the signatures of the recipients--attested by the
officers--and, as has been said, duly forwarded to the Imperial
Government.

I shall now give some extracts from the log before quoted in reference
to these and other transactions:--

_January 5th_, 1825. His Lordship left at Hesketh's his last two
months' pay, received this month, and also two months' pay for
Captain Crosbie. Paid other officers and men two months' pay.

_6th_. Employed in sorting the paper money in the small
iron chest. _Found its contents to be only_ 16,000 dollars.
(This was all that now remained of the 200,000 dollars received at
Rio de Janeiro.)

_8th_. Officers having been paid, the men received to-day two
months' pay.

_9th_. Admiral took to Hesketh's three bags of dollars (Each containing
1000 dollars, the remainder of money which I had brought
from Chili, and which therefore had nothing to do with the Brazilian
Government).

_February 10th_. Paid third payment of prize-money to Clewley,
Clare and January.

_11th_. Paid prize-money to March and Carter.

_26th_. Paid Lieutenant Shepherd 1,500 dollars.

_28th_. Paid Commissary, Escrivao, and Pilot.

_March 1st_. Paid Portuguese Doctor.

_3rd_. Paid Corning's account for ship provisions.

The above payments, with others disbursed in pursuance of my
proclamation, were all made out of the balance of the 200,000 dollars
aforesaid, and 40,000 dollars which had been in my possession ever since
the capture of Maranham; the latter being the amount which I had refused
to give up to the prize tribunal at Rio de Janeiro, well knowing that it
would be returned to their Portuguese friends and connections. When
these payments were made, a few hundred dollars alone remained. As this
200,000 dollars was the indisputable property of the squadron before it
was assigned for distribution amongst those to whom it belonged--on this
ground alone it scarcely became the Government to raise doubts about its
proper application; for they well knew that if it were not distributed,
the fact could not be concealed from the officers and men, who would not
have submitted quietly to my retention of their money, as has been
shamelessly imputed to me. Not only was the whole disbursed--but the
accounts, as has been stated, were faithfully transmitted to the
Brazilian authorities at Rio de Janeiro, as appears by Captain
Shepherd's receipt, adduced in the pres