Star.
London, England, 1807-12-22 00:00:00

MEMORANDUM.

The Diana merchant veffel, hating on board about
tiny Britifh fubjeas, who had been detained in con
fequence of the embargo, came out of the Tagus in
company with the Portuguere fleet, ltd it is Coppola
that the bore up for England at the commencement
of the gale.

We mentioned yellerday that an Edia had been
publifhed by the Pima LUCENT before the depar.
ture of the Royal Family from the Tagus. The
following is a Copy of it :
PROCLAMATION or ma PRINCE REGENT
OF PORTUGAL.

" Palace of the Ajunda, 27th Nov. t 807."

Haitng endeavoured,byall the meansin my power

to maintain the neutrality hitherto enjoyed by my
faithful and beloved fubjelts, and having exhaußed
my Royal treafury, and made other facrifices, pro-
ceeding even to the extremity of shutting the ports of
my dominions againa the fubjeEls of my ancient

Royal Ally, the King of Great Britain, thus eapofing
the commerce of my people to total ruin, and confe.
quently flawing the greaten loffes in the colleeiln of
the revenues of the crown ; I find that troops of the
Emperor of the French and King of Italy (with
w:iom I had united myfelf on the Continent, in the
hope of being free from further moletlation) are
allually marching into the interior of my kingdom,
and are on their way to this Capital ; and defiring to
avoid the fatal eonfequences of a defence, which
would be more dangerous than profitable, ferving
only to occafion an effution of blood dreadful to
humanity, and to inflame the aninnfity of the troops
which have entered this kingdorn, under a declaration
and promife that they will not commit any the (mal-
let hoaility ; and knowing alto that thefe troops are
molt particularly defined againa my Royal Perfon,
and that my faithful fubjees would be under legs
apprehenfions were I abfent from this kingdom, I
have refolved, for the welfare of my fuhjees, to re.
treat, with the Queen my Mother and all my Royal
Family, to my do.ninions in America, there to eta
blifb unfelt in the city of Rio de Janeieb until a ge.
limit peace; and moreover, confidering the import-
ance of leaving the Government of thefe kingdoms
in that good order which is for their advantage and
for that of my people (a matter which I am el-
fentially bound to provide for), and having duly
reflehed on all the circumfances of the moment, I
have refolved to nominate to be Governor and Re•
gent of thefe kingdoms, dining my abfence, my truly
beloved Coufin the Marquis d'Abranti9 Francifco da ,
Cunha de Menezes, Lieutenant General of my forces;
the Principal Caltro (one of my Council, and a
Rigidor de Mica) Pehroda Meller Braynez, alto
of my Council, who will ad as Prefident of my,
Treafury during the incapacity of Luis de Vas Con-
cellos e Seuzis, (who is unable to fulfil that func-
tion at preterit on account of illnefs) ; Don Fran-
cifco de Noronka, Prefident of the Board of Con-
fcience and Religious Orders ; and in tht abfenee of
any of them, the Conde de Cant.° Maxim (Grand
Huntfman) whom I have nomin‘ted Prefident of the
Senate, with the Alliance of the Secretalies thereof ;
the Conde de Sampayo, and in his abfence, Don
Miguel Perira Furgaz ; and of my Attorney Gene-
Jocco Antonio Salter de Mendenea ; on account
of the great confidence I have in them, and of the
experience which they poffefs in matters of Governs
nrent ; being certain that my people and my king-
dom will be governed and ditched in fuck a manner
that my confcience will be difcharged, and that this
Regency will entirely fulfil its duty, fo long as it fhall
pleafe Goo that I fhall be abfent from this capital ;
adminiffering juftice with impartiality ; diftributing
rewards and punitiments as they may be merited.—
And thefe Regents and Adminifirators will farther
Jit,lj this to be my pleafute, and fulfil my order in
the form thus mentioned, and in conformity to the

indruftions figned by me and accompanying this
decree, which they will communicate to the proper
departments. (Signed)

411 THB PRINCE."

One of the letters received from Lilbon notes that
the French were however very fangnine in their ex-
Inflation of reaching Lifbon in time to feize on the
Fatima Rector. At a dinner given to General
YONOT, in the Capital of Old Collat. that Officer was
heard to exprefs his confidence that be &mild dine
at Li(bon on the 27th ultimo, and be the agent for
making the Portuguefe Government " feel the con-
(menet. of its infidelity to the cattle of France and
Spain."

SPAIN.

The following is a copy of a letter received yeller.
day, as that handed about at Madrid, purporting to,
be addreffed by Boasearra to the Panics of MTV.
alas. Whether it was written to that Prince pre-
vioufly or fubfequently to the difcovery of the eon-
(piracy, we have not been able precifely to afartain,
as no date appeared on the copy.
" BILOVRD PIINCr,

" Receive from the hand of the Count of Hero, the (word which
the Mtereft of my Empire, the honour of the Spaniards, and the
opinion of your excqUent accompliftments require to be made
ova to the Chief of the Troops deftined to revenge our arms for
the repeated grievances withwhich our en emia have thought proper
tow:rage them. ONt DAY YOU WILL GOVIIIN YMt FtOFLE YOU
NOW FLY TO CONVaa, and France will have in you a Friend to
diftinguik among its neighbours, to concur with us, fuppreillog
a their Might, and changing thole that may be difpo(ed to pro-
mote Woad. I have therefore thought proper to command Ge-
neral Junot to make known to the army, that your Cured Perfon,
placed at its bead, reprefents mine, and that of your Father, my
dear Ally. I am proud in moulting atyfelf, that by thefc means
that frit:Whip which i fo mush value will be encreakd.
" NAPOLEON,
Emperor of the French, Sec. &c."
The letters from Madrid of the 16th tilt. Teem to
diferedit altogether the report, that the Prince of
ASTIMAS had denounced any of the confpirators
with whom be was Paid to have been implicated.—
Indeed, if any fuch confpirators had been arrefied
and fent to trial, it is but fair to infer, that Tome
mention would have been made in the laft letters of
their names, the progrefs of their trials, or even per-
haps their fentence. The omilLon teems to juflify a
prefumption generally prevalent among the Spaniards
in the City, that the curtain has dropped upon the
farce of the confpiracy ; that the piece was fo unpo-
pular, that it will be !nerd of no more.

In one of the letters we have Peen, General Junov
and his officers are Rated to be very conciliating in
their demeanor towards the Spaniards.
A letter of the atR ult. from a Spanilh port, Rates,
that a body of t 00,000 French troops are expelled
to form a cordon along the Spanifb coal in the
Atlantic. What is the objed of fuch a force ? is it
to guard again( or to attempt invafion ?