We have received the Rio ...
The Times, 1824-11-16T00:00:00

We have receivedi the Rio Janeiro paper enititled 0 Spec- tador Bra sileh-o to the 24th of September. They colltain notlhiig important, except somne intelligence concerning Pernamsbuco, Which -v;e were enabled formerly to commu- nicate. It is stated in one of them, that the Brazil Cottsul at Bordeaux had been acknowledged by thie Prench Goverti- ment, and allowetl to place the impt-rial arms of his Brazilian Majesty at his door. rhis fact is not affirmed positively, but if true, it is said by the Brazilian editor to be a virtual recognition.of thie independenice of Brazil. t3y the Joe6 Yes, arrivedi at l,iverpool from New York, papers to thle 24thl -nult. have beeni received. They give no later intelligenlce fronm Peru or Mexico than had previously reached this counitry. Accounts re- ceived atCeharleston fromn }iavanrah to tlhe 'it]l ult., mnelntion the arrival thlere of the schiooner United States, after having conveyed the widlow and two sons of Iturbide from Mlexico to Louisiana. This explains, perhaps, the cause of the re- mittanec having coui' from IHavanialt for the maintenanlce of Iturbirfe's ehildren, to which we alluded in another pa- ragraph. Previous to the 4th ult, two transports had ar- rivesi at EIavannah, in 33 dtays firom St. Juani de Ulloa, witlh 169 Spanish troops; on boardl. A rumour got inlto circulation yesterday, that Iturbide was alive, an(dconceaied in some part of Mexico ! It is only worth allu(ling to as a specimen of thcfabrications re- sorted to under the mnaniia for sDeculation in the securities of that country anid of the Soutli American securities, for the purpose of working on the fears of the holdlers. The -only fouindlation for it is the fact, that an order has been sent to this countrv from Havannlal for the payment of a sum of 'money to a gentleman who formerly acted as agent to Iturbide, which money is renmitted for the maintenance an(l education of those clhildlren he left in Englaned when he embarkleti on his'ill-fated expedition. No intimation of his having escaped the fatesowell known to havelbefallenbim was cdnveyed by this order; but circumstaneesof that nature were easily supplied by those wlhose views it suited to put a rumour to that efirct into circulation. To give some colour to their belief in the story, policies were opened, en- gaging, on receipt of five guineas, to return 1001. if Iturbide should prove to be actually living. Trhe confidence with which3 these policies were entered into soon spread the false alarm they wvere intended to conivy, and(I produced a dle- pression in the stock. 'The whole adeds another useful les- SOnI to those who have property at stake, respecting the species of manceuvring resorted to by artful andtt interested speculators. BY the DoVe, from Bulenlos Ayres, letters to the 7tlh of September were received yesterday. a No later intelli-trce from the seat of war in Lower Peru has been ebtainel by this arrival, the comnmnunication with that quarter and with Cfhile having been interrupted by the snowvs of the mouni- tainous districts. The winter had continiued to a later periodl than usual, and1 lhad proved very severe. Some de- tails are given in the papers iunder date of tho 19Lh of July from Cotuigarta, of skirmishings between the dissentient Royalists Chliefs, but so unintelligibly told as to convey nio additional information. It wou-ltl be uscless, therefore, to perplex our readers with them. ,BuRTED FORLST.-At Lawrence-park, four miles be- yond Linlithgow, there i8 a piece of ground lowerhtlaan the adjoining country, and covered with moss, but tolerablydry,which the ropric- tor has opened with the view of forining a pond. Abrout tfour feet under the surface a great number of large trees have been discovered, wlhich the country people have pronounced to be oak * the wood is still fresh and fit for use; and there has also been found strewed upon the soil among the trees, a vast quantity oft nuts, con- ceiyel to be those of the hazel. Thev are quity empty, but have preserved their torm very perfectly. It is much to be wishedl that this curious deposit were examinedi by some well-in. formed geologiat, who would be able to note ficts anti circunistances which escape a common observer. It is, fbr instance, of much im- portance to know, whether the trees lie confusedly in all directions with roots some higher some lower in the soil. This would indicate that successive f'orests have grown up and fallen to the ground, one after another, from natural decay or commaon accidents. But if the tops of these trees all point in one dirertion, this would shorw that the forest had been levelled at once by some great ca- tastrophe, siuchI as a sudded irruption of' vast currentb of water.- C'akedOstn71 Mercury. Ayi.Esnusty, Iov. 13.-The national scliool for the in- struction of female children, tvhich has becii carried on for teven vears in thtis town, is abeut to be discontinued. The reason al- leged, on thme part of the ladies who patronized it, for the discontinu. ance is, we understand, that it has not been found to preduce those beneficial ell'ects which were contemplhted on its establishment. A Sunday school is to be established in its stead.-Cortdy Chrotticle. MmaDeRi ATr MIL.NTrHORPE.-The fe'ndal Gazette of Saturday last says, that neighbourhood has been thrown into confu. sion by one of the most iilnuman murders that has been recently heard of. 'The whole orthe last week has been spent in investigating the matter closely. The person nmurdered was a single man, nanmed Jarxes *Vilson, by trade a cooper. He was found about noon on Saturday last, in his room, witli his skull fraclured in a shocking manner, and beat almost to pieces; a quanti,y of blood was upon the wall, and report says, the print ot a bloody handt It seents, after the nruyler; to conceal the act, the villain or villains had set fire to the bed In whichi the murdered man lay; the, fire had not made much progress, yet his feet and legs were burnt too shocking to describe. It was the fire that led the neighbours to break into tIle house, when the awful spectacle presented itself, of one of their ac- quaintances lying with his head crushed, and his lower extremities in the very act of roasting. Every exertion is makihg to bring the murderer or mtrderers to justice. The ,Jury, after sitting.front day to day, returned a verdict of " Wilful ulitrdtr against somn p'erson or persons unknown." StiocxiNG AccIsExNT.-Ol Saturday afternoon, while several bricklayers were employed in building up the tbundations of two heuses in Bell-yard, Doctors' Commons, on the site of three or four small tenementa which wete burnt down about a twelvemontlh ago, an old boundary wall adjoining thereto, aad against which the old materials werc piled, suddenly gave way, anid falling towards the workmen, beat down several hiavy massesof wood, which., with the rubbish of the wall, fell in among them. Promptassistance was procured. and the inen having been extricated, it was ascertained that fourof them had received sovere bruises, one of whom lies at the present time in a very precarious state. The accident is attri- buted to the weight of tile materials having pressed too hacvily against the wall, aind thusoccasioned.its fall. oin the evening of Satur(lay last, ani act of the 'nost ex- traortlin;ary and revolting- description was committed by a married womsan, residing in Artlhur-street. Having been delivered of a child, withoui help, she placed the child upon a blazing tire, which consumned it to ashes. Mhe case lias undergone investigation, and a policeman has been constantly stationed In the woman's house, as a security agalihst herescaping; burfron aUl that has tratrspired,there is reason to presume that the chihl was dead born; and, according to the woman's ownastatemoat, she resorted to cremation, to save the lasti and exeflse of-a burlal.-SMOUrnaMt. Bettvedn l'O aiul II o'clock on Tuesday night, a layge six sturi building, jiUtaied in Sidniey-street, rind occupied as asnuD.. Jaiill andjcQot:o. wprk, Was obgerved to be.rn fire in tIre first floor. Thleengine.i W 'e taker to the spot with the usual-despatch, but as tilere was PA 8trong 'seuth-:e st wind 'at the time, to vwhich the broad- Msideof gjt bding wgs fully exposed, the flames spread firom' flrt 'io flat w4pa6tonisbing rapidlity,, and ,ill the exertions made to ar. iest ibeir desc uettve protresa were totally unavailimpg. Before 12 hlic r4fI fl ln' w ith a friglitful erasl ; fragrnients of blazing joists wci6-to2sed,UO, ili tie 'air, rnd a lareq volume of flame rose to a greaftieight 'whlli' avca a: wfal iliumlatitn to.that quatter of the 6ity. By th-e exertions of th?firegien, ntlf flames were conflned to the bssidir In. frar wchi they orighited.' Largeportions'of tbewalls fell duirinig- thbe,gh`,oand ysterday"'fotenoon 'a nitrmber of men. were esployed an taking- dovinjht part0'tiatremained standing-. Glawow Chlroyrze. ' . !t -.. AXout'obe'i o etek on Wtleddcsday riproing last, a large Partyotniscreonts, a a arct unk'nomi is~brotie into tireho'asc of one lMiorriYsy wh~o ives: ~n prt:tlE'Jand S ' i)ry'Gony, conIsty Tipperary pato Aalcette'ofEice'trg?iRobbSf,' Esq., pof Hymnenstown, .an~ carrier WIiJ*,diiugli4ti~; r~jery yoribg2'gitl' T l~ darillng eiuEraget ~mbokP1a~e!uthIs4'rt~1eAf4h7 . ]Watibhirt1yflnen5t w,n;"