The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-22 00:00:00

BRAZIL PAPERS.

We received last night the Diatio Fluminense to the
25th of July, containing, in a Supplement to the Diario
de Pernambuco, the following
PROCLAMATION TO THE PORTUGUESE
NATION.
Portuguese !—lt is not as your King that I am now ad-
dressing .you, as my abdication has been completed, but as
the father of your legitimate Queen, Donna Maria 11., and
as her guardian.
The compulsion under which my brother the Infant Don
Miguel, the Regent of the kingdom, labours, is, in every
point of view, clear and manifest. To entertain a con •
trary opinion would be an offence against his honour,
which I deem untainted ; it would amount to consider-
ing him a traitor to the assurances or protestations he made
to me, whilst I was his King, and reputing him perjured
in his oath, which Le so freely aad spontaneously took at
Vienna, in Austria, and ratified at Lisbon before the na-
tion legally represented in conformity with the Constitu-
tional Charter, which was offered and granted by me to
you, and accepted by himself and by you, and freely and
solemnly sworn to.
A disorganizing faction laboured constantly in the midst
of unhappy Portugal, under pretence of defending the
throne and the altar, in disregard of all religious, civil, and
political considerations ; it disputed the indubitable and
imprescriptible rights by which your Queen legally ascend-
ed the throne of her ancestors ; it domineered and lorded
it over the Regent ; it ruled the kingdom; it dissolved a
Chamber of worthy Deputies, distinguished by their deseits
and merits ; it did not immediately summon another, ac-
cording to the sth Title, Ist chapter, ;4th Article, and
4th paragraph of the Constitutional Charter, thereby ma-
nifestly usurping the Legislative Power, it appointed a
Junta to issue fresh instructions (precepts or writs) for the
election of Deputies, whom it called legal. These are not
warranted ; but, on the contrary, it destroyed the Constitu-
tional Charter by a single blow, by calling together the
ancient Cortes, an institution already abolished by the
oath of this very same Constitution; it praised and ap-
proved crimes committed against those citizens who were
faithful to their oaths. It consented to, and even authorised,
the troops, who ought to have watched over the public
safety, to commit atrocities in the very capital itself under
pretence of defending the throne and the altar. How far
can misfortune carry incautious and weak men ! Nor did
it stop here. It lauded Portuguese soldiers, when com-
mitting acts of insubordination against their chiefs—
against commanders faithful to their oaths, resting on the
two principal anchors, the Threw and the Altar ! What
"1 prone could consent to the committing of such crimes?
What religion could enjoin the execution of such proceed-
ings against decency, and the decorum due to respectable
and distinguished families ?
Oh, Portuguese ! to what a pass is your unfortunate
country come, under the dominion of fanaticism, hypo-
crisy, and despotism ! If it were possible, your ancestors
would rise from their graves, and suddenly drop down dead
at seeing the cradle of their victories transferred into such
h Irors. _ . .

You are worthy of a better fate : your happiness is in
your own hands, as well as your ruin. Follow my advice,
Portuguese; it k given to you by a philanthropic and truly
constitutional heart. _

It is time that you should open your eyes, and all unite
and stand by the oaths you have taken to the Constitu-
tional Charter, and to the rights of your Queen. By
doing this you will not only save your country, but like-
wise my brothel; by defending the true throne and the
free. Roman Catholic and Apostolic religion. Give not
the victory, oh Portuguese ! to the enemies of Constitu-
tional Monarchical Governments, who wish to see per-
:infers placed upon thrones, in order to strengthen their
arguments against such forms of Government; far be it
from me to call my brother a perjurer or a traitor, he acts
no doubt under compulsion ; and I consider, and shall con-
sider him in that light, ;is long as the heads of _the disor-
ganizing faction do not leave 'Portugal. Portuguese, stand
by the Constitutional Charter; it is not of foreign growth,
it was granted to you by a Constitutional King; and what
evils has it brought upon you? Liberty, of which you
had only a promise before. Yes, Portuguese, bedew the
Tree of Liberty with your blood, and you will see how
it will flourish amongst you, and bear fruits, in de-
spite of all intrigues and machinations. Do sot suffer
your country to be assailed by the blows of perfidy and
treason ; that country which is already oppressed by the
yoke of the most ferocious description. Yon are a free
people—you form an independent nation ; what more can
you hope for ? The Governments of Europe support the
legitimacy of your Queen. Fight for her and for the
Constitutional Charter, and fear nought in the shape of
obstacles. Consider that the cause you are going to defend
is the cause of justice, and that you are bound to it by an
oath. The truth does not penetrate as far- as into the
presence of your Regent. Fanatics, hypocrites, demo.
ralized and despotic men, have blinded him. The immi-
nent danger in which his life is placed makes him submit
to this faction, the like of which has never been seen
amongst the Portuguese people, which was ever free from
the commencement of the monarchy, as the pages of its
history prove. Follow the example of those ancient Pon.
tuguese ; approach' your Regent; speak to him very
plainly and respectfully, as those spoke to the King Don
Alfonso IV., and tell him, "By the road your Highness
suffers yourself to be led in, you will inevitably plunge
yourself into the deepest abyss ; govern us conform-
ably to the Constitutional Charter, which both your
Highness and ourselves have sworn to, and know that
this is the only legitimate course we choose to see adopted."
If y"u do this, you will see, that be, finding the Portuguese
disposed to support him as Constitutional Regent, will
withdraw himself from the shameful tutorage by which lie
is now ruled, and which would lead him to the precipice,
from whence he can never recede with honour; and that
be will throw himself into your arms, and, by governing
you according to law, make you happy. Come to his
assistance, Portuguese ! otherwise lie and you will become
INly conscience is free from ran-
the victimA of anarchy,
cour. I explained the truth to you ;if you choose to
follow it, you will be happy ; If not, you will find the
most refined despotism raising its neck amongst you, which
vou will never be able to crush again.
- Rio de Janeiro, the 25th of July, 182 s.
(Signed) The Emperor PEDRO.
j FRANCISCO GOMEZ DA •siLvA.

A True Col

Rio DE JANEIRO, JuLV 15.—The Diario contains the
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Treaty of Commerce concluded between Brazil and Austria.
JULY 22.—The Emperor rectaived yesterday the news
of her Majesty Donna Maria, Queen of Portugal. Her
Majesty was in perfect health, and wrote to her father on
the 12th. Sir B. Otway, the English Admiral, who had
accompanied her Majesty, was the bearer of this letter,
which, immediately on his arrival, he took to his Majesty,
graciously
who was at the theatre, by whom was most

received.
Jura 24.—The Diuria contains the Protest of the
Plenipotentiaries of the Emperor of Brazil, as King of Por-
tug.al, dated May 24, and presenteil to Earl Dudley.
Dmrio Fluniinense to July 27.
These papers make no mention whatever of Buenos Ayres.