The Brazilian Ministry has resigned, owing to a quarrel wills
the President, Marshal (la Fonseca ; and the Times of Friday publishes a long and exceptionally bitter telegram from Lisbon in explanation. The writer, who, though obviously prejudiced, is well-informed, accuses the Marshal of disregarding the National Assembly—which has refused him a general Act of Indemnity for all measures taken in the interregnum—and of excessive jobbery for the benefit of his friends. He speaks of heavy deficits caused by lavish expenditure, tells a very obscure story of a " murder " screened by the President, and after saying that he holds both the Army and the Fleet,. hints at discontent in the former. All this comes, doubtless,. from Royalist sources ; but two facts seem to be clear. Brazil is under a military dictatorship badly advised as to finance, and not popular; and rigorous methods are employed to pre- vent information from reaching Europe. The silence of Brazil. for the past twelve months is almost unintelligible.
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