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LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1827.

In another column will be found the article on
Portugal (to which we alluded yesterday), which ap-
peared on the 18th ult. in the Madrid Gazette, and
was copied into the Etoile of Tuesday morning.
The appearance of this article in the Journal which
is considered official, immediately upon the intelli-
gence of the defeat of the rebels in Portugal, gives it
more importance than perhaps actually belongs to it.
It may be argued, from that circumstance, that FER-
DINAND, having learnt the overthrow of his hopes in
favour of the Royalist party in Portugal, had really
abandoned the intention of interfering with the affairs
of that kingdom, and that he would strictly confine
the services of the army which he had raised to the
prevention of the introduction of liberal principles into
Spain, and to the suppression of those movements for
a Constitutional Government, which the events in
Portugal will undoubtedly be likely to give rise to.
To a certain extent this article would bear out such
an argument, for it describes his MAJESTY as respect-
ing the independence of the neighbouring kingdom,
and as not pretending "to exercise any influence
on the destiny which the changes that have taken
place reserve for it. It adds, too, that his MAJESTY
has the most ardent desire to preserve unchanged the
relations of friendship !which bind hint to his august
Allies, and that he will not intervene any hostile act
against Portugal." From a Government less deceitful
and hypocritical than that of Spain such a declaration
would at once be considered as conclusive of its pacific
intentions, and in every way satisfactory. But expe-
rience of the past, and the very language of other
parts of the same article, will not permit us, without
great caution, to receive these protestations from King
FERDINAND. His MAJESTY still dwells upon the
apprehension of foreign attack from the frontiers of
Portugal, of which he well knows there is not
the smallest apprehension if he abandons his hos-
tile views upon that Kingdom ; and he refers
in a marked manner to the possibility of the
honour and laws of Spain, obliging him to use
the force which he admits he has collected on the line
of the Tagus. His MAJESTY may, therefore, in con-
sequence of the recent disasters to the troops under
the Marquis de CHAVES, have abandoned for the
moment his intentions on Portugal ; but we are satis-
fied that there is no sincerity in his repentance ; that
failure of the first attempts of the Royalists his change of tone is simply the conselqisutesn;ceanodf
thatthe
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has an army collected on the Frontiers of Portugal,
a pretext for invading that country will not be want-
ing
as soon as a favourable opportunity presents itself;
no consolidation of the institutions of Portugal can
take place while a hostile demonstration exists on its
Frontiers : and without pretending to know the con-
tents of Mr. LAMB'S despatches, received yesterday,
we may rest assured that our Government will not be
satisfied that the independence of our faithful Ally is
secure, until FERDINAND has, by the disbandment of
the army, and by some other distinct acts, proved the
sincerity of declarations which cannot at present be
relied upon.

The Etoile of Tuesday also contained the follow.
ing article from Jassy, announcing the arrival there of
M. de RIBEAUPIERRE

JASSY, JAN. 4.—M. de Ribeaupierre arrived here yesterday
evening; he passed the frontier at a moment when he was least
expected. All the Boyards went out to meet him, having re-
turned yesterday from Skuleny, on information that he would stop
some days longer at Odessa. He avoided the new altaye (train),
which had been prepared in haste to receive him at the entrance
of the city, and repaired to the house of the Russian Consul; after
giving leave to his suite to occupy the house that was prepared for
him. Among the number are Messrs. Fonton, Gourier, and the
two Messrs. Pisano. M. de Ribeaupierre intends, it is said, to
stop here four or fire days, part of which he will allot to the re-
ception of the Boyards. The Prince immediately paid him a
visit—a thing contrary to etiquette in these principalities, and of
which there is no previous example.

We received last night New York Papers to the
10th, and Philadelphia to the 9th ult. They are desti-
tute of political news, and the only article of any in-

terest contained in them, is an account of a Meeting
held at New York on the 6th ult., to consider of
the most effectual means of relieving the Greeks in their
present extreme need of the necessaries of life. Several
very sensible Resolutions were passed, and a contribu-
tion set on foot, the appropriation of which was to be
confined to the purchase of food and clothing.

We received last night Francfort Papers, and the
Allgemeine Zeitung to the 24th ult., and the Trieste
Observer to the 3d. The following are extracts :

Sairritsa, DEC. 15.—0 n the 6th, Captain Spencer, of the
English frigate, the Talbot, stationed at the Gardens, opposite
Hydra, was informed by the Primates of that island, that the
mutinous seamen vociferously demanded, that as it was impossible
to obtain any thing, they declared that they would carry away all
the ships, and go in pursuit of merchantmen ; in short, that two
ships had already carried their threats into execution, and had
sailed. The Primates announced that the greatest fermentation
prevailed in the town ; that they themselves were prisoner, in
their own houses, where they were in danger of losing their lives,
and asked his assistance. Captain Spencer judged that the best
measure he could take to prevent the nest of pirates from spread-
ing over the Archipelago was to place his ship across the entrance
bf the port with lighted matches, and declared that the first ship
that attempted to put out should be sunk.
Commodore Hamilton received this intelligence on the 11th in
the morning, by means of an officer of the 7'albot, who Caine on
board a merchant brig which Captain Spencer had hired for the
purpose. He immediately went on board the Cambrian frigate
stationed at Vourla, whence he sailed almost irinnediately, and
sent orders to the Captain of the Rose corvette to join him directly
at Hydra. The corvette sailed on the 12th in the afternoon.
ODESSA, JAN. 6.—The Marquis de Ribeaupierre has at length
left us to proceed on his journey to Constantinople. It is said he
will make some stay in Moldavia and Wallachia, for the purpose
of making a Report to the Emperor on the state of those provinces,
in reference to the treaty of Ackermann. Our latest letters from
Constantinople, of the 30th December, bring no news of import-
ance. Baron Von llillita, Prussian Charge d'Affaires at Constan-
tinople, has received his instructions respecting the proposals to
he made to the Divan, by the European Powers, for the pacifica-
tion of Greece, and has already presented a Note to the Reis
Effendi. The Greeks are impatient for the arrival of the Marquis
de Ribeaupierre, because every thing indicates that those proposals,
supported also by Russia, will be pressed in the most urgent
manner.

TRIESTE, JAW. 10. —Last week six Austrian vessels, from
Smyrna, entered our port ; they were escorted as far as Cephalo-
nia by the Austrian brig the St. Mark. We learned, through
them, that a rich convoy, that sailed from this port to Smyrna,
had safely arrived at Smyrna, under the protection of the Orion
brig, and that the Montecuculi had also convoyed several Austrian
vessels from Salonichi to Smyrna. By means of this protection,
oar numerous convoys experience no loss or molestation : all have
reached their destination, though they have sometimes met Greek
privateers. The wise and energetic measures of Marquis Paulucci
to protect trade, have had the most salutary effect.

By the latest accounts from Bombay we find that a
majority of the Supreme Court there had refused to
authorise the registration of certain restrictions on the
Press, transmitted from the Presidency of Calcutta.
It would be difficult to condense the arguments ad-
vanced by the Judges in support of their several
opinions, and we shall therefore endeavour to give
them at full length to-morrow, from the Oriental
Herald for this month.

There appears to be a great deal of sound reasoning
in the judgments pronounced by Sir EDWARD WEST
and Sir CHARLES CHAMBERS ; and even Mr.
Justice RICE, who votes for the registration, does so
only in deference to " the appellate authority," and not
from any conviction of the legality or policy of these
restrictions. Our readers are aware that these restric-
tions consist in the necessity of having a license from
the Governor in Council for the publication of news
or strictures on the proceedings of Government,
and that under specified penalties. The argu-
ment of the Chief Justice BEST and of Mr. Justice

CHAMBERS, goes to prove the non-existence of
any necessity for such further regulations at Bom-
bay, whatever might be the case at Calcutta, and to
establish their own discretionary power to refuse
assent to the ordinance proposed for their ratification.
Onboth these points, it is impossible for us at so great
a distance, to give any opinion worthy of being com-
pared with that of persons on the spot., but we may
express the satisfaction which we feel on all occasions
at resistance offered to the establishment of any cen-
sorship of the
Pwre alwaysess.FarrefrjoomiceadaNt' advocating 1
punishment
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licentiousness,
those who abuse the noble privilege of a free press--
btoutimp all
itiossae vsehryndkilffeesreonitl gatloikpe.unisTho endeavour the unruly, andto
bring a Government into contempt, to incite clamour
and dissatisfaction against rulers, must always be
viewed in the light of high
crimes, especially
under the circumstances of the tenure by which
we hold our Asiatic dominions ; but whilst we
would there impose severer penalties, proportioned to
the aggravated nature of the offence, we think with
Sir. C. CHAMBERS, that " when all legal modes of
repressing the evil shall have been tried, and tried in
vain," it will be time enough to resort to further legis-.
lation.

We have not yet received any later intelligence from
Portugal than that which we published yesterday; but
we have received several letters from Lisbon, and read
others written by different individuals to persons in
this country of the same or earlier dates. All these
communications describe the defeat of the Royalist
Army as complete, and their cause as having sustained
a serious blow. At the same time they agree in
stating that the numbers of the Royalists were found
to be much greater than had been previously supposed,
and that the force which effected its retreat into Spain

was very large.
Of the favourable reception of the Fugitive Army
in Spain, no doubt existed, at the date of the latest
communication, from the Head Quarters of Count de
VILLA FLOR; but it remains to be seen, whether,
when the news of their defeat reached Madrid, and
their cause appeared desperate, FERDINAND sent im-
mediate orders for the disarming of the Fugitives,
worded in so unequivocal a manner as to preclude hie
authorities from disobeying them, or acting upon the
spirit of secret instructions before given. Upon this

point bangs the whole question of peace or war. If,
notwithstanding, the professions contained in the offi-
cial article from the Madrid Gazette, there should
appear to he any countenance whatever given to the
Portuguese Rebels : if there should not be measures
taken with them of a decisive character, Spain will be
guilty of another breach of neutrality, and the Allies
of Portugal must immediately demand reparathon, or
be prepared to avenge the injury. A very few days
must, however, now decide this question, win& we
cannot help thinking has continued in a state of paiu-
ful uncertainty longer than might have been expected.

BOLIVAR, it seems, by letters just received from
Bogota, has at last made his triumphant entry into
the Capital of Colombia. He was welcomed with the
sincerest enthusiasm, and his very presence served, as by
a spell, to crush all angry feelings ; and draw forth every
generous sensibility which the intoxicating buoyancy
of spirit, resulting from a sense of new-born freedom,
had in some degree contributed to stifle. When
danger no longer stares us in the face, we are too apt in
the giddy burst of the moment to slumber over our
gratitude to those who freed us ; such for a time seems
to have been the case with the Americans ; but now,
the presence of their, Liberator has revived every
dormant recollection ; and it has accordingly burst
forth with an energy exactly proportioned to its former
torpor. •

In the number of those Foreign POW ere who pre hen-
ed their congratulations to BOLIVAR appears the name
of England. Col. CAMPBELL, on the part of his Bri-
tannic MAJESTY, delivered an address to his Excel-
lency, which, both in style and sentiment, breathes the
very language and the spirit of an enlarged but temperate
lviabryering uncompromising
liberty. shoeudlldroobatee ;
ofthe
" Rights of
England, the trn-
Man" throughout the world, hesitates not an instant
'Phis
is as it
in encouraging those who through difficulty and.
danger have run all lengths in asserting them. The
reply of BouvA a was cordial, frank, and animated.
He spoke with admiration
of his MAJESTY, with en-
thusiasm of Mr. CANNING, and even through the
guarded coldness with which a sense of diplomatic
etiquette never fails to chill the reply of a Minister of
State, we can perceive traces of strong feeling, which,
though checked as they fell from his lips, gushed warm
at least from the heart of the Liberator. It is to be
hoped that his presence in a country on which he was the
first to pour down the sun of freedom, may still keep
that sun pure and unextinguished ; for some time past,
indeed, it has been clouded—dissension has partially
diminished its lustre—indifference clouded its warmth;
—but the gloom is now rolling off its orb, and most
sincerely do we hope that the whole vast Continent of
the Southern America, from the sultry regions of the
Orinoco to the frozen shores of Patagonia, may hence-
forth bask beneath its full, cloudless, and meridian
splendour.

The LORD CHANCELLOR has this day given judg-
ment in the important question respecting Mr. WEL-
LESLEY'S children, which has so much occupied his
Lordship's time and the public attention. The Judg-
ment, which is given in another part of our Paper,
goes to deprive Mr. WELLESLEY of the Guardianship
and Protection of his Children.

The arrival of the Colunzbine, free trader, at Portsmouth, has
They contain
epxuttraucs in
tefrpsseooml3sseion ngaolfll3m
3sope rbsa ytoPnapeaerrlsyt(t)heSemptiddSle of the previous
month.
The Calcutta John 8011, of the I 2th of August, mentions,
that a report was in circulation, that the Burmese had objected
to paying the second instalment, and that, in consequence, Sir
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL had refused to permit the Burmese flag to
be hoisted at Rangoon. The report, however, rested on very slen-
der authority.
The accounts from Upper India are satisfactory. Native Pa-
pers mention, that RAJAH RUXJEET Stsoon, the Sikh Chief, had
ordered two horses and other presents to be sent to Sir CHARLES
METCALFE, our Political Agent at Delhi. A letter from Dom'.
Jut.: SAL (the late usurper at Bhurtpoor) had also been forwarded
to Sir CHARLIst representing that he was in extreme poverty,
and that he was obliged to send his son to Delhi, to ask support,
we presume, from the Company's Government. A letter had also
been received from MADHOO &Mal, of Deeg (brother to Doon-
JUN SAL), who, after giving an account of his difficulties, also
stated, that if ho was ordered, he would give np all other ex-
penses, and keep only one horse and a servant, for he was in no
way connected with his brothers but with Government. Sir
Cnantss MeTcamrz conaeled him, and said, there was no ne-
cessity for decreasing his establishment; and further, that the Bri-
tish power was not inclined to interfere with the Government of
the Bhurtpore provinces.

An English officer, Ensign Crriaturs Watonr, of the third
regiment of Native Infantry, had been murdered within the °tide
territory, while proceeding to join his regiment at Lucknow.
At Bombay a strong sensation had been created by the refusal
of Sir E. WEST, anti the other Judges of the Supreme Court
there, to register the Ordinance, prepared by the Local Govern-
ment, for regulating the preen at that Presidency.
Robberies had been of late most numerous in all parts of the
island of Bombay, particularly in the native town, and among
the houses of Europeans in the Persil and Mango,' roads. In
the former, so much alarm had been excited, that Sepoys were
hired by eren the middling class of natives, to guard their pro-
perty and to protect their families. The police had, it is said,
ascertained the numbers; of the robbers to be very great, and to
consist of all castes and classes.

l
One of the warehouses at the Powder Illanufaetory at Bom-
bay had been blown up, when seven prpe were killed by the
explosion. The loss in materials and buildings was estimated at
70,000 rupees.

without any driver, came in•con-
tactigAn occurrence took place on Tuesday afternoon in
Bishoisgate-street, which at first threatened serious consequences.
One of the four-horse Greenwich coaches, proceeding down the
them. Among them was a
g
gig was much damaged, but
he driver escaped with little hurt. ne horses then took the
street
i v
withaittha aseveral
gentleman moot
furious
vehicles,
inThe upset
intricate turning of the Swan Inn, without doing further mischief.
On Tuesday afternoon, between four and five
o'clock, Mr. Ayres, the King's Messenger, arrived at the Fo-
reign Office, in Dovrning-street, with dispatches, from Lisbon,
which place be left on the 19th ult. The speed of hie journey
was much retarded by unforseen obstacles, er he would bare ac-
complished the voyage and journey In four, five, or six days. He
went on board a steam vessel at Lisbon, on the 19th inst. ; but,
owing to the vessel being but scantily supplied with coals, she did
not make that speed she was accustomed to do, and when she en-
tered the Channel, on Sunday
afternoon, the supply of coals
sufficient to produce the steam to work the vessel was exhausted,
and she was left to make her way by the power of sails. The
nearest port they could make was Dartmouth, and even this
could not be accomplished until Sunday evening; after this, the
Messenger had to cross the Bay, and then had a diffieulty in pro-
curing post-horses on the cross-roads, and was obliged to make
very long stages.