Star.
London, England, 1826-12-26 00:00:00

FOR COUNT AT CASH FLOATS.

'rhe undersigned Minister and Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs has the honour to acquaint his Excel.
lency Count Casa Flores, that the Governor of the pro.
since of Alemteju communicated, under date of yester.l
day, that a corps, formed of the Portuguese rebels who
bad fled to Spain, had entered Villa Vic Isa, having for
this object received arms from the Spanish authorities.
It is moreover stated, that a hundred muskets have been
distributed among the Portuguese peasants on the iron.
tier, and also that a park of light artillery, in Badajoz,
is preparing to march, by superior orders, to join the in-
surgents ; all this being contrary to the law of nations,
and to the assurances repeatedly given to the under:
signed by his Excellency Count Casa Flores, as well as
to Count de Villa Real, and to his Britannic Majesty's
Minister at Madrid by Don Manoel Salmon.
In consequence of this strange proceeding, which is
disowned by civilized nations, the undersigned is obliged
to acquaint his Excellency Count Casa Flores, by order
of her Serene Highness the Infanta Regent, that if his
Catholic Majesty's Government do not render a clear
and satisfactory explanation of the extraordinary insult
which has recently taken place, his Excellency Count
Casa Fir res must consider his functions of Ambassador
suspendeJ.
The undersigned has the honour to inform his Excellency Count
Casa Flores, that measures have been adopted to prevent any vitt-
',don of the respect due to his Excellency's person and family.
The undersigned takes this opportunity of renewing the protesta-
tions of his high consideration fla his Excelltncy Count Casa Flores.
(A true copy) DON FRANCISCO D'ALMEIDA.
JOSE BASILIO RADEMAKER.

Palace of Ajuda, November 27, 18'26.
The plan of the deserters is as follows :—Magessi,
with the party in La Serena, is to march on Castello
Branco, by the way of Romaninal and Segut a. Viscount
de Monte Alegre, with the party in Palencia, will
march to Sllainanea, *here they will be joined by the
cavalry, which is to arrive from Lugo. In Salamanca,
a small force will be detached to threaten the south of
the province of Tr As-os Montes, penetrating as far as
Moncorvo; and the ,emainJer of the division will enter
by Villa Maior, and pre-Teed to occupy Cidade de
Guarda, and to open the communication with Castello
Blanco, which will then be occupied by Magessi's divi.
sion. These two divisions v. ill combine together their
operations on Lisbon and C.•imbra, as well as upon
AletritejoalidTr as os Muntes. Tie divi:ion of Madureira,
which was in Lugo, will match upon Monte Itei, to
threaten the foitress of Chaves, and to establish itself in
Monlorte..

In case Beira Alta should be found in a state of defence, the
whole division of Palencia, will occupy Bragansa, in order to raise
the province of Tras-os-Montes, and afterwards to pass into Beira
Aka. (A true copy)
JOSE BASILIO RADEMAKER.
ROYALIST DIVISION OF ALRMTFJO.
The Commander in Chief of the division orders that
Mass shall begin at half-past seven in the morning, and
that at nine, all the Officers, Ensigns, Staridard. bearers,
and Cadets, shall assemble at Head-quarters, to take
the oath of fidelity to Don Miguel I. and his successors ;
and the civil Officers of the army, and the country Ge-
ntlemen annexed to the division, shall alio assemble at
the same hour • and at half-past four in the afternoon,
all the corps of division shall assemble on the parade
adjoining the Franciscan Convent; and the peasants of
the second class in the like manner. And there the
Commanders of companies shall order that each shall
form a circle, and to any of these circles may be added
the country people of the second class, to take the oath
reguired by the Officers.
The Commanders of the companies shall be provided,
some with missals, some with crucifixes, and some with
crosses ; and they shall take their station in the centre
of the circle, ordering each one to raise his right hand,
with his arm extended towards the Commander of the
company, who will pronounce the oath, which all must
repeat unanimously, in the following form :
" I swear to maintain and defend the lawful rights of the King
of Portugal and the Algarves, Don Miguel I. our Lord, and to
maintain, at the risk of my life, shedding all my blood to render
valid and to confirm the proclamation of the same Sovereign, and
of the Regency of his august Mother, the F.mpress Queen, during
the absence of his Majesty Don Miguel, made on the Mgt of July
of the present year ; and should his august Majesty Don Miguel I.
die without lawful issue, I acknowledge as his successor and sove-
reign of the Kingdom of Portugal, Algarves, the adjacent Islands,
and the dominions beyond sea dependent on the Kingdom of Por-
tugal, her most Serene Highness the Princess da Beira Donna
Maria Theresa, and at her death (which Heaven avert), his Serene
Highness the Infant Don Sebastian, Braganaa and Bourbon, her
august Son, a Portuguese by blood and by birth, and also by the
solemn contract of marriage between his august parents • and finally
I swear to defend until death, the sacred and lawful rights of the
aforesaid Royal Persons, and never to acknowledge any usurper
who may be forcibly imposed on us, in defiance of the fundamental
laws of the Kingdom, which bfird alike subjects and sovereigns. So
help me Goo," Ste.
Head-quarters, Villa Nova de la Serena, Nov. 11.

Adjutant General ABRZU.
(A true copy) ANTONIO JOAQUIM GURIIR BIRO,
Orderly Adjutant, and acting as Military Secretary.
DON LUIZ VICTORIO DR NORONHA.
(A true copy) Jon /LIMO RADEVAIIIII.
ROYALIST DIVISION OF ALEMTRJO.
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Oath taken by the said division to defend the lawful rights of
our Lord Don Miguel, King of Portugal.
On the 22d of September, in the year of our Lord
1626, at the Head-quarters of the• Commander of the
aforesaid division, Antonio Tavares Magessi deCavalho,
Knight of the Household of his Most Faithful Majesty,
Commendatory of the Military Order of St. Bento
d'Avis, and Brigadier General of the Armies of our,
august Sovereign, were piasent the undersigned, to
whom the said Brigadier, after taking the oath with his
right hand on the Holy Scripture, administered the
same oath in the following terms:
(The form of this oath is the same as that given above : it is fol-
lowed by a long list of names of Officers of different ranks, Priests
serving as Chaplains, and people of the country. The list occupies
a page and a half of folio foolscap, closely printed.)
In the said day, month, and year, was concluded the
before-mentioned oath taking, under the addressed for-
mula, and declarations contained in the opening act of
the proceedings. In proof whereof I, Joao d'Abren da
Silva Lobo, Commander of the division, subscribe this
deed—

Don JOAO D'ABRRU DA SILVA LOBO,
Ma* Adjutant General.
(A true copy)
Doo LUIZ VICTORIO DR NORONIIA.