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London, England, 1808-09-07 00:00:00

artillery shall be under the immediate command of a•
French General: the corps of Engineers.shall also be
under the command of a French General of En-
gineers,
fee.' Bravo! What an honour 'to the Put-
tuguese soldiers !"
Proc.-6 The Emperor Napoleon, satisfied with '-the ac.
counts which I have sent him of the state of the public mind'
in this kingdom, has just remitted the half of your contribu-
tion.'
Rem.d---" What horrid effrontery ! Upon Aus-
tria, with a population of twenty-four millions, NW-
polebn imposed a contribution of forty rnillioes of
crusadoes. Upon Prussia, with a population of nine
or ten millions, he imposed a similar sum, and: that
after a bloody campaign,. 25,000 French soldiers
having beereslainin the battle of. Jena alone : and of
Portugal, which contains only three millions of in-.
babiaaats, and where he aid not expend a penny-.
worth of powder, he exa&ed the same sum. But
let us leave Napoleon, and talk a little te•Junot.—
.
Why do you not inform us, for you are an angel at
divination, what the different.articles of your decree
actually produced under tl pretence of raising for-
ty millions of crusadoes ? Had you not been a bare-
faced-highwayman, .you ought to have assigned to
the merchants, nobility, clergy, the capitalists and
the people, their respective quotas of the forty mil-
lions, and have left the repartition of those quotas
to the Portuguese themselves. But you wanted one
hUndred millions instead of ,forty; for the ,several
thirds of your contribution taken together wank!
• not have 'alien below that sum. Besides, do not you
recoiled, that when you had the audacity to demand
the second third of the contribution, you'Said that
-you would then order the accounts of the whole to
be made up ? Do you not know that yvu demand-
• ed twenty millions in specie, and; a part having
already been paid in paper, that you thus opened
the door to new robberies? In short, did not the
Decree, announcing a false • and-pretended loss, in-
form us, that the treasury could not be the loser•to
the amount of these twenty millions, and thatprb- •
perty of another description must be resorted to
- Unfortunate Clergy !- This was intended as your
. death-warrant. The pretended loss was to be made 1
good bj, a new contribution, exclusive of-the former,
Most 'assuredly, you are a finished model of avarice,
ignorance, and impudence."
Proc.—. And it is at the instant that be is accomplishing
-all your wishes that you permit yourselves to be nurriad
away by the influence of a few miscreants. It is at the mo-
ment of reaping your tranquillity ; it is at the instant h4a.
piness is within your grasp, that you deliberately cast away
even the most distant hope of it.'
Rent.—""What a delightful sermon ! Is it possible
that„lll. Lagarde is the author' of it If so, we
would advise him to try something else, for he will
never make a fortune in this line."
Prae.-4 Well, Portuguese I you have only the interval of
a moment to implore the clemency of the Emperor, and to
disarm his wrath '
Rem..—" Be it so; the interval of a moment is all
we want to destroy you."
Proc.—` Already his armies in Spain approach your lion.
; if you hesitate, you are undone.'
Ron.—" Your armies in
.Spain have indeed arri-
ved there; but it is only to find their graves."
Proc.—' Lay doWn your arms ; return in peace to your
homes • and take an example, from the tranquillity of the
Capital adjoining Provinces.'
Rein.--" Blessed tranquillity ! that of the slave
in the presence of a ferocious.and pasSionate master.
Provinces .1 say Province : for you now possess Only.
Estremadura."
Prer.—‘ Pursue your agricultural labours ; reap those fine
crops which Heaven: has sent you after so nary alarms of
famine, from which I have been able to preserve you.'
Rem.--" Pursue your labours, you tell us. How
absurdly you talk ! What was to occasion a famine,
unless it was yourselves, by shutting the
.ports from
whence. we drew the principal part of our subsist-
ence ? What did you to'ward dff.the famine which
we suffered ? You gave crders to make a.general
search for corn throughout the provinces. What a
grand discovery ! And, nevertheless, so bad .wore
•i your precautions, that for these last three months
Lisbon has been afflicted with the most dreadful
faunae, while there has been, a superabundance[of
iu rue provinces.. Thanks be to Providence
. (and not to you), who last year sent us the most
ive harvest recorded in the annals of Por-
W,..2.e tugal."
e'tse.—‘ Expel from among youwith horror,' those wretch.;
mrs;aaantsNnose oiOy object is the pillage of your eities•.'
'Rem.—" You are in the right : we must lase no,
lithe in expelithe- those French miscreants, the only'
ruffians who, for many centuries, have pillaged our
..ss
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.je.te.—e Merit pardon by prompt submission, and a
*prompt obedience to niy orders : it not, reflect on the punish-
which awaits you. Every city, town, or village which
take up anus against my army, and wit-se innaortants,
tire oil the French troops, shall be delivered up to pil2'
destroyed, and all the inhabitants shalt be
to the sword. Every individual taken in arms shall be
shot.'
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.—" Relied that you are most probably rass-
--
sentence on yourselt es. Retied that' just
form a part of the law of nations ; and contider
-ez-sti;`- 'tether you and your accursed agents are in any re-
. Ct deserving of quarter."
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GERM4IV AND DUTCH PAPERS.

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:-.1-4-,_,,,,,:-.. :_•• mnur,on, AUG. 23.—A Letter from Vienna,
~-'..-;,.; the 13th instant, says---“ Accoiding to ad.-
1;4: .--;;::::..receiVed here by express from Constantinople,
- Intim] has taken place there in consequence of
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---'1.0•1'1.4' the Nephew of SELIM 111. has been raised to
uone." We expect the (Alicia' confirmation and
~.:tails of this event.
'"::--j154- --: the 20th instant, Count HoLcx passed through
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1-ty, on his way from Copenhagen to Paris. - He •
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0,, ab etrh,i(ven on the I t th.
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sl3tYfiail, AUG. 13.--It is positively stated,
Ai the y7th instant, a pleasure camp will. be
in the vicinity of this city, to consist of teti
Id
.of the Royal Bavarian troops, under the
ad of Lieutenant-General ,Baron WitEnE.
.al number will form a pleastire, camp at flat
on the left batik ofilie Iser, under the corn-:.
of Lieutenant;Genertd Dritor; and' a third.,
-,Jment of the same force. will be formed at ..;
ourgh, under the command of Lieut.-General
• Von Iskisqiuito. The inhabitants of this
gatter themselves with .the hope, that these
:rences will give them an opportunity of seeing.
Majesty within their walls.
. ' JGU4T 15.--This morning thirty waggons came
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,iere with tents from the arsenal at Munich, -and.:l
e • are expected. ' The troops lately ordered to
„‘_„ 7•Tyrot are counter-marching thence, to form the 1
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