The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-17 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

LISBON; SEPT. I.—ln my letter by the last mail, I
mentioned the intrigues that mere going on at Court,
and since that time they have augmented tet el great
degree, the country remaining in the same state of
confusion and 'uneasiness. The Infanta Regent ar-
rived on Monday night at Ajuda from Cintra, hav-
ing dined at Queluz with her mother the Queen
Dowager. The faction still surrounds her in such
a manner, that nobody, except people in the plot, is
allowed to speak to her. The infamous Admini-
stration continues under the horsewhip of the Cama-
rillo, and ready always to comply %sith the dictates
of their masters. It is now known that the Queen
is at the head of all the management, and Count
de Porto Santa, who lives in a (pinta near Queluz,
is the channel of communication with his nephew
Conde da Ponte, who has passed to Don Miguel's
party, together With Viscount Santarem, both of
them poor Noblemen of no character.
The brave and honest late Minister (Saldanba)
has been pronounced guilty in the judicial inquiry
made by Semblano; the crime imputed to him is
that of having promoted the disturbances that took
place in July,when lie left the Ministry. Every sensi-
ble and honest matiblushes at such iniquity, admiring
the impudence and boldness of men, who venture
to insult a whole nation with childish forgeries and
miserable lies. Count Villa Flor arrived at Oporto
on the 26th ; he met with the coldest reception
from the inhabitants. The brave Stubbs delivered
up the command immediately, and retired to private
lodgings. On the 29th he embarked on board the
steam-boat. Almost all the population came to ac-
company him to the river side, and the ladies waved
their handkerchiefs from the windows as he passed
by. The scene was most charming; and I really
believe there never was more respect shown to any
man. On the 30th, he entered the Tagus, and dis-
embarked at Caes do Sodre, about half-past six
o'clock in the afternoon, and was embraced by a
great number of respectable people, who went
there on purpose to wait for him. It is reported
that lie will be imprisoned in one of the for-
tresses, to pass under a council of war, in conse-
quence of his firm behaviour in favour• of the Char-
ter. The same fate has already been suffered by the
Count de Sampaio, who has been dismissed from
the command of the province of Estremadura; and,
what appears more scandalous, from the inspection
of the cavalry, in which command he had been for
the last twenty years, having kept it even ie the oc-
currences of the 30th of April, 1825, when Don
Miguel ill-treated him, not daring to deprive such a
noble soldier of a place which he filled with the
greatest ability and distinction. The inspection of
the cavalry was given to a common officer, called
Verissimo Jose Cardozo, who never was a field-
officer, and merely in 1807 was secretary of the 7th
regiment of cavalry ; afterwards went to Rio de
Janeiro with the Marquis de Torres Novas, brother
to Maria do Resgate, whose paramour Cardozo has
been for a long time. The plan of the Camarillo is
to put all the public places and high commands into
the hands of men of this character, in order to de-
stroy the Charter and hasten the moment of Don
Miguel's arrival, who, by such schemes, may enter
into Portugal without any opposition. As to Don
Pedro's coming, they won't believe it, according to
the doctrines of the Lisbon Gazette, which copies
the articles of the Courier do Porto, a paper written
on the same principles as the Quctidienne, and paid
by the Apostolicals.
All the Liberal newspapers have stopped their
publication during this week, by the most infamous
and arbitrary act that ever was produced in a civilized
nation. The faction wished very much to destroy
them, and as they could not do it by threats, nor
by the infamies that Jose Agostinho de Macedo and
other base and bought writers have spread against
them, a decree ordered the Dezembargo do Paco to
dismiss the censors of them, and propose others in
their place ; a week has elapsed since they were dis-
missed, and no nomination of others appears to act
for them, so that the liberal journals have stopped
for want of censorship, while it exists only for the
papers of the dominating faction. If any proofs were
necessary to establish the imbecility of the present
Administration, the decree of the censorship affords
them in abundance. Such a document is as ridi-
culous in its forms as atrocious in its contents ;
ridiculous for the want of ideology and grammar,
—atrocious because it tends to impose silence
on all the public writers who have refused to
be bribed by the stupid and ignorant Ministers,
whose crimes and despotic acts are innumer-
able. Besides this, the Infanta, in the decree, ac-
cuses and judges by herself the public writers, in-
sulting them for a crime which was committed only
by her delegated authorities, who, instead of issuing
a proclamation to the people to make them return to
their duty, left the tumultuous act to follow its
course, without a single effort to put it out. It is
also very curious the mode in which the public
writers are recriminated in that sing-alar document.
Under a censorship the public writers are only re-
sponsible when they publish any thing without per-
mission. The censor represents the Government,
who selected him for the purpose : if he puts the
imprimatur, it is clear that the responsibility stands
upon him, because he admitted the doctrine, and per-
mitted the publication. The new censors proposed
are known to be the greatest enemies to the Charter;
among them is the immoral MacedO, Jose Ribeiro
Soraiva, one of the Judges who murdered the un-
happy Gomes Freire ; Antonio Pereira, a clergyman
known by his ultramontanisin ; and others of the
same stuff.
Physician Carvalho, acting member of the Cama-
rillo, is named, in spite of law, President of the
Board of Insurance (Provedor dos seguros), and, two
days ago, he asked the Commenda of Cruche, whose
revenues were already destined for the payment of
the loans; it was granted to him by the Regent, but
the Minister of Finances refuses to sign the de-
cree. It is the 15th despatch obtained by this wail
in the course of three months.

The news from the province of Alemtejo are of
consequence. The intelligence has arrived, that the
Apostolicals are working to seduce the troops to
desert to Spain ; and there is great fear that they
will succeed. Those stationed at Estremoz are said
to have already endeavoured to rim away. Things
are going on worse and worse every day, and
we may frankly say, that there has not been any
kind of government since Saldanha left the Ministry.
It is very probable that the rebels will re-appear in
a short time, perhaps, by order of some great and
more important person.

We remember a whimsical mistake of the
toast-master at Freemasons' Tavern at a dinner
in support of the African Institution. Mr. Wil-
berforce was it.) the chair ; and among the toasts
given to the waiter behind him to proclaim to
the company was---" The Health of King Henry
of Hayti but the honest attendant had never
dreamt of Mich a king, and not hearing very dis-
tinctly what was said, he called .with an audible
voice, " Gentlemen ! be pleased to fill your
glasses—To the memory of King Henry the
Eighth ! ! !" A general laugh, in which the
estimable chairman was not last, rewarded this
new reading ;--not very unlike that in the City,
" The Three
Consulswher ,
of France, where the waiter, instead
demandedns
teadof a
bumper
" The Three-per-Cent. Consols."—Literary
Gazette. to

His Majesty's entrance, as announced by mu..
nicipal proclamation, took place yesterday even-
ing (Sunday), The proclamation fixed the hour
of his approach at four o'clock in the afternoon.
His Majesty was punctual to a moment. -Through-
out the day, the town was in a constant bustle.
Some paces from the barrier outside the town, a
triumphal arch of temporary materials was erected
in one of the streets a second arch—the
work of one of the. regiments—seas constructed
so ingeniously as to appear formed altogether of
leaves. At an early hour, detachments from the
troops encamped outside the town,marhed
were .
in the direction by which his 'Majesty was to ap-
proach, and took their stations to wait his arrival,
At four o'clock it was announced that his Ma-
jesty was near the town—great numbers of
people had already lined the road, and the multi-
tudes who covered the ramparts, and the various
elevated places which commanded the road,
could now distinctly trace, by the line of dust
which it raised, the rapid advance of the proces-
sion. At length it reached the barrier, and pro-
ceeded into the town. His Majesty sat iu a
close travelling carriage, attended by the Dauphin
and the Prince of Orange. He was followed by
his suite, a regiment of hussars, and a regiment
of the line. It must be owing to the habitual
control with which the French people are enabled
to govern their feelings, that there was no very
great display of attachment or rejoicing on this
occasion. The cries of 4i Vive le Alai," proceeded
chiefly from a body of about 20 persons who
kept alongside the royal' carriage, and who wore
white favours round their hats. They also had on
belts to which large hooks were attached, evidently
intended for the purpoSe of drawing the carriage_ ;
but nothing of that sort was attempted, The
windows of the houses along the line of proces-
sion were filled with spectators, 'particularly ele-
gantly dressed ladies; but the waving of hand-
kerchiefs and the other demonstrations of welcoMe
were by no means general. The military ap-
peared to perform• their part with perfect coolness.
In the evening the town was illuminated.
The top of the largest chain of hills, situated
at about four miles from St. Onier's, has been
chosen for the site of the encampment. When
you have heard that it was selected by the Duke
of Wellington, in 1814, for a similar purpose,
for a part of the British Army, it is not neces-
sary to add that a better place could not be
found. This summit has been now reduced.by
art into an extensive level table. The camp
stretches from one extremity of this mountain-
plain to another, forming an oblong square of
about two miles in length. The tents are ar-
ranged in regular parallels of ten to each, being
separated from each other by a few feet: The
most striking part of the spectacle is, undoubt-
edly, the vast extent of camp, the termination
of which on neither side can be discerned by
the spectator who views it from a position in tke
middle. If he proceed next to examine - the
camp in detail, he will find much cause for ad-
miration. The 'tent is spread upon la square
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grass, and frequently pretty flowers and shrubs,
grateful for their scent or the beauty of their ap-
pearance. The little canvass habitation, in short,
seems to rise out of a small parterre, and the
soldier to take his realm an .Arcadian couch of
flowers and leaves.

This morning the whole of the troops mustered
on a plain called Bruyere, for the purpose of
being reviewed by his Majesty. The spectacle
eras a very splendid- one. The whole course of
a battle was enacted by the troops in.regidar
series. The attack, the defence, the retreat, the
firing of musketry, the roaring of artillery, the
charges of cavalry on squares of infantry—all
the evolutions and manoeuvres incident to a gene-
ral action were performed with the most admirable
effect. His Majesty rode a superb horse—the
stirrups were of solid gold. He was attended
by the Dauphin and the Prince of Orange. There
were on the field likewise three British Officers
of the 17th Lancers, and three of the "15th
Hussars. By the splendour of their uniform
and equipment, they completely shone.over the
whole body of French officers. Sir Hussey
Vivian, in the dress of the Hussars—Colonel
Fitz-Clarence, in
.that of the Fuzileers, and
mounted on a beautiful animal, eclipsed almost
Majesty itself. Sir John Lambert, Lord.
Bingham, General Taylor, and General Fane,
were likewise in the field, in their uniforms.
They met with the greatest politeness from the
Royal party.
I cannot conclude without mentioning one
fact connected with the amusements. The offi-
cial programme which announces the entertain-
ment for each day has these words in the very
front of it :—" As the entertainments would be
imperfect if the poor did not join therein, there
will be daily an extraordinary allowance of aid:to
them, and they are requested to attend on each
day the several amusements that will take place.'

A correspondent in the South of Ireland in-
forms us that the harvest in that part of the
country has been entirely gathered in, and that
whether its excellence or abundance is consider-
ed, Providence has been peculiarly bountiful. to
this part of the kingdom. The potatoe crop,
which is the chief dependence of the poorer
classes, promises to be remarkably productive ;
barley and oats too are considerably above an ave-
rage crop ; and wheat, though somewhat stinted
in the size of the grain, is good in quality and
has yielded well.

THE THAMES Timiai,.—The arrangements
for recommencing the works at the:Thames Tun-
nel being now nearly completed, it is fully ex-
pected that in the course of a few days the exca-
vation will be resumed. The'Directors, in order
to give the Proprietors authentic information as
to the nature and extent of the hole which has
been filled up, . have had drawn up a series of
sketches, exhibiting with much clearness the ex-
tent of the aperture, from which it appears that
erroneous statements have been made public
relative to this subject. The offning through
which the water came into
the Tunnel, on the
the whole soil, which had previously been very
loose,
hof :,a May, was 5 feet by 2 feet 6 inches, and
washed
that upwards of 1,000
o
s
away by the action of the tide.
to the extent of 20 feet. By the constant ebb
and flow of
the water, the cavity soon increased
to about 50 feet square at the top, and tapering
downs ofewhich point the hole was
20
feet
shield, at
by 12 feet wide. This cavity,, as
has been already stated, is now filled up, in do-
ing
nwhich-it
to
t
were used. It is not true that the
bed of the river, in the• vicinity of the Tunnel,
tons
clayh long
is estimated
has been injured, as the depth of water is as
great now as it ever was of Rotherhithe. . .