The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-27 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

The following is the order of the day concerning
the interference of the military in elections, issued by
the King of Portugal, as Commander-in-Chief of the
Portuguese army, and to which allusion is made in
our Lisbon correspondence. It is a most important
document, as it proves the frauds had recourse to by
the Cabralista party in the recent municipal elections
Our Correspondent says that the Cabralists are most
severe in their animadversions on it, and the Estan-
darte (Cabral's organ), denies the right of the King
to issue such a document :

" Head-quarters, Palace of the
Necessidades, Nov. 14.
" Order of the Day.

" It having reached the knowledge of his Majesty
the King, Commander-in-Chief of the army, that
certain soldiers, forgetful of their rigorous duty, and
overstepping the strict limits defined by the rules
of discipline, have in some parts of the kingdom
rashly committed excesses upon the occasion of
the late municipal elections, threatening and
creating terror amongst the electors, with the object
of drawing them from the polling booth ; his Ma-
jesty is pained to find himself under a necessity of
severely reprobating these attempts to impede the
free exercise of the most important prerogative of a
citizen's political rights, and therefore orders it to be
made known to the generals of the army, comman-
ders of divisions, of corps, and of detachments, and to
the various military authorities throughout the king-
dom, that in the approaching elections for Deputies
that their duty will be to exert the full force of their
authority to prevent the repetition of similar ex-
cesses, they will intimate to their subordinates that
though any one of them has the indisputable right of
presenting himself at the electoral urn, and freely
voting in his quality of citizen, yet ought not, as
forming part of the public force, to interfere in any
way whatever with his fellow-citizen, tending to
impede him in the exercise of the same right in the
freest and fairest manner.

" His Majesty, therefore, ordains most positively,
that the military force should abstain from all and
any interference with the electoral proceedings, and
that only as an aid, demanded in a competent manner
by the civil power, should they make their appear-
ance to re-establish tranquillity and order, if by any
chance it should happen to be interrupted ; at thy
same time exercising the utmost prudence and mode-
ration, as is necessary on similar occasions.
" His Majesty expects that this order will be rigor-
ously observed, but, if contrary to his wishes, any
military man, whatever his rank or station may he,
should, forgetful of his duties, transgress it, his
Majesty is determined to make a severe example, and
to inflict a chastisement, which, while vindicating
offended discipline, may serve as a warning for the
future, and the King chrrges all generals, military
commanders, and other authorities, to pay rigid
attention to its exact fulfilment, and for which they
will be held seriously responsible."
The new French Minister, the Duke of Glucks-
berg, who supersedes the Baron de Yarennes, and
Senor Ros de Olano, who also supersedes M.
d'Aylon, Spanish Minister, are expected from Madrid
during the ensuing week.