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London, England, 1828-07-26 00:00:00

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LONDON.
SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1828.

Parliament will be prorogued on Monday ; it
is said to the 27th of August. Whether it will
meet in November, as some arc induced to sup-
pose, must depend entirely on the state of public
affairs.

By his Majesty's cutter Bramble, which left
Lisbon on the 15th, we have received some
Gazettes, but their contents are deprived of in-
terest by the fact that later arrivals have been re-
ceived two days ago. The departure of the
Ambassadors has annoyed the upstart King
most grievously, as will be seen by the following
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specimen of Ultra-Royal chagrin :

LISBON, JOLT 7.
The official part of the Gazette contains—let. A De-
cree of his Majesty, addressed to the Three Estates,
declaring his acceptance of the Crown, and his pleasure
that in conformity with what was done in the Cortes, held
in the year 1641, the resolutions of the Three Estates
shall be signed by all the Members ; and his Majesty ap-
points the '7th of July to take the oath as King, and to
receive the Oaths of Allegiance at the Palace of Ajuda, in
the manner laid down in the Alvara, agreed to by the
Cortes on the 9th of September, 1647.
JULY B.—The non-official part of the Gazette contains
some account of the ceremony of taking the oath at the
Palace of Ajuda the preceding day, and of the rejoicings
and illuminations that took place in consequence.

LISBON, JULY 9.

Sir Frederick Lamb, who was Ambassador front his
Britannic Majesty in this Court accredited to his Ma-
jesty as Regent, till the Government de facto of Senhor
Don Pedro and the Charter ceased, left this port
in the packet yesterday; neither he nor the other
Ministers could continue to exercise the character "which
their credentials_gave them to a Government which does
not now exist. Under such circumstance:, it is not
only usual for Governments to change their Representatives
at Foreign Courts, but if any of them remain, they cannot
be admitted without new credentieis from their Govern-
ments. Besides this, with respect to Sir Frederick Lamb,
whose quality was that of Ambassador, his withdrawing
was indispensable, because he could not with propriety
descend to the rank of Envoy, which is that of the Mi-

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sister last named by our Court to that of London.—
Pedantic politicians, who talk of every thing, made the
departure of Sir Frederick Lamb, as they would of any
other Foreign Minister, a serious subject of these discus-
sions and predictions ; nay, these good patriots and certain
radical foreign merchants who lied bankrupt from Albion
and other countries, to figure as great personages, and to
enrich themselves on the Tagus, spread reports, the off-
spring of their ignorance, or rather of their refined knavery ;
sometimes they endeavoured to persuade the credulous and
timid persons who listened to them, that in a short time
the British squadrons would came and bloiltade our ports,
and a powettul army assist the heroes of Oporto ; it is a pity
that such heroes should have decamped without being able to
figure where they desire, but, in fine, let us leave the expiring
and disarmed faction to rave ; let their confounded favourers
maintain their disappointed hopes—let those gentlemen
wait patiently (if they stir let them beware), for in a short
time we shall have to announce to them the arrival of new
and worthy representatives of the Sovereigns of Europe to
his Most Faithful Majesty Senhor Don Miguel, oar legiti-
mate King and Sovereign ; and most certainly Ministers
will come who will not be favourers of rebels, and traitors
to their country.

Charleston Papers of the 30th ult. have been
received, but their contents arc uninteresting,
being chiefly confined to lengthy arguments for
and against the New Tariff Bill.

Extracts from the French Papers will be found
in another column. It would appear that the
French Government are still disposed to send an
armament to the Mores, and 17,000 men arc
now mentioned as destined fin- that quarter.—
Their object is to drive IBRAHIM PACHA from
Greece.

It is said that an insurrection has broken out
in Catalonia, in favour of Don CARLOS ; but,
as no authentic particulars have been received,
we abbtain from any remarks. Sooner or later

there must be an insurrection that will convulse
the Peninsula.

Being rather pressed for room to-day for com-
ments of our own, we request the attention of our
hardly add
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advocated.

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forced to buy inferior articles at a high price, in
place of better articles at a low price. That
such a transaction is much to the profit of the
manufacturer and seller of the articles in ques-
tion is evident. The effect of those restrictive
laws is indeed to tax the community for their
benefit ; but it is clear that what they gain the
consumer loses. Those wretched laws invert
the very order and settled constitution of society ;
they force the consumer to buy inferior articles
because they are inferior, which is just the very
reason why they should not be bought ; they
foster ignorance, laziness, and unskilfulness; for
it is on this very ground that the manufacture's
seek protection. These are the qualities which
recommend them to the protection of Parlia-
ment. Further, we never could conceive, if a
free trade with France or America were perni-
cious, why we permitted a free trade between
England and Scotland, or between one county of
England and another. But we are told that allthis
was theory ; that our trade had grown and
flourished under artificial restraints; and that
they could not now be removed without essen-
tially injuring existing interests. Now all this
is completely answered by the state of the silk
trade, which never was more flourishing; and
that branch of it, namely, the throwing of silk,
which was to be completely ruined by the repeal
of the restrictions, is more flourishing than any
other. This is evident from the infallible cri-
terion of an increasing importation of raw silk,
and a diminished importation of thrown silk. In
1822, the consumption of raw silk was under
two millions of pounds; in 1827, when the
measures Of Mr. HUSKISSON for reducing the
duties came into operation, it increased to
3,760,000 ; and in illustration of the effects of
restrictive laws in encouraging laziness, ignor-
ance, and unskilfulness, it was stated by Mr.
GRANT, that since the manufacturer was _driven
out of the strong hold of monopoly, and was ex-
posed to a fair competition of skill, he had been
obliged to exert his inventive faculties, and had
already contrived an improved machine, which
made 22 in place of 14 revolutions in the same
time, and by which the price of throwing silk
was reduced from Bs. and 10s., to 3s. and ss.
per pound. Need we any further proof of the
effects of free competition ?