Star.
London, England, 1830-05-08 00:00:00

CA 1) I Z April 5.

Die Philippine Islands, which had been conquered by Spanish
salour would have been abandoned, had a religious idea, so worthy
of our Catholic Sovereigns, not resisted the sacrifice of these rich
i•larals, so v,.litable on account of their position and soil, that they
were called the pearls of the cast. There King Charles 111. and
Chitties; IV. sowed those seeds which were destined to bear fruit un-
tier the paternal reign of the magnanimous King Ferdinand VII.
The importance of these remote possessions of the crown of Spain,
the loyalty and valour of their inhabitants, arid the solicitude and
lose which our august monarch bean to all hia children, could not
furl :o fire his sovereign attention on the expediency of giving to
these subjects a proof of his esteem and protection, by extending
tr theta the support of the laws, and the guarantee of social benefits.
lu order to attain those high objects, and to restore peace and
tr.ntiaillity, his majesty ordered the battalion of Asia of 1000 men
strong (infantry,) and a troop of 120 horse, forming one fourth part
at the regiment of veteran dragoons of Luzen, with a company of 65
tee', of horse artillery, to be sent to these islands.
The equipment of the expedition and its material being confided
t v his Majesty to the Royal Philippine Company, orders were re-
el ived in December last, in this port, to charter vessels to sail, in
company with the Company's own European ships, the Santa Aline
md Rey Fernando, of 1,695 tons, to convey the troops to their des-
tination to Manilla, when shortly afterwards the Spanish ship Con-
-tontine, 1,129 toss, and the Paz, of 51K1 tons, were prepared.
The troops having been reviewed on the 30th of March, the next
Jay. Sunday, was fixed for their sailing; but it blew hard, with
signs of a storm, till the sth of April, when at six o'clock in
the morning the signal for sailing was made to the Parole frigate,
whose Commander is to convoy them as far as the Canary Islands.
At seven o'clock the frigate weighed her anchor, and was followed by
the ship El Rey Fernando, and the Galena Constancia and La Pas,
and the Relampaga brig of war, whose Commander is Commodore
of the convoy from the Canaries to the Philippine Islands, and by
half-past one o'clock they were out of sight.
Of the 1,248 men forming the expedition, 546 are on board El
Rey Fernando; 421 on board the Constantin; and 299 on board the
Paz. These ships also carry out 11 religious Missionaries, sonic
Custom-house officers, several ladies, and various military stores and
commercial goods —Diario

LISBON.

From the Gazette de Lis&ao, April 24.

Since the revolution in Portugal—that is to say, front the year
1820 to 1828, when the King our Lord arrived—there have been
no less than 63 Ministers of State in office—viz. 11 Ministers of the
Kingdom, nine Alinisters of War, 11 Ministers of Finance, nine
Ministers of the Navy, 11 Ministers of Justice, and 12 :Ministers of
Foreign Affairs.
From the reign of Alfronso V: in 1442, sho was called Lopo
Alffonso, to 1820—that is in a span of 378 years, nearly four cen.
turies—here were 47 Secretaries of State, a great part of whom
died in office. Thus it follows that we had lately, in a period of
right years, 16 Secretaries of State more than in almost the whole
laur centuries preceding.

During the period from 1442 to 1829 we extended our commerce
all over the world. We conquered India, we established ourselves
in China and Japan, we colonised America, and our language had
become almost the universal language in all parts ; we taught the
old world the customs, the geographical situation, and the peculia-
rities of many different nations, and the study of, in every climate,
and coast of the sea ; the greatest potentates of Asia disputed ..!ach
other the honour of becoming tributary to us. We eclipsed the
maritime preponderance of the ancient Phoenicians ; and, at one
and the same time, we gave laws to Egypt, Arabia, and Persia.—
Lisbon had become the emporium of the riches of the universe. We
maintained our independence, and caused our flag to be respected;
we repelled two aggressions—one by waging a most glorious war of
28 years duration : and another by acquiring in the Peninsular war
that ancient renown which ever belonged to the Portuguese from the
remotest antiquity. But what dreadful disasters have we not expe-
rienced since the year 1820 ?