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PLOTS CONTINUED. 111J3t\t, tbstfengthen tbis point, it seems necessary to state, that theywêrea11 the bilterest enemÎes; and this is the very tilne taken by theDuque d'Aveiro to c.ommnnicate to her his treasonable design. (Sentence.)As a further charge against the Duque d'Aveiro to that wherein heis;âècused ofhaving forgiven hi8 enemies, the notable speculation whichstimulated him was, that he intended, after he had assassinated theking,to have married his son to the Princess of Brazil, and assumed thethrone of Portugal to himself.The Marchioness of Tavora i8 accused of haughtiness of conduct; incorroboration of which charge it is proved against her, that she disturbedthe 1l1inister (pOOl' man 1) at his hours of business with applications topromote ber family. (Sentet'tce.) ' ;And both, taken together, constitute high treason..rphe sentence then concJudes with a winding-upl'worthyof itself:-:­":But if fill proofs had been wanting, presumptions oflaw (on the sideof gui1t) arc sufficient for capital condemnation, unless controverted bypositive pronjs, 0] innocence."This contains a sentimentof despair.(Sentence verbatim.)At any rate, after it there is, itmust be admitted, no kintl of occasion to inquire what the evidencemayhave been.Still it must be looked into.A prediction of the king's death had been inserted in the Almanac'''­Atwhose instigation?The plot was discovcred by the brotber of thewife of the Duque'sbravo {kind assass'in), a glover-his· name is not specified-who visitedher; and when the Duque and bis bravo came to the house of the latter,(bis usuâl resort,) to consult, the wi(e thrust her brother into a c1oset,not ta beseen, but ,,,!tere he4could hear correctly â11 t:bat passed; whichhe did; and then learning the story of the king's assassination, he putboth nicelytogether,and gave the information.As to the arrangements of this precious plot, as communicated to the