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wound to the extent 0! 347;3951 16s. whilst, at the same tiuee, cur
revenue cains an enormous itam by these impovs ; British merchants,
a pi fitit. out and home, and we besides give employment to seven bun.
drat ships. including those from Newfoundland annually navigated by
nor hurtircd thousand seamen, the collective freights of which are not
less than 250,0001.

It therefore becomes our duty, as well as our interest, to preserve,
with the utmost vigilance and caution, all those channels of trade, even
the sant:est. to which we have been accustomed. The benefits derived
t to aught to be cherished, as so many restoratives to a suffering
1"in:lane:1, and not sacrtficed to any views of temporary expediency.
Thy rtsults of the last two years, in reference to Portugal, are
aterining. In the returns, it is seen that, in 1828, our imports from
Pertozal, were 587.3651. and exports 2,81,7571; but in 1829, the
tiviperts were 584,8181. whilst the exports fell to 1,764,0321; and,
oaring the last year ending the sth January, 1831, I can assert that the
at time has been proportionate.
The Oporto Company is a corporate Body, composed of cultivators,
merchants and capitalists, created by charter, with a board, chosen by
ballot and entrusted with fiscal powers, in every thing regarding poet
wines. If its officers, in the exercise of their fiscal duties, give rise to
annoyances, let these be compared with those of our own Excise laws,
stockings and permits, to which the foreigner, as well as the English-
man, is subjected. ur Excise regulations are °Gerais in the extreme;
but they are ordained by law and cannot discriminate, or be dispensed
with. In an infinitely milder degree, similar rules are enforced at
Oporto and have produced the best effect. In Lisbon, no Royal Corn.
patty exists-there the trade is free, and yet what is the consequence ?
Red wines are unknown and the white in disrepute. Front 16,000
pipes, the exportation is reduced to 1000 per annum.
No one can look upon the nature and duration of that friendly inter-
course that has so long subsisted between Great Britain and Portugal,
without being astonished at the state of our political and commercial
relations, at the ternmencement of 1831. It began as early as the
year 1294, by itE interchange of friendly acts between Edward 1. and
Deniz Kituei„ of Portugal, and in that way continued till
the year 1363, when a Treaty of Commerce was negotiated,
with our Effikrd 111. for 50 years. In 1373, another Commercial
Treaty was made, and afterwards one of Friendship and Alliance, both
of which were confirmed in 1387. A treaty of peace was again con.
eluded between Richard 11. and John I. of Portugal, in 1383, and re.
newel by our Henry in 1387. We entered into a Commercial Treaty
in 14413, and again in 1431 and 1442. In the year 1441, a fresh treaty
of peace was concluded between Richard 111. and Alonzo V. renewed
during the following year by Edward IV. when all previous compacts
were confirmed. In 1484, all former treaties were confirmed and re-
newal, and again in 1489. In this manner was our intercourse kept up
and cherished till the year 1642, by various friendly acts, exchanges of
civilities, special grants and favours, as well as public instruments;
amounting in all, from the year 1294 to the period last mentioned, to
115, including the Goa Convention, in 1635. The whole are recorded
in Rymer's Faders and Dumont. I have a specification of the entire
series before me, and nothing but the apprehension of being too minute,
prevented me from: inserting it.
In 1642, a Treaty of Peace and Commerce was concluded between
Charles I. and John IV. in 1643, a law passed in Portugal respecting
the trial of suits, pending between British subjects ; in 1645, King
Emanuel granted special privileges to foreign merchants ; in 1647, on
their behalf, certain articles were exempted from the payment of duties;
in 1654, a treaty was made with Cromwell; in 1656. British subjects
were exempted from war-taxes and allowed a Judge Conservator; in
1657, their vessels were placed on a level with Portuguese, as regards
port-charges; in 1660, a treaty was made with England by Alonzo VI.
confirming those of 1652 and 1651, and for a large armament to be sup.
plied to Portugal; in 1861, a law was passed exempting British sub-
jects from the payment of brokerage, and the King's marriage with Ca-
tharine of Portugal solemnized ; in 1665, Alonzo VI. issued a royal
order respecting the payment of dues to the Judge Conservator ; in
1667, British subjects were privileged from arrest, unless by order of
their Judge Conservator; in 1608, a decree was issued respecting the
preference in privileges granted to the British over the natives; in
1699, a royal order was not to collect the duty of 41, per cent.
on the property of English, and Dutch, not naturalized ; in
1703, a treaty of defensive alliance was made between Englund, Por-
tugal, and Holland, containing twenty articles; in the same year, an
offensive and defensive league was entered into between the
Queen of England, the Emperor Leopold, Peter 11. of Por-
tugal and the States General, to support the rights of the House of
Austria to the throne of Spain, and in this year also the lilethucn
Treaty was negociatetl. In 1704, the Royal Order for the use of British
Woollens, previously alluded to, was published. In this year Great
Britain also guaranteed the Treaty between Portugal and France, and
1715, the one between Portugal and Spain.
In 1716, a Convention was made at Bombay; in 1721, the British
entered into an offensive and defensive all in Asia ; in the same
year, an Act of Parliament was passed regulating the dues payable by
British subjects to their Consul in Portugal; in 1763, Ills Most
Faithful Majesty acceded to the Treaty of Peace between England
and France ; in 1793, a Treaty of Alliance was concluded between
Great Britain and Portugal ; 1808, a suspension of hostilities agreed
upon between Sir Arthur Wellesley and General Keller; in the same
wear a convention was entered into between Admiral Cotton and the
hussian Admiral; 1809, a convention made with the Prince Regent of
Portugal, for the loan of 600,0001. and finally in 1810, Treaties of Com-
alert c and Alliance were aigned at Rio de Janeiro; and in 1815, an ta-
r •• ,:raltilt took place for the abolition of the Slave Trade.
i here is good sense in this ; but Miguel is a usurper and
a tyrant,-and, what is worse, be abused the hospitality
and confidence of this Government, when he passed from
Windsor, to commence his tyranny at Lisbon.

PRICE OF STOCKS A'
3 per Ct. Cons. 801 791 80a
Cons. for Ace. 79j 1 a 00 791
S per Cent. lied. 791 1 91
34 per Ct. 1819, 881
$5 per Ct. Red. 884 8 1
Sr per Cent. New, bni 18 1 ,

6T TWO O'CLOCK.
4 per Ct. 1826, 963 a
Long AnnJan.l96o, 18 13.18
Old Annuities —. New,
£lOOO Rich. Bills 22 20
£5OO Ditto
£lOO and .81100 Do. 22

FOREIGN STOCKS.

Brazilian, for Acct, 57i. Danish, 57} ; for Account. 57j. Rus-
sian, 88i; for Account, 881 9. Spanish, for Acct, 161 I. Spanish
1823, —. French 5 per Cc, 871 50c; Tbree per Cent, 57f 50c;
Exchange, 251 30c.

PUBLIC CI
Bank Stock, 2034 24
India for Ac. 208 7. Bonds,3 2 4
London Docks, 259 los
St. Catherine's, X7B lOs
City Gas, £l9O
Bank of Scotland, £1037
British Linen, s€2so
Grand Junction, £243
Leeds, £395
Regent's, 4;18 10.

IMPANIRS.
Irish Grand Canal, 75i
Fort i and Clyde, £625
Liv. & blan.Railway,466 to£9o
Cromford, X 45
Guardian,
Albion Fire .175
Alliance, A 5s
County, £4O
Bolanos Mines, £l6O
Steam Navigation, die. £6 IS'

Oar o'CLoca.—Barometer, 29-77 ;,Thermometer, 61. Wind B.E.
Weather. fair.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 12.

••• We beg leave to Inform our friends in Nottingham, that Mr.
&mows, Bookseller, Chapel Row, has obligingly undertaken to re-
ceive Orders, Advertisements, and Intelligence for the STAR, in regard
to that Town and Vicinity.

We have received the Mositeur of Saturday, 10th Aug.
which contains a very long list of the Subscribers to the
French Loan. The first List of Roznacnun and Bao-
THERS, is as follows:
M. De ROTHSCHILD, brothers . 100,000 franca.
De Vatry . . . 10,000
Textoris . . . . 8,000
Martin . . . . . 8,000
Lady Fitzgerald . . . 4,000
Count Orsini • • . 4,000
Morel . . . . . 2,000
Lemaine . . 2,000
Plevelle . . . . 8,000
Martini . . . . . 4,000
Didot . . . . . 4,000
Besides the above, there are several of one thousand franca.

By letters received to-day, from a British officer of rank
at Florence, it is mentioned that the English residents are
under no apprehension of being obliged to quit the place,
in consequence of the commotion. in Italy. Lodgings and
provisions were remarkably cheap.

We refer to the communication of our Falmouth Corres-
pondent, for some particulars relative to the recent proceed-
ings of Don MIGUEL. Other letters, which we have

perused this day, state that our own countrymen are not ex-

ect.pted from the tyrannical surveillance of this despot ; and,
at the same time, the remonstrances of our Consul are
utterly disregarded. On account of other outrages, we find
that the French Consul, and the Merchants, were preparing
to leave Lisbon.

We have the A llgemeine Zeitung of the 6th instant this
day. At the date of that Journal, the recent glorious vic-
tories obtained by the Poles were unknown. A communica-
tion from Vienna, of the 31st of March, states, with a great
deal of complacency, " it is probable there will be a decisive
battle near Warsaw, as soon as the Russians have crossed
the Vistula !" This Paper characterises the eloquent Pro-
clamation of the aged General JERMOLOPF, which we pub-
lished three days ago, "as a manifest forgery." We can
easily imagine the consternation which will ensue, when the
brilliant successes of the Poles ate known. In other respects,
these Papers are unimportant. We give the following
extracts :

PoLann.—The Austrian Observer says—" Letters from Warsaw
mention the failure of the negotiations at the Russian head-quarters, on
the 20th and 22nd ; after which a sitting of the Diet was held on the
29d, of which nothing had transpired ; only on the following morning
it was reported, that all hope of an amicable arrangement appeared to
be at an end. The Polish army was stationed as follows ; one third on
the Vistula, above Warsaw; one third below, and the other third in the
vicinity of the capital. Gen. Uminsky had left Warsaw, with 6or
8000 men, in the direction of Modlin. Accounts from Cracow of 27th
say, that Julian Nicmciewits had arrived from Warsaw. He is said
to have declared, that he had resolved, at his advanced age (79 years), to
leave for ever. the theatre of the events which bad plunged his country
into such great misfortunes, and to end his days in Cracow.*

The Warsaw Goad& of 27th March gives, in a supplemeat, a se-
ditious Proclamation—which appears to be a manifest forgery--aaid to

be addrerscd to the Russians by General Jennoleff, now 70 years of age.
from Samarad (query ?) ; and to have been found on the person of a
Rusuinn officer, wearing the order of St. Andrew, who was killed in a
late battle.

VIZNIIIA, Kaman 31.—Letters from Warsaw say, that the Go.
veenment has declared that city in a state of siege. Divisions of
light troops were distributed along the Vistula, to watch the move.
meats of the Russians. It is probable that there will be a de,
delve battle near Warsaw, as soon as the Russians hays crossed the
Vistula! General Dwernecki, who was punned by three divisions of
Russian cavalry, is reported to have extricated himself from this em-
barrassment by skilful marches, and has returned to the left bank of
the Vistula. Count Wolinski, Chief of the Polish General's Staff, has
left Vienna, and gone to Genteel Chlopicki, at Cracow. The Prussian
General, Van Roder, who came here on an extraordinary mission, has
bad his first audience of the Emperor, and will soon return to Berlin.
Count Ribeaupierre, who arrived some time ago from Naples, will not
yet leave us.—Allpemeine Zeitung, April 6.
Musics, MARCH 31.—The Government deserves the warmest
gratitude of the nation, for announcing the intention of submitting to
the Chamber, a law which the proceedings of the Court of Justice are
to declare to the public, and the pleadings to be oral, instead of an
endless mass of syrinx's, hitherto required. This fact proves, that
the Government is sincerely desirous of maintaining the Constitutional
principles; and that, notwithstanding any mistaken grounds, it cannot
entertain a design of purposely infringing the Constitutional rights of
the people, or violating the Constitution. Frankfort Papers,
April 6.

VIENNA, MARCH 31.-APRIL 1.4 per Cents. 70f 70.—Bant sh.
975, 977.