The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-08-31 00:00:00

GENERAL insrostTioss.

Article 1. The Deputies to the General Cortes shall be named
by indirect elections. The Parochial Assemblies name the Pro.
vincial Electors, and these elect the Representatives of the nation.
2. The Portuguese citizens are composed, Ist., of the sons of
Portuguese born in Portugal, or in the islands which belong to it
2cll y, of sons of strangers born in Portugal, and whose fathers
do not reside here as servants of their Governments; 3.11 y, of illegi-
dinate sons of Portuguese with Portuguese women born abroad,
aid who shall come and settle in Portugal ; ithly, of sons of Por.
tuguese serving the State in foreign countries, when even they are
not domiciliated in Portugal; sthly, of naturalized subjects.

3. The following lose their rights of citizenship perpetually or
temporarily-Ist, the Portuguese actually resident in Brazil; 2dly,
those natural zed in foreign countries; 3dly, those who, without
permission from our Kings, have accepted places, pensions, or
Orders of Knighthood of Foreign Governments ; dthly, the ba-
nished l.y sentence; stltly, the condemned to imprisonment or
depredation during the term of their sentence; 6thly, those who
'lace a moral or physical impediment, so long as that impediment
exists.

4. Among the Portuguese citizens, those who enjoy political
rights are actual citizens ; and among the actual citizens those who
have the right to vote in the parish assemblies are, lst, the persons
of age (twenty-five years), emancipated by the death of their
father, by marriage, public employment, or residence out of the
paternal authotity ; 2tlly, those under age at twenty-live years, and
those of age at twenty-one years, married, military officers,
bieliclars, and those who have taken ecclesiastical orders. In
order to make u►e of the right of voting, it is necessary to reside
at the ntornent of the election at the electoral district, and to have
a clear income of at least 625 francs, proceeding front landed
property, capital, industry. commerce, public office. The hus-
band shall receive the revenues of the wife, and the father those of
his minor son. Dy industry are implied the liberal and medic.
nical arts.

5. Children in a family, and hired servants, have not the right of
voting. It is necessary, however, in the latter class to except book.
keepets, cashiers in commercial houses, and the servants of the
royal family not searing livery. Monks, or others living in com-
munities, whether residing in cloisters or not, have not a right to
vote, with the exception of the non-resident brethren of the three
military orders who do not form a part of the Conventual Corn-
munittos. Those who are not excluded from the right of voting by
this article trust pessess, in order to vote, the qualifications re-
quired in the 4th article.

6. To be appointed electors of provinces, it is necessary to have
at least IA francs clear revenue, and double that sum is required to
be a Deputy, both these sums being constituted is the manner
mentioned in article 4 ; and it is necessary besides to be qualified
to vote conformably to what is appointed in this same article.

7. Liberated galley-slaves, awl criminals recognised u such by
sentences, cannot be electors, and are not eligible even when they
possess the qualifications prescribed by articles 4 and 6. The
Portuguese citizens, eligible u Deputies, may be nominated by any
electoral district whatever, even should they not have been born in
it, nor hare their residence or legal domicile therein.
The elections of pitrishes will begin on the 17th of September
next, and the elections of Deputies on the Ist of October.

Sir Charles Stewart set out on the 9th fur England, on board the
English frigate Diamord. His Excellency had neared deipatt hex
on the sth by the Resolute brig.

The following is a summary of the reports of the Captains-Ge-
neral commanding provinces, received yesterday at the Office of
the Ministry of Wu.
The General of Tess-os-Monte, announces that the re,ele were
at Alcanis: a, and that troops had been posted in suitable positions
to observe them, and that at bat a great number of soldiers of No.
24 had presented themselves to take advantage of the amnesty.
he Gin:nil of the province of 31 mho sap; that all Lis province