The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-28 00:00:00

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EXTRAOID NARY COUTE.S.—Stvert•rti' or MAY 15.
The ; Deputip having awrobted
in the Oreat Hall of the
Congroi, the *BI shop of Cende, us the last President of the
Ordinary Cortes, took the :Chair,. and declared' the Session
opened .7:The liishay then made the
414 nllf:following. speech
it oS !--YOO doubtless recollect' the words which
'our "Migust and adored Monarch, Don John Vli; was lately
plernicit'to address to us from the Throne in this sacred Hall,
traordinttry as indispensable, both on account of the necessity
owfhletn he l
ievitii:igntibedtrent the prompt meeting' of the Cortes Ex.
important interests of public seettrity,•and
of coinpletmg those organic laws on which essentially depend
the consolidation of the constitutional system and the regularity
of tike public adininistratiOn in all its branches.
" No Portuguese, the friend °fins Country, who had paid the
Slightest attention to the internal and .external situation of the
Mtmarchy; could then fail to form wishes for that meeting, and to
perceive how" just were the views of his Majesty—how worthy
of the knowledge anti the wisdom of the Throne—and how RC.
cordant. with the .paternal Sentiments with which, his Majesty
loves his. people, and the unwearied zeal with which he devotes
himself mate promotion of public prosperity. • •
" Heavenly Providence, always vigilant in favour of the Por-
tuguese; has been pleased to remove one of the principal evils
yflpeli then afflicted us, by delivering our territory feint the
Jadiate and fatal ravages of civil warfare. There remain, haw.
ever deep and painful vestiges of that terrible calamity. The
foreign invasion Of the Peninsula which was then threatened has
been realised. The other internal eircumtitandes which gave
' to the sentiments expressed in the. peeeh front the
throne still exist. lint the public voice became daily more
4Pergqic, and could no longer refrain .frOm calling en the Per-
manent Deputation to exert the resources of its zeal, and avail
ltseff of the authority etrittided to it 1;37 article.ll9 of the' Con.

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. A,....1aw,a. jeaty:s Um., ___, _, _ . .Jr
,pates; the intenttons aft ,the P4-ritianeni Paid len,Aiy its vim
r.munication of the 111th of April. which will' en be presentet
to you, and 'the contests of which acconling_ perfeeelY. with the
sentiments of the Deputation' produced the convocation of
the Extraordinary COrte4, which has now offer ed me the
oppoitunity.of congratulating you on the zeal a 4
‘prompti-
tude with which you ~ have obeyed the legal 14 nunons, as
well as on the contalept hope, which all inutif-' erish, that
the public cause wiltilerive many and invidhable advantages
fromlour patriotism, your prudence, and your united wisdom.
" It would be presumption in me, Senhorex; to pretend to ad-
dress unseasonable reflections to you on 'the order and method of
your labours, (lion the sentiments which ought to animate your
deliberations, However, the great kindness with which you
honoured one, and respect for the situation I, occupy, in some
measure authorise me to remind you that the subjects to which
Our consideration must be directed being of the most grave and
important nature, nothing can be more necessary than that,
eh the one hand you should confine your attention exclusive-
ly and absolutely to them, in conformity with Article 120 of
theThnstitutioh ; and, on the other, that you should so com-
bine maturity of discussion with the economy of time. that the
people may .. the sooner experience the happy ameliorations
which you are preparing for them, and thus have farther reason
to rejoice at the choice they have made of such worthy repre.
sentatives." ' .
The usual forms were then gone through', Senhor Pinto de
AN:alleles was elected President, and it was resolved to send a
deputation to announce to his Majesty the installation of the
Congress. .

On the 3d inst. the States of Hanover finished
their Session, and were prorogued accordingly. Desidesvoting
the usual taxes, an important Law was passed for the gradual
extinction of the National Debt, under the administration' of
the Fiscal College of' the- States. Another important measure
was passed, namely, a Decree ordering a general amelioration
of the Highways and Roads throughout the Kingdom of
Hoover.

/101TERARY NOTICE.
:4111)e LOVA .ima'4NATrONAL SONGS of ENGLAND;
4ctect frpnt, OriainisUlanuseripts and early printed copies
Übe Libriry of WitLIAM KITCIIIMER,
'.lt is somewhat f unusual for us to review a
work of :Ific nature of that now before us,
and although it certainly cannot be considered
as properly described_ by our head " Literary
Notice," yet from the landible character of the
undertaking, and the taste and judgment which
mark its performance, we cannot deny ourselves
the gratification of introducing to the notice of
our readers the "..Loyal and National Songs of
England." The author, Dr. KITCIIINER, has of
late, from the variety and interest of his nume-
rous productions, established a strong claim 1
to public attention, and the present work evinces
the same care, attention, and research which
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have invariably distinguished his former pub-
licationB. , 'rho object of the work before
us. (as the Doator himself tells us in his pre-
liminary ,observations) is to prove, in direct con-
tradiction to the hitherto generally received
opinion, ,that, -the English have no " National
Songs," that no ot'l►er nation has half so many
loyal or National Songs. \The Doctor claims the
merit of being the first who has made this asser-
tion, which he -hopes the. contents of his first
number sufficiently 'justify. We can readily
allow theta more proper person could not have
been selected for the accomplishment of so
patriotic an undertaking as in collecting,
into one work, the, beauties of our best Na-
tional Composers..;., Possessed of the most exten-
sive and. valuable. Musical
.Library, a man of
ordinary powers might select materials sufficient
for the formation of a highly interesting volume,
but in ,addition to the works' of a formida-
ble list of composert, which appears in the pages
of his introduction, the Doctor brings a correct
and discriminating taste. Ile is not a man to be de-
terred from the accomplishment of his undertak-
ing, by either mental or corporeal labour; he
sees at. one view the commencement and the com-
pletion of his task, and plunges fearlessly into
the sea of literature, regardless of the shoals and
quicksands which are ever ready to engulph the
frail bark of an author. In addition to the ex-
cellent collection of Melodies, which occupy the
body of the boOk, are some judicious observa-
tions on the character and composition of the
various songs•. The Doctor regrets, that from the
improper emphasis used by most of the singers
of the present day, an ineffective expression is
conveyed. to the words of a song, and to obviate
this fault he has (as a specimen to shew how effee-
tive.einging may be rendered). carefully adapted
theaii of " God save the King" to each verse,
'and accented . each syllable with dactyl and
spondee, •On the whole, we have every reason to
(`congratulate Dr. K1TC111;i1EIL o►► the success of
his attempt to establish our NatiOnal
and trust that the laudable motive and able exe-
cution of his volume will ensure to it the notice
and attention to which it is so well entitled.