Advices were received yes...
The Times, 1824-08-20T00:00:00

Advices wvere received yesterday from Rio de Janeiro, dated the 16t}1 of June. Much alarm had been excitedt in tho Brazilian capital by the arrival of an English vessel from Lisbon, bringing intelligence that an expedition wvas about to sail immediately for Brazil, consisting of several r,hips of war, with transports, and( 10,000 troops. This demonstration of an attack, whihel the last inrorination from Lisbrn leads us to believe was never really intended, produced a strong sensation at Rio, and gave rise to some very energetic measures oln the part of the Governmelt, 'rhe iEbSEROR Issued a proclamation, which will be found annexed, calling on the people to unite and arm for tlhe generaldefence. Another proclamatioi, also subjoined, was put forth, addressed to the Pernanmbucans; and orders were despatche(l to Pernambuco to recall all the vessels employed in the blockade of that port, for the more efflectual defence aof the capital against the expected attack.; Such was the anxiety of the Government to increase&the ranks of the army, .thatmumbers wereseized.in th]ftrcefs of Rio, and forcibly impressed into that service.,;Atnong otlier conse- queiices of thegenera alar4j it li 'Jed to the accommoda- 2ion of Lord Co aS.zss. ffe2i?bes with the Brazilian Government. ..His Lordsbip had p:ut forth a protest against aJie idecree and proidi,gs. X the Government with- re- r;peCt to the ships eaptured from the Portuguese, which not meeting immediate attention, he had gone oni _board 'th'e .Fedro prirneiro, with the declared resolution of not again ooming on shore unless his demantds were comp`aed.ivitbo. After the arrival of the. intelligeiice- from Lisbon, means were founfl to conciliate his Lordship,. who was uosirg ac- tiye exertions to prepiri]i theL fleet for sea. The official do- cisments are as follows:- PROCLAMATION. "Don Pedro, Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of the Empire of Brazil, to all the subjects of the tsaid Empire. . "Brazilians !-The Lusitanian troops,with which the Jacobinical and Mlachiavelian Cortes of Portugal pretended to re-colonize this vast and rich country, havink been expelled from the Empire, and hisMlestFaithful Mlajesty being-in a state in which he can freely act, and we having, as yet, in no respect exceeded the limits of just de- fence, it was to be expectea that the Portuguese Government, being tvell advised and informed, and ir no way misundcerstanding the imperious reasons which compelled Brazil to raise the standard of independence, and also well aware of the universal anld determined resolution of this brave people to defend their liberties to the last drop of their blood, would, instead of projecting chimerical plans of re-union anti subjection, which are inadmissiblc antl inspracticable, rather seek to derive reasonable benefits from that very independ- ence, than to attempt to subdue us;and wetidl, along with the olive- brancih, offer us well-caIculated and mutual commercial ad- vantages, solid guarantees of peace and of a perfect and durable friendship. Nothing of this kind has, however, occurred. The justice of our cause, already acknowlcdged by the tri- binal of public opinion througholit the worltd, has not yet pene. trated the hearts of soime Portuguese Mlinisters, who are either wilfully blind, or fascinated by ambition. The tribunal to wbich they propose to appeal is the fate of arns: they vtish for war, with- out utility or object. It is long since we have heard reports of military expeditions, from Portugal against this empire; an(I though the knowledge of our just rights, and the equity and wistiom which we presumed were still to be found in the Councils of his Most Faithful Mlajesty, gave to those reports the character of improbability, I have always quietly, and without ostentation, taken care to adopt such measures as were suited to the existing situation of the empire, for the purpose of repelling any r,ttack wlhicih might be made or this capital, gr on the other provirnes. Now, lhowvever, since Portugal lias thrown off the matsk, and the last L`sbon Gazettes plainly speak of an expedi- tion agai!tst Brazil being soon tO sail from the port of that capital, it becmrnes my duty, as your Emperor and Perpetual Defender, thus publichl to call your attention to this important object. WiShat would they wi,h us-those iLifatuated ll1inisiers, who irge his, Most Faithf,ul Majesty to take so violent a course ? Would they re-colonize us ? What insanity ! Wi'ould they give the law to us ofl'rirtg us, with lilzhtedl natclies andl fixed bayonets, a norninal indpcpndcrlete fthstded tin artutily orgatiized bases? Gross error; micerable policy. WRottld they tear me from atoitgst you, and h ire nme to leave you abandoned to all the horrors of anarchy ? Titat is what they never shall accomplish. To arms, Brazilians !_INDEPENDENCE oit DEATH iS our tmlotto. Your Eniperor and Perpetual Defender, who, as you know, abhors and dcspises the ease and pleasutres of the throzne, is about to tiike the field, to unsbeatlh the sword, tnsdl once niore to swear that he is ready to die withi it in iis liand aiti.ist the brave Brazilian legions. Assist hiim, ha;stell to him, rally arotund hiinm, anti victory will be certain. Ile regrrts thtat he cannot militipiv hi.ni,self so as to bc present nt every point which roavy be attacked, antd to participate with you in every dattncr anti in every glory; but he has full confi- dence in yottr valour anti patrintism. CouiraKg, Brazilians f-Prevent. as far as possible, tle enemy frniom setting foot on youtr tcrritory. If that cannot be done, ab:n- doii to him your desert citics and tovns. Retire to the interior, en- trch yourselves there, cut itim off front all com:munication, and be assured that, left to depetid upon feeble, uncertain, t.trdy re-en- forcements from distant Portugal, ht will be reduced to astate of the greatest vretchedness, wlitile otr squadrons, recruited antl strong, will fly to your suiecour at the proper moment, and conmplete his dis- graceful expulsion-a fate you liave already seen hinm experience at Baihia anti Monte Vileo. Numerous cruisers are about to traverse the seas, to give the last blow to the expiring commerce of Portugal; andi thus to teacit that deluded Government to respect our right to indepentience, the path to wvisic itas been opened to us by the ambition and tyranny of our enemy. " Do not be alanred by the boasting accounts of ilnmense squadi- drons and rnultitutdes of combatants said to be coming against us: however great their force, incomparably greater is the ground whiclt they will have to occupy_incomparably greater are the resources which we can oppose to eltem, and the sligihtest reflection must serve to redttce such exaggerations to their trtuc value. A line of opera- tions, commencing in thc Tagus, arid extending to any poiltt on our coast, directed against a people able and willing to defend themselves, is an act of military linacy, the unhappy result of which to the un- ilappy attacking enemy may for a time be retarded, bttt is infallible. To maintain European squadrons and armies constantly otn the foot- ing of war in ou r trans-Atlantic regions, has always been, and is, for ttie most peweeftl natiotis, dlifficult; but for Portugal, is tlow impos- sible. Call to yousr reculection how many of such attempts havc bcen uinsttecessfLilly tna(le by the olti world against the new, and you will find this trutlt confirmed. Arc y ou told that powerftil European nations will assist in thtis enterprise ? Do not believe it. Those nations know too well their true interests to take any part in a contest whicit is foreign to them, and Lile ohvious justice ot the indepettderice wl,ich we defend cannot fail to give a right d irection to their ivise atin enlightetled policy. Bu: vigilance, Brazilians ! valottr, constancy, and, above all, internal union antongst yoirselves! Anti the Cloth of aritlies, tite htttnttin of all justice, will bless our legithinate efforts tbr the preser- ration of thalt liberty and independience whicil it is itie will of Provi- dettce that all the nations of tite earth htould possess. Under its powterfitl auspices yosl will see waving on your walls tile vistoriouis flag of independence, and outr rquiadrons will cven penetrate ittto the tloutit of the Tagtus, to teach justice anti moderation to that infa- tuated G3overnmtent. " THlE EAIPEROBR. * Rio cle Jatteiro, Jutne 10, 1824-thiir(d year of independence." PIOCI,AMATION ro TrIE PEOPL,Eov PERNAM BUCO. * Jernambucans !-The tttomnent has arrived when the veil of imlosture ir which yo5t liave hitherto been envetoped by demagogstes, tile enemies of the etttpire, and of your real happincess, will fall to tte grounei. To betray your good faith, to inflame youtr imagina- tiotis, and to entrap you blhitily into political systetns, wlticl_the lessons of experience prove to be absolutely ilicompatible with your present sitstation, and to protilote their own interests it septarating you front the general unioti of the provinces, so indisptensable to thc consolidation and security of our independence, they liave at- tenmpted to persuade yout, that a faction, sold to Portugal, cotttrolled tite political operations of this empire, witis the view of subjecting it to the old domitnion of the Portttguese, and the despotisms of their Government. So protound hasbeen thc impression produced by this atrocious calumny, on the minds of credulous persons, zealous for the preservation of their rising liberties, that notwithstanding the many decided proofs to the contrary, they are not yet entirely uttdeceived. But the nioment hasarrived when Cite illstiion will cor mpletely vanish. " The Portuguese Government, which is doubtless r-tled by a few atitbitious or incotnpetent ministers, liavtng neglected the opportu. tunity wliicit our moderation and pr(lence afforded for negotiating. an advantageous and perrnanent peace with this empire, and perhaps still influenced by the old habitof despotically controlling the fate of tltis poptilatio,t, lias conceived that the speediest and most effectual mode of gaining their object will be by force of arms ; and according to the latest Lisbons GazeLtes, an expedition is preparing to sail for this country. The empire has determined to take up arms to repel this unjstst andl seless aggression, and your Emperor, tie per- peatral defentder, faithful to the obligations he has contracted with you, is about to head the brave troops of Brazil, and to prove that the glorious title in which he so highly prides himself is not a mere empty sound. Having perfectly identified himself with the Brazilian people, he is resolved to share their fate, ieltatever it may be. His interest, happiness, and glory do, and always will, correspond with those of the Braziliatn people; and he will never sheathe his sword until every portion of the em. pire equally enjoys independence and frcedotii. Pernambucans ! What precions time has been lost! 'I,lhat imnnense sacrifices have been madti to deliver you fromn the tnanceu. vres of the revolutionary anid anarchical demagogues who have de- solated so many of these rine provinces ! What would have become of the insolent enemy who now threatens us, if our forces lIad becn constantly united ! If irtitead of weakening by internal divi- sions so iniportant a point of the empire, yoa had ralligd round the common centre of union, like the other provinces. Would the enemy have dared to attack us if lie had not calculated on de- -riving advantage front your fatal disunion ? Would lie have dared to attack us if from the Amazons to the Rio de la Plata we had presented tohim one toliolly unitesi mass,one uniform resistance, directed by a well-combined general plan ? Certainly not. i' Thus, then, being ignorant of the point to which the enemy's forces inay be directed, and it beir.g imperiously necessary.to secure against invasion the capital of the empire, as on it'essentinUly 'de- pends tthe salvation owt,ll the provinces, it bccomres indispensable to concentrate at this port the whole of our maritime force. .But whe:at pain does not my prternal hcart feel at fnding, that instead of Sufficierntly augmenting the forpe on your sta- tion to assist, you in defending yourselves against the fo- reign eneimy,. l am obliged, to withdraw it Howesver, b'e not dise- hearfened. NihidtbuctAJ n Pstt an- esesto the' nited . and ineternel dissension:s wlich divide and distract yoti, wth' lieNearfilti ' good.will, for the common, defence, and yoa will find in your soil, ana your valotirinfiulto-resources-.gainstthe foXelJtll eniy o cnanot long tradntain hiihselifi those remofe regioiis. Never tZink of capitulation wit mstihi u ijutaaggressors c but rely uporit, that the capital beiig defended, to whatever point the enemy may direct hid attack, thither Vill odr land and sea forces be sent to. its sccoui. Pemrnmbocans I Have coaragc, constancy, and above all things, in- ternal union, and the enemy will be overcome. "THE EMPEROR.". From the EstreUaB rasileira and the Diario Fluminense wve extract the following paragraphs, which, with the above prdclamations, and some documents relating to local regu- lations; form'nearly all the contents of these papers: - " Weperccive;with much satisfaction,from his Imperial Majesty's proclamation td the Pernambucans, that orders have been given to Commodore Taylqr to repair to Rio de Janeiro, with all the force under his command. He may soon be expected. "The ships of war here are fitting out with great activity. Some good souls have affected to be inconsolable, because they suppose the Imrperatriz frigate is not fit, for service, and requires expensive repairs. We hasten to relieve them from their distress. The frigate is in an excellent ttate, the repairs which are wanted are trifling, and within a month at the farthest, slhe will be able to treat the Portu- guese with 24 pound balls. " The Don Pedro is nearly ready for sea, with about 500 ECng- lish seamen on board. Wben Commodore Taylor arrives at this port, we shall have a squadron capable of the boldest enterprises, and the fatal consequences of which to the Portugucse, they are probably far from foreseeing. " The Emperor has issued a decreepardoning ali deserters on their rejoining their corps within a limited timc."