Star.
London, England, 1829-05-01 00:00:00

POIVATII

Easter haa:brOSlabr SQ the lemming floriegnese.she
liberty of eating animal food, and to the anxious Monti:
ites a partial cessation of the hureiCanesind•Contipual
rain, which, during nearly 50 days knife:tett*, .prnitati
wet the wretched agricuituriats.of.Portugal- the vial of
Heaven's wrath. The wind has non however, beep
wholly propitiated, or. although DonMituers invading
squadton sailed from Belem on Saturday, it 'on Sunday
had reached iio fa7thir than testae,. &Aistsace of about.
15 mules. • This squadron coosists4 two.eortrettesetao"
neigh, ansitwa•latswiten;pofb; destined, -trit• it is said
to succour the trembling Absolkists of the i'iiau.loZ St.
Michael.' :The wind has torde). blowo either fresh
'bolo We Wei.twoutcti the seetuidenn. it is :ftherefota ex
p.cted,will not have male much way towards theAa?ris;
The ffaareii of yesterday' sites e snolt.iiditplggsll in-
-tereiting account of •ibe state 44 'tit Ala*: sirarthy •wei•
riois, whose enthitstasm in favour of Don Miguel is so
great,.that they•:.havlng beta delayed 45'tlitys by the
weather .in •thel'agusi4wOuld• not comt:astirire,alisout:
the time of sailing, lest they should losetheapporpanity
Ceiliiitifing witPrtlia expedition, said they therefore
bid themselves in the holds, that they might- ruit'ise.
taken ashore." Tne-2-aiiti-Migiielites say that " the
poor devils, feeding 'rotten provisions, and liar;
sassed by the continual bad weather,; eought every
opportunity to escape to the shore." opp re.
collects ' the seveis imptessUsent ,of • the :list 'eight
weeks, by which sailors from
.the-,Sra*il.
were seized heist they even once had Wiled after
the voyage; the latter statement will appear to have
more foundation in troth.' To show to Europe the
abinrdity of some of the Miguelite stitementa; has well
as to hold up to ridicule some of the praftiCeS of the
Usurper, the frigate Diena.came on Saturday back to
the Tagus. alter an absence of 100 days in &Aiwa of
ferceirs, which island, notwithstanding the averatient
as Don Miguel's notice of blockade dlity. of the 4th.of.
February, it is now positively armed the .00thniand...
ants end the crews of neither the Diana, nor 9f the Leg"'
dade corvette, which returned a month ago.eiter
Another expedition,- to consist of the DouJois VI. and
'two frigates, is in preparation ; but none cap say at whet
time and for what place it is to take its departure.
' Since Sunday morning two packets have arrivod,
the great joy of the curious Lislinnese, who . have bons
deprived of the Paris Papers for • more than three
weeks. The statement in those Journals are biihly un•
.palinable to the Absolutist', and. to cover 'their deterH
initiation to tetain them in the Post Oircer they say:
:that the Spanish Government will not allow them to;
pass through its tetiitorT.. 'The .declaration made
'France, that its connections with his ," Migpelite
duty" use broken, hat caused all the Ftettchjettata to
Ise • retained also. Some late communications have
ibeen scat to this Government, which hike, is ie•
.Aimed, caused the removal of the Minister of jus-
tice, and all the bloody exhibitions of legging and
',beheading are now stated to be postponed indefinitely.
The Relic's) Tribunal, at Oporto, has sentenced more
than twenty to be butchered ; but the Misugljjs Mints.
cry is afraid to carry it into effect. Sevecil Ministers,
ond autnog them the Duke of Cadaval, ace said to nave
nekedtheE (1666411;1Na Don pFi
Mignel. rly,
nib give it wow.• " •
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• lealater which I wrote to iimilistlreet, t Ws.