The Sun.
London, England, 1828-07-14 00:00:00

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

" Limon, Jury s.—lt was on the same SOth of June
that Miguel's acceptance was communicated to the sham
9:irtes, in consequence of which they had a Te Deum sung
- umtiediately, and thus he was recognized as King by his
partisans of the clergy, nobility, and proxies of the few
municipalities,—altogether the most vile and infamous set
of pet jurers and rebels that ever existed. The public was
Well aware of what they were about, but nothing was made
known to if, nor did it take the least part in what they
Were doing, for the gangs of ruffians, paid at four and six
"intens a dey (4d. and 6d.), could not be called the public,
who, on the contrary, bag constantly looked to the different
tragical scenes of this disgusting drama with too much
contempt'and indifference. Consequently, all that is said
about public satisfaction and rejoicings in the Lisbon
article of the Gazette of the Ist inst. is only one more of its
' impudent fabrications; for just before dark in the evening of
the-SOth, at a very unusual hour, and without any previous
.warning or publication, the citadel St. George and two ships
• of war in the harbour fired a royal salute, which was imroe-
- diately followed by the illumination of the town-house or
Senado, and of the houses of all public officers; and as the
gangs began and continued all night their menacing roarings
and insults against those who did not illuminate, lights
were put up to render more apparent the dulness and
mournful silence of the whole town. We had the same
miserable illumination four succeeding nightM, and always
to the same effect. In one of them, as an acclaniator was
roaring near the Rocio-square " Viva• Don Miguel, King
absolute," be was struck a single blow with a cudgel in the
head, which brought him dead to the ground, and pot-
withstanding there being a great many of the gang about
there, the leveller escaped unknown. Such is the irrita-
tion of the inhabitants ; for many such instances of politi-
cal vengeance and desperation occur daily.
" The encouraged and protected audacity of the accla-
mating banditti has no bounds whatever, as you may judge
by the following fact, which I would not refer to in my
last letter, it having taken place the night before, without
'aacertaining the real particulars of it, which I was then
unable to de. On the evening of the 27th of June, Sir
Frederick Lamb's hotel was assailed by a band of those
ruffians, under pretext that his door-keeper had stuck up
on the walls of the neighbourhood some of the Oporto
proclamations. In consequence tbey forced their entrance
in the front yard, and after the most violent and riotous
abuse, laid hold of the porter or door-keeper, whom they
took away with them and dragged to prison. Sir Frede-
rick was then laid up with a severe attack of the gout ;
however, at the commencement of the assault, he imme-
diately sent word to Captain Sartorious, of his Majesty's
frigate Pyramus, informing him of what took place, and
requesting him to be in readiness to send him assistance
should the assailants put him in need of it, which did not
quite take place. However, Sir Frederick, as soon as the
ruffians left his premises, addressed a most energetic note
to this Government, complaining of the infamous assault
and subsequent insults, claiming immediately his servant,
and requiring full satisfaction for his treatment. In an-
swer, his door-keeper was instantly sent back to him with
an apology, declaring that none of the authorities had the
leas! knowledge of the fact, and that an immediate investi-
gation of it would take place to find out the offenders, in
order that they should be punished. So far the satisfac-
tion was a proper one, but as to the reality of the prosecu-
tion and punishment of the ruffians, it was mere humbug,
for the same scoundrels have continued since their atro-
cities protected as usual by the police military patrols.
" sir Frederick Lamb offers a striking example of the
protection English subjects enjoy constantly from their
agents abroad. There are in this harbour two English
frigates and two corvettes ; one of the latter, at least, Sir
Frederick might dispose of for his passage home, but not
to. reduce in the least the shelter and protection which the
langlish merchants may stand in need of, be takes his
passage, and that of all the embassy, in the common packet,
at no small expense, and comparatively with great incon-
venience in his very precarious state of health, on account of
the crowded state of the vessel, with Count Bombelles and his
amiable English bride, his legation, and retinue. Now,
on the other hand, and after two months previous notice, a
fine French frigate, the Vestale, arrives from Toulon to
protect- the French who reside here ; but as there is a
Petty envoy with an apostolic attache who must return
Lorne, he lays hold of the 60 gun-frigate for the purpose,
and leaves the Consul-General and all his countrymen to
look out for themselves.

" That French Minister takes along with him the old
Dutch Charge with his young wife, the daughter of the
viscountess Juromenha, the celebrated attachle of Marshal
Beresford's military and political public and private career.
The Swedish and Neapolitan residents wait for the return
of the steamer, Duhe of York, frotn Gibraltar, to embark
for England with their legation and families.
" The Russian and Danish hare departed some weeks
ago. There remains the Sardinian, who says that he has
not yet orders to retire, and nobody wonders nor cares
about it.
The regular Spanish resident, Mr. Zea Bermudez,
goes off like the others, though the Spanish Ambassador
Extraordinary remains.
" This departure of the whole diplomatic corps put
Don Miguel and the Queen in the greatest rage, for
they ahvays hoped that the Foreign Ministers would
remain, and that the nation might continue to be
deluded by the Gazette, about the new credentials
that were to be sent to them by their respective
vereigns, acknowledging Miguel the First. In
his stupid despair, Miguel tells his attendants, and
these repeat out of the Palace, that his Majesty being dis-
rleased with these foreigners, leho are either freematqms or
good-for-nothing fellows, " has ordered them away, and
sent for others in their places." But in the private con-
ferences and councils of the Palace, they own to Lave been
(loped by false promises of very elevated persons abroad,
45d the name of Beresford is often mentioned with the
grossest abuse on that account. However, a noble lady,
as celebrated as Harriette Wilson, defends him most warmly,
by assuring us that her dear Marshal was sincere in his
Promises and assertions, but that he was duped also by his
""Ileagues, who are freemasons and jacubins. Su much for
Your last and the present Ministry.

GENERAL MEETING OF THE INHA-

BITANTS OF LEITH.

A Meeting of the Inhabitants of Leith was held
In the Exchange Buildings there, on Tuesday the
Bth current, to receive a Report from their Com-
litittee. J. B. SCOTT, Esq., one of the Magistrates
of Leith, in the Chair.
The Report announced, that information had just
• been received from London, that instead of the Go-
vernment and the City of Edinburgh proceeding
With those improvements of the harbour, in terms of
the engagements under which the shipping interests
of the port had acceded to a valuable portion of the
(lock property being transferred to Government for
the purpose of a Naval Yard, and of which they have
1011 g since taken possession, the measure had been
resorted to of attempting to suspend, by a public
134, the obligations to proceed with these works, as
fixed and settled by two Acts of Parliament, on the I
ground of some report which Mr. Telford, engineer,
1141 given thereon, unauthorised by the parties chiefly
'titerested.
It was farther stated, that this public Bill, which
%I been put in that shape in order to avoid the usual
notices requisite, when private and local interests are
concerned, had been proposed by Messrs. Spootis-
Node and Robertson, the solicitors for the City of
to.
inhurgh, anti was to be read a second time in
the House of Commons on Monday, although the
17erations which it was intended to suspend had
C%I. made the subject of legal discussion in the
urt of Session several weeks ago, and before
ich Court it still continued.
The Meeting unanimously resolved to petition
boo_
Houses of Peril:anent, against the proposed Bill,
which they.tonsidered as going to violate every prin-
'Ple of justice, and every ordinary rule of Podia-
Thent, and of usual legal procedure.
(The Resolutions will be found in another co.
lump.) •
• The Duke of (..ANtERIDGE gave an elegant
thjeutie yesterda, at the
the Duke of SeSsEyx, the Dukkeainngd'hDuLhess of (sLouc.E.AER,
Palace, James e, to
•
and the Princess sorinA.
A deputation from the %Vest In
tra merchants
and planters, among whom were Sir ALE PALLMER, d
xANDEr. GRANT,
and Mr. J. oLciutr
~)ng conference on Saturday with the C
CHANCE etux, had a
LLOR
clicazcargit and the VicE-PRESIDENT of the BO of the
A Ito of
4kAEE, at the Treasury.