The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-07 00:00:00

PROCLAMATION.

BY H. E. RE, THE NEW GOVERNOR OF KWANGTUNG.
Ke, Assistant guardian of the Prince, a Director of the
Board of War, and Governor of the two Kwang Pro-
vinces, proclaims his commands for full information.
Whereas I, the Governor, having been invested with the
rule of this territory, it becomes matter of first import-
ance to tranquillize the people. In consequence of the
Englidi barbarians having thrown the affairs of the Pro-
vincial City into confusion, our mercantile people both
within and without the walls dwell in disquietude. During
the past month the said English barbarians earnestly re-
quested to have commercial intercourse, and in regard to
which Yang, the assistant Commissioner and high Mi-
nister, and E, the Lieutenant-Governor, have already
made a true representation to the Court.
At present, Yih, the rebel-quelling General, and
Yang, the assistant Minister, together with myself, the
Governor, all respectfully wait until the day his Majesty
will arrive, when we shall arrange matters in obedience
to the Imperial commands.
It is specially to be feared that you, mercantile
people, upon seeing such great bodies of troops assem-
bled together, may suppose that there are certainly
going to be battle and extermination, and dreading the
confusion, you may therefore previously remove your
families and goods out of the way. It is on this ac-
count therefore that we hasten to proclaim to you our
commands. It is requisite that each of you remain quiet
without fear ; and let those who have already removed
to other places immediately return without delay. Your
persons and families shall be as safe as the person and
family of me, the Governor ; and most certainly you
shall have the full protection of the laws. Decidedly
need you not have the slightest apprehension or surmise
of bringing upon yourselves after repentance. A special
Proclamation.

Taoukwang, 21st year, 3d moon, 25th day (16th
April, 1841).
Macao, 21st April, 1841.

PORTUGAL.

By the Braganza steamer we have received papers
from the south of Spain, and from Portugal to the latest
dates. The Braganza left Gibraltar on the 26th, Cadiz
the 27th, Lisbon the 30th, Oporto the 3lst ult., and Vigo
the Ist inst.

Lisnoig, Auc. 30, 4 P.m.—The law for the new sys-
tem of taxation has been the subject of debate in the
House of Deputies during the past week. The 10 per
cent. on the civil list passed after a warm discussion from
the Opposition, who insisted that if such a tax were ne-
cessary, it ought to extend to every branch of the public
service, beginning with the Royal Household, whence
such an example would be well received. The ministerial
majority, however, objected, and argued upon the invio-
lability of the Crown. Notwithstanding this feeble reason-
ing the exemption of the Royal household from partici-
.
pating in the new impost was decided upon. The third law
of taxes presented by the Committee filled up the
last two sittings of Friday and Saturday, by which it
was enacted that the national inscriptions receiving an-
nual interests should be also liable to pay 10 per cent.
upon the said interests, into the junta do credito public°.
The Opposition opposed this measure upon the plea that
us the national debt had been guaranteed by the Consti-
tution, it would be a breach of faith to exact any impost
on the annual interests, besides the danger of such a pre-
enlent at a moment when Ministers were proposing to
the foreign creditor to nationalize orcouvert their credits;
which, of course, after such a determination, would not be
convertible. These arguments remained unanswered ;
and, upon a division being called for, the point was not
carried, from a scarcity of members to vote. The result
has been a depreciation of the Inscriptions of nearly
5 per cent. of their actual value, and an augmenta-
tion of the discount on the pay of the civil employes, who
now lose 54 per cent. per month on their arrears, which
being eight months, will produce a loss to them of 42
per cent , instead of 20, their former rate of discount. In
the sitting of the 25th the deputies decided they should
pay a decima upon their legislative allowances ; and on
the same occasion the President of the Council, M.
Augiar, declared, in the name of his colleagues, that they
would willingly subject themselves to a similar resolu-
tion. M. Jose Maria de Vasconcellos Mascarennas pre-
sented a memorial, signed by the greater part of the
merchants of the capital, against the project No. 8.
Their object is to do away with the differential duties
with nations having a commercial treaty with Portugal.
This requisition, which has been considered as important,
was laid upon the table of the House for consideration.
The Minister of Finance, M. Avilla, on Tuesday, in
making an expose of the embarrassments of the Trea-
sury, declared, its inability to pay the inactive classes,
which include, among others, the widows' and orphans'
pensions, superannuated army and navy officers, and the
Miguelite officers who came under the amnesty of Evora
Monte.

Nothing has been transacted in the Senate, owing to
the absence of so many of its members.
The revenue of the Lisbon Custom-house and Excise-
office, and Custom-house of Oporto, for the month of
July last, paid in debentures, ex paper money and coin,
amounts conjointly to 375,757,906 reis, equal to 86,1111.
3s. Bd. sterling, showing an increase on the preceding
month of June of 10,7021. ls. sterling.
The diplomatic agent from Morocco, Taleb Abodesa-
km Aberode, has sent in an official ultimatum to the
Foreign-office for the immediate payment of 30.000,000
dollars, ',which he claims as part of the sum due to the
Emperor. His Excellency waits for two vessels of war,
a corvette and brigantine (which, it is understood, have
. already left Morocco, and have been seen cruising off the
coast of Algarve). On their arrival, it is said, he has
intimated that he will delay no longer for the promised
payment.
General M‘Donald, who, it may 'be remembered, was
Commander-in-Chief of Don Miguel's army, and some
time since a prisoner at Oporto, was on Thursday last
arrested in this city, and is now in confinement in the
Castle of St. George. During an interpellation of Minis-
ters on Friday respecting the guerillas in the Algarve,
the Foreign Secretary, after boasting of the energetic
measures adopted by the Government, gave as a proof
the imprisonment of General M‘Donald.
The guerillas continue in the same march, augmenting
their numbers, and making payments every 15 days to
their followers, who are now formed into regular and
well-equipped bodies. The Commandant of the Bth
military district communicates, under date of the 24th
inst., that the self-styled Colonel Casimiro, one of the
most daring of these marauders, was on the 18th shot by
his own party, from suspicion of his fidelity to their cause.
The 22d anniversary of his Royal Highness Prince
Albert's birth-day was feted here on Thursday last by
the British, Portuguese, and French ships of war in the
Tagus being dressed in their variegated colours, and
firing a Royal salute at mid-day.
A Gibraltar vessel, the Bernardo, was taken at Ma-
deira on the 3d instant, while endeavouring to smuggle
on shore brandy with which she was laden ; on being
surrounded by the Preventive Service boats some distance
from the island, she was fired into, and, unfortunately,
one of the Custom -house officers was shot by his own
party. The British brig of war Savage, which was sent
there to ascertain the facts of the case, took back the
crew to Gibraltar, whence she arrived here on Friday
last, with despatches relative to this affair to the British
Envoy, Lord Howard de Walden. She sails again to-
morrow for the latter place.
Exchange upon London at 30 days' sight, 54d. per
milrei.