Lisbon Papers.
T he t-.aette tintains the following official articles 1. Decree nf 2tith May, 1824 (before published), by whicil his Majesty confirme( the orders he had already givern, to make a strict investigation into the events that took place on thte 30th1 of April anti the following dlavs, for the purpose of discovering the real criminals, and especialy those traitors who issued, in the namc oi 1'rince l)on Mligacil orders for the imprisonmnent of great numbert of innocent persons that the astitors of sucit atrocious crimes may be brougltt to condign puttishmetit, and the nation, wliieh has alway! been celebrated for its loyalty, tnay be purified from the disgrace which some perverse and wicked persons would have cast upon it. cial proceedings are terminated, which I ordered for the purpose of discovering the persotts guiity of the enormous and greal crintes perpetrated in this capital on the unhappy day of the 30th of April, this year, and the following days, bv various attacks or the sovereignty, the Royal and supreme power whiehl Divine l1ro. vidence confided to me, threatening the Government withi total dis- solution, to the terror antI unheard-of scandal of my faitliful sub- jects, who 'Ounti themselves exposed to the incalculable horrors of ataarchl, I think fit to create a commissiotn, composed of niembers of acknowielgeti learning anti probity, anti very zealous in the sen ice of God. and in mine also, with the assistance of the Attorner-Gele- ral of my crowit, and presidled bv Mlanoel Texeira cie Cavalho, COuncillor of Statc, holding their m etings in the office of the Ali- nister of .Justice, shlall dieclare those who are fottnd guilty, and shall try them and pass final sentence according o the laws and the proofis, observing only the limits of the natural law, without attention to civil forms, alil wlicil I dispense with this time oniv. (The Com- roiseton iS COmlposet, besides the President, of nine niembers, Jttdges ie tihe several zCourts of Justice, and some of the meembers of biis Mlajesty's Council.) " For the farther sectirity of tite administration of justice, and for clearing up the truth in matters of such great weight and( im- portance. ihis Mlaiestv forther thinlcs fit to order that the sunmmaryoof the inv.stigaltions whicil he commanded to be madle by the Inten- dant General of the Police, as well as those that took nlace on the assassination of the Marquis of l,otle, shall he laid before the pre- sent commissioi, with the other documenits, as thev tend to throw tmuch light on tle fatal events of thie 30th of April. As the com- Palison of the other in-sestigattons inay make it necessary to take farthier steps to re-examine withesses to confront them or tlie accused, it order to prevetit any obscurity or uncertainty by which the inno- cent might suflTr or the guilty escape, his Mla jesty is pleased to give tite commission the powers necessary for this pitrnose. lIastly, I orsler that for the accomplishment of all that is above stated, all mnalletres, or want of formality, shall be disregarded whicih may be fronti in the said delpositions anti summary proceedings, as is just andi has always been done in case of crimes of muchl less im- portance, all laws anti resolations to the contrary being tderogated from, and declared null in this sense." 2. Tlhe ill heialtit of Senkor Alanoel tie Carvallo making it abso- Ititely impossible for him to fulfil the dutiesof lPresilenit oftlheabove Commission, his Miajesty is pleased to excuse him from tiaking part in the lahottrs of the Commission, antI to appoint Dr. Anttsnii flotnez Riheiro, oft his MaJesty's Council, to act in his steati. Among the arrivals are titrce vessels fromn Rio ie .Janiero, one rronAlt ar:dnhaTn, and one from 1'nra. LISBON PAPERS. LISB(ON. SErtr. 2.