The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-08-15 00:00:00

THE BR.4ZELS.

There were several &frivolo last feet frog the
)wails. By one of that' we have received a letter
from an officer of Hip! Majesty's ship Dedfurti.
dated June 19, which mays--.. News front Eng-
Mad comes stalely here; it is now font' ',months
gage we bail ang ; the fljaciAtk, Captain Davie,
tbelitst ariwed.-rWe are in great hopes of see-
ing a huge renrairceinent of troops here from Eng-
*Rd, en their way to Monte Video ; the disgrace of
which no loudly deinatiiht a. great nation to retrieve,
"rind which must hic wiped off.—On the 4th ofJuur,
Eir Sidney Smith eatertaineil the Prince Regent
slid Royal Pamilysif Portugal with a most sump-
'tabu &trier, on board the Loudon ; to which ship
-his dog was shifted Air the occasion.—Upwards of
-one hundred persons sat dOwe to dinner.—The ship
-was lama elegantly areerated ; over the table at
'which the Prince sat, were the arias of England and
Portugal; le the eentre was a picture of the death
of Gerd Nelson, flanked by portraits of the officers
who served on tjec 14th of February, and 11th of
October; and over the front part of tire poop, the
arms or England. The evening concluded IT a

-royal salute being fired.—The company alterwards
retired to the opera, which was giv.ra to the Ad•
mind that night by the officer, of the squadron.—
This Is a charming tlelightfal country, and in otker
loan& than lazy Portuguese, %Mild produce any
thing. The Admiral has taken a house on shore,
and every thing indimteo a long stay. C,aptains
Graham Moore, Lee, Vl'ettern, and Walker, hare
a gold medal given them by the Prince Regent.—
It is tuiderstood that the same honour it intended
to be eolirerred en all the Captains present at the
emigration, and tliatstors are to be added, augnorn-
ansadeacies. the Lomb*, (flat-ship), Captain
Western Monarch, 74, Capt. Le.! ; Redford, 74,
Capt. Walker ; and Agamemnon, 'is, Capt. Rose,
are at thin anchorage. The Ividdroyaitt, and
211"1"tougA" 749 Capt. G. Moore, saited this
wasesing as a cruise. The Surat:Mame, Confi-
owess and iirscintlt, are cruising an the coast."

PROCLAMATION.

Tut Dote OP ASRANTES, GENERAL IN CHIEF OF
EVE • RII Y OP toatu• 10 TILE PORTO.
SUESS. . 4
What frenzy agitates you ? Into what an abyss
of calamities are you about to plunge you:selvq
'After seven months of the Most perfect tranquillity, •
of tit must complete harmony, what cause have:
yes to rush to take up urns-awl ligatiost whom
Agaiost an array which was to secure- your ihde-
pesdence, which was to maintain the integrity of
youreountry, and, in a word, without oho 4 you
amid cease to be Portuguese. Who can thus
tiros you en to betray your own interests ? Dorris
that wish that the aucient Lusitania should hence-
forth be uo more than a province of Spain ? What
eon you expect in a contest with an army, nume-
rous, valiant, and inured to war, in whose presence
you would be dispenicd like the sands of the deiert,
by the impetuous blasts of the south wind ? Do
'ern not perceive that those who mislead you, kirk"
not to what may further year interests, but solely,
to the means of gratifying their revenge, and, pro.
sided the Continent is distUrbod, what signifies it
to them how moth blood may flow ? Should those
perfidious islanders laud on your territory, leave*
ate to combat them ; this is the duty of my
army ; yours is to remain peaceable in your fields.
I pity your error ; but should you persist in it,
should you coutiliae deaf to my voice, tremble ;
your prinishinei.t shill be terrible. Can you re-
gret • Dynasty winch has abandoned you, and
whose Government bad an humiliated you, that you
were ao longer ranked among the nations of Eu-
• rope? What do you wish for ? To remain Poe-
tngueoe? to be independent ? This the Great
Napoleon has promised you. You, yourselves,
have earnestly entreated of him • King, who, aided
• by the omnipotence of that Great Monarch, might
raise up again your unfortunate country, and re-
place her in the rank which belongs to her.
Doubtless, at this moment, your new Monarch is
on the point of visiting you. He expected to find
faithful subjects; shall he find only rebels? I ex-
pected to have delivered over to liem • peaceable
kiariom, and flonrishlng cities. Shall I be'
obliged to 'hew him only ruins, and heaps of ashes
sad dead bodies ? Would he reign over a desolate
country ? Certainly not. You wilt only be an un-
fortuuate province of Spain. Your customs, your
laws, every thing has been preserved. Is not your
religion ours? Has it &offend the slightest
I Are not you, on the contrary, those who
violate it ? Yoe yield to the seduction and gnid-
NOM of heretics, whose only wish is to destroy you
and your religion. Ask the unfortunate Insh Ca-
tholics what oppression they groan under in their
own country, and by the orders of their own

Government. Is it not you who violate it, by
obeying the Ministers of that Holy Religion,
(wham lint precept is obedience And submission to
the lairs: when they dare to instigate you to cows
mit murder and Illipar«ination upon men who lived
in the midst of you as brothers? Let them trem-
ble They will pay dear for the calamities which
they itillset salami you ; hut you, Portuguese, will.'
be the unfortunate vietisns of their crimes.
If there still existed a few abuses in the Anti-
nistratioss, the experience of each successive 47:,

Imo diminishing them. My decree of the t:th of
JutleJias already regulated on interesting' branch
of the finance*, by settling the pay of the soldiers
On a sure footing. The salaries of the Adminis-
trators and Judges are regularly paid. The Em-
peror Napoleon, satisfied, ice conveq acme of my re-
ports, with the public spirit in this kingdom, liar
just remitted the half of your contribution ; and
it is at the institet that he is accomplishing all your
wishes, that you permit yourselves to be hurried
away by the influence of a few iiiiscreents ; it is at
the moment of reaping the fruit of your tranquil-
lity-,4,1044 the instant that happiness is within
your wimp; that you deliberately Lust sway from
yr even the most distant hope of it. %Veil !
Portegtiese, you have only the interval of a mu-
meat to implore the clemency of the Emperor, and
to disarm his wrath. Already, his armies in Spain
approach your frontiers ; if you hesitate, you are
undone. Lay dowo your arms ; return in peace
to your homes; imitate the tranquillity- of your
capital, and the adjacent provinces; follow your
agricultural pursuits; reap that fine harvest which
Heaven has sent you, after sb many alarms of a
dreadful fu:uine, from which 1 have been able to
preserve yop. Expel with horror from among you
those wretched miscreants whose only object is the
pillage of your cities. Merit pardon by prompt
submission, and a prompt obedience to my orders;
if not, think of the punishment which awaits you.
Every city, town, or village, which shall take
up arms against toy fences, and whose inhabitants
shall fire upon the French troops, shall be delivered
up to pillage, and totally destroyed; and the Wm-
bitants shell be gnat to the sword.

Every iudividual takes is arum, shall be iu-
stand), slat.

Done at the Head-quarters, in the Palace of
Lisbon, Juue 26, IsoB.