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am cannon, to oppose them. The rebels now found it
joro,sible to get across; and, as Villa Flor and General
de Mello were moving op in pursuit of them, they next
Died to get into Spain at the Perry of Sao:elle, near
Miro d'Espacia Acetate, higher up the Douro; and here
ft was the Spaniards refused them admittance. They
*en divided, part moving up the Braganxa, and part
and it is understood that the greater part
to Miranda;
succeeded in getting into Spain. Lieutenant-Colonel
Muir, who had previously been sent up to Count Villa
inor, but who had subsequently returned to Coimbra,
,as again sent to join him on the 26th ultimo.
a The Marquis Chaves wept, on finding that he could
pt pass the Douro; but consoled himself with ague.
dpre, and, sullen-like, with two mistresses, who accom-
pany him, and live, amicably, with the fair Marchioness.
• Where the knaves will next shew themselves is
uncertain; probably in the North of Minho ; or, if they
divide, part may go down to Atentejo, which the Por-
tuguese are rather adgetty about, having very few
troops in that province.
0 Upon the whole, I hope the Constitution is making
progress in the country. The inhabitants of Tras-os-
Moines, the worst affected of all towards the existing
Government, begin to get tired of the incursions of the
rebels; and if the Portuguese troops themselves can
once settle this business, we shall be much more likely
to obtain the goodwill of the nation at large, by not in.
teetering, actively, in their internal quarrels; and should
have much more cordial and efficient cooperation in
the event of a contest with Spain. As their force
(I mean that which is now acting for the Govern-
ment) stands at present, it is but very weak, probably not
more than seven or eight thousand tolerably good troops
of the line : the Militia is good for nothing t so that a
great deal of organisation and equipment would be
requisite to raise a moderate army to defend the coun-
try against foreign aggression.
0 The Manchester transport, bringing out Lieute-
nant-Colonel Sir John May, and a detachment of Ar-
tillery from Woolwich, was wrecked a short distance
from Visas, a-small town at the mouth of the Lima, on
the morning of the 2d instant; but, fortunately, no liner
were lest, although the vessel was thrown up on her
beam-ends, and the sea bloke over her. Some medical
stores, which were too heavy to be got out, it is feared,
would be lost. The Marquis d'Angeja had se t down an
Aide.de•Camp from Braga, to tender ever assistance
12,;
in the power of the Portuguese, and e Governor
of Viana, and General Stubbs at Oporto; all contributed
their assistance to the unfortunate detachment, which
will be lot warded to Oporto and Coimbra in a few days.
Sir John May's two horses could not be landed, and
were killed; n board."

The Lisbon Papers to the 10th inst. inclusive, which
arrived this morning, contain no intelligence from the
theatre of military operations of so recent a date, as that
which had previonsly reached us through the Paris
Journals. The latest advice: are contained in a dispatch
from the gallant Count de VILLA FLon, who had then
his bead quarters at Torre de Noncom, but they reach
only to the 4th, at which time the rebels were flying in
all directions, and apparent/fin the utmost disorder and
panic, before the Constitutional troops. However, the
pursuit of the latter was much slower than was con-
sistent with the urgent nature of the service, and the
alacrity they had all along displayed occasioned
however, solely by the severity of the weather, and
the badness of the roads, to which (though the
circumstance is no where alluded to) must be added,
the difficulty of obtaining adequate supplies in an
exhausted country. The positions which the rebels
occupied, are not mentioned ; but their dissentions
sad insubordination, the never-failing accompaniments
of an unsuccessful cause, are briefly alluded to.—
They had not re-entered Spain, as would appear, at
that period, but they had evidently lost all confidence
in themselves and their leaders, and left tall hopes behind
them of being able to renew the contest, when they
turned their recreant backs upon the late scene of their
ambitious and criminal hopes. The reception they
have met in Spain, so different from their former treat-
ment in the same country, is the best proof of the
miserable state of their fortunes, and we want no other
to be convinced that their cause is wholly desperate.--
If the Spanish Government saw any chance of the con-
flict being renewed, it would have found some pretext
to evade, as it had repeatedly done before, its solemn
promise of disarming the rebels, for its morality is
always fashioned according to its interests.
These Papers. in the absence of military occurrences
of a novel character, contain an account of some recent
proceedings of the Legislature, which are full of in-
terest, and exhibit a spirit of wisdom, which no doubt
will produce its fruits in due time. In the Chamber of
Deputies on the 7th inst. Senhor F. J. MA lA, after some
preliminary observations on the continued rise in the
prices of all kinds of grain in the three northern pro-
vinces of the kingdom, called the attention of the
Government to the subject, and concluded by pro-
posing that a measure, similar to that taken last year
by the English Government (that of throwing open the
ports and admitting corn duty free), should be adopted
without delay. This motion was supported by Senhor
CLAVDINO, an ardent and able supporter of the
Constitutional system, who, in warm language, de-
eared that the evil had its origin solely in the feeble
Measures employed to put down the rebellion. He said
that a great part of the loyal inhabitants of Tras-ot•
Moores were at that time houseless wanderers, and
*gayly perishing from want, in order that they might
avoid the fury of the rebels. To correct the evil, he
'Waled that vigorous measures alone were wanting,
extrao:chnary complaints requiring extraordinary reme
di.s; and l.c re,,elled with warmth the idea, that gcn,l