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On the 4th of September, the flagship left for Bahia, first visiting the island of Alexo, where the Cacique and Maranhaõ were at anchor. From them we learned that General Lima's head-quarters were at Leimham, his advance guard having joined the troops at Mogado, on the banks of a river near Cape St. Augustine, the revolutionary forces occupying the other bank.
From this it appears that the said Admiral must be charged as having received the sum of 308,238 dollars on account of prizes to be divided amongst the squadron; with the addition of 40,000 dollars which he received also by decree of the 23rd of February, to be, in like manner, divided amongst those who co-operated in the annexation of the province of Maranhaõ, and the capture of the frigate Imperatrice seeing that there is no evidence that such distribution took place thus increasing the sum due to 348,238 dollars, of which the said claimant is bound to give account to the Imperial Government.
O Mulato, though it was the work of a youth in his early twenties, has been acknowledged as a solid, well-constructed example of Brazilian realism. This was all the notice he received from his native province, Maranhao. Yet Azevedo grew to be one of the few Brazilian authors who supported himself by his pen.
On the 26th of July, the Pedro Primiero arrived in the river Maranhaõ, and knowing from the Portuguese admiral's instructions found in the troopships overhauled in the chase, that reinforcements were expected we hoisted Portuguese colours, with a view of inducing a belief that the flagship belonged to that nation, and had arrived in support of its cause.
All which I communicate for the information and execution of your Excellency. God preserve your Excellency. Palace of Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 30th, 1825. To the Marquis of Maranhaõ. From this extraordinary document it is plain that Gameiro had written to the Imperial Government the same falsehood, as he had used when endeavouring to seduce Lieut.
Having received the two letters which you addressed to me on the 4th of this month, enclosing three demands for various articles for the use of the frigate, I have to reply that I persist in my resolution not to furnish anything to the frigate unless she is placed under the immediate orders of this Legation, which I shall only consider accomplished when I shall receive a reply signed by yourself, and by all the other officers, declaring that in compliance with the orders of His Imperial Majesty, contained in the two portarias of 37th of June and 20th of August last you all place yourselves under the orders of this Legation, and cast off all subordination to the Marquis of Maranhaõ!
This vote of thanks by the Assembly contains a remarkable error, by averring that I "led the squadron" to Maranhaõ, whereas I had only a single ship, and with her singly performed all for which I received the thanks of the nation.
Can your excellency perceive either justice or decency in these decrees? Do they in any degree breathe the spirit of gratitude for the union of so important a province to the empire, or are they at all in accordance with the distinguished approbation which his Imperial Majesty himself has evinced of my services at Maranhão?
In the exercise of this self-imposed duty it may be said that I had also exercised Imperial functions, but this was only in the unavoidable absence of Imperial instructions, which it was my constant endeavour to anticipate rather than to exceed; that I judged and acted rightly, the elevation to the title of Marquis of Maranhaõ, before reaching Rio de Janeiro the vote of thanks of the legislature, and the warm acknowledgment of His Imperial Majesty on landing, sufficiently testify.
Your Lordship's Most obedient and humble servant, ROBERT HESKETH, His Britannic Majesty's Consul. To the Right Hon. Lord Cochrane, Marquis of Maranhaõ, Admiral, &c. &c. The letter of the French Consul is even more precise, and therefore I subjoin that also: Vice Consulate of France at S. Louis de Maragnon, Monsieur le Marquis, Dec. 4, 1821.
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