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London, England, 1833-01-12 00:00:00

LISBON PAPERS.

,12,11 e Lisbon Gazettes from Dec. 13 to 26, both in
before' contain no official accounts of the operations
ete Oporto, except a short bulletin dated Lisbon, Dec,.
nrs' giving an account of the sally made by Don Pedro 's
tr"Pi on the 16th. (This bulletin has already been re-
longbr Way of France.) The Gazettes contain very
"to of patriotic donations, and promotions in the
:t tx,'lntit DEC. 16.—The Board of Trade publishes a
s
k-n'tittion of an Act of Congress of the United States of
tlur4tiericat dated May 25, 1832, ordering that no tonnage
thel:!' shall henceforth be imposed on ships belonging to
ate 4gdotn of Portugal, but if at any time it should be
t, :rtained that the ships of the United States are subject
th,jl4nlge duties in the ports of Portugal,
.the Presidentthe
duti giVe notice of the fact by a proclamation, and. .
Pot,:dl "w paid by Portuguese ships shall be again
and paid as if this Act had not passed.
m-
the DEC. 20 —Private letters from Vallongo of
tbe ,„"th and 10th say, that our batteries on the south of
the "our() continued to fire on the city of Oporto, where
did great damage ; there was much defection among
to thief of the rebels. Some deserters every day come
11" advanced posts, both on the north and south of the
10th'aro • • • in from Penafiel of the
the same is stated accounts
se m' aucl from Coimbra of the Ilth. Among the de-
7'a were some foreigners.
14'1 letter from Vallongo of the 14th says that, in conse-
°en" of the critical situation of the rebels in the city of
I,rto, and of the opinion that the cause of Don Pedro
4) ,
ask Peless, an English merchant had left that city to
p eave for all of his class to remove to some other place.
tyji It 01( M
RAMALLE DE S. COSE, DEC. 16.—The rebels
thatt Peat privations in the city of Oporto, and it is said
hab.itne Chamber of the city has represented that the !n-
-th,,,Lanta can no longer bear the loss and ruin to which
I, are subjected by the continual fire of our artillery.
net,ll,°M VILLA NOVA DA GALA, DEC. 16.—Nothing
/0„ naa happened ; for ships attempting to enter the
4r5, put about, and desist from the undertaking, at the
l'fire of our artillery4ti° The rebels, besides other pri-
x u°nat s
TreitY ofu fuel, ffer much from cold, in consequence of the
pf
DEC. 21.—His Majesty's Government has
teeived news from Vallongo, of the 18th, at night, an-
nova h t his Majesty had been on that day to Villa
"idga that
to review the corps of his army to the
'Nth of the Douro, when he was received with every
6atic of affection and loyalty not only by the troops, but
2Y the inhabitants, to the number of 12,000, who had
"eked from the surrounding country to see the King.
VALLoNco, DEC. 16.—The arrival of his Majesty has
('ll:itecl the greatest enthusiasm here. Two French soldiers,
o;t.'erters
Za have front te rebe sane
the
ls,av
determination.arrived ; they say that forty
left with
iu,','cisantats, DEC. 15.—0 n the 11th, 12th, and 14th
ovt;' 18 soldiers of the rebels, including a sergeant, came
of. 10 us; they say that there was a great scarcity
tri&i,ions in Oporto, that it had been intended to dis-
c„,4‘tte dried cod among the foreigners, that on that so-
but and for want of pay they were inclined to mutiny;
(484 officers had appeased them by promises. The
l'isiser' admired our batteries, and the abundance of pro-
allow-11.41 o
Euxr army. They say that Don Pedro will not
Ler:"e -Conde de Villa Flor to go out of Oporto.
the
‘. from Vallongo give an account of the review of
spotin division of the army. While the King was in-
tiled e the batteries a ball from the enemy's batteries
three tVornan a few steps before his Majesty, and wounded
IltePPet7l,46B. His Majesty showed great coolness,.. and.
°an,' t '''rward to assist the wounded soldiers, giving his
Other "e of them to help him to rise.
troopeer letters give a few particulars of the repulse of the
CIO °,f b" Pedro in the sally of the 17th.
efloipot,'l'el6th, 42 of the enemy's lancers, completely
tticaereity of nd a.rme, deserted: There was a great
26th Provisionds in the city.—Lisbon Gazettes to
nf December, inclusive.

M app,,:rge "Garland of Beauty for 1833," which
o on ' i
Ot-r
th il, the Court Journal of this day, will comprise
.
e er celebrated Beauties—The Duchess de Dine
the c,,,aNhionesses of Abercorn, Hastings, and Wellesley ;
coun-"teuritesses of Aldborough, Howe, and Lincoln ; Vie-
Enlil2,°"B Newark and Valletort ; Ladies Porchester,
So vlrirnstone E Wellesley, the Ladies
414,set L ' m
the Ati , ady Robert Grosvenor, the Hon. Mrs. Howlairdl.,
lish, N'.4"tandling Mies C. Manners Sutton, M 1,3 i e
,11,1% C, Tollem;che, &e. &c.

LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1833.

Accounts have been received at the Portu-
guese Embassy from Oporto, dated the 3d inst.
They are on the whole very favourable. General
SOLIGNAC arrived on the Ist inst. and met
with a very kind reception from Don PEDIto.
The army were in high spirits and well
provided with every thing necessary. The sortie
on the 17th ult., although not so complete

as could have been wished, was by no means a

failure. The Constitutionalists succeeded in re-
covering 60 pipes of wine, and obtaining a

large quantity of provisions; but what is most
important, they destroyed the convent of St.
Antonio, which had afforded shelter to the
Aliguelites, and been a point of great an-

noyance to the army of Don PEDRO. The
Chro 11 ica Constitucionel Extraordinary of
the 17th ult., gives the details of the sortie,

from which it appears, that on the morning o f
the 17th ult., a force composed of the battalion
of the cagadores, No. 3, and detachments from
other corps, crossed the Douro, in front of
Massarellos, for the purpose of obtaining posse-
sion of some wine, on that spot, and of destroying
the Convent of St. Antonio. The Miguelites
retired on the approach of the Constitutionalists,
who succeeded in withdrawing sixty pipes of
wine, a quantity of oil, flour, and other pro-
visions, and also in setting fire to the convent ;
but whilst they were proceeding with their opera-

tions, the enemy, with a force of 6,000 men, in
three divisions, came down upon them, and as
they were by no means numerous enough to
contend with such a force, they retreated
to the point of embarkation, under cover
of their own batteries, and it is believed
would have been able to cross again, with-
out the slightest loss, but for the alarm
of the boatmen, some of whom fled and left
their boats without persons to manage them,
so that the latter part of the embarkation was
attended with much confusion, and the loss of
fifty men in killed, wounded, and missing. The '
convent, however, was reduced to ashes, and the
loss of the Miguelites is stated in the official
account to have been much larger than that of
the Constitutionalists.

The Chronica Constitucionel contains two
decrees of some importance to commerce. One
declares that the Regency will give full compen-
sation to the owners of all vessels who may sus-
tain damage from the Miguelite batteries, in at-
tempting to enter the river with provisions or
munitions of war, for the use of the Constitu-
tionalists. The other reduces to an almost nominal
amount the duties on all provisions, brought. to
Oporto under whatever flag, and establishes a free-
dom of coasting trade from any point of
the Portuguese dominions, which is, or may
be, in the possession of the Constitutionalists.

The official accounts state that the num-
ber of deserters from the enemy increases
rapidly, and that hardly a day passes without a
considerable number coming over.
It is proper to add that there are some private
letters in town which do not give so favourable
an account of the situation and prospects of
Don PEDRO. But we have reason to believe
they are much exaggerated.
In noticing the accounts frotn Oporto we
cannot help observing that the sortie of the 17th
ult. appears to have been conducted with very
little judgment, so small a force having been
sent to accomplish so important an object. The
arrival of General SOLIONAC has, we trust,

been attended with a total change in the mode
of conducting the operations.

An express has been received from Paris,
bringing the papers of Thursday, and the Mes-
sager des Chambres, dated yesterday. They
contain very little news of interest, and are
priHcipally filled with accounts of the favourable
reception that Louis PHILIP and her MA-
JESTY have received in every town they have
passed on their tour to the department of the North.
Great preparations were making at Lille for the re-
ception of their Belgian MAJESTIES, who were
expected to arrive there on Friday, when Lours
PHILIP, the Dukes of ORLEANS, NEMOURS,
and JOINVILLE, and King LEOPOLD, would
proceed to Valenciennes, to distribute the croix
d'honneur to the troops who have most dis-
tinguished themselves in the taking of Fort St.
Laurent and the citadel of Antwerp. The
Royal cortege will afterwards return to Paris,
where every preparation is making at the Palais
Royal to receive them.

An express was received late on Wednesday
night, by the Dutch Ambassador, announcing
that King WILLIAM of Holland persists in not
complying with the terms of the treaty entered
into between the Cabinets of the Tuileries and
St. James's. On Thursday a Cabinet Council
was held, at which all the Ministers were pre-
sent ; after which an express was sent off to
his MAJESTY, at Lille. Negotiations were
expected to be immediately entered into for
the settlement of the Belgian question, with
the concurrence of Russia, Prussia, and
Austria, who are to send Ministers Ple-
nipotentiary to Frankfort. The .Moniteur
and tl►e Ministerial Journals denounce as false
the reports that have been circulated by the
Carlist journals, that the Duchess of BERRY is
labouring under illness, in consequence of the
bad food and treatment she has experienced
during her captivity at the Chateau de Blaye, as
every attention has been paid to the comforts of
this infatuated Princess by the Governor and
his lady.

A plot has been forming in Paris by the
Carlists to create a disturbance during the
absence of the Royal Family, and some of the
head leaders have been arrested by the police.
It is reported that Government intends
banishing the Duchess of BERRY from France,
and not bringing her to trial, as the Emperor of
AUSTRIA has declared that he will become
responsible that she shall not disturb the Go-
vernment of France.

The news from Spain state that great re-
joicings had taken place at Madrid, in conse-
quence of the protest of King FERDINAND
against the law he had signed during his illness,
or insanity, for the abolition of the Salic law,
thereby depriving his (laughter of her right to
the throne. The Queen REGENT is most inde-
fatigable in her exertions for the cause of liberty,
as she is well aware of the machinations of the
Don CARLOS party. M. ZEA BERMUDEZ
has resigned office. Although a liberal minded
man, he is disliked by the Apostolicals and the
Liberals—he is too liberal for one, and not liberal
enough for the other. Paris continues tranquil.

M. DE CHATEAUBRIAND has published a
pamphlet on the captivity of the Duchess of
BERRY, in which he declares that her person is
sacred, and that her immediate liberation would

only be an act of justice. M. DE CHATEAU-
BRIAND says, three modes of proceeding with
respect to the Duchess of BERRY have been
proposed—to treat her as a prisoner of war—to
bring her before the Legal Tribunal—to con-
sider her person as inviolable and sacred, and
instantly set her at liberty. The first, says M.
DE CHATEAUBRIAND, is adopted by the Mi-
nistry ; the second by the men of July; the
third by the Royalists.

Al. DE CHATEALIBRIAND seems to agree
with the Ministers in the danger and unfitness of
trial by a jury; but he disputes their right to treat
the Duchess as a prisoner of war. His argu-
ment, however, is not very conclusive. He
says, that not having been taken in arms against
the Government, the ordinary rules of war are
not applicable to her. He might as well say,
that if the Prince of ORANGE were to invade
France with his Dutchmen, he would be entitled
to his liberty, provided he happened (when
taken) to be without his sword. The Duchess
of BERRY was not the less at the head of the
party acting under her orders, because she did
not happen to carry a gun or a pistol. If M.
DE CHATEAUBRIAND had said that the chief of
a band of rebels was not entitled to the consi-
deration which is shown, by the regulations of
war, towards foreign enemies, and, therefore,
that the Duchess of BERRY could not properly
be treated as a prisoner of war, there would have
been some reason in the argument. Even the
French Ministers themselves can only justify the
course which they have adopted on the ground

of expediency.
But the most curious part of M. DE CIIA-
TEAUBRIAND'S pamphlet is that in which he
complains of the rigour of the Duchess's capti-
vity :--

" Madame," says be, ironically, " will want nothing:
she will be permitted to receive open letters from her
booksellers, and from the artists whom she has protected
but she will not be allowed to receive letters from persons
who are eager to lay at her feet the proofs of their devo-
tion. She will walk in the interior of the fortress, but
she will be accompanied by the commandant or by a
gendarme. She will have a physician if she be ill--a
generous and able man, but still not the physician she
might have chosen. She will be well fed; but previously
to placing the dishes on the table, they will be examined.
Madame will be well clothed; but her clothes will be un-
sewn, and examined in every fold. Lastly, she will be
permitted to sketch with her pencil as much as she can see
from the empire of her ancestors of that sea which would
transport her to a hospitable shore. Ought not the mother
of Henry the Fifth, and the Royalists, to be filled with
gratitude for so many favours ?"
It is almost difficult to believe that a writer
of the acknowledged talent of M. DE CIiA-
TEALIBRIAND has put his name to so much ab-
surdity. What a list of rigours against the
poor Duchess of BERRY ! How cruel, how
unjust it
is to prevent her receiving sealed com-
munications from the rebels with whom she has
been plotting—to have an eye upon her prome-
nades, and not to allow her to send for a physi-

clan of her own choosing, who might be the
emissary of the Chouans— to peep under her
desk-covers to see that there is no correspon-
dence beneath them, to rumple her gowns, and,
finally, to withhold from her the liberty of
riding in the fields, or sailing on the Ocean!
And who is this poor victim of the July sys-
tem ? " The mother of HENRY V.," says M.
DE CHATEAUBRIAND—" a Princess and a
woman." " What atrocity towards so illustrious
a female !" exclaim the Royalists. But if we
admit that a crime is not the less a crime be-
cause it is committed by a woman, impartial
men will ask whether this Duchess of BERRY
—this divine-right champion—was not the chief
of a band of rebels ; the author of an attempt
against a Government established by the people ;
who abhor the divine-right doctrine, and the cause
of much bloody execution in the endeavour to
preserve France from a return to the despotism
under which she had so long laboured. Ifjus-
tice—not expediency—had taken its course, the
Duchess of BERRY, instead of being treated
with the courtesy shown to a Princess in the
seclusion of Blaye, would at this moment have
been mouldering in her coffin, an instance of
justly punished ambition. How absurd, there-
fore, are the lamentations of M. DE CHATEAU-
BRIAND—how ridiculous the complaint which
he has brought against the French Ministry !

We have heard it reported that the LORD
CHANCELLOR intends to bring forward his
Burgh Reform Bill very early in the Session.
It is to be on the principle of the Reform Bill.

The near approach of the period when the
Reformed Parliament is for the first time to
exercise its legislative functions, naturally turns
attention to circumstances arising out of the
changes in our representative system, which,
although perhaps before contemplated, have not
in their consequences been examined in that
detail which will soon be forced upon us. The
expediency, indeed necessity, of altering the
mode in which the business of the House of
Commons is conducted, we have on a former
occasion adverted to ; but there is another point
equally deserving of consideration at all times,
but more especially at present, which we have
not seen noticed of late, or indeed at all, in
the manner it has struck ourselves. A vast quan-
tity of time has hitherto been wasted by Me►n-
bers bringing forward motions, and introducing
Bills, not only without having the slightest
chance of success, or of working any benefit, but
merely to satisfy, to the ear and eye, constituents
who have required a pledge to that effect. We
are aware that many motions brought forward,
without any expectation of success on the part of
the movers, have been made with the more honour-
able object of exciting discussion, of illuminating
the public mind, and of finally forcing a reluc-
tant Minister into the adoption of a beneficial
measure. Such were the objects had in view
on the occasion of the early motions on Catholic
emancipation, and Reform. Such has been
almost constantly Mr. HumE's designs in re-
peatedly dividing the House upon the estimates,
although with only from a dozen to thirty
supporters. With a Ministry in power, avow-
edly opposed to all change, such motions perhaps
could hardly be too frequent ; but the case is
now materially altered. We have a Ministry
so avowedly inclined and determined to make
considerable improvements in several of our
laws and institutions, that the system of Parlia-
mentary tactics is very much changed from what
it used to be. The necessity of bringing for-
ward motions for the sake of discussion is almost
entirely done away with. The great body of
rational Reformers in the House, having confi-
dence in his Majesty's Ministers, believing
them sincere in their intention to do all that is
safely possible, will probably deem more than
vigilant watchfulness necessary. The Radicals,
if they are wise, will quietly get all they can,
and afterwards make their push for something
more. It is the Tories only who may think it
necessary to have recourse to feints of this de-
scription ; but even their motions will be limited

in number and kind. No propositions for
change will come from them. What we may
expect from them are motions, such as that upon
the Russian-Dutch Loan, having some appear-
ance of plausibility, and pretended to be for the
public good, but really meant to embarrass the
Government, and gradually to undermine it in
the confidence of the people. Such motions
cannot be prevented by any Ministry, but all
such as are made to satisfy the impatience of
constituents, the Government may; we think,
take means to render needless.

The King's speech on the opening of Parlia-
ment has hitherto only alluded to one or two of
the leading measures which it has been the in-

tendon of Minisuns to introduce in the course
of the ensuing session, and till we have it as full

as the message of the American President, it
cannot be made to answer the purpose we have
in view. What we would suggest, therefore, is
this, that the principal organ of the Government
in the House of Commons should, at the com-
mencement of the session, take some opportu-
nity of enumerating all the measures it was pro-
posed and hoped to bring forward that session.
As we suppose a sufficient number of items
would be named in this budget of measures fully
to occupy the time of the House for the period
it might be expected to sit, and as it is utterly
impossible that all the public expects to be done
should be done in one session, or two, or three,
no Member could be reproached by his consti-
tuents for not having done what there was no
time to do. Thus all pretence would be cut off
for making speeches which every one knows will
end in nothing, and which have only been tolerated
out of personal consideration for the parties who
have found themselves placed in a situation
which compelled them so to occupy the time of
the House. It is true that different opinions
may be entertained of what are the most pressing
measures that parties, having any confidence at
all in the Government, and not wishing it upon
the whole to be displaced, ought to feel that his
Majesty's Ministers, not confining their attention

to one point only, but having, we are bound to
suppose, a full view of the different wants of the
country, are the best judges of what it is expe-
dient first to take up. Of course this argument
is not addressed to any opposed to all change,
or who fear the Ministry will go too far. What-
ever may be the value of our suggestions it is
clear that with a hundred men in the House, the
tenure of whose seats rests upon the investigation
or discussion, or both, of every measure brought
before Parliament, instead of a hundred, aye, and
no nominees, who but for the utterance of three
single monosyllables might have been consi-
dered drunk,—it is clear we say, that under
this altered state of circumstances, something
must be done to put a stop to the dreadful
waste of time, which has for the last few years
been so justly the subject of complaint.
Ministers might greatly facilitate public business
by originating several measures in the Lords,
which House has been hitherto rendered almost
useless till towards the end of the Session, having
to wait for Bills from the Commons. It is noto-
rious that the House of Lords seldom sits more
than half an hour, sometimes only five minutes,
for three out of the five days of the week ;
whereas double despatch would be gained by
both Houses going on at the same time with the
public business. We know that all money
matters must originate in the Commons, but
there are many measures which might as well be
brought forward in the Lords as in the Com-
mons, and thus the public would have the benefit
of such laws as are deemed expedient, being carried
through in an early part of the Session, with this
very great advantage, that if any change or im-
provement were found necessary when brought
into operation, the amendments could be made
during the Session. But according to the old
system of Bills being crowded into the Lords at
the very end of the Session, there was no oppor-
tunity of acting upon the usual clause—" This
Bill may be amended, altered, or repealed, du-
ring the present Session." The introduction of
such a clause, where there was little probability
of giving it effect, was quite absurd.
By adopting some such plan as we have
hinted at, we are certain that more real business
would be done in one Session, than in three,
according to the old system.
THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.)

COVENT-GARDEN MARKET.
There was a great supply of Fruit at this morning's market,
and that of Vegetables was good for the time of sear, but the
trade was dull. Greens were dearer than on this day se'nnight,
other things about stationary.
s. d. s. d. s. d, s. d.
Potatoes (cwt.)
Caltages,Savoy(l2) 2 0 4 0 Apples '2 0 8 6
Ditto Red 26 40 Pears 40 80
Brocoli ........ ............. 0 6 1 6 Onions 2 6 4 0
Horse Itadish(bundle) 4 0 6 0 Seville Oranges (100) 9 0 12 0
Celery 0 6 1 3 Sweet Oranges 8 0 14 0
Carrots ,12bunches)... 3 6 6 6 Lemons 8 0 16 0
Turnips
Coleworts or Greens... 3 6 5 0 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 6 0 10 0
Leeks 1 0 1 6 French ditto
For. Grapes (per 1b.).... 0 8 2 6 Spanish Hazlenuts
English, Forced 1 0 '' 6 French Walnuts 4 0 9 0
Filberts 0 9 1 0111razilian Nuts 2 0 4 0
Pine Apples (lb.)

HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.)
CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.)
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 0 to #2 5
New Meadow Hay 3 0 3 10
Useful Old Ditto 2 15 3 10
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0
Clover Hay 4 0 5 0
Oat Straw £1 Bto .£1 101 Wheat Straw ... 110 113
Supply moderate, trade steady, and prices stationary.
SMITHFIELD.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay Z 2 5 to £2 10
New Meadow Hay 2 15 3 10
Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 10
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay ......
Clover Hay (extra fine)...£s 5 ..Generally
iat Straw .. .II 4to £1 6 1 Wheat Straw 1 8 1 10
Both Meadow and Clover Hay ss. per load higher than on
Thursday; prices of Straw stationary. Supply limited, and
trade rather brisk.