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the space of 30 leagues, all the in- 

 habitants strove to outdo each other 

 in testimonies of enthusiasm and 

 gratitude, at length arrived at half 

 after three in the afternoon of the 

 16th instant, in the Commercial- 

 square of this capital. He was 

 there received by all the Portu- 

 guese and English generals, by all 

 the troops of both nations, and the 

 whole armed force at present 

 in Lisbon. His arrival was an- 

 nounced by repeated salutes from 

 the ships and frigates in the Tagus, 

 and the castle of St. George. The 

 troops were ranged in two lines, 

 extending to the Palacio das Ne- 

 cessidades. His excellency, mount- 

 ed on horseback, thus affording a 

 sight of himself to the immense 

 concourse of spectators collected, 

 and the innumerable ladies who 

 adorned the windows of that vast 

 edifice, which" had been prepared 

 for his reception. Repeated and 

 loud acclamations accompanied his 

 excellency as he passed on ; and 

 the people of Lisbon, v.ho had 

 never given a plaudit, nor one sa- 

 lutation to Junot, notwithstanding 

 all the power with which he was 

 surrounded, were now boundless in 

 their applauses to their deliverer 

 from the cruel invasion of Mas- 

 eena. 



At night there was a general 

 and voluntary illumination, which 

 was repeated three successive 

 nights. 



On Sunday, at one o'clock, his 

 Excellency, dressed in the Portu- 

 guese uniform, went to pay his 

 compliments to the Lords Regents 

 of tiie kingdom, and took his seat 

 among them in the palace of go- 

 vernment ; he shortly after re- 

 turned, and, both in going and re- 

 turning, was accompanied with the 



loudest applauses on every side. 

 At four on the same afternoon, his 

 Excellency again returned to the 

 palace of government, dressed in 

 the English uniform, to partake of 

 a sumptuous entertainment pro- 

 vided for him by the Regents of 

 the kingdom, to which were in- 

 vited all the secular authorities, 

 the bishops, the Portuguese, Eng- 

 lish and Spanish general officers, 

 the staff of his lordship, and of 

 marshal the count of Trancosq, 

 the diplomatic body, the intendant 

 general of the police, and all the 

 presidents of the tribunals. 



The Portuguese company of the 

 royal theatre of San Carlos, pre- 

 suming that his Excellency would 

 honour that theatre with his pre- 

 sence, had in the short space that 

 intervened between the notice gi- 

 ven of his Excellency's coming and 

 his actual arrival, made every ex- 

 ertion to present the hero with a 

 spectacle worthy of him, and of 

 the Portuguese nation. All the 

 boxes were decorated with appro- 

 priate ornaments, such as Genii 

 with crowns and shields, on which 

 were inscribed the initials of lord 

 Wellington. Tiie box of govern- 

 ment, which was also that of his 

 Excellency, surpassed them all, 

 being richly adorned with figures of 

 Fame and Victory. Never was the 

 theatre of San Carlos so early and 

 completely crowded. His Excel- 

 lency came thither from the pa- 

 lace of government, about half past 

 seven ; and the moment he ap- 

 peared, the most rapturous accla- 

 mations resounded on all sides. The 

 scene was opened by an anthem, 

 sung in praise of our beloved prince, 

 whose portrait under a canopy, dis- 

 played on a sudden, electrified all 

 the spectators, and the thunders of 



