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projects to the Cortes, which are to be installed on'
the Ist of December, 1824; immediately after their
installation. • •
In the Sitting of the 28th, mention was made of
some disturbances that had taken place at Castello
Branco, at the elections for the Cortes.
In the Sitting •f the 29th, the Committee of the
Constitution gave its opinion on the motion of some
of the Deputies of St. Paulo, who proposed that the
Representatives of those provinces which adhered to
the Prince Regent, should be declared to he no longer
the Representatives of these said provinces.
The Committee thought that it was not clear that
the inhabitants desired to separate from Portugal,
though the Governments of the Provinces might ;
that their representatives were still bound to attend
the Cortes. But as orders are not issued both from
Portugal and Rio Janeiro, to the several Provinces,
for she convocation of the different Cortes, the Com-
mittee think this is the most favourable moment for
the people to express their wishes, and if they name
Deputies to the Cortes of Brazil, the Deputies of
those Provinces which shall make such nominations,
will be clewed from attending this Congress.
After a long debate, in the Sitting of the 30th, the
opinion of the Committee was 2pproved of with the
following addition But it is not, therefore, ro be
understOd that these provinces are separated."
The Diario has a lung article to shew•the advan-
tages that would arise from making Lisbon a free
port ; and in order to disprove a repot t that England
prohibited all Portuguese produce, not coming direct
from Brazil, to silence this calumny, and put to shame
the calumniators of the liberal English natibn, and

bear new testimony to its noble character, inserts, in
English and Portuguese, the 18th article, of chap. 43,
of the 3d of Geo. IV. respecting foreign importation.

The French Papers of Tuesday have reached ns.
The trial of BERTON and his accomplices is drawing
towards a conclusion. The Advocates of the remain-
ing accused terminated their pleadings on the Bth.
The next express will probably bring us intelligence
of the verdict of the Jury.

A Decree-was signed on the ISth ult. by the Em-
peror of &MIAs for closing the Masonic Lodges in
his dominions.
Letters from Saint Jean Pied de Port announce
that the Trappist, at the head of 150 to 200 men,
had made a junction with the army of QUESADA.
Large quantities of arms and ammunition are daily
deposited there.

It is said that the Cordon Sanitaire will be removed
on the 16th, if no symptom of fever at that time
appears in Spain. A line of troops of observation
will be maintained on the frontier, and no person will
be allowed to pass either way without being subject
to quarantine.
Madrid Papers of the 30th nit. had reached Paris
on Monday last, and we are enabled to collect the sub-.
stance of their contents from the French Journals.

An Address to the KING has been presented by the
new Ministers, requesting him to convoke tip Extra-
ordinary Cones. This Address, which all the Minis-
ters signed, is stated to be in the following terms:

The evils of constitutional Spain are numerous, but they are
all susceptible of a complete cure, if the strong hand which re.
stoves the obstacles unite with the creative hand which must
furnish the indispensable resources. The nation alone, repre-
sented by its Deputies, can supply all that is wanted; and the Mi-
nisters would be unworthy of the confidence of your Majesty and
of the Public, if they did not, with that frankness which has al-
-1 ways characterized their conduct, make this declaration.
" These motives, which are in their view so important, in-
duce them to demand of your Majesty a speedy convocation of
Cortes Extraordinary, who shall be exclusively occupied with
such business as we shall submit to your approbation, and a
prompt decision on which is of the greatest importance.
" The nation, deeply sensible of its existing situation, desires
this convocation ; the perfect restoration of public confidence re-
quires it ; and we hope that the constitutional Monarch, so en-
tirely identified with the interests of his people, will accede to
their wish and to ours, by giving in this manner the most bril-
liant testimony of his paternal zeal for the public cause.

K May GOD long preserve the important life of your Majesty,
for the benefit of the heroic Spanish nation.
" Done in the Palace, August 28."

It is said in one of the French Papers that the Ex-
traordinary Cortes are convoked for the 25th of the
present month, and that the KING signed the Decree
to that effect on the morning of the 24th of August;
but the latter part of this statement must be erro-
neous, as, from the date of the Ministerial Address,
it appears that it could not have been presented before
the 28th. It is added that the KING was unwilling
to order the convocation, but that the Ministers de-
clared they would resign, and publish their reasons
for their conduct if he did not comply.
General Dziwzmus O'DALT, who commanded
under RIIIGO when he declared for the Constitution
in 1820, is appointed Military Commandant of the
Province of Madrid, in lieu of General Corows. The
latter is reproached with yielding to family consider-
ations, in order to favour two Officers of the Royal
Guard, who are confined in the prisons of Madrid.
These Officers are named Mows and BON VENUTI.—
The Council of State has decided that they shall be
tried by an ordinary Court Martial, a.nd not by one
composed of General Officers,as Corona had intended.
The Ultra Marine Minister, VADILLO, arrived at
Madrid on the evening of the 28th. It is said that
his colleagues only waited for his arrival to adopt
energetic measures against the rebels. This Minister
is very popular at Cadiz, where his appointment has
been celebrated by an illumination.

The following eight persons have been sent to Co-