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of surcharges returned to individuals; the tax on
gaming houses, of 6,500,000—had not appeared in
the estimates of preceding years. Between the land-
tax under BUONAPARTES Government, and its
amount at the present day, there was a difference of
122,000,000; so much had that impost been dimi-
nished. As for the financial prospects of the next
and following years, there is no chance, according
to M. STILL ELE:of a failure of revenue. The receipts
,of the.indiiect taxes for 1822 have much surpassed
the estimates, and he calculated on an excess of
'revenue over the expenditure for many years to come.
The debate led to other subjects as well as the
budget. M. GILIERT des VOISINS in a speech of
considerable length openly charged the Ministers
with supplying the means for the Spanish Counter-
Revolution.

The following are additional extracts from these
Pdpers.

'• PARIS, JULY 16.

" We learn by a recent letter from Barcelona, that
the Army of the Faith has taken Lerida, but that
the citadel is still in the possession of the Constitu-
tionalists. It is net expected to hold out two days."
—Gazette de France.

44 A report prevails to-day, that thy Spanish Mi-
nister at Paris is about to be displaced. Others say
that it was the Marquis of Casa lino himself, who,
fearing greater mischiefs, had sent in his resignation."
—Quotidienne.

One of the French papers of Tuesday states, that
eleven of the Spanish conspirators have been shot at
Madrid, and upwards of thirty others been subjected
to degrading punishments.

FRENCH FUNDS, JULY 16.
Fire per Cent. Consols, opened at 90L 70c.—Hisbrst, 90L
75c.—Clesed at 90f. 60c.

This forenoon we received a Lisbon Mail, bringing
Papers to the 7th instant. They are principally filled
with the debates in the Cortes on the affairs of Brazil,
which possess considerable interest.
In the Sitting of the Ist of July, they continued
the discussion of the opinion of the Special Commit-
tee on the political affairs of Brazil ; and, on account
of the importance of the subject, it was resolved that
the Sitting should be permanent tiU it was decided.
After a protractecidebate, the Articles v►ere put to
the vote, as follows :

AZT. 1. That the Government shall be desired to canoe the
installation of the new Administrative Juntas to be immediately
proceeded with, conformabk to what has been decreed by this
Sovereign Congress, in all the'Provinces of Brazil where the
Decree for their creation has net yet been executed.—Approved.
It That the Members of the actual Junta of St. Paulo, who
signed the Representation of V.4th Dec. 1523, shall be prose-
cuted and tried ; that 3 similar proceeding shall be instituted
against the Bishop of that Diocese, who signed the Representa-
tion of Ist January, 1882; and against the four persons who
signed the Address directed to the Prince Royal on the 26th of
the same month ; but no sentence of condemnation to be exe-
cuted without the previous decision of the Cortes.

This Article was put to the vote in parts, which
were all approved except the second, proposing to
prosecute the Bishop of St. Paulo.

5. That It be expressly declared that no other persons shall be
proceeded against for the facts mentioned in the preceding Ar-
ticle, In order thus to prevent the fears which criminal proceed-
inp, for political causes, generally exciter—Approved by S 9
votes to N.

4. That the Government shall immediately proceed to inquire
into the reason why the Deputies of Minas (Seraes have not yet
come to take their scats in the Cortes, and how far the Junta or
other authority is to blame for this omission, giving an account
of everything to the Cones.—Approved after some short ob-
servations. -

5. That the two Members or Secretaties of State of Rio de
Janeiro be made responsible for the Decree of 16th February of
this year, and the other acts of their administration.—Apprqved•
6. That the Project, No. f. 32, be immediately discussed, as
proposed by the Deputy Villela.—Approved.
7. That the stay of the Prince Royal in Brazil shall continue
till the publication of the additional Act; and that, in the mean
time, his Royal Highness shall continue to govern, in subjection
to the Cortes and to the King, the provinces which he at present
governs, and which obey him; his Ministers, or Secretaries of
State, being named by the King ; and all the resolutions taken
by them in the Connell of State, and all the decisions and official
correspondence, signed by the Secretary of State of the compe-
tent department.
There was some debate about putting the Article

to the vote, and the question, whether the Prince
Royal should remain in Brazil till the publication of
the additional Act, was carried, by 64 votes to 45.
The whole Article was then approved.
The addition of M. BORGES CA RS El' no, proposing
to censure the Pancea ROYAL for the expression he
had used to the Cortes, was rejected on the motion of
MM. FIRRRIRA BORGES and RIBEIRO Di AWDRADA.

In the Sitting of the 2d, another long debate on
the affairs of Brazil ensued, on the Report of the
Special Committee. In the preamble the Committee
deeply regrets the delusion under which Die Bra-
zilians labour, and cannot conceive how the Cortes
can be supposed to entertain views•contrary to the
liberal sentiments which gave them birth, and by
which they are certainly animated. The Report is
accompanied by a Project of Deem, in. ten Articles.
In the Sitting of the Sd, the additicial Articles to

the Constitution to be applied to the Kingdom of
Brazil were brought forward, and the debate was

continued in the two following Sittings of the 4th
and sth. The first eleven Articles were rejected on
the 4th, without twin.; put to the vote; that is, it was
resolved, by 65 to 22, that they should not be put
to the vote.

The 401 being the Anniversary of bis Majesty's
return to the capital, a Deputation of the Corms
waited upon bins at the Palace of Bemporta, where
the Bishop of Bahia delivereki an appropriate speech,