Star.
London, England, 1824-05-20 00:00:00

CONSPIRACY Al' LISBON.

A new face, unfortunately, has been put upon the
progress and possible results of the insurrection at Lis-
bon from the accounts received through yesterday's
packet, which reached our office last night. These ac-
counts are dated the 6th inst. They, inform us that
Don Miguel still held the command of the troops, and
that universal distrust and consternation prevailed
among the people of Lisbon ; that the wishes of re-
flecting men pointed to Lord Beresford as the fittest
person to be placed in command of the army ; that the
prisons were crowded, and the arrested persons dis-
patched in squads to the country, to make room for'new
successions of prisoners; that the Minister Subserra
(Pamplona) had taken refuge on board the British fri-
gate Lively; and that the King's person was considered
in so much danger, as to make it necessary to prepare the
Windsor Castle for his reception in the hour of need !

" L15130N, MAY 6.

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" This capital has been the scene of extraordinary
events in the course of this last week. On the 30th, the
King was shut up in the Palace of Bemposta without
seeing any one, and was in fact a prisoner in his own
Palace; and his Ministeis wete sent to prison, by order
of Don Miguel and the Queen.
" It is considered as indubitable, that the deposition
of the King was intended; and that it would have been
carried into effect, but for the energetic and spirited
conduct of the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers.
" As early as nine o'clock on Friday, the 30th, the
whole of the Diplomatic Corps assembled at the Nun-
cios, whence they proceeded in a body to Bemposta,
and insisted on seeing the King. This was at fir st re-
fused, by an order from his Royal Highness: however,
after a short time had elapsed, they were admitted.—
They found the King in a most distressing state of
mind, even ignorant of what had been doing. The at-
tendance of the Prince was requested, and on his ar-
rival, the Foreign Ministers made a full exposure of the
views of. the Queen's party, and various trivial excuses
were made by his Royal Highness, which, however,
had no weight with the Ambassadors, who insisted that
an order should be sent, in the King's name, to disperse
the troops, &c. which was complied with, and every
thing appeared to be tolerably quiet. The Queen had
come from Queluz early in the morning, fully expecting
to hear the Infant Don Miguel proclaimed Regent, and
was at Bemposta when the above consultation took place.
His Royal Highness, however, continued to hold
the command of the troops, and numerous arrests were
made, in which the Marquis Palmella was included.
He was released, it is said, at the request of the Foreign
Ministers. Count de Povoa, formerly Senor Sampayo,
wa. the only Minister who escaped imprisonment. It
is at pre.ent impossible to conjecture what will be
the final result of this most extraordinary transaction.
It is certain that no confidence can exist so long as tl.e
Prince retains the command of the army. Marshal
Beresford is constantly with the King: he wears the
Portuguese uniform, and every respect is paid him by
the people. It is supposed that the principal Foreign
AmhasAdors wish he may be prevailed upon to take
the chief command, as tranquillity can hardly be re-
stored to this distressed country, unless he or some
other foreigner hold this office.. The King's person is
considered to be not out of danger, and a request was
yesterday made to prepare the \Vindsor Castle for his
reception, where alone he could be safe: every prepa-
ration was making on board that vessel to receive him
at the shortest notice.

44 Count Subserra has taken refuge nn board the
Lively frigate, after having for sume days found pro-
teceon in the hotel of the French Ambassador.

e 4 The greatest confusion reigns in the city ; for, in
circumstances when full scope is given to private re-
ye ,ge, no indivii!ual can be sure of his safety. The
al ir meet and distrustful countenances of the inhabitants
sufficiently betray their feelings. Patrols of military
p trade the streets night and day. The prisons are so
c owded, that numbers of persons were sent off yester-
diy and to-day to Peniche, to make room for others
who are hourly arriving. A list of the members of the
clubs who figured during the Constitutional system has
fallen into the hand> of the Government, and thus
gives an ample opportunity to the exercise of ven-
geace: these men are accused of being Freemasons.
Some of the most relit:cubic merchants, as well as the
dregs of the people, have been an ested in this city."
The following particulars of events occurring in the
early part of the insurrection are supplied from private
sources:

On the 29th ultimo, the friends of the Royal Fa-
mily in Lisbon celebrated the tete of the Princess of
Beira, now in Spain, and the Ambassador of Eng•
land gave, on the same evening, a grand ball, in
honour of the anniversary of his Sovereign's birth-
day. To the latter, all the Foreign Ambassadors,
all the Portuguese Ministers, and a great portion
of the distinguished Portuguese Nobility in the capital.
were invited. The illuminations at the hotel of the
British Minister, in the street of St. Francisco, were
of considerable brilliancy, and, together with the splen-
did equipages of the guests, attracted a large crowd to
that quarter. About half-past ten o'clock a hackney-
chaise arrived, with the servant of the Intendant of Po-
lice behind it. In a short time the Intendant alighted,
desiring the chaise to stop where it was, as he should
immediately require it. In a short time the Countess
Subsierra (Pamplona) and her daughter, the Count, and
his son-in-law, left the company ; and their family car-
riage having arrived, the ladies were handed into it by
the Intendant of Police, while the Count himself, and
his son-in-law, entered one of the chaises of the Royal
Household, which was in waiting for him. In the mean
time, the Trench Minister, M. Hyde de Neuville, like-
wise ilecended, and having entered his carriage, desired
his coachman to follow in the track of Pamplona's
chaise. The greatest part of the company had dispersed
by midnight. At break of day, the public surprise
was excited by a report that the great square of Lisbon
was filled with troops ; that the Infant Don Miguel
was at their head ; that in the night an attempt had
been made to assassinate the King ; that many per.

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sons were implicated in the plot formed for that per-
pose ; and that Pamplona, Connt de Parate, Count
Villaflor, and other distinguished persons who en-
joyed the royal confidence and had been declared parti-:
sans df'theCourt, had been apprehended as conspirators.
Early in the morning the Infant Don Miguel had ar-
rived by the Palace Of the Regency ; he called a coun-
cil of war—he dispatched patroles to different parts of
the city to apprehend a number of suspected persons,
and immediately appointed a new Minister of Police,
who paraded the streets, followed by two gendarmes,
and barred all approach to the Royal Palace, except to
such as were provided with a passport from the Prince.
The French Ambassador, as some accounts say, but
others give that distinction to Lord Beresford, was the
first to dispute this order of the Infant, and to insist on
being permitted to see his Majesty. About three o'clock
in the afternoon the troops left the Roseio, without any
reason being assigned for their dispersion.
The following is a list of the arrests which took place
on the 30th ult. so far as they could be ascertained on
the Ist instant t

Count de Sebsierra, the Marquis of Paltuella, the Marquis of
Valenza, the Marquis of Fronteire, Count Parate, Count Villa-
flor, Viscount Santa Martha, Baron de --, Commandant of Po-
lice, Brigadier Fellis Jordao, Colonel Miguel Vaz Perito Guedes.
The Intendant of Police fled, but was subsequently apprehended ;
Count Povoa was arrested in his house, but was subsequently re-
leased, and went to the Palace. The Marquis of Palmella was
attested as he returned from the ball.
The new Ministers are said to be General Leite, for the War
Department; Cipriana Freire, for Foreign Affairs; Quintilla, for
Marino; Joaquin de Costa e Silveira, for Finance.
In the Ist Regiment, thirteen Officers have been arrested; in the
4th, ten ; in the 15th, nine; in the 16th, fifteen. Many Officets of
Cavalry have likewise been arrested. A Colonel of Mibtia, and
many persons from the country, have likewise been imprisoned.
The number of arrests on the 30th are calculated at between two
and three hundred.

" r.% LIMDETIL MAY 17, Hal-past Six o'Clock, r.
" The packet horn Lisbon has just arrived, consequently tau late
for to-day's post, and this letter has been conveyed by express. She
has been eleven days out; and has on board Mr. Cafre's family and
Madame Ferreira Borges, and a few other passengers. The news
brought by her is extremely important. The old plan of the Queen
had arrived at maturity, and it has been attempted to realise it.—
The Infante, the ready instrument of his mother, took the lead, and
issued the Proclamations you will find in the Gazettes. He sur-
rounded the Palace of Bemposta with troops, and literally held his
father prisoner thirty-six hours; and during this time seven or eight
hundred persons were arrested, known to be partisuss of the King,
several Noblemen included in the number, and many for having
been attached to the late Constitutional system. All were put in
confinement, and all those who went to see them were also de-
tained by the jailors. This chews that the combinations Were re-
gularly made. Muzinho, the Director of the CustOm-houSe; re-
fused to surrender himself prisoner without an order Signed by
the King. The Infante, however, went in person to see his
orders obeyed, and the poor man was taken out of his house
by force, and ill-treated, the Prince kicking at him himself.—
Palmella was among the prisoners; but he was set at liberty at the
request of the Foreign Ministers. Pamplona endeavoured to have
a conference with the King in the night, at Quinta Villa, at the
back of the Palace, but he was unable to succeed; he, however,
got a servant to carry a message to the King, and the answer he
obtained was, that he had better escape, in consequence of which
he got on board of an English ft igate in the river. Joaquim Pedro
Games and Marinho, the two late Ministers, were arrested, and
the Intendant of Police fled away, and was afterwards Seized in a
pine grove. They first laid hold of him in Queluz, where, with a
pistol at his breast, be was ordered to give in an account of the
proceedings which had been instituted respecting the death of the
Marquis de Louie. At the end of two days the King was allowed
to appear in public, and was well received ; and after going to
church a proclamation of his appeared, in which he approved of
all the Infante had done, as an attempt had been premeditated
against his royal person and family, pardoning the excess of zeal
with which his son had been actuated. . _

" All the above was witnessed 1r; the troops under arms in the
Roceio Square, who appeared in the secret, and ready to support
their Commander, the Infante.—The Franciscan friar, named Sam-
pay°, and Pavia Raposo, a lawyer, were the persons who drew up
the proclamations, which were all digested at the Quinta da Ra•
malhao, before they were made use of, and intrusted with all the
secrets. Colonel Pontes, who some time ago was in England,
having been sent out of l'ortugal by the late Constitutional Go-
vernment, was also one of the principal agents. Money was ob-
tained from somewhere to distribute among the troops, and double
rations of wine were also plentifully served out. If this diabolical
plot had succeeded as the projectors wished, the consequences would
have been dreadful."

SPAIN.

BAYONNE, MAY 11

The political news from Madrid, which comes down
to the 7th, is of little importance. The French troops
were kept in their barracks on the celebration of the
anniversary of the 2J of May. This measure was dic-
tated by prudence, and probably prevented bloodshed.
The theatres were shut ; and it is said to be in contem-
plation to shut them in future on Sundays and holidays.
The King will be at Madrid again on the 15th ; but
will remain only a few days there.

PRIVATE CORRESP.)NDEVCE.

a MADRID, MAY 6, 169.4.

" It is said that an expedition to Ameiica has been de-
termined upon in one of the late councils held at Aran-
juez, and that the Generals Bessieres, Capape, and
Locho are to be employed in it, if they wish to preserve
the rank As hich they have assumed to themselves. if
not willing to go, they are to be allowed to retire to
their domiciles, with merely one step more in rank
than that which they had when they took up arms in
the Royal cause. There is no doubt that a new levy
of 30,(XX) men is resolved upon, but how they are to
be got together, clothed, and armed, is the difficulty.
For this purpose it appears that the Minister of Fi-
nance (who is now generally nick-named Minister
of cod fish) has a new loan in contemplation.
Tile scarcity of money is severely felt here at present;
it is a rarity to see a single pesate. Such is the state of
want to which even some of the better classes are re-
duced, that one of the theatres has been shut up, and
the one which remains open does not produce on any
one night sufficient to cover its expenses. A reduction
in the prices is going to take place, but which will be
of little use. As a further proof of the want of money
which prevails, take the following; the Royal Decree
for setting at liberty the prisoners detained for politi-
cal opinions, or who, being military, bad capitulated,
was put in execution at the town of Siguenza. The of-
ficers and soldiers amongst them were, according to the
Decree, to get unlimited furloughs, and passports to
return to their domiciles, as also a sum of money
for their travelling expenses. In compliance with the
order, there were given to a Captain about forty francs,
to take him, his wife, and five children, from Siguenza
to Corunna, a distance of 150 leagues. To another of-
ficer of rank, fifty francs to enable him to go to Mexico.
The sum offered to some of the officers was so inade-
quate to their wants that they disdained to accept it.—
A fearful epoch seems hastening on this unhappy coun-
try, and, to add to our other evils, there is every pro-
spect of a failure in the harvests; from the want of rain.
To-day the Ist battalion of a Swiss regiment arrived
here front Bayonne. The two other battalions will ar-
rive in a few days. General Dijon is hourly expected
here to take the command of the French army. The
Apostolic Nuncio is on the point of quitting this for
Rome. At the last fair held in the town of Mayrena,
four leagues distant from Seville, a troop of disbanded
officers robbed a company of four merchants, who were

going thither to make large purchases, of 80.000 francs
in gold. They took the money, but. offered no violence
to their persons. Another band, all well mounted, are
in the neighbotirhood of Xeres de ta Frontera. The.
town of Crejin, in Murcia, In a mettiOstal lately sent in to
the Royal 'Council, boasts of h.avati exterminated all
the Negrties that were in the town. The affair is now
before the Council of State, and it is hoped, for the sake
of humanity, tilit prompt measures will be taken to
prevent so barbarous an example being followed in
other places. His Majesty has approved the sentence
which condemns to the gibbet the Priest Aldama, whom
I mentioned in one duty last fetters. This unfortunate
man will soon be transferred to the burning Chapel. It
is said that his Counsel has been condemned to the gal-
lies for four years, for having spoken with too much
warmth in his defence. An ex-militia man has also
been condemned to be hanged, for having said, in a
moment of fury, that a day would come when he should
bathe his sabre in the blood of Ferdinand."

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.
PARIS, MAY 16.

Don Pedro le Gallois de Grimarest, Governor and
Captain-General of the Army and Kingdom of Arra-
gon, published the following Decree at Saragossa on
the 30th ultimo:
•' After having employed all the mildest means to bring back to
their duty those who have had the misfortune to combat against
their King, I am now obliged to have recourse to the most severe
measures to reduce obstinate and perverse spirits.
'• In consequence I order, that in the capital and all parts of the
province, all arms shall be placed at the disposal of the Corregidor,
the Alcalde, and the Commander of the Lioyalist Volunteers, within
the space of eight days.
' All those who have belonged to the Volunteer Militia, all who
have been in the service of the Cortes, all who have lent their sup-
port to the Constitutional system. arc to present themselves to the
Corregidars or Governors, who shall give us exact lists of them."
'rite Decree of the Governor contains other si-
milar regulations, rendered necessary by what passed
oa the 13.1 April, when a puppet was exposed, threat-
ening the live, of the King and the Royal Family, and
the Royalists.

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.
HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY t 9.

Lord Grryonn sat for tLe furtherince of Appeals this morning
at ten o'clock. _ _

" James, Wood, and James, r•. Telford," was first called for ;
when Mr. Srrrtt►r; was heard (in conclusion) for the appellants,
Mr. CAMTIVI.I. for the respondents, and Mr. MARRIOTT in reply.
Judgment is expected on Tuesday.
" Gardner v. Cuthbertscm" was then proceeded with, when Mr.
AnAst and Mr. A RERCRO3I RV were heard for the appellant, and Mr.
KAY and Mr. Mot:cola 31 for the respondent; and the further hearing
was appninted for Friday.
Lord Girvonn roc at four o'clock, and at twenty minutes to five
the Loße CHANCET.LOR entered the Ilouee.

Mr. IlitoonEN, Lord STA NLLY, Mr. J. %Vottyr,rv, Mr..Towss, and
others, broiiii.h: up the Consolilited Fund Surplus Application Bill,
for the service of the year i 32.1; also the hull Dock Lords Bill,
the Macclesfield Gas Light 1:111, and some Road and Inclasure
which were afterwards read a first time.

The Duke of MONTROSE (with his wand of office) reported
that his Majcgty had beck waited upon with their Lordships' Ad-
dress of the sth inst. and that he had been graciously pleased to di-
rect that the papers there specified should be laid before the House.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented a Petition from the
City of Coventry Gas Company, against the General Gas Light
Company Bill.
The Glasgow Streets Bill and the Irish Law Stamps Bill were
read a third time, passed, and messaged to the other House.
The LORD CHANCELLOR left the Woolsack, and ob-
served Rau a Petition had been put into his hands from the Silk
Weavers of the City of Dublin, who prayed that no alteration
might be made in the provisions of the Acts of the 19th and 2uth
George 111. by which both Masters and Journeymen were em-
powered to settle all differences between themselves. The Noble and
Learned Lord added, that although he telt it his duty to mention
the Petition, yet as he found there were no signatures on the first skim
of parchment he could not regularly present it to their Lordships.
Upon the motion of the Earl of SHAFTY9SURYi the Kent Fire
Insurance Company Bill, the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Coals Bill, and
the Southwark Gas Light Bill, were severally read a second time,
and ordered to he committed fur Friday.
The Earl of S H MTESBURY, in the absence of Earl Bathurst.
then moved that the Bills for the better Administration of Justice
and Solemnisation of Matrimony in his Majesty's Colony of New-
foundland should be postponed to Friday, which motion was agreed
to.—At six o'clock their Lordships adjourned till to-morrow morn-
ing at ten.