Don MIGUEL has published a long manifesto against the pre-
tensions of Don PEDRO ; in which he repeats the arguments against PEDRO'S rights, with which the public were dosed through the co- lumns of some hired journals in this country two or three years ago. It concludes-
" The clergy of the whole kingdom, the firm supporters of religion and the thirone, renew the noble example they have at all times given. The nobility are in the ranks of the army, and the numerous and valiant troops hasten to arms. Every moment his Majesty receives proofs of their fidelity. Lastly, the whole nation rises like one man ready to defend itself; and as it took a solemn oath to me by its representatives in the Three Estates, I have to perform that which I took before the same Estates ; and the promise Of the Assembly made to the holy Xing Don Alphonso Henriques, on the plains of Ourique, will continue to be fulfilled, and to save these kingdoms from impiety and anarchy."
The coolness with which the farce of the Three Estates is again put forward, is exceedingly amusing. Letters from Madeira of the 21st ult. mention the arrival there of a reinforcement from the Tagus of 800 or 900 men; they say nothing of Don PEDRO or his fleet.
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