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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1827.

We received last night Lisbon Gazettes to the 3d
inst. inclusive, extracts of which will be found in
another column-

The dispatches from the Marquis de ANQEJA,
commanding the Forces of the North, give a miserable
account of the state of the Constitutional troops under
the orders of General MELLO and himself. The ca-
valry and artillery are described to be in the very worst
condition ; the horses being knocked up, and the men
in want of repose—the squadrons reduced to compa-
nies, " having, on occasions, when the enemy's force
was annihilated, suffered losses very difficult to repair."
Sad, however, as the condition of the army was, it was
concentrating for the purpose of advancing into Tras-
os-Montes, to follow up its successes over the rebels,
whose forces are described as being in a state of mutiny,
disorder, and confusion.
It would be impossible to discover from these
Papers that a British army was in Portugal, as no
mention is made of what it has done or is to do.
In the Chamber of Deputies the connivance of pub-

lic functionaries with the rebels was openly spoken of.
The Government were accused of not taking decisive
measures to prevent the excesses of the rebels in some
of the provinces, and of allowing the militia, after
joining the rebel army, to return to their homes with
their arms. The motion for disarming all these men
seems to have been carried.
A loan of 4,000,000,000 rei• is to be raised.

We received last night the Paris Papers of Saturday
and the Etoile dated Sunday morning.
The Etoile is filled with extracts from the debates
in the House of Commons on the Catholic question,
and remarks taken from the English journals on the
decision of the House ; and the proceedings in the
French Chamber of Deputies on March 9.
The morning papers of Saturday are in like manner
taken up with English news and the continuation of
the debate on the Law of the Press,
which is not yet
ended.

important
any
yed to send
~ The accounts from
The Journal de. Paris says
Portugal. The number of
says,
fSapetai:n atnhde Psopratnuigshal
Gdoovnerno
mnoetntafrcoorndti
troops to the frontiers of
Portuguese refugees who have returned into Spain and
been disarmed is estimated at about 500 men. The
others, with the Marquis de CHAVES, still keep their
ground in Tras-os-Montes, to Which kn
province the
troops of thea Regency, commanded by the Marquis
d'ANGEJA and Count VILLA FLoR, were marching."

Faintca FUxns,PARIS MARCH 1.0._ Five per Cents., jouiss.
98f. 95c. 99f. 99f. 95c. 90c. ; Three per.
Bank Stock, 1,990 f. ; Rentre N4Plee,
75f. 45c. 40c. 45e. ; Rentes d'Espagne, 111 ; Royal Spanish
per
6 1% ,91fa. r 9
25c.,
30c ;
Loan, 55i I.— 1827,
Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f.
Sbc. ; money 25f. 35c. ; three months, paper 25f. 20c. ; money
25f. 20c.— Cours Authentique.

Accounts have been received from Lima to the 25th
November, at which period every thing remained quiet.
The Government was proceeding with great energy in
improving the condition of the country, and reducing
the expenditure of the several public departments.
Particular attention was paid to the Finances, and a
Sinking Fund was established with a view to provide

Wt received thie morning Frankfort Papers of the
6th inst. The following letter from Rome is rather cu-
rious. It distinctly condemns the conduct of the French
Ministry in their endeavours to destroy the liberty of
the Press in France, while at the same time it laments
that some Journals should have ascribed to his Holi-
ness the idea of originating the measure in order to
support the Catholic religion. If his Holiness has
nothing to do with the law the Apostolicals certainly
have :

PROM THE RHINE, MARCH 4.
The journals of Cologne and Aix-la-Chapelle, contain the fol-
lowing letter from Rome :
"We seldom read the French journals here, but we have learnt
with regret, what is said and done in France. Nothing has
more afflicted those among us who are religiously disposed, than
the late measures of the men who are at the head of the Govern•
ment. How was it possible that men who are reckoned here
among the most zealous friends of the Catholic religion should be
struck by the Ministry of his Most Christian Majesty. How
could the odium of a project of law, which every one
blames, be imputed to religion and to the Priests ?--
It is greatly to be lamented that some Journals are for
ascribing to the common Father of the Faithful, the idea of a law
which is rejected by the Faithful, because it offends religion in
all that is great and noble in it. Those who would place the Ca-
tholic Church under the protection of so weak a law, must have
a very mean opinion of its internal strength : Catholicism is eter-
nal as the power which has set it up in the world ; it needs not
stamp duties, and the prescription of the sciences, to insure its
Divine duration. Our Pope Leo VII. has very different ideas of
the sciences which he esteems and patronises. The severe measures
—1.pr...1 against Lacretelle, Michaud. and have grieved
his Holiness. These academicians are highly esteemed among us.
Michaud's History of the Crusades, and Lacretelle's History of
the Revolution, which display such religious and monarchical
principles, are in the hands of all our prelates, and the Pope has
learnt with pleasure that a man like Villemain makes the wonder-
ful works of the Fathers of the Church appear in all their beauty.
I repeat, it is mach to be lamented that such things are done in
the name of religion and morality; what have such acts of vio-
lence to do with the legal suppression of the abuses of the press ?
Yee, religion will have a check put on the dissemination of bad
books, but religion will also have the mind left in entire liberty;
for religion is allied to mind—atheism to matter.

The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 6th inst. contains
the following news from Trieste ; but the same intelli-
gence has, we suspect, reached us through other chan-
nels :

'MIME, FIB. 26.

By the negligence of the Captain of a ship, who is gone to
Venice, we have not received till to-day several interesting letters
from Syra of the Bth and 13th of December. They contain ac-
counts of the raising of the blockade of the citadel of Athens in
November, and of the capture of a Turkish schooner of Omer
Pacha of Negropont, by an Ipsariot vessel, and of the defeat of the
Turks at Arachova by Karaiskaki and Nikitas. in which the Turks
lost 1300 killed, and several prisoners ; five or six of whom being
persons of distinction were sent to Napoli. There have
been some disputes between Captain Hastings, Commander
of the Steam boat, and Admiral Miaulis, and between the
English and Greek seamen on board that vessel, but they
seem to have been adjusted, as Captain Hastings still
commanded the vessel in the more recent operations. Reds-
chid Pada has not been able to complete the number of his troops,
notwithstanding the strict orders of the Sultan. Ibrahim, in
his expedition towards Corinth, in November, burnt the village of
St. George, half a day's journey from that city, and in general
destroyed every thing in his way. Great hopes are entertained at
Syra of the arrangement between the Porte and Greece, to he
negotiated under the mediation of the European Powers. The
French frigate Pomona, which had arrived at Napoli di Romania
from Smyrna, had revived the report of it.

The Mutiny Bill gave rise to a long discussion last
night, in the House of Commons, on the subject of
Corporal Punishments in the Army ; Lut a clause
which had been proposed for its prohibition was nega-
tived without a division.

The House subsequently proceeded, in Committee,
with the consideration of the Corn Laws. The Re-
solutions respecting the importation of Foreign Wheat
were finally disposed of, and after some discussion the
amended Resolutions respecting Barley and Oats were
also adopted. It will be recollected, that Mr. CAN-
NING proposed 30s. as the protecting price of Barley,
and 225. as that of Oats, the duty on the former to be
10s., and on the latter 7s. On furthor consideration,
however, his Majesty's Government determined to re-
commend that the protecting price of Barley should
be 325., with a duty of 12s. per quarter ; and the pro-
tecting price of Oats 245., with a duty of 9s. Mr.
CFIARLF.6 GRANT, the Vice-President of the Board
of Trade, moved these amendments, and, upon the
first, respecting Barley, the House divided, when it
was earned by a majority of 215 to 38. The 11eso
lution respecting Oats was subsequently carried with-
out a division.

op the first publicatioti
We expressed an opinion,
of the Resolutions, that it would probably be found
necessary to make some
modifications ill those respect-
ing Barley and Oats. The duty before proposed would
not have operated as a sufficient protection to the
home-grower of those descriptions of Corn, and the
necessary consequence would have been, that much cc
the light land would have been driven out of oultiva

tion. The rate now fixed is equitable between the
grower and the consumer ; and we have every reason
to believe that the Resolutions, a 2 now amended, will
pass the Legislature, and lead to the immediate amelio-
ration of the most important interests of the country.

One of the reports emanating this morning from the
eastern part of this metropolis has raised Lord GREN-
VILLE to the Premiership of the Empire. We view
it as a mere report, but we cannot help observing,
that though his Lordship is admirably calculated to
fill that exalted station, we are not aware why he should
be dragged from the quiet enjoyment of those honours
which he has purchased by the splendid and brilliant
career of his early life, having given unequivocal proofs
of his wish to crown
" A youth of labour with an age of ease."
If illiberality is to carry the day, Lord GRENVILLE
is as objectionable as Mr. CANNING; but if the re-
sult is to be different, surely Mr. CANNING will not
ecknowledge his own incompetency for the office, by
placing any other man even ostensibly at the head of
the Government.
It is indeed a high distinction " to stand before
Princee," and to have the ear of a great and powerful
Monarch ; but it is at the same time a place of fearful
responsibility. And let not those of our countrymen
who are so situated forget the duty they owe
to their
country and their august Master, by
endeavouring to promote their private views, or those
of their friends, in all those ways which are so well un-
derstood, and so frequently practised by the retainers
of a Court. Our King has an acquaintance with hu-
man nature which seldom falls to the lot of Royalty ;
but as VAUBAN says, that the art of defence can never
be equal to that of attack—so no acuteness of mind,
no suspicious caution can be a match for the artifices
of men acting in concert to poison or pervert the mind
of Princes.

We view the Radical and the Ultra as equally dan-
gerous to a State. A boat may be upset on one side
es easily as on the other, and rash innovation may
have exactly the same results as an obstinate ad-
herence to antiquated opinions, which do not keep
pace with the improving knowledge and wisdom
cf the human race. That an enlightened policy will
ultimately triumph we feel perfectly convinced ; but
should the opposite party gain even a temporary ascen-
dancy; it is difficult to say what the nation might be
Made to suffer, before these men were convinced by the
votes of Parliament, that they were incompetent to fill
the situation which they iad assumed, to the exchi-
31M1 of the great and the wise.

The intelligence brought from Portugal by the
Yagnet packet, which sailed from Lisbon on the sth
Inn, is not calculated to excite any very lively hopes
or cheering expectations from that quarter. The ex-
traordinary energy manifested by our Government
In fulfilling the conditions of the existing Treaties,
has been badly seconded by the Government of
Portugal ; and after applying for our assistance the
nation seems to feel neither ioy nor gratitude that it

Was so expeditiously and completely given. No
vigorous means have been used to raise a powerful
*trey of their own, and acts of rebellion seem to have
attracted no further notice, when the district in which it
existed had been cleared of the troops, actually under
the orders of the Rebel Generals. But the miserable
condition of the Portuguese Army, places, we think,
our Army in a situation of considerable difficulty.
What would our 5,000 men be able to do, if any
I
'()atile attack on Portugal were actually to be made by
and a Revolutionary movement were to take
1)e simultaneously at Lisbon in their rear. It does
not appear impossible that Spain may take such a step,
4),114 if she did, no doubt can exist, that a powerful
rory in Lisbon would seize the opportunity to unmask
r designs. We, therefore, can see no alternative,
if our
Qur Troops are to remain in Portugal, but to rein-
force them to such an extent as may enable them to act
Ilhvigour in case or necessity.
The
following is an extract of a Private Letter from
lu°ll, dated March 3 :
',stair! Bull may be convinced that the Constitution lie wishes to
there .*l' in this Country will not stand, unless lie tights for it :
the greatest jealousy prevailing. It is reported, and placards
Bull Posted up in many parts of the town, declarin t at tf
bt a all fires a shot against Chaves and his party thereg would
I general massacre of the English merchants in Lisbon; as yet
pinti 110 t
seen one of them ; recruiting is going on on the samelib e of pressing men as sailors in England, so much for
111ibli,; i rumour is afloat, of a correspondence going to be
levy ofd7,,,,between the Cabinets of Madrid and London. The
out atr.."'",ooo men in Spain, goes on with the greatest rapidity,
hontie t desertion is prevailing in the Spanish troops on the
eftnoitred The Marquis of Chaves and his army bane been re-
''therioov Tras-os-Montes, and he is about making an-
'ellonettern". Little has been published this fortnight by Go-
fallen relative to him or his army. Chaves is said to have
fa "Jack froth tee at 13,, ono the town of Chaves, and concentrated his
eisit teir;.agan,,,24 ; but his friends say he has a. large force, and will
four le it
rt_erday it was stated that his troops were
within
I:et,. at the T_ C.oimbra, and that Telles Jordao was at
...rna:
(ro,bl that the IT?. f four thousand men.. I mentioned in my
a the Were the ee days without rations, there is not
sufficient to r all the efforts of. the Commiesary, "etries his
t-ettio„, procure them. The friends of Chaves, say
down through Beira or Elva., perhaps, to join
England begins the offensive.

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Gibraltar p per. —been re.
have
Ceived, but theycontain extracting.
nothing wlrth extract
7s
ship
to the 20th February
by b:' Majcislhief of
I)f4tehes Pave been received
La's
.... 4:°111 Ilear-Admiral CAGE, COMM had
3 "lajestY?a ships ' )' The Rear-Admiral into
•hilted hit kg intb
the -----, while }lin India.
that sloop
liac_
ander-i
and froin
his
e Larne,
iihi
p the Boadicea I
proceeded from
squadron were _ eorna,.ee to .
Trill c'rinn flag
'Madras for a freight. The
CITRISTIAN,
111'80 received bylote'lrifectly healthy. Dispatches have been
commanding his i,, ..acne, from Commodore •
Hope.
18"3"tra ships at the Cape
it is understood hat of Good
month, 'fell sliOrt of the up to
_ the Revenue
iod of the
- amount to the same per _ .
~
corresponding Quarter 1 upwards of
0,000/. or 500,000/. of lust year, )),
the Ist of this
for
.:__ The additional t;oPps to be at present embarked .
.there
consist only of detaehment
.. we understand that the Bth Regiment has re-
ceiyed of Regiments alrearty
orders to hold itself in readiness for Foreign Service.
intlle tett Ccaecionia, Bell, from London to New South Walss, put
f
the wantt Cape of Good Rope, 26th December, in consequencethoe
ad of Water and insubordination of part of the crew ;on
"Ther, 41 lat• IS. S., long. fa, was brought to by a
'mad ander the Br .il'a
flag, having fired a broadside of 14
lilln% 'the was taken az
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f by a boat's crew for an hour, who
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ilian frigate, bound to Rio de
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