1809. J 
catamities which you cannot deny that you 
endure, and affuage the evils which you bave 
faffered, if I arrange your adminiftrations, 
and organife anew the Portuguefe army. 
¢¢ Phere are among’ you citizens whofe in- 
tentions have ever been pure, and who ought 
now to exercife their influence to promote 
the re-eftablifhment of good order, They 
may be aflured their fervices will be well re- 
C¢eiveu, and that the moft efficacious protec- 
tion will be afforded them, whatever their 
fituation, whether in the Army, the State, 
or the Church. 
*¢ Reflect, Portuguefe, on your fituation. 
‘© And confider well thefe generous offers, 
while it is time: but let your fubmiffion be 
prompt and fincere, if you wifh to avoid the 
evils from which I wowld fave you. 
«¢ And your country fhall be made to fhine 
with a new fplendour. (Signed) 
«© Tat MarsHar, Duxt or DaLMaTia.” 
General Hitt arrived at Lisbon on the 
Ath, with 5 
from cian . 
Str ARTHUR WELLESLEY is daily ex- 
pected with three times the number. 
General orders. 
‘¢ Soldiers, the Marfial, commander in 
chief, communicates to you the events which 
have taken place in the north ; -he will com- 
Mmunicate to you both thofe which are fa- 
vourable and thofe which are adverfe to the 
arms of the country, convinced that the 
greater the exertions and fervices which are 
requited may be, the greater will be the 
ardour and enthafiafm of the army 5 
that ic will difplay a valour not only equal to 
the exigencies of the crifis, but worthy of the 
Portuguefe troops. The Marfhal informs 
the people, that the enemy having poflef- 
fed himfglf of Braga, advanced flowly. and 
cautioufly againft the city of Oportc, meeting 
with but litthe reGitance, as the infubordina- ~ 
tion of the people rendered. ufelefs their own 
valour and the efforts of their officers to re- 
tard or prevent their advance. On the 26th, 
_ the enemy arrived in the vicinity of Oporto, 
On the 27th, they made forme warm attacks, 
which were repulfed by the intrepidity of 
our troops. They continued their attacks on 
the following. day with the fame fuccefs 5 but 
on the zgth, the diftro& which had arifen 
between the people and the army caufing . 
and incresfirg anarchy and confulfien, ren- 
dered ineffectual ail the endeavours of tbe 
officers, as well Portuguefe as Englifh, to 
direé&t the operations of the great force whick 
was in this city, and the enemy entered with 
little lefs: Much as the Marthal regrets 
the lofs ef that important city, he teels 
ftiil more the alarming caufe ro which it is 
tobe attributed» Let it be a warning to the 
rcft of the kingdom to avoid the fatal con- 
fequences of anarchy and infubordination, 
«The great city of Oporto, defenaed by 
24,000 men, with treyshes and redoubts, 
2 
000 infantry, and 400 cavalry 
and 
Mr. Muadison’s inaugural Speech. 891 
furnifhied with more than 200 pieces of ar- 
tillegy feli an eafy.conquelt to an enemy of 
lictle more than half the number of its gar- 
rifon, notwithttanding the people and their 
defenders were loyal and brave, becaufe thac 
enemy had been able to produce, under the 
appearance of patriotifin, difunion, and final- 
ly general infubosdinat ion, the confequences 
of which mutt ever be moft ruinous. The 
Marthal, therefore, hopes that the army wilk 
perceive that we ought always to diftraft 
thofe who have heen with the French or 
their partifans, and whatever reports they 
May propagate. 
“The enemy is in pofiefiion a Oporto, fo 
he was of Chaves ; but this place he has lof 
again, with more than 3,500 men, includ- 
ing prifoners and killed. Brigadier-General 
Francifeo da Silveira informs me that he has 
taken 12 pieces of artillery, a great quaa- 
tity of arms and ammunition, and 80 harfes. 
‘¢it is with great pleafure the Marthal 
gives this public teftimony of his. great ap- 
probutioa of his conduct of Brizadies-Gene- 
Silveira, which he will with equal fatisfac- 
tion lay before iis royal highneis the prince 
regent. 
‘©The Marfhal cannot fofficiently warn 
the people and the troops again thofe, wag, 
affuming the eppearance of patrioti{m, are in 
reality leaders of fedition, mor can he fufli- 
ciently recommend union and conficence 4 
for every thing may be hoped from the fens 
timents of loyalty, valour, and enthufiafm, 
which animate the nation in defence of the 
country. VIARSHAL BERESDORD.”” 
‘6s Head quarters, Calbariz, April 2, 1809. 
AMERICA. 
Mr, Madison’s inaugural Speech. 
«* Unwilling to depart from examples of the 
most reyerend authority, f avail myselfof the 
occasion now presented, to express the pros 
fuund impression made on ime by the call of 
my country to the station, to the duties of 
which IT am about to pledge myself, by the 
most solemm of sanctions. So distinguislheda 
mark of confidence proceeding trom the deli- 
berate atid tranguil suffrage of a frce and vir= 
tuous nation, would, under any circume 
stances, have commiunded my gratituce and 
devotion, as well as flied me with an awful 
seiise of the trust to be assumed. Under the 
various circumstances which give peculiar so- 
lemnity to the existing period, Ifeel that both 
the honour and the responsibility ailucted te 
me are inexpressibly euhanced: 2 
«© The present situation of the svorld is in= 
deed witheut a purallei;> and ae ae our 
country fil of diiicultics.. The pressure of 
these, too, is the more severely fe tee because 
they have fallen upon us at a moment whe 
National prosperity being at a height nor bes 
ae attainéd, the contrast resulting from this 
change has been rendered the nore s‘riking. 
Under the benign influence of our repu stiean 
institutions, and the maintenance of peace 
with ali nations, whilsrso many of them were 
engaged in bloody aad wasteful wars, the 
fruits 
