“I received from the Secretary of State a copy of Mr. Hamilton’s letter to colonel Bunbury, and we have completely refuted him. He took an estimate made for September, October, and November, as the rate of expense for eight months, without adverting to the alteration of circumstances occasioned by change of position, increase of price, of numbers, &c., _and then concluded upon his own statement, that we ought to have money in hand, (having included in it by the bye some sums which we had not received,) notwithstanding that our distress had been complained of by every post, and I had particularly desired, in December, that £200,000 might be sent out, and a sum monthly equal in amount to the increased Portuguese subsidy_.” No. 13. _Ditto to Ditto._ “_June, 1810._ “All our militia in these provinces [_Tras os Montes and Entre Minho y Douro_] are disposable, and we might throw them upon the enemy’s flank in advance in these quarters [_Leon_] and increase our means of defence here and to the north of the Tagus very much indeed. _But we cannot collect them as an army, nor move them without money and magazines, and I am upon my last legs in regard to both._” No. 14. _Wellington to Stuart._ “_November, 1810._ “_I have repeatedly written to government respecting the pecuniary wants of Portugal, but hitherto without effect._” No. 15. _Ditto to Ditto._ “_December 22._ “It is useless to expect more money from England, as the desire of economy has overcome even the fears of the Ministers, _and they have gone so far as to desire me to send home the transports in order to save money_!” No. 16. _Ditto to Ditto._ “_28th January, 1811._ “I think the Portuguese are still looking to assistance from England, and I have written to the king’s Government strongly upon the subject in their favour. But I _should deceive myself if I believed we shall get any thing, and them if I were to tell them we should; they must, therefore, look to their own resources_.” No. 17. _Ditto to Ditto._ _In reference to the Portuguese intrigue against him._ “_18th February, 1811._ “I think also that they will be supported in the Brazils, and _I have no reason to believe that I shall be supported in England_.” No. 18. _Ditto to Ditto._ “_13th April, 1811._ “_If the Government choose to undertake large services and not supply us with sufficient pecuniary means, and leave to me the distribution of the means with which they do supply us, I must exercise my own judgement upon the distribution for which I am to be responsible._” No. 19. _Lord Wellington to Mr. Stuart._ “_4th July, 1811._