The National Register. — London, England, 1820-09-17 00:00:00

CGS PORTIIaiL. -.0- Extract of a lottor from a Gentle'man of kilOlVll reegeolahility, elated " Potreo. Act:. Ste. ifieke Admiring the independent principle., of your value ede tour ii d. end believing ilea the greater tent of your nailer, will be remiced to heir thee:4ll,4Na considerable 'x e non tit the human race is. iu rottukal, rearmed loin almost a mate of slavery and thraldom. I basil to tratibmit von an account of the Itevolimon that broke out in this city oi, the morning of the tl'etli in, , a Berolution net only effected a idiom the shedding tit motel, but whhont de-miler or tumult 0: tiny ileseeeption wludever; a ltc volution whide has spread like the tepidity of lightning in the neighbouring cities, and which by this Mile is expected to have turned over this hitherto degraded and oppressed country /11 every direction. A, mime , our neighbours, the Spaniards, it tretelnenyehtealiout by the.'mditary, sad was in vuntemplation more t h ou a twelvemonth. You are aware that laatugal wee the most despotic country in Europe, that the people were prohibited from iaterfering or speaking upon any political topic. Of late, however, this prulubition was partly relaxed. and it was not in corners or in private houses only that the expected change was spoken of, bit even alnio,t openly in our streets and in our public walks, and therefore it aimed no surprise whatever when it tweet:red. Many motives contii• buted to make the people eager in the extreme, and nearly deeperate fix a change in the system of Government—the abbeliCe Of the Hoye' Family in die limits, whew it was itecom• panted by the tlawer of the Nubility—tau: continental drains of specie film the country to carry on the war between the Cabinet. of tiro de Janeiro and Ai tigrs, and also the funds arising trues the Resenues of the Crown and those of the absentees—the al most total loss of our navigetimi—the distressed and ruined state of our agriculture—die decay of our manufacturies—our i maturity in our persons and property, and the suspension of the unity s Joey, hich was more than seven month, in arruar, and %flitch *cued much discontent among the soldiery. Surely, oir, these rue suing causes, arid I exaggerate nothing, Luc there are others that also contributed to the change, and which it is innie • mitary w enumerate; bodice it to my, that the Pertugue , e arc the moso,petient vi people, that they ate die uo,t governed of all European nations, that their loyalty to the reigning tamily of Braganca continued unabated, :tad yet sucu was the miserable mete tit the country :seising tram bad poiicy, that even this peo ple at Net found it past till enilinance. ** To proceed then, Sir, on the night of the 23d instant, the Conspirators (if these Noble Patriots who rescued their country from the brink of destruction deserve such an appellation) as sembled at the house of Sepuldeva, the Colonel of the ebth regiment; they consisted of himself, of Cabreira, Commander of Artillery ; Gill, the Lieutenant Colonel of the tali; the Com itloatz of the Police Cavalry; the Doctor of Law, Jose Ferreira Borges (3 man of great mote:dotal ability) and the Commanders Meru rutilitia reginuots. This handful of brave men having taken their tneitaures during the. night assembled the troops by day-break, .uul Cabreira addresaallhem. Atter which mass was celebrated in the mop of .Santo Ovitlio and die troops took the oath pt fidelity to the !Ling. Cortes. and Constitution; all this took place before five o'clock in the morning of the 24th, at which hour the sun of righteousness shone with the most bril liant lustre upon the glittering arms of these deserving bone of their country, ahtl appeared to animate them by its willies to the glorious • enterprise. At this hour a discharge of 21 pieces of artillery roused from their beds the inhabitants of Oporto, and fax them to ur.derstand what was going on. The mops then, beetled by their respective Officers, marched to the Town house in the Praffi Nova, and the Public Authorities were on. mediutely aunianored to attend; there soon appeared the Bishop. thu Chief Justice. the Military Governor et the Province, and other !leads of Department& All being . assembled, a Provi. signal Government was installed, consisting of 16 Members selected from amongst the Nobility, Military, Clergy, Judges, Merchants, and Citizens; at its head we: placed Antonio dc. Silveira, a man of old and honourable name and Manly, and gifted with talent and integrity; amongst these Members there are a few of very considerable abilities, and doubtless they are all animated by the welfare of their country. The Junta being formed, its first act was to publish a elanifeeto to the people, enumerating in moderate but firm terms the insults, the injuries, the oppressions, the cruelties, M short, all the miseries which the nation suffered for such a length of time front the incapacity and crimes of those who directed the affair,' of the state; it recom mends, however, a total oblivion of the past, andgives the Por tuguese well grounded hopes tor prosperity for the future. After the oaths were taken to the King, Cortes, &c. and the Govern ment established, the Assembly broke up, and the troops retired to their quarters, where they were regaled by their generous offiems with bread, beef, and wine, During this day there was nothing heard or seen but cries of joy and congratulation • it was, indeed, a day of festival, and not the sunniest accident occurred to cloud the general joy; no deaths, no insults, no arrests. no suspicion, no tumults, th short, no commotion of any description. All the chops were open, and at the (occlusion of the Constitution being proclaimed, the industrious part of the com munity went about their usual avocations; the thing appeared more like a birth-day parade than any thing else, judging by its order and regularity, and not like a resolute and determined betty of met a who. with arms in their hands, and courage in their hearts, assembled to throw off the yoke of tyranny anti despotism, anti to restore their once celebrated tianie to its proper rank and e-timation among the nations of the Coutinent. You are aware, Sir, that there arc many English Officers in the service of l'ortu gal, and the Patriots, from motives of just and laudable pride, Ueterinir,ed that the salvation of their country should be (elected by themselves alone; accordingly, on the end, letters were bent to all our military coeutryinen, apprising them of whet was to take place, and desiring them not to intern:re one way or another, and these instructions were till obeyer; had they resisted, the consequences would have been unpleasant to themselves ; and perhaps to us, who arc quietly pursuing our comme.cial pursuit,e it might have beer. inconvenient. In truth, the conduct of the Engiteli officers is hieiny laelable, and duly appreciated by the l'ottugueae ; they are suspeneed from actual service till the pleasuse of the Cortes be known, but in the mean time continue iii puisession of their pay and rank in the army; in tate, so pietieed is the Provisional iteo:etunieat wits their conduct, that it has iisma a Circular stating the hove, and complimenting them in the highest terms fir the sc . :vices which they tendered the country, arid tor which services they will always feel grateful ; it, the meantime a moderate and eat:CLOW belie% wur is recom mended them, but with a hint that such tecomineinlatiun is unnecessary, :Min their el: anion aatl situ:Men in hie, and, above all, from their being now Willie:KS of 4 whole people unanimously and zealously stepping toiwanl to assert those r gets which alike to all men. 'file whole country, from the ricer alineo down to Leiria (within fit Icaguee of le exin), has declared far die l'ruvieienal Gaveruinent, woo has now at its command froin 2u to 25,(M0 taco, the Quiroga tit Portugal, Colonel Sepulveda, has gone South, in order to pre pare and organise the army, in mt it should be neceseiry to much to the relief of their countrymen at Lisbon ; tier army hire is also prepa tog. All tine may not be ncr.:bbary, hut it is certainly prudents and they really appear to be animated, not with a wild and giddy enthusiasm, but with the won :Weer and most determined resolution of not stopping until such litue set the salvation of their country is accomplished ; as Eneisie men, we pray diet the God of Armies may uccompany and guide them in all their orernions. !deny people enteitain doubts of Lisbon coming into 'he views of tile Nuitliein Provinces instan t incotoly, anti they judge teis horn the many intere 0 that clash t e;ctlier iii the metropolis, add AMA its abouuding with the vet- THE NATIONAL REGISTER. nihi that bask in the favour and sunshine of the most despotic and the most corrupted of Courts ; but the wishes and desires of the nation arc o unviersal is Lvour of a change, that it does nut incnppea: to consistent with the cones of Intmanalbisirs for the Clint;; to snip, or to admit of tonsil delay. We ,11 pay_ that it may be brinisaitabotit in the unosOlohs in She &Atte minter l this city, wink lisaguitted innoortal glory by the moderation of its proceedings, and the giving tin example which was so readily billowed by the neighbouring plae...; without the least delay, hesitation or accident. The great author of our re stored liberties is S.pulveda, the Colonel of the 18th Regt. of hoot; he is a try young . man indeed, and ardent lover of his country. enthusiastically fond oleos ptufes.sion, and an excellert olLer ; he i.s of a very aticieut and noble fatuity, and his butler was the first ttimise tic Portuguese stanthird ::gainst the French, Inciu os Monte.; for ibis and the other services which he rendered the State, he was raised to the dignity of Viscount of Ilerhadoii, a title now inherited by the elder brothel ; front these circunastmices something might have been hereditarily expected of the son, and 1 hope, Sir, we do not profane the name of the most renowned patriot of antiquity, when it brings to our recollection the circumstances of the elder and the younger Brutus; these hallowed twines have stood the test oft 9 centuries, and it is but Lir to anticipate that the names of Quiroga and Sepulveda will be lisped with gratitude by succeeding ages, and wnen the present generation will have been swept away hum the face of the earth. Copy of it proclamation posted up in the streets of Lishou by the friends of the Revolution, in the night of the 28th August : Portuguese!—Tbe happy moment of salvation for our country is at length arrived : the thick veil of illusion, with which usurpers have shrouded our rights, is rent to pieces. Arise : the hour is at band when our country is to be muted front the i,.lntaninious yoke of slavery and opprobrium. The thrice holy banners of liberty already float in the air, of that liberty, the child of reason and of nature, of which we have bean for so many ages deprived by the ferocious power of tyranny and misrule. Let us run to embrace our hommred brethren alryady on their way to this capital with a powerful army, after having sworn to and proclahned that Constitution a hich will ever be the dread of our oppressors, but under which our persons and our property will liencetOrward be secure. Let us restore our ancient Cortes, and let that palladium of Spanish freedom also be the worthy model of our independence. And where is the Portuguise who shall dare to raise his arm against his country :• No one. unless he be some degenerate man, unworthy of the heroic name, and let out to hire to the enemies of Ins nation. In short, enough of suffering s let us put limit► to the Royal authority and that of its Ministers. by the adoption of a sacral Constitutional Code. since by this wise step we shall be saved es well from the evils of anarchy as of slavery and shame. L 906 live the heroic Portuguese nation !—Long live our Religion... Long live our Constitutional King ! FRENCH PAPERS. .............. I s , - AR IS, SEPT. Io.—The Comanission of the Court of Peers sits daily, to interrogate the individuals implicated in the conspiracy. By a decision of the Royal Court, the indictmeot aitainst the ex-Captains Gutsier and Bouton will be pre ferred at the October Assizes. It will be recollected they were token into custoity upon a charge of having deposited the bomb, which exploled und;:r the windoW of the apartment of her Royal 11 ighmss the Dociiess de Berri. The Journal of the Department of l'lscre states— " A courier from Lyons has arrived at Grenoble ; tite awhotities have not cotninnelleated to the public the • contents of the despatches of which he was the bearer, whence it is concluded, as observer t h e journal of Gre ' noble, that they relate to the removal of some Adminis . trative Functionaries. Doriog ssveral days past the po lice have been extremely Jena e its that town ; the km keepers are rigorously required to supply listsof stratigers. A otelaticholy circumstance took place the day beihre yesterday in the botanical garden. The following are toe paritculars communicated by an eye-witness.—" A person, about 65 years of age,genteely attired, teas, with several other people, whose curiosity led them to :he spot, looking at the bear Martin, lying in ins kennel.— The spectator :tuldenly seated himself mem the parapet, turned his legs inwards, slid down the wall and lay on the ground. The bear sprung front hie ketinel upon the unfortunate man, seized I • by the twek, and choked him. The ferocious animal went twice round the dcii, holding has prey as he had seized it, and seemed to ex hibit it to the horror struck spectators, who uttered hideous cries. lie then carried the body into his kennel, and soon came out again, dragging it by one of the legs. The people threw stones, and tinned dogs into tile place, hot they durst not advance. Some young persons called upon the sentinel to fire upon the beast : Ins piece was not charged, besides, the tom was dead ! ilte aidnial was at length driven into his den, and toe body taken out of the place. The mifintunate man nad no papers io his pocket, that could lead to a discovery woo he was, but lie has since been found to be a man in good circum stances. If it be true, that the Mail who makes an attempt upon his life 1111ist necessarily be mad, what name can ne given to that species of madness which prompted this uotort mime creature to seek and 10 OW Geath by a suicide of this humid deseriptioi, t" An Edinburgh Paper says, " Sunday, a little past four o'clock in the afternoon, a most distressing ac cident occurred off Portobello. A party of 15 left that place for a pleasure sail to Inchkeith. 1)11 re• turning, when abut a mile from the shore, by some mismanagement, the boat upset, and the whole were thrown into the sea. Luckily sonic boats were near, which picked up nine of the party, who ► on being carried to the baths, were all recovered, except a boy, who died shortly after. '1 he other six were unfortunately drowned, and although persons have been dragging for the bodies, none of them had been found up to Monday morning at ten o'clock.— One of them has lelt u widow and nine children." The Imperial Polteney Hotel, in Meathly, op posite the Green Park, is the lust house proposed by Government to the Queen. Iler Nlajesty has no tiiied her approbation in a letter fbrwarderl some days since to Colonel Stevenson, to which as yet her Majesty ►as received no answer. ,VURFOLL PETITIO.V. To the Honourable the Cotnmonsof the United Kingdom olGreat 111 hail' anW' Ireland, in Parliament arse di the litllllhlC CZlLiunall the Freeholders and lailiabaiin the County of Norfolk, sheered'. that • a • 11 . .• "bur Petivoners are apprized, with the in 'ous concern, that a Bid of Patna and Penalties, against the Qua 'onsort of England, is now betUre the House of Lords. havi or its object • to deprive her Majesty of the title of Queen, and of all the prerogatives, rights, and privileges appertaining to her as Queen Consort of this realm, and for dissolving the marriage between their Majesties, and rendeting the same null and void,' reed that the said Bill may come before your honourable House. "Your Petitioners are by no means disposed,at present, to give an opinion or, or to interfere in the question of the guilt or innocence of the Queen Consort, but deem it their duty as Englishmen, to protest against any mode of proceeding with respect tom accused person, in tiny rank of life, where power and undue influence, or any other melee, is likely t 4 uffixt the course of public justice. " Your Petitioners beg leave humbly to state to your Honour able Howie, that * Acts of Parliament to inflict 1 and Pe nalties beyond, or contrary to common law to serve a special purpose, can never be warranted, except by some immineet danger to the State, to be removed in no other way, becuase they enable the Government to create the offence . (where no offence existed before) to regulate the proof, to decide upon the evideuce, and to apportion the punishment ; and thus plainly to conheind the executive, legislative, mid judicial authorities, upon the imitation of which the liberty and justice of the country depend. " Your Petitioners beg leave, moreover, humbly to state to your Honourable House, that the advisers of the Crown have instituted a negotiation with the Queen Consult upon the subject of the present prosecution, and have thereby virtually admitted. that no health:eat danger to the Suite would accrue from not entering into an enquiry, width, by their own acknowledgment, it muse be derogatory to the dignity of the throne, and injurious to the interest-sof the nation.' And this said negotiation entered into by entuntaild eif your Honourable House, way rendered null and void, bemuse Ministers would not advise the Crown to re insert her Majesty's Millie in the liturgy, - prom which it had been erased befine any proof of uiretice. " That the Bill aforesaid was brought into the House of Lords in consequence of a report of a Secret Ctaninittec of the said House, nominated by Niinisters. and that the omission in the said Bill of any specification of the time when, and the place where, the offence alleged to have been committed; and the re. fusa also of any list of witnesses whereby the accused may be pre • pared with the means of a fair defence is at variance with justice. " Your Petitioners beg leave to declare to your Honourable House their serious apprehensions, arising from the connexions and dependence upon the executive Government, in Parliament, which must haves tendency to affect the judicial character of the Bill in its progress, and that concern for the characters and res ponsibility of Ministers, who are the prosecutors. must have a tendency to mix itself unseasonably with the rotes of *e Judge;. " Most =neatly, therefore, do your Petitioners implore your Honourable house to reject the Bill of Pains and Penalties against the Queen Consort if the same should come before your Honourable Hi use, who, as the Representatives of the People, to he die pee:ilea Fthetilltita tie the suojeet from injustice and oppression. "6 Nut that your Petitioners are insensible to the evil arising in certain eases flout eeen an imputed breach of morality in the Queer Cowin when considered with regard to the public morals, or the danger to the succession to the throne. But in the present instance the latter danger can only ba incurred by the present mode of proceeding against the Queen, and as to the former, they are convineed that oicaches of morality ought only to be visited by the laws of strict justice ; that an appearance even of persecu. non raises pity fur the offender, and defeats die impression which a judicial visitation ought to produce, and that it is better for a State to leave indiscretion end vice to effect their own disgrace, than by any act of violence to relieve itself from inconvenience ; it being better that u State should suffer than commit an iajnaice, or metal by peer the victim that it would sacrifice on ti the plea of public goods " Signed on behalf of the 31cetioe of the County of Norfolk, " GEORGE WALPOLE." P. - FROM TUESDAY :NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWNING STREET, SEPT. it. The King has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant General the lion. Sir E. Paget, G.C.8., to be Governor and Commander iu Chief of the Island of Ceylon. itASKRUPTS. G. Gadsby, Snareston, Leicestershire, multaer. Solicitor, Mr. Price, New Square, Lincoln's Inn. T. Wunl, Towcttster, Northamptonshire, lace dealer. Sol. Mr. Clarke, Bishopsgute Church Yard. D. Truernan, Goldsmith Street, lace dealer. Sal. Mr. Clarke, Bistiop.zitte Church Yard. E. .11itymon. Blackburn, Lancashire, cotton manufacturer. Sol. Mr. Blakeluek, Sergeants' lain. W. F. Page, High Holborn, linen draper. So s. Messrs. Willts and Co., Warnford Court, Throginurton Street. DIVIDENDS. Sept. 23, J. 1.. Cope, Kingston upon Hull. merchard—Oct. 4, J. Racine and T. Mortat, Liverpool, merchants-1, W. Flinders, Boston, Limolushirc, ironniorger—t, W. llowdke, Cheapside, Manchester waichousentaii-5, G. Wrightson, see., Maryport, Cumberland, herring merchant—ti, E. Marsden, Bolton lc Moori, Lancashire, cabinet maker -1, P. M. Taylor and .1. T. Smedley, Liverpool, merchants—.d, W. Sainhill, siewkley, Bucks, blitcaa. Lawrinson, Murcliester, fustian manufacturer-4, Al. Trukes, Liverpool, merchant -5, Mottley, Portsmoutii, dealer-5, G. Wrightton, jun., Maryiuirt, Cumberland, herring merchant—Sept. 23, J. Barfoot, Arundel Street, Strand, sto at/11M CERTIFICATES to be granted Oct. 3. J. Steel, Sheffield, grocer—C. N.:APl:tin, junior, Liverpool, tnerehaw—W. Toll, St. German's, Cornwall, milk —J. Wu:4w, Woolwich, baker—W. S. !leatty, Sculc.Ettes, York, apothecary —W. Crook, tLanacre, Wilts, farmer—S. Hargreaves, Liverpoal, woollen draper. Since the unfortunate Etc of the old man, who was killed by the bear in the menagerie of the King of Fraucc, the ferocious animal has been confined within the gratings of his den, and has not been suffered to walk about his spacious pit, in which he has stilled three men. A parapet is to he erected round the pit, to prevzin similar accidents. On Thursday next, being S. Matthew's day, according to annual cust om , the Lord Mayor, Al dermen, Sheriffs, and Governors of the several Royal Hospitals, will attend divine service at Christ's Church. After u sermon by the Rev. Edw. Rice, A.M. they will repair to the Great I lall, Christ's Hospital, where two orations will be deli vered; in Latin by Joseph Yates Cookson : English by Charles Stephens Mathews, the two senior scholars of the Grananar