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REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL.
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mode the following impartial elitraCts :-
4. It having here oissouneed by Hie Parlamenti. of their
Excellencies the Gomorra,' of the 'Coition, that a remit's-
tees hail broken out in the City of Oporto cm the ?4th
ok no now with the greater satiefection make known, that
happily the provinces of tkrii., Alentejoi, and Algarve,
remain trampoil, with almost • etaatate that in Mal of
Trae.os.Mosites there likewise reams the seine truisteeillity:
the limel and hosmerable userket which the GIIIIKT•Of of the
fortress of Elves, Lieut.-Gemmel John lobo Broods° de Al.
melds, and the other Aellsocitiea,_ both civil arid military,
who hail, on the occasion, received' as 'etiolation from the
Priori% canal 4:overwrites* or Oporto, inviting them lo' nolle
with that Goverment, deservoe.the gresteet prober. That
Hon. and worthy Comical, aeredine sr what be wrote on
the 30th salt. to the present Coareasolre of the Army Lieu-
tenant General Francisco de Paula belle, se moo as he re-
ceived the above coininsoilentios called together the Com-
mander of that forireee, Brigades; litatineiniso de /kilo Mo.
mho, and Brigadier helm de kilveirerrie Laserde, end in
consetriesieo of the assent of the three, all the other Autho-
rities, Ecclesiastical, Military, sad Civil, the Nobility and
the People, were celled together, and voted inuaniotously the
followiog protest :
" TDB DECLARATION OF THE AUTHORITIES, EC-
CLESIASTICAL, CIVIL, AND MILITARY, TIIE ko.
sii.rry AND PEOPLE ot THE CITY OP EI.VAE.
" On the 30th of the month of August, 1820, in the city
and fortress of Elva., the authorities, eceletriantical, civil,
and military, havise bees aerobe* at the brailionirters of
the must illustrious and earliest LierteasouGereral John
Lobo Brendan de Alnseirla, together with the peopk of the
same, represented by the,Sesate, sod having all met, it was
represeintril to them by the said Lieutenant-General, that
last night there was received, by the Captain bf the 11th
regiment of cavalry, Antowie de Limn likerreto Pries,
a dispatch signed by Yrs/seise, Games de Silva, meting pp
Secretary to the Provisional loofa of the supreme goyim*
meet of the kingdom, installed in the city of Oporto, orli
the 24th inst. with a Proclamation 10 all the Portuguese,
calling upon them to recognise it as sock, and with one ee-
curd to approve of Ilse crosswalks of She Cortes, sad the
new Coustillatious which may afterwards be established fur
the government of these kingdoms, ineememeeied by a sin-
gular Proclamation to the soldiers, awl by the ferns of the
oath which all were Isound to take; the prompt execution of
all these *wives bring received. Andes soon se these
above.mentioseil dionasiests were read. In the preemies of
all, it was asked what cooeideratioe they 'honk receive, and
what steps should be takes regarding their objrct. It was
eneninsonsly determined, that all having twee sworn fidelity
and obedience to our ',gust Mlosierch Joke Vl., and in his
absence, to the Governors of the !Wide", it belonged to
-the latter alone to deride err the present point, end that
they might is cooergoence to be ieforaned it, since obe-
dience was the sole duty of all subjects, obligiel, an they were,
In adhere to the oath which they had sworn. Arsil moreover
it was agreed that the President of the Town Council, on
receiving as invitation to that pompom, 'hostel take the
means Hies appeared to him the most proper to maintain the
peace anal tranquillity of the city, pointing cut to the peo-
ple the ii•jurions frollieqUCOCt end sad results of the contrary
system. As it is the duly of the coosnienders of the mili-;
miry corps of this garrison, they were' required to preserve'
their seine/terns in the same ishedkoke bed asiburibeelion to;
the existing covers/mem which they have hitherto preserved,
velum the cookery should Is. determined. All shirt brio(
agreed upon, a minute of the proceedings was ordered to be
drawn up, and all preilut promised to comply therewith,.
and gigue', it.
" Elea., Aug. 30, 1820"
[Here follow the signatures of the Lieut. Commie anal alkyls.]
"The (viaduct of Lieoleuant.Gmteral Aadoisio Marcella's*
de Victoria M not less worthy of praise. He having received
from the military chief of Beira a similar intimation to that
which we have meottoned above, loyally and Isonimrobly re-
jeele.l it, making the necessary provislous relative to the
Mourn and yttrium of his province."

COPY OF A DISPATCH NI:ICH TIIE CORREGIDOR
OF THE DISTRICT OF ♦ILI.A•REAL DIRECTED TO
THE OFFICE OF THE INTENDANT•OENERAL OF
POLICY., DATFD THE 28TH OF AUGUST LAST.

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"Most Mesta suns Sur, Intendant-General of the Police of
the capital of She kingdom:—
" The Jay before yesterday I happened to be in Nondim
de Bast°, commencing the correctional proceedings of that
and the adjacent tawny, when I received the dispatch of the
Conde deAmarante, General of this province, of which I sub-
join a copy. I immedsately set out fur this city, and arrived
here on the same day. I found all isa perfect tranquillity,
and have a well-founded hope that the public peace will uut
here be disturbed. To-day I-liave received another dispatch,
and already those steps are takes which it commands. You
waist he better iufermed of the events that have taken place
at Oporto than I am, and I shall never be negligent in taking
the means which may be thought proper, and in communi-
cating what occurs; but I can affirm with certainty that
there is no symptom of the contagion here.
" Yllls.lkal, Aim. 27."
" Here follow copies of the dispatches referred to above,
which contain nothing new.]

PROCLAMATION rot ASSEMBLING THE CORTEF.
The following l'ruclinnabon has been rent to all
the tribunals and public offices, and ordered to be
posted in all piddle places:—
Portuguese !—The Gore:mom of the kingdom, persuaded
of the irninineut danger which the station and theanutearchy
lunar if the crisis produced by the iniurrection of Oporto he
-prolong. d, soil employing the extraordinary p .were which
have been cool:cirri' upon On ni In their initroet suns iu urgent
eases, after heinug the oinni 111 l of ■ great nnmber of permits
lochs& d in the 4:Antoci' of Isis Majesty, and conipietioui
among the different chitties of the nation, have remnant, in
the name of the King our Lord, to convoke theiCareici.
toisoning immediately a Commission, far the porthole of two.
eeeding with the *frau; menu oreesaaty for the prompt as-
sembling of the tenni% The Governors of the kingdom hope
that • meastoe which suileeilleilly proves their determination,
to attend to the c plaints Enid listen to the wishes of the
nation will immediately unite in • legitimate and ninsioun
centre the whole 'trove, mud that all elapses of which it is
composed will acknowledge She WC. sqiiy of curb an union,
to avoid the !heroin:On. 12711/ of anarchy, of civil war, amt
perhaps • dittoulotion of the usoorarity.
Lisbon, PaMee of the Govetioneut, Sept. I.
(Sigurd) CARDINAL PATRIARCH,
MARQUEZ DE LORIIA,
iI'ONDE DE PEN ICH E,
CONDE I/A ERIKA,
ANTONIO GOMEZ RIBEIIIO.

LISBON. SFPTEMBER 2. ,
We have the pleasure of befog oble to ohnouttell
to the public the official demure!, which the 1,8'4614
General commanding the army. nil interims. bus re-
ceived from toe Conde de Anoaraiitr. military Go.
'trine of the province of Tiaiii.os-Montes. by which
it will be seen. in un wiacquivocal point of view, the
know, loyalty, mud patriotism which animate taut
only that martiontrus Galicia,. who has so much
distinguished himself in the seivice of our lietoved
Sovereign, bet all Ow trdsolistitotioned in the same
winnow. The sums dispatch will shrw the or-
univalent* which hove been begun to oppose any

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1.0)4010e4 body. The geweroue iseerferenee or
this young °Ste*. +111._:11 oaf "-.L4l*-1-44-61°'

'—wasifteTiOre'reniarkible, as he nao
than three years in the dutigesisie .of Videncitka,
consequence, we presume, of his .politied ^l4'
nions. His personal iufloence and spirited atlAreas!
had the effect of calmiag the multitude. Rsaao, it,,
is said, yielded without any Iwsitation to the pedalo
of banishment, and went to Oviedo. The ormy.A
Andalusia will be iftsmidiately disbanded, and tk4.l
Ministry of War wifl,ll is added, he copsigind
;Ariproject. lav *
ieg ifhes
iismiiwa: a second ia the elories. relative to
tilhilitiment of the army, and the rulfilenetit of the
wain* made i• the soldier* by Gen. QUIROGIA.
The French 5 per Cents. are 74 f. 45 c.; Bank
Stock, 1,365 f. 75 c.
The Funds have in some degree recovered from
the effect' of the panic which on Itionslay exer-
cised so wwfwvounible an influence upon the market.
They closed yesterday at 661 for money, and 661
fur the account, being about one per cent. higher
than the lowest point to which the alarming ru-
mours that presailed on Saturday hail reduced
them. The prices, however, are still storprisiogly
low, estiecially ifVricaltri der that it is the uniform
object of the Tr/miry, by every means iii its
poorr, to elevate therm even beyond their natural
and equitable value. We are given to understand
that the revenue account of this quarter will equal
the expectations of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER ; and as no apprehensions are entertained
on this head in the City. the low prices of the
Funds are not to be attributed to the prospect of
new loans, or the pecuniary embarrassments of the
Government. For our own parts, if the stock market
were not uniformly regarded as a kind of political
barometer, from which we are to ascertain the de.
rees of public credit, the coiitidence reposed in the
measures of administration, the prevailing notions
respecting the chances of war and peace, and such
matters of general interest, we should not, under
the existing circumstances of the country, be die.

.pleased to find the pokes of Government Securities
even more depressed than they are at present.
We hope that the days of funding are over, that we
shall have no more loans, acid that from this time
*forth we shall be • paying and oot a borrowing
-country. The Lords of the Treasury calculate
upon bring enabled to appropriate five millions
yearly towards the liquidation of the public debt,
but the proportion of this sum to the whole debt
will vary according to the prices at which the Com-
missioners shall be enabled to redeem. and an in-
crease or diminution of from ten to twenty per cent.
in the prices of stock would, in the course of a few
years, produce • very eousiderable difference io the
accounts of the Commissioners. It is time, there-
fore, for the Treasury to withdraw from the market
all adventitious aids. rind not to interfere at least in
nu.iataining the prices -against the public. Any
evil impression on public opinion which might by
possibility be created by the fall in the prices of
stock will be only momentary. and can influence
willing beyond the precincts of the Stock Km-
change. Besides. as we are approaching to deo
resumption of cash payments by the Bank of Ens.
land, drlusiou should be banished front every pget
of our system. The prices of stock ought to be no
tee from an unnatural influence as the prices of
every other commodity which is the object of
bargain or barter.

Only one argismest-wf any plausibility can be
urged iii favour of keeping up the market-price of
stock, winch is, that iii proportion as the prices
are raised, the value of money lent to Goverouent
is diminished, or what is the same thing, a Jester
interest is obtained for capital, and I teen
would in consequence withdraw their capital from
the Government Funds, and invest it in commer-
cial, agricultural, or such other pursuits as might
promise irk larger profit. Tins argument, however.
is merely plausible, and is in fact deprived of all
weight when opposed to the vast advantage we have
already noticed respecting the power of the Geriero-
ment to redeem the capital debt at a comparatively
low rate. Besides. iu proportion as the debt is
diminished, the amount of disposable capital in the
country is increased, and we doubt not that on a
fair calculation the low rate of the Stock market will
eventually be found to release snore capital for agri•
cultural, manufacturing, and commercial purposes,
than would be effected by merely raising the prices
of the Funds. and thereby tempting the holders to
sell their Stock. This supposition, however, be it
remembered. we hold out solely upon the presump..
tom that there. will be no loans, and that • certain
slim will be applied bond /ide in the hands of the
Cornsuissioisera for the redemption of Stock.
Having alluded to the approach of the resump-
tion of cash payments by the Bank of England. we
have to remind the public that the first duy of Me
next month will be the second stage appointed by
the Act of Parliament in our progress towards this
' most desirable event. The Bank will then be
permitted by the Legiskture to sell gold, for their
own notes, in ingots weighing not less than
GO ounces each, at the rate of 31. 19s, 6d. per

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maim, so that w aila of xahl an he riecteJ by
the Bank far a roaller quantity than will. at the
rate specified, equal an amount of Bank notes bear.
iitic the nominal value of 43L los. The mallet

:itesdily at the Mint price, j.:31. Oa. 'old. which
efreetwelly SKIMS the link from any demands

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A Dutch Mull ins *trivet!. The following att
extracts
ittrveanga 15.
We leant tors tits Frentitfrootieve. that perfect tramp&
lity now prevails its all the iortamons hi the mothers depart:.
swots, from she this, to the North Set. ?be impart int.{
the late cosopierey is guise Oil with all pooialde
Many Oaken ar the Login** of the bleorliWitart the *awl
sad also two inhabitaota of Cansbray, gpilpipmepap4
to
give evailateas.
isms*, 'lawsuits*
We learn that • peal part of oar troops au their arrival
at Treviso, have taken the road to Piedmont. The Mechem.
of Parma trove. this ell/ on the 9th, to return to her ow•
iloininioos. The manorr in which the observer !peeks of
the 'rain of 14iaples, strews the noravonrahle light in which
they are Mill viewed by oar Gavernment. This paper af.
trams that the Ctionsitutionaliam are divided into two par.
ties, the one eonaimitor of the Military and the Maratists,
the other of the'Carbmisri and Ilse Jeroboam It adds that
they are very hostile to each other, and that bulb parties
commit the greatest excesses.
meeventroo, sxmceonen. 15.
Yesterday a lire broke oat hire which was dreaded foe
the abort time it continued, sad on onward of lb, eircom-

stances that attended it very ressarkehle. At a quarter be.
fore seven a terrible explualos was beard is the distillery of
M. Hopp, and at the same lastest a thereat of fire burst
from the building into the street, the names rising to a great
height. We hear that the still basal (other amuse% fro,
persons who were it the building at the time, say, that
by carelessness a lamp was brought too mar to a vend
with spirits, which caught fire sad blew ,sap). Though the
finvergisees were brought op as SUN as possible, the hoary
was all in flames before they mould arrive: the vessels of
spirits Luna one after another, earl increased the torrent of
burning lava, which, flowing from the street into the ran,e,
covered the sertsee of Ilse water to a great eaters with a :Meat

of Haste. Happily the Ire was rot nailer with as mach re_
pidity as it had at first spread. The Greases @hewed extra-
ordivary iat►rpi.tity. The fire communicated behind to the
backs of some other houses. Happily No lives were lost.—
. kDatch Papers, Septembe► It)

The Proclamation issued by the Regency of
Portugal, convoking the National Assembly of the
Cortes, will be found in another part of this
Paper. It ■vows the necessity, which compels
the Members of the Regency to adopt this mea-
sure, and thereby concedes all the glory of the
event to the illustrious Patriots who, at Oporto,
first demanded tire freedom of their country.
It furthe► admits that in pursuing this particular
measure, the Regency Act in pursuance of the
wishes of the nation. An important concession ! as
it &hews, in the opinion even of those most interested
in concealing the circumstance, that the present
Revolution has not been effected by a few discim-
tented iudiyidwls, s the actire minority," as all the
friends of Reform in every country have of Lite
been called, but has been demanded by the voice
of the people, and extorted by public opinion
from a feeble but reluctant Government. Various
other interesting documents connected with the Re.
volution its the Government of Portugal, extracted
from the Lisbon Papers, will be found in our pre-
ceding columns.

The KING embarked on Tuesday at Brig!Awl,
■nd proceeded to the IVestward. Preparatio►►■ were
made for a long voyage, but the unfavourable change
i►► the weather will probably CIIIAINC bill MAJESTY'S
speedy return.

No attempt has been yet made in the Treasury
Journals to account for the charges against the
Quetta being confined to the three first years of
her residence abroad. This circumstance, while
it remains without a satisfactory explanation.
must strengthen the suspicion that these charges
have originated in tt conspiracy. The more remote
the time is laid, the greater latitude is given to in-
vention; fiction is snore free from restraint, and the
more difficult it becomes to detect and expose false-
hood. During the influence of a bibliostunie, we
have heard of old books selling at an extravagant
price. Wine also is enhanced in value by age; but
it is the first time we have ever heard that witnesses
could depose more clearly to transactions of remote
date, than to those which were fresh iu their me-
mory, and that ■ lawyer should contend that the
staler his case was, the better. If no criminal in-
tercourse subsisted between the parties for the last
three year., it is incredible that any should have
subsisted in the three immediately preceding.

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We 6iid by a Neapolitan Paper that special eon-
stahks have, sifter our English fashion. been as..
pointed in Naples for the purpose of maintaining toe
public peace.
By the Ariel. arrived at Liverpool, accounts have
been received from Jamaica of the Ist August. The
Viceroy and Couatituted Authorities of Carthogena.
finding that it would be imprudent to continue in
the place. from the small number of men which
composed the garrison. abandoned it. and had
reached Jamaica, leaving the fortress in the hands
of only a few Spauish soldiers, who would abandon
it on the appriiochorf the Patriot% who were en.
derstond to have advanced within a few leagues of
the place. It was reported at Kingston the latter
end of July. that Porto Bello had surrendered to the
forces of the ludependents, but the rumour was not
credited. The Irish Legion, which made a preci-
pitate return from Rio de is Noche, had soiled from
Jamaica for Halifax.
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sod bee last eipok wasepps• Iser . '
erMorcelliol•vio Vectortamthe 'MiiTtary Governor of ,
the province of Beira, snider the dose of the
Itiji•Alt the reelc. end told theta t ' . should not
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