The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-02-22 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

A mail from Lisbon has brought Jetters of the 3rd instant.—
They state, that two expresses from Sir Stratford Canning had
reached Lisbon on the 30th ult, the contents of which were con-
sidered so important that the Rhadamanthus steam-vessel, then
waiting in the Tagus to carry the English mail, was sent off to
Oporto with them immediately. We find a multitude of con-
jectures in the private letters respecting the contents of these
despatches, from which, however, little definite information can
be collected. Their arrival had, it seems, raised the spirits of
the constitutional party, and depressed, in proportion, those of
the Miguelites. No doubt was felt that they contained some
specific proposition for putting an end to the contest in Portu-
gal, and it was held to be equally certain, that both brothers
were to be called on to retire, and leave the country to the go-
vernment of a regency on behalf of the young queen, whose
hand is to be offered, according to some accounts, to one of the
Neapolitan princes, as an alliance liable to fewer objections
than one either with Spain or with Austria. The French brig
of war which brought the demand for reparation for the late in-
sult offered to the French flag had left the Tagus, as it was be-
lieved, without attaining the desired object. the exchange on
London was 48w, and the agio 26.

FALMOUTH, Feb. 16.—We have just received advices from
Oporto to the sth instant, per the Rhadamanthus steamer,
which arrived yesterday at Plymouth. The substance of these
is, a full confirmation of all our anticipations, founded upon
pretty correct data, as the result, which is fast approaching, will
clearly show, that the cause of the young Queen Donna Mai ia
da Gloria is in a hopeless state. There are now no desertions
from Don Miguel's ranks : on the contrary, the only desertions
we ndw hear of are from the constitutional forces, and these,
too, in pretty large bodies, of the English especially—the gal-
lant English rascals, that were vicked up from the "back
slums" of all the cities in the empire; consequently men well
calculated to give the Portuguese an exalted opinion of the cha-
racter of Britons. Old England, indeed, is in very bad odour
with Don Pedro's advisers, the French having managed by their.
superior iiitrigye, to excite a strong prejudice against their rivals.
Don Miguel's agents and commanders seem to be a shrewd set
of fellows, and certainly cannot be the odious wretches that it is
the habit of some public writers to represent them. Discipline
among the Constitutionalists is out of the question—no money
is to be had, and, consequently, the men refuse to serve; some
of the officers, however, making a merit of necessity, have volun-
teered to continue their services without remuneration, We
wish they would resign their English half-pay while engaged in
so disgraceful a service—disgraceful,• because as far as they are
concerned, they can have no immediate interest in the dispute
between the brothers, and therefore serving as mere brigands in
a marauding adventure 7 for as to chivalry, or advancing the
cause of liberty, by enlisting under the banners of Pedro, nobody
can give them credit for so much purity of motive. We long to
see the time when the hired press of London will feel themselves
compelled to acknowledge that they have imposed upon their
readers statements written purely with a view of supporting and
countenancing a speculation that must end in the ruin of hun-
dreds, and in disgrace to their country.