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I P° 0 6 0 , 40 7 0 0 6„ _0 5v o g 4 0 30 •,10 4 6 0 a 0 . 1 u . 1 ° 6 6 6 '4 0 ' 2 6 9 6 ° A , 3 6 1.; 'O 9 t 'a .. s o 6 . i 0 6 0 3 -40 4 ° , , 00 .61 3 u t iv,„ ' 3 O 5v s ▪ o 40 o na s to to 4 it 4 I C 13 1 vi er , .6., 4 t o 0 to 4'o 1 0 r 4 1 5 5 V 1 th e for 03 fr o , t ion t iog , 0 0 bay 1 30i v ate of r al' ha~a of Ao , t o w itteu eto o 1 e lP e 011 ffic l e , pd vluPip , fo $3 STATE OF IRELAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN ; SEPT 19. " Men only disa g ree Of creatures rational."—MlLTON. I have, in a preceding letter, admitted that Ireland, though not yet permanently happy, has been gradually progressing to the enjoyment of equal rights since the Marquis of Wellesley 's former Viceroyalty. The standard of freedom *as first raised under his auspices in 1821. ' bigotry, and her train of heartless exclusionists, Were defeated in 1829 ; and the triumph of reason and justice over monopoly, and barefaced corruption, was achieved under the Marquis of Anglesea in 1832. To secure the fruits of these sp l endid victories, and prevent the return ()c a system t en t i mes worse t h an t h e f ormer, should b e the great object anti continual care of our pre sent and f uture rulers. That there are difficulti es in the way, and dangers to he guarded a g ai nst, no man in the least acquainted with our condition can deny. We are at least eight mil 4i,°1 -43 of people, of whom four-fifths are now auinissable to rights and privileges, from which the y had been heretofore excluded. The prin. c llsl caus e o f thi s exc l us i on was re li g i on -- a cause unfortunately creates more rancour and hos ."ity th an a nt other ingredient of a civilized Le°llnnunity, tantum potuit religio suadere ma- The — th r / hatred and dislike so long fo -entecl between Protestant and Catholic, by h te4 nn of the ascendancy of the one, and the op. ' 4 ,ession o f t h e ot h er , at present ex i st on l y b etween ', l esser portio n o f th e I r i s h peop l e . I cannot 4 cdertak e to state the exact proportion of either ,Pctsuasion under the influence of these dire anti "'ithies; but I think I shall not be very incorrect if, 01l Order t o illustrate my positi on , I assume th a t e-half o f a ll th e P ro t es t an t s o f I re l an d, or Bvout one-tenth of the population, including dis- Z t ' t ers of every shade, and one-half of all the 4t helics, or four-tenths o f th e popu l a ti on , are hat,inis of religious discord. The remaining of the P ro t e st an t s , b e i ng t h e ot h er tent h, f" 4 the rem a i n i ng h a lf o f th e C at h o li cs, or ot h er are of the inhabitants of the country, ,;e not actuate d b y re li g i ous feelings in their diss ension s . Wh atever diff erence o f op i n i on 1, hostility exists between this last-mentioned o °ll ion is no t ascr ib a bl e to re li g i ous di st i nct i ons : the recollection of former animosity. They ac e Willin g to forget and forgive all items on that p e cuet ; and, in fact, all, both Catholics and T t°te stants, equally anxious to p romo t e R e f orm . hat is, I repeat the assertion, one-half of the Ile te ° Ple of Ireland, consisting of one-tenth Pro t:tant, and f our - tent h s C at h o li c, are anx i ous e tain, and are amena bl e t o , t h e di sc i p li ne o f 41 141 righ ts an d equa l l aws, on a sound, reformed, ti ( I rational basis. But the other half already men- O il ed) nam e ly, one tent h P rotestant, i nclud i ng are as bef ore , an d f our tent h s C at h o li c, th e a r ant i ng, rabid, unmanageable, and some of em irrational or uncivilised congregation of d angerous re li g i ous and political schools, all equally ( f l angerous an d m i sc h ievous to the national wel p_ite- Amo ng t h ese are to b e found, on one side, 4e high and the low Orange men , —the latter the tfriere satellite of petty power and ascendancy ; as eo er „ e fts as the hound in scenting and p ursu i ng thB sort of game protected by corruption,— : °r nier long pampered and fed upon the fat b e the land, both lay and ecclesiastical, though th e ', -n ning to be subjected to a change of regi to?, Is not yet sufficiently cool and temperate 1 ) ."e Content with the condition of a loyal t tlt iJ e tt, not peculiarly favoured in a free Consti civii).n Hence he is, though in other repects ti gab ls , uncompromising,overbearing, and immi thoi. e• On th e ot h er h an d , we h ave, among the Ca fiusi,les th e no i sy ag i tator, and brawling repealer, f or "ed with recent victo r i es i n t h e great strugg l e e tN e ivil and religious liberty :—though in that th e ggle, one or two individuals only excepted, Par)r teeperformed littl e more t h an a mec h an i ca l 44t>being the mere materiel of public opinion, y et mere enlightened spirits of the age: f act . the drum mers an d trumpeters o f th e i l° n,"they deem them se l ves th e lib erators o f tf le ' r country ; and hesitate not to combine with /b ail religious hypocrite, the would-be-gentle -4414 bankrupt t ra d er , i nso l vent a d venturer, vi t t ° e nt pauper, st arv i ng , b ecause idl e an d N u ! , labou rer , the predial delinquent, th e Pr e i: )i ght, and noon tid e assass i n , an d a ll t h at re weal at e portion of the community that can for k t he Vesti ges o f a pena l co d e as an apo l ogy a nd t;leir di sregard of industry, honesty, 40 virt ue. In this cl ass o f p ersons , are t h ey it, ha ve disgraced ou r countr y b y d raw i ng on are coe rcive, instead of conciliatory, laws ; who 1) 44 44 incubus on the na ti on , an d mus t em -111,1.44 the best concerted means for her improve elaime Many of them, no doubt, may be re from their infatuation, and become a hitleh`ltuent part of a reformed people. But eve r Pod cannot be effected in this way, till 01417 i ncentive to their folly and perverseness of th have been taken away, by the good example c otin e more virtuous and happy portion of their at t , o tt Y• To promote such good example p e , 4 n g the more respectable of their particular ih eri tl asion, is the first step towards the improve shot, of the entire body ; and to this object st ead be directed the good intentions and 4, 9 3' efforts of a well-disposed Government. Of th g those whom I ca ll t h e respecta lile part th e , 8 Catholi cs a re m an y w h o , j ust raise d a b ove tle l evel of the common herd of m an ki n d, an d ver l ting to participate in the go o d thi ngs , o f testate' a sho r t ti me ago , th e y saw th e i r Pro feel4nt fellow -countrymen in the sole enjoyment, th e a n ardent thi rst f or t h at w hi c h use d to g i ve a nti n eighbours such spirit and con seq u e n ce , t3 ,,,a sort of longi ng a f ter t h e fl es h- pots o f linte t • Impressed with th e vena l notions o f 1 0 8 3 4 which formerly pervaded every depart voll,i't.tney hope, through partizanship and fa- Olri tik a ni, to attain similar advantages, and will Ph atebs from no spec i es o f succum b ency , syco klla . 1 ' and brib er y, to ga i n over i n fl uent i a l per toeNgie to thei r i n t erest . If t hi s system , t h e t o atio n of which is already laid, be suffered h gai n gro I 4 Ppi n unu, it is vain to expect tranquillity, I th4 ti e ss) or, in fact, any other state of things N ess :hat h as for centuries retarded the happi hte " blasted th e prospects o f I re l an d . T he l' erti )ed fa ,Ctlons whi c h i n f ormer t i mes were 4 gain t by English aga i ns t I r i s h, P ro t estant of his Catholic, or Protestant against the rivals de pot Own religion, who vied with him in mo lt v ° % will • otti 4 . dgain be found among every de atton eh Iv of religious and political creed. k rs _ ill certainly be the case, if any class of i t , tins, numerous and respectable, be outraged, tine "eir feeling s to or interests, by exclusive atten lhos_ ' and the consequent pride and excesses of, tk.ltrie.,wiehose star is in the ascendant. If, for o f 14,, a Whig Ministry, in its distribution rA " Patronag e , will appoint its own _ and part' follow the izans, regardless of the claims which -.ern s of 0, the L . an opposite p arty may entitle them ukkerings and disco n t ent of the latter Im ilu t be in silence. The exclusion of well deserving Tories, while favours are conferred on Whigs of less pretensions, and less capable of performing the public service, must affect the partizans of each with triumph or disappoint ment, so as to keep them in constant hostility and collision. The same will occur if men of moderate politics, no matter what their religion he, but high qualifications, are passed by, and none but public expectants, and retainers of leading partizans, are promoted to situations of influence or emolument. The legal profession here is particularly exposed to the abuses of patronage. Beside the Judges of the Superior Courts, Masters in Chancery, Recorders, Com missioners of Bankrupt, and their different officers and clerks, which are almost as nu merous as in England, there are in Ireland upwards of thirty practising barristers wit h judicial appointments under the Civil 8 . 11 jurisdiction, to which you have nothing similar in England. Under this head alone there is an extensive field of patronage ; not to mention the appointments that may be made under the lately passed Tithe Bill, the commissioners of inquiry into corporate abuses, and the various other inquiries which must soon take place. During the reign of Toryism, the interest of the people at large, or the sound administration of justice, had very little influence over the dis pensation of such patronage, if we except some few appointments of assistant barristers, within the last ten years made in deference to public opinion. _ _ Nor can it be expected, that now, when the late ministerial dynasty has fallen, another set of patrons will not come forward, both Whig and Papist, to gratify their own ambition, and the expectations of their followers. Hence a new progeny of corruptionists to swallow up whatever benefits a change of circumstances may confer, and hence also the origin of a new series of troubles. For, be assured, the people are now too shrewd, not to observe such things with a scrutinizing eye ; and if they find the public weal postponed, for particular interests and party patronage, their discontent will be manifest and loud. It will at first be heard among those, whose interests are neglected, and then, as it were, by reaction, return to politicians of a higher grade, who, for their own purposes, will make it a subject of public agitation. Thus shall the demon of discord stride again through the land with giant steps, and become more for midable than ever. But it may be said, that the fabric of the Constitution is repaired, and now strong enough to sustain the desultory assaults of those, who are not pleased with its restoration. Catholics are reinstated in the enjoyment of those rights which their forefathers established ; a reform has been effected in the representation of the people, and the abuses, and monopoly of corporations are about to be corrected. All this is true ; still, however, the different members and pro portions of the renovated structure must be cemented, and properly inspected by competent surveyors, or it may yet totter from its founda tion. There are other grievances, of great magnitude, requiring redress. The broken links of society, some of which have been sundered by the very acts intended to strengthen them, must be reunited. Besides the severance occa sioned by religious distinctions, all the relations and grades of society require to be adjusted, and placed in their proper order. The master must have confidence in the servant, whose fidelity he should secure by liberal and kindly treatment, while the servant must be faithful to his master and gain his confidence by duty and obedience. The landlord must be reasonably indulgent to, and protect his tenant, whose prosperity should be his pride and source of independence, while the tenant must respect his landlord's rightful claim, deriving from him comfort and protection. The labourer must be deemed worthy of his hire, because his industry is the support of nations; while the labour allotted to him should be honestly performed, for by the sweat of his brow man (loth earn his bread, and he should cheerfully comply with the dispensation of Pro vidence. In fine, all the relations of the social compact should be strengthened, by a greater moral sense of the duty incident to each, than at present prevails amongst them. This can only be effected by impressing upon persons of every class and station, the plain and simple principles of right and wrong, and the advan tages of adhering to truth and honesty, instead of studying chicanery, sophistry, and tergiversa tion. When corruption has so far pervaded an entire establishment, civil or religious, as impe ratively to demand reform, it becomes necessary, in order to effect that reform thoroughly, to bring back the members of the establishment, to primeval habits of simplicity and plain deal ing. This leads to the consideration of some topics, which, as applicable to the present state of Ireland, I must make the subject of another letter. NCB. ;d. " 4 " ay te d er, a t.rac diOg , om prebro hed P er°3 lo 'uestisY:, f coo so (r. St ' ...... 0 ...... L run , made ° e is be I, whe ° eg the Ld till v ide ° i a fe e AP' of 00 C. (4iiiilb‘') ..... 5 ...... lead. pt. 3 to' • Jr..r n o;r st. lobeJ St. 14 s d. g °'l - 1•0 0 2 _AO a tow - e d :Ir. W to fte tsiti ogs t 1 • • coo [ a ge. 0 ,) Argo to n d Sli t" ingbau j „ a ? iuer drOrAf wh i c h co? i n ghais Ann e 3 to Re~ l 00 ,wed t° 'Stand's°, viarv j o l e up off. i` so noW , , 0 good 135 neither v bet , °P oi 13 111) : 1 0 ) :fired P ° "0 11 be wa, 5 1 , 0 0 Lt stea d alg eri'; tee (t, s o f ' 9 to to 1 m e rl r. Wial,ol (take° ). . tb° [ before iairos °t rts tbs• tbis t ide, j ug l i ,c l r, and t Could b or j go of ,t4l pro or tbi, not bob iced hirli Rho i LITERATURE. NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. VoL. 2. EDINBU.RGIT, 1533. To the lovers of natural history—and they are a rapidly increasing—class this volume will teem with attractions. It contains the essence of Buffon's knowledge (of whom, by the bye, a very interesting, though brief memoir is pre fixed), together with an epitomized detail of all the curious discoveries that have been made by more recent natural historians, on the subject of that mockery of manhood, the African ourang outang—whom Peacock has turned to such sarcastic account in his delightful tale of " Melincourt"—and, indeed, of the monkey tribe in general. The volume is very elegantly embellished, and possesses a handsome, im posing exterior. NORTH CR 0 FT'S P.ARLIAMENT.ARY CHRONICLE. VoL. 1. LONDON, 1833. This is the most correct and comprehensive digest of the Parliamentary proceedings of the late session that we have yet seen. The speeches, as, indeed, we observed during its progress in weekly parts, are given with singularly accuracy and precision (indeed, we may say, they are re ported verbatim), and will serve as a valuable record to guide and assist the labours of the future historian. The compilation has thi s great advantage over other works of a similar character, namely, that it is of a convenient and portable shape, and remarkably cheap in price, considering the abundant mass of materials that it comprises. From an orchard belonging to Mr. James Badcock, of Stoke Canon, we bate been shown a cluster of apples, fourteen in number, and weighing nearly four pounds ; the apples on an average measures ten inches in circumference. Such a bunch of fruit, we believe, was neveribefore seen in this county,—Exeter Luminary. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND entertained the KING and QUEEN at dinner on Thursday evening at their residence at Kew. Among the company to meet their MAJESTIES were the Russian Ambassador and Prin cess LIEVEN, the Prussian and Hanoverian Ministers, the Duke of ARGYLL, Sir BROOK TAYLOR, Sir WATIIEN WALLER, Sir HENRY WHATLEY, Lady BEDINGFIELD, Lady GLYNN, Sir BENJAMIN STEPHENSON, Sir JEFFREY WYATYILLE, Colonel BOWATER, Sir J. and Lady QUEN. TIN, Sir JOHN SLADE, &C. The KING and QUEEN re mained till a quarter-past ten o'clock, when their MAJES TIES left and returned to Windsor Castle. The Marquis WELLESLEY was expected to leave his residence at Twickenham yesterday afternoon for Dublin. Prince TALLEYRAND left town yesterday afternoon for the Palace at Windsor, on a visit to the KING and QUEEN. Despatches from Lisbon were received yesterday after noon at the Foreign-office. WINDSOR, SEPT. 20. Yesterday their MAJESTIES dined with the Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND at Kew, and took leave of their Royal relations previous to their departure for Germany, where, we understand, they will immediate►y proceed for the purpose of consulting an eminent oculist, in hope of restoring the sight of their son, Prince GEORGE. Their MAJESTIES returned to the Castle at half-past 12 o'clock of night. This afternoon their MAJESTIES rode in the Park. Prince TALLEVRAND and the Duchess de Dix°, and Colonel TAYLOR, are expected to arrive at the Castle this evening to join the Royal dinner party. To-morrow Prince ESTERHAZY and eon and Lord PALMERSTON are expected. The Duke de LEUCHTENBERG, who was said to be in England, under the title of Duke de RE GINA, arrived at Eichstadt on the 7th inst. John Mott, Esq., of Lichfield, has deter mined upon relinquishing the amusements of the turf ; he has been induced to come to this resolution in conse quence of having suffered by some foul play on the part of jockeys. Charles Dicconson, Esq., of Wrightington Hall, purchased the celebrated pack of harriers and several of the best hunters at the recent sale of the stud of Mr. Scarisbrick, Derby. It is expected that Lord Adare will be the Commodore of the Royal Western Irish Yacht Club for the ensuing season. Mr. and Mrs. YATES are still performing at the Brighton Theatre, and hitherto have drawn good houses. Mrs. YATES personated Ellen Wareham i❑ the drama of that name. A correspondent informs us that it was never intended that Mrs. Napier should go by the Soho; she was to have taken her passage by the City of Waterford, but, in consequence of the hurry i❑ which that vessel sailed, the necessary arrangements for her were not com pleted, and she went on board the Superb, which is to sail immediately on the arrival of the Duchess of Terceira from Boulogne. _ _ _ Saturday a large body of fire was discovered by some labourers in the employ of Mr. R. Cridge in one of the ruble hills on Rock Farm, Southmolton. It is of a mineral and particularly sulphurous nature, with which the air is strongly impregnated to a considerable distance. —Western Times. Tuesday Mr. Brown, gardener to C. Rippon, Esq., Stanhope Castle, cut a scarlet Brazilian pine, weigh ing 51b. 40z., the first of that variety fruited in the north of England.—Newcastle Chronicle. We understand that a resident gentleman of fortune, who has long been the life and soul of Killarney, retires shortly in disgust from that romantic region, having received a slight in a certain high quarter when least expected. — Limer i ck Chronicle. _ __ _ _ _ Not less than 5,000 ladies are regularly en gaged i❑ making collections for the Church Missionary Society, by means of Id. subscriptions. The sum thus annually raised amounts to 15,000/. _ _ PARTRIDGE SHOOTING.-Sportsmen in this neighbourhood have not had the best success during the past week. One of them, Mr. George Ashness, in the absence of better game, shot off the end of one of his toes. —Macclesfield Courier. _ The partridges are becoming exceeding wild, which the empty bags of some of our sportsmen in this neighhourhood have for the list few days amply testified. —Lewes Advertiser. A letter inserted in the Memorial Artesien, states that 26 individuals, forming part of the crews of the Boulogne boats driven ashore, have perished, leaving their families in the greatest distress. _ We are assured that the report going the round of the papers, which states that the brother of the Earl of EGREMONT, recently deceased, died worth half a million, is totally void of foundation. He might have left behind him 45,0001. ; and it is probable that another cipher has been added to the above auto by mistake. A lady of Certaldo, named LENZONI ) has purchased the house formerly occupied by Boccacio, which she has restored with the utmost care. In the room he principally occupied she has placed his portrait at full length. In an adjoining cabinet is a splendid book. ca , e, filled with all the editions of his works. An old woman who formerly occupied this chamber, having acci dentally thrown down part of the pannelling, found a great number of manuscripts, which in the fervour of bigotted superstition she immediately committed to the flames. It is not known what has become of fourteen manuscripts on vellum, discovered some years ago on opening the tomb of BOCCACIO, in the church of Certaldo. M. Le Roy, a French artist, has just finished a full-length portrait of the late Admiral Edward Tyrrel Smith, for the.purpose of being placed, with other naval heroes, in Greenwich Hospital. This Gallant Officer was no less than 65 years in his Majesty's navy, and served under Lord Rodney in that celebrated action which ter minated in the destruction of the Spanish fleet. AN Edw.—Echo is to the ear what recol lection is to the mind; each brings back the past, restores lost enjoyments, augments our satisfactions, and enriches our mental store. The mind of man has memory's echo ever at command ; his tongue can, after a lapse of time, recover again sweet sounds ; his declamation can revive eloquence of another age ; the books which he has perused with attention live fresh in his remembrance, and, like echo, speak to him invisibly, and present themselves agai❑ to his view. A few nights ago a gang of seven men, three of whom were dressed in white jackets and white hats, maliciously destroyed the gates and fences on each side of the road leading from Beckenham to Penge Common, more particularly those of Alderrcan Wilson, H. Shute, Esq., Mr. Manning, Mr. Levens, the Rev. Thomas Dale, and Mr. Overy. The scoundrels also destroyed the rails of the bridge over the Chaffinch brook, and the county gate, which they entirely demolished. A reward of 201. has been offered for the apprehension of the offenders. BIRMINGHAII STEAM CARRIAGE. Messrs. Heaton, in a letter to the Editor of the Mecha nics' 211 - agazine, gives the following account of the per formances of their steam-drag :—On Wednesday morning, August 28, at six minutes past 10 o'clock, we set out from our manufactory, in Shadwell-street, with a stage coach 15 cwt. attached to our steam-drag, with 15 people thereon, and took up five others on the Bristol road. With this load we arrived at the Bell Inn, Northfield, near seven miles, in 56 minutes ; stopped there nine minutes for water, and reached the Rose and Crown, at the foot of the hill, 18 minutes before twelve o'clock. Remained there four minutes, and commenced ascending the bill, which is about seven hundred yards long, and rises on an average one yard in nine, and in some pieces one yard in eight. In many places, too, the ground is so soft that the wheels carried a hill of sand before them of near three inches deep. This hill was ascended by the machine, taking the coach and nine persons to the summit in nine minutes. We then took up the friends we had taken from Birmingham, with five in addition, and proceeded on to the market-place in Broomsgrove, and turned the machine and coach round without stopping, and returned back to the Crab Mill Inn, having travelled about 15 miles, where we arrived 27 minutes before one o'clock. We halted there 35 minutes, and set off home. On descending the hill, we thought proper to show our friends, 25 in number riding, that the machine was manageable on the most hillyhroad s, hill. We proceeded b ymaking on a stand n the still Rose o n these and Crown Inn the t a h t atw foeothad, ,) ascending an of th e I,iilal,a,wheriewehd descending onealted2sminute of thes,elated worst hills in the kingdom, established the fact that our machine would travel on any road, however bad. We tarekei n friends up, an d p rocee d e d on to Bir mingham,g other halted ag a i n at the Bell Inn, at Northfleet, eight minutes, andtook three up Worcester-street, an ascent of one yard in twelve, 32 persons, and arrived at the manufactory at 35 minutes past four o'clock, having consumed eleven bushels of coke, value 2s. 6d., and travelled in all about 20 miles." LISBON, SEPT. 6. (From the Times Correspondent.) The enemy made a smart attack at daybreak yes terday morning upon the defensive works in the neighbourhood of St. Sebastian, extending their examination of the lines to the left as far as Cam polide, near the aqueduct. The chief point of assault was a redoubt at the former place, the pos session of which by the enemy would have facili tated their march into the city by the road leading from Bemfica. The quinta of the Marquis de Lou riga' is about half musket shot from this spot, and', its extensive gardens, crowded with evergreens and thick underwood, stretch out to the foot of the eminence on which the redoubt is formed. These circumstances, in addition to the terraced nature of the ground itself, enabled the assailants to approach within 50 yards of the fortification, without being much seen, or exposed to any very serious fire from within the scarcely marked out lines. It was into this retreat that the enemy marched a considerable body of men, who then had nothing more to do than straightway ascend the hillock and gain pos session of the redoubt, it being defended by merely a handful of men. This task was attempted twice, and on each occasion a ricketty column reached within a few paces of the redoubt, but were driven back disheartened by the flash of musketry in their faces, and the heavy reserved fire they were exposed to from other parts of the line the moment they emerged from the concealment of the garden. All this time a tremendous discharge of musketry was kept up by the enemy's force occupying the quinta and garden, as well as from that in front of the lines, as far as Campolide, where they likewise attackad with sufficient courage, but in that scat tered disorderly manner which has been so often tried at Oporto, and found ineffective. This point was defended by the Irish battalion (the only foreign troops engaged), and, I need scarcely add, that the enemy was beaten away from this as from all other quarters. This affair Bourmont will probably call a reconnoissance : if it were one, his officers must have been very near-sighted, or desirous to take a very narrow survey of the line, or they threw a good deal of gallant behaviour away. They galloped about to animate their men in the most impudent manner, and this morning there are 17 dead horses, on all of which officers of the enemy were mounted yester day, strewed about in various directions close in front of the lines. Two wounded horses were cap tured and brought into the city. The enemy's cavalry appeared on the neighbour ing heights, but took no part in the combat, nor did ours pass outside the lines, although they were all ready for action. Colonel Bacon was very desirous to have a dash at them. The Lisbon National Bat talions were under fire for the first time in the trenches, and behaved very well ; indeed, there was nothing like skulking on the part of the inhabitants —all seemed equally anxious to evince their hos tility to their late masters in one way or another. The loss on our side rather exceeds 400 men in killed and wounded; that of the enemy I have no means of ascertaining, but it must have been much more considerable, as, in addition to those who fell in coming up to the attack, they must have suffered to an equal extent in their retreat to their own po sitions. The sth Cacadores made twenty-one pri soners by surrounding a house in the evening. Don Thomas Mascarenhas, who was governor of Oporto at the period of the battle of Ponte Ferreira last year, was killed; General Valdez, the Adjutant- General, had bis arm broken by a musket ball; and several other good officers were killed or wounded. The Emperor was in one of the batteries in the early part of the action, trying his skill in pointing the guns ; but a man being killed within a yard of his side, he was threatened (although Commander-in- Chief) to be put under arrest unless he consented to retire from the field, which he did. During the combat a gallego was intercepted hearing a letter from the Condesa de Povoa to a chief of the opposite party, pointing out the situa tions that were considered by her friends here most favourable for an attempt upon the city. He con fessed his crime, and was shot by a file of soldiers on the spot. This morning half the population of the city has visited the scene of action, the enemy's picquets having retired from its immediate neighbourhood. When I reached the spot they were buisily en gaged in burying the dead and in pulling down stone walls about there, which the enemy had loop holed to cover them in their work of yesterday. About one hundred and sixty of the enemy's dead remained there. As it is not one wound in ten that is almost instantaneously fatal, as those of these poor deluded creatures must have been, an idea may be thence formed of the total number of killed and wounded. One of the bodies, that of a French officer, was said to be the son of Bourmont, who has been slain twice or thrice already; it had light, almost carroty hair, with a little tuft of a beard, something like that of a Charles I.,in Vandyck's tri plicate portrait of him, with remarkably small feet. LISBON, SEPT. 7.—This morning, about seven o'clock, the enemy marched down to the Palace of Ajuda, where Don Pedro held his levee the other day, and occupied with their forces that neighbour hood. Their picquets do not extend so far down as the river, therefore the road along its bank to Belem is still open, but the greater part of that village is in their possession. This being outside the lines, there were no troops to oppose their pro gress, and shortly afterwards a regiment of Migu lite cavalry was reviewed in the fields to the left of the palace. One of this regiment with his horse came over to us, almost as soon as he was placed on picquet. The next proclamation which Don Pedro has to publish for his brother will probably be dated from the palace of Ajuda, where it is said Don Miguel sleeps to-night, that he may assure the country people that he has regained possession of his capital. The steam-boats Countess of Pembroke and George the Fourth are expected with troops from Oporto hourly, but as they still remain out, the marines were landed from the Don John this afternoon. The Government of France has recognized that of Donna Maria, appointiag M. de Lurde (late F th r e erch DiplomaticdiutiesofAiiristeAg Minister untilent in O the ear p r o iv r a to) to exe r cise lofthe Mar quis of—(I forget), who will shortly proceed to this country as Ambassador from the Court of France. The packet which brought out M. de Lurde's cre dentials did not call off Oporto, where that gentle- Loan is, therefore a slight delay has occurred in the official notification of the recognition on the part of that country. The Answer of Admiral Parker to the suggestion of the British merchants, that marines might he landed from the squadron, and placed as a guard over the India-house and Custom-house, as the most important depots of British property, has been received. The Admiral promises to do ell in his power for the protection of the interest of his Britannic Majesty's subjects, but avows that his in structions will not permit him to land the marines, except in the event of a " certain contingency" that is left to be guessed at. The Don John is anchored off Alcantara, the ex treme left of our lines ; the Don Pedro and Raiuha (of the line), off Belem and Fort St. Julian. The Chronica of to-day, No. 38, contains a well-written semi-official account of the action of the sth instant. The desertions from the enemy within the last three days have been between 40 and 50 in the whole. I have heard from a person worthy of confidence, that the Allguelites are short of ammunition, which was the reason they made so little use of their artil lery durin g the late engagement. (FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) LISBON, SEPT. 7.—1 mentioned in my last that Don Miguel's head-quarters were at Cabega de Montachique, w hi c h turns ou t t o h ave b een corr ect, as will be seen by his proclamation of the 2d of September, addressed to the inhabitants of his good city of Lisbon. So little, however, do his threats or promises cause any reason of fear to Don Pedro, that he has ordered it to be publicly circulated, acting thus on a plan far more liberal than his bro ther, whose constant aim has ever been to delude the people by false representations and deceit, the result of which has been to make his bulletins the laughing-stock of Europe, arid to cover him and his partisans with vexation and shame. The deceptions thus practised towards his fol lowers are really so very ridiculous that it is a won der how they can suffer themselves to fall so often into the same snare : thus, not only on the present occasion did he hold out the assurance that the inhabitantsof Lisbon were ready to rise in his favour immediately he should attack the city ; but they came, poor fools, under the impression that they had only to meet In the field the small army from the Algarve, and a few Lisbon volunteers, and that a ,Russian and American fleet were off the Tagus to give an account of Napier's little fleet. Thus buoyed tip have they been brought to within sight of our intrenchments, Don Pedro's army gradually retreating into the lines ; and on Wednesday evening, the 4th instant, the picquets first showed fire, and gave us the declaration of some intended attack ; everybody was therefore at his post during the whole of the night, and true enough at five o'clock on the morning of the sth they came on in considerable force by the road from Campo Pequino, towards the batteries at Arco do Cego and Manique, whilst another force was di rected towards St. Sebastiao da Pedreira and Cam polide, all which positions are the gates of the city, in the centre of our line,and protected by strong batteries and intrenchments thrown up within the city gates. These, although at the present moment very for midable positions, and in a complete state of defence were judiciously chosen by the enemy as our weak est points then ; however, finding the redoubts at Arco do Cego to be too strong, their united force consisting of about 6,000 or 7,000 men, made a formidable attack on the positions at San Sebastian de Pedreira and Campolide. Here the contest was very great, and lasted nearly the whole of the day, the enemy being favoured by the gardens, houses, and strong walls, which cross the valley of Alcan tara in all directions, and which greatly assisted the approach towards our batteries ; they were, how ever, completely repelled on all sides, and at dusk the enemy ceased their fire, and retired during the night, taking with them all their wounded, which must have amounted to a great number, as they lef: four hundred or five hundred dead in the field, and in all are supposed to have 1,200 or 1,300 hors du combat. Several Miguelite officers were killed, names not yet known ; among others a French officer of dis tinction, supposed to be brother of Laroche Jacque lin; others say Baron Clouet's nephew. He was apparently leading on a charge of cavalry, and had actually reached the foot of one of our embank ments, part of an intrenchment in an unfinished state, when he vas shot by a rifleman, and the ca valry immediately fled. The other losses in the Miguelite army were chiefly among the Lamego vo lunteers, who fought bravely. On this side we have had also many severe losses. Among others, Don Thomas di Mascarenhas, and Alexander di Sousa, son of the Conde d'Alva. Dori Pedro nearly lost his life by a cannon ball, whilst standing in one of the batteries pointing a gun. On being urged not to expose himself so needlessly, his reply was that he wished to show good example to the Lisbotsians, and that when they rivalled his Oporto heroes he should then be more cautious. The Duke of Villa Flor bad two horses shot under him, but escaped unhurt. Among the infantry the sth Cagadores suffered most, having had nearly 80 hors du combat. On the whole, Don Pedro's loss may be calculated at about 100 killed and 200 wounded; few or no prisoners were made, as no quarter was given. Thus has ended Bourmont's first attack, for re connoissance it can scarcely be called, although as such the Miguelites attempt to define it. It is sup posed he attacked with about 7,000 men, and we had about 3,000 to repel them, the reserve on neither side being brought forward. _ _ _ _ _ . „ The Lisbon National Guards have behaved well in this their first fire, and the inhabitants of Lisbo►► are not less entitled to great praise ; every thing went on in the city as if nothing had occurred, and perfect confidence in Don Pedro's means of defence seemed to exist. The enemy, it is said, calculated on a rising in their favour. A messenger was caught going out to them with a note from the Condessa da Povoa, stating that they should not reckon on that, but pointing out the weakest part of our line for the attack. The man was immediately shot, and the Countess and some of her household secured for further inquiry. The enemy retired during the night on San Bern fica and Calhariz, leaving their picquets at a short distance from the field of battle; so that on the next day the whole of Lisbon had the opportunity of witnessing the result, and this opportunity has been availed of to strengthen our position still more, by destroying many walls and gardens, which will allow in future of a better range for our guns. To-day the enemy appears to be concentrating his force towards Belem, Ajuda, and Montantos, which are directly opposite the left of our line. Miguel himself is reported to be at the Palace of Ajuda, where he has caused Te Deum to be sung for his glorious victory. Some deserters, in all about 150 or 200, have come over since the battle; they represent the dis content as very great, and that many more would feliow as soon as they had the opportunity. We look forward, however, to another immediate attack, which will probably employ the whole of his force ; but we are prepared here, and our defences on this side are very strong. The deserters positively say they distributed powder and ball to-day to the roops, and the general opinion is they will attack early to-morrow morning. I enclose the copy of another dispatch from Ad miral Parker, alluding to the additional aid be has promised to afford in case of emergency for the pro tection of the wine-stores at Sacarem. Should it therefore be necessary, we presume the property at Lisbon will not be less protected, even, if necessary, by the landing of the marines. No Government bulletin has yet been issued of the battle, but the information above given may be considered very correct. (IROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) LISBON, SEPT. 7.—The inhabitants of this place were two days ago, by daybreak, roused to a scene which had not been witnessed by them for many years, and by most of them never. The prelude to the general attack begun on the sth, at the above-mentioned hour : a division amounting certainly to 4,000 men, infantry and cavalry, directed (as we believe) by Clouet, came to reconnoitre the strength of our fines, for which they paid severely. It appears that their efforts, which were strenuous enough, were excited by the hope of the explosion of a revolution in favour of Don Mi guel, which his partisans intended to prepare by means of a proclamation, which the Emperor, so confident of his popularity, did not hesitate to have inserted in the Chronica. Their greatest strength was displayed in the cen tre of our lines, and, in fact, the weakest part of them; but nothing could surpass the courage and sang-froid with which the sth regiment of cacadores repulsed all their attempts to break through; and we have fortunately to deplore about one hundred of these brave soldiers dead and wounded. Among the first is the son of the Count de Alva (nephew of the Duke of Palmella), who had scarcely reco vered from a wound which he received in Oporto. Our armed inhabitants, also, after they had over come the first shock, showed not only courage but enthusiasm, and towards the evening volunteered to dislodge the enemy from an eminence from which they were making great havoc amongst our troops, arid we saw those who a month ago had scarce had a musket in their hands, charge with the bayonet the old and valiant (as he calls them) sol diers of Don Miguel. Through this successful ef fort of our Guarda Nacional, we were enabled to knock down several houses and walls, which served s f~ r e~r~ :~ .~.i~ the Miguelites as a shelter, and were to us a great (-TN. obstacle. It would be vain to describe the activity tllat Emperor displayed during the whole of the dayir:J l- , - ,nd, in fact, he even pointed several guns, andz:nr ):l '" whilst engaged in pointing one, a workman standing within two paces of him was killed by a cannon ball. Amongst the superior officers, Don Thomas de :%lascarenhas, well known in your city, paid this affair with his life. General Valdez was severely wounded, and the always fortunate Duke of Terceira had his horse killed under him, and several balls in his coat. We can scarcely praise the old warriors of Oporto more than the new-made soldiers of Lisbon, the privates or the officers of all ranks ; in fact, we may truly say that every man did his duty. This experiment made by Don Miguel will most I kely keep him from attacking us again for some time, an event which I again say I do not believe will take place before he is joined by all h;s troops, his heavy artillery, and we have to expect no thing but little skirmishes for several days to come. The loss on our side does not amonnt to less than from 300 to 400 killed and wounded; and we may with safety give double the number as the loss of the enemy. Thus you have an exact narrative of their first a:tempt to try our strength, which they will always find adequate to the force they can display. In our administration there is nothing particular to observe. The Marquis of Belluno was released after twenty-four hours' imprisonment, with an apo logy in the Chronica, which I have reason to believe will not quite satisfy. Several articles, as meat, poultry, eggs, &c., are getting scarce and dear. The official part of the Chronica of this day con tains the recognition of the French and Swedish Go , ernments; both these Powers have already named their Ministers. (From the Chronica 35,) hoo T o he I or o n f te la n y d i a o r-G laying before e ra hi o s f having had Imperial jesty the Duke of Braganza, Regent in the name of the Queen, a printed proclamation, which was found in the possession of a Galician, in the middle of the Commercial-square, received from his Majesty the following order :—" That, in order to show the in habitants of the capital the confidence in them, and to give them a convincing proof of the opinion he had of their loyalty, he (the Intendant) should immediately order to be published in the Chronica the said proclamation," which is to the following effest " PROCLAMATION. ' " Inhabitants of Lisbon and its District,—l am already with you, regardless of every inconvenience, surronnded by my brave army, and the thousands of loyal subjects that accompany me, for my paternal heart could no longer delay the moment of your deliverance. " You have now witnessed the consequences of this in trusive and violent sovereignty, so often proclaimed to you by the rebels. Without the smallest right or the lex,t shadow of legHmacy, it has brought in its train every at rocious crime. You have seen under your own eyes murder, rapine, and conflagrations. This is the happiness which it promised you. Such barbarous proceedings were na turally to be expected from a faction which has no other principles of action but destruction, ruin, sacrilege, blood shed, and the violation of all the rights secured to us by our venerable institutions in church and state. " Inhabitants of Lisbon ! If circumstances did not allow me to afford you that protection which was due to your fidelity, and would have secured your happiness, still rn voluntarydistinguish er error. I betw een willth the effects pardon those who, through weakness, evil advice, and se duction, have followed the path of rebelli on . I w ill my inflexible o f oppressive s exaction bow and n d t o allow them their goods and property if they immediately come and join me, and give me decisive proofs of having, without hesitation, abandoned that miserable faction ; and, on the other hand, I will be inexorable, and will order to be punished, according to law, all such as continue obstinate in putting in practice principles subversive of order and of the security of the state. You have nothing to fear: my brave and faithful army marches in the best order in discipline : its enthusiasm is not directed by resentment or passion, but will only show itself in the defence of my lawful rights to the Throne. " It is time, therefore, for you to decide, if you wish to put an end to your sufferings. I, who am your lawful King, am going to burst your bonds, and my brave army will only be employed against those wretches who have cowardly oppressed you, and still continue obstinate in the ways of iniquity and dishonour. Do you, therefore, like ioyal and faithful vassals, fly to join me, and then confiding in Divine Providence, we will save the altar of our God, and the Throne of your legitimate King, thus giving to the world an example of true heroism, loyalty, and virtue, which it has ever been our pride to maintain. " At our Palace of Monte-chique, the 2d of September, 1833. " THE KING." " Asia, in the Tagus, Sept. 6. " Sr,—Some armed bands of marauders having ap peared at and in the neighbourhood of Sacarem, threaten ing injury to the British wine stores in that direction, I deem it right to acquaint you for the information of mer chants who have property there, that I last night sent an additional body of marines to the Savage, for the purpose of protecting it from any depredation, but not to be lmded except under pressing emergency. I am, however, happy to add that I this morning received from Lieutenant Loney a report that all is secure, and the guerillas retiring. "I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, " NV. PARKER, Rear-Admiral. " J. Meagher, Esq., &c. &c. &c., Lisbon." GERMAN PAPERS. NAPLES, SEPT. 3.—Things have greatly changed here.. It is known that the King takes great pains to dispel the reports that have been spread respecting him, and that he has suddenly become very desirous not to be considered as the promoter of the new ideas. His sole endeavour is to introduce amelioration into the several branches of the administration, and especially to improve the spirits of the army, which is sunk so very low. He will thereby entitle himself to the gratitude of all well disposed persons. His eyes seem to have been opened chiefly by a correspondence between a distinguished deputy at Paris and a Frenchman living in the Roman States. It is said to appear plainly from this correspondence what the object was. The old doc trines of 1793 seem to be revived in this correspondence. It rn ust be c observeda ntbe m thatu much edified the d mostvi bysuch decide d opinions,a adherents andt s o Liberalism will certainly rather look quietly on the course of events than promote their ideas at such a price. How much more must they have worked on the mind of the King, who in the ardour of youth thought he was only promoting what was good. It is important for the tranquillity of Italy the several Governments should act on the same principles and concert together respecting the state of affairs. Otherwise tl e adversaries would have an easy game to play. Unless there should occur some change of sentiments, which unhappily often happens, the present state of things here would so far at least have a favourable effect in the Roman states, as it would serve to relieve them from the burden of foreign troops. Hitherto it would have been dangerous to keep the legation without foreign troops. But if there is more unanimity among the Italian Govern ments, if their mutual distrust is removed, they have means enough to support each other, and to maintain peace in their common country. Italy in this respect greatly resembles Germany, so long as the German Governments had not come to a misunderstanding, and the Diet of the Confederation wanted the force, which pains have latterly been taken to give it, disturbances were everywhere to be found. If the Italians had an institution like the German Diet, the Governments would soon dis play greater energy than they can now do.—Allgemeine Zeitunq, Sept. 15. VIENNA, SEPT. 10.—Five per Cent. Metalliquee, 93; Four per Cent., 83i ; Bank Shares, 1,195. e higohuste,ahimiosreNethitaeiinegsptuyv:,spo•ascseohin: of devising i s a s i t o n t ehrse thei G n ti t i bh l ee d si r ; hall means of aiding labours for the reformation of the abuses of Municipal Corporations. John Dillon, Esq., of the firm of Morri son and Co., in the chair. Several gentlemen, among whom were Mr. C. Pearson, Mr. Fr a nks, Mr. Saul, 11.1 r. Williams (of Watling-st ree t), & c ., addressed t he meeting, and urged the propriety of forming a comm ittee to assist the labours of the Commissioners , who, i t was stated, were not expected to sit in Lond on until after Michaelmas Term. They pointed out the an uses which had lung prevailed in the existing cor p orate bodies, and la u d e d t h e appointment of the Commission, whose p roceedin g s were to he open to the p ublic, as a measure likel y t o be ~.-oduce e e u. tip.. r ointed, the meeting broke up. tive of great benefit. The Committee having b