THE DEPOSED EMPEROR

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2287, 22 November 1889, Page 3

THE DEPOSED EMPEROR

Dom Pedro 11, the Brrz'llan monarch who hai been depoeed from tbta throne by what aeems to have been a bloodless revolution, Wftß the seoond Emperor of Brtzl, having onoceeded to the throne { npou the abdication of h s father, BStaperor Pedro I, on April 7 1831. The Emperor Is a direct descendant In the ' male line of the House of Bragarz', the female line of whioh ia reigning over Portugal. In 1821 n national oonizrees assembled at Rio da Janeiro, and on May 13, 1 22, Dom Pedro, c deat eon ot Kiag Java VI, of Portugal, was chosen Perpetual Defender of Brazil. He pio c!a : med the independence of the country on September 7, 1822, and waa chosen Empetor m the next month. In 1831 he abdicated ia favor of the late Emperor. Dom Pedro II has lost an exoeilent j situation, as bis annual donation I I amounted to 800,000 mike is. One hundred milreis equals £10. The Princess Izabil, to whose intolerance tho family catastrophe is said to be due, is tho only daughter of tbe Emperor^ who has no male issue. The Intolerance prob»bty had no other than a religious motive, ss among a popu'atloo of neatly thirty Luillioaa thero are ouly about thirty thousand nou-Oathnlica, who by Article sof the Constitution ore guaranteed \ toleration co f r as worship ia concerned; m baildlngs destined for that < purpose, bnt they ate not allowed tou i e buildings with tho exterior form of ] temp'es. How long tho trouble has been brewing or what was its precine nature, however, wo cannot say, us Brazilian politics Lave not claimed much attention i of late. Anyway tbo Joanh quarter of the globe is now without King or Emperor. Dom Pedro has gone to Kurope ta join tha ranks of the Monaciicil ujomployfid. — :l liangitikei Advooiite."