London, Monday, June 7, 1...
We select the following extracts from New vYork papers to the 9th ult., which arrived yesterday:- " NEW YORE, DIAY 5. " An arrival at Philade1phia, in 33 days from Rio Janeiro, has brouglt intelligence that the Emperor of Brazil had declared that country free and independent. The Empite is hereafter to be go. verned by an berediatry, constitutional, and repxesentative monar- chy. The title of the Supreme Executive to be " Don Pelro the Ist, Actual Emperor and Perpetual Defender of BraziL." The Ro. m2an Cathocxrdigwon to be the prev&iUng one, though oiher reli. vof8 ate to be.to!ested. vwithout any external formof churcbes. In clebratfng.this event, Don Pedro, with his family, iam ded the tlieatre, ivhih ttnfortunately took fire, and wi greatdlifficultv .nade his escpe with the rest of the audience; .- "IiAY 6. "Accounts from MIartuuique say, that the coloured people of that island were shipping away with as much despatch as pos- sible. No distinction was made amongst them. Whetherhigh or Iow, rich or poor-wh:ther guilty or innocent-whether implicated or not in the late premeditated insurrection, the sentence of banishment was the same. The hue of the skin-was quite suffi. cient, and a-passport was politely harded to every one whose name and residence wvere known, as well as to those who-wve only known abroad in the publc streets and highways. A considerable num- ber of these people had arrived at Trinidad, where they. met with an unmolested refuge." LONDON. MONDAY, JUNE 7. 1824.