sequent Flight of the
Enemy.--Lord Cochrane's Pursuit of them.--His Visit to Maranham,
and Annexation of that Province and of Para.--His Return to Rio de
Janeiro.--The Honours conferred upon him. - 223

CHAPTER XI

[1823-1824.]

The Nature of the Rewards bestowed on Lord Cochrane for his first
Services to Brazil.--Pedro I. and the Portuguese Faction.--Lord
Cochrane's Advice to the Emperor.--The Troubles brought upon him by
it.--The Conduct of the Government towards him and the Fleet.--The
withholding of Prize-money and Pay.--Personal Indignities to Lord
Cochrane.--An Amusing Episode.--Lord Cochrane's Threat of Resignation,
and its Effect.--Sir James Mackintosh's Allusion to him in the House
of Commons - 246

CHAPTER XII.

[1824-1825.]

The Insurrection in Pernambuco.--Lord Cochrane's Expedition to
suppress it.--The Success of his Work.--His Stay at Maranham.--The
Disorganized State of Affairs in that Province.--Lord Cochrane's
efforts to restore Order and good Government.--Their result in further
Trouble to himself.--His Cruise in the _Piranga_, and Return to
England.--His Treatment there.--His Retirement from Brazilian
Service.--His Letter to the Emperor Pedro I.--The End of his South
American Employments - 266

CHAPTER XIII.

[1820-1825.]

The Greek Revolution and its Antecedents.--The Modern Greeks.--The
Friendly Society.--Sultan Mahmud and Ali Pasha's Rebellion.--The
Beginning of the Greek Insurrection.--Count John Capodistrias.--Prince
Alexander Hypsilantes.--The Revolution in the Morca.--Theodore
Kolokotrones.--The Revolution in the Islands.--The Greek Navy and its
Character.--The Excesses of the Greeks.--Their bad Government.--Prince
Alexander Mavrocordatos.--The Progress of the Revolution.--The
Spoliation of Chios.--English Philhellenes; Thomas Gordon, Frank Abney
Hastings, Lord Byron.--The first Greek Loan, and the bad uses to
which it was put.--Reverses of the Greeks.--Ibrahim and his
Successes.--Mavrocordatos's Letter to Lord Cochrane - 286

CHAPTER XIV.

[1825-1826.]

Lord Cochrane's Dismissal from Brazilian Service, and his Acceptance
of Employment as Chief Admiral of the Greeks.--The Greek Committee and
the Greek Deputies in London.--The Terms of Lord Cochrane's Agreement,
and the consequent Preparations.--His Visit to Scotland.--Sir Walter
Scott's Verses on Lady Cochrane.--Lord Cochrane's forced Retirement to
Boulogne, and thence to Brussels.--The Delays in fitting out