The National Register.
London, England, 1808-07-24 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

met, and agreed on the instant formation of a religious proces-
sion, for the purpose of exhorting the mob to return to their
homes. This was accomplished, and produced the elect desired ;
and in the evening of the same day, before sun-set, peace was
completely restored.

FROM THE PORTUGUESE P4TRIOTS.
Most important and gratifying communications were on Tues-
day made to the Portugese Ambassador from Oporto. They
were brought by an armed schooner, commanded by Capt.
Francisco Gonelave Da Costa, who left Oporto on the 11th
inst. The dispatches, of which he is the bearer, are from the
Bishop who is at the bead of the Provisional Government at
, Oporto. They announce the arrival of Colonel Brown, at
Oporto, after a passage of five days from England. His mission
was partly to make a tender of British assistance, of which the
Portuguese immediately availed themselves. They have rs.-
quested arms, ammunition, and mooey. There is scarcely a
man in the aorth of Portugal, who has not made a voluntary
tender of his services to march against the French. Those who
are possessed of arms have already been incorporated with re-
gulars, and have marched against the enemy. Loison, who ac-
cording to the last accounts had advanced to Armazante, had re-
Ire tted to Mizaofrio, about six leagues from Armazante, where
he had entrenched himself, but was soon surrounded by the Pa-
triotic Bands, who cut off all his means of procuring provi-
sions. In this state he requested permission to he allowed time
to draw up terms, upon which he would consent to capitulate.
His request was complied with ; and in a few hours he sent in a
flag of truce, assuring this Leaders of the Patriots that he would
surrender his army to any General Officer of the Portuguese ar-
my. Ile did this to save the effusion of blood; being acquainted
with the determination of the Portuguese people to chew no
quarter.
This agreeable task was consigned by the Patriots to General
Bernardine Friere, who is now at the bead of the Portuguese
army in the North of Portugal, and who had proceeded to
Mizaofrio to receive the capitulation of Loison. In this army
Lalmrde has a command : he is the person who was at the head
of the detachment directed to put to death the few persons in
Lisbon, who had been taken up for betraying a disposition to
revolt against the doctrines of the French on their first entrance
into Lisbon. The Patriots, it is said, had protested against the
lift. of Laborde. Bernardine Friere is a General of most distin-
guished merit; he served under General Forbes at Rosillon: on
the entry of the French he resigned his commission in the Portu-
guese army, and refused to serve in that of France. Every
Patriot in Portugal wears a cockade, which has this inscription
—6' For our Prince Regent, and revenge against our enemies;"
the women and children wear a black crape, on which is the
word " Vengeance." Those who refuse to wear this insignia
are considered traitors. 200,0001. part of the exacted contribu-
tion of the French, in Oporto, had been discovered, and secured
by the Provisional Government, in the house of Josef de Souza
?Bello. Other large sums bad been secured in two other houses,
raised by similar exactions. At St. Übe's, the Patriots had put
to death upwards of 500 Frenchmen; and they had determined
not to leave a Frenchman alive in the North of Portugal. A
similar massacre Is said to have takes place at Algarve. At
Sardao, a body of Portuguese marched eleven leagues in one
day, in very hot weather, and through the worst of roads, to
attack 900 Frenchmen; they fell in with them and put nearly
the whole to death.
A plot had been discovered, in which many of the Frenchi-
fled inhabitants of Oporto were concerned • and the city would
have been burnt to Whet, but for a seasonable detection of the
diabolical design. The Portuguese engaged in the plot had all
been arrested, and were expected to be tried and executed in a
few days.
The Moaks in Oporto had become soldiers Upwards of
11100 of them took charge of the French prisoners, and disaf-
fected persons, who were in confinement, and performed their
duty with zeal and alacrity.
Several proclamations had been issued, tending to inspirit
the people, and exhorting them to extirpate the enemy of the
human race.

.Igatract of a Letter from an Officer. come Home he Le Gloire.
46 We have just come in from Lisbon; the whole of our crew,
and every other we have met with, are in high spirits at the
happy prospect before us, as every thing is going on favourable
to the Spanish Patriots. Political affairs wear a more pleasing
aspect than they have done for a amber of years past. The

French army, which is estimated at little less th,
is completely hemmed in at Lisbon ; and all those
versed with upon the subject have no doubt wig
prey to General Sir Arthur Wellesley, w hose fleet
we fell in with at sea, on Sunday, the 17th inst. on
" The brave Sir Charles Cotton has summoned
fleet, in the Tagus, to surrender to the British flag
to say, th., Russian Admiral, in his answer, di:
violence, as well as national and indiVidual flunk'
tain, and declared he would rather burn every
command than surrender them. I have the plea
landed great quantities of arms and ammunition
and Oporto. for the use of the brave Spaniards.
possession of some batteries. Sir C. Cotton has
line lying tinder the Rock, the crews of them are %%ailing with
the greatest anxiety possible to he brought into action.
" The Russian fleet, lying in the Tagus, consists of nine sail
of the line and one frigate.
" We were infarnied at Lisbon, from a quarter that was not
to be doubted. in fact as it was generally understood, .tha; the
English and Spanish fleets were lying together at NI Mores.
" We have brought to England Rear-Admiral Obtsay, to.
gether with a great number of French prisoners, taken by the
Portuguese. A [slang them is that celebrated haratter, Men-
sieur Prigay, Commandant of the French Marine at Ovf.rto ;
he is distinguished as a Member of the Legion of Honour; he
was Captain of the Fleet in the memorable Batik of Trafalgar,
in which he signalized himself. We have likeo he Monsieur
Guiinbaisd, the late French Consul at Oporto, whose house was
completely gutted by the populace at Oporto, himself :nada
prisoner, together with the Commandant of Marine, and a vast
number of officers of the French army. There is little or ms
doubt, either of the taking or destruction of the Ru.siau fleet;
in fact, it appears inevitable."
Extract of two Letters received on the 22d of this Illontk, by Ms
Excellency the Portuguese Minister, from Mr. Patrick Furral,
the Portuguese Agent at Gibraltar :

" Gibraltar, June 3n.
" I have the honour to inform your Excelleney, that on the
16th of this month the whole kingdom Algarve rose :4r,aiiist the
French, proclaiming his Royal Highness the Prince Regent,
our Master, for their only true and legitimate Sovereign: the
French Governor, and all those of that nation, holding public
situations under him, were made prisoners. Many of the
French were killed; the rest, throwing down their arms, •ought
their safety in a shameful flight. A Supreme Junta is already
established in Faro, the capital of that kingdom, in the iN.ine
of his Royal Highness, which is composed of the following Per.
sovs

President—His Excellency the Count of Castro Marim.
Vice-President—His Excellency the Itichop of itlar%e.
For the Clergy—The Rev. the Arch Dean of the See and the
Rev. Antonio Louis de Macedo.

For the Nobility—Dorembargadoe Joze Duarte da Silva Ne-
grito, Joze Bernardo de Game, and Joaquim l'elipe de Lau-
dresete.

For the People—Miguel de 0, the younger, Captain of the
Ordenances, and Joan Aleixo.
Secretary—Doctor Ventura.
"The Junta is occupied in preparing with the greatest acti-
vity the means of completing this heroic undertaking. An Ex-
press bas just arrived here from Taviras from his Excellency
the Count of Castro Marim, requesting arms, Ike. from the
vernor of this plaae, who sent w hat arms, powder, and shot b
could spare, having sent large quantities to Spain. Alesbenger,
have also arrived here from Silves and Faro, making the same
request, but which could not be complied with, the Goveri,or
not having any to spare. The Portuguese Officers who were
there, waiting an opportunity to go to Brazils, have returned,
full of joy, to join their regiments in Algarve."

THE COURT AND WORLD OF FASHION.

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Wednesday, about twelve o'clock, his Majesty arrived at the
Queen's Palace from Windsor. At three o'clock his Majei.ty
held a private Levee, which was attended by a Deputation fruit'
the Corporation of the City of London, to present an Address.