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TITLE li. Of the Brazilian Citizens.

f. The following are con.idered an citizens of Brazil :-1. Those
who hare been barn in Brazil, whether free or manumitted, al.
though the rather may have been a foreigner, provithal he does not
reside in Brazil in the service of his nation. 2. The children of
Brazilian parents, and the illegitimate children of a Brazilian mo.
ther born in a foreign country. hut resident in the empire. 3. The
children of a Brazilian father resident in a foreign country, in the
service of the Emperor, though they may not hare come to reside
in Brazil. 4. All persons horn in Portugal and in its Eoloniiis,
who being rraa:.:nt in Brazil at the time of t-fie Proclamation of In-
dependence iii their provinces, shall adhere thereto either expresdy
or tacitly. by continuing to re.idc there. 5. Naturalized 10.
igners, whatever their religion may be. The law shall determine
the conditions iif this natter ditati m.

7. The tights of a Brazilian citizen are lost—l. By causing him-
self to bc, naturalized in a isorrign country; 2. By accepting.
•ithout the perinksion of the Emperor, p• nsions, or decora-
tions from any Foreign tiovernalea ; 3. By a sentence el ba-
nishment.

8. The rights of a citizen are suspended in two ways—l. fly
physical and moral incapacity ; 2. Ely a sentence of imprisonment
and degradation, hot only so long as it shall continue in force.
TITLE I I I. Of the l'owers of the Nationid Representation.
H. The division and harmony or political authority is the con.
Pervative principle of rite rights of the el:inns, and the best means
of rendering effective the guarantees presented by the Cmistitution.
10. The political authorities recognizzd by the Constitution of
the Empire of Brazil are four in number—the Legislative Power ;
the 31odetating Power; the Executive Power; and the Judicial
Power.

II: The Representatives of the Brazilian nation are, the Empe.
roc and the General Assembly.
1.. All these. Aneers in t/t Empire of ErtrAl are Delegation:
'front the nation.
TITLE TV. Of the Legislative Power.
Chap. I. Of the Branches of the Legislative Power and of its
Duties.
13. The legislativz power is delegated to a ameral Assembly,
with the sanction of the Emperor.

14. The General Assembly is composed of two Chambers ; the
Chamber of Deputies and the Chamber of Senators or the Senate.
15. The deities of the General Assembly are to administer an
oath to the Emperor, to the Imperial Prince, to the Regent or to
the Regency. 2. To elect the Regency or the Regent. and to fix
the limus of his authority. 3. To recognize the Imperial Prince
as suretssor to the throne, in the ti-sr session after leis birth. 4. To
appoint a Tutor to the Emperor when a minor, in case his father
should not have appointed one by his will. 5. To resolve such
douhts as may arise concerning his succession to the throne. 6. To
institute, on the dernt‘e of the Emperor, or in case of a vacancy of
the throne, an inquiry zee:seer:ling the administration which has
terminated, and to reform the abuses which have been introduced
into it. 7. To choose a new d)nasty in case of the extinction of
the reigning elynatcy. 8. To make laws. to interpret them,
to suspend them, and to revoke them 9. Tn superintend the
observance of the Constitution and the general good of the na-
tion. De. To determine annua•ly the public expenses. and to
fix the quotas of the direct taxes. 11. To determine annually,
according to the Reports from Goverment. tile amount of the
land and sea tierces. both ordinary and extraordinary. 12. To
permit or prohibit the entrance of foreign sea or laid forces
into the interior of the empire, or only into its ports. 13.
To authorize the Government :o contract loans. 14. To eats-
bli•h sailatele treats for the payment of the public debt. 15. To
regulate the administration of the national property, and to ;Lace
its alienation. 11;. To create or to suppress public employments,
and to tix regulations for them. 17. 'lo determine the weight,
value, inscription, die, and denomination of coins, as well as their
title. weight, and measure.
111. Each of the Chambers shall bear the title of August and
Most AVoreley fl tpresentatives of the Nation.
17. Each I,...gi‘lature shall last four years, and each annual Ses-
sion rear months.

in. The loirev;al S!tting at the opening; shall take place every
year on the 2d May.
19. The siting It the cloe shall also be an imperial sitting, and
theNe two aittinga shall take place in a general assembly, in which
the two Chamber. shall be united.

O. The ceremonial which shall be observed by them, and by
the Emperor hinisdr, .hall he laid down in the Ginn of an in:ernal
regulation (rulc of Parliament).
21. Phe nomination' of the Preedents, Vice-Presidents, and Se-
cretaries of the two Chambers, the verifies:ion of the rowers of
their members, the oaths to be taken, and the internal police, shall
be laid down in the form of a regulalinn.
22. In the union of the two Chambers, the President of the
Senate shall direct the proceedings, but the Deputies and the
Senators al ll take their places indi+eriminattiv.

23. No sitting can olio pince in either of the two Chambers,
without the presence of one or more than half it, members.
24. The sittings of the two Chambers shall be public, unless the
gnod of the public should renittr.• them to he secret.
25. Questions shall be decidi.il by the absolute majority of Mem-
bers present:.
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2ti.r The Members of each Chamber shall not be regisnnsible for
the opit ions which they may pro!'ess in the exercise of their func-
tions.

27. No Senator or Deputy can be arrested during his deputation
by any authority except by an order from his Chamber, except in
the case of a flogront crime, which would subject him to capital
punishment.
28. If any Senator or Deputy is put on his trial, the Judge shall
suspend proceedings, and shall send his Report to the Chamber to
which the accused may belong. The Chamber shall decide if the
trial is to proceed, and whether or not the Member is to be sus-
pended from the exercise of his 'Unction..
29. The Senators and Deputies may be appointeu to offices in
the Ministry or in the Councl of State. with this difference, that
Senators may still continue to sit in the Seiistie. while the Deputies
leave their seats vacant. A new election is their to be made, in
which the former Member may be re-elected, and may thus act in
both capacities.
30. They nuts also act in both capacities, if they held the office
of 31inisier or Counsellor of Suite at the time of their election.
31. 3lembers may belong to both Chambers at on..e.
32. The exercise of every other empleyment except that of Mi-
nister or Counsellor of State, ceases entirely as long as the functions
of a Deputy eir Senator continue.
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33. In the interval of the &salons, the Emperor cannot employ
a Senator or a Deputy out of the empire. and they shin not exer-
cise their employment when that would prevent them from asaem.
tiling at the time °, the convocation of the General Assembly, whe-
ther ordinary ur extraordinary.

We have received the following translation from an intelligent
cnrrespontlent who has for many years resided in Pernambuco—it
is a curious documcnt

PROCLAMATION,

" Inhabitants of the The period which I
fixed for my retina to Court has arrived. I depart on the 21st, as
I have already said, and regret that I cannot remain longer among•t
yeu. The demonstrations of joy, gratitude, and fidelity, with
which you have &lighted me, will be testimonials by which I shall
always remember the inhabisants of this province. I hope, also,
you will always remember nte, in whom you possess a So.
tereign who faces, and who • will continue to face, every
danger for the salvation of his subjects, and who endeavour.' to
make himself known to them in every possible mannar,ln order that
they may never more be deluded and carried to the precipice of de-
struction, by those who call themselves lovers of the country and
of liberty, but who, being solely engaged in advancing their private
interests, regardless ed the public good, wish to bind you m the
chain of despotism. I. ire of the country and of the people have
always beet the target at which I have directed my shots, and thus
lishlans, I h ire executed, liter illy, the constitution. I have ful-
filled my Imperial orders, and your own felicity will be the result
of what I command.

(Signed) " THE EMPEROR.
" Bahia, 19th March, 1826."
WAR WITH BUENOS AYRES.
Captain Read, who left Ensernala March 6, states that he was
hoarded next dry, ow the Chico Bank, front the Brazilian squa-
dron, consisting of about thirty or thirty-five sail (with an addition
to their former force of a frigate, &c.) bound up, from 3lowte
Video.

Admiral Brown, with his squadron of one ship, two brigs and
gunboats' cannonading she town and batteries of (Monis on
the 6th, and had been for two dap before. Two of his Captains
(Besndey and Mason), it MA% said, had been broken for misconduct
in the first action with the enemy.

[From the Buenos Ayres Papers to March 3.1
Inthipost of Paiagones several valuable Brazilian priz_•s had been
carried, in which 400 negroes had been found, whose lot, instead
of being the unhappy victims of Brazilian sugar plsntaiious, will
become that of free cultivators of the land of Patagonia. The
Emperor of Brazil is the only ruler in the New World that protects
the detestable traffic of human beings! The town of Ps-
tagones has organised two companies of t..s inhabitants, to garrison
its port.

The appointment of Lord Ponmnby, ar Minkter Plenipoten-
tiary from Great Britain to Cie Oorernment of 4)211.14ted Pro.

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THE BRITISH PRESS.

vines of Rio de la Plata, ♦a announced in the lifeasatere r a
high honour to the country, being the tint individual of his rank
ever destined to the States of South America.
Simon Bolivar has appointed the Grand Marshal of Ayacucho
to act in his stead is the Republic of Bolivia during his stay in th►t
of Peru t and in case of aickness, absence, or death, the General
Of Division, Don Andres Santa Cruz. is to take his place. The.
Liberator expected to be back in Chuquisaea,the capital of Bolivia,
the 21oth of May, at the opening of the General Assembly.
BnEttos Altana. MARCH 3. Yesterday a boat, sent to Colo•
nla by the Commandancy of Marine, returned. It met the national
fleet MT that port, where it remained, after having battered its
intrenehments, and totally destroyed the battery of Santa Rita, si-
tuated at the mouth of the port. The loss of die enemy in the eon-
tinual etacks which it has sustained since Sunday, as seen on the
batteries and was, is said to be very considerable; the brig /loyal
Pedro, which was in the port. was obliged to run on shore, and her
crew escaped in a long boat. On our part no other loss is announced
except that of the brave and worthy commandant of the brig Bal-
carce, the Scrjcan•.Diajor Don Bartolo Crruti. and a few wounded.
This officer, after having acquired a comfortable fortune, enough to
pass his lite in an independent manner, disregarded its comforts,
and hastened to the call of his country, which demanded new ser-
vices. lie has found his grave, but he has descended into it, leav-
ing behind hint memorable recollections and examples.
Our brig lielgrano ran aground in one of her manceuvrcs in-
stantly a Brazilian schooner approached her and bade her surren-
der, promising, in such case, to send the eiew to Buenos Ayres;
but her Commander, Resale*, ordered the flag to be nailed up, and
answered the summons with a discharge of musketry on the sleek of
the schooner; she did not repeat her insane propOsal, and thought
proper to retire. The whole crew and armament of the brig were
saved.

Gen. Lasalle:la had arrived. with a thousand men, and combined
his attacks with Commodore ffrown. These superior officers have
great reliance on the success of the enterprise ; and, according to
all appenrunces, the first intelligence we shall publish will be, we
hope, satisfactory and decisive.
o Run-boats, two launches, and the schooner Rio, sailed yes-
terday from this port, destined to Colonic.

RECOGNITION OF SOUTH AMERICAN STATES

BY FRANCE.

A letter from Carthagcna. dated April 13th„ states that a French
frigate has arrived at that port from Brest, bringing Commissioners
from France for the Panama Congress. An extract published in
the ifereawile Advertiser, says it is reported that they are also
authorized to negotiate a treaty with Ciilombia, and that it is believed
that Spain if much more favourably disposed towards South Ame-
rica than heretofore.

VERA CRUZ, APRIL 18.
On Sunday, the Mit inst.. arrived in this port the French frigate
La Nymph, having on board a bearer of despatches for the govern-
ment f Mexico. It i. said that the recognition 4.f the independ-
ence of Mesh° by France is the object of the mission.

APRIL 26.
The French frigate Nymph is still lying here. having brought
out Cumnthtsionere sit!' powers to treat and acknowledge the in-
dependence ul ;he Mexican Government.