from His Imperial
Majesty. Accordingly, I insisted on his immediately embarking on board
the _Cacique_, in charge of Captain Manson, for conveyance to Para, to
the President of which province I addressed the following letter:--

Maranham, 13th March,1825.

MOST EXCELLENT SIR,

Since I had the honour of writing to your
Excellency, Pedro Jose de Costa Barros, who arrived from Ceara
with the intention to take upon himself the office of President
here--has unfortunately been the occasion of stirring up old
animosities, which I had hoped experience might have taught him
the advantage of leaving dormant. Had Barros been provided
with proper authority under the sign manual of His Imperial
Majesty, the difficulties that have occurred since his arrival might
have been prevented; though I am extremely apprehensive that if
ever he shall be invested with such authority, still greater evils will
befal the province. The Portuguese party are in favour of Barros,
and have expressed their sentiments unequivocally, and this your
Excellency knows is sufficient to raise up the native Brazilians
against him.

The Portuguese and some others had combined to place Barros
in the Presidency by force, which intention I happily frustrated by
arriving in Maranham with a considerable reinforcement from the
_Pedro Primiero_, at midnight--when the attempt was to have
occurred. To put a stop to proceedings so injurious to the interests
of His Imperial Majesty and the public, I have felt it necessary to
remove Barros from Maranham until his commission shall arrive,
or until His Majesty's pleasure respecting the appointment of
Manoel Telles da Silva Lobo, shall be known. Barros therefore
proceeds in the _Cacique_ (which is the bearer of this) to Para--where
having no pretensions, he will have no partisans, and will be
inoffensive.

I have not time, nor would it be of any utility to occupy your
Excellency with a minute detail of the affairs of this province,
whilst your Excellency has so much to do in that under your
immediate superintendence: I am convinced that in all I have
done, I have acted in conformity with the true interests of His
Majesty and his people, and am in no degree under any apprehension
that the malevolent aspersions of self-interested or
disappointed individuals will have the least influence on any candid
mind, when a