To return to the advances made to the officers and seamen of the flagship. The following extracts from the original log kept by my secretary will shew the fact of the distribution previously narrated:—
July 12th, 1824. Received the 200,000 dollars at the treasury, and
gave receipt, with Captain Crosbie and the Commissary. Deposited
the notes in the iron chest on board the Pedro Primiero.
July 19th. Went on board the Pedro Primiero to pay advance. (Paid May and Lukin 15,000 dollars.) Engaged all day in paying the men.
July 26th. Went to the Pedro, with the Admiral and Lieutenant Blake, to pay advance from the prize-money. In the evening the Emperor called and announced to the Admiral that he was to sail on Sunday next.
July 31st. On board the Pedro paying seamen as before. Soldiers came on board.
August 2nd. Emperor came alongside. Admiral embarked. Got under way, and set sail in company with the Maranhaõ brig and three transports.
The preceding extracts shew that not only was an advance made for the good of the service, but this was done with such publicity, that both the Emperor and his ministers could not fail to be aware of the circumstance. The further distribution as prize-money, according to His Majesty's direction, took place at Bahia and Pernambuco, as will be shewn in the next chapter.
CHAPTER VIII.
REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT PROCLAIMED AT PERNAMBUCO—ITS CONCORDAT——THE PRESIDENT CARVALHO—THREAT OF BOMBARDMENT—A BRIBE OFFERED TO ME AND REFUSED—THE REVOLT ADMITTED OF PALLIATION—IT WAS FAST BECOMING GENERAL—INTIMIDATION INEFFECTUAL—THE REVOLUTIONISTS EXPECT FOREIGN AID—PERNAMBUCO TAKEN POSSESSION OF—PAYMENT OF PRIZE MONEY—THE ACCOUNTS RENDERED IN DUE COURSE—ORDERS TO PUT DOWN REVOLT AT PARA—CHARACTER OF THE REVOLUTION—DIFFICULTY IN FINDING PROPER GOVERNORS—REVOLT AT CEARA—STEPS TAKEN TO SUPPRESS IT—THEY PROVE SUCCESSFUL—THE INSURGENT LEADER KILLED—MEASURES FOR PRESERVING TRANQUILLITY.
On the 2nd of August, 1824, the Imperial squadron again quitted Rio de Janeiro, the rendezvous being appointed at Jurugua, where we arrived on the 13th, and on the 16th landed a body of twelve hundred troops under General Lima, at Alagoas, seventy or eighty miles from the seat of revolt! this notable step being taken in pursuance of strict orders from the Administration at Rio de Janeiro.