enterprize. But
experience in these matters is the only cure:—

RIO DE JANEIRO.
(From the Diario Flwsninereae.)
bi 1;4 dispatch from the President of the Cis-
V-4e Provinces, dated Dee. 21, and addressed to the
moral
of Marine, communicates a letter from the Ad-
wh'r.toininanding the squadron in the Rio de la Plata,
hL" gives an account of a brilliant action on the 16th of
hrratifaiber.e On the morning of that day the Rio da Prata
gio seas attacked in the port of Maldonado by a
%awash, commanded by Fournier, a Frenchman, with
hyree. officers of Maldonado, and a crew of 48 men., and
k'n Sight boats with many men, whose number is n
own ,
bo., • After a desperate action of above an hour,
_the
Were beat off with great loss, the launch was talon,
• -..3,,(41 e American escaping alive. The loss of the enemy
11,7,mated at above 100 men. The Brazilians lead two
n'n-"ailled in the action, three died soon after of their
Ww,;:44, and one was in a dangerous state, and two others
Wounded, but not mortally. Fournier and his
ol'a got almost to the mainmast, when he was killed,
°-„ rilich his party were immediately defeated.
(1,,,41‘. 11 AND 15.—The Diario contains official notices,
1,r7 the 9th aad 11th, that the French ships Belle Ga-
-1,41, and Jules, sod the English ship Henry and _Eliza-
Prizes to the Brazilian squadron blockading the
p ,i la Plats, have arrived in the harbour, and that legal
11-'lloge will be immediately commenced.
shJae• 16.—Yesterday we had the pleasure to see the
en4r ?n board of which was his Majesty the Emperor,
fop, :144 port. His Majesty, as a testimony of his pro-
afflietion for the loss of the Empress, has retired to
iv !dce at Boa Vista, where he will keep himself private
day,.
16 " exsqnies for the Empress, which were fixed for the
sliallikitud 17th, are therefore to be deferred till his Majesty
ua pleased to give orders for the celebration of them.
18.—The Diario contains eight Decrees of his
pecaY, accepting the resignation of the Ministers, and ap-
Iting new ones, viz.:--
1 Marquis de Caravellas, Minister of Justice, to be
ad by the Marquis de Nazareth.
suet Marquis de Paranagus, Minister of Marine, to be
ed by' the Marquis de. Maesaio.
,Itpia s Marquis de Inhamboupe, Minister of Foreign
1,140 to be succeeded by the Marquis de Queluz.
cep: Marclt'ia d*BaePcsuly, Minister of Finance, no sue-
th I,‘ named, the functions to be performed ad. interim by
t,j4acquis de Quelus.
tt,,4°. 19,—A dispatch from General Francisco de Pants
:°, dated the 12th of November, gives an account of
:,%ek'stftil action at the beginning of the month, with the
s',l7' in the Uruguay.
with 27.—The Journal of this date is entirely filled
a account of the exequies of the Empress Leopoldina,
Ptiondeco of the castrurn doloris, and of the internal
bops of the church, with the numerous Latin inscrip-
tplee'ciiited • The ceremony is described as being extremely
. and affecting. The Emperor accompanied the
vehjii 14 the Psalms, &c., and was in tears during the
The W.
rival i„---torio Fluminense of the 30th Jan. notices the ar-
Jantir-4 the Novo S. Domingo, Capt. Da Costa, at Rio de
that th°, in 18 days, from Monte Video, bringing a report
Con eluVerial and Buenos Ayres squadrons had an ac-
t-oar,: 'rot 2d, in which the Buenos Ayres squadron lost
not, heela and 300 men. The letters of the 3d Feb. do
coo:waver, state a word on the subject; the report may
cred4"flY be considered without foundation, and no
attached to it.
Feb phc following numbers of the Diario to the let of
frok the 5rY iochisive a almost entirely filled with extracts
Lis]) on
Papre ers.)

of 01 the Brazil Mail, private letters of the 27th
ce.laY and 3d of February have been ra-
t -lved) from the latter of which we are allowed
,extract
the following :—We have had no late
arrivals from the River Plate. An American
2eZtiel of War, from Monte Video, arrived on the
t,,,
] T) and brings a report of Admiral Brown
ng returned to the River Plate. It was also
said',, that the Brazilians had relaxed in the strict
blockade of
veru Buenos Ayres.
The Brazil Go-
ni„,,„
-'" WlB purchasing coffee, hides, and
"gal', to the amount of 60,0001. in order to
remit the same to
England for the payment
of the dividends on the Loan ;
the consequence
was, that these articles had risen consider-
ably. Exchange was rather higher, at 40- There
had been a report of the Emperor going to the
southward. This, however, was not credited,
nor the further :statement of more reinforce-
Irteht3 of troops to be sent off. On the repro-
Itntatiou of the United States and France the
Council of State was occupied in taking into
consideration whether vessels captured prior
t° being warned off, or even if not warned
(id' at all, are to be considered legal
prizes ; it
wag not ascertained what determination the
Council had come to, but it was expected to be
w`ourable, and consequently all English vessels
%II in such case be released.
PGrrices had been received from the River
the-1 °l' the 3d of January, but there was
.not
Nall accommodation
betw est appearance of any
meielen that Government and the Brazilian, and
desire Was expected to elapse before. sha
sere ie event was likely to take place ,dollars
52 doll 200 per Cent. prem. ;, doubloons 51 to
18d. a" each, and the Exchange on London,.
Morelli:: dollar, and
..b
for 41i " had large quantities of produce ready
1 , IPrneaf C
biocicad. -- trom that Country the moment the
- ali raised.
The _ ----

various .
private communications which
to the
wore!eeeived
yesterday, by the mail, from Lisbon,
18th instant confirm the accounts re-
ceived . ill e fi the • ' i
rst pace through the French
PaP"rs' and Bubseq y y
uentl b the Lisbon Gazettes,
of the dispersionof the Rebel Army, and the dia-
4ming of those belonging to it, who fled into
Spain, the numbers of whom, however, appear,
4 No stated yesterday, to have been greatly

exaggerated. It appears, that in addition to
the troops who fled into Spain, a large num-
ber of the inhabitants of the Province of Tras-os-
Montes, had also taken refuge in that country.
The whole of Tras-os-Montes is described as
being in a miserable state, and in the present
destitute condition of the Constitutional army,
who are said to be without clothing, pay, and
provisions, and consequently unable to follow up
_ _

their successes, some time must elapse before
order and tranquillity can be re-established in
that province. The Government itself is also in
the greatest distress from want of money. No
foundation, however, existed for the report that
the Ministers had resigned in consequence of the
motion made in the Chamber of Deputies by
Senhor MAGALHAES ; and the friends of the
Government did not anticipate such a result, be-
cause, although the motion for taking into con-
sideration the proposition to address the Princess
REGENT, praying her Royal Highness to place
the Administration in the hands of others, had
been carried, it was not believed that an address
of that nature would be finally adopted. The
consideration of MAGALHAES' motion, was
postponed by unavoidable circumstances, from
the Bth to the 13th, when he addressed the
Chamber in the following words :

" I do not rise with the intention of casting any re-
flection on the arrangement of the orders made at the table,
because the proposition I had the honour to present on the
Bth instant, was not read a seeend time on the following
day, though your Excellency then recommended the most
strict observance of the regulations of the Chamber. I am,
on the contrary, well pleased that this delay has taken
place, for it has afforded every one time for reflection, and
relieved me from the apprehension of being charged with'
taking the Chamber by surprise. Ido not act from mo-
tives of ambition, nor am I the instrument of any party.
My party has always been that of reason end justice, and
my object to obey the King and the law which placed me
here, and thus to promote the good of my country. I
should prefer taking Washington for my example ; and of
my principles, should circumstances call upon me to act,
my conduct will furnish the most irrefragable proofs."
MAGALHAEM then moved, that the motion
should be taken into consideration, and that the
Deputies should vote nominally, each saying,
" I approve," or " I reject." In this manner, 49
voted for the motion, and 45 against it. The
Minister of Finance declined voting, and another
Minister voted in the minority ; others declared
that it was not to be presumed that the motion
would be ultimately carried, but that it was right
to take it into consideration for the purpose of
giving more importance to its rejection. The
next accounts from Portugal will possess great
interest, not only with reference to this discus-
sion, but also with respect to the rumours in cir-
culation of the invasion of Portugal by a Spanish
Army, which are wholly disbelieved.
It would appear from all the private communi-
cations that the British Army was certainly about
to concentrate on the line of the Tagus.

Letters have been received this morning from
the Island of Ascension, dated the sth February.
Lieutenant-Colonel NIcHoLLs, the Command-
ant, and the whole of the garrison, were in good
health.

A return has been published by order of the
House of Commons of the numbers of persons
confined for debt (not including Crown Debtors)
in the various prisons in and around the Metro-
polis, and in the several County and other Gaols
throughout Great Britain and Ireland, on the
29th of April, 1826.
The following is a summary of that document :

The total number of persons, of every description, in
prison for debt, on the day above mentioned, in Great
Britain and Ireland, amounted to
Of these there wero in England 2,866
in Scotland 216
in Wales
in Ireland

Which gives for England about one for every 3,500
for Wales one for every
And for Scotland and Ireland one for every 10,000
Of the 3,156 debtors confined in Great Britain,
there bad been, on the 29th April alluded to, in
prison, for periods less than six months 2,429
For periods exceeding six months, and less than
twelre months
From one to two years
From two to three years

From three to four years
For longer periods than four years lO4
Of the same debtors there had been imprisoned,
For ionic less then 20/ 931
For sums less than 601.
For sums less than 100/.
For 1001. and upwards
Of the Nix hundred and sixty-four Irish debtors, very
nearly five hundred Were confined for sums under 20/.
The total number of debtors confined in the different
prisons of the Metropolis and its immediate vicinity,
amounted, on the day before-mentioned, to eighteen hundred
and thirty-eight, which were distributed as follows :
Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex 519
The Fleet.
ne
iln "ernCgoemr-plate7, SC:uutnhtu arm
y,G 15aol
Borough
King's Bench
Marshalsea ......................................... 103

This is a lamentable picture, and affords a vast
field for consideration both to the Moralist and
the Legislator. It is not a little degrading too
to England, possessed as she is of so much
greater wealth than Scotland or Ireland, to find
that her Gaols contain a proportion of Debtors,
nearly three times larger in reference to her popu-
lation, than the Gaols of those parts of the
United Kingdom.

New Orleans Papers to the 15th February have been re-
ceived at the North and South American Coffee-House ;
they contain advices from Key West, to the 6th of that
mouth ; up to which time no action had taken place be-
tween the Spanish and American squadrons. Commodore
PORTER remained at Key West with the frigate Libertad,
and he had lately been joined by two brigs under the
Mexican flag. Commodore LABORDE Was cruizing off and
aopnp‘rvelenin itihfisvoes of an attack w
frigates
andtWoelirlewps of war, but had no
entertained at Key Nest.
Thus fell to the ground all the stories abouth the fight be.
tween POR7ER and LABORDE. PORTER s gnu brigs sail
from and return to Key west at pleasure, as there are six
channels for small vessels between the reefs, oue of the
brigs alone had taken nine vessels from the Spaniards with-
in two or three weeks. The prize goods are easily dig_
rased of among the small craft plying among the Keys,
along the Florida coast. So far from Commodore Pon-
Tim feeling anywise uneasy in hie present anchorage, lie
appears to think it the best possible position for destroying
the trade of his enemies. It is perceived that the people of
Key West will in their turn feather their nest, should
many prizes continue to be made from the Spaniards.

Mr. CHARLES GRANT brought up last night
the Corn Bill, founded on the Resolutions which
had been before agreed to, and it was read a first
time, and ordered to be read a second time on
Monday next, without any discussion whatever.
We hope, therefore, that all opposition to the
principle of the measure has expended itself in
the Commons, and that the Bill will pass the
House before Easter. It is understood that
the House of Peers will not proceed to the
consideration of the Bill till after the recess.—
This, however, will not interfere with ita

operation, which is not to take effect till after
the 15th May. A clause containing a very
beneficial regulation has been introduced into this
Bill. It enacts, that at the end of every month,
a return should be inserted in the Gazcltc, of

the amount of Foreign Corn imported and ware-
housed in the course of that month. The stock
on hand will thus at all times be known, and the
markets and importation be regulated accordingly.
Another Bill is to be introduced for regulating
the weekly averages.

The various rumours which are in circulation
to-day, connected with the formation of the Mi-
nistry, are entirely destitute of foundation. It is
expected that his MAJESTY will be in town
next week, and that till then no arrangements
will be made.

There is a report in the City that two Spanish
Officers, belonging to the Army of Observation,
have come over to this country with certain pro-
positions to our Ministers for the re-establish-
ment of the former Constitution, provided we
give them assistance.

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY).

CITY, Twelve o' Clock.

Consols closed yesterday at 82i 4, but were done in the
Alley at 82 ; this morning they opened at 821 -a, and
advanced to 851 i both for money and account, and 821
for next time ; India Bonds, 61 3 ; Exchequer Bill*, 41
42 pm.

Three per Cent. Consols, 821 1; Ditto for account,
82 ; India Bonds, 61 3 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 41 2 pm.
FOREIGN Futms.---Brazilian, 65 6 ; Buenos Ayres,
52 3 ; Chilien, 35 6 ; Colombian, 1824, 40 Danish,
61i ; Greek, 154 164 ; Mexican 5 per Cent. 574 84;
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 704 ; Peruvian, 34 5 ; Portuguese,
754 ; Russian, 87i 8; Spanish, 12i #.
Mixits.—Angles Mexican, 40 die. ; Brazilian, 2 3
pm. ; Bolivar, par ; Colombian, 15 17 per Share; Pasco
Peruvian, 17 16 dis.; Potosi, 28 30 per Share ; Real
del Monte, 70 80 pm. ; Tlalpuxahua, 20 25 pm. ; United
Mexican, 134 12i die.

Two o' Cloak•

Consols are steady at 82k. Soma purchases effected
this morning on Colombian Bonds have tended to the sup-
port of the present price, but every symptom portends a
fall in this security ; there is no money at Certhagena to
be sent here for dividends, and such is the scarcity at that
place, that the exchange on the country has lately risen
30 per Cent.

THREE O'CLOCK

Consols, 82-i f. --
FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES.
Consols 82/ Danish Bonds 614
Do. for Ac. 82/ Greek Do. 1825, 15i
Brazilian Bonds 67 Mexican Do. 1825, '7oi
Buenos Ayres Do. 57 Peruvian Do.
Chilian Do. 36 Russian Do. 88
Columbian, 1824, 4O Spanish Do. 121

ELECTION COMMITTEE.-(THIS DAY.)

DUBLIN.

Several witnesses deposed that they received compensa-
tion for voting for Colonel White.
Mr. Owen, a Solicitor, saw. Father Killian at the bust-
inge during the election—saw him several times hold his
hands up, and form a sign of the cross with his fingers, (at
little boys make rabbits on a wall,) as the freeholders came up to
vote ; he used sometimes tofrown and make gestures symboli-
cal of the cross. Witness saw Father Kelly holding a book in his
hand, which appeared to him to be a prayer-book, for it had a
picture of the crucifix in the beginning of it; and as the
freeholders came up in Colonel White's tally, the Rev.
Father used to hold the picture up to their view ; he held
it also up to one man man in. Mr. Hamilton', tally ; as a
voter had been turning hie back, Father Kelly called eut to
him to look at the picture, and remember it.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.--{THIS DAY.)

ROUST: OF LORDS.-APPEALS.
VERNON O. THE EARL OF EGMONT.

This was a bill filed by the respondent, in 1829, against
the appellant, praying that an account might be taken of
the personal estates and effects of the late Earl of Egmont,
then deceased, who, by his will, gave the residue
of his estate to the respondent, and appointed the
appellant his executor. To this bill the appellant
put in answer, stating a notice from Messrs. Morton and
Redick of an assignment by the. respondent to them of the
residue of the testator's estate, and that the teatatt being
tenant for life of large estates, with remainder to the re-
spondent in tail, had executed leases not in confor-
mity with his power, which leases the respondent
intended to avoid. In 1824 the cause came on to
be heard before the Master of the Rolls, who having
heard arguments on both sides, desired amongst other
thing; that it be referred to the Master to carry on the
account of the testator's estate, and so much as he should
find due to Morton and Rodiek from the respondent, should
be paid to them, and that the residue thereof should be paid
to the respondent, without making a provision for the pro-
tection of the appellant against the claims of the lessees,
under leases granted by the testator, who if evicted by the
respondent, might have claims against the personal estate.
Against this decree, an appeal was lodged in the House of
Lords, which came on to be argued this day.
Messrs. SI-lADWELL and PEMBERTON on behalf of the
appellant contended, that as the Lessees under the leases in
evicted by the respondent, and conse-
covenant against the appellant, as
gqiume
ns ttiioyn
branu ggh
actionst l e c
of
the personal representative of the Lessor, the Court ought
not to interpose, and take all the assets out of the hands of
the executor, without an indemnity from the respondent,
thereby leaving the executor exposed to legal demands,
against which he would have to protect himself at his own
expense by suits in Equity.
Messrs. HORN]. and Russiti. were heard on behalf the
respondent. Judgment was deferred till a future day.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
BANKRUPT PETITION.
cussz V. BARR ♦ND OMER&

The principal point involved in this petition was whe-
ther it was legal for the creditors of a bankrupt to sign his
certificate, before he had passed his final examination.
The petition prayed that the certificate of the bankrupt,
who was an attorney residing at Warminster, be sent back
to the Commissioners, on the ground that it had been im-
properly granted.
In support of the petitioner, it was, among other things,
urged, that tho certificate had been signed by several cre-
ditors, before the bankrupt had passed his final examination.
The VICE-.CHANCELLOR was decidedly of opinion, that
such a practice was illegal, and that the certificate ought
therefore to be tient back.