Lisbon Mail.
The Times, 1824-07-29T00:00:00

Our paper to-day contains -a dec-re o-of h'i-s Majesty, ordering ihe smack Jerviz to be restored to the commanider, Joaqaim Avelino. This vessel, belonging to Vanham' had been detained in proper form by the Governor and Captain-General of the Azores, in consc- quece of the cts of violetce and 1o-ftility comaitted in Brazil against his tMajesty and the natives of Portugal. This generous act, added to so rany other pronfs of rmoderatien and tyruy paternal goodness, forms a contrast to the ungrateful and odious.proceedings carried on in Brazil, pi Whil rebllio an rapcityexeriseins B aUl thle parinciple ofg the natural laws oif nations,and contrisyto alU the rules of justice and morality, respected even among the most uncitvilized people. Far fron making the Ibnbocent suffer for tie infamous crime of a rebellionr, whicb, without any well-founded causes of complaint against its legitimate Sovereign, aims only, according to its characnd teristic,symlptor3s, at gratifying the blind ambition of its authors, his M31ajesty, in this royal determination, follows only the impulse of Christian policy, and of that sublime beneficence of which no part of his empire has received such derided proofs as Brazil. While rebellion and rapacity exercise in Brazil the fratricidal rage, th besres of the Portuguese on this side of the Atlantic takeplea. sure in beingr able to boast, that under a pious and just Monarch, dlie feal fathier of his subject, the soil Of loya'lty has niot been ensan. guine" by. base revenge and repislals, anti that the Brazilian finds in it, as lie always has found, a country, am asylum, and protection. IVhile we record this act of magnanimity of' a beloved AMonarch, wenre happy to mentionl the instances of public virtue worthiy of the tbestfhe of~ Portugal; shown in the fiollowing loyal and ~'atrioi ofl'ers.made to the Aminister of Marine for the expedition estined Jot Bra7il-viz., 100 pipes oI` wine, by the Dauto Company; 50 ditto, by A. B. Ferreira; and 30,000 rationis of wvine, by A. I. de ISeguina. -_" | Theilmportance of this expedition" so intimately connecteel a ith the pacificatibn of Brazil, and with the public and iiudividcial pro- perty of the two hemispheres, is a subject of nationdl enthusiasm, In which every Portuguese feels his honour, bis glory' antd Wipri- vate interests deeply concerned. AMINISTRY OF THE MIARINE AND 'THE COLONIES.' " It being my constant study to preserve the -inhabitants of the vast Portuguese monarchy from the dreadful consequepces of war, I have never consented to the making of the least reprisal for the acts of injustice and aggres5ion daily comrnitted, without the slightest cause, in Brazil, whereby the persons and property of subjects of these kingdoms have been violated, thouglh these excesses have beeTr carried to the length of condemning, as good prize, a vessel, which not only enjoyed the protection of a flag of truce, but which had on board commissioners appointed to open communications between the two countries. Moved by tlhe same considerations, I have thought fit to add to the other examples of my palernal solicitude, that of ordering that the smack Jervis, of M4aranham, Joaquin Eugenio Avellmro, master, which bound to Rio de Janeixro, liaving put into the Azores, was tilere detained in due form by the Goverior and Captain-General of these islands, may freely pursue her voyage to wherever the master may wish to conduct ner, he first satisfying the charges fbr the assistance lie received in these islanids, to save him from shipwreck and for repairs. .And in. conformity lherewith the Count of Sub-Serra, Councillor of State, Assistanit Mlinister for the Despatch of my Cabinet, charged with the Deoartments of War, Aarine, and the Colonies, has to attend to, and cause to be executed, this decree with all due de- spatch. (Signed with the King's Sign M1anual) " Palace of Bemposta, July 9, 1824." LISBoN MAIL. T,LI.Riti7--