The Sun. — London, England, 1833-10-04 00:00:00

PORTUGAL. (From the Times.) LISBON, SEPT. 24. Some days since, about 250 infantry and 30 ca valry were embarked at the arsenal, accompanied by two gun-boats, and proceeded tin the river to Al coxete, where the troops were disembarked, and marched on to Samora, arriving there on the 14th; the object of the expedition being to gain possession of a large quantity of grain and cattle, collected to gether in that place for the supply of the enemy's commissariat, and a portion belonging to the Infan tado estate. The gun-boats and others intended to being down the supplies, followed the course of a narrow creek in the Tagus, leading to Samora, and reached that town about the same time as the troops which had been landed at Alcoxete. The enemy, consisting of about 100 militia and guerillas, retired on their approach, and being pursued, some were killed, and the remainder dispersed by the cavalry in the neighbourhood of Bonaventa. The 14th, 15th, and 16th, were occupied in loading and send ing away barges and boars of provisions to Lisbon, Without interruption, until the evening of the latter day, when a body of the enemy appeared on the opposite side of the creek, below Samora, in the rear of the gun-boats, with a field-piece. The gun boats then stood down the river, under a heavy fire of grape and musketry ; and one of them suc ceeded in getting past ; but, the mast of the other being shot away, she got aground, and they were compelled to abandon her, as well a, a number of other boats they were engaged in load ing at the time of the interruption. At this time a considerable force of the enemy had passed over the stream a little distance above the town; therefore our troops considered it best to retreat, which was done, and on the following day they reached Barroca de Alva, where they formed a junction with the main body of the small division on the south of the Tagus, operating under the command of General 7. sgallo : the seamen belonging to the lost boats marched from thence to Alcoxete, and then em barked for this city. We lost 1 gun-boat, 2 ships' cutters, 2 men killed, and 5 wounded, and shipped off and drove away 4,000 bushels of grain, 130 bul locks, 200 pigs, and a few horses. General Clouet wrote the other day to the Conde de St. Leger, requesting him to pro',-ure the Duke of Braganza's permission to err:oark at Lisbon for Falmouth, he being woundeA and having quitted the service of Don Miguel. The Duke said that not Clouet alone, bat all the rest of his fellow countrymen in Miguel's service, might ensbaik at Lisbon with pleasure. The news from the enemy's camp is that thn resignation of Bourmont and a number of other French officers has been accepted, that a General M'Donald has taken the command of tlAe army, and that the Conde ae St. Lourenco is '.ence more Minister of War. Clouet goes home to night by the African steamer. Bourmont and the others prefer to return through Spain. Several Fidalgos of consideration are negotiating for their return to the city and their allegiance. Miguel spends nearly all his time shooting with his game keepers, and comes every day to an elevation called the Monte Santo, close to the Ajuda, to take a view of the city and the Tagus. The Duke of Braganza is pleased in a high degree with the reception his daughter met with in Eng land, as well from the hospitable people as their Sovereign. The Queen of Portugal entered the Tagus on hoard the Soho steamer, accompanied by his Majesty's steamer of war Salamander, about mid-day on the 22d. The Duke of Braganza in stantly rode to the Arsenal, and embai king in one of the Royal barges, in company of the Viscount Cape St. Vincent and Conde de Farrabo (Quintella,) repaired on board the Soho, and presented these noblemen to her Majesty on the occasion. The members of the Duke of Braganza's staff, and the commandants of her Majesty's vessels of war in the river, went on board, and had the honour of kissing her Majesty's hand on arrival. A salute of artillery from the different forts, and all the ships of war in the Tagus, echoed to the hearty cheers of the crowds collected on the shore, and filling the boats of every description with which the river was co vered. The public landing took place yesterday, and is described at full length in the daily bulletin from the Palace, but it fe.iis to give an idea of the joyous and enthusiasti; ; greetings which welcomed the Queen's return, and seemed to spring from the very souls of the delighted people. Every face beamed with harrpiness, and although the crowd was im mense, neither outrage nor disorder of any kind was heard or dreamt of. On this, as well as the pre ceding evening, the city was beautifully illuminated, and groups of musical parties and peaceful inhabi tants paraded the streets at a late hour. What a contrast to a Miguelite festival, with its bull-fighters and bludgeon-men ! The Chronica No. 47 contains an advertisement for the purchase of 130 chairs for the members of the Chamber of Deputies. The Queen, accompanied in an open carriage by the Duke and Duchess of Braganza, reviewed the whole of the troops round the lines this morning, and it is judged that military operations will be re newed in a few days. The Edward transport, in the service of Donna Maria, has arrived from Terceira with a reinforce ment of 370 men of the 4th battalion. There has been some slight skirmishing in the neighbourhood of Peniche, but without results. (FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) LISBON, SEPT. 21. Since the 17th instant, when I last addressed you, Don Miguel has made no further attacks on our lines ; this we attribute to the discouragement which his troops must necessarily lie under, for our fortifications are getting stronger every day, and the longer he delays attacking them the less chance he bas of success; they may, in fact, be deemed im pregnable against any force he can now bring against them. It is said, and currently believed, that Genera! Lemos has been shot on some charge arising from the non-success of his attack of the 14th. He was a man greatly respected by both parties, and his supposed inclination in favour of Donna Maria may have hastened his fate. The state of Don Miguel's army is represented as most wretehed. The French officers are disgusted with their situation, and only wish for a good excuse to retire. In fact, it is positively stated that Ge neral Clouet, and several other of the superior officers, have resigned, and that Don Pedro has given them leave to embark at Lisbon. Situated as we are, it is very difficult to get correct informa tion, but I have every reason to believe that the above is true, that some of the French officers retire through Spain, and some are going to embark from this; among the latter Clouet, who is reported to be already on board the English squadron. Bourmont's resignation is not yet stated so po sitively, but as we are told that an English General, under the, probably assumed, name of Macdonald, is to lead on the future destinies of the Miguelite cause, it is more than probable that Bourmont, in such case, would not retain his situation. Who this General Macdonald is puzzles us not a little. lam assured it is a Colonel or General Hamilton, of English family, but born in Spain, in whose armies he has served, and chiefly at Buenos Ayres. Whatever he may be, it gives us no cause of uneasiness here. If Bourmont, and the other French officers, retire in disgust, it is because they find Don Miguel m 's causeen to w i wish to hopeless, and on are probably too honou rable for go sa crificing the whole o f the provinces of mere dastardly revenge. If Miguel wishes t o go on gratifying this paramount passion of his, he may prolong it possibly for a short time longer, but eventually he must give up the contest, either by a shameful flight from the country, or by a compromise with his brother. Wet re all impatiently awaiting the result of the despatches supposed to have been sent by the Ec ho . Many are inclined to believe that Don Miguel has proposed to come to terms, and that he in the mean- .., while merely keeps up a menacing attitude, in orde to get them as favourable as possible for himself• If England could now step in as a mediator, on a fair basis between both parties, it would be a most desirable thing, not only for the benefit of all the great commercial interests of the country, but also as a good opportunity for regaining her influence here, which unfortunately has been of late on the wane with both parties. Everybody having pro perty at stake in this country, both natives and foreigners, are heartily tired of the contest; but, as things have been pushed to this extremity, nothing but a powerful mediation of this sort can possibly bring things to a state of peace, and soothe the angry and deeply-rooted feelings of reveage which exist between both parties. (FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) LISBON, SEPT. 14. Colonel Hare, who was sent out here by Lord Palmerston as a military observer, was employed a few days ago by Lord Russell to take a letter to Marshal Bourmont, at his head -quarters at Lumiar, one league from our lines : he started with a flag of truce; but at the Miguelite first outposts he was received by Marshal Bourmont's son, who took the letter for his father, and promised to return an an swer. It is said that the letter of Lord Russell contained an offer of his mediation for the settle ment of this conflict; and the Marshal's answer, which was returned next day, it is reported, stated that he (Bourmont) would not object to an inter ference of all the Cabinets for the settlement of this question, but which must be preceded by an armis tice. lam not sure if Lord Russell has returned an answer, but I believe that he has not. Our Government also despatched a person (whose name I could not learn) to the Marshal, and who remained twenty-four hours at head-quarters with him, and on his return the general report was that he is not far from believing that the Marshal is very much inclined to help to reconcile the Portuguese nation, and shows not the least objection to the Constitution, but cries very loudly against most of the steps 'taken by this Government until now. From_ the same source we learn that the intention of Don Miguel is, in case he does not take Lisbon (which I am sure he never will), to retire during the winter months towards the strong lines of Torres Vedras, which he is fortifying against the army in Lisbon, and the river Yoga, against the troops which might be left at Oporto. The Lord of the Isles steamer, after having landed at San Mattinho above thirty officers, some ammu tion, and provisions for Don Miguel, was taken by one of our schooners, and brought in here as a good prize. To-day a division of about 4,000 men again at tempted to reconnoitre the extreme right of our line, but in a few hours gave it up as hopeless, after suf fering some loss from the batteries, as well as from a frigate there stationed. In politics little change. Lord Russell's influence, if not diminishing, does certainly not augment, and there was even a great opposition in council if he (Lord Russell) should have leave to send Colonel Hare or not. We daily expect from Oporto the Charge d'Af faires of France, who is to remain until the arrival of the Minister. SEPTEMBER 17. The Royalist packet brought us papers to the 4th instant. The only matter of interest they contained for us was the departure of the Queen from Paris, and her intention to visit her old ally again. The Emperor was much mortified with the conduct of Louis Philip towards his (Don Pedro's) brother-in-law, as well as towards the Queen, whom the Citizen King allowed to travel through France without the least courtesy being shown to her by the authorities. The French Charge d'Affaires, who arrived two days ago, has not had the courage to present him self as yet, for fear of too bad a reception from the Regent, notwithstanding his rage being greatly cooled by the good advice of the Duke of Palmella, who begged of him not to make a country quarrel with France on account of a personal injury done to him, and it is hoped he (Don Pedro) will make an effort to restrain himself on the day of the presen tation of M. Delourde. Don Carlos, with the four Infantas, his sisters in-law, are at Abrantes, waiting the issue of this conflict, and determined as yet not to leave Portu gal. The goods he had on board for Civita Vecchia are all disembarked again, and deposited with the Spanish Consul. Chevalier de Cordova is also at Abrantes. Our latest news from Madrid is to the 21th of last month. There is still a secret correspondence going on between Marshal Bourmont and the agent employed by our Government, but I cannot learn what has been the result. It is also reported that Admiral Napier is going to write to the Marshal. Antonio Carlos de Andrade, who came here from Rio, will leave in the next packet for England with out having obtained the object he had in view. Next opportunity I shall say more about this business. SEPTEMBER 21. I stated in my last that Admiral Napier was going to write to Bourmont, which he actually did, but his letter being in rather too rough a style, he re ceived an answer from Bourmont, which obliged him to apologize for his first, and say that he (Na pier) laboured under a mistake, and requested the Marshal to see and get Don Miguel out of the counrry, and that the rest would all be easy to settle. The Marshal's answer to this was in more friendly terms ; but containing a negative to the request of his advising Don Miguel to leave Portugal uncon ditionally, and it is believed that with this the cor respondence ceased. This morning we had the first court-day, on which Lord W. Russell presented his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majesty at the Court of the Duke Regent in the name of the Queen. M. Delourde, the French Charge d'Affaires, hav ing overcome his fears, presented himself in private to the Emperor, who received him better than it was expected; but being asked by M. Delourde how her Majesty the Queen was, he answered " So, so ;" and being again asked if her Majesty was ill, the Emperor coolly replied," No, but that she was already of an age to be sensible of the attentions shown to her.' This ceremony took place at the Palace of Bem posta to-day, at half-past 12 o'clock. By the arrival of the director of the printing office at Don Miguel's head quarters we received the agreeable news that General Clouet was super seded by an English officer, who calls himself Mac donald. Captain Elliott and the said Macdonald were amongst the officers I stated to you had landed at San Martinho. There is with certainty a great discontent among the French officers in that army. The organization of the Supreme Court of Justice and the nomination of its members and president (Jose de San Carvalho) form one of the principal acts of Government since my last. SEPTEMBER 22. The packet which arrived late yesterday brought the news that the Queen and the Empress were to leave England on the 17th, and scarce were these agreeable tidings known when the forts of San Julian and Bugia announced the arrival of these so-anxiously-desired personages by a royal salute. The Emperor went on board without delay, accom panied by a small suite, and there, after a separation of 20 months, pregnant with all kinds of danger, and exposed to every privation, he (the Emperor) had the indescribable pleasure of embracing the objects most dear to his heart—his Empress, the Queen, and the Princess his youngest daughter. He gave orders that the following day, at 12 o'clock, the disembarkation should take place, so that every thing and I refer details of this yceremony.ou to the pape rs I send you for the The Soho steamer met with an accident, the George the Fourth game; having run foul of her off Peniche on the night of the 20th-21st; the body of the vessel was severely shook by it. SEPTEMBER 23. This day the disembarkation took place at the hour fixed, and for the ceremonial observed on this occasion I again refer you to the papers. Every countenance I mat was radiant with pleasure ; the streets were crowded : in fact, since 1826, so many people of all classes have not been seen in the public squares. SEPTEMBER 24. It is currently reported to-day that Bourmont is leaving Don Miguel, and even that he is expected on board the Admiral's ship, but I do not give credit to these on dits : if the packet should be detained one day longer, I should be able to ascertain the truth of them. As positive I can give you that Don Miguel and Bourmont were yesterday at Queluz, a palace about 8 miles from this; also that a great many troops are collecting at Villa Franca, and that the artillery is moving towards Santarem, in which latter place the fortifications are beginning to be made. To•day's Clironica contains the organization of the new Council of State,—a very wholesome measure, as it will be a check on Ministers in matters of importance. The next opportunity I shall be able to give you news from Abrantes. From Madrid nothing later than the 17th, when the King was enjoying better health. Antonio Carlos R. de Andrade, who I said in my last would return to England, has taken his passage in the African steamer, quite enraged at not having been able to succeed in his projects with the Emperor, who replied to him " that only as late as Nlay last, he (Don Pedro) ordered to be mentioned to the Government in Rio, and to his friends there, that he (Dan Pedro) never would accept again the crown of Brazil, or any other; that he had abdicated for ever, and wished only to see the throne of his son, Don Pedro IL, consolidated." These were the straightforward answers Andrade received, against which all his talent could not find him arguments. I have great reasons to believe that nothing could persuade Don Pedro to attempt anything against Brazil, and to say the contrary is a calumny nothing can justify. (Translated from Chronica No. 49.—Intercepted.) EXTRACT OF RESERVED DESPATCII NO. 214, TO THE YISCONDE DE SANTAREM. " 5. I again call the attention of your Excellency, and of the Government, to the enclosed paper, and will add, that the inactivity of our squadron, the inefficacy of all our operations, and that we h-ive not been able to prevent the entrance of provisions, munitions, or reinforcements for the rebels, have occasioned us here to be held in scorn, and in such a degree of discredit, that people dare not show their faces to their very friends. What can one hope to gain by defending a cause in which those who are most interested do nothing for themselves? When a simple sloop of war might have decided the destinies of Don Pedro, the Government of Lisbon has all its squadron in the Tagus, without doing anything ! In the end the Portuguese Government will be abandoned by all its friends, seeing that its comportment is such, that it becomes a disgrace to show any interest for it!' Thus spoke to me Sir Henry Hardinge, most particular friend and confidant of the Duke of Wellington. For my own part, I tell your Excellency, that I dare not appear at the house of any person of importance, so long as I can only suffer shame, and listen to the bitterest censures upon the Government I serve, and at the same time cannot furnish excuses for it, as in this matter of the squadron. " I beg of your Excellency to allow the Duke of Ca daval to see the communication which accompanies this despatch. " 6. Palmella is made Duke de Fayal, Funchal is made Marquis, and there are many more rebel despatches which I do not think it worth while to mention. If the Govern. ment of his Majesty do not put things into activity,—if it suffer an useless squadron to remain in the Tagus,—if it continue to permit the disembarkation of whatever the rebels may require, —if, finally, they are allowed to execute the plans of the Cotnite Directeur in tranquillity, as I have communicated to you, I have not the slightest doubt in announcing the ruin of the cause of his Majesty, despite of being called an evil prophet- The rebels at this very time are arranging here a contract for many thousand arms, at a credit of six months; the recruitings for them are warm, the intrigues in their favour do not cease, and we are sleeping. " ANTONIO RIBEIRO SARAIVA. " London, April 15." EXTRACT OF A LETTER TO THE VISCONDE DE SANTAREM "To Baron Haber, who is my guest here, and who gives me much inconvenience and impertinence, I have delivered your Excellency's message, and he tells me that he has written many times to your Excellency, having received answers to some of his letters, complaining like wise of that not being the case with all of them. What news will your Excellency give me of the celebrated squad ron, as much desired as slow in sailing ? It came not when I begged it, and now are to be seen the evils which have followed its delay. There goes an expedition of the enemy, and who knows where it is directed ? It appears to me to be to St Übes, but who knows? I have such bad faith in the re-union of the English naval forces in the Tagus that I must distrust a fresh British rascality. No. thing astonishes me ; I know that that Government i s malevolent and active, and see that ours is taking its rest, and in good faith. What news has your Excellency h a d from Madrid about the affairs to be treated upon on the 20th ? Did the ceremony end in quietness, or were there any uproars for opinions ? That day might have been fatal to us. It is natural that something will be known in Lisbon to-morrow, or perhaps even to-day, by express. " Conde de SAN LOURENCO. " San Mamede da Infeeta, June 23." The official paper thus notices the affair of the 14th :—" His Imperial Majesty the Duke of Bra ganza being informed that the fort of St. John t o his left was attacked in force by the enemy, left the palace at 20 minutes after six o'clock in the morning with the Brigadier-Commandant of the Artillery, followed by his camaristas and aides-de-camp, and went to a point where he could observe the enemy's movements, and give the necessary orders. "Lieutenant-General the Count of Saldanha, chief of his Staff, the Field-Marshal the Duke of Terceira, with all the other Generals and their re spective staffs, as well as the Generals Commanders of corps, were all at their posts, and his Majesty had the satisfaction to observe that the enemy, pursued and routed by our artillery and musketry, found their safety in a most disgraceful and precipitate flight, sustaining a heavy loss in killed and wounded, the cowards not daring to make a stand until they left far in the rear the valiaht defenders of consti tutional legitimacy. Another day of glary and tri umph for the arms of the Queen, of disgrace, shame, and confusion far Bourmont and his vandals. " At ten o'clock his Imperial Majesty returned to the palace." The Periodico dos Pobres, dated September the 17th, No. 44., contains the following account " The tebels dared again, this morning (Septem ber 11), to attempt a new attack upon our lines. " Having, through the obscurity of the night, been able to approach our trenches at the extreme right of the lines, they opened a fire at day-break ; advancing in force by the road of Chellas, against our fortified positions of the Cruz de Pedra, and thence to the heights of St. John. The result was the same they experienced before, and will again experience—a complete defeat. Our brave soldiers attacked them at the point of the bayonet, and put them to a precipitate flight, the enemy leaving in our hands many wounded and prisoners, and the field of battle strewed with dead. " The vessels of war and the artillery of our lines kept up a terrible fire. " In every part, during the whole action, beaten and routed, will not the infamous chiefs of this vile faction undeceive themselves, since they have nought else to expect from their wild and foolish attempts, to which their desperate condition hurries them, than titter and complete extermination ? If not, they will pay the penalty with their blood. " Our national battalions, which entered this day into a ction, most fully answered the expectations formed of them—fighting with the same bravery and coolness which distinguished the other batta lions engaged in the glorious action of the sth. " The capital was not for a moment disturbed — tranquillity was general—indeed the same as if the enemy had been 100 leagues distant, and as if the sound of artillery had not been heard. " This unalterable firmness, and the perfect secu rity of the immense population of this city, give the greatest concern to our infamous enemies, who had placed all their hopes on some movement in their favour within the walls. Unfortunate beings—since they know not the real sentiments of the Lisbo nians! The chiefs of the usurpation, ever deceiving their soldiers, will deceive themselves; mad and wild, they persuade themselves that the clamour of a few dozens of miscreants is the expression of the feeling of more than 200,000 honourable inhabi tants ! The discovery of their error was difficult, but it has been decisive. Repentance alone can save them from the imminent and total ruin impending over them." The same Periodico contains the official account of the action of the sth, dated Lisbon the Bth. DUTCH PAPERS. THE HAGUE, SEPT. 27.—We have had no news for some days worth communicating. The reports inserted in different Journals, respecting many Cabi net Councils that are said to have been held, are quite incorrect, for the Cabinet Council has not met since the return of Baron Verstolk von Soelen, From this circumstance it is probable that no new instructions have yet been drawn up for Baron Ver stolk von Soelen, and therefore the report given by a Dutch Journal, of yesterday, of the speedy return of his Excellency to London must be considered as premature. FLUSHING, SEPT. 29.—We learn from the Scheldt that the Belgian fleet, consisting of five gun-boats, has dropped down to Fort La Croix, and that the desertion from this Jeune Marine, as they call it, in imitation of La Jeune France, La Jeune et daily increases. The Director assigns as a reason of their desertion that the greater part of the crews consist of the very dregs of the populace, of dis charged galley slaves, Habitues des Banges, con demned criminals, who have had their punishment commuted for service in the fleet. The Hessian Gazette says that Prince Paske witsch, with 40,000 men, and a deputation from Warsaw, waited for the Emperor of Russia, at Mod lin. His Highness the Duke of Nassau follows the Emperor to Modlin, and returns by way of Berlin. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Prussia will visit the Rhenish provinces in the autumn, and then go to fetch his august consort at Tegemsee. Nothing seems to be doing in the political world as far as the affairs of Belgium are concerned. The London Conference no longer meets: whether it will soon resume its operations remains to be seen. Prince Talleyrand and the Belgian Plenipotentiary Goblet have left London. Our Minister Verstolk will, perhaps, shortly resume his functions as Mi nister for Foreign Affairs. On the part of England remonstrances, it is said, have been repeatedly made to our Governmenr, but whether they have been or will be sincere is not known. The journey of the Austrian General Count Clam is supposed by some to have a political object. We hear that he has arrived here to-day. The Russian Secretary of Legation, Donavuroff, whe was sent on a mission CO the Emperor of Russia, has returned to this town. THE HAGUE, OCT. 1. The arrival of Prince Schwartzenberg seems to have given rise to the report that the Austrian General, Count Clam, has arrived here. It is said that he or some other Austrian Plenipotentiary will come here shortly, as Count Clam was at Munehengratz at the time of the interview between the Emperor of Austria and the Emperor of Russia, and i, expected to come direct from that place hither. This confirms the notion that he is coming on a political mission. DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTERDAM, Ocr. 1. Actual Debt, 2% per cent 47% to 48% Amort Syndic, 4% per cent B5 to 85 1 4 Ditto, claw, 3% per cent. Voluntary Loan, 1831, 6 per cent 104% to 10•4‘ Ditto, 1832, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1833, 5 per Cent. Exchange on London 12 02 5-10 to 11 97 5- CONGRESS OF BOHEMIA. (From the Courrier Francais ) The public anxiously await the results of the Conferences now terminated, and although, accord ing to the Journal des Desbats, the supreme wisdom in these times is to do nothing at all, no one will imagine that the Holy Alliance has met for such a purpose, and that more than twenty Ministers, Di plomatists, or Generals, have been called to Mun chengratz, merely to add to the splendour of their master's retinue. Our letters from Germany, on the contrary, are unanimous in representing the im portance of the matters under deliberation; and, without letting us precisely into the secret of the resolutions adopted or discussed, these letters fully confirm the fac•s we have already published, and afford details upon many other points. Thus we can no longer doubt that the favourite plan of Prince Metternich, namely, an Italian Confederation, has been brought once more upon the carpet; and that the repugnance manifested hitherto by Russia and Prussia has been completely overcome by the offers and considerations of that system of public order which Austria undertakes to guarantee, in return for the protectorate which she is to be allowed to exer cise from Vienna to Chambery and Palermo. On seeing the Prince Royal called to represent Prussia at Munchengratz, every one felt convinced that that Power was resolved upon war, and would undertake it if the Emperor Nicholas thought pro per. This conjecture was, in some degree, un founded, and the Prince has been under the neces sity of moderating his martial humour and that of the Prussian Nobility. But one thing, nevertheless, is sure, and that is, the existence of military pre parations of no less formidable a nature than if war were to break out to-morrow. These measures have been the subject of mature deliberations, to which each person brought the tribute of his own personal knowledge. Reports of the respective forces of the Three Powers, and of their Allies, were laid before the Congress, with accounts of their exact situation. Military plans were likewise discussed. The cordon to be formed, or that, ra ther, which is already formed, is becoming more perfect every day, and it will eventually so circum scribe us as to leave little room for the action which we are to exercise, according to the Desbats. It is scarcely necessary to say that the elastic principles of intervention and of non-intervention put in prac tice since the year 1830 have been once more sanc tioned, revised, and augmented. We know not how they will be applied in the manifestoes which are about to appear, nor whether the Holy Alliance will dare to publish in form such monstrous doc trines; but certain it is that they will appear in the documents in question some way or other. More over, the appearance of the first manifesto depends upon certain casualties which will either extend or modify its contents. The Allied Sovereigns do not appear much alarmed at the protection extended by the Whigs to the Juste-Milieu ; and they await the solution of certain intrigues which are reaching a close. The Russian Ministers have been heard publicly to say, that in case of war, nothing was to be feared from England but neutrality. The affairs of the East were also taken into con sideration by the Sovereigns: the arrangements long ago contemplated were once more discussed. But if it be easy to conceive the object of the arrange ments in question, it would be most difficult to penetrate the secrecy in which the result of the de liberations is involved. What is no secret, how ever, is the long report upon the situation of France, for which the Congress was indebted to the zeal of M. de Mercy, charged with the task by Prince Metternich. The situation of what is called Pro paganda, and that of the new dynasty, are appre ciated in this report in a way by no means flattering to the Juste-Milieu. This report contains a de tailed account of the forces of France on land and water ; a calculation of the number of men which the conscription annually furnishes; an account of the state of the fortified places on the frontiers of France, their means of resistance, ammunition, &c.; an estimate of the quantity of arms at the disposal of France, and of the number of National Guards duly equipped. The situation of the various par ties, their respective forces, to use the words of the memoir, the dispositions of the mass of the people, that of the departments in which the majority ad. here to the elder branch of the Bourbons, are deve loped at great length in this document. And here it is evident that the old Nobility of the departments, or some of the party in Paris, who are but too sub ject to delude themselves, have furnished the exag gerated statements of the report. To conclude, this document represents the influence of the Juste- Milieu as void of effect upon the energetic portion of the nation, and the popularity of the King as decreasing. THE INSECURITY of the DAVY LAMP. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The result of a series of chymical experiments warrants us in asserting that the Davy Lamp will, under many circumstances, not of uncommon occurrence in coal mines, cause the explosion of the fire-damp, and thus, instead of giving protection to the miner, becomes itself an instrument of his destruction. A full knowledge of this alarming fact, makes it imperative on our part at once to war❑ all persons from its use. As it is most important that a charge of this nature should be either confirmed or disproved, the scientific members of our public institu tions will, we hope, no longer remain silent to an appeal to their judgment. Reason, justice, and humanity, call for a full investigation of this subject by a board of public men, that there may no longer be doubt where there ought to be certainty. This call will not, we feel assured, if aided by the power of the press, be made in vain. The great importance of this investigation to the miner, the mine -owner, and many others, will, we trust, render our letter worthy of your notice. We remain, Sir, your obedient servants, UPTON AND ROBERTS. 66, Basinghall-street, Oct. 3, 1533. [We publish Messrs. Upton and Roberts's letter, be cause it is really upon an important subject, albeit that we incline to suspect the warning against Davy's Lamp is in tended as a delicate puff for some supposed improvement of their own. If our memory does not deceive us, a series of experiments were some years back made with Davy's Lamp, by which the cause of its occasional failure was discovered, and the means of insuring constant safety by its means, pointed out. The theory upon which Sir Humphrey framed his lamp may have been erroneous, but it is certain that his invention has saved many lives. —En. Sun.] CALTHORPE-STREET COMMITTEE. Yesterday evening a general meeting of the Com mittee and others was held at the Calthorpe Arms, for the purpose of rendering up the subscriptions collected for the presentation of silver cups to the jury. The chairman (Mr. Neil) read the minutes of the last meeting, and was addressed by several members of the Committee. In the course of the proceedings Mr. Neil said he hoped that all parties would come forward and pay their subscriptions, and as a suffi cient sum could not be got together to erect an iron column, enough would be got to present each of the jurymen with a silver cup, which proposition, being made by Mr. Beckwith, and seconded by Mr. Cooper, was agreed to. In the course of the evening the chairman read the following letters from Members of Parliament who had been written to by the secretary to assist the funds for the purpose of raising an iron column : . . " Richmood•ball, Sept. 17. " Sir,—Your very extraordinary application has been forwarded to me this morning. As the conduct of the police on the occasion of the Calthorpe-street riot has been judged by a Committee of the House of Commons to have been the most exemplary and humane, and as I consider the behaviour of the jury assembled on the Coroner's inquest to have been highly indecent and disgraceful, and the verdict to which they came to be not only at variance with the evidence brought before them, but also wholly irreconcilable with their oaths to act honestly and impar tially as jurymen, I must decline giving my name as a subscriber, in furtherance of the very mischievous object which you and your brother committee-men have4p view. " HENRY BARING. " To J. W. Niel, Cilthorpe Arms." COPY OF A LETTER FROM MR. FORRESTER, M.P. WRITTEN ON THE BACK OF THE SECRETARY'S LETTER TO HIM FOR THE SUBSCRIPTION " With reference to the above, Mr. Forrester has only to add, that were it not for the disgrace that transaction has brought upon the admirable institution of trial by jury, he would be glad to subscribe to anything that would perpetuate the lasting shame of those twelve indi viduals who composed the Calthorpe-street jury." lifer a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting adjourned to meet on Thursday next, at Milton-street. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF COL. LYSTER. Colonel Lyster addressed the following account of the murderous attack made upon him in the streets of Brussels to the English Ambassador there : "TO HIS EXCELLENCY SIR ROBERT ADAIR. " BRUSSELS, SEPT. 27. " Sin,—l take leave to lay before your Excellency the particulars of an outrage of a most diabolical kind which I experienced on the morning of Friday last, and to re quest you will cause such inquiry to be made as may bring the assassins to immediate justice. "Returning home about half- past one o'clock in the morn ing, it then raining very hard, I crossed the road from that corner of the park which faces your Excellency's hotel to the door of Mr. Weston's house, intending to keep the footpath on that side of the street. Approaching the door of Mr. Weston, I was accosted by a cavalry soldier with ' Don nez moi votre parapluie." Je ne puis pas ; j'en ai besoin moi-meme,'was my reply. Looking in the direction of the dead wall opposite to the hotel of the Prince (le Ligne I perceived three other soldiers. The soldier who first ad dressed me then drew his sabre, and made a cut at me, which 1 parried, and received a violent wound on my right arm, penetrating to the bone. Becoming seriously alarmed, I hastened to the bell of Mr. Weston's house, and rang it violently. My assassin followed me, and made a second thrust. This I succeeded in warding off with my umbrella, but a third blow hid my wrist open in a most ghastly manner. I now closed with my antagonist, and, grasping his sword, I broke it in two, and retained it in my ro '- session. It can be produced, covered with blood. The miscreant continued his mission, and with the remainder of his sword he gave me several cuts over the head, cleaving my hat asunder, and laying my skull open from the ear to the forehead. The particulars of the wounds your Excel lency will find more generally specified in the accompany. ing certificate from my medical attendant. In this perilous situation I, however, threw the villain, when a second sol dier immediately made his appearance, with his drawn sabre, and, with a violent thrust, he penetrated the flesh, about half-way up my right thigh. At this time, per ceiving lights at the windows of Mr. Weston's house, I called out i❑ English, Open the doors, for God's a g a s n m a d e r s m a s sake; I shall be assassinated!' A third soldier, who had Asi h t etb;h.,gr,eeiiradnt,isoßst instantly utt e chl n iey fl o c, te l silent to observer,os lui it companionsnbeesaeri , is je tim su e is m A r. mg w /a e i s s ton ec , edoouors wasrn'a v o ez pe p ne r d es . p l c Englishman ; it is ❑ot him ; he is not armed.)—l an rushed into the court-yard, and my assassins fled. " The darkness of the night and the heavy tall of rain prevented my distinguishing the regiment to which the men belong; but I can positively state they wore white epaulettes, had horse-hair hanging from high caps, which were fastened to their dresses with white curd. The broken sword will, however, put beyond all conjecture the corps to which they are attached. " I attribute the preservation of my life to the kind attentions of the Messieurs. Weston, and the immediate presence of Dr. Tobin. " I have the honour to be, &c., (Signed) " WILLIAM LYSTER." Yesterday a decided case of spasmodic cholera was admitted into our Hospital, and though the utmost attention was paid to the patient, he died in a few hours after admission. He was a young man who had just come from Newry, had walked the whole way, without any other nourishment than a bit of bread and some blackber ries, and was greatly exhausted when admitted. There is not the slightest cause for public anxiety on this account ; the unfortunate young man, being a stranger, did not con tract the disease in Belfast ; and we are told by medical men that there never was less disease of any kind among the poor of the town than at present...-Belfast Chronicle, Sept. 30. GERMAN PAPERS. FRANKFORT, SEPT. 27.—We are requested by the Consul of his Britannic Majesty in this free city to an nounce, that the inspectors of the Board of Health ern: ployed by the English Government to inquire into tlae sanitary state of the British metropolis, and to ma i l; report on the subject, have d e cl are d th a t London a nd environs are free from cholera. Their declaration; hearse dated the 6th and 9th of S e pt e mb e r. The Cerie u the received, with this communi c ati on , a notice fro 113 Foreign office, dated the 11th, to the e ff ec t that, to goner sequence of these declarations, l e t ters o f h ea lth, certtryding that the cholera does sot exist in the port of will be declared from the 29 t h o f S e pt em b e r, by virtue of an order of the Lords of the Privy Council of state Britannic Majesty, and this so l o n g as th e sanitary cit of the port shall continue to he satisfactory. The Lot II of the Council add to this noti ce th e assurance that, the cholera, like the penall pox, may be considereia naturalised in the gre iter part of E ur op e , and it U3 O , again appear in places it has once visited, the English ' keg vernment has judged it necessary to maintain in force the p. for the prevention of the cholera, in order to insure re m stant vigilance with regard to the sanitary state ° f a t country in this respect, and to oppose with more e, O , the progress of the disorder, if it s h ou ld re -appear ',bas more dangerous form. Their Lord s hip s h o pe that t , frank declaration and the absen ce o f a ll p ra tique to c ° veal the appearance of the cholera when it a ppear% England, will induce the agents o f f ore i gn governments a to found upon vague report s c ommun i ca ti ons to their s o f vernments calculated to interrupt the ordinary ceito lg ,, s , commercial relations. —Jo urnal de Frankfo r t, Sept. a (From the Swabian Mercury.) STRASBURG, SEPT. 21.—While commercial letters frol the North, warnings from our own neig hb ou rhood, 3 es numerous specific statements, led us to consider wa r i f highly probable, our military auth or i t i es ar e stlde P r making prepar a ti o n s f or a most i mportant re d uct i o n 0 1° `: armed force as far as our city is concerned. The res t menta composing the garrison are to be diminished five thousand men ; the troops being in cintonloe °. in the villages and along the Rhin e , r e t urn to th¢ town as their regular garrison ; so that the cord () ; on the Rhine is thereby entirely broken up. Li e contracts are rescinded, and th e acti v e labours of te workmen on our canal, as w e ll a s i n th e man ufacture fire-arms and sabres at Mutzig and Klingenshal, have h re o all at once suspended. These unlooked-for measures e' b e a great uneasiness here ; many persons believe, indeed , ref our King wishes by this to give to foreign Powers a P r o , of the sincerity of his pacific sentiments and of his e o fidence. Another party loudly cries out against treaeh r i , r e ' and institutes a comparison with th e even t s o f 1815,r % ' y r - e a the Minister of General Clark e , D u k e o f F e l t h e , de France of its military str en gth, l a id it s p rov inces eP e and thus delivered it over to its enemies. , o f VIENNA, Seer. 22,—Letters from Constantinop le the 6th of this month, con fi rm my con j ectures that r e f accounts from Belgrade, and those received by , 1 Corfu and Trieste, rel a te to o ne an d t h e same . 0 , After many incendiary attempts, the fire broke ri o f on the 30th of August, and laid some th o usand i l houses in ashes. The great-st ferm en t a ti on , it is adds prevailed in Constantinople, and the dissatisfaction a regular troops at the reduction of th e i r p a y increaseri t . e tiv L general mutiny. The Sultan was oblig e d to c onceal e self, and the disorder rose to the highest pitch, till iwi f great officer of State succeeded in sa ti s fyi ng the tr c '' e d: by which tranquillity was in some measure rest e ;: i e When these accounts cam e a w a y th e f ermen t a tion an d toe cendiary att em pt s s till cont i nue d, a l t h oug h t h e G° v , " of ment had issued an order prohibiting the expoitatie"oi flour, which had remedied the temporary scarcity 101 l by the burning of mos t o f t h e m ill s . I t was ther e 0 generally affirmed that th e S u l tan h a d aga i n rev: 41 ;1;0 , Russia, and applied to it s A m b assa d or f or prom pt assistance, which was considered by every body to be ceo , only means of permanently restoring tranquillity at stantinop'e. „0 The same letters bring also accounts from Gree— the 31st of August. They contain but little that is a i t r a interesting, and make no m e nti on o f Trithupos qu its the Administration. itical. The O. The state of sffiirs in Albania is very habitants of many places have expeiled the Turi‘ Pr authorities, but without much bloodshed, and the itilld rection is spreading towards the south. Emin Pach§t) Janina, was going to march against the rebels With considerable 130 - dy Of troops. Of ; VIENNA, SEPT. 23.-5 per cent. MetalliqUeßt ; $ 0 4 per cent., 821 ; Bank Shares, 1,197. Zeitung, Sept. 28. FRANKFORT, SEPT. 28.—Private l e tt ers f ro m r,„ of tdr „i which we can rely on, annou nce , th a t on t h e a pproseb h e 7o oponing of the States G e n e r a l, th e ma j or ity will 01%, a wish that the definitive tr e aty of pe a ce should be C°ool eluded without delay, seeing that the Dutch nation ca a tio f longer support the burdens imposed upon it by the ell' state of affairs. e go BERLIN, SEPT. 22.—One of the principal Eur ° P 10 questions, namely, relative to Holland arid Belgi o c ; of said to have been discussed at Munchengratz. the delays of the conference, the three Ill o narcho d bs ri come to a positive determination on the subject, 11° . „ td decided that Luxemburg shall not be separated fi l l I, German confederation ; and, in c onseq u e nce, it W ,:atO l i long to Hollind. O n th e o th er p o i n t s , a l so , an tilfasr"fr-„,0 has been agr ee d up on , w hi c h i s genera lly in Holland. borP 1%0" The decision of the question, relative to Lux- 10 0 0 has exercised some influence upon the relations al r r e", as by its solution in lavour of the Germanic confed e ciee the resolution with reg a rd to N eu f c h a t e l is consul, #OO The same paper announces the arrival of the f t lye s ' Minister for Foreign Affairs (Count Nesse!rode) 0 0 00 , den, on the 23d ult., from Mnuchengratz.--NO ° Correspondent, Sept. 27. „ Jr CAUTION TO PRACTICAL JOKERS'," Saturday au individual was fined half-a-guine a , Water Bilie Court, for handing a segar charged o t o o powder to a person in a steam-boat.— Glasgow 13 ' Old The original intention of commencivg 0 Bristol rail-road at the Surrey side of the Tharne 6 oo d ! said, has been abandoned, and that it will be begun Penitentiary, Millbank, and the line will be conti nue the direction of Hammersmith. A Sunday Paper states that, at certai n ';(1 0 ners of the Goldsmiths' Company, each g uest , ~j e partaking of a sumptuous repast, finds five guinea. 4 - sovereigns) under his plate. This is being a gol d°— some tune. We learn that, through their Seereta r P Censmittee at Lloyd's have informed the Subseri' d they have appoint e d M essrs . G arrett an d Gih, b° l - i t e Agents at Portsmouth, an d th a t M r . Ri c hard " 1 " (the Consul) is now their Agent at Syra. o c , We are concerned to state that Goy- - t o to has refused to afford any compensation or pelle ic° l, 1 0 1 lonel Jordan, Inspecting Field Officer at Liverfloi3O was obliged to have his leg amputated in cose ej o ri#la injury sustained whilst leading the troops in l'ur:iace t be of the dreadful fire which occurred some month that town. We are convinced that the aro) ? .; r o , public will agree in opinion with us, that he ~,it,ter'2 entitled to compensation as if he was maimed at ' gt 11 THE LORD STE WARD .—I t i s s aid t W ; " distinguished office of L or d S tewar d t o A , r household was conferred on th e D u k e o f Argil! ' e ur e , nify his Grace for th e l oss o f th e sa l ar y o f ht ,l ",, °- g loe of pointment of Keep e r of the Gr e at Seal of `'" 1i• 013 6 1. , which he succeeded the Duke of Gordon on th e 4 OC ei e Of Administration, and which the present Miniat ers 'oo: o log to a return made by Mr. Spring Rice to Of , ot oto , Commons, have the merit of abolishing. The es f r a o ,' i yol , Lord Steward is, we believe, about 2,00 01 re. - „„a that of the Scottish Keeper of the Great Seal 0 1 ` he A connection subsists between the families of I:ori.toflrl Anglesea, the Duchess having been the first el t he 1 late Lard Lieutenant of Ireland, and mother ° e o r of Uxbridge, and the Duchess of Riche:lo o l' a ,, a° h oe Steward's authority stands over all the 01 “, io g's 4 0 1 3, vants of the household, except those of the i t ia 0•0 ber, stable, and chapel. The Duke of ArgY ey ', a° d was always a favourite with his present Male a personal friend of his brother George IV. ale telli A gen p ee ri o v f a a te ve le ry tte i r nip f o r r world of India. The great Hyderabad holef„eoedf,./ and Co., it is stated, either has actually re - ur ioe at " it , 0' o ta ni nt about to re-open business, under the Wm. Rumbold, and offers 12 per cent. - 1 ' 1. . 0 gre at to lo money. Sir William, we learn, is livi n g I built e l T i l t latelY pes dour in the Nizam ' s capital, and has o f rtiP - o e- t O , at the Neilgberies, which cost one lack of sert le be ti nature Hyderabad t o tb o b o r ra : e rf ra boi ° o : letter gives no details as to what principle is of s_ e bee o to be adopted with regard to the former Adams baY 0 1 3 0 0 cern ; but should the decision of Al • 1,,,, er th e t, nullified, and the house be enabled to r . eu."_ i iatet v" h e origin° •0 1 ' l O of its claims on the Nizam, with t ate __ e ditor „r does not seem improbable that all to' adopted in turn to the full amount. Bombay April 6. in;nagail dee:picric; Pgl c fea t Edit k ith th e si ck r 'afes 4 * aidr ° c , I R °l5, an opv at S a• 4 1(1 ,, Aub s'u ttie FR /N ,