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of impartial support. Fall justies has been done to his sets, worthy in many wars of high praise; there has been genizons appreciation of We can no longer diégatse from ourselves is ideals. We are far from desiring to dog·· that the extraordinary political situation est matisela any way upon the loost regulcements But there is one ing in Portugal for the last six months is the Portuguese situation. taking a perilous tum, says the Daily broad fast which reasorts itself, und au 20 Telegraph of ov. 26. It is impossible for any longer be ignored. As pablie ogivion bacomas outsider at the present moment to say what more favourable to a Government compollad exact degree of genuinely popular discontent to exist for a time under exceptional conditions, is signified by the alarming symptoos, and the censorship is usually relaxed, When declarations of the last few days. King Carlos Lisbon, which is one of the really great is a cool, as well as a very resolate, monarch.alliss of Europe, becomes more isolated than His Minister, Senhor France, is evidently San Francisco after the earthquake, when the a statesman of unlimited courage, and though cable and the land wires are kept ander his fondamental sag.city has yet to be proved, equally rigid control, when no direct news and can be vindicated. by nothing bat suscess, not in the intoreat of the Government can be we are bound to remember that he has enjoyed outained, foreign opinion begins to fear that the the sincero support of some of the best cloments France Ministry, though its moral position way in the

Bat he is a Premier without be as strong as ever, is weaker in the fans of at his over. iga's conscnt he has suspended to that view We should be hapoy to learn He is ruling without a Parliamsut. pallic opinion, We do not commit ourselves the Constitution. He is attempting what was that it is not the true que, Jouhor Franco la a sucessfully accomplished by William Pit

rich man, with no corrupt ends to serve. He with the support of George III, in 1783, and has proved his independence in other times by

n. part

nation,

what was ultimately achieved after a mora fearless criticism, oran of the Court. In the last obstinate struggle, in the early sixties, by the six months he has performed a great work of Iron Chancellor, backed anfinatingly by political sanitation. He began by establishing William the First. But the effort was carries a proper system of accounts in Portugal. He through in each este by men of supreme poli-stopped the system of inpplementary credits, tical genius, and it taxed the whole of their which enabled Ministers under the old game to powers.

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explained a few months

that 8g0 Senhor Joao Franco, in his traditions, char announce a deficit at the end of every session. ด ช ก ล . a surplus upon every Budget, and to acter, and gifts, was not unworthy of the task he had undertaken; that he is a mated by ously maintained solely for the profit of political

He abolished sinecures and pluralities sounda? undoubted patriotism that he bas dared to place hunters. He closed with the Republican grapple, as no man before him had the uarve

morement, as he was entitled to, for it is a party- or energy to do, with the task of cleansing of treason, which uses vitriol in its efforts to an Angran stable of political abuses. It is make a

a revolution, and cannot expect to be quite possible that the Premier in whom King sprinkled with rose water. Each of the older Carlos has placed his confidence may prove to parties in their turn has governed illegally for be the ablest, and the boat statesman Portugal prolonged periods, exercising the Diolstars a hes known since the days of the famous Marquis commonplace solution of a temporary crisia, sud de Pombal. But the fact stands unmistakable receiving a vote of indemnity zooner or later. The that the Premier without a party has reached present struggle is undoubtedly more obstinate the orisis of his political fate, and that with his nd dangerous than any hitherto known, and it is personal position, the prestige the influence, we impossible to forecast the sequel. The Army is had almost said the very existence of the Crown, balke

baliered

to be loyal. It is not at all certain are deeply involved. A bigger thing in its way that the dumb mass of the peasants are upon is being attempted in rostagal than was faced the side of the agitators in the towns. either by the younger Pitt when he destroyed Repabliosuinn is practically incompatible with the Fox and North coalition, or by Bismard the eoporate existence of Portugal, for it would bimself when he fought a permanent majority of degenerate into sheer anarchy in six months. eloquent and brilliant doctrinaires to their We may hops for a happy, oute›ms, but nons tooth and won Sadowa in spite of them, But the less do we watch the political pressare- in each of these cases, although party majo. gauge with apprehension when it shows that rities were triniphantly defied, the forms of steam has risen almost to the last point that Parliament were reepicted. Pitt stood up the bailer-plata will bear. aloue at twenty-five to fight down an ovar,

whelming and insolent majority containing probably the most formidable array of emtori: cal and debating talent ever assembled on ore ride in the House of Commons. The cation was facinated by the dramatic spectacle of the angry hoy keeping all his opponents in play together, and answering with unfailing and with inexhaustible reserves of sheer argumenta. tive power the previously irresistible Fox, the mighty though impracticable Burke, the withy and dexterous Sheridan, the persuasive North, When a General Election came the king and his Minister were riadicated, and the former majority, which had claimed to represent the undoubted suso of the people, was swept away at the polls by one of the greatest electoral

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was harder. He had to dissolve the Prossinn Central Jail, who read out the Government Parliament again and again without being able Order of release, and then released them. The to improve his constitutional position, but hotwo men ware, forthwith seat off to their r never attempted, we think, to suspend the formspective homes in carriages which the polios had of representative government.

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Senhor Franeo did not at first. intend to pursue the course into which he has been driven. He was a Diolator, indeed, but he insured that role, to be temporary. Il neumed office at the King's request; be meant to govern in the interests of the nation, with complete disregard of the corrupt conventions of Portuguese party polities. He hoped, witliu a reasonable priod, to bold freat elections, to secure a majority at the polls after the British eximple

iple of 1784, to rauine the regular working of the Coustiution, and to ask a Bill of ladenzity for his admittedly illegal proceedings in the past. Mouth hos followed mouth. There has been no sign of the summoning of Parliament. It is evident that in, the cities-at least, in Lisbon and Operto and Coimbia-the Opposition has. steadily become fieroor. The Press has breg rub- jected to a Draconian consorship. Not a fow of the priselpal Portuguese journals -1bare. were a great many of them-have been sup pressed. The rest appear strictly on sufferano. e political reports ap jean. No article attack- ing Ministerial policy is allowed. All indirect methods of injuring the public credit or of implying that it is being shaken by the moth de

of the existing regime ore prohibited. There seems little dumbt that bomb manu actories bare bien discovered in several quarter of Lisbon. This was the state of things ap to a few weeks ago, when an unlocked for incident brought the danger to a head. King Carlos for many years has been virulently attacke i by the Republicans, and has probably been incensed of late by disloyal demonstration In an interview with French jonruellet bis Majesty identified himself with his Prims Minister in the most and practically

dool promising tarms, bis intention of upholding Seanor France to the last. This déclaration deprived the leaders of the regalar. political parties of their lust hopes. The morement against the Dictator was suddenly Donverted into a movement against the Monarch. It is known that prominent political leaders, hitherto unswerving onpporters of the

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