Star.
London, England, 1828-04-12 00:00:00

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

's Limow, Aran 4.

" This is the birth-day of the young. Queen of Portu-
gal, Dona Maria 11. and yet no particular notice hai
been taken of it. Perhaps its falling on Good Friday
may have prevented salutes and rejoicings; but it is
remarkable, that no orders have been given for any of
the loyal demonstrations usual on such occasions at the
Theatre of St. Carlos, which opens on Easter Monday,
after the Lent recess. On that day, however, Don Mi-
guel is to review all the troops in Lisbon, and as the
whole army is now remodelled, many suppose that on
that day the soldiers will proclaim him absolute King.
" All the British troops sailed yesterday. As yet all
is quiet.
" MARCH 29.—Our expectation has been deceived
by the arrival of the English Government steamer
Meteor, on the 26th, with the answer to Sir Frederick
Lamb's dispatches of the 12th instant; far instead of the
English troops remaining, as it was reported and joy-
fully believed by all this population, they, are embarking,
and will probably accompany this to England. Were
they going to the Mom, it would not have so asto-
nished us; but to go • back to England, when the
cause of the Greeks as weil as that of Portugal
claims the aid of England, is indeed extraordinary.
The forts of St. Julian and of Bugio, which command
the entrance of the Tagus, are to remain in possession
of the English, even after the departure of the troops, in
consequence of which the garrisons of the same have
delivered them over to still more numerous troop's of
English marines from the squadron. These marines
are to garrison the forts, whilst the 4th Regiment of
English infantry is to occupy their place, and do service
on board the men of war that ate to remain herr. The
ships which remain are the Spartiate, of the line, with
the flag of Vice Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerc, the
frigate Pyramus, and two brigs of war. Thus the former
plan of abandoning the forts, and leaving only a frigate
here, is altered, and much for the better; but why do
the-forts remain in your possession?
"-It is now, however, ansiously asked, why are the
English abandoning Lisbon just at the time when the
Spanish refugees have beeoseised and conducted some-
where,
on the road to Spain? This has been done in '
Alentejo, and ever y t 4 herein the direction of the Spanish
frontiers. tt is also asserted that a negociation is going
on with Spin to deliver to Portugal all the Portuguese
deserters in exchange Ur the Spanish ones, on the
ground that it is so stipulated in the treaty between both
eouncries. The. Portuguese rebels, then, are to play the
part of mere debaters, in order that a pretext may be
found for delivering to Ferdinand's vengeance the poor
Spaniards who fled from tyranny to take shelter under
the Portuguese Charter; but will this also be done un-
der English protection? No: it is impossible. How-
ever, 'the most desponding gloom prevails here, and
many are again preparing to depart forloteign countries.
Nevertheless, the alarm is nut so great as on former
occasions, as most people are confident that by standing
firm to the cause of Don Pedro, s, hich is the only legi-
timate one, success must at last attend them, and, con-
sequently, never so much resolution and firmness were
ever before observed in all classes. It occurs to me that
the departure of the Eng WI troops may be adopted
with the view of leaving us to take our chance by our-
;elves, of defending Don Pedio's rights and the Charter
against usurpation and tyranny ; but in such case
there ought to be fair play. No foreign influence
and assistance should be allowed to Don Miguel
and his banditti. and in that case there is not the
least doubt of success attending the Constitutionalists,
for all liberal and honest Portuguese of every party
would join them ; bet when we see a Prince tutored by
Metternich, and caressed for several days privately in
the Pavillon Marian, acting as Don Miguel does—when
we recollect the intrigue carried on before his arrival
foreign diplomatibts—when we observe the extensive re•'
cruitings taking place in Spain, and particularly in the
province of Galicia, where every man that is not above
50 years old is immediately enrolled,-there cannot be fair
play. However, time gives good advice, and time may
turn the chances. A fact which must be recorded, and
cannot be sufficiently praised is, that among the innumer-
able felicitationsthat are come from all the municipali•
ties of the kingdom in consequence r f the arrival of Don
Miguel, there is only four which do not acknowledge
Don Pedro as King, and do not express gratitude for
his gift of the Charter; and this, too, in spite of all the
manoeuvres of the Apostolic emissaries, and all the see
ductions employed since Don Mignel's arrival by the
Queen's party, and by the Priests and Monks, who are
excellent auxiliaries. One of those monstrous excep-
tions is that of Barcellos, which has been inserted
is the Gazette, as a reward for its loyalty ; but none
of the other description are either published or an-
swered. But many other proofs of what is intended
are given daily; for instance, all the Constitutional
Officers of the army are dismissed, and replaced by
rebels returned from Spain. The first complete re
moval of Officers began in the police corps of this
capital. These were already bad enough, as is proved
by the outrage committed on Sir Vincent Cotton • but
still they did not suit the taste of the Queen and
Plied, and in consequence the command of this corps
is gaols to a rebel, who, having the selection of his
()Gems, has picked tlac:u as ocuch like'hiniself as pos-
sible. Buthe could sot pick privates for
the
corps in
the same *ay, to increase it to the extent debired by his

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worthy master; for the soldiers of othersregiments, Who
formerly consideredit a favour to get in' the police re-
tinseot.-oi account of the greater pay, and of the
tanehas (casualties), now formally refused to serve in it.
in consequence of this, the Minister of War has thought
fit to violate the law, by calling into this service volun
teers who have not served before; which is as much as
to say, that the banditti of the Palace of Campo Santa
Anna, the most infamous scene of Lisbon, will be the
guardians of our lives and property
" Similar changes are making -in other regiments, to
the dismay of every one, for the character of the army
will be completely altered. Of the effect of this we hacl
in instance yesterday. As the guard th3t had been bu
duty at the Palace of Ajuda was t eturning to the quarters
of the 19th regiment, to which k belonged, and was pas-
sing in the Pelourinho, or Bank-square, the soldiers cried
out to the band that preceded them to play the old Royal-
ist hymn; and though severely remonstrated with by their
Captain and (Meet s, they still insisted, crying out
' Viva
Dun Miguel First, absolute King,' and snapped their
muskets at all the windows. In short, they got the hymn
played in spite of them. Thus these is an end to all
discipline in this regiment,which had before been mai keJ
as a bad one. Before this scene took place. the soldiers
had been profusely treated with wine, and had received
money at, the Palace. However, all this may be consi-
dered as nainralry enough to be expected after. the De-
cree which appeared in the Gazette of the 26th, coup•
'tersigned by the Minister of the Interior, and in which,
for the first time, Doti Miguel °pettily puts aside the
formality of acting in the name of the King, in order to
praise beyond example the fidelity and.services of
whom ?—of his bather Pires, who got the title of Assis-
tant Surgeon, for the purpose of attending him in his
foreign excursion. This Decree is curious Ott account of
the pompous language and the repeated Royal acknow-
ledgments, as well as for being the first document in
which Don Miguel has been pleased to show his Royal
satisfaction and approbation of any one.
14' It is' now well known, that what has kept Don
Miguel from hastening to Villa Viciosa to get himself
proclaimed King is, the formal and obstinate refusal of
his two sisters to follow him; for he is afraid that if the
former Princess Regent remain behind, she may be again
put at the head of the Government against him, and at
the same time he does not compel them by force. fear-
ful of increasing her party, and of her finding partisans
in the diplomatic corps. Persuasion is daily tried still
by him and the Queen, bin all in •ain. The Princess
deserves, therefore, the greatest credit for it, and the
more so, as she is completely lucked up in the palace
with her poor sister. 1 understand Don Miguel is very
much dissatisfied on account of the English retaining
possession of the forts.
" On Sunday last Don Miguel embat ked on the Tagus
to visit the two skips under sailing orders for the coast
of Africa, on board of which some convicts had been
'misruled. He wished to have a sight of these miser-
able wretches. One might have supposed that some of
them.. the less criminal,• would have got part of their
sentence remitted in consequence of this princely visit ;
bet it was a visit of amusement, and nothing else. He
was saluted by all the Portuguese ships, but, to the de-
plight of thousands of spectators on shore, the English
fleet did not take the least notice of him. One of the
English ships, however, treated him with Don Pedro's
Constitutional Hymn as he passed close by. which put
him in a passion. and he ordered his boat to pull away
as fast as possible from the heretics.
.6 We are expecting some curious event, in conse-
quence of the voyage to Cadii of the French Minister,
the Duke of Reiman. with the Count of •Konigsmark,
Secretary to the Prussian Emb4ssy. We strongly suspect
they did not go there for nothing.
" This time I have no change in the Ministry to men-
tion, because poor Count Louzam has not been able to
cbtain his liberty, however repeatedly solicited r but 1
can inform you of the appointment of Aires Pinto to be
Chief Magistrate of Porto, and that there is every pro-
bability of Count Porto Santo being sent Ambassador
to your Court instead of Marquis de Palmelle, who is
one of those most detested by our Empress Queen and
her amiable son."— Times.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, APRIL IS, 18211.

STOCK RXCHANGR, TWICLVE O'CLOCK.

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The only arrival to.day, of any importance, is from Lisbon ; and
the private letters state, that the respectable charm of society, and
the capitalists, are for the Constitution, and the lower orders are
against it. Don Munet's coffers, it imams, were empty, and he
has borrowed about a:teen thousand pounds from one of his No-
blemen. It is the general opinion of the public, in the City, that
the Government have acted wisely is withdrawing the troops from
IPortugal, and allowing the Portuguese to settle their differences
among themselves.
Consols opened this morning at 844 to 4, and at present may be
quoted at 844, with nothing doing.
CITY, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK..

The report which prevailed this *locoing, that Mr. N. M. Roam.
scums bad got the French Loan is not correct, and It is now sop..
posed that the French Government will not make a Loan.
There was also a report that Don Mumm. had declared himself
absolute King, but up to the present time this account requires
confirmation.
The Canal market is net so good-as In the early part of the day,
when they were done at 844, and at present may be quoted at 831
to 84, with little doing the whole of the morning.
PRICE OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock India Stock 246
5 per Cent. Red. 654 4es di, Ditto Bonds
5 per Ct. Cons. Sig 111 4 South Sea Stock
54 per Cent. Old Annuities
54 per Cent. Red. 901 II ex div /1000 lexcheq. Bills 61 62.1 •
4 per Ct. New 1014 4 1 /500 Ditto
4 per Cent. Scrip 4100 and /200 Ditto
4 per Cent. 1825, Bank for Acct.
Long Ann.'. 15-16 it es div Consols for Acct. 844 4
FOBRION FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 p. Ct 91 Do Acct. 604 4 1
Brazilian Bds. S p (t. 584 Press.. Bonds, 1822, 5 p Ct. 984
With& 11411.15 pet. 594 Russ. 8d5.1822,5 per Ct. 874
Mex. 8d5.11125,6 pet 511 2 De. Acct. 74'
Do. Acet. 32 14 S Spanish B& 5 p Ct 11
Perim. Bds. 6p C. 234 . Span. Bds. 1823, 5p.C. 74
Pates. Bds. Sp C. 604 4 , Do ct
BRITISH AND YOAKUM SIM LS, TWO O'CLOCK.
snow. rain.
Brazilian 33 20 '
Mining Company of Ireland 25 4
Tlilpuzahea 400 270
United. Mexican 40 56
Marine Alliance 100 5
Droitwkh Patent Bak 55 25

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12k 12
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Fames Fosse, Aram 9.—Five pee Cents. 1011(.20c; Three pee
Cents. 60f. Bank Actions, 1,1415; Neapolitan. 751. 10c. Spanish
(less), 731 f. Exchange on Loudon, at one month, 25f. 25c.—at
Wee ditto, 2.5 f. 106.

A vessel has arrived at Liverpool, from Vent Cruz,
which has brought a report that the Province of Vera
Cruz bas declared itself independent of that of Mexico.
The former has sent for assistance tothe Mother Country.

The Paris Papers, melted last night, do not bring

much intelligence. The accounts fro= Bucharest re.-
peat what has already been so often asserted, that the
Emperor of RUSSIA has taken his final resolution, and
that his troops are about to march in all direction!, to
enter the Principalities.—According to the latest ac-
counts from Constantinople, the same spirit of persecu-
tion against the Armenians still existed, and had even
extended to the women in the convents, six hundred of
whom had been driven into exile. A Russian merchant
vessel has made the experiment, and succeeded in passing
ithrough the Dardanelles, without undergoing the cus-
:tomar y examination of the Fir man at the Castle of Asia.
The vessel was fired upon by the batteries, but escaped
uninjured. Whether this will be regarded on either side
as the first act of hostility, will depend on the deter mina
tion of both parties to maintain peace, or to declare war.

Yesterday the Windsor Castle. Gloucester, and Mel-
vale ships of war, accompanied by several transports,
with British troops from Portugal, arrived at the Mo-
ther-bank. By this conveyance we have received Lis-
bon Gazettes to the 4th inst. eltracts from which to the
30th ultimo, will be found in a preceding column.—
Their contents are entirely barren of political interest—
Thlt only intelligence, which they contain is an order
-of the Ititillalf tO the Officiaties of Coimbra and
the vicinity, -to inquiet,. in the most active and earnest
manner, into the diistli of the Deputies from the
University of Coimbra, when on its progress to-Lisbon,
with the Address of the University, congratulating the
'WONT upon his safe return4into Portugal.
' Nothing has yet appeared that can at all be deemed
indicative of the suspected disposition of Don. Miaow.
to usurp the kingly style and authority, nor has any
avowal been made of his supposed intention to overthrow
the Constitution. By the Private. Correspondence, which
we have also inserted in a preceding column, it will be
seen, however, that the suspicions to which the con-
duct of the Infante gave birth immediately after his
arrival at Lisbon continue, and have rather increased
than diminished.

We subjoin the remaining extracts from these Gazelles:

LISBON, MARINI O.

The embarkatton of the British troops in this port
continued yesterday. The Lancers and the Chasseurs
are already on board. It is affirmed that the artillery
will embark on the Ist of April, and that other corps
will soon follow. _ _

Aran. I.—Sunday evening his Highness the Infante
Regent, with their Highnesses the Infanta., went to
Alfeite, and as they passed the British ships of war,
they, as well as the Portuguese ships, fired the salute
irsual oa such occasions.

Since the happy moment when the ardent wishes of
the Portuguese nation were realised by the happy arrival
of his Serene Highness the Infante Don Miguel, who now
fortunately presides over our destinies, the people in all
parts of the kingdom have given proofs of the greatest
joy and enthusiasm. It is not for our pen to draw the
faithful picture of the transports of joy now shown by
a nation, which has been at all times illustrious for its
attachment and fidelity to its august Princes.
We say every thing, when we declare, that in every
corner of Portugal is heard the voice of public gratitude
to PROVIDENCE, that at length, propitious to the suppli-
cations of the most faithtul nation, rest.res to it the
exalted Prince on whose august presence the prosperity
and happiness of the Portuguese essentially depend.
The following is a circumstantial account of the exe-
crable crime of the Students of Coimbra: "At a place
about a league from Condeisa, the most horrid crime
has occurred which ever was seen, for the cruel manner
in which the murders were committed which we are'
going to relate. On the 17th inst. at four o'clock in the.
afternoon, four chaises left this place for Lisbon, in
which were the Professor of Law Matheus, the Professor
of Medicine Tigueiredo, the Professor of Philosophy
Neves, with the Dean of the See and a Canon. They
went to stop for the night at Condeiza, and setting
out, continued their journey in the morning. When
they had got about a league, they saw eight men,
disguised, four of whom had blunderbusses, who
ordered them to halt, and the others commanded the
travellers to alight, and at the signal of a whistle other
wretches appeared. Being thus united, they ordered the
travellers to retire from the road, and place themselves
in a line ; they then broke open their trunks, and exa-
mined their papers, many of which they tore. One of
them acted as commander, and said No. 1, on which
a shot was immediately fired at the head of the Profes-
sor of Medicine, who was killed on the spot. He then

said, Not. I, 2,3, on which three shots were fired at Pro-

lessor Matheus, who begged them to kill him at once,
which one of theirs did with a dagger. Then came Prpfes'
sor Neves and his son ; but the latter begging that they
. would kill him rather than his father, who had a numer-
ous family, one of the aggressors interfered for h m and
his son, and, in fact, they did not ill treat them, and
they are now at home ill in consequence of the fright.
'They gave the Dean and the Canon several stabs, and
would certainly have murdered their), had not DIVINS
enovuasca sent to their assistance his. Excellency Lieut.
General Agostinho Luiz da Funsica and his son, with
a few horse soldiers, who seeing at a distance the assems
blage in the road, three of them advanced, and with the
help of the inhabitants whom they collected, seized five
of the assassins, whom they took to Condeiza, as well
as the wounded. The five prisoners were put yesterday.
into the prison of the University. • Four were taken by
the inhabitants to Rabacal,who were put in prison to day.
In Ega there were two, and in Pereira one. It is knows
that the assassins are students of bad character, some •
them already known by other criminal actions.
',COMM) DO POItTO."
Lisbon Gawk, front March 29 to April S.

•••• •
Mr. Nett: arrived at the Foreign Office ye:today
evening, about six o'clock, and delivered dispatches front Lisbon,
far Lord Dimly.
Dispatches, dated sth Match, were' received
Inman at the Colonial gißee, hoin 11.41ifax kika
mud& • . •

THE KING,

-wow—
Munson, APRIL ii.—The Kivu continues in good
health, and is actively occupied every forenoon with dispatches
from the different Offices; after which, his MAJESTY enjoys several
boors' **creation in his pony phaeton. He varies his drives daily,
but enjoy" more frequently thole in the vicinity of Virginia Water,
Yesterday, Earl DUDLIIY arrived at the Rol
and bad the bosom- of dining and pasting the evening with bit
Mature. His Lordship still continues his visit at the Royal Lodge,
This day the KING will entertain a distinguished
party to dinner. His Marines private band are ordered to be
in attendance.
His MAJESTY will leave the Royal Lodge on Tuesday
next, for Sc. James's Palace, where, it is expected, be will mud*
until the first week in June nat./. It is further said, that his Ma.
altatT will, in the Interval, visit the Theatres, and held a Drawler
room and another Levee.
This day, Count Mumma arrived at the Royal Lodge, and bad
an audience of his MaillisTY.

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