Note 3 — BOOK THE FIRST 1807-1810
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My authorities for the facts related in the text are Sir Graham Moore;* Mr. Sitaro, a Portuguese merchant who victualled our fleets from Lisbon; Mr. Chamberlayne, then agent of packets at Lisbon, subsequently Consul at Rio Janeiro; and Mr. Bell, an English merchant, whose talents and intrepidity during the French occupation of Portugal should have entitled him to the place of Consul in 1809, but were found unequal to contend with the qualifications of Mr. Jeffrey,† a member of the House of Commons distinguished for his coarse calumnies and unfounded charges against Lord St. Vincent.—V.H.
[* Admiral Sir Graham Moore (1764-1843), a younger brother of Sir John Moore. The commander of the English fleet which escorted the Portuguese Royal Family to the Brazils.]
[† M.P. for Poole. His attacks on Lord St. Vincent took place in 1805 and 1806.]