STATE OF PORTUGAL.
TO THE EDITOR OF TILE srEcraTOtt.
Lisbon. silk February 1834.
Ste— Some months ago, hieing then at London, you had the gundriees to insert in your valuable paper a letter of mine, in which rforetold, in coneequalce of the news I received from Portugal, that the ambition of Don Penne', in assuming the title of Ike-neat and Duke of Braganza, to which lie had no right, would not only increase the number of the enemies of the Constitutional Charter, but even discredit Don Peoiso, prettact the civil war, and hazard the cause of the Queen of Portugal ; a cause, Mr. Editor, which would have triumphed long since, had not Don PEDRO mingled his personal pretensions with the cause of his daughter. Eveute, Mr. Editor, have fully justified my predictiota. The most favour- able changes—such as the death of FeunteeNO the Seventh ; the triumph of the gallant Na PIER.; the spontaneous rising of Lisbon ; the repeated victories of the Constitutional army; the acknowledgment of Donna MARIA by the Courts of Englazitl, France, and Sweden—all these chances, Alr. Editor, have unit been sufficient either to discourage the partisans of Don :the re, or to give the adherents of the Queen the euperiority they need, in order to strike a (femme blow against the army of Don Alwyn.. And why is it thus, Mr. Editor? Because the preposterous legislation of Dun FEatan, his persecutions, proscriptions, and contiscations, give Don ilirtvet a daily pretext for proclaimiag that Don PEDRO does not fight tither for his daughter or for the Constitutional Charter, but for the purpose of usurping the crown of Portugal to himself, and the duchy of Dtagataa for the children of his second Empress. The imprudent behaviour of Ihm PEDRO has given countenance to those sus- picious; for lie has divided the subjects of his daughter into two categories, the one, eon:posed of the members of the Administration, and some parasites, and renepodoes of all parties, maintains that Don Perna° ought to annul his abdica- tion, and proclaim himself again King of l'ortugal; the other, and no doubt the most :turnout's one, is determined to oppose such a violation of the most eulenin promises and declarations. Hence comes a continued vacillation in the measures of the. Administration, and uncertainty in the plans concerning the operatame of the Queen's army, as is evay day more and more app rent. Even now, for instance, Don Prete°, wishing to remove Genoa' SALDANItA fano the command of the army before Santarem, desired him to advance from Leiria to Coimbra ; but SAI.DANIIA, .quite aware of Dou Prue tt's duplicity, replied that his presence was more necessary at Santarem ; and fill back to Perms, in spite of the orders he had received. Don Primo was obliged to bear the affront; but he will avail himself of the first opportunity to rid himself of that General, as he did with the Count of VILLA. FLOR, who was at one time his favourite general and champion. Quando duo puynaut, tertius qcrudet: the Miguelites assail themselves of all those intrigues to repair their losses, and encourage their eartieans; and no one can anticipate when this un- fortunate war will terminate. I know, Mr. Editor, diet this language is nut that of some correspondents in the newspapers ; but the most part of them are foreigners, and very little acquainted with the peculiar circumstances of the country. Moreover, Mr. Editor, tee are here in the same situation us the Loudon people were in the reign ofWire F. the First : all those who dare to testify their disapprobation of the measures of the Government are stigmatized as Nliguelites, as the English- men who denounced Sir lionene \. Leone's corruption were represented by the writers he bribed as partisans of the Pretender. And in a country where there is um tlwisast liberty:of the power iortui the hauls of 1).)11 Pgano, people like bettw 6 it r si:: tivot to be sritc to prison, or exiled. How many tittles Irtve the rs of lint l'Euoto published in the Chralica of 1.i.hoo that 1/ort w.os Ilallaats! Nevertheless, ho. still bolds out At Smtarem ; and if he 'ifs boea 41):.: to staml Ilis.grutota.at Sautazettl, au open town, since the I .)tir Oetokt., bo..v =tall we he aisle to illslOdke him from the right batik,'fthe Ztz,..:,1•4.,).:,,,,terlhytire,,trong fortruesoc At' A MAO. if, obliged at list to all ualoil S.aits-...e:y. I.-. ICI:It's in tit iliteetit111? pre- fers to cross the Ta;!.us to tint proviaee oi this when shell we muster farces' enough to harty. in ti•e, p:avitteo, where he iminastet of the strong fortressoi (Int4 : M 6.1r, 1; 0,..%? If Dott.MAt; ult. marches to Beira Alt t by tie -obi l'oute cis Morrell.t, our- cuthtt rassueutt are
nut Iessetsed.
My intention, Mr. drawing this slight slieSit.of our patical and the Items two.s...attuaang parties are mark balaueA, And that ,d1 the eita,,try trill ii laid waste heron the eltihAvar c:s be lotto;.:Itt to an t *tint tat., faiinvio,; eiva..uts cut be re. sorted to.
1st Foreign ill6rvention; hd To tae iver the GeV,•I'lla,•••:;I: to Q,a (;ammilterasICA io,order to remove, al110.1.4 tic j..alowdes, silsi;o:ious,. anti intrigues,- of whielt alone PE I tLt and • teimutts are tba 1.0eU4e. and to inspire the . partisxus of 1)..1 rood:nice in the Conatittoiooal Govern- nn•Itt. For it is we!! corny of tlit•na would have deserted the 'Usurper, if Dolt his ittiaions Ave.-re not at the livid of the AM* l i ll is- tratiott. Such :Mr. E cit.:Mom. you may depend upon. lite, of the moat faithful and iudilemi Portu;,-ttea, MAIN,: rause of the.,QAteeu : and I should feel very much oId:gel to you ,Itt toe the honour of admitting the expres- Sinn of it in the cu! cut td y.'�ii j:Airlial. I have the hotiour to
remain, Editor, p.m in p sersalit,
J. F. B. C. pa M.
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