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thews that the late eventhave cot the it origin
as has been intimated in the fall" principles of an
absurd mid distirgati,sing philoio.phy, or the love rf
anbriillell chimerical lihetty, lint in the ronvietion
of tha I übtic distress, sml the de-ire of remedying ir,
It chews that government is ernminil in society ;
but that alt.ever nimy hr the species of govern-
ment establi.hed in a tint;oo, sod whomsoever
earl ei.ed, neither force nor habit, nor the hip.e of
time, can deprive a nation Of its ioali.a,ahlr right
of revising 11* flimiiirtienlB.l laws, sod intrinlnt•-
tug 1:11(.1i improvetteeots as may lir. neresvary,—.
The Portuguese oiled upon th.se•princinks ; they
wished to pliace the throne on the solid basis id'
justice mist laws ; they did not desire to iiitrodure tiq
innovntion,, but A frt.fOrkltioll of the state of Ilenea
rhich formerly exi-tril in Portugal, when in 1131
they give the crown to their first Alonarch, mod
wade the first ftwithimental laws of the Monarelly
is the Cortes of when in 1385 they gore the
tin,we triJohn 1. icit conditions whirh he itcrep•et! ;
when in 1640 +buy gore it to John IV. whe :11..
P pet ted Iliei, !Annie.; whew to 'Portuguese had •ot it
Corti 4 through • long perinsl flee irrurnsie.,
t'iry reached ihe siiin•oil of glory owl greaim,..
It i., an I to StlgAltlt
whit tliry have (1,.t1t. a". /lb, klij ur rinhavol
I p in the same nt.nutr de iiiiiii iced the gin.
nuns rising it t,e i 1610, aseelsellion.
It is equally ainur.l to aitirhate the late events to :s
f.ctior. -Totting every thing into consideration, the
Portuguese cannot doebt bar that their patriotic
proceedings most merit not only the moat Granta-
ble consideration, Ist.t just praise, h. 4.11 in the puts.
tic opinion of enlightened nations and in (ha Coln.
nets of the Ear peen Sovereign..

I ti conclusion the Mainfesio r,.rn It kw, that it wool.'
be moat alifirtiog to the Port ug :tom station. if the
powerful Samereigos with tsbrou it hat always bunt
on the terms of friendship, should abuse their
power to impose laws on it. or to reprem the
motile ettosts of a nation, incapable by its get.
graphical irmition of troubling the peace of oil it
which has *ewe intetferesl ut the intent.
ual concerns of other., mid which oily d.pend
on the sektiow!edged imoice of the Princes of
Eur.oar ; but which, if its hopes iti this respect
should be &so:pi:Ord, it will risk every thing in
ibe defence of at just yields; that the maxim.
" No natina ever failed to be free which deored to
be so," is their encouragement; and that if whoop-
pily thty should fail in attiiiiimg this happiness, this
ninon a ill be destroyed mailer than conquered.
and no good citizen will survive the ruiu of pith.
lie felicity. They, however, anticipate a more for-
tunate re sok.
A letter addressed by the Provisional Jouta at
()polio to lino Majesty the King, now first pa
co:dents a full exposition of the cans •
that led to the retro/union, of the spirit who h
had directed it, and of al: the ploceeditigs dirt
had, taken 'place up to the date of the.letrer. It
appeal* to history fur the proof of the invitictbie
loyalty of the Portuguese to their Sovereigns. auto
their devotion to the House of Mistime, which they .
coutinue to maintain undiminished to his present
filajewy, of whose sovereign virtues they are per.
ft et ly co •ei owed.
Unwilling to afflict the paternal heart of his Ma.
jrs y by a usiuute desesipilun of the dreadful situa-
tion of his faithful people, they generally ullstle to
the lons of their attempt glory and prosperity, to the
runt of cotututreeogrieulture, and utaimfacturet,
the destruction of public Credit and individual
bappill, to, all which evils are greatly aggravated
by his Majesty'. alootice.
This unhappy state of thi•tgs was borne with pa..
tietiee many yeast. Tilt ptiletlee of Men, atid
above all, thst
'n: notions, hiss is 111110. and it Wad at
length evident that there Ras uo alternative but to
expect •a general convulsion and popular disorder.
',welt would expose the ration to destruction, or to
tot-veld it by giving the people the beta fit of at
bi lc negesera.ion.
The letter begitimio; • iii the act of the Mili:ort
Council at Opaiti, deUui. all the proceetbitgo that
ha! succrs.fully taken place, and retesting deco-
melds (which have hero sill before prints.!) soews Is a
Nhajt tiy that regard for los prison' and dignity has
never bees) lost sight of, that no measures have beets
taken hut such as eretattl absolutely necessary. that
even the sutpewiou of the English officers, desired
and r oinniooded by the public wish and the geeeral
vettaccomplished in the most delicate man-
ner. The writers dwell on the utianimity that has
presailed among all ranks of people, the hannotty
between the two Juutas of Lisbon rod Oporto,
after their unioit, sad add, that nothing is wanted
hut the presence of his Majesty, or of acme Prince
of his family, to sit isfy the unattimotes wishes of the
nation; their only fear is lest his Majesty. should
give eat to souse one who, cooler the mark (slue!, may
Witte emu alarms its lit. Majesty's heart, and give
him commis contrary to the requests which with the
sante respectful loyilty they lay before him. The
coteltviences of such counsels cannot be well
foreseen, but they will certainly be fatal. The
nation does nut turret his Majesty's displeasure : it
deti es to 1w happy, and to recover the precious in-
heritatire of its auarut greatinos—that the throne
of Ina filajes:y linty ha firm without the power of
bring unjust, amid that they may have thcofelocity
of leitewing till Cle good which his royal beneti-
ernee promises thr to, wart Mat being able to ascribe
to tout any eel
Three are the oi :Iles which they utter in the
haute of all she Prringnesf, who, prostrate before
his Alajeary's I ban IC. aopeal to the honour of the
nation, their public happiness, and the itentimei.! •
of religiose piety which animate his Royal hear!.

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At a meeting of tie- Wnrcestetshire Agricultur.l
Association, for ti.e pr,,ttc:iuu of Agriculture,
the 30th ult. ResGiultans were entered into, stat-
ing—That the distress under which the Agricul-
tural Interests of this country has long been labour-
ing, has during the la►t 3 ear must rapidly and
alarmingly incrritstiti—Thut there seemed no pros-
pect of relief till the catiae of the present distress
under which the whole community is suffering, be
fully ■scertainedl—That n is the linty of Parlia-
ment immediately to e,itt r into a full inquiry, with
u view of applying an adequate remedy, as longer
delay must produe t}:e total ruin of the Agricul-
tural Interest, rod put it out of the power of Par-
liament itself to avert the impending danger—
That Petitions founded upon the Resolutions, he
drawn up, and that another meeting be held for the
Foveae of taking such Petitions into cousideratiow