RIO DE JANEIRO. 



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conversation was chiefly on the future prospects 

 of Brazil, and he particularly adverted to Wil- 

 mot Horton^s emigration system, which, he 

 said, might be of immense advantage, if it were 

 to be encouraged, for the colonization of this 

 country. He foresaw great reason to dread the 

 overwhelming majority of the black population, 

 the disproportion of which to the whites was 

 a constant source of anxiety to the govern- 

 ment. On this account in particular, he had 



often wished to encourage Mr. Horton in his 

 scheme for relieving England of her superfluous 

 population. Such were his opinions. But 

 what reliance can be reposed in future upon the 

 government of Rio de Janeiro, after the bar- 

 barous treatment experienced by those Irish 

 emigrants, four thousand two hundred of whom 

 were inveigled by false promises, to abandon 

 their homes, in the hope of ameliorating their 

 condition in Brazil. These unfortunate ad- 



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