The Massachusetts Spy

BY THE MAILS.

[From the Norfolk Beacon, Nov. 1.]

From the Brazils.—Capt. Small, of the fast-sailing brig Eliza Reilley, arrived in Hampton Roads last evening, in the short passage of 43 days from Rio Janeiro, has politely furnished us with the following particulars of the revolutionary movements which have recently been exhibited in that country :

In the month of August, a manifesto addressed to all nations and governments, friendly to the Brazils, was issued by the Prince Regent, which at that time was considered in the light of a declaration of independence. Some inquietude having been reported to exist in the interiour, the Prince Regent went to St. Paul's, which is distant about four hundred miles from Rio, where his presence soon restored tranquillity. He returned to the city on the 15th of September, and appeared at the theatre on the evening of that day, with a green badge on his left arm, having the inscription "Independence or death," in place of the Portuguese cockade, which he had removed from his hat. On the following day the Portuguese cockade was not to be seen in the streets, but all those who usually wore it substituted the green badges on their arms. The Prince, it is said, did not wish to establish the Brazilian cockade, intending to leave that matter, as well as the choice of a Brazilian flag, to the Cortes, which was soon to be assembled at Rio.

Several persons, supposed to be inimical to the independence of the Brazils, had been recently arrested, and were to be sent to Portugal. The Prince Regent was very popular, from the circumstance of his being favourable to a constitutional form of government; and every disposition was manifested by the people, to maintain a friendly intercourse with the United States.

Mr. Raguet, lately appointed American Consul at Rio de Janeiro, arrived there with his family, from Philadelphia, on the 8th of September, and was recognized immediately upon the arrival of the Prince in the city.