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to the name the Prince Regent of Portugal, the
Supreme Council of GOverunnent of the City of
Oporto, makes known to all' the subjects of the said
Prince our Lord, that the French Government is
entirely abolished and exterminated in this country,
atm the royal auth6rity of our. lawful Sovereign
stored, which' authority shall be fully and independ-
ently exercised by the said Supreme Council,. until
fire Government appointed in this kingdom try his
Royal Highness shall have resumed their fundions,
In pursuance ,thereof, the said' Council orders and
diretAS, that our said Royal IN/Lister shall be,pro-
ehitned,-and his' Royal'Artns put up and respe.t,:ted,
i=s they always were,.and sk'ayS ought to to; and
that all the Constituted Authorities stia aft in c ,n.
fortuity herewith, and. all orders sliali4h;e expedited
n•tbe Royal Name of our said Lord.
The SHO P,-Piesident and Governor.
Oportoo;th June, 1808.

Ei)ic-r,

IN THE NAME OF THE PRINCE REGENT OUR LORD.

The Supreme Council of Governinent, appointed
in this City, ordains and directs that Jose Mot teiro
Guedes de Vasconi4los Mourao, Captain of Cavalry,
shall take charge of the Military Government of the
whole distra of Penafiet, Sobre, Tamega, and.
Auiarante, and issue- ad orders 'necessary for the
Royal Service in the name of his Royal Highness.;
all.persons being bound to obey him and lend hits
all necessary assistance,' on-pain of being dealt with
as rebels and traitors to the State. He is to trans-
mit the necessary advice to all the officers and sole
Biers who served in the Portuguese army, directing
thin to join the said army without the le.st loss of
time. He is also to require the Public Boards in the
neighbouring di-:triCis, in proof of their loyalty and
religion, to procure, with all, possible dispatch, the
necessary supplies of men, money, 4ccoutreNents,
and horses, and whatever else may be required for
the defence of our Religiou, of the • State, and of
their own honour, property and lives, and of those
of their children, which are all assailed by Napoleon,
Emperor of the French, who shall be repulsed with
all the spirit and energy which belong to the reli-
gion, the happiness, the honour, aird the valour of
the- Portuguese: And in order that this may •be
universally knoWn, the. Supreme Council of Go-
vernrnent orders the, present Edict 'to be immediately
printed, and posted up in the usual public places.
The BIS 1101), Preident and Governor.
Oporto, lurre z,, 1808.

INTELLIGEACE FROIW PORTUGAL.

LETTRR FROM OPORTO, JULY 6.

The news we have here is of a very pleasing na-
ture. From Spain we-leach, by Letters yesterday
received, that the army in Madrid has been,defeated,
and that-the remains. of Muiat's force Zlo not ex-
ceed 20,000 men. The SpaniardS give no quarters
to the. French ; the tinge appears to be at ,no
when
the latter will be routed, and the race of Napoleon;
called, forsooth, the Omnipotent, exterminated from
the earth. The Governor, Luiz D'Oliveira, has
been apprehended ; Colonel Joze Cardozo, the Chief
Magistrate (Corregidor) of Pena Fiel ; the- Justice
of Atnarante ; the Chief Magistrate of Lainego,, Fa-
ther Antonio Raimundo,. Professor of the French •
Academy, and many -others whom I do not know,
have also shared the sairre fate. Ail Portuguese,
known to be partizans (tithe French, are taken up.
Pedro Ribeira Franga was apprehended by Dr. St.
Payo, near Vizen ; Satubert and Pedro du Cunha
have fled: The French Consul, and his sons Do-
nadieu and Richard, and others, whose names I dO
not recoiled, are arrested. General Loison, _who
was on his march to this-city from Braganza, pushed
on as far as Ainarante ; but the people of Braga,
,G.ttimarucas,' DourO, and Villa Real, joined, -
tacked,.and defeated him. He retreated in great
confusion in the diredion of Almeida, with the loss
of his haagage, artillery, military chest, and 600
men., In Coimbra, 30 French soldiers were taken
prisoners,' and 80 in Figueira. The communication
with Lisbon it cut off; no mails will be allo•ved to
proceed to those parts until we shall have -succeeded
in reducing the French force, which as yet occupies
the Capital. The whole country is in arms as far as
Santarem. General Sepulrora comnnands in those
parts; his corps- has been joined by the troops of
Villa Real and Douro ; and we, Oporto-men, are
also destined for that quarter. Many. men- Will be
raised in this city.. All the sons of merchants, and.
.other young men; offer to enlist, equip themselves
at: their own ekpende, and serve :without pay. - All
ihe soldiers,
.who,. since the year 1801, have obtain.;
ed leave to retire front service, on any ground what-
soever, rejoin their regiments. The Court and Go-
vernment -of- Portugal are at present in this place,
and the period of the extermination- of the French
seems to draw nigh.
A company of Volunteers has been raised here,
which is coattnancled by Panlucho.. Mauoel Joa-

(own De Souza, Jeronimo Chlisost7.roc; the four
Dolor Sampario, and a great many other
Gentlemen, whom I do not know, have also ten-
dered their services during the whole campaign. To
the best of my estimation, a force of thirty thou-
sand men will soon be collected, besides the Militia,
and march to Coimbra. It is also in contemplation
:o arm the Algarvians and Alentejans, and to march
them to Lisbon. You will easily conceive the posi-
tion in which Junot is placed ; he will at length
have done issuing decrees, for if I mistake not, the
last of his days is approaching apace.
tray let me know whether the Northern Powers
shew now inclination to join us, in order to bring on
the catastrophe of this tragedy in the course of this
yukr.
The sequestration of English property, imposed
1-iv.the French, has already been raised, and a Pro-
clamation to that died was this day posted up in
our public places; a convoy is also ready to set sail
for England in a short time.
It is certain that the Spaniards have lately inter- '
cepted a Courier, who was
_going from France to
General Junot with Dispatches ; by which it ap-
pears, that a strong ferment prevails in France, "and
that parties are forming in that Country, which shew
very serious indications of a general disposition to
rise:against the great Usurper of Europe. The con-
tribution of plate which Buonaparte imposed upon
thi.. Country, at least the first payments, are already
in Lisbon ; but as the said Capital is on the point of
being attacked, the French will not be able to decliek
giving the plate up again, unless they should choose
rather to lose their heads. It is reported that seve-
ral guillotines were on their way to their City, and
were intended to be ereCled_ in the street Bon Vista
and in Almada-street ; a number of boys raised
loud acclamations of joy, when they heard that a
French General was taken by the Spaniards, and that
the people did not impose silence. Lists of the in-
habitants were already made,out, and every. fifth of
them was to suffer death. All the. Communes of
this Country are in arms, even the persons belonging
to the Holy Inquisition ; in short, every orteis.arm-
ed. I sag, within the last ten days, Father- Joas
Dias carry the colours of a body of armed men, who
catn,from Tinto.

EXTRACT OF ANOTHER LETTER FROM THE SAME

PLACE, AND OF THE SAME DATE.

As to our Government and measures of public
safety, traitors and ill-disposed Poi tUguese are taken
up and lodged in prison. The day before yesterday
two fellows were apprehended, who began the late
insurrection, and will now meet with condign pan-
islnnent. They were implicated'in a plot to batter
down part of this City with heavy ordnance,which, as
report states, was to be carried into execution in the
between the 4th and sth ; and the two Itegi-
rnents were really under arms the 4th, in the morn-
ing, without knowing whither they were to march ;.
they were only told, that they were to leave the
city. As soon as the Government received infor-
mation thereof, measures were adopted to arrest
them, and I understand, that one cf them is to be
executed in a few days. JozeCardozo and Luiz De
Oliveira are al:it) in prison, but what will be their
tate is not yet known. As to Joze De Souza and
Salahert, it is this day reported, that they were both
apprehended five leagues from this place. Pedro De.
Melo, it is said, was intended by Tunot to act as his
Comtnisioner in this place, and to chastise the
drunkards of .Oporto. But another report states,
that he has also been apprehended in the environs
of Coimbra. They say, that a considerable French
fg,e is on its march hither, by the way of Arauva.
Should this prove true, we will join the troops of
Coi• ,';re and Figueira, and meet the French. Wo
• .7-:1,11t, (hat JuNoT's exit is near at hand; all
o. Liskl,n are in ,t state of insurreaion.

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sl etlee of tile confession made by the two
DiAC rw-ntiimed,. Luiz Paulin° has been
~y, S.-tramento, of :Lisbon, who WAS here,
hay exp..ri,eile,:d the ',same" fate: I. apprehend that
itniiort,int events will shortly take place among our-
lien on account of traitorous plots; by them
POllCelved. In our prisons; all provisions carried in,
as t'elt as all persons who enter the same, are strict-
ly examined, because letters were found concealed
in loaves of bread, in consequence whereof, whole
loaves are no longer admitted, Vessels of every de-
Kription are also subjea to the striaest inquiry, be-
rause it was discovered, that some of those,. which
had been carried into the prison, contained gunpow-
der; Wine is also prohibited, because several pri-
Aoners had given the toast, of the Great Usurper of
Europe. In short, we witness, and are to witness
trausgtions, which should be blotted from the me-
mory Of man, along with the French -name.
Two expressca have arrived from Aranca, with
the intelligence, that 3000 French troops .have made-
their appearance in' Anima, who partly proceeded
from -Aranca,. and- were joined by Gen. Loison, to,
assist in the execution of the plot which I have above
mentioned, to destroy this city.
The. battalion of Niana marched this morning,
and will be soon followed by the second battalion of
Oporto. How will the. French stare when they see
the yellow small clothes* opposed to them, whom
they disarmed and disbanded in an ignominious
tnan-
er in Caldas da Rainha.

_
Yellow small clothes form part of the *form of the
second battalion of 0 owl°, one of the finest body of Iflefl in
the Vortuguese service.

ExTr.AcT o? 4 LETTER FROM AN OFFICER, COME

11051 E IN TUE GLOIRE.

,‘ We have just come in from Lisbon; the whole
of our, crew, and every other we have met witli, are
in high spirits -at the happy prospect before us, as
every thing is going on favpwahly to the Spanish ,
PatriotO• Political affairs wear a naor,epleasing aspe&
than they tiave dope for .a number of years past.
The French Artny, which is estimated at little less
than tb,096 men, is completely hemmed in at Lis-
bon; and all those I have conversed with upon the
iubje& have no doubt will fall an easy prey to
General Sir Arthur Wellesley, whose fleet of trans-
ports we fell' in with at sea, on Sunday, the 17th
In `t. off Scilly.
‘ The brave Sir Charles Cotton has summoned
the 1111451311 fleet, in the Tagus, to surrender to the
43,ritir,h flag; but, strange to say, the Russian Ad 7
roiral, in his ansWer, discovered much violence, as
'Nell as ;rational and individual enmity to Great
twin, and declared Ile would rather burn every Ship
pldqr his command than surrender i*a. have
the vleowp to say yie lauded great quapti4es of i

arms and ammunition at Lagos Bay, and Oporto,
for the use of the brave Spaniards. We are now in
possession of some, batteries. Sir C. Cotton has
nine sail of the-line lying under the Rock, the crews
of them are waiting with the greatest anxiety pos-
sible to be brought into action.
" The Russia►. fleet, lying in the Tagus, consists
Of nine sail of the line and one frigate.
" We were informed at Lisbon, from a quartet
that was not to be doubted, in fa& it was generally
understood, that the English and Spanish fleets
were lying together at Minorca.
" We have brought to England Rear-Admiral
Obuay, together with a great number of French Pri-
soners, taken by the Portuguese. Among them is
that celebrated charaEter, Monsieur Prigny, Cotn-
mandant of the French Marine-at Oporto ;he is dis-
tinguished as a Member of the Legion of Honour; he
was Captain of the Fleet in the Memorable Battle of
Trafalgar, in which he signalised himself. We have
-likewise Monsieur Guimbaud, the tate French Con-
sul at Oporto, whose house was completely gutted
by the populace at Oporto, himself made prisoner,
together with the Cummandant of Marine, and a'
vast number of Officers of the French army. There
is little or no doubt, either of the taking or destruc-.
tion of the Russian fleet ; in fad, it appears inevita-
-ble."

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,SOLEM QULS DICZRZ rALEUM AUDZAT

L 0 N D 0 IV,

FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1808.

WE this morning received Gibraltar Papers to
the 2d instant, from which we have made the fol-
lowing extraets

FROM THE GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE OF THE

- 2d JULY.
EDICT published in the Island of Majorca, FIRDINAND
king of Spain and adjacent Islands, &c. and in his
roya: name, his Excellency the Captain• General of Ins
Arm!T and Kingdom.

" I make it known to the faithful inhabitants of
this Island, that last night I convened in my Palace
a meeting, composed of all the Constituted Authort-
ties, to lay before them the course which ought
to be pursued under the existing circumstances,
in which both my loyalty and the unanimous
wish of the People was, that we should conti-
nue to acknowledge FERDINAND VII. our law-
ful Sovereign, in consequence whereof it was agreed
upon, that these Islands shall continue faithful to
his Majesty FERDINAND VII. to which end, anti that
we may have the benefit of the fa exercise Of the
rights of Sovereignty, in his name, as far as is requisite,
a Board was appointed, which -A-ill begin this very
evening to exercise their authority, and publish
what may be deemed conducive to the prosperity of
the Island.

" A 're Deurn shall be sung, and then shall be a
levee, royal salute, ar
(Signer) L
.I.‘IIGUEL DE VIVES."
By command of ..;s E,xctllency, and, as Secre.
tary, authorise.d by the Board.
(Signed) BARLOTOME JO/174.5.
Royal Palace at Palma, May 30, 1808.