Star.
London, England, 1823-07-03 00:00:00

THE BRAZILIAN EMPIRE.

We have received the Diario do Govern°, of the
Brazilian Empi7e, of the sth of May, containing an
"occonnt of the opening of the Session of Abe General
Assembly, at Rio de Janeirii. This important event
rook place on the Si of May, the anniversary of the
discovery of Brazil by the tuguese navigator, PE-
DRO ALV.I.RES CAR ZIAL.
About half-past eleven the EMPEROR/ accompanied
by his Consort and the Princess Donna MARIA DA
Gt.obta, proceeled in state from his Palace to the
Assembly. The ceremony was conducted with great.
pomp. The Imperial Family were in spfendid.car;
liages ; some of the streets were sti ewed s!ith Bowers ;
the fronts of the houses, were draped a his variegated
silb, and tapestry of different kinds ; the svhole Of the
passage was lined with troops, and the artillery in the
forts fired salutes. The EMPEROR, being seated on'
his throne, addressed a speech to the Assembly. It
is stated in the Diatio, that hii Maresra executed
this duty with so much energy and appropriate ac-

tion, that he seemed rather to he speaking extempore
than reading a speech which had been prepared for
him. The speech occupies about seven columns of a
paper printed in a kind of large quarto, and com-
mences thus :

" Worthy Representatives of the Brazilian Nation !—This is'
the greatest day that ever shone on Brazil—this day, in which
she first begins to shew.hemelf to the world as en Empire, and'
as a free Empire. Dow great is my delight at seeing the real
Representatives of nearly all the Provinces hem assembled, to
communicate with each ether on their mutual Weevils, and to I
found, upon these interests, a just and liberal Constitution for,
their government ! We ought before now to have enjoyed a
National Representation; but the nation either did not *Merl
understand its interests, or, understanding them, *as tinobte to
vindicate them in consequence of the strength and pre rants
-of the Portuguese party. These men, well knowing*. stow Of
weakness and poverty to which Portugal was reduced, and fore-
seeing a still greater degree of decay, never wet* comae (be_l
cause, though they proclaimed liberty, they &egad separation)
that the people of Brazil should hays Reptesentation equivalent
to that which they themselves enjoyed."

A long history is given of thotctespleints of Brazil
against Portugal, of the transactions oftherevolution, of
the finances, and of measures 4exted by the different
departments of the Government:numerous improve-
ments, civil and military, are announced; and we are
glad to observe that instruction is not neglected.
ks are purchased for enlarging the public library
of Rio de Janeiro; the number of students at the col.
lege is increased, and a Lancasterian School. s ordered
to be opened. After long details on the foreign rela-
tails, and the domestic situation of the State, the
ilEMlPsito* spoke of the Constitution. He said '
1 “ As C,onstitotional ilmptror, tad more especially as perpetual
defender of this empire, - II edited to the people, as the is diy of
Deannber, lelet, en wide!' I wit owned and anointed, • tut'

wiziiimy sword I would defend the country atd the Constitutico , i f
it Should prove worthy of Brazil and of me' I, to day, ratify eikeit
solemnly before you, that protthe, and I hope you will aid me
iii the performance of it, by forming a Constitution, wise, just,
Idequate, and practicable ; dictated, by reason, not caprices that
shall have solely In view the general !sappiness, which can nevei be
complete, if the Constitution be nut fo undid on solid bases, proved
by the wisdom of ages. These are the true foundations on which to
grciunda just liberty to the People, and every necessary streogth
to the Executive—a Constitution in which the three powers
shall be divided, so that neither shall arrogate tb itself rights
which do not comport with it, b ut which shall at the same time
be so organized and harmonious as to render it impossible, vies'
In the lapse of time, for those powers to become enemies, and
that they may more and more co-operate for the general happi.
nese of the &ate. In floe, a Constitution which, plating barriers
to Despotism, whether royal, aristocratical, or dernomatical, shall -
put Anarchy to Bight, and plant the tree .of that liberty under
whose shade shall grow the union, tranquillity. and independence
of this Empire, destined to be the wonder of both the new and
old worlds.

" Experience hu shewn that all Constitutions, after the fashion
of those of 1791 and 1792, are totally theoreticaland metaphy-
sical, and consequently impracticable : this has been proved by
France, Spain, and lastly by Portugal.. They have not produced,
as they should have done, general happiness, but as we In.ve
seen, after a most licentious liberty, which has already in sonic
countries resolved into, and in others will soon resolve into,
despotism.
" Far be from us such melancholy recollections; they clothe
with mourning the joy and jubilee of this happy day.
" You are not ignorant of these facts, and I am convinced
that firmness in true constitutional principles, which have been
sanctioned by experience, characterizes every one of the de-
puties composing this assembly. I hope that the Constitution
lfzu will make will merit my Imperial acceptance ; that it will
I be wise, just, and adapted to the local wants and civilization of
the Brazilian people; that it will also deserve the praise of all
nations, so On even our enemies may wish to imitate the wis-
dom of its principles.

" An Assembly so illustrious And so patriotic, looking only to
the prosperity 'of the empire, and to the increase of its happiness,
will require that its Emperor shall be respected, not or.ly by this,
but by all other nations ; and that its perpetual defender shall
fulfil the promise made on the Ist of Decernbtr last, and MI
day solemnly ratified before the nation legally represented.
" Tin CourrtrortottAz. EMPEROR.
•ND PERPETUAL DSTEMDS& or Mutat.. "

Velegret to meet with the following paragraph
in the Dublin Evening Mail of Monday:—

" It is rumoured to day, that there has been a battle between
the Military and the It&bonnie's, at Maghers, and that num-
bers hate been killed on both Aka"

The Ktico takes daily airings' at. Windsor, and con-
tirmes to improve in health. days since his
hlrs,teart came suddenly on.a4attge party:elf lrit
mesties playing cricket. At this unexpected approgeh
of their Royal Master, they. began tocscomperin all
directions ; but the Kitts, with his aceustoined- rod
nature, sent one of the Gentlemen in attendance to
desire thetas to continue their game, and never let his,
approach interrupt their sports.
Her Majesty the -Queen I)owager of WURTEM.
BURG' Stungard on the i'3d ultimo, to pass some
weeks at the bathS at Deinach:

e2OXI, eiTU:I72.---77-iibe.anniversary of the
return of ,j. *J Pbatutoura to his seat, Hurstbourn
Patk,
.thli cotitity, was this fay celebrated with
,
great. rejoicings. •His,Lordship attended Divine Ser.
vice rtheitt ciowded corigregakion. At the con-
austois;the.people proceeded in a bocji, attended by
a band in his Lordship's livery. tntlieptark, where an
excellent and substantial Banner had been pi ovided
for tht inhabitants of the adjoiiiing parishes. ,About
1,700 men, women, and children paktook aids Lord-
ship's hospitality, and were highly delighted, conti•
.. • .
nually rending the air with their shouts. Strangers
were ndutitted at one o'clock, and.not less than 5,000.
were pretent..M....—t one sentiment pervaded all classes,
•
JO; at Poarsstotira s return to his mansion. •
Tuesday night the house Of Mr.• BARNARD, Prospect-cottage,
. Dainsbury-park, Islington,"Wai broke into and robbed of sere,
ral articles of plate, hams; cheese, and other property—two
other hawses ln.the vicinity were also broken into the same night,
and robbed of some plate, wearing-apparel, and other articles.
The remainsof the younger Mr: Grigilins, the. parricide, as we
hive already stated, were on Tuesday carried to Si. George's
Workhouse. A consultation was soon after held by some of the
prinelp.l Gentlemen of the parish, woo gave orders for its in-
terment in the burial-ground of St. George's, as it would be
irregular to inter it again in the cross-road after the ceremony
had been performed. The body is supposed to have been taken
up -by resurrection-men, who, horn its nauseous condition, found
it unfit for anatomy, and therefore left it with-the coachman.
Friday a dreadful accident took place at Belturbet, in Ireland,
in consequence of the floor of the market-housepit which a Ses-
sion was then holding): jiving way. Upwards of sixty persons
were precipitated froma hetet of thirty feet. Jame* SACSDSII.
Img lisq..tane of the presiding- Magistrates, bad one of his ribs
futile:l; Mr. Fun- r, another Magistrate received a contusion
9n the neck; three goer' men were 'so much hurt that their re-
covery is doubtful; and 10 other persons considerably bruised.
Cove Aicutaarr.—ln the night of 'the 19th ult. a melan-
choly accideat happenedat the-Gosfcrrth Pit at Walker Colliery,
near Heircastle. Six men were employed in clearing out an old
air abaft which had been filled up about 20 years, four working
upward. sad two downwards. The latter were about 40 fathoms
tuns &V surface, when the whole mass, consisting of mud,
Gael water, gave way,. and the six were instantly over-
whelmed and smothered in the bottom of the pit, into which the
rubbiils forced its way for above 30 yards.
ease or Lromtuace.—Yesterday the important case of Beer
tr. Ward and others, on which a property of about X 200,000 is
depending, was, after a trial of three days' duration, decided in
the Court of King's Bench.—The Loan emir Justice, in his
charge to the Jury, after stating the issue which they were *-
*catbird to determine, expressed his opinion that there could be
no doubt of the fact that the father and mother of William Cot-
ton,:the:lunatie,were married at Fledborough after his birth ; and
consequently the question for their consideration would be, whe.
Cher there had been a previous marriage /—The Jury retired at
twenty minutes before three, and at five minutes before four re-
turned into Court and found a verdict for the plaintiffs—that is,
, that William Cotton, the lunatic, was legitimate ; and that there-
fore Mr. Ward beano claim to his estates under his brother's will.
A few days ago, a dray, belonging to Mr. Tritton, brewer, of
Wandsworth, Gnloading some beer at a public.house near the
water side, Putney, two fine stallions, valued at 200 guineas, be-
came restive, and plunged Into the Thames with the dray, and
soon after seek, owing to the Immense weight of the dray.—
Every assistance was procured, but ail proved unavailing.- One
of the driymen narrowly escaped a watery graveehaving plunged
let oat of his depth to save the team, and not being able to swim,
was just cm the point of sinking, when he was happily rescued
from his perilous alteration. The above accident was occasioned
byche negligence of the driver omitting his regular practice of
chaining the two leaders to the tail of the cart.
Last night, the pedestrian-who undertook to walk 60. miles for
tea successive days, arrived at the Pied Horse, Chiswell-street,
at half past eight, having convicted the whole' f his undertaking
is three honed and a bait within the evert time. .

The notch in Lord's Ground, between the BoUingdon Cob
otadhyd% with William Ward, E. and Ashby, and time Mar,-
laZowas Orb. anis tanslastod on Tuesday, is favour of the
blary*Xionne Club, winning by sine wichtts. • • . •