Star.
London, England, 1828-02-28 00:00:00

Virg.geg,

According to letters recently received from Ate life.
diterannean; Sir EDWARD Communise, in the Wad.
spite, had gone to Corfu, to embark irtijlerY.
troop!, and if naval
ifoice a assembling to co•iniet.l4 in.
an attact • Upon Carahitia, the almost insinegnable.
strong hold of the Greek pirates. This town is sittietsi
upon lefty rock, to which there is no meani of access
but by a subterraneous paSiage. The summit is defended
by d'Eattle strongly fortified, and the pirates ,bitre a
small sqUadion of brigs. Ti e British attacking fo,•Ce
will consist of two tifty-gun frigates, besides all the '.
small craft that can be mustered; but more reliance is' •
placed upon the field pieces, liftmen, and other irdoise:
It is understood at Malta that the gallant Sir trimfail.
STAMM twill coinntand the squadron destined for:
this service.

LISBON, FEBRUARY 14.

PRIVATE ,CORRESPONDENCE.
In proportion as the at rival of Don Miguel' al)•
proaches, every one endeavours 'to fix his ideas on the •
true state of our affairs, in order to ascertain what a e
must do. The public mind in general is alarmed, and
people ask each other as they meet, what will be the
denouement of the tragi-comedy which the Apostolicals
havebeen performing, and it Don Miguel *ill o will'
salt take a decisive attitude with regard to them ? Whilst
things are kept in this dubious state, the parties eagerly
spread a thousand absurd rumours, in order to keep.
the put lie mind in dread and uncertainty.
The. Apostolidlectlen are very busy irk their machi- .
nations, and emissaries have been sent all over the coun-
try with' their nefarious productions. There is almost
a certainty that they will at pear ere long on the stage.
Count Subserra is still in town, and, I am told, ingreat •
intimacy with Bastos, who of late appear; much pleased
with the turn which-affairs are taking. The most sus-
' petted Apostolicals meet every night at different houses '
to Sonfer on their Adis, having nothing to feei;frbas.
thei protection they have of the police. •
'he process of the four Peers implicated in the occnr-
rences of last J sly began t n Tuesday,iiid the Chamber
has been totirelt occupied 'in examining the witnesses
who gave evidence in the first investigations. Till now
it offers nothing of peculiar interest, if we except the
audacity and barefacedness of the despicable-Colonel ' '
Reimundo Joie Pinheiee, who, Whilst making hit oe•il
enlbgiutn in his evidence, said to the President, " I see. •
'that the people in the lobby are making way faces and
' la • hing at mel Ir ii necessary that the Chamber -
:horrid maintain its decorum ; or if not, to allowme..to. ' '
go here I can make it be observed." Couut Linfietea . .
rosy and said, " This fellow with his effrontery mocks
theiChamber, and pretends to teach the President his'
doily': and thetrfore Ought- to' be severely' reprimanded....
' The President 'showed a great indifference to all this .
The fellow at last begged pardon of the Chambert. '
boasting his readiness to defend it in case of need, as kits i
had before fought in favour of the Monarchy. By the
by, I must mention that Brave never foughess single
battle in the Peninsula war, nor ever saw the enemy,
and that all his campaigns have been as glorious as the
one in which he is now involved.

The Chamber of Deputies continues its labours with
great regularity, and does not squander away its times
Be it said, to their honour, they lave marched es c:td-
ingly well, and have done snore than could have be:en
expected; but all their efforts will be of no avail, al
Will'be lost in the Chamber of Peers, thrmaill the
influence of Conde de S. Miguel, a roan of sio cha-
racter, I am told; who acts in ccncett 'with the
Apost