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PORTUGAL

(From the Chronica de Lisboa, May 26. )
LISBON, MAY 26.—We are authorised to announce
that, on the 24th instant, at five o'clock in the even-
ing, there arrived at the Palace das Necessidades
Captain Gerves d'Atouguia, to impart to his Imperial
Majesty that a rebel officer, Antonio Joaquim Guedes,
accompanied by a guard of Lancers, presented him
self to Marshal Count de Saldanha, who was then at
Monte-moro-nevo, with a flag of truce, to solicit an
armistice. The Duke of Braganza ordered that it
should be replied to the Marshal Conde Saldanha that
he could not concede such an armistice, nor would he
treat with the usurper, but that it should be intimated
to the officer Guedes, to explain to . the rebels that
they must lay down their arms ; and in case they did
so, then that his Imperial Majesty would exercise
his clemency towards them. He accordingly ordered
that Marshal Conde de Saldanha should execute those
military operations, which were determined on for the
purpose of compelling by force, should they not volun-
tarily obey the orders of his Imperial Majesty. Be-
sides this, his Imperial Majesty communicated to the
Count de Saldanha that this his resolution should be
transmitted to the Duke of Terceira, in order that
both should act in harmony, and in conformity with
his resolution.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
" Imperial Head-quarters, Santarem, May 18, 1834.
" 1. Hii Imperial Majesty, the Duke of Braganza, Com-
mander-in-Chief of the liberating army, desirous of giving
to the brave troops of the army of operations an organisa-
tion adequate to existing circumstances, and to the rapid
movements by which he may reckon on seeing the dreadful
struggle shortly terminated, in which the said army has so
distinguished itself, has deemed it good to command the
formation of two armies of operations, called the first and
second army, confiding the command in chief of the first to
his Excellency the Marshal Duke of Terceira, his first.
Aide-de- Camp, and of the second to his Excellency Marshal
Conde de Saldanha, Chief of the Imperial Staff.
" 2. As it is necessary to organise in this city a military
depot, and to adopt the means which are suitable for the
proper management of the munitions and stores of war, the
same august Senhor is pleased to nominate to the Military
Government Jose Correa de Faria, who, since the Ist Ja-
nuary of the present year, has exercised the functions of
MilitaryGovernorof the town of Cartaxo.

" 3. His Imperial Majesty gives orders that the royal
letter, which he has been pleased to direct to his Excellency
the Marshal Duke of Terceira, his first Aide-de-Camp,
should be communicated to the army."
ROYAL LETTER.

" Honoured Duke of Terceira, Peer of the Kingdom,
Marshal of the Grand Army, of the Order of the Grand
Cross, of the Ancient and the very Noble Order of the
Tower and Sword of Valour, Loyalty, and Merit, of the
Order of St. Benediet of Aviez, and of our Lady of Con-
ception of Villa Vicoza friend, I, the Duke of Bragatza,
Regent, in the name of Queen, greet you well, as one
whom I much love and esteem. Having, at the head of
the army of operations in the north, under your command,
on the 10th of April last driven from their strong positions
at the city of Amarante on the left of Tamega, the forces
of the Usurper, compelling them to make a precipitate
flight by the roads of Campeaa and Mezao Frio, and push-
ing them on the Douro near Moncorvo. crossing rapidly
the river at that place, you returned to the city of Lamego,
and on the 30th day of the same month, near Castro Dairo,
encountering difficulties from the country and the bad
weather, you again overcame them, notwithstanding the
reinforcements, causing among them the loss of many
killed and wounded, besides a great number of prisoners,
and pursuing them still you entered on the 2d of the present
month Vixen. on the morning of the Bth Coimbra, which
cities were abandoned by the enemy, who, intimidated by
your sword, and terrified by such impetuosity, dared not
any longer to hope ; the valiant defenders of the king-
dom, and of the charter, in the manner that was al-
ways similar in you, proceeding in the glorious career of
your exploits, by means of wise manoeuvres and brilliant
execution, you have been able, in less than a month, to
emancipate from oppression and tyranny the populous pro-
vinces of the north, restoring to them the government of
the law, and re-establishing between them and the heroic
city of Oporto, a complete communication with the capital.
Anxious to give you and the army under your command a
lasting testimony of the exalted value which I set upon
such conspicuous services, I am pleased, in the name
of the Queen, to order for you special commendations and
thanks for this new series of heroic actions which every
time make you more and more the creditor on the grati-
tude of the nation ; and I charge you to thank and com-
mend, in my imperial name, the whole of the officers and
soldiers of this army, for the discipline, bravery, and gal-
lantry, with which, in the battle and out of it, as intrepid
soldiers and brave citizens, they knew how to fulfil their
duty and your orders, co-operating efficaciously for the
complete triumph of independence, liberty, and glory of
the nation. And this I communicate to you, as well for
your satisfaction as that you should see it carried into exe-
cution.

" Given at the Palace of Ra,malhao the 11th May, 1834.
" D. PEDRO, Duke of Braganza.
" AUGUSTIN° JOSE FREIRE."

SUMMONS TO THE GOVERNOR OF MADEIRA.
" Don Alvaro da Costa, of the Council of her Most
Faithful Majesty, Governor and Captain-General of the
Islands of Madeira and Porto Santo: I, the Duke of
Braganza, Regent in the name of the Queen, greet you

" The legitimate authority of my august daughter, the
Senhora Donna Maria 11., having been happily re-esta-
blished in these kingdoms, as well by force of arms as the
voluntary recognition of the people, who, when they were
freed from the Usurper's faction, did not delay to manifest
their attachment; and wishing to extend to these islands
the benefits which those enjoy who live under the liberal
institutions of the monarchy, I order you that, within three
days from the receipt of this, you take, and cause to be
taken by all the civil, military, and ecclesiastical employee,
the oath of allegiance to the Queen, and she charter by
me given to the Portuguese nation, proclaiming both in
every province under your command. And you are to take
notice that in case of disobedience to this, which I hope
will not be shown, you will be treated as a rebel, be ex-
cluded for ever from all or any amnesty which I have al-
ready given or may hereafter give to those who, unfaith-
ful but penitent, may come to ask pardon and protection
under the flag of legitimacy. And this notice I address to
you as well for your instruction, as that you see to its ex-
ecution.

" DON PEDRO, Duke of Braganza.
" BENTO PEREIRO DO CORMO.
" Palace of Romalhao, May 13.
" To Don Alvaro da Costa, Councillor of State,. Governor
and Captain-General of the Islands of Madeira and
Porto-Santo."

CURIOUS VERDICT.--A pauper in the
Southampton poorhouse cut his throat last week ;
when the verdict of the coroner's jury was that he died
of consumption.

The officers composing the courtmartial on Captain
Hugh Pigott, R.N., reassembled at the usual hour on
boat d his Majesty's ship Hastings, at Sheerness. It
being generally known that Captain Pigott would com-
mence his defence, the greatest interest was excited.
Captain Pigott rose and handed to the court a written
defence, which was read by the Judge-Advocate.
He commenced by stating that this investigation
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steam-vessel
Alban, commanded by Lieutenant Walker, was under
his orders. In all his transactions with Lieutenant
Walker, he (Captain Pigott) was desirous to support
the respect due to the British flag, looking more par-
ticularly at the relations of the English government
with that of Constantinople at the time. His orders
upon these points Lieut. Walker always endeavoured
to evade. The very reprehensible state of the Albert
called for his marked animadversions', and upon this,
these extraordinary and vexatious eharg;s had been
framed. He then stated that he should setwerly have
thought it necessary to write a single line of ddwnce.
Upon the Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th, and sth charge's lie
would not say a word—the evidence upon them would
speak for itself. The Bth charge he had no means
of disproving ; but it was fully understood at the
time that Lieut. Walker had received the money al-
luded to. As to his having conducted a partial investi-
gation, the insubordination of the Alban crew was noto-
rious, and it was necessary that their glaring conduct
should be examined into. It had been reported to
him that a Turkish officer had been struck, and that
Turkish women had had their veils lifted up in the
Sultan's Valley. James Wiltshire he felt himself
under the necessity of punishing ; but Lieut. Walker
would not do so without a written order. If he
(Capt. P.) had deviated from the tenor of the in-
structions in the circular No. 58, it had been under
circumstances not contemplated by the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty, and was for the good of the
British service. With regard to the alleged desertion,
Lieut. Walker had wholly failed in proving it, and the
want of respectability of his witnesses in comparison
with those he should produce, would be apparent.
One of them had been turned out of the service in
disgrace. Captain Pigott then alluded to the vile
and garbled statements and paragraphs in the news-
papers, and observed that Lieut. Walker must know
that he had taken no pains to contradict them. He
then alluded to the disrespectful conduct of Lieut.
Walker to that court, which had been recorded in the
minutes, and referred the court to the log of the Stag
for conduct of a similar nature. The Judge-Advocate
then read a letter from Sir Pulteney Malcolm as to
the state of discipline of the Barham while in the
Mediterranean, and regretting that he could not at-
tend personally, and give his evidence upon oath. He
(Capt. Pigott) concluded by requesting the court to
accept his best thanks for their patience, and stated
that he was then ready to call his witnesses.
Captain William Henry Crewe was the first wit-
ness called and examined.

Captain Pigott—Did the prosecutor mention to
you, on the 24th March, 1832, in the Bosphorus,
before the Barham got under weigh, that the Al-
ban was improperly lashed to the Barham? Wit-
ness—No.

Captain Pigott—What was my conduct to the pro-
secutor on account of the Barham being towed by
the Alban? I recollect your pointing out to the
prosecutor the idleness and inattention of his crew :
you remarked, " There is a blackguard actually
laughing in my face instead of working—he deserves
to be flogged," or some similar expression. Your
manner was officer-like.

Captain Pigott—What was my conduct to the
officers and men of the Alban on that occasion ?
You reproved them also for not properly exerting
themselves ; I say, properly, the crew ; I do not.
re-
collect your reproving the officers.
Lieutenant Walker--When Captain Pigott was re-
proving the crew for their alleged ill conduct in
what you call an officer-like manner, was it mild
and dignified, or the reverse ?—Captain Pigott was
angry, but there was nothing undignified or un-
officer-like.

Lieutenant Walker—Was it similar to his habitual
manner of finding fault on board the Barham? Ido
not think it was more angry than when Captain
Pigott had occasion to find fault on board the Barham.
Lieutenant Walker—Was it an habitual expression
on board the Barham., when Captain Pigott was
finding fault, to call people blackguards ?—When
they behaved in a blackguard manner, which was not
often the case.

Lieutenant Walker—Do you consider this officer-
like language and manner ? Captain Pigott's manner
of conveying his opinion of this man's conduct was
officerlike.

Lieutenant Walker—What do you mean by an offi-
cer-like manner ? A manner becoming an officer.
Lieutenant Walker said that he objected to this
answer.

The COURT decided that it should be taken down.

Lieutenant Walker—Then I throw up my brief.
After some discussion the following question was
propounded.
Lieut. Walker—Did you consider it an officer-like
manner to call a man a blackguard of whom he had no
previous knowledge ?—Captain Pigott said, there is a
blackguard, pointing to one of the crew who was
laughing in his face. He did not call him a black-
guard to his face.

Lieut. Walker—Could Capt. Pigott know he was
laughing without seeing his face ?—He pointed to
one of the crew who was laughing in his face.
Lieut. Walker—Was it in the man's hearing ?.
I cannot say ; I did not see the man.
Lieut. Walker—Then if you did not see the man,
how can you tell he was laughing ?—I heard Captai
Pigott say so.
Lieut. Walker, late first lieutenant of the Barham
was next examined by the prisoner. He said, in an-
swer to questions put to him, that when he inspected
the Alban soon after her arrival at Constantinople, the
arms were dirty and covered with rust, and the vessel
then was in a filthy state, and no discipline on board.;
and that the prosecutor, when he received Captain
Pigott's orders, acted in a very indifferent, reluctant
manner.

Lieut. Walker was cross-examined at some length
by the prosecutor, but nothing material occurred. The
Court adjourned at the usual hour.

Many farmers in this nighbourhood observe
that they never before saw wheat in ear so early as in
the present season.—Boston Herald.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE IN THE EAST.
—CONSTANTINOPLE. MAY 6.—On the morning of the
Ist inst. the ceremony of the espousals of Halil Pacha
and the Princess Salha took place at the Sublime
Porte. About nine o'clock the bridegroom's presents
left Eski Serai, preceded by a numerous body of
Pachas, Generals, and officers in their gala uniforms,
with a battalion of infantry, and a fine band of music
playing martial airs. Then came upwards of 100
pages, each bearing. on his head a salvor, on which
were placed baskets of flowers and sweetmeats taste-
fully enveloped in gauze of various gay colours ; cook-
ing utensils of silver with gilt handles and knobs
followed; and these were succeeded oy the nishan
tacumi, objects invariably presented to a bride, con-
sisting of a pair of pattens and a hand mirror, for use
at the bath ; the former were of gold enamelled, the
broad strap richly studded with brilliants, and the
back and handle of the mirror were equally ornamented
with jewels; an enteri (petticoat) sparkling with
diamonds was also exhibited; and finally two fine
waggons filled with trunks, containing, I understand,
among other precious objects, an abundance of costly
French millinery, to decorate the oriental person of
the Princess. To these were added a purse, on behalf
of the Seraskier, containing a million of piastres, or
upwards of 10,000 guineas, to assist in the Lady's
outfit. The Seraskier himself, surrounded by his staff,
brought up the rear of the procession, which moved
slowly towards the Imperial Palace, entered at the
Babi Ilumayoon, and went straight to the Derri
Saadet ( Gate of Felicity), where the presents were
delivered over to the officers of the Princess. The
Seraskier then repaired to the Sublime Porte, where
the Grand Vizier received him in state, and the Akdoo
Nikiah, or ceremony of espousals, was duly performed.
An immense concourse was collected on the line of
the procession, consisting chiefly of the fair sex, who
seemed to interest themselves most particularly on the
occasion. The nuptial rejoicings are to commence on
the 24th instant, and will continue until the sth June„
when the fortunate Pacha will behold his modest bride
for the first time. The Yenghe Kadar, who presents
them to each other, will, no doubt, be an old lady of
high rank. The oriental custom of supping together
on a boiled fowl will be observed, and the following
morning the ceremonies will be wound up by the
young Pacha's visit to kiss the dust of the feet of his
each of the Princess's other near relatives.
imperial father-in-law, and the hem of the garment of

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SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The motion of Lord AUorp on Monday night
in resistance to that of 4_%fr. Ward was stated by
the noble lord to be neitler more nor less than a
demand upon. the " confidence" of the House of
Commons. An appeal to confidence ought above
411 things to be founded on some conspicuous proof
of candour and integrity in relation to the subject
with reference to which the appeal, &c., has been
made. Now, let us ask whether, and to what ex-
tent so fair a title has been established by the noble
lord and his new colleagues on that subject, which
produced the separation of Mr, Stanley and Sir J.
Graham from the former cabinet ? It is alleged by
Lord Althorp that the majority of the Ministers
had agreed to leave to the consideration of Parlia-
ment the question whether that body had or had
not a right to divert to different objects from those
which already engrossed it, any surplus arising from
the revenues of the Irish church, beyond what
might be nftegsary for such a number of clergymen
as would adequately administer to the spiritual
wa.uts of the Protestant population of Ire-
land. It is alleged again, and stated or
implied by Mr. Stanley, that the oceasion
of Mr. Ward's motion having brought on
that moment, at which there was no longer a
possibility of stifling the difference between him
and the majority of his colleagues with regard to
the propriety of considering such a question, he,
the right hon. gentleman, and those who thought
with him, resigned. One would suppose from this
that the new Cabinet bad now an open road before
them—one would suppose that the professed dis-
sentients having retired and left the hands of the
ministerial majority unshackled, the latter persons
would have come forward with eagerness to prove
the truth of their declaition—that they had sacri-
ficed their colleagues to the assertion of the right of
Parliament to deal as it might deem fit with super-
fluous church property, and that in consequence
they would support that one of Mr. Ward's resolu

thins which went no further than to reeognize that
very principle for the maintenance of which in the
Cabinet they took credit to themselves as the ground
of their practical dismissal of Mr. Stanley and his
friends from office. We repeat, that the fair, the
natural, the single, manly, and straightforward course
for men sincere in their avowal of a certain princi-
ple, was to acknowledge, and support, by their
votes, that principle, when it should be pro-
posed in the House of Commons. Mr. Ward

proposed it. Lord Althorp, and the professed ad-
vocates of the power of Parliament, so far from
concurring in Mr. Ward's motion, would not even
suffer the subject to be entertained by the house -
they moved upon it the previous question—the
common trickery of men already superannuated in
the tortuous ways of office—and carried it by a
majority, composed in part of 80 or 90 Conserva-
tives, -who have always been mad when a redress of
Irish grievances was recommended, partly of old

stagers, whose vocation is to wait upon the Down-
ing-street Providence, for whatever offal they can
contrive to pick up ; in no small degree it consisted
also of gentlemen whose consciences were tender
upon the point of encountering their constituents at
another election, and who •therefore dreaded such

an overthrow of the Ministry as might lead to a
dissolution of Parliaincnt ; and, finally, of well-
meaning but timid men, who were for giving a feeble
Cabinet one more trial, and preferred Lord Grey to
that which has been made the studied bugbear of
the last six days—namely, the advent of a mere
Tory Cabinet ! as if such chimera could
exist anywhere beyond the confines of a
crazed • imagination. Such was the ma-

jority—a majority, tiiio large sections of which
viz., the first and the last, will not be found avail.

able for any further purposes of the administration,
and must therefore not be counted among the per-
manent elements of the ministerial victory. But
if such was the majority, what was the motion of
Lord Althorp ? He boasted that his difference

with the Stanley division of the Cabinet was on be-
half of the principle that church property is ame-
nable to the will and wisdom of Parliament. But
what light does his lordship's conduct throw upoi,

this his ostensible doctrine ? We grieve to say
that they are utterly irreconcileable. He dares not
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put on the records of Parliament his belief of his
own words. If he and all his colleagues held in
reality that opinion, why did they tell the House
of Commons " That is a sore subject—we bar you
from discussing that ?' No ; they give a commission
of inquiry, not subject to the control of Parliament—
not bound by any Parliamentary authority—a com-
mission which this or any succeeding Cabinet may
tear in pieces or burn as they please, and one, more-

over, of which the duration will be for what-
ever number of years may suit the convenience of
government, should it require a quarter of a cen-
tury. We ask, then, if the commission be really
enjoined to act in furtherance of a given principle,
what folly is it to begin by refusing the recognition

of the principle for the enforcement of which the
commission has been so ostensibly established! Is
it pusillanimity ? Is it duplicity? Is 'it some

scheme for baffling Parliament, and blinding the
people of both countries, that the minister would
palm his mere word upon the country as a substi-

-tute for a declaratory resolution of the House of
Commons ? The commission _ ought, in common

sense, to flow from the principle, and to originate

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in it. But we are put off with a commission of in-
quiry ; and when we demand the object and con-

templated result of that inquiry, they actually re-

fuse to answer us.

Well did Mr. O'Connell fix

the challenge upon ministers.

Mr. Stanley (and

nobly dicrthal right hon. gentleman redeem
his error of -opinion by the manly and con-

:,cientious hardihood 'With which

be main-

tamed it)—Mr. Stanley, said Mr: O'Connell in
his eloquent speech, " has boldly asserted. his
principle ; will you, ministers, assert yours ?" No

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such thing. God knows it gives us pain enough,
in our discharge of the duty we owe our country,
to reproach them with it ; but ministers, we do
from our hearts declare, have, under some pressure
or difficulty to us inconceivable, displayed on this
occasion a mean, trimming, truckling demeanor,
of which the cause can no otherwise be so much as-
even conjectured, but on the hypothesis that some
intriguing power is at_ work, beyond the walls of
the cabinet, though perhaps not very remote from
the closet, which, in accordance with the hurrahs
and exultations of the Tory prints, continues to
paralyze the timid endeavours of the ministers, and
to make good the menace conveyed in those signifi-
cant words of Mr. Stanley, that he had not yet
seen the English-,sovereiga who would give his as-
sent to a law, even slundil it pass, for executing the
purposes ostensibly indicated by this ministerial
commission. To talk of this cabinet, therefore,
as purified—to dream of it as being more effec-
tive—to shut our eyes to its still augmented em-
barrassments, as compared with those of the
former cabinet, is absolute want of common sense.
The former cabinet contained a great deal more
ability than this, and was not one iota more
restrained in its free agency. We tell these Minis-
ters, that in the public estimation, and in ours,
through their late frivolous attempt to repair a
dilapidated edifice with chips and shavings picked
up from the kennel, they have lost what confidence
they ever before possessed ; they are looked down
upon by the whole country, and will yet, and that
ere long, be ruined for the want of that very class
of colleagues of which they have now with such
selfish cowardice trembled to avail themselves.

Poor fellows! The natural ascendancy of a strong
mind has frightened them out of their wits and out

of their principles. Lord Grey's letter in reply to
the inconsiderate address presented to him on
Wednesday or Thursday of last week, by 150
Whig Members of Parliament, betrays a tone of
querulous and spiritless conservatism, which is quite
in keeping with the Parliamentary transactions of
last Monday. It has all 9K..4mr. -Stanley but the
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Much surprise has been expressed that the To-
ries, during the last few days, have exhibited so
little the appearance of any design to repossess

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themselvei- pi' the Government. V. happen to
-know that the conservative leaders have more saga-
city and eircutespection than their " hangers on."
Sir Robert Peel is well assured that if the conser-
vatives could regain, they cannot retain office ; and
at the coteries held in Privy-gardens, the divisions
of the Tory party—the deadly nature of the reform
bills—the evil consequences of a dissolution of Par-
liament—have all been maturely discussed. In
fact the conservatives are a divided house. A large
section look with enmity and suspicion on Sir Ro-
bert Peel ; the right hon. baronet, on the other
hand, is much incumbered by the dead weight of
many of his old friends and political opinions. It
is now notorious that not above fifty members of
the House of Commons constitute any real party of
conservatives—that thirty members embrace the
totality of the Ultra-Tory wing—and that thirty
" moderate Tories" comprise the entire corps
of anti-reformers. Such a fraction of the House
of Commons could never long act together,
or maintain itself as one-sixth of a consti-
tuent assembly. If the Tories Could prevail on the
King to dissolve the Parliament, their utmost gain,
on their own calculation, and under circumstances
temporarily disadvantageous to the Liberals, would
not exceed fifty. The embarrassment of a Tory
Ministry in a House of Commons opposed to the
Government in the proportion of three to one, may
well be imagined, and is fully foreseen by the older
Tories. Mr. Croker cunningly perceives that the
present House of Commons is probably the most
Conservative Parliament of his generation ; and if
the Tories would obtain a small accession of strength,
they well know that their natural enemies, the Ra-
dicals, would be more numerous and double distilled
in a new house. Indeed, we do not believe that the
Tories could form a Cabinet, under all their diffi-
culties. It is true that four public men are recently
turned loose on parties ; but of these Mr. Stanley
alone possesses any real powers ; and, in his last
speech, he raised an impassable barrier between
himself and office in liberal times. As the letter
of Lord Grey, in reply to the address of the 150
members of the House of Commons last week, in
the Chronicle of yesterday, has excited much obser-
vation, we now publish a verbatim copy of the address
itself (having already given the substance of it) :