Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-10-02

| Bells London Weekly Messenger for An
gust 4th, contains the following observa
tons, which we think worthy the attention
of these who take an interest in the affairs
of the Peninsula.
l LONDON, August 4.
The contest IN Portugal may now be con.
sidered as virtually concluded; Lisbon has
Surrendered to the arms of Don Pedro and
Donna Maria de Gloria is at once, de facto
; and de jure, Queen of Portugal and the AL
r garves Thus again have thrones and dy-
itas densI'e' IN ''e valour of a single
1an, and Ile dau8g euiacity o1H f6.-. a.-
tueus yaluur oi "a British saiiar htye claue
.ed The acl1'cs ri m empire. DID vha. are
itR- pra-..egts Of Portugal An5er the apgrlaci'-
ling row sysie.U ct things NHat 'n. '.o.
't'e ms 'atA 2ata@1 'o tae 'l jtio
.iht'crly b tbis bloody aut Qs9'uc'-l con
test! The character OF Don tedro, as =. -
by recent accounts from the seat OF war By
his own partlsans, is that OF man totally
deficient In power OF mind, and strength OF
4 character; given up to favorltism of the low
Jest description; Jealous OF his British allies,
to whom alone he is indebted for his success,
lcaprIclous IN his friendship, ungrateful IN
rewarding services done for him; wanting
IN conduct, and surrounded by as base a
crew OF hatterers as ever perverted the mind
| Oh the most autocratIcal tyrant. Low IN
IlrIgue: tortuous policy, and base cunning.
have distinguished the whole OF his resi-
dence at Oporto; and we believe that those
who knew him in Brazil, can speak but lit
tie IN praise of his conduct there. To such
H. 1C D.,
trusted. Let US now look at the ministers
from whom he must choose "a Government.
10 use names which will be understood in
England, we may say that the cabinet Of
Don Pedro is divided INTO three PARTIES
First, that of the personal fatterers of the
ex-Emperor. Second, underthe influence OF
Count Villa Flor, the radical and ultra liber-
al friends of the constitution and the Queen.
The third, under the conduct of the Marquis
Palmella, a loyal moderate Tory, who is as
much tor the old regime and the Queen, and
as little FIR the constitution as possible
| Such are the discordant elements fromwhich
l'oh fedro mas to torn regency anu a 20
'efh"en'. lie cannot assume the chie'
power himself. lie cannot give IL INTO the
hanos OF the liberal party, who VIII at once
emhroii INN with Spain; and II he entrus's
!, u. 10 ihe Duke de fainella, tortuSai ana
lloerty VIII gam but little by the change
one thing, however, is satlsfactory-this G,
vent ana me changes subsequent VIII
| breathe fresh lite on the stagnant waters OF
''ie reh'hsu'a, spain will resume ner FORMER :
'isor ana ief'i1i,y' ana the nag Oh ror'uSa'
may aSa'" wa, ,ieI coni'reree CT 'ie sou'''-
G'ii ocean, ana nan III Don fearo aho'ner
r,nee '"i'h' =
Du' uho'hef consideration presents ''se'i
10 our view Inc IN navy OF Don feufo Is now
'iloIe ,hah suii1cieh'iy large ior me aee 81,
VI iof'ueai; "hat VIII ne 40 win II! ms
question IS not aiihcu't 10 ahswef--lhe ex
emperor Oh BRAZIL whose infant son SUI oc-
ooP'eS ,le inrohe, VIII return TO her snore'
anu huri 10 'He wihos the leeple opPoS'lloh
ci distracted government. liaVlhS sue
ceeaeu ior MS oaughter' ne VIII no" make
"'a' io' ''ihse'i' ana me co'oh'es Oh ror-
tuSai may yet DC reJolnea In aillahce 10 theif
ho'her country.
| lie who would have ventured to dream,
twenty years ago, that "a floating palace'
like that described in the following para
graph, would be exhibited at this day on the
waters of Lake Erie, would have been set
down as crack Drained visionary. What
our country is destined to become IN the
next twenty years, at the same rapid rate OF
improvement, it is not an easy matter to pre-
dict-Bah. Amer.
BUFFALO, Sept. T.
A floating palace came into our harbor
yesterday, bearing the imposing title of
George Washington, built at Huron, Ohio,
under the direction other commander, Capt.
A. Walker, and owned by the Huron Steam
boat Company. She is 100 feet in length,