The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-08 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

Copy of a letter 'which her Royal
„Ffighness the In•
Tanta Donna Isabella 'Maria wrote to her august
brother, the Infant Doti Miguel, in reply: to that
which he addressed to her on the 14th of June:—

"My dear Brother,-1 received 'in Caldas da Reinha
your most esteemed letter of' the 14th of June, which
pleased me much, by the sentiments which you express
regarding me, and which I certainly ought to feel. lam
exceedingly pleased that my beloved brother approves of the
determination which I took to publish, as soon as I received
it, your esteemed letter of the 6th of April. This measure
produced in the public the agreeable effect which I anti-
cipated. My principal object is, and always shall be, to
destroy intrigues, to unite our family, and to turn its af-
fections more every day towards a nation. endued with
the first qualities by which it has been. distinguished in
all ages of the monarchy, and which, in. these latter
times, some men, as ambitious as they were perverse,
succeeded in overturning and destroying. But I hope
and my hope, will not be disappointed, in the God
of Henry, who so visibly has delivered these kingdoms
from greater and more horrible calamities, that he will
confound imposture, impiety, and crime, and that Por-
tugal is about to return to its ancient ages of glory.
principally exert myself to put in,practice, and in vigorous
execution, the wise determinations of our brother and le-
gitimate King, Don Pedro IV., Emperor of Brazil—deter-
minations which have merited the applause and general
approbation of the kingdom, and which only have been
displeasing to those who calculated upon the continuance
of the inveterate abuses which pressed upon unhappy Por-
tugal, and which afflicted the paternal heart of our august
and lamented father, without his ever being able to. mus-
ter resolution of cutting them and destroying them. ,
.
" .Perhips, my dear brother, some one has written you
in a different sense from that in which I now address you.
I beseech you not to lend credit, in this respect, to any
thing but what 1 write you, and which you will find to be
the truth, and that so far from lending faith to those who
live only by confusion, who desire disorder, and who
breathe only vengeance, carnage, and timid, my brother
will agree to plant and support among us the institutions
which emanate from the throne=--institutions for which the
nation sighs—institutions such as those which can alone
rescue us from the abyss into which we have been thrown,
the fatal surrender of our ancient constitutional laws, of
our laudable uses and customs. This the honour of my
beloved brother imperiously demands; his good.name, his
glory, as well as his interests, are involved in it.

I received his full power to administer his household,as
well as sufficient authority to proceed to the division of
the property which accrued to us by the death of our au-
gust father-in-law, of all which I shall render an account.
I am very sensible of the confidence which my brother
has reposed in me, by requesting that I should provi-
sionally continue to minister by myself alone to the family
interests which have hitherto been administered by the
Government. But shall I have sufficient force to fulfil
worthily the honourable confidence which my beloved
andhis expectations and
in
the case that I
brother places in me ? know riot ; but this I know, that
tlhe relianceexertshallw
allb which
hehas
powerson mento
answer
shall not be able to continue, I shall take care to apprise
my brother in time of my inability, that he may make the
necessary provisions for supplying my defects.
My beloved brother, in the mean time, will not doubt
of my zeal, or, of the lively interest which I have in obey-
ing and serving him.
My brother may be assured that I did not recommend
tohirn the Visconde da' Villanova da Reinha; I told him
only -what he appeared to me to be; but by the accounts
and maps which he is to place in his hands, my brother
will know of what he is capable. I beseech God, my
dor brother, to preserve you many years.
Your loving sister cordially prefers this prayer.
Palace of Ajuda, July 12. ISABEL.

LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1826.

The Paris Papers of Saturday, and the Etoik dated
Sunday morning, reached us last night. Extracts
from them will be found in another column. The ac-
quittal by the Court of Peers of all the parties accused
of being implicated in the affair of M. OUVRARD,
gives rise to many observations in these Journals, but
we are heartily tired of this subject, and hope that it
will now be consigned to the " Ton►l) of all the Ca-

pulets."
The Etoile contradicts the statements made by one
of the other Papers that the French Ambassador's
house at Lisbon had been attacked, and the French
Agent had been dismissed from Mexico. In reference
to the latter report, the Etoile repeats the explanation
before given of the relations subsisting between France
and Mexico, with respect to their Agents, which pro.
ceeds on the quibble that the Mexican Agent in Paris
is only appointed by the Mexican Minister in London,
and the French Agent. in Mexico, by the Admiral
commanding the French squadron on the coast of
America.

The conduct of the Jesuits occasions considerable
discussions in the French Papers. The public begin
,to express their alarm and detestation of the principles
and proceedings of this sect : a pamphlet, entitled the
Denunciation of these Fathers, has had an immense
sale ; and an opinion, signed by M. DUPIN and the
most distinguished Members of the Paris Bar, recom-
mends that an application should be immediately made
to the tribunals to cause the Laws against the Institu-
tions of the Jesuits and the Congregations to be car-
ried into execution.

The news from Portugal in these Papers is of an
old date compared with the aceounts received direct
from thence yesterday : but the Journal des Dehats
recurs to the old story, of a " Cordon Sanitaire" of
French troops on the frontiers of Spain and Portugal.

FRINCII Fuuns.—PAnts, Ana. s.—Five per Cents., 100 f.
soc. Three per Cents. 65f. 95c. ; Rental des Naples, '72f. 80c. ;
Routes D'Espagne, ; Royal Spanish Loan, 4bif. ; Exchange
on London, one month, 25f. 65e. ; ditto Three Months, 25f. hOc.
--Cours Authentique.

We have nothing to add to the accounts which we
published yesterday from Lisbon, with the exception
of the letter which the Infanta REGENT has addressed
to her brother the Infant DON IVIIGuEL. This letter
will be found in another column, and is creditable to
the sense and spirit of the Royal writer.

In looking over the Madras Papers (the principal
contents of which were given in our Paper of yester-
day) we find that it had been ascertained that no
public dispatches had been received from Sir A.
CAMPBELL at Calcutta up to the 27th February. He
commenced his march towards the capital of Ava on
the. 27th January, and this long period having elapsed
since any accounts had been received of the army at
Calcutta or Madras, probably gave rise to the rumours
of its defeat contained in some of the private letters.
Towards Munipoor some military operations were
carrying on, but not on a scale of great importance.
The Rajah GUMBIIEER SING, who is placed by the
late arrangement under the protection of the British,
was assisted by a small force under Captain GRANT
and Lieutenant PEMBERTON. The Burmese, it is
said, have been compelled to re-cross the Ningti, after
an ineffectual, though brave, attempt to retain posses-
sion of a stockade, in which they were found in-

trenched. They were followed to the right bank of
the river by a detachment of 300 men, which was
ordered to be reinforced by a body of 500. The re-
mainder of Lieutenant PEMBERTON'S levy was to
proceed into the enemy's country, and kts it was sup-
posed that from the Ningti to Ummerapoora no dif..
ficulties presented themselves to the advance of an
army, it was considered as by no means impossible
that the divisions from Munipoor should reach the
Burmese capital before Sit A. CAMPBELL.

Ilarnburgh Papers to the 6th inst. have reached us
tins morning by the. Hykonlee steam vessel, from
which we make the following extracts :--

UANovica, ♦on. I.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess) of Cambridge,
and their children, arrived to-day in good health from Pyrmont, at
the Palace of Muntbrillant.

wIR%AW, JULY 26.
Prince Philip of Haasellomberg passed through this City an
the Roth, on his way to Moscow, as Ambassador Extraordinary

from the tinperar of Austrla, to he present at the Coronation of
the Emperor of Russia.

STOCKHOLM, JULT 28.
His Majesty the King, is quite recovered. The Infant Duke

of Sarnia was vaccinated on the 22d.
An Express from St. Petersburgh has brought the ratification
of the treaty of demarcation concluded between Russia and IVor-
way, by which the hing-subsisting differences with respect to both
parties are arranged. The Riven Passoig and Jacob will hence-
forth form the chief boundary between Norway and the Russian
Empire.
on account
A Committee appointed to regulate the indemnity,
of the purchase of the ships of war by the house of Michaelson
and Benndick, has commenced itelabours. It is said the indem-
nity will not exceed 100,000 dollars.
A murrain has broken out among the cattle in North Upland.
which, in a few days, carried off above 400 head of cattle. We
are sorry to learn that traces of it have already appeared in West
Gothland.

corm:ooze, AUG. 1.
Some West Indiamen have arrived in the mad., which el*
perhaps, give a little life to our trade,
We hear that the Asiatic Company will send a ship this year to

India.
Mrs. Jenson Holm, of Ronne, in Bornholm, has hew condemned
to death by the Supreme Tribunal, for the murder of her husband•

TXCHANGILS ON LONDON..

HANIBUItOII, AUG. 4.-37. 3 ; two months, Si.
BERLIN, AUG I.—Three months, 72g.
PFTEUSBURGU, JULY 21.--9 7-32.
VIL►NNA JULY 24.—Three months, 10. 15.

Milan Gazettes of the 24th of July have reached
us, but contain nothing interesting. We have also
received Frankfort Papers of the Ist inst., from which
the following extracts are taken :

II.DERFIELD, JULY 28.
The Directors of the German American Mining Company have
made a very interesting and satisfactory communication to the pro-
prietors.
They state, that during the months of April, May, and June,
when they had not sufficient workmen, the tiptoe.' were 1,90°
dollars weekly. Dollars.
Thirteen weeks 24,700
For July, August, September, and October, when
the agents would employ 100 labourers more, the
expence would be - - 44,200
_ 68,90
15,000
o,oo°

Expellees of working in all
Other expellees

Total
ATCEIPT.

n the first IS weeks only - - - 15,000
n the last 4 months, or 17 weeks, the produce
would be 8,000 dollars per week - - 18810
. ......------
149,00
Overplus - - - - - , 65/01
It is to be observed, that the profit, in the four months whio
the work is carried on with activity, is proper at 75,000, becaufe,
as appears from the above statement, there was a loss of abolit
10,000 dollars in the first three months.
The mines here spoken of are those in Real del Chico (a P"t °t-
those of Puella). The other mines belonging to the Cmpany,
though they produce from 150 to 200 marks of silver (140 0--
1600 dollars), cannot yet be properly worked for want of hands.
A postscript to the agent's letter, dated 26th April, say asys---" An
expressly grove."
foundbrought us news, that very rich veins have efn„
found in the mine at Santa Rosa, as the specimens sent us p

Total receipt

An account has been published by. order of the jets
House of Commons, which has given one of our
cotemporaries an opportunity of displaying loodwr
proof of that ignorance of the principles upon which
the "Dead Weight Scheme," as it is no usually de"o,
minated, was founded, which nearly all writers in the
public Journals evince, whenever they touch upon thst.
measure of finance. The account to which we allucleo
is a statement of the amount of the half-pays 611_,,d,''
retired, and superannuated allowances, paid in
year since 1822, the annual totals of which are, 0-'
follow
1822—Army - -
Navy - -
Ordnance -
Civil Departments
Miscellaneous -
Total

.£2,907,85b
1,672,422
376,773
329,419
2,619

1_5,240,09/

1823—Army -
Navy - -
Ordnance
Civil Departments
Miscellaneous
Total -

X 2,900,239
1,675,348
379,692
353,781
2,226
--5,11110

1824--Army • - -
Navy - -
Ordnance -
Civil Departments
Miscellaneous -
Total -

Xti912,780
1,647,035
367.755
387,465
2,408

'_6,311,443

£2,906,940
1,593,629
373,483
425,989
2,456

1828—Army
Navy
Ordnance
Civil Departments
Miscellaneous
Total - _4,502,4991.:
ba
This Account our Contemporary aSserts to
fact, " A Statement of the Payments made fat the
much-talked of Dead 'Weight ;"--and on these Pre:
mises founds an argument, that the Dead Weighroet is at
a most lively and thriving condition. For the p'th
We shall pass over the accusations made by the m
the
e
writer against the Government, for extravagance in
chargerksoftothetheAconluasinodn Nof"tlese 4c.andconfine
°-
remi a
payments and th°
Dead Weight charge. We have before shown, that
amount of the payments under this' schenic
public, have nothing whatever to do with the 'l.
v-tel d
amount of Half-pay and Pensioni. It was assul
(as we before stated), on the adOption of that made_
h 0
iolafyraisablein,goafils
5,000,000!. for Half-pay
given sum would fall off every year, till the
would become extinct in 44 years, and on this ass"iiiio'l
tion, the Government bound itself to the paYmel:,,o"o
2,800,000/. per annum, for the whole 44 year,s,:, ',I to
the Bank, or such other party as might be yell:',
undertake it, engaging to pay, not the.. actual mots
goo ihe
amount of the Half-pay and pensions, but the
specified in the Act, founded, it is true, it,o4)l„' re-
estimated amount of those payments, in so lar Intt
lated to the holders of the original 5,000,0i!' not
having, in point of fact, nothing to do with ii* 'that
it was never supposed by any one in their onset; V.
the total amount of Half-pay or- Pensions 007 dot
come extinct; on the other hand, it wal e/ideTro•
exclusive of the 5,000,0001,, the Half j' end
sions would annually increase.
this
We neither adV t
scheme, considering it as we do, to have been unnitoi
oca.,e nor attempt to
in principle, and most disadvantageous to the ansent,
in effect ; but still we must contend that any argiici'iter.
against it, founded On the cireumstance that a 'llOl
ence exists between the estimated amount of obalf,
payments, and the actual amount of the 'existing 70,0
pay, can only be used by those who are ignorant 01
principles and nature of the scheme.
de rena

It is too much the practice of people of 101 1
however well-meaning in general, to blazon fo.tell
charge of avarice or selfisluteSs which may be exhibl
effll) er,
by any Minister of the Establishment, not rein e
ing the universal weakness of all flesh, and that no °11;
whatever may be his profession or calling, is "el/1