The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-06-26 00:00:00

FIRST DECREE.

Whereas it is fitting, both for the good of the Portuguese Mo-
narchy, and on account of the respect due to the Royal therees,
oat the Regency created by the decree of my august father, of
g:orious memory, dated the 6th March of the present year, should
be continued, I have thought good to confirm the maid Regency,
Which shall govern till the installation of her wham I shall name in
the Constitutional Charter of the Portuguese Alonsrchy, which lam
about to grant Immediately. The said Regency is to understand
and execute this accordingly.
Palace of Rio Janeiro, April 26. 18t1.6.
Signed by Don PEDRO, as King of Portugal.
SECOND DECREE.

Wishing to diatingnish my reign in Portuguese history (my
?sign.) Shelving what are my principles of humanity—and using
one of the highest prerogatives of royal:),— I have thought good to
grant an amnesty to all the Portuguese, who may he confined, put
or their trial, exiled or prosecuted for their political opinions up to
Li, date of my royal decree; pardoning also all crimes of desertion
wto-ther simple or complicated as well as all criminals condemned
to three years of forced labour, to transportatio , or to imprison-
wont—within or without the kingdom, and also all those who may
trs in similar circumstances and have only three years of their
punishment still to suffer, whatever their crimes may be. The
Regency of the kingdom shall understand and execute this acawd-
ingiy, sending suitable ordcrs to the different authorities.
VaLace of Rio Janeiro, 27th April. 11126.
Signed by Dog PEnito as King of Portugal.
ACT OF ABDICATION.

Doe Pedro, by the grace of God, King of Portugal and the
Algarve', of the mete beyond sea in AMea, land of Guinea,
a the Conquest, Navigation, and Commerce of Ethiopia, Arabia
road Persia India, &c. I give notice to all my Portnyo subject!,
that it being incompatible with the interests of rite empire of
Brazil and those of the kingdom of Portugal, that I should con.
tame to be King of Portugal, the Algarves, and their dcpenden.
(-Is, and wishing by all means in my power to render these estates
1 .L;#py, I have thought good, of my own suggestion, and by
n. 7 own free will, to abdicate and cede all the indisputable and
incontestible rights which I possess to the Crown of the
Portuguese monarchy, and to the sovereignty of the said
kingdoms, to my well-beloved, esteemed, and very dear dough-
tee the Princessof Gran Para, Dona Maria do Gloria, in
vr!er that as reigning Queen she may govern this empire in
aa independent manner, and by the constitution which I have
thought good to.4lcerer, grant, and cause to be sworn to by the
arta de Lei of the 12c1 April of the present year ; and farther it
it soy pleasure that my daughter above-mentioned, the reigning
Qom of Portugal, shall not depart from the empire of Breed, till
1 know officially that the oath has been taken to the Constitution,
teeliennably to what I have ordered, and till the espousal preli.
utiaary to the union which I intend to cause her to contract with
my well-beloved and esteemed brother Don Miguel shall have
taken place, and till the marriage shall have been concluded. And
mf abdic itiOD and cession shall not be carried into effect if any one
or these conditions be wanting. For this reason, I order all the
al.tborities to whose knowledge this my present Carla Ile LA shall
4.4 me, to cause it to be published, in order that my present determi-
nation may be known by all my Portuguese subjects. The R egency of
my said kingdoms shall understand it aecordirgly,and shall cause it to
i.e printed and published in the most authentic manner, in order that
it., oontents may be completely executed, and it ddl have the came
force me an order passed in Chancery, although it is not so passed, is
consequence of a contrary order that it should not be so passed, which
circumstance I have thought good to dispense with; yet It shall coo-
l17:ue in force, notwithstanding the want of a countersign and other
usual formalities, with which I am also pleased to dispense.
C•ren at the Palace of Rio Janeiro, the 2d May, the year of the
bath of our haviusuJ. C. IttAl.

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(Signed) THE KING.
1 *snot FuNns.—Patas, JII v►93.—Fi reper Cents, 981 90c.;
J pee Cents. 66i. 38e. ; Bank Stock, 11065 f. ; Neapolitan Hewn.
74E 004.; Royal Spanish bum. 474; Exchange on London—One
*oath, nr. ; three moths, Srac.

German Papers to the 19th instant have been received.
We observe in them nothing of importance, with the ex-
ception of the news from Constantinople in another part of
our Paper.

A correspondent in:the South of Ireland informs us that
the crops have bees already seriously injured by the un-
paralleled drought, which prevails in that hitherto re-
markably humid climate. Ile states, that for the last six
weeks there bas been 'little or no rain, and that if the
country is not blessed with some genial showers, the hopes
of the husbandman must he totally destroyed. The prospects
of the agricultural population in that part of the United
Kingdom will be most deplorable, if the distress produced
by the failure of one of the local banks, some months ago,
shall be aggravated by the con comitanthorrors of scarcity and
famine. Accaunts of a similar nature, concerning the want of
rain, have been rec?ived from the neighbourhood of Glasgow.
We ardently hope that the gloomy anticipations formed in
consequence of these reports respecting the harvest, will
not be realized to the extent which has been apprehended ;
'but whatever be the event, we have reason to rejoice at
the foresight of our Government, which has provided
legislative measures that will enable them, if any failure
of the crops 'should unfortunately take place, to alleviate
the distress of the lower orders, by the importation of
foreign grain.

CITY, SATURDAY EVENING.

This has been observed as a close holiday at the Bank, and the
English and Foreign Stock Markets. The attendance of the spe-
culators on the Royal Exchange has been more numerous, on ac-
count of the agitated Stare of the market yesterday ; but the
variation in the prices has been very limited. The shutting of the
market was attended with more inconvenience, as a great number
of options were to have been declared. A question arose, whether
these options, this being a holiday, would become null and void ;
but this sort of business not being recognized by the Committee,
the dealers had to settle among themselves the proper course to be
pursued. It appeared to be the general feeling, that the options
ought to be allowed to be brought into operation, and three o'clock
in the afternoon was fixed for settling them, or three quarters of an
hour earlier than when the Stock Market is open.
By ten o'clock this morning the speculators began to assemble
and as a good deal of business was done in Consols for Account
yesterday after the Market closed, Consols for a time became
feverish at 79i and 794, being an advance of' 4 per cent.; at three
o'clock it was a.certained that the options were chiefly at quotations
above the current price of Consols, and the last bargains were at
791 and 791. In Reduced Annuities there has been nothing doing,
and they are nominally 7811 for the first transfcr.day in next
week. The 4 per Cent. is at 1 per cent. premium.
The Foreign Securities to-day have attracted very little attention
Mexican Bonds, of which the supply appears to be more than
equal to the demand, have fallen frem 354 to 541; and up to the
end of the day no re-action whatever occurred in it. Colombian
Bonds were quoted early at 374, but left off at 37. Russian and
Danish Bond. may also be quoted rather lower, but the decline ha
not exceeded 4 pa cent.

WINDSOR, Jefet .75.—This morning his Majesty, at-
tended by his suite, took his daily airing in his phaeton. and pro-
ceeded to the Castle, and inspected the different works. The King
left the Castle about four o'clock, and proceeded through the grove
of trees up the long walk to the Royal Lodge. Great numbers of
visitors are now iu Windsor, both to see the King and to witness
the extensive Improvements at the Castle, which are in a state
of very great forwardness.
We are happy to say the Duke of York was so much
better, on Saturday as to be able to leave his house in South
Audley-street, soon after four o'clock, fur Mr. Greenwood's villa
3t Brompton, Mr. Greenwood having accommodated his Royal
Highness with the loan of it for the enjoyment of the change of
air. Yesterday the Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Augusta,
and the Princess Sophia, visited their Royal Brother.
Ytstertlay morning the Princess Augusta attended divine
service at the Chapel Royal.
The Gozrtte. of Saturday night contains a letter from
Capt. Hamilton to Sir harry Neale, enclosing a Report from
t apt. How Johnstone, of his Majesty's sloop Murky, of the de.
struction of tour piratical vessels on the 9th sod 10th April last,
under the Greek Islands of Ipsara and Andros.
The East India Company's Ship Marquis Camden, out-
ward-bound, was all well on the 21,t April, in lat. 1. N. long.
20 W.

Oo Saturday, the despatches were dosed at the East
India House. and delivered to the Muter!' of the following ships,
viz.—Cambridge, for Madras and Bengal ; and Isabella and
3lofFat, for China direct.

A very extensive fire broke out on Saturday night in
Prince's-street, Westminster. Three houses were entirely con.
Burned, and several others injured. By this distressing event a
number of families have been suddenly deprived of sll the pro-
perty they possessed; as the inhabitants of the houses destroyed
are principally mechanics, whose furniture was uninsured.
The hay harvest commenced in the neighbourhood of
Nottingham Nit week. Many acres have been cut and carried in
the Trent meadows. The crop is thin, but of good quality, and
from the fineness of the weather, may be said to make ioelt with.
out labour. In the neighbourhood of Lincoln, and particularly on
the Heath between this city and Sleaford, there is positively no
grass, no rain having fallen since Lincoln April fair. The corn
crops also are very detective from the drought.
The hay harvcat is partially `vegan at Stirling, and
should the present drought continue, .t will be pretty general this
week. We do not remember observing a lighter crop these number
of years back. In the Cartes, with the exception of some fields be-
longing to William Murray, Esq. Polinaise, which promise per-
haps 240 to 31* stones an acre, we observe none that will much
exceed 180, and much of it will be under that. In the dry fields
it does not promise much above 100 stones at an average.—Glasgow
Chronicle.

The hay harvest has partially commenced around us,
but we are sorry to say with the prospect, speaking generally, of a
very defective crop. So light a swath of grass as now awaits the
sickle in this neighbourhood is not within our recollection, and the
consequence will be severely felt by many ; upon the hilly light
soils, it is really barely worth the labour of mowing and carrying.
The wheats are displaying the ear, and favourably upon the whole;
but oats, beans, and peas, must inevitably be of short produce,
unless rain speedily conies. We learn, however, that although so
little rain has fallen in this vicinity, there have been some heavy
and beneficial showers in various parts of the kingdom.—licreford
Journal.

INCREASE OF CRIMES.—There were no less than
twenty-two prisoners conveyed to Newgate CO Saturday, for trial at
the present Session ; • number almost unprecedented, and equal to
the numbers for trial at some of the Assize. Several of them are
committed are committed for capital offences.
FIVE FAMILIES POISONED.—The neighbourhood of
Bridge Field was thrown into great confusion on Tuesday after-
noon, by • report that the, family of John Dalton, a labouring
man, residing in Throstle-grove, had been poisoned. As fares we
have been able to ascertain, the following are the facts from which
the report originated. On Monday a woman named Elizabeth
Neale. called st Dalton's house with some veal, which she
offered for sale. A joint of this veal Dalton purchased, and
had it cooked on Tuesday for the family's dinner. His son Wil-
liam remarked while they were eating it, that he did not think it
was good, but no further notice was taken of the circumstance un.
til the afternoon, when the whole tamily, consisting of father and
fonr children, were seized with violent pains in the stomach, sick-
ness, and a strong inclination to vomit. These symptoms increased
to such an alarming degree, that it was thought advisable to have
recourse to medical assistance, and a surgeon was sent for. He
immediately adopted means for their relief, and they were put to
bed, where they all remain in a most deplorable state. The family
of Samuel Berresford, in Ileaton-lane, dined on another joint of
the same calf and were 311 attacked in the same manner. Three of
them arc confined to their beds, and the other three, although not so
violently affected, are still suffering front the effects of this deadly
food. Three other families, one in Heaton-lane, one on Lancashire-
hill, and one in Park-street, purchased veal from the same woman,
and have all been attacked, more or less violently, with similar
symptoms. Elizabeth Neale, the woman who sold the veal, states
that she bought it from a wholesale dealer named Salt. It is sup-
posed that the calf must have taken something to produce mortifi-
cation, which led to such a melancholy result. An event nearly si-
milar to the above took place in the county of Cork last week. A
man named Shea had a heifer calf rearing, which died on iVednes.
day. Shea had it dressed that evening for his family, who ate of it,
as did some of the neighbours, to the number of twelve persons.
They were all taken ill that night, and Shea's son, a lad 19 years
of age, died on Saturday ; woman who partook of it died on
Sunday, and the remaining ten are so ill that little hopes are enter-
tamed of their recovery.—Stockport Advert4ser.
Now the elections are nearly over, the important question
for Candidates is, how to be reimbursed ? and for the Electors, how
to improve the favours received ? Both sides may easily gratify
their wishes, and secure their independence, by one, two, or three
of the six thirty thousands in this last of all Lotteries, which must
be decided in one day, Tuesday, 18th July, when all Lotteries end
for es, r.

On Monday last, about 20 acres of wood belonging to
Mr. &cher, of Mallow, were accidentally destroyed by
fire.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

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