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114 TRAV.ELS IN EUROPE.stance.The queen's narne was put at the head ofthis governmeo;t, a»clpopular measures were adopteddurin'g it; as ifa horrid conspiracy beingdetected, and mm'der and treason brought toconviction, required palliatives.The arrests had been preceded, on the 9th of December, by the king'sedict declaring the attempts at assassination, for the first time; thus stillIeaving the guilty three clear daysto escape:. Jet not one ofthe l11Jrnberavailed himself of it.In regard to the arrests, the diversities ofstatement are so cO.nsiderablethat it is impossible to reconcile them. That the weight ofcriminationwas directed against the Marquis and 'Marchioness of Tavora, but withpeculiar venom against the latter, is ob,vious; and when rumour sent itto them, that they were the people marked, they presented themselves atthe palace for the purpose of arrestation. The Duque d''Aveiro was ~t his