The Sun. — 1841-06-28 (London, England)

LISBON, JUNE 21.—Fears were entertained on the evening of the 17th instant that a revolutionary attempt, for the purpose of restoring the Charter, would be made by some of the troops, through the connivance of Ministers, but the scheme was abandoned at the eleventh hour ; most probably it was only postponed to a fitter opportunity, though st me people think that nothing is now intended to be done until the auspicious crisis for proclaiming Donna Maria the absolute Queen of Portugal offers itself. Some of the people about the palace are said to make no secret of such being the intentions of the Court, in which event we shall be warranted in drawing the conclusion that the late ruinous civil war was undertaken by the leaders of the victorious party, not for the purpose of securing free institutions for the cowstry, but of inflicting on it the despotism of one individual of the Royal Family, in lieu of that of another. member of it. And was it for this that 50,000 lives, such vast treasures, and so many honest men's fortunes have been wasted ? Was it fur this that the houses and estates of so many honest men in the neighbourhood of Porto and Lisbon sere destroyed during the struggle, and they as well as their families brought to beggary ? It is a pity that the influential men of all parties in Portugal do not see the expediency of " letting well alone," of using their utmost endeavours in order to consolidate the existing form of Government, whatever its defects may be, instead of every now and then upsetting the whole system. The Senate having confirmed the prev,ious sanction of the Deputies to the pecuniary arrangement entered into with the tobacco contractors for the payment of the fractional dividends on the foreign debt, it will be in course of payment on the Ist of Jtlly next. The bondholders need not look forward to receiving future fractional dividends, unless the direction of the financial affairs of this country fall intc able hands—into those of a man who will persevere in a system of thorough retrenchment in every department, the Royal Personages and household included, as well as one who will not permit the least dilapidation of the public revenue. Such of the bondholders as resist the proposed conversion or exchange of their bonds act very wisely ; let them hold out;' anil Portugal will pay them the full dividend, because there is no want of means, if they be properly and carefully administered. Marshal Saldanha and suite arrived on their return h )me from Madrid on the 16th inst., and he was most graciously received by their Majesties. Her Majesty's sixteen-gun brig Pelican, Commander Napier, has sailed for the East India station, conveying two cases of charts for the squadron, in consequence of Admiralty orders received per the Montrose steam-packet, which arrived in something less than four days from Falmouth, on the 18th. The seven passengers per the Charlotte, Captain Forrester, bound from London to Sydney, which foundered on the 18th of April, in consequence of touching on a sunken rock, 12 feet under the level of the sea, not marked in any of the charts, about 23 miles from the island of Boairsta, arrived here a few days since ; all hands were saved, having proceeded in their boats to Sao Fiago, from whence they have come here. A highly respected Portuguese wine-merchant of this city, finding, on the 19th, that he could not meet two of his acceptances falling due that very day, addressed a letter, calling a meeting of his creditors, immediately after despatching which the unhappy man committed suicide, by swallowing a large quantity of laudanum. As no one was aware of what the unhappy sensitive man had done, his life could not be saved, because when the medical men were called in it was too late. His very creditors lament the sad event more than every one else, because they were all his personal friends, and had they known of his embarrassments would have been most happy to have come forward to his assistance.  A young Englishman, an officer, I believe an ensign, in the Portuguese service, has been placed under arrest in the Castle of St. George, of this capital, on a charge of forging a titulo for about four contos of reis. The ex-Minister Colonel Loureiro has been named the Duke of Terceira's Chief of the Staff, which is a most judicious appointment. Captain Rosa, a conspicuous Septembrist, was last evening conveyed to the Castle, but the calm is not yet known. Exchange on London, 54; Ex-Paper Money, 68 per cent. discount.