London, Friday, May 28, 1...
The late events in Portuga haveat length been present- ed to us under a definite and authentic form. A British 98-gun ship was actually for three or four days the centre of the Portuguese Government. The King of PORTUGAt was supperted by the whole Diplomatic Body, representing every Court in Europe, in the exercise of his Royal autho- rity, against an ambitious woman arid a rebellious and unnatural child, both of whom have since, as we read, been consigned to the state of subordination and of pe- nance which becomes them. The Marquis de PALMELLA, whom we rejoice to see in full confidence and power with his Sovereign, addressed an official letter to the Spanish Ambassador, whieh would be woormw'od to the Court of I YERDINAND-the lsurper of his own parent's rights, and in this case mortified by the defeat of his undutiful sister. The Portuguese Government must have been miserably disorganized, when PALMELLA charges the ehief clerk in the Secretary of State's office, with having, in contempt of the orders given to him, inserted in the Gazette the do- cuments furnislhed by Prince MIGVUP., in defence of his crimes against his Father. An abstract of the long-coming Spanish amnesty is published by the Etoile; and one moral lesson which it affords, will, we doubt not, be cherished by the world- that vile and treble traitor, ABISBAL, is among the excep- tions to the amnesty! The following narrative is derived from private let- ters received yesterday from Lisbon, by express through France, to the 12th instant inclusive. It appears that by the advice and at the earnest recommendation of the whole of the foreign diplomatic body, the King of POILTUGAL had repaired on board the English ship of war the Windsor Castle, then lying in the Tagus, where he was received with the honours suitable to his rank, and where he constituted for a time his seat of government. From thence be summoned Prince MIGUEL to appear be- fore him, when a long interview took place, in which the Prince acknowledged his recent errors, and explained in what manner he had been led astray from his duty. In consequence of an order from the KING to that effect, the Prince, on the 12th, went on board a ves- sel in the Tagus, for the purpose of proceeding to France, where he had been recommended to pass some time in travelling for his improvement. Another or- der had been issued by the KING, from on board the Windsor Castle, prohibiting the QuEeN from again appear- ing at Court, and directing her to remain at one of the Royal palaces, under surveillance. The KING remained on boaTd the Windsor Castle on the 12th instant, and ap. pears to have manifested some reluctance at quitting an asylum where he felt himself so perfectly secure, but was expected to re-enter Lisbon on the 13th, the anniversary of his birtb-day. His Most Faithful Majesty is said to have re- mained three orfour days an inmate of the WindsorCastle.His choice of that ship as his temporary abode, is said to have been made with the common consent of all the Foreign Ambassadors. It had been suggested, that the preference for that distinction should be given to a French ship, but the accommodations of the Windsor Castle were found to be so much better suited to royalty, that the suggestion was overruled. It is said to be entirely owing to the per- fect harmony subsisting among the members of the diplo. matic body, that order was restored, and the energetic mea- sures above described adopted. The Portuguese Miinistry had resumed their functions, and the -War Department had been conferred on the Vicomte di UEIIIAS. LONXDON, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 182I