The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-19 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAILS.

The Royal Mail Company's steamer Severn, Vincent,
commander, arrived at Southampton yesterday morning,
after a rapid passage, bringing the usual mails, 20 first-
class passengers, 35 casks of coffee, 17 casks of ginger,
212 packages of pickles, &c., 58 bales of tobacco, 161
bales of sarsaparilla, and a small quantity of specie.
Iler dates are—Demerara, the 18th; Trinidad, the 20th;
Barbadoes, the 24th ; Grenada, the 26th; St. Jago de
Cuba, the 19th; Jamaica, the 23d; Jacmel, the 25th ;
Porto Rico, the 27th; and St. Thomas's, the 29th of
September; and Fayal, the 11th instant.
From the various islands we have our usual files of
papers ; their columns are chiefly occupied by articles
and discussions on the New Sugar Duties Bill. Public
meetings were about to be held throughout the celonies,
and it was intended to memorialise the home Govern-

ment on their present critical position, and pray the
adoption of the most stringent measures for the total
suppreFsion of slavery all over the world.
At Trinidad a severe shock of an earthquake had
been felt on the 6th of September, during the hours of
Divine service ; it Was preceded and accompanied by a
rumbling noise ; the motion was at first tremulous, but
ended with a violent vibration sufficiently strong to set
the bells of the churches ringing. It lasted more than
a minute. On the lath a still more severe shock was
experienced, and some part of the congregation in
Trinity Church had a narrow escape of being killed by
the falling of a portion of the building. Happily no
serious accident occurred at Trinidad, but it was ru-
moured that Dominica and some other islands had sus-

tained serious damage from the earthquake and a hurri-
cane.

Our papers from Barbadoes are to Tuesday, Sep-
tember 8. As they make no allusion to the earthquake
of the 6th, we presume they did not feel it. The wea-
thaerrke andts
suppliedfavourably
with eepvoerrtye d.
descrip-
tion T h e w
etrhee
abundantly crt pa
of native esculents. Yams were at 2 dollars per
are
cwt., and sweet potatoes 60 to 80 cents. The Colonial
m
Legislature was adjourned to the 15th. The heat was
intense, but the general health of the island was stated
to be good. Arrivals from America have been plentiful.
The quantity of sugar shipped to the above date has
been 20,888 hogsheads, 1,267 tierces, 790 barrels. Rain
fallen for the month, 6.47 inches. The exchange was
494 and 495 dam for 1001. sterling at 30 days.
Our latest dates from Tobago are to the 3d of Sep-
tember. The quantity of sugar shipped for the pre-
sent year from this island is 2,660 hogsheads, 332
tierces, 435 barrels, being a decrease when compared
with last year's return of 968 hhds, 207 tierces, and
176 barrels. A corresponding decrease in rum and mo-
lasses is also reported.
`.l he following translation of a late law of the Re-
public of Hayti, for the amendment of the navigation
laws of the Rvpiiblic, will be serviceable to such of our
readers as may be engaged in the trade with Hayti :
A LAW TO PERMIT FOREIGN AND HAYTIAN VESSELS
ENGAGED IN EXTERIOR COMMERCE TO LOAD AT ONE
OR4 MORE PORTS, AND TO ACCORD CERTAIN ADVAN-
TAGES TO THE NATIONAL FLAG.

The President of Hayti, with the advice of the Coun-
cil of Secretaries of State, has proposed, and the Senate,
after the three prescribed readings, considering that it
tends to encourage agriculture and commerce, to give
facilities to the export of national products, considering
also that it is expedient to accord certain advantages to
the national flag, has enacted the following law :
Art. L—Foreign and national vessels trading on long
voyages, after having effected in the port of entry an
entire discharge of the merchandise destined for the
country, are permitted to proceed to one or more open
ports for the purpose of taking in such part or entire
cargoes of produce as they may require for exportation.
Art. 2.—The same vessels will be permitted to take in
a cargo of mahogany at the port of the Great Salina of
Artibonite, after having entered at an open port, where
they will be measured and inspected.
The Customs' dues shall be regulated according to the
dimensions and full tonnage of each vessel at the rate of
500 feet the ton. They will be paid in the port of St.
Mark.

Art. 3.—Every vessel that shall go from port to port,
in virtue of the first article of the present law, shall pay
the following dues :-
1. Two hundred Haytian dollars for vessels of 150
tons and under.

2. Two hundred and fifty Ilaytian dollars for ♦essels
above 150 tons to 200 tons.

3. Three hundred Haytian dollars for vessels above
200 tons.

Art. 4.-11sytian vessels built in the country trading
on long voyages, or to the neighbouring islands, are ex-
empt from tonnage dues and other expenses of port or
clearances.

Art. 5.—A1l former laws and decrees contrary to the
present law are repealed.
Art. 6.—The present law shall be enforced by the
Secretary of State of Finance and Commerce.
Given at the National Palace, at Port-au-Prince, Sept.
1, in the 43d year of the Independence.
By advices from the llavannah we learn that the town
was illuminated upon the arrival of the news from
England of the new Sugar Duties Bill having passed ;
and it was reported that 12 vessels were about to be
fitted out to proceed to the coast of Africa. The price
of slaves was said to have advanced 25 per cent. ; a boy
14 years of age, with good muscle, bringing readily in
the market 400 dollars.

The Severn had fine weather during the passage
home.

SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 18.—THE MATLS.—The Gib-
raltar mail packet the Madrid, Captain Bingham, left the
docks yesterday at 3 P.m. with the outward Peninsular
and Mediterranean mails ; also 40 passengers and full
cargo of bale goods. The Royal West India mail
packet the Dee, Captain Allan, left the river yesterday,
en route for the West Indies, &e., with the usual mails, a
light cargo, arid 104 passengers, among whom was the
Bishop of Barbadoes and family and the Governor of
Antigua. Her Majesty's steam-ship Cyclops arrived in
the river yesterday with Lord de Walden and family
from Lisbon ; which place she left at 11 Aar. on Monday
last. The Cyclops, after landing his Lordship, proceeded
round to Portsmouth. Arrival of mails :—The Oriental
Company's steam-ship Queen, Captain Russell, from
Gibraltar, arrived in the docks at 11 P.m yesterday, and
landed her mails of the following dates—Gibraltar, Oc-
tober ith ; Cadiz, Bth; Lisbon, 11th ; Vigo, 13th ; and
Corinna, 14th. She has a full fruit cargo, and 25 pas-
sengers. The Queen spoke with the Prussian corvette
lying at Gibraltar, with the body of Prince George, from
Civita Vecchia. The Royal West India mail packet
Severn, Captain Vincent, arrived early this morning, and
landed the West Indian (not the Gulf) mails, which were
forwarded by trains immediately to London. Her dates
are—Jamaica,..Sept. 23 ; St. Jago ee Cuba, Sept. 19 ;
Demerara, Sept. 20 ; Trinidad, Sept. 19 ; BArbado s,
Sept. 24 ; Grenada, Sept. 26 ; Porto Rico, Sept. 27 •, St.
Thomas, Sept. 29 ; and Fayal, Oct.' 11. The New
Oriental Company's iron steam-ship Ripon arrived round
from Lonion this morning, and will start for Alexandria
on the 20th, with India mails, &c.

MAR FOREST.—Some days ago, as a young man,
from the parish of Abernethy, was crossing the hills on
his way to a market at Braemar, and hilst within
some di:stance of Mar Lodge, he was met by the
Duke of Leeds's gamekeepers, and conducted by them—
although much against his inclination—to the Lodge,
where he was ushered into the presence of his
Grace. The poor Celt was threatened with the
severest vengeance, and took his leave promising,
almost upon oath, never to retrace the same
path. The practice of annoying the enthu-
siast who seeks to admire nature in her wildest forms in
that sublimely beautiful part of our country, which his
Grace of Leeds at present occupies, is bad enough ; but
the interruption and delay caused to a pedestrian on
business, unarmed and alone, is an actirsn quite unworthy
of the dignity of a titled Nobleman.—lave: ness Courier.
The banking establishments in Sheffield have
agreed to allow their clerko 4 half-holiday every
Thursday.

THE ROYAL MARRIAGE in SPAIN
(From the Times.)
_ _

MADRID, OCT. 11.---The Gazette contains a decree
naming the Infante Don Francisco de Assis Field
Marshal (Captain-General) in the army. It is dated
the 10th.
A chapter of the Order of the Golden Fleece was
held last night at the Palace, for the purpose of con-
ferring on the Duke de Montpensicr the Grand Collar
of the Order. The Duke d'Aumale acted as sponsor ;
the Infante Don Francisco de Assis, his father, Don
Franciso de Paula, and the Duke de Rianzares were pre-
sent as knights.
A grand levee will be held to morrow at the Palace, at
two o'clock.
The Royal marriages were solemnized last night at
the palace at the hour and in the manner described in
my dispatch of yesterday.
The Queen and her sister were richly dressed in
white.

Don Francisco de Assis wore the rich uniform of a
Field Marshal, which was understood to have been a
present to him fr. m the Queen-Mother. He was deco-
rated with the insignia of the Golden Fleece and the
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour.
The Dukes of Montpensier and d'Aumalo were
dressed in the uniform of French Generals, and they
alao wore the Collar of the Golden Fir ece and the Grand
Cross of the Legion of Honour.
The .Queen awl her sister were given in marriage by
their mother, and the same office was rendered by Don
Francisco, to his son. The Duke d'Aurnale acted as
father to the Duke of Montpensier. The witnesses on
the part of Spain were, Cartanos Duke of Bailen, and
the Dukes of Ca,stroterreno and Rianzares; on the part
of France, the Duke d'Aumale, M. Bresson, and Baron
Athalin, Peer of France.
The officiating prelate commend d his functions by
saying—" Senora Donnalsebellail. of Bourbon, Catholic
Queen of Spain, I demand of your Majesty, and of your
Highness, Serene Sir, Don Francisco de Assis Maria de
Bourbon, of Spain, in case you know of any im-
pediments to this present marriage, and why it could
not and ought not to be contracted—that is to say, if
there exist between your Majesty and Highness impedi-
ments of consanguinity, affinity, or spiritual relation-
ship, independently of those impediments that have been
dispensed with by his Holiness—if you have made vows
of chastity or religion—and, finally, if there exist im-
pediments of any other kind—that you forthwith de-
clare them. The tame I demand of all here present.
For the second and third time I make the same de-
mand, that you freely discover any impediment you at e
aware of."

After some moments of silence, no one replying, the
Prelate addressed the Queen thus,—" Senora Derma
Isabella 11. of Bourbon, Catholic Queen of Spain, do you
wish for your spouse and husband, as the Holy Catholic,
Apostolic, and Boman Church directs, Don Francisco de
Assis Maria de Bourbon, Infante of Spain."
The Queen kissed her mother's hand, and being again
asked the same question by the Bishop, replied,
" Yes I wish."
He then said, "Does your Majesty give yourself as
spouse and wife to his Serene Highness Don Francisco
de Assis Maria de Bourbon?"
The Queen answered "I do.
" Does your Majesty receive and accept the said In-
fante I)oa Francisco de Assis Maria de Bourbon for
your spouse and husband?"
" Yes, I receive and accept."
The Bishop then addressed the Infante.
"Most serene Sir, Don Francisco de Assis Maria de

Bourbon, Infante of Spain, does your Highness wish for
spouse and lawful wife Her Majesty Isabella IL of Bour-
bon, Catholic Queen of Spain, as the Holy Roman Ca-
tholic and Apostolic Church directs!"
The Prince answered, " Yes, I wish."
" Does your Highness give yourself?" &c.
"Yes, I do."

"Does your Highness receive and accept as your
spouse and lawful wife Donna Isabella 11. of Bourbon,
Catholic Queen of Spain?"
" Yes, I do receive and accept."
Then joining the hands of the Queen and Infante, and
taking his crozier, the Bishop repeated in a slow and
solemn voice—

" And I, on the part of Almighty God, and of the
happy Apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul, and of our Holy
Mother Church, join in matrimony your Majesty Senora
Donna Isabella 11. of Bourbon, Catholic Queen of Spain,
and your Royal Highness Don Francisco de Assis Maria
of Bourbon; and this sacrament of matrimony I confirm
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost. Amen."
Re then sprinkled holy water on the heads of the
Queen and Prince, and performed the same ceremony
—its words only varying according to the different
ranks of the parties—for the Infante and the Duke de
Mon tpensier.

The newly married people retired to their apartments
at eleven o'clock, Don Francisco taking an affectionate
leave of his father and sisters, who left for their resi-
dence in the Retiro.

A paragraph which occurs in the Iltraldo of this day,
inserted perhaps with the intention of deceiving, would
lead .the public to suppose that the British Minister was
present at the marriage ceremony last night. Mr. Bulwer
was not present.
There were partial illuminations last night. The
public buildings, Government offices, and the houses of
a number of the grandees were illuminated.. The house
of the French Ambassador, as a matter of course, was
roost brilliantly lighted up. It was 'remarked that the
balconies of the Neapolitan Minister, Prince Carini,
were quite dark—not a single torch or candle in the
window. The ba'conies of the British Embassy were
lighted ; but it was solely on account of it being her
Majesty's birthday. There were very few private
houses illuminated.

The ceremony of the velacion took place this day at
the hour, and in the manner noticed in my yesterday's
letter. The streets through which the procession passed
were lined with troops from an early hour.
There were one or two cries of " Viva el Infante Don
Francisco" and " Viva la Reina" heard. But, not-
withstanding the constant efforts of the Queen-Mother
and the French Prince to attract public notice by bow-
ing, smiling, nodding their heads, &c., no notice was
taken of them ; nor were their salutes returned. In the
passage leading to the chapel of Atocha, some well-
dressed people raised their hats as the Infanta passed.
The Duke of Montpensier availed himself of the once,
sion to return the salute. It was, however, by no means
intended for him, but only for the sister of the Queen.
The procession returned from the chapel about three
o'clock.

The ,day was fine, notwithstanding a smart breeze.
The troops looked well; and the hangings in the bal-
conies of the fine street of Alcala had a gay appear-
ance. As far as the people were concerned, there
were no signs of enthusiasm, nor anything approaching
it. The Queen and her sister looked much as usual.
A rumour has been in circulation here for the last
three sr four days, but which I have abstained, for ob-
vious reasons, from noticing before. It seems the cele-
brated physician, M. Orfila, who has been in Madrid for
the last week or ten days, has been requested to give his
opinion on the present state of the Queen's health, and
as to the propriety of following the mode of treatment
recommended by her Majesty's usual medical attendants,
and heretofore practised with much advantage. It ap-
pears that M. Orfila, who is a distinguished member of
the profession in Paris, recommended a total change in
the treatment of her Majesty's complaint. This advice
has not met with the approval of the Queen's physicians
who have declared that if M. Orfila's system be
adopted, they cannot answer for the result. One of
them, M. Gutierrez, has actually resigned his place, as
he refuses to sanction a mode of treatment which, in
his opinion, may be followed by serious consequences.
The presence of M. Orfila in Madrid at this moment of
excitement, his French connexions, together with other
circumstances not necessary to mention, afford occasion
for a thousand stories and suppositions, which I refrain
from alluding to more particularly.
I am assured that a child of M. Bresson's, of the ma-
ture age of ten months, has been created Grandee of
Spain, with the title of Duke of St. Isabel ! Who would
not take up the trade of matchmaking at such a price ?
It is said that about twenty persons were arrested yes-
terday—it is probable on some general charge of con-
spiracy, though some say they had formed a plot to
breakinto the French Embassy.
A good many groups of• people were assembled last
night in the neighbourhood of the Palace. They amused
themselves by jeering at the servants and attaches of the
French Ambassador, as they occasionally appeared at
the windows. His Excellency's residence is only a few
yards from that of the Queen. An unhappy individual
was seen at the balcony, who was taken for one of the
employes, and was consequently hissed. The fun rose
higher when it was discovered that he was M. Bresson's
cook, in white cap and apron. The crowd affected to
believe that the worthy chef was the Duke of Mont-
pensier himself, and his Royal Highness became the
subject of many a witticism of too liberal a kind to be
alluded to more particularly.
The Duke of Veraguas, Corregidor of .Madrid,' has
published a notice calling on all loyal people to exhibit
as much enthusiasm as possible, and to illuminate their
houses. The illuminations will be repeated four nights.
The Queen and her sister set out for Aranjuez to-
night.
The Eco del Comercio was suspended to-day. It, to-
gether with the Espanol and Espectador, was fined 2,000
seals yesterday.

OCTOBER 12.
The Gazette of this morning contains the following
decrees:—

" Senora,—The ccnstitution of the monarchy directs
that the husband of your Majesty shall take no part in
the Government of the kingdem ; but that regula-
tion does not prevent the person selected by your Ma-
jesty as your august spouse from enjoyiag the honours
which are, as it were, annexed to the exalted position to
which your Mujesty has deigned to raise him, and
which the reigning Queens of Spain have invariably
conferred on their consorts.l
" Your Majesty is, besides, empowered by the consti-
tution to grant honours and distinctions of all kinds.
And for these reasons we have the honour to propose to
your Majesty the following decree :
"Senora,—At the royal feet of your Majesty,
" JAVIER DE ISTURITZ, President of
the Council and Minister of State.
" JOAQUIM DIAZ DE CANEJA, Minis
ter of Grace and Justice.
" LOUVANO SANZ, Minister at War.
" FRANCISCO ARMERO, Minister of
Marine, &c.
" ALEXANDRE MON, Minister of
Finance.
" PEDRO JOSE PIDAL, Minister of the
Interior.
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" ROYAL DECREE.
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Assis Maria de Bourbon, the honorary title of King,
with the style of Majesty.
" Given at the Palace this 10th day of October, 1846.
(Countersigned) " JAVIER DE ISTURITZ,
" Minister of State, President of
the Council of Ministers."

. " FOREIGN- OFFICE.—ROYAL DECREE.
" Desirous of giving a public testimony of my royal
esteem to Count Bresson, Peer of France, and Ambassa-
dor Extraordinary of the King of the French, near my
person; and of perpetuating in his family the memory
of the marriege of my beloved sister Donna Luisa Fer-
nando, for the part he has taken in it as Plenipotentiary,
I hereby grant to his son, my godson, Frangois Paul
Ferdinand Philippe de Bresson, the rank of Grandee of
Spain of the First Class, free of lanzas and medias anatas,
with the title of Duke of Santa Isabel, for himself, his
sons and successors in his house, male and female, born
in lawful wedlock.
" Given at the Palace this 10th day of October, 1846.
(Countersigned) " JAVIER DE ISTURITZ,
Minister of State."
Mary anxious eyes have been looking to the Gazette
for some days Fast, in the hope of set ir.g a decree of
amnesty there; or of mercy and pardon for those who are
pining it dungeons, or eating the bitter bread of exile—
but in vain. As yet not a word of hope is spoken.
But w bat ara the sighs of the exile, or the. prolonged
woes of the captive, in compariton with M. Bresson's
child I The wound of the country must be healed ;
the he,:rts of an oppressed, an outraged, and a deceived
people roust leap with joy at learning that an infant of
10 months old—the infant of the Frtnch Ambassador_
is en ated a Duke, at,d a Grandee of Spain of the First
Class!' The "eternal enemies of order,"• those who
d. plore the degrAati,:n of their native lard, must be
unreasonable, inth ed, if they do not bail with exultation
this additional sign of a "new era of peace, order, and
hsl p'ness." When the patriot Isturitz pronounced from
the tribune of the Cortes those words from her Majesty's
message, he must surely have.thought of M. Bresson's.
child.

The public buildings, and a few private houses,
amongst which the most remarkable was that of the
Marquis of Mirafiores, , were illuminated last night.
There was a display of fireworks, which the Queen and
Royal Family belic.4l from the gardens of the Retiro.
There are some faint rumours of a change in the
Ministry. Pavia is spoken of as likely to succeed Sanz
in the War Department. He was Captain General of
Navarre when Dori Francisco was in Pampeluna with
his regiment. Orlando is spoken of for the Finances,
and Egana, for Grace and Justice. Pavia is a worthy
pupil of the Baron de Meer, to w hom be was formerly
aide-de-camp. His opinions are more or less those of
his patron. Egana's absolutism is well known. It is
the opinion of mauy persons that before many months
have passed over a completely absolute system—absolute
in form, as it is now in factwill be established in Spain,
unless indeed some extraordinary events take place.
The news of the revolution in Portugal was confirmed
by to-day's post. The licraldo publishes a supplement
expressly fur the occasioc. Its anticipations are high.
" We cherish the hope," it says, "that very soon the
Count Thomar will be by the side of the illustrious Mar-
quis of Saldanha at the foot of the throne of his Queen,
to enlighten her with his counsels, and sustain it with
his decision ; to protect it against misfortunes like the
_past, with his wisdom and experience. If this hope be
realised, tranquillity will soon be re-established in Por-
tugal, and we shall have a motive the less to be unquiet
respecting our own situation ; as—once established on
solid and durable bases, the Conservative Governments
in France, Spain, and Portugal,—we shall be able to
present a formidable continental barrier to those who
would desire to introduce in the bosom of our country
the germ of those disorders that would destroy our
peace, our prosperity, and our wealth."
A grand levee was held at the palace to-day. The at-
tendance of graLdees, military, civil, and ecclesiastical
authorities, and foreign Ministers, amongst the latter of
whom was Mr. Bulwer, was good.
A number of persons are to receive titles; amongst
-them are said to be Senor Castro y Orozco, President of
the Deputies; Donoso Cortes. the Queen's private se-
cretary ; Ariola, Fagoago, Carriquirri, Moreno, and
others. Some of the officers of the household are to be
created Grandees of Spain. The lady of General Nar.
vaez has been appointed one of the Ladies of Honour to
the Queen.

Gold Snuffboxes have been presented to Arana, In-
troducer of Ambassadors, and other minor personages,
by the Duke de Montpensier.
Owing to the festivities, the Bourse remains closed
for the next three days. M.

PROCLAMATION OF THE QUEEN
OF PORTUGAL.
(TRANSLATION.)
Portuguese,--The cries which from all sides daily
reached my throne filled my heart with the most
pungent grief, and my thoughts and cares of every mo-
ment were devoted to the restoration of public prospe-
rity, so violently shaken.

Expressions of severity never issued from my lips, for
that feeling is incompatible with the sentiments of ma-
ternal love which I nourish towards my subjects ; but
at length, seeing the abyss into which the course of
events was hurl.) ing the throne of my ancestors, the
institutions founded by my father, and with the welfare
and even the very existence of this nation. worthy of a
better fate, I have resolved to set a term to so many
calamities by interposing myself between that abyss and
triumphant disorder.

For this purpose, I have summored to my councils
men who, I hope, will aid me in accomplishing the ar-
duous task imposed upon me by my love for the noble
'people whom Providence has confided to my direction.
The instructions which I considered I ought to give them
are comprised in few words, and these I do not hesitate
to repeat, feeling w ell assured that they will find an
echo In every generous and faithful heart,

It is not within the reach of human power to efface
' great events from the annals of nations. Whether jus-
tified on principle or merely admitted as facts, they
must be recognised, and when they have attained an
important magnitude, their consequences must be
respected.
Such was the popular movement which originated in
the Minhe, and which, altered and perverted, was re-
peated in other parts of the kingdom. The change
which I have now made in the Administration, there-
fore, does not signify a reaction against that popular
movement, but only against the excesses to which it sub-
sequently led.

All that the people called for was the repeal of the
tributary system and of the sanatory laws, as also the
dismissal of the Ministers to whom they ascribed the sup-
posed vexations produced by those laws. Those conces-
sions were made and will be maintained.
But the people could not wish that the code of their
rights and liberties—that the talisman (sic) of a hundred
fights—that the constitutional charter should be involved
in the proscription; and so far were they from harbour-
ing such a desire, that, even in the very height of the
movement, they constantly invoked and hailed the
charter; and grateful, indeed, is this circumstance to my
heart, which would have been severely pained to see
ungratefully torn the sacred covenant that binds me to
my people, and trodden under foot the greatest and best
work of my lamented father, which he bound to the ex-
istence of my dynasty, and the name of which was united
to mine in the mouths of those brave men who fell in
battle to leave a legacy of liberty to this land.
The author of the charter himself recognised in it the
exigencies of time and experience; and time and expe-
rience have in fact shown that some of its provisions
need revisal and alteration. I reject, however, an excess
of authority which does not belong to me, nor will I by
a simgle decree alter the fundamental law of the mo-
narchy. I shall, therefore, order my Ministers to pro-
mote that revision, but by the method which the charter
itself prescribes. _

With full confidence in the virtues of the Portuguese
people, I hope to see them rallying round my throne to
aid me in consolidating the great work in which we are
engaged.
The day when I shall see the Portuguese family lay-
ing aside all former hatred and uniting, never again to
be separated, will be to me the most glorious and
memorable of my life. The whole secret of this de•
sideratunt lies in the realisation of two great words—
judice and duly.

Let the empire of morality be proclaimed as the chief
thing necessary; let principles which claim respect be no
longer the sport of ambition ; let approved merit be the
only title to preference ; let the most strict economy be
established in every branch of the public service ; let all
party distinctions cease ; let the faith of legal contracts
be respected ; and no doubt a brighter day will dawn
upon this heaven-favoured soil.

It is my intention to send without delay to the several
provinces, as my commissioners, 'persons who are
zealous for the good of the nation for the purpose of
collecting the complaints and representations of the
-people, in order that, taking them into mature consi-
deration, I may remedy such evils as may be discovered,
and which my solicitude may not have been able to pre-
vent.

Finally,—it being my most earnest desire to repress
all excesses, I wish it to be known that the inflexible
rigour of justice will fall, without distinction of persons,
upon all those who, whatever may be their political opi-
niont, shall attempt to substitute the empire of terror
for that of morality. I trust that there will be no occa-
sion to carry into ettlet this my fixed determination .
and that, having once more sacrificed myself to the good
of my subjects, I shall find in their loyalty and affection,
and in the blessings of Providence, the only reward
which I desire for my exertions.
'Wee,' of Diem, Oct. 6, 1846.
(Signed)
THE QUEEN.
MARQUIS DE-.SALDANITA.
VISCOUNT OLI VEIRA.
DON MANOEL DE PORTUGAL.
JOSE JACINTO VALENTE FARINHO.

DRURY-LANE TEEATRE.—This house continues to
be crowded n;glit altor night, to witness the charming
performance of Madame Bishop. There is no chance of
obtaining either a good private-box, or good seats in tho
dress circle, unle:s application be made SOW days before-
hand. There ht,s he en no such di tided hit since the •
memorable days of Madame Malibran.
Lord John Russell will leave town on Thursday
next, to join the distinguished circle to assemble that
day at the Marquis of Salisbury's, to meet the Queen
and her illustrious Consort.
FATAL OCCURRENCE ON TIIE RlVER.—Yesterday
afternoon a party of children were proceeding up the
river in a small pleasure boat, iu the charge of a water-
man, when a lad fell overboard whilst attempting to reap
some article out of the river. Every exertion was mad
to save the poor little fellow, but without the slighte et
success. The occurrence happened a thort di.sttuce abQ
Wc StalinatV• Wage.