Star.
London, England, 1820-09-14 00:00:00

FROM THE TIMES.

" The Public, we believe, is not sufficiently aware that the
evidence (such as it is) now produced against the Quezn extends
only to the first three yeats of her residence abroad. She is
that ged, incited, with an habitual adulterous intercourse, extend-
ing over six years; but all that her enemies can do to prove this
charge is to call now, in the fall of the year 1828, some worthless
servants, discharged by her 111arasiv three years ago, in 1817, and
the last three years of her life are left wholly untouched. Why
has no testimony been called to prove what her conduct has
been during these latter years, when, if she had been really
guilty, long impunity would have rendered her more careless,
and detection more easy? What! were there no discharged
servants to be bought up at the end of the last three years as
weS as.at the termination of the first?—no commodious cham-
bermaid (who, by the way, at last managed to acquit her blit
JESTY), to whom a douceur equal to ten years' wages, besides all
expenses, would have been acceptable? But in this, indeed,
appears the extreme unfairness of concealing times, places, and
Witnesses ; for her Manny, it is obvious, finding herself ac-
cused, would naturally imagine the misconduct imputed to
her must have been supposed to take place one year,
or two at
the most, before the charge was brought ; and to that period

she would direct her &Hendon ; whereas, the charge extends to '
six years, and the proof is but applied to three, and thou& drive
the most remote; so that, in whatever way this singular accu-
sadmi is viewed, even now, before any one witneis is called to
contradict it (no Counsel being allowed to comment on its alle-
gations), it consists wholly of contradictions, absurdities, and
impossibilities, and falls to the ground of itself."

Letters from Oporto, and the Diario Nacional, to
the 31st August, have arrived, which furnish more
correct details of the important events which have
taken place there than had before arrived. The
Manifesto of the New Government (given in our
first page) is an interesting document, explaining the
causes which led to the Revolution. The enumera-
tion of wrongs and grievances which it sets forth,
are precisely of the kind we stated in the remarks
we have offered, day after day, on the affairs of
Portugal. The New Government lays great stress
en the ruin of the navigation and commerce of
the mother country, on the manner in which it
is made dependent on the Brazils, previously a 1
colony, and on the disadvantages under which it
labours from having only a delegated power exer-
cised in the country. Nor are these imaginary evils.
In Portugal there was an Inquisition, in the Brazils
none. Portugal was obliged to admit the. produce
of the Brazils, in preference to all other in regard to
duties, whilst Brazil makes no distinction between
the produce of Portugal, principally wines, and that
of other nations. Many instances have occurred
lately of the Government of Brazil having taken pos-
session of, and appropriating to its own use, Portu-
guese merchant vessels, which had gone there for the
sole purposes of trade; and immense numbers have
been taken by the privateers of ARTIGAS, and the
many Buccaneers, with simulated papers, under his
flag, against whom and other pirates there is now
such an outcry in all the West Indies, through the
neglect of the Government in making provision for
the safety of commerce, by granting convoys, and
affording other means of protection. Years have
elapsed before it has been definitively settled to what
Tribunal certain judicial cases belonged, and few are
decided without the parties ultimately appealing to
Rio Janeiro, where the decision is sure to be in fa-
vour of him who can fee best. These are notorious
facts, known to every practical merchant on the Ex-
change of London. These grievances, added to the
many others under which they laboured, determined
the Portuguese to demand redress, in the most legal
and efficacious manner that they were able, and with
a moderation that could scarcely be expected from
the state of society in that country, and the great
hardships the people have endured.—The following
is an extract from a