The Sun.
London, England, 1820-09-20 00:00:00

REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL.

[From the Lisbon Papers.]
We have been favoured with a copy of the
Extraordinary Gazette of Lisbon, Nos. 1, and 2,
of the date of the 2d September, from'which we
have made the following important Extracts
4' It -having been titinounted.:,by the Proclama-
tiotr...t.f.titeir. Excellencies. the Governors. of -the
kingdom, that a Rieyolutiou had ,broken. out in •
the city of Oporto-on the 24th ult., we can now
with the greater -satisfaction .uaake, known, that
hapi49.Y•th I)P:winces of. Eeiya, Alentejo, aud.
A lgaa-ve, remain. tranqUil,..with almost a. certainty,
that_ in that of„ rias-os-Niontes' there. likewise
retgus, 'the
.sikrne tranquillity : the loyal and
honeyr4ll..conduct..which.the Governor
.of the
forGess of .Elvai Jolla Lobo Bran-
.
clao,ae Almeida., and, the other authorities, both
CWitand.Military-, who had, on the occasion, re-
ceived an intimation from the .. Provisional Go-
. yeytmnent,of Oporte„.inViting them tO,unite with
th4t.„,C4ovrtlnent, dese'rves . the. greatest, praise.
T 15,0 ,ilOnotirabie alfctwertlty penv.al, according
to‘44t: he wrote ou the .30th ult. to
~ the present
'• Con:pander, of, the Army, I.kie.t4enaut-General
.Fta:nciscode Paula Leite., as soon as he:received
' the, above, communication,, called together the
co!.OuloAder Of.that fortress, Brigadier Alaximiano.
de 131-I z. tO Moenlic),. Brigadier John. de Sil--
ve4 de and, ku, Consequence. Of the
as ..61rt of ,the_three,..all other .Authorities,
Ecciesi*iCal Military, and. Civil. the Nobility,
sand tlie,l'eople,,we.re.;c.ullecl together, and. t'o'ted
una.fiopuo,y rotest:—
THE DECLARATION OF -THE AUTHORITIES,' EC-

:,Cj,,cSIASTICAL, CIVIL, AND MILITARY, 'rue NO
BILI.TY.AND PECqLE., O,F
,TIIE:.CITy OF ELVAS.
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" Ott the
.30th of the month of August', 1820:
in this city and fortress,Of Elves the authorities
eccjesiastical, -.civil, and military, having beer
ctinyolted at the head-quarters of the most illus
trions and excellent Lieutenant-General Johi
LOho Brandao de Almeida; together with the
people of. the same, represented by the Senate,
:and- having all met, it was represented to them
by:the said Lieutenant-General, that last night
.there was received, by the Captain of the 11th
regiment of cavalry, Antonio de ,Lima Beret°.
Praca, a .ileipatch signed by Francisco Gomes
delSilva, acting as Secretary to the Provisional
. Junta of the supreme government of the king-
. doing installed in the city of Oporto, on the 2-11
• inst.,witha.Proclamation, to all the Portuguese,
telling' upon- them to recognise it as such, and
with, one accord to approve of the convocation of
the Cortes, and the new Constitution which may
afterwards be established for .the government of
these kingdoms, accompanied by -a singular Pro-
- demotion to the soldiers, and by the form of the
_ aath which all were bound to take; the prompt ex-
ecution of all these orders being required. Anti as
• soon as these abovementioned documents were read
in-the presence of all, it was asked -what consi-
deration they should receive, and what steps
should be taken regarding their object. It was
unanimously determined, that 411 having once
sworn fidelity and obedience to .our august Mo-
narch John VI., and in his absence, to the Go-
s'rernors of the kingdom, it belonged to the latter
• alone to decide on the presimt point, and that
;they ought in consequence to be informed of it,
. since obedience was the sole duty of all subjects,
• obliged, as • they were, ,to adhere to the oath
which they had-.sworn. And moreover it was
. agreed that the President of the Town Council.
on receiving an invitation to that purpose, should
take the means that appeared to him the most
proper
.to maintain the peace and tranquillity of
the city, pointing out to the people the injurious
consequence and sad results of the contrary sys-
tem. ••As it is the duty of the Commanders of the
military corps of this garrison, they were requir-
ed to preserve their subalterns in the same ()be-
- dience and subordination to the existing Govern-
ment ivhich they have hitherto preserved, unless
the contrary shonld be deterrnined. All this
being agreed upon, a minute of - the proceedings
was ordered tO.be.draWtt'up, and all present pro-
mised,to comply therewith, and .sigiiod-it.
Eltwr,:Augt 30,1820." ,
inere.•follow the signatures of the Lteut.-Governor and
ethers,]
'c The conduct of Lieutenant-Gen-
eral. Anto-
nio MarCellina de Victoria -is -no less,worthy of
praise., He having received fi;om the military
chief of Beira a similar intimation to that which
we 'have mentioned above, loyally and honoura-
bly rejected itrmaking the necessary proviSions
relative to the troops and garrison of his pro-

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COPY OF A DISPATCH WHICH TH E CORREGIDOR OF THE.DISTRI CT
OF VILLA-REAL, DIRECTED TO THE OFFICE OF THE I STEN!),
ANT- GENERAL OF POLICE, DATED THE eSTH OF AUGUST
LAST. 4

" Most illustrious Sir, Intendant-Genezal of the Police of
the capital of the kingdom,— ••
l'-he,4lay before yefterday.l happened to be. in Modim de-
Chnimeieing the Correctional proceedings. of !hid and
the adjacent'''ldwns,, when I received the dispatch of the
Conde de ,Atnaratiti, General of this provioce, of which.lsuh-
j7,in a copy..„l immediately set out for this citty,_and arrived
-here on the saint- day. I found all hi' perfect-tranquillity,
and have a'well-founded lg/elk:it the pnblic..peace will not •
he disturbed. ,'To el4y. 1 have received aualier dispatch,
and already those.steps taken which it commands. You
'must better informed of the events that have•tiiken place
Oporto Ilian I am, and I shall never Ire negligent. in taking
the means which, may he thoitglit proper, and . in communi-
cid ing what occurs; but I can affirm with certainty that there
. •
ierlo symptom of the Contagion licit.. •
27." '
..[Here follow_copies of tile. dispatches. referred to above
which contain .nothing nova
PitOd.AMATION 'FOR AS'SEMBLING TEIt CORTES.
I'he following Proclamation has. been sent to all the tri-
bunals and -public oflices,;*nd ordered .to be posted in all pub-
Mc pltlCes;r,-r .
•
Nirtugu'ese,—The -66vCraiirs of 7the, kingdom, persuaded
of the innriinent.danger wleiciolie.nation and Or monarchy
incur if the cpsjs
.produced hythq.itvurrection of Oporto be
prolonged," and -iitiploying 'the' e'gtraordinary powers Which
have beerrlnitierrend 1;5, tbeif instructions in ur-
g.ent,cases,,p,fter licar.wg I,be-lapipion of a great number of
.persons iiiiO4ed in the Council ot his Majesty,4nd conspi
coolVi'mnong' the different'classl,S of nib nation, have'resol red,
nut turd, to ;convoke the Cortysi
.s.ovyi9ating joupetltately,a
.Commission„
,for the purpose of
pr,ogeudipg with the arrapgements necessary for the prinuot
as'ernblinir same. "th'e Governors of the kingdom
tripe that a measure whielLSAldecidedif Troves• their deer-
ruination to attend to the complaints and listen to the wishes
of the nation, will immediately unite in a legitimate and
cot.7.:nion centre the whole people, and that all classes of

tri►ics it is composea will acknowledge (be necessity of "such
an union, to avoid the threatening evils of anarchy, of
civil
war, and perhaps a.dissolution of the Monarchy.
" Lisbon,yalace of the Govern,went, Sept. I.
(Signed) . '• CARDINAL PATRIARCH,
" MARQUEZ DE BORBA,
• " CONDE DE PENICHE,
4, CONDE DA FELItA,
" ANTONIO C;OMEZ RIBERIO."
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