The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-07 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS from PORTUGAL.

(Front a Seeord Edition of the Morning Post.)
LISBON, MARCH 1. Eight o'clock, A.M.
The Ts:;no steamer with the London mail of the 23d
ult. is jteLt ir. Tula goes per the Royal Tar, which arrived
f •ont Gibrole:r on Wednesday, arid proceeds to London.
• The negotiations between this country and Spain for
feettr,ie regulations, trader which the navigation of the
Douro river to Spanier.ls, as well as the transit of Spanish
produce. for shipment at Oporto, was to be sanctioned, is
coeforrnity with the treaty concluded three years since,
i;..vo been suspended ; and, if I am correctly informed,
it is leear.s.e the Portuguese Government have de-
weeded, in return, that the town and fortress of
Olivene t shall be restored to Portugal. It is not there-
tet-e with Ene,laud alone that pending negotiations have
teeetibreken off, and I should acquaint you that not only the
whole of the journals, with one cr two exceptions, but even
,crte of the Deputies, have called on the Minister for Fo.
tern Affei-a to explain the causes which have brought
about this untoward event with Great Britain. M.
111a-
galhaes declared in the Chamber, that Whenever the Vis-
(taunt Sade a:ndeira was present, he would inquire of his
Excellency " in what manner he bad complied with the
stipulations of the Bth Article of the Convention of 1817."
Malesties gave a grand dinner last evening to the
Duke and Duchess of Palmella, Duke and Duchess of
Terceira, Count and Countess Villareal, and the young
:rlerquis and Marchioness of Fatal, the latter of whom,
h() is only 11 or 12 years of age, has likewise been named
a Lady of Honour to the Quern
Tee Senate has been occupied in the discussion of the
!eidress. Baron de Riviera de Sabrora spoke rather
He':ly against England on account of the injury which we
dirt to the Portuguese character, by supposing them chiefly
eneerned in the Slave Trade.
In the Deputies Admiral Vasconcelles Pereyra wished
• :at a paragraph should be inserted in the Address to the
Crown, declaratory of the desire on the part of the Portu-
guese Government to enter into friendly and mercantile
relations with the various South American Republics, to
ehich the Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that there
'teuld be no sort of objection in acceding.
The Finance Committee, M. Jose da Silva Carvalho
being its President, proposed that the extra duties
which were levied on Newfoundland fish, sugar, rice,
&e., in conformity to the Royal Decree, 31st October,
1837, should continue in force until the 31st of March
next, before which time the Cortes would determine
what duty they were to pay in future. The Minister
of Finance declared that he could not dispense with
360 coetos which these additional duties were calcula-
ted to produce per annum, and consequently the Cortes
should bear it in mind. After a rather warm discussion,
the same was agreed to, so that our Newfoundland trade to
Portugal will continue to be saddled with this additional
drawback.
M. Manuel Passos made a long speech on the defective
slate of our code of laws, as well as the judicial administra-
tion in general, stating that during 1838, althrugh only
one criminal was executed, no less than 1,776 assassina.
ions had taken place, 3,967 robberies, 48 forgeries, 592
desertions from the army, 73 religious crimes, 3 base
coiners, 76 houses had been forcibly entered into by
thieves, &e. I believe that this does not require any ob.
st.rvation from me ; there are those who think that the ac-
coma is underrated.