Letters were received yes...
Leaers were received yesterday from Rio deJaneiro dated thefff_i of June, and wtich bring down the intelligence frm -that place four days later than the previous arrivals. I%f}arm i4as still kept up respecting an armament from E n and had bad the effect of almost wholly paralysing commetrial operations. The EtfPEaRon and h-.141i ifters manifested unceasing activity: t. place the city au4 harbour in the most complete state of defense. An 6rdoer.had been issued toput in requisition eyery flfth slave for the service of the Governmeent, to be employed in the repair of the. fortificationj. This state of thing9shad had the efect of provoking great animosity on the part of the -Braziliabn against the native Port tguese residenit ih Rio tle Jaiieiro, many of whom felt - so insecure on that account, that they were endeavouring to convert, their property into money or bills, in order to retire-to Europe. The General Assembly of Deputies from the Brazilian provinces held their first sitting ai Rio de Janeiro on the 21st of June, but the ERxrIERoi did not attend on that occasion. His pro- ceedings, or rather those of his Ministers; for Don PEDRO himself has credit for hofiest intentions, were watched with some distrust, the source of which it is difficult to collect from the events that transpire publicly. The only circum- stance alleged at all bearing a suspicious tharacter, was his unceasing endeavours to create among the. ranks of the army a strong attachment to his person, which is more easily explained by his fears of the ascendancy of the Ite- publican party, than by any treacherous intercoumse with Portugal, the danger of which was every day becoming greater. A considerable number of the troops had been embarked for Praya Grande, on the opposite side of the bay, where the officers and men were gratified by splendid en- tertainnents, at which the EMpEftoa assisted in person. Wlhatever his secret views may be, it is net difficult to foresee that the f'uturc history ol the heir apparent to the throne of Portugal is pregnant with great events.