Memoirs of Portugal, historical and medical / [William Thomas].

  • Thomas, William
Date:
1819
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Credit: Memoirs of Portugal, historical and medical / [William Thomas]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Lord Wellington had been some time expected to visit Lisbon, and accordingly about the middle of October he arrived, for the purpose of ar- ranging measures with Marshal Beresford, as well as to assist in the Council of Regency. Every preparation was made for his reception, and on the day in which he was expected, what troops were in Lisbon, were drawn out; and the Council likewise, with their state carriages, as- sembled early in the morning in Blackhorse- square, the place by far the most suitable for re- ceiving his Lordship. His Lordship and suite were embarked a few miles from Lisbon, in one of the royal barges, which had been stationed for that purpose, with a very excellent band of music, which greatly contributed to the gala; and was very gratifying to the great concourse of people that had assembled to cheer and congratulate his Lordship on the occasion. On landing from the barge, his Lordship was welcomed by his Excel- lency Field-Marshal Beresford and the Council, not be too generally prescribed to counteract the baneful effects of mercury, and to assimilate it to constitutions, which without it, it would be impossible to. use with safety.