21 DECEMBER 1833, Page 2

The negotiations in Portugal are still carried on,--with what - prospect

of a satisfabtory issue, is extremely uncertain. The, accounts of the state' of public feeling in Lisbon are, as usual, con- tradictory. Some assert that PEDRO and his Ministers are able and popular; and that the Duke of PALMELLA and his supporters, both native and foreign, are mere intriguers, destitute alike of loyalty and influence. On the other hand, the evident indisposi- tion of the great body of the nation to take part with PEDRO is attributed to want of confidence in his present Ministers, and to the absence of PALMELLA. from his councils. We have no means of ascertaining on which side the balance of truth lies.