POSTSCRIPT.
SATURDAY N Impos t. news from Lisbon, to thi (20th int t int, was received to- day, and published in late editions of the Times and the Morning Chronicle. Don PEDRO, at the point of death, bud resigned the Re- gency: upon which, the Cortes declared the Queen of full age ; and she assumed the government,—her first act, after taking the oath, being to commission PALNIELLA to form a new Administration. The (s- treets will tell the rest.
Front the Times.
We have just received by express from Falmouth, accounts from Lisbon by the Confiance steamer, which sailed on the 21st. Don Pedro was not expected to live throughout that (lay. The Cortes of Portugal had consequently declared the young Queen of age, thus obviating any difficulty which might otherwise arise from the Emperor's demise. The Duke of Palmella had • • n charged by the Queen to form a new Administtation, and to fill at the same time the func- tions of Foreign Secretary. M. Carvalho was to retain his pr:sin; appointenei t of Minister of Finance; and M. Freire, the present Minister of War, was to be removed to the Ministry of Marine. The Dukes of Terceira and Valencia, and the Count de Villa Real, were also, it is said, to form part of the new ; the formation of which was hailed with the greatest satisfaction by the inhabit- ants of Lisbon. The Emperor had showed the greatest fortitude and resigna- tion, and regarded his approaching death with the greatest calmness. He per- fectly retained his faculties, and conversed freely on the affairs of the State. lie had also summoned all the Colonels and one private from every regiment in the garrison, and desired them to transmit to their comrades the gratitude he felt for their services, and took through them an affectionate leave of the army.
From the Morning Chronicle.
It passed the Deputies uranimously, and the Peers by a majority of
to 6, that the Queen should be declared to be of age. The motive which operated with several Deputies to sanction this arrangement was, that after Don Pedro had been Regent, no other person was worthy to bold that office. To- day (the 20th) her Majesty has attended the Cortes to take the oath. Of eoiirse, at such a crisis as this, intrigues could not be wanting. They have been -active and incessant, but have not answered the purposes which their authors intended ; the principal of which was to get the Infanta, Donna Isabella Maria, named Regent. The Council of State, however, having recommended her :Majesty to take into consideration the state of the Administration, her Majesty was pleased this day, after taking the oath, to commission the Marquis of Pal- mella to form a new Ministry, inviting Senhor Carvalho and Senhor Freire, the present Ministers of Finance and War, to form a part of it. The Bank of 'Lisbon, the capitalists, and the commercial body in general, have openly mani- fested their conviction that without the aid of the former gentleman no Ministty can now stand ; but Senhor Carvalho is decided not to join any Administration float which his friends are to be excluded. In this he is guided by the consider- ation: that he entered upon the office in times of extreme difficulty, but has nevertheless brought the credit of the country to a pitch which could never have been expected, and cannot be maintained but day following up the pr'n- ciples which he has established ; and for this he could have no security if de- prived of the support of some of those friends on whom he knows he can rely. The present 'change of Ministry is occasioned solely by the death (morally speaking) of the Emperor ; and Senhor Carvalho will not risk the:character which he has so justly earned by his good faith, unflinching economy, and ex- tensive reforms.
Besides the letter of its private correspondent, the Chronicle contains some interesting documents, published in the Official Government Ga- zette of the 18th. First. Don Pedro's Letter ttithe Deputies, dated the 18th; inform- ing them, that "having yesterday fulfilled the duties of a son of the Catholic Church and the father of a family," be deemed it also to be his conscientious duty to communicate his inability to take cognizance of public affairs, and to request the Deputies to provide a remedy. This short but affecting letter concludes with these words—" I offer up my most ardent vows to Heaven for the public happiness ! " Second. Two orders of the Treasury, dated the 17th instant, re- specting the Loans of Oporto and Lisbon.
" By order of the Tribunal of the Public Treasury, it is announced, that on Tuesday the 23a instant, will be commenced the payment of the interest on the Patriotic Loan of Oporto of the 7th November 1832, and the Additional Loan, due for the half year ending on the 30th of June last."
liy order of the Tribunal of the Public Treasury, it is announced, that an Friday the 26th instant, at ten o'clock in the morning, w ill be commenced in the same Trea- sury the paymeut of the capitals of the first series of the Loan of the 9th August 1533; and also, that of the interest of the second half year of this loan, with the addition, as far as respects the said first series, of the interest due from the 1st August last to the 26111 instant."
Third. Project of Law presented to the Chamber by the Minister of Finance relative to the sale of the National Property. The propo- sition consists of seventeen articles ; of which the following are the most important.
" Art. 1. From the present moment are deelanal to he 051 sale all the immoveable property, of whatever nature it may be, and the privileges which belonged to the Holy -Patriarchal Church of Lisbon, to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maim., to the extinct 'louse of the Infantado, to the extinct Corporations of Religious Regulars, to the Crown lands, and all other property which is now incorporated among that which ap- pertains tu the Crown. or which may hereafter appertain by virtue of decree or of sentence passed in a court ofjustice." [l'ublic edifices are excepted.] 'Art. 3. The price of the property sold by virtue of the present decree, shall be paid in policies or titles of the National Debt which receive interest from the Junta of Public credit, and the bonds of the National and Foreign Loans contracted by the G °cern- meat since the year 1823. These titles and bonds shall he received at their nominal value, whatever may be that which they bear in the market. The titles and bonds jutted in the name of the Usurping Government are not included in this enactment, nor are they recognized." [The titles to indemnities, salaries, Ste. are also to be received in payment.]
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Art. 5. To facilitate to the industrious classes, and to persons of small means, the possession of national property mentioned in the 1st Article, payment for the said pro- perty may also he made in ready money, for the fifth part of the price of the property sold ; the remaining four-tifths being payable in sixteen equal instalments in the space of sixteen years." "Art. 7. All the landed property that can be divided without diminishing its value, shall be divided into the greatest number of parts possible.'
All the property is to be valued, and to be sold publicly by auction ; the sales to commence on the 1st of next month.
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