The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-13 00:00:00

DON PEDRO.

(From the Times.)
The arrival at Falmouth of the English ship of
war with the Emperor Don Pedro on board, and its
departure again for Cherbourg, with the whole im-
perial party, will be found detailed in another column.
His Majesty did not propose to land on English
ground, and only sent orders to his agents in London
to meet him in the French port above-mentioned
This nearapproach of the Ex-Emperor to the English
coast, and immediat. departure for France, on board
of an English vessel, without eortarimnic,ating with
our Government, or disembarking his family for a
day's refreshment, may be occasioned by his re-
ported eagerness to gat to Munich and to private
lifa, among his ‘virWs re)ations ¢ but how is this
resolution itself to be explained ? Ijas he abandoned
all hope of returning tq portvg—pf tietivipg any
benefit from the domains of his fornify in that
kingdom, or of le-establishing, its constitutional
throne ? If he ,himself, with his characteristic
caprica and precipitation, has resolved to ex-
change impsrial power for the sweets of retire-
ment, and is resolved to-icoort the privacy of Diode-
sian and Charles V., without h4Yipi tasted their
disgust with mankind, or without sharing their phi-
losophy, is he entitled to leave his followers, his fa-
wily, and his eiitintry, without redress, resources, or
protection ? Will he o,(,eept from his younger bro-
ther, who has usurped his tbrcrn#, ;‘. poor pittance
from the Infuntado de Braganza, or cease to demand
any thing should the usurper refuse ? Is his
daughter Pkewise to follow him to Cherbourg,
and to accompany him to *Mph ? If she does,
what becomes of the I,tegency of Terceira, and
of the diplomatic agents of her Must Faithful
Majesty at Foreign Courts? Is the 4mperor,
as the guardian of his daughter, to appoint him-
self the Regent of Portugal ; and if he doe., what
becomes of his philosophical retirement from the
cares of state?

We might multiply endless questions on this sub.
ject, without hejag able to obtain any satisfactory an-
swer. The policy of thp Emperor, which probably has
no mys•ery about it, seems at first sigh, more puzzling
ihan if it had Leen more profound-. Whe,r) hp left
Rio it was his intention to land the young Queen
4t T,,iceirjh in older to wait securely in that Island

the result of the crisis in which hit; brother 1)on
Miguel is now placed. This rroject must have been
changed during the voyage, if it be true, as is stated
in the Portsmouth Paper, that her Majesty has pre-
ceded her father to Cherbourg; but what is the
reason of the change it would be difficult to conjec-
tut e. Is Donna Maria, after accompanying her father
to Munich, to he sent to her grandfather, the Em-
peror of Austria, and to be delivered up to the
safe custody of Prince Metternich, from whose
fangs she was already once rescued by his father's
tenderness ? After losing two crowns himself,
this thoughtless Prince to rob his daughter of her's,
to compel her fulfilment of a disgusting alliance
with her " monster" of an uncle ?

With a considerable portion of talent, and not a
little energy of character, the Ex-Emperor, by his
imprudence and indiscretions, seems born to be the
ruin of all his friends, his adherents, and his children.
The infant Emperor, whom he has left in Brazil,
after being for a short time made the puppet of the
republicans, will be happy if he be shipped off for
Europe in safety to join the party of exiles at
Munich; and the only child who accompanies him
is about to be surrendered to the inveterate enemy
of his political system. The Portuguese Constiru•
tionalists, too, who are now persecuted in Brazil
because they supported his daughter, or are groan.
ing in exile and chains in Europe, on account of
their fidelity to her cause, are likewise to be de-
serted by the Prince, who was their only hope and
pport.
It may be difficult to say what would be the
effect of any attempt on the part of the Em-
peror to land in Portugal, and to head an en-
terprise fur the recovery of his crown. Ott
the one hand, it is true that his most active par-
tisans are in prison or in exilethat the noblest
and most enlightened portion of the nation are
either out of the country or deprived of all means of
assisting him in it—that the army as now officered,
the nobility as now composed, the church as now
tilled and animated, are ail the zealous supporters
of his brother; and that the mass of the people are
so brutified as to have no opinion at all, or to enter-
tain the opinions of their superiors. He could there-
fore expect little rtupport if he landed alone, and
might be shot like Murat in Calabria, notwithstand-
rig the wrong prejudices of the Portuguese in favour
of the family of their Kings. But on the other hand
he might find such a body of friends who have been
persecuted by Don Miguel, as, with the unity which
he could give their operations, and the zeal which his
presence would inspire into their exertions, might
obtain for him an advantage over any army which
his brother could lead into the field. A recent pub-
lictrion (the Annual Retrospect of Public Events
jor the Year 1831) gives, with the sanction of a
well-informed native of Portugal, the following
frightful list of the victims of Don Miguel's tyranny :
Men.
• Political Offenders in the prisons of Lisbon 3,60,1
at the fort St. Julian BlO
in Peniche... 400
Cascaes, Belem-castle, and Trafaria 3OO
On board the hulks in the Tagus
----- at Oporto . . . ,000
In the different prisons of Traz-os-Montes 1,200
in the province of Douro and Miuho 2,000
Beira, including Ahneida WOO
Estremadura, including Abrantes 3,000
Alemtejo, including Elvas . . 5,000
Algarve 1,250
Transported as convicts to Angola 4O.
to Cabo Verde and other .......... 500
to Cabinda, Agonche, Mozambique 7OO
EMIGRANTS.

hi the island of Terceira
n Brazil , '2.000
In different parts of England 8 0
In France l,BOO
fii the Netherlands
En ditli?rent parts of Europe l,OOO

40,400
To this number may be added near 5,000 persons now con_
cealed or wandering in the different parts of the country, in or-
der to escape persecution ; 45,400 victims of political vengeance
and resentment, out of a population amounting to about 2,e(10,0U0,
furnish the strongest proof of the tyranny of the Government.
\Ve find here materials for a patrio:icarmy, which,
if well led, might be more than a match for the
troops of the tyrant, distracted as his Government
must now be by the appearance of a French squa-
dron at the mouth of the Tugus threatening to
bombard his capital, and humiliated as he must feel
himself, by recent submissions to another great naval
power, from whom Don Pedro might not expect ac-
tive assistance, but certainly need not dread active
obs'ruction. The despot has not yet been recog-
nised by the Great Powers of Europe, and has re-
cently offended several ofthem by his aggressions
and spoliations. Now, therefore, would appear to
be the time for an attack on his power; and as the
Emperor has no business of his own upon his hands,
he can afford the whole of his time and exertions for
the cause of his daughter and his country.
In undertaking the enterprise his Ex• Majesty
would have to encounter two difficulties. In the
tir,t place, as Portugal is secure on the side of
Spain, the expedition must be a naval one, and such
an expedition could not be fitted out from any Eu-
ropean port consistently with our present pacific
system : and in the second place, the equipment of
a fleet and an army sufficient to overturn the
throne even of so petty a tyrant, would require pe-
cuniary resources, which we are afraid the Emperor
could not cLminand.

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