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tunity afforded by the present treaty, to declare 

 spontaneously in his own name, and in that of 

 his heirs and successors, that the Inquisition shall 

 never hereafter be established in the South Ame- 

 rican dominions of the Crown of Portugal." 



A hint is thrown out towards the conclusion 

 of the same article of some intention to abolish 

 the Inquisition in Portugal, and in all other 

 parts of the Portuguese dominions. I imagine 

 that Great Britan would scarcely have stipulated 

 for this change of policy in the government of 

 Brazil, if some intimation had not been made 

 that the ministry of that country wished in this 

 manner to get rid of the abominable tribunal. 

 Great Britain indeed cannot be said to have 

 stipulated for it ; the Prince declares his pur- 

 pose spontaneously. Be this as it may, this most 

 horrible Court does not exercise its power in 

 Brazil, and thus has been removed, almost irre- 

 vocably, one of the most intolerable burdens 

 under which any nation ever laboured. The 

 late Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 

 D. llodrigo de Souza Coutinho, was a man of 

 a liberal mind ; and Brazil has in his death 

 sustained a great loss ; but this misfortune is 

 alleviated by the means which it has afforded of 

 placing at the head of affairs the Chevalier 

 Araujo. * This nobleman seems to have adopted 



* Antonio dc Araujo de Azevedo, Minister and Secretarv 

 of State for Naval and Ultra-marine Affairs. He has lately 



