The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-13 00:00:00

BRAZIL'S.

The Emperor of Brazil closed the Legislative
Session with the following speech on the 20th of
September :
August and worthy Representatives of the Nation,—
I notice with pleasure, and again have to thank you for
the measures by which you have endeavoured to pro.
mote the prosperity of the nation during the present
session; and for the frank and efficacious support you
have given to my government.
The development of public instruction in its different
branches, the creation of the national bank, of a special
jurisdiction for commerce, and of a naval council ; the
credit voted for a dock, the electoral reform, and other
measures of undoubted utility, are undeniable proofs of
your zeal and devotion to the prosperity of Brazil.
Commerce, industry, and agriculture are especially
indebted to you for the facilities and advantages which
you have, with so much solicitude, endeavoured to pro-
vide for them, in the development of the means of com-
munication, and in augmenting the number of free la-
bourers, two of the most urgent wants of the country.
My government will respond to your coefidence by
dedicating itself, as it has hitherto done, to the public
welfare, and by proceeding with the greatest diserimina-
lion is the use of these means by which you enabled it
to realise the benefits which it is the aim of the different
branches of the public administration to secure.
The ratifications of the treaty of amity, commerce,
and navigation, concluded between the Empire and the
Argentine Confederation, have been exchanged, and
also those of the conventions concluded by this court
with the plenipotentiary of the republic of Paraguay.
My Government will endeavour ou its part to secure,
all the advantages which the stipulations of these treaties
promise to bestow on the public interests and the com-
merce of the country.
The doubts which have been raised as to the demar-
cation of the line of the frontier of the empire with the
oriental state of Uruquey, have been satisfactorily re-
solved by the mutual accercl of the respective commis-
sioners.
Our relations with all the.powers maintain themselves
on the same footing of good intelligence and friendship.
The provinces continue tranquil, and, thanks to
Divine Providence, the ravages of the epidemic, which
had attacked most of them, have ceased.
August and werrthy representatives of the nation,
returning to the Isosoin of your families, I am persuaded
that you will continue to strengthen by your example the
spirit of moderation and concord which happily reigns
among my beloved subjects, and that you will co-operate
w;th my Government to render more and more effective
;.be guarantees which the constittn;ion and the laws offer
for the free expression of the national will.
The session is now closed.
On the 13th of September? at the Palace of San
Cliristovao, the Hon. Mr. Scarlett, Envoy Extra-
ordinary and Minister Picuipntentiary of her Bri-
tannic Majesty, presented his credentials to the
Emperor of Brazil, and addressed his Majesty in
the following terms
Sire,—On receiving from my august Sovereign the
royal letters which accredit me to your Impend tqaj-sty
and her Majesty the Empress, I wee et the seeme time
crdertd by the Queen to assure your Majesty of
the prOfound and sincere interest which she takes in
your happiness, and in that of the Empress, and in
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the prosperity of all your imperial family.
The Queen wishes ardently to strengthen still more
the ties of friendship which already
Imperial unite her to your
Majesty.
Appreciating much the high position which - Brazil
holds among the states of the world, the Qneea is
pleased to attribute it, in a great measure, to the
enlightened government, and to the wiedom of your
Imperial Majesty.
England, Sire, cannot but see with the greatest
interest and satisfaction the progress and
the result
of free institutions, which become more solid when