mand salary increase.

Grindstone. That bankruptcy is supposed and fake as all we know; so, why my project must not be adopted?

Treble. I respect a lot the illustrious partner's science; but, at present, this measure is unpolitical, it is indecorous, and it would be a beautiful little dish for our enemies. They would say that as soon as we found ourselves in majority, soon we cared increasing the wage.

Grindstone. And what imports us that? Sir, let us take advantage of the occasion; come money and more money; and I also declare that if you don't increase the wage, here I will no more put the my feet. I am not to vex myself for 4$000 reis.

Treble. Sirs, I will broach a subject that should deserve all your attention. I will talk about the attack of December 10th. The sacred enclosure of our sessions was polluted on this unfortunate day by a horde of cannibals. Here met tumultuously an armed crowd on the frivolous excuse of saving the life of the President of the Province; but the main end was to dismiss several Permanent Officers that, for they being honest patriots, they didn't serve the current Government. The iniquity was consummated so. Such procedure should not be unpunished. I demand therefore that one asks to the Government following information: first, if in consequence of that tumultuous reunion were fi-

red those Officers; second, wich number of men met in this Palace; third, if there were been among them some women; fourth, if the men were white, brown or black; fifth, if they came wearing coat, uniform, or overcoat.

Impartial. I had the intention of speaking always with frankness although it displeases some Sirs. But what does mean this requirement of Mr. Treble? Can one maybe deny the President the right of freely dismissing the Officers that don't go of his trust? What law article did infringe the President in those dismissals? Sirs! Let us be more circumspect. Even when those Officers had some merit (what I doubt), though they became hostile to the Government, they fixed incendiary proclamations, they broke the window-panes of the Palace, and finally, they were shown unworthy of trust. How would still the President to conserve them? How to let them to continue in the insults and rascalities?

Monkey. But they had the public trust; they didn't need the President's individual trust.

Impartial. That is a miserable sofisma.

A lot of voices. To the order, to the order.

Grindstone. Mr. Impartial should not attend our discussions.

Jewel. He should be expelled forever.

Grindstone. Who can tolerate this