The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-03-10

On Tuesday evening Mr. T. W. Tnsh delivered . leo
ture Portugal at the Brooklyn Institute, for tho
benefit Of the distressed inhabitants of Madeira Though
the object most praseworhy and the lecture bore
every promise of being highly interesting yet regret
to ray the audience scanty in the extreme.
Mr. Tinel commenced his discourse BY describing the
geography and general characteristics of Portugal He
observed that the country is little known and little
visited by travellers and tourists which is perhaps owin
to bad roads and civil Before entering fully his
lecture he promised that he would avoid prolixty and
he hoped he might pride himself having only the fault
Of pronouncDg badly the language Of Shakespeare He
then went 10 say that Portugal though having only
small population had annals which calculated to
raise her high in the estimation of mankind The Por-
spain and succeeded in freeing themselves from their
oppressive neighbour and prevented the Moors from oocu-
pyng it more than thirty years As for the French
invasion IT hardly lasted two years. The hundred thou
and soldiers of Napoleon could not stand against the
brave nation Even after the immense colony Of Brazil
ceased to belong to Portugal that kingdom is still in
possession o. wealthy colonies in Africa and Asia The
means by which the Portuguese in posssssien Of
such vast countries worthy the attention Of philoso
piers and politicians. Their conquests were seldom
stained by boooshed and the destruction ncas and
Of Nontezuma make . sensible contrast with the Mild
and na mode in which the Portuguese tool posses
of land amidst the most barbarous nations To the
Portuguese. travellers and navgators indebted for
most distant countries However, it lanentable truth
that discoveries Of dist regions have greatly dimn
nhed the population OF POrtukAl thub r0ndoie0 nor
less and less powerful For some time she became q
colony, it were Of England, and every treaty
made between the two countries damaging to Por
tugal In 1904 Peter II allowed Of the increased free
importation of English goods which Of course tended to
diminish the internal industry Of Portugal Regarding
ssssRn , tho .: the TIME h' e Ss
the House Of Bragansa to the throne, there wss
a large party in favor Of establishing republic
similar to that of Poland. At all events, it is fact
that there noble declaration in favor of liberty,
when they had thrown OF the power Of spain In turn
ing the pages of history find the next event o.
Importance to be the administration of the Marquis
pombal who struck deadly blow at the authority Of
Rome in Portugal and Frustrated for time the power OF
the Jesuits Pombsl the first minister who treated
foreign potentates on footing Of equality and asserted
the dignity of Portugal He united the economy of sully
10 the spirit of Colbert and inspired proper energy in
his countymen Thus at the end Of his administration,
the treasury overlooking with money. This pros
IeIty. however, did not last than twenty years
after his death. The nations becsme dimin
shed and paper money introduced in the vain hope
Of reyiving prosperity. NAL administration and foolish
kings FASTENED the catastrophe which overlook Portu
gal in the time of Napoleon Later the free spirit Of
the people demonstrated several occasions, which
lave become matters Of potoriety. Mr.. Tinelh after
having ended the historical review concluded his lecture
by making few observations on Portuguese literature