The National Register. — London, England, 1821-01-15 00:00:00

9 eNrerir7 • 1: 4 4 I daaT l t 1 - Lk L ti 04? ! • • • • tom Aile WI f 41411 , ..31. 0140 $114431,a64til , . , st al.!. ft.' .04; : ~rr.r Our Wing, Conititution, an ias)3l. .t. MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1821. MANIFESTO OF THE PORTUGUESE NATION TO THE SOVEREIGNS ♦ND PEOPLE OP suaorg. The Portugnese nation, animated with the most sincere aild ardent desire to maintain the political and commercial relations which have hitherto bound it to all the governments and people of Europe, anti having snore particu'arly Let heart to continue to merit in the opinion of idostrinos men of all nations the return Leila cum. have tower been refused to the loyal mid honuurahle character of the Portisgucse, judges it itillispeosably necessary to offer to the public a bUCCillel bet frank exposition of the causes which produced the memorable events that have lately taken place in Portitg,iil, of the true spirit that directed them, lof the sole object to,thick the changes tended that have been anode, 01 which It is intended to make, its the internal form of its Giuverinticnt. It is confident that this expnsillout, ree ttifying the false idea which may perhaps have beets con ceived of those evenbi, will merit the kind uttentium of the Sovereigns and of the people, 'All.Lurape Isnusts the extraordinary circumstances which in Iho7 forced his Majesty Julio V 1., ;It th it time Prince It i ngeot of Portugal, to remove with his Royal Family to Its tsaussiAtlantic dot tt itt isms. It is grouted that this resit lotion of his Nlajt sty was judged then of the most drcidell advantage to the general cause of liberty in Europe.— Nobody, however, failed to perceive the el Hired situation in which Pus tugal was placed by the absence of its Prince, and succeeding events proved that this foreboding wits nut Vain or rash. Portugal, separated from her Sovereign by the vast ex panse of the ocean, deprived of all remorces front her transom& sue possessions, ina (date benefits of commerce by the blockades of her ports, cud governed at home by a hos tile force, which ivies then thought iiivincible, scented to have reached the final term of its political existance, never to be replaced io t lti• rank of independent nations. In such IA 11115 heroic people did not lose its honour, it• mintage, or its fidelity to its tog, which could not be torn from itsbreast by the force of.ii cutostances, nor by the preponderant 'toner of the eociw, fact, displayed its thtw most energetic macuer as soon as a favourable opportunity offered. The I•iti tugucse, ith the assist:lov. of their recovered at the expense of the most painful sact dices, their political exist. IICI); re stored with generous lay altY la their Mostar. h the throne and the crown I and iiitpartial Europe must s not' ss (thou;11 lid:justice is not ays dont ) that to them are ulso in is great measure owing the triumphs which have since been joinerito the advantages of the libel ty awl milepemlimee .6 thrones told nations. II is inure easy to conceive than to express what %Mb the iiiterind situation of Portugal, after circeinstuisees ,u stew, cUr, is so extraordinary, and is CVOS.. 111/1!i0ill so general. _ • _ _ . Tor ruin of its population, commenced by the emigration of t he itilualtilailt, tt ilos li , hutvcd the Prince, or endeavour. d to vs ithdr, w from the ill d u.tful smisiciim or t lie s)sternat ic persecution of the enemy; which was increased by the Iwo fatal invasior.s of I O 9 and 1810, and by the inevitable losses of a Imo,' oh dinate war of IllVell years. Cu no ice mid industry, which ran never prosper bat under the beniticeut protection of peace, security, toad trampilility. „ were oat hilly suppressed and aisandoned, but seemed to have been wholly destroyed by vac liberty given 111 foreign vessel, in the ports of Ihaztl ; by the ili;:istrous treaty of 1810; by the consequent decline of the tuitional niardifactures ; by the almost total dcstructiou of the mercantile, marine, nod naval force; by the absolute ca.int aid. care to protect and encourage these tnu most bitrurbint i.rauclies of public prosperity. Agriculture, ilie bag e. of the tichesturd strength of n.it ions, deprived of the ;trots is high the army of death tool; from it ; destitute of the capitals is hid; supported ii, and which had (seen sum times employed on objects of the none 111 . ,:12111 111TOSIIV ; deprived of the vital strength whirl. it u•ed to receive from the national intim try, tind from the :trine cir culation of commerce, bulb dodo stir aii.l foreign, lay in a fatal lethar:y,aud pi escort' to the tioniiished spectator only the nielmiclooly picture of 18111:11e mid tui , el y. Mold:milli) of Ilse public reveille., canard by the rub of the ilapabuthis, of cumin , rye, :dot of italuort ; by sue iswevocithie los, of the great SllBl6 a 16:1•11 1118 twiny v61)64114 eaturted Goon the bands at the Portuguese ; and by the exces,ive exisences of the nor, obliging the na I jOil to contract Lew and enurinnus debts, for the tv,) mem of u luch tis rernurces tts to simaged, gave tire Boat blow to public credit, a hick was itlretuty shakeel by the sea:ill/11mb to ilver. satiuns of the oceids, Is dell as by the 11101,1 rllllllllolls sysieiu of ailiniiii%trotiou. lint the character of the Portuguese could not belie , itself. TM/ chose rather to hope uscr . , thing fromAi l eir Prince than to give to Lot ope, already utibuityby the Ltte motto; IMO'S. the sight ut a turbulent anl • Patient nation, or to appear to abu s e th e futility :010401 by air- Clllllillailee* to show a spirit of testi:, and w.aut 4/1 stub. mission. The silvtil mid peaceful eitdoralwa of Ilisoirt 4 evils was 111 r basis of their proceedings—conli k iettee itt Lite , 4 eknowjedged virtues of Coe Prioco, the ftroudalittil of their hopes.- . I After this introduction, the manifesto a trxmallit'9ll-, .1 : ye that it is unnecessary to pmnt th 4 innati; eholy picture of the progressive decline lotPurtorgatitis' the 4.4 six year , , set being notorious to all Europe. telling to the pi uceetling, it stoles :is additiomil causes of I 011, the sending sO miiny Ihonsaini Iluoils to Brain to curly ou it war el which Yen , : bore the ben den, end n Welt exposed it to the attack:. of it powerfol neighbour, :Unto& its I ital. and 110 W Mail provoked. The 3latrifestu then shows how this distrolt :vas sill: Inc. titer isgat.tv.tted by cootinning all lutuirtise e‘prinlit are, twit' the Court were Mal :,t Lisbon, while the res CHOC Nos ' samllily diminishing by the above ceases, at as by else iirgligrotc° itthi pretifutiun of the °dicers. The sulus seat to Brazil for the war iu America, &c. increased the dis tress and can-ed the salaries of the public servants ill every department, as well as the interest of the public debt, to be ill eadfitily in arrear ; and thially (with shame be it spoken) it was not possible to complete a loan et onlv four millions of crusaders. The Portuguese knowing the heart of their Sovereign, hoped he would prepare the necessary reforms, a hope a hien his Aisles!) , sometimes encouraged—bat the hope vanished, and the ministers at Itio Janeiro turned aside the kiiig's mind from it, and were displeased when any patriot dared to publish his opinions on this important subject, and showed the necessity of restorittg the seat of government to Portugal. %Vila could the Piirtnenese nation do in such a situation? Suffer and hope It did not suffer and hope in vain for malty years. Sigh, remonstrate, complain ? It did sigh ; but its sighs were nst listened to. Not listened to ? They were repressed, cruelly st.fied. It remonstrated and complained ; but its remonstrances 31111 complaints never reached the throne. The King was told that his people were contented and faithful ; and the Manifesto protests, in the fact of Emope, the unalterable loyalty of the na tion, belt onset yes that content is incompatible with a si tuation like theirs. It is, therefore, absurd and unjust to stigmatize what they Maur done as rebellions or unlawful. In conclusion, the Manifesto remarks that it wwild be most afflicting to the Portuguese union, if the powerful sovereigns with whom It hits always been on the terms of friendship should abuse their power to impose laws on it, or to repress the noble efforts of A nation, incapable by its gengraphicul position of troubling the peace of other people, which has never interfered lit the internal coneerns of others, still which may depend on the acknowledged justice of the Price ea of Europe , but which, if its hopes in this respect should be disappointed,. it will risk svery thing in tile defence of its just rights ; that the maxim, " No nation ever failed to be lice which desired to be so," is their encouragement ; and that if unhappily they should fail its ail:titling this happiness, the nation Dill lie destroyed sooner than conqiierell, and no good citizen will survive the ruin of public felicity. They, however, anticipate a snore fortunate result. A letter addieshed by the ProvisionAl Junta nt Oporto to his Majesty the King, now first published, contains n full ex positiiiii of the causes that lad to the revolution, of the spirit oltich hail directed it, and of all the proceedings that had pl ice up to the date of the letter. It appeals to his tory for u proof of the invincible loyalty of the Portuguese lu their Sivereigns, and their devotion to the House of Bul ging a, vs Welt {hey coetinue to '191 . 110.1g undiminished to his pfebelli Majesty, ot istinve soveriiign v irtues shey are perfectly convinced. The h a tter, heptiniting with the act of the military council at Oporto, details all the proceedings that had snecestfully taken place. and, referring to doctimrnts (which hove been till before pri n ted), thous his Nlnjetty that regard fur his ',slums and dignity has never been lost sight of—that tin measures have b. en taken but curb its teemed absolutely at cessarS-1 liat even the sotto nsion of the Loglish °dicers, des: red and commanded by toe public is i h and the general clamour, was accomplished in the aunt deny:lie inanner.- 7 . he is alters dwell oa the unanimity that 11.,s prevailed among all maks of people, the harmony between the two juntas of Lett ttttt nod Oporto, after their union ; ;111(1 addi, that out is w ;wen but •he pi esence of his NJ ajest y, or some niece of lii f.nuily, to satist) the unanimous w ithes of the nation their only feat ix lest his Nlajeti y should give ear to some, one, who, mills r the mask oil zeal, may infuse ruin alarms in hi. Majesty's heart, and give conoscli contrary to the retiiirstii hicli, with the same respectful loyalty, they lay before hint. The coosequeoce of such counsels cannot be well fore- Well, hat they will certainly be 1 . 31111. The Ofitifin does tint un •set his Nlidesty', ilisplensure ; it (blares to he happ), and tii recovei the precious inheritance of its ttnrient gi cattalo.— I hat the tarot of hi. 11; meaty may be firm without the power of being tioje•t, hod that they may have the felicity ni re nt•wiag all the good winch his royal bruilieence promises them, sillllllill tieing aisle to ascribe to him aim evil. These MA' 1:10 ail4ll . s a lit.' they inset in the 11:1111e of 1111 the Pal"tl-;;..... who, prusi.ate before his Nbijest ) 's they appeal to the honour aiue puLlic happini ss, and rite tentilueett of religious piety w het animate his Ru)tti heart, ~, FRENCH PAPEns, • NW , Jan. 7.--The :Of finish Journals, which have artived tartAt6std-iriire their contents to-day, ptt!te that the gthernitient has ordered the authuri ti4yf Nimiehl to put in force the law for suppro•s , inztoptilar societies. the-19th of December the National Congress ;Was installed at Lisbon. The ceremony lasted till oneto(cleck on the morning of the t!Oth. General tie is tin his way to his government of Arragon. ' .5 - dv ices from Trieste mention that the Neapolitan Consal in that city has been ordered by the Austrian t .lia t vriment to remove the arms of Naples from his Tho duitrian Obrerver of the 27th of December. c•mtains a letter from l'roppau of the 23r.1. It uproars that the three AURA Sovereigns had opened the etnifereneca at Troppau, for the mutual expla nation of their views as to the Neaptilitan revolu. titan, titta that they agrood th:tt rrvoloiion was not Duly u Peßil to Ow of law and morality AU . &hi ttll4 happinuts of tuttious, but imumpatible =~- 4.~ • with tranquillity, and consequently with the pre servation of peace in Europe.; T he letter then proceeds:— " Penetrated with these truths, the Sovereigns have, with one accord, firmly resolved to direct their united strength to over. throw the actual state of things iri the Kingdom of Naples. and to make the King at the sarlotinte fix the future constitution o: his states in such a manner as to correspond with the true inte rest of his people, and the tranquillity of neighbouring coun tries." The letter then states that these monarchs, wishing to effect their object, by peaceable means through the mediation of the King of Naples, addressed the letters to him, requiring his presence at Laybach. The King of France is also said to have written to Ferdinand requesting his compliance and likewise the Pope. The King of Naples returned an answer to the following terms to each of the three Sovereigns:— six, my Brother—lf, under existing circumstances, my heart could open to a feeling of joy, it would certainly be when I received a letter from your Majesty front Troppau. lam effect. ed beyond all expression by the generosity which directs all your steps tar the welfare of the European nations, and in particular for the interest which yin take with regard to my person, and tire peo, le who are confided to me by Providence, whose peace and happiness is the sole object of all my efforts. " After this sincere exposition of my sentiments, your Ma jesty will readily conceive with what gratitude I accept the invi tation which you have given me to repair to Laybath to take a part in the conferences there, which you have no other object titan t .s of consolidating the basis of the most holy of alliances. " I perceive in this invitation a fresh instinct of the benignity of Providence, which presents an opporttKiity of co-operatiug with nay allies in a work which will render their name dear o the latest posterity, and thus to participate in the glory which awaits them. Your Majesty will not doubt my eagercess to accept of such an invitation—my departure shall take (dace as speedily as circumstances will admit. " I shall feel peculiar pleasure in seeing again the F. serer Austria, and in becoming personally acquainted with the Lin. beror of Russia and King of Prussia . It is to your wisdom and enevolence that I shall owe the tranquillity of my states; and my most gratifying care shall be to inspire into every member of my family tire sentiments of gratitude with which my heart is penetrated. " Naples, Dec. 11. (Signed) " FERDINAND." VIENNA, December 27.—0 n the Ist of January Prince Metternich will depart for Laybach, with the principal persons of the Chancellerie; the Emperor of Austria on the 2d; the Emperor of Russia on the 3d; aid the Ambassadors, Ministers, and Envoys on the 4th. It is said that Deputies from all the Italian States will be at Laybach. Manatu, Dec :28.—Last night the Marquis do Ceralbo repaired to a society which had assembled at the Cross of Malta to break it dip, conformably to the law of the Bth of November last. Tho members made open resistance, and the authority of the laws waa completely defied, and the greatest tumult ensned. Palos 90 To day (28th) very Revere measures have been taken to prevent the renowal of shnilar scenes.— The tribunes were seized at the entree-houses; but the people besieged the authorities whilst executing this measure. The National Guard is under arms. and we are fearful that seine serious proceedings will ensue. A public meeting of the inhabitants of the Ward of Bishopsgate w•as held on Friday, t:t 'he London wurl:house, Ilishopsgate-street, to take into con sideration the propriety of petitioning Loth Houses of Parliament, to resist any attempt to institute further proceedings against her Majesty the (Inver, anti to take such measures as in their wisdom should seem tueet fin' procuring the insertion of her Ma jesty's name in the Liturgy, and putting her Ma jesty in immediate and lull posstsoion of all her rights and dignities. Several resolutions were ed, expressive of the feeiings and opinions c.f this exten►ive district upon the late unconstitutional proceedings against her Majesty. Petitions to both of Parliament founded - the rcsolutit. tuns reset Wood Thanks Sir W. the indi the ward, Alt the Lira merchant hall, to the pro, The mipputoti svy, ItAvt ous gaio, i' 'r; Houses of Parliament, founded twat the ions, were unanimously agreed to ; and it solved, that Earl Grey anti Mr. Aiclermati should be requested to present them.— ~; rcill I 4 )4' r . s were. voted to Mr. Deputy Greenaway anti Rawlins, who presided, in consequence of k), k, ....• 1 iisposition of Sir It. Carr Glyn, Alderman of 7:- .5...- 4 ,16 ail, and the meeting separated. apt -ft it: quisition is in rrogress us signature, to invite ASP'Ve7.I lift- ✓ •rd Mayor to call a public general meeting of . ~.i pA , '); . ,nts, bankers, and traders , at the I:gyptu:n • „ 1 si N.l4 , o, express the genuine sense of that 0,4, til t 5. t . ,.., t.. .e.....) .ie . : , 0 ......:-" t!' sent posture ofrub 'Waits. , 'a , .. 'V j its. .•441,Li.,;;;•• Latter f . owpany of Comedians, who were iti to be lost at sea in returning from Giterr- ve landed safe, utter eacounterin i a tr uuen .. I 0 r . .... .... • ilt it- A ' - IT' Iry it No. 1,292.—V0L. XIV.] PORTUGAL. _____ 4.411 e: