Star.
London, England, 1829-10-28 00:00:00

DON MIGUEL.

A Portuguese Etnigrant has addr,ssal the fa:lowin;
sensible rein irks t. the Editor of the remits:

" But how cruJ hitherto has teen the late of the faithful Par
tuguese, how great his been their sufferitgs!—wiles in forei.ol
lands, rotting in dungeons, or condemned to the scaffold as traitw .
to a perjured and perfidious usurper; while days, months, and years
arc rolling on, and .till their lawful Sovertign, for whom they suffer,
has not yet declared the usurper to be such—has pig yet di -
elated him to be a traitor, a rebel, or :an outlaw—ha. not eve..
yet interdicted her subjects from obeying hint, or warned them .
the consequences of doing ; and far less still have her faith-
ful adherents been authorised to lift their arm in legitimate
war against this fanatic despot, ot wrest front him the power
that he wields to the destruction of their country. Let but the
Queen, however, or her reaprlsentatives, speak from her falderal
island of Terceir.i, and it will soon be seen how many swords wit:
be raised in support of her cause, and how few in sopport art that
of Miguel; and let her Majesty but protiounee the ja•t seen. tie:
against her vassal and subject, Miguel, as an outlaw tor his treasmi
and rebellion, and the faithful Portuguese, who slkslaiii to become
assas.itis, would then strive to deserve the gratitude of the nation,
by ridding it of a proscribed usurper, whose crime. against ht..-
manity alone might long ago have justified the severest itvrsoli.l'.
vengeance.

" But you, Sir, and every one else, will naturally ask, why has the
Queen failed to act so? And Woe we come at once to the real
cause of our protracted misfortunes ; and here we must assert that
it is not our fault if we are idle instead of fighting,—it is not either
the fault of our Queen, or her representatives, if we have been silent
and have not spoken ow. The cause has been " the negociations
undertaken," and the efforts made, by the Ministers of this country
"to reconcile conflicting interests." Unhappy efforts, alas ! and
much to be lamented that England should have made any such to
preserve to an usurper the throne of a country from which
he had already been justly banished for his horrid crime•, and
which, but for his plighted faith, and the intercession and mediatims
of the three great Powers of Europe, he would never have hero
permitted to re-visit. A manifesto, however, of the Queen's repre-
sentatives, and a history of those negociations which have hitherto
paralysed the efforts of the Queen's adherents, is now in preparation,
and will soon he made public; and from it will be seeti tur what end,
and for whom,werr undertaken these negodations, and an expensive
embassy ; but it is to be hoped they are at an end, and that the Mi-
nistry of this country may be convinced of a fact, that when lrgiti-
mate authority (as was the case in Portugal) has once cast off the
shackles of despotic sway, and enlightened sentiments have burst
the bonds of fanaticism and superstition, a people so circumstanced
cannot be brought beck to bend their neck to the yoke of an ab-
solute despot and usurper, or suffer themselves again to he go-
verned by priestcraft and ignorance. Such interests never can be
reconciled;" and it is to be hoped that the British Government,
the ancient ally and protector of Portugal, and so deeply interested
In the preservation of this country as an independent nation,
will for the future limit " its efforts" to restrain Spain from in-
termeddling in the affairs of its neighbour. Let the Duke of
Wellington, whose name and glory is combined with the dearest
recollections of every Portuguese patriot, only make up his mind,
that his efforts for reconciliation having proved abortive, hencefors
ward the Portuguese shall be their own free agents to settle their
internal disputes as they best nsay be abk among themselves, and he
will regain the good opinion and d the continued gratitude of
the Portuguese. But in order to effect this, it will not only be car.
cessary that England maintain a strict neutrality herself, but the.
as the ally of Portugal. she require every other uation to do the
same; and it will be seen :hat the simple notification of this
state of affairs will be sufficient to dismay every partisan of
the despot, and that he in a very limited period will be glad to Sy
front the fury of those who have plunged themselves so deep in
crime fur his cause, under the disappointed assurances of English
support and protection, (for this is the avowed source of his power,
and his talisman for obedience,) when be, with his mother and the
fanatic Silvans, will have to seek an asylum with kindred blood
and sentiments at the Court of Fernando, whose late recognition
of this despot has well shown the part this Catholic King played in
the former troubles of Portugal."

The funeral of Mr. DAME., the Royal Academician,
took place at St. Paul's yesterday morning ; the pall was
borne by the Russian Ambassador and Sir THOMAS
LA% a a sea ; a long cortege of artists and literary men
attended.

" If one can depend on any season," says HottACt:
Wataroi.a, "it is upon the chill suns of October; which, the an
elderly beauty, are less cap►icious than Spring or Summer. Our
old.fasbioned October. you know, reached eleven days into mo.
dem November, and I still depend upon that reckoning when
have a mind to protract the year."—tiorscs Walpole to the Res.
Mr. Cole.

CORN-EXCHANGE. MARK-LANE, OCT. 28.

Hawing a few country buyers at market ibis morning, Mu day's
prices were fully supported for fine samples of Wheat. Marley
sold also as high as last market-day, there being little fit for malimg
purposes. Oats fully maintained our last currency.

IMPOZTATIONI SINCE MONDAY.

Wheat, English (qrs.) . 650 , Barley, Foreign
Irish . . --•-- !Oats, English .
Foreign . 1,900 Foreign
Barley, English . 2,300 i bish
Irish . . .... I Fluur (sacks) .

. 600
. 4,500

. 5,100

COAL NIA lIKET—Tion DAY.

Harty-PAST Ms.—Coals generally were in fair demand to-day,
and the Coal Exchange was respectably attended by merchants.
There was an overage supply of Sunderland and Newcastle Coil
at market, although not so great as on Matiday last ; 24 new ships
were at market. making a total on the week's arrival of 160 ships.
Ships arrived during the month
Best WaUsend Coals .... 374. W. 37*. 6d.
Other sorts • Us W. 35, Od.
Ships at Market • 73k.

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