The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-26 00:00:00

PROTEST.

TO JAMES ROBERT MATTHEWS, ESQ., HIS
BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S CONSUL GENERAL
IN LISBON.

•Sir,—ln justice to myself, to my family, and
to my country, I feel myself bound, before I quit
the Tagus, to present to you this my protest
against the illiberal,- unjust, and cruel treatment,
which I, a British subject, have, since the mouth
of May last, received from the Agents, Judges,
and Ministers of the Government existing in
Portugal. The treaties which unite Portugal
and. Great Britain have been grossly and hostilely
violated in this treatment, and to you, the only
British Authority now resident in this country,
ofl ammy
g rhound,grievances,
in duty, 1 to a o
about
present t thisreturno
(being;
forced to do so) to my native country. lure
been most unwarrantably and seriously injured.
To my countrymen I look for sympathy— from
my native Government 'I expect redres—con-
scions of my innocence, and persuaded that En,.
land will protect even the humblest of her sons,
I, being thus driven from my family, hope that I
shall not in vain seek for justice.—My case is as
follows :

I have resided in the city of Legria since th,
year 1814; and have obeyed the laws of thQ
country to their full extent. I defy any one tr,
say otherwise. I was seized in my- own hour:
on the 26th of May last, and dragged to the
gaol, where I was kept confined three day:
and nights in darkness, and in the prism'
privy. I was eight days without any corn
munication, or person to speak to, excep
the gaoler, and those, whom he, after the
first three days, escorted to evacuate in my pre
sence. On the ninth day I was allowed to speali
to one of my family in the presence of the goblet
and his wife. On the 18th day of my confine
ment I was questioned in a most extraordinarj
and ridiculous manner. On the 19th day I was
taken from the prison at Legria, and escorted b
a guard of a serjeant and seven dragoons, and
lodged in the prison of St. George's Castle,
where I remained until the 7th of this month
when I was conducted on board this packet,an
a receipt taken for my person.
Since I have been here, I have heard that it
is generally said in Lisbon, that I was liberate
on account - of the repeated applications of tht
British Government to the de facto Govern
ment of Portugal. I deny the truth of such
statement. These admonitions of the British
Government have been treated with the utino
contempt. To one of them I know the answe,
was, " that the laws of the country should no,
be inverted for my liberation." I have, with
great expense and numerous difficulties, proveA
my innocence and the British Judge Conserya-
tor gave his sentence on the 20th of last month
itiislsientrteeanteiee's: vbvittal:
by which I have be:I.:ant:II:illy and fairly acquitted,
a copy of which has been already sent to you.
Portugal, the Tribunallecaalsßlieirdei
politicalexi t ng
e treaties,ornm is
the Relaeao
transferred dt ot
to lal
botliiideotonfocormnfiitrym"o'
I was in the most arbitrary and illegal manner,
pronounced guilty, and ordered to quit the coun-
try. You are already in possession of a copy of
commission, cbaysew which
such second sentence and its connected obliga-
tion.
Thus have I, in direct contradiction to all
British notions of justice, been, by the esta-
blished Judge, acquitted of an accusation, and
immediately pronounced guilty by an incomp,
tent tribunal, whose sentence :I am now
it ,
com-
pelled to undergo. By I was forced to sign
the obligation to quit Portugal, and never to re-
turnTo litigate further the
to this country.
affair would be attended with great expense and
a delay of many months in prison. Injured, W;
well in health as in property, I signed such
obligation, that I might obtain my liberty
°and breathe free air, and that I might be released
from a dungeon filled with filth and vermin, in
the midst of scenes of misery too horrible fin
description.
As a free-born and guiltless Englishman,
protest against those sentences and that o tl' I ea
tion. I protest also against all injery
been done, or - may be done, to my famayee,
property, and I thus appeal to my native com
try, for justice and for redress.-1 have th
honour, &c. W. YOUNG.
On beard his Majesty's packet Magnef,
in the Tagus, Sept. 12.

thtetiu,s be t-
dauAghtbeautiful
nrushed to a dark cellar, with her
came one day extremely disobedient. The usual sell e irio,.
of the nurse to pacify the child were unavailing, and, in an
unhappy moment, she
cbarge in her arms. The sudden transition from liaht t 0
darkness, coupled with some terrifying expressions, wai
anid . interestingatthe,ve. t child, iokfl' hec ihran
too mach; thy little innocent shrieked wildly, and sunk (in
tbsythooder of the nurse in helpless iiliotey, ;leaf and
• dinnh ! Mr. CVRT IS, the King's aiiii:t, was applied tii,
an& after a considerable period had elapsed, symptoms , f
returning reason appeared. She has now also recovt-; -H.
sr powers of speech end teltinE.