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London, England, 1822-08-27 00:00:00

theleast idea .of imputation, that your Excellency's icre§al
compelled me to resort to the disagreeable necessity, or, which
is the same thing, to the extremity, of. withdrawing from this
Court : and this step is taken with the view of fulfilling my
duty and the positiveorders I have received from my Court, of
which I have not allowed yotir Excellency to remain ignorant.
I cannot give your FAcellency a more convincing proof of nay'
earnest wish for the 'amicable' adjustment of this unpleasant
business, than by once more repeating that, in spite of the new
'embarrassments . that have 'arisen, I stlirani and always
have been disposed verbally to renew the propositions which I
have made to you at various times, being' unable longer to
maintain correspondence with your Excellency until you accede
to the propositions which I had the honour personally to pre-
sent to his Majesty, and of which your Excellency. has doubt-
less had to render an account. Besides, your Excellency cannot
fail to be convinced that the refusal of these propositions consti-
tutes a sufficient motive, and one.too well known to his Majesty
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to render it necessary,for him to conjecture it
This is all that 1 can reply to the note of your Excellency of
the 6th of this month ; and I certainly would have given the
same answer, though you had not thought it necessary to make
an appeal to my honour and good faith.
If, however, younxcellency, judging unfavourably of -my
sentiments, which I hope will not -he the case, should persist in
rejecting the only means within my reach for leading back affairs
to the pointin which I am desirous of seeing them, then you
will permit me to renew my application for passports, by refer-
ing you to the official communication already made for that
purpose. I have the honour to be, with sentiments of high con-
sideration, &c.
St. Bento-street, July 7. •(Signed) D'OLFERS.
To his Excellency Don Silvestre Pinheiro Ferreira, &c.
1%.;o. V.. •
Responsible as I am for My conduct, not only to the 'King,
my Sovereign, but also to the Supreme Congress and to the na-
tion, I do not feel that his Majesty's knowledge of it is alone
sufficient to free .me from censure; to which .1 may add, that
that part of it which you impute to me .a having ohliged you. to
have recourse to the extremity of demanding your passports,
could only be understood by his Majestyfrom the account which
I myself gave him of the conversation which took place between
us both.
trust,, therefore, that you will perceive 'I 'had right to re-
quest that you would be good enough to communicate to mein
writing what actually occurred in this conversation to oblige
you to take such a step. You replied, that in order to induce
you to make this declaration, there was no necessity for me to
appeal to your honour and veracity, .and you concluded by de-
dining to give the .satisfaction required, and • offering to make
only verbal explanations.
Though I am far from thinking that any thing.should be
verbally affirmed which cannot be repeated .in writing, yet I
will not object to comply with your instructions, feeling as I
do that our correspondence issufficient to prove which party has
reason on its side—that which .desires publicity, or that which
seeks to hide itself under the veil of mystery.
I subjoin the passports which you have solicited, and which
I can assure you are delivered ,with regret by the King's Go-
vernment, who would have wished never to have seen inter-
rupted their intimate relations of . friendship with that of his
Prussian Majesty ; but no. one regrets so much as myself your
retirement from this Court, where I had the good fortune to be-
virile acquainted with those distinguished qualities, which
have inspired•me.with the immutable sentiments of considera-
tion and esteem, with which I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed)
SILVESTRE PENHEIRO FERREIRA, &c.
July 8, -1822. •