The Sun.
London, England, 1827-03-15 00:00:00

unbounded, had decreed a general levy, under penalty
of death to those who might evade it ; and the
proximity of Gallicia, the militia and authorities of
which have manifested such a decided feeling in favour
of the Royalists, emboldened the conduct of the. latter
by affording them security in almost any event which
might take place.
If, on the other hand, the British troops should act
offensively, we have not the smallest doubt that the
Rebels will be driven out of Portugal in a very few
days—but then it will remain to be seen whether the
spirit which is secretly at work over the whole King-
dom will not be immediately roused, and our troops
be obliged to fall back for the purpose of preventing
or suppressing rebellion in the Capital and other Pro-
vinces ; and it will remain also to be seen, whether any
acts of positive hostility on our part will not be the
signal for Spain to declarejm behalf of a cause which.
she has so long secretly supported.
These are serious considerations, but they are
such as must- pccur to every man .. who
thinks upon the subject ; and if it should be
asked, what, under such circumstances,..should be
done, our answer is distinct—We must either
draw our present Arrny from Portugal, or.increase its
force. Its presence has not produced the enthusiasm
in behalf of the Constitutional Government which it
-was supposed would be manifested by. the nation ge-
nerally, when-they possessed the security afforded by a
British Army of 5,000 men ; and that Army is not of
sufficient, force to act with vigour and complete suc-
cess, 9ffertsively against -the Rebels, or ,defensively
against Spain, if she should suddenly throw. off the
mask.

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We received this morning the Allgemeine Zeitung
of the Sth inst., but part of its contents respecting
Constantinople, and the differences between Generate
,
ERMALOFF and PASKEWITSCII7 have been antici-
pated by the Freneh Papers. It will he seen that the
Grand Duke CONSTANTINE has arrived at St. Pe-
tersbiirgh from Warsaw, on the 15th'ult., and that he
was received with very marked distinction :

ST. FETERSBURGIII, FES. kl

In the night of the 15th of this month, his Imperial Ilig:iness
the Grand Duke Constantine arrived from Warsaw at his coun-
try seat Strelna, 18 werets (12 miles) from the capital, and re-
mained there till the folk-wing evening, when he rejoiced the Impe-
rial family and the inhabitants of the capital by his long wished for
arrival. His Imperial Highness alighted at the marble palace,
which belongs to him. On Sunday the 18th, the military autho-
rities of the city, the Generals, and Officers of the Imperial
Guards, had the honour to be presented to the Grand Duke. It
seems certain that some difference of opinion has arisen betweev
General Yermoloff and General Paskewitsch, who command the
corps employed in the present campaign against Persia. They do
not agree, as it appears, about the employment of the troop,
under their command, and the operations to be undertaken againot
the enemy. The mission of General Baron Von Diebitsch,
Chief of the General Staff of his Imperial Majesty, who set
out last week for Georgia, with instructions from. the Em-
peror, is for the purpose of reconciling their differences, and of
taking measures on the spot for the .vigorous prosecution of
the war.

In eonseinente of an Imperial Ukase, Counsellor Masojcdow,
Chief Secretary of the Directing Senate, is ordered tobe prosecuted
on a complaint preferred against him, and to be suspended from
his office till he shall have fully justified himself. In the same
manner Messrs. Techasownickaio and Weidel, Principal Secretaries
of the Directing Senate, and M. I'olewajew, Secretary, were se-
verely reprimanded, on the '7th instant, in a full meeting of the
Senate, for flagrant neglect of duty. Three civil taws
in the Government of Tamboeo, who ware found guilty
by a Criminal Court for having made use of offensive ex-
pressions against religion, in petitions which they drew up
for some private individuals, are excused by his Majesty from tilt
punishment adjudged by the Court ; but " they are to be die-
missed from the service, and never again to hold any office, thesis
names and their crime to be published throughout the whole em-
pire ; they are to remain during their life under the superintend-
ance of the local authorities, and must bind themselves nevel
again to undertake any private affairs of the same kind."

Reports have been circulated of the probability of
a renewal of the war with the Burmese, but we under-
stand that the advices from India do not sanction any
such apprehensions. The Burmese had not completed
the payment of the second instalment, pretending, it i%
said, that they had paid the stipulated sum according
to their calculation. Mr. CRAWFORD, however, had
reached Prome, on his way to Ava, and it was hoped
that he would be able to bring the Monarch to is
settlement. In the mean time the British troop: kept
possession of Rangoon.

Mauritius Gazettes to the 17th December, have been received
at the North and South American Coffee House. They contain
an ordinance of his EXCELLENCY, the Governor in Council, dated
Port Louis, December 13, 1526, prolonging the period fixed by
the proclamation of the 11th October last, for the examination,
inspection, and verification of all personal and plantation Slaves in
that Island, in conformity with the order of his MAJESTY irz
Council, under date of the 30th January, 1826. The pre-
amble states, having taken into consideration a letter of the
6th December, addressed to the Chief Secretary of Govern-
ment by the Registrar of Slaves, which represents the impossi-
bility, from various causes, of completing the Returns withia
the period (16th December) fixed by the Ist and 3d Article of the
Proclamation of the llth October, he is pleased, in virtue of the
power conferred on him, to prolong the delay for the completing
of the said Returns until the 16th January, 1827. A second Or
dinance is also promulgated, which establishes a fixed penal claim
for the weight of the chains, fetters, or iron rings, which the Inba•
bitants are, under the existing Laws, authorised to put on Slaves ;
and also for the preventing any punishment upon a slave in case;
of complaint against the master, who shall have been returned
to the latter upon condition that such slave shall be treated with-
out resentment ; and every person found offending is to he con-
demned in a penalty not exceeding the sum of 201., and not less
than 101. for using fetters or chains of a greater weight than
therein fixed ; a penalty of 201., and not less than 5/, for the fiat
offence, is fixed upon any proprietor, overseer, or holder of claret',
who may be convicted of having punished a slave who may
have been returned by the judges upon condition to treat the slave
without resentment; and for a second offence a further penalty of
40/. and not less than 201. is awarded, independent of any other
proceedings which may arise by reason of the excess of punishment.

A file of Papers from Valparaiso (Chile) has been received tc
the end of October, but they possess no political interest. By s
return of the trade of that port, for the nine months ending Sep.
telpher, 1826, it appear, that 55 English vessels were entere•'
during that period ; the number of American vessels entered tvai
neatly equal, being 45 ; but of French ships the number vial
only 15.

It is said that the country branches of the Bank of England an
beginning to make profitable returns to the parent establishment
and that the Directors consequently meditate an extension of th
tern to Norwich, Bristol, and other places. Measures ar
taking in Huddersfield, and different towns in Yorkshire, on th
part of private individuals, to cheek the progress of a plan toidinl
to throw within the power of the bank of England what the:
consider too great a controul over the circulation of the countr,
by the establishment of a Joint Stock Banking Company on al