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ROBERTSON. present state of the disorder, is said, by its very insut ficiencyr to have shewn to the administration a repre. hensible negligence in the employment of the means calculated to check the progress of the disorder, th spreading end duration of which are said to proceed entirely from the invariable routine of the physicians of the country, and the obstinate attachment of the k.eople to their habits and prejudices. It is said that the state of our affairs in India is far from satisfactory, and that we may be allowed to foresee that, after great and long-continued sac' ofices of men and money, we shall be obliged, as others.have been, to accede to an emancipation, which we shall be sorry for not having,effered when the time shall come to accept it on ail teams. The Prince of Masignano, Chaves Buonapaste (son of Lucien),went on FS iday to Antwerp, and embarked in a sttaas-boat, for Rotterdam. 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BRUSSELS, Duo. se. MOND MIAMI= 07 THE rum GICINZRAI Or DINIUMIt f. The order of the day was the debate on the Budget. Many Members spoke at considerable length against several parts of the Budget, and the debate being con tinued in an evening sitting, was concluded. The following was the result : The Budget was composed of four distinct projects of law. The first, fixing the sum to be employed in 1827, in the redemption of the public debt, was agreed to by a majority of 99 to 2. The second, containing final regulations respecting the first part of the Budget, of the expenses decreed by the law of April 27, 1820. was passed by the same majority of 99 to 2. The third, regulating the second part of the Budget of the expenses of the kingdom for 1827, was rejected by 77 votes to 24. The President said, as the Chamber has not adopted the project of this 14w, his Majesty will be requested to take it into further consideration. His Excellency the Minister of Finances said, that be was authorised by the King to present to the Chamber a communication, which was read i■ both languages: the substance of it was, that the King, considering the connection between the project of law fixing the ex penses for 1827; and that which determines the means of providing for them, decrees as follows : —lf the first of the projects in question is not adopted by the second Chamber of the States General, The Moister of Finance is authorised to declare that the project which deter mines the means of providing for them, is considered as withdrawn. A temporary law will be presented to the States General, and a new Budget for the expenses of 1827 will be afterwards transmitted to the Chamber. By ♦irtue of these powers, his Excellency declares that the fourth project of law is withdrawn. The Presi dent said, “ after this declaration, our deliberations on the laws of the Budget are terminated." The Chamber adjourned to the following day. Dammam itd. It is affirmed, that the chief object of the tour, which, the Minister of the Interior is now making in the Northern Provinces, is to visit Groningen, and the other places where the epidemic disorder prevails. It seems, that the orders given in due time by the King and the Ministry have been ill executed, and some of them nit at all. The incomplete, •ague, and insignificant report sent to the Ministry by M.V.lnMAanen, a phybician of the Il•gus, and chief of the commission, ou the nature and The following speech the Count de la Villa Real, late Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from Portugal to Madrid, was spoken in the Portuguese Chamber of Peers in the sitting of the 4.h ins:ant : NOBLZ LORDS,—The object which I have in view, is to give an account of my negotiations with the Spanish Government, after my arrival at Mad,id. You will remember, that the unlooked for relusal of our Envoy, Severino Gomes, to swear to the Charter of lion Pedro, suspended, in fact, all the relations between Spain and Portugal. When thisnews reached L:sbon, I had already good reasons for believing that the deser tions of our troops were mainly occasioned by the in trigues of Spain. But I was not yet aware of all the delicacy of the mission with which I was charged. I saw, in the first instance, that the Spanish Government did not recog nize aslegitimate the Regency of the Infanta Isabella. It signified to me, that it could adopt no resolution in this respect, till Spain had consulted with her allies. The Ministers of Foreign Courts took little pains to di:rise the fact, that they did not clearly understand the utna don of things in Portugal; and that, in their opinion, Spain dught to be on her guard against us; in a word, that our charter was opposed to the fundamental laws of monarchy. " In such a situation, wash necessary to break imme diately with Spain? I thought not; and, notwithstand ing the events which have occurred. I do not think so now. There can be no doubt, that if, in case of a rup ture, the Portuguese Government offered her support to the discontented in Spain, partial insurrections would break out in that kingdom. But who would eteite these insurrections ? The ultra liberals alone ; because the moderates, with reason, considering them the authors of all the evils of Spain, would refuse to unite with thew Aud, besides, bow could an Insurrection take a seriaus shape in Spain, in the presence of a French army, a few regiments from which would suffice to disperse all the meetings of the malcontents? Could the Spanish Liberals have any hopes of being supported by us ? They would deceive themselves strangely. We ought to attach great importance to demonstrating to all Europe that they calumniate us when they say that our Charter is but the Constitution framed by the in trusive Cones, and that, in point of fact, we wish to revolutionize Spain, as she revolutionized us in 1820? • " It we had cause on this subject to an open rupture with Spain, how many Portuguese, and foreigners likewise, would have been delighted to lay hold of certain facts to coofounclthe Charter of Don Pedro with that of the Liberals. Their first step would have been to recall the events which followed the arrival of Sir Charles Stuart. They would not forget even to re proach us with the suppressioa of that hymn, come 'crated to the King, Don John VI. and which had be tome the march of all the corps of the army. This observation is not frivolous. You know that it is one of the favourite arguments of the disaffected. " Among all the motives which dictated to us the greatest moderation with regard to Spain, we must place in the foremost rank the attitude which the Allied Powers had taken. Immediately on the promulgation of the Charter of Don Pedro, the Court of Madrid hast ened to represent to thosePowers,the dangers withwhich she was threatened. All agree to give her protection, in case she were attacked. and our ancient and faithful Ally, England, declared, for her part, that Portugal would undertake nothing against Spain, so long as Spain abstained from undertaking anything against Portugal. " I might urge another motive, which, in our case, made moderation necessary—namely, our ignorance of the determination of the Infant Don Miguel. This incertitude, in the eyes of the Ultras, was an evident proof, that his Royal Highness, resisting the prayers of his august brother, would put himself at the head of the party who have so grossly abused his name. Up to the moment when the news of the betrothing of the Prince arrived, it was loudly proclaimed that he was on the point of arriving in Spain, and this report served to keep up the illusion of the refugees. " I may close with a strong remark this exposition of our motives for remaining at peace; it is this: War is the common object of the opposite parties. Those who predominate in Spain believe themselves secure of tel. emph ; and our Ultra Liberals persuade themselvas o ', that they have nothing to do but to display their stan dard to the Spaniards to induce them to come and rally round it. The error of the latter party is obvious. If it dared to rase its banner in Lisbon, it would experi ence, even in Portugal, such resistance, that, before it could reach the frontiers of Spain, it would be com pletely crushed. H But I will suppose, on the contrary, that it might be victorious at first. In that case it would soon find the whole of Europe armed against it, and vainly would it call for the aid of our faithful Ally, who would then withdraw itself from us. From these considerations, I could not see that any other course could be pursued than that which I have pursued. " Convinced, after my arrival at Madrid, that I could not obtain either the recognition of the Regency of the Princess, not the punishment of the commanders who openly protected our deserters, nor the expulsion of the that his Most Christi in Majesty recognized our present Governme it. Same few d.sys before, the Russian AmbassaJor had notified the same recognition . 0n the part of his august Saverei s n; and the Prussian Mini t r did not fail to makes similar declaration. Bit nothing could shake the resolution of the Spanish Government. 4 , While I was occupied with these affairs, I receiv , d ' exact information of the plan long since formed by the rebels, by those men who, in the name of legitimacy, and of that of the ancient laws of the kingdom, mani fested their perfidious views, which went to impose upon us a foreign Sovereign. lam almost certain, that the form of the oath which they have taken was teat to Madrid to the Count de Canellas. But let us leave conjectures to state facts. " I addressed myself anew to the Foreign Ministers; but I remarked in their speeches, a constant reserve ,with respect to the predominating party in Spain, and regret on account of the absence of positive instructions. a' I then determined to send couriers to Lisbon and Paris. verbally declaring to each of the above named Ambassadors, that if any disturbance should occur in Portugal, the blame would not rest on my Government nor on me, and throwing on them the responsibility for what might happen through their not having used the necessary diligence. They promised me to refer the subject again to their respective Courts, but there was one among them who esplained to me all the evils which Spain had to dread from the vicinity of our re volutionists, and even complained of the reception which bad been given to Spanish deserters. " I then addressed myself to the English Minister, who refused to attend the levee, on the Ist of October, alleging as the reason for it, the uncertainty in which he remained with respect to the disarming of our refs. gees. This resolution produced its effect. Don Manuel Salmon signified to me or; the Sd, tbat.his Most Catholic Majesty had given orders to send back their arms, and directed Viscount de Canellas to leave Madrid in three days, and Spain in a month. In consequence of this. I did not demand my passports, and our Government suspended its di fensive preparations against the aggres sion with which, it was menaces'. " But who would have been able to believe, that while we reposed on the promises of the Spanish Go vernment, that Government pet severed in its secret machinations. The prof of this soon became notorious, by the revolt of the Marquis de Chaves, and the insur rection of the regiments of the Algarves. " It was, nevertheless, at this epoch even, that the Cabinet of Madrid assured me that orders had been given to the Count de Casa Flores, its Ambassador to our Court, to come to an understanding with the Minis. ter for Foreign Affairs, to arrange the sending back of: the arms. " In this interval there arrived to many Ministers, and especially to the Ambassador of France, positive instructions to urge the Spanish Government to make the promised restitutions. The French Government, which throughout this affair has acted with the frank ness and honour worthy of the great Sovereign at its head, and the high character of the personages who compose his administration, not content with sending these instructions, pressed the same councils on the Cabinet of Madrid, through the medium of the Duke de Villa Hermosa. However. none of the promises of the Spanish Minister were realized. Can it be doubted that the Commanders on the frontiers had :met orders? It has been stated to me that these had been given by Don T.tddeo Calomarde. All that I know is, that this Minister bested himself very much opposed to our new institutions. 44 Mr. Lamb, the English Minister, strangle sup ported my demands, and did not conceal the fact, that he should be obliged to quit Madrid if justice were not speedily done. 60 We were in this situation when the Princess Re. gent, in her Speech on the opening of the Chambers, announced that her august brother, Don Miguel, had taken his pure and simple oath to the Charter. I instantly made this the basis of new representations ; but Don Manuel Salmon repeated as heretaire, that the Government of his Most Catholic Majesty found it necessary to consult with his Allies. " Could you imagine, Noble Lords, that they could hold in doubt the reality of taking the oath by the Infant Don Miguel? It is, however, but too certain, that many persons of high rank refused to give credit to it at the Court of Madrid, under the pretence that the Spanish Ambassador at the Court of Vienna bad not mentioned it in his dispatches. " I addressed myself, in writing, to the Ambassadors of France and Austria. At the moment (Nov. 10.) when I caused my note to be transmitted to the former, he received a dispatch from Paris, in which he found a copy of the declaration which the Baron de DAII:A% had made to the Spanish Ambassador. In his answer of the next day, the Ilth, he wrote to me that the solution of these difficulties did not belong to him, and that he was about to refer the whole subject to his Court. The Am " to lan,Ambassador replied to me, that he had received no instructions, and that no fresh proceeding was neces sary for the recognition of our Government. " I endeavoured to draw verbal explanations from the Foreign Ministers. But far from adopting the con siderations that I sought to give effect to, they answered, that as the Portuguese . Government refused to rely 03 the promises of Spain, they could not abstain horn con sideting it (Porttipt . ) as the aggressor. " I heard that the Court of Madrid had been offici tlly I