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4273 Angola 406 | _June_ | ---- | March 4401 Quilumana 436 | Cabinda 432 | | April 2131 Quilumana 446 | Cabinda 533 | _November_ | May 786 Benguela 420 | Angola 302 | Cabinda 417 | June 2418 ---- | Angola 761 | Cabinda 499 | July 1118 4273 | Benguela 390 | Luanda 561 | September 2394 ---- | ---- | Benguela 425 | October 1666 | 2418 | ---- | November 1902 _March_ | ---- | 1902 | December 1498 Cabinda 667 | | | ------ Cabinda 400 | _July_ | _December_ | 24,934 Quilumana 504 | Cabinda 427 | Luanda 514 | ------ Quilumana 487 | Angola 691 | Cabinda 534 | Quilumana 406 | ---- | Quilumana 450 | Muzambique 452 | 1118 | ---- | Muzambique 455 | ---- | 1498 | Angola 305 | | ---- | Angola 354 | | | Angola 371 | | | ---- | | | 4401 | | | ---- | | | ] _May 3d_.--Early this morning the French naval captain, La Susse, called on me to take me in his boat to town, for the purpose of going to Senhor Luis Jose's house in the Rua do Ouvidor, to see the Emperor go in state to the opening of the Constituent and Legislative Assembly. All the great officers of state, all the gentlemen of the household, most of the nobility, and several regiments accompanied him. First marched the soldiers, then the carriages of the nobility and other persons having the entree, nobody driving more than a pair, such being the express order of the Emperor, in order that the rich might not mortify the poor; then the royal carriages, containing the household, the ladies of honour, and the young Princess Dona Maria da Gloria; the Emperor and Empress followed in a state-coach with eight mules. The crown was on the front seat. The Emperor wore the great cape of state, of yellow feathers, over his green robes. The Empress, much wrapped up on account of a recent indisposition, was seated by him,
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