Star.
London, England, 1826-11-15 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, NOVIMIZR 14.

The weather has been for several days exceedingly
boisterous and inclement. About twelve o'clock yester-
day, it commenced raining, and continued to pour in
torrents until twelve at night, accompanied by a violent
hurricane, which increased when the rain abated. Ms
streets were flooded, and several houses in the low parts
of the town inundated. In the course of the night, a
great number of houses were materially injured, and
several unfinished ones blown down. An inhabited
house in Grosvenor-ureet was blown down, but pro-
videntially the family removed to a neighbour's, (having
heard the timbers cracking) about five minutes before
it fell. Many houses in the town of Lewes were mate•. •
rially injured. N. accident occurred on the beach ;
the fishermen, having anticipated the tempest, came in
before it arrived at the highest. The chain pier has not
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suffered the slightest injury.
The departures have been very numerous- for some
time, principally occasioned by the opening of Parlia-
ment; Lords Arnica and Sussex L.xssox left on
Saturday ; Lord Mixon, left the Albion this morning
for Dover. Mrs. COUTTS returned to her residence on
the Marine Parade on Sunday evening.

Letters by the way of New York, dated at Vera Cm,
in Mexico, on the lit September, advise a considerable
improvement in trade there. The demand for German
linens, for British printed goods, and for 'various other
descriptions of mandfactures, being considerably greater
than the supplies of them. No political nor financial .
information is contained in these letters.
Dust.--A duel took place yesterday morning on
Blackheath, between a Mr. F— and a Mr. B—, both of
London, in consequence of a dispute at Drury Lane
Theatre. on Munday evening. After an exchange of tans
shots from each, the seconds interfered, and the dispute
was amicably arranged.
The new capacious structure, denominated the Board
of Trade, in Whitehall, is completely fitted up for the
different Offices for the Lords of the Treasury, &e. Mr.
Husdussow, this morning, as one of the Lords, inspected
the Boardroom and different offices, with all of which
be was much pleased.
The Louisa transport has arrived at Portsmouth from
Sierra Leone, with invalided soldiers, and returned Go.
vernment stores, and we are sorry to add, fourteen per.
sons died during the passage, ten of whom, including
two women and one child, from the effects of fever. .
In the Court of King's Bench, last week, a rule was
obtained by Mr. Gurney, for a new trial, in the cause •
between the Mayor of Rochester v. Comport, on the
ground that the verdict given in the late trial, at Maid-
stone (which lasted two days) was against evidence.
On this day of the month, in 1635, died Thomas Parr,
celebrated for his longevity ; it the age of 100 be did
penance, and at 120 married his second wife, by whom
he had a child. At his death he was aged 152 years
and nine months.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, before he left Dover,
sent a donation of 101. to the Girls School of Industry,
IW. to the Infant School, and 101. to the Sabbath School
attached to the latter institution. These institutions are
open to children of every sect and denomination.
A Gentleman has given IW. to the Governor of Mor.
path gaol, to be laid out from time to time, as be may
think most conducive to the relief of his prisoners.
NZWCASTLIMIPON-TIMIC, Nov. 14.--A considerable
number of people of all descriptions were attracted to a
farm called Whitfield-home, belonging to John Greg-
son, Esq. on Wednesday last, to witness greyhound
race for a sum of money, between Mr. Thomas Young's
handsome bitch Nell, and Mr. Robert Cowen's well
known dog Jerry. Both animals are of the first-rate
sort. There were four courses or hunts, but such was
the &einem of the hounds, which rendered it very
difficult to decide which was the winner, that each
party claimed the race, and in consequence of the
stakes being given up, by the person who held them, to
Mr. Cowen 's without Mr. Young's consent, that Gentle-
man intends bringing an action for the money, as his
bitch was generally believed to bare gained the honour
of the day.
TROTTING MATCH.
Yesterday Mr. Meadows, a desk", undertook en elfAnnisil
match, to trot his Lancashire horse Hampden, nine Who in
thirty-two minutes and a half, on the Henley Road, over I Mile
piece of ground. Several well knows amateurs were present, and
great sums were pending in the matelsperbich was performed la
thirtpone names thirty-seven seconds.
RUNNING MATCH.

The match betweeitl;riac;a—ndiiiistioiot 300 yards for 1001.
in which Wantiing was to have Open Jackson eight yards, lad
which was to have been ran at Croydon twasorrow is off ; Ben
Burns having forfeited the money down on the pan olWanding. •

THE RING.-WARD AND CRAWLEY.

The third deposit fee this greed atair, with& is to 4Teiseelf s gee
td of January, and which is to decide fee the present the sisestiOn
of Jan Ward's tide to the Chavapionsbip, was made geed last aipbt,
at Jack Randall's, the Hole in the Wall, Chancery-ban

CORN EXCHANGE, MARICLANR, Now It

Oar arrivals of Wheat does 1104 either satar. a trade
is senurwhat brisk, and lao sante* eepjart 'Monday's prices.
Fine nu is king Barley better sale Ms siviting, mad the prixes
last inarket-day fully satalusd, swing, it is aid. to the pea mill
that ha taken place; and Oats, width snide is lively ilk at Mon.
day's earreney, and even higher priers min danseded. In Beans
and Peas there is no alteration.

AMERICAN PAPERS.

We have received New York Pipers to the f3th
Washington to the 24th, and Philadelphia and. Balti-
more to the 21st. It is stated, in one of the Baltimore
Paper, that the latest intelligence from P.,erto Cabello,
mentioned the arrival, in Caraccas, of General Arigno
Mendes, from Bort*, on a mission, from which, It;
was supposed, every difficulty would be amicably ar-
ranged. Bolivar's return was expected in the course of
Octo. According to one account, he-had pledged
himslW to be at Bogota by the 12th of that month.
We subjoin two extracts from a New York Paper of
the 21st : _ _ _

44 TIM CH tu AN Rs rr.—We, a long ewe since, gave
publicity to several articles; gating that the Chilian fleet
had positively been sold to the Government of Buenos
Ayres, and that it Was to be put in the most ample or-
der for immediate and 'fictive service; and we have
:tow information by the Harriet, arrived yesterday from
Rio, that Admiral Brown had actually left Buenos
Ayres, going overland to the Rio Negro, on the coast
of Patagonia, to receive and take the command of the
whole squadron, which had sailed from Valparaisc, was
to pass through the Straits of Magellan,and was to meet
'him at thomouth of the Rio Negro, in conformity to the
contracts entered into between the respective G Ivan-
menu of Chili and Buenos Ayres. This intelligence
.bad been received through various channels, at Monte
Video, and also at Rio; was currently believed, and
'excited apprehensions fit the fate of the Brazilian
squadron in the La Plata.'

MIMIC? 01 & LITM, CASTILIADIA, Seer. 26.
“We had yesterday a messenger from Bolivar. He
vanie from Quito by the way of Panama, and proceeded
in a man of war for Porto Cavell° and La Guayra.—
'The object of his minion is to call a meeting of the
people in every town, and if the majority wish a Con-
Mention called before 1890, to take into consideration a
'change of Government, the President intends to yield,
eto their wishes.

44 Bolivar'has had a good deal of trouble at Qiito.
Ile has been compelled to shoot about one handfed men,
-and to hang a good many. They mustered and said,
9/ Long live Ferdinand!' Sec.—Bolivar has pledged him-
-self to be in ilogoti on the 12th of 0-tober."

'FR'ENCH PAPERS.

The Etoik, dated Monday, contains news from Lis-1
bon to the SI st ult. and gives an account of the opening
of the Portuguese Cones, together with the speech
her Rqyal Highness the Princess Regent delivered in
person to that body. We give the :casement and speech.

LISVON, Ocrussa 31,

The Princess causes it to be notified to the Arch-
bishops and Bishops, that they were not as formerly to
occupy the reserved places at the Cortes, but that they
wbuld be there seated conformably to the 4th article of
the instructions annexed to the decree of the 4th instant,

and that the Archbishops would enjoy the honours of
Marotii,tes, and the Bishops enjoy that of Counts,
Her Royal Highness has received dispatches from
his Majesty at Vienna. They contain the important
news that the Infant Don Miguel -took the oath to the
constitutional charter on the 4.h of October.
The Ertiperor of Austria, in a conference he bad with
this p, ince in the presence of the Grand Doke of Tus-
ca,•y. advised him to conform to the sovereign will of
the King, his august brother.
The oath, pure and simple, written entirely by the
hand of the I•ifant, was sent to the Portuguese Minister,'
Baton Villa Seca, and at the same time to Viscount Re.
sonde. Minister of the Emperortißrazil.
Immediately after, his Royal Highness, as well as the
Minister of Portugal, who bore the commission of Q ,een
Maria 11. addressed themselves to his Holinesito obtain
the necessary dispensations for marriage on account of
the consanguinity. As soon as it sh 41 anise, the cele-
bration of the marriage will take place.
.The Session of the Cartes was opened an the SOtb, at the Pa;
ice of Ajuda.
The Princess Regent delivered a speech, addressed to the Noble
Peen of the Realm, and the Deputies of the Portuguese Nation. •
OPENING OF THE CORTES OF PORTUGAL.

A hall had been prepared for-this purpose in the Pa-
lace of Ajuda. An armed chair to the right of the
throne, and as high as the last step, was occupied by
de Duke de Cadaval, President of the Chamber of Peers.;
Near him was seated the Vice President, the Cardinal
patriarch of Lisbon. The Peers were seated in two,
rows. The Deputies occupied the space to the lett, one
benches covered with green cloth. The President ap-
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pointed a deputation of twelve Peers, and twelve Depu-
ties to receive the Princess Regent.
Her Royal Highness, seated in a Chair of State,
wh.ch had been prepared for her before the throne, de-
livered the following speech:
le NOBLE PILICNS 01 TIM KINGDOM, AND DEPUTIES 01

THE POITUOUILSI NATION.

• " In seeing you on this memorable day assembled
round the throne of my august brother and King Don
Pedro IV. I rejoice with you,. and with all the nation,
that it has :sseased Myr:re to Consolidate;
in a manner so sure and solemn, those wise institutions
Which at different epochs have composed the happiness
Of many 'great nations, and which will soon secure
that of oar beloved costa* y.
4. of,
know that the country %Which is now called
Poitagal steer knevr.'tven in the most remote ages,
any other Government than that of representative mo-
narchy. The prelates and the grandees of the kingdom
formed alone that representation; the people had no
voice in it, and &least took no past in that nearly feu-
dal Government. The Kings of Portugal, a little after
the origin of the monarchy, conceded to the commons
alio rights and the dignities which batbarous ages bad,
termed them.

" Portugal flourished then under the shade of Govern
:Went completely rearesentative. Nevertheless, as there
did not exist laws winch 6zed in an invariable/manner the
institutions adopted by usage and handed down by our
ancestors, they soon fell Intl disuse, and the Cows

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were forgotten by the nation. It was reserved for our
' (Lys to renew theirs by means of wise and firm eitab.
lishments. Such was the project which my august
father, whore memory Portugal will always revere,
conceived in his royal mind. and such is that which is
now carried into execution with immorul glory by my
august brother, in favouring this nation with a constitu-
tional charter.

We are called to the highest destinies, in a word, to
secure the happiness of our country. This idea must
, wide U 6 in the paths of hope, and smootlithese diificuk
roads whose termination is honour and glory.
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M Tbe-opinion of the great numbers of individuals who
compose a nation can never be uniform on those ptin-
.iples on which the art of governing states is founded,

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net in the choice of ivieiSis iikulaiedio secure their
happiness. This is especially obsertaSle when succes-
-sive pAitical.tetautions have taken place in i nation.
Neiertheless, the Portugue,e nation being naturally
mild and modeiate, and endowed wit)" a great love for
;heir legitimate Kings, this disunion of sentiment cannot'
always subsibt, and still less can it produce disastrous
results.

44 There have, it is true, striven among us perverse
men and traitors, who have degenerated from their
ancient loyalty, but they scarcely succeeded in with-
drawing a few weak and imprudent individuals from
the path of honour and duty, by sowing among them
gross errors or criminal impostures. Happily the num-
ber either of the one or the other has been small, and a
great Majority of the Pottuguese remain firm in the
'obedience due to their legitimate monarch.
" I cannot but anticipate the happiest results from
the dispn.iti,m of foreign nations in regard to us, and
time will not belie those favourable anticipations,
Bound by the faith of treaties, and by the Mo.t striking
proofs of friendship to owe of the European nations, and
at Feace with all, I calculate upon the decisive support
of the former, as well as upon the good-will and aeon
the fraternal reciprocity of the latter.
" All will acknowledge, by experience, that the pre-
sent representative Government of Portugal is truly just
and moderate, and further, that it does hot pretend to
interfere with any other state on account of the diversity
of its institutimo It confines itself to the delence of
its own with energy and constancy.
++ Alreaily facts have demonstrated more than words
the prudence and the good faith of the Government.
These have diminished in a great degree the apprehen-
sions of a neighbouriag nation. Its Government bas
at last been convinced that the difference of political
institutions ought not to destroy the friendship and
mutual confidence which the most solemn treaties and
the ties of blood, as well as neighbourhood, have so
long consolidated.
" What now remains for us to found the hope of our
future felicity P It is only a few hours ago that I received
from Vienna the news that my well-beloved and highly
esteemed brother the most Serene Infant Don Miguel
took an oath, pure and simple, to the Constitutional
Charter, on the 4th of the present month. Imme-
diately after that act, he petitioned his Holiness to
obtain the necessary dispensation to accomplish his
marriage with his august niece and Sovereign Queen
Donna Maria the Second.
" Legislative acts will eminently assist in maintaining
the political tranquillity of the state, and will consolidate
the political system established by the Constitutional
Charter. They will establish upon the solid basis of
civil and criminal codes the empire of justice. They
will establish laws for the municipal bodies, for provin-
cial administrations, and they will give a new impulse
to industry, to commerce, and to agriculture, the sources
df national prosperity.
" I cannot allude to commerce without communi-
cating to you theflatteting hopes which I entertain of
its increase from a redoubled intercourse between Por-
tugal and Brazil. The Treaties concluded betweea that
empire aid some European Anvers increase further this
hope, and we have the most assured pledge of it in the
known generosity of the Emperor of Brazil towards .a
country where he drew his first bresth, and where his
august ancestors reigned.
" Your attention will doubtless be directed with pat-
ticular tare towards education and public instruction,
which contribute so much ;n purify the morals of na-
tions, which times of trouble have corrupted, and the
establishment of which, founded on the principles of
the holy religion which we profess and sh +ll ever defend,
will strengthen the stability of the monarchy, and pro-
duce that perfect harmony in which the members of the
great family ought to live.
" Noble Peers of the kingdom! As legislators, you
will participate in these so important labours, but you
are likewise called to exercise the functions of the ma-
gistracy. By your wisdom, firmness, and the love of
your country which ought to distinguish you, you will
serve as an example to those who will succeed you in
your hereditary dignities.
64 It is to you, Deputies of the Portuguese nation,.'
that the initiative belongs on two subjects which concur
most efficaciously to consolidate the public felicity, as
well as the independence and security to which we owe
it, viz, the recruiting of the army and taxes. The con-
solidation of public credit demands your most serious
attention. The Ministers of State will furnish you with
those explanations which the Constitutional Charter
dethands from them.

" Finally, it is from you all, Peers of the kingdom,
and Deputies of the Portuguese nation, that I expect,
and that the whole nation hopes, the accomplishment of
its brilliant destinies. You will be the firmest support
of the throne, and your regard is the greatest recom-
pense of the interesting labours you are about to under-
take, the sweet satisfaction of saying one day to your
constituents, We fo2nd Portugal we .k and languishing,
and we have left her flourishing and strong." •
" The Princess Regent, in execution of the 107th
article of the Charter, nominated the Councillors of
State for life in the following order :

" ' The Cardinal Patriarch 'of Lisbon, Vice-President of the
Chamber of Poem • .
" The Duke de Cadaval, President of the same Chamber.

" redro de Mello &crier , Minister of Justice.
" igtiace da Cows QttinteUas, Minister of the Marine.
" Msjor•General Frederic de Caul' •
" The Members of the old Council of &ate retain their hono-
rary titles:*
Papers from the tT;pe of Good ttope to the 15th of
Aug' ast have been 'received, but they contain no news.
Letter from Calcutta to the 44th June have been re-
ceived,stating that there had existed a great scarcity of
money, and divtrust, among commercial men, in conse-
qtsence of the panic in England, news of whiCh had just
teethed India; bat theshock was less severe than might
haie been expected, and affairs were gradually return.
ing to their -usual state. The political tranquility of
-India Continued Without interruption.
A Mexican Gakette has been received in town, con-
taining an official document of some interest, being the
list orbilk drawn on England by the•Mezican Govern-
ment on account of the last loan, and exhibiting a sum-
total of 1,777,9511. Of those bills, as -is "well- known, a
very large amount has been protested, and sent back to
Metico. The first -bill protested Wat. one Tor 2;3001.
drawn on the Jell-April last, and assuming that all the
subsequent ones in the. Finance Ministers list would
share the same fate, the amount of protested bills would
be above 230,000 L The next accounts from Mexico,
by which the (feet of these returned bills will be ascer-
tainea, are looked for With much interest by the mer-
chants, as touch aiisbmassmeat will no doubt, be caused

by them, both to private individuals engaged in trade,
baYe given dallwa for these bills, 1W to the. Go-
vernment itself.

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