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. . derstanding which was re-established between the two Governments, and which ought to have caused to be forgotten all the injuries it had suffered, which certainly had never been provoked on its part. The Lir conduct of the French overnment was very differ ent-r-from the first moment that peace was re-esta blished, it required all kind of unjust sacrifices on the part of the Portuguese Government, in favour of the the most extravagant and unfounded pretensions of France. Subject Europe ought then to have foreseen, that its subjugation from Lisborkto Petersburgh was determined in the Cabinet of. the Thuilleries, and that it was necessary to combine, to level thecolossus with the ground, or submit to be his victim. gg After a short interval war broke out, anew be tween England and France ; and the. Court of Pox tugal having made the greatest sacrifices to avoid war, and the harsh and humiliating propositions.of the French Government, thought itself fortunate to.! be able to conclude, with the greatest sacrifices of money, the treat); of 1804, in which France promised in the 6th article as follows : The First Consul of the French Republic consents • to acknowledge the neutrality of Portugal during 44 the present War, and not to oppose any measures eg that may be taken with respect to the belligerent • Notions, agreeably to the principles and general " laws of neutrality.' " The French Government from that time received all the advantages of such a treaty ; it never had oc casion to make the smallest complaint against the Portuguese Government. Yet it was during the same war, and after such a stipulation, that it required of the Court of Portugal, not only the infraction of its neutrality, but a declaration of war, in violation of all the treaties that had existed between the two coun tries ; and in which, in the case of war acknowledged possible, it was determined how the subjects of the two nations should be treated, and all this without Portugal having any cause of complaint against the British, Government, which had even given it every kind of satisfaction, when the Commanders of its ships of war had failed in that respect which was due to a neutral flag. gg The Emperor of the French in the mean time caused one of his squadrons, on board of which was his brother, to put to sea. It anchored in the bay of All Saints, where it was received with every kind of respect, and was supplied with all sorts of refresh ments. Yet, what is worthy of attention is, that at the very time the French Government received, on the part of that of Portugal, so many marks of friend ship and consideration, the squadron burned some Portuguese vessels to conceal their route, with a pro mise of indemnity to the proprietors, which promise was never perfOrmed. Europe may hence conclude the fate which awaits it should the French acquire an ascendancy by sea equal to that it has obtained by land, and may properly estimate the foundation of the complaints it so loudly utters against the English Government. — England never made any remonstrances against the succours granted to the French' squadron, for they were within the acknowledged limits of the Law of Nations ; but the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France has dared to assert, in the face of Europe, that Portugal gave assistance to the English for the conquest of Monte Video and Buenos Ayres ; while it is a fact known to all the world, that that'expedi-1 tion, which sailed from the Cape of Good Hope, ro:•1 ceived from Portugal neither vessels, money, nor men, nor in fine, any merchandize considered as contra band of war; and that the English squadrons during this war obtained nothing at Rio de Janeiro, or the other ports of Brazil, except what is not refused to any nation, and which had been supplied plenti fully to the French squadron. The Court Portugal defies the Court of France to produce any fact in con tradiction to this assertion, which is founded is the most exact and impartial truth. " France received from Portugal from 1804 to 1807, all the colonial commodities, 'and first mate rials for her manufactures. The alliance of England with Portugal was useful to France, and in the de pression suffered by the arts and industry, in conse quence of a perpetual war by land, and a disastrous war by sea, in which she only met with defeats, it was certainly a great advantage to France, that the commerce of Portugal should suffer no interruption; undoubtedly, it was equally useful to both countries. By ravaging Portugal, by subjecting her to exces sive contributions in an unheard of manner, without war or any resistance having been made on her pal t, France has not obtained that advantage which a commerce useful to both countries would have pro cured her. The Court of Portugal might therefore justly, with every kind of foundation, flatter itself . that that of the Thuilleries would respect a neutrality which it had a*nowledged by a solemn treaty, and from which it derived such decided advantages. It was, however, awakened from its security in the month of August, 1806, by a formal declaration'of the French Nlinis•er for Foreign Affairs, M. Talley. rand, to Lord Yarmouth, by which the former not' fied to the latter, that if England' did not make a i maritime peace, the French Government would de. dare war against Portugal, and order that.country to be occupied by thirty thousand Men.. It was not with th;rty thousand /nen that. the invasion of Portu, gal could be effected, but the Emperor of the French, who knew the security in nhich Portugal remained in consequence of the Treaty of Neutrality, thought he could take her by surprise, and this was sufficient to justify his proceedings. The Court of England was alarmed by the above declaration, and . proposed and offered to that of Portugal all kind of succour ; but France, which at that period hid arranged every thing to crush the Prussian Court, which ds'en'alone bid defiance to the superior power of the EMperor of the French, while a twelvemonth,before it 'would not attack, and perhaps compel him' to receive the - law, and save Europe, jointly with Russia and An, stria, found means to pacifrthe Court of Portugal, which she then chose to spare. The Court of Portua gal could not then conceive that a similar perfidy. would be the attribute of a Power, whose conduct ought to keep pace with that integrity and those dig. nified sentiments, which suit so well an exalted..rank. • The war which was afterwards continued with R ussia, and which might yet perhaps have saved Europe, it the union of the Governments which divided it hid been as close as }t-should have been, still retarded the execution of the views t f the Emperor of the French with regard to the Court of Portugal; and it was only by concluding the Peace of Tilsit, that the Court of the Tlmillestes, in a dictatorial tone, such - . -- e • , • as might live become Chaileaasgni measure which eel& wit his situ , thestinciple _which he had . con. Prince% whose Sovereign Ford he ' save the blood of his people, and strange demand to_" tie ma 'make the criminal plan & the ' French,' thrOugh ' the Medium of the . carried V . : l A.46re!) and by the Spanish Amt to - shut the ports o f P ortu g al against 1 Tet detain all Englishmen. who resided in Portugal; .ng le be ss in i g n view than Tnt to n sec ezeell ure tinn' 'his I i ..eyal 1...., _ _,, ead_the whole Roy al and, Sd, To confiscate all Eitgllth property j or, in to divide et - and - p leasure d . Fnin theilyspoin order case of refusal, to expose itselito an immediate war the Crown oUtartugal and the Portuguese omt with.- :France . and Sirain,_rhe French: Charge crAf. pions: PacrYlPmscx secmde d th e eff,'" of . a J us faires, and the Ambassader of Spain, having. orders Prince, and the magnanimpus resoluti o n . hiswhich his io depart on the Ist cif `Sher, three weeks after Royal Highness adopted, to renre with August she said pie) ' siuen Was 'made, in case that the Court Royal Family to Btizll,lisedneerted at once . e ef t ista 6f Port - should not comply with all the pretest- forts ofthe French Government, and exposed in the 'tons bf • two Courts. The good faith of the French clearest light in the face of-Europe the cnininal and poveroment is no less remarkable With 'regard to treacherous view of a Govenunen two ich aims at unie the celerity with which, 'after,havlig Made that de- versal domination of all Europe and of the whole .claration, and without waiting for the answer world, if the great European Powers, roused from the bf the Court of Portugal, beit ordered all Por. lethargic stupor into which they are sunk, do nor ,tnguese -merchant ships to • detained which were make-common cau se vigorously to oppose an ambi. in the ports of France, and by that measure actually tion so-immoderate a nd excessi s's ve. cornmencing hostilitiee-Without any previous 'tittle, , 46 Sin ce his Royal Highnes safe arrival in his ration df war, thus - earrying• to a far greater length ! diminions in Brazil , he ha s learned with horror, not all the proceedings which formed its continued topic ' only the usurpation of Portugal, and the pillage and of reproach against England, which, after, such a plunder practised in that country, but also the shame conduct, will be justly valued - 44 The Court of Portugal might th e n we ll have as the Dictator of Eu ro p e, dares to represent it adopted the known maxim of the Romans, andbeen ' as a crime of his Royal Highness, that he has remo convincedabat disgraceful conditions frequently saved ved his seat of Government to Brazil, and in his 'those who refuse them, and brought destruction over i'faithful subjects who followed him, to have accompa [those by whom they were proposed ; but on the one Lnied a Prince whom all his people revere, still more side it could not believe, that the Court of the Thu;:ron account of-his virtues than of the rights Of his au illeries made in earnest proposals which committedliust Royal Family, which he has inherited, • and by both its honour and its dignity ; and on the ether : virtue of which he reiens over them. _•. . . side, it hoped to ward off the storm, desirous of j " His Royal Highness has witnessed with horror sparing the blood of its people, and placing implicit , the hardihood with which ad attempt has been made confidence in the friendship of his Britannic Majesty,lin an official paper to proscribe the rights of his Au its old and faithful ally, it endeavoured to render the I gust Royal Family to the Crown of Portugal, with pretensions of the French Government more mode- ; which he will never part and he is entitled to de rate, by acceding to 'the shutting the ports, and ee.! wand of the Emperor of the French from what code fusing the other two articles as contrary to the princi.dof the law of nations he has drawn similar principles, ple; of public law, and to the treaties which subsisted I and received such an authority, claiming te this sute between the two nations; and his Roy al Highness ject the most serious consideration of all the European the Prince Regent of Portugal had no hesitation to . Powers, who cannot see with indifference what has. declare, that those articles wounded enually his re. i been stated, and the introduction of a new Govern ligion and the principk of morality, from which he . meat in Portugal, without his consent, as well as the; never deviates, and which are perhaps the cause of raising of an exorbitant contribution, demanded from; the unshaken fidelity which he has experienced on the ; a country which opposed no kind of resistance to the' part of his subjects. 'entry of the French troops, and which, on this, very , 4 , The Court of Portugal then began to adopt men- I ground, could not consider itself as being at war whir sures for its retreat to that part of the Portuguese do- • France. The most remote posterity as well as impartial minions which is not exposed to .any invasion, the; Europe, will see with grief such transactions, the consequence of which ought to create alarm. I forerunners' of barbarism and misery, such as those 44 For this purpose it ordered all such ships of which followed the downfall of the Roman Empire, war as were fit to keep the sea to be fitted out, . and and which cannot be avoided, unless exertionarbe made also directed all the English to quit its dominion; to restore the equipoise of Europe, by in uncommon and sell their property, with an intention of shutting , effort, and with a total oblivion of all ideas and feel the ports against England, is order thus to _avoid alt I in g of rivalship, that has hitherto been the true causes effusion of the biped of its subjects, whicli.Would ; oithe elevation of that monstrous Power, which probably have proved useless, and to endeavour , to ' threatens to swallow up all. comply with the views of the Emperor of the French', ' 66 After this correct and true statement , mad e b y in case he should 'not allOw himself to be softened I his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, 'down bythat . justice with which the Court of Vortu. I to Europe and to his. subjects, of every thing which ' , al asserfedthe rights of its independence, along with' has taken place between the Portuguese and N o ose sv:iich resulted from the Treaty of Neutrality I French Governments ; and as the Emperor of 'the concluded in Iboi.• French has not.only invaded Portugal, and laid that 44 The Court of the Thuilleries ,was unwilling' tn, country under the most dreadful, and almost incredi agree to any conciliatory measure. havingnrit only , tile contribution, under the cloak of friendship, but demanded the shutting the ports, but the i mprison- has also, long ago withdrawn his embassy f rom his merit of all British subjects, the confiscation of their Royal Highness's Court, and even caused Portuguese property, and a dereliction of the project to retreat to merchant ships to be seized which were in his ports, America. His Royal 'Highness the Prince Regent iwithout any previous Declaration of War, and con of Portugal, who knew , on the on e side, that his-Brie' trary to an express article of the Treaty 3f. Neutra tannic Majesty, his true and old Ally, informed of lity, from which he derived the greatest advantages, all the transactions which were going on, would con- and lastly, declared war against him, according to sent to the shutting the ports, in order to save For- the report of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, hisl tugal from the invasion of the French ; and who was Royal Highness, after having resigned his cause into convinced, on the other side, that there was no longer , the hands of the ALMIGHTY, whom he has every right any Englishman in Portugal who was not naturaliz. ! to invoke in so just a cause, thinks it due to his rank ed inthat country ; and that all English property I and to the dignity of his Crown, to make the foliew had been sold, and even its amount exported, adopt- I ing declaratial Highness breaks off all commun ication ed the resolution to shut their ports agaiest England, " Hisßoy I and even to comply with the rest of the d emands and , with France, recalls all the Members of his embassy, pretensions of France, declaring, however, at the ,if any should yet remain, and authorises his subjects same time, that should the French troops enter Per- I to wage war by sea and land again st the sub j ects " of tugal, his Royal Highness was firmly resolved to re- the Emperor of the French ; move the seat of Government to the Brazils, which I " His Royal Highness declares null and void all formed the most important and best defended part of , the treaties which the Emperor of the Frenchhas corn his dominions. 1 pelled him to conclude, and in p articular those of 44 His Royal Highness then ordered the whole of ; Badajoz and Madrid, in 1801, and that of Neutra• his army to move to the coast and seaports, suppos- [ lity in 1801•, because he has violated them, and never ing, that as. France had obtained all she demanded, , respected them ; she would have nothing else to ask, confided in that I 44 His' Royal Highness will not lay dearer his arms, good faith which ought to be considered the funda- unless in concert withhis Britannic Majesty, his old mental principle - in every Government which has and faithful Ally, and will neveragree to a cession ceased to be revolutionary, and felt conscious that , of Portugal, which forms the most ancient part or having done every thing in his power to secure the I the inheritance and of the rights of his august Road' tranquillity of his people, and avoid an useless effie-1 Family. • . ion of blood, he had fulfilled all the duties of a vir- I 44 When the Emperor of the French shall have sa tuous Prince adored by his subjects, and who to the I tisfied in every plaint the just claims of his Royal SUPREME BEING alone has to account for his actions.l Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, and shall 44 The French Government then observed a line , have relinquished the dictatorial and imperious tone of conduct towards his Royal Highness and his do- I in which he lords it over oppressed Europe—and minions which would be unprecedented 'in history, I when he shall have restored to the Crown of Porte were not the invasion of Switzerland by France, at gal all he has invaded in the midst of peace an:: :he time of the Executive Directory, of a sintilar de- without the leas t p rovocation, his Royal Highness will scriPtion. , avail himself of the earliest opportunity to renew the . 44 .Getteral Junot, without any previous deciara...connection which hat always subsisted between the tion t without the consent of the Prince Regent 'of two countries, and which• ought to exist bet Ween =- Portugal, entered the kingdom with the vanguard of lions that would never be divided butlsi those prin. his army, assuring the people in the country that he ' ciples of inordinate ambition, Which, according to the was marching through it to succour his Royal High , 'experience of ages, have always p_roved destructive nets against an invasion of the Eng lish, and that he' to the welfare and tranquillity of all nations by which entered Portugal as General of a friendly and allied . they were ad h opted. rower. He received on the journey c onvincin g proofa. • " Rio Janeiro, te lei May,.lBoa" of the good faith of the Portuguese Government, for he witnessed the perfect uneasiness which prevailed , • with regard to France, and that all the Portuguese- ' troops were near the coast. . . e . " His. Royal Highness the Prince of Portugal, sue-, prised in such an extraordinary manner, might have rallied around him the body of troops which were at: a small distance from him, caused the English fleet to enter the port of Lisbon, and thus cut to pieces the small and miserable corps with -which General Junot was advancing, with a degree of temerity' which would have been ridiculous, had not General Junot, whom his conduct in Venice and Lisbon has but too well made known, relied on the feelings of it. virtuous Prince, who would never have exposed his people to the most dreadful calamities by a sure first success, which would only have served to chastise the audacity of a man who, like many others, abu sed the power with which he was entrusted, or who acted in pursuance of orders which cannot be justified. 44 His Royal Highness the Prince Regent then OFFICIAL PAPER-PROCLAMATION. BY SIR .CITSRLISS COTTON, BART. .ADEILAL or TEL ELUL, Hib e rniaMAND off the Tagus, July 4. Istnasiratirs or POITLICIAL! Deputations having reached me from all parts of the kingdom, soliciting succour, aid, and assistance, and stating to me the loyal, brave, and manly determination of the people of Portugal to esti -Wish the Government of their lawful Prince, and sinandpote their country from French oppression. I send, agreeable to your requests, ships, troops, arms, and ammunition; and have directed the Standard of his Royal High ness the Prince Regent of Portugal to be reared, rtiund which every loyal Portuguese is hereby invited immediately to-relly and to take up arms in so just and so glorious a cause. To be successful, Portuguese, you must be unanimous ; and, joined by your brave neighbours and friends the Spaniards, 7 00 must not be Intimidated by menaces, nor seduced by promises. Some months' experience must have convinced you of the effect of French friendship -- ; it is now to British faith and assistance, aided by your own energy and efforts , that riswill, I trait, be indebted for the restoration of your Prince and the n indeibendetiet " your country. (Signed) C. COTTON. ke -. 1. " Onl w as, ea . . - slit • mg 7 to Court q_ Port 3. .1 .• •Ilowed to French Our* - to prevent inbassador 's=4 Government from st England. VA; which had nothing iled in Portugal; Royal Person and _ • idtr os• - SPAIN: MADRID, JULY 21. Authentic intelligence has reached this city; that General Dupont has surrendered, after the complete defeat of his army, which consisted of 24,000 men, on the 21st of this month, between Baylen and An dujar, in Andalusia. His troops had committed the greatest outrages in every place . which they had en tered. The French army were delivered up as pri soners to the disposal of the Junta' of Seville. The attacks which were made upon his army lasted front the 15th, in the morning. General Moncey, who was in Valencia with a di: vision of 13,000 men, has retired hither with the small remainsof his army. The A:ragoneee are de fending themselves with the utmost bravery agaiost the attacks of the French. The troops of Valencia, which it is said, are coming to besiege this city, anal fescue it from slavery, amount to about 45,000 rood those of Andalusia to 50,000 ; those of Estramadurst to 20,000; and of Murcia to 20,000. A part of them have already arrived within eight or nip-. leagues of this city. The populace are in a state c. the utmost ferment. MANZANUAL, JULY so. We have no news. The head-quarters have nct been removed from hence. The enemy are in pos session of Leon. Our General is indefatigable in his . exertions to re-organize and discipline_ the army. Ge neral Cuesta is at Salamanca, where he is also actively employed in disciplining his troops. • CORUNNA; AUGUST S. The British man of war the Tonnant, of SO guns, with Admiral De Courcy on board, has entered this port :he ivas received with repeated discharges f ar tillery. We learn from the Officers of this ship, that there are expeditions fitting out for the assistance of Spain in the different ports of Great Britain. All the individuals of that generous nation, as well as the, noble Portuguese who were here, expressed the most enthusiastic joy when the news arrived of the glorious victory do anted by General Castanos over Dupont. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 11. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC*: Cons. money, 661 —for acc. 66i—Redneed 661. Omnium 1 dis.—Excheq. Bills Ss. pre.— PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Imp. Annuities Bank Stock 2431 24 $ tits 'it 11-16 3 per Cent. Red. 68 4 1 671 Omniurn 1 prem. par 1 prem. 3 per C. Cons: 671 61 67 India Stock 180 4 per Cent. Cons. 84 831 India Bonds, 4s. Ss. prem. S per Cent. Navy, 9q1.. Ex. Bills, 3s 6s. pre. Long Annuities 181 11-16 Lottery Tickets, ..I‘2l. 65. Imp. 3 per Cent. 601 Cons. for acc.l7ll • DUTCH PAPERS. We have received a series . of Dutch papers to the 6th inst. The only articles 'they contaiu allude to the route which NAPOLEON is taking on his =tune from Spain ; but with respect to the proceedings in. the latter country, the mast profound silenee is main tained. 4. t 44 .ANGItitS, t.l; The ICefeet of this . Department has received:an' of6Cial inaMation tliat the Emperor and King 144r0t. LEON Will pass through this place one 11th gust." ,u nii T Y ST. t , It appears certain that his Majesty the Emperor and King will pay us a icisit about the 12th' of Au. gust." • " PARIS, JULY SSC The Mayor of Boirdeams has indinated to 'the Commander of the Draioott Guards of Honour of ' that place ; that his Majesty the Emperor and King may be expecteii it Bourdeaul on the SOtlz natant ; notice has consequently beeii isiAted to the inhabitants . .to prepare 'for his Majesty's recegrtiou In a becoming manner." The GIBRALTAR, of 84 gutis, which, with other men of war.mentioned in the STAR of yesterday, was left off .Corurina when the SWALLOW sailed from that port, on the sth inst. has arrived at Plymouth, but has brought no later intelligence from Spain. Indeed this could hardly be expected, as are sailed , very Soot; after the SWALLOW. The Coruna Gazette of the sth instant, ocarinas in its utmost extent, the intelligence before received-of the defeat of Dirporr, and gives strong grouxds for believing that the French armies are all endeavouring to effect theirretreat fram Spain. Already Marshili BESSIKRES, as we stated yesterday, is falling back to Burgos--that is, instead of endeavouring to join JUNOT hi Portugal, he is taking the road to the French frontier. The report that a battle bad taken place at Ma. drid is not cotrect ; but General BLAKE had anotlfr battle with the French on the Ist instant, which we conceive to have been the one that gave rise to the re. port. Official accounts of this action have not been ' yet received ; but the particulars are detailed in a private letter as follows : " Two divisions of the army of General BLAKE, between Astorga and Rio Seco, met with and fought a very large body of French troops. The result of the action was most favourable ; between 6000 or 7000 of the enemy were killed, and the whole force would have been destroyed, had the Patriots not been destitute of cavalry for tie pursuit. .The Spa niards only lost 800 men. Thi day upon which this most important action took place, was the Ist of August." It appears by the accounts that have reached that the Patriots' forces of Valencia„ Andalusia, EL. tramadum, and Murcia, to the number, it is said, of .135,000 men, are all marching eorattls Madrid as to a common centre ; and if we May credit the accounts &it have bee ditating an i that capital. from the disc we may also, fection of so ped at Bayon A letter fri Andero, the " Desertions Ten made their themselves as caved a letter arestvesxd of Ba WA PARTZ quitti • orders to the Si Trance, front u snediately eompl he immediately an arrest, to be e Governmei val of the di! taming the p.l the aunt' of ter, arrived at 6th instant a in the ST. G the di spatche! The followin; Plymouth by fleet on Satur " The wave itay tie depende bane from Gibr .—(August 6,1& A vessel al brought advi Sir ARTHUR: the 27th ult. bon, where hi ted force of • day. Irnpor flow, `therefor . Considerin g bet but appe; time heard o . 13tal country motions in di by believing t sufficient bus; Austria is the • this moment, yesterday that the twc Emp depression—r the issue, as guence, there ,Isoney to ma with confiden patches from which the apj and Austria • . The Court is impossible 1 them, have 1 peremptorily with withdra Silesia, &c. a tinned occupi vitiv in no otl against them: the most fort part of his ki ;ventured upo the worst,,,so Measure 'whir desired, he hi the designs o A circurns 'which our insolence of spieuous poi so informatil of AUSTRIA gary, chiefly making the to be of a pi to the Amb: sembled in to follow hi Ambassador to the Erupt esced in his till his recur determinatic standing the Emperor hi, traced his si , alovement, such an exce peror, and i personal dis h Yesterday at the Queei his MAJEST' litary Gentl General Fr. Lieutenant- Regiment. General GI • •of Wight • General C • Coldstream F His MA. gaveaud a t of the c . qactly at r I: