The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-28 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

By the Liverpool, Captain Evans, arrived at Val-
mouth on Sunday at neon, we have our usual Penin-
sular advices of the following dates:—From Gibraltar,
September 15 ; Cadiz, 15th, passed the Tagus
steamer, bound southward, off Cape St. Vincent on
the 16th, at four A.M. ; Lisbon on the 19th ; off
Oporto on the 20th, but could not communicate;
from Vigo, 20th. The Liverpool had passengers
from Gibraltar, Mr. Cahill and servant; from Cadiz,
Mr. Hickey and Mr. Christmas ; from Lisbon, Mr.
C. Desforges, Mr. J. Monto, Mr. E. Affonso, Mr.
P. Voss, Mr. S. Sabad. She had a further supply of
fifteen oxen—one died 6n the passage, and, it ap-
peared, as no more could be obtained for shipment by
this steamer, that the stock suitable for the British

market was becoming exhausted in the neighbourhood
of Vigo. The leading news is of a partial change of
the members of the Portuguese Government.
LISBON, SEPT. 19.—The adjournment of the Cortes
and recomposition of the Ministry, which had been so
long talked of, have at length been brought about
somewhat precipitately. The knowledge that Senhor
Campelo would not resume the duties of the marine
department, and that the Minister of Justice, who had
more than once tendered his resignation, would retire
as soon as the Cortes were prorogued or adjourned,
seems to, have excited the hopes of the various candi-
dates for office to such a pitch, that it was resolved,
at last, to take our Portuguese Downing-street by
storm ; and meetings were held, attended by certain&
a majority of the majority, who were further dissatis-
fied at the Duke of Terceira's continuing to hold the
seals of the Foreign office together with the War De-
partment. At length the Ministerial camp became in
a complete state of mutiny, and a sort of round-robin
address was communicated to the Duke, as President of
the Council of Ministers, stating in effect, that the
majority of the Chamber had not confidence in the
Government as actually constituted. The Duke of
Terceira taking offence at this out-of-door vote of
want of confidence (for be it observed no manifes-
tation of opinion had been made by the majority
within the walls of the Chamber), went at once to
the palace, and tendered his resignation. This was
on Monday. An entire break up of the Mi-
nistry was anticipated. The Council of State
was summoned. Senor R. F. Magalhaes, as one
of the Council, gave it as his opinion that there
was no reason whatever to justify the resignation of
the Ministry, no hostile demonstration having been
made against them in Parliament, and that they
ought not to be guided by meetings 'out of doors.
He was asked, both by the Duke of Terceira and
Costa Cabral to take office, but this he declined. The
matter finally terminated thus. The resignation ofl
the Ministers of Justice and Marine were accepted ;
the Duke of Terceira remained President and
Minister of War, giving up the Foreign Depart-
.spent to Senor Gomes de Ca..tro, a friend of H. F.
gagalbaes, and Vice-President of the Treasury
tribunal. .9Costa Cabral and Baron Tojal re-
tain their posts;: and the departments of Marine and
Justice have been filled up by Senhor Falcao, a
Deputy and Treasurer of the Navy, and Senhor J.
M. Sousa e Azevedo, a Councillor of the Treasury,
and considered as a protege of the Duke of Palmella.
The Government gains greatly in oratorical strength
by the changes now made. Senhors Gomez de Castro
and Sousa e Azevedo are both very good speakers,
hut, as yet, they are neither of' them in the Chamber,
which,perhaps,may have been one reason why the sudden
adjournment of the Chamber was resolved on, as they
will no doubt be chosen when the elections, to supply
the double returns, take place. However, the fact is,
that the Chambers, which had been obliged to post-
pone the important measures before them during the
Ministerial crisis—no Minister being present in the
Chamber of Deputies on Monday, Tuesday, or Wed-
nesday, were, on their meeting on Thursday ad..
journed by Royal decree, communicated in a dis-
patch from Costa Cabral, to the Ist of December
next, when the session will be resumed, in order to
pass the Government measures, now in various
stages before the Chambers, as the Douro 'Wine
Company Bill, the Bill establishing courts-martial in
cases of murder committed on the persons of public
authorities, and the Bill for the sale of the foros, the
latter of which had passed the Deputies, and been
carried into the Chamber of Peers. The Douro
Wine Company Bill had passed the Deputies, with
the exception of the 14th article, by which the en-
dowment of 150 contos a year, out of the export
duties, &c., is granted to the Company: this article
was postponed, on Senhor Avila's motion, till the
Minister of Finance should be present. There was a
resolution passed by the late Cortes, that no additional
expense should be moved by the Government, with-
out the Minister presenting simultaneously the means
of meeting it, and it was urged by Senhor Castello
Branco that this was applicable to the present case,
which was denied by some of the Ministerial Mem-
bers. However, the question now stands over till
December. The Court Martial Bill had not been
debated at all; the Committee to wh ch it was re-
ferred, had, however, reported in its favour.
The " majority" it is said, is not over satisfied with
the result of its extra-parliamentary proceedings. It
was expected that the three posts of Justice, Marine,
and Foreign Affairs, would have been filled up from
its ranks. Senors Albano, Simos, Gorjao, and many
other candidates were put forward ; the misfortune
here is, that everybody thinks he has a right to be
Minister, and after a set of Ministers have been in
office for six months, there is a great tendency among
the unemployed to grumble, and combino against
them. The Correio di Lisbao, in reference to this
state of things, on a former occasion, ironically recom-
mended that every office, high and low, should be held
in turn for twenty-four hours by every adult male
throughout the country, thus far outbidding your
universal suffrage and quarterly Parliament people.
The Lynx, her Majesty's four-gun brig, returned
to the Tagus from Cascaes Bay, on Thursday. The
affair of the General Marinho has been transferred to
the hands of the new Minister of Marine, and it is to
be hoped will be soon decided.