Star.
London, England, 1830-10-13 00:00:00

PURLOINING OF TILE NEWSPAPERS AT THE POR.
MCCABE POST-OFFICE IN LISBON.

LISBON, SEPT. 25.
The London mail of the Bth arrived on the 19th ultimo ; and, as
news of some importance was expected from the Netherlands and France,
a greater number of persons attended at the Portuguese post nice fur
they papers than usual; but, much to their inordinate°, they found a
far greater number of papers were purloined than usuaL-(there are al-
ways some missing)—and there is not the smallest doubt but it is done
in the Portuguese office, as the London and British Packet-office here
are strictly comet. Sir Francis Freeling has been written to, com-
plaining of the same; and it is to be hoped that, in future, all
newspapers by the packets for Lisbon will be delivered as
formerly, at the packet-office here, so that no such incon-
venience will be experienced for the future; besides which, this old
method of delivery will, in a short time, more than double the stamp
duty to Lisbon, as a great number of the Portuguese are afraid to have
newpapers sent them, as they would be marked as meddling in politics,
which is heft strictly peobibited, and numbers have been imprisoned
for the same, and bad severe sentences passed against them. The
French papers by the packets are oftener detained than any others,
and some merchants have applied to the Administrator of the Poets
to know it Government don not intend to allow such to be re-
ceived here; and, if so, they will not order them out. We well
know what the answer will be; but the purloining will go on as
usual With respect to the newspapers and letters from Francs, per
poet, nothing is more common than to have the whole stopped, some-
times for a post or two, and if they contain news not congenial to the
wishes of this Government., they are withheld altogether, and only such
as they think proper (of the letters) are delivered. Sometimes they are
so unceremonious as not to reseal them after their having been opened
•—•all.which happens to British subjects as well as Portuguese;and it is
by this means, and by their spies, that they have been able is and•out
and insprisua so many thousands of the Constitutional Parties....
Lord Porchester's " lust Days of the Constitution " hes hem trans.
laced into Portuguese, and copies of it have been sent to all Don
Iliguers 311niststs, and a number of them have got into circulation.
Now every individual who is known to have had, or even read one, is

I immediately imnisoncd. When these unfortunates are brought by the
police to the gaol, they ask what they are put in for? The reply is.
Hold your tongu: ; you'll know it in time enough ;" or sneeringly
tell them,You know you are a Naiad° ; that is quite sufficient."
On the 23J ult. about 50 prisoners were marched from the Limoeiro
(chained two and two, with iron collars round their necks) through the
city to the prison called Coca dot Mount, previous to their being trans.
ported to Africa; amongst them were seven or eight will-dressed men;
these were Constitutionalists. The ship Male e Cardoso, which took
the last cargo, returned the other day, and is now preparing for another,
trip. I here annex an account of the Malted°, or Constitutional, pri-
soners confined at Porto ; the exact number existing there on the lit of
September you'll find to be 760.

CONSTITUTIONALISTS INIPRISODIED BETWEEN THE IST SETT.
1828, AND THE IST SEPT. 1830.
The Prison of Relagao. Discharged from prison ..... 113
In the room and passages of 1„4.1 Transported to Africa, &c.... 37
the upper floor.. "" Condemned in costs.. .. IV
Room called N. Sa. do Car- Banished in the kingdom... 20
132
Died in the Infirmary 2B
Room called St. J05e....... 150 Hanged (say murder-)
Room called N. S. dig ed) their heads stuck
Dores 139 on the gallows, their). 12
Private Room (Madame bodies burnt, and the
Visun) . 1 ashes thrown into the '
The Lower Pa55age......... 1
Dungeon of Alatuainhos... 172
Dungeon of St. Anna..... 74
Dungeon of St. Antonio... 76
Dungeon of the Women.... 13
936
The Aljube, or Prison for 69
the Clergy ; Priests
The Dungeons of the Castle 9
of the kor

sea . J
Banished (to Engbacl). es.
I 1
Englishmen
Banished to Fez a-Moor .. 1
Banished to England-
-3
Spaniards . . .
Banished to France l 4
ditto

238
Remaining in Gaol . . . 766

1,004 1,004
Among the 766 there are two British subjects, 16 women, one Mad.
Mendes, and old lady upwards of 78 years of age. Her crime is, that
she gave the Porto rebels a Loge sum of money when they came into
her house and demanded it. She has been in prison upwards of two
Vears. The number of prisoners in the fortresses of Almeida and gaol of
illa Real is not exactly known, but supposed to be about 500 or up-1
wards. Besides this enormous number of 1.604, it is supposed there
are in the district of Porto, not less than 1,000 persons out on bail, who
must surrender themselves when called on. This indulgence of being
at large, is on account of their not having prison room sufficient to
cram them into. The Administrator of the Post.offiee (says Post-
Master-Generall has been addressed several times, to know if this go-
vernment intends not to allow French newspapers to be admitted into
Portugal, but no answer can be obtained from him. They will not
have the honesty to say they shall not be allowed, nor will they acknow-
ledge that they are detained by their direction.