Star.
London, England, 1831-09-12 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

Lissom, Aoo. 24.—The number of killed and
wounded on both sides amounts at present to 300
men : the soldiers of the 4th regiment, though
amounting only to a fourth of the forces opposed
to them on the Place du Rocio, repulsed them, and
did not yield until their ammunition was ex-
hausted : the prisoners have been placed on
the pontoons ; the inferior officers have been
shut up in fort Belem ; they will be brought
to trial and shot in a few days. An Englishman,
returning from the country, has been killed by a
patrol, although he showed his carla of protection,
and proved that he was English. The British Con-
sul has caused a corvette of war to be placed be-
fore the arsenal, threatening to set fire to it, if he
r did not instantly receive satisfaction and indemnity
for the family of the deceased.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 10.—A violent fire
broke out on the 2nd inst. about half-past nine
o'clock in the morning, at Pera (a suburb of Con-
stantinople.) A very strong wind blowing N.N.E.
spread the flames with so much rapidity that the
whole suburb was quickly reduced to ashes. The
hotels of the ambassadors of England, France, and
Holland, which belong to those nations, and the
residences hired by the ministers of Russia, Prus-
sia, Sardinia, and Naples, together with a vast
number of churches, of which three were catholic,
fell a prey to the flames. The loss sustained is
very enormous. The number of houses de-
stroyed by the fire is estimated at about 5,000.
It is a heart-rending spectacle to witness so
great a multitude of persons without resources,
without shelter, and without clothing, wandering
up and down, and having no means of sustaining
their existence. It was possible to oppose but a
very weak resistance to the flames. Pere exists
no more ! Its inhabitants have received permission
to retire to Galata, Bugukdere, and Therapm
(suburbs of Constantinople.) To this frightful
misfortune have just been added the first attacks
of the cholera morbus, which has been brought
hither from Odessa ; and the plague has not )et
entirely quitted us. Mention is made of an earth-
quake, which has laid waste the isle of Scio.
(PRIVATE) PA 'tn.—The local disturbances
which occurred in Paris for a couple of days in the
middle of the week have entirely yielded to the
action of the local authorities. They had nothing
whatever of a political character, and sprung prin•
cipally from the dearth of employment for the ma-
nufacturing classes, *Mai has so long been felt in
this metropolis, and which has become aggravateil
by the change of temperature at the advance of
the season.

I

The newspapers are still filled with discussions
open the new Peerage law, the reivrt of which
will not he presented by the commission until next
•xeek. The abolition of the hereditary principle
will be still a bone of contention in the two Chain-
1/ers, and a good deal of shuffling and intrigue is
Fail to be employed at this moment upon the
iebj3et.
It is still said here, that the British Govern-
ment objects to the sojourn of even the 12,000
French troops in Belgium, and that remonstrances
lad explanations are continuing between the two
Calais respecting it.