The National Register. — London, England, 1811-04-21 00:00:00

~ 4' ' ~... ~ .. TIRE t • tyrsem , A lir A 444ip.e.i • • 414 zc . F.P A eI" O - 4 V (I / 4,4 ) - 41 4-ar',Wq!ie 47 ' '.; *.; • • • - • • 61ifigiklittbr t;tr*lirtialivi. or tonTuoi 'OD T 4114. M9Aiitvisa sni..l 5: ;'..!'sTscrk . • . - “LisUtin,.April3, "N '?'VA-TtlfifthrOlia-Zrki day of our zlory is-at last tlia'A4ol4 tu f . el l gmy, in disgraceful '*IL. pints, rapidly disappear • -;4 1 / 4 :imitliePt>ttnret4'rerritbel, which. they *have' in. : ittict z sittli their' presence. The Governors ofPor .l:•tugul sejoic*, with: .yeu. ore.: this happy event 4 arid after huttebNi . thems*es m the .presen4 3 :6l' the Altrtig,tgy; ,ge . ...fxrst and . Soverein. - Atakior' zoncti.Ther render due thanks to lees.Royal.4-lighness the,ll ) ritniceAegent:.-our Lord i ....Whose esta-,. 2' l ,loViid tilits 4)r'prir - del,en.Cel to his British • ..rmy, end glet(Ted Ministry, and to the whole lit itish NiCon, en whom we lyive. found powerful . as..d•liberal ..11ies, the most constant co-operation in tiie eiierny, and that fionour:' .4 ..44, 3>utty,; and ra ew.isness 6f . priaciTle which . c ' that great: natl9,- * to .the Ijlits. irious Well ing.on, whose. sagacity,. and consum mate military knowledge enabled .him to penetrate .• the Owls of the enemy, - to take' the mess effectual pleciutions.f)r frustrating . them, and compelled • ti - eirt 'acl.ist - tmfly with the remains cif their raimerolis • arnly,.diniinisl!ed liy famine, by ;the n,o t severe rivat;ons, and by the incessant put suit of the allied forcesq to the zoirl,,iis and indefatigable Beresiord, the restorer of eiiscipline and organization to the t.., We brave and skilful Generals and Officets of both nations; to their brave comrades '11 1 :4; mste. disbeartening, serve only to augment its enthusiasm, and to make it feel all the horror of the slaVery with which it WdS diVat( fled. is But, Portuguere,, the lamentable effects of the invasion c)1 those barbarians ; tte yet smoking re vains of the humble cottage of the poor, of the. vilace of the man of optilence, of the cell of the' eligionh, of the hospit•dl v.'l,;cit afforded shelter and ;chef to the poor and the infum, of the temples de dicated to the worship of the Most High ; the in arneattsVooef4lf Et) many peaceful citizens of both soxes, ane tiifitges, with which those heaps of ruins are still titvci ; the' insultkof every kind heaFed . ;Ton thot,e.W•hoto the- 'Vandals did not 4t.prive of life----insults many times haore c.ruej than death it- . self; the ttnixet;tal . devast4tion of the fields, of plantations, of cattle, and - of the instruments of - !ricnittie ; the robbery and destrt4o* of every tliing that the 1-.nhappy niMibitanis . 'd - the invaded possessed ;-46is attrociotig scene, 1 - 7.-hich makes hurnanily slAcier o . affokds a tercible lessen, which yuu ouzltt .deer?' to engrave' .oti - yoirr me, Tnory, in older fully to know - that. degene.ate nac tin t who retain only The iignre Of rtes; 344 who' .every respezt ard 17 .6eatiq,' . "4 lit*re hAool:thiiity thl. tigers :A-116r* Wretched 4rt: a i eir uthwtstaz kritteirtetitiefte tr,miseti • • j' •, , . • krIONAL REGISTER, tims of a foolish credulity, a thousand times will they repent, bat without avail, of the levity with which they have trusted to the promises of a nation without faith and without law ; of Men who ac.. knowledge neither the rights of humanity, nor re spect the sacred tie of an oath. •Opposed to .such an enesity, the only alternatives which remained to us were resistance, or retreat ;• the former de pended on a competent armed force, the latter is a latv which the duty of preser*Ang life arid-property imposes *on all peaceful citizens. .These evacuating the towns where they dwell % transporting - the effects which they. can carry off, destroying those • which they are obliged to abandon, and which might serve for the -subsistence Of the enemy, escape the horrors of the most infanious slavery, throw them selves 'into the arms of their fellow-countrymen who receive them as brothers, assist the military opera tions, depriving —invaders of the means of main taining themselves in the territory which they occu pied; and in this way they are so far useful to them 'selve4 because the enemy, not being able to support himself for a-long time in positions where lie is in Want of subsistence, will soon. be obliged to eva cuate them • and the inhabitants returning imme diately' t& their homes, neither suffer the inconve niences of a lengthened absence, nor find their houses and fields in that state of total devastation in which the enemy's army would have left them, had he remained for longer period., • 4 , Such, Portuguese, are the lessons of experience which we ought never to forget, - Bat amidst such disasters, Providence is pleased to give us sources of consolation which will make them less sensibly felt. The unfortunate people who fled Must the fury of their erne oppressors have experienced the greatest kiednetts in the humanityelf their fellow citizens. In al the diptricts to whichAfry have fled . they were received with open arms ; the inhabit ants eagerly pressed to afford them all that succour. which they could individuhlly bestow; ther their ?louses with emigrants ; and many timesl4ave we pirceived with tears of joy the generous ethula tioa of those who disputed with one another who should afrord the rights of hospitality to those un knowi families who arrived in this capital without shelter or the means of subsistence, " It is the duty of the 6Overnment to take im mediate measures for the, relief of these necessitous persons bet the Want of public funds, which are not even sufficient to provide for our defence, must make these measures less effectual, Unless individu als liberally concur in a proceeding . so much re commended by'hiimanity as 117 . patriotian: 4 " Disler the inspection of auk tribunal, whiCh hasAdtranced part . of these stactotim by the wife and e;„iinornical measures of a Member of that Tribunal, executed by zealous and intelligent Of= ficers, the wietched fugittfee have beep . ' fed, and numberless unfortoitte persons h*ve tieert rescued from the jaws of death. This great eipenie has been supported - nor only by the resourees which were at the disposal'of Governiiient„ but, still 'more, by voluntary donations preiented by aittivis 'and foreigners ; among whom we ouglit• to - ,4nintion Avith , Rartiti‘lar.• 4istinCtion the subiectt - el his Bri tWoO Ma*ity>-1)0th. tlictiewlyt we oritileyed in the army * those who are attae4 to. tut/ hipoorio in arms, wlv Wit it.getvrens emulation, never fought that they cli4 nOrtinnriph Puid, in line, to the whole Portuguese peopje. .whose .loyAlty, .patriotharit scanty., andl)474Nkeen glotiousAy dis- tinguitttidaytikattlie iribuigthis which have ataicted us. A ilatitin p ,, P4essed of sveh cam never V; subdued: and the calamities of war, instead of ~~ :.~ I