nquire into the case of the squadron generally. The
following is an extract from their report, so far as regards myself:--

LORD COCHRANE.

The first in rank and title assuredly is Lord Cochrane, Earl of
Dundonald, and Marquis of Maranhao, First Admiral and Commander-in-Chief
of the National Armada during the War of Independence.

The fame of the services rendered by Lord Cochrane in Chili, as
Commander-in-Chief of the squadron of that republic induced the
Imperial Government to invite him to accept a similar command in
Brazil, so long as the War of Independence should last, with the
promise of the same advantages which he there enjoyed.

Accepting the invitation, he was appointed by the decree of the
21st of March, 1823, with the pay of 11.520 milreis, being the same
as he had in Chili, conferring upon him, by communication of the
same date, the command of the squadron which was being equipped
in the port of this city; and by decree of the 23rd of February,
1824, the command-in-chief of the naval forces of the Empire during
the War of Independence.

It was afterwards decreed, on the 27th of July, 1824, that he
should enjoy the said pay in full, so long as he continued in the
service of the Empire; and _in case of his not desiring to continue
therein_ after the War of Independence, one half of the said pay as
a pension, which, in the event of his decease, should revert to Lady
Cochrane.

Lastly, by a _portaria_ of the 20th of December, 1825, it was
decreed that all his muniments and rights should be suspended, and
he was dismissed by a decree of the 10th April, 1827.

Justice demands that we shall acknowledge (says the Commission)
that the services of Lord Cochrane in the command of the squadron,
put an end to the war more speedily than had been expected; but if
his services were great, it is impossible to conceal that unqualified
and arbitrary acts of the most audacious daring were committed by
him and by the ships under his command, occasioning to the National
Treasury enormous losses, particularly by the heavy indemnification
of an infinite number of bad prizes, which it was obliged to satisfy;
and truth demands that we should declare that if the pretended
claims are suspended, the fault was entirely his own, from having
disobeyed the repeated orders of the Imperial Government, which
commanded his re