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the same offence ; but the Judges de Direito, who msy
have commenced the said processes, after the sam
shall have been concluded, whether sentence may bat
passed or not, in case the delinquents may not have:
been apprehended, shall transmit them to the chief of
the police of the same province, who shall unite them
all into one, and adding thereto what further investigis-
`'nns or discoveries may have been made, and thereupon
deeije what manner, according to law, the prosecu-
tion shg,ll be eontlZeted•
32. In the pt'ocesees the said judges may form,
they may examine, without hu;:tation as to the number,
all the witnesses that they may harp any knowledge of,
or that the public accuser may indicate, pr any other
person or persons, and may delay the proceeawgs for
thirty days.
33. In case the Government should consider it neces-
sary, they may appoint a " Desemburgador " (a judgp
of the highest class) or any other magistrate for the pro•
secution of this crime, in any province, appointing spe-
cially to assist him a notary public, with authority to
proceed with the case, as well in the capital of the pro-
vince as in any parish or district thereof, as shall appear
to them most convenient.

34. On the proceedings being brought to a close, thew'
shall be immediately submitted to the jury cf the capital,
if then assembled, who shall proceed with it, giving it a,
preference, and if not sitting, they shall be summoned
to an extraodinary and special meeting for this parti-
cular case.

35. All laws and resolutions to the contrary are hereby
revoked.

(Signed) MANOEL ALVES BRANCA.
Rio de Janeiro, lOri, :Tidy, 1845.

MR. iWACACLAY.
(From the Scotsnum.)
Th,n following short note from Mr. Macaulay will be
read with interest. It was written in reply to one front
the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, transmitting.
the memorial from that body to the Queen, in favour tit
Opening the ports :

" London, Dec. 22, 1845.

"You will have heard the termination of our attempt
to form a Government. All our plans were frustrate,'
by Lord Grey. I hope that the public interests will
not suffer. Sir Robert Peel must now undertake the
settlement of the question. It is certain that he cars
settle it. It is by no means certain that we could have
done so. For we shall to a man support him ; and a
large proportion of those who are not in office would
have tefused to support us. On my owni share is
these transactions I reflect with unmixed satisfaction.
From the first, I told Lord John that I stipulated
for one thing only—total and immediate repeal of the
corn-laws ; that my objections to gradual abolition were
insurmountable • and that if he declared for total and
immediate repeal, I would be, as to all other matters,
absolutely in his hands ; that I would take any office or
no office, just as suited him best ; and that he never
should be disturbed by any personal pretensions or jel;-
lousies on my part. If everybody else had acted thus,
there would now have been a Liberal Ministry. How-
ever, as I said, perhaps it is best as it is.
" I do not think that, if we had formed a Government,
we should have entertained the question of paying the
Roman Catholic priests of Ireland. 1 cannot answer for
others ; but I should have thought it positive insanity to
stir the matter.

" I will send your petition to the Secretary of State for
the Home Department, as soon as it is clear that the
Goverment is settled. " Ever yours truly,
" I'. B. MACAULAY.
" J. F. Macfarlan, Esq., Edinburgh."