Star.
London, England, 1824-07-26 00:00:00

TO HIS ILICELIANCY THE MARQUIS DE PALmaLLA.

" M. le Marquis---Since you desire it, I do not he:i-
tate a moment to send you an extract from the dispatch
which I had the honour of laying before his Majesty,
through the medium of your Excellency. In doing
this, I make a sacrifice to self-love, for I cannot de-
ceive myself as to the merit of my actions. On the 30th
of April, I, like my honourable colleagues, only did my
duty. I followed the beaten road, the only one which
an honest man, who knows only GOD and his legitimate
Sovereign, could and ought to take.
I have not ,therefore, merited all the marks of ap-
probation with which his Most Faithful Majesty and
the King my august master have been pleased to ho.
nour my zeal. But I feel with you, that it is proper
and useful to put an end to the absurd and criminal re-
ports-which some obscure perturbators take a pleasure
in spreading. It is above all proper that worthy men,
whose easy credulity might be taken advantageof, should
be enlightened and informed under what point of view
the offence of the 30th of April is considered in Europe.
—Moreover, Portugal can no longer be troubled ; the
Army and the people acknowledge the King only; and
if the 30th of April be on. one hand to be deplored, it
may be said on the other, that it has proved a real tri-
umph of public morality. It has shewn that the genius
of intrigue and revolt can number in this kingdom only
a handful of accomplices, and that small number of men
could only obtain a momentary success, by basely de-
ceiving a noble courage, and cowardly abusing the love
which the nation and the Army bear to the King.
Finally, it has been shewn, and this grand lesson will
perhaps serve both here and elsewhere to curb the lovers
of revolutions, that Europe is closely united whenever
it is necessary to maintain and defend the power which
comes from God. Accept, ice.
" July 2. " Baron HYDE DE NEUVILLE."

Extract from the dispatch from his Excellency the
Count deVillele to the French Ambassador at Lisbon :

" In the critical circumstances in which the Portu-
guese monarchy was placed, you have worthily fulfilled
the important mission which was confided to you. You
were sent to his Most Faithful Majesty, and after nobly
supporting the Royal authority, you have efficaciously
concurred in maintaining it when it appeared on the
brink of a precipice. I have laid before the King the
mai ks of approbation which his Most Faithful Majesty
has bestowed on your conduct, and the distinctions
which he has conferred on you ; and the King is pleased
to authorize you to accept of them, as well as the title
of Count of Ilemposta. I have also much satisfaction
in announcing to you, that his Majesty has appointed
you Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, in testimony
of his satisfaction for the signal service you have ren-
dered to his Most Faithful -Majesty. His Majesty has
likewise been pleased to grant the Cross of the Legion
of Honour to M. Gros, attached to your Embassy, whose
conduct you have eulogized.
" Receive, &c."

About half-past eleven o'clock on Saturday mcrning,
two houses in Warwick-street, Golden-square, tell to
the ground with a tremendous crash. One of them was
uninhabited—the other was occupied by Mr. Gobby, a•
tailor, and is family, one 4 whom happening to be in
an upper room, heard a slight noise, and also felt the
room to shake. She immediately ran down stairs, and
alarmed the other inmates, who, with herself, kid
SCRlcely time to reach the street before the whole in-
terior of the house fell to the ground.
A boy, about nine years of age, son of Mr. C. It.
Rolfe, of Colchester, was drowned on Saturday se'nnight
in the river near that town, at a spot used for bathing.
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