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OND ON 'GA ZETTE EXTR4ORDMIRY. TUESDAY, DECEMBEI4. 23. Foreign-Office, Dec. 39 A Digpatcll, of which - the'following is a copy, has been this day received from Lord ,Strangford, , his Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary_at the Court of Lisbon, by the Right Hon. George Canning, his Majesty's, Principal Secretary of State for •Foreign Affairs. , , • His Majesty's Ship Hiternia the Tagus, Sin, Nov.' 29,- 1807. I have the honour: of announcing to you, that the Prinee. Regent of Portugal has eo6led the vise and; magnanirnoils pyrpose of retiring. from a kingdom which he could no longer retain, except as , the Vas sal of Fonce ; and that his Royal liighnesS and, fa-, t 0 wily, accompanied by most of his ships of war, and by a multitude:of his faithful subjcaband'adherents, hare this day departed ffOrn Lisbon, and are now on their way to the Brazils, under the escort of a:Bri tish Fleet. • • This : grand and memorable' event is not to be at tributed Only to the sudden alarm.excited by the ap-, pearance of a French Army within the frontiers of. Portugal. It has been the genuine result of the sylitein Of perseveriit confidence and moderation* .adoptid by his Majoiq towards that Country ; tor. the ,ultimate. success' of which j had in a manner. rendered' Myself responsible; and wbich;. in obedi ence to,yourlmtruaions,'l had'unitbrinly-continued. to support;'eveir under appearances of the most couraging naturc,, - • , I had frequently•and distinctly'stated.. to' the Ca binet of 'Lisbon, that •in agreeing not. •to :resent. the exntrkion, of Britisb Commerce from the poi;ts of Portugal, his. Majesty, had,..cxha Asted, the moans, 0 forbearance; that inindkitts , that 'ancesisiiift:te the peculiar'Circninstanees,of sit:talon, his Majeay had. done all, that 'friendship and the rernthubranc4 . , - ot: ancient 'alliance could. ju.s►ily regain: l s: but that a single step beyond the, lioe of modified hostility . , thui wo i r relocrapq, consented to, must necessarily lead to the extremity' tictual war. . ;..: The Prince .4,egent, howeirer,.stiffered liittsself fdr, momenrio' forget that, in the present' state of Europe, no 'country could be permitted to be an" enemy, to England with impunity, an that how : fver Much his Majesty Might be disposed to 'make allow,ance for the deficiency tsf the means posses,cd by Portugal of resistance to the power of. France, neither his own dignity, nor the interests of 'his people., would permit his Majesty to ticcept..that e4cwe tor a (compliance' with. the full , extent of ,demands. On the Bth instant, leis Royal 'Highness' tkas induced to sign., an Order for the detention of the few , British Subjects, and of the inconsiderable, portion of 4ritish property Which yet remained,, at Lisbon. On the publication of this Order, I caused the Arms of England to he renioved froM the gates of my residence; demanded my Pass iwrt 4, presented. a final Remonstrance 'against the recent condua sof the court of Lisbon,: and proceed-, .ed to the Squadron commanded by sir Sidney Smith, witieh arrived eff,the Coast . - of Portugal tome - days 0,4 I h:al received my Passports, and 'which I . juit:ed ott the I; th • r t immediately soggestal to - Sit - Sidney Smith the pediency olestablishing die most ilgoronS blockade of the Mouth cif,; the Tagus ; and 1 , h a d the high satisfaaion 'of ,atler‘vards finding„ that• L had tints ';inticipate4 the intentions Of his Majesty. ; your Dis- . - p.itches (which I receitied by the - Messenger Sylvester, on the u3d) directing me_to authorize that measure, ia). case the - Portuguese Qpveristnent should pass the, 1 - 44tilid* which Iti3 Majesty. bad thought tit to set to'his forbearance,: and attempt to take many far pier step iujurious to:the honour or interests of Great . • . ;;'chose Dispatches were drawn up under the idea that I was still resident at Lisbon-, and theugh I. "did not receiVe therri. Until I had aEtually taken My +Tartu' e 'from that Court, still, upon'', a care consideratten of the tonal of your Instruc tions, I thought that it . :would be right' to as as if hat e',140 had not' occurred:' restAed, therefore, to proceed _forthwith ascertain the etlik,t pro duced by the blockade Of tislatm, aryl to Propose to the Portuguese GOvernrpent, as. the only con dition upen which that Blockade,copld cease, the alternative, (stated by you) either of surrendering the to his Majesty, or of immediately 'employing it to remove the Prince Regent and his 'family: to, the lirazils - . I took upon thyself (his responsibility j t , r enewing.l\egotlapotts after my public funaioris 11,,(1 aCtually ceased, convinced that, although it „ W;t.? the fined tieterminatiott , or, „ nis majesty not to - inffel- the fleet of Porthgalli; fall into' the 'posses . pion of his Enemies, , still _his Majesty's first object , continued Sto, be the tifplicittion of that Fleet to the, of if OurAe, Oirhithe 1(oyal I;',•laiily of Bra.: zo, from the tyranny..of,,Frahce., gccigdingly Tep3oskit of the Pfinti Regent, together with due assurances of protection and ,security ; and upon receiving. his Royal. Highness's answer, I proceeded to Lisbon on the 27 th, in his Majesty's ship Confiance,' be,ir 7 Ing a- flag of - truce. I had immediately:. most interesting communications with Cohn 'O't . Lis-. bon, the Particulars of which shall be fully detailed in a future dispatCh. - It suffices - to mention M this place, that the Prince Regent wisely: directed all his 4piehensions to a French..army, and all his . hopes to an English fleet ; that he teethed the most explicit assurances from me that his Majesty, ' would generously overlook' those as . of and momentary hostility to which His Royal High °4 ness's consent had been ; extorted ; and that'l pro ., CMised ,to .his Royal .H.igliness, .on the fiiith of My Sovereign, that. the 'British Squadron before thy Tagus should be employed to prote& his retreat from Lisbon,*and his voyage, to the Brazils. A decree was published yesterday, in. which .the Prince Rt.gent annuimced his intention. of retiring to the City of Rio de Janeiro - until the conclusion of a general Peace, and of appointing a Regency, to trana& the Administration of Government at during. his Royal Highness's absen‘cti 1 Europe. This morning the Portuguese Fleet left the Tagus. I had the, honour to accompany the Pri4ce in hiSpaSkige oVer the 'Bar. - l'he .Fleet' consisted or: eight Sail of the Line, four large ( Frigates, se. venal :Armed Brigs, Sloops, and Corvettes,. and a number of Brazil Ships, amounting, I believe, to about thirty-six Sail, in all. They„ passed passed • through the British -Squadron, and his Majesty's Ships tired a salute . of 2 1 guns, which was returned with .an eq . ual number. A . more interesting speaacle than that 0000 by the junction of the two Fleets has been • - rarely beheld. On quitting the Prince Regent's Ship, I repaired on board the Hibernia, but' returned , immediately, accompanied by Sir Sidney Srnith,whoril I presented to:the.Prince„ and .who was leceived- by his Royal Highness 'Oh. the, most in Aked and gracions i eon, deicerisiOn. • •, • have the honour to: inelose Lists*of the Ships of War which were known to have left Lisbon' this Inornitig, < and which were in sight a few hours ago. There rebrain at Liibun four Ships of the Line; and the same number or Frigates, - but ,onlY 'one of ca.;ll sort is serviceable. I have thought it expedient, to ‘ josc no time in communicating, to. his Majesty's Government• the important intelligence. contained in this Dispatch; therefore_ tp apolo&ise for dip hasty and im perfeii manner in which it is writteri. , have the hondur io be, &c. STA ANC FOAM. itchnirttity-Office, Dec. 21, 1807: Divatches, of which the following are Extrias and Copies, were received at this Office on Saturday last, by Captain Yea, of his Majesty's Ship the Con► fiance . ; from Rear Admiral Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, addressed to the Hon. Wm. 'Wellesley Pole. His Majesty's Ship ffiternia, 22 leaves Sin, West of the lagus, Dec.). • In a former Dispatch, dated the 22d of No . verrn bet, with ';Postscript of the 26th,. I Conveyed to yon, for the information. of my Lords Cenunissioners of the AinirallY, the proofs contained in various dd currents, . or the 'Portuktiese Government b e ing so much influenced by terror of the French Arms,, as to have acquieseed - to certain demands of France ope rating Against Great Britain. The distribution of the, Por11.1;flose : Force W 33 made on • the roast, while the land side was ' left totally Unguarded' British sUbjeds of all destriptions were detained; and" it therefore became necessary to inform the Portuguese Gaverninent, that the case had arisen which required, in obedience to - My triitruetionS, that I should declare the. TagUs a statf) of Blockade ; and Lord Strangford agreeing with tnc that hostility should be' met th 9,. Blockade 1.44 instituted, and the Instructions wu had received wdre acted upon to their full extent ; however, bearing in recollettion the first objet adopted by his Majesty's Government, of opening a refuge for the ,head of the PortugneSe Government, menaced as •it was by the powerful arm and bane ful influence of, the l':nemy, I, then - gilt, it, my duty, to adwt ;he focans.opea to us, of entleavotiring to induce the Prince Regent' of Toftugal , to recon sider his decision " to finite himself with the Con talent of Lerope,'.' , and t reco'lle4 that he had pos ,sessiens on that of America, affording:an 'ample balanoe for any sacrifice he might' make here, and front which lie would be, Cut otf , by the nature, Of nvirititrie Warfare, the , termination of which could not b e dictated by the eornhinal.iott of the cOnti tlental ,Powers of Europe. In this view, Lord Stfactgforcl having vet:taw(' an acquiescence to the proposition which 'lad been' made by hs, for his Loi-dshlp to land and cont'er with the Prince' Ilegent under -the Gharantee of a Ecc ReAT-Atim%ral Sjr Side y f.uftlei nig of Trace, I furnished his Lord4hip with that .conveyance and security, in order that he might give to the:Prince. that confidence which. his' word. Of honoUr: a.s the 'King's Minister Plenipotentiary, united' .with that of a - &itish Admiral, could, not tail to inspire •towards inducing. his 'Royal fligh-. ness to "throw' hiMself and his Fleet into the:am:s of Great - Britain; in perfeEt:reliance on the King's overlooking a forced'ad olapparent hostility against his Flag and Subje&s, and establishing his Royal Highness's' Government in his . Ultra-Marine Pos • Sessions, .is originally promised.- I !me now the hem•tfelt satistisaion of annouving to you, that our •hop e s !vat expectations have been , realised to the utmost . extent. • On the morning of the . 29th the Portuguese Fleet (as per List anexed) came. out of the Tagus;. vvith his. 'loyal Highnes's the Prince of Brazil and the ,whole of the Royal. Family of Bra ganza on board, together with many of his faithful ConnsellorS and Adherents, as well as other perspiis attached to his. present fortunes. This Fleet of eight Sail at the Line, four Frigates, two ]Brigs, and one Schooner, with a crowd of large Armed Merchant Ships, .arranged itself under the proteaion of that of-his Majesty, while the firing of. a reciprocal salute of twenty-one guns announced the, friendly meeting of those who but the 'day be fore were on terms of hostility; the scene impress: Mg every beholder (ex c ept the French Army on the hills) with the most lively emotions of gratitude to 'Providence, that there yet existed a Power in the world able, as well as willing, to prote4t the'op 7 . 'pressed. I have the honour to be. &c. W. SIDNEY SMITH. List of the f'ortugueseltlect that cone out of the Tagus on the zyth ot Novtinnor, sBo7. ItIX.N OF WAR. Names. Guns. Names. ' Guns, -Prins ipe Reale - Alltibir d'Albuquerquc 6 4, ltiunna de Portugal - 74 D. I oao de Cull() .¢4 Comte 1 - lenrique 74 i'r'»icipc de Braid - - 74 - ivIeLItIZA • - 74 Martino de Ytestal - P 4 ratc•Atr.s. < itilinerva • " • . . .. 44' Urania . - 32 Goltinho • ' 3t) One other, NAme not known. BR ICS. Vo4dor. 22 V it:pne4 - - lo Lebre 4 - 24 CliflUiat (SCI100I1C 1 ) - I (Sigtied) JOAQ. JOVE. MON r. TORRES, (COPY) 'W. SI 0 . 14. E ralir S 1 u, His Majesty's'Ship Hibernia, 2e Lepgues Test of the Tagus, Dec. 1,1807.. Li aunt her, Dispatch of this day's..date, -1 ..have transmitted aList of the Portuguese Fleet that came stir of the Tagus on the. 29111 ultimo, .which Ire= ceived that day' from the hands of- tM'Adruiral cortinithdhig it, '),vheti I went on board the .Realeto pay my viiit of 'respect and.congratulation to his Royal . Highness the ,Prince of Brazil, who was embarked-ia that Ship. 1 here inclo%e the List of those •left7„behind. The_ absence Of but one of the four Ships is' regretted' by the Portuguese (the Vasco' de Gima), she being under repair: her guns have been employed to arm the Freitas, sixty four, a new ship, and one of those whicb.came out with ,the Prince. The other three are • mere hulks ; and there are also oneship:on the stocks, the Prin cipe Regente, ift•oniy.' in frame.: The 'Prince said every thing than the most cordial feelings of gratitude towards, and Contidrce in Ois Majesty ,and . the British nation might. be sup posai to dictate. . have by signal (for we have no other mode of communicating in this weather) direfted Captain Moore, in the Marlborough, with the London, Mk.; parch, and Bedford, to stay by the body of the Por tuguese Fleet, and render it every assistance. I keep in the I lihernia, close to the Prince's Ship.. 4 co p il ot , ai yet send the.Foudroyant, .Plantagenet, 'arid Conqueror, on to Admiral Purvis,. according to tl,cir Lordithlps: Order of. the I nth, which, I trust, will be the less felt as an '.inconvenience off Cadiz, as "they appear to have been ordered thither with re lerenceto the Russians being within the . Straits, be fore, it was known they were on my station. I have the honour to be, &c. • W. 'SIDNEY List of the Portuguese Sid p's that remained in Lisbon. S. gebastiao, 4'64 gunsi—unserviceahle without 4 thorough rcir4r., ./ 1k1.411.1 ?Hum, of 74 guns--unserviceable; ordered to be mad, I into a Mating battery, but not yet fitted. ' Vasco. etc Gaya, ut guns .—tavier repair, i,nd neatly ready. Prtucesa •ita kit 64 guns - LullthAtilied utdcrect to be fitted as 4 t luau% Battery. FitIGATES. Fenix, of tS' guns —in need of thorough repair. Amazona or 44 guns,—in need of ditto. 1) 04 ,14 o fi 4 4 guns—in need of ditto. Tritao, 0f..39 guns—past repair'. Vetkvy, ut Jo guns—past repair: (Copy.) 'W. §IDNEY SMITH. Hibernia, at Sea, lat. 37. 47. long. • Stir, 14. 17. Dec. ti, 1807. I have the satisLietion to acquaint yon, for the information of my Lords'CoMmitisioners of the \ , l.niralty, that I succeeded in collecting the whole of the Portuguese Fleet, except 'a Brig, atter the galq, and, that the weather was such as to allow the necessary repajrs and suph clistribution of su ligtitupgra.rls 0114 mm4o3 to b troadl as to enable Vice-Admiral Don ltfanuel' d'Acinha Sotto;. mayor" to report to Me Yesterday all the Ship; • capable of Performing the voyage , to Ric) Janeiro, except:one Line-of-battle Ship, which he requested might be couduaed to ,an English Port: I Meant to e..scart_lter•part of the way, btit she did not quit: the. Alept with .me last night as settled. Ifope,l.hpw.mr, she may 'arriVe safe, as she is not in a bad state, being substituted for the Martino de Pieitas, which was at first destined to gdia 'Eng land, in consequence of a "fiesh arrangement made yesterday on the ',latter being found u the best state for the -voyage of thetwo. ed Captain Moare; in the Marlborough, '•With the Louden, Monarch, and Bedford, to : attend the yortnguese fleet to the Brizils. have -,though t it my duty; in addition to' the usual order 10. the above • ships under his orders, to' glYe Capiain:tbloore one to hoist a broad pendant after ' pessingilvizitleira, in order to give him greater weight .andiconsequence in the performance of .the import ant and unusually delicate citifies I have,confidu4 to him. I feel the most perfect reliance in that, Officer's judgment, ability, and zeal. •, • • - The Portuguese Ships did not after their repartiiion want more provisions or slaps from us than the list inclosed, which I supplied from this Ship and 6? Conqueror, This Dispatch, will be delivered by Captain Verb of his Mjesty's Sloop Confiance, who has shpwil great address ,and zeal in opening the cOrninualea tiOtu by Flag of Truce, whiCh it was the'interest thipsein power, 'who were aghinst the measure of ernigrat;on, to Obstrua. : : Lord Strangford of his cpnana in terms of sirarm •apkobation ; on th is ground I beg : leave to recomthend him to their .LOrdshipk, to Whom his general Media as an Officer are already, well known. Having been in Lisbon without, restr4int Burin the intercourse, he is quad lifted to answer any questions their Lordships maY wish .to poi to him. 1 have the Honour to be, Sx. W. SIDNEY 1101•••••••10.1. • MEMORANDUM. • • Then Diana Merchant Vessel, having on 13 ° 3 0 about: Sixty British Subje6ts, who had been detained ita constquence of the Embargo, came out of the Tagbt . in - cornpany . with the Portuguese Fleet„ tyol it is suppoted that she bore up for England at 00 commeocement of the gale.. • • MAILS. : • ' A kit !VII) --2 Iftublin 4 Waterlord. 1 t Watetford. `'* t.. /. . y ~ i .... ---- - . l'ltloE OF s•r()cKs• ."‘ , , • .'. '... THIS DAY A r T \rELY E (l I CLDCX; Consult ••• •••• "" .. 64 11, 1 'Red. Ann. - - -' 63 - .:..... • . .............___ -- THE S U :IST., soi.vsl QUIS UtRE FALSUM AUDIAT! LUND° IV, TUESDAY, DIiCEMBER 22, 1807• THE Gazette Extraordinary, piblished this morn-:' ing, contains such ample details horn Lord STar,l43' von! and Sy SIDNEY SMITH, respeaing the. ell". hark:uiou of the Portuguese Government, aqci Causes which irnMediatelY led to it, that we blis' little to add upon the sub' ct p t j e, . re% tous o tlrP . „,• lug of the Portuguese Fleet, Sir SIDNEY had to', reinforced by Some Sidi a, h inererizied force to nine Sail of the Lae ; four ' of w hich, ' °s we have already plated, he.detached under,the mand of CoMmodore Mona to.. accompany Portuguese Fleet.. It was at ,tirst retiorted 4 1 : (1 . PRINCE -REGENT intendedto go to Niadeiray .and was not till after the 'Fleet. had, Cleared -the '',1 1 4 09 that his determination to proceqd for the ,8400 v S s made known. We trust that His.. Royal, 'Nigh' ness will, . upon his arrival at the Brazils, be 'in° dueed by; the WiSe•and upright , men he has= taken to his Councils, in the place:of the , (IPsigP ing . • Traitor,hy, whoirOie was. betrayed to France' adopt a wise and liberal. policy , and: remote those im p po/iticreStri&ions which ha ve hitherto "ot de/e 'the commerce and industry, of the ildiabi tants 010 of the f in est Countries in the world, cambh2 oflor .e 6 o f plying . not only the necessari es, but the our! life to many millio n s of people. . . - , . -We . have been favourcl with . the perusal 0t.:4 Letter from Gibraltar, 'dated the 28th ult. which" states„. that the Master of a I,tllSSlfill Yeti.so,l had a r '' rived -thew from 'Al g esiras, Before he left t lll4 ' place,,.aecourits had b ee n received there thatia al'° a orlll' of 11,000 French Poor' had entered Madr TO' CORRESPONDENTS.. • • • We have received the admirable Letter'll4int POAOO, which we shall take the very fir s t opportunity of ing to our Readers, who, we doubt 'not. will , be 1,04'. gtified by such an eloquent and masterly tSplay Of pair: tical knowledge, jealous patriotism, and chariefleri.stiC discrimination. We shall he obliged to the Authoy it he will send to the,Ofll , :e SUN for .a Leb e r torn till' Editor upon some points which it may be Dece ssa " :. tv submit to his Consideration. , The Tenth Letter of DE c i us To;.morrolv.