On Tuesday another monarchist rising took place in Portugal, and
was as easily suppressed as all the previous ones. The plan was to cause riots in Lisbon and several large towns in order to engage the attention of the Government while Royalist troops crossed the northern frontier. The Government appears to have been well informed in advance as to the movements of the monarchist leaders, and was not in the least flustered. The invasion, which depended upon the success of the riots, naturally failed, and it is said that quiet is restored. The monarchist risings seem to awake no popular sympathy, even though the people have no liking for the Republic. Indeed the Government bas so little to fear from its present enemies that it is deprived of all excuse for the illegal treatment of the untried Royalist prisoners.
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