Brazil.
The Times, 1824-01-24T00:00:00

-~ Tle~u~oii~ etwi,h1ich is written by an1 ititelrigeit- me~'liii' idsi~oTtRio d~J iro, contains 'afar more clear and qNlidit-0,iiut,of tlie events wvhichi have, recepftly occurred ini~thatjprovliie; soimportanttin their fiuture eoni- squeances both- to Brazil and I to Euiropp, thap any which las yet-reacliid England. At.the same tuine that oitr COn- fieienthbe writer MImoitenables us to gunvantee:the, auhniiy of hiis -f&dts, we ougght -to state, ta o h reasoning-on them wve' ijo not con,siAdr ourselves respon- sible IRWO DP 3ANMR5O, Nov. 19, 1823. The political O-ceurre Dces which have lately taken place hiere are of such vast im1POrtance, no -only to thiis coutntry, blitt to the com- mercial interests of Europe, that I apprehenid a circumstaintial rela- tion of the causes which led to tue very extraordinary measuro the Erpiperor dissolving the Assembly, will he anxiously desired by the mrercantile interest of England. I shall therefore give an account of these niatters in'tbe orde'r in whiich they tank place. Shiortly-after tll6tlismirsslon hr resignation of Joze Bonifacio d'An- drada e Silva, and of, his brother, Martin Francisco Ribe'iro dAn. drada, from the A!iroistry, twvo- new journials, the Sentintella and the Tasnoya, werepublished. T'hese journals labouired to vindicate tbe administrationi of th-Abd'rallas, and took every opportuinity of at- tacking thaemeasuires oi-tie newvAdministration-of exciting feelingst hostile to Potgf-Id ?he ~Erp Portuguese settled in the Brazils, anid of iopiobating.the. principle of employing European officera or 8oldiers-in -the army. It-is generally believed that many of thie articles lti the Taomtsua were written by Mlartiu Franicisco, and his brofthr Antonio Carlos, both members of the Assembly. In thdc- thirtieth' number -of the' Senitwulla, published on the 3d inst., there oeppearedsan anlonymous letrer, which, by certain officers of the hiorse artlllerk, seas considered as an attack upon the whole of the captains of that cdrps and theyj believinig that David Pam- ploan, a.Brazilian.apothecary, was the auithor, two of these offi6ers Europeans. wvent to his- shop on the 5th inst., and violently assassteIQ him ; antlihad he nuot escapedI into thie intcrior of his house, would probablyV bave murderetlhim. On te 0h-apstiinnfro theapohecr y was presented to the As- semby, omplinig ofthi attck y Eiropeans upon a Brazilian, andpisingthewhoe tansctin i te light of proceeding from thespiit f paty.Som dscusio, tokplace upon presenting thepettio, ad utimtel th materwas referretd to the Comriis- on thie 8tinst.tho ('omimissiou.ereportedtsotsheAssembly that the petitioner ought to proceed against th'e parties according to law. (detia itsarldos meia.r ordiflirise.) But the more violent members of thle Assembly opposed the report of the Commission, insqisting that there was miore in this transaction than appeared at first sight, and requiring that the matter should be fully discussed in thle following sessioni, Monday, the 10thi. During this interval, the Brazilian party were not idle-, and managed to have- a coni- siderable nutmber of their friendIs to attend the discussion-every part of the house assignied for strangers was crowded; when Senor Alenecar, one of tile members for Pernainbuco, proposed that tie people be adlmittedl into the body of the honute, whlichi was agreed to, and presently the whole of she apace behind the seats of the members was lilted. TheAndradas mnade violent speeches, and whtile Mlartin Francisco was speaking, a personi immediately behindl bin,, suppeqed to he an Euiropean, e'celaimed-"1 Ho)ld yeoar togergs, yozafsool!" which cauised the utmiost confusion inr the liomse ; iupon whichi the President rose, anid declared the sessioni finished, althouigh it was an hour earlier than the usgual timne. While these mnatters w,ere transacting in the Assemnblv, several of thec members, dreading the result, retired. The M inisters tendered to the Emperor their resignation, which was accepted;- anid a newv Mlinistry was namedl. In the afternoon of this; day a nuimber of the officers of the artillery, Euoen)went in a body to the Emiperor, and demrandetl sattisfac. tion fO.r the alleged insults -offeredl to them. by the S'esrinella and the Taerswya. . During the evening, the Emperor ordered tire whole of the troops under armns, and mnarched themn to St. Chiristovao, where lie commanded them in person. It was truly uinfortanate for the country, that the niew Mtinistry, camposed of Francisco Villela Barboza, fr the Homie anti Forin Affatirs, Clemente Ferreira-Franqa, for Justice ; Sebastiao Luis Tinoco, for Finance ; Joze d'Oliveira. Barboza, for the WIar De- partmnent ; and Loiis da Cunha Mforreira, for the Mlarine; were not men of sufficient talent and experiencee to take charge of the State at so critical a period, and oontrol a Prince with violent passions, which hiave led him on various occasions to show a perfect disregard for the counzsels of htis Mtinisters From what had already taken place, every one looked with anixiety to the dieliberations of the session of the 11Ith. A message was re- ceived fromi the Emperor, informing the Assembly that the officers of the arnmy requiredI satisfaction for the insults offered to theroa by certain public journals, and desiring that the Assembly take the same inito consideration: tupon whichi Antonio Carlos de Andrada .Mahado proposed that the Assemblv shiould declare their sittings permanenit; that a deputation shiould be ap)juointedl to require from the Gloverninent an explanationuof the imotives for calling out the military ; amidt that in thie mean time the message of the Emnperor be rem-itted to a commission of five memnbers, whlich was agreed to. The dleputation retutrnedl with an answer from the Government, informing the Assemnbly thiat because of certain violent proceedings which hand taken place,\he1 Emperor liad deemed it prudent to with- draw the tmoops from sown, so as to allowr the Assembly to proceed wish thecir discussions withiout initerruptioni. Abouit two o'clock, the Commi-ission reported to thie Assembly that the borniie ouglht to requiire from the Governmiient informiation nasto the niumber of officers who complained, antd the names of the iour. nesapitdto present the same to the Emiperor. Tession renrainesi in the mean time permanent, andl it was niot till early on the mrnoing of the 12th thiat the following message wras received from the Governmeit :-That as so the officers, they wvere a body represnting the whole; that the Teanoya and the Sent hndlo were the publications conmplained or; and that the thiree Andradlas were arccused as the editors of the fiNst, and assistantst to the editor of timesecond, of these publications:. and generally thatthiese individuals were the chiefs of a seditiouis party in the state. It was then proposed and areed to dilit this message be remiittedI to a special comlmissionl to be named. At eight o'clock, Antoniio CarIos Andrada Alacbasis proposed that the AMinister of the Interior be called, which was approved of; andI about 10 o'clock the Minis. ter appearea andi subm-ittaed to examination, whets lie declared that the aw,eM b1lug of thetroopS at Sr. ChristoMs Was to aVOid cbin. motions in the capital, andl to preserve the subordination of the troops ;. thmat he did not know the nssmher of stie officers who cont- plained, hilt they were iinumerous that tite troops hiad required the dismissal of tlireAndratlas. members of time liotise ; thtat hie hatd ad- v-ised the Emnperor of the impracticability of such a measure ; thaLt lie conceived it wouldI not be pruident to'nmove the trmeps fromi the encmpent until the Assembly had decided uipon the mreasures to betoaken.;that the Emperor hiad niot given any orders so the MI- nister of Justice respecting thte apprehension of'the editors of the joutonals, but hehkad given orders for proceeding against the persona concerned in thleattack on, the apothecary. The Deputty Montezuma proposed, thiat the interrogatories and answers of the Mlinister of the Interior be remitted to the Special Commission, whichl, after considerable discussion, was approvedl of. TheComamission wvere preparing their r-eport, when initelligence was received that the troops at St. Christovao were. on their mairch to town; ~ and about one o'cloc'k a mnilitarv officer arrived with an open paper from the Emperor, so dleliver to- the Assembly, whichg was received tit the door ofi the house by, two of the secretaries, and being read, proved to be a dlecree dissolving the Assembly. The house was now stirrounded by the inilita- ry, and after a copy of the decree was taken, the mnembers quiietly retired; but in going outt, Antonio Carlos Andrada de Machadii., Martin Francisco Ribeiro tle Antdrada, JozeJloaquim da Rocha, Francisco 041- Acayaba Alontezansa, atnd Nirolau Perreira de Campos Vlerguciros, w-ere mad, prisoners. In the afternoon Jos6 Bonifhcio d!Andrada eSilva and Belchior Pinheiro de Oliveira, who had previously, retired from the house, were also made prisoners, alonig withi several individuals of less noite;- tir e whole were sent in the evening to the miserable prison of the Lagsa, a smnall fort built upon, a rock at the entranice of thle harbour. After these scenes were conclIuded, the Emnperor, accompaiiied by, his staff, paradedI the principal Ntreets on horseback ; arid being at- tended bvya due-proportion of idle Negro boys, they vociferated viva.r as Ihis attendants ordered, or ga-ve the sigznal. I remarked, hiots. ever, that there were very few respectable Brazilian inlmmulilants at their windows : it seemied as, if tlhey hiad senit only tine Blacks and 111.lattoles of thieir families to comnpliiment their Emperor wvith vians on his great victor ; a noeaanucd rtatog h rn the evening eewaanoeaPioied;btahugile honusewas. fulIl, yet. there wvas,.very -few. respectable families present. TIme audience was chtefly composed of the lowser classes of the Eu- ropeami Portu~guese. At nighit, the illuiminations were general with thle Europeans, ,rho seemed bigbly delighted with the p~roceedings of the day,: so m-uch so, that they hiave continued the rejoicings for three successive nights.isdmau hscsea veryunprcedntedsenstio amog te people of this place, and it is mposibe t These wat illbe heresult. The Europeanis re- joic, ad hve nt ben-parig i deotnstrations of their satisfac.. tion usich as ende tomaketheBrailiatns feel more acutel-, Tat te. Eperor- should have dtrie upon suchi a mnen- sure, is the more extraordinary, as h we lln knos that Babia anti Pernambuico have, for some time past, bren in a very unsettled sae;and I have no doutbt that whien the intdllige6ce reaches te,they - will declare at once for a republic, and a general massacre of the Europeans may be tire consequence. Althoughi several days hiave passedI since the dissolution of the Assembly, the publiemind seems as unisettled as it was oni the 12th ; and fears are entertained that the troopis will not long remaitn quiet. It is well known that great discontent has already been manifested by the Brazilian soldiers, who form more than seven-eighths of the 'whole army; and it is tmnly in consequence of-the measure adopted, of still keeping them encamped at St. Christoyno flesiving the duty of the town to.tte militia), that a counter-revolution has not been ef ected. You, may easily figure the situation in which the tGovemment is placed, when I inrormni you, that although the new Ministry namned oll the 10th, was composed only of Brazilians, yet in consequence of two of tbe Ministers having refused to sign the decree for dissolv ing the Assembly (wlhich measurc was, notwithsstanding, iersevered in and carried by the signature of the Ministers of Justice and the var Department), they immediately tendered their resignations, which were accepted;* and-it was not nll the 14th, when the Minister atWar also rcsigned,thaethe followsingAdministration was formed:- Pedro de Aranja Lima,for theInterior; LUiz JozedeCarvalloellello, Foreign Affiirs; F'rauciscoVillela Barboza,AVar; PedroJozedaCosta Barros, Mlarine; Don ariano Joze da Fonceca, Finauce; and Cle- mente Ferreira Franqa, Justice. Tothesewere at-i,d 4 Councillors of Statc-Antonio Luia Perreiro da Cunba, Mlanoel Jacinta-Nogucira da Gama, Jose Joaquin Caameiro dc Campos, zind Barao de Santo Amaro.' Even this Administration did not long continie entire, for on the 16th the Ministers of the Initerior and Marine gave in their resignations; upen which the Alinister at- IVar, Francisco Villela Barboza, was moved to the Mlarine D)epartment, and Joao Severiano. Alacial dat Costa-and Joao Gornez da Silveira Menilonca appointel, the former for the Interior,-n]L the latter'for the WVar Department. On the 13th, the Empero- ptublished a proclamation, (which is annexed) wherein he savs that he has cafeil another As- sembly, to 'which - he wi-ll brcscnt a couistitision for theit appro- bation. But after the -ifficulties which have already. been es perienced- (arising from wvnt of confidence of the people in the Governmeit) befobed the deputies comlsosing the lnst Asem- bly were retutned, there- is no; hope -that any future period a sufi6ent nurfnberprdeptitaesvwill be Sent to Ri;o de 3aneiro from the provihces to coostitute another Assembly. It is muc more. probable that the iorthetn provmneeA will declare for a republic, and unite in sending r4presentatives to a Congress at BalMia or Pernar'n ' buco. S6o fearful p the Government of the proceedings which may take place in thi lljvinces, that al the posts nave been stopped, and. an emb-airgo laid ox all vessels, which is understood will co-atinue till Sundav, the 21a1 instant, by which time a vessel will have been despatched to theniorthern oorts with the intelligence, aRd sucl do- cuments aus the new Aiinistry may, in the interimn, prepare,for en- deavouring to sooth the -inds of tbe people, and preveht the fatal results, w'hich will, I fear, certainly take place. These circumstances haYe put a stop.to all business: no one will sell to Europeans on credit, .and they. cannot purchase Largely for cash. The situation of foreign merchants is very critical. 'The Enropeans nwc them large sums of money, and everv one calculates upon a re-action bv the Brizilian troops; and should such as. eVent talke place, it is feared a great deal of money will be lost vith the Europeans. On the 11th inst. Lord Cochrane arrived here from Maranham, with the line of battle ship Pedro Prirneiro: he very prudently has avoided taking any part in the above measures. Count Gestas, the French Consul-General, arrived here on the 13th inst. He is the bearer of the Grand Cross of the Holy Ghost anid of St. MliguOl, sent to the Emperor by l.ouis XVIII., accom- panied tith an autograph complimentary letter from that lonarch. Qtere.-Is this with the approbation of the Holy Potentates on the continent ? PROCLADMJATION. "Brazilians !-One will unites us. Let us continue to preserve our country. Your Emperor, your pepetual defender, will assist you as he has hitherto done, and as he will always do even at the hazard of his life. The extravagances of men, led away by pride and am. bition, were on the eve of precipitating us into the most horrible abyss. It is necessary, now that we are safe, that We should he as viglant as Argos. The bases of our felicity, which ive are going to lay, are th,e independence of the empire, its integrity, and the con- stitutional system. By resting on these bases without rivalships, which are always odious, and whiclo may overwhe: n this colossal empire, we have nothing to fear. These truths are undeniable. You know them wel by your good sense, and unfortunately you were on the eve of knowing them better by anarchy. If the Assembly had not been dissolved, your holy rcligion would have been destroyed, and your garments would have been dtrenched in blood. A new Assembly has been convoked; it will soon meet to deliberate 'on a project of constitntion.which I sball shortly present to you. I should think that it tvll be so conformable to your opinions, that, if possible, we ought to be directedl by it as a provisional constitution. Be assured that the onlv ambition by which your Emperor is inspired, is the desire of aequirinj additional glorv. not for himself, but for vea and for this great empire, which will be -,espected by the wliole world. The arrests which have taken place will he considered by the ene. mies of the empire as despotic. They are not so. You see that they are measures of police, calculated to avoid anarchy, and to save the lives of the unforrtnate persons themselves-that they may enjoy theirs in tranquillity, aT)d that we may en. joy ours in secrity. Their families vwill be protected by the Government, The safety of the country wblich has been confided to me &S perpetual defender of urnzil, is the supreme law which re- quires ir. Place your confidence ins me. as I place mine in you ; and you will see our internal and external enemies at our feet suppli. eating mercy. Let unlion, firmer union, bind Brazilians. Hewv;h uttuereu io our sacrets cause-vilno swore rue ,nucpeu.euce or .ali empire, is a Brazilian. * THlE EMIPROR" FINNANCES OF BRAZIL. lWe have received what miay be reckoned an important docutuent, respecting the financial situation and rcsources of Brazil. It is a report of the Miiiister of Finance of that empire, nade to the Em- peror on the 26th of September last, for the purpose of being, by his order, laid before the Legislative Assembly. The following are the more important passages:- If, in 1812, in spite of intrigue and cabal, I dared to te3r the thick and mysterious veil which covered the then Royal Treasury,per- suaded that the extinction of patriotism, and public disquietude, keep pace with the public distrecs, and that the ruin of states, and the fall of empires, are the consequences of financial dis- orders, while there is never any cause for apprehension as long as by a raise administraVon the public revenue is sufficient to defray the public charges; I now feel the rigorous obligation, in this season of our independence and liberty, to give an account of the state in which I found the public treasury, when on the 21 st of July last I entered on my functions as chief of that department. In doing soe I shall not confine mysclf to a bare exposition of the state of the na. tional finances, but, impelled by the desire of contributing to the public welfare as far as my talents and experience allow me, I shall point out the means which suggest themselves to n qy mind for extricating us from our present embarrassments, and for enabling us to raise this nascent empire to the strengtb, opulence, splendour, and conisideration of which it is susceptible, and tor which it has so many capabilities. The General Constitutional and Legislative Assembly will afterwards have to deliberate on my report, and to adopt such measures as it may deem expedient. Nor ought the delay which has occurred betweer the 21st of Jtuly and the present time in presenting my ideas to excite surprise. Mly report embraces accomnpts which I immediately reqluired of all branches of the Treasury. IL was nece.sary to learn the state of the receipts and the T-nai,W,rP Qr fAr n-s it cotuld be ascertained : the anionnt of the public debt,active andpassive, the extraordinary resource.swlich had been provided to nmeet extraorlinary demands: but as no statements laid as yet been drawn up to favoulr thepromptexecutioniofmyorder, notwithstanding the .as;siduity and the zealof the officers of the Treasurv, it is not long since I received the documents which form the necessary elements of mry report. By this means I could not till now present to your Imnperial Majesty the state of the Ti-casury of flu .Taneiro in the end of June, in any thinglike- a correct form, or detail the information which the samne Treasury supplies, respecting the public finances of the other provinces of the empire ot Brazil. " By tde scledule of receipt and expentlitureforthe first six months of 1823, which appears under the head of No. 1, your Dlajesty will pereeive all the expenses of that half year, and the amount of monies that have been paid into the public coffiers. the sum remaining in the Treasury at the end of June being 278,103 railreas. By the account, however, which is nutmbered 2, your llMajesty will see that on the 30th of June, wlfen the balance was rnade up, there was ouilvin the Treasury a tdisposahle sum of 210,014 milrcas, comprising in that amount 132,658 wilreas on the bool-s of the customs, and deducting a sun of 70,100 milreas of the decinaj ana of the interest of the loan which was about to be paid, besides other indi.spensable and extraordinarv charges. Bv No. 3, your AMa- jesty will learn that the total proceeds of the loan, vsluntary gifts, subscription for the navy, and sequestrations, up to the 30th of June, amrounting to 596,304 milreas, there has been expended of these extraordinary resources the sum of 886,289 milreas. No. 4 will make known to your Majesty, that according to the estimate of the various receipts which may be expected in the next half-year, we shall obtain from the ordinary income ef the Public treasury the suml of 1,767,000 nmilreas. By the estimate ol the expenses in No. S, your Majesty will find the application th be -iade of this sum. Bv the estimate in No. 6, the'extraordi. narv charges will amount to 000,000 milteas. The estimate No. 7, of the public debt, at the end of 1821, shows that the Treasury lay then under obligations for 9,870,9J10 milreas. "By the state of the public debt-, presente.d in No. 8, your M1ajesty will see. that fi June. 182, this debtamnounted to 10,176,580 milress, heiner an increaseof 305,ti62 milreas in six months. " No 12 shows, that bv the end of June, 1823, this debt amounted to 12,055,582 milreas to which adding the sumii ef 100,560 milreas, when entered into the 'reasury, as the proceeds of sequestra. tions, the amount will be 12?,156,145 milreas, being an increase in one year of 1,979,565 milreas. " By the accompts No. 11, the income and expenditure of the re- spective provinces of Minas Geraes, ffoiaz, lltatto Grosso; Santa Catherina, Rio 'irande do Sul, and S. Paulo, will appear. The annunl de*eit of Ihlin.f tferaes amounts to hear 60,000-m,lreas; that of ooiaz to near 20,OOO that of Mtauo &rosso to[lO 4-4 milreas; that ofSanta Catherina o 34,870; tsalkinF in all more tlran 125,000 mu. reas. The other provinces of Spirito Santo, Bahin, Pernambuco, Rio Grande, Alagoas, Paraiba, Mfaranhao, &c., are likewise in arrear. Santo Spirito is subject to an annual defidt of 33,172 milreas. " Bv this simple and clear statemient, your Majesty will perceive that I have been placed at the head of a treasurv, indebted at the end of.June tow -dhe anount of neatrly- 30 ,,00, of crusado-s-(aor about 4,000,000 sterling),-daily beset with its creditors, who justly demand the money due to thetm, anti without possessing any extra. ordinarv resources to meet thie - extraordinary charges, which at a moderate calculation amount to 900,000 milreas. And from none of the provinces of this empire can -ve at present expect tissistanre. Nay; weshaU be obliged to extend assistance to them aslhas alreadyI been donie to the amount-of 280,000 annually. Notwithstanding their activity in levying the taxes, and an exact control of the expeises, it has becn necessary to recur.to Ibans, dbonations, forced contributions, and even sequestrations, yieldinf in all a million of crusadoes. It is also evident, that notwithstantling the hope of the happiest results from the system of administration which the wisdom ot the General Constituent Assembly will doubtless establish, these results will not be sufficient for the pavment of 30 millions of crusadoes, and at the same time provide for the ordinary and extraordinary chargesneces. sary for tbe consolidation of anf emnpire where every thing-has-to be created, and where it is necessary to extend a liberal and tkenerous handif we desire to establish our independence, and be counted among natiots of. the first order. Finally, the consequences of not paring its oiligatios are terrnble at all times to states, but more espeeially must they heso in the dangerous season of ouir political re- generation, w.hen we ought tO avoid creating disgusts, and watd off misery and distress from the public servants and the national cre- ditors. "Leaving out of view the payment oF the future ordinary expense, for whlichl provision will, no doubt. be made by the imnposition of taxes,1 shall point to the operations of credit which I think irldispen5- able in our present circumstances. Great resources are necessary to enable the Co-'stitntional Chief of this rising empire to consoli- date our independence, to defend us from our enemies, to promote instruction and public prosperity, according to the laws and consti. tution of the stae. Tfhese mians are offered. us by the English capitalists, without our solicitations. Like other nations of Europe Iand America, so high is the idea which they form of the resources and exuberant weal:h-of the new empire, and such is the interest they take in the establishment of Brazilian independence. " In the proposal, No. 13, which I received on the 20th of July, your Majesty will see the offer of a loan of the great sum of 2j500,0)0 mltreas, and the conditions required fbr a prompt payment, 100,i0001. being promised a month for five successive mnonths, as soon as tlse contract is sanctioned by the Geeneral Constituent and legislatve Assembly, and even before the wvhole system of the loan is definitively arran'-ed in the market of Louidon. lmhens so con- cludetl, the rest of the loan will remain at the disposal of the Brazi- lian nation. The conditions are s-o clear, that I think an explana- tion unnecessary. It is no less clear, that the Assernbly may have at its disposal 20 millions of crusadoes to employ in any way that it may think proper to stplport the iindepeudence ot; and to develop tlhe riches, of Brazil. AN ithout nietins, and e`t means too-, we cannot accomplish se mi'ghlty an undeaking. The United Statesarnd tlhe oldGovernments of Europe have resorted to loans-in critical cr;. cutstances-like ourts. - Le-Atussnot succumb- from-distress or poverty in the country of gold and diamonds. Let uti refitpy our -esoircest let us3s ke advasge if the precious commodities Whicl belong tar ui,'to defena ouiselves asgaist our enemies. Thls beinz the first and most essential part of the operatlons, i 'prospi of aloan bas,been preRared bv arn experienced Londott banker, adopted and proposed by EdwardlOxenford andpther Bng- lishc apitalists.- According to t'heir plan, 2,500,000. stdling t6 be advanced by them, will be employed in tbe followint nsahner : ?416,666 (The 8th part of 3,133,331. the SaUm jn stockt to be sold to obtain 2,500,0001., at 75 per cent.) to Ue employed as a iinkingfund. 200,009.To pay the two first siniiionths' interest. 1 ,883,3.3 For tle pubL;cservice of Brazil. X2,1500,t000 ' It would be of gfeantconsequence to us to have this titcl6talttr- ed in the foltowing nanner:_ ?60,000 Forsinking fund, the first year. 200,00 'To pay the interest the two first.balf vearf. 2,240,009 For the public servicc of the empire'of Biazij. X2,50D,000 It is clear thiat if the 416,CAL, the 8th of 3,333,=., is necessary for a sinking fund atcompound interesr of 4 per ceni. tO pay up the capital in &4years,the rame effect would follow in t yeers; accord- ing to the above alteration, by an annual grant of G0L,OOO laid out at compound interest of4 per cent. " It is likewise elear, that in'tbe begirnning of the 7th.year, ther sinking fund, lby my plan, would reach 473,8961., &rhich tmceeds the 416,6661., reserved thefundtof the London plan. " It is easy to perceive, that were this change adopted, without altering essentially the terms, we should obtain ar advantage of 27 millions of crusadMes.- "MANUEL .TACINTO NOGUEI:IA DA GAMfA. Rio Janeiro; , sept. 26." ti1roJn the above statement of the proposed Ictn, it appears that the contractors are to 'obtain 8 per cen. on thd money advanced, though no part of the 2,500,0001.' yaU reserved for a sinLing fund; and that, deducting the sinking fusid, 'the initeret on their advances would beabout l pereent. fn addition t6 thisbighi interest, they . ial ar incre-seof f tourth, by the conversian af the;r noneyit&o, stock, at 75 per cnSt. [In loUdg atthetables referred to.n the aboi-e reportSY.;id some caLtiois items, both of income and expenditre. Nenry 2i?9,0"; milreas or56,000M. of the revenueoftheempire aise frondtitlti slaves,:or the slave trade. This is about the ameQnt of the vnrioi> branchesoftbeiniperialcivil:lis 'oithesumsr expended in- suppOIt of the imperial di3nity,for thahe1f yearato which the table ef espen- ditute extends. It iscurious to observe with wsikt minutenese the Minist-r states 'hd calcul4tes all t1ft ktms advanced' in support-of thcEEmperror hishooushold. fl does not iiideed,rive usthe price of " cock turkies" for the i-tmerii tatiZ,(usl Ir. urke orce required to be stated before a Committee of te House of Com- mona), but we learn from his account that ihe- expenses incurred at tb'e christening of the Eme -or's daushter am tu hI to 5,006 milreas (about 1,2001.); that there vi5 paid *1" books aud the charges of the imperial library, a';?ut uL,. (prny is'thle Emperor'his own librarian?) and, that a nes' tilftnl to -the Empror's atlace and io the adjoining hoases eo tht?. empire ofBil t0OI. Coronati6ns, too, would appear to be cherer | in that newhemisp)herethan in ouroldEurope, probably owingto th s unhappy circumstance of the Brazilian nobility being without ances- tors, and therefore having through them no claim tn perform ho. rreroble serviees about the Ereperor's person at the cetemony. Be that as it may, the Bnmperor Donl Pedro's coronation cost only 67,200 milrcas, or somew hat less than 7,OO01. The sdm paid for a' coronanon nearer home is almost eq,uat to the sum total of the Treve. nue of Brazil for theItalf year mentionedin these tables.1 92ulAzI.L