Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-01-19
The Portuguese MoaereAy

ihe sing OF Portugsl possesses terri,crs
In the four 4a~r,srs OF she world bu, b,
}doma'ns 70 Asia, formerly very considera.
I bic, are now reduced 10 Goa, and its da.
.Itr'ct, and D;u, and the island Of Mscoa ia
] Chica.
| The estates of ibis crown in Africa. A..
pow considerable. Besides counting VIA,
shs Portuguese possess in n olthern Cu.
nea they have 10 the South several sites ~
S.. Salvador and others, rendering ,h,r
nearly masters OF Bregula and Loanp,-
Upon ,he-eas'rro side they have hlosan.
I b,que ; bot their possessions 10 Africa are
The isles ct Cape de Verd. the Aaorvs sud
Madeira, he lac, celrbrssed- for lis wins,.
contains so COO Inhabitants. Tbs ropuls.
ton Of the Aso,esis estimated at nearly
&c, GOO SOILS.
The real power of 'Por'uga may be cop.
sidcred sa disiiedan'o ,wo sections Pot.
rogel aad Brazil. Portuguese Consaoa
is neseEy EeeG'z appepdsge Of the las.
Portugal 10 divided io'o SIX provinces;
Ensre Juro NGinkc, I'ras-os- Monies, Bay.
r., hslraaesdura. Alep.ys aod Les Ar.
g&@ea. The population Of th-se provinces
is 2 10000 q inhab;;ao's, occupying
surface q 5il3 square leagues IS 10 je.
9rae- tHe Provinces most pscpled are
b&Hfa. ess.remada'a, and A,enGeia: En-.
'Te DoGyo .,2iuke. is less go than the O.
thers. he geogssp hicai situation o! Por.
tugal IS between 8 deg 40. min. gnd 81
Deg long frem iEs iale Of Fer aud b=sweea
81 and AZ lax.
The decline Of cuIi.a,iou in Portugal.
hasbesn greatly exaggerated. The best
proofs that sl .hat ha. been said ca this
subJec. lacks foundation, is tAe rapid ia.
crease Of The population of the kingdom.
The enumeration rs made 10 1892, was
/ roc, 600 souls, white according to pro.
tessor &Lirk III. row 5000, 0OO-Thouga
the estimate 10 1892 wa. nos made with
sgreat deal OF exsc,ness, yet the increase
OF population since TIA, period is 40 inceu:
tesnbi- fact. Authors bu, little accustomed
10 calculations Of poli;icaleconomyhsye sd-
sanced, >that ,he-p Portuguese GO not raise
more grain then is saEc,en, far their own
consumpsionfor tsmonhs Of he yea';&'hsv
seppose az snnusl importation of 10, 1852
900 quin,as ofg.a;n, which a, IS francs
the qu'n'sls would, cos. So, s5o,oO0 francs
How nation having hardly any 49,
nntac'utes, can,Pay this enormous balance
II IS noteasy to discover, particularly whea
isis srcoilrcted .lla. ALMOST all the manu-.
featured articles sen, TO The B5az'ls are OF
foreign fabrication.
Ihe Portuguese government. is abso'ns
ne religion of the Inhabitants is exclusively
'he Catholic. The prosecutions Ut the
Jews OF this kingdom at different ,Imes,a's
wc.fknown. The inGa.sliion seaoaS'sa
he~tury sgsiust chem, or ratt*f a8a'aa
hose accused of Judaism. while th'
kingdom mad. par. Of the Spanish mona"
chy.
We should no, be far from ,he truth ~
es'in, aiirg the revenues Of the crowo st
so coc.ooefr. a: .hrsi sighs this sas
seems enormous when compared With 'hs
population Of the Kingdom BAT this sste'
nlshmeu, will be d unfinished, when ~ re-
gard sheresoorces derives from she b'ass
which colony is indeed the priociPsl p"
Of the moaarchy. Ha,it nu.t be s'<'"1a
also that 90 Europesu people with he s1'
ception ef Spain. 10 noee overiosd.@ Nth
mposis than the Portuguese blt,ha: 'sra
ther owing 70 their bad asse ssmen! that's
their weight.
Abe Portuguese marine rconprisas os'y
fisrseea ships OF she line. The land troops
are numerous enough, bat waot discipline
sad instruction aod what is mach wo's'
arc dead TO the scns'biliiy of honsur.Ias
vatess ct the lards Ut the sosrt sf!en BE-