Alexandria Gazette, Commercial And Political

KINGDOM OF BRAZIL.

Translated for the National Intelligencer.

Don John, by the Grace of God, Prince Regent of Portugal, of the Algarves, of Guinea in Africa, of the Conquest, Navigation and Commerce of Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia, and of India, &c. &c. &c.

Be it known to all those who shall see the present law, that always preserving in my royal mind the most earnest desire to promote the prosperity of the states which have been committed by Divine Providence to my sovereign rule, and at the same time to give due importance to the extensiveness and local position of my dominions in America, and also the abundance and variety of precious sources of wealth which they possess; and being, moreover, convinced of the advantages to my faithful vassals in general, from a perfect union and identity of my Kingdoms of Portugal and the Algarves with my dominions of Brazil, by raising the latter to that grade and political rank, to which, in consideration of the aforesaid reasons they ought to attain, and in which rank my said dominions were already viewed by the plenipotentiaries of the powers who formed the Congress of Vienna, as well by the treaty of alliance concluded on the 8th of April of the present year, as by the definitive treaty of the said Congress: the purport thereof having been duly weighed, it is my pleasure to ordain as follows:

1. That from and after the publication of the present law, the state of Brazil shall be raised to the dignity, pre-eminence, title and denominations of the Kingdom of Brazil.

2. That my Kingdom of Portugal, Algarves and Brazil shall henceforth be one single Kingdom, under the title of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves.

3. That instead of the titles inherent in the Crown of Portugal, and which have been heretofore used, there shall be substituted in all diplomatic acts, laws, alvaras, ordinances and public acts, the new title of Prince Regent of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves, of Guinea in Africa, of the Conquest, Navigation and Commerce of Ethiopia, Arabia, and of India &c. &c.

Given at the Palace of Rio Janeiro, the 17th of December, 1815.

By the Prince Regent.

(Signed) MARQUIS DE AGUIAR.