Star.
London, England, 1820-09-15 00:00:00

THE QUEEN.

We •observed yesterday, that the knowledge of
these circumstances, which countenanced a suspicion
of criminality on the part of the QUEEN, had been
confined to a few obscure individuals, who had, more-
over, according to their own account, kept these cir-
cumstances profoundly secret from all but the Milan
Commission and their emissaries. The renowned Ma-
jocchi had never, he said, been in the habit of talk-
ing about anything he had seen while in the service
of the PRINCESS; the equally illustrious Countess
Colombier declared, that she had never spoken in-
juriously of her ROYAL HIGHNESS, until she heard
that her ROYAL HIGHNESS had been speaking inju-
riously of her ; and that was many months, nay,
years after she quitted the Princess's service; the
.mason, Raggazoxi, who saw such sights in the grotto
of the garden of the Villa d'Este, when asked, " if
he ever spoke to anybody of the circumstances
he had now stated?' answered, " No ; he could
swear that!" Barbara Krantz, who got such a
fright from what she discovered, took it quite amiss
that she should be supposed to have run and told any
body of the quandary she was in ; and so, in short,
it was with the whole of them ; they never communi-
cated what they knew to any one till they were sent
after by the Milan Commission, and askfcl to tell all that
they had observed while in the service of the Princess,
and, when nothing immediately occurred to them,
were told to recollect themselves; to think again whe-
ther they could not tell something that might be of use
in criminating the PRINCESS ! Since, therefore, the
whole circumstances inferring criminality were so
strictly confined to the breasts of the few obscure wit-
nesses who pretend that they witnessed them, we again
ask how the calumny of an adulterous intercourse
could get into circulation? What other answer can
be again given, than that if there was any such ca-
lumny abroad, it must have been sent forth by the
very individuals who affect to make it their apology
for taking up the matter, because to them alone the
circumstances on which it rests were communicated.

We are disposed to lay the more stress on this view
of the matter from observing, in the interesting pro-
ceedings which took place yesterday at Paddington,
a statement made by a respectable traveller, which
happens to coincide exactly with various other com-
munications made to ourselves, as to the opinion
actually entertained by the Continental Public with
:espect to the illustrious object of this cruel prose-
cution. Captain JENnixs, a Gentleman engaged in
the Mediterranean trade, thus addressed the Meeting

Let me tell you, where our Queen is said to have been, there
are a great many English Gentlemen—.men of honour. Let
them be called on, in CUD'S name, and we may know what we
have to trust to ; but, meantime, no more of this Italian nonsense,
I have been at Genoa, at Malta, Smyrna, Marseilles, Naples,
Constantinople, Ephesus--what is now called Alexandria ; I have
been in other places where her Majesty has been; I have mixed
with high and low ; and never did I hear one per:;on in those
parts speak except in terms of the highest praise and admiration
of the British Queen."

Strong as this testimony is, it falls even short of
similar communications which we have received from
other Gentlemen, of equal respectability and vera-
city. One Gentleman, who, in the course of an
extensive tour, travelled as far East as Jerusa-
lem, and was in every place which the Princes,
visited during her long tour, declares to us that he
never heard one syllable to the reproach of her Royal
Highness; but, on the contrary, innumerable testi-
monies to her correct demeanour and boundless be-
nevolence.

How is it possible to reconcile such a state of public
opinion with a prevailing belief in the existenc„e of an
adulterous intercourse disgraceful to the Crown ant
national character of England?

REVOLt TION IN PORTUGAL

ra•mtace •••••

At length the French Journals have Iroken silence
on this important subject. The Paris Papers of
Tuesday, received this day, contain various accounts
respecting the event, not very precise as to parti-
culars, but agreeing in their general features. The
Revolution, according to these accounts, was effected
Oporto without bloodshed, but at Lisbon with the
loss of many lives; and, if we credit the statements
before us, the English soldiers, of whom there were
about one thousand at Lisbon, have been the chief
sufferers. They had, it is said, followed a different
line of conduct from what they did at Oporto, having
endeavoured to suppress the popular insurrection.
We wait with impatience for farther particulars re-
specting the occurrences at Lisbon—and especially re-
specting our own countrymen. It is extremely proba-
ble that they have suffered severely, but we hope not
to the extent stated. Those who survived, we may
hope are now beyond farther danger ; for we learn,
from the accounts that have been received, that they
subsequently evacuated Fort St. Julien (at the mouth
of the Tagus), and embarked for Gibraltar.

In one particular, some of these accounts do not
agree with those before received. The first accounts
stated the Revolution to have been effected by the
Military. In one or two of the French Papers, it is
stated to differ from the Spanish and Neapolitan Re-
volutions in having been effected, not by the Mili-
tary, but by the People. This is probably a mistake,
for the other Journals say it was brought about by
the Military. The accounts, however, may be re-
conciled ; for it is probable that there was a previous
understanding between the People generally and the
Army. Indeed, it is inconceivable that the Mili-
tary would have ventured to engage in such an en-
terprize without previously ascertaining the senti-
ments of their countrymen, and being assured that
they would be seconded and supported by the popu-
lation generally.
We observe, with disgust, an attempt made in
some of the Ultra Journals to give a colouring to
the accounts, calculated to induce a belief that the
Revolutionists in Spain are actuated by the same
motives and desires which influenced the French
leaders during the worst periods of the French Re-
volution. Forsooth the Spaniards are desirous to
free the Portuguese from a foreign yoke. Should it
prove true, as stated in some of the Paris Papers, that
the Spaniards have sent a force estimated at 20,000
men to the aid of the Portuguese Revolutionists, the
measure may be accounted for on other principles than
a wish to interfere with the affairs of other nations.
Are the Spaniards to be supposed blind or indifferent
to the avowed purposes of all or some of the Holy
Allies? Are they not at this moment threatened to
be visited with the utmost vengeance which it may
be in their power to inflict upon them ? Are
not the Allies acting in "concert ? and is it alone
lawful for them to act in concert ? Is it to be
deemed unlawful in those whom they seek to ruin—
whom they doom to destruction—to make even an at-
tempt to strengthen themselves by counter-alliances ?
and to whom can they apply, in a struggle like the
present, but to those who have similar views and ob-
jects, and who, from a sense of the common danger,
may naturally be supposed willing and even anxious
'to co-operate in measures of common defence ? Has
not this been ever the practice among the Nations of
Europe ? Aye, and it ever will be. Those who are
threatened with danger will seek refuge wherever
there is the least prospect of finding any.
Is it possible, in the nature of things, that the Spa-
niards could feel indifferent as to the occupation of
their weakest frontier : that they would let slip any
favourable opportunity that might present itself of
rendering themselves invulnerable on that side ? And
if the Portuguese are, not only willing, but desirous
to receive their aid, and make common cause with
them, would they not have been fools and madmen
had they put the opportunity away from them ?
The Legitimates, as the Holy Allies delight to be
called, may fret, and grumble, and pour out their
abuse as lavishly as they will; but this will not avail
them. They have already shewn by their Circulars
that they mean to use other weapons than words;
and, in truth, the question at issue is not one to be
settled by talking. The Holy Leaguers have avowed
their intention to keep up all the established abuses,
in spite of all opposition ; and the Revolutionists
have avowed their intention to put them down, in
their respective countries, in spite of all opposition !
How can water coalesce with fire? The fire will
devour the victim, the altar itself, and the water in.
the trench that surrounds it.

The following are the accounts which appear in
the Paris Papers
A letter from Bayonne, dated the sth September,'
announces that important news have been received at
Madrid, of a Revolution which burst out in Portu-
gal on the 28th of August. It differs, they say, from
the Revolutions of Spain and Naples, inasmuch as it
has been effected by the people. As to the rest, the
rights of the legitimate dynasty have not been for-
mally attacked, and it is in the name of the King of
PORTUGAL and the BRAZILS that the constitution of
the Cortes has been proclaimed. ,
If we may believe the letters from Madrid, another
disastrous difference between this Revolution and the
two that we have alluded to, is, that it has cost the
lives of a great many persons. The number of per-
sons killed or wounded at Lisbon, in this popular

movement, is computed at two thous and. The Eng-
lish, who bad endeavoured to *oppose the insurrec-
tion, have suffered most.
A letter from Madrid, put into the Post-office on
the night of the 30th of August, at the moment of,
the departure of the charier, adds to these lamenta-
ble details, that at Oporto, and in the Other towns,'
the Revolution had taken place without any disorder.
Ulterior advices respecting this: event are expected
with impatience. May they bring us the assurance
that the fist accounts have exaggerated the number
of victims of a Revolution which has commenced
under such ruinous auspices.—Journal de Paris.
A Correspondent at Bayonne writes us, on the sth
instant, as follows The Portuguese have broken
the yoke, by adopting for themselves the Constitu-
tion of the Cortes. The Spaniards are going to their
succour : they have dispatched troops from Seville,
&c. to the estimated amount of about 20,000 men,
who are to enter by the Alentejo and the Algarves.
At-Oporto, everything passed off well; but it was
not so at Lisbon, where there were 1000 English.—
Fifteen hundred persons were there victims of the
insurrection.

;The Spaniards proclaim that their object is to fi ee
the Portuguese from a foreign yoke. These details,
brought here by an extraordinary courier, require
confirmation ; what is quite certaio however is, that
the Constitution has been proclaimed at Oporto and
at Lisbon, and that the Revolution broke out on the
28th of August.
" According to a letter from Badajoz, which con-
firms the reported events in Portugal, the English
had evacuated Fort Saint Julien. This fortress was
an important point, as it could prevent the inhabit-
ants of Lisbon from procuring water. It is said,
moreover, that the English have embarked for
Gibraltar."

We give this news as we have received it from
Bayonne; it is in need of further confirmation. The
last Courier from Lisbon which arrived here, left
there on the 26th August. We would only remark,
that news of the complete success of the Revolution
in Portugal has been current in Paris far these three
days past.—Gazelle de France.
A Supplement to the Madrid Journal r Universal,
of the 31st August, contains the following article:

" A Courier Extraordinary from Corunna, which
place he left on the 28th of this month, brings the
following news of a Revolution which has burst forth
in Portugal. It is at Oporto, and in that provinces
that it was begun, by the Portuguese troops, who
proclaimed their august Sovereign, Don JOHN VI.
the Nation, and the Constitution, and that a Cortes
should be established. Several other garrisons fol-
lowed the example. General WILSON, who com-
manded the Province of Minho, has been superseded
by the Colonel of Infantry D. N. BARROS. All the
public situations occupied by the English have been
given to Portuguese; in short, the liberty of the Na-
tion has been everywhere proclaimed, and the Autho-
rities established, but with a great effusion of blood.

We know also that these accounts have been
confirmed by other extraordinary couriers, who have
arrived from Ciudad Rodrigo and .Radajoz."—lbid.

The revolutionary pestilence continues its ravages.
—We learn, by an extraordinary dispatch from Ma-
drid, that events similar to those in Naples and Sicily,
have taken place in Portugal. A Revolution broke
out there on the 28th of August. The Constitution of
the Cortes was proclaimed, in the name of the Km
of PORTUGAL. With the exception of the City of
Lisbon, all the kingdom has peaceably accepted the
Revolution; but in the capital there had been, ac-
cording to these accounts, resistance and massacres.
The number of killed and wounded is reckoned at
two thousand.

Letters from Badajoz, received at Bayonne on thel
sth instant (September), confirm these accounts.
They add, that in the disorders at Lisbon, the Eng-'
lish have been the worst treated; they have been
forced to evacuate all the forts, which were com-
manded, it is true, by English Officers ; but these
Officers had under their orders only a small number
of soldiers of their own nation : it is said besides,
that the English soldiers and merchants, had taken
alarm and thrown themselves into the shipping, to
take refuge in Fort St. Julien, which defends the
entry into the port of Lisbon.

N't;e wait with impatience further details respecting
this event. It was at Oporto that the Revolution
commenced ; it was not opposed by the troops ; but
it appears to have been the work of the People. The
event was prepared with a long arm by the Liberals
of Spain. An article in the Journal of Corumsa leaves
no doubt on that point.
, If we may give credit to an on dit, Spanish troops,
to the amount of twenty thousand men, have moved
from different points in Spain towards the Portuguese
frontier, to aid the Portuguese Insurgents.
At the moment of the courier's departure, a report
was current at. Madrid, that Fort St. Julienliad been
abandoned by the English who had taken refuge
there, and that they have, repaired to Gibraltar.—
Journal des Debats.
We have received from Madrid the following let-
ter, dated 31st August, ten o'clock, P. M.
_ _ _

pie letter quoted agrees in every point with the
extract given above (from the Universal), till it
'speaks of the disturbances at Lisbon, when it pro-
ceeds as follows :]--" Lisbon has been the theatre of
a similar Revolution, but the triumph of the Inde-
pendents was for a moment doubtful. At last they
got possession of Tort St. Julien; the public func-

tionaries were, for the most part, ciillaced or ar-
rested, and new authorities immediftteV instituted.'

To the contents of these dispatches we have to
add, that letters from Badajoz, Alcantara, Ciudad
Rodrigo, and from all pasts of the frontiers, confi•m
the accounts brought from Comma. Very active
communications have been established between the
two nations (Spain and Portugal), and a federative
and intimate alliance is already spoken of.—Con-
stitutionnel.

We are assured that the Quotidienne has been
placed under interdict, for having announced in its
columns the news of a Revolution in Portugal, not
because that news (which the Censorship had pre-
vented us from giving) was false, but because it had
not submitted the article to the Commission.—lbid.

Beside the accounts from Portugal, which we
have given above, the Paris Journals of Tuesday
contain some other articles of considerable interest,
respecting the present troubled state of continental
affairs, which we subioin.

DENUNCIATION OF THE CARBONART.
VENICE, AUGUST 29.

An Ordinance of the 25th of August, signed by
Governor C. C. d'lnsaght Vice President Ch. Mar-
quis de Mazo, and an Imperial Councillor, bears in
substance as follows :
" The Society of Carbonari, which has spread itself in the
neighbouring States, has endeavoured to make proselytes in the
Imperial provinces. From the investigations which have been
made, a knowledge has been obtained of the pernicious views
of that Society, which are not communicated by its Chiefs to all
the Members. They are now made publicly known, for the
information of all the subjects of the Empire.

“ The precise object of the Carbonari 'is the overthrow and
the destruction of Governments.

" As persons who are in the knowledge that such is their in-
tention, and who nevertheless associate with the Carbonari,
render themselves guilty of• High Treason, and as those who
have not prevented the progress of that Society, or who have neg-
lected to denounce its Members, are accomplices in the same
crime, and as such liable to the pains of law, it is ordained that,
from the day of the publication of the present Ordinance, no
person can elcuse himself under the pretest of not having had
knowledge of the object of the Society of Carbonari.
" Whoever, therefore, shall enter into the said Society, or who
shall neglect to prevent its progress, or to denounce the Mem-
bers of it, shall be judged according to Articles 52, 53, 54, 55,
of the first part of the Code des Dellis. Article 53 imposes the
punishment of death on those guilty of High Treason. Article;
54 and 55 imprisonment for life en those who, having know-
ledge of the plot, have nut denounced the guilty."
FRANKFORT, SEPTEMBER 4.

We have just received from Rastadt important
news—viz. that the orders which had been given for
the passage of a body of Austrian troops through the
Bavarian territory, have been countermanded :
whence it is inferred that Bavaria has made urgent
representations to the Court of Vienna.
French Five per Cents.—Monday, 73fr. 90c.

A Flanders Mail arrived at a late hour last night.
An article from Stockholm, of the 25th ult. has the
following mysterious paragraph Reports of a
very singular nature are in circulation here. They
speak of the formation of a Camp towards the fron-
tiers of Finland." We know not whether it is con-
nected with this subject, but the Berlin accounts of
the 2d instant state, that the Marquis DE BO NAY,
the French Minister to the Prussian Court, and the
Baron DE LAGERGEIM, the Swedish Charge d'Affaires
at Berlin, had set out for Dresden. It is added, that
the motives for their journey were not known.
A Dutch Mail, received this morning, brings ac-
counts of some heavy failures in Rotterdam.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
A report prevailed last night among the Shipping Interest that
upwards of 300 Transports would be taken up immediately, for
the purpose of conveying home from Portugal all tho English.
subjects and property.
FALMOUTH, SEPT. 12.—Wind S.S.E.— Arrived off this port
she American brig Lady Monroe, PULLEY, from Baltimore for
Bremen, out 28 days.
PLYMOUTH, Strr. 13.—Wind E.—Sailed the Carl August,
NISEA, for Ukaborg.
Posersnotrrn, Suer. 14.,—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Godmltt
Haab, Coot, from Christiana; his Majesty's ships Exoroix and
Hum, from a cruise; and Weymouth store-ship, from the Cape.
Arrived o 6 the Wight, the. Meridian KNUDSON, from Santa
Cruz for Copenhagen. Sailed the Albury transport, for Cork;
and his Majesty's ship Cosclexana, for Sheerness.
Dram Sire. 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the
River, ;he Lord Castlereagh, THOMPSON, from St. Domingo;
Preston, Fiscus, from Montserrat; Maria, TAIT, from St. Lu-
cia; Pacific, Tarim", from Miramichi ; Columbus, A ism,
from Jamaica; Mary and Eleanor, DAVIES, from Bristol for
Hamburgis ; and several more, names not known.
Hammen, Seer. 14.—Arrived the Leicester paFket, with a
Mail from Holland. •

Baionvon, Surmises 13.—The Hound Revenue cutter,
Captain KIIIOIIIIY, captured at sea, on Tuesday, a smuggling
lugger, seventy feet in length, with contraband property on
board to the amount of upwards of £l,OOO, and a crew consisting
of ten hands. The lugger has been run into Shoreham Harbour,
the goods have been deposited in his Majesty's Custom House
at Shoreham, and the men sent off guarded to Portsmouth.

New York Papers have arrived to-day, but not of
a tater date than those last received.
By the Leeward Islands packet, letters have been
received from the Island of St. Thomas, dated the 2d
August, which mention -the receipt of intelligence
from the Spanish Main, that an armistice had be n
concluded between BouvAn and MoRiLLo. La
duration, however, was limited to one month.
[From the Sierra Leone Gazette of June
is with melancholy and painful feelings we, notice
the sudden and accidental death of Assistant Commis-
sary-General LINEVRE, from his fowling-piece. His
remains were interred on Thursday last, and attended
by Sir GEORGE COLLIER, the Officers of the Navy
and Army, and the whole of the Europeans and re-
spectable inhabitants.
Coax Excnamor, Altax-Laxs, Sere. 15.—We have had no
arrivals of Wheat since Monday, but the demand being .cry
trifling sales were heavy, and Monday's prices were with difl►
cult," sustained. ,We continue to receive large supplies-of Oats,
yet the trade is brisk, and the prices of last market-day are fully
maintained. In Barley, Beans, and Peas, little or no variarkm.
MARZIT, SZIPT. 15.—Beef, 4s. Od. to Ss. r
stone of Bibs.; Mutton, 4s od. to Ss. Od. Veal. 45. Cod. to Ss. 100.
Pork, 4sAhL to goaod. Lamb, 46.6 d. to ss.44l.—Cattle at Matt et
Beasts, 600 ; Calves, 220; Sheep and Lambs, 6,900 ; Pip, s2t)
Hay, 3/.los. to 41. 41: Clover, a. us. to 61. Os. Straw, 11. is.
to 11. 12s.