1824.] 



rescued. The Emperor ordered a medal 

 to be Ktriiclc shortly afterwards, which he 

 fiave, togetlier with the Order of Maria 

 Theresa, to all the officers engaged, and 

 Le had the Emperor's letter in his posses- 

 sion which accompanied the medal and 

 the Order. Ti-.e letter requested that he 

 would accept of both, as memorials of the 

 approbation and lasting gratitude of his 

 IViajesty, The next order was that of St. 

 George of Russia, which was conferred ou 

 liim by the Emperor in the field. Upon 

 the same occasion, the Emperor took off 

 a Grand Cross which he wore, and in- 

 vested him witli that order witli his own 

 liand, Lord Siewart being on the field at 

 the time. Subsequently, he had the good 

 fortune to be the first person who mounted 

 the parapet of a batterj', in the presence 

 of the Emperor of Austria. Whilst breast- 

 ing the battery, he happened to lose the 

 Order of Maria Theresa, and the Emperor 

 Imving understood the circumstance pave 

 liim ihe Order again, accompanied with 

 repeated assurances of his favour and gra- 

 titude. The next order he received was 

 the Red Eagle of Prussia, and he was 

 anxious to make an exception in favour of 

 that Monarch, to the observations wliich 

 lie might feel himself called upon to offer 

 against others. Again, at the battle of 

 Leipsic, when on tlie second day the Prus- 

 sian Army was separated from (he Russian 

 and Austrian, he was concerned in dis- 

 possessing the French of an advantageous 

 post, and the Emperor was pleased to ex- 

 press his approbation again in the pre- 

 sence of Lord Aberdeen, Hie British Am- 

 bassador; and to follow up his favours by 

 giving him an advance of rank. At Ant- 

 werp, too, the Emperor and the Grand 

 Duke Constantine said something, which 

 it was not necessary to repeat at present- 



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273 



received, that he determined to resign it 

 himself. Accordingly he did so, but he 

 was astonished to see it stated in aii 

 English paper, some time after, tliat he 

 had been deprived of the Order, and the 

 letter of the King of Portugal reclaiming 

 it was referred to, the letter being ante- 

 dated two days, for the purpose of de- 

 priving the actof its?o!imtary appearance. 

 He might appeal to a Noble Lord to con- 

 firm this statement, but he would not do 

 so; his own declaration was enough. It 

 was far from bis wish to adopt any sevc-" 

 rity of language towards the Sovereign of 

 Portugal, whom he considered as a man 

 "more sinned against than sinning;" but 

 unhappily his Minister had persuaded him, 

 in the case to which he alluded, fosigii his 

 name to a fallacy and a fiaud. As to the 

 seizure of his children by the mayor of 

 Calais, he would submit to the house 

 whether it was not natural that, as a fa- 

 ther, he should feel the insult given to fe- 

 male children ? France had done this, as 

 a member of the confederacy, at the in- 

 stant that the children were stepping on- 

 board. He understood that the defence 

 made by the French Government was, 

 tliat they had received information of a 

 design being set on foot to make the 

 children the bearers of some secret cor- 

 respondence. As the reason tlius avowed 

 implied that there was some secret cor- 

 respondence going on, he thought it but 

 right to assure them, that he was concerned 

 in no correspondence which he was not 

 willing to have published to the whole 

 world. But the motive could not have 

 been that which was stated. If it was 

 merely to prevent the conveyance of pa- 

 pers, they mi^ht have done that by search- 

 ing the children while they were in the 

 hotel; but insult was the object; and, as 



but he would leave it to that house to say, a proof that it was, he could inform the 

 whether he had done any thing to forfeit ' " ' " " " ' 

 these distinctions in the estimation of any 

 candid man. What was the amount of in- 

 famy of which he had been guilty, that 

 cocid Justify the proceedings adopted 

 against him ? Was it for connecting him- 

 self with the cause of freedom, — vvas it 

 for wishing and endeavouring to de- 

 feud the independence of nations, 



for advising and promoting, as far as he 

 was able, union and concoi d between all 

 parties,— for saving nianv families, an;l 

 acting not as a friend to anarchy niMlen- 

 croachnicnt, but at the express invitation 

 of the King himself to undertake the 

 command of the army ? Such wore his 

 crimes, and he would appeal with confi- 

 «lencc to Ihe House, the country, and the 

 world, whether, though the Allied Sove- 

 reigns had taken the insignia from his 

 breast, they had succeeded in 8tani|)ing 

 «haine upon his brow. With respect to 

 the Order conferred on him by the King 

 of Portugal, it was in consequence of the 

 cruel and ungenerous trealuieut he had 



house that a female attendant upon his 

 daughters was expressly excepted from 

 the search to which they were exposed. 

 It was one of the most unjust, abject, un- 

 manly, and base tiansactions that ever w'as 

 countenanced by government. At the 

 same time, if the French government had 

 made the smallest apoloi;y for their conduct, 

 he would be one of the last men in the 

 country to allude to it in this public man- 

 ner, and he thanked the Right Hon. 

 Gentleman (Mr. Canning) for the spirit 

 and conduct wilh which he had acted on 

 the occasion. 



liRAZlt. 



We now proceed to give the con- 

 cliLsion of liic free coiistilutioiij of 

 lirazil, of wliich the coniineticeiiieut 

 appeared in our last. 

 Title 8. — O/ tke general licgulalious and 



Gumaiitcca of the Civil and Poliiical. 



Rights (if the Hiazilian Vilizens. 



An. i71i — What is stated respecting the 

 limits and respective juris<lictu)ns of llic 

 political powers, and respecting the poli- 

 tical 



