22 OCTOBER 1836, Page 2

Considerable apprehension was occasioned at Lisbon on the 6th instant,

by the discovery of a conspiracy to overthrow the Con- stitution, in the very regiment which was most forward to proclaim it on the night of the 9th of September. Means were speedily taken to preserve order and punish the mutineers. The British ship of war Talavera took up its station close to one of the principal squares, to protect the British property. This added considerably to the alarm of the inhabitants. The mutinous regiment was shipped off to the Algarves. As they were on the point of embarking, Prince FERDINAND appeared before them, and they received him with cheers for the Constitu- tion, which the day before they had plotted to overthrow !