The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-06 00:00:00

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,The reject emotelar !them! distissecebiteets. The • I*.
is to revoke the Kiogle•aeltenn to a 801 l of Pope CIO-
Aunt XIV., by which-he; male the Collegiate and
:loyal Chapel a Metropeljon,Patriazehelu Church. an,d
annulliog all the_Acts by WOO this establishes',' hqs
since been sustained. vrlsgsecond states that 01l the
property and revenues whir 4. by royal donations• and
other titles, had bee% bestows"' noon it, shall. beset-
forward be considered as eatianol, and es, such taken.
'possession of. The. thirstoddes.tliat. *be trCiMesuit4-
'sons, and other persons egsploysti is the said Chores. -
shall have a provision made for them according to their
merits. This it a part of the Reform in the Church in-
tended by the new Government of Portugal, and it
could not have commenced .by a more interesting mea-
sure. The establishment of a Patriarchal Church in
Lisbon was intesucled, we believe, merely Ito flatter the
conity of John V.i.snd cost
_Portugal quay millions,
all of which wereissicrifieed to the avaricoof the Court
of Room It hsoitincgAzoLthe natioa.npwards of 220
.flialol en*, *bent liii.ooo/. sterling net annum,with-
out serving any beneficial purpose whatever. In. dr_
discussions on a subject of such great interest to the
Portuguese nation, we observe, that Dr. Moura and
M. Castello Branco particululy, "distinguished them-
selves, and entered into long details to prove the folly ef
continuing an establishment that has. only served to
create confusion in the church, support.the despotis u
of Kings, and create as useless expense to the na-
tion. On the question being proposed to, the Hous•.,
the abolition was resolved upon, with only four dis-
sentient votes.
The departure of the Expeditionary battalions in-
tended for Rio Janeiro to replace those whose time
service in the Brazils had expired, had been peremp-
torily fixed for the 24th ult., and all the arrangem, its
made accordingly. A new tarif bad been publkhrl
of some particular articles of merchandize, of which
the rates of duties were not fixed by specific tre:eles,
and intended to be in force till the General Tarif or
Pants, is decreed by the Cortes. By a new re-go!s-
lion, the nltra-mariue atTairr,which, formerly belonged
exclusively to the department of the navy, have been
separated and placed under the charge of the other
vision% of the Executive, according to their natur..
In conformity.to a report from the overnoruf .1141111. k,,
respectinir the diminution of the contagious distemper
which lately prevailed in Spain, all Ole oitstractiona
to the mittaljntercoursc had been resnovel, Congratu-
lations fr,•uu the ananicipality of Rio Janeiro had ►eeh
e•loru.ssed to t le King on his safe arrival in, Oorttigat.
In thi-s Address the inhabitants regrii the'absenee of.a
Monarch theyhaul.haul among thrum fur thirteen yea., s.,
an-I the answer of
-the King lureatikes.the utmost re-
gard and atrertion„l.r Ills ultra-amine subjects.
Is
conformity to an Order fpust the Government, 'and at.
dressed to the cisgitithotitles In floe. provinces, a re-.
turn £4 been madelltuf asia seat up to the capitid, irf
all c)ergymen who, from the pulpit, bad,spolieo.welt
of theeCooititution anti new order of_ things, and ,
notice-that these returns are published in the Clineire
de Govern°, as an encouragement to others.
Sly t'is
opportunity, we have received another Perimlical p.th-
licatiod, calif d, 0 Cootpitador. ott MiNcel;aarti Uni•
eerie!, which prOves that the exertions to instruct the
public, mind of Portugal on topics eonneeted With •
their future welfare have not relaxes,. In yltispmettt
M. Oliveira, the new Charge d'A:faire4, hate n(4 a:•
rived, but in the packet•li.4 we notice thie• !lances.: ..e
his two Secretaries. The discount on Poituval'pt.rr,.. '
which a short time ago was at 23. is tioui at 211.,
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COURT OF CILINCRitt Dsc.
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This rause has ccenpled toe attention of the -Court
fur several days.
The original hill, in this cause, was filed by Cetho-
rine Scully, widow of the late James Senile., of
feacle, in the County, Tipperary, against Denis Sealy.
the ehlest son, and heir st law of the said J.mes
a younger brother; soil several whet- defend int% fur .
the recovery of one-third, of all the property aed •
effects, which the said James Scully died, seised:a/A
possessed of, undot an el grerineut entered into previous.
to the intermarriage of plaintiff and her late huslotod,
who, previous to his death, executed a will, by which
he bequeathed to plaintiff a moiety of his honsehol,l
furniture, plate, wines, &c., with an annuity of 10001.:
a-year for life, 2110/. thereof to be paid her inside.
diately on her husband's decease; by appointed (b.-
fendants, Denis and James executors, who there under-
took possession of all his real and personal property. •
The plaintiff's cause of action is, that she had Wens
prevailed on by defendants to sign a release of hoe
rights, under her marti lee settlement, and to take
under the will-m-this she did in ignorance of her right
tinder her marriage Pettlement, not knowing IP%
amount of the testator's property, the entire of whia:t
was in the executors' possessiors—and her object
to.hava an opportunity of distributing amongst a name
1W of her relatives her portion of the properly,
which she (Id hr 10.1. On her sleatts the cause wis
revived by Joseph Scully. her youngest son, or her pe;-
. sonal representative, for the:purpose of carrying the
object of the said will into execution.
The decision will-be given when proontanced.
The most eminent Cuaiisti at the Usethave hon.
employed in this case. Mr. Piuuket addressee! the
Court yesterday for the pl.doiitT. -

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CANINE SAOACITT.—A lientletarseetravelling in Ike
Liverpool Umpire caressrd and fed 'a spanitil ott hiktk
one of the passengers had, with Ithdlin the cArh,..l'pr-
tween Litchfield and C:isugletos tato dug. wade Nit, •it
attempts to junip out of the coat+, which induced the
llontlettitn to ask the guard 43 let the "coact( s.v.
Aa 11.011 ;s the animal was !let out, of . tits co
ran basil fast as it could, and soon rrtstatni.wtili
a Small Itacel tkd tisotletuan had druppiitilt. itkifott
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fejOICIN It. .1. ! •
• • Tuesday morning 40 fetualis. convicts 3mintesratmli
tibias kis Majtsky's Gaol of illeivgate, suelputton. hosed
tbt 'kip IlaryAnn lying at the Mineola; bil!rw
wbkh is destined for N!•vt, Spout it' ides". "Ow
tikes out.two luildeasi,au.l sill soil in Ate
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