The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-23 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

The subjoined intelligence from Lisbon has just relic";
us by the Braganza steamer, which arrived at Fainl°llar
with the Peninsular mails; her dates are from Gibrval;lo,o
and Cadiz 13th, Lisbon 15th, Oporto IGth, and fro
the 18th instant :
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LISBON, APRIL 15.—The Ministerial crisis continuer;
no less than five Senators and nine Deputies, in all fiber
teen gentlemen, were commissioned on Friday by me
Majesty, to meet and agree upon the sort of progrs—nest
which should be submitted for the guidance of th„Q
Administration, Messrs. J. C. Campo, Viera de Lica-the
and Manuel Passos, representing the left side ed
Loh
House of Deputies; J. A. de Magalhaes, J. A. de Agrvol.
and Siebra representing the right side, and Messrs-
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l
mado, Garrett, and Cesar Vasconeellos on behalf of the sets
fraction called the Ordeiro or Doctrinnaire Partftvhiree
among the number. It would appear that the firs" tiorsr
named gentlemen, immediately upon meeting the 0; the
declared that they had no programme to offer, beeanswa to
Constitution of 1838 was all that they "11,ttture
uphold, and both the Ministers as well as the Leg t:010.
had its prerogatives and duties properly pointed out t',oolo
I know not what resolution the other gentlemen bale
to, but it was to have been conveyed to her o'-i Ss
about an hour since. The opinion, that Viseeni° jaw
da Bar,deira, the present Prime Minister, MO foosl
tonic. de Carvalho, the Minister of Finance, and t the
of their colleagues, will remain in office, and theraid,
sittings of the Chambers will be suspended, gains grc°Neee
and it is, perhaps, the best alternative to which the t
can resort. The monied interest appears anxious thfaectli
change should be made. The capital continues Perd
quiet, and the same favourable report may be conveY;polv
garding every other city in the kingdom ; no sort o The
tical excitement is perceivable in the public mind; it 10°
fact is, that the farmers have had a good year 01 tbef
season, their produce fetching eery fair prices, an. yesr
confidently look forward to a very favourable crop tnlik'"
ate
No (Pees
2 less than 30 Guerillas were killed by the s.
troops on the 11th inst. at the Monte de Parrelf,s'ose
more on the 12th at Benevilla ; together with 17 roe oe
taken, and four more, with as many horses at Char° oPe
the 12th inst. ; and a friend of mine from the Wart; de'
assures me just now that the official information of tholo°
feat of another band of 30 in the Algarvcs, with t"
of 19 killed, has this morning been received. 4,, se,
Lord and Lady Canning arrived here on the B"vibene;
they proceeded on the 11th to St. Übes, from thee
the'
they returned yesterday in time to be presented t
Majesties last evening at the Necessidades. atilt 'lf'
Her Majesty's ship Implacable, 74, from Plyo'
rived yesterday at noon. h 09'7
The Tagus, with the London mail of the 6t- resPe
and Braganza, with the Mediterranean mad, nceedei,
tively arrived on the 12th and 14th, and pt.-. 13t"'
on to their destination, the first-named on hour'
add the other will do so within half too par'
Count Das Antas, and the Duke of Terceira, Pdiiiiser°'
ticular attention to General Cordova, givingoo;
Esc., and his Excellency was present:on Saturday ea Corp,
at the amateur performances which the Nobility an. fr°°
Diplomatique are giving at the house of the Marq'
Seas
teira, near Becafica. the
The Minister of Foreign Affairs has sent to 1.64 thi
the promised correspondence and documents NO
projected treaty with Great Britain for the effect°
tion of the traffic in slaves.
The Exchanges on London is 551 d. a 551 a• to the 11;
The Count D. Ponte, jun., is about leading Lot Arlo
meneal altar the accomplished daughter of C° a suet
Real, and niece of the Duke of Palmella—it is
highly approved of in the fashionable world.

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It is stated in the Sunderland Herald la
bousAc
the benefit of the stage manager of that tovrn, "
was so densely crowded, that the audience were c°01413"
to laugh perpendicularly, there being no possible
for a lateral cachinnation." ia
THE LONDON FRUIT SALESNIEI,..- , e.
day some persons connected with the above business' e.
a public meeting at the London Coffee-house, '"ouori,.9;
hill, for the purpose of settling and sionlegra,,Tsur,.,°,
in order to be presented to the Lords orthe r;ars,
a repeal of the present duty on foreign apples,
and lieu thereof to impose a' " protecting dutY,rlol4",,
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ADDI"
An application was last week made by Mr. 11°11nel.guill'
Queen's Bench, Dublin, to set aside the verdict ()ow ta
found last term in the cause of Hannah Jane ,!jutift
Peter Yore, a stable boy, who married the
he ""rothe"
a young lady of fortune, without the consent rti,e
h
The grounds of Mr. Helmes'a ap[lication were,ose,
direction of the judge (Crompton) who tried were The de-
direction
inadmissibility of Miss Tucker as a witness.
gi _anted
fendant remains over for judgment. The Court
conditional rule. -tution9.flll-af
THE CITY POOR.—Cases of oesti city')
applications for casual relief, greatly diminish ir!!'_f tuagisl
London. The vigorous course pursued by the chei_efor thr,
P
trate, in compelling the parochial officers toi
duties which were in many instances inhuman
has been attended with the best consequveen' u
bone- °oh
guardians of the city of London union htir,
,or.
responded to the sentimen s of the Lord ya)o doubt,
I human suffering has been alleviated, and doubt,
many cases, life has been saved, andutnh:it,
the example has pervaded the surro t, r the
country at large. ayment ° „hen
A Correspondent asks why 'he P
soptiy,
duty on paper should called for so p tbe
mand ; while a delay of months is, very prol
there is always a stock on the premises to a
jacii:r,, allows
in that of hops?—illoraing Herald. no.oroantioir;
and

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