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SPEECH OF Ills MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF

1111.4Z1L,
ON THE OPENING OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, MAY 6,1826.

" Atwood and most worihy Representatives of the Brazilian
Nation.—For the second time I have the pleasure of appearing
among you to open the National Assembly. I must regret that it
did not open on the day fixed by the Constitution, though the
Government did every thing in its power. On the 12th of Nue.
1823. 1 dissolved the Constituent Assembly, though with regret,
for reasons which are well ktiown to you. I promised at the same
thee the project of a Constinition ; this was accepted, and sworn
to. and is now the Brazilian Constitution which governs this Em-
pire. and be viruc of which this Assembly is met. The harmony
which is desirable between the political Powers pervades this Con.
stitution. The whole Empire is tranquil, except the Cisplatine
Province. The continuation of this tranquillity, the necessity of
the Constitutional system, and my desire that tie empire should be
I governed by it. require that there should be such a harmony be-
toren the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, and between the
Gimerninent and both Cliambt es, that every body may be eon-
tiered that revolutions do not proceed from the system, but from
those persona who use them as a pretext to promote their own ends.
I The Cisplatine alone is net tranquil, as 1 nave said, because on.
I grateful men, who owe much to Brazil, have risen against it, end
I ate now mullioned by the Government of Buenos Ayres, actually
at war with us. The national honour requires us to support the
Cisplatine province, since the integrity of the empire has been
swom to.

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" The independence of Brazil was recognized by my august
Father Don John VI., on the lath November last year, and after-
wards by Austria, England, Sweden, and France, having been long
belitre recognizoti by the United States of America.
" On the 24th of April thisyear, the anniversary of the embar-
kation of my father, King John VI., for Portugal, I reeved the
unhappy and unexpected news of his death • severe grief seized
my tent ; the track which I had to follow, being, when I least
expected, legitimate Kirg of Portugal and Algarvea. and their do-
minion 4, suddenly presented itself to me. Now grief, now duty,
occupied my mind; but I consider the interest of Brazil: re.
member my word ; I resolve to maintain my honour. and reflect
that I ought to make Portugal happy, and that it would be a dis-
grace not to tin no. What 111111. l he the affliction that troublvtl my
twill in seeking means to make Portugal happy without injuring
Brazil. and to separate them, so that they could never be ag..in
united !

" icon firmed in Portugal the Regency appointed by my father;
I granted an amnesty ; I gave a Consti•unon ; I ■t,diraied and
ceded all the indi•puttble rights which I had to the Crown of Po
iugal, and the Snvereignty of that kingdom. to my beloved
daughter, the Princess Donna Maria da Gloria. now Queen of
Portugal, Donna Maria 11. Some Brazilian•, hither o incredu-
lotta, may now know lea they ought to know already) that the in-
tereat of Brazil, and love for ha independence, have such weight
with me, that I abdicated the :town of the Pornigum slonarcl.y,
which was mine by indimputable right, merely because, in future.
something might arise to prejudice the interest of Brazil, of altit.ll
lam .he Per.etnal Dcfe der.

" 1 oar greatest attention is called to the education of youth of
tenth aeries, the finances, tie public establishments, and particu-
larly the enactment of rtgulatory laws, and the abolition of oilier,
which are directly opprrstst to the Constitution, so that we may be
s‘cirtly guided by it. The greater part of the Senator; and Depu.
Vex. composing this assemh,y, most well remember the evils that
some nations have stillered from want of respect to the constituted
authorities, when they are attacked and vilified, instead of being
accused and tritd according to the law and to universal justice. I
know that these reflections are nor necen.wy in this assembly, com-
ported of such worthy Senators and 1/entities; but they serve to
testify the real, love, and attachment, which 1 really feel for the
empire of Brazil and the Constitution. I might say much more to
you, hot I do not think I nerd do an.
" THE CONSTITUTIONAL EMPEROR, AND PERPETUAL
DEFENDER OF BRAZIL."

COURT OF ASSIZE AT PARIS.

DEAF AND DUMB CRIMINAL.

Jean Nademt, who is deaf and dumb, appeared on the 6th of
July, to answer an indictment fora robbery. The charge was, his
having frimcbilertly made away with several straw bonnets. at the
house of a lady, oft e name of Fosse, where he was employed as
workman, and haring sold them for gain. Nadeau is thirty-four
years ()rage. Ilis phy4 ognanty, like that of most !vervains in tennis
I a circumstances, is very expressive. This is the tourth time that
he has been subjected to trial upon similar accuaations.
The President addressed to the accused the usual questions,
through the metric or of the deaf and dumb. lie replied Hy edges,
rotwithstan ling his not having been regularly insttucied. he con-
fessed tukim! the !tats. To see wbether he untlerstond the guilt of
the action, the in t to t‘r took Nad,:su's handkerchief and gave it
to a gendarme. which Nadeau inintediately resented, and on offer-
ing hint ann her. l!e %crowd sensible that he o- glut not to take it.
Na leau confessed he did wrong The Advocate for him tb-ni, d his
capacity to dis ingulah, and stated tha only 500 out of 15,000 deaf
and dumb in Fiance were instructed so its to be Ike tpat,le of crime
The Jury acquitttd him on niche grounds.

FIRE —A dresdful fire broke mum) Saturday night, b t:
twten 11 and 12 o'clock, in the Hay-market, in the house,
N 0.60, occupied by a tailor of the name of Johnson. It
appears that the family were away for a few days, and had
left in the house a lodger, the Cavalier Micheroux
Neapolitan emigant). and a boy to attend on him. The
Cavaliere was at the Opera, and the boy went out, neglect-
ing to put in a place of safety a candle, which was left
burning in the back shop, where a gas-tube was under re-
pair. The gas must, somehow or o:her, have got ignited,
for the whole building was in flames in an instant. The
alarm was immediately given by the watchmen, several of
whom collected to the spot and burst open the street door.
'A great number of engines EMI arrived, and by the active
exertions of the firemen the raging clement was at last sub-
dued, without having damaged the adjoining houses, but
after having di atroyed almost (very thing in No. 60.
The contents alone of a chest of drawers in Mr.
Mit:herons' bed-room, and an empty porttnanteau, were
found yesterday by some of the firemen, who went in
by means of a ladder, to have been preserved, though
it was evident they had been long enveloped in flames
Nevertheless, Mr. Micheroox lets suffered a very severe
less in other proptriy, and in sonic valuable papers
which were emit ely consumed. It was lucky that the ac-
cident hapuetied at an hour when all the neighbourhood
were yet awe ke, and assistance was close at hand. The
Guards on duty at the Italian Opera were instantly called
to the spet, and prevented confusion. Mr. Johnson is said
to be but partly insured. The audience at the Opera were
thrown into great alarm, by the women in the gallery (who
saw the lianas from the top windows of the house) all
rushing out in a fright; and the performance was of course
stopped. Many ladies of the box: s, wilts, carriages had
not yet arrived, were obliged to go hone in tin ir satin
slippers, on foot, through the mud occasioned by the rain
I which had fallen all the evening.

FURTHER. PART ICULARS OF THE Fla,: AT LIVERPOOL.
—I am happy to state that the book-cases of two or more of
the counthig-houses have been got at and opened, and the
contents found safe, or at least so far legible that they can
berm! distinctly. In (me there were upwards of 300 sove-
reigns. I understand the estimated loss is from 70 to
80,000/. ; n ntl on which about 50,0001. was insured in the
various offices. The heaviest sum appears to be 9,0001. in
one office. The ruins of the buildings yesterday presented
a melancholy yet picturesque appearance; several corners
atld threatening, walls are still standing at full height, and

thf. s reet% and sites of the warehouses are covered with heaps
of the I:ricks and burnt balks—in one place, where goods
are probably buried, to a height of twenty-five or thirty
feet.

It having been stated in some of the provincial papers'
that Mr. Chautberlayne, the present proprietor of Netley
Abbey, had it in contemplation to exclude all visitors from
viewing its interesting remains, we feel ourselves perfectly
competent to contradict such a report. The abbey having
for many years sustained the greatest injury, which every
person of taste cannot but feelingly lament, by the indis-
criminate admission of the public at large to this fine
spt.cimen of ancient architecture, it has been conceived tec
prdient to limit this privilege in future, which has been so
eatitonly and grossly abused; and, as it is now enclosed
within the pleasure grounds of Weston Grove, the seat of
Mr. Chamberlayne, to grant permission of entrance to it
to such persons only, who may be conceived likely to take
an interest in the survey of such an admired object, and
who would be anxious to prevent any further mischief
being done to it, or at all events would he indisposed to
convert it into such a scene of coarse revellinga and vulgar
carousals, as has been exhibited there for a length of time,
so little appropriate to the character of the edifice and its
environs.
In the early part of last week, a gentleman of Somerset
left London, where he had been on a visit to his brother,
for the purpose of returning home. On the road he wrote
Ia letter to his brother, stating his intention of calling on a
brother-in-law, who resides near Salisbury, and that on his
arrival there he should cut his throat ! The threat was

literally put in execution. The deluded man d'e.l
Wednerdny, leaving a widow and eight children to deplore
his untimely end.—Dreizrs Gazelle.
FATAL. ACCIDENT.—On Friday, the 30th ult. two
children unluckily stepped into some fresh stacked lime, in Mount.
street, Manchester, by which one was so dreadfully scalded as to
cause Its death In a very short time. The other child is doing well,
11114 is likely to recover.—Verdict accordingly.

NEWMARKET JULY MEETING.
NEWMARKET SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
The July Meeting commences to-morrow, and although recent
event+, have created apprehensions in many that the sport would he
prejudicially affected, we can venture to assert that as far as it depends
on the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Jockey lub, there will
not be any defalcation, as they are resolved to preserve as well
to *hie as to future meetings, that character of superiority which
has an long attached to them. The animation whuilt usually dim.
tinguishea the Newmarket people in race weeks has visibly leavened,
and this it not much to be wondered at. as they ruWeved terribly
on the late Derby race, having, with one or two exceptions, stuck
hard and fast to the General, and barked him to win to a large
amour,. The consternation produced by the information that the
horse would not start, was very great, and did not tubside for tome
time; but, utilike many others. they settled their beta with promp.
thuds,. iheteed of cavilling about circumstances which they agreed
to be unavoidable. The propriety of the decision given by the
Committee of the Jockey Club was readily allowed, particularly
when the evidence taken on the oicasion way deposited in the hands
I of the proper officer tor inspection.
Con•iderable anxiety prevails here, as to whether his Royal
Ilighneta the Duke of York, the staunch patron of the Newmarket
Mertinee, will he tuffitiently recovered from his late indiapoeition
to honour us with his presence. Nothing certain is known, but it
is feared that his Royal Highness will not venture to leave town at
present.
Few arrivals had taken place up to the time of closing our parcel,
but several servants with saddle-horses are here, and their mater
are expec.ed in the course of the evening. K e believe that the lel-
lowing distinguished members of the Club will he here by to.
morrow :—Tneir Graces the Dukes of Portland. RI hmond, and
Grafton ; Marquises of Exeter, Titchfied, and Graham • Lords
Jersey, Ve,ulam, Orford, [Sentinel:, Fitzroy, Dunwich I..owtber,
Sir John Shelley, General Grosvenor. Colonel rdny,
The 31eming will terminate on Thursday. when the greater per,
lion of the viri,ora will proceed to Cheltenham, to be present at the
races of that fashionable town ; they commence on the 19th, and
arc of unusual importance, the 'oaken being exceedingly rich, and
the horses to run of the highest character, from all parts of the
coutary. including several from Newmarket.
The laming on the July stakes lies been very interesting. me.
dham'a tilltse(Crickettet) is beet etl to a large sewn, party
owing to the favourall- reports which have been received, seeming
Mai. and prrtly to the known excellence of his breed; indeed, tks
Wyndh ten stud las been firturate for the Cet year, and bids file
to rival the celebrated one of his Grace of Graf. on. Many of the
Derby a, d Oak* Ite-tes are in that stakes ; if they come out, a cer-
ruin entertan ...ill be affiirdeil fir subsequeht engagements on those
stakes. For the inf rination of ilarse not on the spot, we subjoia
tie latest odds on the July and St. Leger stakes.

JULY

6 to 4 art Cric ketter ( 8 to 1 apt Catgut
9 to 2 apt :Sprite 8 to 1 at,at Pawn, jun.
10 to 1 apt a..y other.
ST. LEGER.
21) to I aget Finn
22 to I au.t Euxtoo
26 to I art The General

7 to 2 agn Belzoni
15 to 2 apt Bedlnnate
II to I ust Pirate

1 211 to 1 ag-st Barefoot
I 1 to 1 a...l;st Crusader
14 to 1 al,rst The Dragon 33 to 1 art Mae Adam
33 to 1 agst any o:her.
The exercise ground was very well attended this morning, and
treat number of hoses took their gallops, including most of those
in the July stakes. The course is in good condition, it haring
rained h. sivay during the night. It may be reybisite to inform the
subscribers tee the July Stakes of 1827. and I)erhy and o,k, a
11128. that the nominations must be made in London or Newmars
ke. on or b. fore Saturday next (the colts and fi lies being now,
one year old). The produce in the present year ct the mares en.
gaireil in the FfiddLsworth and other produc stakes. for 1829, and
Nte horses to which the mares engaged in the Riddlesworth stakes
for !B.iO were sent ,his spring, must also be declared by Saturday
next

The following re the appointment, fir to-morrow :
A ,aietroaliv, t f 10 nova. each fa 3 yrs. old colt", Bat. 61b. filliet
tist. New T.V.C.
The horses to be named before dinner this evening. Four Sub-
scribers or no r ,ce.

F rst year of the renry.al oft he July strkes of &O we. for each, 31t
forfeit, for 'wo year old cults 84 111 Bst. 41b. New T. T. G.
Duke of fir .ton's b. e. by. Antarlis —Pan. jun.
Duke of Graft bf. Cruelter, by Partisan—Catgut
Duke of tlrahon's byPartisal—Ninbe
Mr. Wilson a b. c. bro her to the Jugvler
Mr. Gm," 11 'a b. c. Monolog, by Mar, red—fag/drilla
Alr. Grey II 'a ch. f. by Vl'aterloo—H:*yo ring
Lord A,,snit's ch. a. by Merlin, d. by Scud or Pioneer
laird A smon's b. c. by MagistraT—Maid of o.learts .
Mr. Ruger,'s b. c.Borderer, by Cavan, d. by Orville
Mr. Rogers's b Flounce. by Clinker—Tancred's dam
Mr. Oros7 nor's ch. f. by Tires a—Sprite
Mr. Su, e'l a h. r. by Orville—Dulcanbas
Mr. 'lt ort.hil,'s ch. c. br Son—Romp's data
Mr. Wyndham's c. by W hale4nne—Crit ket tees dam
c. by wba..bone—Sir Haldibrand's dam
Led Jersey's Mameluke. by Penis n
air. Hunter's ch. f. Smbre to by (u artts—Sprlgbtly
Mr. Lee's b. f. by the Flyer—Behar a
Mr. Rush's ch. c. by St lial—Chil.tx
Mr. Pettiest by the Flyer-51i'e
Mr. Aliinees ch. f. Millicent. ly Comus
Mr. W. Edwards's ch. f. by Sel.m, d :in by Scud eft Heretrer
111 r. Forth's gr. C. Intruder, by Imerpre er—Jest
Lord G. ('avendish's b. c. by Pa dun—Pagoda
Mr. Newton's b. f. by Canon, d m by Waxy—Bizarre.
Match, 100, Lord Amon's f. by Heroine, by Bustard, Bit. 51b.
rece'ved forfeit from .Mr. Greville's Skirmisher, List.
_ _

A Match for 540 ;ave. T. Y.C. is made for 'Thursday, between
Air. Miters ch. f. by Smyrna, out of Madcap, agst Mr. W. Ed-
-11,/ r is's ch. E. by Scum, darn by Scud orSorcerer, 13st. each.
P.S. We have ascrrisinvi, since writing the above, that his
Royal Highness the Duke of York will nut visit Newmarket this
meeting.