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LISBON PAPERS,

LISBON. JULY IL
Within the last week there have been numerous
arrivals of vessels from different parts of the Brasil%
and the news brought by them has been regularly
communicated to the Cortes. The followiug ate
some of the particulars:—
The Portoguese galley Annibal in GO chqs from
Rio. The Captain at II Bermudez, tit answer to
questions put to him. states, that Rio win not per-
fectly tranquil, on account of the different parties
in favour of or spied the erase of Portugal. He
knows not of any change in the political system.
The Prince Royal had been to Mums after the dc-
Priem of the ebip Dos John VI., but lie returned

PO the 115th of April. A,II the velar's Chit sailed
for Porto, or Lisbon, had many passengers. The
Ewgeaia, for Bahia, brings no news. The Eng-
lish Major-General Chrey is one of the passengers.
The Captain of the Pnetuguese'cmvette, Leal-
does, returned front a cruise to the Azores, slater,
that on the glat of June, he woo informed by the
French brigantine Apollo, that General Lecor had
ordered a corvette with 12 guns to be equipped,
which had sailed for this port with dispatches and
passengers. That the English merchant brig
Economy. had informed him that the Governors's*
of Buenos Ayres had disarmed, and since sold all •
its privateers. La Cootie, Ceptrin Cumont, from
the Havennah to Bourdeaux, told hint thcie wed
on board some persons ill of fever., and that be
thought to land in some port of Spain or Pound.
The Treze de Maio packet. in 67 days frees Rio,
50 from Bahia, and 37 from Pernambuco; the
Captain says all was quiet at Rio; the Prince and
Royal Family iu perfect health. From Bahia
he had no news; that province was tranquil. The
Captain did not land at Peeper/thee°. A dispatch
from General de Mello, Governor of the province
of Bahia, states, that he bad preserved trariquillity
in that city io spite of the inflammatory proclama-
tions that were circulated among the soldiers and
inhabitants. The negroes on • sugar estate of
Itsparic• had risen, and killed the Lieutenant-
Colonel of the militia of that island, but had been
quelled by the regiment, and several killed in at-
tempting to go over to the Contioent.
In the sitting of the Cortes on the 6th, when the
additional articles to the Constitution were further
•disenseed, M. Moors said, that there had been on
,the 2d inst. a disagreeable occurrence in the Castle
of this city among the soldiers of the 24th regiment—
that no officer or subaltern had been concerned is
it—that they were ell privates—that the vigilance
•and patriotism of the General had them taken on
board the St. Sebastian man of war—and that he
knew from a person worthy of credit that those un-
happy soldiers confessed that they had been seduced
by a person of consequence. He therefore thought
it would be imprudent to accede to the motion now
before them, viz, to revoke the decree of the 3d
July, 1821, b 7 which certain persons who accom-
ponied his Majesty, were removed to • distance from
Lisbon. The motion of M. Guerrero to revoke the
decree was approved after a long and animated
debate.
The Lisbon Gazette of the 7th July says, of the
disturbance in the castle of St. George, that
General Sepulveda being informed that under
the pretence of demanding their discharge,
(Baia,) some soldiers of the 24th endeavoured
to excite a mutiny, arid having privately girt n
the 'memory orders to the commanders of the
several corps, the General was on the alert,
when he received information, about two o'clock in
the night, that there was an insurrection in the
•Osstle. He immediately went there, and found ell
quiet again, owing to the sudden appearance of
the officers and subalterns, who, mindful of their
duty, and of the honour of the Portuguese name,
soon restored order. It seems that the few who took
part in the mutiny uttered no exclamation besides
" The King for ever ! We desire our discharge!" '
The serjeaut of the regiment, who commanded
the guard on duty, immediately put it under
arms, and would not suffer one of the rioters to
-go out, so they wished to do. The King has re-:)
warded the fidelity of the sergeant by giving him
ao Ensigocy and the same to soother of the 10th
tvgiment, who gave the first isiftwasstio• of these
criminal inteutioas. The following morning the
General ordered the two regiments, 10th and 24th,
'to be drawn out, and having remonstrated with
Ilthens on their improper conduct in an excellent
speech, they matched to he present at the execution
risif the sentence of the soldier of the first regiment
of iufantry who was shot the same morning, at
which *acting scene they all ',hewed the greatest
firmness. The 10th regiment, which was under
arms when the General arrived at the quartets a
on the night of the Ist, gave reason to suspect
that the seduction had produced more effect!
on them than on the 24th regiment, for he wasi
well persuaded that there must be a seducer ore
seducers who deluded such brave men. But time(
will rectify this suspicion ; for 11 of those who:
were pointed out as ringleaders having been arrest-.
ed, requested to be interrogated as soon as posit-
ble, since they have something to say ! It seems
that the person who seduced endeavoured to discre-
dit the General by the absurd tale, that he had hin-
dered %hi King Irons pardoning the soldier. This
has been completely answered by the 'lusts° de Ln-
situnia. We may odd, that if the King were to par-
don all criminals, it would be quite unaecessary to
draw up the new criminal code; Dos line would suf.
fice—" The King parlous all crimes."—(Ligon
Papers, Jody 13.)
Lt/host, JULY 10.
• This morning, at a quarter before seven, there,
was a violent shock of an earthquake, which lasted.
„six or seven seconds. The oscillation was rather,
perpendicular then horizontal. It coasisted of twos
smart %hocks, within • very short iuterval. The,
shocks versa to have been more severe on the other:
side of the Tagus and the buildings near the sea,
were toast affirmaris bet we have not learnt any
. particulars of its effect..
In the silting of the Cortes on the 10th, • Reporti
was presented by the Committee appointed to copi
cider the terms of the Treaty of Me, between
Portugal and Great Britain.