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

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The day barer* yesterday, the Splora- ;tiers and *soldier* ate
she military depot at Aliens and in the vicinity, tank' fheiath
of allegiance to their-new King, after, the tieVrenetßiitraViit
been read to them. Nothing was heard IstsA arclamatiota el
66 Long live .the King, Don Joseph Napoli's!" The French
Gerrral Dupes gave a grandeatertalaiseht .tit 'the bilkers. After
dinner. the health of thenew Icing WM drastic. and repealed
several times with unbounded' applause.. ...The Commander of
the depot is Seignior Hennosiflas. . , .
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'STATE PAPVIIS. • •
paociaNATtoN By _SIR CHAS. COTTON, DART.:
sismtaatror THi SLUE, &C. CONMANDEII 1!1 C 1111117.,
" TWITARITANTS OF PO RTUMA t—peptitations havinprroilts,,
ed me from all parts of the kingdom, soliciting succour, aid, and
assistance, and stating to me the loyal, brave, and manly deter-
mination of the people of Portugal to establish the Covertnnent
of their lawful Prince, and emanci.pate their country from
French oppression
" 4 send, agreeable to your requests, ships, troops, arms, and
ammunition, and ba,ve'directed the standard of his Royal High-
ness the Princeitegent of Portugal to be reared, round which
every loyal Portuguese is- hereby invited immediately to rally,
and to take 9p arms in so just and so glorious a cause.
" To besuccessfol, Portuguese, you must he unanimous; and,
joined by your brave neighbours and friends the Spaniards; you
must not be intimidated by menaces, nor seduced by promises.
" Some 14011018 Experience mast have convinced you of the ef-
fect of French friendship ; it is now to British faith and, assist-
ance, aided by your tiwn energy and efforts, that you will, I
tress, be indebted to the restorattou of your Prince, and the in-
dependet.ce of your country.
(Signed) .0" C. COTTON.
66 Hibernia, off the nes, .10:y 4, 1898."

FANIFESTO OF THE PRINCE REGENT OF POrill-
GAL AGAINST FRANCE,
OR JCSTIFICATORY EXPOSITION OF THE CONDUCT OF TINS
COURT OF PORTUGAL WITH it ESPEcT TO FRANCE, FROM
• THE COUHENCENENT OF THE REVOLUTION TO THE TIME
OF THE INVASION OF YONTUGAL, AND OF THE MOTIVE'S
THAT COMPELLED IT TO DECLARE WAR AGAINST THIS
ZSIPEROIT QF THE FRENCH, IN CONSEQUENcE,OF THAT
INVASION, AND THE SUBSEQUENT DecLARATioN OP WARi
WADE AFTER THE REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF FO-
REIGN RELATIONS.
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[Aner a few general observations of State-formality, and sus
enumeration of the circumstances under which Portugal was
placed last war, in respect to France, which are so well known,
the Iliunifesto proceeds thus :]
" No sooner wzis the Treaty of 1801 conclUded, than the
Court of Portugal hastened to fulfill all its burthensome condi-
tions, and to slit w b.. the religious and punctual observation, of
all its euogement, how much It desired to confirm the good
iineerstandiog whit h was re-established between the two Go-
t;er..ments, and which ought to cause to be fbrgotten all thel,
injuries it suffered, and which certainly had never been pro,;
coke milts par • The conduct of the French Government will
vry dliPrek) , as from the first moment peace will re-estabs 1
tidied, it required all kind of unjust sacrifices on the part. of the
l'••rtuglese o.crnment, in favour of the most extravagant and'
111.fou ded pp Rcm ions of France. Europe ought then tohave
fore et th,ll its subjugation from Lisbon to Petersburgb was
de ermined in the Cabinet of the Thuilleries, and that it was
pece,sary fit. c mbine to level the Colossus with the ground, or
submit to be b's victims.
" After ash interval, war lsreke out knew between
Eng-
land and France, and the Court of Portugal having made the
greatest sacrifices to avoid war and the harsh and humiliating
prupositioas t.f the French (iovernment, thought itself fortunate
to be able to conclude with the greatest sacrifices of money, the
Tr aty or 1801, in whiff! France inutnised in the Sixth Article
as full,iws
" ' The First Consul of, the French Republic consents to ac-
knewiedge the neutrality of Portugal during the present war,
'find .1.. t t!, oppose nay measure's that may be taken with respect
ri the bellLsrent nations, u&revably to the principles and gene-
,•,-11 laws of neutrtilit).'
• " The french Government, from that time, received all the
web a haat, ; it Reyes had occasion to make the-

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