The National Register.
London, England, 1820-09-18 00:00:00

PROCLANIATION.—No. 2.

" Soldiers! Oirsifi'eTingsiiallC.4.•:LSC The Country in fetters,
and your consideration lost, your sacrifices are in vain. The Por-
tuguese soldier almost reduced to asking alms. Soldiers ! This
tsthe moment—let us fly to the salvation of the country—let us
qtly to our own salvation—comrades, follow tae.' Let us go with
hifotlicrs in arms to organize a pnoitioniiirgovernment. I.et
it call Cie Cortes to make a constitution, fur toe want of which is
the origin of all our evils. It is unneeessory to explain them. for
each of you feels them. It is in the name, and consecrating our
august Sovereign. Don John the Sixth, that the country shall be
governed. Our holy religion shall be observed ; as our cflorts
are pure and virtuous, God will bless them. The soldiers who
compose the brave Portuguese army will hasten to embrace our
cause, since it is equally our own. Soldiers ! Force is on our
side; we must therefore avoid disorder. if the country owes its
salvation to each of us, the nation likewise owes to us its security
and tranquillity. Confide in a chief who never taught you but
the paths of honour I Soldiers ! you must not measure the meg
nitude of the cause by the simplicity of your discourse ; learned
men will explain on a future day this tact better than a thousand
victories. Let us sanctify this day, and lieneethr.dt let the cry of
our hearts be—Live the King, Don John the Sixth ! Live the
Portuguese army ! Live the Cortes, and with these the National
Constitution. r ":•'"
• . CO'PY OF TIE A.T R.—No. 3.
the IlolylGospel obedience to the Provisional
Assembly (or the Supreine Government of the kingdom now es.
tahlished, and which, in the name of hi; Majesty Don John VI.,
is to govern till the imtitinion of the Cortes, which it is to con-
voke fur forming the Portuguese Constitution,
.• I swear obedience to these Cortes, and to the Constitution
1114 may form, maintaining she Roman-Catholic religion, and
the dynasty of the .1 lost Su:louse of Braganza."
Signed hy the following hers of the Provisional Govern-
ment fur the city of Oporto and the rest of the Kingdom :
President—Antonio de Silva Pinto.
Vice Przsident—Cantbreiras, Colonel of Artillery.
Secretaries—Lon Jose Ferreira Rages, Dun .lo.e de Silva
Carvallio, and Don Gomez de Castro.
Member for the Ciergy—The Dean of the Cathedral.
Member for the Magistracy—Manuel Fernandes Thomas.
Member for the Nobility—Cerries, and .Petro Leite.
Member for the University—Filer Francisco St. Louis.
:Member for ComineV,a—Franiiisoo Jose de Barry& Lin'.
.:Slembers for' the province of Min1i0..4040 da Couha Souto
Mayon and doze Maria Xavier Asevedo.
Members for the province of Trastos Alan tes—Jose Joriquitn
de Moira, and Jere Wanuel Itibciro Ferreira e Castro.
Members for the province of Asira_Joie de Mello Castro e
Ahreu and lioque Itibiiirs?crAbrantes Cielella Dance.

LISBON, AUG. ,l.—At laia is revolt has taken place at
Apart o—lh vee rivals of tbeilne, anti it 0 of utast .
Tile Eaglbh officer, were arrested, .but soon liberated, aitts
tieing thanked fir their past cervices, Silyinst that,
tithiit was het ween tiiein,elves and the government, th
required their aid awl a..tetance no Innger. The coma 'tinted
antlioritiet with the Itithiip, have takt a the
sysitsitrii of !bent. Last Satitighz the ti..y lit the
s.kfiltslitis, All wit. quiet at Opus The aiivant oil cum,'
Ka; yesterday tit Leira, about til) miles jlaim L.,1nn0.--
N,,i4111X has been chow .11. re:by Ow ReAearey nut the tutting
of a viisCiallialluti. *Oa Opds-to prod:tin:moil
cninpuiilluts. • Tiie Itegency mar was w.tii dot% the totter
rdrist, :mil I lie Oporto milt,: it toed. in. its. pl.ieet eite. ila y
Ow pollee writ. very busy us At ficin4 it. No lett, a etc
ti,,ned to came ft um lir issut-..Rive ussu•sturatiy
ii.• are all in the ski k Tls, eiTuk, they silt, is I I/ take
l'altarlta ; before 11,.. usbiost.S.. he isati declines wrsusg i!, her,
lto tto I s.atte are sore.ia. tti cas ry utl site
at us won't...es vs wets" . II is seven.. it the Spa-
ntar,ls are at the bfll till') of tits. butines:. .end 'hat tagal
will bet-VOW • eruriut I. of llwt cuuutty.. All is ja.rt at

Extract of a Letter front Lisbon. dated Aug. 30
" You doubtless must hear from this packet, which goes
off express, the late event of the chatege in the government
of the provinces north of Oporto, and at that city, whims
nas publicly declined and sworn to by all the authorities,
military, civil, clerical, sod others, oil lite 2 kit instant.—
rhe example has been followed at Coimbra aud Leria, also
at Abraiites. from a hence the troops and militia tutees have
march, dto jam the COIIIIII,III cause. They ore paid all their
arreaa. due In the Royal Gavermnsent, and there seems early
reason to Believe 'all the troops bete and in the vicinity aill
take'the same part. The Gavel 'Lorin yesterday issued a
proclamation, exhorting every one to maintain order and
Mith towards the King. Order certainly exists, and ne
hope it will prevail I but very lute respect has beets shown
to the pros latnatim.."

Extract from a Letter frum Falmouth, dated Septenshootl,

nine p. m.
" The Duke of Kent packet, Laptain Lawrence, is this
evening arrived from Lisbon, after a passage of eight
pays, and briugs the account of a revolution in Oporto; the
procloinatiem is dated the VOili August, acid names General
Salveira at the head of the :supleme Provisional Cloven'.
meat for establishing the Constitution; the military have
declared Ihemselvts in favour of it, and, in conseqweice, all
the British officers resigned. The news reached Lisbon em
the 281 h of August, and was re, eiveel with a degiee of en.
t 1111131:11.111 ; illuminations had taken place at all the different
towns between °pinto anti L;sl iiiii ; the Regency at Lisbon ;
have also issued a proclamation uod r date of the 29th ult.,
disapproving of the measures oefoided by the ailialotams Of
Open-to, :old have derpate heel the military tic Ovum,. Na
doubt existed at Lisbon hut that the whole of Ow many
would immediately j the revaluttanfas ; and at was ex-
po, led that the moment the military hid departed, the Les.
imaiheis would 1160 declare in favour of the sew too.sbtalutiou.
Ail has bath dour w hunt foloodsiled, and the utmost tran-
quillity prevailed. Despatches go off to toe.ei ament to-
'eight by express."

An account from Brandenburg!' mentions it as
nomething remarkable, that the French General
Cantor, to whom Magdeburg was assigned as his
placo of abode, left that city on the jlst Ateunist,
without giving any notice, and had not returnedd on
the 11d orSeptember, in the evening. It is thought
that be has left Magdeburg with the intention never
to return, the which reasoa a very active Commis-
sary of Police has been sent after him, it being
conjectured that Carnot has taken the road to Hal.
berstadt. His sun, who has long livA with him,
left Magdeburg some weeks ago, but, howc,ir,
provide) with a passport. Their going away excites
va,ioas conjectures, and people are very curwus to
learn the cause.

A letter from Baurdeaux, of the Sth I:1St. says,
—" A Siamish Cabinet Courier passed through ..teve
yesterday, on his way from London. It is presumed
that one of the motives of his journey is to give ex-
planations to the Cabinet of Madrid, relative to the
consTrs.tion in the Ilouse of Lords, between Lord
Holland and Lord Liverpool, rei:ectine; the relutians
between Engiand and
anal Dochem de Cases have taken Lord
Lor.,4iorti's co,nur: Wit:a, near
t el% ni.,nths certain, at one thousand

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PORTUGAL.

Extract of a letter from a Gentleman of known
ral ectability, dated

" PORTO, Alta. 31, 1820.
AoMating the indepentleet principle., of your valuable jour-
nal, and be:eying that the greeter part of your reader. will be
'veined to lica: that another ain,idereble 'Keeton fit the human
rate N., in Pee • ugal, rescued howl almost a state of Siiitety and
thraldom, I hasten to transmit you an ticement of the Revolution
that broke out in this city on the inurniiig of the 2-101 mama ;
Revolution not only effectod without the shedding of blood, but
without disord or tumult of a.r,y description whatever; a Re-
volution which has spread like the rapidity of lightning in the
neighbouring cities, and wheel by this time is expecteel w have
ex:elided over this hitherto degraded and opprei set courtly in
every direction. As witting our neighbours. the Spaniards, it
was brought shout by the military, and was in contemplation
more than a twelvemonth. You we aware that Peetugal
was the tho.t despotic country in Europe, dila the people
were prohibited from interfering or speaking upon any
political topic. Of late, however, this probilation was partly
relaxed, and it was Tait in coiners or in private houses only that
the expected change was 'spoken of, Era even almost openly in
our streets and in our public walks, find therefore it caused rw
surprise whatever when it ocettired. Many motives email-
buted to make the people eager in the extreme, and nearly
desperate for a change in the system of Government—the
absence of the Royal Family in the Brawls, whete it was accent•
panned by the flower of the Nobility—the continental drains of
specie from the country to carry on the war between the Cabinet
of Rio de Janeiro and Artigas, and also the funds arising iron*
the Revenues of the Crown and those of the abeerdees—the al-
most total loss of our navigation—the distressed and runied state
of our agriculture—the decay of our manufactories—our ineecurity
in our person. and property, and the eusperaion of the army's
pay, wench was more than seen months in anew., and which
&used much discontent among the soldiery. Surely, Sir, these
are strung causes, and I exaggerate twilling, but there are
others that also contributed to the change, and which it is unne•
ceseary to enumerate; State it to say, that the l'oreuguir are
the most patient of people, that they meth*: mosta•oly goYsrned
of all European nations, that their lo) shy to the reigning family
of Braganca continued unabated, and yet such was the miserable
state of the country arising from bad policy, that even thir peo-
ple at last found it past all endurance.
•• 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.
sembhal at the house of Sepuldeva, the Colonel of the 1 tith
regiment; they consisted of himself, of Cabrcira, Commander of
Artillery ; Gill. the Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th; the Coin-
mender of the Police Cavalry ; the Doctor of Law, Jose Ferrel. a
Borges (a man of great professional ability) and the Commanders
of two militia regiments. This handful of brave men having
taken their measures during the night assembled the troops by
disy-brcuk, and Cabreira addressed them. After which mess was
celebrated in the camp of Santo Ovidio, and the troops took the
oath of fidelity to the King, Cortes, and Constitution; all this
took place befure five o'clock in the moaning of the pith, at
which hour the sun of righteousness shone with the most bril-
liant lustre upon the glittering arms of these deserting eons
of
stifle country, and appeared to animate them by its smiles to the
giorious enterprise. At this hour a discharge of 21 pieces of
swfillery roused from their beds the inhabitants of ()twit°, and
gave them to understand what was going on. The troops then,
headed by their respective Officers. matched to the Town-
house, in the Prase Nova, and the Public Authorities were im-
mediately summit:el to attend; there soon appeared the Bishop,
'the Chief Justice, the Military Governor of the Province. and
tither Heads of Departments. All being assembled, a Provi-
sional Government was installed, consisting of 16 Members
selected front amongst the Nobility, Military, Clergy, Judges,
Merchants, and Citizens.; at its head was placed Antonio (be
Silveira, a man of old and honourable name and family. and
gifted with talent and integrity ; amongst these Members there
are a few of very considerable ab:lities, and doubtless they are
all animated by the welfare of then country. The Junta being
formed, its first act was to publish a elanifesto to the people,
enumerating in moderate but firm terms the insults, the injures,
the oppressions, the cruelties, in short, all the miseries witch the
nation suflared for such a length of time from the incapacity and
mimes of those who directed the affair. of the state; it recom-
mends, however, a total oblivion of the past, and gives the Por-
tuguese well grounded hopesof prosperity for the future. After
the oaths were taken to the King, Cones, &c. and the Govern-
ment established, the Assembly broke up, and the troops retired
to their quarters, where they were regaled by their generous
officers with knead, beef, and wine. During this day there was
nothing beard or seen but cries of joy and congratulation ; it
was, indeed, a day of festival, situ not the smallest accident
occurred to cloud the general joy; no deaths, no insults, no
arrests, no suspicion, no tumului• in short, no commotion of any
description. All theeltops were open, and at the conclusion of the
Constitution being moclainied, 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 dem 111 l Med body
of men, who. with arms in their hands, and courage in their
hearts, assembled to throw °lithe yoke of tyranny and demotion,
and to restore their once celebrated name to its proper rank and
cetimation among the stations of the Continent. You are aware,
Sir, that there are many English Officers in the service of Portu-
gal, and the Patriots, from motives of just and laudable pride,
determined that the salvation of their country should be effected
by themselves Outlet accuitlingly, on the e3d, letters were sent
to all our military countiyinen, apprising them of what was to
take place, and desiring them not to ince/fere one way or another,
and these instructions were all obeyed; had they resisted, the
consequences would have been unpleasant to themselves; and
perhaps to us, who arc quietly pursuing our commercial pursuits,
it might have been inconvenient. la truth, the conduct of the
Erighsh officers is highly laudable, and duly app reeietel by the
Poituneitee ; they sic suspended from actual service till the
pleasure of the Cones be known, but in the mean time euntinue
possession of their pay and rank in the army ; in Let, so
pleased is the Provistoual Genetimient with their cunduct. that
it has issued a Circular stating the above, and complementieg
them in the highest terms fur the services which they rendered
the country, awl tor which services they will always eel grateful ;
in the meantime a modetate and cautious behaviour is TvCOlll-
- ineeded them, but with a hint that such iecommendetion is
unnecessaty, from their education and situation in life, and,
above all, from their being now witnesses of a whole people
fin inunoudy and zealously stepping unwind to assert those
r gilts wiech alike belong ai all men. The whole country, fruid
the river Minho down to Leiria (within 21 leagues of !ashen),
has declared for the I'ruvisiunal Government, woo has pow iu
its command from yes to e 5,000 ineu. and the Quiruga of
Portugal, e ellonei Sepulveda, has gone South, in order to pre-
pare grad organise the: array, in case it should be necessary to
marce to the relief of their countrymen at Lisboa; the army
here is ale° prep ing. All this may nut be necessary, but it 1,
certainly prudent, and the; really appear to be enameled, not
with a wild and giddy en:Med:urn, but with the most Stiutt anti
most determined resolution of not stopping until such time as
the sativution of their connuy is accomplished ; arid as Etignele
men, we pray that the (sal id A niece may accompany and guide
then in all their operations. Many peume enuetain duals ot
Lisbon coming into die view of um Nei elite n l'rovincts ir.. eta-
asneoudy, and they judge this :loin the many intent ti that
together in tae metropolis, and item its abounttiog with tile var.