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London, England, 1817-01-14 00:00:00

PORTUGUESE PROCLAMITION.

"The Marqnfs de AtAeneas', of the Council of his Most
Faithful Tvlajesty, Gentleman of his Chamber, Grand Cross
of the Order of the 'rower and the Sword and of that ot
I. twist, Camp Marshal ot the Armies, Governor at.tlCaprain•
General ot the Captainship of St. Pedro of the Rio Grande.
" Inhabitants of the Territory of Monte Video I—The Porto-
guest troop:, equally brave and well disciplined, are entering
your territory ; and worthy men may now thank niers r PRO-
VIDINCE, which employing the power:ul and always propitious
arm of the King, my Lord and Master, bani.hes the evils that
assail you, punishes the Chiefs if they do not correct tlicrnselves,
and, not stopping at such great benefits, will confer others winch
you cannot appreciate until you et joy them.
" Dn not abandon your houses, esc.:pr to seek a %Eche? from
the banditti, and j tin the army; for every thing th.tt may he
wanted you shall be punctually paid. In his Most Faithful Ma.
j•stty's name I • promise you security for your persona and pro-
perty —Let then your lantemations and complaints CCAst —let
them cease fur ever, and ntingling your vexes fraternally with
ours, repeat a thousand times wt.!' that iviety which has .0 long
forsaken you—Live the King !—Live the King !—Lihi the
Kilt.!"
" CtIARI.ES FREDERICK Ltcoa. Lieutetant•Genetal of the Ars
nt.'s of li. Mo.' Faithful Majesty, Gent.ral-in-rhi..f of the
Trirtpsdevined tor the paelcation of the Leit bank of the

Hie cis. la Plata, &c. tits
" Pe. pie of the I.ett Batik of the Rio de la • Plata !—The
reiterated insults which the tyrant Artigas has given tithe pudic
inhabitants of Mut:te Video, your own countrymen, and those
of the Rio Gram& the aboaute prohibition of 'conisounicatiog
on the frontier with your friends the Portuguese; and finally,
the hostile disposHon it: which lie places his truo?s, directing
them to the nrighhourhoosi of the ititi Pardo, are tacit which
are notorious, and more than sufficient to prove the intentions or
that Tyrant. They also suffice to prove incont stibly that there I
can be so: stable Government among yourselves, nor security io
the Portuguese dominiues while you rental, subject to his oppres-
sion.— fo a Tyrant, who,olitaimeg the controul of your .voted
torte. dictates to you by it his own opinions—a tyrant whos-
conduct has been herd.. and inconstant, except In what relates
tops interests, and whe v her your cesantry happy. nor
afford your neighbours mays fabdtiltee In his political relations.
" Inhabitants of the ydrovinc.e elf the North, terminate the
stre of incertitude which ruins your country and disturbs the
trainer of the kingdom of Brazil. To rt move these evils lam
• scot by my Sovereign, with the troops which you see with me,
and others who follow us, but who do nut come to conquer or
to destroy your property. Oq the contrary, their only object Is
to subdue the enemy, to deliver you from oppressim, to re-tsta •
Nish your trinquiility, to put an end to the extraordinary contri-
butions imposed on Too, and to treat you all with kindness, those
only excepted who shall henceforth attempt to disturb the public
peace.
Inhabitants! You,. who love the welfare of your country,
remain tranquil in your houses, and plate con fidetscem the pro•
anises which I make you in the name of soy Sovereign. lie has
constituted inc head of a Wroth:tonal Government in this Pro-
vince, and I promise you on the faith of an old Officer aid
Int subject, that I shall fulfil all the orders I receive from my au-
gust tueereip, who gives none but for your 11.1p,oness.
(aligned) " CUAIILt% Fatot KICK 1.1:COIL."

A7JVCDOM uF TdiE TWO SICILIES.
VIENNA, DECLMIIER
We have just rece;ved by express the Journai 01
the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, which contains the
following important documents:
" Felt DI ZIA ND I. by the Grace of Goo, King of the Kingdom
01 the 'Two eicilies. &:. Ate. Ste.
" Desiring in confirm the privileges granted by us, and the
Monarchs our illustrious predecessors. to our well-beloved Str.i•
band, and to recnec!le the Inviolability of these pried, ges
the unity of the politic:l Instituions, we have, by the present
law, sancioned, and do sanction as itillnws:
" Art. 1. All civil and ecclesiastic d employments in Sicily be-
Toed the Straits shall, conformahly to the capitularies of the Mo-
narchs our predecessors, be conferred exclusively on Sicilians,
without the other subjects of our States on this side the Straits
being ever entitled to pretend to them ; in the same manner as
the Sicilians cannot form any claim to civil and religious employ-
ments in our other dominions above-mentioned. We place
among the number of the places exclusively to be given to Sici-
lians the Arebblehopric of Palermo, though our august Either,
Charles 111. maned the disposal of it to himself, in the Great
Chatter which he granted to the Sicilians.
Art. 11. Our Meet= subjects beyond the waits shall he ad-
mitted to all the great dignites of the kingdom of the Iwo Sici-
nes, in proportion to the population of the island.
" This population being a quarter of that of all our dominions,
the fourth part of our Council of State shall be composed of
Sici-
lians, and the other three quarters of subjects of our other do-
nsinions.
" be same proportion will be observed for the places of our
Ministers and Secretaries of State, the first &pities of the Court,
and the places of our representation and agues at foreign Courts.
" Art. 3. Instead of two Sicilian Camiliateri, who, according
to the concessMis of our august father, were Members of the al-
e:tin Junta of Sicily, there shall be always in the Supreme Coun-
cil of tie Chancery of the Two Sicilia a number of skillet' Coun-
sellors, according to the proportion fixed la the preceding article.
•• Att. 4. Officers in our army and navy, cur royal household,
will be conferred on all our subjects, without distinction 01 the
part of our domnions of which they are natives.
" S. rhe government of the whole kingdom of the Two &ci-
ties shall be always about our person. When we shall reside in Si.
city, we shall have as Governor In our States on this side of the
Straits a Prince of our family, or another personage of distinction,
whom we shall choose among our subjects.
" II is is a Prince of the Royal Family, he shall have with him
one of our Ministers of State, who shall correspond with the
Ministers and Secretaries of State who shall reside near our per-
son, and who shall hate wish him, besides, two or more Direc-
tors, to preside its those sections of the offices of the Minot. is
andSectetaries of State which we shall think fit to leave on the
spot for thy administration of tha part of our dominiotis. If the
Governor is not a Prince, be shall be himself invested with the
character of Minister Secretary of State, shall Correspond directly
with the Ministers and Secretaries of State whom we have with
us, and shall have two or more Drectuae for that purpose.
" 11. (Makes the same regulations as the Sib, lu respect to the
government of Sicily, when the King reshlcs ma this side sat the
Straits.)
" 7. These Directors, in both cases, shall be chosen promima-
ously among all our subjects, us was fixed relatively to Sicily fur
the ancient offices of Contadideer, of thiuervafer, which are re-
placed by the said Directors.
" O. 'l'be law suits ut the Sicilians shall continue to be judged
even in the last resort, by the Sicilian tribunals: inn consequeiice,
there shall be established in Sicily a Suptenie Court of Justice,
which shall be above allabe Tribunab of that Island, and inde-
pendent of the Supreme Court of our States WI this side of the
Oiralts, as the latter shall be Independent of Sicily, when we shall
reside in that Island : the organization of this Court shall be
regulated by a particular Law.
" 9. The abolition of feudal rights shall be maintained la
Sicily, as in our ocher States on ibis side of the butts.
" 10. We shall Si every year Use part of Sicily In the perma-
nent expenses of the State, and we shall regulate the manner of
its partition ; but this annual part can never exceed the suns of
1,1147,687 ounces and 90 tail, which was fixed in IN'S by the
Peruanient as the certain :avenue of Sicily. No greater somas
by any means be imposed without the of Parliantent.
" 11. Theo e shall be deducted every year from the said quota
a sons which cannot be leis than 150,000 ounces, which shall be
applied to the payntent of the debt bearing no interest, and of
the arrest of interest of that which does bear interest, till the en-
tire extinction of both. V, hen these two debts art extinguished,
this sum shall be annually employed in forming a stoking fund
fur Ihe Sicilian debt.
" Ht. 'I in the general ;system of the Civil and Judicial Admi-
nistration of our Kingdom of the Two Sicilies shall be promul-
gated, all the branches of justice and administration shall conti-
nue on the same 100131411 a. hefeeelore.
" We will nod ordain, that Use present law, signed by us,
certiled by our Council and one Minister of State Affairs of
Grace and Justice, couutersigned by our Council and 11w Chan-
cellor Minister secretary of mate enrolled sad preserved in our
salmi Paucity of the Kingdom; of the 'lwo SiciMes, be pub-
oohed throughout the kingdom, with the ordinary sole:monies,
by the competent authorities, who bball draw up a pryers wig!,
and see to the execution et it. Our Chaucellue, Munster of the
Kiugslum of do 'lto Skates, is epecially charged with this pub-
(*WA) " Fsaasmann.
0 Canna, N1..1% Inn"

THE .EVENING .STAit.

JAN DON.

THIS DAY WEEK lila STATE. LOTTERY

COMMENCE 4 DRAWING.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 14. 11117.
PR ICF, OP STOCKS 1i '.S DAV Ar Tw EIVE (TCL'
endured mo. 62!:—Cont fur ace. 641;
4 per Cent. 7911—‘ per Cligt. Navy 449
Exchequer 11111 s, ISs Is.. pr.-4aeia Bot.ds, tit. re.

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