Star.
London, England, 1824-05-19 00:00:00

TUGUESE.

" Tnetuguese!—For the second time I appear before you, at the
bud af the gallant Portuguese army, out to oppose the royal and
primitive rights of the Throne and of my august Father, lhan John
the Sixth (tar from me be such a thought), but to give that toile and
energy to the great work begun oil the memorable 7th of May,
1044• which tined with admiration the whole of hurope, as you
you. selves .re witnesses that by fatal misfortune that importance
has not been ,:tvrn to the public cause which the order of things re-
quired. af.er d...troying that infamous Colossus which will raised on
use detests-aX.6th of August. IS2O. Our exalted King and laird,
.1) • d :
oh.. I. surr.ruoded by the factious, bas nut enjoyed free
`not; cou the euth,4rY, hr has been kept in perpetual oppreinion by

them, who, attending to their own interests, have forgotten those
of the nation, and produced a violent reaction, which might have
end. d in the destruction of the liouse of Bragans*. Thna they
lorded it over the kingdom, converting fffeinselves into arbiters of
the will of the Portuguese. TMs has animkted me with new forte
to destroy this omit perfidious cabal, which has been supported by
the Asithorhies etnployed to Oren it. Portuguese, do justice to
yoir infant, I/on Miguel, the Commorter-in-Chief of the Portu-
guese army—recognising his language to be pure, anti proceeding
from virtue. You have sufficient proofs of my singleness of mind,
and the candour of my royal heart. The events which occurred et
!the re-ntablishment of the Throne and the overthrow of the art,i-
-i trary Cortes, are irrefragable proofi of the good faith with which I
address you ; and if my royal word is not a sufficient pledge to com-
mand yo(r Seliff, I iOvoki the Goo of Alpfionso, and before that
Gorr I swear, With all my royal heart, that my views *re not am-
bitious—that my royal desire is only to smooth the road of virtue,
to save the King, the Royal Family, and the Nation, and to sup-
port the holy religion of our ancestors! For au& just ends, in spite
of all the sacrifices that might be required, I engage to establish the
necessary means, as those which have hishetto been adopted have
nut produced the desired effect.
" This is a truth which in a few words I can prove to you. You
see around you the.freedonsWbich the Masonic Club; enjoy, where
they treat of the destiny of the King, the Royal Family, and the
nation, while no measures are taken to abate the spreading fire.—
You see that the laws, an object of the tint necessity, are not en-
acted as they ought ; you see that the administration of justice, on
which depend; the public security, is in the last stage of decay ;you
ace that the Criminal Commission, established to punish the ene-
mies of Royalty, of the altar, and of the nation, have left those ene-
mies unpunished ; you see that the finances are in the last state of
exhaustion, the monopoly of Royal contracts bring increased; you
see commerce in anguish, agriculture neglected, by want of
means in the overburdened and impoverished cultivator ; you
see arts and manufactures without activity ; and, finally, the loss of
the precious possession of Brazil, with the absolute abandonment of
the means necessary for its restoration: not that the Portuguese
who exist on the earth are not descendants of those heroes who
gained the conquest ; and it is only since parties have been increased,
and a thousand misfortunes, that there conies to the light of day
the perfidious plan of forced expedition in our Masonic Clubs, not
for the r. :apse of turning the inhabitants of that vast portion of
the globe to their former obedience, but to consummate the work
of their complete separation ; thus opening the door to a new re-
action, which may be the crowning-stone ot our misfortunes. And
in the midst of this terrible situation, what remains fat us, 0 Por-
tuguese? Either to perish in the glorious struggle in which we arc
engaged, or to cut up by the roots the evils which oppose us, de-
stroying at once the infernal race of Freemasons, before they destroy
us. 'flies let it be, Portuguese

" The road of honour is open before us: to folfow it is virtue—
to wander from it is to HI into infamy. Your lnfas:t, Don
followed by the immortal Portuguese army, will never sheath his
sword till he has placed you in security. Treat in me, who am con-
vinced of your loyalty. Remain peaceful, permitting the constitu-
ted authOrities to act, as the means of the best and most efficacious
security. Long live King John VI. ! Long live the Roman Catho-1
lic Religion ! Long live her Most Faithful Majesty ! Long live the
gallant Portuguese army ! Long live the Nation! Die the infamous
Freemasons. (Signed) " DON MIGUEL.
" Palace of Bemposta, April 30, 1894."
The following account,which relates to the subsequent'
events, is extracted from the Journal des Debals :
" Nearly 2,000 troops of the garrison had assembled on the 30th
of April at the I toseio, Prince. Miguel at their head. The greater
part of the King's Ministers, several military officers, and other per-
sons, were arre.ted by order of the Prince. During these events,
the Queen arrived at Lisbon. At the demand of the French Am-
baswor, the Corps Diplomatique assembled at.the King's Palace,
which was guarded by the troops. The Commandant reftised them'
admittance to the King, unless the Prince's order to admit them was
produced. M. Hyde de Nenvifie declared that Europe Only knew the
King. His firmness overawed them, and one of the Prince's Aides-
de-Camp introduced the Members of the Diplomatic Body Into the 1
King's presence. The King declared that what had passed had oc-
curred neither by his advice nor by his order, but that Ms son
would shortly arrive. In fact, the Infant Don Miguel immediately
presented himself, bent his knee to the earth, kissed the hand of
the King, and declared to the Ministers and Ambassadors that a
conspiracy against his life and against that of the King had been
I discovered, and that he had taken measures to defeat it; that if the
Ambassadors had been detained for an instant at the entrance, it
was because he feared that along with them some malevolent per-
sons might obtain access to the King, and that he had come to re-
ceive his Majesty's orders. The troops retired to their quarters by
the order of the King. It was night before the Ambassadors left
the Palace. The follerWing day, the Ist of May, they again waked
on the King, and afterwards visited Count Palmate, Minister for
Foreign Affairs, who had then been set at liberty. Oil this occa-
sion the Diplomatic Body has done itself the greatest honour; and
the French Ambassador, In particular, has distinguished himself
by loyal, decided, and courageous conduct. It is not yet known
how this scene has terminated, but since ft did not produce, in the'
first instance, all the effect which It was apparently calculated to
produce, it may be considered as having failed in its principal
intended results."

PARLIAMENFABY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY la.

Lord Girronn sat for the furtherance of Appeals at ten o'cLiek.
Lord Glenna rose at four o'clock, and at twenty minutes to live
the Lona Crwsceixon entered the liouSe.
Mr. TRRIKATIIIt, Sir EDWARD ENATCIiRkILL, Mr. PORIMAN, Mr.
Brno, Mr. Dartnroar, Lord G. ,IP:VlEllsa'r, Mr. CAI.VERT, and
others, brought up the Slave Trade Acts Consolidation Bill, the
Kent Fire Insurance Bill, and the Australian Companies Bill,
which were afterwards read a first time.

The Duke of BEAUFORT presented a Petition from the Gas
Light and Coke Company, praying to•be heard by Counsel against
the General Gas Light Company Bill.
The Earl of WESTMORELA N presented a Petition from
the Churchwardens, Overseers, and other Inhabitants, of the Parish
of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, which was signed by 7000 names,
against the Bill now before their Lordships for the Repeal of the
SPitalfields Acts. The Noble 'Earl observed that he hoped the
Noble Lord opposite (Lauderdale) would at least cont,in to post-
pone his Bill for another year, when the new law which had lately
been passed would have taken effect, and their Lordships would
know what was proper to be done, or, as he thought, whether any
thing was proper to be done at all.
The Earl of NV ESTNIOR ELA ND again put it to the Noble
Earl, whether he was prepared to promote discontent among an in-
dustrious class? He should have thought enough might have been seen
Amon,' the persons in the avenues of that House, to induce their
Lordships to consider it an improper time at least to introduce such
a Bill. It was, in his opinion, impolitic to alarm the minds of
men when they bad settled with their masters, and the trade was
flourishing.

Lord CA LTIIORPE presented a Petition from the Magistrates
of Suffolk, praying their Lordships to introduce some amendment
to the existing Game Laws, and thereby relieve them from the pain-
ful ditty which those liwa imposed. The Noble Lord considered the
Game Laws, as they now stand, a moral contagion among the pea-
santry of the cot.ntry.
Lord SUFFIELD supported the prayer of the Petition, and gave
notice of his intention to present a similar Petition front Norfolk.
Earl GROSVENOR expressed his opinion against the Game
Laws and supported the Petition.—The above Petitions were read
and laid on the table.