Star.
London, England, 1820-09-27 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

We yesterday briefly mentioned the arrival, it a
late hour, of letters from Oporto to‘the 13th instant,
announcing the important fact of the defection of
Count AMARANTR, who commanded the province of
Tras-los-Montes, and General VICTORIA, Governor
of the of Beira, from the cause of the old

Government.
We also received, by the same packet, a series of ,
Lisbon Gazettes to the 14th inst. the contents of
which form a curious contrast tor the statements in
the Oporto letters. It will be seen from the extracts
which we have given from these Gazettes, in another
partof our Paper, that the Proclamation from the
Regency, on the subject of convoking the Cortes, not
having produced the'effect of submission on the part
of the Oporto Junta, others have been issued, in suc-
cession, addressed to the revolted troops, the army in

general, and the inhabitants of Oporto, calling upon
those who had been misled to return to their alle-

glance, under a promise of entire amnesty, and incul-
cating upon all classes the duty of rallying round
the throne and the three estates of the kingdom.—

They profess to join in the general wish for a Re-
form, but not for a Revolution. They endeavour to
dissuade the military from dictating laws, " which,
to be prudent and permanent, ought only to emanate
from the Deputies of the Nation, and from the
Throne;" and they solemnly disavow the imputation
of having summoned the-Cones only to gain time,
and of having called in foreign aid to silence the
voice of their countrymen. A Commission had been
appointed to take the necessary measures for assem-
bling the Cortes, and the 15th of November is said
to have been fixed as the period of their meeting.
A subscription, it further appears, had been opened,
by way of loan, to meet the exigencies• of the mo-
ment. The steps thus taken by the Regency are re-
presented to have had the happiest effect. Several
Officers are stated to have deserted the Patriotic
standard, and it is alleged that the authority of the
Junta was acknowledged only in the province Of
Minho and the district et Oporto.
In opposition, however, to these official statements
of the Lisbon Government, the private letters, which
have come by the same conveyance from that Capital,
happen to be in perfect accordance with the accounts
from Oporto ; and spew that, notwithstanding all the
precautions of the Regency, the Revolution does go
on prosperously, and apace. Some interesting ex-
tracts from these Lisbon letters we subjoin.
A trial of force between the two parties will be a
melancholy spectacle. The probability, we think, is,
that it will yet be avoided. The Regency is likely
to yield. Their language is that of conscious weak-
ness ; and if, as stated, AIIARANTIC and VICTORIA,
on whom they placed almost their sole dependence,
have abandoned them, their speedy dissolution may
be looked upon as a fixed event.
4, LISBON, SEPTEMBER 13.
el All the troops who were with Count de Barba-
cena marched to join the Patriots, and those remain-
ing. in Lisbon openly declare they will not fight
against their countrymen and comrades. By this
packet a dispatch goes over to M. Guerreiro, Portu-
guese Charge d'Affaires in London, to request a loan
from the British Government ; but on no account what-
ever to accept of naval or other aid. British Officers
in our service have been suspended for the present.
This is a measure to which the Regency had thought
proper to resort.
" The Lisbon Government have ordered the Cortes
to assemble in the ancient manner on the 15th No-
vember, but they have not promised to grant the
nation a Constitution. The Oporto Provisional Go-
vernment, of course, are not satisfied with this, and
apparently require the abolition of this Government.
It. we are to believe the reports, the Oporto party is
the strongest ; but as the communication has been
stopped till within the last two days, the letters
opened and only partly delivered, nothing certain is
known here of their operations, excepting that the
Constitution has been sworn to by all the province of
Entre Douro e Minho, in part of Tras-los-Montes, in
Coitnbra, and the other towns of Upper Beira.
" At present both parties appear to be acting on
the defensive, and making ready to commence a civil
war; but the troops here declare that they will not
fire upon their countrymen, consequently the result
cannot• be doubtful, should ey proceed to hostilities.
Both parties have published many Proclamations,
desiring the troops and people to embrace their se-
parate causes, and the Lisbon Government have of-
fered pardons and rewards to all who will desert to
them ; they also attempted to obtain money from the
capitalists, but it is said that one only offered four
hundred thousand reals (1:100).
" They afterwards published, that a Subscripts
would be opened at the Treasury, and they expected
that all loyal Portuguese would contribute to raise a
Fund for suppressing the Insurrection, and promised
to publish their names in every Saturday's Gazette ;
but the Gazette of last Saturday did not say a word
on the subject.
" The Lisbon Gazette has condescended to contra-
dict several rumours that were afloat respecting thel
success of the new cause, and intentions of Govern-
meat to call in foreign troops : they have also pub-
lished a letter from the Count da Teira to Count Pal-
mella, requesting that he would delay his voyage to
Rio, and assist them in their Counselsb to which he
has agreed, and the British frigate Creole sailed 10th
inst. for Rio without him. The Portuguese frigate
Perola is preparing to take him. All is said to be quiet
in Algarve and Alemtejo. I have no doubt-that the
muse will succeed, as the troops and people are all
longing for a change, but no one has courage to begin
it. The Oporto Government have reason, force, and
money on their side, and these have none to defend
them but the vermin who feed on the effects of their
vicious administration, and who will not replace any
of the money they have defrauded the nation of, con-
sequently the tesult is certain, if the Oporto people
remain fim."