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CONVENTION

BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY AND HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE INFANTA
REGENT OF PORTUGAL, FOR PROVIDING TOE THE ILAINTE-

NANCE OF A CORPS OF BRITISH TROOPS, SENT TO PORTUGAL
DEC. 1826 ; SIGNED AT BRIGHTHELMSTON, lAN. 19, 1627.

In the name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity.
Her Royal Highness the Infanta Regent of Portugal having, in
consequence of aggressions committed against the Portuguese ter-
ritory, claimed the fulfillment, by his Majesty the King of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the ancient
treaties of alliance and friendship which subsist between the two
Crowns ; and his Britannic Majesty having thereupon resolved to
send, and having actually sent, a body of troops to Portugal, the
two high contracting parties think it necessary to agree upon
certain arrangements for the maintenance of the said troops during
their stay in Portugal, and have named as their Plenipotentiaries
for that purpose, viz :
His Majesty, the King of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Right Hon. George Canning, a Member
of His said Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, a Member of
Parliament, and His said Majesty's Principle Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs :—And Her Royal Highness the Infanta
Regent of Portugal, the Most Illustrious and Most Excellent
Lord, Don Pedro de Souza e Holstein, Marquis of Palmella, a
Peer of the Kingdom of Portugal, Grand Cross of the Order of
Christ, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Grand Cross
of several other Orders, and Iler Royal Highness's Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Britannic Majesty ;
who, after Irving communicated to each other their respective
full powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon,
and concluded the following articles:—
Art. 1. Her Royal Highness the Infanta Regent of Portugal,
anxious that the body of troops which has been so promptly sent
to her Royal Highness's aid by his Britannic Majesty, should be
treated with the hospitality becoming the relations of the two allied
nations, engages to provide the necessary barracks and quarters,
and buildings for hospitals, and for stores and magazines, and the
necessary rations of provisions and forage, for the officers, non-
commissioned officers, and soldiers, and for the horses and cattle of
the British auxiliary army, according to the regulations of the
British service.
3. The provisions and forage above specified are to be delivered
to the British Commissariat, at a distance not greater than six
Portuguese leagues from the head-quarters of each British detach-
ment to which they are supplied, unless in cases where a different
arrangement shall be made, with the consent of the British Com-
missariat.
3. In order to obviate the difficulties which an immediate dis-
bursement of funds for the purchase of the aforesaid provisions and
forage might occasion, under the present circumstances, to the Go-
vernment of Portugal, it is agreed that the British Commissary-
General shall, for the present, provide those supplies for the
British Army, charging the cost thereof to the account of the
Portuguese Government.
As, however, cases may arise, in which it may be more con-
venient to receive such supplies from Portuguese magazines, for the
purpose of avoiding competition in the markets, the British Com-
missary-General shall, in the execution of this agreement, concert
his proceedings from time to time with a person appointed for
that end by the Government of Portugal.
4. The accounts of the British Commissariat being approved
and signed by the Commander of the Auxiliary Army, shall be
delivered every three months to the Portuguese Government,
which, having verified the same, shall either pay the amount
thereof forthwith to the British Commissary-General, or carry it
over to the credit of the British Government, as shall be judged
most convenient by the two Governments.
5. The cost of provisions and forage for the British troops
shall be placed to the account of the Portuguese Government,
from the day of the landing of the said troops in Portugal, and
shall cease to he placed to that account from the day of their de-
parture, or of their passing the frontiers of Portugal.
C. Her Royal Highness the Infanta Regent of Portugal, bar-
ing consented that on this, as on former occasions, the forts of St.
Julien and of Bugio shall he occupied by the British troops, it is
agreed that the said occupation shall continue so long as the
auxiliary army shall remain in Portugal. Those forts shall be,
from time to time, duly provisioned by the Portuguese Govern-
ment, or by the British Commissariat on account of the Portu-
guese Government, in the same manner as is provided in the fore-
going articles with respect to the auxiliary army.
Arrangements shall be made between the Government of Por-
tugal and the Commander of the British Army, for the carrying
on of the service of the Pratique of Police of the Harbour, and of
the Customs, by the proper officers of the Portuguese Government,
usually employed for those purposes. A list of these officers shall
he given to the British Commanding Officer, and they shall be
strictly under his command in all that may relate to military ser-
vice, and to the tleferkee,o4 the forts..
7. His Britannic Majesty requiring, on the part of his ally,
only that which is indispensably necessary for insuring the pro-
per maintenance of his troops, and for the good of the com-
mon service, declares that he will not bring forward any pe-
cuniary claims whatever against the Portuguese Government,
on account of the assistance furnished by his Majesty on this
occasion to Portugal, beyond what is specified in the preced-
ing articles.
8.. The stipulations of this convention shall remain in full force
until the two high contracting parties shall mutually agree to make
any change therein.
9. The present convention shall he ratified, and the ratifications
shall be exchanged in London in the space of six weeks from the
date hereof, or sooner if possible.
In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed
the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms.
Done at Brighthelmstone, Jan. 19,
in the year of our Lord 1827.
(L. S.) GEORGE CANNING.
'L. S.) MARQUEZ DE PALMELLA•

latter is to obtain the command when the fleet sails, which how-
ever cannot take place in leis than two months.
The building of the arsenal is continued with great ardour. A
frigate of 54 guns was launched on the sth of this month, and
commissaries have been sent to Gemlick, Rhodes, and Sinape, to
accelerate the building of the ships of war which are on the stocks
there. Several other changes have taken place in public employ-
ments. The former Ambassador at the Court of London, Far-
rani). Ismael Effendi, who had been in exile at Broussa, has ob-
taMed permission to return to this capital.
The latest accounts from Greece are rather important. It
seems that the engagements which took place in Livadia, near
Rachovia, Velitza,&c. were nothing more than sallies, in which
some isolated advanced posts were taken from the Turks. All
the movements concerted between Karaiskaki, Karatosso, and the
other insurgent Chiefs, have failed. Their object was to divert
Seraskier Redschid Pacha from the siege of the Acropolis of
.Athens. The latter has, on the contrary, lately received a rein-
forcement of 3,000 men. These facts are confirmed by the Uni-
versal Gazette of Greece. It is said that Col. Fabvier has suc-
ceeded in escaping from the Acropolis by night, with two of his
, Philhellenic companions.
Ibrahim Pacha has sent the Egyptian fleet, with the exception
of eight ships, which he has kept in the harbour of Navarino, to
Alexandria. His forces assemblA between Modon, Coron, and
Navarino, are estimated at 15,000 men. Ile is himself prepa-
ring to march to KAritene, with 6,000 men.—Austrian Observer.
PARIS, "MARCH IS.—The Grand Duke Constantine, whose
arrival at St. Petersburgh we have already announced, has left
that city on the 2Siii of February, after a residence of only 12
days. It has been remarked, that he took no part in the amuse-
ments of the Carnival ; but he frequently visited the cathedral of
St. Peter and St. Paul, where he went to pray at the tomb of his
brother, the Emperor Alexander.

(From the Constitutionsiel.)
iNlauaxn, MARCH B.—( Private Correspondence.)—Letters
from Gallicia,which we have just received, confirm the account of
the defeat of the Marquis de Chaves, who, according to one of
the letters, is at present at St. Jaques, in Gallicia, where he
arrived accompanied by a very small number of his followers. The
same letters say, that Brigadier Magessi, who had incurred the
displeasure of the rebel troops, when passing the Minho on enter-
ing Spain, received a musket ball, which killed him on the spot,
or as others assert, wounded him so severely that there is no hopes
of his surviving.
In the meantime, the great question of war or peace is treated
with more earnestness than ever, in the King's Councils ; and in
a meeting which took place on the 7th attended by tlao Ministers,
Councillors of State, and even some Members of the Council of
Castile, there was no difference of opinion as to the propriety of
declaring war, the only question being how soon it ought to com-
mence. Some Members were of opinion that it ought not to be-
gin till the end of June, while others thought that it ought to be
commenced immediately. What appeared to incline the Council
to the expediency of a war at present was the considerations urged
by the party who gave the latter opinion—namely, the bad spirit
of the troops, and the necessity of preventing its consequence by
compelling them to action at once, before they bad time to
think of turning their arms against the cause they were called on
to defend.
(From the Journal des Debats of Monday.)

CONSTA.NTINOPLE) Fee. 11.—M. Pisani and part of M. de la
Ribeaupierre's suite arrived here yesterday afternoon; and the
Ambassador himself is expected to-morrow.
A fresh conspiracy is spoken of, which threatened the life of
the Grand Seignior, of the Reis Effendi, and of all the heads of
the reform, but principally that of the Capitan Pacha, by whose
vigilance it was discovered. The details which are related re-
specting it border upon romance; and it is added that this plot
has induced the Capitan Pacha to solicit another employment,
which the Sultan granted to him. Very unfavourable conjec-
tures are, however, drawn from this circumstance. It has been
observed, that the Capitan Pacha did not make this request until
after having well investigated the state of the capital, and the pro-
bable duration of the new reforms. He had displayed much
vigour in the arsenal since his return from the Archipelago.
Letters from Syra, Naxos, and Yarns, of the 15th February,
mention, that the differences between the 11ydriots and Caudiots
have been settled. The Austrian Consul, who residee at Naxos,
has been delivered from out of the hands of the Candiots by
the crew of an European ship, which accidentally anchored a►
that island.

(From the Constitutionite/.)
Ai. is said that the Ministry intend, to-morrow, to present to the
Chamber of Peers, the projet of the law against the liberty of the
Press. It appears, that, at first, it was proposed to adjourn the
discussion until after the Easter recess, and the reason assigned for
the delay is not a little extraordinary. The Ecclesiastical Peers,
purposing to sojourn, during the time of that high religious solem-
nity, in their respective diocesses, tile Ministers, they say, were
not willing to deprive themselves of their collective intelligence,
nor of their votes. It appears to us that such a contemplation
was the grossest affront that could be offered to the Bishops.