Star.
London, England, 1829-09-14 00:00:00

RIO DR JANEIRO.
From the Diario Fluminense.

JULY 2.—ln the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on the 27th
of June, the Archbishop 14 Bahia proposed the erection of three
new Bishoprics in the Empire of Brazil :—" Divided," said he,
" into eighteen provinces, each of which is larger than the greatest
kingdoms in Europe, with a population of four millions of inhabit
ants, disseminated and dispersed in places extremely remote from
each other, and with great difficulties of communication, our Em-
pire has hardly nine Bishoprics; while the little kingdom of Por-
tugal, with three millions of inhabitants, has three metropolitan
and fourteen suffragan Bishops." The Archbishop proposed the
erection of three new Dioceses ;—viz. Cera, St. Pedro de Sal, and
Minas Genes.

JULY a and 9.—The Diario published officially the Treaty of
Commerce between Brazil and the United States of North Ame-
rica, with the date of 12 Dec. 1828.
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In the Chamber of Senators, on the 4th July, Senor Verqueira
made a speech observing the necessity for a law relative to the
marriage contract. As long as the Catholic Religion was exclu-
sively recognised, it was natural that it would be required to be
solemnized as prescribed by that religion ; but now that the Con-
stitution tolerates all religion, a new law is requisite. He there-
fore read a project of law on the civil celebration of marriage, of
which the following are the first two articles :
Article I.—Marriages contracted according to the present law
shall have the same civil efficacy as those contracted according to
the canon law, adopted in the empire.
Article 4.—A marriage is valid if contracted in the presence of
the Justice of Peace of the district of one of the contracting par-
ties, or of another Justice of Peace specially authorised by the
Government, and the President of the Province and of his Secre-
tary—the latter putting the contract in writing—unless there are
any of the legal impediments stated below.
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Among these Impedimenta are—The male being under 14, or
the female under 12 years of age ; want of the consent of the
father, or of the guardian and mother jointly, when the parties
are under 21 years of age. Certain degrees of consanguinity.
CITY. TweLvs o'CLocx.

Consols opened this morning at the same price they kft of on
Saturday. 88j 89, for the account, and 881 I for money ; and up
to the present hour no business is going forward of the least im-
portance. The foreign market is also in a state of stagnation, and
the prices are nominal.

CITY, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.

Consols have continued ihe w hole of the morning at the ume
price they opened, at 811 i 89 for the Account ; and the only dif-
ference is at present, that there am buyers for Money at 8111 instead
of sellers.

This morning the Earl of ROSSLYN transacted busi-
ness with Mr. BACKHOUSE, at the Foreing Office.
Halifax Papers have been received at the North and
South American Coffee-house, to the 23d August. His
Excellency Sir PEREGRINE and Lady MAITLAND re-
turned to town on Tuesday, from their visit to Prince
Edward's Island.

ST. JOHN'S, NEW BRUNSWICK, AUG. 14.—1 t is
confidently smed that his Excellency Sir H. DoroLAs
will return to the government of this province early
next spring.
Accounts from Colombia state, that the Colombian
forces were drawing themselves around Guyaquil, which
place was expected soon to surrender. Every necessary
preparation was making to dispatch the Colombian fleet
to the Pacific.

The New York Gazette states that the amount of ditty
secured at the Custom-house in that city, for the month
of July, is upwards of 1,200,000 dollars ; daring the
month of June it was upwards of 1,800,000 dollars; and
the amount secured for the last five months exceeds six
millions; full equal to the amount bonded last year dur-
ing the same months. _ _

A private letter from Madrid, 31st August, states that
it was expected, that on the landing of the Havannah
expedition in Mexico, they would have the co-operation
of Generals SANTANA' GAZA, and ARMIGO. GAZA
was the person who had ITURBIDE shot. The same
letter also states that the Duke of WELLINGTON has
sent to the Spanish Government the list of officers im-
pugned, and those who have served in the army of the
faith, who are supposed to be in connection with the
emigrants in London to bring about a revolution in the
peninsula.
A person is going about the Continent with forged
letters of credit; at the same time he has a co-partner in
London who regulariy sends, through the General Post
Office, the letters of advice. These letters are purporting
to come from London bankers. The following is an ex-
tract from a letter from one of the first bankers at Paris :
--" We sent you yesterday the copy of a letter apparently
signed by Messrs. BARNETT, HOKE, and Co. requesting
you would ascertain whether they had any knowledge of
the individual described as Sir H. FREEMANTLE therein
mentioned : as Messrs. BARNETT, &c. refuse to accept
the draft drawn upon them by that individual, we have
no doubt that both the letter of credit and letter of ad-
vice are forged by a person well acquainted with the
establishment of these Gentlemen. We inclose you the
letter of advice, in hopes it may lead to the discovery of
its author, and that it will put Messrs, BARNETT and
Hoax on their rani against similar forgeries upon the
correspondents.' The individual representing himself
as Sir H. PIIBEIIANTLI was a few days ago at Lille,
where he obtained cash from several bankers against his
drafts on us.