The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-09-10 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

The following Address from Masser's, intended
to be generally eirculatcrt among the native troops
under the orders of the British Commander, has
been received from Lisbon :
" INBABIT•NTS OT PORTI:(11t,
His Majesty. thp Enspetar of the French hasped under tn 3,
orders an .d 4 no,ocionels to take possession of this kiew
dem a tits itistiabswowr are iI-41443.45tr" ..* Let
pretended 7ri beiatiie in no one instance hare they 'royal
your benefactors. Agaiiit you Isis ilaiusty 1114 smperor has
uo wit:unity. On ttre (-entreaty, itiis.isii4s4tiestartit

mote yoke hippiness, and the first slop .to mousy 4,is.Pt art.
miss froiss the country those lostWels' whtf eonsaisayiste pr4l-
- blast your harvests, and itt tier effnvo: •Detie44
Inn, in opposiai the Errif,ehiefitif 'your trite Mende*
friend Who has it in his Perttet' Meier you the bapptill
people In the wottd. %$ etc It'not for thstlisidimb Comm:ll*A
Eogland you Welt now have stajoyedliestoe and tranquillity,,
and have bten pot in pnesessitin a that happiness. , You have,
blii,dly rejeoteel offers ealcislated only. to peer:ate your benefit,'
and have acceptelt proposals
,whirl wijl.lpur Itejsbesierse
of
Portugal. ,
ts His maie,ty hits. 04111mistioaq toe to conjure you,tio &Wake
to your true interests; to awake to thole eroepects difit4/,irth
your consent, may be quit* ; to awake so isiVtidfils
tinguisb between fiield,s and, enelii`fbi- Tee that,,, 6f England
is actuated by seta and inserts* puillinsits; the Emperor 4of
the French b goveroed bi the priori*, of universal philau-,
thropy. • . t
" true the English have pat Senn :uto yonr hllish
which you know not how to use. raj will instruct, yatjt,
are to be the iostraments of annihilation US your *te,..74,4i
those toes are I have alre:oly shewn to you. Use IbeM
ae
you ought, and they will become your salvation. Use them tosi
you ought nut, sod they w ill prove year destraction.
" Resistance is vain. Can the feeble army of the British
Ceueral expect to oppose any barrier to the victorious legions
of the Emperor ? Already a force is Collected star icnt to over-
whelm your country. Snatch the moment that mercy and go-
nerosity oder. As friends you may respect ua, and' be respected
in return; as foes you mutt dread ua, and in the convict Mule
he subdued. The choke is ybui eerie, eititentO Meet the bow
tors of a bloody war, and to see your country desolated, ytfar
villages in flames, and your cities phnidertd, orto accepte'
honourable and happy Peace, w bleb will obteitt fbr. you every
Messing that by resistance you would resign for ever.
44 fiIIASSIWAs • • •
" Prince of &sling, and Commander in Chief,
14 Ciudad Rodrigo, August 14." I
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StICILLINI NE ffSP:APEll64l66..kciosh
• ems
TROCl46lAttaffek.•o',a3l,• 4 ,tie: *W.
Ferdinand IF. by dlcrrylOff qf.010.1,1,9411, Of the Two •
cities, Jerusalem, &c. leuit of S'paint-Duidaf Minot, Pia:-
cenza, Canis, &c. (hand Iltrialtoti Prillo"`Otts4.'aitys.tio
Our beloved nod faithful people ef
The ferocious enemy who threatens to invade this happy
kingdom, and to bring amongst us desolation, shame, and death,
is carrying on his preparations. His pride supports him, 'sof-
wit:istioiditig the want of confidence of the uufortuoate victims,
of his despotism, whom be intends 16 employ on this rash ex-
pedition. In vain does tee try; with per/palled impudeneies,
to isrvett and misrepresent facts for the purpose of animating
his soldiers and salons; they all know thek losses be has susx
I. tole/ ; they all know, that to flight alone they are indebted
for their lives; and they all see that the batteries on the Cala-
brian coast are their only asylum and protection.
!'experience clearly Shews you what anvelinsited
confidence you should repose on the heroic valour of our royal
navy, and that of our august ally, the hiug of. (treat Britain.
To this mnisient they have baffled the enemy's attempts; and.
with unimpaired zeal and 'courage, they will 'continue to avert
from our shores the dreadful evils with whic'a you at'e tfictut=
ened. But what brilliant results bare you not a right to ex-
!wet, of cherishing in your own breasts the enthusiastic love
• and loyahy with which you are nobly animated JAI
your atoistaaee, exertions, Auld means, to the foreerwhich,
and our 511tant allies oppase to the enemy. Theta will victory
be certain, and your tranquil' by insured. The preistrvation
of
our hot. religion, and .4 all time objects of your retard&, and
the sentiments of love and attachment which you ha7...estlit.oys,
displayed le wardt our person, call fur ail•your exertions.
then, y.surselves in readioess to join, at the voice of
you: Sovereign aud Father, our troops and those of our faithful,
sty, the King elf Great Britain, for the peeper of =anti/101w
threktesed invasion, and thereby 'securing his thritne and its ia.
depetidence, and let your alacrity is obeying this, 'tall, am rd'
the enemy au widit•usial proof, that,-saaking cowmm n. cause
with our 'allies, the English, you follow ourelnaipte, and eons-
ply with our will; and thats.thertfore, lie wit -lad
in;iabittutts of this island n general in2UnnOlinoesdetertaliv,tirn•
to shed to fheAsset drop of their blood, and to die with 14nti•in
tlielt hands, lather than submit to his abhorred yoke. hicilitinst
remember yoer fortuir glory, and you skull be ,
43
FERDINAND TROMASO DI SOMMA. J
10tIl July, 1610. - • 4
o,
Ala 'Majesty the King of • tht.Two Sieltite,
•
ivg
been itiforraell by. big 'Excellency Lientenanti;
General ..Dettaro, of, ?the zeal and actisliv W „
it
r ,
*bleb itis Excellency • Itientenalit-Oesterast. ;,‘
Ituart iiit'Aroseitted for th 6 semirity• thoaily,o4
bitwaingliAnd the defence of this leowntry:-dpifial.
the common enmity, has ellatgd Lleittbitat444en*N
rat Denaro, not only to express to Liiti4tionk.
General Stuart his Majesty's ung.tialibed approlin:
of
thetreasures adopted for that puepanat "
but olan.to make it known to the public at largo.—.-
(Gazetta Uriltunnica, 18th July.) • • •
The prizes lately taken off Citraro by an
. .
#un•bvig have alrady atrivod ; tko zsgovr.
gro of an excellent coustnuelasslig
)8-pontider mounted, and the other a 36-Ivoultilim:
bo4i armed with a brass 4,pountler, and manned
asith 1.3 men,: deserted last ThursdaT Morning from
the enemy, and joined. apt Biltish squadron.--
(Souve Paper.)
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I • Gl7'E N BURG 11 MAIL.
COPCNIELAGEST, AUG. S.—A. report haring been
spread by ill-disposed people, that his Majesty the
had seized the Batik, and undertaken to pay
Ito the holdert of Bank shares 1600 riz dollars for
`every share; we think it right to state that the

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