The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-20 00:00:00

Nilessiy exercised,—no tnan's life was safe.
itt of pergous privately associated in support

late Constitutional Government was disco.
red---or pretended to be discovered—and, un-
der this pretext, and that of punishing them as
Preemasons, a great number of respectable mer-
chants and other citizens were thrown into dun-
geons, The prisons, were, in fact, so crowded,
that some of those confined at first were subse-

fluently released, to make room for more ob-
l'axious persons. Lord 13ERESFO HD was with
the KING, dressed in Portuguese uniform, and
was requested by some of the Ambassadors and
others to take the command of the army, which
he appears to have declined. The general opinion
4.tnatig those who are familar with Peninsular

Politics is, that the partizans of the Inquisition
'"d the Absolutists have their head-quarters in
Lisbon, and are working hard both in Portugal
nail spain, with the secret support of foreign in-
fluence. What part are the Holy Alliance to

I)tWorm on this critical einergenCy ? Will the

l'`!use of rebellion and usurpation be counte-

114ticed, because the rebel and usurper is more a
despot than the sovereign whom he seeks to
(iethrone ?

" LISBON, MAT 6,

This capital has been the scene of extraordinary events in
the course of this last week. On the 30th the King was
abut tip in the Palace of Bemposta without seeing any one,
and was in fact a prisoner in his own Palace; and his Al i-
-I',l-xtesta were sent to prison by order of Don Miguel and the
vueee.
It is considered as indubitable, that the depositioa of the
was intended ; and that it would have been carried into
t, but for the energetic and spirited conduct of the Foreign
*i'lhassadors and Ministers.
the' As early as nine o'clock on Friday, the 30th, the whole of
biploniatic Corps assembled at the Nuncies, whence they
proceeded in a body to Bemposta, and insisted on seeing the
_saltness
This was at first refused, by-an order from his Royal
; however, after a short time had elapsed, they were
41flmitted. They found the King in a most distressing state
even ignorant of what had been doing. The attend-
;lee of the Prince was requested, and on his arrival, the Fo-
-eigri :Ministers made a full exposure of the views of the
4een's party, and various trivial excuses were made by his
°Yal Highness which however had no weight with the Am-
adors, who 'insisted' that an 'order should be sent, in the
ra ,"g s name, to disperse the troops, &c. which was com -
'Wed with, and every thing appeared to be tolerably quiet.
Fully
Queen had came from Queluz early in the morning,
It"Y expecting to hear the Infant Don Miguel proclaimed
eger,t, anti was at Bemposta when the above consultation
took place.
" Royal Highness, however, continued to hold the con:C-
-.111.1h dof the troops and numerous arrests were made, in which
t"e Marquis of Pdmella was included. He was released, it is
7.41111 at the request of the Foreign Ministers. Count de Povoa,
nl'erly Senor Sampayo, was the only Minister who escaped
risonnient. It is at present impossible to conjecture what
111 be the final result of this most extraordinary transaction.
It
is certain that no confidence can exist so long as the Prince
retains the command of the army. Marshal Beresford is con.
&tan tly with the King: he wears the Portuguese uniform, and
the- respect is paid to him by the people. It is supposed that
rincipal Foreign Ambassadors wish he may be prevailed
upon to take the chief command, as tranquillity can hardlylbe
restored to this distressed country, unless he or some other
foreigner hold this office. The King's person is considered to
be not out of danger, and a request was yesterday made to pre-
Pare the Drindsor Castle for his reception, where alone he could
'be safe : every preparation was making on board that vessel to
receive him at toe shortest notice.
44•
Count Subserra has taken refuge on hoard the Lively
frigate,. after having for some days found protection in the hotel
'at the French Ambassador.
"The greatest confusion reigns in the city ; for, in circum-
4,tan es when full scope is given to private revenge, no indivi-
dual c
can be sure of his safety. The alarmed and distrustful
,ountenances of the inhabitants sufficiently betray their feelings.
-Patrols of military parade the streets night and day. The pri-
-I°lls are so crowded, that numbers of arrested persons were sent
Wyesterday and to-day to Peniche, to make room for others
'who are hourly arriving. A list of the members of the clubs
rho figured during the Constitutional system has fallen into the
lands of the Government, and thus gives an ample opportunity
'to the exercise of vengeance : these men are accused of being
freemasons. Some of the most respectable merchants, as
well as the dregs of the people, have been arrested in this
:qty,,,

The following particulars of events occurring
411 the early part of the insurrection are from
Private sources :

On the 29th ult., the friends of the Royal Family in Lisbon
celebrated the fete of the Princess of Beira now in Spain,and the
41uibassador of England gave on the same evening a grand ball,
honour of the anniversary of his Sovereign's birth-day. To
the latter, all the Foreign Ambassadors, all the Portuguese Ali-
P!stera, and a great portion of the distinguished Portuguese No-
bility in the capital, were invited. The illuminations at the Ho-
tel of the British ill iniater in the street of St. Francisco were
of considerable brilliancy, and, together with the splendid equi-
pages of the guests, attracted a large crowd to that quarter.
about half-past ten o'clock a hackney-chaise arrived, with the
servant of the Intendant Police behind it. In a short time the
he Intendant alighted, desiring the chaise to stop were it was, as
should immediately require it. In a short time the Countess
tihserra (Pamplona) and her daughter, the Count, and his
4:1_„-in-law, left the company ; and their family carriage having
itoveti, the ladies were handed into it by the Intendant of Po-
toe) while the Count himself, and his son-in-law, entered one
the chaises of the Royal Household, which was in waiting
, him.ln the mean time; the French Minister, M. Hyde de
enville likewise descended, and having entered his carriage
Zrred his coachman to follow in the track of Pamplona's
a3,ise. The greatest part of the company had dispersed by
i'might. At break of day, the public surprise was excited by
Feport that the great square o Lisbon was filled with troops;
.L.oat the infant Don Miguel wasf their head; that in the night
attempt had been made to assassinate the King ; that many
Insons were implicated in the plot formed for that purpose ;
4;o, that Pamplona, Count tie Parate, Count Villaflor„
aother distinguished persons who enjoyed the Royal conti-
.°
-4ee and had been declared partisans of the Court, had been
11Prehended as conspirators. Early in the morning the Infant
rye Miguel had arrived at the Palpeo of the Regency
called a council of war—he dispatched patrols to dine-
-1,-gt Parts of the city to apprehend a number of suspected
'e'sons, and immediately appointed a new Minister of , pl. 8,
da Lee, who paraded the streets, followed by two gen-
c—nles, and barred all approach to the Royal Palace, ex-
,;pt to such as were provided with a passport from the Prince.
e French Ambassador, as some accounts say, but others
re that distinction to Lord Beresford, was the first to dispute
la order of. the Infant and to insist on being permitted to
tl!,! his Majesty. Abott' t three o'clock- in tile afternoon the
th"()Ps left the Roseio without any reason being assigned for
eir dispersion.
following is a list of the arrests which tool: place on the
deh so far as they could be ascertained on the let lost :—Count
Subserta, the Marquis of Palmella, the Marquis of Valenta,
~ellarquis of Frontiere, Count Parate, Count Villaflor, Vis-
itut!nt Santa Martha, Baron de Commandant of Police,
'4:Radier Fellis Jordao, Colonel Mig' uel Vaz Perito Guedes.
.e Intendant of Police fled, but was subsequently apprehend-
,, Count Povoa was arrested in his house, but was subse-
,eentlf released, and went to the Palace. The Marquis of
Mi4ole la was arrested as he returned from the ball. The new
nisters are said to be General Leite, for the War Depart-
Il
; Cipriano Freire, for Foreign Affairs; Quintilla, for
re ta:tine 9• Joaquin da Costa e Silveira, fur Finance. On the Ist
lirent, 13 officers were arrested ; on the 4th, 10 ; on the
*J.) 9 ; on the 16th, 15. Many officers of cavalry have like-
As.been arrested. A Colonel of militia,. and many per-
,from the country, have likewise been imprisoned. The
and of arrests on the 30th are calculated at between 200

" Falmouth, May 17, Half-past Six o'clock p. m.
~.che packet from Lisbon has just arrived, consegmently too
pros to-day's post, and this letter has been conveyed by ex-
afr_,has been eleven days out, and has on board Mr.
msjns family, and Madame Ferreira Borges, and a few other
Theo.er. The news brought by her is extremely important.
Id plan of the queen had arrived at maturity, and it has

been attempted to realize it. Thanfante, the ready instrument
of his mother, took the lead, 'and issued the Pioclamations yott
will find in the Gazettes. He surrounded the Palace of Bern-
posta with troops,• and literally. held his father prisoner thirty-
six hours ; and during this time seven or eight hundred per-
sons were arrested, known to be partizans of the King, seve-
ral Noblemen included in! the number,. and many for having
been attached to the late Constitutional system. All were
put in confinement, and all those who went to see them
were also detained by the jailors. This chews that the
combinations were regularly made. Mozinho, the director of
the Custom-house, refused to surrender himself prisoner,
without an order signed by the King; the Infante, however,
went in person to see his orders • obeyed, and the poor
man was taken out of his house by force, and ill-treated, the
Prince kicking at him himself. Pamella was among the pri-
soners ; but be *as set at liberty at the request of the Foreign
Ministers. Pamplona endeavoured to have a conference with
the King in the night, at Quinta Villa, at the back of the Palace,
but he was unable to succeed ; he, however, got a servant to
carry a message to the King, and the answer he obtained was,
that he had better make his escape, in consequence of which
he got on board of an English frigate in the river. Joaquin'
Pedro Gomes and Marinho, the two late Ministers, were ar.
rested, and the Intendant of Police fled away, and was after-
wards seized in a pine-grove. They first laid hold of bins in
Queluz, where, with a pistol at his breast, he was ordered to
give in an account of the proceedings which had been insti-
tuted respecting the death of the Marquis de Louie. At the
end of two days the King was allowed to appear in public, and
was well received ; and after going to church. a Proclamation
of his appeared, in which he approved of all the Infante had
done, as an attempt had been premeditated a:.,rainst his Royal
person and family, pardoning the excess of zeal with which his
son had been actuated. All the above was witnessed by the
troops under arms in the Roscio square, who appeared in the
secret, and ready to support their commander, the Infante.
—The Franciscan Friar, named. Sampayo, and . Pavia lift-
poso, a lawyer, were the persons who drew up the proclama-
tions, which were all digested at the Quinta da ltamalhao, be-
fore they were made use of, and instructed with all the secrets.
Colonel Pontes, who some time ago was in England, having
been sent out of Portugal by the late Constitutional Govern-
meta, was also one of the principal agents. Money was ob-
tained from some where, to distribute among the troops, and
double rations of wine were also plentifully served out. If
this diabolical plot had succeeded, as the projectors wished, the
consequences would have been dreadful."

We take the subjoined extract of a Paris letter
from the Chronicle of this morning. We slated
in 'i'tzi Sum of Monday last that serious appre-
hensions had suddenly arisen in Paris as to the
fate, in the Chamber of Peers, of the Project of
Law for the Reduction of the Rentes. On the
following day, however (Tuesday), we stated
that we had received further advises from Paris,
with the gratifying assurance that, in conse-
quence of the private personal influence exerted
by some of the Members of the Royal Family
over the Peers, the fears entertained for the fate
of the Project had subsided, and had been suc-
ceeded by an expectation that it will be carried
in the Chamber of Peers by a small majority.—
The letter to the Chronicle has not in any way
changed either the state of the fact, or our opi-
nions respecting it for our intelligence of Mon-
day bore the same Paris date as that of the news
inserted in the Chronicle of to-day,—that is,
Saturday last,—at which time the apprehensions
in question were certainly entertained. Our
succeeding advises (noticed in Tut; SUN of
Tuesday), Were dated the 16th (one day later
than those of the Chronicle), and we have heard
nothing since to impugn the accuracy of the
view then given of this important subject by our
Correspondent.

" PARIS, MAY 15.—A new faction, at the head of which
the Archbishop of Paris has placed himself, threatens with all
its influence the Ministry of M. de Villele.—United to the
Members of Opposition of the Chamber of Peers, this faction,
which has been joined by all the Ecclesiastical Members of
that Assembly, presents, at present, a formidable majority,
which will manifest its power in rejecting the Project of Law
for the reduction of the interest of the Public Debt, which is
now under the deliberation of their Lordships.—On this sub-
ject not the smallest doubt is entertained.—The fall of M. de
Villele, as may be supposed, will be the consequence of the re-
jection of his project. This Minister has so excited the public
opinion against himself, and especially in the capital, that he
will be followed in his retreat by the general malediction. The
consequence of such an event cannot be foreseen."

The Fury, discovery ship, reached the Nore
on Saturday last, and the Hecht on the following
day. Captain PARRY quitted the Admiralty at
nine o'clock on Saturday morning, and joined his
ship at Northfleet. He was accompanied by his
brother, Doctor PARRY, by Captain LYON, and
a few particular friends, who remained with him
till the last moment. They saw the expedition
underweigh at three o'clock yesterday morning,
and then returned to the Comet, steam-boat, to
town.

The ship's were visited on Monday by Sir Guo. CLARKE,
Viscount ARBUTHNOT, and a party from the Admiralty
yachts; and by Lords W. THYNNE and PetfLETT, and
party. The men were paid their wages on Tuesday. Com-
missioner Cur/xi-N(11(Am, with his Lady and family, Sir JOHN
GORE and son, Sir EDWARD OwEN, Sir RICHARD WU-
Lunts, Sir CHARLES GRANT, Colonel PASELY of the Royal
Engineers. Colonel BINGHAM, and a large party of Ladies
and Gentlemen from Chatham and its vicinity, visited them in
the course of the clay, and cheered our gallant countrymen most
heartily on leaving them. Indeed, until late on Tuesday even-
ing, company never ceased to throng the ships.
The wives of the gallant fellows engaged on this hazardous
enterprize were kindly permitted to remain on board till Capt.
PARRY'S private friends quitted the ship, and were afforded
a conveyance to town, free of expence, in the Government
steam-boat.

Never has an expedition of discovery quitted the shores.of
England exciting more universal interest than the present; and
we feel assured, from the intrepidity, judgment, and persever-
ance displayed on the former voyages by Capt. PAR try and his
gallant comrades, that whatever human enterprize and exertion
can accomplish, will be effected. Nay the Almighty, in his
mercy, guide and guard them!

Yesterday. Mr. Secretary CANNING had an au-
dience of his MAJESTY Count MuNsTert, the
lianoverian Minister, had also au audience of
the KING.

The Duke of CLARENCE visited his MAJESTY
yesterday.

- The last words of Lord Bynox, before the de-
lirium which seized his powerful mind within
three days of his death, were---" j ‘vish it to be
known that my last thoughts were given to m.y
wife, any child, and my sister."

COMPANIES.—We
JOINT STOCK LOMPANIES.--We understand
that his Majesty's Ministers having been applied to for their
concurrence in certain private Bills connected with Ireland,
have given the following answer :_.« With the exception of
Bills for the purpose of framing Canals or Railways, by Corn-
paniea of Subscribers applying to Parliament for that purpose,
or for some other work of that description, his Majesty's .Mini-
sters will feel it necessary to object to any private Bills for in-
corporating a Company, unless the Crown has been previously
applied to, and has consented to grant a Charter of Incorpora-
tion, in the event of the other powers and privileges sought by
such a Bill being granted by Parliament." This may be taken
as a Manifesto against private Bills, pat tic ilarly Irish, as none
from Ireland for Canals or Railways were applied for.—(Car-
low Aforning Post, Mayl7.)
UNION•H A LL.—SUSPECTED) MUILDEIt. —Yes-
terdaySpcnecrjohnson, and Dawe, charged on suspicion with
the murder of Mary Wilkins, were brought before L. B.
ALLEY, J. SdalvEN, and D. KING, Esqrs.—After an exa-
mination which led to nothing conclusive, they were remanded,
in order that they
,may if possible clear up the circumstances of
a suspicious nature which appeared against them.