The National Register.
London, England, 1820-09-24 00:00:00

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PORTEaI L.

Papers and letters were received on Saturday front
Oporto to the 4th instant.
A letter, dated early in the • mooting of the 3d inst.
says—" Last night there was a forced levy of troops to•
strenathett the ranks of •the constitutional army, and
•among them was taken a man employed to our esta-
blishment as a cooper. They hate marched off this
• morning, to the number Of 6.000, to Meet the Conde
d'Antanatue, who is advancing from Tras.os-Nlontes.
The result cannot be contemplated without alarm; hut
•a very firm t'7l pemmican is entertained here thAt the mo-
ment the two armies arrive in sight of each other, the
troops of the Regency will lay down their arms. Intel •
• ligence has just come .in that Abrantes and woollier
strong plecerthe name of which l could not learn, have,
declared for the;Constittition."
Of the result of Count Pamplona's mission, alluded to
.in the letter.of the 2d. lust., ‘the following account is
given in the 4th number of the Diatio Nacional:—
". Marshal Pamplona, being on his way from Lisbon
. to take the command alinterint of the troops in this city,
• learnt at Aveiro, that his countrymen, the loyal inhabit-
anis of Oporto, had manifested the heroic resolution of
saving the country; and as this intelligence was not
very gratifying to the Marshal, he caused the 10th bat-
• Minn of chassears to be put in march for Cointbra, with
• the intention of returning with that corps to Lisbon ;
but having been apprised that Col. Saketra was advan-
. .sing upoti Coimbra with the 22d regiment of infantry,
he precipitately fled, abandoning the few ehasseurs who
bad not yet Woodall opportunity of deserting Irons such
a chief. It could not have been miprosed that a person.
• •of the rank and birth of Senor Manuel Pamplona would
have conducted himself in so disgraceful a manner. The
above-mentioned v.ittalioot is re-assembling at Coimbra,
• where the patriotic and indefatigable Col. Sepulveda had
arrived, and where the liberty of Portugal had already
been proclaimed with inexpressible joy. Toe troops
stow collecting at Coimbra will soots form a respectable
division."

The following ismelaniation had been issued by the
'Provisional Junta, in reply to that of the Regency
" CITIZINS or OPORTo.—Frank :less is the first of
the virtues of a just government; you shall know, there-
Yore, all that weinow, the certainty of which we gua-
rantee to you. Those who were the governors of the
'kingdom hale proclaimed that a very few aim are con-
cerned in changing the ancient'order of thing's, end fur
this reason nobody ought to obey us. You know to
.what a degree they arc deceived or seek to deceive, be-
cause you know perfectly well with what rapidity the
cry which you have raised is repeated on every side.—
Do not fear I In Lisbon you are considered as heroes and
true patriots; and its inhabitants, who desire to imitate
you in the calmness with which you roclaimed your
independence, onlyiexpect the approach of some force
to declare themselves, without fear of suffering any evils,
and without seeing themselves under the necessity of
inflicting them. Citizens of Oporto, we have forces:
we have the .means of supporting our cause. It is just;
it is also the cause of of our neighbours the Spaniards;
and fur this reason their traops already occupy our fron-
tiers towards GalliCia, where.they are ready to assist our
Independence. We shoold will' to owe to our own ex-
ertions alone the liberty which we are going to enjoy;
'lsm We enemies of the nation even in this desire to 6-
.scure the glory to which It has so many titles. Citizens
of Oporto. fear nothing. God is with us.
(Sigma) "
.ANTONIO DA P.ALVEIRA PONT! DA
PONCECA. President.
" SEBASTIAN DRAGO VALENTE DE
BRITO CABREIRA, Vice President.
•
" Oporto, 'lithe Palace of the Government, Sept 2."
The Provisiimal JUU:3 has called on theCustoin-house
to furnish them with all the money they possessed,
which was complied with. The latest adeices which
had reached Oporto nom Lisbon were of the nth
All was the', quiet there. The proclaniatious transmit-
ted front Oporto had been placarded in the principal
streets: The people, read and applauded them, but ma.
tii&sted no disivisition to subvert the Reuency by violent
means, and the latter, it is asserted, satished themselves
with remaining on he defensive, cautiously avoiding
all measures which might exasperate the feelings of the
people. This state of things, however, was not expected
• to last for any length of time. The result of the impend-
ing conflict between the troops of Oporto and Count de
Aniarante would, it was supposed, determine whether
the Government should submit to the wishes of the great
majority of thenation, or enter upon a vigorous system
of coercion.

SEPT- 14.—An English courier,..who left
'Naples the . 31st ult., carried despatches to Sir C.
Stewart, the English ambassador at Paris. This
courier has proceeded to London. It is ,believed that
be is the bearer of diplomatic intelligence of the
-highest importance. The Duke of Dantsie has re-
turned here dangerously ill: he has been attacked
with water in the chest. Marshal Kellerman, Duke
of Valtuy and peer of France, has just terminated
'his long and honourable career in the arms of his
children and son-in-law, in consequence of a linger-
big illness. Having received the succours of religion,
he resigned milli the calmness and resignation of a
pure conscience, into the hands of the Author of all
things, a soul without fear, and without reproach.
If any thing could alleviate the distress of his fa-
mily, it would be that his last moments were exempt
from pain.
A machine, of very simple construction, was yes-
terday trid at the Pavilion Flora, by means of which
the Acing. rpay ascend and descend the staircase, and
• get into his carriage, without restraint or personal
effort. this resource induces us to believe that his
Alijesty will avallaituself of the remainder of the