Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-15

9th or June got poletiion OF all rbc for
tihed places IT, that eXieniive province
BY their galIantry they had taken Campo
Major, frongly garriloncd and well pro-
yided tor fege they had routed the
enemy at Arrosches, and at Flora de Ro-
Ia; they had overrun the beit cultivated,
richeit and moft populons part of the pro.
vince; they had leized the immenie ma
gazines which the enemy had formed !;
they had compelled their opponen,s to
pals the Tagus, no, believing ,hemfclyes
IN faiety till this great river lhould be
between them and their purifiers. The
eleven itandards i had TIE honor TO pre-
tent TO your Majefy by The ctiicersl who
had iharcd in the glory CT ,asu.g them,
are proof CT the triumph OF your roya.
arms.
Our enemies, whom we rather call pre-
Jrdiced friends and relations, could held
OUT no longer, and on the 9th Of June
i,gred Peace, re-eilabijhing i,ate CT
things which your Majcity had ipipeoded
with 10 m->h regret. By the conditions
OF the Treaty, the harbours OF Porruga
are fhu' sgainif Englith ihipping of every
deierirtion, The Privateers OF England
will thus no longer be able to interrupt
cur commerce, ara to block up our ports,
and the chief caufc will be removed which
irritated the paternai heart OF your Males
~ againf your natural friend and ally.
Ihs advantage, though the principal,
is MOI the only one refultirg from peace
the great depots of eontrahand merchan
dize all along the .rontie. Of Portugal, af
fording an ire hftible temptation TO Tie un-
Principled to rranfgreis the laws, and bro.
many to defruetion. All thefe have now
been moved into the interior. The pro-
vince OF Olivenza, ono of the mott fertile
in the Peniniula, together with its formi-
dable capital, belongs to your rnajefy
thus Eitramadura is rendered fecure, and
Portugal is deprived OF all means of threa-
tening US from behind.
To thefe advantages it may be added,
that the efufon Of the blood of our coun-
trymen has been fpared, that the expence
OF the expedition has been trifling, and
that we have never met with the (malleit
reverfe!
l am far, Sire, from alcribing thefe e.
vents to myielf. Providence who knows
the integrity of heart, and exemplary pi-
ETY. OF your majefy, has brought them
about, making ufe, as means, of the valor
and ielf devotion of your troops, worthy
in all refpetts of fuch fovereign.
Nevertheless, it is to me an extreme "a
tisiaetion, and a hngclar happiness, opre-
len TO your majeity the laurel and the o.
i've which have crowned the arms directed
oy me. My heart is penetrated with
Joy when reflect that fortune has
afforded me an opportunity of making
lome fmall return for the fingular favours
heaped upon me by your majefies, as re-
comPence for my loyalty and my affection
for your augna perfpns, ard MY lively and
ardent wifaes for the permanence of your
glory and profperity.
| cannot fupprefs with that your ma
jeities will deign to wifi your troops, that
you may experience the fweet emotion felt
by juf and benefcient princes loving their
people, and beloved by them. You will
be placed in the midit of an army, animal
ed by valor, by loyalty, and by every ma
tional virtue.
But my voice is too feeble, my lam
guageis too tame to convey an idea of their
fentiments, to express their Impotence
to fee, ard to falute your majefies their
defire TO facrifce themfeives in your fer
vice, and their hope to be rewarded for
their tolls. May Heaven PROPER with its
bleaing all the dehgns Of your majefties as
completely as wiihes your mott loyal fub-
jeet..
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