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London, England, 1826-07-03 00:00:00

THE BRAZILIAN CONSTITUTION.

The rew Constitution issued by the Emperor of Bra.
zil has been published. According to it the territory
of Brazil is divided into Provinces, and the minor di-
visions, are to be directed by the exigences of the State.
The government is monarchical, hereditary,- consents.
tional, rep, eplitative. The dynasty regnant is that of
I) in Pedro I. arum! Emperor and Defender of Brazil.
Nothing is said of his_succersor, The Catholic, Aposto-
lic, Roman religion is to Continue the religion of the
State. All other religions are permitted, by a stretch of
liberality certainly, in houses set apart for the purpose,
but not bracing the exterior ftitm of churches. Such
is the first tide.

The representatives of the Brazilian Empire are the
Emperor and the General Assembly, to w,bich, with the
sanction of the Empetnr, belongs the legislative powes*,
This Assert:We Generale, or Parliament, is composed,-
like our owo, of two Houses—. 4 Chamber of Deputies
or Commons, and a Senate or Chamber of Pears.
Each Parliament is to continue for four yearsi, and
each Session, for, Nue months; the Sessions to come
mence annually, on-the 2d of May. The number of
Members requisite to constitue a House, and a number
of tither particulars, are also laid down. One of these
is impoitant—no Member of either House can be ar-
rested during the existence. of Parliament, except by
the orders of the House to which he belongs, or when
notoriously guilty of some capital offence. If a Mem
b r, be accused, the Judge, before whom the accusa-
tion is laid, must report of the accused to the House,
and it will decidp if the process is to go on or not.
—A matter of infinitely greater impottance, bow.
ever, remains -behind—how are the Deputies to be
elected? But here the PsVet de Constitution, we are
sorry to observe, gives us very little information; it
merely provides that t're Deputies shall be elective and
temporary, and that they. shall be elected by the Pro
winces. The Nlembeis of the Senate are also elective,
but their election is fnr life. • They must be above 40
years of age, and possess an annual income of 800
milreas. The number of Senators is to be one-half of
the number pi a:putiei, and both Deputies and Sen-
tors are to . receive an annual salary—that of, the
Senators being one-half
,larger than that of the Depu—
tie.. Laws may be proposed in either Chamber,
aid the Nlin;sters of the Crown have the initiative.
If the Prtjet •de Loi (the Bile) be disapproved of
by the Chamber, when it is introduced, the• Chatn-
btr must submit their objections to the Emperor;
if passed in one, or opposed or altered in another, it
must be sent back to the Chamber where it was passed,
with a notification to that eff:ct. When both Chambers
have concurred. the Bill is to be laid before the Em-
peror, who may reject it if he see proper; but if two
successive Parliaments present the same Bill, it is un-
derstood that his sanction is to be granted.
The succession to the throne is declared to be in the
heirs genefal of D:sn Pedro. If by any, unforeseen.
casualty, the line shruld fail, the Parliament, daft the
ltfe of the last of the race, are to choese a new dynasty.
No stranger can succeed ti the throne t therefore, the new
dynasty must be native. All Brazilianeare tube obliged
to carry arms far the defence of the independence and
liategrity tithe empire. The sixt r title is occupied 'with
the appointment and regulation of the Judges, and
Courts of Justice. The seventh title treats .of the ad:
. ministrationof the Provinces and the Provincial As-
semblies.

It is worthy of observation, that the-Trial by
'ury is to form a past of 13-azilian Judicature, and that
he Judges are not removable without cause. assigned,
nor without a nial.
The ptiva:e riga: of individu4ls are :-1. Liberty
of action, ezrept so far as controlled by positive statute.
2. Laws are to-be Funded on public utility. S. The)
are not to be retrospective. 4. Writing and pr nting
are free without any preAuus censorship. 5. Every
one may folio* what form of relitous worship he sees
6t. -6. Every one may rcinaio in, or lease the empire
and remove his, property as he finds convenient. 7
Every man's house is his caste, and inviolable, 8. Per
,ons are not to be arrested but on specific charges, and
within a limited time these charges Most be notified to
them in smiting. 9. Bail is adMitted. 10. Except-in

PARIS V. FRY.
. ~. .
MI.SCARLErT stated Oat this was an ac:inn brought
in recover compensation. in d miages, foi tie i Jur)
whi,ch the plaintiff sustained through the misconduct ol
the defendant.

•
The. plaintiff was a poor man, wi;o made his liveli-
)l6dd 4.hawkirsi blacklead pencil's through the streets,
whereh; he•cleared chitty ihillings a week. • The de-
fendantjWas 3 wealthy Gent!ernak vh t bewelie‘i to be
11.shiv;rq a b, ice and chaise, abotit.five.o'ch ch.! al-
rnoon on the 21st of N 'veinber list, to Houndsditeh,
when he came in contact with the
_plaintiff, who was
on the right side of the road, and knocked-him doss n
in the mud, and rode over him, whereby he was
maimed, lost a part of his cheek, was as yet deaf and
;Jame, and had been confined for 18 weeks in an hospital.
Witnesses were then called to prove the case, and the Jury gave
a'verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 311. 1 ei:

SHERIFFS' COURT, JULY 1.
POWER V. DUODALE.

This was an action brought by Mr. Power, the music
seller, of the Strand, against a person of the name of
Dugdale, of Russell-court, to recover a compensation
I in damages, for the piracy of " Aloore's Irish and Na-
tional Melodies," the copyright of which had been dis-
posed of by. Mr. Moore to Mr. Power, who had paid
Mr. Moore the sum of 50001.
,for it. The defendant
having suffered judgment to go by dvfault, aJury were
summoned to assess the damages. The damages were
laid at 20001.

Mr. Serjeant.SrAnitta stated the case, and called se-
veral witnesses, who proved having seen the book pub-
lished by lugdale, in circulation in varioui pits of the
country. The !witnesses cOnsidered the damage sus-
tained by Mr. Power to be very .considerable.

The Attorneyffor the defendant stated, that he hoped
the Jury, would not give heavy damages, as his client
was a poor man, and unable to pay large damages. He
hid understood this work had been publisbed by several
persons besides Mr. Dugdaleogainst whom ao action
had been brought.

The Unoes Swim" k slammed op, the Jury summed the
damages at ,6100...; . .
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11-BNLIT AND ANOTEltit D. Tait ST. CATDARIIIII DOCK
COMPANY. . ..

The Arty *Was summoned to.iassess the compensation
Messrs. Arleriley and Co. should receive fioin the St.
Catharine Dock Company, for +remises of which they.
were about to be deprived, for the purpose of making
the Company's New Dock.
Mr. &rjeant VAL/4311AP1 addieised the Jury onhehalf
of Messri. Henley and Co. and called Messrs. Bromley,
Roper, Biggs, and Ward, surveyors, who estima►ed the
property at 19.5981. and the chance of renewal at
20601. more. •

Mr. ADAMS addressed the Jury far the Company, in
diminution of the compensation demanded.
The Jury, after a short consultation. returned a verdict,. 'sti-
lt:ming the whole amount of compensation at 417.1100.
• The nest case was a claim by a native of Bremen, for a public-
house, the ground of which was also to be included is the New
Dock. Ao arrangement was made between tbe parties, and a ver-
dict taken for X 1350.