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to adopt coercive measures against MiGuEL. On the
2d inst., the French Consul, and an agent of the
French Government, who has been some time in Lis-
bon, had an interview with the Foreign Minister,in the
course of which they held language highly unplea-
suit to MIGUEL'S representative. The Consul de-
clared that his Government would DOlonger be trifled
with, and that MIGUEL must comply with his de-
mands, or prepare for measures which he would not
ft:id so courteous as the demands themselves had
been. MIGUEL'S squadron was nearly equipped, but,
on examination, many of the ships were found to be
still unseaworthy, and it was thought advisable to
'delay their departure. These accounts state that
lifty•six constitutionalists, who had been long con
fined in the fortress of Almeida, for politics] offences,
had made their escape; but some of them had been
retaken, and they would, it was feared, have their
lives taken as a punishment for their attempt to re-
gain their liberty. Money was very scarce in Lis-
bon, and the certificates of the forced loan u ere nu-
saleable at a discount of 70 per cent. A private
agent, supposed to be in the pay of the Portuguese
Regency, had been betrayed to the Government,
but, contrary to expectation, no attempt had been
made to molest him, from which it was inferred by
some persons that he wus deeper in the interest of
the Miguelites than of ath PEDRO.

We have received a file of the Oporto papers to
the 2d instant. It is chiefly filled with official de-
crees and extracts from the foreign papers. One of
the decrees is for the reorganization of the army,
which is to be divided into three bodies, under the
command of the Duke of TERCEIRA, General SAL-
DANIIA, and General STUBBS, Marshal SOLIGNAC
being Commander-in-Chief. It does not appear
that Sir JOHN MILLEY DOYLE is appointed to any
active command; but he is in high favour with Don
PEDRO, to whom he is Aide-de-camp, and whom he
accompanies in all his daily rounds.

One of the numbers of the Chronica contains a
decree for the formation of two new regiments, each
nearly 2,000 strong, to be called the Queen's
Light Infantry, and in another number is a repetition
of a paragraph, copied from the Lisbon Gazette into
the Madrid Gazette, and in which it is stated that
50 Englishmen and 12 Frenchmen had deserted
in a body ftom the constitutional army, and that
desertion was frequent. The Chronica declares that
these are all fables ; but our private letters inform
us that a great many English have deserted
on account of not having received their ar-
rears of pay. It is added, however, that
these deserters were all men of the lowest descrip-
tion, whose conduct during their stay in Oporto had
been turbulent and criminal in a high degree. Their
example had not been followed by any of the
Englishmen who had been sent out by respectable
agents. These letters add, that the situation of
the Constitutionalists in Oporto had become dif_
ficult and painful, chiefly owing to the scarcity of
fresh provisions. Many of the soldiers were suf-
fering from the continual rations of salt fish, and the
cholera had been rife among then; but the Migue•
lites were little better off. Their provisions were
becoming scarce, and several horses had died from
want of forage.
The Royalist Volunteers who were so zealous in
the cause of Don MIGUEL, whilst there was any
thing to steal from the inhabitants, had deserted in
immense numbers to their houses, now that the
system of plunder is at an end ; and nothing but
the knowledge of the distressed condition of the
Constitutionalists in Oporto has prevented the Mi-
guelite regular troops from deserting also. They,
however, must either join Don PEDRO or remain
where they are; for in their case desertion, unless
to-a secure:' place of refuge, would be followed by
death.

On the. 18th of January the Visconde de SANTA
MARTHA, wrote to the Foreign Consul in Lis-
bon, that he would not allow the vessels even of
neutrals to go out of the river without a certificate
from the Consul, that it has not on board any troops,
persons, effects, cargo, or correspondence of the
rebels, as he calls the adherents of Dan Pedro.

We understand that about five hundred men,
many of whom are old soldiers, and of excellent
character, being part of the levy contracted for by
Colonel COTTER, are about to leave this country for
Oporto, under the immediate orders of Major
LAWSON, who was for some time in the Constitu-
tional service, but who quitted it on account of a
disagreement with Colonel HODGES. It is expected
that by the time when this division will arrive
in Oporto, there will be another reinforce-
ment of more than two thousand men from
France, so that Marshal SOLIGNAC will be in a con-
dition to take more active measures than he has
hitherto done. This second reinforcement will be
the more valuable to the Constitutionalists, as the
pay of the French is the same as that of the Por•
tuguese, whereas, the pay of the English is much
higher ; and, with few exceptions, the English have
refuted to be placed on the same footing as the
Portuguese.

The following was posted at the North and South
American Coffee-house this morning :
FALMOUTH, FEB. 13.

I beg to inform you that the Skylark packet arrived last
night with a freight of one hundred thousand dollars, on mer-
chants' and on passengers' account. The news brought by her
is, that at Puebla General Bustemente entered into an armis•
tiCe with Santa Anna, which was laid before the Chambers in
Mexico, who did not agree with Bustamente, denouncing him
as a traitor, and took the command from him of the army. Bus-
tarnente joined Santa Anna at Puebla, and with Pedraza
marched on Mexico, which they entered on the 3rd January,
amidst the great enthusiasm of the inhabitants. The arrival
of money was hourly expected from the Interior. It is ex-
pected the Thais will come home full of money, being the next
packet.

The elec'ions tbr a President will take place in April.

There is no truth in the report of Mr. O'Cos-
NELL's set out for I►eland.

The French Papers of Saturday contain little of
novelty or interest. As will be seen in another co-
lumn, the itat de siege bill had not passed the
Chamber of Peers. The opposition papers are
doing all they can to have it thrown out, but the
public display little or no feeling upon either side of
the question.

We direct attention to a letter which will be found
in another column, under the head, " Real Property
and Income Tax." We have all along said that a
graduated Property Tax is the fairest impost that
can be levied.

As the year advances, the stream of publications
which has for some time issued from the press on
the subject of the Bank Charter and the Currency,
becomes stronger every week, and our table is now
covered with plans and schemes, each in the fancy
of their authors, expounding the only true principle
by which the great question can be solved. That
to which we at present wish to call the attention of
our readers, is entitled " An Impartial Inquiry into
the Blink Question, by a Merchant." Upwarda of
half of this pamphlet is occupied in the very super
fluous task of exposing the faultiness- of the system
pursued by the Bank of England. The writer then