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London, England, 1826-04-12 00:00:00

6, PROCLAMATION.

" January 31.
Fusantrawses•—My wish to be acquainted, if possible, with
all my subjects, and that they should personally know me, my
conviction that the dissentious which have taken place in some
Provinces (as experience has shewn me in the two which I have
seen), have ariseli from my not being acquainted with their wants
so as immediately to provide for them ; and lastly, my word given
to the inhabitants of the Province of Bahia, that as soon as the
independence of the Empire should be recognised, I would honour
that Province with my presence, require that I should fulfil my
Imperial word, by going to that Province, which I shall do on the
:Id of February, to thank them for their efforts in expelling the
tudtaniansa
• I leave with you my son and my three young daughters. My
Ministers of State are empowered to transact the usual business,
and to act on any extraordinary occurrence (which may Goo avert).
" On the 21st of March I shall leave the province of Bahia, in
order to arrive here in time to open our Legislative Assembly, as
the Constitution of the Empire, which governs and will govern
us, preicribes.
" If a father is bound to provide for the wants of his children,
how much greater is this dots in a Sovereign towards his subjects?
If I have been among you fur the period of eighteen years, shall not
the Eahians have the right to have me among them for the short
space of one month? Ihese are ineontestible truths. and they are
worthy of such an honour. You know this very well, and nobody
can doubt the necessity of this my determination, which is con-
formable not only to policy but justice. I leave you with the wish
of soon seeing you again, and recommend you tranquillity.
" Rio de Janeiro, January 31, 1826. " The EMPEROR."
Fleatuav 4.—Yesterday the 3d, this capital was deprived for a
time of the presence of our adored Sovereign, who sailed on board
the Don Pedro I. for the province of Bahia, taking with them the
Princess Maria da Gloria. They embarked at five o'clock in the
afternoon of the 2d. Numbers of persons of distinction went on
board the ship before day-break, to have the honour of kissing the
hand to which we are indebted for the tranquillity we enjoy, and
to express their regret at this temporary separation.
At day-break, the squadron commanded by Vice Admiral Baron
de Souse!, waited only for orders to put to sea. The deck was full
of the principal persons of the Court; a multitude of boats sur-
rounded it. l'he Staff of the Army, the Commander of Brigade,
a great number of public Officers, and of the most respectable inha-
bitants, looked with affection and respect at the vessel which con-
tained so precious a treasure. The Emperor and Empress, with
their daughter, standing on the quarter-deck, seemed to enjoy the
proofs of love and fidelity which their beloved people gave them.—
The salutes of the fortresses, the joyous symphonies of bands of
music, contributed to enhance the beauty, the grandeur, and the
magnificence of the scene. At length the sun rose in all his splen-
dour, the signal for departure was given, and the anchor being
weighed with the greatest order and promptitude, the vessel, favour-
ed by the tide and a light breeze, rapidly passed the fort of Santa
Crux, where the garrison was drawn up, and cheered their Ma-
jesties with the greatest enthusiasm. Meantime, the Arithusa
French frigate got under weigh. Captain Gautier, with the na-
tional politeness of his countrymen, solicited the honour to accom-
pany his Majesty on this excursion, to which his Majesty was
pleased to assent. •At the same time, the Paraguassa and Piranga
frigates sailed, and, by the promptness of their materuvres and fine
appearance, showed what the Imperial Navy already is, and will in
future become.
" DECREE.
" Desiring to accept the invitation made to me by the Government
of Columbia, through my Plenipotentiary at London, to take part
in the Congress to be assembled in Panama, fur the purpose of pro.
posing discussions, and debating on the important measures which
may serve to establish and consolidate the future destination of the
several Independent States, laying down the true principles of
their political relations towards each other, paying due regard
to the legitimate and well-understood Interests of the Euro.
pean powers, and in general of the other parts of the civilised
world, according to the forms of their respective Govern-
ments, and the luminous principles of the universal law of nations ;
and this commission requiring a person qualified by his knowledge,
talents, and patriotism for such an office, I am pleased to appoint
Theodore Biancardi, Member of my Council, Ste. to be my Pleni-
potentiary of the said Congress of Panama. '
" Signed by his Majesty, the EMPEROR.
" Rio de Janeiro, January 24, 1826.
" M. Viscount de Innasours as Ctma."
• The inhabitants of the Province of Rio de Janeiro.

Sidney (New South Wales) Gazettes have been re-
ceived at the New England Coffee-house, to the 4th of
October. One of them states that a curious document
had reached Sidney, nothing less than a proclamation,
issued by the Emperor of CHINA, on the subject of the
Burmese war. It appears that the Emperor bad re
ceived a dispatch from one of his Governors of the
province of Yunnan, bringing under his attention tin
sta,c of tie ftouticts. The Governor states, that ILL

Burmese are engaged in i war with the English, in' ri
have been defeated in most of the engagements; LE
recommends, therefore, that on the frontiers, towardi
the Burniese territory, there be erected fortifications
and towers, to prevent the violation of the Chines 4
territory by either of the parties.
The EMPEROR in consequence, by his Proiltmation;
directs a line of fortifications to be forthwith erected
along the Burmese frontier. The alarm Of the EM:
Pluton is natural, for the Burman Empire stretches froM
the ninth to the twenty-sixth degree Of north lat. and in
its greatest breadth from 92 deg. to 104 deg. of eist
longitude. Its length is upwards of 1000 miles, and
its mean width between three and four hundred. On.
the west (to the sourthward of our frontier) it is boundcd
by the sea, and to the north by Assani and Thiber
and it is in contact, on its other side, for a greater
extent of country, with the Empire of China, the Co.
chin Chinese, Siam, and Malaya. It comprises the
former kingdoms of Arracan, Pegu, and Ava, and a
considerable territory conquered frorn Siam. It is corn.
puted to contain about sixteen million inhabitants.

Hobart Town Papers, received this morning to the
end of September, give an alarming picture of the
dearness and scarcity of the common necessaries of life
at that Settlement. There was not a bushel of English
or Cape barley to be had; butter fetched 4s. per lb
fowls 7s. a pair, and eggs 4s. a dozen.
The French PapiiiO-rirrinday and the Etoile of
Monday, which have reached us, contain the decision
of the Chamber of Peers on the proposed law of pri-
mogeniture. The project consisted of only three article..
The first went to revive the right of primogeniture, and
the second regulated it. Both those articles' were
thrown out by a majority of 120 to 94. The third
article related to the description and amount of pro-
perty of which the existing law allows a father to slis.
pose in favour of one or other of his children. By this
article the gift was extended to two lives instead of
one, having in fact the effect of an entail, though it is
called a " substitution."

The only objection to this modification of a pre-
existing right was its connection with the revival of
primogeniture privileges. This objection having been
removed by the rejection of the two first articles, the
third was passed by a majority of 160 to 53. The
anti-ministerial Journals rejoice greatly at this decision.
Honour to the Chamber of Peers, the fatal law of
primogeniture has been rejected," exclaims the Coe-
stitutionnel. 64 The Chamber of Peers has closed a
glorious combat by a glorious victory," responds the
Journal des Debata. Families, country, State, and
nature," this Journal adds, 4, are left in peace."-.
The Etoile, on the other hand, says, g€ We do not un-
derstand why the Courier and the Comsat:dim:eel rejoice
so much at the result of the sitting of the Chamber of
Peers yesterday. The substitutions were adopted by an
immense majority of 160 to 53, and the right of primo-
geniture was rejected in the preceding sitting by a ma-
jority of one vote only. It will be observed, that all the
amendments of the Committees, tending to restriet the
substitutions (entails), were rejected. The number of
Members present was 214 ; and on the day of the vote
on the principle of the right of primogeniture, six Peers
who were in favour of the law were not at the end of
the sitting.