The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-10-03

ed by regency composed Of FIVE aoblehen !,
and more inefficient go' ernmeGt osnpot be-
imagined. The revolution w'li he accomplish
I'd without bloodshed, loJ the Portuguese al.
though attached IRON habit TO tie ROYAL family,
nave lost that ardour for them, which their
presence might be supposed rs inspire and
besides the people have too much apathy 10
.encoonlef aay difficulties fof any boon howes-
Or great. short of life. The Portuguese have
ever since the general Peace complained Of
the absence oil their sovereign, and II cannot
now be supposed that they @tuse any extra
ordinary exertlMs 10 preserve 10 him the
wreck Of his authority. The Government OF
Portugal has tnr many years been wanting
in epifit and efergy, he people move 90 with
out desire OF change in The course their ialbtss
Before them moved. No improvements have
Leen made in agriculture manufactures or CON.
merce, and they are far behind the rest OF Eu-l
rope in all the arts Of life. The English al Ire
time OF The French invasion stimulated them
little, but the excitement was soon Withdrawn
and they reapsed into their former indiGn@
ence. They have not felt OF late yssNs the
pressure Of power- and the, people would ~,
Of themselves have lhought'of revolution
but the officers have found tins II be aM road
to tame and TO power, they have seen Qmrsga
and Pepe borne high oqpnpslar bteaih; they
IRE anxious Cor similar favsurs and they are
'ls sulhors and ,hs the cause of lie Portu-
gops repoimion.
80
NJ
from the Queen to the khe dated on the eth of
August full Of recrmination, which is attributed
TO Che pen Of Drs. Part, Lushington or Reynalds
Mr Brousham was absent from London, and is
not supposed to have been consulted on the SUBJ
ect. The letter was designed to inhame the
public mind, and to keep up the excitement in
favour OF the Queen, rather than 10 heal The un-
happy differences existing between the royal
pair. II commences by accusing the King Of uu.
parallsled L. unproyoked persecution against his
wife Tor a series Of year, and lays the whole
blame of the separation upon him. And he il
charged, after having driven her from his house
with an infant in her arms, with having disturb
ed her comfort, by pursuing her with spies, con-
spiratcrs aud traitors. She opposes the mode Of
trial, because the " Plaiaf,f" has too great ia
fuence ever the court, having Constituted it.
and the ministers, who are Interested ia her cen
demnaton and who are her accusers, also are
part Of her judges :--pecause the names Of the
witnesses and the times and places when AMI
where this all edged crimes were committed, are
refused ber--and because moro than four hiths
of the Peers bold Offices, pensions and smolu-
ments solely at the will OF his majesty, and I'll ia
notorious that ministers always have a majority
ia that House." She demands trial in a court
where the Jurors are taken impartiaIly from
among the people and "i will not" she says,
Except compelled by actual force, submit to
any sentence which shall not be pronounced by
Court Of Justice" She closes her philippe,
so we'll calculated 10 enlist the feelings OF the
people, and cast odium upon the King, IN the
following determined and popular language
g The poisoned bowl and the poinard, are means
more manly than pejured witnesses and partial
tribunals and they are less cruel, inasmuch as
life is less valuable than honour. lfmy life could
have satisfied your majesty, you should have had
it, on the soul condition Of giving me place in
the same tomb with my child ;.but since you
would send me cishonored to the grave, will
resist the attempt with all the means that IT
shall please God TO give me.'7
The ministerial papers are unusually severe
upon this letter, and pronounce IT ''thc ebuli-
ton OF a furious woman, prepared for desperate
issues" tissue OF unsupported assertions"
" a series Of gross personal insults upon ths sove-
reign" and foul libel upon the High Court Of
Parliament.
INC opposition papers on the other name as
sert all its facts and conclusions, to be just and
true.
The House or Lords assembled agrseably TO +
adjournment on the 18th Of August, and prepar-
ations were making for the trial of the Queen on
the bill OF divorce on the 18th. Great INTEREST," 10
taken in the event, audi london is filed with gem
try from the co'ntry la an unparalleled degree.
-Four camps have been formed in the vicinity Of
the capital to preserve the public peace.
Another attempt has boen made TO stay the
proceedings against the Queen. Lord John Rue
sci, one ofthe whig leaders in the House Of Com
mons, has written TO Mr.. Wilberforce, lender OF
the independent party, praying him to use his
exerions in favour of petition to the King, to
prorogue the Parliament and thus end the pro-
cesdings against her majesty, so alarming to the
safety Of tho nation. The letter was dated Au. .
gust 3, but il had not been noticed by Mr.. w. at
the last date. II will not probably he produce
tive Of any benefit the ministers are exaspsra.
ted, aud though they perceive mech dagger in
their path, seem stl determined TO pursue the |
course FIRST suggested. The King is warmly bent !
the accomplishment Of this object, and ala hi, |
patronage will support those who labour in his |
cause. Nothing therefore can deter the ministry 4
in their present pursuit, but the overwhelming I
influence Of public opinion. The Courier says, |
that the Queens friends only the radicals Of
the last year, it is the old faction of the Hunts,
the 1hh'!eieoods, the Wsiesisys the Carnrrshss,
&c. fighting under Royal colours" 's1'hey have