The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-12 00:00:00

AND JUSTICE.

" His Highness the Infante Regent, being in-
formed of the atrocious crime committed on the road
from Coimbra to Lisbon, near Condeixa, in the morn-
ing of the 18th inst., on thepersons of some unarmed
and unprepared deputations which- the_ University
and Chapter of the city of Coimbra sent to congra-
tulate his Royal Highness on . his happy return to
Portugal, and other individuals who accompanied
them, by wretches full of the greatest wickedness, or
rather degenerate men who deserve the name of fe-
rociotits tigers rather than that of men ; and his High-
ness being persuaded that it is highly important-to the
public interest that this borrible'crime, at which nature
shudders, and which Portugal has unhappily seen
committed in its bosom, and by Portuguese, should
be immediately punished in the most exemplary
manner; his Highness has been
.pleased .to deter-
mine that you shall proceed, without loss of time, to
use the most efficacious measures to- ascertain and
discover all the authors and contrivers of this fatal
event, and that yoti employ the greatest activity and
zeal for this purpose, considering that this is one of
the most important duties that you at present have
to perform, and that on the manner in which you
perform it his Highness's opinion of you will chiefly
depend ; and farther, that you will not. be -excused
for the slightest omission in a matter of such im-
portance. His Highness also orders that you_shall,
in due time, report to this office, the result of the
steps to which you are immediately to proceed.

" God preserve, &c.
" LUIZ DE PAULA FURTADO CASTRO
DO RIO DE MENDOCA.
" Palace of Ajuda, 22d of March, 1828.

" To the Corregidor of the district of Coi►nbra."

(Similar notices have been sent to the Corregidor
of Leiria, the Juiz de Fora of Coimbra, the Juiz de
Fora of Soure, and the Conservator of the University
of Coimbra.)
MARCH 25.—The Gazette contains a list of pro-
motions in the army.

MARCH 26.--The Gazette contains a letter of
thanks from the Infante Regent to his surgeon, An-
tonio Bartholomeo Pires, for his services during his
attendance on his Royal Highness, from the time he
quitted Lisbon, in May, 1824, till his return to that
city in February, 1828.
MARCH 27.—There is no official article in the
Gazette. It contains some reflections on the assas-
sination of the deputies from Coimbra, and•states
that almost all the assassins are in prison, four
more having been taken since the last accounts.
MARCH 28.—The Gazette contains a notice from
the War Office, signed by the Infante Regent-,
which orders that the force of the Royal Police Guard
of Lisbon shall be increased.
MARCH 29.—The Gazette contains another list
of promotions in the army. Major-Gen. Maximi-
niano de Brito Mozinho is appointed Governor of
Elvas, in the room of Brig.-Gen. Joao de Vascon-
cellos e Sa, who is discharged from that post.

(From the Correio do Porto.)

LISBON, MARCH 3A.—The embarkition of the
British troops in this port continued yesterday. The
Lancers and the Chasseurs are already onboard. It
is affirmed that the artillery will embark on the Ist
of April, and that other corps will soon follow.
LISBON, APRIL I.—On Sunday evening his
Highness the Infante Regent, with their Highnesses
the Infantas, went to Alfeite, 'and as they passed
the British ships of war, they, as well as the Por-
tuguese ships, fired the salute usual on such -occa-
sions.

Since the happy moment when the ardent wishes
of the Portuguese nation were realised by the happy
arrival of his Serene Highness the Infante Don Mi-
guel, who now fortunately presides over our des-
tinies, the people in all parts of the kingdom have'
given proofs of the greatest joy and enthusiasm. it
is not for our yen to draw the faithful picture of the
transports of joy now shown by a nation-which has
been at all times illustrious for its attachment and
fidelity to its august princes. -
We say every thing when we declare, that in
every corner of Portugal is heard the voice of public
gratitade to Providence that, at length propitious to
the supplications of the most faithful nation, restores
to it the exalted Prince on whose august presence
the prosperity and happiness of the Portuguese
essentially depend.
The following is a circumstantial account of the
execrable crime of the students of Coimbra:—

" At a place about a league from Condebca the
most horrid crime has occurred which ever w.is
seen,for the cruel manner in which the murders were
committed,which we are going to relate . On the 17th
instant at four o'clock in the afternoon, four chaises
left this place for Lisbon, in which were, the Pro-
fessor of Law Matheus, the Professor of Medicine
Tigueiredo, the Professor of Ihilosophy Neves,
with the Dean of the See and a. Canoe ; they went
to stop for the night at Condeixa, and setting out
continued their journey in the morning. When they
had got about a league, they saw eight men dis-
guised, four of whom had blunderbusses, who ordered
them to halt, and the others commanded the tra-
vellers to alight, and at the signal of a. whistle other
wretches appeared. Being thus united, they or-
dered the travellers to retire from the road,. and
place themselves in a line, they then broke "open
their trunks and examined their papers; many of
which they tore.. One of them acted as commander,
and said " Number 1," on which a shot was imme-
diately fired at the head of the Professor of Medi-
cine,:who was killed on the spot. He-then said
" Numbers ], 2,3," on which three shots were fired
at Professor Matheus, who begged them to kill him
at once, which one of them did with a dagger. Then
came Professor Neves and his son; but the latter
begging that they would kill him rather than his fa-
ther, who had a numerous family, one of the ag-
gressors interfered for him and-his son, and in fact
they did not ill treat them, and they are now at
home ill in consequence of the fright. They gave
the Dean and the Canon several stabs, and would
certainly have murdered them had not Divine Pro-
vidence sent to their assistance his Excellency
Lieutenant. General Agostinho Luiz da Fonsica and
his son, with a few horse soldiers, who seeing at a
distance the assemblage in the road, three of them
advanced and with the help of the inhabitants, whom
they collected, seized five of the assassins, whom
they took to Condeixa,as well as the wounded. The
five prisoners were put yesterday into the prison of
the University. Four were taken by the inhabitants
of Rabacal, who were put in prison to-day. In Ega
there were two, and in Pereira one. It is known
that the assassins are students of bad character,
some of them are already known by other criminal.
actions.".

FRENPI PAPERS.
(From the Gazettede France, April 10.)

CONSTANTINOPLE," MARCH 1 1 . —The persacu ti on
of the Armenians even extendsto the conventof women
of whom about 600 have been obliged to leave the
capital. The armaments are still carried on with
activity; but a recent event shows that the passage
of the Dardanelles is not so difficult as has-hitherto
been supposed. A Russian merchantman, which
had left Constantinople by night, would not stop at
the Dardanelles to be searched;, it -sailed • directly
into the channel, though a shower of balls was fired
at it to stop its progress.
Spina Parma, an experienced sailor, cast anchor,
and patiently waited the result of the efforts of the
Turks, who fired above three hundred shot at him
without once touching him. Parma conceived that
the Turkish batteries could do him no harm, weighed
anchor, and proceeded full sail, amidst the buzzes of
his crew. Three of the best of the cannon of the
Turkish batteries burst on this occasion, and killed
many men. 'l'ahir Pacha has just set out to relieve
the Turks in Scio.

i TRIESTE, MARcii 26.—The packet. of the lonian

LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1828.

It was on this memorable day, last year, that
after a long and painful suspense, the triumph of
rational liberty and enlightened principles was
announced, by Mr. WYNNE's moving in the
House of Commons for a new writ, in the room
of the Right honourable GEORGE CANNING,
on his being appointed First Commissioner of
his MAJESTY'S Treasury.

The arrival of our troops from Lisbon will
now afford Don AIiGuEL his long-wished-for
opportunity of proclaiming himself King, with
all the absolute power which his depraved mo-
ther can wish to accompany his rebellious seizure
of the Regal Authority. Till, however, the
event really take place, of which there seems
little doubt, we abstain from any further remark
boyhood, has led
aupn a
life of ptleiersmonos'wt flho, firgoamte ahnisd criminal character..
The following letter from our Correspondent, will
show in what a state Lisbon was, and is likely to
be after the departure of our troops:—

LISBON, MARCH 29.
The arrival of a steamer on the evening of the 26th,
from Plymouth, in four days, with an answer to the
army
Am-
bassador's despatch, has put an end to our state of suspense,
brought dismay to the hear t of many a poor Constitutionalist ;
but as there are no doubt good and solid reason for with-
drawing
our
we mustcontentionsthetr fate. Some, of this
unhippy
country,however,
leafvroemthe
to them
cling to the hope that the packet full of Noblemen and
Gentlemen who have been• obliged to fly from their homes
and all that is dear to them, to seek refuge in England,
may induce our Government to alter their determination;
and others assert, that some discretionary power has been
left to the Ambassador to detain the troops in case of
urgent necessity. At present, all we know is, diet the
orders have been given out for embarkation ; and all the
troops are to be on board before the evening of the Ist April.
The Grenadier Guards go on board the Windsor Castle,
as also a company of the 4th Foot. The 3d Guards and
Head-quarter Staff, on board the Gloucester; the 63d
Regiment on Board the Melville ; and the detachment
of Artillery on board transports. The Admiral is to re-
main with the Spartiate and Pyramus frigates, and to
receive the remaining portion of the 4th Regiment on board
until the return of the transports which conveyed the troops
from this to Gibraltar, as from the Admiral's having now
orders to remain with the ship, instead of carrying home
a battalion of the Guards, as was originally intended,
there is not sufficient ship-room for all tago at once, but
there is to be no red coat on shore on duty after the Ist
April, except the Marines, who are to garrison and keep
possession of Fort St. Julian, and thereby command the
entrance of the River. Of what is to follow there cannot

be much doubt—Don Miguel will be declared absPlL'ts
King, and the Inquisition will probably resume its pow'
and hold its awful councils in the chamber lately occur;
by the Peers. There will be lists of proscribed, who
be persecuted in the most cruel manner ; but I have to#
hope that the Constitutionalists, being now left to the°
selves, will make an effort which will cause them to fell
their own strength, and prevent this treacherous fool, WI
his old mother, from carrying on their plans too Of
Had our trorss continued here, it would have been a m
unpleasant unalty to remain in opposition to the execueill,
government. As an instance of this, for the last fortnie,
the Police have kept an active, and even insolent, sysec`
by day and by night, on all persons going to, or comit4
from, the Ambassador's and General's quarters ; and al°
on hoard the Admiral's ship. The poor Spanish Refuge°
have been all taken up and sent out of Lisbon, under
strong escort, with the intention, it is supposed, of givie
them up to the beloved Ferdinand. In all other revel'
the town continues in a tranquil state.

By the Gazette de France of Thursday,
have accounts from Constantinople to the 10
ult.. If we are to believe the report, there
no doubt that an act of hostility has been coo'
mitted, and that too by the Turks, who fire 4
upon a Russian merchantman passing throu?
the Dardanelles. This is important, as afford'
ing the Russians another cause for proceeding t°
war ; but we apprehend they want no furthe
stimulus in a matter on which their whole heart
so decidedly bent. The Russian vessel made /0,
escape,-although three hundred shots were fire°
at her from the batteries. So inexperienced, 6
so careless are the Turks, that three '
their; best cannons burst, which killed a rito
ber of men. So soon as this fresh act °
aggression is known at Russian Head-quarters,
we may expect that decisive measures 01,1
be taken, if they have not already commenced
In the mean time, preparations continue tog`
on with great and unwearied zeal, both for attse'
and defence.

The Halifax Papers of the 24th ult. c 0 t 3"
a paragraph from Quebec, dated the 6th of ths'
month, being one day later than our last advises'
it says " The English mail which arrived to-U
brought out despatches to the Governor:l'')
Chief, notifying to his Excellency, officially, hr
appointment to succeed Lord COMBERMERg
Commander-in-Chief in India. It is said 111.
Excellency will return to Great Britain in .111'''

next."

Mr. HAYNOR's appointment as Deputy Poil
master General of British North America

confirmed.

We learn with pleasure, from Pictou, of Mare'
et
14, that RICH. SMITH, Esq. Superintendent l'
the Mines of Nova Scotia, has received advz
from the Mining Association, that Pictou °I
soon be constituted a free warehousing pd,
this is considered as not only advantageous t,
the Company, but to the interest of the Colos
generally, and is a very important privilege.

We again earnestly beg to draw the hunl3l'
attention of Mr. PEEL to the situation of
unfortunate woman, CA THA RINE WEl•Cti'
who was yesterday convicted at the Old BO);
on a charge of infanticide. The Jury said
the evidence was only circumstantial, and I:0
that account recommended her to mercy. Shi.%
notwithstanding such humane, and, we thin
very just, recommendation, ordered for executiO
on Monday next. Will Mr. PEEL allow ibt
law to proceed to such cruel—such disgracef'
extremity ?--humanity forbid !

On the subject of the Corn Laws a differ°
set of resolutions has been proposed by
.I\n,J
WHITMORE and Mr. HUME. Those of Mr
WHITMORE do not differ in principle fill
those proposed by Mr. GRANT ; they 0/1::
impose lower duties, and give greater faciline'
to importation ; and, in point of principle, nil
perhaps be preferred by some on this accon°,l
But, unfortunately, this is just their objectiont'l
others ; so that a measure founded on they
owing to the prevalence of certain opinions,
certain prejudices, is not at present practical,,
Mr. HUME'S propositions differ entirely in t°,
ciple from those of Mr. GRANT, as they suge:at
a fixed in lieu of a varying duty. He propr,
that corn shall pay a duty at present of Os'
quarter ; that it shall fall every year is. until
year 1834, when it shall be fixed at the ioslof
liable duty of 10s. We really are at a loss
conceive the grounds of this extraordinary prol°,l
sition of a permanent duty with a varying priltece!
which' eems to be entirely inconsistent with
P
pI
principle of the measure. In proposing a
for regulating the importation of corn, Minist',l
had to consider the rival interests_ of trade 131:ci
agriculture : they intended, on the one hand/
protect agriculture against any ruinous dePreil,
sion of price, owing to an ever-supply of e 44
from abroad, and, at the same time, to pro,/
the community at large from too high a V'
when the home supply happened to fail. 14a;
how is it possible to attain those two objects ,
a fixed duty? When corn is in this country elle''t,
and abundant we want no additiottqb the WI:,
supply, which would sink the price todlow,
jure the agriculturist; and we consistently enoog
restrain the importation of corn from abroad hi
duty. But when the home supply fails,
when the price rises to 705., 80s., or 100 s, ',
which last price we are unfortunately not withol,l;
examples, and when the working classes are
a state of actual starvation, in place of excluoo
foreign corn, we want to bring it in as abundant,/
as possible ; and we not only take off' all I'.
restraining duties,
but in urgent cases of dis.
tress, as in 1800 and 1801, and at other tinlss4,
we have given a lair bounty on importation `I
accelerate the foreign supplies ; and this
is, we humbly conceive, consistent 'with liuma°'
and with common sense. We discourage s,,ic4
supply of corn from abroad when we have ahoy;
plenty of it at home, and vice versa, we eneour4ep
it from abroad when it is scarce at home. 13`if,
contrary to this national course of conduct,
HUME would make no difference between p 1
and scarcity ; he would exclude, or he would
strain, the foreign supply of corn by the same ‘lOO
when it was abundant as when it was scarce ;
0,1
would keep it out of the country when it
cheap and plentiful and when it was not want
i
and he would, in like manner, keep it out v 4);
it was wanted to save the people from staro

he would
it was to
the same

confess
fathom.
tect agric
prices aro
Persevere
longer

site evi

the co,
aggliwat(
dieted b 3
we migh
clothing
duty on
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it must
falls, and
an index

have not
to our 1

and occa
outcry h:
a failure
prices ii

on corn
and poli
be too h
our aufre

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of the
yesterda
Parish.
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is a ple
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to whici
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put int(

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from the
Cot, for
James,

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Jamaica
Crawsba
nondurv,
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that „
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Roads

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bincapc
lang. 11
the 7th
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23d ult
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rived oi

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broucpi
not
are go

declared abisk'tt
resume its
)er lately occure.
oscribed, who
; but I have lael
now left to then'

cause them to fee'
cheroas fool,
eir plans too 01
have been a may

a to the executill
the last fortnitti,
n insoknt, viat6
ing to, or cornol
tarter. ; and al°
Spanish Refuge°
f Lisbon, undo'
upposed, of girt
all other respeo

Thursday,
)le to the 10
-eport, there
has been colt'
rks, who fire'
assing throui
Cant, as afford'
r proceeding t`
mt no further
r whole heart
vessel made he
hots were fire
xperienced,
that three 6
killed a num
s fresh act 0
Head-quartel
measures tki
y commend
continue to
both for attsc

th ult. toms'`'
the 6th of ths'
ur last advises'
arrived to-ds!
Governor-D.i
r, oflicially, hi'
MBERMERO:

It is said 111
3ritain in JO

s Deputy POI
th America

ictuu, of Me:
perintendot'
eceived advic'
hat Pictou
!housing poll'
dvantageons
of the Color
privilege.

aw the htim°
tuation of tly,
1-NE WEL°II:
he Old Haile);
Jury said th 3„
mild, and 645
mercy. Shi°,,
and, we thil":
L..d for exectlool'
>EEL allow th`
uch disgracell

,aws a differer
oposed by 117.1
Those of I‘`i
principle fro''
T ; they 01!1
reater facilitte';
principle, V'
ni this accell°t
Leir objection
ided on thelli
in opinions!
0
ient practiO,
entirely inr
as they sug,s6;;l

He prop-
!sent of 159',

1113 !ar s. until
ed at the ins
are at a loss
ordinary pr r.,,
a varying p0:1,,
sistent with
roposing a
corn, Mims d
s of trade ;'ic
he one hat-11114
ruinous der :o
upply of gcte
we, to prO
oo high a pro
to fail. 14°0
two objects
o
is country ell
on.to the lion
0,:
too.low, and 4",
istently enol!
om abroad b)
a)
ipply fails,
,!;
Is., or 100'''
tely not witho,l ill
sr classes are
.ce of excludos
n as abund3'
,ake off all the
t cases of
at other dill os,
importation,,
md this poil
t with hum3niclo
ie
discourage .t
we have alr"at
3, we encouglot,
at home. Po,
conduct,
nor
between Pie re'
he would or
)y the same do
.11
was scarce ,
y when it
~
04
was not waile
4
eep it out st:
from starvlP