The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-16 00:00:00

Ell)trb Mbitton

SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(T HIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
(o,Ontinued from our Afternoon Edition.)
AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL,

....------------seseees
upon the table of the House. In fine, Costa Cabral
elite, d •dtn,,,it ready at. the head of thd Cioverntrent,
Ire& r his adieints,ratien all hinds of peculation, extol'',
Lion, and ,4- xatiou, oppression was practised eport tho
people ; the right of the election was interfered
the
with ;
armed troops were brought out to vote ; and thus
freedom of the franchise was interfered with.
That,
however, which proved the ultimate cause of the MA
little
I-
sion of Costa Cabral was a matter apparently of
moment. Among the other courses which Costa Cabral
had pursued—among the other vexatious
etlaws
ohe had
ita eir dead
,edueed, was one which, under the prext f sane-
tory regulation, compelled all persons to bury th
in certain cemeteries; and for the better support of
levied
those who lived upon the taxes and imposts
upon the people, these cemeteries were lefat the
t ea'
walled and unsecured. The consequence was, hat
bodies were torn up by dogs, and one universal feeling
of disgust and indignation pervaded the whole country
at the tyrannical and disgusting proceedings o the Goe
vernment. Eventually a woman named Marianna
Montes, whose child had died, required that it should
be buried in the church, but the priest retuned to bury
it there, pleading the law in justification of his refusal.
This gave rise to a disturbance, and the military were
called out when some blood was shed, and the woman
and the peasantry fell upon the soldiers. In a few
hours
the country rose from one end to the other, and
Costs
Cabral becoming alarmed at the consequence of his own
acts, and the Queen at the prospect before her, the resigns;
tion of the Government was given in and accepted, the
the Duke of Palmella was called into office. In th
course of one week from that time
the Duke
the insur-
rection subsided, and the policy of
of Palmella had restored the confidence of the
people when the Queen demanded his resignation:
The Duke de Palmella proceeded to frame an
electoral
law by decree to regulate the manner in which
tion the
Boseth_
elc ;
tors were to take places at the ensuing eof
Cortes. The plan was very generally
the people of that country. Thus matters stood on the
6th of October, 1846, the time at which the papers laid
approved of I_l
upon the table of the House commenced. The but Duke de •
Palmella enjoyed the confidence of the PeePle' was
That
did not enjoy the confidence of the Crown.
was
surrounded by evil advisers, whom he had not taken
precaution to engage in his interest. The royal ear
and
poisoned by misrepresentations, and false Vie", or•
notions were most sedulously poured into the royal
On the 6th of October, took place that extrordinary eYe.ettint,
detailed in the papers before their Lordships, when, wl r
out warning, without notice, or without
the least intimation of what was likely to take place,
the an..
the Duke de Palmella was sent for to the
there, with the Military Commandant of Lisbon, was
told that it was her Majesty's pleasure that tb°_,Y,„,shi: $l,
resign, that they should sign their own 0•1-- and
preparation, 0
and the appointment of their successors, till
that they were prisoners in the Fels° was
the so called spontaneous act of resignatinn ,04:1
effected. This took place within four days of the Petrithe •
appointed for the elections under the new law °' the
Duke of Palmella. The communication tan de by
sub'
Duke to her Majesty upon that occasion Wes in. eof
stance this—he did not entertain any
danger from the prevalence of existing opinions is hie
new Cortes—that he looked forward with eoasideratubie
confidence to be able in the new Cortes to rezoncile.,er
undeniable rights of Majesty with theconstitutional ilu,ie,
ties of the people, and it so happened that his micePreu
appreheno
,Lit
1 tions were borne out in the case of four elections
t.ther
had then taken place, and there was no doubt that
would have been a moderate and constitutional
beenlnaJertibtle
in the new Cortes. Whatever might have a ace
answer of the Duke of Palmella, it had no iti,',e_ted,
whatever on the plans which were then contemplate
ti
The Duke bowed to the authority of his soeierenig; hia„,
accepted the resignation which was forcee ur left
and, upon the instruction of her Majesty's pleaserlefear.)
Portugal and sought the shelter of this country•—"L•tted
The Marquis of Saldanha who succeeded bile, s,,;,les-
that his whole Government was composed of the
bralist party, and as if to mark the connexion b.t_
_,__t •
these two parties, Mr. Bulwer wrote from Madribdets7)
they were considered to be identical.—alesr'e. reige
Now, the Noble Viscount at the head Of i.'°,, dis.
Affairs in this country, some time afterwards, Govern"'
patch sent out to Portugal, congratulated the 1, the
ment of Saldanha that they had no connexion with
to.,
Cabralist party.—(Loud cheers.) The new admiels mi,
tion to succeed the Cabralist administration electoralfurl33l.-
and the first act was the revocation of the mil',
cree, and the suppression of all newspapers except true
official journals. In the course of a few days a decree
was issued, by which her Majesty assumed the dictate e for
of the kingdom, and was made responsible to no °n
ow
her acts. On the 3d of November a sanguinary edict old
out, that all the insurgents should be shot on the
without trial.--(Hear, hear.) On the 14th, ell oar
came out seriously affecting the interests of Britis° 11-
chants, and all classes of persons at Lisbon, by co Pell-
ing the circulation of the worthless notes of the floc 0
Portugal. These were the measures of the first forti,
of the administration headed by the Duke de P4l7ethe
which had been established to redeem the acts o
wo
Cabralists, to redeem that solemn, pledge whienbaeenr
given to the people in the month of May by the '4,.." ehe
by her proclamation to confide in her royal word, '-esti•
would henceforth govern within the terms of the logs
tution.—(hear, hear.) But what was the state of t .001,‘
on the part of the people of Portugal. This eren 'bre'
place on the 6th of October. The Duke of. of
eeira was sent to Oporto for the Perrea-raeent.
carrying out the
;abutntentions of the over'ad
agreed to at Lisbon
as nought, aad his decrees as waste paper, and ,spr be
being looked upon as the Queen's Coraniiss'°„Venal
found himself a prisoner. In a few days a Prn,ie at
Junta was formed, under the auspices of Coni•—.. thst,
Antas, and the state of things became so desperarre her
it was contemplated that it would be necessary esaela
Majesty to seek safety in one of her MajestYt's ,10 tha!
lying in the Tagus In ten or fourteen days ircaicdsu
time, from Oporto to Coimbria, from Coimbria to and
Roderigo, from Ciudad Roderigo to Torres Aredr,uPoine
in fact from one end of Portugal to another, t";ithol
of insurrection broke out, simultaneously, and ssesseu
any connexion between them, and the Crown possess
of
no authority save that which it held by the haY° ppirit
the soldiers. Why, before a month, the samed cald.
burst out from every portion of the country, nista°. '
any man doubt the feeling out of which these. tii of
ances arose, and that it was to oppose te disc:ol7.e vibe
constitutional Minister, and prevent therecal of . "...atoll
had been driven from power by the universal in for
of the country? Where, then, was the oppor.tns 'vie
foreign interference? He could see none. Til,°slibertY
rose to vindicate their rights to constitutinst.,.st re.
from the inroads of tyranny, professed ttuta'r- .'
theY Pr 1
sect for the person of the sovereign ;
fessed a still deeper attachment to those
rights which belonged to the subjects ovied them to be
narchy. In both professions he belieeary the Wesel,
earnestly sincere. He would, litupterowu-s attacks which
with a detail of the long aro --1 unarmsd end utv
were made by disciplined troops ten appears to have
disciplined psasantry. One gleam alone _._, where.
enlightened the general gloom, and
victory had been gained by the Duke De Sal a displaYsti
litnatiittuedtiataaoa
an action in which considerable gallan ttrbYatwf,B.ll_ll:sstifp:
upon both sides, where the insurgents enters o l'-'' ',,f war,
lations that they should surrender as prisoners l'i. 0, O.
and have all the honours allowed to prisoners
ku.efeSto
Among them were some of the best, some of the il"7libef
and some of the most enlightened men in the ea
were were brought in as prisoners. How were the?: "'wools
after this surrender ?—(Cries of t‘ Hear.") 13_,..„e whet'
quote a dispatch from Mr. Sotheron of 13th Dtn," tioP
The Noble Lord read that part of the represeP- 00
made by that gentleman of the severity exercised OLIA a'
captives, who were imprisoned in such a place as erraseo
gered the health and perhaps the lives of the cuff s; re;
He (Lori Stanley) believed that her Majesty's Lluehtia
meat had exerted themselves to the utmost which thei,, of!
power to do on behalf of those sufferers. Col. We'll' et,
the 15th February, stated in a letter, that the u,.;:ses
Saldanha had adopted his remonstrances, and exPrio-rra;
his disapproval of exiling the prisoners taken area'-,'
Vedras. But how were these remonstrances ;,30
The Noble Lord again quoted Mr. Sotheron's ,wi tliti
en the 30th January, to the effect that several pit;
nobility had been taken without notice °
crowd
11
in close confinement. The dispatch of
the
February stated that the prisoners were e °Ptsiii
on board of a vessel, preparatory to exile. ThOO,
eOO ?
of the vessel remonstrated against the indeoloos7,
inhumanity of employing a vessel not fit for th,. ar
or the vilest felons without danger to health or
h'e'iii
in packing the members of the noblest families Ott
space not sufficient for one half the number•
,0
remonstrance was accompanied with the certiOee tbe
the surgeon that he would not be answerable o'ooo'
consequences. The commandant, for his re fai
strance, was dismissed ; and the Burge:ore,
his certificate, was imprisoned, and 0 .„041
to be brought to trial. It was deterltbe
notwithstanding to send the prisoners into exile,
~av p, o,
only dispute was whether they should be sent to tli°d- o°,'
Madeira, or the Azores. To the Azores they ectrit" iaa,
be sent, for it was impossible to prevent their re''; ti)'
to Portugal. So that the election remained betWeei woo
unhealthy atmosphere of Goa or Madeira. siPloali
the conduct of the Government upon the firstedite •
flush of success which attended their arms. "20" 0,84
few days after that first and only success, the. ,e .vh,/ jill'h,
only security which was then left, that of Dist "1,3 'l,
abolished.—(Hear, hear.) It was also sough' 410;
established, that the cities were in a most atrailt-;
and flagrant insurrection, but this is nloa,! ; sia;
ously denied by the parties on the 0141,,derLir
—(Hear.) It was true that there were a c°„,."-;;‘, yds
number of peasants who raised the cry_" I n'oid '-„t
Miguel ;" and an officer of the name of M°Lelfll,,..o
up the standard of Don Miguel, but he was ''''. ct e,e'io
down, defeated, and slain ; and from that tirae ri '; pi
a murmur was raised from one of the Mignebtei4ts itfda
Noble Lord here proceeded to read several 00%00'0
letters and dispatches written by Viscount ro tberee4
and the Marquis de Saldanha, in order to proveoptia°o
character of the insurrection.) The objects, coed
the Noble Lord, was to put down that oonP d'eticiet ttia
surrounded the throne, and which, at the sanie j ot is
a disgrace and dishonour to it. The Noble Dfrof strso
head of Foreign Affairs, had laid down a ralesept roe
impartiality between the two parties, and he he eel 130
Colonel Wylde, for the purpose of observing ! enitt_Aii,
of events, but stated to him, at the same tio",o iced
Government could do nothing more than se.,de orrld
ators between the two parties. Colonel viry bass 'to
in Portugal on the 9th of November, but heøs 000
fully carried out the purport of the instruoti°%cts I_ol
him. The Noble Lord here read various ea'n'd Colujoil
letters written by. the Marquis de seasphs,swoiehoa
Wylde, with a view of showing that ColoefL fol:10,
not acted impartially between the partl"""Saldnie
favoured the cause of the Marquis a° sos ante
Colonel Wylde, contended the Noble 10di 501 loicli
tool doing the bidding of the Marquis 0 be beley,o
(Hear, hear.) The great principle whi°ll_, was Ptcea;
down at the commencement of his addre;,er ostece
non-interference in the internal affairs of
gaol ry,w)
he had endeavoured to show that the 4111","