Don Panne) and the Queen returned to Lisbon, from Oporto,
en the 7th instant. The period for assembling the Cosies was Axed for the 15th; when the election of Don PE ono as Regent, by a very large majority, is confidently expected. Nine of the Ministers have been elected for twenty-two provinces, more than two each. CARVALHO and ANTONIO AGUIAR have been each returned by four different districts, and are entitled to represent them all. This seems to be an absurd oversight in the Portu- guese constitution-makers. It is expected that the measures of the Cortes will be extremely Liberal.
Assurances have been given by the Gavernment, that numbers of British disbanded soldiers, who have been unable to obtain their arrears of pay, and been consequently in great distress, shall be paid, clothed, and sent home in a few days.
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