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more palatable, they have introduced the Irish
Reform Bill :—and against their conduct in this
lar, we have one capital charge to make. It'
they have opened the question, but they do not
to] contemplate its settlement and close. The!
nay, they boast, that the applicability of Char
perty to secular uses is to be left an open clued
they congratulate and pride themselves upon ,
that their bill does not either affirm or deny it'
I
ought to blush for it. Times when extensive I
are proposed, are times when fundamental'
ought to be fully and clearly established. We
know, not only how much we retain or remove'
what ground and by what right we retain or r°
And when we call upon the Church to make sue
sacrifices, surely, in equity, she has a right to del,i
us some guarantees as to her future inviolabl
peace.

Observe again.—ln the House of Peers, the I
tatives of the Church have seats. Here, then, 0'
Reform Bill ought to have been shaped and
But no : it would be more acceptable in the
Commons, and so it is to be introduced there.
other hand, the law of coercion upoit the peel'
have been introduced where the representatiO
people sit ; but no : it would be more acceptabl
House of Peers, and consequently it is first b 1
light there ! Thus is propriety sacrificed to coni'

PORTUGAL.—The battle for a crown, which
tinues in Portugal, but which is obviously dray
its termination, presents one 9f the most singl

tacles ever witnessed. It is not here our busin'

quire which of the two combatants has in laic

claim. When men draw their swords, the lay;'
Habeas Corpus act in Ireland, is suspended.
we disposed to inquire which brother is the bette,

or the more honourable and estimable man.

be a " tedious difficulty," as lago says, to disc(
thing either reputable or commendable in Pedt
guel, and, if we could, we are quite satisfied that

be of no value to us or our readers.

All that we know of the.matter is, that Dom 311
the king de facto of Portugal, and that Domredr°
be the same, by cutting the throat of his brother:'
could. The former happens to have on his side ",
bility, hidalgos, priests, monks, and nine-tentllsi
whole population of the kingdom, while the latter,'
aided and abetted by some six or seven thousal'oi
lings of all grades, who call themselves soldiers
triots, among whom are a few Brazilians, a COl
brave Belgians, a score or two of Swiss, an hull
roes from Paris, a regiment of Englishmen who'd
way, are chiefly Irishmen, and who are styled
Giles's Fencibles, in honour of the place where the
recruited—besides which there are Germans,
chi
and perhaps about a thousand refugees who c3,i,
selves natives of the country, which it is probe,
are, although by no means a very flattering
the vilest people on the face of the earth.
This is a true story, and a faithful picture of
batants on both sides. Dom Pedro has obtained'
sion of Oporto, where he has remained for,
months, without advancing a single step, eating
sions which are not his own, and drinking willed
he plunders. He has not the slightest chance
enabled to march upon the capital. Were he
heroes to move a single league from Oporto lie afl
would, to a moral certainty, be cut to pieces• j
therefore, waging a hopeless and useless war.. ,
inflicted the most direful and irremediable ii 1.11",

the citizens of Oporto, by destroying their ul
hausting their resources, and exposing their littl
public buildings to the shot and shells of the roY6
All this may be sport to the adventurers and tile,
men from St. Giles's, but it is ruin and death to v.,

chants, the wine growers, and the industrious P°
of the place. The losses they have already 5 ,
will not be redeemed by the labour and piolltg: '
next three years.
Now, if the people of Oporto were alone inte
this family quarrel, or if they preferred pauperiol
battering of their houses to peace and prospetll i
~
would be a matter of taste, which they would nave .
to indulge, without any interference by neutral
But it happens, unfortunately for this view of the '
tion, that the. people of England have a deep i11t,,,, 1
the trade and prosperity of Oporto. That 01'1
much an English warehouse as any of the doclly,
verpool. Nl, e, therefore, have a large stake in, .1
flict between the two princes of the House of Pa"
Port wine is as indispensable a beverage in 1i1°,,,,' if
the bitter decoction which Mr. FoW.II Bus.to") ,:;
under the name of porter, and vulgarly called 610
are, for these reasons, in a very different positi
gards Portugal from that of our loving allies the ')
They have an interest in protracting toe strug<ut
would rather rejoice if Lite WilUie CUliatrypd L
bottom of the Atlantic. if its wine tradcje
of 0
~
stroyed, so much the better for the wine tir-- ~ to
Portugal is our principal vineyard, and, bes" 1 c
The French have, consequently, many political 3tl` b 111:,
reasons for keeping the present game arive, eardr
ing the English merchants, stopping our trade, citlii
our wine-cellars, and-CUrOpetling us to reSOrt, N•
elk
superfluous and fructifying gold, to, the honest
dealers of Bourdeaux.
If the philosophers who are at present his I‘l.o
ministers were not the greatest bunglers in the Ni-
had any regard for the trade or
°the interests of
they would instantly put a stop to this hopeless
in Portugal. The Duke of Wellington told then
that they had only to issue a proclamation recalli._
fencibles, to whom we have already alluded, ari
struggle would be at an end in a week. The 1
demonstration, on the part of the British admiral,
force such a measure, would compel Dom Pedro to.
a retreat. tits ex-imperial Majesty is unquestl°
sick of the adventure. lie only wants a decent
for running away, and this, we think, even on the
of charity, should be afforded him by Lord areY o
colleagues. Every hour that now passes is une if
gering and painful embarrassment. The friendsli 0
can be Catlett friends, who surround lion, have tiipt
an interest in advising him to persevere; for %,`-,,,e.
rations last the courage will remain ; and as td-,,
cannot, under any circumstances, be ina Ill Ore
, .
_e..'
able or respectable condition, it is but natural ill'
should stick to the plunder to the last extremity.
is for their advantage is certainly not for tne 191
the rest of mankind, on which ground alone, if ri„
could be offered, the British Government are bn.:ol
interpose and restore peace to a people who sl i.l
solved, at all hazards, to adhere to the King u
choice. • ' - ___..S.

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