The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-14 00:00:00

BRAZIL.

From a party thoroughly versed in Brazilian affairs, and pro-
vided with authentic information on most occurrences, financial
or political, that take place in any part of that extensive empire,
we have been provided with the following information on twit-
ters said to be purposely misrepresented by some planning cor-
respondent at Rio, whose lucubrations, were they not insignifi-
cant in themselves, might affect the financial credit or disturb
the political tranquillity of the empire. Our informant ob-
serves—

"That, in the first place, there is no idea entertained in
Brazil, except in the head of the concoctor of that corres••
pondence, of making three different monarchies of the em-
pire. Brazil consists of nineteen provinces, each governed by
a President named by the Emperor. Some of these are at
times badly governed, when the choice is made under perni-
cious influence. Para, on the Amazon, in the north, and Rio
Grande, in the south, are the most distant, and have always
heen the worst govet ned provinces, therefore rebellious and
.ruinously expensive to the country; though Para, of late, has
redeemed its reputation through the exact Government of
Senor Franco. The country desires to see married the two
Princesses, Doua Januaria and Dona Francisca, both accom-
plished and beautiful young ladies of twenty and eighteen
respectively, and has voted about 20,000/. per annum fur
each, in case of their hopes being realized ; in order to render
Brazil the more attractive to Princes of influential families,
some Brazilians, without an idea of separation of the empire,
wish to see such Princes, and their sons by the said Princesses,
named hereditary Presidents of the said provinces. The plan
is a good one to develape the resources of tit:: provinces, and
even to pacify Rio Grande, and will probably be adopted by the
Chambers ties year ; and little doubt is had that the defiedt in
the revenues of these provinces would soon be altered into a
very large surplus, administered by Princes such as can be
found in Europe, if Brazil employs the right persons, and looks
for them in the right places : these Princes, therefore, will be
subjects, or, at any rate, vassals to the Emperor, and the in.
tegrity of the empire he preserved,
" As to Rio Grande, the imperial arms have lately had de-
cidedly great advantage over the rehc!s ; all the ports and the
capital, 400 miles inland, and all the intermediate country, is
again freed from them, the greatest obstacle to the putting down
that rebellion being the smuggling interests, which, by the above
arrangements, would be soon repressed.
" No treaty, offensive and defensive, has been made between
Brazil and Buenos Ayres, nor ever will be ; and certainly
never for the purpose of calling in Republicans to act against ,
their own countrymen. None bat a mad lawyer, out of his
mind from not being able to revolutionize the country, could
conceive such a thought, for that would assuredly never bring
back the sons of Rio Grande to their monarchical and consti-
tatioual brethren.

"No declaration of war has been, or is likely to be, made
against lsdonte Video, except the President of the latter, Tracto
Rivera, continues his bshaviour in encouraging the rebels with
arms and horses, and sometimes even with money, for which
reason a Brazilian corvette and schooner have lately been sent
down to Monte Video as a demonstration.
" With regard to all the northern provinces, we have here
in London from one to two months later news than any known
at Rio on the 23d of December, and they are known to be per-
fectly quiet. The case, even, of the assassination of Senor
Facundo, a former Vice-Presideut of Ceara, is, by official docu-
ments seen, our informant has said, to be clearly proved to be,
however severe, still a condign punishment, for atrociously
tampering with a Jury, of which said Facundo was foreman.
The circumstance is remarkable, and may be worth relat .
ing here.
" A planter's wife had her husband poisoned by a man of
colour, with whom she lived in adultery. The numerous friends
of the deceased brought both of them to justice, but an influen-
tial neighbour of the woman, her godfather, interceded for her,
and in so direct a manner as to send down a message to Fa-
cundo, who depended in a great measure on the many voles at
the disposal of that person, begging him to get his godchild
safe through the trial, under penalty of losing all his votes.
Facundo discharged three different sets of Juries because they
were untractable, and presiding himself at the fourth, tampered
greatly with the witnesses, and the woman was et:quitted on
the 6th of December. A numerous body of horserne:a belor„,cr-
icg to the deceased's friends were then in Court ; on the fol-
lowing evening Facunda was shot, and these men left the town
that same night.
" There is said to he no excitement amongst the people con-
cerning the probable dissolution of the next Chamber of De-
puties; for the Emperor, if he dissolves it, will act under
good advice, and on his unquestionable right. The Cham-
bers have already had it too long their own way, and it is
time the tables were turned, particularly as there is good
reason to suspect that much foul play was practised at the last
election, the recurrence of which will be prevented, in a
great measure, in the next, by the salutary reform in the
criminal and civil code, made last session, which, as well as
the law for forming a Council of Ste e, was chiefly brought
about by the giant efforts of Senator Vasconcellos, whose
mind and activity are scarcely excelled by that of any states-
man in Europe, and certainly not equalled in Brazil. The
above reform takes the most important functions, hereto-
fore exercised by illiterate, and genera!'y corruptible, Jus.
trees of the Peace (who owed their elevation to popuisr elec-
tion and the pandering to evil practices), from them, and
transfers them to the hands of magistrates appointed by the
Crown. This change is a great step towards the suppression
of the slave trade, for the former justices of e peace owed
their elections chiefly to pledges in that respect, which ir:erred
a dereliction of their duty, fur pariicipzlion in the profits.
" As to making a loan in this country, there existo. r:e al
told positively, no, longer any such inteo:ion, for ()flee' no-
tification to that effect hes been received be t?"-e 2.ll'fist r
Plenipotentiary and financial agents here. 'y ce.,ain
it is, that debentures, hewing 6 per cent. in.lrrst, or bil-
lets of 610,C33 reas, at 100 reas interest per day. will be
issued for one year, receivable all over t'-e einp;re, for
duties, &c., and the public are desirous of obtair‘..l3 ;hem,
the foreign merchants included. It is r'so positively
known that the Commissioners for the liquidation of the
ha'ence due by Brazil to Portugal, of 487,000/. (rad pledged
by Portugal to Sir Isaac Lyon Go:dsmid) are proceeding in a
satisfactory manner, so much so, that as3urances have been
received by the last packet, that the business will be settled in
another meeting or two. A". that is required in this case, is to
make it secure that the money dues not go into the hands of
the Portuguese Ambassador ; an embargo or protest would
therefore be perhaps expedient. It is very much to be hoped
that the late Brazilian Envoy here, Chevalier de Montezuma,
will not oppose the settlement of this honest negotration,for
which, when in London, he is said to have wished Senor
Gal-
vao to be impeached by his Government. However, the re-
ception whicn this Cheva'ier is said to have met with from the
Emperor, not at a private interview, but amidst aerowd of other
individuals, does not betoken his having such influence in that
quarter."—Morning Advertiser.

ANTI-CORN-LAW CON FERENc E.—Mr. Wm. Stokes,
delegate from West Bromwich and Oldbury, requests us to
correct some errors which .pi cared in the report of his speech
in The Sun. The following are the correct statements—
" West Bromwich vont:- fined a porlation of about 28,000, and
Oldburg, about 15,000." "As we go on we' should soon
have four double rates a 'sear." " Hundreds were de-
sirous of following them (to America) did they but
~.,swag the means of doing so;" and with regard to the hol-
t rx-ware factory in Spain, he said "an agent was ant'united
to hire lifiy of the best workmen by a capitr'ist, rnd that the
eiflblishment would be in Spain."—We are requested, also, to
make the following statement ;—Among the Deputies reportd
as having arrived )1 sterday. but who, in fact, arrived on Wed-
nesd'y, are the Rev. Jahn AI. Thomson, .11hybole, Ayizhi:e,
znd ere Rev. P. Cairns, Stewarton, Ayrshire.
We are &sired to correct an erro,.• in our insertion
from tho " (Lisette " of Tneeday last, ,f the declaration of the bank-
ruptcy of Messrs. Miller and Cradock, of Stockton-upon. Tees, the
former having lately been in partnership with Mr. John Campion,
and that description being given to Mr. Miller, in the bankruptcy
proceedi,i4s, the flat does not affect Mr. Can-pion, who, by mistake,
is described as a bankrupt, along with the other tv.o parties.
Die BREAD VERSUS WAGES.--Last week,
a large manufacturing house at Milpo Bridge, near HuL.'ers-
field, reduced the wages of one class of their workmen,
one pound to sixteen shillings; and another, the woolsorters,
were reduced two shillings per pack, or twenty-five per cent.—
Leeds Mercury.