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PROCLAMATION.

•• Portuguese!—By the Constitutional Charter, to which you
'Live jest sworn, I am appointed to the Regency of these kingdonis
awing the minority of my august niece, our lawful Qucea, Senhora
Mina 51ari3 da Gloria. As the first subject, it is my first duty
t;, put into spaedy and vigorous execution the wise Constitutional
I hurter which has been girlie Irmo his throne to his Portuguese
stitjects by my august bomber, our legitimate King, Scotto,. Don
Pedro IV., whose glorious name is pronounced with admiration,
respect, and astonis:unent, in America, in Europe, and In the whole
world. I shall execute, therefore, and cause to be executed, this
immortal Ceiltututional Code, theouly p:edzc of our piAtical sal-

ration. Unhappy he who °Opuses it. The law will punish
him without pity, and I shall be as inexorable as the law.
" To revive by all possible means our ancient prosperity and
glory, to encourage the arts and sciences, to promote agriculture,
commerce, and industry ; in a word, to employ all the-means that
are calculated to make a nation happy, which is worthy of being
oaf such is my sacred duty, such is my ambition. 0 Portuguese
I have nether; and if, as you know, I have hitherto sacrificed my
health for the good of the country, I will sacrifice myself, if such a
sacrifice be necessary, to the good of the State. And Where is the
Portuguese worthy of that glorious name who does not willingly
join his Regent in such noble sentiments ?
" Portugunte let us imitate our ancestors, anti we shall be as
they were, by their immortal deeds, the wonder of Europe and of
the world. Colon and obedience to the laws, and we shall be
happy ; and when I shall deliver up the government of these king.
dons to our legitimate Sovereign, Senhora Donna Marti de Gloria.
I 3411 be able to say to her with truth, and with the purest delight,
Senhora, you are going to govern a noble nation, always
faithful, always attached to its legitimate Stymies. It was un.
happy, because the Genius of Evil found among the Ponnguese a
boa and protracted asylum. Rot the wise political institutions
saidelvour august father our King graciously granted us, casting
fat hole us the monster, laid the most solid foundation of felicity
and Rimy. I raised the edifice of out good fortune as far as I WAS
able, assisted by the whole nation ; but its completion is reserved
for yoga Majesty. Read and meditate, as is fitting the truly heroic
history of Natural. No reading will he more useful to you. Imi-
tate modal which it presents to you in the difficult art of reigning.
Imitate them, Senhora, and you will he the delight of the
Portuguese. who, to the remotest posterity, will repeat, with
volitect, love, gratitude, and benedictions, the name of your autou .
father and yours.'
" Portuguese! 'Union and obedience to the laws. bet us imitate
the heroic virtues of our ancestors, and we shall be as they were.—
the wonder and admihtipo of the universe. •
Giventt the Pakedof Nowa Senhora dii Ajuda. Aug. 1.18•201.
(Lisbon Gaz. Aug. I.) ' " The INFANTA REGENT."
[The Moils and Coors Authentipte not published, the 15th (the
Assumption), being a holiday.]
Extract of a private !ctn.'', dated Napoli di Romania, June Ur—
" Our affairs are not yet in a desperate 'sedition. We have oda
amongst us virtuous citizens, who know how to animate the anion
of oat soldiers ; and our warriors are not deaf to the country's
call. The actual state of our city recalls to our remembrance the
glorious times of ancient Greece. All the soldiers, the citizens,
and wee the women and children, assemble every morning in the
Public square, and listen attentively to the speeches of our orators,
who stake known to them their dangers and their duties. George
Oensdios, long known in Greece by his vast erudition, his high
sentiments, and his irresistible eloquence, has been long admired
by the people, and was one of the earliest instigators of the revolu-
tion. In an early speech he had made known the critical situation
of the cottutry, the imminent dangers which hung over it, the bent.
tits which are to be reaped from independence, and the shame, the
alirininint, and the misfortunes, which would allow the success of
the Arabs. What could we hope,' said he, 'from those natural
anomim of Greece? Do not the innocent victims of Missolonghi
point out the path you are to follow, and the end which awaits you
if you do not tight ? Defenders of your country !do not forget the
wenurable and glorious day in which we were deprived of a hero
whilst arresting on the borders of the Achelous the progress of the
bwbatous hordesof Se x!rians and Albanians. You ask for money
to leave to your families? Well, let all who are present deposit
here theirofferings, and I will be the first to give up all my for.
tone, which in contained in this purse.' After this speech, enthu.
steam rose high ; 300,000 francs were raised in the course of a few
hours. Nevertheless, some malcontents continued murmuring, and
requiring their arrears. Next day, the eau square of the town was
again tilled with people who came to listen to their orators. Gene-
aloe, at the head of 300 pupils of the Laneasterlan school, appeared
among the crowd, who were Impatient to hear his voice. He placed
on an elevated seat one of the children, who, with tears in his eyes,
invoked ths courage of the palicars in behalf of the country ; ' but
if; added he, by your indifference you fall into apostacy, may the
impvecations of Ilesven and of the world fall on your heads!' The
women joined the children in repeating the last phrase.' Success
has attended all these generous proceedings. The soldiers, whose
chiefs had refused to march against the enemy before they had re-
ceived their pay. united themsslves to the corps of Tsavelaa and the
other patriots, 3000 of whom left Napoli di Romania on the 23d,
and die rest were to follow them three days after."
Benr.isr, Avo.s.
According to reports generally credited, it seems that wilt a he
Duke of Wellington was at St. Petersburgia, a treaty was coo.
eluded between Russia, Great Britain, and Prussia, concerning all
the great gumboot; of general policy which at present engage the
attention of all the Cabinets, and on which a declaration of these
three Pewees will be published immediately after the coronation of
the Emperor Nicholas. This ceremony MS at fiat fixed fur the
month of July. and then jolt off till September, on account of the
death of the Emmett. Elizabeth ; but a new Imperial resolutioni
has now appointed a less distant time, and it will infallibly take
place about the middle of August.
From these data, t:te autitentleity of which is not called in nor

dam by the politic Cans of thisespitid it must be rammed tha
declaration which the three Powers are going to issue, Anil
is to appear at no remote period, will embrace the affairs of Areas'
rica, as well as those of Europe, and consequently the
future destinies of Turkey and Greece. But it would evidently
he indulging in idle conjectures to think of determining beforehand
the conditions of en act of such vast importance. All we can yen.
turn on this subject is to express a hope that the fate of the heroic
Greeks, which constantly interests all generous minds, will be fixed
in such a manner as to fulfil the wishes which the latter form for
them. especially since the report gains ground of the speedy recall
of Count Capo de'lstria. Now we have just learnt that this
illustrious defender of the cause of the Greeks, who is now at
Frankfort, will come to this city, where it is said he has already had
a residence taken for some months, and where he seems to intend to
wait for the final orders of his august master. Simultaneously
with this consoling idea, an afflicting fact presents itself. Strict
Investigations are going to he made in the country, to discover the
pretended accomplices of the plot which has (ailed in Russia, and
which, according to our visionaries, must have ramifications all
over Europe;—Le Bar.

BRUSSELS, AUG. 19.

It seems certain that our relations with tl7e(;;;;taßome have
lately become much more friendly. It is affirmed that a Concordat
will soon be signed between our Government and the Papal See.
AUGUST 14.

A letter from Frankfort, of flth Mot, announces an important
and speedy change in the policy of the North with respect to the
Greeks. The details are promised us.
It seems, that what has been said of the arrival of the Count de
Survilliers in this city 11:4 premature; some circumstances that
have been related are founded on false report*.
An Austrian Courier from London has arrived, on his way to
Spa and Johannisberg.

FRANKFORT, AUG. U.
Prince Metternich arrived here this evening, and goes to4norror
to Johannisberg.
,1 EitDA m, At: O. lb.—Exchange on London, 40. 10
Tw•o Months, 40. 7.

It will be seen, by our Assize Intelligence from Lan-
caster, that application has been made by Mr. SCARLETT
to the Court for the postponement of the trial of Mr.
Wm. WARP El Eli), but that Mr. Justice PARK, after a
very long argument by Counsel, did consider any of
the grounds urged on behalf of the defendant sufficient to
require him to grant the application. His Lordship, how-
ever, expressed his readiness to put it off for a month, in
order to give the Jury time to wean their minds from any
prejudices which might have been excited by the different
articles in the provincial journals ; but Mr. SC ARLETT
did not press the Court upon that point. Nte day is. yet
fixed for the trial, but it is expected to take place on Fri-
day, should the rioters have all been tried by that day.

Some of our contemporaries have latterly indulged in a
strain of malicious comment upon the language that has
now and then fallen from the two eminent and learned
Judges who preside in the Court of Chancery ; and, by an
acuteness of perception peculiarly their own, have disco-
vered that there exists between those two great men a spirit
of acerbity and of personal ill-will, which it is impossible
for them to restrain, evi 11 while they arc on the judgment-
seat. To those who only form their opinions of things by
what they read in the columns of a newspaper, it may ap-
pear that the writer is exercising an ungrateful but indis-
pensable duty when reniaiking upon these assumed frailties
of temper tlisppyed by persons filling such exalted
stations, and may therefore be led to acquiesce in the
i propriety of the observations which are made upon it.
Hut whatever may be the dignity of an Editor, and
however loth we may be to compromise it, there is

something more dignified still—and that is truth. When
words which are uncivil with the purest intention of
conveying that meaning only which the fair import of them
expresses, are purposely forced upon the attention of the
rcadaeby means of suppression of other words, and by the
aid of italics.; and when, forsooth, the garrulous vanity of
a long-stand:og shall imminently make remarks
dip, are ihtentled to create a smile, and that out of court •sy

THE BRITISH PRESS•

such smile is therefore given, what shall be said of the
candour or dignity of the person who avails himself of
these thing for the purpose of writing a tirade of abuse,
hypocritically pretending, all the while, to lament the ex-
istence of an animosity which the smile and the words in
italics betray ? No character can be more detestable than that
which sits watching the very movement of the lips, in order
10 interpret the emotions of the mind, fur the purpose of
seeking ground of accusation. The thumb-screw of the
Holy Inquisitor is not a more unjust process of arriving at
the truth. We have left unnoticed the repeated perver-
sions of the Chronicle, of what has occurred between the
LORD CHANCELLOR and his Honour the Vies-Cita:s-
-e maxis, because, knowing the object of the writer, we
felt assured that the indignation of all honourable minds
would frustrate it; but we cannot help noticing the article
in that paper of yesterday. It speaks of the " inconve-
nient and unsatisfactory mode' in which the two elevated
personages conduct their warfatc at present ;" and, in its
own pure phraseology, proposes " that the battle should
be fought out in a fair way," for, " if the parties were
allowed to fight it out in a smart conflict, they would pro-
bably be as quietly disposed towards each other afterwards,
as a couple of school-boys after a smart set-to." These
observations, the writer says, are elicited from him by the
proceedings in Cheer yesterday, and he then quotes as
follows:
" Ilis Howorra's'eatiarwss, this the bankrept be at liberty to
proceed with the action, soil refused to supersede the Commission.
" The Loan CHANCELLOR asked why his 110 SOUR bad di-
rected the vtiort to be tried ?"—Vo direct answer having been
given, his Losiasuir repeated the question.)—Mr. Mat said,
"he could not answer it. He had a difficulty in answering fbr
himself sometimes, much more for others." ilia Lordship added,
significantly, '6 lie only thought some Learned Counsel might
have been in possession of the reason which governed his 11o:soya
in making such an order. He professed that he was wholly unable
to understand it."
Now, by this mode of reporting the case, it certainly
would seem that the Loan t;ItANCELt.oe really meant
something significantly, or, in plain terms, that his Lord-
ship intended :to insinuate that the Vice-CHANCELLOR'S
order was made without any reason at all. how different,
however, was the fact as it occurred ! After the question
was asked by his Lordship, Mr. HEAL» referred to Mr.
HART, and that gentleman referred to Mr. HEALD:
neither of them appearing to know much about the mat-
ter, the order of the Viea-CHANCEL LOR having been
made more than three years ago. On his Lordship's re-
peating the question, Mr. HART, in a somewhat hasty
manner, rose and said—" Am I here, my Lord, to answer
for my brother, or my relation, or for any body but my-
self? How can I tell ? It is a difficult matter to answer
for myself sometimes, mach more for others." The tone
in which this was addressed to his Lordship, appeared
somewhat petulant ; and, but for the constitutional Oleg,
madam of the Learned Counsel, would probably have
been more obvious. It was impossible, therefore, for his
Lordship to avoid answering it, and the terms of that
answer appear to un to be the most natural and proper
that could be used cat the occasion, namely, " I only
thought some Learned Counsel might have been in posses-
sion of the reason which governed his Honour in making
such order." What could his Lordship say less? And
yet the ingenuity of the Chronilee would extract from
these words a something poignant and sarcastic, and that
was calculated to give vent to a pent-up feeling of
on the part of his Lordship towards the Vice-CHAN-
CELLOR. Such is the perversion of lauguage used by those
who, fir party purposes, endeavour to scandalize the highest
judicial mithenty 04* It-alts-
CITY,TneasnAT EVENING.
The English Stock Market has displayed but little energy
during to-day. Consols opened at 7641 at which price
they remained stationary : eventually they fell, however, to
78i 1 for this Account, and there were sellers at 78/ for
the next. The portion of business done, it is necessary to
say, has been upon a most limited scale. Exchequer
Bills and India Bonds are gradually regaining their station
in the Market, the former being at I 6s. and the latter at 255.
premium. A report was in circulation that news had ar-
rived from India; on inquiry, however, it did not turn out
to have come suiliciently direct to have any effect on the
Market ; inasmuch as it was promulgated on the authority
of the Philadelphia Paper of the tell July, which states
that a passenger on board the New England, from Calcutta,
spoke the Enterprise, steam-vessel, off the Hooghly, on the
4th March, and was informed that Sir ARCHIBALD CAM 1,.
set.t. had arrived at Ava, and had sent an intimation to
the KING, that unless the terms of the treaty, previously
arranged with his officers, were ratified within twenty-
four hours, he would destroy the city. The letter con-
cludes by stating that this, it was presumed, would termi-
unate the war. A conclusion devoutly to he wished !
In the Foreign Market Mexican and Colombian Bonds
have again excited considerable attention. The accounts
from Mexico are stated to be satisfactory, and it is posi-
tively asserted that Commodore Pontes has taken the com-
mand of their marine. The accounts also mention that
M. POI NSETT would succeed in making a good treaty
with the Government of Mexico, without the exception
which had been b, fore so strongly pressed. Mexican
Bonds, after numerous transactions, varying about 2 per
cent., closed at 461. Colombian also advanced to 33.
The latest information from La Guayra is dated the 141
July, up to which period every thing remained quiet.
BOLIVAR was not expected at that place for some con-
siderable period, and the advance of Beestcoez against
Pats is said to be without foundation. It is quite clear
that uninterrupted prosperity cannot be expected in these
rising States, and, therefore, these securities, under the
best circumstances, will be liable to considerable fluctua-
tion, even though the default in the payment of the divi-
dends should be overcome ; while their arrival can alone
remove the present cloud that overshadows this description
& stock. In consequence of a very large purchase made in
allareek-Hatails.(3o,cutti.),sherivent up to 13 j ; but the trans.
action in question was the only cause, and which did not
appear to be supported by any information from the seat
of war. In Shares there is hardly a quotation to be
given ; Brazilian have receded to 13 pm.
The market in Mincing-lane to-day has been very
steady, at prices not inferior to last; and the gloom which
pervaded this branch of trade is gradually disappearing.
The letters from the manufacturing districts do not
state any new facts; and judging from the tenor of them,
making the necessary allowances for the different impres-
sions under which they were written, things appeat much
in the same state. Mr. M'AnAst has arrived at blanches-
I ter, for the purpose of pointing out situations where alte-
rations may be usefully made in the roads, and upon
which it is contemplated to employ many thousands of the
labourers at present out of employ. Though many per-
sons Islay differ upon the manner its which employment
should be afforded, it is quite clear that though breaking
of stones may nut be the most desirable, it is at least
better than a state of idleness: and no doubt the unfortu-
nate individuals in question will gladly avail themselves of
any opportunities that may be afforded them of bettering
their condition by temporary means, until the arrival of
a more prosperous period.

DISTRESSED PRINTERS.-00 Saturday last, some
friends of the printing business had an excursion to the
Nore, for the purpose of aiding the subscription now rais-
ing for those out of employ, which are stated to be 800.
We are glad to hear that 43/. were added to the stock on
the occasion. Mrs. H. More has, we hear, with that libe-
rality which characterises her conduct, sent 10/. for the
same object, which example, we hope, will be extensively
followed by those whp have profited by the labours of the
tlistreLsed.