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mouths upon that subject, from shame—from pure shame
of taking any interest, or of associating in any way with
people of such incapacity as the Miguelites, who direct
affairs, have shown themselves to he. Here is the very truth
which has been heard from themselves, and it is what
Lord Beresford, with all his warmth of interest for us,
has told me in his broken Portuguese ; and I know Aber-
deen said this, not to me, but to a Member of the House
of Peers, from Whom I heard it, and even to-day Lord
Stuart de Rothesay said the same thing to Carlos Ma.
thias.

" Your Excellency will pardon me for repeating these
things so circumstantially, but I desire to give an exact
idea of the evil which causes us to be held in such small
esteem, to see if we cannot have a remedy. I will now,
without flattery, tell you that your Excellency is an excep-
tion to what our statesmen are thought of here ; that your
Excellency is looked upon as an instrument of remedy,
and that they attribute the want of necessary means as
much to the persons who assist, as to the want of liberty
of action and authority having prevented your Excellency
from remedying many things. Neumann and Beresford
have expressed a most advantageous opinion of your Ex-
cellency, which I, you already know, confirm ; however
this my hope in your Excellency is founded upon the opi-
nion that your Excellency, putting aside your too sincere
modesty, should take upon yourself to direct with your
own hands this business of the steam-boat, and command
instead of consulting, and not stand upon comparisons with
other heads ❑ot worth a tenth part of that of your Excel-
lency, and thus put things in order. 1 have let my pen
run freely, confiding in the precious friendship of your
Excellency, and in such particulars.
" In conformity with what I have above said, I likewise
hope that your Excellency, in case Elliot should present
himself by the next packet, will take upon yourself that
authority which belongs to you, so that the means are
adopted to obtain a navy worthy of the name, and that we
avail ourselves of the services most at hand to save our-
selves. Aberdeen, reflecting upon this point, considered
as a great advantage, amongst others, the moral force
which would result from the name and credit of the
British navy, which would in some degree be transferred
to our squadron, so far and as soon as it was known to be I
directed by English officers. The caprice of net serving
ourselves by means of foreigners is foolish, when our salva-
tion is at stake ; is it not more dishonour to be entiroly
ruined, than to say we recurred to those who could assist
us in saviug ourselves ?

" Carlos Mathias has advanced nothing, because money
not coming, everything remains as it was, and as long as
nothing cornea nothing will be done; but as the Go% era
are without any money in their hands, an order should be
sent to Heliodoro and Leocadio to remit funds to the said
Cowers : there is no want of these funds in Paris, as I
know from the Gowers that one-half of the loan is realized.
" In case this letter should arrive before Elliot or you
should in any manner, with him, or by what we write by
this packet, have decided upon taking him and some ether
English officers, I beg of you, in order to save time, that
ou order an affirmative reply immediately, that things
may be done without delay.
(Here follow the usual compliments.)
"ANTONIO RIBEIRO SARAIVA.
"London, May 10."
EXPRESS FROM FALMOUTH.

(From the Times. )
AUGUST 12.—The exact force with which the Duke
of Terceira liberated Lisbon was between 1,400 and
1,500 men (all Portuguese, the detachment of French
which formed part of the expeditionary divisio❑ having
been left in Algarve) and 17 horses. He has now under
his command nearly 5,000 regular troops, with 600
horses and 10 pieces of field artillery. He has been de•
tained until the present time i❑ organizing the troops
which have come over from the enemy, but a forward
movement has at length commenced, a battalion having
marched for Santarem yesterday, and others will follow
from day to day, so that by the 16th the whole force will
be assembled there. Deserters pour over in strong
parties ; upwards of 60 came down the Tagus yesterday
from the neighbourhood of Villa Franca, and it is certain
that greater numbers desert to their own homes, com-
mitting many ravages on their route. The fortress of
Peniche is being put into a complete state of defence, and
the garrison is augmented to nearly 800 men, chiefly by
desertions from the division of the Duke de Cadaval. It
is intended to retain a force of 2,000 men there, in else
Bourmont should direct any operations in that quarter.
In the marine the utmost activity prevails. Admirial
Napier, whose whole ambition seems to be to show him-
self as able in the administration of that department as
in the duties of a commander at sea, is fitting out vessels
to maintain a strict blockade of the whole coast; he has
already sent an expedition to Figueira, containing a small
land force of 300 men, and is preparing three others,
one foc Madeira, another for the Cape de Verde ; the last
for Angola ; and by the end of the month all these expe-
ditions will have put to sea.
As the Government of Don Miguel made certain of
retaining possession of Lisbon, and as the Duke of Ter-
ceira, by one of the most rapid and extraordinary marches
recorded i❑ history, took them entirely by surprise, they
had taken no precautionary measures as to the removal of
stores and ammunition, or even of the bulk of the money
in the Treasury. lam assured upon high authority, but
nevertheless cannot positively vouch for the fact, that they
left be:And them nearly 60,0001. in money, which has
fallen into Don Pedro's hands, the greater part being the
product of the last Miguelite loan, which bad only reached
Lisbon a few days previously. Since the removal of the
Government a financial measure has been determined
upon, which will, no doubt, be beneficial to the country,
if it can be carritd into effect. There was an examina-
tion of the state of the finances, and the Minister finding
a deficit for the remainder of the year in the sum of
200,000/. sterling, a decree was published in the Ciro-
nica, No. 14, containing proposals for a national loan on
the following conditions:-
1. This loan to be extinguished in three years in equal
moieties, the policies to be made out in conformity serving
as a mortgage upon the public rents, especially upon the
proceeds of national property.
2. The amount to be paid into the Treasury in five
equal parts, on the 24th day of every remaining month of
the present year.
3. Subsequently to the Ist of August, 1834 all poli-
cies of this loan shall be received as cash in any of the
public departments, or in the purchase of national pro-
perty, without prejudice to the previous mortgage right
already established.
4. The dividend, at the rate of 5 per cent. per ann.,
shall he payable every six months; the amount of the
loan shall ❑ot exceed 800 contos of refs (160,000/. ster-
ling), and all persons desirous of taking part in it are
invited to make known the terms on which they are wit-
ling to do so by the 20th of the month. From the perusal
of the Chronica to-day (No. 15), you will perceive that a
fourth part of the amount is already subscribed for at par,
and the general impression is, that within the week the
whole amount will be filled up. The decrees lately pub-
lished show clearly enough that the Clergy are no longer
to direct the Government of the country, and that their
influence is to be undermined by an attack upon their
wealth ; they have likewise been the most blood-thirsty
enemies of the Liberal party, and have preached and pub-
lished imprecations out of number upon the Imperial
personage: at the head of it in this country, and he,
although very regular, in the religious observance of the
formularies of the Church, is said not to be uniformly
guided or controlled by the scriptural injunction which
enjoins us to " love our enemies." The Emperor has
written a letter of thanks to the Duke of Palmalla fur
his conduct during his short provisional governorship,
couched in the warmest and most flattering terms.
What coin of the realm is such a document worth ? That
Nobleman is to be sent on a special missio❑ to England
and France, and on his return, from what I have heard,
he will substitute the Duke de Cadaval at the head o.

the Chamber of Peers—the only remaining degree of
rank it is in the power of the Regent to bestow upon him.
The Cabinet has been occupied within the last few
days in framing a decree for the convocation of the Cortes,
but its meeting will not take place until the Ist of
January.
A vessel, named the Perseverance, with 2,000 stand
of arms on board for Don Miguel, entered the river
yesterday without previous knowledge of the change of
affairs, consequently the muskets are se.zed. The master
of the vessel must have kept what sailors c,ll a blind
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that the Miguel;tes had evacuated Villa Nova; and a: ,s it
ot contradicted by the authorities; the entire city
was spontaneously illuminated in the evening. This
afforded me an opportunity of seeing Lisbon in a very
advantageous light.
AccosT 12, 10 o'cLocx vo,r Reports have been cir-
culated this morning that 12,000 of the enemy have
marched from Oporto in the direct road to the capital, and
that this Government intends immediately to lay an em-
bargo
on all the vessels in the port. 1 know that the
Aliguelites have not 16,000 effective men around Oporto
tit to take the field upon a march, and can positively assure
)ou that the entire statement 19 wholly Without foundation.
(FROM ANEITHER CORRESPONW:NT.)
LISBON Aug. 13.—Tbe packet having been detained
fora few Lours, I take the opportunity to inform you