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London, England, 1835-12-29 00:00:00

LISBON AND GERMAN PAPERS-

LISBON', DEC. 15.—The Mario contain: a noticc.i.orrr
the Minister of Justice, stating that the District Judge of
Moura had sent word that on the ,3d of thii month the
prison of that town had been broken into by six armed
men, wearing masks, who assassinated Jose de Paula
Pacheco, tonio Pedro Thomas, and Francisco Jose
Ravalhas, prisoners confined there for political offences.
Whether the persons assassinated were criminal or not, it.
is only for the law to 'Amish them, and the pernicious pre-
tence of pritale vengeance can never be tolerated, as it
disturbs the order of society,. and, as in the present case,
removes the per Sons assassinated from the ekes of criminals
to that of victims of barbarity and of rebellion against the
legitimate authority. tier Majesty, therefore, orders, the
said Judge to do his utmost td discover and bring to pal-
nishment the authors of this crime. _

DEC. 16.—An official notice from the civil Governor of
the town of Villa Real to the Minister of the Intl Tier, an-
nounces the destruction of the Guerilla of the notorious
Lopez, which-infested the province of Lugo and Corunna ;
it was completely routed on the river Ulta, with the loss of
sixty prisoners, thirty-three left dead on the field aad
drowned in the river, and the remainder were closely

pursued.
The Minister of War, in an official notice to the army,
announces that the engagement of the 2d Regiment of the
Queen's Light Infantry having expired, her Majesty was
pleased to dissolve that corps, expressing at the same time
her grateful satisfaction for the services performed by the
Regiment from the time that it made part of the liberating
army, which so gloriously put down the Usurpation.

DEC. 18.—Tbe Ministe'r of the Interior, in a report to
her Majesty says :—" Faithful to the principles I profess,
that votes of confidence given by the Cortes to the Govern•
ment, are an exception to the regular course prescribed by
the Chamber, and consequently that the Government must
use those votes with the greatest reserve and scrupulous-
ness, I have the honour to call your Majesty's attention
to the following points :
By art. 3 of the law of 25th April of this year, and art.
1 of the law of 29th December, 1834, your Majesty's Go-
vernment was authorised to dispose of the sum of 100 con-
tos of rees per annum, besides the sum which should be
fixed by the estimates for the execution of useful public
works ; and the Government was also authorised to make
the necessary loans (at London or elsewhere) for giving
greater activity to such works, especially the making and
improving of roads. The Minister says, that in order to
carry such plans into effect a mass of knowledge, of general
and local information, is required in the Administration,
and particularly in the Minister within whose department
the affair is, which it will be difficult to find in an
individual ; and though there may be men in Por-
tugal possessed of such knowledge, he, in concert with
his colleagues, frankly confesses that he is far from being
so qualified ; and he adds that the interposition of a sin-
gle opinion instead of the united wisdom and knowledge
of the Cortes, exceeds his powers, and is contrary to his
conscientious conviction. Had the preceding Ministers,
however, acted in conseqnence of this vote of credit, the
present Administration would not willingly have interrupted
useful works already begun, but this not having been the
case, the present Ministry having found no plan ready, and
having been too short a time in office to form one themselves
before the opening of the Cortes, he proposes to her Mn-
jesty a decree revoking the votes of confidence in question.
By the decree to which her Majesty's sanction is given, the
decree of the 16th of July, authorising the Ministers to
raise at London or elsewhere, a capital amounting to the
annual sum of 100 contos of reis, to be employed in improv-
ing the roads of the kingdom, is revoked. No similar con-
tract shall be made without the assent of the Cortes ; the
members shall receive all proposals to be made to them, and
shall arrange them, and collect all possible information on
the subject that may be laid before the Cortes in the clearest
manner possible. Any works already commenced shall be
preserved, that the abandonment of them may not cause
additional expense in case they should be approved by the
legislative body.
PALACE OF THE NECESSIDADES, DEC. 12, 1835.
DEC. 19.—A decree of her Majesty orders all plans and
proposals for the improvement of the roads, &c., to be re-
ferred to the Commissioners for the Internal Communica-
tion.—Lisbon Paper to Dec. 19, inclusive.
CLAUSENBURG, DEC. 2.—(From the letter of a Tra-
veller.)—Already when I was in Prussia, and still more at
' Vienna, a very formidable description was given me of the
state of fermentation which prevailed among the people of
Transylvania. Even at Pesth, where I was so much
nearer to the alleged foCus of the insurrection, people
looked very serious when I spoke of going to Transylvania.
I was accordingly in a state of some anxiety When I arrived
at Clausenburg, the capital of the province. There I found
everything in the usual state of order and profound tranquil-
lity. The Archduke Ferdinand,who had been sent to the coun-
try as the pacificator, drove through the streets in as quiet a
manner as at Vienna and Jevery, where we saw proofs of
the respect and affection that is felt for him. However the
remonstrances which were made a year ago by the Diet of
Transylvania, and the rather severe ordinance of the late
Emperor which ensued, excited some sensation in the diplo-
matic circles. But the differences which are already old,
arc on the point of being settled. One disadvantage, in-
deed, which this affair has produced, will not be so easily
repaired. A number of distinguished men who held public
offices, gave them up because the loudly expressed opinions
of the people had in a manner proscribed them, so that it
will be very difficult to find perions equally eminent to fill
those offices, for the Transylvanian is as jealous of his own
honour as of his right.—Supplement to Ailgemeine Zeitung,
Dec. 23. _

ST. PETERSBURGII, DEC. 12.—His Majesty, while at
Kiew, addressed the following Ukase to the Senate :
" Directing our attention to the present state of the
provinces restored by Poland, we have found, to our great
dissatisfaction, that the nobility of that country, for the
most part, avoid serving our armies, or in civil offices, and
persist in idleness. Hence, in the elections, a great part
of the posts in the service of the internal Government is
confided to individuals who have not been employed at all,
is only for a short time in the service of the State. In this
manner privileges which were granted to the nobility and
the provinces of Great Russia for their fidelity, and sacri-
fices in the service of the country, are here used as pre-
texts, to share in advantages of this kind without any
merit, and to fill the elective offices, with individuals
wholly inexperienced and incapable, and sometimes not
worthy of confidence. In order to remedy this evil, we
have thought to ordain as follows :
,Henceforth no person in the Governments of Wilna,
Grodno, Minsk, Volhynia, Podolia, and the province of
Byalistok, has a right to hold posts which arc filled by elec-
tions of the Nobility, unless he has been ten years in the.
Military or Civil service.
2. An exception is made in favor of those, who without
having been in actual service, have already filled for three
years successively elective offices.
3. Should no fit person be found for the vacant posts,
they are to be filled up by the Minister of the Interior, or
by the Committee, created by the 18th of August, 1814,
but according to the opinion of the Minister of the Interibr.
The Directing Senate will not fail to adopt measures to
carry this decree into effect."—Dated Kiew, October 24,
1885.—Frankforl Paper, Dec. 23.