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1)61,011'0a to Cahill, r&Yn 'a - enured with the Council lathe proposeelmeaures,had done no thing to carry them into execution. Saldanha, anxious About his darling decreeeeafid thinking that the Princess might be stimulated *oy public opinion to hasten an act which policy had dictated, and to which ties tract already consented, gave a hint of the litteedent's 4ismissel to the journal called the Portuguez. This 'as the first notice which Banos had of his intended disgrace. He immettlettly took the giant, iced put ting a c o py o f the-journal in hia Iny.4".sei - , hastened off to Caitiffs to see the Princesa tr some of those at tereiants into whose reeeleets scandal accuses him of diverting some •of that secret service motley whieb last year tunde t nted to more than 10"C°. tffime elistely een his arrival, he contrived tei Nye an inter vie'c with one of the Gamer illa s (for I must here use the language now in eogere to designate the little 'knot of attendants who make a traffic of the Regent's favours), by name --, and described the misfortune with which ehe and he were threatened. This lady vequested his Eminence not to see the Prineces that day, but to wait till she and her friende had prepared else Royal mind to treat properly his pretensions.— Report adds, that the Intendant carried with him to this interview the sum of six mettle reis, (or about 1,6001.) and that he broeght back none , ef it; but whither he employed it as an eloquent 'figure of speech to support his pretensions, or left et for distribution among the poor at Cables, is not with certainty known. In the mean time, the Prin cess was apprized of the Intendant's merits, of his attachment to the person and fabeernment "of her Royal Highness, and of the manner in winkle he had watched or put down the libeled dubs, where her character and conduct A•tre discussed with a licentious and jacobinical freedom, of which she A:mild have no concepticin. The Intendant, by al-- rengement with his friend, came to have hit au dience next morning, with better inward hopes, but with great professed humility, and apparent depres sion of spirits. After kiseing hands, he stated to /ter, that he w' tinite unconscious of having done any thing to nretit the high displeasure of his Royal Mistress,—that no man in her dominions was more zealous in her service,—and that his dismissal, which she had resolved upon, would riot alter the profownd respect and regard which he entertained for leer person and interests. " Have you then seen the decrees ?" asked her Royal Highness. " No, I hare not, but I have even the Portugucz newspaper." " And prayehow did the fact of my intentions or councils get there "No doubt, please your Royal Highness, through John Carlos Saldanha, your 'Minister of War, who frequents the liberal clubs, and is connected with that and other liberal journals. The information, I have been told, was sent to the Poi tuguez ' in this instance, not di rect l y b y t h e Mi nister, but from the Paulo Mb, in which, as I have been informed by my sc(7;et agents, the character of your Royal Highness is nightly traduced, and the causes of your late illness nightly discussed in no very measuraea or respectful terms." After sonic further conversation of this kind, in which Saldanha was made out to be a tool in the hands of - the Jaco bins and Freemasons, her Royal Highness assured the Intendant that she had thought better of the pro posal to dismiss him; that she was quite satisfied with his loyalty and zeal; that from the good character which she had heard of him, she would be more cau tious in future in listening to the calumnies of his rnemies; and that he might return home to continue his useful labours, without fear or suspicion of losing her favour. In the mean time some more decrees arrived re- lating to the army, and still those respecting the - new appointments were delayed. Saldauha, as lie . Wad been the first to propose the measures in ques tion. felt his honour piqued at seeing the engage ment of the Princess either violated or remaining unfulfilled. He, therefore, contrary to the advice of those of his friends who consulted more his place than his honour, resolved to go to Caldas on Friday se'nnight, and to obtain an explanation of the delay from the lips of her Royal Highness in a personal interview. Ha arrived on Friday evening, and saw the Princess immediately after. She received him very graciously, and appointed an audience for next slay. He waited upon her accordingly, andobtained her signature to a great variety of papers connected wits the War Department, some of which are still in the progress of publication. Seeing that she never alluded to the two 'decrees, he asked her Royal Highness whether she had yet signed them. She replied in the negative, but added, that they were still under consideration. The Minister' then ven tured to represent to her their importance to her service, the unanimity with which her Cabinet bad agreed to them, and the anxiety which he personally felt that they should be executed at a crisis when agitators were busy, and police and justice apparently asleep. He added, that if her Royal Highness could not be made to see the matter in the same light with the Cabinet, he, for one, would not be respon sible for the Government of the country, and must humbly tender his resignation. To this she replied that she could not now come to a decision, but that an answer would be sent after him to Lis bon. The General left Caldas on Saturday evening, and having travelled all night, 'arrived at his own house about nine o'clock on Sunday morning. He immediately went to bed, and desired Madame Sal danha to say to his inquiring friends that he was well, and that he considered himself to have suc ceeded in the object for which he had gone to Caldas. During Sunday and Monday no courier ar rived, nor was any message sent from the Princess. The Minister's operations were, of course,paralyzed, and he did nothingin the interval but arrange his papers and consult with some of his friends. On Tuesday morning, about nine o'clock, he received a private note from the Conde de Camarido, who now acts 6,s Chamberlain to the Princess, stating that her Royal Highness had been pleased to accept his resignation. By the courier which brought this note two decrees reached the Home Office, because the Minister of the Interior resides now at Caldas, and may be called the Minister in Waiting. One of these decrees was sent Saldanha in the afternoon. The other was exceed ingly laconic, and 'appointed the former substitute of Saldanha as the interim - Minister of War. It ran in these words—" Having thought proper to ex onerate John Carlos Saldanha from the charge of Minister, I am pleased to nominate Jose Candido - Xavier as interim Minister of that Department."— This decree has never been published, and remains in the archives of Government as a monument of unexecuted folly. The news spread, and by four o'clock in the afternoon the fact of the dismissal be came generally known: The General thought it best to leave Lisbon that night, lest his presence might cause it to be suspected that he favoured any expres sion of popular sentiment. He was, however, pre vailed upon to wait till Wednesday morning, when, at three o'clock, be set out for Cintra, where he was received with great favour and distinction. It hap pened that a house at Collares, belonging to a gen tleman at Cintra, was vacant, and the General took it for himself and family, as being more retired than a residence at an inn. Saldanha, it appears, apprehended that he would not be continued in the Ministry' after the arrival of the Marquis of Palmella ; but he expected, at least, to retire with some mark of distinction —to be pro.. moted a step in the army, or to be appointed the go vernor of a province : he never anticpated that he would be dismissed in the uticeremonious manner above described. Another fact not less striking is, that his own nephew, the Minister of the Interior, should be the Sent to sign the decree for his dismissal, especially as he had cordially concurred in the necessity of t he La n measures, on the non-execution of which the had placed the alternative of his resigna tion.princrell'eyi the Cabinet (as they ought) pressed the Princess for th e fulfilment of her engagement , she could not have resisted ; and here we have another instance of th at the Marquis of meant of a united responsibility which his joining the Adi r n le t t ra ha t ! made the condition of Who was to,be the Ministe r L of War,after the se cond ilderrertum of XaTior was not probably de termined upon. It is certain that the appointment of the Conde da Ponce , who has been,. Ro . ,lur.:kr, or so unlucky, as to succeed m two V.,.0ft.r6,1i05; Was an afterqhought off' thetm aarilla to appease the po 016' - arzeontpnt. The Count as the nephew of 3aidanha, and the brother 7 in-law of. Santarem, the Minister of the Interior, appeared to Ham, x :connecting link bet Ween flip (7 . . graced Minister and his more eaSy-trnpered colleagues. AUGUST 2.—The decree for the dismissal of Sal danha has been at last published, after has been in office for t;ian a week. It differs from i'fic . :•'Ze of which I have above given an account, though it is the same that was sent to the ex-Minister. The brief document, removing him from his place, and appointing an interim successor in the person of Jose Canditlo Xeyi2r; Wa:s kilt to the Horno-office, YvaS seen by a gentleman of nt : , :eqUainlance. The refusal of Xavier, and the events which followed, - have of course made 7anta retn to cancel it. It will not therefore have the honour of a place in the Torre do Tombo (Or the Tower of the Records), df Santaretn, before he was ?pp . dinted Minister of the Interior, made an excellent keeper. In allusion to his failure as a Minister, a malicious punster might observe, that the Torre de Tombo was his fort. LISBON, AuG, I. THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROMULGATION OF THE CHARTER-ARRESTS AT LISBON- NEWS FROM OPORTO, Sze. The Charter having received probably a mortal blow by the late and present proceedings of the Go vernment, yesterday (the annieureary of its promul gation) was choten as a proper occasion to shout " Long life to it." The guns of the Castle and of the ships of war in the river fired the usual salutes at day-break, at noon, and at sun-set. The English ships of war hoisted their colours, and added their salvos to those of our Allies. The Portuguese and Brazilian merchantmen likewise displayed their colours. At six o'clock in the afternoon a parade of all the troops of the garrison took place in the great square, in which they had so recently dis persed the people. Count Villa Flor, the Minister of War, and several other officers of distinction, rode round the lines, and inspected the regiments.— The Count gave a viva to the Constitetional Charter, which was echoed by all the troops and by the surrounding multitude. Having on a former occasion added the name of the Princess Regent, finding that the people remained mute, he did not choose to risk a second time the declaration of her unpopularity by a pause of expressive silence. Towards dusk the different regiments were marched off to their• quarters, with the exception of a strong party, which was to binmack for the night in the square, or tinder the porticoes of the public offices. New pieces, adapted to the occasion, and afford ing allegorical representations of the event which the day was set apart to celebrate, were announced for the two chief theatres. That of St. Carlos, or the Opera-house, was of course the chief object of attraction. The theatre was doubly lighted; the Royal Tribune was exposed to view ; and the house was crowded in every pie. Could you believe it, sinless, like the spectators of the Lisbon theatre, you had been so happy as to see it, that the Portuguese Charter, like a piece of plate armour, had to be softened in a bellows-blown fire, and hammered into shape by a body of infernal blacksmiths, who made their anvils ring with the alternate strokes of their brawny arms ? When the precious constitutional piece is fabricated, it is presented by Minerva to the Genius of Portugal, who, on inquiring the original schemer of the work, is directed to look at the portrait of the Emperor, descending from the clouds on the wings of angels. This termination of the alle gory was of course welcomed with loud accla mations to Don Pedro and the Charter. The Con stitutional Hymn was then sung by the whole mob of gods and goddesses ; and the curtain dropped. Now was the time for the amateur performers. Three of them presented themselves on this occa sion—our old friend Bonjardin, a Senhor Simval, and a Senhor Castillo. Bonjardin began the enter- tainment, and calling on the stage-manager to draw up the curtain, as the Emperor's portrait was one of the figures of his sonnet, or at least necessary to its success, made an appropriate address to the cloud capped picture of his Majesty. The two other gen tlemen responded in similar strains from one of the benches in the pit. One of them, apostrophizing the Princess Regent, told her that though evil councillors had surprised her inexperience, Portugal still relied upon her virtues. Every sonnet was fol lowed by shouts of applause, and no endeavour was made to disturb the loyal and patriotic enjoyment of the audience. What, then, must have Leen the surprise of the sonnetteers, when, in coming out of the theatre, they were apprised that warrants had been signed for their apprehension, and that the officers were in pursuit of them. By an edict of Police, all recitations of verses, and all shouting of rims in the theatres and public places, are now pro hibited, unless the verses are approved by the Intendant, or the viva given by the permission of the authorities. This edict, however, to unpoetical people, can be no great calamity, and infers no great oppression; but the other proceedings of the Intendant, both on Monday, last night, and this morning, are not so easily justified. Arrests have been going on, and the prisons are filling, as if Government had just terminated a civil war, or a sanguinary rebellion.— No less than between forty and fifty citizens are al ready in the Limoeiro for shouting the Charter, Don Pedro, and Saldanha; and the lists of proscription are said to include a great number more. The parties are hurried off to prison without knowing the specific charges against them, without being taken before a magistrate, or without having the power of demanding a trial. The Charter, if ever it had anything to do with the protection of the li berty of the citizen, is openly violated, and the revenge of the Intendant is the rule of law. The influence of the new Constitution has never yet pe netrated to the recesses of the police, the bench of justice, or the cells of imprisonment. Consequently these men, dragged from their homes by the police, neglected by the tribunals, and consigned to a dun geon, may be confined as long as the Government chooses. And what a species of confinement ! I have more than once alluded to the disgraceful state of the prisons of Lisbon and neighbourhood; but I find by a conversation which I had yesterday with a magis trate and an ex-Minister of Justice that I had not re presented half their horrors. In some of them, persons who have suffered a confinement of 15 days come out so altered, that they can scarcely be recognized by their friends. Their colour is changed to a cadaver ous hue; and if they escape immediate danger, they are frequently diseased for life. In the dungeon of the Tower of Belem, the sea enters at high water; so that the prisoners are obliged to get upon steps to avoid its flow, and to cling to the wall till the ebb takes place. One of the prisoners some time ago died of such treatment, and as the gaoler refused to take the trouble of removing the body, the survi vors, in order to avoid pestilence, were obliged te cut it into small pieces and throw it into the water, that it 'might be carried away by the tide. The dungeon of the Limoeiro, the common gaol of Lis bon, is nearly as bad as any of them. A man whO has once seen it, would nearly as soon be racked on the wheel, or suffer the tortures of the Inquisition, as he confined in it for a week, amid naked and starving wretches, who, like wild beasts in a den, can only be kept from tearing one another by the superior violence of their keepers. Yet into this place may the most respectable men in Lisbon be thrown for crying viva to an ex-Minister, unless he has money or influence to obtain a better place from the gaoler. If this goes on, the public will have reason to regret the death of King John, and the termination of the ancient regime. In the Gazette of this morning, there is an official declaration that two individuals had been taken up for the seditious cry of " Long live the Infant Don Miguel, our absolute King," and on this arrest the Government founds its claim to impartiality. Amid the late expression of public feeling at Lis bon, great fears were entertained for the tranquillity of Oporto, as , soon as the ne}v,B of Salclanha's dismi ss s' , .l should i achthat city. Happily, however, these fears have not been realised to any extent. At half-past eight o'clock on the evening of th.e the bodY of commercial volunteers, called Don Pedro'S Cots, te7:ther with a great concourse or respecta ble citizens, proceeded to the house of General Stubbs, the Military Governor of the city, rending the air with acclamations to the Charter, the Em peror, and the ex-Minister Saldanha, General Stubbs; Ir'viug appeared, they besought him to present their humble solicitations to the Princess Regent, that she would recall Saldanha i pgain to her councils. The Governor promised compliance. The assemblage then obtained torches from the quarters of the soldiers, and paraded the streets to the number of .;!sr)00, singing. the Constitutional Hymn, and shout ing virus to Don Pedro IV., whose picture appeared in transparency at the windows of some of the houses by which they passed. The soldiers mixed with the people, and joined in their acclamations, The omitnanders of all the detachments of troops in Oporto went to the Governor, and renewed their solemn engagements to defend to the last the cause of Don Pedro IV. and the institutions which he had given to Portugal. A report is spread that Stubbs has been displaced consognenco of his conduct, but it rests as Yet upon ho respectable authority. Meanwhile the Ministry here are floundering on from bad to worse. There seems to be a perfect anarchy among the members of the Cabinet. The Bishop of Algarve threatens to resign the Seals of Justice, because the Intendant, nastos, has imprisoned more persons than his reve rence thought necessary; and the new Minister of War, not satisfied with two portfolios, has made a dashing inroad into the Hame Department, to re prehend the censor for allowing some obnoxious ar ticles to be inserted in the Gazette. LISBON, Aueusr R. OCCURRENCES OF THE DAY-CONTINUED AIIRESTS—NEW APPOINTMENTS, &c. The edict of the Intendant, interfering with the theatrical amusements of the people, has jest had the effect which might have been expected—it has driven away from them the play-goers. Some of the persons under arrest in the Limoeiro for the late transactions have to-day received a paper called their Capa, or notice for the first time of the charges against them. These charges are for rioting, and not dispersing when ordered by the authorities. No witnesses' anes are given, nor is any time assigned for in quiring into the truth of the accusation. They all wait, therefore, the pleasure or convenience of the tribunals, to take their trials, as the Charter has not yet provided them with a Habeas Corpus Act. By the forms of procedure in the Relacao, they never even see their accusers or the witnesses on whose, testimony their fate depends. Two constitutional priests are among the number of the prisoners : one called Delgado, and the other Bonaventura. Troops still continue to bivonack before the pub lic offices, as if the city was in military possession of an enemy; and the Intendant's house (which I passed last night) is better guarded than any of the castles on the Spanish frontier. The arrests still continue, though the slow bounds of the police often lose their scent, and are beginning to relax in their chase. They are still in hot pursuit, however, of a person of the name of Sousa, who, according to the Intendant, is a noted agitator. The report is again renewed, that the Bishop of Algarve, Minister of Justice, indignant at the multiplication of unneces sary imprisonments, and offended at the conduct of the Intendant for ordering them without his sanc tion, has tendered his resignation. I have not been able to ascertain the truth of this rumour; but the Bishop has done so little, that if he resigns, the na tion will easily be resigned to the loss of his services. I mentioned to you sometime ago the singular good fortune of two Court favourites—Bastos, the Intendant, who was appointed a Disemberga dor do Paco over the heads of 300 or 400 judges, corregidors, and disembergadors ; and Dr. Carvalho, whose medical services about the Prin cess were thought deserving of a place at . the Board of Trade. I was not ,aware at. the time of the full enormity of the first appointment, nor of its total inconsistency with the principles of the new Constitution. The 130th article of the charter, in fact, goes to the abolition of the junta called the " Disembargo do Paco," and orders " a Supreme Tribunal of Justice," as the highest court of judicial appeal. The "Disembargo do Paco" was thus only to continue for a year or two, till the Government and the Legislature had time to make the necessary arrangements for the change. Yet, in the very face of this article, a favourite is not only lifted over the heads of some hundreds of his fellows who were a step above him, but either obtains a sinecure for life as a reward for enjoying a provisional sinecure for a year, or becomes a member of the new Supreme Court, without the qualifications requisite to discharge its duties. With respect to Dr. Carvalho, his rapid advancement to employments for which the God of Medicine himself could not have fitted him, is still more extraordinary. With a bolus in one hand, and the patent of the Princess in the other, he enters, as a deputado, the junta of commerce, to the surprise of all its old members. He is no sooner there, than, looking about for opportunities of serving the state and himself in his new capacity, he discovers that there is a vacancy in the office of Provedor dos Segu ros (or Exclusive Broker and Judge of Insurances), and that being a sinecure, he could fill this place as well as any body. He immediately applied to his Royal Mistress and patient, who can deny him nothing, and was instituted by her Supreme Judge of In surances. Nay, what is more extraordinary, he found a Minister to countersign the decree. The Board of Trade have remonstrated strongly against this appointment, and have hitherto resisted time exe cution of the decree. In animadverting upon these two appointments so prominently, I need scarcely beg it to he understood that each manifests the power of corrupt favourites at Court, and the base ness or weakness of a disapproving Cabinet. The Princess Regent leaves Caldas on Monday to proceed to Mafia, the palace of which she has ordered to be prepared for her reception. A party of the Lancers are now with her, and will accom panrher to her new residence. All the British troops will be within the lines of Torres Vedras immediately, if they have not already passed them from the north. Lisbon, Belem, Oyeiras, Cascaes, Mafra, Villa Franca, and Louras, are to be the stations of the different detachments ; head-quarters, of course, remaining in the capital. The Tenth Hussars have been for some time at Belem. LISBON, AUGUST 4, Saturday afternoon. OCCURRENCES OF THE DAY-CONDUCT OF THE AUTHORITIES. In the course of the last two months we have had here three Foreign Ministers, durin g a period of most important negociation for Portugal, w i t h two of whom, of course, no foreign Government could enter into any kind of confidential communication. When the Marquis of Paltnella comes, another entire change of Ministry will most likely become neces sary; and what a satire it c onve y s on a Constitu tional system, or a Constitutional Princos, to say that she or it requires a Cabinet more changeable than the moon ! Her Royal Highness was left without a Minister of War—Count Villa Flor re fused to accept—and, in despair, she was driven to take a Colonel of Cavalry,, merely because he was the nephew of her disgraced Minister, and had acquired a little popularity by his speeches in the Chamber of Peers. But any course was preferable to that of taking back an obnoxious servant, merely because his popularity appeared to render his dismissal dan gerous. When, therefore, his reinstatement was pressed upon her as a measure of safety,-she showed a spirit which could not well have been expected from her usual timidity and inexperience, declaring that she would abdicate the Regency rather than re ceive her Ministers at the dictation of a shouting mob; that she would proceed to Cintra, escorted by an English guard, and would surrender her trust into the hands of the next person to whom the Constitutional Charter gave the right of rßicEs OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stork 3 per Cent. Bed. 3 per Cont. Cons.... 87% 3} per Cent. Ditto Red. 9 514 5 4 per Can,. New Ditto, 1826 Bank L. Ann. • 20 1-16 India 5t0ck......._ Ditto Bonds 94 pm. PRICE:i OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 percent. Brazilian Bonds ,.CAN Buenos Ayres Bonds. Chili= Bonds, 6 per ct. 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Whatever had been the result of the late events, it was resolved between our Ambassador and the Cominander of our forces at Lisbon, not to interfere or to lend the assistance of our troops to the Portu guese Government, except on two contingencies— namely, either the commencement of a pillage, which, if it had begun, might reach our own quar ters and magazines, or the commission of murders, which might lead io a general massacre. The late change of Ministry therefore was entirely brought about by domestic parties. The ejection of Sal danha was the result of an intrigue, which, as it throws discredit on the Government, the British Minister may regret, but could not prevent; and the present conduct of the Administration in order ing or permitting arbitrary arrests, though it may be disapproved, could only be checked by incur ring a responsibility which no prudent man could hazard without a more efficient control than fo reigners would think it prudent to exercise. lam glad, however, to mention that the number of arrests are stated by the interim Minister for Foreign Affairs to be much below what public alarm or po pular credulity had reported. They were said yes terday not to exceed 25, though probably they may amount to 30 or 35. I have mentioned in another letter, that the Princess Regent is to leave Caldas on Monday, to spend a few weeks at Mafia. I have since learned that she is first to pass a few days at Cintra. As Saldanha is in that neighbourhood, he has got a hint that it would be agreeable to her Royal Highness if he would remove to Oyeiras, on the Tagus, for some time, he complies, and is gone there to-day. As soon as he went to Cintra, he wrote a letter to the Princess, requesting her permission to proceed to Brazil. This letter he enclosed, in the first instance, in a note to our Ambassador, requesting him to pre sent it, and to enforce its prayer. This interference between a subject and his sovereign, in a private matter, was very properly and very civily declined. DAT AT OKS O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock 010. Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d.61 (1 pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. 61 60 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for ...... 87 2 i 8 7,;:; THIS PAY AT ONE o'cLocr.. i Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian crids Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent. 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Morning...s.3 minutes after 1. I Evening ....16 minutes after 2. VICTUALLING OFFICE, AUGUST 21, 1827. THE Commissioners for Victualling his Majesty's Navy, &c. do hereby give Notice, that on WEDNESDAY, the 29th instant, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing, (sealed up), and treat for the supply of the under-mentioned Articles, .. . Ono Hundred Thousand Gallons of RUM, Ten Thousand Gallons of TENERIFFE WINE, Twelve Hundred Sacks of BISCUIT MEAL, One Thousand Quarters of New Kiln-dried PEASE, and Fifty Tons of MUSCOVADO SUGAR. The whole to be delivered into his Majesty's Victualling Stores, at Deptford, one half to be delivered by the 15th of September, and the other half by the 30th September next. Samples of the Wine and Pease, of not less than two quarts each, must be produced with the Tenders; but a sample of the Sugar may be seen at this Office. The conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this OfTice. Each Tender must sPecify the Price i►► words at length, and be delivered before One o'Clock on the day appointed ; and the person who makes the Tender, or some person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. 1!W -=~ LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1897. ARRIVAL OF HIS MAJESTY. His MAJESTY arrived in town, in his private carriage, at ten minutes past two, this afternoon, escorted by a detachment of the 17th Lancers. His MAJESTY will hold a Council, which will be attended by all his Ministers, and receive the Recorder's Report, after which he will return to Windsor, the carriage being ordered at five o'clock. The Paris Papers of Saturday, and the Gazette de France, dated Sunday morning,- reached us last night. They do not contain any political intelligence of importance, but a general feeling in behal‘; of DON MIGUEL is manifested by most of them. Even the Gazette de France copies from the Franlffort Journal some arguments which were urged by that Paper against the right of the Emperor DON PEDRO to dispose of the throne of Portugal, after having decided in ac cepting the Imperial Throne of Brazil, and en tering into a treaty with his late Father that the Crowns of Portugal and Brazil should be for ever independent of each other. From the fact of the Gazette de France, which is still the avowed organ of the Ministry, having adopted these arguments, we should be ready to infer that the Government of France will espouse the cause of DON 'MIGUEL, and co-operate in establish. ing him on the throne of Portugal as his legiti mate right. The Quotidienne has two long, articles upon the influence which the new Ministerial arrange ments in this country will have upon our, policy with • respect to. Portugal. Neither of them, however, are worth translating nor the space they would occupy, as they exhibit only the writer's ignorance of the views of the British Cabinet, and his bigoted attachment to the cause of despotic power. Extracts of these papers will be found in another column. FRENCH FUNDS.—PAEI3, AUG. H.—Five per Cents. Io4f. 50c. 45c.; Three per Cents. 75f. 60c. ; Bank Actions, 2,007 f. 2,005 f. FOREIGN PUNDS.-Neapolitan Bonds, Cert. Falc. ;79f. 55c. ; Spanish Bonds, 8; ; Royal Spanish Loan, Spanish Interminable Annuities, 47 ; Ilaytian Loan, 700 f. We have collected, in another part of our paper, the substance of the private correspond ence from Lisbon, published by our morning cotemporaries, which contains many interesting particulars of the present state of affairs in Por tugal. Want of space obliges us to defer the remarks which we had intended to offer on this subject, and, therefore, for the present, we must content ourselves with observing, that exposed as Portugal is at home to the miserable plots of faction, without one man of commanding talent to direct the public mind ; and from abroad, to the demonstrations of Spain, in favor of the cause of which Don MIGUEL may be considered the rallying point, we are convinced that the Constitution will fall to pieces, unless Don PEDRO should speedily arrive, and by his presence and measures excite some stronger feel ings for the Charter, and act more decidedly against the apostolical party than the reigning Princess has been • able to do. Her Royal Highness's health and spirits must sink under the anxieties which the stupidity or treason of her Minis,ers must occasion her. We have received, this morning, Hamburgh Papers of the 18th inst. They contain an article from the Austrian Observer, dated the 10th instant, giving a melancholy account of the de struction of one-third part of the city of Jassy, by fire, on the 31st ult. and Ist inst. The de tails are too interesting for abridgement, and we therefore subjoi❑ the following extracts:— VIENNA, AUG• 10. A letter from Jassy of the Ist of August brings the following melancholy account of a destructive fir!, which reduced to ashes above a third part of that city. " About half past two in the afternoon yesterday a fire broke out in a house near the Russian Consulate. A most violent north wind immediately carried the burning shingles of the roof to the quarters of the city situated in that direction, and in less than a quarter of an hour more than ten houses, in parts at some distance from each other, were in flames. The fury of the storm continued to increase, and the flames rolling onward, like the waves of the sea, seized, with incredible rapidity, every thing in their course. All human assistance was impossible, and every one was glad to escape with his life. From the house of M. Spathar Buie Izmeo, Where it commenced, nearly to the French Consulate, in breadth.and sideways on one hand to the stream of Bachlui, and on the other to the Monastery Formosa, every thin is reduced to ; more than one-third of the city, and that the handsomest part, is burnt. Nearly 800 houses, including the Palace of the Hospodar, with all the records and archives, the Palaces of the Bojards, Roznowan, Ghika, Palladi, Kalli macki, &c., almost all the warehouses, 15 churches, in eluding the Metropolitan Church, and the Catholic convent, have fallen a prey to the raging element. The damage is beyond calculation. The flames spread with the rapidity of lightning, particularly to the principal street leading to the Hospodar's Palace, and as the , streets of this city are not paved with stones, but covered with plank!, which immediately caught fire, many who had lingered to save their property were cut off from all means of flight. tip to this moment above fifty dead bodies have been dug out of the ruins. The Prince himself had but just time to escape with his family by a back door. The Catholic Missionaries escaped by climbing over a high wall, and are now in the buildings, containing the offices of the Austrian agent, but deprived of all their effects. Above 10,000 persons have no roof to shelter them, and wander about in despair. It was only by extraordinary exertions that the residence of the Austrian agent, and that of the Cancelliere, which is near at hand, were saved, for they were in imminent danger; a sudden gust of wind having caused large pieces of burning timber on the roofs of both houses. Dreadful beyond description, especially when night set in, was the appearance of an extent of two miles, all in flames. To all these horrors was added the circumstance that it was necessary to release all the malefactors who were in prison, as the dungeon Temnitza, in which they were confined, also caught fire. These wretches united with other evil-minded persons, threatened to pillage the remain ing part of the city. Only the most active exertions of the Magistrates and the inhabitants (among whom the Austrian subjects distinguished themselves) could keep these wretches in check, and prevent additional misfortunes. What a frightful prospect presented itself the following morning, when the sun appearing as red as blood rose on the ruins of this unhappy city, and in places which were yesterday the abode of wealth and luxury, we saw only unfortunate wretches, writhing in despair amid this scene of desolation, or endeavouring to extricate from the rubbish the burnt bodies of their relations. _ _ _ At this moment, when I Owe this letter, a part of the city is again in flames. The storm still rages with un abated fury. Omnipotence alone ea% save us from utter destruction. MUNICH, AUC. 8. Mr. 'lns!arson is gone from this city to the baths of Gastein. STOCKHOLM, AUL 7. His Majesty the Emperor of Austria had commissioned his Charge d'Affaires at this Court (Count Von Woyna) to represent him at the baptism of the Duke of Upland, which could not be done, because the ceremony took place before his Majesty's answer was received. The Count, however, has executed the Emperor's commission to pre sent to the infant Prince, in his Majesty's name, a dia mond agraffe, and a dimond ring to Captain Malborg, who was the bearer of the King's letter. As the Pacha of Tripoli has again brought forward some old arrears, which he thinks be has a right to claim from our Gowernment, it may, perhaps, become necessary to put other thoughts into his head, by adducing proofs to the contrary, and should not this avail, our Government seem to be prepared to afford our navigation the protection it may require. The Russian squadron, under Rcar Admiral Count HAYDON, consisting of four sail of the line, four frigates, and one corvette, sailed yes terday, from Spithead, for the Mediterranean, We are glad to find that the letters received from Hamburgh and from Paris, this morning, mention that the Exchanges on this Country at both places have rather improved. If a similar improvement should be maintained here this post-day, we may hope that the apprehensions which have been felt on the subject, will be much lessened. The importation of Oats (which has had some influence on the Exchange) has recently been carried to a very great ex t en t, but as that article is now subject under the new regulations to a duty of 4s. a bushel, it is supposed that no great addi tional quantity will immediately find its way into our ports. The Exchanges, however, should be narrowly watched by the Bank of Eng land, who ought, so long as the. power they now possess is allowed to remain with them, to regulate their issues according to the state of that barometer of the circulation. The Governor of Guadaloupe has informed the Minister of Marine at Paris, that the drought, has caused considerable injury to the Colonial Agriculture, and that a great scarcity prevails of all kind of provisions in the Island, in conse quence of which, the Governor requests the Minister of Marine to invite the Chamber of Commerce to send, without delay, frequent sup plies of corn and other articles of necessity. Letters from Andalusia state that very serious disturbances have taken place in that province, and particularly in Seville, in consequence of some proceedings against the persons who were accused of having occasioned the fire in that town. It is said that blood has been spilled. Private letters from Barcelona to the 12th inst., received also this morning, mention that the whole'of Catalonia is in a state of insurrection, Letters have been received from St. Peters. burgh to the 3d of August, in which the Exchange on this country is quoted at 10 IS-S 2. Very large speculations had been entered into in Russian produce, especially tallow, • without, however, occasioning any material alteration in its value. One bargain had been made between an English and Russian house, for the delivery of not less than one thousand casks, the price to be settled by the Russian firm, giving eight days' notice between the time of the contract and December next. The quantity of tallow purchased during the present season was not less than 65,000 casks ; seventy thousand casks remained on hand. Freights con tinued unusually low at St. Petersburgh, owing to the immense quantity of shipping there. The freight of tallow was from 17s. to 20e. ; of hemp, 40s. ; of deals, 58s. ; and oats, 3s. per quarter. Extract from the I-lamburgh Paper of the 17th instant :—Letters from Elsinore, of the 14th, state that the vessels which sailed from thence on the 12th to the north were almost all driven hack to the Roads, by a gale from the N. W., and that they were apprehensive of many accidents. TEE FUNDS-(TIIIS DAY). CITY, TWELVE 0' CLOCK. The Engl;sh Funds late in the afternoon of yes terday again gave way, which created, fora time, con siderable alarm. Consols closed at 87i-, but were, after hours, done at 87, sellers. This morning every thing appears with a new face, and the dealers begin to find thy have paid for a little experience rather severely-. The morning paper, whose City article caused, in a great measure, so much alarm, allows that the same had been writtenshastily and without consideration, but this is poor satisfaction to those who have lost their money in consequence. The Hamburgh Exchange comes over a little higher, so much as to make any remittance made in gold a positive loss instead of gain. Consols °puled this morning at 87i have since been gradually improv ing, and are now 88, buyers, and 88i for October. To-day being Foreign post-day, some anxiety is felt how the Exchanges may be governed ; but the hour will be too late to give them in our first impres sion; in the mean time money is still plentiful. India Bonds are 93 4 : and Exchequer Bills are 61 2 pre mium. The Foreign Funds continue with little business. Mexican Bonds are heavy, and the Mar" 10.0 Colombian a letters are 1 3 ce o t i looks s b p a a d n i ; sh th a e re price, citiote d 62 received this morning from Catalonia speak positively that they consider themselves on the eve of an oplo" sion, the populace crying publicly, !‘ Down with the Po lice and the Inquisition ;" and a spirit of detertnina tion, that has been lately evinced, appears to be gaining ground against the existing Government. —Portuguese Bonds are 75 6, and maintain a better price than the last intelligence from that country gives a. right to expect. There appears scarcely any thing that can be called a Govern mint in the country, which is filled with the most infamous intrigues and bigotry ; the longer the time is in remedying the disordered state of affairs, the more violent will be the effects of different order of things when it takes place, and the consequences may be attended with distressing feel ings to many; but some alteration must and will take place, both in that country and Spain, w hich cannot exist in their present frightful state. Brazil Mining Shares are improved to 15 16 pm.; the other speculations of this description remain at yesterday 'a quotations. Three per Cent. Console, 88 ; Ditto for Oct. 681 *; India Bonds, 92 4 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 60 1 pm. FORElGN.—Brazilian, 664 7 ; Buenos Ayres, 68 4 ; Chilian, yg 31 ; Colombian, 1824., 31 ; Danish, 63 1 i; Greek, 151 i; Mexican 5 per Cent;, 55i 6i; Ditto 6 per Cent., 67- ; Peruvian, 26 8 ; Portuguese, 75 6 ; Russian, 961 1; Spanish, 91- 10. Muss.—Anglo Mexican, 571 21 dis.; Brazilian, lb 16 pm. ; Real del Monte, 50 30 die. ; United Mexican, 21 20 dis.; Bolanos, 90 70 dis. Two o' CLoar. Consols have fluctuated frequently, but not to an important extent; they have been 87i, and have re covered to 87 1 1 88 for account. The Foreign Funds, particularly Mexican and Colombian Bonds, continue depressed, the former 671, the latter 304. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. ConsolsfocrLAoeccoK .0 untSLI, S r I a N th G rather PRlCES.bilyers. FOUR o , Consols 811 Danish Bonds 631 Do. for Ac. 87 Greek Do. 1825, 151 Brazilian Bonds 66; 2 1 Mexican Do. 1825 671 Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian Do. Chau' Do. Russian Do. 968 Columbian, 1824, 30a Spanish Do. Yesterday the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) had a grand field day at Wormwood Scrubs, commanded by Lient.-Celonel Hanmer. A new Farce, written by Mr. Peake, has been licensed by the Lord Chamberlain, in which Mr. Mathews will personate more than one character, will be acted at the English Opera House, after the run of the new grand s e ri& Comic Opera, which was produced there last night, for the first time. The next is expected to be a season of stronger excitement at the two winter theatres, than has occurred for many years. Both Managers are determined to put forth their strength at the commencement, and even thu. early, scene painters, and artists of various descriptions, at each house, arc busy. • ROBBERY OF A KING'S MESSENGER.-WO, have heard of a robbery committed on a King's or Tree sury Messerger, who arrived in this County, a few (he ago, with despatches addressed, as we are informed, 1 1 Lord Goderich, to the Knight of Kerry. The occurrenc e took place on the road to the Bight Hon. Gentleman's house in Valentia—but as we have not as vet learned the particulars, we decline for the present entering further into the subject. We understand an enquiry into the m atter by the Magistrates is being commenced. We expect to be able to give an account of the transaction in our neat.— Tralee Herald. salPri~ jadief trs D rt yir von E R i , es A odos : pe h n , s Parry, f oi ships, f ou the squad: PLYMO the Nimb Lisbon. FALMO Unity, F( tall, for N Quebec. PARIS, Nantes tc the 4th it The E wick, is s ASS HOM Martin j dieted for Chatham, The tw offence, ar to effect 11 Mr. L. question t atid also t' minded proof we cutrix. ritable to aolicitatio forg o tt en the o th e be able He the; riner at and also witnesses Elizabf peared a gave her She state at Chath house be' Frith Hat Mrs. Go( several pe turning t he return rishende her holm used • E uig • black-hci mine me distinetl taken to she ash his narni her. 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