Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-06-29

cited suspicious, that all was not as it should be
and at day break, TO the surprise of the public,
the great square of lisbon was filled witt.
troops, and the lnlant Don Miguel was at their
head.
1t was ru'noured that an attempt had been
made IN the night to assassinate the King; that
many persons were implicated IN the plot formed
for that purpose; and that Pamp!ona, Couut de
Pnrate, Count Villailor, and other distinguished
persons who enjoyed the royal confidence, and
had been declared partizans of the Court, had
been aPPrehended conspirators. A new
Munster oil Police was appointed; the King was
shut up, and the number of arrests and iInpri.
sonnents, of distinguished persons, was from
2oO to 800. Ailacccss TO the King was denied,
until the Diplomatic Corps assembled in a bo-
dy, and demanded! an interview.-Hc was found
III distressing state of mind, and ignorant of
what had been going forward. The attendance
oil the Prince was requested, and on his arrival.
the Foreign Minister made full exposure of
the,views OF the Queens party, and various tri-
vial excuses were made by his ROYAL Hirhness.
which however, hal no weight with the Ambas-
sailors, who Insisted that an order should be
sent IN the Kings name, to dispense tiic troops
&C. which was complied with and every night
appeared TO be tolerably quiet. The Queen
ilai come from Quolcz early in the inornine
fully expecting to hear the Infant Don Miguel
proclaimed Regent, and was at Bemposta when
the above consultation look place.
AS late as the 5ih OF May, universal distrust
prevailed. Don Miguel sill had command of
the troops, the prisons were crowded, and the
arrested persons dispatched in squads to the
country, 10 make room for new SUGGESTIONS of
prisoners; that the Minister Subserra (Pamplo-
na) had taken refuge on board the British fri
gate Lively; and that the Kings person was con-
siicred in SD much danger, as To make it ne
ccssary toTpreparc the ship Windsor Castle for
his reception in the hoir ofneed! The king, il
appears, has not been actually dcposed by his
son AMI wife: but yet he has been obliged to
issue procIamations, approving fthcir acts, and
conde,nning to punishment those whom they
had condemned. Our journal contains n pro-
cianation OF that nature. 1t is dated on the 18th
INST. In this, his Majesty is made to say, that
the Prince was 'sundcr the necessity of having
recourse to arms" and that the danger of the
crisis would not allow time to him to consult his
father. dangerous concession this, we should
think.
1t was reported that a Cabinet Council was
to be held on the morning of the 22d, at the
house ofthc Duke Of Wellington, who was too
i'll 10 leave his house; AMI on account of news
from Lisbon, his presence considered ne
cessarv. a II gun ship was to proceed TO tine
Tagus forthwith.
a Paris paragraph Of May 13. says :-ssNc
that an English vessel of war, having on board
ADMIRAL Sir H. b. Neale, arrived at Mahon in
eight days from Algiers; and, according to the
communications made by the British Consul, no
arrangement had been entered into with the
Dey-n consequence, the port and coast re-
manned strictly blockaded.
Lord byron is no more He sleeps with the
mighty dead! The world has done with lii,
faults and his fuibies, whatever they were. He
DerlSI,nb nv Of h.c fame md
nius;-Grccoe, the subject of his earliest and
sweetest muse, employed his latest efforts.
The grief OF the Literary world will be heirh-
tened by the news of the destruction of his Life,
written By himself, and in which it is said he
had handled himself with serenity few men are
capable of.
e. The Greeks have requested and obtained the
heart of Lord Byron, which will be placed in a
hlausoieUn,, IN that country, the Liberation of
which was his last wish. His body will be
brought to England.
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OLA ttt VI LORD Is YKON.
LONDON, May 15.-A courier arrived in town
yesterday morning, with the distressing mtclli-
gencc ofthe decease Of Lord By ron at Missolon-
CHI, on the 10th of A;,ril, after ar illness of ten
days. a cold, attended with inflammation, was
the cause of the fatal result. Lord Sidney Os-
borne's letters from Corfuc, are dated the 9th
of April. His Lortiship was about to proceed to
Zante, where the body had arrived,
Lor Byron had perfectly recovered from his
illness H. February, which was ofquitc ditfe-
rent nature from that under which he died.
The following letter announcing the death of
LORD BYRoI, has been addressed by Prince Ma
vrocordato, the Secretary to the Greek Com
mittec -
MIssolosGIEr, 9th, E20th, April 1924.
''Sir, and my very dear friend-It is with the
greatest affection that fulfill the duty ofgiying
you the sad news of the death of LORD BYRON,
after an illness often days. Oar loss is irrepara-
BILE, and il is with Justice that we abandon our
selvest to inconsoia5lc sorrow. Notwithstanding
the difficult circumstances in which am placed
| shall attempt to perform my duty towards this
great man the eternal gratitude of my country
will perhaps be the only strre tribute TO his
memory. The Deputies will communicate to
you the details of this melancholy event, on
which tiie grief waichI feel will not allow me
to dwell longer. You will excuse-you will
justify, my being overwhelmed with sorrow, and
accept the assurance of my devotion and the
high consideration with which have tue honor
to be sir, Your very humble and very obedcnt
sc:vant. ga. MAVROCORDATO.
''To =. BoyynrNc, Esq.
Secretary to the Greek Committee"
From The Philadelphia Gazette, June "a.
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