The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-20 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

145 contos of Government papers of different kinds, in-
cluding paper money, titulos on national property, and
those called of " The Tree Operations," &c.,. were burnt
last week by the Board of Public Credit.
I am informed that the plan of conversion which Baron
Lagos is now endeavouring to induce the Portuguese
Government to sanction is as follows :--7711,e principal of
the foreign loans to be converted into a 107 per cent.
stock, the dividends being payable at List,:: the
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three years and a half of interest in arrear to be gh en up
altogether, a commission of two and a half per cent.. to
be paid to the agent and other parties engaged in effect-
ing the conversion. Comparing this plan with the one
now carrying into effect in England, the superiority of
Baron Lagos's plan, as regards the perm-anent interests
of the mass of the bondholders, is by-no means appa,
rent. The agent and a few great houses would divide
200,0001. (two hundred thousand pounds !) Gf commis-
sion among them, but the Bondholders, who, unzler the
Government plan, as passed last year, receive 24 percent.
interest on the principal and arrears, say 24- per cant.
on 117/. 10s., which is equal to three per cent. on the
principal alone, and have the engagement of the
Government and Cortes to increase that interest pros-
pectively, would for the sake of a temporary addi-
tional interest of one per cent, give up advantages
that, considering the circumstances of Portugal, ought
to be viewed as of no little importance, in
the first place, the independent and separate cha-
racter of the present stock, by which, as English.
boildholders, they can call on their own Government to
support their claims-7---a consideration not to.be despised.
Then again, by the Act decreeing the conversion in pro-
geee,., ft.; CouponS;V;ot advertised a month in advance,
to be paid in due season in London, are, ipso facto, receiv-
able at the Custom-houses here in payment of duties, and
the inconvenience that would arise from this to any Go-
vernment here will ever be a stimulus to it to discharge
its obligations ; or, if we can suppose any future Go-
vernment reckess enough to break faith and comply
with neither alternative, the creditors are entitled to
look for the whole ; but if identified with the stock of
this country, they m oat expect to share its fate, without
the same means of protecting themselves in case further
sacrifices are called for. Add to these considerations,
that by receiving the money at Lisbon, they lose the
difference of exchange between Lisbon and London, and
are exposed to the risk and trouble of remittances.
The Commissary-in-Chief, L. J. Ribeiro, has been
dismissed, and his place has been given to Senor F. R.
P. Ferraz, the late Finance Minister, permission having
been given by the Deputies for his leaving the Chamber
for that purpose. It is believed that the post of Lord
Chamberlain will not be filled up at present. Marquis
Saldanha is expected to leave by the next packet to
Cadiz. -The Duchess of Victoria was at Gibraltar by
the last accounts ; and it is believed that General Nar-
van was either there or in the neighbourhood. The
I?evoluccro to-day reports a ministerial crisis to be at
hand, and alludes to Senhor Avila as about to retire.
I trust the rumour may be unfounded. Senhor Avila
has risen greatly in general estimation, and oven his ad-
versaries praise his integrity, and another change in that
department would be another evil. The board of health
has received strict orders to admit Newfoundland vessels
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on the same footing as formerly. Previous to this order
reaching the board a Newfoundland vessel had entered,
and was put into quarantine, but Was immediately re-
leased on the arrival of the order from the Foreign-
office. The Custom-house Director, M. Carneiro, took
it into his head to refuse a clearance to the City of Dub-
lin steamer, which left, yesterday for Madeira and Bar-
badocs, because she took a passenger from Lisbon to
:Madeira. Our Consul, Mr. Smith, however, procured
an order from Senhor R. F. Magalimes, which brought
M. Carneiro t) reason.

THE WEATHER.—NOON, OCTOBER 19.
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET.
Barometer .......................... 29.83
Thermometer.. 4G I Highest 52 f Lowest
Wind. N.W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

_RATH OF LIEUTENANT-GRNERAL SIR
J.
FuLLEn, G.C.H.—We regret to have to announce the
death of the above distinguished officer, who expired at
half-past nine on Saturday morning, at the family resi-
dence in Bryanston-square, after a protracted illness, re-
sulting front the gradual breaking. up
_of his constitu-
tion. Lady Fuller, and Sir 11. H. Campbell, Bart.,
M.P., who was sent for from High Grove, near Pinner,
were with the gallant General at his death. The de-
ceased entered the army at an early age as Ensign in the
2d Foot, when lie served in Flanders, and was present at
the sieges of Valenciennes and Dunkirk, and all the
tions of that campaign. During the rebellion in Ireland,a
then Captain Fuller, he was actively engaged, and ey..toeur'to
pacification of that country went in the "Peticitage-
the Helder, and took part in all the principal .)jiroughout
ments. He eminently distinguished him
the Peninsular war under Sir John Moore
of Wellington, particularly at the P,'
at. Talavera,
Douro, on the 12th of May, 1809,
Coldstream Guards ;
where he was in command of the
.he received
victor)
and for his services at that brilliant -aese_asliangdotheofDuthkee

iatelnGleBale!
I,h fo.Pw.. ,a so
ni nSa ra
1 1 e dr
d a tc'Y
a medal. For 'many :.years Sir Joseph
which he was
of the Board of General Officers, l;as Chairman
hobel:ngaerdrietod
ral Sir John Floyd, Bart., sister of Lady Peel, f) whom
he leaves issue only one deughßwark7
Sir H. Purves Hume Campbell,
reMsisigns Floyd, eldest account
tt
ofcle ughighterill-obrthithe
in the army .5i
'
the 9th instant. Sir Joseph habeen_
dd folio army
.5 t
years, his commission being dated as w,.,! :—*PlOgn,
^9O- Lieutenant and Captain, 22d
29th of September, I, ,t,
Lieutenant-Colonel, 18th '
June,
of January, 1794 ; 1
Ifien1810; of
1801; Colonel, 25th o July,
_Major-General, 4th
1 Lieutenant-General, 27th
of June, 1813; nrn
of this Gallant Generalof May,
1825. By the demise
. the 73111 Regiment becomes vacant, Sir J.
lonele3 -of
Fuller-having been appointed Colonel of that corps in
l IB32.—Standard.
FEARFUL ACCIDENT AT Tot
...,OULOGNE,
On Monday morning the General Steam Navigation corn
~,..,,.,s fine vessel, the Harlequin, arrived from B 1 —.
;ix . large freight and upwards of 150 ou,ogne,
The steamer brought over the bodies of I)""ingere.
the IT
end fore-cabin steward, who lost their lives meer
on Saturday night at ten o'clock, under at Bo °grit,.
lamentable circumstances :—The Harlequin the . following
in the harbour, alongside the quay, Was lying
placed for persons connected with th and a ladder Ras
and descend to and from the e Vessel to ascend
fore-cabin steward, who had b jetty. The engineer and
evening, returned at ten o'elockeen ashore during the
this ladder, which, owing to the and were descending
had not been properly secured, carelessness of some one,
they were upon it, and, slippin and it gave way while
them both into the water, ga on one side, precipitated
assistance was rendered by all nd, although immediate
were drowned, and some handshours on board, both men
bodies were found. They were elapsed before their
both old servants of the
Company, and were ranch -r
board the Harlequin.' As
nespected by the people on
the French authorities at Boolinquiry took place before
an inquest will be held in u°glle, it is."reto4 that
London.

LISBON, OCT. 11. The senators are proceedini,T,
thong 11 somewhat slowly, with the discussion of tha
finance pi..oiects. The alterations in the tariff, and the
tax on the•N:tuguese colonial produce, have passed this.
week. The duty ,011,woollen cloths, Which was 360 rein
per pound weight beta: e, has been increased to 600.reis,
but not to 1,200, as &lib(); Brandao proposed, and which,
by the reports of three of the papers, appeared to have
been adopted by the Deputies. The tax on the dividends
here has met with great opposition; it is doubted wi'ether
it will pass, as the Duke of Palmella, although origivally
one of its proposers, is now said to concnr with ,the
Finance Cezumittee of the Senate in rejecting it
The vacancy in the situation of Lord Chamberlain of
the Queen's HouseiOld, " Mordomo Mor," occasioned by
the death of Marquis .E;;;ll2PaYor has led to the usual in-
trigues. The person who had the best claim was the
Marquis Saldanha, but seYerd other candidates have
been spoken of. It is report :A that the Duke of Pal-
mella had asked for it, and amt.: to serve without salary.
The wish of M. Dietz is said to tie to get the Duke of
Terceira to relinquish his present offit,,e, of Master of the
Horse, and become the Lord ChamberlsZin, which, how-
ever, he is loth to do, and to promote thi Marquis of
Santa Iria to the Mastership of the Horse.
Great complaints are made of the quantity of Spanish
corn that is introduced into Portugal by contrabanc.l. The
Revolucao of the 6th contains a letter from Campo Maioe,
dated Sept. 28, which says that in Ole two previous
months 1,500 moios (4,500 quarters) of wheat, barley,
and beans had been introduced from Badajol,, Talavera,
and Povoa by way of St. i odro, notwithstanding there
was a regular customs station 'there, with a director and
seven clerks, and a guard of .the 2r4lx_Cacadores.
'Sortie- sensation wared ly oci Friday b 7. ,the
report that a Spanish-vessel employslll-o,4ltaiiive'
had been captured by the Portuguese, at;d was enteric4":
the Tagus ; and it was reported also that the Spanish
Minister had demanded that she should be given up,
and due compensation made. I understand ti,at that
vessel, which bore the name of " Goneral Alstrinho;," the
Portuguese Governor of Mosambique, was, in fact,
owned b • Spaniards, and regularly traded in slaves he-
tween M'osambique and Cuba. She had been chased by
our cruizers, and ran into Mosambiques under Portu-
guese colours. Being examined by the authorities, both
Spanish and Portuguese papers were found on board, the
latter having been supplied her by M. Plume.; the
acting Portuguese Consul at Havannah. The news of
her capture arrived here some time since, and she ,has
bean claimed by Sanhor Aguilar, a claim which the
Portuguese Government is not inclined to comply with.
She is a large ship, and was out 165 days from Mosarn-
bique, and 55 from Angola.
The-Baron de Monte Pedial, a deputy, has resigned
his seat, because a motion of his respecting the abolition
of flogging in the army was rejected by the Chamber
without discussion.
Large lots of national property are daily puttingnp.for
sale, and in consequence of the old paper money being
admitted for a large proportion of the purchase money,
and also for the debts due to the extinct convents, the
price of the latter has risen considerably. It was down
at one time as low as 32, and is now quoted at 46 to 50..