The Continental news possesses more interest than has charac- terized
it for some time. The Continental news possesses more interest than has charac- terized it for some time.
An insurrection of a formidable nature broke out in Lisbon on the 13th instant. A party, composed chiefly of members of Ultra- Liberal clubs, with a considerable number of National Guards, conspired with the Arsenal battalion, consisting of dockyard men, resolute and athletic fellows, to force a new Ministry of their own opinions on the Queen. The projects of the disaffected were well known to the Government; and the Queen issued a proclamation warning all persons against joining the traitors. The garrison of Lisbon and the Municipal Guard marched to the Square Estrella, about noon on the 13th. The Atsenal men, with the disaffected National Guards, consisting of the 14th, 15th, and 16th battalions, assembled'at their quarters, and refused to lay down their arms. By a rapid and apparently well-concerted movement, the National Guards were surrounded, and the 14th and 16th battalions broke up ; but the MIK stood firm in their quarters—the Convent of Jesus, and shot an officer sent to treat with them. The regular troops then advaneed to the assault, and after a desperate conflict, dispersed the insurgents; who afterwards rallied, but were again dispersed. The performances of the Arsenal men are not espe- cially mentioned ; but one account sa) s that they "commenced the battle with their allies," and fought with great spirit. A se-
cond proclamation, issued by the Queen on the 14th, speaks of them as honest men deluded by Don MIGUEL'S agents. The number of killed in this affair is stated at about a hundred. Had the insurgents succeeded, they would have forced the Queen to resign in favour of her son, and appointed some of their own leaders Regents. All was quiet in Lisbon on the afternoon of the 14th, when the latest accaunts were despatched.
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