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gatutftaj) to Mott'aal)lo jftoats, LONDON, AUG. 25. n THE accounts received both from Lisbon and Oporto JL contain little that is altogether new, beyond the fact that the fleet of Don Miguel, avoiding combat with a far inferior force, has returned to the Tagus. All that appears certain is, that the force on one side is not sufficient to proceed, nor on the other to attempt to dislodge—a state of things which indicates that a pro- crastinated struggle is but too probable. The accounts from Lisbon imply as little of a speedy ejectment of Don Pedro as those from Oporto do of a rapid pro- gress towards Lisbon and that if the apathetic or ter- rified Portuguese population discover no enthusiasm in favour of Donna Maria, neither does there appear any thing like headlong valour or devotion in eititei- the people or army on the side of Don Miguel. The force of Don Pedro is, by junctions, stated to be even greater then at first, and that nothing like a depression of sprits prevails. The return of Don Miguel's fleet to Lisbon is favourable to Don Pedro, as it restores his free communication, by sea, with any supply that his adherents or his own means may be able to furnish him. A letter from Lloyd's Agent at Oporto, dated the 18th inst. says-" Admiral Sartorius is still off the bar, but two or three of his vessels have not joined him up to nine o'clock this morning. Four vessels of sixteen funs each, at least, will be ready to join him from ence next week. Dpn Miguel's squadron has not been seen since the 16th. Don Pedro is making the greatest exertions to put this city in a state of defence. He is gone over the bar to-day to visit Captain Sir Thomas Trowbridge, of the Stag, and have some con- versation with Admiral Sartorius." The private letters from Lisbon of the 17th inst. state that Don Miguel bad abundance of money at his dis- posal, and that the attempt which he made to raise a loan before Don Pedro effected a landing was merely an artifice to conceal the fact of his having received a large supply from some of the Northern Powers. Lisbon itself remained pretty tranquil, but nearly the whole of the troops had been withdrawn for the purpose of meeting the invaders should they have attempted to march upon Coimbra. Nearly the whole of the squa- dron of Don Miguel had returned to the Tagus from Oporto, after experiencing a good deal of damage from the attack made upon it by Admiral Sartorius. It was reported that the Portuguese Admiral had declined any further encounter, from an apprehension that the crews on board one or two of his largest ships would have mutinied. Sir Thomas Trowbridge and the British squadron have acted with the most perfect neutrality. The mo- ment the hostile fleets approached his station off Oporto, he stood out to sea, leaving them to manage matters in their own way, and he has since remained beating about, determined to adopt the same judicious proceeding. The Admiral at Lisbon is going on in the same impartial manner, and he had occasion lately to call Sartorius to an account for placing his ship so as to be covered by our Admiral from the fire of some batteries. The conduct of our squadron here and at Lisbon has been most satisfactory to the Miguelites. French papers of Thursday, and the Quotidienne of yesterday have reached town. There have been some disturbances among the working classes at Paris, and the funds had in consequence somewhat declined.—In Germany affairs are beginning to wear a more serious aspect; a collision between the military and populace has taken place at Deux Ponts, and the Prussian Go- vernment finds it necessary to increase its army, already, it would have been thought, sufficiently large. All Rhenish Bavaria is in a state of ferment which threatens insurrection. The German papers also furnish deplo- rable accounts of the Turkish empire. The Ottoman navy is defeated, and the army of Hussein Pacha, it is said, is fast dispersing, and if that be the case there is nothing to prevent the invasion of Ibrahim into Anatolia. If the population of that province be dis- affected to the Sultan, as it is supposed they are, the Turkish sway must ere long be at an end. 0 These papers, in allusion to Poland, continue the history of those barbarous violations of good faith which have marked the conduct of Russia ever since the extinction of that brave nation, which may be dated from the surrender of Warsaw. It would seem that the Autocrat, not satisfied with destroying the nation- ality, would also exterminate the very race to whom Vienna itself once owed its deliverance from the Turks. The confiscation of estates goes on with unrelenting ra- pacity, while the children are dragged away in thou- thands into Russia; so that in fact it seems intended to people Siberia from Poland, and plant the land of So- bieski and Kosciusko with the barbarians of the North. yhe Polish harvest is likely to prove a very bad one; and two levies, each of 70,000, are to be raised in that country. To defray the expenses of the fortifications which he is making along the Western frontier of Po- land, the Autocrat levies a window tax upon the already impoverished Poles, and a double land tax on those whose property has not yet been confiscated. Leopold and his blooming bride entered Brussels on the 19th, amidst the universal acclamations of the peo- ple. The private letters describe the ceremony of their reception as extremely gay—" The whole of the streets, at short intervals, were lined on each side with posts, united by draperies in gauze and other stuffs. To each tree were affixed the French and Belgium colours united. Some of the houses were adorned with gar- lands, and others covered with rich tapestry, on which was wrought the Belgic Lion, and the Gallic Cock. At equal distances were placed escutcheons, with the double LL. in cipher, the initials of Leopold and Louisa. At Maleubeck St. Jean, the extreme limit of the Com- mune of Brussels, on the Lacken side, the people had erected a triumphal arch, bearing the inscription- 'L'Union de Leopold et Louise rend les Belges heu- reux/ The Royal pair was in an open caleche. The King was in a General's uniform, and wore all his orders the Queen sat on his right hand, and was dressed with elegant simplicity in white, wearing dia- monds, but not in profusion." In other respects than these marriage festivities, the Belgian papers of Tues- day contain no topics of any moment whatever. The Belgian question appears to be almost as far from arrangement as ever. M. Van der Weyer refuses to enter into any negociation, except on the basis of the preliminary evacuation of Antwerp, as laid down by the Treaty of the 15th of November, which has been ratified by the Five Powers, and he will not even attend the Meetings of the Conference. It was supposed that M. Van der Weyer would be favourable to concessions, but he declares that he has no powers from the King of Belgium to listen to any proposal to which the basis of the Treaty of the 15th of November is departed from. That basis, however, being adopted, the King of the Belgians will, in the true spirit of conciliation, re- commend to the Chambers to take into consideration those points which it is proposed to make subjects of negociation. Every attempt has been made by the Re- presentatives of the Five Powers to shake the deter- minatian of King Leopold; but he is positive in re- fusing to render himself unpopular with his own sub- jects for the purpose merely of gratifying the Rulers of other countries. He declares that as Great Britain and France ratified the Treaty of the Conference with- out qualification, they are bound by honour, as well as by a proper consideration of interest, to use a firm lan- guage towards the Powers of the North, and to demand the execution of the Treaty. The Conference have met twice this week, and had long discussions, without, however, coming to any decision. American papers to the 2d inst. via Liverpool, have arrived per the packet ship New York. The cholera still continued to occupy a large portion of their columns. It was much abated at Philadelphia, but was raging at New York; the panic, however, which its first appearance produced had considerably abated, and every exertion continued to be made, by sub- scription and otherwise, for mitigating the horrors and arresting the progress of the calamity. The town of Boston was still exempt from the pestilence, but no precaution was neglected which prudence could suggest to prepare against its approach. Bengal papers to the 30th of March communicate an unlooked for event, the suppression of the censorship of the press at Madras. At Ceylon, Sir Wilmot Horton appears laudably engaged in measures preparatory to the abolition of slavery in Ceylon. The substance of the address which he delivered to the Kandian Chiefs on the subject was, that he was desirous of making them fully acquainted how much the question of the abolition of slavery engaged the public attention in England, and that he trusted they would give it full and mature consideration. Their Majesties arrived in town yesterday at half- past one, and shortly after the King held a Court and Levee. M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, had an andience of his Majesty, and delivered letters from King Leopold apprising him of his marriage. The Levee was numerously attended, and the presentations exceeded those at late Levees by a great number. The Court Circular states that the Duke of Sussex visited the King yesterday. We presume, observes the Globe, that the temporary difference (arising, we believe, out of the zeal of the former in the cause of parliamentary reform) which had kept the royal brothers asunder, has been entirely removed, and hope that so honest and able a councillor as his Royal High- ness has ever proved himself, will never more even for all hour be estranged, or even supposed to be estranged, from a monarch than whom we are assured there Cltll be none more desirous of promoting the happiness and permanent prosperity of all classes of his subjects, or more kind and generous towards all with whom he has been in the habit of associating." During the absence of Earl Grey from London, Vis- cout Goderich officiates at the Treasury. Viscount Palmerston still continues his attendance at the Foreign Office. The post office regulations to establish daily com- munications with London and Paris will not, it seems, take place before the 1st of April; a delay, which in Paris is attributed (we trust justly) to the English Post-office. The Tories appear to be in high glee at the high dif- ficulties which seem to arise in the operation of the Reform Bill; but they forget that as to Schedule A there is no mistake." Several of the Conservative Candidates for seats in the new Parliament conplain, that there is a great want of cash at head-quarters, as many of the opulent Tories have closed their purses, and others refuse to subscribe to replenish the coffers of the clique. Candidates with- out pretensions, and destitute in cash, stand little chance of success, and yet there are many of this description, who are canvassing with a small share of assurance and a bold front Don Pedro's agents are stated during this week to have been very successful in raising recruits. At a public-house in Westminster, no less than sixty men were enrolled yesterday, all of whom were old soldiers. Another place of rendezvous has lately been opened in Spitalfields and it is expected that several hundred of these men will embark for Oporto immediately. There appeared to be no want of money. The Dublin papers received in town to-day are full of dissertations on politics. Some days since Mr. O'Connell issued a letter, suggesting the collection of an anti-tithe rent throughout the country. This sug- gestion was most cautiously drawn up, and so framed I as to afford him the means of denying all responsibility for such acts of illegality as might be committed in pur- suance of his own recommendation. The advice has been adopted, the rent is in progress of collection in many districts and just as his admirers, who naturally enough had affiliated the new scheme to its proper pa- rent, were sounding his praise, the learned gentleman modestly disavows any participation in what he how- ever designates a patriotic exertion." The plans of others (he says) may be better than mine, but all I say is, they are not mine, and shall not be called mine." The fact is this, Mr. O'Connell is beginning to fear that lie has implicated himself in a conspiracy to resist the payment of tithes, and he shudders at the idea of meeting the Irish Attorney-General in the presence of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench.—Courier. Mr. Iugleby, commonly called the Emperor of all the Conjurors, died at Enniscorthy, on Saturday last. CuMAx.—A lecturer on the history of chvmistry thus described the celebrated Mr. Boyle He was a great man, a very great man, he was the father of modern chy- mistry, and the brother of the Earl of Cork.—Athenceum. AVARICE PUNISHED.—The immense wealth of Mr. Bowes, father of the late Countess of Strathmore, arose in great part from his mines in the county of Durham. He paid in tithes to the Rector of one parish an equitable modus of 7001. per annum. The living, exclusive of this, was worth only 1001. The Rector became covetous of a larger modus, and demanded 10001. per annum. Mr. B. desired a few days to consider the matter. In the interim he sent for his head miner, and gave him orders to shut up the shaft then in use, and to open one in the next parish, where there was a poor living. He then sent word to the avaricious incum. bent that the shaft was shut up, and should never be opened while the living was held by him. A SMITHFIELD COPER.—Walter Burke, an exhi- bitor of the movements of a horse at the above horse mart, was brought before Alderman Kelly on Tuesday, at the Man- sion House, charged with having attempted to bamboozle Mr. Hall, linen draper, of Bisliopsgate-street Without, of half a sovereign in rather a curious way. The prisoner went into the prosecutor's shop on Monday, and asked for some calico, for which he had to pay 4d. He tendered in payment a sovereign, and requested that the change might not be all silver. The shopman accordingly handed to him a half sovereign, and the remainder of the change in silver and halfpence but upon taking the money he objected to the half-sovereign as a bad one, and asked for genuine mo- ney. The shopman was surprised to see a gilt sixpence in the place of the gold which he had given in change, and sig- nified to the prisoner that he (the prisoner) was at foul play. The cashier and the shopman were both convinced of the genuineness of the coin which the prisoner had received, and another person of the establishment had, it appeared, seen in the prisoner's hand, when he first entered the shop. something of a golden appearance, besides the sovereign which he required to change. They at once charged the prisoner with having concealed the half-sovereign he had just received in change, and substituted the guilt sixpence in place of it, for the purpose of defrauding Mr. Hall. An officer having been sent for, a search was regularly made, but the prisoner betrayed the place of concealment by a word or two-" I haven't a penny in the world besides," said he; and the rattling of the coin against his teeth, as he spoke, proved that he told a lie. The prisoner coughed, gave the coin in his mouth a sudden twist, and swallowed it. On this evidence the prisoner said, I did no such thing; if I'd a cough'd, the money would a come out instead of went down, and I'd a spew'd it up afore your eyes. No, no; 1 gived you good money, and I wants good money in change. I seed it was a gilt tanner without touching of it." The shopman had the change in his hand, and did not object until he had turned away from him.-Alderman Kelly (to prisoner): And pray, who are you ?"—Prisoner Who am I ? why, I sells horses in Smiffeld, for any body who wishes me for to sell 'em.Alderman Kelly: "And where do you live ?"- Prisoner: "Why, please you, my Lord, I don't live no- where at all just now."—The prisoner was then conveyed to the Compter.

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