The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-06 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

Ovoirro, Noir...l6.—fiaiin.g_ received tO-day,
the Diitrio do Governo of the nth inst. we hasten
to print and- circulate it, in order to tranquillize•
the public, and to calm,those apprehensions which
the-iiriperfect, very yartons, and very incorrect
accounts of the events of last Saturday might
justly excite in the minds of ail prudent persons,
-who.,cannot view with indifference. what is pass:
ing:L:f Here follows the account of the Address,
of the •Judge of Lisbon to Gen. Texeira, request-
ing him.to have the Spanish Constitution:pro!.
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Raving published the above Representation we
'pow give; to satisfy the public curiosity, the re-
solution which the body Of the four-and-twenty

(Casados rinte equarlo) of Lisbon had previously,
taken on the Subject. It is as follows : •
" It was. uniformly represented by them all,
by virtue Of the poWers with which they are le-
gally invekted, and as Representatives of all the
Corporations (Greinios) of this 'City, they required
that the. wise and worthy Preparatory Jtinta
should be informed, that it was the opinion and',
wish of the said Corporations,- that the Ilempers
to represent the nation in the Cortes should be
elected without distinction • from the general,
,mass of the nation ; that to obtain this end, the
same,. forms be followed as- are fixed by the
Spanish Constitution, only changing it inasmuch
as relates to the population, because this is
the wish of the enlightenedjovers of their coun-
try, corroborated by the experience of the eood
result in .Spain itself; and, consequently, any idea
ought to be rejected of a convocation such as was
formerly practised, the effects of which' would
:render useless the honourable efforts gloriouSly
made.to obtain a free Constitution suitable to
the ideas of the age and to our wants ; and they
urgently request the worthy Junta to take into
serious consideration the present•wish, as repre-
senting the desire of a considerable numbdr of
citizens belonging to, the said Corporations, lovers
of their Sovereign and their country, whom they
-desire to benefit by the fortunate moment, and
unite for its happy political regeneration.
VERISSI4IO JOSA DA VEIGA, Clerk (Escrivao.")
And the representation of the garrison of Lis-
bon Was as follows.

" The military corps of the garrison of Lisbon
knowing, by the annexed certificate (vide supra)
that the People of this capital had already made
known to the Provisional Preparatory Junta
of the Cortes, that it desired our first National
Congress to be convoked in the manner fixed'
by the Spanish Constitution, uniting in the ge-
neral wish of the natistn, they respectfully intreat
the same wise Junta, by the medium of the Offi-
cers whose names are hereunto annexed, to con-
sider the wish expressed in the representation of
the People as their own, since they find theabove
method of convocation is the only one which can
conduct us to the attainment of a liberal Consti-

tution.
'" Lisbon, Oct. 27, 1520." [The Signaturesl
The Proclamation of the Government to the
Portuguese nation, with the scheme proposed for
the election of the Cortes, was,dated the 31st of
October ; and the circular letter, with- instruc-
tions to the Magistrates who were to preside at
the election, was dated the Bth of November..
The Judge,-Joavo Alves, communicated, on the
Bth, the above document to General Texiera,
requiring his concurrence ; and it is to these same
documents, hitherto unpublished, that the same
Judge alludes hi his other letter to the General,
where he says, that the Preparatory Junta- had
not acceded to the wishes of the People and the
Army.