10 APRIL 1875, Page 2

The rumour of the intention of the Emperor of Brazil

to abdi- cate has been formally denied, and is believed to have been set on foot by the Ultramontanes, angry at the arrest of the Bishop of of Pernambuco. The Emperor, whatever his own opinions, is outwardly in entire accord with his Parliament, no new elections have occurred, and there is no reason to believe that the Govern- ment majority will disappear. That majority is anti-Ultramontane, but not in any very extreme sense, and the impression is that the Emperor is on the same side. It must be remembered that in Brazil the influence of the Crown on the elections is very great, and that Pedro II. is probably the ablest politician as well as the- best instructed man in his own dominions.