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THE ARMY.

horse-Guards, Oct. 25, 1817.
Atk .
a General Court-Martial held.at Portsmouth,
on the 4th September, 1817, and continued by
Adjournments to the 22d of the same month,
Lieutenant-Colonel LUKE ALEN, of the 55th, or
AVestmoreland Regiment of Foot, was arraigned
upon the undermentioned Charges, viz.:—
••
Ist. Disobedience and evasion of a General Order o' the
6th November, 181 6, by wilfailly Ynnitting to insert (notwith-
standing the directions given to the Regiments to att.oid
thereto, and which according to appearance, was acted up at,)
in the usoal Return of Defaulters ordered tjt .tie sent in
• Daily,' the Names of certain Men who had been. Defaul-
ters, and of whom, several as such, hnd been tried by Regi-
mental Courts-Martial, whereby, particularly betwe a the
months of March'an'd April last, Major-General Bayly was
thwarted and prevented tithing the steps lie might have con-
sidered advisable in these instances, towards checking the
system practised by Lieutenant-Colonel Alen, of having re-
course to Regimental Courts-Martial for trivial Offences;
which system Major-General Potyly had marked his disappro-
bation of, and depended greatly on these Returns, to know to
what extent it might be necessary for Um further to inter-
fere, either by stopping the intended Trials, overlooking, the
.Proceedings before the Sentences werl, 'Mt into effect, or
otherwise, the said deviation of Duty being prejudicial to good
Order and Military Discipline."
" c2d. For highly improper Conduct, in having brought
certain Soldiers of the 55th Regiment before a Coort-Nlartial
at the Drum Head, in April last, for Offences, not only com-
mitted two days previous to Trial, but under other circum-
stances not being of a oature to call for such a summary mode
of proceeding, which was the less necessary, front the fact of
the Orderly Room being within a few yards of the place of
Trial,•where; and in which place, the Evidence might and
ought, agreeably to the established practice of the Service, to
have been taken in Writing; anion;.; which Courts-Martial,
one Charge bears no date of the Offence the Prisoner is
charged with, and several of the Sentences were not put into
effect until one day after the Trial, though the necessity of
example was considered so pressing by Lieutenant-Colonel
Alen;—also giving as a reason on the occasion of these
Courts-Martial, that part of the said Prisoners were tried in
the above hasty and unusual manner, (known only under cir-
cumstances of the.most mutinous, insubordinate, or urgent
nature) merely because an opportunity thereby offered fur
him to have a clear Guard House. The said arbitrary and
irregular manner of proceeding being hurtful 4o the Ser-
vice, oppressive to the Soldier, and prajodicial to good Order
and Military Dis,apline."
" 3d. For disobedience of Orders given after the arrival of
the 550 Regiinent at Guernsey, but more particularly those
of the 30eli January last, by quartering a considerably greater
nturnbrr of Men in Fort George Barracks (limited to l'hree
Hundred by the Barrack Regulations) than that place was
intended to contain, which occasioned a representation of the
irregularity thereof from the' Barrack Board. The said dis-
regard to Orders subjecting the Service to much inconve-
nience, being an improper example to the Regiment, and in
every point ummilitary.'
. Upon which Charges the Court came to the
following decision :
" The Court leaving very maturely considered the whole of
the Evidence which has been produced by Major-General
Bayly on the pin't of the Prosecution, as well as by Lieute-
nant-Col. Alen on his Defence, are of opinion as follows:"
" That with regard to the rirst Charge, he, Lieutenant-
Colonel Ale, is Guilty of omitting the Names of certain Men
proved not to have been returned in the daily Returns of De-
faulters, whereby the intention of the Major-General Com-
manding, in giving out the Order of the 6th November, 1516,
was in a degree frustrated ;—but the omission appears to the
Court to have proceeded front a very erroneous idea, that he
was not called upon to include in the said Returns, Names of
Men confined by order of Staff Officers, or Men who were con.
tined, tried, and their Sentences carried into Execution, be-
tween the hours prescribed for sending in the Returns in
question, rather than from an intention of wilfully disobeying
that. Order."

" 1 he Court are of opinion, that LiLutenant-Colonel Alen
is Guilty of the Second Charge."
" And in regard to the Third Charge, the Court find Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Alen Guilty therea, but from an error of
Judgment, in supposing that the Orders extended to the Bar-
racks only, without including the Bombproufs and other Ac-
commodations in Fort George."
" The Court hare not taken into their consideration the
circnmstance of the Order of the 30th January, haring been
inserted in the Third Charge, instead of the 31st of that
month, the mistake appearing to hare been'merety a clerical
error."

" The Court having found the Prisoner Lieutenant-Colo-
nel Alen, of the 55th Regiment, Guilty, to the extent afore-
said, being a Breach of the Articles of War, do in consequence
Sentence him (Lientenant-Colonel Alen) to he placed twelve
months lower on the list of Lieutenant-Colonels of the Army,
and, further.. to be reprimanded and admonished in such
manner as his Royal Highness the Prince Regent shall he
pleased to direct."
The Prince Rcgent has been pleased, in the name and on
the behalf of his Majesty, to approve and confirm the Find-
ing and seotetico of the Court, and to command, that 'the
reprimand _and admonitibn shall be carried into effect in.
terms conducive to the interest and benefit of the service.
His Royal Highness has, at the same time, been pleased to
take into consideration, that the well-being of the service
may be materially involved by the continuance of an Officer
in the command of a Regiment, whose conduct in that re-
sponsible and important capacity, has been found deserving.
of the Sentence adjudged, and the reprimand and admonition
that has followed,—which, though called for by the offence.
would in its effect weaken the confidence of the Officers and
met in their Commander, and lesiim Ihe force of that eon--
troul over their conduct, which is essential ta the mandes,
fiance of good order and discipline.
Upon these grounds it has appeare_d to his Royal Highness,
that the continuance of Lienten.intsColond Alen in the
curtuuand of the sbth Regiment, is inciiiisistent wit the wel-
fare of • hat Corps:—his Royal HighlWA has therefore been
pleased to.command, that he, Lieutenant-Colon. 1 A kit, shallt.'
have tic option of retiring upon Half-pay, or from the Ser-
vice altogether' by the sale of his commission.
The Commander in Chief directs, that the Charges pre-
ferred against Lientenant-Coitmel Alen, to..!.ether with the
,Finding and Sentence of the Court, and the Prince Regent's
pleasure t hereon, shall he entered in the General Order Book,
aad read at the head, of every Regiment in his Majesty's
service.

By Command of his Royal Highness, .
The Commander in ehiel,
HARRY CALVERT, Adjutant-General.

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CIIINESE E‘IBAsSY.

(From the liadra.s. Coar'er of Nlay 20, and there extracted
frum the Penang Gaz.ette of March 22.)

C II I N A.

CF.REI\IONY OF DELIVERING TILE EMPEROR'S LETTER

TO HIS EXCELLENCY TDB BRITISH AMBASSADOR.

An Imperial Edict was issued on the 15th day
of the 7th Aloon of the 21st year of Kia King
(6th Sept. 1816), addressed to the high authori-
ties at Canton ;:in which, amongst other political
natters, they were directed to have an interview
with the British Ambassador ; and the 7th of Ja-
nuary, 1817, was appointed for this occasion.

About noon, an intimation being made to his
Excellency that the Vicernt awaited his person
in the imperial Hall, he repaired there, accompa-
nied by the Commissioners (Sir George Staunton
and Mr. Ellis), and the gentlemen of his Staff,
together with such others as were induced by re-
sp( ct or cut iosity to join his train.
His Lordship was preceded by the guard, with
colours flying, and the band playing a march. On
reaching the step of the Imperial hall, the guard
formed in two •lilies, through which his Lordship
and suite passed' into time presence of the repre-
sentative of the Imperial dignity. The Viceroy
at!vanced- a. step or two, and presented a letter
from time Emperor to the Prince Regent, enclosed
in a bamboo about four feet long, covered with
cloth of the Imperial yellow. The Viceroy in giv-
ing the letter held it higher ban his head, and
Lomdship'received it inlike manner, and then
handed it •to his private secretary,' raised his hat,
and bowed slightly to the Viceroy.
After• this Lem entony, his Lordship, accotnpa-
niud by the Viceroy, proceeded to another apart-
ment, where the seat of honour was yielded to his
Lordship opposite to the Viceroy, who sat on the
right. Sir G. Staunton and Mr. Ellis were placed
on his Lomdship's left, so as to face the Poo-Int:lr
and iloppo : no one else was seated.
Time following we believe to be a correct report
of the conversation which took place :
Viceroy.—When did you leave England ?

Ambassador.—ln the Ist moon of the present year.

Viceroy.—How far is it to England?

Aulhassador.—About 50,000 lys.
Viceroy.—You have had a great deal of trouble.
Ainbassador.—We were perfectly satisfied with the con-

duct of the Legate.
Viceroy.—l hope you enjoyed your health on your journey
The Ambasiador replied in the affirmative.

Viceroy.—l beg. to know your age;—and repeated the ques-

tion to each of the Commissioners

The ambassador asked a similar question of the Viceroy,

of Cie Fuo-yuen, and of the Iroppo,

Vieeroy.—You have traded. here, through the favour of the
Emperor, upwards of an hundred years.
Ambassador —That trade has, no doubt, been equally to
the ;ivantage of both nations.

Vieuroy.—Yon de rend upon tra•?e ; we do not.
Am;)assador.—We depend no more upon trade than this
country. China derive 3 as much benefit as England from the
commerce of Canton.

Viceroy.—Well, let us converse upon subjects mutually
agr,..ca!)le. The peopk ut :Al countries stand in need of trade.
'fl Emperor has remitted the duties upon the cargo o the
tril.inte ship.
[Hon. Company's own ship General Hewitt, Capt. Walter
Campbell.)
.Ambassador.—So I have been already informed.
Viceroy.—l hope our nations will long continue in liar-

Amhavidor.—Such is my earnest wish. I know it also to
be the d'tsu•e of my SovereiBn.

dui ing the short eonversation, refreshments were
°tiered, consisting of a sort of milk tea (used only
on occasions of great ceremony), some almond
soup, and lastly, tea. On the Ambassador's rising,
the Viceroy drew his attention to the feast which
was laid out in the opposite apartment, saying,
that it was a present from his Imperial Majesty.
His Lordship requested the Emperor might be
.:banked for it ; and then walked back to a brisk
tnn4:, and was soon afterwards followed by the
3n:perial feast, which consisted chiefly of fruits
amt •ix‘ectmeats.

i 4 remarkable, whatever be the cause, that
the Viceroy did not go through the ceremony of
taking leave.
It may be considered that, after this hasty
sketch, something should be said of the Viceroy's
deportment on this important occasion. To those
acqnainied with his character, it will be unneces-
sary to say any thing of -his appearance, further
titan to state, that it fully answered the expecta-
tions excited by public reports ; and though
this too freyiently leans to the erring side in
relating the dark qualities of men, it letti not,
in this instance we believe, done him moe in-
justice. There was a mixture of timidity and
ferocity in his countenance, which gave it mull
interest ; his eye was piercing and insolent, and his
look, though sullen, had an air of high command
in it. It was evident that the presence of an equal
was not to him an ordinary occurrence ; there
seemed a powerful internal struggle between his
naturd disposition, and. his sense of duty and pro-
priety ; a desire to preserve his wonted character
in the eyes of the Public, and yet to avoid insult-
itie the thitish Ambassador. It was some time
brfore he gained the confidence of manner which
we look for in men of his rank : whether this pro-
ceedied trout the awe inspired by the presence of
the British Ambassador, the thrilling sounds of
martial oitisie, or the brilliancy of polished
bayonets, it is difficult to say, but it is certain he
seemed ill at ease.

The other two Mandarines, wbo accompanied
the Viceroy, were oldar men than himself; they
were all clothed in dark for pelisses, and wore the
honuct. The crowd of inferior• mando-
lines, soldiers, and followers, was very great. A
Hunker of miserable men appeared in this group,
whose singular ferocity of mien, and untoward
costume, were very striking.

INtauEsT.—Last night, an Inquest was held at
the. Bine Last, Broadway, Blackfriars, on the
body ot William Thomas, a person whose singu-
larity of dress was greatly noticed, and a shoe-
black • for many years at the bottom of Hughes's-
coin t, Water-lane, when it -appeared, that the de-
ceaed lodged at a house belonging to Mr. Juler,
Highland-yard : on Saturdaylast,,abont 2 o'clock,
be tent home, complaining of being ill, and on
nmday, about the same hour, be was found dead
in bed.----" Died by the visitation of God."

CONSPIRACY AT LISBON.

(CoUtinued from our Paper of yesterday.)

It appears, as tar as concerns the accused Ma-
nuel Monteiro de Car valho, that he confesses to
the last charge, and deposes on oath as far as re-
spected the third in his replies to the first tines-
t :oas of the Appendix'No. 12, to the existence of
the society, his knowledge of it, and his being as-
sociated widi it by being introduced into it by
Ensign Jose Ribeiro Pinto ; t hat the society be-
ean about the end of February iti the present year,
and that the said Ribeiro was the person who in
conviqsatiou disclosed to him the plat) about the
subversion of the Government ; that the accused
joined it without taking an oath, and only by
giving his word of honour, the principal author
of the plan being the said Ribeiro Pinto ; that
Francisco Antonio (le Sousa was one of the asso-
ciates, being invited by the said accused, likewise
wifbout an oath. nijor Jose Francisco das Nives
associated likewise by the said Riheiro Pinto,
without any formula, Jose Join-faint Pinto da Sil-
va, invited by Itibeiro Pinto, Henty Jose Garcia
associated by the same accused, and by the said
Jose Ribeiro Pinto, who gave the use of the house
which he possessed in Sr. Binto to the meeting of
his associates, and for the printing press : being
certain that they conducted their operations in
the same house, and that there likewise was as-
sociated JoseCampello, and an individwal Manuel
invited by Jose Ribeiro Pinto, who took the oath,
the said accused being present, together with said
Ribeiro Pinto, Major .Nives, the said Ribeiro
Pinto being president, and Henry Jose Garcia,
master of the house, being secretary; .that like-
wise there were initiated Antonio Cabral Cal-
helms, and another, the former sent as a com-
missioner to Santarem, and the latter to the pro-
vince of Beira, who received in the library of
Francisco Antonio da Sousa, architect, at two
different nights, their
.confidential instructions,
tablets, and other papers, the following persons
being present at the delivery of them ; namely,
the accused, the master of the house, Jose Ribeiro
Pinto, who brought them along with him, from
whose hand they passed into that of the accused ;
that there was no President of the society ; and
that the denmeination of the Regenerating Council
was a fiction, Jose Ribeiro Pinto being the author
of all the papers which were the ground h of the
accusation ; that the said architect agreed with the
accused that the delivery of the credentials should
take place at his house, because it was better than
that of the accused ; that the Regenerating Coun-
cil never existed except in the imagination of the,
said Jose Ribeiro Pinto; that the plan-was to
surprise the Governors of the kingdom and the
Marshal-General, and on the following morning
part of the troops being scattered, and part unit-
ed, would call for a General, who should name a
Provisioaal Government to prevent disorders,
which Government should administer public af-
fairs till the convocation of the Cortes, by which
should be elected a constitutional King ; that the
General meant was Gomez Freire ; that the
press should be arranged by the said Antonio
Cabral and Joe Ribeiro Pinto; and that in the
house of henry Jose Garcia, in the street of St.
Benedict, should be printed 180 or 280 procla-
mations. In his replies to the second interroga-
tories he declared, that Ribeiro Pinto was not the
first who notified to him the society, but Joaquin]
Pinto da Silva first, then Campello, and, thirdly,
the said Ribeiro Pinto; that the first interview
which he had with Pinto da Silva took place in
January of this year, the accused then being in-
disposed ; the said accused denied that he spoke
first to the two persons Pinto and Campello, but
that they, as he formerly said, mentioned the as-
sociation first to him, and took him to it ; be al-
lowed that lie communicated to Lieutenant-Gene-
ral Gomez Freire the. plan for the change of the
Government, and mentioned the society formed
with that object ; to which the General replied, j
that prudence and mature deliberation would be
necessary ; that he did not offer himself for that
purpose ; that lie introduced to the said General
Gomez Freire, after Easter of-this year, Major
Jose Francisco des Nives and the said Ribeiro
Pinto as associates; that the latter read in the pre-
sence of them all, a Proclamation which be brought
along with him, and which was afterwards print-
ed with some alterations, the said General Gomez
Freire giving it his approbation, particularly in
what related to the Marshal-General (Beresford),
in respect to whom be said any machination was
justifiable, as he was a despot who arrogated the
power of contending with the Government ; that
lie communicated to the said Gomez Freire the
mission of the two emissaries to Santarem, and
the province of Beira, who replied to the ac-
cused that the mission with such papers was bazar- -
dous, if confidence could not be placed in the par-
ties tnteasted with them. In the replies of the accus—
ed to the 51 set of interrogatories, he declared that
he bad invited Pedro Ricardo de Figuriro, who did
not take the oath, but that he was cognizant of
the greatest part, it not the whole of the papers
of the association; that the meeting foracotiver-
sation took place in the Promenade, the Itocio,
and other public place:, and that the house for
the reception of the associates was that of Garcia,
in the street of St. Benedict ; that the printing-
press before being carried to this house was in that
of the accused for two days and a night, being
ordered there by. Jose Ribeiro Pinto. In his
answers to the fourth set of interrogatories, he
declared that Gomez Friere was acquainted with
the whole conspiracy, but that he had not him-
self joined it ; in this be agreed with Francisco
das Nives in being confronted with him, but was
contradicted by Antonio Cabral in saying that the
Regenerating Council was chimerical, and that the
enumeration of the persons pointed out by the
said Cabral was false. He ultimately declared, in
his replies to the fifth interrogatory, that besides
the associates already mentioned by him, there
was an officer of the flying artillery introduced by
Pinto da Silva, and that he had been defective in
his answers on the first interrogatory' in not de-
claring that on the occasion in which Manuel Ig-
nacio de Figiwiredo was introduced, Maximiano
was likewise introduced, being invited by the ac-
cused, to whom he explained the object of the
society, to which the latter entirely lent Himself,
°Wet ing forthwith four moidores, which were not
received; that tile state of despair in which the

' accused was suffering for want of the means of
subsistence as an officer discharged by the des-
potism of the Marshal-General, while 31 months'
pay were due to him, and he was borne down by
a wife and family, gave him power to conceive
projects against the author of so great evils, and
, that the architect and Pedro Ricardo were scarcely
privy to the society.
It appears that, as to the accused Gomez Freire
de Andrade, he confesses and declares on oath, in
his replies to the questions which form the ap-
pendix No. 15 (in which replies there are contra-
dictions and inconsistencies), that he knew Col.
Manuel Monteiro de Carvalbo, with whom he
was on visiting habits without any particular in-
timacy, and that they conversed together on
affairs, and against the English ; that he
knew Ribeiro Pinto, Antonio de Sousa, and Baron
Eben intimately : that he was entirely unacquaint-
ed with the existence of the conspiracy, although
he allowed that he was a freemason ; that he had
no knowledge of any papers ; that he avoided
appearing in public in military uniform, because
he was afraid that some soldier might cry out,
•` There goes our General." He goes On to reply
to the second interrogatory, that he was visited
in April last by Colonel Monteiro, who introduced
to him Major Francisco das Nives, and Ensign
Ribeiro Pinto, whom be received into his private
cabinet ; that Ribeiro Pinto came a second time
to his house, and that Colonel Monteiro and the
said Ribeiro Pinto came to him to talk of the plans
which the accused had in his house, as likewise
of a tnantisclipt proclamation which the said Ri-
beiro Pinto brought with him on ()need. the days
of April. They then spoke of the misfortunes of
their country, saying, that there were good Por-
tuguese, that they endeavoured to prevent the
ruin of Portugal, and represented to the accused
the favourable opportunity ; to which the latter
replied, that the affair was difficult, attended
with much risk, and required mature deliberation,
but soon afterwards requested to know to the'
bottom the project they had in view for the ac-
cused, provided a sudden explosion took place,
and provided his popularity could give it a useful
direction, to preserve the kingdom to the Sove-
reign, to prevent anarchy, and to save his coun-
try ; that be knew other coy spirators against the
Royal authority ails' the public tranquillity, 118111-
' ing the Marshal-General (Beresford), because he
had before him a protest which he made against
his Majesty, with the proofs of it ; that till now
he had not declared what had been said to him on
' that subject, perhaps from too much delicacy and
humanity, seeing that the accused were arrested,
and could not do any mischief; that he had not
denounced them, because-, having countenanced
their projects, to learn more certainly'the number
awl qindity of the persons Who supported them,
and by that means expecting to get better infor-
mation from them, as they were the only persons
who spoke with him upon the subject ; that Baron
Men knew nothing, as t lie accused believes ; and
that the proclamation -entre in' a printed form into
the hands of Colonel Monteiro, who was in ig-
norance of who printed it ; that he knew of no
plan agreed upon till the day of his apprehension;
nor had the accused given it for the purpose Of
exciting an insurrection, or popular tumult ; but
that the conspirators went on making the neces-
sary arrangements, Ribeiro Pinto undertaking to
proceed into the provinces, and there to take the
proper steps to promote the proposed insurrection;
that the accused is ignorant of the Regenerating
Council, but that he suspects that the root of the
whole proceeds front the Spanish Liberates, on
account of having seen and observed many revo-
lutions in Spain. On the third interrogatory
the accused replied, that Colonel Monteiro, after
the day in which he came to his house along with
Major Nives and Ribeiro Pinto, to invite him to
take part in the rebellion, assured him that the
Commandant of the 16th regiment of infantry
called upon hint to ask him his motive for his de-
lay in the city; that the printed proclamation was
the same, he believed, which had been shown him
by Ribeiro in manuscript ; that he saw the
parchment which Colonel Monteiro presented
with the appended seal and riband which was to
be the sign, and that he disapproved of the words
vengeance and union ; that as to the plans which
he allowed he sawn in his house, he now declares,
that he never afterwards saw these plans ; that
they referred to a project for a general revolt of
the nation, and for inviting the accused to parti-
cipate, who had seen no partisan, nor any instruc-
tions for a constitution, nor any -arrangement of
the society relative to the said plan ; for when •
Col. Monteiro requested to appear on the event of
the explosiou to give his orders, the accused re-
plied, that his appearance was not necessary, that
the confederates should come to look for him at
his house and quicken his motions ; for that such
dispositions were like those of a battle, which,
although concerted with as much skill as possible,
might tail in the execution. That the accused
thus remained ignorant of the day and the hour
of explosion, although he believed that it might.
be very near; that stich—wgi. his impression,
several times in the night, hearing a noise, he
started, thinking of the event ; because he was
doubtful whether the conspirators had come to
call him, every thin being ready and they wanting
nothing else but the presence of the accused. That
Colonel Mouteiro was the first person who spoke
to the accused about the conspiracy in the be-
ginning of April last. That the 'above named
conspirators spoke to him on the same subject on
the Gth of that month, and that Colonel Monteiro
was the channel of communication between the
accused and the society ; that the project of the
accused was to appear if the explosion broke out,
and if the associates came to invite hint to join
them, and that lie expected success through the
absence of the Marshal-General, who was said to
be going away on the Gilt of April; that in this
case the accused expected by means of his popu-
larity, if he combated at the head of an armed
force, and thus succeeded in bringing about some
political arrangements, to see himself in a situa-
tion to convoke the Bishops, the Grandees of the
kingdom, and the- Nobility, to compose thus a
kind of Junta of the three States to regulate the
affairs of the nation, provided the existing Go-
vernment were annihilated by the conspirators,
and then afterwards to give his Majesty the bene-
fit of this success ; baiting meditated also for pre-
the proposing of venting anarchy, a Council

created provisionally, in which there should be
deputies from every one of the provinces ; that,
by this form, partial Juntas might be prevent-
ed, as dangerous to good government ; but that
the Matshal General ha'ving delayed, and it be-
ing impossible to obtain- with promptitude the
accession of a force necessary to accomplish
the premeditated explosion, the conspirators
had communicated to the accused that it would
be necessary to seize on all the civil and mili-
tary authorities of the State, to which the-ac-
cused assented, as he did to all their other pro-
posals, that he might gain a inure complete know-
ledge of their projects; and supposing the said
captures had been made, and the tumult which
they were promoting had taken place in this se-
cond case, the accused would have come forward
• to make the same arrangements for the organiza'
tion of the kingdom as in the first. Being asked
if it would not have been more easy to free the
Governors and the constituted Authorities of the
kingdom front chains and malevolent projects,
than to establish a new Government at his own
arbitrary pleasure, he replied, that on that point
he hod to consult circumstances and the national
temper. If the people, on account of their dis..
contents, should reject the continuation of the
existing Government, the project of creating.a not
Junta was necessarily to be executed ; if the pet)•
ple should insist on the continuation of the Go-
vernment, and should not oppose this measure,
the accused would then be obliged to re-establish
it on its fornier footing ; that in that case, his
conscience told him it would be no crime to over.
torn the Government, as he thought it titould be
the only means of calming the popular tumult;
that he committed no violence in entering into
this piao ; that he never communicated it; that
he invited no person to support it ; and that
.tra
never obtained any certain knowledge as to who
.were the Conspirators, except Colonel Nlonteiro,
Mai ,r Nives, and Robeiro Pluto, nod that he
only presumed upon the Architect's being one
his being the friend of Monteiro. In his r,,-phoi
to the fourth interrogatories he said, that BaroO
..Eben communicated to him in his own house the
receipt of an anonymous letter, which had come
to him by post, containing a seditious Proclama'
lion ; brit not appearing. to be cautious with it, he
advised hint to show it to nobody, and to.burnit,
because if he did not it might be thought critni,
sal : that the said Baron Ebert showed him no
other paper, and only spoke to him in invectives.
which appeared to him to be derived frotnalne
Conspiratios ; that the Accused is a Freemason,
and holds the chief honoars in his Lodge ; that tha
principal members of- that society are in Bra Zit..
He. declared finally, in the replies to the fifth ire
terrogatory, that Baron Ebeo asked if there wai
reatly a society of Conspirators, and that he, the
Accused, denied to the said Baron that there was,

It appears on the examination of Henrique Jose
Garcia de Moraes, to be found in No. 22 of the
Appendix, that he was a Sergeant in the 4th Re'
giment of Infantry, and that be was initiated into
the Society by Colonel Monteiro, whose house he
frequented, and whom he often heard declaitninil
against the want of pay which the army expel.?
enced, the expellees incurred by a too nwtteroui
staff upheld by the General-in-Chief, whose enar
mous pay would be sufficient to support 411 the
retired officers, and to defray other indispensalAe
charges. To remedy such evils, which were so
pernicious to the nation, and weighed so hcavl
ou all classes, some interference of Providence
was necessary, and such interference alone couliJ
rescue the people from their sufferings and dis'
grace. The cause of all these evils was the Mar'
shal-General. After preparing him by such re'
presentations to join in a plan of relief, the Colo'
nel disclosed to hint the Conspiracy, and invite 4
him to join in it. The Accused then deposed_ to
facts stated in the course of the other examine'
Cons.

(To be continued.)

Monday night a post chaise was stopped ogl
Sydenham Common by a single high wavinatt,
well mounted, who robbed a gentleman in the
coach of about 30s. but refused taking any moue
from two ladies who accompanied him, saying !t$
never robbed the fair sex.

As Mr. RiOard Peck, of Aidgate, was witnese
ing a fight in Stepney-fields, on Sunday morning
last, he hail his pocket picked of a hunting wate4
and appendages, as well as a two-pound note atri
some silver:

COURSE OF EXCHANGE, Tt•EsHAY, Nov. 4.
Amsterdam • 37 8 B. 2 1.51"
Ditto, at Sight
Anistei dam
Ditto, at Sight ll 8
Rotterdam
Antwerp • 11 12.Ex.Montf
Hamburgh 34 10 24114.
Altona ,
.....
Paris, 3 Day's date
Ditto
Bourdeaux; ditto
Frankfort on the Main
Madrid
Cadiz
Seville 374 Ellectii°
37
Bilboa 37i
Giliraltar 32
Leghorn
Genoa... 46;1—Venice .. .. 27
Malta... ..47 —Naples—. 42
Palermo
Lisbon
Oporto ....
Rio Janeiro
Dnb1in.........84..... C0rk..... 84 per Cont.
Agin (lithe Bank on n0i1an4.1.... 2 per Cent.
Portugal Gold, in Coin 1.4 0 0 per 01'
Foreign Gold, in Bars 4 0 0
New Dollars
Silver, in Bars
_,o,