POSTSCRIPT.
SATURDAY.
We have received accounts from Lisbon to the 24th of August. The new Cabinet had at length been completed under the direction of Marshal Saldanha, and composed of his friends. The following are the members of the Cabinet—
Brigadier Baron de Luz, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Colonel Franzini, Minis- ter of Finances; Dom Joao de Fontes Pereira, Captain in the Royal Navy, Minis- ter of the Marine; Dorn Antonio Avezello Mello e Carvallo, Minister of the Inte- rior; Dorn Antonio Fernandez de Silva Ferree, Minister of Justice and Public Worship.
The new Ministry has issued a programme of the principles upon which it takes office. In this document the Cabinet declares that it has adopted conciliation between all parties as the basis of its policy; that it is deter- mined to respect and observe the Charter, and to fulfil all the diplomatic engagements contracted with foreign powers. They declare that the ob- ject of the men now entering on power is to carry on the government on principles of morality, honesty, independence, and virtue. The Baron de Luz, the new Minister of War, was the Quartermaster-General during the civil war. The Minister of Finances, Colonel Franzini, is described as a man of ability and science, but as not being deeply versed in the practical part of the important department at the head of which he has been placed. The Minister of the Interior, Dorn A. Mello e Carvallo, was for a short time a member of the Cabral Ministry; but he quarrelled with his col- leagues, and has ever since been strongly opposed to them. Dom A. de Silva Ferrao is a distinguished counsellor in the Supreme Court.—Morning Chronicle, Sept. 4.
The accounts from Madrid are to the 28th of August. Narvaez had an interview with the Queen on the 27th, which lasted not much longer than half an hour. The substance of what passed between them is said to have been, a declaration on the Queen's part that she had sent for him to form a new Ministry, and asked him for a programme based on Liberal prin- ciples, to he submitted previously for her Majesty's approval. It is also understood that she expressed her desire to settle the " Palace question," but not on the basis of a reconciliation with her husband. Narvaez asked for a delay of two days, to enable him to consider the state of parties; and thus the interview ended. Among the first to visit Narvaez, on his arrival At Madrid, was General Serrano.
The new Cabinet, it was reported, would be constructed of these mate- rials—
The Duke of Valencia, President of the Council and Minister for Foreign Af- fairs; General Cordova, Minister of War; 14. Orlando, Minister of Finance; M. Sartoritis or M. Seijas Lozano, Minister Of the Interior; M. Arazola or M. Gon- zales Moron, Minister of Justice; M. °liven, of Marine; and N. Sartorius, of Public Instruction, if he was not charged with the Home Department.
A letter from Rome, of the 20th August, says that M. Rossi, the French Minister, having made an offer of armed protection to Cardinal Ferretti, the latter frankly refused it; adding, that the; Pope had never relied on the intentions of France, and that he could not help considering the Go- vernments of France and Austria as bound by a secret compact.
Letters from Berne, of the 29th August, mention that on the 27th the Vorort had received a formal declaration from the Council of State of Lu- cerne, contesting the validity of the decrees of 20th, 234, and 31st of July; and adding, that their execution would be resisted with all the means in its Power.
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