The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-02 00:00:00

have little doubt that on a scrutiny he will be one of
the sitting Members for Hull ; for it is a notorious fact
that he lost his seat—as Sir IturANv. DoNtoN lost
his for Berwick—solely in consequence of the flagrant
bribery and intimidation resorted to by the Tories.
Mr, HUTT alluded to this circumstance in his speech,
in which also he argued the question cf the ilallot in
the most animated and cc.nvincing manner. He stated
that, withont it, Reform would very shortly he frit-
tered away to a mere nullity—an assertion the
truth of which has been abundantly demonstrated
by the experience of the last two Sessions. Till we
can obtain the adequate protection cf the 8p11,3t----and
the numerpus converts that have beco made to it within
the last few months convince us that the day is not
far distant—it is vain for us to hope to put an end to
the mischievous influence of the Torit ; or to expect
that Reform will do more than " I kc a wounded snake,
drag its slow length along." It is the v. ant of the Bals
lot that enables the Tory faction to dupe the credu-
lous and the ignorant into a belief that a '' re-action"
has commenced in their favour, when it is well known
that the country is as sound and consistent at heart as
ever it was ; and it is the want of the sun. safe and
sure remedy that encourages the House of Lords to
persevere in their hostility to all such public measures
as have intelligence or liberality to recommend them.
Though anxious for Reform in this (as at present con-
stituted) impracticable branch of the Legislature, yet
we are still more anxious for the Ballot, regarding it,
with Mr. HUTT, as one of the most imperatively
pressing measures of the day.

By her MAJESTY'S brig L'Espoir, which arrived
at Falmouth on Thursday from the Tagus, whence she
sailed on the 22d ult., we have received advices to that
date from the Portuzuese capital. Affairs were
then in a dreadful condition. The Ministers finding
that they could not depend upon the QUEEN, and
knowing that the PRINCE, her husband, was daily
encouraging the Chartist Rebellion, sent in their re-
signations in a body, which were accepted. They were,
therefore, at the departure of the mails, performing
pro tempore the duties of their respective offices,
but not without exhibiting impatience for the speedy
appointment of successors. Several names are men-
tioned of persons whom the QUEEN solicited to take
upon them the formation of a new Administration ; but
they all shrunk from encountering so fearful a respon-
sibility. Senhor MACAIRIO DE CASTRO, a Liberal,
had the first offer, but he respectfully declined having
anything to do with a Cabinet, whose duty it would
be to adopt a line of conduct which the Cortes were
persuaded was not in accordance with her MAJESTY'S
wishes. The rest gave answers pretty nearly to the
same effect to the applications made to them ; so that
Portugal like Spain is now without a really responsible
Government.

It was not known in Lisbon on the 21st where the
Marquis of SALDANIIA was. Baron BOMFIN had
favoured the Government with loads of despatches ;
but it could not be gathered from them that he really
knew any thing about the movements of the rebels.
The Duke of TERCEIRA was at Alafra. From
Queluz he had addressed the following proclamation
to the people of Portugal :
Fellow-countrymen !—The unhappy state of the king-
dom, and my oath of fidelity to the Queen and the con-
stitutional charter, oblige me to unite my efforts to those of
all the noble defenders of their country and of true liberty.
The nation has become the prey of a few miscreants
who tyrannise over it, and oppress the most illustrious of
the citizens, who in the field of battle against the Usurper
caused the code of our liberties and the sacred rights of
the august daughter of Don Pedro to triumph.
The complete overthrow of order—the miserable state
to which the perjurers of September have brought the
kingdom—the absolute discredit into which they have
fallen—the indecency and horrible demagogueism of the
so-called Congress, and the fury and delirium of its mea-
sures—the insults directed to the throne—the shamerul
supremacy exercised by contemptible and abject individuals
—occasioned the impulse given by citizens who had
covered themselves with glory in fighting for their country.
Their efforts ought to be aided by all Portuguese worthy
of tile name. lam going to take a part in this enterprise
to save the Queen and the charter from the ferocity of their

enemies.

Inhabitants of Lisbon--I am not actuated by a spirit of
vengeance for the insults offered to the army, who despise
them, and who have gained the esteem of the respectable
part of the nation for the services they have rendered to
their country arAl to liberty.
My object and that of my brothers in arms is to save
the monarelv from the abyss to which the most abominable
of men 'are dragging it—to restore the charter, and to co-
op-'rate towards the establishment of a Government of
order, peace, patriotism, and credit.

Fellow-countrymen—Which of you does not blush for
shame on seeing the insults offered to the daughter of Don
Pedro—to that same Queen for whose throne so much
Portuguese blood was shed? Which of you is not struck
with horror at the consideration that the defenders of the
charter are now the oppressed and imprisoned, while those
who either did not defend it, or who detested it, domineer
over us, and occupy themselves in ruining the country ?
I hasten to make common cause with the breve who
fought for the charter. Let the soldiers of Villa da Praia,
of Oporto, Almoster, and Lisbon join me. Which of them
is there that will not know his General—him who had the
fortune to lead them to glory, and to save liberty from the
talons of despotism ?
Let us recover our fundamental code. Let us give to
the Queen her Throne, to the nation its rights, to Portu-
gal peace and union amongst all its citizens. Let the deli-
rium and the fury which have been the cause of so many
evils to us, and -vhieh would have carried us to the last
stage of misery, be forgotten.
Let our watchwords he " The Queen and Charter."
With them we vanquished the usurper : with them we
shall restore peace, liberty, and the legitimate Throne.
(Signed) DUKE DE TERCEIRA.
Queluz, Augu,t. IS.

This proclamation, which had found its way to the
capital, had occasioned the greatest alarm, particularly
as it was expected that by the 25th, the Dw would
make his appearance at the gates of Lisbon. The
Ministers, pro lempore, at the instance of the Cortes,
were making every preparation for such an crept by
strengthening the garrison, enrolling in the National
Guards every man capable of bearing arms, and or-
ganizing a better system of police. Nor were the clubs
ull The Ultra-democrats and Migooliten---the scum
and sediment of the late revolutionary inundation—met
nightly to concoct sehtmes which, the leaders trust
will terminate ill a general massacre. Stich a catas-
trophe is seriously to be apprehended. Portugal
abounds in desperateland abandonedcharacters, thirsting
for the opportunity of committing the most frightful
Atrocities. The ruined Miguelites, the disappointed
democrats, and the disbanded military ruffians who
lived by blood up to the accession. of Queen DONNA
MA RIA, are equally objects of terrible apprehension
while Cie nation continues in a state of sucial anarchy.
We trace their first movement in the following address
to the National Guards, which was placarded through-
out Lisbon, and even on the Hall of the Cortes, on
thin morning of the 21st ult. It does not appear that
any attempt was math, to pull it down, or that anv
inquiry was made respecting, the authenticity of the
signatures attached to it

Portuguese—At the moment when your Representatives
have concluded the modification to the Constitution—when
a shout of death and extermination is heard from men
covered with honour and wealth, received from the nation,
a few unworthy persons have raised the standard of revolt,
and for foreign gold decree the annihilation of the Portu-
guese name—these obstinate men, conquered at Belem,
when they pointed foreign bayonets against the liberty of
the nation, unmindful of the generosity with which we
pardoned them, incapable of remorse—thirsting for ven-
geance, have had the baseness to disturb the tranquillity of
Portugal, for the purpose of gratifying their own infamous
ambition.

They proclaimed the Charter, and then proceeded to rob
the people. In their flagrant career they attacked ali sacred
and respectable establishments, and now they have the in-
solence to approach the capital.
Portuguese—Your liberty is threatened ; you have arms,
you have force, and an undivided nationality. The patriot
Viscount Sada Bandeira is at the head of ten thousand