The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-28 00:00:00

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

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LISBON, 'SEPr. Is.—The story of the tlisL
mission of tilt 'childish Conde da Ponte, and of
his brother.in.law, le petit bon hoinme Santarem,
is somewhat curious.
The Camarillo having resolved that the t Om-
mend of the rruche should be gi'ven to the
never-satisfied Dr. Sinecure, the Princess ordered
her viador, Comic de Citmarido,,on the night of
the sth, to write-to the Viscount to coma to the
Palace immediately with the decree. The Ikls-
count being at the house of the Marquis de
Pombal, the note.was carried there to him. He
opened it ; and after reading it, turned to the
corapany and to some diplomatists who were pre-
sent, and said, with an air of importance, " These
servants of the Princess begin to be impertinent,
and don't know well what they are about ; but
this time I shall teach them their duty." Con,
sequently he gave a rough answer. The Cama-
rillo, on receipt of the Viscount's reply, told the
Regent dud the behaviour of Santarem was in-.
decorous, and little respectful to her Royal High-
lAS. The Princess, who had been coolly re..
ceived on her passage through the city) KU very
glad of an opportunity to get rid of a man whe
made her lose her popularity. She resolved im- ,
mediately to dismiss him, and the next morning
sent for the Minister Carvallio, and ordered him
to draw up the decree for the Viscount's dismis-
sion, and to despatch it instantly. The expe-
dition was so great, that le petit bon honzme re-
ceived it even at the very moment he was giving
liuhlic audience at his office.: After having read
the decree, he left the ..audience like lightning,
and off he went to his brother-in-law, to try the
power and influence of their protectors; they
went house to house, and after hearing the
oracles, Conde da Ponte thought he would take
a masterly exploit in politics, by, tendering his
resignation to the Princess, in case the Viscount
should not be immediately reinstated in office :
" because," said he, " we have the same poli-
ties, and Portugal can't be saved without us!"
On the Bth, he gave a dinner ; and so confident
was he of the good offices of his patrons, that he
ventured to say he was sure the Regent not only
would not accept his tendered resignation, but
that Santarem would come again into office be-
fore Monday. To his great astonishment, and
to that of some others, whose efforts this time
proved useless, the Princess remained firm and
unshaken in her first resolution, and accepted
-with readiness the tendered resignation. I hus
these two infatuated personages ended their
foolish career, receiving the due reward of their
ingratitude to their relatives, Saldanha and
Count de Sampayo. I had forgotten to tell you,
that the infantile Ponte sent a circular to the
diplomatists, thanking them for the manner in
which they had treated him while in the
Mini--
try. This is really a new piece of diplomacy !
It is related that one of the Ambassadors, on re-
ceiving this circular, said, Vraiment c'est
honnete de la part de M. le Comte, mais lc
n'est pas diplontatique.
Things here go on very badly, and the Ape-
stolicals hive, been very boastful all this weed,
doing all in their power to bring on a revolt ci
favour of Don Miguel. They spread, and pub-
licly read, a decree, which they said came by the
last packet, by which Don Pedro devolved the
Regency on the Infant. Many persons went to
Queluz to greet the old Queen on that account,
and kissed her hand, The low people there,
together with the servants of the Royal stableS,
have given seditious cries of " Don Miguel, the
absolute King, and death to the Charter and
Freemasons ; but these the police don't think
worthy of watching. In Belem, lam told, the
same has been practised, and the windows of a
poor Constitutional have been broken.. I men-
tioned in my last that the Proclamation that ap-
peared in the French papers was a forgery of the
Apostolicals, and now there is no doubt of it.
The Trombet a Final has published it in its
third number, without any annotations, or without
saying, where it appeared, in order to turn the
odium on the English. The proof that the
police protects the authors of the Trombeta is
strong. The fourth number was published yes-
terday filled with the most incendiary language,
and, to add to the effrontery, they have joined to
the text of Daniel the words Princeps magnus,
in allusion to Don Miguel. Against these re-
voltitionists there will not be any farther pro-
ceedings, because the Intendant is the man who
pays them to write so in order to overturn the
Charter, and prepare a state of anarchy favour7
able to his views.

Recacho arrived by the last steam-boat from
Oporto, and said Ferdinand would fall a victim
to the Apostolics. Candid() Jose Xavier, who
was Minister of War in the time of the other
Cortes, and who lately held provisionally the
same department during Saldanha's illness, is ap-
pointed again to occupy ad interim the two de-
partments held by Count da He is a
man of some capacity, and of moderate princi-
ples, but his condescension in sharing with Mr.
Gouvea Durao the honours of filling constantly
provisional Ministries is not much to his credit.
We cannot say the same of another new appoint-
ment, that to the Ministry of Justice, in the per-
son of a Dezembargador, Freire de Andrade,
only known for his apostolic disposition, and for
having served among the luggage of the army in
the Peninsular war with Senor Carvallio, the
Dezembargador, Minister of Finance. It is now
generally known that, instead of coming to Por-
tugal to enforce his Charter and his Decrees
(lately published by the Abrantes Club), Don
Pedro has ordered Don Miguel to come and
take charge of the Regency immediately. This
does not astonish the rational and cool-minded
men of the opposite parties, who consider it a
blessing to know the system under which they
are to live, rather than be governtd by an abject
Intendant of Police like Bastos, combined with
ambitious and treacherous allies, who make the
poor Princess the tool of their pecuniary
speculations. But, on the other hand, the
desperate of the extreme parties, the Apo-
stolic Absolutists, as well as the Radi-
cals, who cannot believe that Don Miguel will ob-
serve and keep the charter, are in warlike array
against each other. It is even much to be feared
that before Don Miguel arrives, and establishes
a regular Government, that some re-action may
take place in the provinces through the influence
of the clergy, and that blood may be shed. As
to this capital, nothing is to fear, because parties
are too much mixed, and because the blessed
presence of our Allies, the English troops, will
syTuffice to prevent any attempt at disturbance.
riada
theproper and regular Government existed—
hadPoor Infanta been cordially disposed to
consult the few honourable men whose integrity,
talents, and •
guide her,
and
character made them fit to
orn
the
opinion
of the enlight-
ened part of the w nation pointed out to her choice,
the change
little evil, the Regency might have led to
• About 13 of Bastos' Republican prisoners
have been set at liberty, because not the least

shadow of eviaewco or their being implicated in
the riots of July existed ; those who remain in
prison are to be judged, while the rebels of
Elvas walk about without Molestation.
(a'fratt Worn A Trombeta Final.)
Perhaps our readers who have perused the
infamous Republican Proclamation inserted in
our last, expect, as indeed they titatbitahly may,
that we should analyse it. But what analysis
canbegstiV:i o so horrible a publication ?
floWever, does it not speak for itself? Does it
not embrace a monstrous Ngregate of impiety,
rebellion, and anarchy ? Does it not contain a
direct,attach On the sovereignty and majesty, of
the king and of his Lieutenant in the Regency
of this kingdom ? Are there not not round in
it principles destructiVe a our institutions,
which the rebits seek to annihilate ? Does it
not proclaim contempt for our holy religion,
which those infidels would profane and extin-
guish ? Does it not exhibit the want of that re-
spect and that decorum which are due towards
the majesty of the Monarchs, our august Allies,
whotn its ferocious authors grossly insult ? In
fine, does it not bear within it all that hell which
those monsters cherish within their breasts ?
What nrnf can we want to enable us to know
them, but to cast our eyes over the disgusting
lines of that odious paper?
And do its wicked fabricators yet live ? Yes,
they still infect us with their mortiferous pre-
sence ? Still do they poison with their pes-
tilent breath the atmosphere which we re-
spire ! Still at our bosoms their daggers, their
swords, and their blunderbusses are pointed !
Stall, proud and unpunished, they boast that
another attempt must complete their nefarious
projects ; and that dyeing the pedestals of their
guillotines with purple streams of the pure blood
.
of the defenders of religion and Royalty, they
have yet to exhibit to Portugal and to Europe, a
dreadful imitation of the frightful picture of the
sanguinary massacres of Lyons and the Bastile !

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

. FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Gazette de France, Sept. 26.)

SMYRNA, AUG. 18.—The Sultan has cansedgreat
quantities of ammunition to be conveyed into the
Seraglio, from the Arsenal of Tophana and the forts
on the Bosphorus. It is generally affirmed that
these measures are intended to baffle the plan of
an insurrection, which has been discovered by the
Government.

The Greeks, in the battle at Orachova, took part
of the baggage of Redschid Pacha. It is affirmed
that they found in its proofs that Coletti correspond-
ed with him.

The Turco-Egyptian fleet, which had been long
at anchor at Navarin, had left that port, and was
seen on the 12th near Cerigo. It' consisted of 27
sail, two of which were ships of the line. Several
captains of merchantmen who spoke with the squa-
dron, have deposed that Ibrahim Pacha was on
board one of the ships of tle line, eager to meet the
fleet from Alexandria.

Letters from Napoli of the 22d of July report the
conversation that passed on that day between a se-
cretary of Mr. Stratford Canning, sent from Con-
stantinople, and the Provisional Government.
After announcing the resolution of the three
Powers respecting the fate of Greece, the Secretary
replied to the questions that were put to him con-
formably with the articles of the treaty, and the
communication terminated by the following ques-
tions and answers:—
" Q. Is the deliverance of Greece full and entire?

" A. The Greek will no longer live with the
Turk, but Greece will pay an annual tribute, and M.
de Rigny, the French Admiral, waits at Smyrna for
the final decision of the Ambassadors.

" Q. If the Sultan does not consent, what will
the Powers do ?

" A. They will immediately prevent the sailing
of tile Turkish fleets,—that is to say, those of Con-
stantinople, Egypt, and Barbary. If the Viceroy of
Egypt is made acquainted with this decision of the
three Powers, I cannot imagine that he will let his
squadron go to sea. At all events, all measures are
taken to prevent the effusion of blood."
PARIS, SEPT. 25.—The Oriental Spectator, which
is printed at Smyrna, under the censorship of the
Pacha; complains, in its number of Aug. 7, of the
gloomy picture which the French Journals draw of
the situation of the Ottoman Empire. " The poli-
tical discussions at Constantinople," it observes,
" concern only a single province." Thus, what-
ever be the result of the negociations about Greece,
the internal tranquillity of the empire will not be
troubled.

The number of the 18th of August says, on the
same subject—" The issue of the discussions will
certainly be advantageous to the general interest
and to the Porte itself; for it will willingly see that
the end of ruinous war, though purchased by con-
cessions painful to its pride, would he a real benefit
to it, by leaving it at liberty to attend to the ame-
liorations in the internal administration, which are
so highly necessary."
MADRID, SEPT. 13.—A courier has arrived from
Rome with despatches, which are said to be of a
more conciliatory nature, and calculated to lead to
an agreement between the two Courts.
According to accounts arrived from Catalonia, by
express, General Monet had gone from Lerida to
Tarragona, and embarked for Barcelona. It seems
that at Vich, and several other towns which hare
risen, the Royalist Volunteers will not let bands of
the factious enter, lest the excesses which have been
committed in some places should be renewed at their
expellee.
(From the Journal des Debuts.)
(raivaTE CORRIEbrONDXNEO

BOURG-MADAME, SEPT. 15.—8 y accounts from
Manreza, it appears that the principal leaders of the
Arrraviados, knowing the fate which awaits them,
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if taken, have thrown up some advanced works, that
they may be enabled to capitulate more advanta-
geously, if necessary.
It is said that many individuals of the commune
of Collivre have met on the frontiers, for the pur-
pose of passing into Spain to join the Agraviados.
They were watched by the gendarmerie, and took to
eight. Of this number was a person known by the
name of the Recruiter. Seven were seized, and
their fire-arms taken from them. The Recruiter
had promised each man one franc and fifty cents Per
day. These seven were detained.
The strictest neutrality is observed by the French
troops with regard to the Agraviados. Two com-
panies of French artillery fell in lately with a co-1
lumn of the insurgents, who were marching in dis-
order under the walls of Mataro. The Commander
of the French detachment refused any verbal com-
munication with the Insurgent Chiefs, and would
not accept of provisions which were offered him.
The leader of this party protested that his objects
were, the deliverance of the King, the establishment
of the Inquisition, and the death of the Masons.
The French party slept that night at Mataro, and
next morning continued their march.
It is said that orders have been received from
Paris, that such of the insurgents as may be driven
beyond the frontier, should be hospitably received
on condition of throwing down their arms. Accor-
fugitives from Spanish Cerdagne, have
dingly, the
been well received at Bourg-Madame.
The Agraviados have had' the audacity to sum-
mon Gironde to surrender. The Governor, at the
head of eight hundred men, went out to meet them,
and fell in with their column. A parley was en-
tered into, and the demands of the discontented
were to surrender to them all the strong places, to
declare war against Portugal, and to re-establish the
Inquisition.

Tarragona was very near falling into their hands.
The powder magazine is in one of the bastions of

the place, there is a Convent of Capuchins near it,
in which they made a breach, and took away twelve
quintals of powder, 2,000 uniforms, and 10,000 car-
tridges. •

It is said that eight insurgents taken in arms have
been shot at St. Andre.

General 'Monet arrived yesterday at Barcelona,
and was Obliged to embark in a French vessel, at
Tarragona. On his passage through some villages,
the peasants sounded the tocsin, and two of his es-
cort were killed.

Gironne is completely surrotinded by the insur-
gents, who permit no provisions to enter; unless
prompt succour be despatched, the inhabitants will
soon be driven by fatnine to open their gates. Gen.
Manso, at the head of 1,500 or 2,000 men, fell in
with this body of insurgents on the 13th instant.—
There is reason, therefore, to believe, that by this
time they have been driven from the environs of the
town, or have maintained their position only at the
expence of a sanguinary battle.
(from the Courricr Francais of Tuesday. )

PARIS, SEP. 24:—The Pcho du Midi contains
the following news front Catalonia :—On the 9th of
September, a Chief of the Agraviados, named Car-
neva, passed through Vignonet at four o'clock in the
morning. lle took with him two inhaeitants as
hostages, and imposed a contribution odour qua-
druples. Vignonet is a .small village, close to Fi-
gueres. The news from Manresa reached us with
difficulty. It is said, however, that the Chiefs of
the Agraviados, foreseeing their fate, have begun
some outworks, in order, if they can, to conclude a
capitulation. Troops have arrived ; but before they
came, all the disposable force had collected in the
neighbourhood of Barcelona, to act with greater fa-
cility against the rebels.

We learn from Collioure, that several individuals
of that district had collected on'the frontiers to enter
Spain, and unite themselves with the Agraviados.
The gendarmerie went in the night to the Tower of
Massane to watch their movements, but at ON. ap-
pearance of the gendarmes, several of these persons
took to flight: Among them was the Crimp, a
native of Perpignan; seven of them were arrested;
they had several muskets with them, which were
seized. The Crimp had promised them lf. 50c.
(about 15d.) per day, and to provide them with
arms. The seven persons, one of whom is a
Spaniard, have been detained.
It is asserted hero that orders have been given at
Paris that the Agraviados who may be driven across
the frontiers are to be received in France, provided
they immediately lay down their arms. This agrees
very well with what we hear from Spanish Cerdagne,
where some of the inhabitants, induced by fear,
having left the country, were hospitably received at
Bourg-Madame.
The Indicateur de Bordeaux also gives some in-
teresting details. Rests is one of the principal towns
of Catalonia, carries on a considerable trade, and its
inhabitants are opulent. The peasants from the sur-
rounding country went thither in great numbers,
and, as Royalist Volunteers, demanded arms to main-
tain the public tranquillity; but, they had no sooner
received them,. than they joined a party of malcon-
tents, and returning into the town together, they
began to pillage it. After exacting a heavy contri-
bution, the hostages were carried off to the moun-
tains. The inhabitants were prohibited from going
out of their houses. What has become of the Ma-
gistrates is unknown. The streets are strewed over
with broken furniture, which has been thrown out
of the windows. The people.are filled with con-
sternation. Tarragona was 9n the point of falling
into the hands of the rebels. The powder magazine
is in one of the bastions, near to which is a Capuchin
Monastery. A breach was made through the Mo-
nastery, and the mal-contents having forced their
way into the magezinE, carried off 12 cwt. of pow-
der, 2,000 suits of uniform, and 10,000 packets of
cartridges. The French have a depot for conva-
lescents at Caldas, with a detachment of troops.
Orders have been given for thm.to return, which
is prudent; for, in ease of -a contest, the French
troops must necessarily defend themselves. We are
told that eight of the Agraviados, taken with arms
in their hands, were shot yesterday evening at St.
Andre. General Monet was obliged to embark at
Tarragona, on board a French vessel. Before reach-
ing this town, as he was passing through some
lage, the inhabitants sounded the tocsin. Two ofl
his escort were killed; the remainder, to the num-
ber of ten, reached Tarragona with him.
PERPIGNAN, SHPT. 17.—The courier from Cata-
lonia has not arrived in time. We heard yesterday,
when the Diligence arrived from Spain, that the
Agraviados had disappeared from the neighbourhood
of Girona, and that this town was now as accessible
as on ordinary occasions. It is thought their retreat
was caused by the movement of General Manso,
who, in place of proceeding straight to the posts
they occupied, made a detour, in order to attack
them from the mountains.
(From the Constitutionnel.)

CADIZ, SEPT. 7.—The following, which is a spe-
cies of Manifesto, declaring war against the British
flag, was published yesterday, in one of our Jour-
nals :—" In consequence of the complaints of our
Government, founded on the protection greeted at
Gibraltar to smugglers and to privateers, the ene-
mies of our trade, the English Government had, no
doubt, given orders to put an end to such an abuse.
Besides the measures of precaution presented by the
British Government to the Governor of Gibraltar,
not to admit privateers into the bay, and particularly
to prohibit any armed vessels from leaving it, the
English Admiralty sent a frigate to carry into exe-
cution the measures adopted by the Government.
What were the severe orders given to the Captain
of that frigate ? This may be easily known by his
actions. Lie cruised very actively to look after the
smuggling vessels which left Gibraltar: and whe-
ther armed or not, he captured them, not even
excepting those which were under the English flag.
lie captured a great number of vessels, which were
publicly sold at Gibraltar for the benefit of the captors.
These examples frequently repeated, inspire such
terror into the smugglers, that they believe the mo-
ment has arrived when Great Britain regarded it as
unworthy of its greatness and dignity to grant pro-
tection to these ill-doers. For our part, jealous of
the English honour, we regarded this proceeding as
one of those acts of justice which do honour to Go-
vernments when they practice the holy maxim of
doing unto others
illusion
you would be done unto. But
of t
the agreeable llusion was soon dissipated. The fri-
voyage of
gate has left off cruizing, and we suppose is returned
in
consequence
in smuggling,he
probably commissioned by her companions to who was
oneto FoFalmouthlf sel
interested
visit London. This unexpected event has
again excited the hopes of the smugglers who ,
have again united' to carry on their in-
famous trade on oar coasts. It is no longer by se-
cret excursions that they injure our commerce—they
now proceed with the most impudent audacity,
armed; so that in spite of the peace which exists
between us and England, we are forced to behold,
by a sort of strange contradiction, the two flags at
open war, and they meet with mutual fury, whether
it be in presence of the Spaniards on
,the coasts, or
in the presence of the English at Gibraltar. Was
ever such a thing seen ? And shall we long conti-
nue to see a state of things so contrary to the ho-
nour of both flags ? The English flag was flying on
board the Lord Rawdon—a vessel armed with the
premeditated design of destroying the Spanish
vessel commanded by the braze Murilla.—
Nine other vessels armed were also under the
same flag to attack and destroy the flotilla of his
Majesty, under the orders of Francois Serafin, and
they would have succeeded in their enterprise, if the
latter had not terrified them by his bold and skilful
trjaitceueres. . But these- armed vessels continued
their voyage, in order to smuggle and even to attack
the vessels of his Majesty. Two of these smuggling
vessels were in the Bay of Gibraltar, and while one
of them endeavoured to find refuge in the mole, the
other, a brig, in place of following the example, at-
tacked a vessel of the flotilla, which it is supposed
was alone, and fired very briskly into it with

'musketry. One Spaniard was killed, and three were
wounded. The brave Ballesteros, however, conti-
nued the fight, and gave the rest of the flotilla time
to come to his assistance. The Commandant
Serafin called out to the brig to bring to, and allow
herself to be examined; but the English brig, far
from acceding to the request, replied by firing.
Could a more insolent provocation be seen ?
Even if the vessel had been under the guns of
Gibraltar, what nation would allow its flag to he
pulled down without daring to defend it? The
English brig expected that the batteries of
Gibraltar would defend the English flag, but they did
not fire, believing no doubt that the brig would eon-
, quer. When it was seen, however, that she must
give up to Spanish courage, then they thought 'to
snatch her from danger by their protection, which
might have taken place had the vessels been within
gun-shot. Can we see a more scandalous transac-
tion ? What will other nations say when they hear
that vessels bearing the English flag, and even the
artillery of Gibraltar, act against his Majesty's vessels
destined to prevent the injuries caused to his sub-
jects by those guilty parties who are so much detested
and punished in England ? What would this power
say if Spain were to act in the same manner towards
her ? 'What has become of the rights of nations and
of property ? Ballesteros ought then to have allowed
himself to be exterminated by those who had the in-
tention of doing it, and who made boasting threats,
because they were in sight of Gibraltar.
The Commandant, Serafin, had too much pru-
dence in not punishing with his guns, the insult of
the aggressing brig, even if this latter hadjbeen under
the pHs of the fort.
Some persons, no doubt, will endeavour to per-
suade us that Great Britain, so jealous of the honour
of her flag, cannot avoid demanding. satisfaction for
the circumstances which were occasioned by the ex-
ertions of the brave Serafin; in truth, Gibraltar has
not experienced for a long time so many losses as the
Spanish flotilla has caused it within a few days; it
haVing captured successively the Chachirda (a ship),
the Packet (a brig) ; the Invincible; several vessels
without proper papers, feluccas, gondolas, and lastly
the ~lord Rawdon. Two houses alone have already
lost 1,500,000 francs (60,0001.) Finally, it is not
without its use to inform the public, that the Com-
mandant, Serafin, has sworn to sink any vessel
which shall outrage his flag in the manner done by
the Lord Rawdon.