Star.
London, England, 1828-10-29 00:00:00

PORTUGUESE AFFAIRS.

The insurrection in the islarrd of Terceira was got op
by a person named. Muftis, a Captain of infantry, an]
a person called Almeida. They had raised between
them a comps of guerillas of more than five thousa•md
men, and at fiesi seriously threatened the integrity of
the island.

The dispatches 'from Terceira contain the following
accounts of advantages gained by the Constitutional
troops:
" Most Illustrious and most Excellent Sir—l have the
honour to state; for the information of your Excellency,
that about five o'clock in the evening, I fell in with the
rebels at Pero Velho, tnree quarters of a league distant
from Praya, occupying three strong positions. I in-
stantly attacked them, and in five minutes after they
were compelled to retreat in complete disorder, in the
direction of the town. I have teceised information
from Biscontos. by the way of Villa Nova, and I cal-
taste to a certainty that Almeida sod Muni, have em-
barked in the diretaian if Porto Jotter,. I have also -o
t de to your Excellency, that it is impossible to describe
I'l4 admirable good conduct 4%1 courage of all the in-
dividuals under my command. The rebels left us the
'field, and Jest several dead on It. as well as in the huts
whence they fled. I intend to-morrow morning to miter
'the city of Praya. where I shall test for a few hours,
and shall 'then direct my match inwarsfs the quarter
that may'appear trin.t suitable. I base been .beady
joined by Ensigns Gordis and Vollaris. anti twenty of
their men, %Omni the reh•l. ab.n.inned in Prays. The
person who, brings this to your Excellency is the Judge
of the said tower, and he can give you every explanaton
with reslect to particulars, which I have not leisure to
detail. The troops under my command have not a
single man kiileci or w model May GOD preserve your
Excellency.
" From my head quarters. in my camp. near the city of Prays,
this 4th day of October. 1828. at ten o'clock. p. m.
" JOZE ANTONIO DA SILVA TORRES.
" Colonel of Cavalry.
" To the most Illustrious and Excellent &oboe
Deicleivano Lean Cabreira.
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u yt &—We do not mutter mote than two thousand men; and.
according to my information, there are twice as many assembled
In the town. (A true copy).
" LUIZ ANTONIO D'AZEVEDO.
Alferes of the oth Company."

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PROCLAMATION.
if People of Angra! This is the second time that I
address you. In my fir t proclamation I showed to you
that I came not into your country to harrass you, but
that I came to live among you as an authority sent to
put down that spirit of insubordination that divides
you; and the object of my first proclamation was to
produce that effect. What, then, has been my surprise
to see the disgraced inhabitants of Biscontos, Altares,.
and. Santa Barbra, guilty of so great a crime as to as-
semble themselves in arms, and to make war on the
forces of our August Monarch, Don Pedro IV. A few
only eiil-intentioned men have led those people into
this unhappy state of anarchy, and therefore I am de►
sirous once more to show you that I have much greater
pleasure in preventing crime than in punishing the
guilty. People of Biscontos, Altares, and Santa Bar.
bare! .your General calls on you immediately to give
up the munitions and arms which you have so illegally
assumed for the purpose of such lofty attempts. It the
insurgents deposit tt►em with the Judges of your di..
triets and parishes, then, in the name of the King and
of the Government, I shall dismiss from my mind all
remembrance of your crime. But if you be deaf to the
fatherly voice of your General, I shall give immediate
orders to the resident authorities that this, my present
proclamation, be read and affixed to the public places
in the said districts, that no one MO pretend ignorance
thereof, and I shall moreover cause orders to be sent to
the Parrochos and Juices, as well as all ocher authorities
who, having power to preset ye prace and tranquillity,
lead astray the prejudiced from the path of honour.
At the same time the General of the Forces makes
known to all the inhabitants of the island, that he shall
take possession of all the forts and artillery with which
they are furnished in the districts of Villa da Prayai St.
Se.►astiao, and St. Mathews • and if any enemy of the
King our Lord Don Pedro LV. shall attempt in any way
to injure or damage the same, or to remove them from
their places, he shall be taken and tried by a Military
Commission, that he rhay be punished as a rebel. And
should any hostile disembarkation of troops Like place,
or any intention of disembarkation be displayed in this
island, and any traitorous person should lend assistance
or succour to the same, he shall be tried and punished
in like manner.