Lisbon Papers.
Th '-Ge:e6'~C nsaAna a R30a Dcree, to the following effect :_ S It- havtng.been represented to me by the Conde de Sub-Serra, *Al~inister (f State fo1 Te Marine-and Colonies, &c., the advantage and.the neceamity-.of zding InteBigent and 'upright persons to visit the various~ countries of my tranemarine poamesiions, In order that, carefuDy exanining their pte2ent 'sitWation, as well with respectto the conomical and administrative branches as to their ariculture matufiacture.s nnd commerce, ard other rources of public wealth 'te: taformauton thii obtalned, vith that already posse3aed, may af'ord the best foundation for the legisletivemeasures which in von Bequorie of the changes produced by time1 may swm the most aurgent; god it bemne shoyrn towv, t1t.hi1 measure, which is o Ieneral jtilty,. i.mtufh needed tnte adof St. Michael, that it my attain, tlie degree of ,iroaperity of which it ls auscujtible (two *thrds of ftsAt4rxiwr;&.-belnk at. prrsewt uncultivated), &e. &c,;-I have been pW~tlsh to appoint Dr. Vicente Jo5e Ferselra o ardozo 0 ' oSta to proceed immediatey to thee said island, for the urllo;e 3btve.fltfntlonrd. "e Thited I i~a, ('t. P{), We24.u1 .Tl~e.slme uaatte vontains ah edicts signed bj the Marqtpis de P4d-lalwteli thi&'iIi' custom of general illuminatiomis, on days of pgblie-tsjoldintg belng carried to an inconvenient extent, causing groat expenses and useless eonsumpttonof a most necessary article, 7.t o?diuqt~.av t. e4nclentcOustor. be q unles ordered by " ^ d:thtmoney.arising lrom -the produce of the prizes made in theIast l ar,.hicltisdewposited in England, cannot bc received ex. cept by. mSao-0f ythe o%Adn o nt. which inust be. presented, specitz*x1hen inviduaaX of tLe art wAih have a claim to a ebare .ftl'%es# mfie:mocy, his Majesy has determined4that the ecm. nmtseok1 you-rePrealdenti a.isi inform nme, ithout loss of 'ti,m,ei,hp,. gritoours aMeqio s& ccd and thcn the Baid docu- i4ents wgIe ee7dy jt 3eatto 4ngland; anq the Coamrsttee i to underAfd.that-hsJieestyta w1heis that the aaid prize-money be .Tecoky.0l evona pqssible. ACon4e de :UB.SE:R .A * 45 2a1 aCeekoD ov; 29, 1824.. .. To Baron de-Albu - -lt st oust{tanlttos0tE*cellcntSenhor,..,TheCoammitteeot rrizea,k3.reqpy.tor.youry Enceliengy's- communication of the 29th HuIt,na..9e~ hdnou.r,t jhforft .you -that, since thgj:Iat f June last, t,herit w7as charge4.7Ith its ;arduous labouisy: ,xght persons have been, constantl5 .employedt on. the pape in *qitxdai, which have been-sent bacs tw.o or three times to the orpFs-hnd civil depart- ments which furnishe4them.;: to correct the errors made in them, and also to excludefrord-the- corpe the-civil officers, who are to be placed in a separate list; this being a snont arduous task, as the nun)ber of' ames. is 147,645, smore or.leso. The committee hopes to have furmiahedby the-end o; this month the copies of the docu. tnents which are to remain In the archivea of the 4xoJmittee, which aretlearly concladgd, the originals-being to be sent to England. "December 1 .1824. "To his Exc4lency the Conde de Sub-Serra." Signed by Baron de Albufera and the other members of the Committee. [Thesc Gazettcs are almost wholly filled with extracts from French and English papers; th neina from Brazil is all taken from the latter. j- * * L1~~~~~~~SBOzAr ,I,PBRY.~ a - . .