The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-03 00:00:00

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

Ilse" Marten greatest alarm • prevails
among the Constitutionalists, as welt'as among all those
who have any thing" to lose; the British merchants in
particular. , •
The conduct of the (•:titeeu Mother and of Don Miguel
exceeds all bounds. This Prince treats his Ministers with
nearly Asiatic ferocity. ' If 1-eport be true; his acts to the
Conde de Villa Real have 'been both cruel and savage.
The Count having refused to sign certain papers, as being
contrary to the
,Charter (some say it was a note to the
British Ambassador, to state that the delay of the British
troops would he regarded as an act of invasion), he
slapped him in the face; aad kicked him, telling him not
to talk to him of Charters or traitors. "Your Highnets
has now completed your. perdition—I am not, and I never
was a traitor," was the- dignified reply of the Count, and
he retired. There are other Noblemen who, because their
lives are not. sacred,--tor ,the houses of many have been
searched at night, in order to their being arrested, and,
perhaps.executed summarily by a military tribunal—have
fled on board the packets which sailed on Sunday for
Falmouth, and are now out of the reach of the blood-
.thirsty minions of the Apostolic faction. The packet is
said. to be full of such refugees, .and sonic notice having
ein pre-
given to Captain. liorteous of the packet being about
to be searched, he applied for advice to the Admiral, who,
with the bluntness and bravery, of a British sailor, said
" It is not usual to have the packet searched on leaving
r
sthenecTe agofutsi,leatfiodu.
ad u( a irigat The ni r
Engli h men-o!' tear
ow
river have prevented those persons
perhaps thrown into a dian.,,,ecai. The little army onshore,
awake to all the horrors which, lour ,over the City, keeps it
qniet as yet, and •nothing has,been attempted against the
'British merchants. • • .
The mob of Lisbon, in various
•places led on by the
half-pay officers, have gone through' .the ceremony of
burying the Constitution—at Buenos Ayres, and at Carhpo
,Santa Anna. The Constitution is represented by a young
female figure, ,dressed up in light blue and white, holding
a paper book in liar hand, which
• after some 'mock cere-
monies, is consigned to the grave with great indignities
and rejoieing.—Jhe police had received orders to prevent
these exhibitions, but, as they do not fink a
yConstitu-
tion, they contrived to, arrive at the places when the noise
was over. The soldiers of the 7th went through the
saint'', form at the Grillo, opposite the Conde de. Taipa's
house. - •
The alarm of , the British merchants is 'very great, and
each of them is calculating upon the decision of the Bri-
tish Cabinet, as to the protection which will be extended
to them. All feel confident that they will not be left at
Don Miguel's mercy.; It is asserted by some that applica-
tion bad been made to the British Ambassador, respecting
their fate, and that the answer was—" They might be as-
sured no harm would befall them."

'The two parties are btisy iit 'circulating reports favour-
able to
_their sentiments. The Absolutists speak of Chaves
being created a Duke, 'under the name of Duque da Fe
(Duke of the Faith). They have also stated that the
Conde da Povoa has made large advances of money to'tbe
Government, and that he is to be created a Marquis. The,
Government paper money has risen, in consequepnleayieonfg this
rep.ort, from 2:4 to 221 discount. Exchange on London,
4:uis icia An
snodithteir,
e Guards extraordinaryhave Cboerecnu Ofl da
o;g reportfii that the
.
Constitutional Hymn. Every lie hai some effect at this
period.. There was another report, of the same origin,
circulated this morning among the lower classes—that
there were fifty thousand French troops in Elvas—twice
or thrice the number that fortresi could contain. kap-
pears that there was some attempt made there to proclaim
the absolute King,- by the Corporation ; but the soldiers
put it down.' Another report of that kind was circulated
yesterday, without Mundation; of St. Übes ; but though
windows Were smashed, heads broken, and much mills-
. siOn, no acclamation of the King took place. All are
looking to Lisbon, and' Lisbon is looking to the decision of
the British Cabinet.
The agitation still continues among the British ; and
all are anxiously waitii4g for 'the answer which the steam-
bolt may bring,' abdut Wednesday next; as it is, calculated.
The worthy. Caunt of Louzam, who was forced into

tlie ministry, against
,his_ will, resigned at the same time
Count Villa' Real did; and' as the Regent would' not can-
sent'to it, and insists oil his remaining in office, he insists
alio in not doing' any thing lin his public situation; sad
therefore the business of his department is at a stand...-.
tie is a very uptight and hianeat Nobleman, and although
reckoned a Corcunda, he abhors the actual sestem and
practices. •He is the reverse of the Viscount. Santarem,
although he is not richer than him.
It is now Well known, that previous to. the ceremony of
taking the Oath, to the Charter, Don Miguel had the text
of it altered, and that the written one presented to him
on the occasion, and of which nobody heard him utter 3
saying
gure wlv'iicfhe, forme wanhinogm
i
mother hel
syllable, instead of saying that he would return the Go-
vernment of the kingdom to the King, he had it writ^
ten
Igi'ti,lelac n
without
he tasadintends to ruarry.whomso.-
t:•
w's
nut' t o
it nise
carete Queen,'
dan ee, ,
farthing,
ever lie pleases when'King absolute ; for be acknowledge,
uo other authority than that of his worthy mother.
Now, as to positive and evident facts. We have first
the riot at St. Uhes. There the Camara had aTs Dews
sung,in honour of Don return,. and a sermon
preached in the style of the infamous Padre Jose AgO'
tinho, that exalted the beads of some of the rabble of the
place ; and immediately afterwards food and wine was dis-
tributed profusely by the Camara, with the injunction of
proclaiming Don Miguel King absolute, which was obeyed
in the west riotous way. This princely gang went tp the bar
racks of the 13th RegiMent of Infantry, summoning the
soldiers ti vociferate in the same way ; and as, they re,
fused, they were attacked with innumerable stones, and $
sergeant was shockingly wounded. However, they tridi
to persuade the rioters to get out of their way, but all 10,
vain, so that the guard was obliged to fire a volley 0$
them, by which several were killed, and about twenty
seriously wounded. This put a stop to the fun there, bo'
the Loyals sent their complaints to the Government, wbs
blamed severely the officers and soldiers, and forbad tbev,
to interfere another time in the amusement of the loyal ID'
habitants ; and we hear, that since, that regiment has bee°,
sent to the fortress of Elvas, and is subStitutedby the. Pitb'
a very bad one, that was sent out of. Lishon softie time age.
In consequence, it is said to-day that Don Miguel will Del
proclaimed. there absolute King,,with all the. formalities'
Most of the respectable people have fled. freer St. Übe.;
as well as seVaml of the foreign Vice-Consuls. One °I
them _(the American) had stones thrown at him, notwisle
standing having in his carriage his wife and several yoga
children.,
In anothe'r part, a most horrible act was coo'',
matted. On Monday last,' as, three of the professors '1
the University of Coimbra, with the Dean and a PrebeO'
dary of the see of the same town, were on their road
Lisbon to compliment the Regent, and it is said with
great Likelihood, on account of the bad characters ef the
said deputies—for they were of the worst -some scholnr:
it 'is said ten, waited for them near Condeixa, about 0°
leagues on this side of Coimbra, and when the deputatioe,
passed along the road, they stopped it, ordered- every 00 le
to alight, took them into a field close by, and there le
gin shooting them. Two professors were killed at 014
first volley, and the two Padres most severely wounded'
The firing. and the cries of the survivors attracted sotn2
peasants and militiamen who happened ,to go near t.11,`
place, and who rescued the travelling. party, ,and got boll
of three of the villains, who were masked, as were all thi
band ; but they were then discovered to be scholars of t 1
University, in consequence of which several Med
sonments have taken place in the University, $ll,,
a very severe prosecution has began. This fs`.;
is horrible, but it shows well the opposition tfr
exists in the 2,000 or 3,000 young men of family at tY
University, against the tendency of Government. WO
will it be, then, if Government acts openly in rebellio°,
Auather instance will show us also a sample of the couotPl ,
party.' The younger"brother of the Count of Ficalho
midshipman in the navy, and attends regularly the mss7o
school at the Royal College. As he was coming out of
yesterday, very quietly, -talking with sonic of his friel3l(
another midshipman, :Guarcla hlarinha, , ran him throw;,
`with his sword most treacherously,' telling Here',
what deserves a Negro," using this expression in the t
nish•sense. as applicable to the Constitutionalists. S ,
luckily the sword passed only through the side of the b°,
and his life is not desp lived of. The young assassin
. imprisoned immediately after, and remains so ; but I det,
say not for. a long while, whilst those of Coimbra will so or
na mercy. Of these lam sorry to say some belong to ve

respectable and wealthy parenfr. off
si Yoe, may therefore judge how ;things will tor-duc
if the English troops are ordered away. - Their ea
is admirable in every respect, for their excellent (nee
-plina inspires terror .iia the ruffians, whilst their
.manity• gives shelter in their barracks to • those I:iii
have • reason to dread persecution. The !English 0j n.
has - been equally admirable for its imposing fcw„ ~
and shelter. General Saldanba, who arrived .rester
from from London in the steamer Duke of York, went 0„
mediately on board . Admiral Beauclerc's ship, who'll;
remains. His' appearance has given great fright to Cs
vernment, who placed boats in the Tagus all night,
numerous patroles of police on all the quays, and partic,
larly near the hotel where Sir F. Lamb lives, and V)
very busy all night, searching and examining every onsel
Supposition that Saldanha would' come ashore to meet 'el
Frederick ! All this would be laughable if it was not
have monstrous consequences in case the only reined/
not applied,—and that is in sending away the Queen
Dan Miguel : for another proclamation has been cirou,j,
ed among the trcops, calling on thento rise in his fao,,,
and to go to meet their companions in arms that are ets,
ing from Spain, and who have upheld the dignity of i •
nation (meaning 'the rebels), and telling them that 11,
must be aware that this was the Regent's wish, will itl
even to say the contrary; because he may be obliged Sol
do. Now, as Don Miguel sent, under the pretext of
hunting party, part of his equipages to Alentego, , •
about 20,000 milrees in specie, every one expects that
of these nights-he will take himself off, as he did in li'
to realize the order of tile day of the Minister at War',
that front*illavigoisi he• mill try to 'put the county .
conflagration; especially if he learns that the news exPe'
from Eng,leuad are not favourable to him." . .
The 6t' of • Don Miguel's acts is Manifest from 4,
prorlanlati6n &tended to be dispersed among the peoPl'd
the 't outitrey; as soon as Don Miguel escaped to Villa 1
coca, front whence, at the bead of Chavet's troop''
litt,ed to advance' and to destroy the Charter. I had n° ;
Marry speak of the proclamation within the last few 4,31,,i
but although I asked, requested, and offered money, ' 0
unable to obtain a copy of it until Wednesday. It is A'
lows :
I, ,
• - PROCLAMATION.
." Portuguese ! Will you be subject to the male
the Brazils, and dependent on its Government ? Is 0,,
remain degraded from the rank of tiations—Portugal'oro
formerly was respected in Europe; traversed the to
zone in search of victories; the arbitress of peace ands
,
who, herself a warrior, passed the gulfs and bays and o
of Africa, America, and Asia, forming establishnierit9)
each and every coast ? Is she, the mother country of so'''x
States, to become the colony of Brazil, once her 01,,
lolly? 'The Brazilans did . not choose to continue siii.,,
to the Government of that mother country, which o',,
vexed, - eoncpiered, peopled, and civilised those
States; and Will you, yielding up ail your rights over,r!!
zil, allow yourselves to he.humbled to the baseness ol'i
jecting yourselves to the Government
fmeuinitdoafluyenotuari
ifaowrosieorf:
lunies, thus trampling d t
State, which it is not lawful either for the MoruirL.o
the people to infringe on or to alter—thus breaking ''
the privileges of the nation, and abolishing. its usage
customs? :Will you behold with indifference the 1011!)
lion of the i u6cnon.Ateisigititeblel
First hie
iis in
fromi your lawful
rili d
b Ici:g'
thoevethoi
Sovereign
D
of Portugal—that the schemes may be ‘0
plated of the Revolutionary. Hydra, supported as tb'YA
•by the faithless Cabinet of deceitful England? Will :{,
beindifferencehold with
it, the outrages perpetrated on )i
i(,,,,h
i i
t
lepeebti dence by pretended recourses to the cases fteu
was
the nobiou
the period of his departure- for the Brazils), is c
called forward in the midst of the dissensions $lll/;.
Sovereigngla
Don .forward
John i i
si
,1 0.
:
to aid with the army
nosy disunite you, in order that English bayonets ina);',
pose on you a Constitutional Charter, destructiye O."
yit,ehwetmohpotiteshihtv:ilpsedirglioa.eimaystieioifogfuf the lEi eonpngi
Portugalla) i
8 opprobrium
English
lui.
commercei ' Will you behoW •
religion of our ancestors, of the Royalties of the Cr°
indifferincie the renewal between you and Great Brio',
treaties,apwnoidvtleior ttt.lnlito?tlive rirlailomisdytoluinni.sdvi.ei;
will baud down to posterity the name of Portugal cox
withindifferenee England taking possession of yoq l'.
marine. possessions, the remains of your ancient ell
order:to.form their new lonian Islands? Will you h i
with indifference Lisbon, the ancient emporium of,
riches of the world, made into another Gibraltar
til
Portugal, which has always been a free and indel'eI ~ I
kingdom, should become another Ireland? Wo'el
behold with indifference the august name of the 1,,,,A
of Irrazil,used. for the realization of the projects eollsril
more than a century since, and begun to be put inlrjsliii
Aim by the Treaty of Methuen, for the purpose of F
1 you registered slaves of England ? deg'
"Nu, Portuguese ! you will never consent to sue!, re -
dation. 'More poor, more reduced in number, rr 4
aucient Lusitauians, ; who, supported solely by 'Sl'eri".. h
valour, by their own courge, as well as by dl r.°