Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-08-17

Portuguese government uisCOscich d CoHs
spiracy; the object Of which was to over
throw the the then existing form OF that
government. ABOUT one month before,
the Cortes had. upon a representation
made TO them by the Minister OF Justice,
Suspended for the space OF one month, the
An article Of basis Of The Constitution.
(similar 20 the habeas corpus act, anu mao
empowered this Minister to. arrest and
| send into different parts OF the Kingdom,
| such individuals as he nigh; J0dge dan
| gerous to the security Of the state; foreign
| ers of this description might be sent out
| oftthe Kingdom. Among the persons thns
! arrested and placed under the special Ia
| spection of the Police, were some ethin-
| eat ecclesiastics and several othcers OF Inc
| Army. In the night from the lst TO the "a
| of June, the Police apprehended i've per
| sons in the act Of printing and carrying a.
way for distribution, inllammatoFy and re-
| volutionary proclamations; from which, as
| also from some other papers found 10 their
possession, it appeared satisfactory that a
great conspiracy had been toineds .and
| that the day chosen by the conspirators
for the execution Of their designs, was
| Thursday, the Glib Of June. being Corpus
Christi Day, which is celebrated in Lis
bon by a very splendid and Solemn pro-
/ c%es,ion, followed by the King, the Royal
Family, and the whole Court.
On that day the conspirators intended
! to seize the person Of The King, aud force
him 10 abdicate in favor Of the Crown
Prince. The Prince being now IN Brazil,
his return was to be awaited. and mean
| while Prince Michael, the Kings second
son, was to be placed a. the head OF tbs
Regency, composed OF persons dlstin-
guished as well by their talents and pro-
bity, as by their principles of opposition
to the present form of government. The
present Congress was to be dissolved,
| some o. its most eminent members, toge.
Their with some head officers of the Execu-
tive were to be assassinated, and z new
| Congress after the model'of the Cortes OF
Lamego was TO be called, that IS TO say.
! the new Congress was to be composed OF
| two houses or chambers, the Upper house
to'be formedb by the higher Clergy and No
| bili'y, and the peerage to be hereditary.
This is ali the information which the 90
vernment thought fit to publish on the sub
ject, though there be nc doubt, but what
a greater number Of persons were impli-
! Gated in this conspiracy. The five midi
y;duaIs arrested on the Cd Of June are not
distinguished characters ~ appear TO have
been only the subordinate performers o he
prologue 10 the great tragedy OF which the
representation has been happily prevents
ed,
The discovery of this plot was highly
| relisbad by the majority OF the people, the
energetic measures OF the executive were
much approved of and The public tran-
guilty was NOT interrupted for a single
moment. The King and the Royal lami-,
~ aseisted-a al the procession on iDe osh OF
June, and no symptoms OF reVoH were
perceived The Cortes hadailnost iinjsli-
ed their deliberations on The 6ew Cons'i-
tuition, which was completed With the ex.
ception Of some less important ats cations
and additions, and it was expected ina,
months. in order 10 make room for the
new CoTtes. who were to be elected
They had also decreed, that a loan shonld
be negotiated for the purpose OF supply
ing the deficit in the revenue.
The Cortes,had also decreed. that tie
Crown Prince, Don Pedro. should remain
in Brazil as Prince Regent, and they had
resolved 10 make in tayor Of the kingdom
of Brazil sucn alterations in the consti:u-
ton, as the situation and the localities Of
that country should require.
The government was sending troops TO
Bahia, and had ~freighted merchant vessels
for transporting them; among others the
American ship Admittance. Gi!chrisf, OF
Boston, which had arrived at Lisbon a
short time before, with troops from Per-
namhuco she was to sail about the 18th. !
The Courts OF Berlin, St. Petersburg, |
Vienna and Turin. had not vet acknowl- |
edged the new order of things in Portugal,
and refused receiving the new diplomatic
agents, appointed by The king for those
courts.
ny a late decision of the Cortes, all
Portuguese consuls are required to be
Portuguese citizens; the vice c%onsu!s.
drawing no fixed salary, may be foreign
eis IN alteration has also been made in
the arrangement ofthe different consuIa,es
lhe number OF the Portuguese consulates
IN the u. States Of North America, has been
hxef at seven, viz Boston, New York,
Philadelphia. Baltimore, Norfolk, Charles
ton, sc and N. Orleans. The gentle
men "ho are TO occupy these stations, have
already been appointed. and were to re-
pair shortly to The United States.
The Buenos Ayres corvette Heroine,
commanded by Robert w. Mason. Ga
scotchnan,) OF &c guns and $50 men, had
been captured off Gibralter, in April last,
bty a Portuguese frigate, and carried into
Lisbon. The captain pretended that she
belonged to the government OF Buenos Ay-
res, but it was clearly proved, as well
by the dispositions OF a great part OF the
crew, as bv several authenticated facts