The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-25 00:00:00

" NEWS OF THE DAY, &r.

" LISBON, JULY 7.—Ever since the rumour of
Don Miguel's refusal to obey his brother's instruc-
tions was spread, and since his approaching arrival
in Portugal was anticipated, the apostolical and ab-
solute party have felt new hopes, and begun to dis-
play additional effrontery. In the course of the
week, four persons have been taken up, on different
days and at different places, for publicly vociferating
against the Charter, and in favour of the absolute
Don Miguel. These men, who in general were too
ignorant to have formed any opinion, and too poor
to have any immediate interest in a political change,
were no doubt employed by wealthier and more art-
ful knaves to try an experiment on the feelings of
the public, and launched like pilot-balloons, to as-
certain which way the wind blew before the grand
ascent is attempted. That I have not exaggerated
the activity of the Corcundas or the dangers of the
country is evident from an article in the Portuguez
of Thursday, written several days after either of
my letters, and confirmatory of both. This jour-
nal, which alcine may be called the public opi-
nion of Portugal, or which, at least, is the

Only efficient organ of liberal sentiments in
Lisbon, speaks of the distribution of seditious
proclamations, of the spread of false news against
the existing order of things, of the appearance of
factious emissaries at the coffee-houses or places of
public resort to sound public opinion, and of the
Open gale of medals and other objects in which po-
litical sentitlienia dr piedileetions are embodied, as
the common symptoms of the erisig: Most of these
things I myself have observed and can attest, though
I do not make so light of the matter as the Portu-
guese journalist. One of the proclamations I en-
close you ; and if your constitutional feelings, would
not be shocked at the idea of wearing a ring adorned
with the portrait of Don Miguel, or a representa-
tion of Our Lady of Me Rock, (who was so mainly
instrumental in overthrowing the last Cortes, and
who, I am afraid, has again begun to assume her po-
litical character), I would send you one of each,
which I bought to-day, amid a crowd of other pur-
chasers, in one of the most frequented streets of
this city.
" We have not yet been gratified in the arrival of
the packet from England which is expected to bring
out the final resolutions of the British Government
respecting the anticipated arrival of the Infant, and
the relation in which, when he. comes, he is to stand
to the existing Government of Portugal, to' the
Charter, and to British alliance. Our Ambassador
is therefore said not to have received his instruc-
tions; but, if report speaks true, the Envoys of the
Holy Alliance have received theirs, and begun to act
upon them. A note was in consequence written, at
the beginning of this week, to the Government of
the Princess Regent, by the Austrian Minister, sup-
ported by the French and Spanish, stating that as
Don Miguel had declined his brother's invitation to
go to Brazil, and had desired to return to Portugal
to exercise the rights secured to him by the laws of
the kingdom, their Sovereigns could not now re-
fuse him leave to depart from Vienna, nor the pass-
ports necessary for such a journey. The English
Ambassador is reported to have declined any par-
ticipation in the object, and to have denied all official
knowledge of the facts of this note. It was sent to
Saldanha, the Provisional Minister for Foreign
Affairs, who laid it 'before the Princess Regent in
council. The consequence was a resolution of the
Government to acquaint the Emperor as expediti-
ously as possible with the whole of the circum-
stances, and accordingly the brig called Treze de
Mayo was dispatched on Tuesday for Rio, under
pretence of going only to the Azores, though provi-
sions were put on board for a trans-Atlantic passage.
As the Emperor's pride must be deeply wounded
by the disobedience of his brother, his fears alarmed
for the throne of his daughter, and his reputation as
a legislator menaced by the dangers of the Charter,
it is expected that he will embark for Europe im-
mediately upon receiving the intelligence of the state
of things in Portugal, and thus cut by his presence
the knot which diplomacy cannot untie. To all the
motives of wounded self-love, parental affection, and
legislative ambition, must be added a sympathetic
regard for the safety of his faithful friends, whose
very existence has been compromised by supporting
his rights. For people at their ease, and at a distance
from danger, may talk. of the guarantees which Don
Miguel offers to the Allies, that he will do no mis-
, chief when let loose upon Portugal; but nobody
who requires the protection of those guarantees,
places the least faith in their observance. The
Constitutionalists would as soon take the guarantee
of a tiger in a cage, that he would not gratify his
taste for blood when out of it, as that of the Prince
at Vienna, that he would not exercise vengeance at
Lisbon. Such of them, therefore, as have the
means of living abroad, are preparing to seek an
asylum in other countries, as soon as the Infant
shall_appear in this.

" You would see a curious decree in the Lisbon
Gazette of Thursday se'nnight, forbidding, till a law
of the press is promulgated, all discussion on the 92d
article of. the Charter, or, in other words, on the
question of the Regency. It is difficult to say against
whom this decree is directed. The arrival of Don
Miguel, who thieatens, at his next birth-day, if in
Portukat, to submit his pretensions to the Chambers,
wilt render such a prohibition nugatory, or at least
only injurious to the constitutional party, whose cause
is best promoted by discussion.

" It has been suggested to the Ministers of the
Princess Regent, that in the present imminent dangers
of the country and the Charter, the Cortes should
be convoked, and an exclusion bill proposed; but
such a measure would appear to be impolitic. Don
Miguel may have rendered himself unworthy
to enjoy power by his vices and his crimes;
but the time has gone by for making his character
the ground *of his exclusion. Had his brother
continued the sentence of banishment passed
upon him by his father,'his return. to Portugal might
have been denounced as rebellion, and repelled with
arms; but he has since been treated with as-an im-
maculate Prince, whose rights have never been im-
paired,—he has been called upon to take the oath to
the Charter,—and, above all, he has had his offen-
ces wiped out by the nuptial benediction. Such
arguments would not be forgotten in the House of
Peers, who would infallibly reject the bill. The at-
tempt would thus irritate the Prince against indiyi-
duals, without attaining any 'security for the Charter
or the liberties of the people.
"P. S. I have expressed myself with reserve
respecting the Austrian Note, because, though the
report on the subject be general in the best informed
circles, I have it not from any official source. That
conferences in the sense of the reported note, and
with a view to its presentation, have been held at
the house of the Austrian Embassy, between the
envoys specified, I have no doubt, and that the
Portuguese brig has sailed with the result, may be
relied upon as a. fact.
" 1,151110 N, JULY 7, AFTERNOON.—We have no
news and scarcely any rumours here to-day. The
expected packet has not yet arrived from England,
and therefore, as the British Minister has 'not re-
ceived his instructions, and the Marquis of Palmella
has not decided on the course he is to pursue, all
political matters are at a stand.

LISBON, JULY 7.—So much hag been said and
written lately about Don Miguel, the Constitution,
and Apostolicals, that the people of England must
now be'Sick of them, and I shall therefore allude to
them, at least in this letter, as briefly as possible.
Don Miguel has written a kind letter to his sister,
the Princess Regent, informing her that he is in a
bad state of health, that he is unable to go to',
Rio Janeiro, and that he is about to set out for
Carlsbad to take the benefit of the baths. A
letter of a somewhat similar description was re-
ceived at the same time by the official autho-
rities, as I give you to understand in my letter of
the 3d. Desertion, it is said, is again reviving in
the army, and misunderstandings, as might have been
expected, are breaking out among the new Ministers.
The Bishop of Algarves, who, it appears, is a quiet,
peaceable sort of a man, and wishes to avoid a war
with Spain, is not altogether liked by the Minister
of War, who would carry every thing with a high
hand, whether he had men, money, Ministers, or means
of any kind to support him ; and it is not improbable
that the jugglers behind the scene may give the strings
another double pull—remove the Bishop of Algarves,
and let down some other Bishop in his place. Tri-
rfeso and Barradas are the chief jugglers who play for
the benefit of Don Miguel and the Apostolicals, and
no actors could have played better than they did on
the late occasion. By frequent moves they convince
the people that all is full of uncertainty and imleci-
sion, and at the same time contrive to get into office
men that will second their purposes, and pave the
way for another revolution. Several promotions
haVe taken place lately among Judges and officers,
bnt all are in favour of the enemies of the Consti-
tution. If the Marquis of Palmella accepts the office
of Minister of Foreign Affairs, he must either make
a complete turn out, or be absorbed in the vortex
of Apostolical politics. The packet from England,
which is expected to bring the result of his resolu-
tion, is still due, and owing to contrary winds, will
probably keep the people here some-days longer in
suspeu6t.

COURSE OF EXCHJ
Amsterdam C.F. 12 3
Ditto, at sight l2 0
Rotterdam 2U. 12 4
Antwerp l2 4
Hamburgh 2% U. 37 0
A ltona 0% U. 37 1
Paris, 3 days' sight
Ditto 2 U. 25 70
Bordeaux 25 '7O
Berlin
Frankfort on Maine, Ex. 111.153
Petersburgh, rble... 3 Us. 10
Vienna, etlbctive fl. 2M. 10 6
Trieste do.
Madrid 34
Cadiz
Bilboa
Barcelona 33
Seville 34
Gibraltar 45

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apparent object can require. Indeed the Journal
des Debats states, that the squadrol t in the
Archipelago is to consist of seven ship s of the
line, four frigates of 60 guns, and Eix of 41-
guns, with a number of corvettes, I: 'rigs, &c..
M. de RIGNY, who commanch it, is tc) be' pro-•
moted to the rank of Vice-Admiral, any to have•
iwo Rear-Admirals under his order::. The-
French squadron before Algiers, accordu tg to the-
same paper, is to consist of three ship a of the-

line, four frigates, and several corvettes.
If this statement is correct, we may rest assured.
that the British fleet in the Mediterranean will'
shortly receive a large augmentation. 'fwo line-
of-battle ships from Lisbon, and various other
ships of smaller classes, have already proceeded
into that sea, for the purpose of increasing the

force under Sir EDWARD CODRING;TON, and.
his MAJESTY'S Government will not b e backward
in increasing the forCe under the Vice—Admires
orders, in proportion as the scpr adro ns of other
nations are augmented. We flave: stated for
some time past that this course wovid be neces.-
sary, and all our anticipations are noNtir, realizing.
Extracts of the French Papers will be found
in another column.

We mentioned yesterday that acc mints had:'
reached Lisbon, prior to the sailing of thepacket
on the Bth inst. (not 18th as errojieo usly stated
in all the other papers) that an insu rrectionary
movement bad taken place in TrsF.c►s-Monies,
under Brigadier General 0 RDA Z. N't) particu-

tars had reached Lisbon, and our Government-
are consequently unacquainted with itsl results
but, from the state of public feeling throughout
Portugal, and connected, as this insurrection is
supposed to be, with the expected return of
DON MIGUEL, considerable anxiety is felt as to
the probable consequences to which it may lead.

The reduction of our Naval force in the
Tagus, by some of the line-of-battle ships being

detached into the Mediterranean, is said to have
given additional confidence to the party opposed
to the present Constitution, and it will therefore
be probably necessary immediately to replace those•

ships by others from England. Some augmentation,
may also be necessary to our Army, but, unless
the Government of Portugal itself acts with
more energy than it has at present exhibited, the
Constitution cannot stand against the active, as
well as secret exertions of the apostolic al party.

We have collected in another column, from
our cotemporaries, several private communica-
tions from Lisbon, which give interes Ling ac-
counts of the state of the public mind, as well
as of passing events ; and, from the general
character of these, and all other letters which we-
have seen from Lisbon, we cannot but entertain
very serious apprehensions that ignorance and
superstition will prevail over and overthrow the
liberal institutions of the present charter.

His Majesty's packet brig Skylark has arrived
with-. a Brazil Mail. She sailed from Rio de
Janeiro on the 20th May, from Bahia on the
sth June, and from Pernambuco on the 13th
June. By her we have received the Diario
Fluminense to. the 19th of May inclusive. It
contains documents of a totally different character,
as might naturally be expected, from the Generals
of the contending armies, each of whom, espe-
cially the Brazilian, dwells more on the affairs of
his rival than his own. But as little depeudance
is to be placed on the correctness of either in such
cases we shall leave our Readers to draw their
own conclusions, merely remarking, that. if

" money, patience, and men, be the requisites
for a long war," we think the Emperor tof
BRAZIL stands as much in want of them as the
Buenos-Ayreans do, in the opinion of the Im-
perial General Baron de VILLA BELLA

MONTE VIDEO.
RIO DE JANEIRO, MAY I 6•

SIR-Frin the inclosed Proclkmation of the Governor
of Canelone:, your Excellency will perceive the state of
weakness to Avhiell the enemy is reduced. Nobody is
exempted from the levy--not a single horse is left to the
inhabitants; and, in short, the orders are so positive, that
it may be called a levy en masse. Yet I suppose that the
result will not be great; for 1 know that all the mountains
are full of the inhabitants and deserters. Immense numbers
of people have come within our line ; and I am informed
that many more desire to come, which they have not yet
done, because they have no means of subsistence. They
raise recruits on the one hand, and lose by desertion on the
zoaing
thero;
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from la
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armyltu
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of Alyea, who subsist on the cattle they have stolen or con-
tinue to steal. The country is in a most distressed state, by
being deprived of all the resources which. it derived from
this place.
Buenos Ayres is in a deplorable condition, having all the
provinces against it, and having no currency but paper, all
the coin having vanished. A Portuguese merchant, who
has arrived to-day from Buenos Ayres, gives a most
wretched picture of the country, and assures me that the
loss of the enemy's squadron ou the 7th and Stb inst. was
above 400 men, and those his best people; so that, but for
the number of foreigners and pirates that they had, they
would not have means to man their chips.
This province is ours : we ought to preserve it, and
maintain it for' the dignity of the empire, using all our ef-
forte, and employing all resources, since the empire is in no
want of them, and the enemy have no means to obtain any;
and where they are once deprived of the protection of those
who have secretly supplied them, they cannot by any means
subsist, and must certainly yield. Money, patience, and
men, are the requisites for a long war. Money they have
none ; the people they employ in the war are foreigners,
the greater part of whom they have sacrificed ; patience is
no part of the character of that nation, but rather pride,
which is kept up without means.
I beg your Excellency to communicate this to the Em-
peror, that he may take such measures as he in his wisdom
shall see good.
Baron de VILLA BELLA.

Monte Video, April 25.
To hia Excellency Comte de Lages.

THE DELEGATED GOVERNOR. OF THE ORIENTAL PROVINCE

TO THE INHABITA2NTS.

Citizens'.—The Imperial army, reinforced by some bat-
talions of slaves, is again preparing to measure its strength
with the victors of Unibre and Ituzaingo, and the latter
boldly expect them to fight with them for liberty or death.
One day will shortly decide the fate of the country, and the
Orientals will seal on that day the eternity of their destiny.
The tyrants of our soil will expiate in a moment the crimes
of 10 years, or we shall pay dearly for the courage with
which we broke oar chains, and provoked the rage of the
Brazilian despot. .
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