Star.
London, England, 1824-01-22 00:00:00

PROM THE Af4INITZUft.
PO'S JANUARY W.
private later him Ito de Janeiro, dated the 25th
November, contains the following! • * .
"-A dispatch from Comte de Subserra to Comte de
Rio. Major, publiShed here, induces us to think that the
King of .POttugal persists in believing that Brazil
does not desire to be separated from the mother coun-
try ; and the recent conduct of the Emperor himself
renders his attachment to the cause of-Brazilian inde.
peadence doubtful. Since the last changes in this Colony,
tranquillity has been much disturbed; and we wait with
anxiety intelligence from the other provinces."
[Here fallow the names of the Ministers, and the letter adds
" All the Ministers are Brazilians."]
To-morrow being the anniversary of the death of his
.late Majesty, a solemn service will be performed at the
Church of Notre Dame ; and service will be celebrated
in all the other Churches of the capital. The Exchange,
Theatres, and Public Offices will be closed.

TUNIS, NOVEMBEII 15.
Colonel Ponsouby has recently arrived here, to de-
mand the Greeks who had been taken on board an
English vessel, but the Bey has refused, on the ground
that the treaty agreed upon with Lord Exmouth only
related to European slaves, and not to the prisoners of
the Grand Seignior. The Bey has presented the Vice-
Consul with a fine horse, and Colonel Ponsunby has re-
turned without obtaining his object.
There is now in our Roads a Swedish vessel,, which
brings Greek prisoners.
The Swedish Consul has received positive instruc-
tions, and a penal law against Swedish subjects, who
will be treated as slaves.
At Tripoli, all the Greek slaves have been liberated.

PARIS, JANUARY 21.
His Majesty heard Mass in his apartments. Prince
Carignan dined with the King 'and Royal Family. This
Prince will soon depart for Turin. There pass daily
through Pau convoys of artillery, on their way io Tou-
louse. The Gazette of Augsburg announces, that the
Sultan shews great respect to Lord Strangford, and has
shewn to him a superb present of diamonds, which he
received from the Pacha of Egypt.
An insurrection of the Students of Halle has takes
place; some of them were arrested by an order of the
Minister.

A Royal Decree, signed Ballasteros, has been issued .
at the Palace of Madrid, dated the sth January, stating
that the King is determined to employ all means in his
power to remedy the 'evils arising from various causes,
acid to prepare for the future great amendments. Spain,
naturally fertile, and advantageously placed for com-
merce with all nations, ought to be more licit and
more numerous in population. It states that the King
has resolved to create a Junta, composed of persons
of zeal for the good of the country, which shall
pay strict attention in regard to the public wealth and
commerce ; this Junta shall also examine all the laws,
and propose to the King the means which may contri-
bute to augment the territorial produce and industry, of
the arts, commerce, and navigation ; they shall also
examine if it shall be necessary to establish, a general
Junta for commerce and produce born the mines.
LISBON, DECEMBER 28.
Our commerce to the Brazils has received the last
death blow ; Cochrane has taken seven of our ships.

By the arrival of a Brazil Mail, we have Papers from
Rio de Janeiro, from the 20th to the 25th of November;
but the Journals horn the 23d October to the 19th No-
vember have not reached us. Whether it is from the want
of the latter Papers, or from the studied silence of the
others, we know not; but they do not sufficiently clear
op the recent conduct of the Eatrertort, as stated on the
authority of letters from Rio de J.treiro of the 27th of
November, given in the STAR of Saturday. No men-
don is made of the dissolution of the Congress in these
Journals; but there appears to have been at least two,
if not three changei in the Ministry.
In the Paper of the 22d of November, the Minis.
ter of Finance, who had only received his appoint-
ment on the 10th of that month, is given leave to
resign his office; and on the 25th there is a decree
which displaces PEDRO JOSE DA COSTA BANOS from
the office of Minister of Marine, to which he had been
appointed by the Decree of the 221 We have also
another Decree, which orders the Intehdant-General of
Police to embark for Europe, and passes sentence of.
deportation against some other individuals stated to be
in confinement. The Minister to whom the duty of
executing these orders is consigned, is enjoined to use
the utmost vigilance in carrying them into effect, as the
" safety and tranquillity of the capital demand it."
Vague as these accounts are, and unacquainted as we
are with the character of the individuals appointed as
Ministers, it is difficult to know the exact motives of
the Emperor. Many of our contemporaries will not
hesitate to assert that the object is to secure Brazil to
Portugal; but it is to be recollected that there is a
strong party, if not actually at Rio de Janeiro, in other
parts of the Empire, who view a•monarchical Govern-
ment with jealousy, and are anxious to form a Repub-
ilic in imitation of the neighbouring States.
In the absence of more detailed accounts, we will not
pretend to say against what party the decrees of the
Emperor are directed ; but it is very evident that the
indecision he has manifested in changing the Ministers
so often, and the absolute manner in which he has ba-
nished others, are measures little calculated to ensure
that tranquillity which is their avowed object.
should the Brazilians declare for a Republic, which
we doubt not they will do, if it is attempted to bring
them again under the yoke of Portugal, the whole of
the South American continent will *form one common
bond of union, one gravid federation, which, with the
assistance of the United States (and they will have that