NOTICES OF BRAZIL. 



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battle Ship Warspite, leaving the young emperor and princesses, 

 at the palace of San Christovao 



'*The national assembly had been ordered by the emperor 

 to convene, and though many members had not yet arrived in 

 town, they met, and according to the constitution, appointed 

 a regency, to administer the government and laws during the 

 minority. On the 9th of April, the young emperor, Dom Pe- 

 dro II., made his public entry into the city, amidst the shouts 

 and < vivas' of the populace. A due quantity of gunpowder and 

 rockets, as is usual on all great occasions, were expended, to 

 manifest the public loyalty to the new sovereign. 



Tranquillity was again restored. The emperor in a few 

 days set sail for England, on board of H. B. M. Frigate Vo- 

 lage, and the young queen of Portugal on board of the French 

 Corvette La Seine." 



"Then I presume every thing is now quiet?" 



"Not perfectly so — there is a party in favor of a republic, 

 but it will die. Every body who knows any thing of the ex- 

 tent and resources of Brazil, must decide against it. Two mu- 

 lattoes, who were educated in France by the emperor, are said 

 to be the leaders of the republican party." 



"Did property sustain any injury from the rioters or insur- 

 gents during the disturbance ?" 



"Not at all. The Brazilians are a pacifique people, and 

 would rader enjoy der right by courtesy dan by force," re- 

 marked an old gentleman, who until this moment had been 



* The emperor, in his real character of nonchalance, was seen, before he left 

 the harbor, eagerly employed catching fish ! 



" Dom Pedro was born at Lisbon, on the 12th of October, 1798 ; he was the 

 second son of Dom John VI. and of Carlota Joaquina, daughter of Charles IV, 

 of Spain ; but by the premature death of his elder brother, Antonio, he be- 

 came heir-presumptive to the crown. He was of a weakly temperament when 

 a child, but showed early some of that vivacity of character which has since 

 distinguished him. He was educated by the Padre Antonio d'Arrabida, an in- 

 telligent ecclesiastic, who early impressed him with sentiments of religion, for 

 which he is still distinguished; but his education was in nothing else remarka- 

 ble, except that, in common with his sisters, he acquired some knowledge of 

 Latin, which he has not y^t forgotten."— Walsh. Notices of Brazil. Vol.1. 

 London, 1830. 



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