The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-08-16
PORTUGAL.

~SsSooh anu OVottV- Aioui VIC ioN- l
ter place on the esd June. An intelli-
gent passenger informs the editor Of the
Evening Post, tina, on the Sd Of June the
Portuguese government discovered a
the object OF which was to
overthrow the then existing form of go.
vernment. About one month before, the |
cores had, upon representation made
to them by the minister OF justice, sus-
pended for the space OF one month, the |
4th article Of the basis of the constitution |
(similar to the habeas corpus act, and
had empowered this minister to arrest
and send into different parts of the king |
dom, such individuals as he nigh; Judge |
dangerous TO the security OF the state /;
foreigners Of this description might be |
sent out of the Kingdom. Among the !
persons thus arrested and placed under |
the special instruction oil the police, were
some ecclesiastics and several officers oil
the army. In the night from The LIST to
the Cd of June, the police apprehended
Ave persons in the act Of printing ana
carrying away for distribution, inf1amma-
tory and revolutionary prociamations,
from which, as also from some other pa
pers found in their possession, it appear.
ed satisfactory that great conspiracy
had been formed, and that the day chosen
by the conspraiors foi the execution oil
their designs, was Thursday, the 9th OF
June, being Corpus Chrisu Day, which
is celebrated in Lisbon by very splen.
did and solemn procession, follow ed by
the king, the royal family, and the whole
court.
On that day the conspirators intended
to seize the person Of the king, and force
him to abdicale in favor Of the crown
prince. This prince being now in Bra
I'll, his return was to be awaited, and
mean while prince Michael, the kings
second son was to be placed at the head
of the regency, composed OF persons dis
tinguished as well by their talents and
probity, as by their principles OF opposi-
tion to the present form OF government.
The present congress of the cortes was
to be dissolved, some Of its most eminent
| members, together with some head eff.
GERS OF the executive were to be assas
sinated, and a new congress alter the
| model of the ancient cortes of Lamego
was to be called, that is to say, the new
congress was to be composed of TWO hou-
ses or chambers, the upper house to be
formed by the higher clergy and nobility
and the peerage to be hereditary
This is all the information which the
government thought fit to publish OH the
subject, though there be no doubt blu,
what a greater number OF persons were
implicated in this conspiracy. The five
individuals arrested on the Cd of June are
not distinguished characters, and appea,
10 have been only the subordinate per-
formers of the prologue to the great ira
gedy of which the representation has
been happily prevented.
The discovery OF this plot was highly
'elished by the majority Of the people,
the energetic measures of the executive
were much approved of, and the public
tranquility was not interrupted for sim
gle moment. The king and the royal IA
mily assisted at the procession Ola the 9th
of Jupe, and no symptoms of revolt were
perceived. The cortes had almost finish>
ed their deliberations on the new consti.
tutioo, which was completed with the ex.
ce' tiob OF some less important alterations
and additions. and il was expected that
they would close their session in abou, q
months, in order 10 make room fer the
new cortes who were to be elected
They had also decreed, that the crown
prince, Don Pedro should remain in Bra
zil as prince regent, and they had resolv.
ed TO make in favor oil the kingdom OF
Brill, such alterations in the constitu-
lion, as the situation and the localities OF
that country should require.
The government was sending troops
to Bahia, and had freighted merchan.
vessels for transporting them; among o.
theirs the American ship Abundance,
Gilchrist, Of Boston, which had arrived
at Lisbon shor, time before, with troops
from Pernambuco she was 10 sail about
the 18th of June.
The courts Of Berlin, ST. Petersburg,
Vienna and Turin, had not yet acknow.
lodged the new order Of things in Portu-
gal, and refused receiving the new diplo>
matte agents, appointed by the king for
those courts.
BY late decision Of the cortes, all
Portuguese consuls are required to be
Portuguese citizens; the vice consuls,
drawing no fixed salary, may be foreign.
ers; an alteration has also been made in
the arrangement of the different consu.
lates.Tbe number in theU.S. of America,
has been fixed at seven, viz. Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Charleston,
3 e.. AMI Ncw-Or!eanS The confidence,