22 AUGUST 1829, Page 2

The latest news from Portugal indicates something like the approach

of a reign of more moderation than Miguel has for months past been accustomed to exercise. Some prisoners at Oporto, instead of being hanged, have been banished to Africa. Marquis Palmella, and the other parties in the Oporto expedition, have been ordered to be tried in absence,—with a view, of course, to the confiscation of any property they possess in Portugal. Despotism is a dull affair—it is all whip on one side, and all suffer on the other ; there is no alternation even of mischief. Miguel and his kingdom are a bore, and will continue so as long as they are united.