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LISBON PAPERS.

SUPPLEMENT TO No. 196 or THE LISBON GAZETTE.
LISBON, AUGUST 22.
BY AUTHORITY.
The extraordinary spectacle which this night disturbed this capi.
tal, and gave another opportunity to display the noble spirit that
animates its inhabitants, must necessarily have cached the public
anxiety, and, in spite of the happy result obtained by the energetic
measures—the hour, the circumstances, the vague rumours, and in.
correct explanations which generally circulate on such occasions,
doubtless alarmed all the friends of legitimate order—all true Por.
tuguese. We hasten to tranquillize them with a succinct but ac-
curate account of the circumstances which destined this memorable
night to a disastrous epoch of rebellion and infamy, as well as of
the events which turned it into a night, or rather day, of
triumphhappyand
glory for the most holy cause of die King and of the
nation—a cause which is one and indvisible by its own nature and
by our love, by the generosity and justice of a Sovereign who has
united them for ever by such wrong ties.
An insane conspiracy of a handful of wicked intriguers already
known for their immorality, who want, notwithstanding, to re-
cognise such blessings. whose perverse nature has nut the will to
embrace them—bad citizens, and worse subjects, conceived, in
their frenzied imagination, the mad project of rebelling against
their legitimate King and natural Sovereign, of annihilating the
sacred institutions which, emanating from the Throne, have their
origin in nature, and their foundation in justice, anti which,
guaranteeing the eminence! rights of the Sovereign and his pro.
party, ensure the general preservation and felicity. A conspiracy.
as odious in its objects as in its chiefs, must necessarily procure
instruments of its own character. Other revolutions originated in ;
the tieing or the populace, or the revolt of the arnmed force;
this availed itself of a corps expressly instituted for the protec-
tion of the citizens, and the maintenance of public order, and
which for these reasons ought, more than any other, to refrain
from taking part in the smallest comm otion. whatever may be
the grounds of it.
The corps of Cavalry of the Police, excited and directtd by
chiefs not belonging to that corps, and with a part of the infan-
try, was to march, between midnight and one o'clock, to the
Campopequeno, and there wait to be joined by some corps of
the capital, which they hoped to have contaminated. lf, realize
ing their foolish hopes, they were joined by • considerable num-
ber, they were to proceed to the crime of proclaiming a new
King and new Regency, destroying, with the legitimacy of the
Sovereign and of the Government, the institutions of his wisdom,
establishing the absurd system of absolute power, which never
governed or prevailed in Portugal till after Portugal ceased to be
that heroic and renowned nation which astonished Europe by its
great deeds and its riches; and in proportion as arbitrary power
rose, we gradually declined to that mate of insignificance to which
we were so long reduced, and in which we should still be with-
out the powerful ann of our magnanimous restorer.
In case they should not collect a sufficient tince to perpetrate the
parricide, they intended to proceed to Villa Franca there to watch
the movements of the capital and its garrison, and if theme were not
favourable to them, to follow the footsteps of the disbanded regi-
ments (the 21 of cavalry, and 17th of infantry), and to desert to
Spain. But Providence, which watches over the Portuguese nation,
and its august dynasty, and the hand of God, which is extended
over good kings, reduced to nothing the chimerical projects of the
ill-disposed. The Government, which does not slumber in the
difficult circumstances of the country, and which has marked and
constantly observes all those who merit its distrust, Wallad the
wicked conspiracy, and the measures taken were so opportunely and
so well planned, that the whole plot was defeated.
The four companies of cavalry of police, which were the chief in-
struments of the rebellion, were disarmed, and the whole garrison
of the capital, animated by the best spirit, appeared the faithful
supporters of the legitimate throne, and of the public liberties ; all
the corps vied with each other in zeal and dismipline.
An innumerable multitude of citizens accompanied with accla-
mations the faithful defenders of the law and the King, and the
hour destined for anarchy and rebellion passed over in tranquillity.
It is hardly necessary to observe, that the soldiers were purely
passive in this as in all revolts; that the officers gradually de-
moralized them by inspiring hatred of the peaceable citizens, dis-
affection to the King and to his Court, and makit.g them conceive
false and fatal ideas of the regenerating system which his 111ajesty
has thought fit to establish in these kingdoms, and which, in spite
of its infamous enemies, rill be as durable as the nation of which
it will constitute the happiness.
All measures, all precautions, are taken for the total destruction
of the crime, and the exemplary punishment of the criminals.
Be at ease, honourable Portuguese, and bless Providence, which
has so manifestly protected us in this ever-memorable day.
AUGUST 23.
The Gu.-:rite of this date contains some reflections on the conspi-
racy; the editors observe that there is not so much reason to be
surprised at this treason in a corps, which, with very few excep-
tions, is composed of the refuse of all the corps of the army.
Acomesr 24.
The Princess Regent has appointed Don Jose Joaquin] Rodri-
guez de (lustros to the post or Intendant-General of the Police of
the capital and the kingdom.
The Governorof Tres-os-Montes writes from Braganca (the 16th)
that the measures he hat adopted have restored ,ranquillity and
order in the province. In a letter of time same date, at midnight,
he says he has just learned that the rebels were greatly dissatisfied
at not having met the decisive support which had been promised to
them on the part of the Spanish Government ; the Intendant-Ge-
neral of the province into which they had fled having declined to
them that they were subordinate to bite,, and prohibiting them under
the strictest responsibility from meddling iu any menace in the po-
litical concerns of the two nations.

The Governor of Alentejo writes from Estsemas, 21st of August,
that General Azeredo, commanding the troops, wrote to him from
Villa Viciosa the day before, that the rebels were entirely disarmed,
that on the 17th they marched to Zdlatneia Oe la Serena, twenty.
eight leagues from the frontier., and that he was assured that the
Spanish Government had only given orders to furnish them with
bread.

Tile Governors of Minho and of Algarve write that all continued
tranquil ;here. The same in the other provinces.

AUGUST 26.
A notice from the War-office, signed by the 31intst,r, speaks in
high terms of the behaviour of the troops employed to disarm the
conspirators. The Princess Regent, he says, knows that these
alarms are the unhappy consequences of the cisndeutine machina-
tions of perverse men, who desire to perpetuate abuses which feed
their pride and encourage their crimes. Her Highness knows, that
among the absurdities brought forward by the preachers of anarchy,
they never forget to say that a King who is absent is not a King ;
but they do not remember that Dun Alphonso V. was called the
African, because he always fought in Africa; that Sebastian fell
prematurely, though gloriously, in Africa ; ai,d that many of our
Kings were long absent from Portugal • and that the Portuguese
of those days followed them, fought acrd fell by their bides, but
never rebelled in their absence.
The army will observe (her Royal Highness orders me to re-
peat) the different treatment reserved for fidelity and rebellion;
the former acquires praise, the recompense of the sovereign, the
blessings of families, the gratitude of the country : the latter,
punishment, dishonour, contempt, and the gallows. If the obedi-
ent soldier is the ornament, the defender of his king, his country.
the throne, and the altar ; the rebellious soldier is a ferocious
proorian, sold to the highest bidder, worthy of public execration
and of death.

Her Highness. in the name of the King Don Pedro IV. her
august brother and King, again orders me to repeat that the re.
ward and the punishment due to loyalty or to rebellion shall be
distributed promptly, and with an even hand. The same fate, the
same disgrace. straits every corps, every individual who is more
swayed by wickedness and rebellion than by virtue and the
fidelity which the Portuguese always showed to their legitimate
Sovereigns.

JOAO CARLOS DE SALDANHA
OLIVEIRA E. DAVE.
PINTO.

(A true Copy)

LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 6.—We have had a brisk cotton
market this day; about 4,000 bales sold at an advance of
to on last week's prices. Including this day, there
have been about 10,000 a 11,000 bales during the week.
B. P. Sugars are very stiff, and very few offering, but at a
further advance.
We record the following as an instance of commercial
despatch :—The Irlam, of Liverpool, arrived at Barbadoes
on the 22.1 of July, was discharged, took in a cargo of pro-
duce, and sailed for Greenock on the 28th, having been
only 6 days in discharging, loading, and preparing for sea.
It is with extreme pleasure we find that the gloomy fore-
bodings with which our mind was oppressed a few months
ago, on the contemplation of the then existing depression
of trade, have not been, nor are now likely to be, fulfilled ;
but that on the contrary the indications of the revival of
trade, and consequent diminution of distress, are every week
more strong and cheering. The progress of returning
prosperity is indeed slow, and much distress does still exist,
and must necessarily do so for some mouths to come. The
poor in these, the manufacturing districts, have been com-
pelled by the pinching cries of hunger to part with the
little remains of furniture and bedding they had, and even
the clothes from off their backs ; their houses now present
a moat miserable anti heart-rending spectacle, and it is
truly distressing to see their little ones wandering about
half-naked and destitute.—Blackburn Mail.

Potatoes have greatly improved since-the rains. In a
particular field the crop has doubled within the lust three
weeks. The pastures in this county are beautifully ver-
dant. Many shrubs and flowers are putting forth new
blossoms, and give the gardens an appearance of spring.
The district of Angus has not been so abundantly supplied
with rain as this vicinity. The graziers front that quarter
complain there is little improvement in pastures, and that
fodder is very scarce. In Ayrshire, on the contrary, the
improvement in the grass and the potatoes is greater than
in any of the adjacent counties. On the road leading from
Stewarton to Irvine there are a number of fields of excel-
lent potatoes, and bets have been offered that several of
them will yield from 40 to SO bolls an acre.—Glasgow
Chronick.