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The latest accounts from Lisbon, which reach to the 10th

in- stant, mention that the Queen had sworn to the new constitution on the 4th of April ; and that, contrary to expectation, the day had passed off without distarbance of any kind. The Queen went in great pump to the Cortes ; but there was no display of public rejoicing, or of disapprobation either. A general amnesty for political offences had been published, and gave universal satis- faction. The Douro Wine Company had obtained the renewal of its charter for a term of twenty years.

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