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lie matt repeat, that !t cvety point of view the conduct of our 0- verninent was most unjus'i :aule. We had given friendship where friendship was not due—we had given to Don Miguel every thing shell of avowed co-operation • and to Donna Maria we had opposed every thing, not even entir ely excepting actual hostility. He la mmed that it thould be left to other nations to be generous and ju.t, where we had hecn cold and severe.—(Hear, hear, hear.) ktrg!and. when anti-libnal in her policy, could only be a secondary pwver, for the s...cret of her str,:ngth and of her ascendancy, was to be found in her principles of freedom. The favoured scat of Eng land was in the front of the enlightened States of Europe, and this seat for years she had proudly occupied, looked up to, and honour, d by all other nations, who, when establishing liberal institutions, tioked up invariably to those of England thr a model.—(Great cheers.)—ile called upon the house to give effect to these resolu tions, which related to a transaction that, more titan any other, had untied to throw England from this proud pre-eminence. —(Great che,ring.)--The right hon. gentleman then moved resolutions to the 41 fr:ct-- The questieni,being'put, Lord F. L. GOWER feared he be accused of presump tion Mt rising at so early a period of Ow debate to intrude upon the attention of the house. He hoped, however, that some excuse would be formed for his conduct in the fact that he rarely rose ex cept when especially called upon ,y his swim to do so ; and that a still stronger excuse would present itself, in the consideration that he must feel anxious to endeavour to vindicate the conduct of the government with which lie was connected from the char e+ made against it, although they referred solely to its foreign policy. His right honourable friend had drawn some nice distinctions between stipulated and voluntary neutrality; but looking at the papers lie must say ho could nut see what advantage was to be derived from any such distinctions He should not therefore enter upon them. In the narrative of the right hon. gentleman he thought there were some deficiences. His right hon. friend had spoken of the arrival of the refugees in this country, hut he had not stated their condi. lion or the benefits they had received from the good offices of the government of this country. Some of those benefits had been abused. The government was called upon, compelled by circum stances, to say where the refug ees should not go. With respect to the civil war in Terceira, he thought that some indication of that fact was to be found in the letter of the Martinis of Barbacena, who gave as a reason for the refugees going there the apprehen sion of an attack. His Right Hon. Friend questioned the state ment of one naval officer of Terceira, but lie (Lard F. b. (lower) taking a different view, could not accord with the resolution founded upon the assumption of his Hight Honourable Friend. Great stress had been laid upon the argument that the expedition of the refugees was not of a hostile character, but in his opinion his Right Hon. Friend had done but little to prove his assertion. Ile still considered the expedition as an infraction of the ueutrality to which the refugees had sutiscribed. To prove this it was only necessary to refer to the three-fold warnings of the Duke of Wellington; and this being the case he did not see what other course could with propriety have been pursued by this government other than that which it had adopted. With respect to toe letter of the Duke of Wellington, concerning the refugees proceeding as individuals to Terceira, he regretted, in common with the noble duke, that he should have used any expression which could be so misinterpreted as that one had been by his right hon. friend. They were not called upon, nor had they any right to indulge in sympathies with respect to particular parties.—(hear, hear.) And he believed that if the par ties of the transactions in Portugal had been reversed, they would have heard but little of the display and eloquence concerning na tional law, in which his right lion. friend had so ably indulged.— (cheers.) He had heard much of the falling off of this cottony in the estimation of public opinion. He attached but little importance to the opinion of foreigners respecting the means and power of this country, and he knew that the opinions cf many at home were erroneous. He remembered when the Duke of Wellington was reviled for planting the British standard in Portugal rather than in Spain ; and he must confess he was little moved at the opinions of those who were unable in their own country to uphold the institu tions they advocated. lie set but little value upon national gratitude, and he only expected to receive kindness or consideration from Por tugal, while it derived benefit from our commercial connections with it. He contended that the government of this country had sitewn many good offices towards the refugees. In sumo... of this assertion he referred to the correspondence of the Earl of Aber. deen with the commissioners of the Admiralty. (Mr. C. Grant re. minded the noble lord that no such document was before the House.) He thanked his right honourable friend for his interruption. He felt that he could not do more than allude to that and other docu ments of a similar character, merely to show the disposition of the government towards the refugees. These being his feelings, he could not concur with the resolutions of his right honourable friend. lie should have been glad, had the forms of the house permitted him, to have moved the previous question ; but, as the matter stood, he must meet the resolutions of his right honourable friend with a direct nejative. (Hear.) Dr. PiIILLIMORS contended that this was a case in which the law of nations had been shamefully and openly violated. After ex pounding the principles of the public law, the learned civilian pro ceeded to remark upon the correspondence in the possession of the house upon the affairs of Portugal. He eulogised the letters of Mr. Canning, and condemned those of the Noble Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Ile maintained that the expedition to Terceira was undertaken and conducted without infringing the law of nations. It was said it had been secretly prepared, but that he denied. Then it was said that the vessel took out false clearings, than which nothing was more common in time of war. But whether the expedition had been legal or not, we had no right to pursue and search her on the high seas, and the instructicns given to our cruisers to that effect was as gross a violation of time public law as ever was contained in any document, and so it was considered throughout Europe. The offence wee aggravated by the unfortunate and helpless condition of those against whom it was directed. With the deep conviction that the right hon. gent. had made out a , case which was unanswered, and, as he believed, unanswerable, he should cheerfully Dote in fa vour of the motion. _ _ _ Mr. H. BATLEY thought that if the government had suffered this country to be the point from which one of the contending powers made war upon the other, while professing neutrality towards both, it would have been guilty of a direct violation of the law of nations, as laid down by the best writers. He should therefore op. pose the motion. The cries of "Question" were here general, and strangers were ordered to withdraw, when Mr. P. COUBTENAY rose, and contended that the Government of this country had acted in perfect accordance with the duty of a neutral Power, as laid down by the law of nations. He defied any honourable member to show a single sentence in the correspondence of the Government which was opposed to the principles of that law. Whether the interference took place at Plymouth, or after the cape. dition had sailed, was, in his opinion, immaterial. Ile was perfectly willing to allow that what took place at Terceira was an untoward event—(a laugh)—but he denied that it was attributable to any con. duet on the part of the Government which called for the censure cf that house. After the right honourable gentleman sat down, the calls for the question were again renewed, and the gallery was cleared for a di. vision. After a short time, however, strangers were re-admitted, when we found Mr. H. TWISS addressing the house upon the question. After stating the facts connected with the expedition, and maintaining that they fully justified, and called for the course of conduct pur. sued by the government, the hon. gentleman expressed his conviction that the house would not support the motion of his right hon. friend. Under all the circumstances, the only conclusion to which he could come was that the government of this country was perfectly justified in the course they had taken. Lord J. RUSSELL said he was unwilling, while the hon. and learned gentleman was on his legs, to interrupt him by rising to order. He understood from some hon. friends near hint that the hon. and learned gentleman read his speech, which he believed was inconsistent with the usagts of the house. Mr. TWISS said he could assure the noble lord that he did not read the speech. He certainly had prepared copious notes, to which lie was obliged to refer more frequently than would have been neces sary had he not been called upon so early in the debate, and had he had more time for preparation. It could not be supposed, front his professional habits, that he was incapable of uttering an extempora neous sentence. But he was not ashamed to confess, that, whenever he expected to have the honour of addressing the house upon any important subject, he felt it to be a duty, ewing both to himself and to such an assembly, to prepare himself with as much diligence as he could. (Cheers.) Lord SANDON said he defied any lawyer to stand up and jus tify the attack upon the Portuguese in the waters of another power. What right bad the government, in the correspondence with the Marquis of Palmella, to make use of the word allowed, Would they dare to use such language with Russia, or any other great power ? The language of the correspondence was hardly civil. He regretted deeply what had occurred; he felt that it was a blot cast upon the fair fame of England. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL contended that this country had a right, by the law of nations, to prevent the Portuguese troops from proceeding into the waters of another power. That they were recognised as troops was rendered evident by all the circumstances. The government of England was imperiously called upon to act as they had done. It was not a question to be decided by feeling, but by reason and principle. The simple question was if circumstances justified them, on the 12th Dec. in preventing these troops from reaching Terceira. He could not say, and he wished it was in his power to believe that the conduct of the Marquis of Palmella was as open and sincere in the transaction as that of the noble duke (of Wellington.) He contended that due notice having been given to the Marquis of Palmeila that there was a force to prevent the land. ing at Terceira, he was to blame for all the consequences. If these troops had bee n permitted to land, would this country stand as it did new in the eyes of Europe ? The hon. and learned gentleman argued from the circumstance of the arms having been previously sent, of the clearances having been made out for Rio Janeiro, and from the tenor of the Marquis of Palmella's correspondence, that it was intended to deceive the British Onverntnent, and that they were justified, in their character of neutrals, to prevent a force which sailed from the English waters to enter those of another Power, and if they did so enter, to bring them back. Sir J. MACKINTOSH said, when he heard his honourable and learned friend, the Solicitor-General, refer to the law of nations, he expected to have heard him quote some authority to justify an act, which, for himself, he could never look upon as anything less than a lawless violence. An alleged fraud on the part of the Portuguese authorities here was the only thing he had yet heard offered in the shape of argument, and in this argument it was assumed that such a fraud would justify the course adopted by the British government. Ile denied that such was the calse. No such conclusion could be based upon the law of nations, upon municipal law, or upon any adjudged elves. The general principle of the law of nations was, You may make war in your own territory, in the enemy's territory, or in nobody's territory, as it was technically called, that was, on the high seas. No act of hostility could be greater than that which they had committed in attacking the Portuguese in the waters of a Power with which they were at peace. Questions of this kind were not to be decided upon mere ingenious reasoning, founded upon abstract principles. They met look not only to principle but to usa ge, anti in this he was borne out by Lord Stowell in such questions the greatest withority; not only in this country, but perhaps the greatest that ever lived.— [II ere ',Wright hon. gent. read a passage front one of Lord Stowell's judgments ' in which it was laid down that, in the condemnation of a vessel, It must be shown, not only that the judg. merit was consistent with general principles, but also conformable to the usage and practice of nations.] Now. the attempt made by the gentlemen on the other side of the house was to justify an entirely new practice, by forced and ingenious deduction front general principles. He should not attempt so hordes:. a thing as to enter into a contest with his hon. and tarred friend (Mr. Twies 1 fur the prize of paradox, hut nothing which he had said could eludes the general principle that the law of nations rotted not only on principle but on usage, and he did not attempt to uce a single instance to 'hew that usage justified what ha been done. It was said, indeed, the Portuguese received wanting that they would not be permitted to land. That dill not alter the case. If a highwayman gave him warning that he Intended to rob him, his guilt would not be the less, though he might not he disposed to take that pert of the rued iu t'hich the robber watt likely to meet him, unless indeed he was accompanied by some of that police for which they were indent , d to the Right. lion. Gentleman (Mr. Peel), and of whose y:_ivice4 b e h a d already experienced the benefit. Personally he knew the Marquis Pal etella to be a high-minded honourable man, whom he was proud to call his friend : but he wee ready to argue the question uron the suppositim that he had in contemplation something of a plan to deceive the British Covet mane so it wee certainly most clumsy in the execution. On the 2,111 t of August, when the arms I were sent off; it was clear that they could rot have been intended for the use of the men who were prevented from landing at Ter ceira, for the Marquises Palmella and Barbacena continued the solicitations to Go% ointment that these men should be per mitted to remain two months longer in "ngland. It was, deur. therefore, that the sending of the arms had no connection with the subsequent sending of the troops. The relative situation in which this country was now placed with respect to Portugal, wes not quite unprecedented in history. In 1668, a revolution took place in Poe. tugal, when Don Pedro displaced his eldest brother, and took possession of the Crown. (Hear, hear.) Charles 11 in cot:se quence, refused to receive any ambassador from Don Pedro, or to hold any communication steth him; and by a letter of Sir G. Jenkins, written in 1680, it appeared that the reason assigned by Charles for uat recognizing him was that he must be previou-ly satisfied with respect to some facts inconsistent with the principles of humanity and justice eeid to have taken place within the palace. lie rejoimd that at treat Don Miguel was not yet recognized, that he was not yet admitted into the club of Kings, who would be blackballed by any club of Gentlemen in England. Charles IL Tamed to recognize Dan Pedro, though no charge was brought against him of having stained with blood the chamber of his father, of having fomented a parricidal war, or of having practiced the foul. eat frautls anti the moat gross deception on the Sovereign of this country. Don Miguel had offered insult upon insult to the King of Great Britain, and if his Majesty had been a private person, the blood cf Breese ick which flowed in his veins would not have per. nutted him to put up with those insults. In the affairs of Portugal the Goyim-mitt had neglected the feelings and interests of the coun try. The affair at Terceira was opposed to justice and reason. Mr. CounTENAT explained. Mr. CROKER defended the measures of government, and corn. plained that the right hon. and learned gentleman had trespassed on the time of the house with itrelevant matter.—(Cry of " No, no.") Ile cited the doctrine of a learned Dutch writer on the law of na tions, who laid it down as a maxim that neutrals were not to be in. fluenced by the misconduct or character of the belligerents. His right hon. friend had assumed that improper conduct on the part of Don Miguel justified a breach of neutrality.—(Cry of "No, no.") Without whiting to fatigue the horse with details respecting the conduct of the Portuguese refugees, the hon. member stated the leading facts from their arrival in England to the departure for Terceira, and contended that they had been treated by the Duke of Wellington with humanity. '1 hey were allowed an asylum, whilst they appeared as private individuals, but when they became an armed band, which menaced Portugal, this country could no longer sanction their stay In England. They were permitted to go to Brazil, but neutra lity would have been violated if this country had suffered them to leave its ports and attack Terceira. When they landed as private individuals they were welcome to our shores, but when they became a military body, and enlisted foreign mercenaries, they were not welcome. There could be no doubt of the for bearance and charity of the Duke of Wellington. After they had sailed, a report readied the Government that a squadron was to sail from Lisbon fur the purpose for running them down at sea. A fast sailing vessel was sent off by government to warn them of their danger, aid as it appeared that they might suffer from want of provisions, government actually sent out a supply to meet the exi. gency. If there had been any departure from the laws of neutrality, it was in behalf of the Portuguese emigrants. Mr. WOOD said the refugeee brought no arms, and therefore could not be considered an armed force. Sir F. BURDETT considered himself bound by the importance of the subject to say a few word.. lie thought the country much indebted to the lon. and learned gentleman thr his excellent speech on the question. There had been a fallacy all night in the argu. inent, which twilit to justify the attack of the refugees upon a sup posed breach of neutrality. National honour and love of public li berty should at all tithes rise saperior to the dictates of narrow policy. When they considered that this country owed every thing to the hospitable and generous manner in which our ancestors, who loved liberty, had been received by the Dutch, the doctrines of national law must appear frivolous and vexatious. If the Dutch had acted upon the law of nations as laid down by sonic honourable members, the Revolution of 1688 could not have been secured, and they might not have been in that house to discuss the question of public liberty. According to the law of nations, they had a right to whit persons struggling fur their liberty. That was the view taken by Mr. Canning, and, it' he had not died as he did, Don Miguel would never have been a despot in Portugal. The ho nourable baronet blamed the Government for doing the dirty work of Don Miguel. What occasion was there for England to be Minister of Justice, and attack Terceira ? England had been too forward in a transaction which must stand a stain in the annals of the country. Mr. Secretary PEEL said he only whiled on this subject to ap. peal to the common sense of mankind; he was quite satisfied that they had pursued that strict neutrality which was most essential to the interests of the country. They had no other object, and repeated majorities of the house had confirmed the wisdom of their views. The British Government had in every respect treated the Portuguese with the utmost degree of sympathy, consistently with the pre. serration of a strict neutrality. The British Minister at Madrid had made representations to this government which were imme diately attended to, and it was owing to our interference that they were enabled to reach this country. Wcre we to risk a war, considering the condition of the litigant parties ? An attempt was made upon Oporto; it failed; and were we to enceurage a similar outrage in other parts of the Portuguese dominions ? Common sense and sound policy said not, and these were the feelings which directed the British Government. To what end would our hostile interference have led ? We determined upon preserving a neutrality which was not disregarded, and he was satis. fed that they shouldbe the test hywhich the conduct of his Majesty's Government should be tried. They had no sinister object; they remonstrated with the Government of Miguel ; he paid little or no attention to them ; but a war, he again repeated, was absolutely necessary to be avoided. This, on our part, was only consulting prudence. We did all we could, and it was no doubt to be regretted that we could not have effected some more amicable arrangement. But how were we to interfere in such a case of civil dissension ? No course was left but that which the British Government had taken; and this house, he had no doubt, would fully approve of it. The military character of the expedition to Terceira could not be denied. Leave was asked to export arms and ammunition on board the ship of war Isabel, by the Marquis Barbacena; ii:waa granted for Brazil upon good faith ; but the Marquis Palmella said, if these men were at Terceira, he would feel it his duty to provide for them in the best way he could. The Portuguese troops sailed from this country in eleven transports; true, they had not arms on board, but they were shipped in other transports for their use • and could any Government, acting upon a p r in c ipl e o f ne u . unity, permit so gross a deviation from it ? Even in England the Portuguese Refugees were addressed by General Stubbs as a military force ; they left this country in that charact er , and what could the British Government do otherwise than they had done ? Common sense, justice, and good policy would say, certainly not otherwiee. It mattered little as to appearances or pretences ; the! British Government had a duty to perform, and they did not shrink I from its avowal, believing it to he strictly just and right. The Por tuguese refugees had notice not to land at Terceira, anti the only' other question was, was the government of this country justified in preventing it? He contended that under all the circumstances it was, whatever might be said by the text writers ow the subject. Fraud and evasion were practised in this case, and the government was not to be hoodwinked out of their duty. This country, to use the language of Mr. Canning, was not to be made the workshop of the intrigues of any state in Europe. The great object of this country to preserve was peace. and to enable us to afford a refuge to the oppressed of all countries, as we had done on every occa sion. (Cheers.) Mr. STANLEY rose amid loud cries of " Question," and at considerable length defended the motion of his right hon. friend (Mr. C. Grant.) Mr. HUSKISSON said that the conduct of this country in the case of Terceira was at total variance with the laws of nations, and feeling so, he must support the motion of his right hon. friend (Mr. C. Grant.)—(Cries of " Question, question.") Mr. C. GRANT replied. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, when a division took place. For the motion For the previous question Majority The house then adjourned at Four o'Clock. - - - - 101 - ' • 78 - --13 FRENCH P. 4 PERS. MARSEILLES, APRIL 20. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. T'•e Chamber hastens to communicate to the merchants of this city, and to those concerned in merchant vends, the following letter, which the Chamber has just received from his Excellency the Ali. niter of Foreign Affairs : Paris, April 15, 1830. Gentlemen,—The intelligence lately brought to Toulon and to your port, by several vessels arriving from the Levant, that Me. hemet Ali Pacha, of Egypt, has sent an army to subdue Tripoli and Tunis, may prove prejudicial to your communications with Af. rim I hasten to inform you that the official correspondence I have received from Alexandria and from Caito makes no mention of such a rcport ; and the despatches from the Consul.Ocncral do not per. mit me to believe that an expedition against the Barbary regencies is thought of in Egypt. I now again take occasion to confirm the contents of my despatch to you of the 24th of March, rczartling the actual state of cur situation with the coast of Africa.' ST. PETERSBURGH, APRIL 10. The Imperial Academy of Sciences has received from I)r. one of the members of the scientific expedition sent by the Academy to the Caucasus, the news, that after aseithious exertions, General J'Engcll.ault had discovered in the mountains of the C.l.lc3sus, 120 tecults from Fort Groins's, the position of the rich mints of silver, or lead mixed with silver, the existence of which was communicated last year to the Society by the academician Hamel. WARSAW, APRIL 14. The Emperor Nicholas, king of Poland, has just issued a De. c:ee, which fixes the 16th of May for the opening, aid the 16th of Jun: for the adjournment, of the Diet.—lt is reported that the Em., poor will nnivc here on the 20th.—Gaselle de France. ANCONA, Await. 10. It was reported yesterday, that the Dey of Algiers, intimidated by the tumatnents of the French Government, has declared himself ready to render satisfaction. However, as his former conduct has rot been such as to inspire confidence In his promises, he most pre. bably only wishes to gain time. We doubt very much that this circumstance can at all change the plans of France. According to a report, but scarcely probable, this Government has proposed to Lord Cochrane to take a part in the expedition to Algiers. This mistake must arise from the negotiations existing between the Spanish government and this admiral on the subject of a corn. mand in the African sea. The weakness and the few resources of the Spanish navy would allow of some reliance being placed on this report ; but it remains to see whether the Lord who, from want of military resources, nearly compromised his reputation in Greece, will run again a similar risk. We are assured that the Court of Naples is disposed to support, with its troops and those of the other Italian islands, and particularly Sardinia, the pretensions of Spain to its former possession in Africa, and it might be in such a ease that Lord Cochrane would wait the result of the efforts made by the Neapolitan Cabinet, and would accept the command, were sufficient means of action put at his disposal ; if not to attain completely the end which Spain purposes, at least to save his naval reputation and his private interest. One may ask if England, following the principles which it has proclaimed, would view with indifference foreign vessels of war em ployed under the Spanish flag against the independent states of Amelia', or if the coalition of Spanish, Neapolitan, and Sardinian vessels, could be considered as a Spanish expedition.--Gaartte de France. _ . FRENCH FUNDS—AWL U. Five per Cents. 1061. 105 f. 95c. 90e. 95c. 90c. Four per Cents. 1011. 40c. Three per Cents. 831. 75c. 80e. Bank Stock, 1,9071. 50c. 1,910 f. 1,9071. 50e. Rentes de Naples, 931. 75c. 70e. Rentes d'Espagne, 186 18 18* 18 17* 1 175 6. Royal Spanish loan, 901 91 901 91 90i. Rentes Perpetudle d'Rspagne, 891 5 i 83 831 831 83 821. Haytian Loan, 537 f. 50e. Exchange on London.—One month (paper), 251. 60c.—Three months (gaper) 251. 45c.—Coors Aulhentiqus. NEWS FROM CHINA. It appears, by letters which have lately reached this country in the private ship Fergusson, that two points of consider. able importance had been conceded to the foreign trade by the Chinese authorities at Canton. The first of these was, exemption to the Hong merchants from the ruinous extortions (under the name of fees) to which they had been subjected on their appointment, and which had naturally prevented candidates from offering themselves for the situation. In this manner the total number of licensed ma chants had been gradually reduced to seven, and a monopoly, already too severe, became nearly intolerable. The second concession was the compulsory recall of the elder Hong merchant, Chunqua, more famed for nis abilities than his integrity, who had retired from busi ness, and taken occasion, at the same dine, to abstract from the firm to which he belonged the larger portion of its capital, some of which was the property of European and American merchants. It appears that all the European interests in China were concurrent in their representations to the haughty and exclusive government, not ex cepting even the Americans, who had, for once, departed from their usual vulpine policy. By the last accounts, an adjustment of dif. ferenees might speedily be expected. Temperate, and at the same time, determined negotiation, seems really to be the only rational mode of dealing with the Chinese ; unless, indeed, we are prepared either to deprive them by force of their territory, or to adopt the infamous expedient of the free-trade zealots—that of taking our chance in a contenting traffic ; which (it must be observed) is calculated to bring along its own just punishment, by breeding up a desperate race of pirates, ea/led by the Portuguese of Macao Ladroner, who have already carried terroralong the southern coast of China. A party of these desperadoes, in the year 1816, captured by stratagem a small American ship, named the Wabash, laden with opium, and anchored close to Macao. The whole crew were murdered. These little facts are dexterously concealed by the free trade party when they produce their hearsay evidence, some of which, it appears, has been drawn from the respectable purlieus of Wapping. Such arc the authorities that are to influence our na tional Councils, while we are to disregard the following strong opi nion of a distinguished foreigner (uninfluenced either by interest or spite,) who has made th.e Chinese the study of his whole life :—" Je suis convaincu que le commerce fibre, accordt , aux vaisseaux Anglais pour la Chine, ne tarderait pas de faire firmer Canton aux Europiens." The opinion, in his late work, of Mr. Peter an American, who resided eight years in Canton, is to the same effect. Letters from Madrid, of the 16th instant, mention `the departure of the King and Queen of Spain for Aran juez. The same letters state that the talked-of Protest of the French and Neapolitan Ambassadors against the abolition of the Salic law in Spain, never took place ; that, on the contrary, the King of Naples had been one of the advisers of that measure, and the French Ambas sador had expressed his full concurrence in it, previous to its publication. LISBON, APRIL 17. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. The arrival of the brig of war 22d of February, brought , news this day week to the Government of the instalment of Regency. Alarm was, therefore, the result. The brig, a t., though in a most wretched state, was despatched again or. Tuesday to St. Miguel's with fresh instructions to the Governor On board this brig were brought to Lisbon six persons taker out of a British merchant ship, seized on near St. George's 1. land, as having broken the blockade of Terceira. The name a: the merchant ship is the Marianne of Aberdeen, bound frog. Gibraltar to Newfoundland, with salt, tobacco, and soap. Four of the prisoners being British subjects by birth, and a fifth a Portuguese, naturalized and married at Gibraltar, have been r e . claimed by the British Consul The sixth, said to have gone as passenger, is a Portuguese gentleman, who has not been protecnd by the British flag. and is now in prison. The sailors are confined in one cf the hulks. The (hestes brig of sal was sent, 0 % Tuesday, in such haste to Madcria, that Miguel's own bace e towed her over the bar. On board were Don Alvaro da late Governor of the province of the Minim, who has been appointed to replace Alunteiro, the hated Governor of th e isi Ind, and 160 cacadores and avillery.men. went or. board to mak.. excuses to those soldiers, many of whose corps had des..rted n few days before, front their not having received da. clothes long duo to them A useless attempt Lad been made soave days before to procure volunteers among them ; but they have not been well treated, and arc discontented. Don Alvaro is considered one of the hest officers serving under Miguel. The diploma. is news of this week is of the highest importance, for it appears that the Spanish M Mister and the Nanc:e—who, since the departure for 111atleiti cf Mr. Brent, the Charge d'Affaires of the United Slates, are the oily nietobas of the Corps Diploma.. tique—have slighted Miguel. On ta,ter Monday there is a grant: Court held usually at noon : neither of the diplomatists had at. rived at Queluz. At half-past 12 o'clock Miguel sent an es. press to Lisbon to state that he wan waiting. The Nuncio ', l ie. that, having passed a bad night, he could not Michel and the Spanish Minister had remained at Cintra. At a quart et past two o'clock Miguel held his Court, when none but Portugue s , were seen. The Spanish Minister, whose functions are stated to b.: suspended, Is waiting for instructions as to his departure. Miguel. on Tuesday moruh.g, went to a church festivity at the ItalLlr. Church, amen the Nuncio had prepared an expensive tlejeuze ii la fourchette " his majesty and the princesses: - but Miguel was sulky, and would nut even condescend to go ins. the room ; the princesses ate nothing, and Miguel re. fused, as he was afraid of being poisoned." Report speaks 0 : the approaching departure of the Nuncio also—yet it is said the Courts of Madrid and of Rome are merely speculating, in order ta know what line of policy the great Powers will adopt. The Gazette of Lisbon—which will, no doubt, be translated in London—stated on Tuesday that his Majesty was pleased, on Monday, at the palace of Queluz, to receive jam compliments of the Diplomati e Corps ;" but it is a falsehood so gross that even the Lisbonese are laughing at it. The want of money is still the crying evil. Arrests are goiL e ; forward, even amongst the former adherents of Absolutism; veral of the employees have been imprisoned this week in this city. Flom Oporto, it is known that prisoner* arrive daily from the neighbouring districts—and that discontent is spreading more thao ever. Robberies take place in the villages in every quarter: strong patrols of horsc.police are parading Lisbon on all sides. A vessel is preparing to convey political prisoners to the African colonies : seventeen have been taken out of St. Julian's Tower—anwrig them is the well.known Prior Des Anjos. The Governor o: St. Julian's having put a man guilty of more than a dozen of mu:. ders in among the prisoners as a spy, a quarrel enitted, in wl.fch stabbed several ; but he was himself killed. Several of the most respectable prisoners have been thrown, on this ground, into the water dungeons : among them is Rent° Pereira de Cameo, whose cheek was laid open by the murderer. The nickmanie of the latter was Ferro. Old Basto, being somewhat convalescent, wishes to assume the Portfolios of the Interior and of the Marine Depart ments ; but the Duke of Cadaval, who seems to be as n.uch inclined for persecution, is struggling to prevent the old man from coming again into power. Exchange on England 44/ ; Government Paper Money 21. discount. Advices wore received yesterday from Calclam, bv way of Bordeaux, stating the failure, on the I's: ~f January, cf the old and eminent house of PA me FIR =A Co. of that city. On that day the partners held a ill irate meeting of their friends, when the deficit on their books appearing very large, and the concerns of great latrine) and importance, they thought it their duty to declare their insolvency, and to take the benefit of the recent bankrupt law in India. On the 4th of Jan. a notice was accordingly given and published in the Gazette, and the Gth was ap pointed for a meeting of creditors, for the purpose of appoint ing assignees. The house had also notified its ability to produce assets equal to one-half the amount of its debts, as soon as assignees were named to 7^ceive them. The shock of this failure was very seve!e n Calcutta, but a hope is expressed in the letters that its effects would not extend further, and it was understood that the sliperin tendance of the winding up of the elite of Messrs. PAL MER and Co. would be confided to two gentlemen of the highest respectability, connected uith one of the most eminent mercantile houses in Calcutta. The fine of PALMER and Co. has been established more tine, 11l a century, and is said in great merman, to have owol its fall to the extreme liberality with which it has ever made advances to the members of the two services (civil mid military) in India.— Times. A letter from Naples says—" A new opening has been formed in the crater of Vesuvius, from whence the smoke and bituminous matter which term in the crater escape. For several days past loud detonations have been heard." A letter from Frankfort of tl:e 20th instant states, that it was through the mediation of PrcsAa that the direr ences between the Duke of Baden and the King of Bavaria, had been adjusted. The Queca Dowager of Bavaria, who was on the point of setting out for Vienna, on hearing of the contest likely to arise between the two States, repaired on the 15th instant to Carlsrulte, in order to use her influence to prevent a ruptu:e between the two families. The Mayor of Marseilles has published Ln official letter, stating that his Royal Highness the Daupl.in would arrive in that city on the Ist of and there rein: in during the whole of the ensuing day ; that on the 3d he would go to Toulon, and return on the sth to Marseilles, which he would quit on the titit for Avignon. The in tention of his Royal Highness is, that the department; ned cities shall incur no expense for his tecoption ; that the National Guards shall not be pat under arms; that the Mayors shall not receive him at the gates of the towns, nor shall triumphal arches be erected on his passage. The letter adds, that in all these resput ts, the inhabitants cf Marseilles will obey the will of th sir Prince, but that there are gratifications resulting from his presence, of which that august personage cannot 14bid them the enjoyment. The French papers of Sunday, which arrived yester day, contain rumours of an immediate dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies, and of attempts made by tic Ministry to negotiate with soma of th.. opposition Roya lists for their support. M. Delalot IV4S mentioned among the Deputies whom Prince Polignac wished to conciliate This honourable gentleman had voted the late hostile address. He is one of the Royalists "of the de fection," as they are called. He has adopted the politics of M. de Chateaubrhuul and his friends. He is a man of talent, of independence, and of Par liamentary reputation, and therefore worth courting. It was accordingly believed in the papers, and circu lated in all the saloons, that the Ministry had made overtures to him, and that be had held a conference with Prince Polignac on the subject of a coalition. All these fine rumours and speculations are at once annihilated by a letter of M. Delalot, in which he declares that he has never seen the Prince since the prorogation. These papers contain no other news of any interest either foreign or domestic. ~_