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CHAP. XXI. 



THE TREATIES OF FRIENDSHIP AND ALLIANCE, AND OF 

 COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION, BETWEEN THE CROWNS 

 OF GREAT' BRITAIN AND P (RTUGAL, SIGNED AT RIO DF. 

 JANEIRO, ON THE 19th OF FEBRUARY 1810. 



HAVE heard many discussions both in 

 England and Brazil, upon the merits and 

 dements of these Treaties; in such disputations 

 Englishmen have appeared to suppose that their 

 interests had not been sufficiently consulted ; 

 and the contrary opinion was maintained by 

 the Portuguese, for they considered their nation 

 to be aggrieved by them, and that great par- 

 tiality had been shown to British subjects. 1 

 cannot avoid thinking that the Treaties are as 

 impartial as possible, and that due regard has 

 been paid to both parties. If British subjects 

 have, gained some advantages, one of consider- 

 able importance which they possessed before, 

 has been given up ; and the commercial inter- 

 course between both parties has been placed in 

 very favourable circumstances. Even the in- 

 novations which by these Treaties have been 

 made in the laws of Brazil in favour of English- 

 men, tend to the general advancement of that 

 country, — to forward its progress towards a 



