376 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



the junta of the kingdom of Galli- 

 cia, may return to their houses with 

 their equipages and their property, 

 if they shall so wish ; and an escort 

 shall be granted to them for their 

 personal security, on their requir- 

 ing it. — 10. Every inhabitant of the 

 place shall be at liberty to retire 

 whithersoever he pleases, with his 

 moveables, effects, and whatever 

 belorvgs to him, provided the place 

 of his retirement be in the interior 

 of the kingdom. — 11. The houses 

 and effects of all persons who may 

 be absent by order, or leave, busi- 

 ness, or any other cause, shall be 

 respected, and the proprietors shall 

 be at liberty to return when they 

 find it convenient. — 12. The bene- 

 fit of a general amnesty, granted 

 by the emperor and king in his own 

 name as well as in the name of his 

 majesty king Joseph Napoleon, 

 shall be extended to the garrison 

 and the inhabitants of Corunna, as 

 also to persons who have filled offi- 

 cial situations. For this purpose 

 no individual shall be prosecuted, 

 arrested, or punished, for any share 

 they may have had in the distui-b- 

 ances which have agitated the king- 

 dom, nor for their speeches, writ- 

 ings, or actions, the measures, reso- 

 lutions, or orders, which have been 

 adopted or executed during the 

 commotions. The benefit of the 

 same general amnesty shall be ex- 

 tended to all the towns, villages, 

 and communes of the kingdom of 

 Gallicia, as soon as they shall have 

 submitted, and as soon as the inha- 

 bitants shall have taken the oath of 

 fidelity to his majesty the king Jo- 

 seph Napoleon 13. The laws, 



customs, and dress of the people, 

 shall be preserved without any in- 

 fringement, or modification; the 

 laws shall be those which are, or 



shall be established by the consti- 

 tution of the kingdom. — Done at 

 Corunna, the 19th day of Jan. 

 1809. 



(Signed) 

 Marshal the duke of Dalmatia. 

 Antonio de Alzedo. 



Official communication from Mar- 

 shal Beresford to the President 

 of the Regency. From the 

 Lisbon Gazette of April 25, 

 1809. 



Head Quarters, Tomas, 

 21st April. 

 Having been informed that gene- 

 ral Soult makes it his business to 

 spread false accounts of the near ar- 

 rival ofconsiderable reinforcements, 

 and Buonaparte himself at the head 

 of 80,000 men, and that he has 

 succeeded in deluding by similar 

 falsehoods part of the Portuguese 

 forces, I have thought it right to 

 order the inclosed proclamation to 

 be printed in Coimbra, and to pub- 

 lish the intercepted letter which 

 general Kellerman wrote tohim, and 

 which fell into my hands, in hopes 

 that it will tend to counteract the in- 

 trigues of the enemy, for which pur- 

 pose the above proclamation has 

 been distributed in Oporto, and all 

 other places where its circulation 

 appeared necessary. God preserve 

 your excellency many years. 



W. C. Beresford, 

 Marshal and commander-in-chief. 



Proclamation. ■ Whereas 

 marshal Soult (who styles himself 

 governor of Portugal) although he 

 is perfectly aware of the critical si- 

 tuation in which he has placed him- 

 self, but which he endeavours to 

 conceal from the unfortunate troops 

 whom he sacrifices to the boundless 



ambition 



