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London, England, 1828-06-21 00:00:00

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LONDON.
SATIJRDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1828.

ANOTHER ARRIVAL FROM LISBON.

In addition totheinformation whichwe gave
lyesterday from Lisbon, we have this day to an-
011nce further particulars to the 14th inclusive.
8t appears that Don MIGUEL has made no pro-
e_as whatever in organizing his Grand Army.
ASaturday last he remained at Lisbon issuing
ru-clamations, and making decrees against those
are inimical to himself or his mother. One
helamation offers pardon to deserters, who, if
Y will be mad enough to return, will make Don
'IGUEL's mercy extend to more than he ever
7ntesciplated in his softest mood of clemency.
Ile Lisbon Gazettes cannot be believed in
'attars touching the Constitutionalists, as they
are entirely under MIGUEL'S direction. They
the
to say that several regiments have joined
" Royalists," but as they give it only as a
le
h!)°11, we may safely believe that no such thing
taken place. The movements of the " R ebels,"
44 they are termed, have been to the right bank
°I. the Mondego, which they crossed. The force
;LC MIGUEL is said to be sufficient to drive
e rebels back to Oporto ; but we shall not be
ill"
uch surprised to hear the converse of this pro-
Trition by the defeat and retreat of the Grand
'ny to Lisbon. MIGUEL has issued a pro-
alliation, denouncing the " rebel Junta of the
etY of Oporto ;"but, unless he can defeat the
41traY which supports the said Junta, his decrees
are of no avail. By Monday we have no doubt
pea's will be received from Oporto of an authentic
acter, which must set the public mind at rest
It ar
to the actual state of affairs. The greatest
Al
1.401 prevailed at Lisbon for the safety of Eng-
residents, and those Portuguese who are
Oltn to be Constitutionalists. The following
ale extracts :

LisaOx, JUN!: 10.
thlthe Gazette contains an Order of the Day issued from
th. War Office, respecting the pay of officers employed in
of Army of Operations, dated June 6, with the rubric
the Infante Regent, and also a Decree to the effect that
14441 t appears that many subaltern officers and soldiers who
t,te offered, or are desirous of offering themselves, and
,tner persons who have enlisted er may enlist in the army
,4 4e Royalist Volunteers, are employed in various public
d.". 1, they shall return to those offices as soon as they are
114 urged from their military services.—Dated June 7,
h the Royal Rubric (Corn a Rubrica Real.)
iN:hnirs 11.—The Gazette contains a Proclamation, offer-
Pardon to deserters.—Dated June 3, with the Rubric
the Infante Regent.
11141411 12.—The official part of the Gazette contains,
tt7 the head " Secretario dos Negocios da Casa e
0,,440 of her Majesty the Empress Queen," the following
'tea :
poilt. I having, by a decree of 17th October, 1827, ap-
ted J. A. M ontinhe da Veiga, Corregidor of my city
Faro, and he not having presented himself to fill that
(:.) -4t lam pleased to declare the said nomination null and
°id.

• This decree discharges the Juez de Fora of the city
pare.
This decree, considering the scandalous conduct of
ti Matafara Freire Sellee, Juez de Fora of the town
Olhao da Restauracao, who, in the late events in A1,!,144
,!,144 was one of the associates of the chiefs of the Re-
it:,t,ioo, discharges lira from his office, as unworthy of
tit Majesty's confidence, and incapable of ever filling an
ate in her service.
5, and 6, appoint a Corregidor and a Juez de Fora
ts.`al city of Faro, and a Juez de Fora for the town of
taco da Restauracao.
dt_l,sse sii decrees are dated from the Palace of Ajuda,
S, with the rubric of her Imperial and Royal Majesty.
LISBON, JUNE 11.
tiflVe learn from our letters, that the Royalist Guerillas
tiiteira Alla have entered Vizeu, after a brisk fire on both
)itit: The division of the van-guard remains in its po-
-11141; and it is probable that it will soon commence ope-
SCitis, the corps commanded by General the Viscount de
tiv,(4o da Pesqueira having been reinforced with infantry,
q,,rY, and artillery. A supplement to the Gazette of
Ate 15t> in the official part, announces appointments and
fsllZions in tke army ; and in the non-official part, the
-mg

LISBON, JUNE 10.
1%!,/Y letters worthy of credit, of a very recent date, we
C,11; that our van-guard occupied Leira Crespos, G. uias
44.0'4' dos Avos, and the position of Machados, having a
the-titg division in Pombal, which extended its posts to
ter,r;'4ducha. On the 7th, the Bth Regiment of Foot eo-
ril`-"," Leiria, showing the greatest enthusiasm, which ani-
-11 the whole; division.
trii,,a battalion of militia of Louzo, which having been
i
ret,' h itself,
p" marched to Coimbra, had just presented
-ing to its duty with its Colonel, who b.td never left his
li,ist,
,at'd with the rest of the regiment formed the van-
,l,llr(4 ; the conduct of this battalion on being undeceived,
ad h" followed by others, which, being like it, misled,
- quitted the path of honour.
,t On the morning of the 7th the rebel forces which were
, Condeixa broke up their camp, and, with all their
'ggage, passed to the right bank of the Monde go ; and
the !anae night part of the troops that were in Coimbra

e "-!.
Ithe d' aucLen.y niarc e —some direction o the Ponte da
Marcella, arr! others, as it seems for the rear. The
(General of Lower Beira was, by the last accounts, in
Thonaar and its environs-, covering iti title position the old
.
road, and in ConiniunicaVa kith the i7anivard and with
the General of tipper Beira, who remained in Lamego,
ana communicated with Don Alvara da Costa, who was in
Guimaraes. Gen. the Viscount do Peso da Regna was in
Amarante, communicating with General Gabriel, Who
was on the Tamega.
It seems that All the GeneralS have 'forcea Suitt cient, not
only to oblige the rebels not to venture tt) any great dis-
tance from the city of :Oporto, hut also to attack them
when a fit opporfnnif-j, offers. Innumerable soldiers hare
hastened te enlist in conformity with the aecieei of the
24 instant, not only in the capital, but in Aleiiteio ail
Algarve. It is sufficient to saY thit alb WI regiment of
foot, in the fortress of Elias, has received about '7OO vo-
lunteers. tit patriotic expressions of love and loyalty to
our Prince, which is every where seen on thii occasion,
though nothing surprising among the Partiigirese, 'ivho are
always ready to arm in defence of their leiiliihate monarchs,
and the liberty of their eniintry, appears on this occasion
to manifest itself in a manner without a parallel in our
brilfie.nt armies. Even egotism and avarice, ashamed at
the sight of the patriotic enthusiasm displayed by all classes
in the nation, seem disposed to throw off the indolent
apathy in which they commonly vegetate.

Lishow, JUNE 12.

We learn by recent accounts that the rebels have with-
drawn their forces to tile other side of the Mondego ; and,
according to appearances, they will have to retreat to
Oporto, seeing that they cannot seduce any more troops,
and that those which they have seduced are beginning to
be sensible how they have been misled.
It was on the 2d of June that the Royalist Guerillas
drove the rebels front Vizeu, and 150 men of the 23d Re-
giment of. Foot, and some militia of Teudella, retreating
towards Coimbra, were completely beaten, and lost 50 men.
It appears that the remainder of the troops that evacuated
Vizeu embraced the cause of honour, in spite of the opposi-
tion of their Commander.

It is also affirmed that the lEith Regiment of Foot, and
the 11 th Cacadores, have joined the General of Tras-os-
Montes.

JUNE 14.

OFFICIAL-DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

I having been informed that the Desembargadors of
Oporto, Alex. Thomaz de Moraes Sarmento, Joze Joaquim
Gerando de Sampayo, Manore Antonio Vellez Caldeira
Castello-branco, and Joaquim Jose de Queiros, make part
of the rebel Junta of the same city of Oporto, which, being
formed by the influence of a few revolted military officers,
had seduced the soldiers under their command, is a repro-
duction of the provisional tevolutionary Junta, which, in
the same city and in the same manner, formed itself in the
year 1820, and which gave the impulse to the unhappy re-
volution which plunged the nation into innumerable mis-
fortunes from that year to 1823, in which year I resolved
to leave Lisbon for Villa Franca da Restauracao, and put
myself at the head of the army, and overthrow that revo-
lution, which threatened Portugal with entire ruin ;
when at my voice the Portuguese people and soldiers, whose
character always has been fidelity, have come from all parts
of the kingdom, and as I cannot allow to remain in the
Royal service, men who like those Desembargadors have
committed the great crime of rebellion, and have thus made
themselves guilty of high treason in the first degree, and
deserving the most severe and exemplary punishment, I
am pleased to discharge the said Desembargadors from the
Royal service, till the competent tribunals shall impose on
them the punishment due to their crimes.
Palace of Ajuda, 10th June, 1828.
(With the Rubric of the Infante Regent.)

It was invidiously objected to the Orations
of DEMOSTHENES that they smelt of the lamp,
but no one will deny that the articles in
the Morning Post, smell of oil (we mean Macas-
sar), and that they can be very easily traced to
a certain highly talented and scented Nobleman,
with whom the care of his ringlets rivals his
anxiety for the welfare of the nation. We are this
morning favoured with a continuation of some
jokes against Mr. HusxissoN, in which the
violation of epistolary confidence is shamelessly
applauded, and a great man who could not be
so bitterly hated, if he were so insignificant,
is talked of with a flippancy that would be almost
censurable in making comments on the Noble
Lord himself.

No doubt the concluding prayer for Mr.
HusictssoN's retirement to Eartham is dic-
tate,' by genuine sincerity; but perhaps the
Ultras already begin to suspect that neither
Mr. HUSKISSON nor his friends have
the slightest intention of withdrawing from
public life. They seem not to be in the least
alarmed at coming into competition with any
of the blank sheets of paper, forming the Mi-
nisterial Album.

The French Papers contain no news from the
seat of war. In fact our Express yesterday an-
ticipated the only news they contain.

Government have received Despatches from
Sir FREDERICK LAMB down to the 14th, but
their contents have not transpired.

A Writ for a Member to serve in the present
Parliament, for Sutherland, in the room of Lord
F. LEVESON GOWER, who has accepted the
office of Secretary for Ireland, was issued from
the Crown-Office yesterday.

Among the great advantages of a liberal
and an enlightened Ministry in this country, it is
not the least that our system of taxation, which
is in many respects faulty, would be reviewed
from time to time, and such alterations made
as might at once give ease to the people and im-
prove the revenue. In the last arduous war it
was necessary to raise mone; by whatever means ;
and heavy taxes were accordingly resorted to as
the easiest process for that purpose. Experience
proves that in many cases the taxes were raised
too high ; and that a larger revenue might have
been got from a smaller duty. The last Minis-
ters were deeply impressed with the necessity of
reducing some of our heavier taxes; they
were resolved to try the experiment of lower
duties ; and it was on this account that we
a d
thought their talents, experience, and know-
ledge so Naluable to the public service. We had
nexample
of their just and considerate views in
the discussion which lately took place respecting
the duties on sugar. It is well known that this
article is subject to a duty of 275. per cwt. which
is about equal to its market-price. The trade
in sugar is, besides, subjected to various re-
strictions, embarrassing to all concerned, and
injurious to the consumer. The object of these
is to secure to the sugar planters in the British
islands the monopoly of the home market for the
consumption of their sugars—the East India
sugar is accordingly subjected to a higher duty
by 10s. than West India sugar ; a higher duty
is also paid on foreign sugars ; and the importa-
tion of refined sugar is reserved for the home
manufacturer by a heavy duty. An arrange-
ment was in contemplation by the late Ministers
oh this subject, by which the duty was to be re-
duced to 205., in the expectation that the smaller
duty would yield an equal revenue—the restric-
tions on the importation of sugar were to be les-
sened ; whereby the consumer would have had a

• •
cheaper article ; the revenue Would not have been
injured; and trade would have been extended:
There is no doubt, that the consumption of sugar,
owing to the heavy tax imposed on it, has
not kept pace with our increasing popula-
tion ; although, no doubt, the low price; the
article haVing beerl.talling for Oioer4 years past,
and being at little more than Btl§. pet cWL, '
has in some degree counterbalanced the effects
of the penny duty in diminishing consumption.
The last rise which took place on the sugar duty
was in 18061 when it seas raised td
!lbs. per cwt. ; and practically to 275. In
1807 the net produce of the duty was
3,029,48. The price in that year was Os,
35a. arid 341. itie prodded of this dtity had
since greatly increased, owing partly to the low
price of sugar. In 1826 it amounted to
4,518,688/., the price of sugar, independent of
the duty, being then 325. In 1793 the sum of
1,4'73,139/. was drawn from a duty on sugar of
15s, per cwt, Now, the question is, if this
low duty had been allowed to remain, what

would have been its present amount ; what
loss do we suppose would the Treasury
have suffered if this low duty had never been
raised ? We can only reason on this subject by
analogy. There are some articles on which the
duties have not been raised since the year 1793,
and yet the same duties have produced a great
increase of revenue. Thus the duty on candles
was, in 1793, ld. per dip., and it yielded in that
year 213,9661. In 1826 the same duty of Id.
per dip in candles yielded 481,0371., which is
double its amount in 1793, besides one-fourth
part more. Now, if we suppose that the duty of
15s• on sugar would have increased in the same
ratio, and there is no reason to doubt it, its pro-
duce in 1826 would have been 3,311,779/., which
is nearly equal to the amount of the duty of
275. per cwt. with the exception of two or three
years, when it yielded more than four millions
per annum. How strongly, then, does experience
favour the policy of moderate duties. There
are various other articles on which we are
Convinced that lower duties would yield in a few
years the same, or even a higher revenue. The
revenue arising from auctions fell off greatly in
consequence of the heavy duty. In 1809 the
net produce of this duty was 336,022/. In 1815
it was 260,449/. ; in 1816, 234,729/. ; in 1821,
196,3021. Its produce increased afterwards, and

in 1825 it amounted to 311,3421., which was

still short of its produce in 1809. To these
examples we might add that of newspapers, on
which we are convinced that a reduction of duty
might be made without any loss of revenue. The
net produce of the newspaper stamp duties,
which is 4d. on every sheet, with a deduction of
20 per cent., is about 360,0001. per annum.
Now, if half this duty were remitted, the news-
papers would reduce their price ; and they could
afford to do so ; and the increased circulation of
these much run after periodicals would more
than compensate for any reduction of duty. By
lessening the duty one-half we only compromise
revenue to the amount of 180,0001. If we were
to suppose the circulation of newspapers to be
doubled by the reduction of price, the revenue
would gain, for there would be a great increase
in the consumption of paper ; and in the duties
of course yielded by that article. The duty
arising from the paper consumed by newspapers
cannot be much less than 50,000/. per annum.
If, by a reduction of duty, the circulation of
newspapers were to increase two-thirds, we
would have on this account an increase in the paper
duty of 32,0001. per annum ; and the half
of the duty, namely, 2d. on newspapers,
supposing their consumption to increase two-
thirds, would be 300,0001., which added to the
increased produce of the paper duty, would be
332,0001., above 21,0001. less than the produce
of the present grinding duties. It would soon
however increase, and the low duty would be
found in the long run to produce the greatest
revenue. We merely throw out these observa-
tions from a brief consideration of these few
articles ; but were our whole system of taxation
revised, great improvements might be made,
which would ease the people while it would oc-
casion no loss to the treasury. The reduction
of the duties on wine and coffee afford still more
convincing, because practical, illustrations of the
same principle.

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY).

CITY, TWRLFIC 0' CLOCK,

We have had several arrivals this morning, the one
which is the most important is by his Majesty's
steam boat the Meteor, in five days from Lisbon,
with a Mail, but the information she brings has not
as yet generally transpired; it is reported that the
accounts are unfavourable, and that the Constitu-
tionalists have been obliged to retreat at the approach
of the Royalists. Government are said to have re-
ceived important despatches by the above vessel from
Liverpool. They write of the 19th that two packets
from New York are off Holyhead, the papers have
not as yet arrived. The letters received by the
Leeward Island Mail this morning are Rot of impor-
tance; a report prevailed at St. Thomas's on the
17th May, that Spain had sold Porto Rico to the
French. The Consol Market appears rather heavy
this morning, and Consols, which left off yesterday
at 888 I, opened at 881, at present they may be
quoted at 881 i; Portuguese Stock has fallen 1 per
cent.; in other Foreign Securities little or nothing
doing.
Consols, 22d July, 881 ; Exchequer Bills, 64 5.
Foxstatt.—Brazilian, 631 4 ; Buenos Ayree, 45 6 ;
Chilies, 26 6 ; Colombian, 231 ; Danish, 61 i; Greek,
171 ; Mexican, 38 ; Peruvian, 25 6 ; Portuguese,
60 1 ; Russian, 924; Spanish, 104 I.

TWO O' CL CK.
The Consol Market remains steady, and has been
fluctuating during the morning between 841 and
88k f, and at the latter price they may at present be
quoted with little business. In the Foreign market
the chief operation has been in Portuguese Stock,
which has been done at .r f, and since at 60 to -.
In other Foreign Securities scarce anything doing.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols for Account, 88 s ; Portuguese, 59i.