Star.
London, England, 1826-12-27 00:00:00

PORTUGAL

We have received through an extraordinary channel
news from Lisbon of the 13th of December.

The Minister of War has publibhed the following
extract ( f the report which he has received :—" General
Caula writes on the 9th that he has sent to reconnoitre
the insurgents who have appeared about Juramenha,
Villa Vicosa, Borba, and Estremos. General Count de
Villa Flor writes from Lourenco Alcaid on the Bth,
that he is following the motions of the rebels, who were
the preceding night at St. Romano, marching on the
Guadiana.

" General Mello writes from Villa Percia on the 6th,
that he knows that on the 26th the garrison of Braganza
bad surrendered to the insurgents—that the Officers
had been conducted into Spain by Spanish L inters,
bound two and two with ropes, and the privates incor-
porated with the insurgent regiments.
" After having ascertained that the whole province
of Tias-os-Montes WAS armed in Guerillas, which im•
peded his motions, General Mello, in concert with Gen.
Ciaudino, resolved to take a position on the line of the
'famega. Chaves was occupied on the 4th by a corps
of Guerillas, supported by detachments from the re.
volted regiments of Cavalry, N 0.6 and 9. The General
affirms,that many Spanish troops accompanied the rebels.
" The Governor of Oporto writes on the Bth, that by
the position of Genet als Mello and Claudino on the
Tamega, t'le Province of Minh° is covered. He com-
municates the measures of defence which he has taken
to save the city.
" The General commanding in Lower Beira writes, that be has
made all suitable arrangements."

C11.1:11 IsER OF PEERS.—Strriso or Till 9TH.

VIII DILIAS NATIONS ON THE SUMMON 0/' INDIVIDUAL LIUUTY.

The Bishop of Algarve declared, that in his opinion
the adoi:tion of the law urgently necessary since the
Chamber is menaced buth by the open revolt, by foreign
war, and by the connivance of several public function-
aries a ith the rebels.

The Count de Villa Real thought it was impassible
to adopt too vigorous measures considering those taken
by the eveinies of the Chai ter. The Noble Peer stated,
hat lie had heard that the Nlarceris de Chaves, had
caused himself to be proclaimed Ktog, by the name of
Don M..nuei 11. "If this be tiue," said he, " how v. ill
e single Portuguese dere to remain under his standard?",

After some observations the project of law, with the amend-
ments of the Committee was adopted, by twenty-seven votes to
shirteen.

SITTING or TUN 11TH.

A drbate commenced on several articles of the stand
ing ()ado s, the Police of the galleries, and the Costuau

of the P ers. The grand costume shall remain as it
was at the opening of the Session. The ordinary habit
-shall be of blue cloth, embroidered with gold, and with
a white collar.

• • SITTING or Till MIL
The Marquis de Tamos read the answer of the Minister
of the Interior to the application for information tes
prcting the impnriation of foreign Corn.

This answer being judged insufficient, was sent back to the
Minister, that he may add the necessary details.

(PRIVATK I.RTTKR.)
The return of Messrs. Almeida and S •bras Brancamp
has produced the best effect. All the porlefeuilles are oc•
cupied, and public business goes on without interruption.
By the steam boat which arrived yesterday from
Oporto, we hear that Generals Mello and Claudino and
the Marquis de Arijeja have taken a position on the
Tamega, and fortified the Bridge of Amaranthe, to cover
Oporto and the Province of Minho.
At Oporto much alarm prevailed, and several fami-
lies came in the steam-boat, and the position of the
three Generals had made the minds of the people rather
more easy. The major part of the inhabitants are armed,
and Gen. Stubbs writes he will defend Oporto. There
is little news from the South. The Count de la Villa
Flor was pursuing Magessi.
Jr is said that the Spaniards receive no more Portuguese deserters.
Letters from the North say, that Colonul Valdez had found means
to escape, and had returned to I'ortugat. The English troops cannot
be here before the end of the month.

PARIS, DICEISIIIR 9.4.
LUIS 0? WIZ DAY.

The Journal des Debuts—lt is reported at Perpignan
that a corps of 10,000 French was going to be formed
in the department of the Eastern Pyrennees.
The Gazette of Z your —lt is announced that our
troops have received orders to quit Madrid: undoubt-
edly, before they go away, they will take care to pro-
claim the re-establishment of the Cottes, and the
deposition of the Apostolic Ferdinand.
The Indicateur and Me Memorial Bordelais—A con•
spiracy against the French garrison of Pampeluna has
been discovered, eight thousand Royalist volunteers
were to seize the citadel while the French garrison was
gone to mass. In consequence of such dispositions, the
French have taken measures of security, wh:ch ought
never to have been departed from.—[We have news
from Madrid of the 18th, and from Bayonne of the
21st, by Express. There was no notion of such a fact
imagined by the Correspondents of the above Journals.
Note of the Etoile.3
Letters from Bucharest of Bth December, say—" We
have just received by the Russian post, merchants letters
from Constantinople, which come down to the 22d of
November. They bring nothing new respecting the
state of the capital and the provinces. The privileges
granted to Servia by the Convention of Akermann excite
much sensation here."

A Frankfort Journal says that Merchants letters from Vienna
bad brought news of the conclusion of peace between Russia and
Persia by the mediation of England.

FAO* The (11.1071111IFFNE OF SMUT, DIC. 24.
PARIS, DZCZMBER 23.
Important news from Portugal has been received at
Paris by different channels. We have received some
from our private correspondent. The Moniteur of this
morning contains the telegraphic dispatch and the
London Papers, which we have received by- Express;
have Lisbon Papers to December 9.
(The Quolidietaie here quotes the article from Madrid, Dec. 18,
published in the Moniteur of Saturday, which appeared in the STAR
of Monday.)
Thus we see that the pretended defeat of the Royalists
in Alentejo is announced in so vague a manner, that
we may be permitted to doubt of it. We readily believe
that those Royalists who had penetrated into that pro-
vince by Villa Viciosa, was under the command of Bri-
gadier Magessi, where they were at the date of the
news quoted in the Moniteur. This may be easily con-
ceived, because on the 3d December they had crossed
the Tagus at Abtantes.
As this river divides Alentejo from Portuguese Extre-
madura, it is evident that the corps commanded by
Magessi had taken at this latter date a direction which
indicated the intention of going to join the division
which was advancing to the province of Tras-os-Montes.
We had indicated this movement when we gave an
account of the affair at Abrantes. Thus the Monileur,
notwithstanding the obscurity of its Bulletin, confirms
what we have already said in our Number of the 19th
of December. On the same day we intimated that the
Marquis of Chaves, fearing to be stopped by the resist-
ance which the city of Oporto might make, had proba-
bly resolved to cross the Douro at another point, in order
to arrive the sooner at Coimbra.

Our conjectures are confirmed by the following
letter, Which we have just received :
" The Portuguese Royalists who entered the provinces of Minho
and Douro, instead of continuing their &arch to Oporto, suddenly
turned aside to proceed to V iana, a fortified city near the sea, before
which they arrived on the 9th of December. It is said that they
have not succeeded in this point—the garrison of the place made no
sally, but not having made any demonstration favourable to the
Royalists, the latter again took the read to Orsrto; then learning
that that city was preparing to make resistance, and that the liberal
Spanish Legion had arrived there from Lisbon, they made a motion
to the left, went to pass the Douro at another point, and marched
rapidly towards Coimbra. This city, which was always animated
by the most enthusiastic attachment to 'loyalty, had made no pre-
parations for defence, and the Marquis of Chaves was to enter it on
the 15th or 16th."

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1826.
ST. JOHN—HOLIDAY AT Till BANK.
STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Consols opened this morning at 79; buyers, but soon after the
market became very heavy, when they receded to 793; since which
the market has rather improved, and they may be quoted, up to
the present time, at 79g 4 for the Account. In the earlier part of
the morning, a great deal has been done.
Up to the present time, there are no direct arrivals from Portu-
gal. The Public are anxiously looking for the arrival of the Sir
Edward Banks steam-boat from Lisbon, which is expected this
week.—Scarcely a bargain has been done as yet in the Foreign
market, and most of the prices are nominal.
Current prices : Old Spanish 121 15, Mexicans 6.11 64, Co-
lombian 331 34, Greek 17 16.