The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-30 00:00:00

FROM OPORTO.

" Senhor—With the most .profound respect we place in your
Majesty's royal hand, a copy of the act which was drawn up
on this memorable day, and applauded with public demon-
strations of true patriotism by the' loyal inhabitants of this
city. -
If your Majesty will do us the honour to read this act, you
will see that all -true Portuguese being sensibly affected by the
grief which overwhelmed your Majesty's royal heart, at the
unhappy situation in winch the nation was placed, they took
the glorious resolution to recognize the happy government of
your Majesty. reitoring your Royal person, and that of your
august and vtrtuous Consort, to the legitiMate rights of which
you have hem perfidiously despoiled.
" Called in consequence to exercise provisionally the func-
tions specified in the certificate which we likewise lay before
your Majesty, we are going immediately to enter on the exer-
cise of them, with the firm hope of meriting the approbation of
' your Majesty, and of justifying the confidence placed in us.
Ood preserve the precious life of your Majesty, as we desire,
end as is necessary for the whole nation.
" Oporto, in the Palace of the Council, June 4, 1823.
" JOAO, Bishop of Porto.
" JOSE JOAQtJIM DA ROZA COEI4IIO.
" BASILIO TEIXEIRA CARDOZO 1)A SAVE-
DRA. FREIRE.
" The Secretary LUIZ DE BA RBOZO MENDONCA.
" The Secretary of War JOAO R E BEI RO VIA NNA."

[ Here follow the proceedings at length both at Oporto and
Coimbra, and the names of the persons present.]
These documents destroy all the false reports which the ene-
mies of order and of the happiness of the nation have taken
pleasure in circulating relative to the public spirit of the inha-
bitants of Oporto and Coimbra. They serve, on the contrary,
to prove indisputably, the general and unanimous disposition of
all minds against the system which governed us, and in favour
of that which, happily for the Portuguese, is just established,
and the consolidation of which is guaranteed both by the gene-
ral adherence attire people and the beneficent intentions of the
Sovereign.
It is not only from Oporto or Coimbra that such documents
have been received, but' from Campomaior, Evora, Aveiro,
Castello-Branco, Laniego, Elves, and, in short, from every
place that letters could bereceived to.day, the Government have
similar or authentic testimonies of the enthusiasm wuh which
the people have every where declared in favour of a Govern-
ment which is to restore to the Monarch all the dignity which
is his due, as well as all the respect, power, and prerogatives,
inherent in royalty and sovereignty. Ina subsequent number
we shall offer to our readers the whole of the documents that
we have spoken of. Mean time, desiring clearly to shew the
purity of his Majesty's,intentions
, we add, that though many
of these documents speak of absolute power, yet our august
Menarch, firmly persisting in the elevated pruiciples which he
at various times announced, constantly refuses such a system,
and abides by the sentiments expressed both in the two pro-
clamations of his Majesty,'and in that of the Infant Don
:11i Duel.
An important circumstance, which ought to be published as
soon as possible, and which proves that the recent change in
our political system is a consequence of the general will of the
nation, and not of a part of it, or of a fact ion, and which chews
the unanimity-of sentiments in this respect is, that the places
in which. there was no military garrison are urse which 'have
most spontaneously and decadely declared against a system
which promised so-many blessings, anti caused so' many evils,
in favour of one which avoided so many evils and procured us
so niany blessings