The National Register.
London, England, 1808-08-14 00:00:00

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snialleircoviiplatit againit, the Portuguese Government ,
was li'dpritig this same wur,assuk aftes_cuoli.a.stipulation,
of Coiirt.Of Portugal, not only the infraction
.1 Ise neutrality', isatt the citrtlafatinif of wir, in violaticin
00treat4es that existed haween the two entinities; al
which, in the• tae e,' sear, acknowledged pessihts, it sv,
terminid .how the subjects of two nations should be treiltid
aadall this without Portugal havitig Any cause of Anit,
against the British Government, whiCh had eien4v,-
every .kiad e 4 satisfaction, when the 'commanders of its ,
of ,war had failed in that respect. which was due to a newt
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`! The Emperor of the French, in the mean time, enticed hr,
of his squadrons, els board Of which wOs his brether, to
sea-. anchored in the Bay of all Saints, where it WA'
teived ivitit.every. kind 'of respect, and was supplied ;xi
sorts of refreshments: Yet, what is worthy of attend,
that at the very time the French Government received, on
_pert of that of Portugal, so many .marks of friendship and
sideration, the squadron burned some Portuguese vessels
conceal its route, with a promise of indemnity to the Pr(
tors, which promise ivasnever performed... Europe may
conclude the fate which awaits it, should the French C,
ment acquire an ascendancy, by sea, equal to that it has
tainted by laud, and may properly estimate the foundar
'the complaints it so loudly utters against the British Go
mem. never made • any remonstrances against it(
cours granted to the French squadron, for they were wish;
acknowledged-limits of the Law of Nations.: hut.the-h1;
of Foreign Relations of France has dared to assert, in 11
of Europe, that Portugal gave assistance to the English.
cooquest of hlonte Video and Buenos Ayres; while it is .
known by all the world, that that expedition which saiied
the Cape of Good Hope, received from Portonl nei'her
money, nor men; nor, in tine, any merchandize considered
contraband in time of war; and that the English .squ.
duiing this war, obtained nothing at Rio de Janiero,
other ports of Brazil, except what is not refused to an
(ion, and which had been supplied plentifully to the r
squadron; the Court of Portugal defies. the Court of France
produce any fact in contradiction to this assertion, w
founded in the most impartial truth.
" France received from Portugal, from 1804 to ISOT,
coltiniat commodities and first m;tterials for her ntunfactu.
The alliance of England and Portugal was useful to France
la the depression suffered by the arts and industry,. in
(pence of a perpetual war by land, and a di:astrous
sea,. in which she only met with defeats, it was.certaittly•
'advantage to Fr.ince, that the commerce of Portugal shot
ter no Wert-owlets ; undoubtedly, it was equally useful I
iyuntries. 'By ravaging Portugal, by subjecting her to ex,
t*antributions in an unheard-of manner, without war, or •
sistance having been made on her part . France has not of
that advantage which a commerce, useful to both cow
would have procured to her. •
" The Court of Portugal then 11#gich to adopt measures
curing its retreat to that part of the Portuguese dominion
is not exposed to any invasion, the consequences of whicl
to create ;aim. For that purpose, it ordered all the .
war fit to keep the ten, to be fitted out; and also (Weil
the English-tts leave its dotninions and sell their property
an intention of shutting the ports-against England, in ordi
to avoid an effusion of the blood of its subjects, which
probably have proved uselesS,.and to endeavour to comp!
the views of the Emperor of the French, in case he slut
allow himself to he softened down by that justice, with
the Court of Portugal asserted the rights of its indepct
along with those which resulted from the Treaty of Net
concluded in 1804. The Court of the Thuilleries was tin's
Jongree to any conciliatory measure', and having demanded
'only the shutting of the ports, but the imprisonment of
tish subjects, the confiscation of their property, and a dirt
of the project of retreat to America. His Royal Highness
Prince Itegent of Portugal, who knew, on the one side,
Britannic Majesty, his true and Wally, informed of all the
transactions which were going on, would Consent to the shuttio,:
'up of the ports, in order to save Portugal from the invasion Of
the French, and who was convinced, on the other side, that
there was no longer any Englishman in Portugal, who was net
naturalized in that country, and that all English property had
heels sold, and even its amount exported, adopted the resolutions
to shut up the ports against England, and even to comply with
the test of the demans gad pretensions of France, declaring
lowever, at the same time, that should the French troops enter
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