Star.
London, England, 1830-03-13 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

With due deference to our fair Correspondent at Bangor, we
apprehend that a revival of the State Lottery would only tend to
injute the morals of the people, without increasing the public
revenue. We shall be happy to avail ourselves of any, practicable
suggestion she may be pleased to communicate.

We have received a letter remonstrating in strong terms
against the injustice of an article which appeared in the
columns of an Evening Paper, and which was repeated
by the Times, stating that it is not the intention of
Prince LEOPOI.D to take any steps with regard
to the pecuniary engagements contracted by
Greece, previous to his assuming the reins of
government. Nothing could be more unjust or mis-
chievous than such an assertion : its effect in low-
ering the value of Greek Bonds might be easily anti-
cipated. We understand they have fallen full six per
cent. in consequence of the trap in question. Having
so frequently expressed our opinion of the conduct pur-
sued by CAP() DISTRIAS with regard to the two loans
raised in this Country, we shall have no hesitation in say-
ing that should Prince LEOPOLD follow the example of the
Ex-Russian Minister, he would not only be acting with
manifest injustice, but would at once deprive his Go-
vernment of all confidence on the part of those capitalists
who may be called on to minister to its future wants.
But we only see, in the article under allusion, a fraudu-
lent Stock-exchange ntanceuvre.

Although the reply of Lord ABERDEEN to the ques-
tions put by Lord ROLLAN n on Thursday night relative
to our relations with Portugal, leaves us as much in the
dark as ever, with regard to the real intentions of Go-
vernment, we could not help thinking that the Noble
Lord displayed a greater spirit of conciliation and can-
dour, than he has usually evinced on similar occasions.
While we freely admit the propriety of withholding
papers connected with pending negotiations, we maintain
that the documents called for by Lord PALMERSTON might
be laid before the country without any inconvenience
whatever. It is clear, therefore, that nothing but a
dread on the part of Ministers, that their policy would
be disapproved by the nation, caused their opposition to
the motion. With respect to the debate of Wednesday
night, there is no doubt of its having brought conviction
home to the minds of all impartial men, and greatly
increased public sympathy in favour of the young Qu rEN
and exiled Patriots. We are much struck with an
article in this morning's Herald, and cannot deny
ourselves the pleasure of adding the opinion of so valu-
able an authority in confirmation of the arguments we have
been using for the last ten months. Were the rest of our
contemporaries, who profess their regard for the prin-
ciples of truth and justice, to adopt the language of the
Iferald, England would soon be relieved from the dis-
honourable and humiliating position in which she is now
placed with regard to Portugal.
" We think," says the Herald, " our Ministers de
serve reprobation, not for professing neutrality towards
the conflicting parties in Portugal, but for not acting up
to that profession. We want no documents to convince
us of what we are convinced by the moral evidence of the
ca.so, that secret and indirect encouragement has been,
fora long time past, given to Don MIGUEL. DJU PEDRO
was et first duped and lulled into a mistaken confidence
by the ostentatious recognition of his daughter as Qu LEN,
and her reception as such at the British Court. How
admirably well this piece of delusive state policy dove-
tails with the fact of her faithful and fugitive adherents
being fired on by a British vessel at Terceira, let those
who can penetrate the mysterious morality of Cabinets
show. The uninitiated will never even attempt to
reconcile such contradictions. The details of Lord
ABERDEEN'S diplomacy with the Portuguese Court
may be enveloped in a great deal of obscurity ;
bet, as far as the bias of his proceedings is con-
cerned, his policy is as transparent as crystal. Ile
does not deceive any rational man in England that his
leaping, the tendency of all his measures, is in favour of
him whom he has designated as a perjured usurper.
Ought England, then, it may be asked, interfere to put
him-down? Certainly not; but it neither becomes the
honour, the dignity, the good faith, nor moral feelings of
the nation, that our Ministers should take underhand
measures to set him up. All accounts from Portugal
convince us thu English intrigues are going on for that
purpose pleparatory to his recognition.
At a Meeting of the County of Kent, which weld
yesterday on Penenden Heath, there was a good as h
deal of
plain speaking with reference to the distressed and din-