Brazil Mail.
The Times, 1824-03-12T00:00:00

aPtroclattion of the Sanate of the Cap:talsignifies to the public, that In examining the project of the constitution, drawn up bythe Co"nndl Of State, on the basis offered by the Emperor, which was ient to the Senate by a Royal Order of;t1ie 17th, that it might make Ait remarks upon it, that body declares that it has no observations to dake ; that th eproject is a proof of tlie liberalism of his Majesty, and of his hutmauity; and, considering that a new Assembly eould dono 0more than accept this project, that it is of the highest import- anc to the Emnperor to a,oid the delay which would ensue frotn waiting for the acceptcanetf the constit4ion b anew Assembly; the Senate has thierefore resolved to colket the general opinion Of the citizens2 bv inviting them, withOr? any constraint, te sign their opinon in two books preparedtlfor the purnose-ot0e for those who approve, the other for Tbose who disapprov7 it ; the books to remain open for 12, dty; bv which the Senate, knowing the general opinion, willibd-ble to petition his Majesty, in thle name of the people to put tlba-4roject in force as the coistitution of t!:e empire, and convoke th4-Assembly in the fotm Prescribed by this project, wbich shall renmain the political COnstitu tion of the Empire otBrazil. T he Diario of the 7th-ot Janiuary, 1824, contains another procla- mation from the Senate, announcing that it had ascertained beyond oubt, that the constitution propoed .ws agreeable to the gcneral wishes of the people; it had therefore tequested his *Majesty to fix a day when a deitutation might await on him vwith a petition that lie wOd give orders to have it sworn to, and observed as the funda- mnental lar of the Eipirc.. His Mlajesty had fixed the ith of January.'' PRIVATE cORRESPONTDENCE. Rio DE JAS,EIRO, J 7. 7 The municipal body have this day solicited the Emperor to put his" Constitution" in force at once; and from his reply which we heard fronm thc window of the palace, it appears that he ilesires first to have the concurrence of the other provinces. W.Ve hope that Per- nambuco and Bahia will follow in the same path, to put an end to the affiair.-(See The Titnes of yesterdav.) It appears that the rni- nistry have been induced to give credit to a report which has been Set atloat, that Portugal meditates an attempt against this country. in the forrm of a warlike expedition, having failed wholly in their recent negotiations. The preparations for the defence of 'the avenues to the town from the outsi(e, are more iigorons than they have before adopted within c'ir recollection and if they prove not to be paper neasures, the expenses attending them will render a loan of money indispensable. The exertions to enlist recruits for the reginents of the line are vigorous, and unfortunatelv our friends in the Rua da Quitandre are complaining loudly of ihe loss of their shopmen, which the Go- vernrment are laying hold of whenever thev are to be met with. This wiU check our sales, and we prognosticate that till the enlist. nent be at an end, the illincicos and country people will not come to. town ; that PoTtugal Will send troops against Rio de Janeiro. ap- pears to us improbable, and zives us no concern, otherwise than the temporary stagnation of trade which always takes place when the Militia are called on permanent duty. Whilst we are now writing, an order has appeared, directing the province of Al inas to supply 3,000 militia, and to set them on the march for the capital as soon as the order reaches the Provincial Government. It is a quest;on with us, whether all this expense and addition to the military force, be not intended to overawe the turbulent spirits at Pernambuco and Bahia; and if the symptoms of disquiet do not abate in that quarter. it is not unlikely that some pretext wiU be de- vised to send a force to one or otSer of the northern ports. It is quitc astenishing how the revenues of this single province support such an establishment, particularlr contemplating the great expense of the naval force they now have. The great economy of the Roval Family is of immense benefit to the countrv and wvhatever may be the faults of Don Pedro, we cannot conceal an opinion that he is by far the most prornising of the descendlants of the Kings of Europe who figure in the present tirnes. When once the itdependlenice of Brazil is acknowledged, trade will rapidhy extend itself in the interior, and the lemand for our Mnanufactures will go on every vear increasing. sits 77I. MdATr RI () T) W T A VT9nd -- -on