The Sun.
London, England, 1829-07-04 00:00:00

BRAZIL.

The ordinary Session of the Brazil Legisliittire
opened on the 3d of May last, by a Speech horn the
Throne, of which the following is a copy :
" August and worthy Representatives of the
Brazilian Nation,—
" The Extraordinary Session is finished. Ipride
myself on being able to announce to this Assembly,
that the relations of friendship and good understand-
ing between me and the different Sovereigns of
Europe, as well as the States of the American Coil-
tinent, continue firm and unchangeable. I have ra-
tified a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation with
the King of Denmark ; an additional article has
been added to the Treaty of 1826, concluded with
the King of France, and an especial Convention has
been concluded with the same Sovereign; and,
finally, I have concluded the preliminaries of peace
with the Government of Rio de la Plata.
" All those acts will be presented to you by my
Minister the Secretary of State for this department.
Thinking it my duty to watch over the interests of
my well-beloved and dear daughter, the reigning
Queen of Portugal, I resolved that she should pro-
ceed to Europe, where ske found her Throne in the
possession of a usurper.
" Although I am resolved to enter into nocom.,
promise with this usurpation, I am equally firm in
the princple not to endanger, on that account, the
tranquillity and the interests of this empire. The
order anti the internal security of our provinces,
which enjoy perfect tranquillity, has only suffered in
Pernambuco, where an anarchical party dared, in
disregard of all considerations, to raise the standard
of rebellion, against which the Government has been
obliged to take extraordinary measures. It was
my religious duty, in such a case, to raise the
sword of justice, as I shall always do with equal
energy against any party which may dare to attack
our monarchical, constitutional, representative
.form
of Government.

" The abuse of the liberty of the press, which,
unhappily, has been propagated with notorious scan-
dal over the whole empire, demands the most serious
attention of the Assembly. It is necessary to repress'
an evil which in a short time must be productive of
the most fatal results.

" The affairs of the Treasury, which I have re-
commended to you, must continue to deserve your
particular care and zeal in the present Session.
They constitute the weightiest and most glorious
part of the task which has been committed to you,
and I hope that they will engage your attention
with a fervour equal to the solicitude which I feel
for the prosperity of Brazil.
" I recommend to you anew the administration
of justice. The constitutional system imperiously
demands the complete organization of the judicia
power. To aid the development of our agriculture,
it is absolutely necessary to facilitate the entrance,
and to promote the acquisition of colonial farmers,
who augment the numbers of labourers, of whom we
stand so much in need, a law of naturalization, ac-
commodated to our circumstances,• and a good re-
gulation for the distribution of our uncultivated
lands, whose progress has been paralysed, Nvotild
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useful for that purpose. Such are the objects which
it appears to me necessary to recommend to the
patriotism and wisdom of the General Assembly.
I reckon upon your firm co-operation in !lie. under-
taking which I thus propose in establishing
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glory and the splendour of my Imperial Throne la
the prosperity of Brazil. .The ordinary Session is
opened."