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CHAP. XVIII.
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Spanish Colonies. Dispatches intercepted. Proceedings at Cuba, and Venezuela, Mexico, and Buenos Ayres. Manifesto of the Prince of Brazil. Conduct of
the French in Portugal. Insurrections at Porto, in Algarve, and Alentejo.
CHAP. XIX.
Sir Arthur Wellesley's Campaign in Portugal. Battle of Vimiera. Armistice and
Convention of Cintra. General astonishment and indignation of the People of
England. Proceedings at Lisbon. Public Meetings in England. Court of
Inquiry.
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The Friends of Ferdinand escape from the Intruder. Defence of the Council of
Castile. Palafox's Reply to it. Plan for a Central Government proposed by
the Junta of Seville. Their objections to a Cortes. Formation of the Central
Junta. Its Disputes with Cuesta; its Plans and Professions. Siege of Gerona.
Want of Cavalry. Bilbao twice Captured and Re-captured. Inactivity of the
Spanish Armies.
CHAP. XXI.
Long silence of the French Government respecting the Affairs of Spain. Reports
from the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Buonaparte's Speech to his Troops.
Conscription for 1810 called out. Meeting with the Czar at Erfurth. Propo
sal for Peace, and subsequent Correspondence. Buonaparte enters Spain. Ex-
position of the state of the French Empire.
CHAP. XXII.
Defeat and Dispersion of the Armies of Blake and Castanos. Buonaparte's Ad-
vance to Madrid, which, by the Treachery of Morla, is surrendered to him.
Proceedings of the British Army. Sir John Moore enters Spain. Difficulties
of his Situation. He resolves to retreat, but, altering his purpose, advances,
with the intention of giving Battle to Marshal Soult.
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CHAP. XXIII.
Retreat of the British Army, Battle of Coruna. Death of Sir John Moore:
Embarkation of the Troops; and Termination of our First Campaign in Spain. 442
STATE PAPERS.
Nos. 1 to 10.-Papers relative to the Negociation with Austria; presented, by his Ma-
jesty's command, to both Houses of Parliament, January 26th, 1808.
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No. 4.-Orders in Council, presented to the House of Commons, by his Majesty's
Command, Jan. 26, 1808.
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No. 5.-French Commercial Decree, signed Napoleon, and dated at Milan, Nov. 23,
1807.
No. 6.-Proclamation of the President of the United States.
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No. 7.-Report, made in the Congress, Nov. 17, 1807, touching the Affair of the
Chesapeake Frigate.
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No. 8.-Non-Importation Act, passed 18th of April, 1806. Together with a Supple-
mentary Act, passed about 10th December, 1807.
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No. 9.--Act of Congress, laying the Embargo, passed December 22, 1807.
No. 10.-PRUSSIA. Declaration against England, dated at Munich, December 1,
No. 11. SPAIN.- -Decree against England, dated Jan. 3, 1808.
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ib.
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No. 12.-Convention between his Majesty and the King of Sweden, signed at Stock- holm on the 18th of February, 1808.
No. 13.-Treaty of Alliance and Subsidy between his Majesty the King of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the King of the Two Sici-
lies, signed at Palermo, on the 30th of March, 1808.
No. 14.-SPANISH DECREE.. -Copy of a Decree issued from the Palace of San Lo-
renzo, October 30.
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No. 15.-Secret Treaty between his Catholic Majesty and his Majesty the Emperor
of the French, by which the high contracting parties stipulate every thing respect-
ing the future condition of Portugal. Fontainbleau, October 27, 1808.
No. 16.-Act of Abdication of Charles IV, in favour of his son.
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No. 17.-Proceedings in the Escurial, from the Madrid Gazette of the 31st March.
No. 17.*-Letter from King Carlos IV. to the Emperor Napoleón.
No. 18.-Letter from Ferdinand to his Father, Charles IV.
No. 18.* To the Supreme Junta of the Government.
No. 19. Proclamation of the King of Spain.
No. 20.-To the Supreme Council of Castile, the Council of Inquisition, &c.
No. 21.-Resignation of the Crown of Spain by King Charles IV. and the Prince of
Asturias.
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No. 22.-King of Spain's last Proclamation.
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No. 23.-Treaty concluded between the Emperor of the French and the Prince of
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No. 24.-Proclamation of Buonaparte, to the Junta of the State, the Council of Castile,
the City of Madrid, &c.
No. 25.-Answer of the Bishop of Orense.
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No. 26. Declaration of War against the Emperor of France, Napoleon the First. lxi
No 27.-Precautions which it will be proper to observe throughout the different
Provinces of Spain, in the necessity to which they have been driven by the French, of
resisting the unjust and violent possession which their Armies are endeavouring to
take of the Kingdom.
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No 28. Speech delivered to the Parliament by the Lords Commissioners, at the Pro-
rogation of the Parliament, on the 4th of July, 1808.
No. 29.—Order of Council, dated 4th July, 1808.
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No. 30.-Two Addresses of General Morla on the part of the Government to the
People of Cadiz, 14th June, 1808.
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No. 31.-Answer of General Morla to a Letter which General Dupont sent from
Lebrija.
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No. 32.-Answer of the Captain General of the Province and Governor of Cadiz, to
the Letters of General Dupont, on occasion of what took place on the 13th instant,
at the Port of Santa Maria,
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No. 33.-Justification to the Spanish Nation of the conduct of the Captain-General of
Andalusia towards Dupont and the other French Generals.
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No. 34-Proclamation of Joseph Buonaparte to the Inhabitants of the Spanish Domi- nions in the West and East Indies. Ixxiii
lations.
No. 35.-Manifesto, or Justificatory Exposition of the conduct of the Court of Portu-
gal with respect to France, from the Commencement of the Revolution to the time
of the Invasion of Portugal, and of the Motives which compelled it to declare War
against the Emperor of the French, in consequence of that Învasion, and the subse-
quent Declaration of War, made after the Report of the Minister of Foreign Re-
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No. 36.-Reports of the Minister of Foreign affairs relative to Portugal, published in
the Moniteur of January 24, 1808.
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No. 37.-Just Memorial which the Representatives of the Royal House of Spain, Donna
Carlota Juaquina de Bourbon, Princess of Portugal and Brazil, and Don Pedro Car-
fos de Bourbon y Braganza, Infant of Spain, address to his Royal Highness the
* The references to these have been accidentally omitted in the body of the work.
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Prince Regent of Portugal, that he may deign to attend to, protect, and preserve the
sacred rights which their August House has to the Throne of Spain and the Indies;
which Throne the Emperor of the French, by means of an abdication or renuncia-
tion, executed under the most atrocious and detestable violence, has recently torn
from the hands of the King, Don Carlos IV., and their Royal Highnesses the Prince
of Asturias, and the Infants, Don Carlos and Don Antonio,
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No. 38.-Suspension d'Armees arretée entre Monsieur le Chevalier Arthur Wellesley,
Lieutenant-General, et Chevalier de l'Ordre du Bain, d'une part, et Monsieur le
General de Division Kellermann, Grand Officer de la Legion d'Honneur, Comman-
deur de l'Ordre de la Couronne de Fer, Grand Croix de l'Ordre du Lion de Bavière,
de l'autre part; tous deux chargés de pouvoirs des Generaux respectifs des Armées
Françaises et Anglaises.
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No. 39.-Definitive Convention for the Evacuation of Portugal by the French
Army.
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No. 40.-Articles of a Convention entered into between Vice-Admiral Sir Charles
Cotton, and Vice-Admiral Siniavin, for the Surrender of the Russian Fleet.
No. 41.-Overtures from Russia and France.
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No. 42.-Rupture of the Negociation between England, France, and Russia.--De-
claration.
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