Star.
London, England, 1829-11-05 00:00:00

COURT MARTIAL

Head-quarters, Poorie, April 21,1829.
At a European General Court.martial assembled at Haasi, on
the 224 Dec.lB2B, of which Lieut. Colonel Commandant E. Cart.
wright, of the 15th (now of the 10th) Regiment Native Infantry,
is President, Lieut. Charles Manning, of the 30th Regiment Native
Infantry, and a Sub-Assistant In the Hon. Company's stud eats-
blidament at Hi sssss was arraigned on the following charge :

" With having in the month of Dec• 1847, and January and Fe-
bruary 1848, whilst employed in the purchase of colts for the stud
at Hisser, embezzled, or fraudulently misapplied, or caused to be
embezzled or fraudultinly misapplied, or knowingly, or wilfully
permitted, or suffered to be embezzled or fraudulently misapplied,
public money to the amount of Sunant Rupees 2SS, or thereabouts.
Finding—'s The Court Is of opinion, and does hereby pronounce
the prisoner guilty of having embezzled and fraudulently misapplied
the sum of sonata rupees two hundred and eighty-fire (1185 0 0,)
being public money,
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Sentence—" The Court does, therefore, adjudge the said pri.
sorter, Lieutenant Charles Manning, of the 10th Regiment Native
Infantry, and a Sub-Assistant in the Honourable Company's Stud
Establishment at Hiner, to be dismissed the Honourable Comps:
ny's service.
" The Court further ascertains the loss and damage sustained to
be sonant rupees 285 0 0.
" Approved and confirmed,
(Signed) "COMBER MERE, Gm.

•Chief."

WRECK OF THE SLOOP GEORGE.

The following particulars of the wreck of the sloop
George, of Hull, on the Norfolk coast, in the vicinity of Cromeron
Wednesday the lath ult. have just been communicated to us
" The vessel was riding half a mile distant from the shams
on the day in question, about midway betweenthe villages of
Skerringham and Wayborn, when there came on a heavy gale
from the East. At about three o'clock she parted with bas
of her anchors and cables ; she, however, although the sea ran higher
than ever remembered by the oldest fisherman on the coast, rode it
well till about seers in the evening, when her remaining anchor
and cable parted, and she was driven with awful violence towards
the shore. Certain destruction here appeared to await the ere*,
consisting of three individuals, as the shore at this situation is
skirted by high and inaccessible cliffs. At the font of one of these
the vessel struck, as may be supposed, with tremendous force ; her
bow, and quarter were stove in, and in other parts she received
considerable damage. The mast went by the board, carrying with
it two of the unfortunate men, who were clinging to' the rigging.
" Prindpally, however, through the exertions of an individual,
Mr. Grubb, the chief alter of the coast guard in that neighbour-
hood, of whose spirited and humane conduct on this occasion too
mut.k cannot be said in praise, the lives of all the hands were
saved. This gentleman came to the spot with isdstahts, prepared
with Capt. Manby's apparatus. The vessel lay so clothe under the
cliff, ;hat it was unnecessary to discharge the gun to convey a line
on board, although it had been loaded for that purpose. Ladders
'and ropes were instantly lowerkd down and with fiery consider-
able exertion the poor fellows were liseled up the cliffs •and placed
in safety,- although in a most exhausted state. They were con-
veyed immediately in the cart in wnd; the apparatus was brought,
to the nearast where every assistrinietheir case required
was affoided them: ' • • • ' •
“ • Ar9.lipthear; the lady of the Anibal", titeptay tt as Interest on
tltys deeashis,and a kindness to the Vidertimate sufferers, that well
deserve table recorded. She sent down her servants with blaaketa
for their use, and a cart to convey them to the mansion.; theLhad,
.howevpr., as we have stated, already been taken Care of. The vessel
:Ilia' been pkiifillY'rePalled,and 'fitted with * jurrinsast, and is no+
as
.0 • ' diti it; inif Ali owner entertains tio high art opt.
'ul.in of t'hs: eie'Rfinl Af Ml.-. Qedlib, that tefth piatehasid a lifts'
snuff-box. which Itit haw* 'ta present: to' l6ik gentientai, us a
h.tai11t.t"4214444.44!0° Ara#l4df Aid !Wen& !! racket.
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Rarosuc or Coxonn.—From the Secretary General of his
Excellency the Liberator. Head-quarters, Biujo, July ;s,
To his Excellency the Minister of State Asti of War :
" &WILLI= Sis--1 have the honour to transmit to your Ex-
oullemy a copy of the Agreement of Armistice coocluded at Piura, '
Of the Roth current, between the Commissioners of his Excellency
tho Liberator and President, and the Illustrious Grand Marshal
Om Augustin Gamara, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of
Peru ; and having been rattled by the Commissioners on both
sides, shall be kept in all its parts.
" It gives,nse glom satisfaction to communicate to the Council
• Ministers, through your Excellency, that the province and
fortresses of Guayaquil are to be re-united to the Republic of Co.lombia. Go, preserve your Excellency,
• " 0' JOSE. DOMINGO RSPINAR"
710 Meed-ronreser. Id Park-o*Mo 10th of July, 11211 r a meet-
ing took piece between Col. Antonio de la Guerra, commissioned
bride Excellency the Liberator, President of the Republic of Co-
lombia, and Ueut..Col. Do Juan Augustin Lira on the part of
the illinerious Grand Marshal Commander-in-Chief of the Army
of
the Republic of Peru, with the intention of concluding an
armistice, during which the Supreme Governments of the two
, Republics might freely communicate with each other, in order to
agree to a definite Treaty of Peace ; and having first exchanged
their full powers, they afterwards proceeded to agree to the fol-
lowing Articles :
" 1. It is agreed and concluded, that there shall be a formal
armistice for the term of sixty days, and that a suspension of
arms both by sea and land, shall in act take place from the day
of its ratification.
" 2. The province of Guayaquil and its towns and fortresses
shall be given up to the disposal of the Colombian Government
within the time of six days, to be reckoned from the moment
when the present document shall be placed in the bands of the
General commanding the Peruvian division, which holds it ratified
by his Excellency the Liberator, President of that Republic.
"S. The blockade of the southern coast of Colombia shall be
suspended from the day of the ratification ; and while the ands-
tics lasts, neither Power is to augment its forces, either by sea et
land ; the vessels of war, however, belonging to Colombia, which
have come from the Atlantic, may enter into any of the Ports of
that Republic in the Pacific Ocean, with the exception of those of
the State of Guayaquil.
" 4. Shall remain, as a pledge to be given up religiously to the
Colombian Republic, all the vessels and boats of Guyaquil, toge-
ther with all the instruments of war, according to the respective in-
ventories, as soon as the definitive Treaty of Peace shall be signed;
and in no case shall they be made use of for any hostile purpose.
"IS. A Diplomatic Commission, appointed by the Government,
shall occupy itself as soon as possible, in order to conclude the ne-
gotiations for peace within the time prescribed in the First Article,
and which may be extended by the direction of the Commission
for such a time as may be indispentible to conclude the Treaty.
"6. There shall be restored immediately to the Peruvian army
all the sick which remain in the Hospitals of Jiron, and are enrolled
in the lists of Colombia ; all the prisoners taken in the battle of
Tarqui remaining as hostages ; for which purpose an °facial docu-
ment, with lists formed so as to contain the former, and provide for
the fulfilment of the second part of this Article, shall be formed.
" 7. The subject of the monuments which were ordered to be
erected having been touched upon by the Peruvian Commissioner
in consequence of the event at Porlete de Tarqui, the Colombian
Commissioner' Colonel Antonio de la Guerra, stated that the ar-
rangement of that matter was not within his power, ar be con-
' ddered it to belong to the Diplomatic Commission mentioned in
the fifth Article, assuring the other Commissioner that his Re-
public, and his Excellency the Liberator President, were animated
with the most cordial sentiments towards Pers.

" 3. The captures nude by the vessels of war or privateers of
both Republics, during the armistice which is to take place from
the day of the ratification, shall be religiously given up to the owners.
"9. Hostilities at sea shaU not recommence till fifty days have
passed after the time when war shall have been again declared.
" 10. If his Excellency the Libertor President shall not agree
to ratify this Colivention hostilities shall begin with both armies
within eight days after his refusal.
" 11. The Illustrious Grand Marshal Don Augustin Gamma.
who is at present in these head-quarters, shall be required to send
bis ratification or dissent within three hours; and his Excellency
the Liberator President in the same time after it has reached his
hands.

" 12. Four copies of this document shall be made, of which each
party shall take two, equally ratified or rejected, and they shall be
exchanged in the square of Guyaquil, if they are approved of by
their Excellencies.

'• The Commissioners having agreed to the above stipulated Ar-
ticles, they signed the Armistice at five o'clock in the afternoon of
the day a►ove mentioned.
(Signed) " JUAN AUGUSTINE LIRA.
" ANTONIA DE LA GUEItRA.
" Head-quarters, Inura, July 10,1829."
" I solemnly approve and ratify this Treaty, and in conformity
with the statements made to me by the Secretary General of his
Excellency the Liberator. President of the Republic of Colombia,
in his letter of the 25th of June, hostilities both by sea and land of
the forces under my command, are suspended from this moment.
(Signed) " AUGUSTIN GAMARRA,
" JOSE MAZUItI DR LA CUBA, Secretary.
" Head-quarters, Biujo, July 15. 1829."
" I approve and ratify this Convention.
(Signed) " BOLI V A R.
" Secretary-Gentral. JOSE D'ESPINAR•"

GERMAN PAPERS.

ST. PETERSBURGH, Orr. 14.

Extract of a letter from the camp before Shamla :.-44 The army
has just lost a General officer, celebrated for his valour : Lieute-
nant-General Prince Maelatoff died on the 4th (16th August) of an
aneurism, which formed last winter. He has been interred at
Shumla, in the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin, whet e the
funeral service was performed according to the rites of the Greek
Church, by the Bulgarian Clergy. This ceremony was accompa-
nied by a circumstance that did honour to Prince Aladatoff : the
Grand Vizier, who had in him so formidable an adversary, was
pleased to pay in person, with his troops, the last military honours
to this intrepid warrior."

Octosta 16.

Order of the Day of his Majesty the Emperor, to the troops of
the Second Army. to those of tilt corps of the Caucasus. and to the
squadrons of the fleets of the Baltic and the Black Sea, which took
part in the two last campaigns :
" Brave Soldiers and Sailors.—The all-powerful benedictions of
Divine Providence have put an end to this war, in which you have
gained imperishable glory ; and, thanks to your efforts. Russia ce-
lebrates a glorious peace.
" Two quarters of the world have constantly leant:tided with
your victories. The numerous forces of an enemy. who made an
obstinate resistance, have been annihilated at all points, and before
you has vanished the ancient renown of those impregnable ram-
parts, w bleb, before you, never knew a conqueror. Boldly pass-
ing chalus of almost impervious mountains, and striking the ene-
my even in his most inaccessible retreats, you have constrained him,
at the very gates of Constantinople, solemnly to acknowledge
his inability to oppose your valour. You have equally distinguished
yourselves by your moderation towards the vanquished—by your
conduct to the raceable inhabitants of the countries subdued by
your arms, to offering them protection and friendship—by the
strict observance of the most exemplary order and the strictest
discipline ; lastly. by the scrupulous fulfilment of all your duties.
It is thus that you have shown yourselves worthy of the name of
Russian soldiers.

Desiring to recompense so many eminent services rendered
by you to the throne and the country, order all those who have
taken part in the military operations against the Turks in the cans-
paigns of 1848 and 1829, to wear suspended to the ribbon of the
Order of St George, the medal which 1 have just instituted far
the war in Turkey.
'..," May this mark of honour be for ever a monument of your
glory and of my gratitude. May it be for the future a new pledge
of the Welty of your services
(Signed) " XICHOk.4O6.
' "St. Pstershurgh, Ist (13th) Oet. WM"
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It is said that his Majesty refused to receive the compliments of
the Albanese Authorities and Clergy ; but bestowed ten dollars
upon the neighbouring Franciscan Friars.
At length, on the evening of the 21 instant, the party safely ar-
rived in Rome, and took up their quarters in the Palace of the
Duke of Lucca, a nephew of the King. where they were received
by the Neapolitan Ambassador, and by a Prelate appointed by the
Pope to compliment their Majesties, reigning, and about to reign,
in hie Holiness's name.

On the ensuing morning the regal travellers repaired to the Qui-
rinal Palace, In order to pay a first visit to the Pontiff. The inter-
view, which lasted near three quartets of an hour, has been de-
scribed to the Romans as having been " most moving." This may
be, in some respects, true enough ; but it is certain that nn pro-tra-
dons or kissings of the sacred foot through the velvet slipper
were performed, or even attempted, on the part of Royalty.
Such honours were reserved fur the Ladies of Honour and whet'
attendants present. Besides this, you wiU remember that,
during nearly forty years last past, the Kings of the twain &eines
have most perversely and unfilially (if there be such a word) re-
fused to pay the annual fine, fee, or tribute, due for the investiture

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of their antiquated ancestors. This refusal extracts every year
from their (would be) liege Lord a pubhc protest in St. Peter's
Church. Hence the interchange of civilities and of terms of kind-

ness between parties in such circumstances may be somewhat
" moving" to the philosopher, especially if be be a sectarian nt
Demecritus. In the evening, after holding a kind of levee.
at which the Corps Diplomatique, the Nobility, Cardinals, and
other ecclesiastical dignitaries, presented themselves, to exchange
their "choice Italian" for his Majesty's Neapolitan Patois—
which, by the bye, he expectorates with native glibness—the party
were wheeled to the Mausoleum of Augustus. Be not sanguine—
niy, forget Vigil and Albinovanus—and know that this tomb has
long been desecrated, and is now profaned by bull-baitings, pronte-
nades, and exhibitions of fireworks, accompanied by bad musk.
His majesty and suite had the good fortune to witness the latter of
these amusements.

On the 4th, being his name-day, King Francis received the
compliments thereunto pertaining, from all bringers, and, alter
taking due care to see a procession (of the Rosary) which passed
under his windows, repaired, with the other Royal wayfarers, to
the Farness Palate, to partake of a rand dinner. prepared by Isis
Ambassador, the Marquis Ricca*do. The banquet was of SO Weeds.
In the evening they stared at the noble illuminations of the facade,
colonnades, and cupola of St. Peter'►, and afterwards were con-
ducted through the Vatican Museum, which was Illuminate) for
the occasion. We are positively assured, that the satisfaction
they evinced upon beholding, and that, too, with •' nice
discernment," the grand monuments of ancient sculpture
was inexpressibk.V This day was destined to conclude with an
unexpected accession of gratification, by the arrival, late in the
evening, of the Duke of Lucca—an event which, as the Romans
were informed by authority, sweetly surprised" the parties con-
cerned. This young gentleman, sin.'e he got rid of his mother, got
possession of the unfortunate Republic of Luca-a, and got a wile
and child, has been subject to a lamentable mania of locomotion ;
and the poor Lucchese bitterly complain that his gaddings carry
from his home too much of the revenue he extracts front the toils
of an industrious people.
'the Holy Father, in the forenoon of the sth, returned their
Majesties visit, and remained half an hour with them. It is stated
that this scene was a faithful repetition of the most moving one
that had taken place two Jays before in the Papal Palace." Before
his departure, however, their Majesties besought his Holiness to
admit the Nobility present " to the kiss of the foot ;" and the Pon-
tiff even vouchsafed, in anot►er rooni,to bestow the same honour and
favour upon the inferior class of their attendants. The early part of
the afternoon was employed by their Majesties in giving an '• addi-
tional exemplification of their lofty religiousness." You are no doubt
aware that is a large building near the Cathedral of St. John Lateran,
there is a chapel •' rich in treasures of sacred reliques." To this
chapel those who choose it may ascend by a long, and rather steep
flight of marble stairs, said to have been brought from Pilate's pa-
lace, as they must been ascended by the Manse sea. The King,
Queens, and their Royal Highnesses took to :hese steps, and actually
clambered up the whole succession, stagruarass et seriatim, upon their
knees The ladies and courtiers in waiting tollows d them of course,
and the ensemble must have exhibited a kind of crawling proces-
sion. After this demonstration of piety they were driven to a
magnificent pavilion, to enjoy a horse-race. exhibited in the
principal market-place--the Piazze govan—converted, by tht
erection of seats upon scaffolding, into a kind of circus, or stadium.
The cow Coil was very striking; but the races were almost ridi-
culous, the borers being little better thin common hacks, without
saddles, and bestridden by untrained stable-boys, who were not
even allowed whips. What would be said to this, at Epsom or
Doncaster ? There were, however, three heats, each by a dif-
ferent set•of horses. The riders in the first were equipped in imi-
tation of Cossacks ; those of the second, in the Italian costume of
the middle ages; and the third, in the Turkish garb. Tee prise
was contended for in a last heat by the winner in each cal the pre-
ceding ones; and the victorious jockey (if be c.n claim the titl4
was presented to the King of the 'lwo &cities. hum seLom, we
are told, he received a splendid present.
Besides this exhibition, other amus: mews awaited the Royal
Visiters, whose curiosity seems to have been extremely arc.•mmo-
dating. At Marna term night they were treated to a gran•l display
of fireworks frons.the-Cestk of St. Angelo (Hadrian's lontb)---,
spectacle th.t might have rivalled Ve►uvius itself, eve!) when i•.
nrst elective mood , anffi_he hard day's work terminated by their
occup'atlon of boxes in the: Argentina Theatre, to heir a dull set
pititi opera, composed by Neapolitan master, pei forma by ,he
risedlocre singers whom this Roman managers are allowed to force
upon thepublic..lbeyinanage at least this nutter ►etter at Naples
and his Nlajesty and Co. bad, at all events. one opportunity a
making a comparison favourable to home.

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On the subsequent (last) day, Royal admit! and discernment
were chiefly busied in visiting the &unloosed the Capitoline Mu-
seum. In the latter, the Venus, and the Ague erroneously styled
the Dying Gladiator, messed to obtain most attention. At St.
Peter's, the young Queen-elect displayed her agility in ascending
into the bail which summits the dome; and upon her return.
found notice of the auspicious exploit prepared for posterity, to :its
inscription in a marble tablet that had been allied daring her ab-
sence among the clouds.
Yesterday, the day of departure, they paid another, and "moving"
visit to the Pontiff, and afterwards, a hurried one to the Borghealan
and Alban' Villas. At the Porta del Popolo they started, under a
salvo from the Papal guns in the Castle of St. Angelo, for Viterbo,
where they were to sleep last night; and, GOD willing, win this
morning proceed from thence towards Florence.—Herald.

lA)N DON.

THURSDAY,_ NOVEMBER 5.
Houniir—Oorrownsa PLOT, 1605,

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Our first page contains a copy of the Armistice con-
cluded between the Generals of Columbia and Peru, for a
period of sixty days. We trust that during this interval,
the Governments may conclude a definitive Treaty of
Peace, and thus terminate a quarrel which has
been so detrimental to their mutual inter-
e•sts. It is indeed high time that the South
American States, till now the scenes of almost
uninterrupted anarchy and bloodshed, should convince
Europe that they possess some elements of order, and
pod government. How deeply it is to be lamented that
the Congress of Panama, should have separated without
accomplishing any one of those objects for which it had
been convened. It is probably to this circumstance
alone, that may be attributed the subsequent divisions
and disasters of Buenos Ayres and Columbia herself;
and above all, the attempt of Barradas on Mexico.

By a reference to the letter of our Lisbon Correspon-•
dent, it will be seen with what feelings the recognition of
Don Mtn UEL by Spain has been received, as well as the
conditions of the Secret Treaty. A variety of other de-
tails, for which we have not space to-day, represent the
c•vi?s of every kind inseparable from the usurpation, to be
increasing rapidly, and no doubt is entertained that
a crisis is not far distant. The letter of another
Correspondent, a concealed patriot, informs us that
the policy of England added to a conviction that
our present Ministers are leagued with the ruling faction,
could alone prevent an immediate effort to shake off a
yoke which is becoming hourly more intolerable.
In the comments we yesterday made on the recogni-
tion by FERDINAND, we omitted to recur to the impor-
tant fact of the POPE'd having refused to acknowledge
Don MIG UEL. We are told by our Lisbon friend,
that, as might be anticipated• nothing can ex-
ceed the injurious effect of this refusal upon the Usurper :
the people who were led by the Priesthood to believe in
his legitimacy, are now terrified lest their own excom-
munication should follow, so that the Despot's fall would
be regarded as a judgment from Heaven.
We some weeks ago, stated the case of several indi-
viduals who were arrested at Mafra for no other reason
than that of dining together to celebrate the birth-day of
a friend. These unfortunate persons are still incarcerated,
and among them Madame STORZY, the wife of an
Englishman, who is employed by one of the Mexican
Mining Associations. We would fain call the attention
of Lord ABERDEEN to this Case, aggravated as it is, by
the fact of the Lady in question having nearly lost the
use of her limbs by a former malady.

The Austrian Observer, of the 24th and 25th October,
just received, gives us two more Decrees of the Greek

National Congress: the first, respecting the exportatic

of Antiquities ; and the second, for ameliorating the
situation of the Church and the Clergy. It may be of

importance to many to know that the Greek Government
is now only " empowered to allow the exportation of
remains of Antiquity, when they are required for the
purposes of Archaeological Researches of Scientific
Institutions." These Decrees are as follow:

VIENNA, OCT. 23.
DECREE OP THE GREEK NATIONAL CONGRESS,

assracrom trs 2:roar:isms or armor:um
Considering the 18th Article of the Ordinance of the Govern-
ment promulgated by the National Congress at Treezene, forbid-
ding the sale and exportation of antiquities : considering that the
present Government, in conformity with the said Ordinance, has
refused all applications made to it for the exportation of antiquities :
Ike Fourth National Comma decrees—
Alit. 1. All that was resolved by the National Congress at
Treezene against the exportation of monuments of antiquity is
confirmed.
ART. 2. The Government is only empowered to allow the ex-
portation of the remains of antiquity when they are required for
the purpose of archaeological researches of the scientific institutions
of the several Governments.

DECItE
Or TUN IriTIONAL CONGRESS AT ARGOS, 14TY AUGUST, TOL AUX-
LIORATING TUB SITUATION Or TUB CM/NCB AND TUB CLUMSY, ke.
" The fourth National Congress. considering it to be one of its
paramount duties to tern its 'undoo to the most suitable means
of accelerating the moral and political restoration of Greece; con-
sidering, as the basis of this restoration, the moral regeneration of
the citizens, produced by the principisi of our holy raUgioo, and of
a solid education ; recognizing the notesillty of giving to the Go-
vernment the necessary means :
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1. To improve the ;hoodoo of the Church and the Only.

It. To endow the orphan-house with funds adequate to the
object of that institution.
3. To promote the propagation of mutual instrutdon and
Normal Schools.
4. To found schools for the higher branches of education, m well
for those who dedicate themselves to the Church u to those who
are to serve the State in a civil capacity, or mean to devote them-
selves to the Arta and Sciences.

5. To establhb public printing Aces.
The National Congress resolves—Art. 1. The Government is
fully empowered to collect, in whatever manner it judges the most
proper, all the legacies which patriotic Greeks. as well at home or
abroad, have bequeathed, or may hereafter bequeath, in favour of
charitable or useful institutions.
2 In concert with the Senate, to take measures to apply to the
benefit of the above establishments, the charitable foundations al-
ready existing in the State.
3. The Government will form. under its immediate direction, a
fund, In which the produce of the legacies and charitable founda-
tions may be deposited; and which *hall be exclusively applied to
the promotion of the object stated in Art. 1.

We have Brussels Papers this day to the 4th instant.
A deputation of the Two Chambers has presented to his
MAJESTY the address in answer to his speech. It
touches, of course, on all the subjects mentioned in that
speech. The subjoined are the principal passages
4' We flatter ourselves that the measures taken by the Gomm
meat, in our East India possessions, will put a happy end to the
trouble which still exist there. The mother country has msdt
great and menses sacrifices to attain this object. We wish to seli
the end of them and to enjoy the fruks.
" We hope to see the liberality of principles guaranteed by our
fundamental compact confirmed by a law on public instruction.
" We think with your Majesty, that it is in the nature of our
Government to place as much as possible, under the eyes of the
laws, every thing that tends to consolidate the welfare and the
liberties of our fellow-citizeas ; your wise designs answer to our
desires, and you may depend on the cordial co-operation of our
assembly."

BRUSSELS, Nov. 3.

His Majesty has granted to Rotterdam, in the same meaner as
to Amsterdam, Antwerp, and other towns, the free importsdon
and re-exportation by sea, by means of a general enueg6t.—Brsis•
ida l'apers, Nor. 4.

An elegant pamphlet has been put forth by Mr. GA LLT
KNIG lIT, in the shape of a letter to the Earl of ABM..
DEEM, on the subject of the Foreign Policy of that Noble

Minister. The style is perspicuous rather than strong,
though in many passages it rises into the emphatic by
the inculcation of great truths and principles, which—
however, are but too partially insisted on, and too im-
perfectly unfolded. The natural bias of the writer is
evidently to liberal systems, and yet in him the liberali-
ties of a highly cultivated mind appear to stand checked
and chastened in their mid career, as if conflict-

ing with some antagonising principle. In the
complacency of his unconscious attachment to the free
institutions of this country—as he calls them—especially,
he overlooks entirely the hUmiliating fact that they sur-
vive only as black-letter curiosities, but to all substan-

tial purposes are abrogated and annulled among us, as
far as concerns the people. The borough-system, of
which we said so much on Tuesday, has carried into all
the arteries of our institutions its pervasive vitiatory

power, and beneath the surface of our unrivalled
forms just like consumption at the lungs of a hectic
beauty—the obliterating gangrene of corruption is poison-
ing public health at its noble fountains.
" England," says Mr. DALLY KNIGIIT--" in
spite of her financial embarrassments, occupies
an envied station, and possesses great and peculiar ad-

vantages. Your Lordship will not deny that those ad-
vantages principally arise from her free institutions."
Now, we complain of this passage, as being a misrepre-
sentation of the actual condition of England : for it
implies that her " free institutions" are yet working with
unimpeded wheels, and that " those advantages" which
only belong,to them in their perfection, continue to re-
sult equally, notwithstanding their deterioration. A
little reflection will convince Mr. GALLY KNIGHT that
he did not sufficiently weigh this proposition, before he
advanced it : in his too much abstraction in the dreams
of our olden purity, he lost sight of the contaminations

which have supervened. No ; England did occupy "an
envied station," but the station of England is any thing
but enviable now. Whether she will regain ever that
pre-eminence which the voice of testifying Europe so
lately acknowledged to be her's, is a question which we
should timidly approach : but that she has lost her glo-
rious rank among the kingdoms—and lost it through
the misgovernment of an incapable and unprincipled
administration—no dispassionate observer of her late
foreign policy can deny. It is in this view again, that
we see cause to complain of the indecisive spirit, and
infirm opposition of Mr. GALLY KNIGHT to a set of
Ministers, who—by his own showing—have so de-
graded this country in the eyes of Europe, that the dis-
paraging mention which he hears everywhere made
of her name, " has made the fire burn within
him." Yet he begins his book with collateral
compliments to the noble Duke, who carried
Waterloo and the Catholic Relief Bill ; as if the battle
and the measure were to be held up as everlasting
skreens, to cover his subsequent imbecile and flagitious
policy. lie goes out of his way, also, in more places
than one, to bandy civilities with the Noble Earl, whose
disastrous conduct of our foreign relations it is the imme-
diate object of his pamphlet to impugn. These are
trimmings and temporisations unworthy of a sincere pa-
triot, and detrimental to the efficacy of any eloquence
which may accompany them in the cause of freedom.
One other remark of Mr. GALLY KNIGHT—in the
same spirit as the preceding brief quotation—we must
use the liberty to contravene. It is where he says—" So
long as the British Senate exists, so long will there be a
tribunal in this world, before which the tyrants of the
earth must appear, there to be inevitably held up,
whatever their rank or their power, to the hatred and
contempt of mankind. Nothing they do can be done
in secret; the British Senate proclaims it to the world."
Here again the author—forgetting the corrupt reality
of things—has been amusing himself with the beau-
ideal of a British Parliament. Has Don, MIGUBL bees
dragged as an example before that tribunal ? Or has

the beloved FERDINAND been held up to the execra-
tion which his enormities have earned ? Mr.
GALLY KNIGHT'S memory must have surely failed
hint, or he would not have predicated thus of a Senate in
which bloodshed and usurpation found—only in the last
Session—such obstinate and shameless defenders. Does
he forget the recommendation to " reconcile conflicting
interests," which the Noble and Military Premier had
the audacity to put into the SOVEREIGN'S mouth, at a
crisis when the wrongs of Portugal made the blood of every
virtuous Englishman boil with indignation ? Alas, for
such tribunals—where the lamb is condemned in penalties,
and the wolf gets his verdict of acquittal !
With such exceptions as we have made, the letter of
Mr. GALLY KNIGHT may be regarded SS an able expo-
sition of the false and wicked conduct of our foreign
transactions, under the direction of the Noble Duke and
the Noble Earl: and we give with much pleasure—as an
illustration of our last affirmative—Mr. KNIGHT'S state-
ment of the Calle, as regards MIGUEL and Donna MARIA.
In what ether light could Europe view the second stir of the
proceedings in Portugal?
What was the position of things ? Portugal could not be desk-
mated as a case in which changes, dangerous to menaschy and
society, had taken place through the means of insurrection ; and
this was, perhaps, the very reason which induced the enemies of
liberty to regard the new institutions of Portugal with peculiar
aversion. Portugal had accepted a constitution which was the vo-
luntary gift of her lawful sovereign, and a British force wet con-
ceded co the request alone most ancient any, to forbid interference
from the side of Spain. The interference which the British fierce
was sent to resist, menaced the new institutions. Did not England,
then, appear to take those institutions under her especial care ?
It is idle to ay that those who supported the constitution
of Portugal, did not consider themselves as acting under the pro-
tection of England. The British forme was sass to protect thew.
Under these circumstances Don Miguel came to England, and
from thence went to assume the Regency of PortugaL His as.
sumpdon of the Regency was only agreed to on certain conditions.
England, and the Emperor of the Brazils, equally stipulated that
the existing institutions should be preserved. Don Miguel engaged
to observe these =editions by all the obligations which are binding
upon the honour of a Prince, or the conscience of amen ; and then
returned to Portugal, escorted by British vessels, and received on
his landing by British troops.
When, therefore, that misguided Prince departed from all his
engagements, he broke his faith at once with his Sovereign, his
country, and with England. The violation of the conditions into
which he had entered was not only a breach of faith, but a-direct
insult to the country from whence be came. The honour of Eng-
land was implicated. as well as the fate of Portugal, and It became
our imperative duty at Duce so show that we could not be mocked
with impunity, at the hazard of enforcing the fulfilment of those
conditions which we had declared to be indispensable.
Embarrassed as we are in our finances, we do not yet pretend
to be reduced so low as to be unable to make an exertion when-
ever the real interests of the country demand it ; and did not the
real interests of England demand it when our character, our
honour, and the welfare of Portugal were at stake ?
And what was the course which England adopted.—Are re-
called our Aintbassadorl We did just enough to confess to the
world our sense of Don Miguel's conduct. and there our exertions
ended. We recalled our Ambassador; but we permitted the
overthrow of institutions which we had received Don Magueys
promise to maintain; we abandoned the friends of limited monarchy
to the fate which awaited them; and we went so far as to show a
nervous apprehension of In any way displeasing the blood-
stained usurper.
This, my Lord, was a line of policy which was any thing but a
prosecution of the Portuguese question in the spirit in muck a ms
commenced, a mode of proceeding which it would have more con.
sistently emanated from the Cabinet of Vienna, that from that of
Great Britain; a mode of proceeding which altered the sentiments
of Europe, and changed She position of England.
In justification of the cour.e we had pursued, the
defenders of the Government (at the same time that
they fully assented to the enormity of Don Miguel's conduct.)
brought forward the excellent maxim of non-interference.
I say emellent, because I am entirely of opinion that England could
have no better rule of conduct were it invariably observed. It
would he good far ourselves and not prejudicial to others; for,
could our neutrality be relied upon, the patriots of other lands
would know that they had nothing to fear from British hostility,
and nothing to rely upon except their own exertions, *filch they
would always find to be the best and most enduring source of
national independence and welfare.
But, unfortunately, we have usually departed from this rule,
except when those who had made the most generous exertions
were left to their fate; and, in the eye of Portugal, we had alr:ady
irderfeeed. On this account we could no longer. either honour-
ably or logically, shelter ourselves under the old maxim. The ac-
tual interference of England was an important feature in the
position of Portugal. Trusting to the British shield, the friends of
the Constitution took no precautionary measures. When, there-
fore, perfidy took advantage of the inaction of confidence, it be-
came our duty to continue the interference we bad begun, till we
had given sufficient proof that confidence in England could never
be misplaced.
It Is said that the Portuguese people are indifferent to a free con-
stitution. Bet the friends of order seldom inquire into the senti-
ments of the people, unless it is when ancient prejudices excite a
popular cry in favour of certain abuses. When the more enlight-
ened class have endeavoured to break their chains, and reform these
abuses, then, forsooth ! the people become the oracles of wisdom,
the only fit judges of questions of state. But the m ore bigotted
and ignorant are the people of Portugal, the more do they
require the assistance of better institutions; and if they ars not as
advanced as other nations, is this an honest excuse for delay?—
Or can the ignorance of the multitude be !nought forward by En-
gland as a reason, and an excuse, ftir deserting the ten righteous
men, whose virtue should have saved the city ?
A slight effort on the part of England would have preserved the
lives of those who have perished, and continued to Motel
the safeguard of these institutions which the personal character
of her ruler shows to be so desirable ; and, in a more interested
point of view, have we, let me ask, pursued the coarse from which
we are likely to derive the most advantage? Can we expect
to be so much considered as heretofore by a country in
which we have given satisfaction to neither party ? Will
the Absolusists ever forget our long disavowal of their
favourite, or the friends of the Constitution our entire desertisn ?
Can we expect that the old attachment of Portugal to England
will remain *simpered ?
The moment of interference is unfortunately past, bet the
usurper remains unacknowledged, nor should his assumed title ever
be allowed, unless he gives a certain pledge of amended intentions,
by concessions and reparations of a more durable nature than the
mere change of meanies and counsellors. Yet, as we have ad-
mitted the right of the Emperor of the Brazils to dispose of the
crown of Portugal. should the emperor, at any time, be per.
goaded. unconditionally to recognize Don Miguel as king,
the Governments of ether countries will find **esteem placed in
a eery embarassing dtuaden.
Let as, however. hope thrt the example of Terceira will not be
lost epos the mother reentry ; and that the Portuguese nation
will, by exertions of its own, effect such alterations as shall at once
decide the *sodas of recognition.
Sir GEORGE MURRAY arrived in town yesterday af.
ternoon, from Tonbridge-wells.

PRIVATE LETTER.

LISBON, 17th OCT. 1829.

Sessav,—The interest of the week commenced at the great fait
of Campo Grande on Sunday; the etecution-ot two Patriots at
Oporto, and the banishment to Africa of fur for life. It is be-
lieved the two former were a Jura as Foss, and a student of
Coimbra. Another was led round the gallows with a rope round
kis neck ; and two more are expected toaster. But this is thought
nothing of to what will forthwith happen.
Mounav,—what every person of information had, for some
time, folly expected, has taken place. viz :—the annunciation
of the acknowledgement of Dos Mao= as King, by Spain.

The price of this acknowledintent is stated, first to be the
cession of Valance de Minbo—which, commanding the frontier
town of Tay, in Galatia, within cannon shot of the frostier, may
be deemed the key of Portugal. It is the work originally of Vide-
tus. and the place was peopled; by his veterans; secondly, Al-
meida, perhaps the strongest fortress in Portugal, but of the
importance of which to an invading army, on the new system,
military men are much divided ; Deniourier thought it quite
otherwise, as the invaders might push oa and leave it behind
them safely, without a wasteful siege.
TaZIDAT, the " achnomiediser Bing, who bad been occupied
quietly at nsafra suddenly made his appearance, without the slight-
est predens notice. The ostensible cause was stated to be hlb
desire to see the casting of some bells fora church, at the Roya
Cannon Foundery—the sight of which gave him the facility, after
arriving there by a circuitous route, of darting into the
city at once. But this was very unfortunate, inasmuch as
he found the loyal city atopensered to mast him—not a handkerchief
waved from a balcony—sot a win arose! When he entered the
great .square, nobody knew him from his altered looks; and lti.
countenance was so cadaverous that positively old Portuguese de-
clared, notwithstanding his strong body guard, the visas of hired
Whims and pickpockets alone, that he was a Spanish Duke! Is
it not amazing that the friends of the proems *bar should not act
with better taste than to give their sovereign in such an entree,
accompanied only by the same agates that proclaimed him?
Among the whole fifty of the runners, across the Pram Conunerdo.
there was not a single adult. It was altogether a miserable eski.
Winn ! he had better have stayed at Mafra. However, so it

was ; and at night, notwithstanding no weal declaration
had been made by the senate, bodies of thieves under
the charterer and , some, but very few, in the dress
of Royalist Volunteers,—in a riotous procession, passed through
the streets demanding illundnadons ; and some British merchants,
who would have done any thing under the usual direction of the
City Senate, had their windows broken by what the Ler Awn.
repo calls " she isdfripeds I Essiand." The cafes were all
quickly deserted ; in two or three, the people were beaten with
sticks. Some young noblemen and others from the notoriousness
of the act were seised by the police. On their names being required
by the guard, the noblemen were est at liberty, but the others
were detained !

WZDNUDAT night, the Saw& (City Senate) illuminated, and
then it followed that all should do the same ; but it was
very partial among the Portuguese. AU the English in a
more or less degree, however, under fear of Ls, Ameasuro's de
claration, spent their money—now, be it told him, very hardly
earned—in candles or oil, to celebrate the ecbsseskdgesess, by a
really great leaden in these times, of Don Munn as King of Por-
tugal--hitherto disowned by England, unless in a dirty, underhand,
petty diplomacy with the miserable AMC*, and the still more mi-
serable SAPTARIDI from His Britannic Majesty's Pt incipal Secre.
tart' of State for Foreign Affairs—L► Atberdssso !
Tens Evasive, paraded the streets, about beige ragamiffins,
with en Improvisamee at their bead—coating asiegits on " the
aelesesulealgissesa" by Spain !—They passed on unheeded.
The Spanish Government has been so kind as to offer the We of
ten damson! um to enable Maim to reduce the remainder of his
refractory subjects. To obtain this aid, considering that the Por-
tuguese Government have not yet dared to reduce the Nth
Regiment, notwithstanding the arrival in town of the other
troops that was :preparatory to it, it is hardly possible that
any thing less should be claimed than the fortress
of Elms : Mauna was bog singe gotten by Spain. But what of
this? It is all one family! Family compacts were talked of, and
acted upon fur some time by British abeam& But what was their
policy compared with the "new Lights" of Lw Acesanuto, and
the Due de Vuzaurros?

CITY, TwiLvs o'CLocK.

In consequence of this being the anniversary of the Stb of No-
vember, it is a strict Holiday at the Bank, Stock Exchange, and
Foreign Market ; and, according to the usual custom, the Brokers
and Jobbers are assembled on the Royal Exchange.
Consols, which left off yesterday at 91* to * for Money, and
int for the Account, have been done on 'Change at 91; Thi
improvement is attributed to the Express from Paris, which brings
• considerable rise in the 3 per Cent. French Renter, which no
doubt is the cause of some speculative operations going forward a
Paris by gteat capitalists.

CITY, HALF-PAST ONE.

The business doing in Consols in the early part of the morning
was rather considerable, which took place before the Royal Ex-
change was open in the Stock Exchange court and at the Coffee-
houses. At present there is a great assemblage of Brokers and
Jobbers on Change, and Consols may be quoted at 914 for the
Account, and for January Act ount, 92. The only business doing
in Foreign Securities are in Danish, at 73k, and Brazil-Bonds, at
661 67.

The private letters by the Dutch steamer this morn-
ing, of the 2d of November, brings the exchange higher.
Money was abundant at Amsterdam.
We have an arrival this morning from New York by
the Dalhousie Castle, which left on the sth of October;
the above vessel brings back fifty emigrants: papers and
letters not come to hand.
Accounts from Lisbon state, that in several parts of the
kingdom the harvest has failed, and great fear was enter-
tained. In the said districts measures were taking to
supplyl the capital with wheat.
The frigate built at Marseilles, for the Pasha of
Egypt, has arrived at Alexandria in 13 days. On the
17th of Sept. there were 75 French Ships in the Port of
Alexandria waiting the arrival of the harvest. From the
interior also the cotton, indigo, and saffron.
His Excellency the Commander in Chief is expected
at the Presidency early in July. His Lordship would
leave Poiree about the 24th inst.
Letters from the district of Tuneedpore state, that the
indigo plant was in a most flourishing condition ; in some
places upwards of four feet high.
CALCUTTA, Juwn 5.-.. For days past the weather at
the Presidency has been oppressively hot and close : the
showers that have occasionally fallen have rather ap-
peared to increase than to mitigate its ardour.
CALCUTTA MARYETII.OUT Cotton market has been
quiet during the past week, and the transactions confined
to native dealers. The new crops are coming fast to
market.
The Calcutta Paper, of the 29th May, states that a
reduction on the duties on East Indian sugars was confi-
dently looked for, soon after the sitting of Parliament.
Letters have been received from the N.E. frontier,
dated 21st May, reporting that the inhabitants of the
principal villages belonging to Rajah Teerut Singhad,
came in and made their submission to the British Go-
vernment.
A Government Gazette extra states the death of his
Highness the Neyementins, on 21st May.

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