It would appear from the ...
The Times, 1824-06-17T00:00:00

It would appear froin the following paragraph, which is extracted from a New York paper of the 14t0 ult., that the Portuguese possessions in Af'rica have thrown off their subjection. No intelligence of that nature has, however, reached England through any European channel. '"The provinces of Bengalla and Angola, have declared for the Irnperial Government since the revolution in the Brazils, Trbee Portuguese friogates left Port Praya on.the 25th of March last ?or Anguoa with 'a new Governor and 1500 troops, in order to enforce a return to the present order or things in Portugal; but, if it was determined to resist thiw attempt, itwas believed double this force would be required to subdue Angola and Bengalla, those places being well fortified, and the forts completely commanding tbe harbour.' lire have received a great mass of Bueuos-Ayres papers, reaching down to the Cth of iMarch. Thev contain no news of' any prominent character or striking interest, but they afford a pleasing display of goodl sense and knowledge applied to politics, ancd an uudeniable proof of the benefits conferred by free institutions and a free press, among a peo- ple but lately rescued from the most ignorant Government and intoleraut religious system of the ancient world. The papers which we have received include rumbers of three journals, the Argos, the Republican, and the ThLeatre of Opinion. The frst contains a good selection of the news, foreign and domeetic; the two Iast are principally devoted to political discussion. In reading the latter we were struck, not onl, with the degroe of information which they ispliy, but with their temnperate and sagac'ious manner of discussing topics which, among a people recently liberatedi, might hare been expeeted to excite passion, or to lead to exagger tion. [Advertisement.]-Yesterday his Excellency Count Lu- dolf, Envoy Extraordinarv and Minister Plenipotentiary of hie MIajesty the King of ihe Two Sicilies to his Britannic Majesty, jointly with Mr. N. M. Rothschild, and accom- anied by Mr. C. Green], Notary Public, deposited in the aink of England the principal obligation, signed by his Si- cilian Majesty, for a Loan of two millions five hundred thousand pounds sterling, contracted, with Mr. C. M. de Rothschild at Naples, and of which the half-yearly divi- deitads are payable on the Ist of August and the 1st of Fe- bruary, at Mr. N. M. Rothschild's office in London, with- out any deduction. COYENT-8ARDBN TIEArLXE.-A new farce, intwost - under the title of A'ry own dran, said to be from the pen ef hMr. Peake, was produced at Covent-garden Theatre. Plot in the piece there is none that can be understood; and as a composition ge- nerally, it wilt do little credit to aDy body. Mr. Farren plays a. prim eld jientlemar, a sort *f Pd cr S:rnp:on; Mr. Rayner, a con- try servant Mr. Jones, a briefless baerister; and Mr. Connor, ant Irzhundertacer; but tber40st@fthes2 charactcrs arererely noiminal;: or if supportis attempted, the result is abortiveandcabsurd. A great many of the popularactors of the thcatrc are dged somehow or other into this weak affair; but to tlrow a dozen respectable people into a hundred imapossible situations, is to offend rather than so en- tertain. The dialogue is too frivolous and vulgar-the jokes lie alt in wretched puns or mean allusions; and, notwithstanding tbe R difficulty an audience feels in opposing valuable performers, the' piece was ill received througliout. it has no merit that we can7 perceive, but is of a frightt'ul length as wen as-unmeaningnesq;. anti' here is little chance, as we should imagine, of its being very efrej repeated. . Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Captain John Levy, of the ship Astel4 to0 leave of the Cour, previous to departing ftr Bengal direct. The East India Company's ship Buckinghamshire ar- rived oft Deal vesterday. She left Cjhina the 10th of FebruarFY, and St. Helena-the 5th of Mav. The Orient in company with the Royal George, arrived off tl'e WVight yesterlay: ihey sailed from Madras on the Oth of February, from Point de Galle on the 14th of February, and froRi St. Ielena the 25tlh of April. The Abberton arrived in the Downs the 14th inistant.: she left Bngal the 30thof January, and St. Helena the 15th of ApriL The Kentpacket arrived at Falmouth on Sunday, in 14 days from Lisbon. At the time of her departurc all was quiet; the Queen was still residing at the country palacc of Queluz. The illarquis of Abrantes, who was supposed to lie implicated in the death of the larquis of Loule, had been arrested in his fli ht, at Mtertola, and contined in a castle on the Tagus. The Frenc.1 Ad- mniral had given a grand fete on board his ship, the San Pedro, of 80 guns, thien in the Tagus. The followiing has been addressed to John Bennett, Esq., loyd's :-" Ulverstone, Juie 14,1824.-Sir,-For the informa- tion of the Committee, we beg to annex a copy of a paper washed up here in a bottle yesterday. We are, &c. " FELL. SON, and. PEARSON." "May17, at Sea, lat. 52. 31._Whoever finds this bottle will sen4 it to Lloyd's.. The brig i51iza Jes, from Rtio Janeiro to Peteis.. burgh. foundered at ses on the 12th inst.: itwo passengers and crew saved in the boa, and still beating about-provisions almost gone." (We understand- that no such vessel as the Br Janc is known at lods.) WYe anderstand that Mr. Hawkins, whp recently ap.. peared at Marlborougb-street Pl&ice.fce, on a cbarg.o wiU be frereir dait iinday'atoneo'clock ' v