London, Friday, January 2...
The Times, 1824-01-23T00:00:00

B-r zil palpers anid letters have been received by the Creole frigate to the 26th of November. They present a mass of iU.eldents showing thc Governmrent to be in a restless state; but whert it will emerge itnto tranquillity and order, it is difficult to tresce. High official persons are banished to Europe WitLh stroke of the pen; and Ministers are inees- saily changing: all these circulmstanees indicate a crisis, to the termination if which we look with some interest. *e suhjoin a detailkl account On the evening o thel 0th of November, the city of Rio was thrown into a sttte of general alsrm and confusion, by the arrival at the barnacks of an order from the E.rPERoR, for the immediate marca of the troops to his Quinta, or Pa- lace. The reason circalited on the following morning tor this mnovement of the trcops was) that the REtPEitOR had discovered fhat his old rlmrhe Minister, Josp BOXIFACTO DI ATNDnRADR, had been tampering with the solaieryr, ahd endeavouriiig to bring some of themn over to his llarty-Wtn explanation which was consileea tpoba'ble, as the party was possessedofgreatinifuerce. On the 11th, the Cortes, alarmed atthe ExtrrRAoit's order, tent a message to him td learitwhy the troops remained underzirms; but no satisfactory-ans*er was returned, and the menijers 4xt consequence remainedl all night in the AssenrWy-hoise. lhen the morning of the 12th broke, anxiety was delicted in the countenance of every one; crowds were collectel in the streets to learn the result, but aU business was suspelded, and the shops re- inained closed. About noon, hoWveer, a body of troops marched into the city, and surroundxd the house in which the deputies were deliberating, poilitag directly towards the building several field-pieces whiclS they brought with them. A number of' officers then enttred, dlissolved the Cortes in the iname of the EMPEiRo, aiiL made prisoners of the following members :-ANTONIO, CA\ LOS MtARTINS, FRANCISCO (brother to BONIFACIO Di ANDt.DE), MON- TEZUXA, and LAICH&. They were marchel across the Palace-square, put into a boat, and conveyed b the Ilha' des Cobras. Shortly afterwards the EmpERRonmade his appearance, and paraded through the principal s&eets. It wouldi appear, however, that his proceedings,\ up to this period at least, were not unpopular ivith le in- hiabitants. He was every wihere received wvitli ap- plause, and in the evening a general iltimin5fion took place. JosE BONIFACIO, the member suspecerd of tam- peri,gj witF t ssoldiery; haid left -the hotise prevloiis to the arrival of the troops, but he -was arrested in- the course of the evening. In the private ciCles, where meni could venture to. express their sentiments, the conduct of the EMIPERoR was severely censured by ihe English resi- dents and the more respectable Brazilians, as they feared it woul(d be productive of disturbances in the provinces. On the 14th, an embargo was laid on the shippinig in the har. bour of Rio, which continued till the 21st, wheni the Laeo- nia transport, on-board of which the six arrested deputies and their families lhad been placed, sailed wvith sealed orders not to be opened till her arrivat in a certain laiitude. As this vessel had been supplied wvitlh provisions for five months, her destination, which was given out to be Havre de Grace, was generally, supposed to be some far more dis- tant port; and some of the conjectures name that of Goa, in the East Ind!ies. The departure of the lemocratic members was followed by a proclamation from the Minister of Po- lice, affixed in all the public stieets, offering a reward of 400 milreas (about 1001.) to any person who would enable him to prosecute to eonviction the authors of certain placards reflecting on the recent conduct I of' the Government; offlering, at the same time, to conceal the names of the informers, and to observe strict secrecy in the prosecution. This proclamation had struck inore alarm into the inhabitants than any other act of the I EirPEROR: in a country where for a small bribe persons could be found'ready to swear any thing. no one felt him- self secure against a secret prosecutiort. Oa the day after this proclamation the only public journal which remainedl in opposition to the Government, gave notice that the pub- lication could no longer be continued. It was not till the l2 tli that the troops arrived from the cantonments at St. Christovao, in which they had been placed by the EMn's- Roa s order. Amidst all the events above related, nothing had occurred wvhich couldI denote to wlhat the future views of the EM'PnEoR tended; and the only circumstance whlichl could warrant the suspicion of a secret design to effect a re-union with Portugal, was his having receive(I from the i in, of FR. NCE the grand crosses of the Holy Ghost and of St. MIichael, addressed to him as "Prince Regent qf ;PORTUGAL," and these decorations, though he hald not ventured to exhibit them in public, he was understood to have accepted. Intelligence was received at Rio on the 22d of Novein- ber, of the taking of Mlonte Video by the Brazilian troops. WVith the letters by the Creole, we have received a copy of th1e financial CXJpos6 of GAMA, the Minister for that de- partment before the recent change, but we understand that all his views on that subject have been adoptedl by his suc- cesssr. VVe shall give an abstract of tllis locument to- morrow. LL/NDOAT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1824.