real statement of facts shall be laid before the
public.

I shall be gratified if your Excellency attains the satisfaction
of preserving the province of Para free from those party dissensions,
the danger and inconvenience of which are best known to those who
are obliged to be on the watch to counteract them.

(Signed) COCHRANE AND MARANHAO.

To Jose Feliz de Azevedo e Sa, the President of Ceara, I addressed the
subjoined letter of thanks for the warning he had given me respecting
Barros:--

Maranham, March 16th, 1825.

MOST EXCELLENT SIR,

I have to offer your Excellency many thanks for
your kind letter, informing me, by anticipation, of the character of
an individual whose principles and plans I was not long in discovering.
Scarcely had he placed his foot on the soil of Maranham,
when he was surrounded by all the Portuguese of the city, who
expressed their joy at his arrival in no equivocal manner. To give
you a history of his intrigues would require pages. Suffice it to say,
that--after having attempted to thrust himself into the Government
within forty-eight hours after his arrival,--without having any lawful
commission from His Imperial Majesty--and being defeated in that
object--he placed himself at the head of a faction, brought charges
against the President interino, and on the night of the 10th formed
a plan to seize his person! This, however, I defeated, and as his
charges against Lobo were entirely false and malicious, I have sent
him off to Para, there to await the determination of His Imperial
Majesty.

The intrigues here are so numerous, and there are so many
interests to reconcile, that the harmony now restored will probably
cease with the departure of the force under my command. But
it is obvious that the squadron cannot remain here for ever to watch
over private broils and feuds of so contemptible a nature. The only
thing of which I am seriously afraid, is the influence and number of
the Portuguese settled here, should they find a president desirous of
promoting their views and supposed interests.

(Signed) COCHRANE AND MARANHAO.

There was great difficulty to act for the best in this matter: but
whether Barros were appointed to the presidency or not, the course taken
was the only one even temporarily to ensure public tranquillity. If
appointed, it was evident, from his acts, that he had been se