The rumour we mentioned o...
The rumour we mentionted on Saturday, of an appliea, tion having been made to this Government by Portugal for the aid of troops to preserve tranquillitv in the dom nions of His Most Faithful MdAJESTY, has since bee circulated wvith increased confidence. It is now said, not only that such an alpp'ication has been malce, but that it has bet-n accededl to by nur Cabinet, and that 5,000 IHanoverian auxiliaries (n ,t English) w.ill immediately be placed at the disposition of the King of Posi UGAL. Some curious particulars are further stated, vwhich tend greatly to elucidatethe causes that gave rise to thePortuguese application. NVe have reason fi;r believinig that they are not ef recent date, but that the origin of the tequest is to be traced to that situation in which the KING found Iimself, before those moven3ents of the QUEEN\ and Prince NIIGUEL had developed themselves, which had so nearly effected the KitNo's dethronement. It wvas then that His lost Faith- ful MTAJEsTv discovered the extent of his own danger, and that he had enemics within his own Palace wvho werc bent on his destruction. He immediately conveyed to England through the Ambassador, a representation of the intrigues, w,hich had been set on foot; and, in consequence of the per- sonal peril to which he was exposed, solicited the fulfilment of that clause in the treaty between the tvo countries by which England stipulates to supply troops for his protection. The English Cabinet being decidedly in the pursuit of a pacific policy, declined taking a step of this nature without previously consulting the Allied Powers, and despatches were accordingly transmitted to the different Courts to ascertain their sentiments. In the mean time the events occurred which had so neatly placed His Most Faithful MIAJEsTybeyond the reacihof ali foreign assistance. 'I'hough now reinstatcd in his fuill powers, the QUEEN removed from Court, and Prince INTIGUEL sent on his travels, the Ki XG continues too sensible to the perils of the storm he has cncounteretl, to feel perfectly at his ease, anti has therefore renewed his foramer solicita- tien. Fortunately for him, it is discovered in the in- terimn that the measure, so far from encountering any opposition from the members of the Holy Alliance, obtains their mnost cordial acquicicence. antI no farther obstacle therefore remains to the consent of England. The reso- lutioni of the Cabinet, we understand, is to be carried into efkct with the least delay possible. We bear that Portugal havittginlthe first instance asked for Englishtroops. encoun- tcred a positive refusa', until th. expedient presenttd it- self of substituting Ilanoverian auxiliarie-.