The Sun.
London, England, 1820-09-13 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

.THE REVOLUTION AT OPORTO.

The following Letter from Oporto, dated Au-
g4t-c2S, contains the only additional intelligence
that has Arrived mince what we yesterday corn-
invalicated.—The contents of this letter will be
foun4 extremely interesting. They detail with
precision the events that took place at Oporto on
the't4th ult. :

Oroara, Mille. 4R.—Desirous that ydushoeld participate
in-the important occurrences of the 24th in this city, I take
. this opprolunity of lamming yon of what happened. On the
2401, at half-past four o'clock in the morning, the Castle fired
-a Royal. salute of artillery, ane,eunciog to-the inhabitants the
say which had been appointed for a. change ut Guyer/ninon.
From two o'clock the troops had been unites- arms at their
.stoeeters; at half,past elAtit they man-twit to the Praca :Vourt,
l)oplace at which the Magistrates held the. Se*Sions hi -the
. Town House, aesionspattied- by all the artillery and artillery-
men, well mounted; and Were surrounded by the chvally of
the place, sonic mounted and Othets dismounted. At ten
• 'o'clock tlve Magistrates vvere asietnided, and at half-post
too the Ri,;'r. 13ishop atrired, to whom the military, as-is cns-
aomary uU liis.-appearanee'lief4i them, fired a salute. He
was fullcieved try the Canabarro,the rhilitary Governor, as well
as the ChiefMagiSr rate, the JoirttoPovo, and in short all the
-ot • coneequente in this city. I should have men-
tiumed before, thaVat half-past serer o'clock a printed Procla-
niatien was stnek.up in the most conspicuous situations by a
ierjerult-majtir and eight soldiers. ,Tne first step taken by
the Magistrates was to Bead this proclamation immediately.
they assembled, and this ceremony having been performed,
each of them addressed the persons around them. • Lieut.
4.:ulonet Cihriera, and. tbe'Colonel of the Regiment of Sepul-,
. vide, also deliertcd their sentiments on the occasion, pointing
hat the real state of the country and the suffelings of the people,
'mho! 41m-olio; thew eft Weir resolution to limn a Provisional
.4.loverument, and the establishment Rf a Cortes to form a new
CoristnotWo....Tivey then took the• oath, which all signed in
' the following order Antssnio Selveira -.throttler of the
-(ieneral oethat nacho), the. two Colonels above mentioned ;
.then the Bishop, Joie do POt-o, 'on the pat of the Poor ; F.
-Lour, •R Benedictine Monk, Minister of the .Univsersitv of
Colillbflt, On the part of the Clergy ; and, lastly, two filer-
-chants, as the representatives orthe commercial portion of the
ibliabitana of Oporto. All the customary ceremonies were
sosserved as on emit occasiops. The whole party afterwards
• nevJetheir appearance in a balcony, from whence they pro-
claimed to the people and troops, -who Were in the square
Long live King John la !' Long lire the PrOvisi-
'heal =Government, from whom
•Constitution is to be
chtained:' The , people. and Military expressed their satis-
faction by repeated- cheers; and a sky rocket was thin let
During the whole of these peoceedinge the greatest
order wens :observed, 'and every thing remained as (inlet
as- it nothing had happened. The people returned to their
7:omes, and the troops filed off :to their quarters at St.
thido, velrere they deposited their arms, after which the two
'colonels aboveinentioned Were carried on the back of
the soldiers through the principal streets, proclaiming
them. their Generals. At. six o'cicptk _in the evening a
4.:aptain's grtard was marched to the office of Government,
end at right o'clock •an Older arrived for the opening of the
:theatre, which was attended by butbutte Governors. The box'of
'the King was thrown open, when pieces suited to the occa-
sion were performed. Troops are arriving from all towns
-end villages in this hart of the kingdom, with the exception
of Guimarens arid
.Viatnera, which do not 'choose to take the
oath. All the towns as far as Coimbra, it is said, have de-
claVed tor the Provisional Government."—(Jforuing Paper.)