17 JANUARY 1829, Page 1
The French Government, if we may believe the newspapers o
Paris, is beginning to exert a decided influence on the affairs of Portugal. The Constitutional party is openly countenanced ; and those whom Miguel obliges to flee from Lisbon for safety, find an asylum in French ships. From on board one of these, a frigate in the Tagus, plans and proclamations are issued to the Constitu- tionalists on shore.
