Warlike operations appear to be suspended in Portugal, where negotiation
has succeeded to skirmishing between the hostile parties. Of the progress of the negotiation, the commencement of which we alluded to last week, little is certainly known. It is ru- moured, however, that it goes on favourably; and it has even been said that Lord JOHN RUSSELL, not Lord WILLIAM, has been named as a referee on one side for the settlement of terms of ac- commodation. With all our wishes for the best,—that is, for, a speedy termination to the warfare,—we do not feel very sanguine as to the success of the efforts now making for that end. At pre- sent, both sides are probably exhausted, and equally glad of a breathing-time, during which favourable accidents might occur. Neither party feels strong enough to crush its opponent; but both are too confident to give way. We have no doubt, front the character of the par nobile fratrum, that shouid circum- stances give either a favourable opportunity of getting rid of the other, either by an accession of money or men, that the war would be instantly renewed by the party which fancied itself the strongest, and that the negotiation now pending would not be deemed worthy of the least consideration. Official intelligence has been received at Lisbon of the adhbsion of the Cape de Verd Islands to the Queen. As soon as the entry of her troops into the capital became known at Bona Vista, the Com- mandant of the garrison of that place summoned his troops, and pro- claimed her Majesty. The people, with amazing delight of course, transferred their allegiance along with the earri con , an[( there was no doubt that their examples would be followed univer- sally throughout the little cluster of islands. We hope that they will experience some benefit from the change of rulers : but at present, it seems to be a matter of exceedingly small moment, under which Monarch they are doomed to live and die.
