35P MISSION TO PORTUGAL. [1806. 



vantages he had gained, and ended in the liberation 

 of the Peninsula, with our assistance, and in his own 

 downfall. 



The following I give from my despatches to Lord 

 Kosslyn : 



" OPOETO, Sept. 21 (Sunday), 1806. 



" MY DEAR LORD, It is unnecessary to trouble 

 you at great length with any account of what has 

 been done here since my arrival. I shall only state 

 that I find every moment greater reason to be satis-- 

 fied with having come, and to be convinced that the 

 service never could have been completed without the 

 presence of one of us on the spot. 



" Mr Warre has been induced to enter very warmly 

 and effectually into the business in contemplation. He 

 may be said to have joined us with his whole forces ; 

 and these are indeed very considerable, both in con- 

 nections and in correspondence. 



"As no time was to be lost, we took measures on 

 the day of my arrival for despatching a proper person 

 to Bayonne. He received full and repeated instruc- 

 tions, and I was with him for above an hour immedi- 

 ately before his departure. 



" He is in every respect a judicious choice, if I may 

 be allowed so far to flatter myself. He has orders to 

 correspond with Mr Warre through two channels, 

 either of which it would be next thing to impossible to 

 detect. He is at this time well on towards the fron- 

 tier, and is to remain at Bayonne and San Sebastian 

 till further orders. 



