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London, England, 1823-07-02 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

LISBON, JuNE 17.
The Gazette contain a letter from his Majcsty to the Cardi-
mud Patriarch, informing him that the causes-which occasioned
him to leave the kingdom having happily ceased, it will be de-
sirable thathe should return as soon as possible to his diocese.
A decree of the 11th of June orders that all the religious
communities of the monasteries, convents, colleges, &c. which
were suppressed by the law of the 24th of October 1822. shall
be restored and reinstated in the possession and enjoyment of
the property and revenues which they enjoyed before the elv.e-
cution of the laid law.

In this Gazette are various addresses, and some proclamations
of the Count Amarante.

(From the Gazette of June 18.)
Since the general revolution of Europe has been contrived in
darkness, there have appeared, from time to time, various
champions of chimerical liberty, bold enthusiasts, who have
done every thing to tempt the people, by the fantastic promises
of demagogues, and took advantage of this fatal illusion for the
general overthrow of good order. Among the Quixottes who
come to the Peninsula to offer their good services, such as a
Pepe, the Neapolitan General, and others of the same
stamp, we are surprised to see a Sir Robert Wilson, who dis-
tinguished himself in the Peninsular war ; but such is'the spi-
rit of party, that it transform's into ridiculous knight-errants of
rebellion, those who ought to be the defenders of legitimate go-
vernments.—=See the following extract of a letter received from
Oporto, and dated the 10th of this month ;--
" After Sir Robert Wilson bad left this city, with his corn-
panions, an individual who had accompanied him returned, and
stated that the said Wilson had been ill received by the people
at
Briga who kept him prisoner for two days, in a house, with
a sentinel Overhim ; that intending afterwards to pass by Viana,
in the direction of Tui, accompanied by an escort, they learned
by an officer that Viana 4as in commotion, for which reason
they resolved to return to Oporto, requesting permission to
enter, on their word of honour not to interrneddle in the politi-
cal affairs of Portugal, this was refused, because his revolu-
tionary character was well known, us well as his intimate con-
nexion with the Ex-Governors Barros and Geraldes, who were
tenacious defenders of the subversive constitutional system:
" While an escort was preparing to accompany this emissary,
it was found that Wilson and his companions had entered in
the night, and being sent for, he appeared with two other
Englishmen, one of whom said his name was Light, and that
he was a Colonel, and the other Erskine, and in rank a Captain.
" After they had been reproached with a conduct so worthy
of censure, they received Orders immediately to quit the city for
Caminha, to be embarked. for Gallicia, being accompanied
by an escort of cavalry, to the frontiers of Portugal. Sir R.
Wilson assented, after considerable altercation, calling himself
a Spanish General, though he actually had on the simple uni-
form of the National Guard of Vigo, and that he wait a Mem-
ber of tbe British Parliament, though it was well known from
the public papers that be hid abandoned his post.
" It being observed, that a Spanish officer was not in the
company, .whom the first emissary had declared to be with
Sir Robert Wilson, it appeared, after a strict inquiry, that
this individual had separated from the others, and was at
an English inn, where he was found, and conducted to the
palace of the government. Ile said his name was D. Miguel
Maria Rodriguez, and' that he was aid-de-camp to. General
Ballasteroit. . •
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mander of the escort, fixing the first stage at Casal de Pedro,
the second in the environs of Viana, without entering the town,
and the third at Caminha.
" Since their departure two letters for Sir Robert Wilson
have been intercepted. The first is dated Vigo, 6th June,
from J. Escario, political chief of Vigo. The writer ac-
knowledges the receipt of letters from Sir Robert of the 3d,
g.iving him an account of • the departure of the King from
-Lisbon; and observes that the proceedings of the Portuguese
army place the Spanish Constitutionalists in a critical situation."
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Carneiro passed through that city, and en the 16th the Ex-de-
puty Felqueiras, junior, on their way to their destination.
They write from Elves, that a party of Spaniards had ar-
rived there, belonging to a patriotic society at Badajos, with
a quantity of plate which they had stolen. The plate was de-
posited with the Magistrates to be restored to the owners, and
they were ordered to quit the city.
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Lisnox, JuVE 20

DECREE.
" Considering fhat the Constitution of 1022, founded on vain'
theories, incompatible with the ancient habits, opinions, and
wants of the Portuguese nation, far from attaining the end
which its authors announced, was in contradiction to the mo-
narchical 'principle which it appeared to consecrate, ill adapted
' to conciliate and to maintain the rights and interests of the
various classes of the State, and incapable of. uniting the
minds of all the citizens, I judged it necessary to yield to the
general and spontaneous with of the ration, convinced by me.
lanchely experience of the sinister intentions of the disorganiz-
ing faction, and to declare this Constitution void dc jure, as it
hall already, been found inexecutable and absurd.
" In conformity, therefore, with the dearest wishes of my
royal heart, and with the sincere promises which I made in my
proclamations and declarations, effectually to promote the hap.
pines of my subjects, by means of' institutions, which, on the
one hand, may restore to the throne on.which Divine Provi-
dence has placed me the grandeur and consideration which be-
come it, and on the other hand secure to the Portu.smese the
Solidity and duration of the individual rights; and ionsider-
ing that the ancient fundamental law of the monarchy cannot
now as it formerly did, fully answer the ends which I have
conceived in my paternal mind, unless it be accommodated to
the actual state of civilization, to the relations of the various
parts of which the Portuguese monarchy is composed,
and to
the forms of thb representative governments which are esta-
blished in Europe, I have thought fit to appoint a Junta to
prepare the plan of a fundamental law Of Portuguese
the Pouguese mon-
archy, trusting that the said Junta will apply, with the most
assiduous and sincere attention, to fulfil the important task
which 1 have entrusted to them ; and will, with the least
possible delay, submit to my royal approbation the new
fundamental la*,-which, regulated by the sound principles of
public law, may establish in perfect harmony the exercise of the
supreme power, and the permanent legal securityof the people;
opening the roads which may conduct the public adounistra,
tion, by progressive amelioration, to that degree of perfection
which is compatible with human institutions, and fix at once
the future destinies and the prosperity of the Portuguese Mo-
narchy. The said Junta shall be couiposed of 14 Aleinbers,
named in the subjoined list, signed Magnoel Ignacio Martini
Pamplona ; Corte Real, Member of my Council ; and shall he
preceded by the Conde de Pahnella, Minister of State for Po-
; reign Affairs.

(Signed) " By his MAJESTY.
" Palace of Bernposta, June 18. 11123."
LIST OF' THE JUNTA.
'Antonio Jose Owls° ; Archbishop. of Evora; Francisco de
lorjaGarcao Stockeler ; F. M. 1 ngosode Aragao Alorato ;
J. de Sousa Pinto de Alagalliaes ; S. Ant. Feria tie Carvalho ;
J. A de Oliviera beite ; J. J. Rodriques di Bostos ; J. Al.
I)antas Pereira; U. Manoel de Portugol ; M. V. Teixeira de
Carvallio ; Marquez .de ; Alonsenhor (fordo; Ricardo
itaymundo Nogneira.
(Signed)

M. J. M. PAMPLONA.
cos'ro REAL.
Palace of Bempoata, June 11), 11W.
COILUN'A, Julia D.
A privateer, fitted out here by some Biscayan gentlenieN has
taken two prizes, one of them laden with coffee, froth St. Do-
mingn is estimated at 110,000 dollars ; the other at 10,000.
,
VlOO, Juxv 17.
Sir Robert Wilson, -Colonel Light, Captain Erskine, and
Lieutenant Elliot, arrived .here on Friday evening; they left
Oporto on the oth, but were so roughly treated by the popula-
tion at Braga, where they were detained two days, that they
were obliged to return to Oporto under protection of the mili-
tia; on their return they were immtsliattly made prisoners, and
again sent off without being allowed a moment's rest, by way
of Viana and Bayona.
31orillo has advanced from Lugo towards some small parties
of Frence, who have lately been at Villa Franca and Astorga,
but have fallen. back to Valencia or to Leon.
Some troops were sent opt from hence a few days since to