Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-02-08


English from entering Carthagena or Cadiz.
NORFOLK, February 2.
F0RTUGdL.--The fate of this kingdom
IS at last decided, and it's doomed to add a.
mother vic tim to the Unsuitable ambition Of the
destroyer. Of nations.
Captain Dorman, Of the Bremen barque
Bremen, arrived here on Saturday last from
St. Ubes, which place he left onithe 3oth Of
November. On the. 9Th December, captain
Dorman fell in with, and was boarded from
the Portuguese snip Triumpha Americana.
captain Joaquin Joze Franco, one Of the fleet
fromlisbon boand to Brazils, from whom
capt. d. derived the important information,
that the French troops had entered Portugal,
and would probably be in Lisbon by the 9th or
7ths Of December, and that on the 30th OF
November the Prince, with the royal family,
and many Of the mobiles, embarked and sailed
for Brazil. They Wefe mes at the mouth of
the Tagus by an English feet of men of war,
aud transports the latter probably for the
purpose of taking a part of the persons who
had embarked in the fleet. All English per-
sons and property had gotoH BY some means;
thus completely disappointing the French go
vernment, who no doubt calculated upon con-
siderable booty The. commander of the
English Acct of Lisbon had not been appris-
cd of the part which Russia had takenln the
war, or it is probable the Russian feet at
Lisbon would have been compelled to depart
also; they, however remained with their
new allies and whether the English will
make any a tempt to take them out or not,
will depend on the strength of the batteries
in the Tagus. The English fleet were of the
mouth Of that river on the 5th Dec.
Before capt. d, left St. Ubes, public notice
had been given to the troops, OF tie intended
departure of the Prince for the Braziis, III
which the option Of going or remaining IA
Portugal was given.
While, our most feryil sympathy IS excite d
for the misfoltunes OF these exiies (which We
cannot but call illustneusl we are filled with
admiration Of the noble resolution, 50 honor
ably formed, and.so happily e1ecused Il is
not possible For patriotic mind TO sustain
skeener ans, uish than 10 be compelled to aban-
don our native country. bsing fist satisfied
that we could not defenti ii, with even a hope
of success. History Affords no such exam
PIE, as that which tie Prizes Regent has tar-
nished he has proven Gisnself a worthy de-
scendant Of his ilusttious stncester, who de-
iivered his country from tie yoke OF Span.
The Moniteur had decreed tbs tall OF the II
lnstrious house of Braganza, but the awful
decree cannot now be executed. So long as
the British navy exists, the Prince Regent &
his companions, may, and Ne trust vail long,
defy the poweEo Napoleon; but let the Bsl-
fish navy be destroyed, and the prince q For
tugal would not be singular, IN bsin, reduced
to the necessity of becoming q slave, or an
exile.
Two links Of grand chain of operations,
meditated by the emperor, are broken. The
seizure Of the fleet at Copenhagen, and the
escape7of the Portuguese aeet have lessened
: the means that were calculated apon to sub
due Great Britain by thirty sail Of the line,
Increasing her strengthby the same number
for the Prince Regent must now more thane-
tver attach himself to Great Britain
What will be the ultimate fate OF Portugal
and Spain, may he foreseen: they will be dr.
yided and cut up, SO as to make small sove-
reignties, for some of tic imperial family OF
France, or some of Napoeon's favorites, first
annexihg such parts Of Spain to France as
suis The. views of Bopapartc.