Star.
London, England, 1823-01-22 00:00:00

b 600 idaittAitklititiON begtutio...; oF
isigoeigilant fora new titiArAititke favourable to. t e
bitterest of Portugal than that of 1810, .which it is
I,jiateAded to s Stolen& '
.„-When his Majesty's Government proposes cotr.
*webs: aivangementt trithlistiat 13riraiu, it flat Oitir
*ibist.to titbltiOte the Meador' industry, but
consideringiikell imdetatood interest-re) be the mosti.4
4+slid:loasis., at evetralliaticajA,Aoaaentneut. hoptILA
that Great Britain would daily irsatte'to it.'
-rtemetretration.e.:t* .tive pait of. dui-

Holy'Alliance had tioChWetailie.Wevidetit geir it was
impossible *to &try-thesis,' 'the Britiat 'Cabiltet *filsed.
to allow that aux suelkvolect of
and thought it needleeatogive iq .any :aseirantesuts
allay our fears, which it conceived to be chimerical.,
beyond What were contained 'ht the 'DEdaratiou,
by which his 'Britannic Maksti publiCly and so:
jettinly protested against- the resolutions of ihe
Congresses at Troppau and Laybach.
ThnPurtuguese GovernMenti however, seeing tLe,
armies on the Pyrenees hi-crease (evidently destined
against the political- institutions of the Peninsula):
urged the necessity of a More explicit declaration,'
considering how unequivocal those of the Holy
ante were.

The British Ministry, whether it perceived that the
time was arrived to chew its opposition to the projects'. ",
which could not now be denied, or whether the:
changes In that Ministry had .caused a change in ite
views of the projects of 'the Holy Alliance, declared
to our Charge d'Affaires, that if ever, Contrary to
expectations; the independence of Portugal shoals,.
be menaced, his Britannic Majesty would never lie:
an indifferent spectator of so impoitant• an event,.
but would afford to this kingdom all the assistance--
which it had it' right to ;expect from Cleat Briraia
by virtue of its ancient connections.
These clear and positive expressions soon resounded
On the Banks of:theSeine, and the Government Oft.
his Most Christian Majesty protested that it
never conceived any hostile intention towards Porta..
gal ; that! as a Constitutional Government, it Ter
only considered as unjust, but would be asha,nedUe
maintain so absurd a: doctrine as the interference of
one in the internal political organization of any other
*Power; and Oats notwithstanding the fears which'
the Army of the Pyrenees might naturally excite, it
would never pass the frontier line unless it sere first
violated by the Span 4 troops, which, engaged in.
the harroreot a civil Wit in the provinces adjoining
to France, obligadtbe jatter tbistke every precautioe.
against the 1,11: ciE atjl km4s which such a neigh.
bourhood gave reason to!apprebend.
• The Mislisw..procetds to state the further nc:;
_gbciaeione-with .France, 'wbose declarations seemed
Coritradieied. by the incheasing armaments, and ,
t14414-leat by-the French Authorities on' the free'.
ti Who Factions, in consequence of which his Mai
jestfthOught St frankly to declare to France, that ib
preparations seemed manifestlx to be intended for as
aggression on Spain ; and, therefore, Portugal mut
unite with the latter, their cause being one. Franse.
,seemed offended that its sincerity was doubted, and
repeated its assertions; but his Majesty seeing that
The movement of the army on the Pyrennees Conti-
nued, thought:,it necessary tO-negociate an alli-
ance with Spain, which is now; nearly concluded.
'when it will immediately be laid before the Cortes:
..lifeantitnis a tpecial convention has been concluded
v
iskiwemiitt the factious from disturbing our frontlet
Proviesaesi • His Majesty hopes also, that when the
Alliance is aancludeslia Treaty of Commerce may be
agreed upon between the two Nations, by•which the
abashing systera aley'be relaxed. His Majesty
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,lats also reason..to 1144• tbat more liberal commercial
'arrangements marlletatatilawith ether Powers, espo,.
cilinY with Sweden:: alairren. France has shewn a
.tfisPosition to make a Speeial Treaty with Portugal.,

• Bayonne.Paitets to the 15th instant reached us
forenoon. The passage of Couriers, between Madril
and ,raiis;. is very frequent, particularly commercial
Supreme& The greatest disorder prevails amoaj
the scuttled bands of the Army of the Faith,. wbb
fiy before the Constitutional troops when attacked,
and lay -waste the country Their ranks are, how-
ever, rapidly thinning, and within the lasi3Orest
weeks Upwards of 1,200 men have abandoned thin
Army of the Faith was defeated at Estella es
Abe 9th inst. and the remains fled in great disordertti..
tb..mountains of Laboronda. 7.
General O'Doxnu. is at Bayonne, and General
ialinzaA is also expected there froth Paris.
The letters from Madrid paint, in glowing colours,
the enthusiasm of the Nation its favour of the Contuse.
tionil system, and the firm deterMination to make nil
sacrifice,' rather than sulnnit to foreign interferesta;
The new levies antirriryothero made with 01.
igei4test Order and teentityii Ind inttany plane
'elle the drawing Ices' fftii the haidlier:resttired
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