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trestles of subsidies and of commerce, presenting them after radii-
cation to the tienersl Cortex, when the interest and safety of the
State nernitt it. lithe treaties concluded in time of peace contain
the cession or exchange of territory of the kingi'om, or of poAsevt-
stone to which the kingdom has a right, they shall not be ratified

until approved by the bimetal Cortes...
.9th. To declare war and conclude peace, communicating to the
Cones such information as shall be compatible with the interests

and safety of thestate.
To give letters of naturalization according to the law.
11th. To bestow titles, honours, nilitary ordeis and distinctions,
in rswmpense of services rendered to the State, making the pen-
ssona given at the charge ot the State depend upon the approba-
tion of the Coma, in C3Scl where they may be assigned and

Axed by law.
12th. To issue decrees. instructions• nod rules, calculated for the

.le: ion of the laws.
liith. To decree, and to apply to the different branches of the
public adminisi ration, the revenues voted by the Cones.
14th. To grant or refuse the eaequatur to the decreesof councils,
to apostolic letters, and to all ecclesiastical constitutions
of
that may
rot be contrary to the constitulon of the Stine, the approbstim.
the Cortes being lirstrequired in cases where these ecclesiastical con.
stituiicms contain general arrangements.
13th. To provide for what concerns the interior tranquillity of
the ...kale, according to the forms decreed by the constitution.
76. The King, before being proclaimed, shall take in the
hands of the President of Peers, the two Chambers being united,
the following oath :
" I swear to maintain the Catholic,A postolic, and Roman religion ;
to observe, and cause to he observed, the political constitution of
the Portuguese nation, and all the other laws of the kingdom ; and
to provide for the general good of the nation in everything, and as
rar as lies in my power."
77. The King shall not be able to leave the kingdom of
Portugal without the consent of the General Fortes; and if be does,
its ahall be understood to have abdicated the Crown.
Mir. 11E-0? THE ROYAL TAMILY AND IT/ REVENUE.
711. The heir presumptive of the kingdom shall bear the
fi,le of Prince Royal, and his eldest son that of Prince of Beira;
al! the other Princes that of infante. The Infantes shaU be ad-

dressed 91ighness.'
79. The -heir presumptive, haring reached the age of 14
years. shall take an oath in the hands of the President of the Chant-
bee of Peers, the two Chambers being assembled, of the following
teriour :—" I swear to maintain the Catholic, A rostolic, Roman fell-
Mon, to observe the political constitution of the Portuguese nation,
and to obey the laws and the King."
fig. The General Cortes. as soon as the King shall have suc-
ceeded to the kingdom, shall assign him, as well as his Queen, an
mcome corresponding to his high dignity.
M. The Cones shall likewise assign an income to the Prince
Royal, and to the Infante' from the time of their birth.
81 When the Princesses. or Infant" are to marry, the
Cortes shall assign them a dowry, and on the receipt of it their an-
come shall cease.
81. To the Infante; who shall marry, and shall reside out
the kingdom, there shall be given once fur all a certain sum, fixed
by the Cortes, on the receipt of which the income which they en-
joyed shall cease.
84. The revenues, and the portions spoken of In the preceding
a....cles, shall be paid by the Public Treasury, and placed at the
dispoal of an Inndant, nominated by the King, whom all
matterss shall bete settled rospecting the interests of li
the Royal
Yawily
35. The palaces and Royal dominions which have been
hitherto possessed by the King, shall remain the property of his
succeskors, and the Cones shall decree and make the purchases. and
met the buildings which they shall think necessary tot the dignity
and recreation of the King.
CHAP. IV.—OP THE SUCCESSION TO THE gating.
86. Queen Donna Maria 11. he the grace of God and the formal
stadicanon of our Lord Don Pedro I. Emperor of Brazil, shall
continue to reign in Portugal.
87. The legitimate descendant shall succeed to the throne ac-
cording to the regular onler of primogeniture and representation,
the first line of issue being always preferable to any subsequent line,
the neat degrcesto the more remote in each linev the male sex to
the female, the elder person to the younger of the same sex.
83. On the extinction of the legitimate descendants of Queen
Donna Maria 11. the Crown shall pass into the collateral branch.
M. No foreigner can succeed to the Royal Crown f Portugal.
90. The marriage of the Heiress Presumptive of the Crown shall
take place according to the will of the King., and never whh a fo-
reigner. Should the King die while this union is in contemplation,
it cannot take place without the approbation of the General Cortes.
Her husband shall take no part in the government, nor assume the
title of King. until he shall have by the Queen a son or daughter
•:111P. V.—OF THE REGENCY. DURING MINORITY, OR ANY
01 tiER CAUSE WHICH MAY r lIEVEST THE RING FROM
GOVERNING.
91. The Kt. g is a minor until he shall have completed his
e*.Alo eenth year.
s 2. During his minority the kingdom shall be goveried by a
Regent, who shall belong to the family next of kin to the King.
according to the order of succession, provided he shall be more
than 25 years of age.
93. Should the King hays no relation thus qualified, the king-
dom shall be governed by a permanent Regency, appointed by
the General Cortes, and composed of three 31embers, the elder of
whom shall be President.
94. Until the election of this permanent Regency, the kingdom
shall be governed by a Provisional Regency, composed of the Mi-
nisters of the Interior and of Justice, and of two of the senior
Councillors of Stnte, with the Queen Dowager presiding, and on
her absence one of the senior Councillors of State.
95. In case of the death of the Queen regnant, her husband shall
Le President of the Regency.
98. If the King, by any cause. physical or moral, clearly recog-
nised by the plur alit uf each of tlie Chambers of te Corts, Ile
si-able to govern, they Prince Royal shall govern in hish place,e it he
has at'ained his 18 h year.
97. The Regent and Itegency elan take the oath of fidelity, spe-
cified in Article 75, adding a claege of fidelity to the King, and an
engagement to resign to hint the Government, when he arrives of
age, or when hit incapacity ceases.
:4?.. The acts of the Regent or Regency shall be in the name of
the King. with the following form :--`• The Regency, in the name
co: the King, orders."—" The Prince Royal Regent, in the name
W the King, orders."
99. Neither the Regent or Regency shall be respnnsible.
RM. During the minority of the successor to the Crown, he shall
base for tutor him who shall be designated-by his father's will. In
tl e absence of any designation of that sort, the Queen Mother, if
eLe be not again married ant default of these, the General Cortes
31,01 name a tutor, who c never be the person to whom the CIRRI)
urgin descend after the minor.
CHAP. VI.—OT THE MINISTRY.
101. There shall be several Secretaries of State. The business
ni each, as well as the number of them, will be determined by law,
as well as the times of their assembly or dismission.
102. The Ministers of State shall report and sign all the acts of
Nee Executive Power, which are not to be exercised without such

form.
103. The 51inistent of State shall be reapnnsible—first, for trea-
son ; secondly, fur corruption, subornation, and conspiracy ; thirdly,
abuse of power ; fourthly, neglect of the !arm ; fifthly, acts contrary
to the liberty, the security, and the property of the citizens ; sixthly,
all waste of the public money.
104. A special law shall point out the nature of these crimes, and
the manner of proceeding with respect to them.
105. The order of the King given verbally, or in writing, shall
not preserve the Ministers rim) their responsibility.
1011. Foreigners, although naturalized, shall not be Ministers
rat S ate.

cHt.r. FII.-OF TOE COUNCIL. OF STATE.
in. There shall be a Council of State, consisting of Councillors,
boned for life by the King.
lON. Foreigners cannot be Councillors of State, though na-
turalised.
100. The Councillors of State, before entering on their func-
tions. shall take an oath between the hands of the King. to main-
tain always the Roman Catholic and Apostolic religion, and to ob-
serve the Constitution and the laws, and to be faithful to the King,
and to eive counsel according to their conscience, having the good
of the State only at heart.
110. The Councillors shall be heard in all affairs of importance,
and in the general measures of public administration, particularly
when there is • question of the declaration of war, treaty of peace,
neccutiations with foreign nations, as well as on all occasions
in which die King moposes to exercise some of the rights of the
moderatiue power pointed out by Article 7.1, with the exception
of the lith paragraph.
The Councillors of State are responsible for the counsels
they give contrary to law, or in such a manner as to lead to ntani-
fest prejudice.
lit As soon as the Prince Royal shall have attained his 111th
year, lie shall be admitted of right a Alember of the Council of
state. The other Princes of the Royal Family must receive a
riornleation from the King before they can enter the Council of
:st:te.

Constantinople hare shared the same fate. The corps of the Top.
chis has alto been rigorously purified. We expected the famous
Ahoul-Abou-Pachs, one of the Captains of Djrzar Paella, who
defended St. Jean d'Acrc agsinst Bonaparte. It is affirmed that.
the brave !Cala !betterment Itrahim Aga, officer of the Topchis,
is, or will be, wade a niche of Two Tails, and will reside in

Galata Serai..
The Porte is in search of some rebellious Mama who have
hitherto evaded its vaigeance. Those of the 49th and 641 h le-
gions were strangled yesterday ; three others perished to-elay by
order of the Seraskier, Hussein Paella. The Sultan has allowed
the Ulemas to return to their hotels except the Alufti, the two
Kaziaskers on duty, the Ancient, Cherikhul, Islam Dori Zatli,
anti Rabin) Bey, formerly Kaziasker of Anatolia: those Alagis-
testes remain in the Imperial camp. Some servants of 51irla
Rica, the Persian Charge d'Afisr ts who, to the surprse of every
body, has not yet set out for Tausie, mixed among those who
plundered the barracks of the Elmeidan ; these strangers got a
gond share of the booty, which was, However, authorized.
The opening of the taverns has been permitted on the following
conditions. Wine shall be sold at 16 pans per oke, (shout 18
contains a bottle), brandy at 40 pane.
The great taverns shall be obliged to keep two fire-engines, the
small ono; only one.
They shall he exempt from the duties which they paid to the
Odjak of the Janissaries.
The police shall watch them strictly. This measure is a mark
of security in the Government ; and, at the same time, a means of
superintendence. We hear much of a restoration of the coin of the
Sultan, who, perhaps. feels the necessity of no farther injuring
this basis of public and private prosperity.
The corps of the Terrass must be discontented. These usurious
bankers, who have always made immense fortunes, cannot behold
without uneasiness the re.eatabliabment of nn order of things which
will dry up the sources of their wealth. Mee have ro' yet spoken
of' the number of the victims of this memorable revolution, which
is doubtless exaggerated by public report. but it is not below s x or
seven thousand in the capital and its environs. That of the exiled
is more considerable, fifteen or sixteen thousand, some say twelve
thousand; fir every man who does not offer sufficient security a
obliged to quit the capital anti return to his country. We may
here mention a report, to which credit is generally given, th ugh
no written trace of it can he found. The displaying of the saertd
standard is always marked by twelve thousand victims, and till
this number is complete the standard is not carried hack to the
Imperial treasury. However void of foundation this opinion may
be, it is ro deeply rooted in the minds of the people that it niust
not be passed over in silence.
PAWS, JULY 25.
We have received accounts from Constantinople of 27. h June, on
the correctres.a of wh:elt our readers may depend. All the nr ws given
this morning by the Journal des Debuts has no foundation but re-
ports inserted in the A ngsburg Gazette, to which that Journal itseif
atteches no importance.
It will be seen that it is false that no courier has left Constan-
tinople since the 24111. Ile who brought us these news set out on
the 27th.
Sultan Mahmotul continues his reforms in the interior of his
palace. He ens uragea his Minister's in their labours by. his ardour
and personal applic ition. He remains night and day in the S ra-
g io, leaving it on'y fir a few moments to vis:t the imperial family
that remains at Best h kt
It is positively affirmed, that the Sultan has declared, by a tu.
tog a th resc ipt, that the property of the Itirtjahr, and other offi•
cers of Cove nment, shall no more be confiscated, even thong
they are punished with death.
The Su'tan has despatched the Hasseki Aga to the Pacha or
Egypt, with testimonies of his satisfaction.
The firemen of the guard at the Grand Vizier's palace guided
the within who pr-e:!a ed into the Harem of his Ilighnese. on
the night of the 14th June. instead of defending it. A pat( of the
homy whic't they carried off has been found in their quarters. After
this ciscovery they were delivered to the Bostaugi-liachi, to be tor-
tured before they tire put to death.
The Seruskier Hussein Pacha thinks of nothing but regimema,
musketa, and uniforms. kleantime, he does not forget to lock
tiler the guilty. lie has offered 10,000 piastres fir the head of an
Gusts.
It is believed that Constantinople and this Canlieve will be under
cotranand of seven Nelms; Osman Paella, formerly at the head of
the Custom-house at Constantinople, ali enemy of the late Hale!
Effendi, is one of those whom it is intended to employ in the capi-
tal. Ku:chuck Mehemet, Paella of Anatolia, will have the go-
vernment of Galata.
A garrison of regular trews will maintain security in Pere, and
the old and new Vassaktchis of the European Legatiens will be re-
placed by a guard of honour, which will be reiieved ever) 24 hours.
The tumult which took place at Adrianople on the 15th June
was appeased with as much success as that in the Elmeidan. The
l'acha had collected 300 organized troops, who entered Constanti-
nople lost Friday. Several thousand men are already inscribed at
Seresker-Kapoussy. Those new soldiers are very diligently ester.
esea, but there is co uniformity in their first instructions. and the,
feel the n cessity of having tood European teachers, whom thee
eagerly look for. This military enthusiasm influences people's
minds, and already carries them beyond due bounds. Tartan from
Ibrahim Faclia,who arrived yesterday, the 2fith June, and who have
been invested in the camp with pelisses of honour, have announced
the occupation of twenty-four villages in the district of Zaconia, in
the 4lorea, and tire arrival of Ibrahim Paella at Ambelakia (the
gardens opposite Hydra). The Pacha is said to have taken 3000
risoners in this military oaeration.

We are enabled at length t sent our readers with a
translation of the long-anticic,ated Portuguese Constitu-
tion. It will be perceived that our conjecture respecting
its similarity to the Brazilian was perfectly correct : it is, in
great part, a complete transcript of that act, and the only
variations arc those which were rendered indispensal le
from the differences in the circumstances of the two coun-
tries. We cannot help looking on this Constitution as a
subject of congratulation, as well to this country as to
Portugal. As a proof of the power of England in bringing
about an event which it must be owned is by no means
such as many of the Continental Monanhs desire, this act
of DON Psnao is to us, no doubt, a subject of well-
fotinded exultation ; but as a proof of the uprightness and
philanthropy which animate this nation, and are commu-
nicated from the nation to its governors, it is a subject of
the proudest satisfaction which any reople ever had the
will and power to acquire, or the benevolence to enjoy.
The influence of England has been and is now a ground of
jealousy to sonic foreign potentates, and the connexions be-
tween us and Portugal have been one of those branches of
our influence which have been most obnoxious to the am-
bitious views of those powers. If we continue to display our
influence in such acts as this, we may laugh at the
utmost efforts of the united force of all the Conti-
nental Sovereigns. Their subjects by this act must
be convinced that the friendship of England is the
surest guarantee for their liberties, and the safest
means of preventing their oppression. England by this
act has placed herself still more decidedly at the head of
the liberal party throughout Europe ; for no one will at-
tribute the decision of Don PEDRO to any cause hut the
suggestions of the English Minister. The conclusion
which the people of Europe must draw from such premises
is obvious. The plan of Mr. CANNING is evidently
founded in the nature of man, and in the deepest resources
of policy. Its effects, though not apparent in vrtin rial
acquisitions, are surer and more beneficial than any which
could have resulted from conquests. The Constitution
granted to Portugal by the influence of England must show
to all the people of Europe, that the increased influence of
England is of all things what is most to be desired in their
respective countries. We arc confident, however, that
bis Majesty's Ministers did not follow the course which
they have followed from any calculation even of this sort.
The principles of liberty ought not to be sacrificed even to
the interests of England ; and if any attempt should ee er
be made to infringe on national independence, in the hope
of benefiting England, we are confident that our efforts