The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-09-20 00:00:00

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awn was prepared ; the company was very munerons,
ad the repast conducted t:utch in the att le ut .o.r Enc.
I piddle dinners ; in the av, ring the *hole ut the
let? proceeded to the Theatre del Principe, o here se-
:al pieces analogous to tie tset-abiun, and in tat our of
iberiy, were performed I also a number of verses sung
pealse of the hero ; these were encored, while the
wle utadience generally assisted in the churns. It
is suppo-ed that Itiego's reception would have
A•its d the jealously of those older Officers and linte-
ls who happen to he at Madrid ; quite the reverse:
u hole, inc:ittling several Grandee-, have tied
th each other in skewing him every mark of
tuition. The Duke do Patine, the tiring Mare-nee
Spain, has dined n hit acid accompanied the hero of
Isla to several public places ; nothing, in fart, can
:red the honours paid to this champion of freedom.
id if the sentiments he has enpresseol to the people are
,se of the heart, there is very little fear tit* all this
:vise, so dangerous to some minds, making hire°
tart that it is to his exertions in favour of public liberty,
tat he is indebted for this well merited popularity. 1
,ice the foregoing remark pia passant, as whether it
i-es from the caprice of opinion in the multitude. or
ty facts that may haVe transpired, there are those
to advise their fellow-eitirens not to be either Ali hasty
prodigal of their praise—they even point out three
four doubtful characters amongst the visitors and
taaintance of the favourite General : the suspicions
tatted by rhesr insinuations are not allayed to-day, in
Iseqttence of hiegu's having removed from the hotel
a pt irate lodging, instead of proteeding to the army
he had promised. He continues to have frequent
derences with the Ministers, bolt thout;ll it is mi-
tt :.re determined to disperse the army if they
nothing ;sheerer has been *lade public on the,
pie. t.

POR TUG L. Es E R101)1,1710:1.
From the Estroordinary G trace, of Lisbon, Not.
trd 3. of the date of thendSeptember
° It having been announced by the Proclamation of
eir Excellencies the Governors of the hiii;:dutn, that
revolution li id broken out in the city of Oporto an
24th ult. we can node Alth the greater satisfaCtiall
letite known. that hishilly the 1 rovinces of Beim'
'ontejo, and Algarve, remain Hamra. with almost a
tainty that in that of Tar-os•Miitts there lik.wbe
:KTLI the same tranquillity : the loyal and honour-
ie conduct which fhe Governor of the fortress of
13', Lieutenant-tiestral John Lobo Brands* do
itrreida, Anil the other authorities, Loth civil and
iitary, who had, on the occasion, received an inti-
,tiun from the provisional einertintent of Oporto,
iting them to unite with that gi t. r ut, deserves
• greatest praise. That honourable and worthy
%era!, at corilita.: to what he unite on the 30th ult.
the present cumniamter of the army, Lieutenant-
,i.er4l Francisco de Paula Leite, as soon as he re-
,red the alone communication, called together the
:rat:sander of that intreits, Brigadier Maxi 11l iano Ja
:to Mozenho. and Brigadier John de Silveira de
I,acerda, and in ionsequenee of the assent of the three, I
tne other authorities, ecclesiastical, military, and
it, the nobility and the people, were called together,
.0 toted utiatiiiiiiiusly the following protest :
lig DICLADATION OF TUC ACTIIDRITIF.S, IFCELIMASTI.
CAL, CIVIL AND MILITARY. TIM NOBILITY AND PCO.
FLE. OF THE CITY or ELVAII.
° On the 30th of the month of August, Is4o, in
.s city and fortress of Elvas, the authorities eras.-
a ivil and military, haying been convoked at
head-quarters of the most illustrious and excellent
utennot-lieneral John Lubo Brandao de Almeida,
'frolicr with the people of the same, represented by
said Lieutenant-General, that last night there was
received, by the Captain of the II th regiment of

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reeding% of that and the adjacent towns, when .1 re.
ceived the despatch of illeflC-onilede• Ameranti, Ge-
neral of thi• province: Ada-Mehl lobjoln a copy. . !-
immediately set ant for this city, and arrived here on
the same day. I found At in perft7-11.tratigaillity;.and
have a well-founded hope• that the plll4lle prime will
not here he disturbed. Tmtlay l have reeeiverkanother
.despatch, anti already thion• loops are taken -w.bieh it
couumarwle. You. must he bet ter informed of tbe eve trts
that have taken place at I/pc:Go than I am, and I shall
never he negligent in taking the means which may be
thought proper,- and in communirating what occurs :
Ira I can affirm with certainty that there is no symp-
tom of the COntatriOn
Villa• Real. itie.
[Wee Ifolloo- copies of the despatches referred to
above. svlich contain nothing new.'
PRocLANI VI'ION FOR ASSENIRLING TIIE CORTES.
'The following Proclamation has been sent to all the
tribunals and public Aires, and ordered to be posted
in an public places:—
" Portuguese '.—The tiro ernors of the kingdom, per-
suaded of the i • rot danger which the nation and
the monarchy incur if the crisis produced by the in-
serrection of Gporto be prol-nged. and vtilltioYing
the extraordinary powers which have been conferred
span them by their instructions in nrgent rases, after
hearing the opinion of a great number of persons in-
cluded in the Connell of his Majesty, and conspicuoiis
among the ditlirent classes of the nation, hate re-
solved, in the name of the King unr Lord, to cone*
the Cortes, nominating • ediately a CommissiOn.
for the purpose of proceeding with the arrangements
ercessary for the prompt assembling of the same. 'I hr
Governors of the kingdom hope that a measure which
so decidedly proses their determination to attend to
the complaints and listen to the w,tiiSs of the nation.
will immediately unite in a leeitimate and comsuoti
centre the whole people, and that all classes sit
it is composed aild ackonwlrder the necessity of such
an union, to avoid the threatening m:l4 nl' anarchy, of
civil war, and perhaps a (11seolutioti of the monarchy.
Lisbon. Palace of the Gcsernment. Sept. I.
(Signed) " The Cardinal PITRIARCII.
Marquis de ROltil 1.
Conde dr PINICIIE.
• Cr.nde de IFERIA.
ANTONIO GOMEZ RIREIRO."
Ltaunx, SEPT. .2.-IYe have the pleasure of being
able to announce to the public the (Arial dispatch which
the Lieut.-(ieneral commanding the army, ad interim,
has received frotartlie Comte de Asuarante, military Go-
vern°, of the province of Trams-Mantes, by which sill
be seen, in an unequivoral pail., of slew, the honour,
loyalty, and patriotism which animate not only that me-
ritorious General, who has so ni 1.11 distinguished him-
self in the service of our beloved Sovereign, hut all the
troops stationed in the same Iwo% ince. The same de-
spatch a ill shew the arrangements milk). have been
begun to oppose any attempt that may be made by
the revolutionary government of the city oft/porta.
We present a similar despatch front Lieut.-General
Marcellino de Victoria, the Military Governor of the
province of Beira, under the slate of the flltth of Au-
gust. lie writes from Vixen to the same General, Com-
mandant of the Army, ttt tijratiag to him the ar-
rangements which he had formed for repelling whatever
attempt might be made by the Revolutionary Govern-
ment ; anal concholing his 'lisped) hy the following pa-
ragraph, in unison aith the honour and loyalty by
which he has always been distingnished :
" I may be excused from assaring your Excellency of
my sentiments and good intentions, and of those of the
chiefs and officers of this province, slurp I have the ho-
nour of being known to sour Excellency."
(The first despatch contains nothing of consequence.)
"('haves, Aug. 26.

_ .
cavalry, Antonio de Lima Barret° Praia, a " Illustrious Seror,—Agreeably to what I bad the ho-
despatch signed by Francisco Homes de Sils a. acting flour of addressing to you from Villa-heal on the 24th
Se rotary to the Provirional Junta of the supreme
instant, I marched the same moment for this fortress,
+verunicnt of the kingdom, installed in the city
and this morning unfortunately I have verified my sus-
Oporto, on the 21th intt. with a Piocianiatiou
picions of the rising at Oporto, and even to my greater
all the Portnruese, calling upon them to recognise
distress I find engaged in it my brother Antonio de Sil-
os such, and with one arcord to approve of the con-
futation of 11+e Cortrs, and the new Constitution I veria, a madman, and already known to be such. I am
`Erb may Aft wards be established fur the govern-
not afraid that this event should injure my reputation,
es
.nt of these kingdoms, ace ttttt panic.l by a singular since my conduct has been and always will lie faithful
,'rodan,atlost to the soldiers, and by the form of the to oar King. which fidelity I shall manifest by my ac-
oath which all were hound to take; the prompt ear- tions ; but it is a calamity to see a mats is ho is allied to
utiou of all these orders bring required. Anal as me by blood disgrace me and my ancestors. I beseech
Its as these abort-Mentioned do, uments were read in your Excellency to make known to the exivernment
! presence of all, it was asLed OW consideration what I have now said, and to declare that if there is any
!y should receive, find. what 'steps should be taken person who wishes to taint my reputation, I am ready
esarding their objetit.' •it leis una tt itt ,ously deter- to yiodicate soy (Wine.
misted, that all having- once sworn fidelity and ohs- " I have ordered an union of all the corps of this pro-
oice to our august Ilonjrch Johu VI., and in his t
since, and 1 have dispersed throvigh it the Procl..me-
'settee, to the buyeenors of the kikraorn, it•bilosigesl .inn which ort which I ear lose to yon. I intend to assemble all
the latter alone to aeri4e ;an f! .e presedt.feint, an'!
It they nutoit in cummineorn tii-•belninnuid 61 it, the troops el' the first and second line in Villa-Heal. an i
have opened connampical:one with the Generals of the
Ice obedience was the %IV +l;4- •or all• siilt;ects,
i zed, a., they here. to adher+Cto the. Oath 'Aoki* they prortn-ei of l'eira. anti Milder, (rano whom there is not
, sworn. And roortogrer it tens-agreed :bit the prest. - jtet time to have reeeived any answer ; and when 1 have
.nt of the Town Connell, on ret*elving isiailsiliatioWto collected the troops. I shall wait fur the orders of your
it 0 u rinrw,slisat Iti take flee n rens tlintimpearestto him Nxiellerty. I hate ordered all coommitiration by eon-
most I.:oper to maintain the peace and trinquillity rims to be cut off with Oporto, and that the revenues (al.
,he city, ;minting eta 40• elm people the iitoriodii theteitY should be sent to Vixen. In this province there
i
:oriscllt ueic and sad Jeanie% of •the. contr.:sty sy ltem., is need do corps of artillery for the park of twelve
it is the duty of the commanders of fife livery' pieces which it contains. anal :Is Ira I receive them
wps of this garrison, Aber were required tw relict rte., from Oporto, that regiment having become revolts-
wit soltalteros in the-same obedience and suborrilii; •
:on to the existing govanment which they ba/111 " I communicate this to your Fxrelleney, hoping
Icrto preserved. onlesi:tlie contrary. ehould be inter-
that you will send some officers and privates of that enne,
hied. Alt this being igreed upon,. a nautili) of the I
and particularly supply me with the means of procu-
,troceedings was ordered le 'redrawn upend alrpeneent
ring cattle.
promised to comply theriwitb, sad signed it. •. ' (Signed) " CONDE DE AMA RANTE.
Elras, Aug. 30, I SID.' . ;•.,. •
.• -
- ••" To the Most Illustrious Conde da Feira."
'Here follow the signatures of thiLieumnant Hover- •
anal others.] . . . Inn COMM: At AM,
" The conduct of Until-Gen. Aittoniollareellles de -a Pinto da roomer
'ictoria Is no Ina wbethy of ridge+ tie having re- , it of his Most Faith
ived from the militify el,!lar•of.Peira a sindltr littl- 1 n. and Sivonl, ant
oder of the sans
widion to that whieb we barevientloped abode, loyally? rail of the Rays
mart ionotrably rejected it, snagtug the neetissary pro-! i the provine
*positions relative to the troops and getrliee of hb ,
p :ti.• .A. •::
province." : , e f Trios-os-
ewes which the Cnerogidoe efilli'Ebblet of ! suers have
to Oillee of thrisneedee-aosiend ,' have had t
of thet%ew filled the MI6 of August lest • • ' the mem!
a. Moe Illoolokoll Mr. Intosident-Oosorel of tbe Ponce' of Rof the
Vif Illoibirdom,— • rim.
dsy Woes yestitrdey I happened to be in illy
dissidsk. ds Sow coormseniting the correctional pro- num

ritocussurtort or ?nit tenni Dlt ARIARANTE.
Francisco da Silveira Pinto da Fonseca Count of
Amirante, of the Council of his Must Faithful Majesty,
filratod-Cross of thelower and Swonl, and of St. Fer-
dinand of Spain, Commander of tlw sante orders and
that of Christ. biodt Aieironl of the !loyal Armie, and
Oorernor of the. Armies at the pro%ince of Trast-os-
Moines :---
"if Brave and faithful people of Trios-os.Montes--This
is the third time that circumstances have made me mita-
AllOll 70t1 to arms, and always I have Lad the satisfaction
,Res jf seeing you hasten to defend the sacred riglas of our
*must Sovereifn John VI.. King of the United Kiog-
elle of Portugal, Biazil,ind Algtrre. In ISMS it was
who broke thiongli the eiptivity whirls the armies
it II radians insider told throwdliround as: kit ua

fortunately what we did had no result: for, although
we here had no longer any foreign enemies, we have
among us; ambitious, mad, and desperate men; who un-
happily, in the name•of the Portuguese, seek to change
the government, and under specious and fake pretences,
enileaeour to induce us to be traitors to the King, and
false to the sacred oath which we took to him ; and,
sowing anarchy in the nation, promise us great blessings
as the result of sip h innovation: but remember %that
sort of blcsings revolutionary Frenchman gave to France,:
being nothing else but delta's, cmidagrations, and rob-
beries, and, lastly, a destructive war: but your loyalty
is so well known, that it is not necessary to awaken it
by arguments. lam determined, by all the principles
of honour, of duty, and of religion, to sacrifice even the
last drop of my blood in defence of the sacred rights of
the King our Sovereign. I am sure that these senti- ,
inents will be those of vou all. It is a crime to recog-
nise the revolutionary government of Oporto. The
councils, magistrates, and all the authorities, as well
military as chit, (ight to repel, and not to recognise,
such a government.
" Inhabitants of Tras-os-Montes, let us preserve our
loyalty; and let our general cry be " Long live the
King, and long live those honourable Portuguese who
are faithful to
" CONDE DE ANIARANTE."
" Head Quarters at Chimes, August td, P. 020.

TO TILE EPITOR OP TILE STATESMAN.

LETTrR

am induced loy unr well-known candour
to obtrude npon your notit e. a few of my reflections
that base occurred upon trailing a new work entitled
the " Principles of an Equitable and Efficient System
of Finance."

IVhen a bodily malady assumes an intractable mode
floe nostrum of almost ever►• empiric is recommended ;
this appears to lw the case at present with the malady
the nation is afflicted with, in -the shape of the
National Debt.

Several publications use, of late appeared on this
subject, and all recommended as Pursaceas ; extremely
ridi-nlosts, and sometivies absurd plans, rivet the;
public attention ; but those that base lately been in-I
trodured have seldom engaged wore than an ephenirrell
reputation.
Whether the plan of finance, now under notice, is
destined to outlis e the day of its birth, 1 know not :1
possessing as it does some positive advantages, it is at
least deserving of an impartial consideration. lf, as is
' proposed, and the arzunient of IL Wilkinson appears
to he demonstrative, that four millions of money could
be annually saved in collection of the revenue, the
country would from this, annually derive an unex-
pected and unprecedented benefit. The nation hasi
been borrowing for about 120 years ; and if four
lions could have been saved every year in the sloye of
a sinking fund, five hundred millions more of the
national debt would have been paid off. Were the'
savings of collection allowed by the new system of:
finance to be above four millions per usiesos, appropri-1
ated toward the reduction of the debt, a sinking fund
in the tourse of a few years of considerable magnitude
would be produced ; hut leaving four millions annually
in the peoples' purses, would be only one of the advan-
tages that would resnit from the new mode of taxation.
Another would be, the destruction of the powers of
corruption to the actual amount of tour millions a year,
and the demolition of the fond hopes of thousands of,
hungry expectant% that sneak after the notonggmon-1
gers for posts and places. he new system would give
a vital blow to oligarchical misrule, and the author of
the system ought to know, if he is not aware of it,
that his plan of taxation will never be carried into
practice, while Boroughmongers' dominion exists.
Their *est esti a ill penetrate the author's,
ilesivis. They will proscribe the plan as a faction
of tf.ji)ene ; ler it is, in fact, a Radical Returns
of the Finances of the Nation ; and do all in
their power to oppose its introduction into practice.
You must be aware, Sir, that the plan of taxation in
use is dear to the tioroughtnongers in another point
of view, as their dominion can only be pursued byi
coercion and poverty. That system is muss to their
diabolical purposes, that impoverishes the labouring!
people, and degrades them in their character. The
system Mr. Wilkinson has proposed would exonerate
them too much ; they would, on its introduction,
immediately regain a degree of elasticity that would
make them wore incontrolable by the means% now
employed by the oligarchical tyrants. The system
would tax the tyrants, unquestionably on every prin-
.
Nile of justice entitled to pay, hut now nearly ex-
empted, and exonerate the labouring people bound
down with taxation, and who ought in justice to be
unb

'nen. has I ing existed a systetiwie design on the part
of the Butoligkmongers,to impoverish ?belabouring and
iachistrious people it IA the object of the former to
the latter only a hare existenre, just sufficient fur
the support of the animal functions, and the Pour's
Lair t' ,Je affords the inilizent and helpless an asylum,
after they hare beets rooked of their hard earnings.
On the introduction of the rroposed new system of
taxation, trade would acquire an impe►es that would
demand all the labour that could be spared front agri-
cult,;re ; tke diminution actually of the sum of tax-
ation a onlii actually lower provisions so much, as to
enable the manufacturer to enter into a successful com-
petition with those of any other country. If a pound
of keit fell to 4.1., and a lot of beer to 2411., the nte-
chanie and artisan would be enabled to lower wages
in proportion. I am, Sir, yours, bee.
THETIS.

Sir RICHARD PHILLIP", the improver and reformer
of Books of Education, to whom every rising genera-
thin will acknowledge the deepest obligations, has re-
cently augmented his useful services by the publication
of a Biographies/ Coat-Book, which will in due time
be co-extensive n ith the Englixlt Language, and ad-
ranee the juvenile mind more than any other book
extant.

A nseeting, numerously attended, was on Monday
last held at Caine, to consider the propriety of present-
ing an Address to the Queen. N. Atherton, Eq.
propoood lb. Address, uhich MIA strongly opposed by
H. Masewsther, Esq. (the barrister) as being prema-
ture. and who snored an amendment to that effect. A 1
long illocution
.ensned ; after abieh the Addreu'tas
cure, sad U. Page, Esq. and S. Viviash, Bay. were
tlopettal to wilt oa her Majesty with It,

LONDON:
NEIONESDAT • KYLNING,24EPTIIIIHER 20, MO.

tf JC.I"-ENCILINGE, OR, ocisti,
St .thing of importance has ocenrred in the 5t..11
tlarket this morning. Consols cloed yesterday ete,
ing at 661 for the Account, and opened this n:comizt
at the same price ; they have since been dune ;t
but are now 661 Sellers the market looking
better than it has latterly.

Extract of a letter from Bombay, data; April 25.

" A detachment of his MaJIATI's 47th regiment co
about to be dispatched at the time this letter hire%
for the instrediAte march up the Decan, to gull '11:
insurrection which had broken out among the nsti,a
Princes at that place : but it was nut thought of an%
serious consequence at ilombay. l aru sorry to kee
that the Cholera Morbus has again broken oat at Cal.
cane, nnuthers were daily dying in Ilengal. The
trade at this port is at present at a complete stand.
We have en cotton for the regular ships, and Lee::
lambert are laid op at half-pay. The Indianien, lours.
Mating*, and Marquis Handy, are hourly
expected, and, with the ships we bare in !orb or,
will throw the trade into a complete stand, althongh
our commercial accounts from Surat ate favourable.
His Majesty's ship Liverpool, which has sailed for
Triticomale, under command of Captain Col.t.tes,
will return to this port in a mouth, for the expre4
purpose of taking home the new yp gan ship, Cang,s,
now on the stocks, when the Liserpool %ill be sou
here at public auction.

TVA DI DETNZEN A SialltrA AND FRANCIE.—The is
lowing is from the Liverpool Paper of the
September :
" American vessels arrived and expected at British
outposts with cargoes intended for France, have bees
permitted by the Lords of his M•JItSTI.S Treasury to
land their cargoes at such outports, under the ware
housing act, pro trospore, in consequence of the heavy
tonnage duty in France having caused the parties to
suspend their original intention as to destivatista."

iliew days %her, we brought under the smite of
our readers, some remarks on the peaceable mesas by
which the Continental RooWinne have been effected
The tin untstance cannot he too oftrn repeated, or no
widely circulated ; for, at the moment we were amidst
those remarks, the conductors of the wretched shackled
press of France were compelled to insert, is their
Journals, falsehood upon falrehood, neglecting the
state of affairs in Portugal. According to the Paris
papers, every thing ut Lisbon was in a state of alarm;
blood had been profusely shed ; and the de•.ire fur a
Constitution had been resolutely opposed. These fabri-
cations ought not to surprise us. They are not so
much the language of the Paris Editors as that of the
Censors, who regul..t.i the perm', which is neither more
nor less than the slavish polluted organ of the Revere:
cent. '1 be corrupt part of our own press lent itself
to the support of these infamous falsehoods ; sad en-
deavoured to excite the reseatusent of otter countrymen
airstitist the Portuguese, by asserting, that a number
of the English bad been niassacred at Lisbon.
Such are the unworthy means by which arid-
tra-y power attempts to support ittelf: The
means are certainly well worthy of the end desired,
and we have no doubt they will be met with the coa-
-1 tempt they deserve, for they certainly are sot worth
' the honour of our indignation. it is now not denied,
that there has been no violence whatever at Lisboa;
that consegn;elly, the English there have nut beta
ill-treated ; an,l it is not denies!, that the Regency of
Portugal (after having increased the honour of the
army, by ineffeetaally endeavouring to bribe it) ►ss
quietly convoked the Cortes. It may uaturally aim
the surprise of all, that the hired scribblers of power
should be so weak as to invent these falsehoods, seeing
that their tetiseralee existence cannot be prolonged
you,' the space of a fortnight ; and dial our increased
contempt must then be visited upon their authors. Ths
surprise is perfectly natural ; bat it is not very'
cult to account fur it. The tyrants' dread is not SJ
touch at the Revolutions themselves, as at the force of
their example. It becomes necessary, therefore, foe
the purposes of corrnption, that the account of tech
1 Revolution shoed be accompanied, or renewed I.
soon as possible, lay a statement of same faeces which
may not ebaaturaliy be supposed to attend ever!
political convulsion ; that' is to say, because it is
melancholy fact, that hitherto, the generality of politi-
cal ellavidsions bare been the usurpation of Sovereigos
over the rights of their people. As the glorious
incise el the Revolutions' in question has precluded
the possibility of violence, (for it is the force a mum
slam with which they bare bop arciesi,) it has of