Star.
London, England, 1826-08-28 00:00:00

BRAZIL PAPERS.

RIO JANEIRO, JANEIRO, Jan 10.

Arrived. today the Datch schooner Alliance, from
Monte-Video, with letters from that province to' the
28th of May, which state that news h .d been received
there from Colonia by. land. of the entire destruction
of the naval force of the united provinces of Rio de la
Plata by oar squadron is sight of that fortress. We do
not know the particulars or this action., nor whither
our Government has received them ; hut, considering
the respectability of the house Wt has the letter to
which we refer, we do trot tti credit this agree'
able news. The battle was 4egati by the brave Adrisiral
Pinto Guedes: Vice-Admiral Lobo was abOard a ship
at Monte-Video, hot daring to land, it is said. for 'fear
of being insulted by the populace. Ile was endeavouy-
ing to obtain leave tor to Rio G-rinde for his health,
but it was thought he would be sent hither to answer
for his conduct. We are informedthat Admiral Pinto
Guedes sends six officers and cottimanchrs, who hare
been made prisoners, to this thy.
t 12th.-,-The Diari. commences the publication of
the debates of the Chamber of Deputies; the editors soy
they have not been able to procure a reporter for the
proceedings of the other Chambers.
In the sittings of the Sh of June, a report was read
from the committee of commerce, agricuttine, manu-
factures, and navigation, rejecting the proposal pre-
sented by Senhor Cunha Maws, to oblige the Govern-
ment and the religious bodies to consume articles ma-
nufactured in the empire. Alter an animated debate, the
opinion of the committee was approved, and the project
of Senhor Mottos rejected.
iStb.—Tbe Diarie contains the treaty between Prance and &awl
10th.—A long debate arose on a motion of Senhor
Lino Coutinha, that when any reglementary law was
discussed, the debate should be continued three hOurs
without interruption, and thot there should be two ex-
traordinary sittings every week.- Many members
thought the fatigue would- be too great 'if the propoial
were adopted, and various modifications were proposed :
others said, that the deputies were sent there to labour
for the public good, and not to consult their own con-
venience. It was resolved that these should not be any
regular extraordinary sittings, but that the ordinary
sittings should be lengthened an hour daily, and con.
tame from nine to twelves that there might be an ex-
traordinary sitting if a member of the Chamber
should require it.
12th.—A great debate took place in consequence of
a message from the Minister of the Interior to one
which the Chamberhad sent to him, desiring to have a
statement of the affairs of this department. He replied,
that according to the constitution he thought he was not
obliged to give those accounts except on the death of
the Sovereign or the vacancy of tire throne. The corn-
mime appointed to report on this answer are of opinion
that the Minkt-r should be informed the Chamber did
not want to examine the past administration, but only
asked a general account of his department, to be able
to deliberate for the public goo.': The subject was
continued on the sitting of the 14th of June, in which
Venguiero proposed that Ministers should be .t.ked for
information on various subjects—agi iculture, popula-
tion, internal and foreign commerce, manufactures,
public works, &c. whether the constitution had been
strictly observed ; if individual guarantees had been
suspended; the measures taken by the Ministers incon-
sequence of the suspensions, tee. The proposal was re-
ferred to the committee of the constitution, with Aut.
dons to report, if possible, the same day. :
16th.—Senhor Mottos said he had received inform&
don of the scandalous atrocities practised towards the
militia in the province of Minas Geraes, that they had
been summoned to attend the procession of Corpus
Christi, and in the act itself had been seized and put
in irons, and in this manner came to Rio de Janeiro. It
was resolved to send a message to the Government on
the subject. In the following sitting an answer from
the Minister of War informed the Chamber, that he
bad already dispatched orders to inquire into so great
an ' abuse, in order to communicate the result to
the Chamber.

Demerara Papers have been received to the Ist of
July inclusive ; their contents are wholly unimportant,
except that a forgery to a considerable extent has
been committed in that colony on the colonial paper.
The Barbadoes Paper, the Colonise, asserts, that the
Spanish Island of Porto Rico is garrisoned by French
troops, and that a great proportion of the troops at
Cuba are also French.

We have received private letters from Monte Video
of the 15th of June. His Majesty's ship Doan re.
turned there on the 11th from a cruise of sixteen days
off the mouth of that river. The commercial accounts
speak of the advantages derived by the Treaty between
England and Rio by the English merchants over those
of America. who paid a higher duty, arid consequently
the British trader was enabled to undersell his rival
very considerably.
The Tyrolese, in one of their insurrections, in 18,09,
took fifteen Bavarian horses, they mounted dr m with
as many of their men ; but in a rencontre with the Re.
giment of Buhenhoven, when thrbe horses heard the
trumpet, and recognised the uniform of the Regius:or,
they set off at full gallop. and carried their riders, in
,pate of all their efforts, Into the Bavarian rank., where
they Were soon made prisoners.