The National Register.
London, England, 1821-03-12 00:00:00

AND DYNASTY.

Art. 1. The PortuguesChntiUnisi.;iiiioses l of all the individual
Portuguese.
9. It is free, and cannot be the patrimony of any one.
3. The funduniet.tal laws can be given only by the nation
itself, and its representatives.
4. The law is the general will declared by its repmentatives.
5. Only the representatives, united in the assembly, can 'flake
the constitution by the unanimity or majority a votes.
6. The lerislative power rtsides in the Cortes, depending on
the sanction of the King, who shall never have an absolua: vote.
7. The King filial' not be present except at the opening of the
Cot cri.
is. The initiative of the laws belongs to the representatives
alone.
9. In the constitution shall be the divison of the three powers :
the legislative resides in the Cortes, alai in the King to sanction
the laws, as has been declared; the executive in the ministers;
and the judicial in the judges; these powers being classed in such
a manner that neither can arrogate to itself the atuibutes of the
other.
In. The person of the King is iroiolable ; the ministers arc
responsible, and particularly. iii every tiring that 'elates to
indivishial property and liberty.
I 1. There shall be a Council of State as the constitution
determines. This council shall present to his Alaje.sty lis's for
public employments. and shall have all the attributes wheat the
constitution shall determine.
12. The Deputies are inviolable, and no one can he responsible
for his opinions.
13. The assembly of the Cotter shall meet once every year;
anti the election shall be made in the inatmer specified by the
constitution, and they shad mesa on the day appointed in tire
capital of the kingilein ; and the session shall continue three
month, every year ; this term shall not be prolonged, unless the
assembly judges it necessary. The King can neither prolong nor
dissolve them.
14. The Cortes may change and vary tire constitution ; but in
that which is now to he fixed. nothing can be changed except
alter a lapse of tour years, form tee date of its promulgation.
15. A perin.vieot Junta of hair members tit the Cortes shall
reside in the capital, that in extraordinary cases which may occur
extraordinary tortes may be convoked.
16. To the Cortes it appertains to nominate the regency of the
kingdom, to approve treatica of alliance and coinnieice, to allow
the admission of foreign troops, and all the other attributes winch
the constitution shall determine.
17. The iniyosition of taxes shall he determined by a law of
the Cortes, rind they siiail be proportioned in the ability of the
contributors.
In. There shall be a naval and a military force, according to
the paptilatiwn ut the knignotti.
19. Tire soldier is a wizen ; and, as such, ought to participate
in all civil rights.
20. The constitution recognises the public debt,and such means
as may be judged proper shall be adopted for its discharge.

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21. The Cortes shall make and vote public establishments for
foundlings, invalids and menrikants, and shall take the Inca..
sun* requisite tor landing a good lalueation common to all the
citizens.
Smile observations arose on no mention being made of religion
and the right of bucee6Alsll. and the members of the announce
explained that this arose from the hurry of cdpying, whence
some articles hail been omitted, 7111,011 g which were those that the
religion of the state W 416 the Catholic Apostolic Roman, and the
dynasty that of rile moat serene house of Braganza; which would
be exactly seen when the bases ware printed. It was resolved to
thank the committee Inc their zeal and promptitude, and that the
bases should be minted.
M. Francisco Soares Franco afterwurds presented the following
PROJ ET (IF A DECREE:—

The General and Extraordinary Co, tee of the Portuguese
nation, considering the memorable and glorim ts events of the 24. h
of August and Path of September, which put the nation in pus.
s;:tbil4l of the sacred noires of its representation, decree-
-Ist. That those events were neeessary for the salvation of the
kingdom, and consequently just and legal.
2. That the illustrious men who commenced and executed
them deserve well of their country.
S. That as Fowl as tile thst foutidations of the constitutional
edifice ore laid, a eimmittee stall be appointed to report on the
means of retonmeming their eminent set ViCe,i.
NAME% I, 24.—The principal subject on which the
C tines hove been employed tOr some days past is the tiriseressioa
of the bases of the above constitution, which have heen iu general
adopted with few alteretions, and not much opp
1 n the sitting of the I:th a deputation from the island of Ma.
theirs was received, who gave an account of talc tevolu•ion in that
island, which was listened to with great ple..sure by the assembly.
An amnesty has been decreed and published for all those
Portuguese who since lain have left their country on account of
their political opinions of conduct, whether they were persecuted
or feared to be so; or whether any process has been instituted
against them or not.

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