STATE PAPERS. 



713 



that you sliall be immediately re- 

 duced to the number of three, or 

 two governors, having a deliberate 

 vote on all objects of the public 

 administration, and that these shall 

 be — the patriarch elect of Lisbon, 

 the marquis das Minas, and the 

 marquis Monteiro Mor, president 

 of the board da Consciencia e Or- 

 dens, don Francis Xavier de Cunha 

 eMenezer, performing the functions 

 of president of the privy counsel, 

 to which place he is appointed by 

 the present decree. It is further my 

 pleasure to direct you to acknow- 

 ledge sir Arthur Wellesley as mar- 

 shal general of my armies, as long 

 as he shall continuein the command 

 of the allied Portuguese and Eng- 

 lish forces, taking then his rank 

 over marshal Beresford, as com- 

 mander in chief; and as soon as he 

 shall have been recognized as such, 

 you will invite him to all the sit- 

 tings of government, in which mat- 

 ters come under discussion which 

 concern the organization of the 

 army, or important determinations, 

 whether financial or others, which 

 it may be necessary to adopt for 

 the defence of the kingdom and of 

 the whole peninsula; taking his opi- 

 nion and advice on all subjects of 

 that nature; and should he be ab- 

 sent in such cases, and not be able 

 to assist at your deliberations, you 

 are to apply for his advice in writ- 

 ing, if possible, giving him full in- 

 formation on the subject under dis- 

 cussion, in order that he may be 

 perfectly acquainted with your dis- 

 cussion and determination of mat- 

 ters of the above description. In 

 this manner the affairs of govern- 

 ment shall be conducted with the 

 utmost energy and harmony, as 

 long as unfortunately it shall not be 

 possible to conclude a permanent 



and general peace. His Britannic 

 majesty will thus be convinced that 

 it is my earnest wish to eradicate 

 the general vice of difference of opi- 

 nion between the powers who make 

 common cause ; and he will be made 

 perfectly acquainted with the orders 

 which I have given, and shall con- 

 tinue to give, that the most strenu- 

 ous efforts shall be made to attain 

 that safe and permanent peace 

 which is universally desired, by 

 means of a grand display of all the 

 forces and resources of my king- 

 dom, which I can only flatter my- 

 self completely to recover by the 

 most powerful means and exertions. 

 The Prince. 



At the Court at the Queen's Palace, 

 the I2th July, 1809,- present, 

 the King's Most Excellent Ma- 

 jesty in Council, 



It is this day ordered by his 

 majesty in council, that a general 

 embargo be forthwith laid (to con- 

 tinue until further orders) upon all 

 ships and vessels in the United 

 Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 

 land, except his majesty's ships and 

 vessels of war, and except such 

 ships and vessels as shall be laden 

 by the especial order, and under 

 the directions, of the lords com- 

 missioners of his majesty's treasury, 

 or the lords commissioners of the 

 admiralty, with any kind of pro- 

 visions or stores for the use of his 

 majesty's fleets or armies ; and also 

 except such siiips and vessels as are 

 employed by the officers of the 

 navy, ordnance, victualling, and 

 customs : and the right honourable 

 the lords commisjiioners of his 

 majesty's treasury, and the lords 

 commissioners of the admiralt^s 



and 



