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THE liltAZlLS* This is most surprising news we have [via from Brazils? A complete revolution in the province of Pernambuc o>? the organization of a provisional gov crnuu'nt, &c. d'?l without. tumult, and with the loss of only one or two Iitcs- " This accout is more surprising than any thing >*e have heard in the revolution vjay^ for a long ume. The Portuguese have hitherto been looked .upon as the most slavish race in existence. Their superstitious venera tion for kfc men royale and reliquca divine had become proverbial. It appears the Portuguese troops at Pernambucco were the first to raise the standard of msurreo* tion. ? if the leaven has spread, and works as well as in the other provinces, thrn may the Spanish patriots, tl>en may the friend* of freedom all over the world, re. joice 1. Hut if not, we Fear it \*ill avail -but UtU^- -Ptmmnhiir.rn .. is .Jml one* of ji/tecn governments of which the Brazillian kingdom is exposed. ~ !_ Pet* Intel . ? # Nor/olx, April 21* REVOLUTION IN BPAZIL* ' By a gentleman who arrived here in the brig Herald, - from Barba does, we are informed that the Pro vince of Pernambuco (in Brazil) liad revolted, and declared itself independent of the Brazilian gov emment. ? Our informant, who is a resident of the town of Pernam buccq, which place he left on the 13th March, state?, that this revo lution was brought about by the concurrence of the military "witJT the citizens, on the 6th of March. It commenced at the Barracks, where a Col. of Artillery attempt ing to put son^e officers of the re-: ^giment stationed there, under ar . rest, one of them ran him through with a sword ; and the principal, aid-de-camp of the Governor ar riving and endeavouring to l^.rran gue the troops, he was instanrly shot.. A general beat to arms en sued* the militia were called out, but they, as also a promiscuously arm ed population (as various in its cha racter as its color) joined the miti. tary, and, by 5 o'olock. in the e vening, this armed multitude wa* in possession of the town, when j patroles and guards were immedi- 1 arely established to prevent iodi- ' vidu.il plunder and violence. The-. Governor and the heads of the provincial Government, had taken ? refuge in the principal fort, which was given up without opposition early the following morning to the popular party.?- On the morning of the 9th .of March, . the Governor and his suite embarked for Rio Janeifb, being also permitted to . carry his personal property along with him. On Friday the 7th of March, a provisional government was adopt ed, consisting of -five distinct exe cutive departments, viz. one for Agriculture4, one for Military an4 one for Ecclesiastical affairs ; the chiefs of these departments having the title of " Patriotic Governors. " The officers of the old govern ment retain their places under th<; new order of things, with one or two exceptions of voluntary resig nations. The tidings of the revolution spread from the townjxo the inte rior with the rapidity of lightening, and inspired the most enthusiastic ? joy among the proprietors and' planters, who wered*i]y atrivingin' town for the purpose of declaring their unalterable adherence to the pbpular cause. Those who held public situation* either civil or j military under the former gover^ ment were among the first to corfie forward and tender their adhesion to the new rules. j With the exception of the colo nel of artillery and the aidde camp ! before spoken of, no .person of an/ < note was killed ; a few lives were i lost among the stragling parties un- j cunncctcd with the main body, caused rather by thougtnlesness and imprudence than from a deliberate wish to commit A4o4em:e^ but as soon as the government; was for med every precaution was take*, to 1 protect persons and property, and all arms were collected and put in to the possession of the government. On the 13th of March, perfect harmony and tranquility prevailed ; '? but Portuguese property or vessels were not allowed to leave the port. Preparations were making to place - the forts and other points -of defence jn an effective state, and the pay of the military considerably augment ed. It is believed that as soon as they may deem it expedient to a dopt a permanent system of govern- 1 ment, they will choose that of the U. S. - their model. In the mean time they have forwarded despatchrg to oiu government which are understood to contain a minute narrative of their proceed* ings and views ; soliciting an ac knowledgement of theV indepenv dence, and inviting 0. intercourse with them upon the most liberal and friendly terms. Similar com munications have also been for-, warded to London for the censU deration of the British government. ? ? * ? ? *4. ? -3 ? FOREIGN NEWS. Translated Jor lite C mmcrctiil *'i(tvertiseY . Paris, Feb. 1 5. ;On Saturday last, Mrs. Robert Patterson , ? with ? hrr ? two 'S ister s7 were presented to rhe King. Th^se ladies .are nieces of the late cele brated Arch Bishop of Baltimore. They were graciously received ^y his majesty and their Royal High- : nesses the Duke and Duches D'An gonlemc. ? H is ? majesty ? thanked the ladies for the attention shewn By^ -their family, to those unfortunate Frenchmen who we obligedTtoT take refuge in America,' during the revolution in France. -V - r. , - > Icjtuary 24. - .The citizens of the United St'*es who are now in Paris, , and the French officer* who were engaged in the American revolutionary Avar, partook of a dinner at 'Gaetheirs Hotel on the cid^intt. the Anni ? 1 versai v of the birth of Washing- ; ton, the -founder of American Inde pendence. The health of The i^g and royal family was diank on this occasion. lx)N uon)? F*b. 71. Ivlr. Sargeaht, who has arrived 1 ( here, is entrusted with the ncgo ciation for .theMoan of a million sterling in specie This sum, how ever, is not for the me of the gov- ( I ernmenr of the United States, but for the National Bnnk. it is said the terms offered are not sufficient- j ty advantageous to tempt our capi talists, and as it is presumed that the national bank is obliged to bor- ! row to continue its payments in specie, the lenders will naturally insist tipon more advantageous con dition*. v '? ?<??>. # The following are our account ? ihU moriring Jrom Glasgow, 'relative to the furum* ar rested in that city < j Clasoow, March 8. " After long and patient examinations before the Sheriff, fourteen persons have been committetl ?pr trial on the charge of , Conspiring against the Government and taking an unlawful otun. The Lllowing j are the names ? ? ] ?i William Edgar, Treacher in the CaK ton; John Keith, Manager of * cotton mill in the C.alton ; James Fmlajson jun. 1 Writer's Clerk, Glasgow ; William Sirfip son, Spirit dealer* Aderston ; John -M* i,auchlin, John Buchanan, Hugh Coch- 1 nine, Huc;h Dickson, James Hoed, James Robertson, Andrew Soipcrville, John Campbell, Amkcw M'KauIay , Peter Gib son?weavers ?r other workmen. u()f those formerly in custody, two have been liberated on bail, namely, the auctioneer's porter an<t a weaver/' Important Intelligence Jrcm \u-rc.h ?tfrr. <J?c. 1 We announced yesterday that tour pel sons had been taken into custody at Man chester on suspicion of treasonable prac tices, and that others were expected to be: apprehended. Tins morning we have fur ther and most important information, wlnch^ we subjoin It appears that a meeting w*? htld at - Manchester on Monday, previous to which it was intimated that the numbers collected on thui day would proceed 10 London 10 present a petition to the Prince Kegent in person, for t be purpose of u undeceiving Mm." Placards were stuck up, and hand bills distributed*. The people of Stock port were invited to join those of Manches ter*) on LaTJcashlre liilL Several EmTs paries were at work duiing the week, making eveiy effort to inflame the public mind, and to engage a large mass to as semble on the day ap|>ointed. It was in- . ?iuu<Ued that *4,QOQ stand ot arms, at H>* ? infngham migtu be secured, Information I of thtse proceeding* was selU lo the Se- J cretary of State's Office, and r*Aflhed town pn Friday nvght. 1 n\ medjjjfe fafljfcirgsj were adopted. A MugisUWfc and jflfcg* s Messenger were dispatched with warrants, and as we stated yesterday, lour were ap-^ 'prehended on Sunday. Meanwhile the aciivejcommander of the" District Sir John Byng,.?fcUhe Magistrates, had taken precautioroiyiic Sto< kport troop had orders to meet* two troops trom Macclesfield, at d three from Knutsford, were also directed to be at alemoor (the usual spot for reviews near Manchester,) so a* to b^ in readiness to act, in case of - emergency. On Monday the meeting was held, and the Manc'v* >cr |>:>pbr says that di^ arrivals" in the ^etttrrse of the day could not be lew than from 60 to 70 000. At the meeting ther^j was 20,000, and a great many per sons in co?uefp?ence of the intimation that ? the meeting would proceed in % body to London, had piovuLd themselves with knapsacks containing such aaicles as ihey^ n.ight want -on the road. A temporary* stage was erected *ivki a enrt, and the in stigator of the meeting appeared upon it at nine o'clock, 'l'heir hprrangues *<e su;<J jo havebeen of the most inliamatory kind The -numbers- -poured in, in shiwds every minute^ and it was 'dsemtd necessary to call in the civil, and military power. A patty t>f -the first -Dragoons, with the Ma- < gistiates. by a quick movement aorround- < #.i tiie cait, and conveyed all wlio were on rhe stage to p.viioiu About ^00 have -been apprehended. ^ The following h the important account given by the Manchester paper: ? V M akchesti:r, March M. f *4* Wt' find it was am??^ the notification's, ut the meeting, on the Sit inst. ne^tr hi. Fe ter'a Church, corroborated in tha course of the last week, by thr declarations of in i diftduals who have been actually ep^atfrd in promoting the. late sedition'-, me^tin^s, that the esi>ousers of Mvei? doctrines s hoy Id J collect at 'the same place on M nduy fo1 lowinf* (y?isicu!.?y?) and proceed to the Metropolis, at uitte oV*oc^ to present u petition to the Prince Ke^ent, that they mi^ht be enabled i4 %o"i4t idttrrvv him*" A w^ic of these intentions and of she dan ger* which tin im-m^nce Influx of i, tranters, irritated by the -i nth rh mate ry appeals of their factious/ leader*, %( who, under t tie pretence of |>po.moting .parliamentary re form, have been for a langih of rime past agitithi;!; the minds of the iahourii.-g class es of society) portended, lh? conservators of- the jhiWic tranquility took every pre caution adequate to the. occasion. V. ?t. -J* v ' - i u Yesterday morning according to the expectations entertained, -crowds of people flocked into town fioio all direction*, as car.y as eight o'clotljf ami about nine, the instigators appeared on their temporary stage in 11 cart, and continued tox hurran gue the multitude till their vast inctta?ir>? numbers sug?< sted the expediency of put ing into practice *he well-formed a?rangt* trtents of the civil and military powers. Accordingly, a part of the 1st hegiment of drrtpjoons, under Colonel Teesdate, ac companied by tf^e Magistrates of the dis trict, appeared amongst them, and witb an adroitness and decision, almoaV electri cal, surrounded the erection, and imme diately conveyed the entire group upon it to the New Bayle Prison ; their attention was next directed to the concourse of au ditors, who were forthwith disparted, with out the infliction of any 6e verity* ^ . 44 An arrest had taken place iarly on I Sunday morning of Johnston ?and Ogden, who had previously fiqtired at this place, and they were secured in the new Uayley. Others were seized by the soldiers on their way to deliver their charge in Salfonl. The following afe tfce names of prisoneis ; u Drummond, Bagnley (the two orators) ? HahdrinR, Grimshaw, Lingard, Quiney, Shaw, Wood, Hargraves, Lever, Shaw cross, two Williamses, Tucker? Whit worth, Oddey, Bousfield, Key, Lefcar, . Blar.kshaw, Simms, Thomason, Barlow, Cuthbird, Lees, Hudson, and Higginbot torn, the owner of the car; on which the stage was fixed. " A considerable number of people ?ct' | out on their mis^or to Lend mv ttVinfc I.. rouwt i *-? . . ck'>c. ? . L'.U ol them wuc ivcomiu. '.td i V-.wk:;'* Act ,ui?d ut.d c<l Ic their o:hcv unfor'iij.'iie ejrn'Xtnions .* other ?> were turn'ish-.'d . accommoda tions in StccUp..'! i. ? Mioi ,:[ the;.. wt'ie provided with i?i Uc. cm.iumiotf blanket* and ou.ci articles. U \K)\\ the ex amination ut some of the^? tutvc.lmi* - ? equipages, t\>s> unusually laige kuuo **cvc discovered. ??'Johnston. Ogden. See. will be despstcV ed, wi'hout I >ss of lime; under escort, to the secretary ot sidle, in London. y %t We shall desist from entering further, at present, into the case* of these charac ter, as t hey w ;l probably, hereafter, be ihe subject of hi; h judicial inquiry. M 1 he military preparations we;e under the direction ot Sir John liyng\ the com mander ot the district ; who arrived m Manchester on ? aiday. A pariy of the * del' their astsislimce. <4 We may fu.ii ly presume thwt ?t one period there was an assemblage of ut fca^t thirty thousand at the raeeung_; and we believe m .? do not over- rate the arrivals in Ihe Course of tbe day at fiom sixty lo bv. veniy thousand individuals. ? u No particular act, outrage or int"?i.~ perance has yet reached our ears, a:.d v.e cannot help feeling indebted to ti?c jcdi i ous and- salutary interposition ol thr: re spective authorities for the tautd'adory re i suit ot this day's t; anjictio'is. "As \vc ui e clo^BJf^bii account \se have authority 10 stale, that the n|,prel>vn sfons are nothing siiort of tw a hunuttd per sons. ? T **ancheft!er l\it:rcurg> To the ?above account >vc subjoin ihe -fbtiowmg .* . ? xx~M(\ccl? C ourit r CfTinvy s'crch 10. "On Sunday morning ihe magistrates ot Manchester (ken it ? necessary to stren^fhen ihe nriliroy force in that neigh bourhood, ni dhinq tnee nf the declaiut __imrin ion v\ viiii>? (hous.mda i f the pry^u lution to proceed in person to Carlmn HousC) vs i ; h a \>ct itio.i to the Nt^mU for warded expresses Vo the several troops of V e Prince -ktegetii'b regiment of Cheshire Yeomanry <_'.u\ all y, requiring their imme diate aid. The same- evenuuf -five iVoopa ? muiched into Manchester, and the remain ii (r three trooy* vtre dispose*! in Siock pori and Macclesfield. to prevent the sus-* pe c t c i\ progress ol the pc yuioiici s iiuliat? diieciimi. I 4f barly on Monday morning (Te streets - kef- Manche&ierwcte tirowried1jy Ihuu bands, of wnom a prewt part were-pre, aied wilU blanket* and bundles tor the march to Lon dun ; by the activity of the Magistrates, however, and the military at their dispos ' a', every one most active in hprrangiMiK' tlie multitude, all who had the appearance ' I and char&fcter of . ringleaders, Were .arrest* . <tl und imprisoned on the spot, - This ' cautionary measure, fur the possibility of vli;ch wt ate indebted to the suspension ot the Habeas Corpus Act, disorganized the plans of'lhe petitioners to such an ex* 1 tent, that a lew thousands ofvly, who elud ed by obscure passuges t))? \igilance of the soldiers* succeedcd in penetrating to j the Bridge, of Stockport, and here they ; were i ncoiintered by -a troop of the I.iffe Cinardu* and a . tro<>p of the Macclesfield . squadron of the Prince Regetit'i Yeoman i ry. No atietapt was m^de to P force thfe \ bridge, but many threw themselves into the river, and crossed it where it was ford- ? , uLle. This circumstance, added to an ? other, that the streets of Stockport wete literally, wedged full cf the inhabitants of ^ the vicinity, constrained the troops to with draw ftom the britlg^ over which, of coutse, the petitioners' tiad afterwards a free pass age. In the thoroughfare of the townf however, all those who pYo-vid* d (themselves with the necessaries of a march, (common | iy comprising a blanket ar.d a few days provision) were arrested, partly by tho laudable activity of the Stonliport police# ' ' and partly by the alertness of the military' force, and were, in the C'Xlrse of the day, ' dispatched under escort to the Ne-.t Bailey prison, at Manchester. The persons ap prehended might be 20o in number ; one individual Was so severely Wounded that ' his life ?sv despaired of. Not more than ' 500 out of tlio many thousand assembled in the morning penetrated so far as Mac clesfield, whete a troop of the yeomanry ' had vemained to provide against such a * contingency ; and we have authority, on ? 'which we can rely, for positively st.iting ' ^that no more than 20 persons proceeded from Macclesfield into the adjoining coun ty or Staffordshire. t . V' 44 Nothing could be more wretched and pitiable than the appearance of the fe?r who reached this town $ some actually' r fainting from weariness ; and Jfl of herii without baggags, or any apparent resource, with which to proceed 30 miles further to- ? wards London. ItAM aw eleven o'clock*. P. M. Fatrolca of cavalry and special con stables are, continually passing* but ia other respects the town ft as tranquil a* usual. The behaviour of the magistrates* not only compassionate but judicious, Hi permitting the deluded wretches to *<*lc lodging without impediment for this sin*