and piety, it would be useful for the governors of the kingdom to inform (interposing their opinion, and after hearing from your Marshall General or the Marshall General of the Army), whether there would exist an active place in the face of the enemy, where this supplicant can be employed, and in this case they could propose him for that post, so that it may be verified whether he really has great military talents, or whether in this matter, as in others, he is overvalued beyond what he is worth; which is well known when, as a mathematician, he wanted to associate himself with the so justly famous Lagrange. — Palace of Santa Cruz, on November 25, 1809. — Count of Linhares. His collaborationism with the French Army and the military incompetency in the Orange War campaigns, were published in História Geral da Invasão dos Franceses (General History Of The French Invasion) by José Acúrsio das Neves, resulting in a public polemic. Stocker responded to this by personally publishing Cartas ao autor da História Geral da Invasão dos Franceses em Portugal, which the Royal Academy refused to publish. The controversy did not subside, and he continued to post various opinions, including his Investigador Portuguez to refute public opinion. However, despite being despised by nobility and public classes, he succeeded in reintegrating into the Portuguese military, being promoted to Field Marshal and restarting his career, against all odds. Regency In 1812, he departed for Brazil, to join the Cortes, where he conquered, through his intellectual abilities, the confidence of the government-in-exile and the Prince Regent. Stockler was residing in Rio when, following the death of Queen D . Maria, the Prince Regent was acclaimed as King D. VI. He was commission by the Lisbon Royal Academy of Sciences to present a speech in name of the institution during the course o f the kings investiture, which was published in the first tome of Memórias da Academia. In addition to his academic work in mathematics, Garção Stockler became interested in poetry, writing Poesias Lyricas (Lyrical Poems), that featured Horatian does, traditional stories and the philosophical poem Aves, which was later published by Brazilian poet António Pereira de Sousa Caldas. Submitted to the Academy, the poem was considered for publication in 1819, but owing to violating the Catholic orthodoxy of the time, he was required to edit his ideas considered paradoxical. Stockler refused