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LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The Letter of " Art OCCASIONAL CONIESTONDINT " bhall
certainly appear to-morrow.

This Morning, Mr. NEWNHAM, one of the King's
Messengers, arrived at the Foreign Office in Downing-
street, with despatches from Sir FREDERICK ADAMS,
the Lord High Admiral of the lonian Isles. The Mes-
senger also brought despatches from the Hon. ROBERT
GORDON, our Ambassador at Constantinople, and from
Admiral Sir PULTENZY MALCOLM, Commander in
Chief in the Mediterranean.

The fundamental principle of Monarchy is legitimate
right; and that principle—if it be worth any thing—in-
volves and guarantees the indefeasible privilege of lineal
succession, and is so essentially interwoven with the
most venerable institutions of our own country, that we
are at a loss how to reconcile the professed adherence and
devotion of some men to the forms of the British Con-
stitution, with their reckless advocacy of the usurpation
of a foreign throne. The right of the Emperor Don
PEDRO, to the succession of the Portuguese Sovereignty,
prior to the separation of the Brazils from the Mother
Country, has never yet been questioned ;—and the same
right which he then held, must,—in the event of his de-
cease having preceded that of his father JOHN Vl.—have
immediately descended to his eldest child, of Portuguese
birth, DONNA MARIA DA GLORIA.—Had circum-
stances so fallen out, we presume no man would have
had the hardihood to dispute the right of that daughter
to ascend the ancestral throne merely on the ground
of her being " a minor—and therefore not in a con-
dition to enforce the act of settlement, or assume the
prerogatives conferred upon her." In that case her MA-
JaSTY would, at once, have been invested with the sove-
reign title, and a Regency must have been appointed to
administer the affairs of the nation, in her name, and on
her behalf. So far the position we have assumed admits
of no dispute.—lt is sanctioned by the precedent of al-
most every other kingdom, and in none more strongly
than by the frequent examples of English history. The
circumstances, however, in which the Emperor Don PE-
DRO found himself, in consequence of the separation of
the countries, and the establishment of Brazilian inde-
pendence, imposed upon him the necessity of making
choice of one of the two sceptres ;—but it neither called
upon him to sacrifice, nor could it justify him in com-
promising, the interests and natural rights of his children,
and of their descendants. They stood in the same si-
tuation with respect to the Portuguese Monarchy, that
they had occupied from the hour of their birth; and as they
could neither influence nor control the personal decision
of their father, in his choice of a kingdom,—so could he
neither alienate nor prejudice their distinct and respective
claims and privileges. When, therefore, the alternative
was presented to him,—when he was called upon by his
European subjects, to ascend the Throne of Portugaland
to forego his transatlantic possessions, on the one hand;
and urged, on the other, by'the people to whom, with the
concurrence of the late King, and of the Parent-State, he
had given an independent .Empire, to remain amongst
them and rule over them as a separate nation ;—no act of
his in that moment—no choice which he then made—could
be binding upon those of his descendants, 'who, as Portu-
guese-born Princes,looked proudly and justly to the Throne
which the family of Braganza had occupied for centuries :
nor could he in the slightest degree affect, still less could
he vitiate, their title to the sovereignty which he relinquish-
ed. His abdication affected only his own personal rights ; and
was but a virtual transfer of the prerogative to the indi-
vidual whose personal rights were only second to his own.
P The people of Portugal"—or rather the Morning Jour-
nal, the mouth-piece of Don M to I, Ells minions, may,
en behalf of the usurper and his satellites—" deny the
right of Don PEDRO to make the transfer ;" but will he
or they pretend that he possessed any right to rob his
offspring of the just possession of gieir inheritance ?
Will—aye, will even the Morning Journal, which at the
very moment when he plays the martyr in the MINN of
Constitutional freedom and the maintenance of Monar-
chical institutions in Great Britain, unblushingly advocates
the treason and perfidy by which the representative of
Monarchical right has been defrauded of her throne: —Will

the *Morning Journal pretend that Don PEDRO possessed
any right to abrogate the claims of his children, which
were not dependant on his will, nor subject to his
control, but as sacred and as immutable as the Mo-
narchy itself? Ho or they may, indeed, assert that " the
Laws of Portugal declare Don PEDRO to be an alien,
having no jurisdiction, and no sovereign authority in Por-
tugal ;" but we defy them to produce any law of Portu-
gal by which such a declaration is warranted. The Sta-
tute of Lamego, the fundamental Law of Settlement of
the Portuguese succession, contains no such enactment;
nor does any other law either of distant ages, or extant
at the present hour—except perhaps we may find such a fra-
ternal provision in some sovereign edict of the pious Prince,
who treacherously violated all laws human and divine—
trampled upon all obligations sacred and social—and waded
through blood and horrors to the throne. But were we oven
to concede—which we do not—that by the act of Abdication
the Emperor had renounced all jurisdiction and regal autho-
rity inPortugal, itwould still be impossible for the most sub-
tle casuist,or the most inveterate disputant to maintain that
any such act—or any act whatever of the Emperor Don
PEDRO—could destroy the authority or defeat the juris-
diction of the legitimate successor to the throne ; and if he,
as a Sovereign, could not invalidate the claim of such a
successor by his abdication, in a legal point of view ; how
monstrous is it to contend that the voluntary act of the
father may be perverted into th,, means of laying waste the
birthright of his children. But it must also be remembered,.
that the Act of Abdication was a conditional, and not an
absolute, Act. By that Act, His MAJESTY ceded the
Throne to his daughter, Donna M ARIA, upon certain
conditions ; with the express proviso, that in default of
the fulfilment of these conditions, all power and authority
were still reserved to him. The Emperor of BRAZIL has,
by the appointment of the Regency, in the name and on
the behalf of the young QUEEN, adopted the only course
by which he could vindicate his own honour as a Sovereign,
or fulfil the sacred obligations imposed upon him as a fa-
ther. " The day of reckoning" may come long before
the Patrons of the Morning Journal dream of its dawn-
ing; and woe unto them! woe unto them! They must
awaken to a dreadful retribution !

In another column of our paper we give the Decree of
Don PEDRO, nominating the Members of the Regency,
and setting forth the powers with which they are invest-
ed. We now subjoin an extract from the Manifesto to
which we lately alluded, and which is appropriately
entitled " Exposé des droits de sa Majesti tres fidel.
Dona Maria 11. ct de /a Question Portuguaise:"

At the commencement of 1828 Don PEDRO was in peaceable and
undisputed possession of the crown of Portugal;—be was recognised
and obeyed, to the utmost extent of the prerogative of the Portuguese
Monarchy, as the legitimate King_ recognised as such by all the
Princes and by all the Princesses of the reigning dynasty, and
acknowledged in that quality by all the Powers of Europe. At the
same epoch his eldest daughter, Donna Maims 11. was recognised
and acknowledged as the legitimate Queen Regnant by virtue of the
formal abdication of her august father: and there required nothing
but the execution of one of the clauses of that abdication, in order to
herfAlajesty's entering upon the full and perfect possession of the
throne that already belonged to her irrevocably. That period, so
anxiously desired by the Portuguese nation, and by the whole of
Europe, was that in which Don illiotrEL, at the time dins instal.
lation as Regent of the Kingdom, pledged himself, by an oath, to
yield op the government faithfully to the Queen--Such was, in fact,
and of right, the lawful state of the Portuguese Monarchy at the
I commencement of the year 1828. The completion of the act of
abdication was accomplished on the 31 of March in that year; but,
Instead of the result which all were led to expect, we saw with
astonishment the legitimate. Queen of Portugal bereft of a throne of
which all Europe had recognised her to be the Sovereign r—we maw
her authority denied by the very Prince who had sworn to be faithful
to her;—we saw her loyal subjects persecuted, imprisoned, and
barbarously assassinated in Portugal, or compelled to abandon their
native country to preserve their honour ;—in short, we beheld her
Majesty reduced to seek an asylum on the shores of the generous
British nation ; for of all the vast possessions of her crown, there
was only left to her the Island of Terceira—in which her authority
was publicly respected and obeyed in spite of the efforts that the
power of the Usurper has not ceased to make, to extinguish loyalty
even there. In order to bring about such a state of things, the
usurping faction has employed all the means that a revolutionary
spirit could devise in the most calamitous times. General disor-
ganization—terror—persecution—intrigue—.and calumny, all have
been bad recourse to ;--they proclaimed principles directly opposed
to the stability of society ; historical facts were falsified; laws,
which never existed, were forged; the most monstrous sophistry
was employed ;—and to give to the iniquitous work the sanction
of an apparent legality, the Three Estates of the Realm, which had
fallen into desuctude,were drawn from oblivion, that, by the sanction
of their names, usurpation might!, be justified ; and the faction
imagined themselves authorised to cast upon the faithful Portuguese
the odious imputation of rebels and revolutionists—amd hence they
found an instrument of persecution at home and abroad. It is intolera.
his to men of honour and character, to see themselves thus accused of
odious crimes, of which, in point of fact, none but their oppressors
themselves ware guilty; and Europe cannot but applaud the publication
of this manifesto,which is principally intended to prove—lst.That the
rights of Don Pen a o IV.and, after him, those of her blajesty Donna
MARIA 11. to the crown of Portugal, are certain and indisputable.
2nd, That the elevation of the most Serene Infant Don Blur (3 EL to the
throne, is an actual usurpation, as:unjust in itself, as scandalous in the
means employed to effect it. 3d. That all the arguments by which
they have pretended to exclude Don Psnao, and call the Infant
Den litanies. to the succession, are futile, erroneous, and inconclu.
sive. 4th. That even supposing this Prince possessed some rights
to the throne, the time in which he should have asserted those rights
bad past in 1828—the question having been irrevocably decided in
the year 1826; and lithly, That the manner in which they have pro.
eeeded to pronounce an intemperate judgment in his favour, Is illegal,
void, and scandalous, as well from the incompetence of the tribunal,
as from the elements of which it was composed, and the mode
adopted for Its election [and convocation ; and especially from the
fact that no person appeared to represent and defend the rights O'Dea
Pcnio IV. whilst the Infant Don Msonit appeased thereat once
as Judge and a party to the cause at issue.

Bold as these assumptions may appear, they are sup-
ported by the incontrovertible evidence of facts and
documents of so unquestionable a nature, as completely
to vindicate the character of the injured and calumniated
party ;—to justify every charge of perfidy and treason
that has ever yet been preferred against MIGUEL ; and
to corer with enduring infamy the guilty wretches by
whose machinations he has been raised to, and for a Um,
sustained in, his " bad eminence."—We shall occa-
aionally refer to this able Manifesto, which has evidently
emanated from a mind actuated by the noblest principles
of patriotism, and outraged by the persecutisas which
have desolated Portugal.

CITY. Twmx.vit o'Ctocr.

'Tis again a holiday with the Hebrews, which ends tomorrow
evening, consequently few of them have as yet made their appear-
ance in the house. Consols, which left off yesterday at 83`i for the
Account, opened at the same price, and 94 selling for next Amount.
The market continues steady, although next Friday is settling day
in Consols.

In the Foreign Market, Spanish Bonds have lowered 1 per cent.,
owing to a report from Aladrid that the above Stock had considera-
bly declined there : in other foreign Securities, little or notl.ing do.
ing u yet.
Singapore papers to the 25th October, and ('ape of Good Hope to
the 3d January, have been received at the N. S. A. Coffee House_
Madras piece goods in no demand, at present. An Auction sale
was attempted, but no offers wire made within 25 per cent. of the
prime cost.
COTTON TWIST.—Sales of Turkey red colour have berm made
at 160 dollar, per picul, and a small quantity of mixed colour at
130 dollars.

PErria.—Some large pareelshave been sold at 51 doll. per picul.
OPIUM in requeat. Several saki have been made, Berms front
845 to 860 each ; 900 to 975 in credit ; Pama, 835 in barter for
Pepper, at M per picul.

We regret to learn from Batavia that the market for Europe
piece goods wa' in a very depressed state The only articles in de-
mand were very low qualities of Cianbrics.
The Honourable Governor embarked on board the Nerride for
Malacca.

The Cape of Good Hope papers state, that the harvest is not
likely to turn out so favourable as was expected ; the cattle.farmers
have in getleral fair prices this season, and there yet remains a good
supply for the butcher,.

The French frigate Terpsichore, which was present at the bom-
bardment of Tamatavie, proceeded subsequently to Toul Point,
where the natives ree..ieed Information of their proceedings at Ta.
matavic. The black Governor at Toul Point retreated into the in.
tenor, and was followed by the French until they were checked by
a stockade, on which he erected guns. The French were repulsed
with the loss of 42 men ; amongst them was the Governor of Santa
Maria, whose head was sent on a pole to the Queen of the island.
LIVERPOOL, Aram 12.—The improvement we noticed last
week in the Pine Timber Market, has been fully supported during
the present week, and the demands seems to be on the increase. The
quantity taken out of the market is considerable. No vessels arc at
present discharging. The sales of Baltic timber during the week
has been only to a trifling extent. Nothing of consequence has
been done in Indigo.

HALF-PAST ONE.

The annual election at the India House for Directors, and the
absence of the Hebrews at the Stock Exchange, cause a great
dullness in the Funds. Consols, which were in the early part of
the day at 9:11i for the Account, have receded to 9311, and 93fl
for the next account, with little business doing.
Up to the present time there is no express from Paris. This may
be attributed to its bang a holiday in that capital.
A sale of My thousand Consols took place in the course of the
morning, which damped the market.
In the Corn Exchange this day, with the exception of the very
best Wheat, all other descriptions were about 2s. per quarter lower.
There was a fair quantity of arrivals, but the trade was exceedingly
dull, and the reduced prices could with difficulty be maintained. In
Flour no alteration.

In the Foreign Market, Spanish, which lowered about I per cent.
in the morning, have rather recovered their price. In other Securi.
ties little or nothing doing.

We have received the South African Commercial Ad-
vertiser this morning to the 14th January. These Papers
contain further portions of the important report of the
Commissioners of Inquiry upon the Trade of the Cape.,
From this it appears that the cultivation of tobacco had
been attempted in different parts of the Colony, and
had succeeded, but the quantity had rarely exceeded
the domestic demand of the individuals who had tried
it. The fruits produced in the Colony consisted
of the best and most delicate of those kinds known in
Europe. The olive tree is scarce, and its value little
known. The mulberry tree thrives. The articles of produce
in demand for exportation, consist of aloes, gums, ivory,
ostrich feathers, hides skins, and medical herbs, the duties
upon which had experienced a reduction which it was
supposed would be beneficial. The reduction in 1825
of the duties in British Ports upon several articles of
Cape produce here, tended materially to the augmentation
of their export, and had given a stimulus to the industry
of the lower classes of the inhabitants. With regard to
cattle, it appears, notwithstanding tho various diseases
to which they were liable from various herbs during
certain seasons, their number had more than trebled
from 1806 to 1824. Of these the greater part con-
sist of a mixed breed of the native African and of the
Dutch Friesland, and in latter periods of the improved
Devonshire and Durham breeds, imported for the Go-
vernment farm. An establishment had been effected
at Port Elizabeth, on the eastern coast, which
afforded a fair prospect of success in the curing and export
of beef. The climate of the Cape is generally favourable
to the breeding of sheep. The number of sheep is about
2,500,000. The introduction of the Spanish breed has not
been successful. The Cape breed of horses possess hardy',
constitutions, and are capable of great fatigue. The
mules are neither numerous nor strong. Altogether,
the report is a most important and interesting document.
The weather at the Cape continued excessively warm.

Assansiu, AMA 11.—The Arkwright. Ernie, hence to Sa-
vannah, which was driven on shore in Widewall Bay 29th ult.
was got off 7th inst. and would be ready to proceed yesterday.
A Deputation of the Sugar Bakers had a conference
with Mr. Retries on Tuesday, at the office of the Board of Trade.
The Demerara papers contain accounts of the intro-
duction into that Colony of the dreadful disease, small poz, said to
have been brought there by an infections crew belonging to a Ber-
mudian trader.

Since the month of March, 1815, there have not been
so many departures from France for England as have taken place
during the last fortnight. No fewer than 1,096 persons have sm.
barked at Calais within that apace of time, while the arrivals during
the same period were only 800 —Gatigtuttsi's Messenger.
We have been informed that, during the severe frost
which took place about a month ago, a lively lass, who had bean mar.
ried about 18 months to a young fermer,on the borders of Romney.
marsh, was much standalieed at her husband's going too often to the
public-house. Several little conjugal expostulations having failed of
producing an alteration, the lady in a moment of passion, declared
positively that, if it occurred again, she would throw the baby
(an infant four months old, of whieb she was rely fond) into the
military canal, and herself in after it. Not dreaming she would
carry her threat into execution, a few days only had elapsed, when
the

Iron tongue of midnight had told twelve
before Mr. knocked at his own door. His wife let him in
herself, and without spying a syllable, set down the candle, walked
deliberately to the cradle, snatched up the uaceaselous little
innocent sleeping within it, and rushed out at the hewn. It
is hardly necessary to say that the alarmed busload us hastily
after, but, so sudden and unimpeded had bass hot earessseat, thee
she had gained a considerable start. and, the mead Sig but a lbw
yards form their dwelling, reached the towing Woe he and
overtake her. Be was just in time to miss aid awre hi, AM Self-
doused= I but the poor little thing was abeady la the Wills of
the water, at that spot above fear Ihst be, sad be oak
fns.kils
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whams its straggles by' the 1 sfns. la an imslest
he threw ltif la, sad, the slikipsent, wilds
bad prevented Its wearer tens &We the bash
...the eat /—dressed in little MAYS emeibillY wets
and now mewing piteously. •N. lathy seatesua was asausrey se
wars the swain from his spetchies, der. of his esselelid ae.
goalatance betas snakiest NIA poilohlei their
revels ; the Impudent little glee
-Cgailthaself ales 66 MOP r whir.
ever be sees biter.—Aferairig Peps: