I had, it is true, no authority for making this extra payment, but at the same time, I had the authority of His Imperial Majesty to devote the 200,000 dollars to the good of the service—­thus clearly leaving its disbursement to my discretion; and this appeared to me to be properly exercised in rewarding those who had been performing double duty afloat and ashore, in the arduous task of putting down, and keeping down revolt and anarchy.  On this principle, I had previously doubled the pay of some of the officers, without whose incessant exertion, I could not have effected the tranquillization of the province.  It is true that the principle adopted was opposed to that pursued by the Administration, viz. neither to acknowledge these extra services nor reward them; but such a course neither accorded with my judgment nor discretion.  The sums paid as above were entered in the usual manner in a pay book, acknowledged by the signatures of the recipients—­attested by the officers—­and, as has been said, duly forwarded to the Imperial Government.

I shall now give some extracts from the log before quoted in reference to these and other transactions:—­

   January 5th, 1825.  His Lordship left at Hesketh’s his last two
   months’ pay, received this month, and also two months’ pay for
   Captain Crosbie.  Paid other officers and men two months’ pay.

6th.  Employed in sorting the paper money in the small iron chest. Found its contents to be only 16,000 dollars.  (This was all that now remained of the 200,000 dollars received at Rio de Janeiro.)

   8th.  Officers having been paid, the men received to-day two
   months’ pay.

9th.  Admiral took to Hesketh’s three bags of dollars (Each containing 1000 dollars, the remainder of money which I had brought from Chili, and which therefore had nothing to do with the Brazilian Government).

   February 10th.  Paid third payment of prize-money to Clewley,
   Clare and January.

   11th.  Paid prize-money to March and Carter.

   26th.  Paid Lieutenant Shepherd 1,500 dollars.

   28th.  Paid Commissary, Escrivao, and Pilot.

   March 1st.  Paid Portuguese Doctor.

   3rd.  Paid Corning’s account for ship provisions.

The above payments, with others disbursed in pursuance of my proclamation, were all made out of the balance of the 200,000 dollars aforesaid, and 40,000 dollars which had been in my possession ever since the capture of Maranham; the latter being the amount which I had refused to give up to the prize tribunal at Rio de Janeiro, well knowing that it would be returned to their Portuguese friends and connections.  When these payments were made, a few hundred dollars alone remained.  As this 200,000 dollars was the indisputable property of the squadron before it was assigned for