The Sun.
London, England, 1822-07-20 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

LISBON, JULY 6.—On the 4th a deputation
from the Cortes waited on the King to felicitate
him on his return to the ancient seat of the Por-
tuguese Government, the anniversary of a day
memorable in the new order of things, and which
it is intended to keep with great soletnnity. On

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this occasion the Bishop of Bahia, in the name of
the Cortes, delivered an Address to the King,
filled with sentiments of respect and attachment,.
and expressive of the satisfaction• and happiness
experienced by the Portuguese nation at the
progress of the Constitutional cause, and the cor-
diality of the Monarch. To this the King re-
turned the following Answer :
" Gentlemen—With great pleasure do I receive the felici-
tations you this day bring to me from the General and Extra-
ordinary Cortes of the nation, intended to solemnize my return
to the ancient seat of the Monarchy, and the ratification of my
oath to the bases of the Constitution. The confidence inspired
in me by the character of the Portuguese, determined me
before-hand to swear to every thing the Cortes might do in Lis-
bon. What the Cortes had done when I arrived at Lisbon
fully justified my confidence. I consequently swore to the bases
of the Constitution, accompanying the solemnity. of the act with
a conviction of the motives, and with all the sincerity of feel-
ing. 1 flatter myself that the nation and its worthy Represen-
tative have by my acts ascertained the purity of my sentiments,
and the sincerity of my oath. I again renew it on this solemn
day, in the face of the nation, and in presence of the Illustrious
Deputies of the General Cortes, happy in the idea of having
merited the confidence of the nation, by efficaciously co-ope-
rating with the Executive Power in every thing that depended
on me, in order to aid and support the patriotic efforts with
which the Constituent Cortes have laboured to consolidate the
work of our national regeneration."
Since the hest packet came away, the deliberations of the
Cortes appear to have been entirely absorbed in the affairs of
the Brazils. On Ist July, a report of the Special Committee on
the Political affairs of the Brazils, was laid before the Cortes,
which gave rise to a series of interesting debates. The discus-
sions chiefly•turned on two distinct points : first, whether pro-
ceedings ought to be instituted against the Junta of St. Paul's ; ,
and second, whether the P,rince ought to remain in the Brazils
or return to Portugal? The Brazil deputies generally defend-
ed the conduct of the Junta of St. Paul's, alleging that the sen-
timents contained in their representation were the same as those
of the inhabitants of the Brazils generally, as was proved by
the public prints from that country, and very similar to those
expressed by the Municipality of Rio Janeiro, and the Junta of
Pernambuco, although couched in a more guarded manner, and
concluding that the measure of instituting proceedings against
them was a dangerous one. They were also generally of opi-
nion, that the Prince ought to remain in the Brazils, at the
head of the Executive, and as an instrument of union between
the two countries.

The speakers were numerous, and among them Sig. Xavier,
on the last topic, made the following remarks :
" If we attentively examine the character and proceedings of
the Prince, we shall find him to be a youth devoid of experience,
carried away by the love of novelty, and the insatiable desire to
make a figure, vacillating in his principles, incoherent in his
actions, contradictory in his words, and to whom rebellion,
obedience, prevarication, manliness, intelligence, imposture,
constitution and despotism, owing to the facility with which he
alternately approves each, were either things indifferent, indis-
tinct, or unknown. Hence in his first letter he accuses the auxi-
liary division of being insubordinate, in the second excul-
pates them, in the fourth and seventh praises them for hav-
ing kept the province in obedience, and in his last communi-
cations he rtzriminates, persecutes, and declares war against

Senhor FERNANDEZ THOMAS, in a long and eloquent
speech, drew a parallel between the state some of the provinces
were in at the commencement of the revolution, and at present,
and established as a fixed principle, " that without an armed
force the world cannot be governed, and if the Brazils refuse to
admit of any, they may do as they choose. If they determine
that they can do without an anned force, let them try the expe-
riment. He concluded by observing, that in his opinion the
Prince ought to be invited to return, as being bound to obey
the decrees of the Cortes and the orders of his father. It was af-
terwards resolved,
Art. 1. That the Government shall be desired to cause the
installation of the new Administrative Juntas to be immediately
proceeded with, conformably to what has been decreed by this
Sovereign Congress, in all the Provinces of Brazil, where the
decree for their creation has not yet been executed.—Approved.
Art. 2. That the Members of the Actual Junta of St. Paulo
who signed the representation of the 24th of December, 1821,
shall be prosecuted and tried ; that a similar proceeding shall
be instituted against the Bishop of that Diocess who signed the
representation of the Ist of January, 1822 ; and against the
four persons who signed the address directed to the Prince Royal
on the 26th of the same month ; but no sentence of condem-
nation to be executed without the previous decision of the Cortes.
This article was put to the vote in parts, which were all ap-
proved except the second, proposing to prosecute the Bishop of
St. Paulo.
Art. 3. That it be expressly declared that no other persons
shall be proceeded against for, the facts mentioned in the pre-
ceding article, in order thus to prevent the fears which criminal
proceedings for political causes generally excite.—Approved by
59 votes to 58.

Art. 4. That the Government shall immediately proceed to

inquire into the reason why the Deputies of Minaslieraes have
not yet come to take their seats in the Cortes, and how far the
Junta or other authority is to blame for this omission, giving an
account of every thing to the Cortes.—Approved, after some
short observations. _ _

Art. 5. That the two Ministers or Secretaries of State of Rio
de Janeiro be made responsible for the decree of Feb. 16, of
this year, and the other Acts of their Administration.—(Ap-
proved.)
Art. 6. That the projet; No. 232, be immediately discussed
as proposed by the deputy Vißele.—Approved.
Art. 7. That the stay of the Prince Royal in Brazil shall con-
tinue till the publication of the additional act, and that in the
mean time his Royal Highness shall continue to govern, in
subjection to the Cortes and to the King, the provinces which
he at present governs and which obey him, his Ministers or
Secretaries of State being,named by the King ; and all the re-
solutions taken by them in the Council of State, and all the
decisions and official correspondence, shall be signed by the
Secretary of State of the competent Department.
Messrs. MouitA and GYEAO, on the above as well as the
subsequent Articles proposed on the political state of the Bra-
zils, spoke with great eloquence, energy and liberality.
Felicitations from several corporate bodies in the provinces
on the discovery of the conspiracy bad been transmitted by the
Minister to the Cortes, but nothing further has since been laid
before the House on this subject. The Minister of Justice is
engaged in examinations and other researches connected with
this subject.
In the Sitting of the 2d instant, an official communication
was made to the Cortes, announcing, upon the authority of the
Captain of a Portuguese galley, which had arrived in 68 days
from Pernambuco, that in that province " every thing con-
tinued in the greatest disorder, on the eve of a civil war, the
people desiring to murder every European."

PARLIAMENTARY PROLE

DINGS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS,

Veneris, 19° die Julii,
GREENLAND FISHERIES BILL-" to CO

I. 822.
itinue the Bounty to
1 Davis's Straights,"
:ad a second time on

Vessels employed in the Greenland Seas an
presented, and read a first time; to be ri
Monday next.
COURT OP EXCIIEQUERSITTINGSBILL'
SALT DUTIES REPEAL BILL
SALT DUTIES (IRELAND) BILL

Read a third time,
aud passed.