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ANOTHER INSURRECTIO.V IN AMERICA.

A Vera Cruz Paper of the 20th of April, received at New Orleans,
ontains en account of an insurrection which broke out on the 26th
of January in the city of Alsjuela, province of Costo Rico, Central
America. The revolt was made in the name of the King of Spain,
and caused much einem among the Republicans, on account of the
rapidity with which it spread among the Indians. The leader was
Jose Zamora, • Lieutenant-Colonel, who reached the province of
Gusto Rico (rent Colombia. Zamora was seven days at the head of
the rebels before he was taken; and such was the dread he inspirtd.
that the Republicans shot him twelve hours after he fell into their
hands, which was on Vie tith of February. Several other prisoners
were taken, and condemned to the mines.

BRAZILIAN CONSTITUTION.

[Continued.]

CHAPTER V. OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL% OP THE PRO.
VINCES, AND THEIR PRIVILEGES.
71. The Constitution recogniz.s a-d guarantees to every ci:izen
the right of taking part in those affairs of his province winch ilium-
diately concern his own interest.
72. fhis right shall be exercised by a Chamber of the district, and
by the Councils, which, under the title of Council. General of the
Province, may be established where the capital of the empire is not.
73. Each Council-General shall co.isist of twenty-one members
in those provinces which are most thickly ii,habited, such as Pars,
Maranhant, Ceara, Pernambuco, Bahia, 31inas-Geraes, Sr. Paul,
and Rio Grand of the South ; anti in the others of twelve members.
71. The elections shall take place at the same time and in the
same manner as those of the representatives of the nation, and for
the period of each legislature.
75. The necessary qualities to be members of these Councils are
to be, 25 years of age, to be honest, and have a certain sub-
sistence.

76. The men•b:rs of the Council shall meet in the capital of the
province. The brat preparatory aiding shall be devoted to the no-
mination of a President, Vice.Pre.ident, Secretary, and off,eri
chosen for the s hole time of the Sessions. and to the examinatioa
of the correctness of the election of each of its members.
77. There shall be a Session of two moths every year, which
shall be prorogued, however, after one month, if the majority of the
Council so decide.

78. In order to hold a deliberation, it will be necessary that more
then one-half the members he present.
79. The Governor of the province, the Secretary, and Military
Commander, cannot be elected 31embers of the Council.
l;0. The Governor of the province shall assist at the installation
of the Council-General, which shall take place the Ist of Decem-
ber. lle shall take his seat on the right of the President of the
Council, and on the same bench. The Governor of the prattler
shall make a speech to the Council, and shall give an account or
the stile of public affairs, and the measures of improvement ne-
cessary to the provinces.
81. The principal objects of the Council shall be the discussion
and deliberation of the most interesting affairs of the province.
They shall present particular projects suitable to its localities and
wants.
82. Matters commenced in the Chambers shall be officially sent
to the Secretary of the Council, when they shall be discussed with
open doors, as well as those originating in the Council themselves.
Resolutions shall be taken from an absolute plurality of the
I suffrages of the Members present.
83. No projects shall be discussed In the Councils relating to
the following matters :-1. The general interests of the nation.
2. The business of one province with another. 3. The taxes, the,
prerogative of which is with the Jurisdiction of the Chamber of
Deputies only. (See Art. 311.) 4. The execution of laws. They
may, however, address representations on this subject, duly con-
sidered, to the General Assembly and Executive Power united.
84. The resolutions of the Council-General of the provinces shall
be sent directly to the Executive, tarous,,h the Governor of the
province.
83. If the General Assembly should be met at this time, they
shall be sent there immediately by the 31inistt rof State, w' oat
business it shall properly be, to be proposed under the form rf a
project of law, and to obtain the approbation of the Assembly for
a separate discussion iii each Chamber.
' the Assembly has rut yet mc:, the Emperor may raceme

it provisions/1y if he should think such a hasty ex:cution neces-
sary to the welbbeing of the province.
b 7. But ►hould eircuinstarees not be so, the Emperor shall ill,
dare that he will suspend his judgment respecting this matter.
To which the Council shall reply, that they have received most
respectfully his Majesty's answer.
88. As soon as the meeting of the General Assembly takes place,
these resolutions, thus postponed, shall be transmitted to it, as well
as those which have been put into execution, to be deliberated on,
and decreed in the forms of Art. ms.
119. The method to be pursued by the Councils General of the
provinces, in the labours and in the internal anti external policy,
shall be fixed by a regulation made for them by the General
Assembly.