Paris, 17 April. The Brazilian emperor departed 2 February towards Bahia on board of the ship of the line Dom Pedro I, accompanied by his spouse and eldest daughter Maria da Gloria. As requested by captain Gautier was it permitted that the French frigate l’Aréthuse escorted the Dom Pedro I to her destination.
Lisbon, 1 April. A committee was appointed to depart towards Brazil and to congratulate the new king of Portugal. The duke Lafoens, related to the royal family, was head of the committee. Not the congratulation was the main mission but what the Brazilian emperor and the Austrian and British courts decided, was Portugal still independent or was she destined to be a Brazilian colony? The Portuguese ship of the line Dom Joao VI was ordered to bring the committee towards Brazil. The public feared that this ship, the most beautiful of the Portuguese navy, was lost for Portugal.
Source
J. Vichot. Repertoire des navires de guerre français. Paris, 1967.
Note
1. Laid down at Paimbeuf 1808; laid down 1812, rerazeed as corvette 1833, last mentioned 1865.
Lisbon, 1 April. A committee was appointed to depart towards Brazil and to congratulate the new king of Portugal. The duke Lafoens, related to the royal family, was head of the committee. Not the congratulation was the main mission but what the Brazilian emperor and the Austrian and British courts decided, was Portugal still independent or was she destined to be a Brazilian colony? The Portuguese ship of the line Dom Joao VI was ordered to bring the committee towards Brazil. The public feared that this ship, the most beautiful of the Portuguese navy, was lost for Portugal.
Source
J. Vichot. Repertoire des navires de guerre français. Paris, 1967.
Note
1. Laid down at Paimbeuf 1808; laid down 1812, rerazeed as corvette 1833, last mentioned 1865.
