30 SEPTEMBER 1893, Page 16

BRAZIL.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.] SIE,—In your article on Brazilian affairs, in the Spectator of September 23rd, you say that the wish on the part of Marshal Peixoto "to nominate his successor" is a "curious compro- mise," "which, so far as we know, has never been attempted in Europe." Is that correct? Surely Oliver Cromwell nomi- nated Richard. "His office was not declared hereditary;, but he was permitted to name his successor" (" Macaulay's History," Vol. I., p. 67, Cheap Edition).—I am, Sir, &o., W. K. GILL.