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PORTUGUESE PAPERS. LISBON, SEPTEMBER I. GYZETTA DE LISBOA, THE EDITORS TO THE PUBLIC. The Public has doubtless observed the Impartiality with which the Lisbon Gazette was conducted, until the epoch of the entrance of the French army into this capital; but when the circumstances are considered under which the entrance of that army took place, which, while it pretended to come for the firotiction of the coun tr immediately began to oppress it, the change of tone which this Gazette was compelled to assume is not very wonderful. That change of tone first became more particularly evident on the arrival of the French General of Police, P. LA Gain:. That Magistrate took upon himself the superintendence of the Gazette, and not only assumed the office of Censor, but even that of Edi tor, particularly with regard to the LISBON article. Hence resulted that exti aordinary alteration which every thing under that head exhibited, from the 14th of April•to the 24th of Atignst ; for LAGARDE, who was a worthy instrument of the artful and perfidious plans of his Goiernment, introduced into that article all the falsehoods, caluntnies t and misrepreientations, which appeared calculated to A: the opinion of the Portuguese, according to his views, In order also to serve his put-Poses of im position, he changed the days of publication of the Gazette. [All the articles which were written by his own hand still re mail in our possession.] New, however, when by the especial favour of PROVIDENCE a sigrefl victory has been obtained by the aid of the British arms over the French' army, and the remainder of the enemy's troops are consequently withdrawn, this scourge has ceased, and we are restored to the mild government of his Royal Highness, our law ful and most amiable Sovereign, the Public may expect that we shall proceed in the management of this Gazette with that pru dence which circumstances may require. This day , the following Proclamation was published here i PROCLAMATION, ST LILLITINANT.GINZIAL HOPE, COMMANDING TRI TROOPS OF NIS BRITANNIC ILAJLIITY, 101 TIII INULDIATt TV AND TRANQUILLITY Or LISBON. of Lisbon, " Your cour.try is rescued, and you are restored to freedom : yournittiapil flag is flying in every quarter of the kingdom, and his Excellency the General in Chief of the British army is anxious to establish your Civil Government upon the same footing in which it as left by your belnyed Prince, when, assisted by the constant friends of his pqnson and histbrone, he escaped from his most in sidious enemies'. •Vkithout losing a moment, we are endeavouring t 3 l tins measure s and to' substitute a Civi Government to the Miltary; to accomplish.which, however, some days will be re quisite. In order, then, that the evil disposed (if such there be) may nqt (*overt true liberty into unbridled licentiousness, and in order'to-'avoid, in the present crisis, the terrible consequences of snch disorder, it belongs to the Commander in Chief, and to those to whom be has immediately delegated the superintendence of the public tranquillity of this city, to watch with all vigilance over its peace and quiet, and to give security to the persons and property of its loyal and worthy inhabitants. To obtain this desirable end it will be necessary, for a short time, to maintain strong guards, piquets, and pauoles, in various directions, in order to seize snit take into custody every person who shall attempt to disturb the public peace. " You may rejoice, Inhabitants of Lisbon ! You have greet cause for gladness; and yoar English friends, participating in your sentiments, rejoice equally with you. Never let it be per mitted, however, that the evil disposed should thereby have an opportunity of promoting insurrection or confusion. But let them beware of such a design ! The most vigorous and effective means are prepared for suppressing any attempt of this nature, and all who may be guilty shall be punished according to mill ti.ty lass in the moat prompt, rigorous, and exemplary manner ; and for the purpose of removing every temptation to interrupt the peace of the city, I prohibit, under the present circumstances, the entering the city with arms, and the wearing them In the streets. All inns and taverns where wine or spirituous liquors are sold in small quantities, are, for the same reason, required to be shut up at six in the evening, and not to open before sun-rise, under the pain of imprisonment to the dealers, and forfeiture Of their liquors. " Finally, I invite all persons who possess any authority or in- Buence whatever, and whether included or not in the body of the Magistracy, and more particularly the Holy Ministers of Reli gion, to assist the Military Power, in preserving the tranqullity of the capital, until the much wished for object of seeing the Constituted Civil Authorities in the exercise sf their functions be obtained.—Goo save the Prince Regent ! Viva ! Viva ! • (Signed) "J. Hors, Lieutenant-General." LISBON, SEPT. 17. No sooner was it known that there had arrived at Fignetra a grand expedition sent to the succour of Por tugal, by his Britannic Majesty, our ancient and faith ful ally, than the inhabitants of Lisbon conceived s:rcng hopes orseeing themselves soon delivered from the yoke of the French, who, under the pretext of pre-i tended protection, had been so oppressive and insup portable. These hopes were iacreased when they were informed of the victories gained over the French; the first on the 17th of August, at Roliffa and Co lumbina, one league from Obidos, the enemy on that day being commanded by General Delaborde, and the second on the 21st, at Vimiera, where Junot com manded in person. These hopes were still greater when, on the evening of the 23d, they saw the return of the same Junot, after a very considerable loss, which•obliged him to ask a capitulation. These hopes were at last perfected when they saw, on the 2d inst. several transports belonging to the English expedi tion begin to enter our port, the British flag waving on the forts of St. Julien and Bogio, and afterwards the entrance of other transports, and of the squadron Which protected them. At last the English troops approached the environs of Lisbon, and the report was circulated that the above mentioned transports were destined to carry off what remained of the French trocps. In effect, these began to embark ois,4he 10th instant, and were all on board the transports on the morning of the 15th ! At this time arrived here various English regi ments, from which, on the morning of the 45th, wete detached guards and piquets to maintain tranquillity in all the squares and public places of this capital. ' At mid-day the Portuguese flag was displayed onthe castle of St. George, the steeples of the churches, and other parts of the city,. this much desired ces-emony ...------- being accompanied with the discharge of artillery, ! mountains, they re-united at Mertola, where there fire-works, and the ringing of bells. Soon after these was' a division of them, which, with the troops of appeared fixed up in the public places an Edict of Algarva, were destined to invade Spain. But the the Council, in which it was said, that,“ reanimated , Countryman, who still headed a strong division 'ofi by the regeneration of the Portuguese Government, ' the people of Faro, addressed his followers, saying, \ and the confirmation of our flag, they have permitted , 4. Friends, we can never be safe While a single city, the Balk to demonstrate _their joy by illuminations ' town, or village of our kingdom is subject to the ty, for three nights, persuaded that their fellow-citizens canny of the French. I will gosea to Tto theavira, villages of the ' w ill accompany this solemnity with t heir re j oicin g s ; West, and you may pass by and t it being their intention, on the day a fter, to g ive thanks at the same moment contribent ute to the restoration Let of tip GOD for the success which has been the means of our liberty, and the governm of our Pn delivering this capital." us do our duty." In fact, no invitation could have been made to the 1 The Countryman then m arched immediately to people of Lisbon more agreeable to t he j o y ful feelings 1 Louie, a considerable town, d to th Albofeira, making 15th and 16th, illuminations were displayed with the I prisoners of all the French in those p ces, adherenceperfidious in all its parts, a continued scene of rejoicing. The them. All this was so successfully accomplished, lights at the windows of all the houses, the ringing that within forty-eight hours there was not a single of all the bells, the fire-works of all kinds, the shouts' town which was not restored to liberty by this admi of reiterated viva: to the Prince Regent, our Sove- I I rabic enthusiasm. (Signed) reign, to the Royal Family, and to the British army, 1 SEBASTIAO DUARTE PINTO NEGRO°. the Portuguese and English embracing one another on their meeting in the streets, and all congratulating themselves with such sincerity and feeling, that many actually shed tears. Such was the touching picture produced by the joy of being delivered from an usurped, violent, and tyrannical Government, and re stored to that of our legitimate and entirely beloved Sovereign. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Consols, for money, 66—for ace. 66/5-omnium 2 (Bs. Exchequer Bills, ss. 7s. prem. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock for op g. 239 Este'seq. Bills, is. is. pr. 9 per C. Cons. 65i 66 65i Omnium, 21 dis. 5 per Cent. Navy 981 Lottery Tickets 211. 15s. India Bonds, par is. pr. Consols for ace. 66 65i 66 Captain Myrtle, of the IMPLACABLE, who distin• guished himself so conspicuously in the late action in the Baltic, arrived yesterday with dispatches from Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ and MT. THORNTON. There is no truth in the report circulated, on the arrival of the Diana, of an attack having been made upon Port Baltic by fire-ships. The Russians have put a chain. boom acre « the harbour, of such formidable strength that it is feared the fire•ships will not be able to break through this barrier. They have also erected very strong batteries, and have rendered their situatiop so secure in other respects, that there is some probability of their being able to defend themselves till the season compels our ships to abandon that coast.—No attempt can be made against the enemy but with a N. W, Wind. The following are extracts of private letters re ceived by the DIANA : " All propect of obtaining possession of the Russian fleet In Port Baltic bad entirely vanished. The guns of the ships have been taken out and carried on shore, and the ships have beet disman tled and hauled in close to the shore. The Island at the entrance of the port had been so strongly fortified as to bid defiance, not only to the entrance of an hostile squadron, but had been rendered impervious even to the approach of fire ships, or any other attack. " Mr. Tulsa:from has returned to Stockholm from Finland. It was understood that his journey thither was for no other pur pose than to take leave of his Swedish Majesty preparatory to his return to England. " The Swedish fleet, it was apprehended, would be under the immediate necessity of returning into port. The scurvy had made its appearance among the crews, with such virulence, that only a small portion of the men were able to do their duty on board." were not s eamed upsil . Thutsilay L andin fact, thet set themselve at liberty without any assistance from the Etegliih troopi. Thel came ashore as well as they could in boats, which they hired them 'elves, and were obliged to take up their quarters any whcte u I the streets. All Lisbon has been illuminated for these two night t past, and the hatred of the French is indescribable. About 10,0 t. e persons who resided in Lisbon in civil capacities, either French ' . men, or the adherents of Junot, have embarked with the army., such was the dread they entertained of Portuguese vengeance." Extract from a letter received by Messrs. Dinar:, and JANET LYONS, of Limerick, from tl e Captain of their ship James, dated RISC UR C In the present el fairs, and in the m ettions which this i " ST. ÜBE'S, SEPTEMBER 5. 4 4 The French retreated from the Castle of Palma, on Friday evening. All communication with Lisbon has been cut off for a longtime, nor has a word of news from Spain reached here for arm& of six weeks. The French troops, while here, had be. hayed in the most shocking manner, having, within a few miles of this town, murdered the whole of the nuns that were in the Convent; they attempted to blow up the town the day they left it, but fortunately the powder, 500 barrels, which they put under the fort, on the quay, got wet by the tide running higher than they expected, three barrels only exploded, which did but link dz. rosy. At the time I entered this port, the French Were only is miles from it, but I held myself ready for a start should any re verse happen. The Portuguse scarce know bow to behave, or What to do for us, they are so thankful for what Great Britain has done for them; fourteen Danish ships that have been lying here for several months, were yesterday taken possession of by the Comm frigate. 1 here are 41 Danish ships at Lisbon. The lames, and two other brigs, are the only vessels here. Its a grateful sight to the Portuguese to see the British Bag flying m et i more in this harbour.—l expect to sail frotn hence on the totk Instant at farthest, with a full cargo of salt, which you may depend on will be of the very best quality. The Catherine, Browne, is net arrived; I fell in with her on the 24th of August, an d k ept company with her to the 27th, when we parted; on the soth ~, had a very heavy gale at S. W. and am apprehensive, from her nen-urival, that she has met damage." Thursday his Royal Highness thz Prince of WA .t set out for Portsmouth, to see and take leave of his regiment, as they embarked for foreign service. His Royal Highness, attended by Colonel BLOOMFIELD, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday; and on his erttering the gates of the garrison, a royal salute was fired from the saluting battery, and the royal standard was hoisted. All the troops in garrison at Portsmouth, as well as General Poavaa's brigade from Gosport, were under orders to be in readiness to receive him; but so boisterous was the day, that their attendance was dispensed with. The Prince alighted at the house of the Lieutenant-Governor (the Governor not residing at Portsmouth) and was received by Major. General WHITHAM, of the Guards, the Lieutenant. Governor; by Lieutenant-General ELLIOT, of the Marines ; Major-General PORTER, M. I. Com manding at Gosport ; Major-General EVELEIGH, of the Engineers; Admiral MONTAGUR, the Port. Admiral ; Colonel TEanorr, commanding the Artil. lay and the Garrison. Soon after, the Prince held a levee, at which were present — The Honourable Mr. Commissioner GREY. Admirats Mownsonz, Oremr, HVINTIM, and inn, Captains the Honourable C. BOY Li, PATTON, M‘Lsoe;* 43 many of the Captains of the Royal Navy as could get on lbws; but neitherAdogral.SaucaviN nor any of his often, thouglipt mitted to go pp shore. r, Generals ELLIOT, EYZLIIOII, POO The Lie tea, and SLADi, %.-ulutteiS TEILROTT, BAI4OW, and NLWPOCT. Lieutenant-Colonels bloomer, BZCKVIOI4.TII, DUMIAIII, CALLOGNAN, SLDGLWICIL, TAZAKIRT, &C. Majors BOTTIGES, NESSITT, QUINTIN, and all the Field Of. Seers pf the Regiments in Garrison; Majors Assuan . , Timm Toe, and all the Staff of the Portsmouth District. About ten o'clock his Royal Highness, attended by Colonel BLOOMFIELD and most of the above Offi cers, proceeded to the Dock-Yard, and saw the pmbarkation of his regiment. His Royal Highness yesterday dined with General WHITMAN, the Lieute. aa nt-Governor ' who at the same time entertained a party of General and Staff Officers, and the Orers of the Ist Division of the Prince's Regiment , to dinner. This day the following regiments were rev:eyed by his Royal Highness at South-Sea Comp. pson ;--- Std Company pf the Ronal The King's German Artillery. The sth Royal Veteran Battalion. The Royal Chaehlre Militia. Worcester Ditto. Durham Ditto. Oxford Ditto. sd Lanceshire Ditto. West Essex Ditto. Fifeshire Ditto. The first division of the Prince's Regiment which entbaiked 'yesterday was ranch admired, the men and horses lock:d admirably well, but so Germanised were the men and officers, that it was impossible to discover that they were Englishmen, We under. stand that a considerable portion of the men of this regiment, as well - as of the Duke of Cmsazawn's, are Germans and Swiss. The dress and appointments of the 10th Dragoons are superb, and not inferior to those finely dressed corps the 7th and 18th Dragoons. General SLADE is embarked with the 7th Dra. goons. The next Cavalry Regiment to embark is the 15th, then the Sd Erageon Guards, and next the Blues and Bays. Lord PAGET IS expected with his suite and horses to re-embark with the last of these corps. ' The Life Guards will embark about the same time with Brigadier-General DORRIFN. The 13th, 14th, and lqllz, will embark as a Brigade. The 50th Regiment of the Line marched yesterday from Brabourne Lees to Hythe, and the 85th from Shorncliffe to Brabourne Lees. The transports having on board the Horse Aral leryand Waggon Train, which have been embarked. at Nerthflegt, are arrived in the Downs. Mr. WILBERFORCE is among the number of visitces now at Portsmouth to see the Russian fleet; and mai. tary fetes given to the Prince there. We have seen recent letters from Africa. The Royal African corps, as well as the crews of the King's ships, were rather healthy on the station. Colonel LLOYD COMIGABCIS at Goree still Captain Maur Avd at Sierra Leone, of the Flux. Ifoto's THEATRX.—Last night Kxssu E and Mrs. ' 110.9143 appeared in the Stranger, and attracted is yery numerous assemblage. Mrs. SumoNs gave every possible effect to the sorrows of Mr.r. Ha&, and in• deed rendered the culprit so interesting, that the tar• pitude of her crime was almost forgotten in contem plating the charms and fascination of her repentance. The gloomy apathy and sudden starts of passion which characterize the misanthrope, were accurate:if delineated by KildßLE.—His brother was &naval mile dilly as Baron Sul:fgt.,. EMERY and SDWON' were highly entertaining in the comic characters; and Mrs. Livrox warbled the plaintiff Air-4 4 1 have Si k lent sorrow here"--witb peculiar Melody =lank* own, and to restore we feel the highest tion of our Reader of our National Re ,n the 10th instant Conrolidated Fund upon which the E founded; and the yet been known in to R 2,714,117.-1 October, 1807, it But as there is these amounts, or preceding quarter with the heaviest July and sth Jana the Consols at the will be a clearer n produced toward• the half years end respectively : Surplus on loth Otto Deduct deficiency sth Remained, surplus al year ......... Surplus inth October Deduct deficiency at Remains, surplus app 1808 .............. ... plus granted by 1 1707 (ending s th t h a t considerably produced with in 5e 5 , 500,000 only Fulntdo;nsoly remain: that, dec a b ov e stated, the , duced in the tw April.—There a bability that they disposal of Parlia Such is die co With respect to t less favourable. quarter (ended I quarter ended 112 The Property ended 10th Octo Yesterday M. ter at our Court, CANNING at the l two and three he The present e 5 orderpc o i t m a l m a : n t f P dt h l a y et oßn o i u gc t sioners of the Ad last week Governor Four Lieutenants, Physicians of 10 y All other Physicia Surgeons - Agent and Stevrar Dispenser and Ch . Governor's Clerk First Clerk to the First Clerk to the The Comet, A Made its appear: erratic course to and may be seen somewhat below Planet Jupiter a at about two-tl forming neaily Pleiades. The but its nucleus i Wednesday n two men of the pany, stationed the Canterbury for the first th beating his ant i the distance wit ing his cempeti rear. A numbe occasion. On Thursdai pool coach wa Necks, Lad-lar through the ow gateway, when passengers, wei the pavement, tourney, and le .rnan was conve recovery. Thursday se' Collector's-lane of Castle street uncommon fun materials depo struction the su exertions of the between eleven accident IsaPPe of Mr. Wilban bad been thoug progress of the Individuals, wl top; onveturni down vitth hir Person escaped 4 covered in' i with two sever and thigh, and ACCOUNT OF TILE HAPPY AND GLORIOUS RESTORATION OF THE KINGDOM OF ALGAItVA. 44 On the 17th of June, the day on which our Holy Church celebrates the festival of Corttu Christi, the perfidious and abominable French Government having given directions to fix up at the town of Olhao, about a league from Faro, their orders, calling upon the oppressed Portuguese to take up arms against our neighbours the Spaniards, Colonel Jose Lopes de Sousa, Governor of Villa Real de S. Antonio, not only a faithful subject, but a brave warrior, and who bore our slavery with impatience, having come to the said town, tore down the edict, and breaking an in voluntary silence, exclaimed there to a few seafaring men, the only people who inhabit the place, with tones and gestures the most expressive, "Ah Por tuguese, we no longer deserve that name, and we are now nothing !" To h►m the few men who were pre sent, exclaming with unanimous voice, replied, " We are still Portuguese, and are ready to lay down our lives for our Religion, our Prince, and our Country." The Colonel retired to the Church, and these few men easily drawing to themselves the rest of the town, who were always greatly attached to the august Royal Family of Portugal, entered the Church tumultuously, where they were drawn up by the Colonel, whom they elected their chief, advanced to attack the french, who were marching to the town, having put them selves in such a state of preparation as circumstances admitted of, and having taken from the fortress of Armona, situated on the coast, the artillery that were there. On the ISth, the French who were in the city of Faro, consisting of grenadiers and chas seurs, marched, in order to act against this revolu tion ; and attempting to invest Olhao, were driven back, with the loss of twenty-five men, leaving sixteen dead on the field, their baggage, one mortar spiked, with all their ammunition scattered about. These perfidious and cowardly men (whom it is fair to call so, though their crimes have not been proved by authentic testimony in a Court of Justice) murdered two young people who were feeding their small flock ; an old man, more than 100 years of age (on that account called Pai avo); and also a very old woman and her family, and wounded severely two men, who have fortunately recovered. This division of the French remained dispersed in the fields, expecting reinforcements from the city of Tavira, which, in fact, reached them on the 19th, and having obtained of General Morain, who governed the whole of Algarva, and resided at Faro, that some of the 2d regiment of artillery, then lying there, should be detached to assist them to repel the brave division of noble seafaring men, the people of Faro making a signal for attack at two in the afternoon, a countryman being at their head, and the soldiers Se bastiao, Cobreira, Captain pf artillery, and his bro thers Belehia and Severn, Cobreia, as well as Laza ro, Landeiro, and others, displayed the national flag, and defended the city, making - prisoners the French soldiers and officers, to the number of 170, and Ge neral Morain himself. The measures adopted by the Nobility, Clergy, and Religious Orders, were not less patriotic. On the 20th the people were called together by them, and at seven in the morning, under the discharge of artil lery, they all took an oath that they would defend, to the last drop of their blood, their Religion, their Queen, the Prince Regent our Sovereign, his children, and the whole most Serene House of Braganza. Presently appeared in arms the Most Reverend Chapter in a body, and all the Clergy, with the three Orders of Franciscans, Antonines and Marians ; and those dispositions were taken which were required by the pretence of the enemy, who being. driven from Olhao, which place he could not enter, sought refuge in Faro but being driven back by our artillery, they retreated to the mountains at the distance of a league. At two in the afternoon of the same day, the city being placed in a secure state of defence, and troops being detached to succour Olhao, the French evacu ated these parts, and, flying, dispersed *wards •the SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. Our readers will recollect the apparent subserviency of the Royal Council of Castile to the views of NA. roLsox after claiming the Spanish throne. That Council has since published a Manifesto of its pry ceedings, and which is in fact intended as its justifi cation of its conduct in submitting to the French. This document, which we have laid before our readers► is, however, extremely interesting. IF appears from it, that FERDINAND VII. even while in the custody of his destroyer, contrived to keep a correspondence with the capital of his kingdom, on measures relating to its defence; and every thing tends to prove this the idea of restoring CHARLES IV. after his voluntary abdication originated entirely and exclusively with the French. The Portuguese, as soon as they got rid of French domination, followed the example of the Spaniards in endeavouring to enlighten the public on all facts connected with the general welfare, by means of the press. The Gazette of the 16th ult. commences with an apology for the falsehoods which had appeared in it, while the capital was in the possessicn of the French. It appears, that during that period, LA. GARDE, the French General of Police, assumed the office of Editor, and wrote the article dated Lisbon. The two numbers of the Gazette which have reached us are therefore filled with accounts of the surrender 1 of DUPONT, and other successes of the Spaniards. - which were not before publicly known in Lisbon.— Instead of being offended at the British flag being hoisted, on the entrance of our troops into the capital, the Portuguese rejoiced to see it displayed. It is t however, very remarkable, that the conditions of the Convention of Cintra had not been published in Lisbon on the 17th, two days after they were known in this country.—There are letters from Lisbon, dated the 2541 ult. but they contain no additional intelligence. PRIVATE LETTERS. " LISBON, SEPTZMIU 17• The French finally evacuated this town on TkirsdaT !let, and those who are not yet eintyiked are down at Belem. Of the terms of the Convention we here are quite ignorant. I was told on 'Change today, that in consequence of orders readied from London, a stop bad been pm to the sailing of the last transports with French troops. There was a mutiny let one of these trans ports, in which the soldiers killed one of the Csymins, and I ant told that Minkel Cotton has caused the to be tried by a Co u rt Martial, and that four of them had The Spaniards who were dimmed and isapriscrimt billevt;