LISBON PAPERS (to the 13t...
Saturdav, ttic 6th, being tte nrst anniversary ot the glorious en- try of the King into his capital, when restored to thc free exercise of sovereignty wlhich a disorganizing faction had usuiped, there was a splendid drawing-room at the Palace of Bemposta, where the Gran- .es, the Diplomatic Body, and a vast number of persons of distinc- tion, had thc honour to pay their compliments to lhis Majesty and to kiss his Royal hand; and as the splendour of this menmorable day was heightened by the decrees which the King had just promulgated, s'ho with so much prudence and wisdom guides in such difficult times the helm of Government, all were eager to express their grati- tude to our beloved Monarch, who received every bodywith theicind- cst expressions of satisfaction. The flags were hoisted on all the forts and ships of war, which fired the usual salutes during the course of the day. The city was brilliantly illuminated in the evening, and the joy of all good Portuguese at the publication of the law and decrees issued by his iMajesty cannot be de- scribed: there wiere none of those rude shouts which during the time of the Constitutional Government were raised by a hiredmob,- of those insults with which thev assailed many respectable zitizens, and made them follow the stream : it was the lively pleasure which animates well-d3ispesed hearts, when there is a pleasing hope of im- provernent in the public prosperity, when good order is consolidated, And finally, when measures are taken wehich directly tend, like those we owe to his Majesty, to close the fatal abyss of revolution. WAR OFFICE, Ju.NE 7. A decree in favour of the English officers actually employed in the Portuguese service, declares that it is just thev should enjoy the same advantaces as his illaiesty's laws give to the other officers of his armies. Thosc English officers who passed from the British service into the army of Portugal, and who are to be employed in it, are to be consideced, without any distinctien, according to the re- gulations of the Alvara of the I Ith of December, 1790 : tich time of' their service, resulting fromii their comnissions when they removed from thc British army to that of Portugal, shall be accounted as if' wholly passed in the latter. Those Elnglish officers who remained in the Portuguese service after the close of the war in 1814, are considerec in the same situa. tion in which they now are, till, the time of their service being ve- rified, they may begin to enjoy the advantages which his Mlajesty was pleased to grant them, under the title of Refonn, by his decree of August 6, 1820. LISBON PAPBRS (to f/ic 131t/ inst.) LISBON, JUNE 9.