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,(;A'RV.A..LHO S WICKEDNESS.l1JHe b€iid"allelse in :his~hands: but aU else was nought without this. It JRJay;bejudged how the blood of the ancieht nobility of Portugal wouldcUI'die at theprôlJosition of an alliance with an upstart.From themoment th;s family dared to thwart him, he vowed theil' destruction.With l'égard ta the Jesults, hisviews were only political; here his impt~lsewaspersonah Butexisting circumstances.concurred to facilitatethe involvingboth in a conunon crush, and he was not a man to ~overlookthe glorious opportunity.Nowto proceed with the catalogue ofvictirns. Théystand as follows : date,. Lisbon~ Dec. 30th, 1749; andLondon, Gazette, Wednesday.Jan. 17.1750~Duque .Daveiro .and his.· son,~€lande· DattfÎngonia,.Marquis Dallorna,Don Manuel de Souza arrested; ,Marquis of Gouvicia,Marquis of Tayora, father,Joseph Maria hisbrother, a dignifiedecclesiastië,Marquis.of Tavora, son, Don Emanuel,Joseph Maria, son,Manuel de Tavor~,l bish~ps of Oporto and TM··Nuno de Tavora, f vora,.John de 1'avora...,Count Obidas,Count Ribeiro, .Pi!1arando, &c.,'f'arenda,Tbeinfântsons of the Counts Dattongoniaand'. D'Alorna, with rnany others, ,whose fates werenever ascerta:ined.LAmES.The Marchioness of Tavora,Countess Attongonia,then with child,Marchioness D'Alorna and her two daughters,Duchess Daveiro, sister of the Marchioness ofTavora,.(Note,The intima~yof these two families is addûcedbyCarvalhoas a proof of communityof guilt; and this is not one of his \Vorst.}The daughter of the Duchess D'Aveiro,The young Marchioness of Tavora, who hadv~rylenient treatment during !1er imprisonment forsorne reast>n;,Tl~roughout~ save in the case oftne yüung l\1:arcHioness .ofTavora, istube llotecis the peeu]iar~naljgnitywhich is bOl'ne against the femaleRart ofthe families" which,could not have been the. incitement of anyprinciple ofjustice however little understooii:.Next as to thecharacters of; these victims.The MarchionessoCrayora, notwithstandingher heroical'cond uct onthe s.caffold, was, in.private life,mildnessitself; a most amiable private~

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