The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-10 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

LISBOW, MAY 17.—in the sitting or the Cortez
this day, Senhor Fonseca Rangel gave an account of the depute-
tion that was sent to the palace of Bemposta to wait on his Ma-
jesty, anti officially announce the assembly of the Extraordinary
Cortes. He read the speech which he had made to his Majesty
on the occasion, and the King's answer, in which he repeated
his resolution to maintain the constitution, and the liberty and
thedignity of the nation at air hazards, and his firm confidence
that the just cause would triumph.,
MAY 19.—The Government has received tor-day various dis.
pitches from the military authorities of Tras-os-Montes,
3.linho, and. Beira, giving an account of the reports spread in
Tras.os-Montes, by persons who'received letters from the fac-
tious, who send to that province emissaries with letters, in
whkh they'give all kinds of alarming intelligence, such as the
approach of Silveira's troops with many thousand French,
proclaiming absolute power and the destruction of the consti.
tution, &c. .
General Pe go writes on the frith from Mirandeila, that the
Spaniards bad" abandoned Zamora, which Merino had entered
with his guerillas, with which he was proceeding towards Sala.
manca ; that the few troops that had left Zamora were gone to
Astorga, to join General Morino; and that Silveira was on the
10th at Valderas, near Valladolid, and said to be coming to.
wards our frontiers.
Generals I'ego and Aparicio, as well as the Governcors of'
Minho and Porto, immediately took measures tcr support the
march of the troops returning to their quarters.
The Government received part of this news on the 17th by
the steam-boat, and to guard against any attack by Silveira, as.
silted by the guerillas, in the van of the French army, either to
the north or to the south of the Douro, sent on the same day,
by special messengers, orders to station on the frontiers of Trio'.
os-Montes., anti on the banks of the Coa, all the troops of the
three provinces of the north that can be spared, besides those of
the south under Generals Peg° and Aparicio. Other measures
are likewise ordered.

General Pego is to command all the troops in Tras-os-
nintes, and Marshal Vasconcellos all those in Beira.
31 ay 20.-..8y the last news from Braganza, we find that
General Morino was 10 leagues from that city, This must na.
turally he an obstacle to any surprise that the factious may
intend,- and facilitate the communications with Spain on that
side.

MAY 22.—1 n the Sitting of the Cones to-day there was a
very lorig debate on the first article of the letter Convoking the
Extraordinary Cortes, respecting the understanding of which
there was a difference of opinion. In the Sitting of the 20th,
Sr. Abbade do Medroes had said, that the present Cortes hay.
inges, been convoked for various purposes one of which was the
the nation, determining on
safety and defence ofthe proposals
which the Government should make to this end, he desired to
be Informed whether a Deputy"
'
was permitted to make a mo-
tion on the subject; to which the President replied, that every
Deputy might express his idea on the subject, if he strictly
confined himself to the safety and defence of the Country ; and
that it was for this purpose the Cortes has appointed a Com-
mittee with that title. The President, however, afterwards
said, that on examining the first article of the Circular., he
found that he had been mistaken. Many Deputies then rising
together to speak, it was resolved, that this matter should be
diseuised in the next Sitting, before the order of the day. The
question was, in fact, whether the article, confining their de
m -
bates te.the easures which should be proposed by the Govern-
ment, did not clash with the article of the ConStitution which
gives the Cortes the initiation of the laws.
Many Members spoke at great length. M. Moura, who as a
Member of the Permanent Deputation had concurred in draw-
ing up the circular letter, spoke in defence of the terms in which
it was conceived, and other Memberewarmly
supported him ;
among others was M. Freire, who said that as the Extraor-
dinary Cones could only meet for determined obleets, which
could be fixed-only by the King or the Permanent Deputation,
it followed that to discuss any other subjects was the same as if
the assembly should convoke itself extraordinary, which would
be a manifest violation of the Constitution.
M. Trigoso proposed that the Extraordinary Cortes may
treat of all subjects relative to the public safety, as soon as the
permanent deputation has declared the situation of the country
to be dangerous. After some further debate it was resolved—
lit, that the subject was sufficiently discussed; then, by 55 to
46 • votes, that there was ground to vote upon rt.,
Trigoso's motion was put and rejected. and then M.

NEW PORTUGUESE LOAN.
We translate from a Lisbon Paper the following oflifial ac•
count of a New Partuguese Loan :

MINISTRY Gt."fIN.\NCE.

"The Government, authorised by the decree 'of the Cortes of
the Bth of March of the current year, has determined to open a
Loan in :the .Public National Treasury' under the followins
conditions :

" I. The capital to be borrowed shall be 800 millions of refs
in debentures, made payable to the bearer none for less than
100 milrees, the halt of which at least shall consist of metal
and paper in equal parts, and the rest of cedulat of the General
Treasury of the Troops and Commissariat.
.‘.‘ 2. The money and the bills shall be brought into the National
Treasury, and-the bearers shall receive interim receipts till they
receive regular vouchers.
""a. The capital of every debenture shalkield an annual re.
turn' of 5 per cent. per annum, payable half yearly, commenc-
ing from the date of the Payment into the public treasury.
" 4. The admission of money and cedula: will not take place
till the 15th July of the current year, when the loan shall be
completed.
" 5. There shall be set apart every year, till the complete
extinction of the loan, a fund equal to 7
per cent. of the ca
tal, which shall be applied for the payment of interest, and for
the gradual extinction of the debentures at the market price.
The administration. of this fund to be confided to the Bank of
.I..4sibon, if it agree to undertake the some, or otherwise to a
commission of Capitalists or Merchants of this City.
" Orders shall be given thattlie Public National Treasury be
opened for the reception of the money and cedules from the
20th current—say 20th May, 1823.
" The ccdulos rose from 75 OA to 80 OA."

SWIMMING --- number of experirnents have
lately been made at Paris, with a swimming machine, called
a rouanette, from the name of the inventor, .111, Ronan. It is
made of tin, and has the appearkice of two Cones lengthened
into a tapering ,form;and very strongly united. It is fixed
under the arm pits, and whoever has it on may cross a river,
even if loaded with it bur4len2 without any apprehension.