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Excerpt from History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, Vol. 5: From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814
Vigorous interference - Death of Linhares at Rio Janeiro - Domingo Souza succeeds him as chief minister but remains in London - Lord Wellington's moderation towards the Portuguese regency - His embarrassing situation described - His Opinion of the Spanish and Portuguese public men - His great diligence and foresight aided by the industry and vigour of Mr. Stuart supports the war His administrative views and plans described - Opposed by the regency - He desires the prince regent' s return to Portugal without his wife - Carlotta prepares to come without the prince - Is stopped - Mr. Stuart proposes a military government but lord Wellington will not consent - Great desertion from the Portuguese army in consequence of their distressed state from the negligence of the government - Severe examples do not' check it The character of the Portuguese troops declines - Difficulty of procuring specie - Wellington's resources impaired by the shameful cupidity of English merchants at Lisbon and Oporto - Proposal for a Portuguese bank made by Domingo Souza, Mr. Vansittart, and Mr. Villiers - Lord Wellington ridicules it - He permits a contraband trade to be carried on with Lisbon by Soult for the sake of the resources it furnishes 83. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
