The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-03 00:00:00

LISBON GAZETTES,

STAT!

'PUY
LISBON, MARCH 16.—8 y a Royal Letter the
10th, Major-General the Count De Villa Floe is dis-
charged from the Government of the Province of
Alentejo, with which he was charged by a Royal
Letter of 30th November, 1826; and also from the
Government, ad hiterim, of the District of Oporto,
with which he was afterwards charged by a !Loyal
Latter of 7th August, 1827.
" WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 15, •1828.'

" As I have leant thatevil-rni tided persons, enemies
of the peace and happiness of the nation, go about
scattering . reports among the soldiers of the army,
whiCh Put them in fear respecting their future des-
tiny, it is my duty, as the Head of this Department,
to recommend to the Generals of the Provinces and
the Commanders of Corps, to do away with the irri
pression which such reports produce, asSuring,with
the greatest frankness,• that his, Highness the Infante
Regent has, and always will have, the highest cOn-
sideration for all the military who follow, without
deviation, the path of honour. His Highness already
has proofs of what the Portuguese soldiers are
capable, by the noble resolution which they took.in
1823, to assist him in destroying the faction which
unhappily then existed, with the design of destroying
the holy religion which we profess, and the throne ;
and is convinced that; they are ready to give others
when an occasion shall offer;. and,-principally, if im-.
pious persons should endeavour in any manner to at-
tack those two objects always so dear to the Portu-
, girese.
" In communicating in this manner to the Generals
of Provinces, and the Commanders of Corps, the'
beneficent intentions of his Highness, above stated,
I must also declare that his Highness is resolved to
be inexorable towards every soldier, whote conduct
shall not be conformable to what the laws prescribe,
because the essential ditty of the soldier is to be obe-
dient to the law, and he who departs from it is un-
worthy'of belonging to so noble a class.
" CONDE DE RIO PARDO."

IMARCH 18.—The Gazette contains two Decrees;
one accepting the resignation of the Conde de Villa
Real, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the other
appointing the Viscount de Santarem to that office.
These Decrees are dated .l3th March.
DEPARTMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE
KINGDOM.

" It being at presentimpracticable immediately to
convoke a Chamber of Deputies in the place of that'
which I have thought fit to dissolve by a Decree
dated this thy, because the law to regulate the
lections is not yet made; and those regulations
which are ordered to be observed by the Decree of
the 7th of August, 1826, being acknowledged de-
fective, as experience has proved, I think fit, in the
name of the King, to do away with the said Decree
of the 7th August, 1826, and to give orders immedi-
ately to proceed to theorganization of new instructions,
which being conformable to what is ordered by the
Constitutional Charter, shall also be analogous to the'
ancient usageandlaudahlecustomsof these Kingdoms,
suitable to a Monarchy,and as far as possible not liable
to be eluded and -evaded, thus facilitating to the
loyal Portuguese nation the means of being worthily
represented, and as an affair of such great importance
ought to be enfrusted to persons fearing God, faith-
fal to the Throne, and lovers of • the country, also
think fit, in the name of the King, to appoint. for
this purpose only a Junta, of which the Bishop of
Vize.tt shall be President, and its Members the Vis-
count de Santarem, N. Gomei Ribeiro, J. de Mattos,
e Vasconcellos, B. de Magalintes, A. J. Guiro, 'J.
Ribeiro Seraiva, J. J. da Cruz e Carvalho, J. Berate
Feire de Lima, J. de. Figueiredo, and the. Counsellor
M. J. Maria de Costa e Sa, who shall act as Secre-
tary, and who shall report their proceedings to me.
Senor de Barros, Minister of th Interior, is ordered
to take the necessary steps for this purpose.—
March 13." *.
MARCH 19.----The Gazette contains only the
decree dissolving the Chamber of Deputies, and a
letter from the Minister of Justice, expressing the
indignation of his Highness at the conduct of same
Magistrates, who, possessed with the spirit of
party, have, since the -return of his Highness to.
these kingdoms, exercised the, most rigorous &Spot-
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