Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-02-20

for, we perceive tina Ministers are at len r;t
reused to sense Of the dangerous state to which,
their pacific system has reduced the country
BY the dispatch of our Consuls to South Ameri-
ca, who were expected to sail from Portsmouth
yesterday, it is plain that Ministers mean 10
make a stand on the South American question
and we think it no less plain, that If thew do.
Russia will urge on France to threaten Ireland
fromFerrol or the Tagus. Had half the money
which had been expended by this country on
warike preparations since the surrender of Ca
dLn, been six months precious, employed in aid of
the Spaniards, all this prospective but real dam
ger, would never have appeared above the polti-
cal horizon.
Lord Cochrane, it seems, is efcctinr much
towards consolidating the separation of the
Brazhs from Portugal Accounts received yes
to-day by the Chichester packet from Rio de
.janeiro, of the date Ofthe 18th OF October state
that his Lorlshp has captured the city and port
of Maranham; we believe the only remaining
settlement ofthe Portuguese on that coast. In
consequence oftlis success, great rejoicings have
beOn at RIO and the emperor has conferred on
his Lordship the title of Marquis of .Marunlum,
and ON his Lady the distinction of a Donna de
Page to the Empress.
The Spaniards are tillharping upon their posses.
sonsin the transatlantic Continent. In anarticle
IN the yMirid Gazette ola late date they assert the
sovereignty DE frto, of their ancient possessions
The King OF Portugal having lately sent an En-,
voy to Rio to try to bring back Brazil to his al
1egiance, the Imperial government oe Brazil re-
fused to treat with the Envoy, unless he came
prepared in the first instance to acknowledge the
sovereignty AMI independence OF the Brazil En-
pirc. The Envoy was not even allowed to de-
liver or land the letters which he brought from
his royal master to his SON ana daughter, their
imperial MajeStics of the Brazils.
IIna since, his arrival in England has adj
'tressed a letter to Mr.. Canning, characterized
by great elevation of sentiment, in which he al
ludes in the most affecting manner to the fate OF
hiB unfortunate country.
The Spanish Committee have addressed let
terto Nina, with tender of five hundred pounds,
for his own immediate use, or in any way this
exemplary and most chivalrous patriot may sug-
gest.
On Friday, the gentlemen appointed to be
Con,uls, at South America, transacted business
at the Foreign Office, and received their final
instructions from Mr.. Pianta, the Under Secre-
tary OF State, in the absence of Mr.. Secretary
Canning, who is confined to his house with an at
tack the govt. The gentlemen left town for
Portsmouth on Friday night, and were to sail
yesterday OH board his Majesty's ship the Cam
bridge. Orders were sent from London on
Wednesday night, for the Cambridge to be in
perfect readiness for sailing, that no delay might
happen to the ship sailing as soon as the Consuls
were on board, and every thing of Importance
relative to their special missions. The Cc~suls
General for Buenos Ayres, Chill, and '.:ru
viz. Messrs. Parish, Nugem, and Rowcroft, had
an interview on Thursday with Mr.. Secretary
Canning, at Gloucester Lodge, preparatory to
their departure.