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• IZOI SAVE/RDA' • ST. JAMES'S, he Puke of Clarence h: woos A.B. of Orie v.Akiiihness's domestic C WIiITEH.AJ . r ., sing has been pleased ow Church and Parish of I County of Forfar. in, I"' ylor, late Minister t here. ADMIRALTY 4 ,f .1 I etter from K.B. °? 1 , - .• • Co 3 , 1 04 [WIC, Vesseb at the 'itoi an". x ,ll'. Pole, dated on be .21, 18°8 ' •;ipi nc lor: for the Info m ra i rs ity, the Copy Nteitsty's sloop Bellotte me schooner privateer d 1 an His Majesty's Sic) sl-.1 hare the honour to ii e tte, under my common 7,1 the French schoone r y . p i,yetd tor sixteen, s • days from Cayenne...-. ADM I B tr ier of a letter from Re ar ,„,d t o Vice-Admiral and tranmitted to the miyity's ship the Su itave :in: honourhere" „ d ud to Captain Sir Maes, of ha M vu: bland of Borabols t , vlcao:i4 lad el' His Ma&C! have to • Y‘ ducovereTailloc eapasirag his Maksty'p br drawing her off the Land, $ dusk, the North-ond of She is called the Panli uns, (foot and eightpoug twelve days, pith i mpt three, were t ADM Cop y d a lease frees C Wegi . sloop OnTs, Roads, January 10, 181 Sit-1 bag leave to in l ed ; Ccamaissioaers of t it to jog. at day-light, grid a craw brig on di a whit!' we made the pr Dutch colours, and hovel ar wind until eight o'eloc bwr, and brought her o rveral tinsel to rake us, 1 stabled to foil every atom burs, being much cut up i rf n r gum disabled by t , considering the s ,teed} omluct, by far be young a "•ip's company, a the prov be the Duo 'lds, and c .seed by the tecive 18-yo nder canon with a complement of 9'i slant 3. W. Heneyman, I am happy to say our I expected from so long an, counted for by the very t Laving only three wound wounded. I feel more she sailed from the Texel tole purpose of annoying and. She has made one Ana, supposed to be for !beg leave to recomm Lieutenant Mr. E. W. C officer, and to whose a& .ziso Mr. W. Trewren, ...a5 good officer, and t math indebted. I earn received from Mr. G. in manceuvring the bri schemes to rake, evince+ whose conduct the who well It that of Mr. Z. services in the direction k List of Killed and Onyx, and the Dutch of the Ist January 18 Onyx Wornded—Thomas Sn sliShrly; James Lang Manll Killed, five—Wounded ERRATA IN 1•H. In Lieutenant-General column 1, lines San irakn:Ls. la Lieutenant-General 35, column 1, line 1 drone. in Lieutenant-General 3, line 80 from the Brriuidd. MILI 43d Regiment of Pot Cradoth, K.B. from Smith, deceased. 11st Ditto—Liestenar Foot, to be Colonel. ?Ith Ditto--Licatenal 3d Garrison Battall bonus. 'a ChWIN•4O Dattlikaa 90th Foot, to be CI • Medical Establish • • To be Second Assis Thomas Montgorm ni2r7 5, tsoa • •zn.-nisslon in 1114 Zikers Militia, s William, Thou..., O 'leather 1808. f' • •emmissions sir cl Ist Regiment of 10 -1 Griffiths, Esq. ti I"ign Thomas mu _ promoted. • merge Terry, Gent Baylis, and T All r • e• -oat:lls3l°ns in I by Jar es Hamlet, Esq. I to George G. Robinson rn Alexander Stronach, he To be C a p ta i ns -4 i n. Cameron, David a- Stewart, John H x ; _, teith T he Lieutenants- AY NIGHT's‘GAZETTE. ~ JANUARY 1, 1809. has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Oriel College, Oxford, to be one of his ' - Chaplains. .HALL, JANUARY 13. leased to appoint the Rev. Ar.tx.Svapas of Lethnot, in the Presbytery of Bre tar, vacant by the death of Mr. John OFFICE, JANUARY 14. ear Admiral the Honourable Sir Ales `!oniniander in Chief of his Majesty's Leeward Islands, to the Honourable beard the &Beide. at Barbadoes, Oct. formation of the Lords Commissioners ry of a Letter from Captain Sanders, of its giving an account of his capturing • of sevelaguns and seventy men. am, Etc. ALEX. COCHRANE. loop Bellette, at Sea, Aug. 23,1803. to inform you, that his Majesty's sloop Jinmand, has captured, after a chace of four itooner privateer Confiance, mounting seven with a complement of seventy men ; —I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) ono. smenzas. )MIRAIsTY.OFFIC.E, JANUARY 14. Rear-Admiral Sir R. G. Keats, K.B. ad- Admiral Sir James Samaras, Bert. and LL .e Hon. W. W. Pole, dated on board -.. Superb, off Gottenburgb. 'herewith to transmit a letter, which has been t Sir 4teltibald Dickson, of the Orion, by Ma g net, reporting to him the capture off of the Danish cutter privateer Paulina, , with II corps of 42 men. WNW. sloop Magnet, off Bosabolm, Dec. 5. • Worn% 'Go that, oruir.bsg in obedience to your goon a Cutter, under Bornholm, and by is brig tinder my command, succeeded in Laud, *hen I chaced and came up with her f Bordhobn bearing S.S.E. two miles. t. Danish privateer, mounting 10 e iglstlooladers) and manned with 42 men, from • ys, and had not made any capture ; her thrown overboard dosing the obace. Axed) GEO. MORRIS. ADMIRA.LTT OFFICE, JANUARY 14. Charles 6111, Esq. Commander of his. Onyx, to the Moo. W. W. Pole, dated Hull 1, 1609. inform you, for the information of my 'the Admiralty, that on the morning of when in lat. 53.30. long. 3.. we disco eke lee bow, standing to the southward, ; private signal. She immediately chewed eve to, as if prepared for battle. We kept 'clock, when being perfectly ready we bore to clove action. The enemy attempted , but, from our superior sailing, we were attempt. At half past ten she struck her co in her sails and rigging, and having most the superior fire kept up by the Onyx, ; very heavy sea, displayed a cool and beyond any thing I could expect from , and merits my warmest commendations utch National brig Manly, formerly Bri the Dutch in the River Ems. She mounts carronades, and four long brass 6-pounders, if 94 men, commanded by Captain-Lieute ', of the Dutch Navy. elms is much snore trifling than might be and close a conflict, which can be only sic ' heavy sea running the whole of the time, ided, and the enemy five killed and six pleasure in announcing her capture, as tel, in company with another brig, for the ig and intercepting our trade with Heligo le small capture from Embden, laden with a England imend to their Lordships' notice my First , Garrett, who is an old and very deserving advice and assistance I feel much indebted; the Second lieutenant, who is a deserv to whose zeal and activity the service is snot pass over in silence the assistance I D. Louis, Acting Master, whose exertions rig, so as to completely foil the enemy's :ed a great display of professional skill, and ,role of the time was highly meritorious; as Z. Webb, the parser, who volunteered his reetion of the small-arm men and Marines. (Signed) CHAS. GILL. ' Wounded on board his Majesty's Sloop ,ch National Brig Manly, during the Action 1809. Inyx, 10 Guns and 76 Men. imlth, seaman, badly; James Harlow (1), Agworth, boy, badly, since dead. lanly, 16 Guns and 94 Men. ounded, six. (Signed) Cuss. GILL, Captain. GAZETTE OF JANUARY 10, 1809. Sir John Moore's First Dispatch, page 34, and 9 from the bottom—For Val=ira, read it-General Sir John Moore's Second Dispatch, page I—For Jews, squadrons, read OM squa •Generai Lord Paget's Dispatch, page 35, column • bottom—For Major Bagwell, read Major [ ILITARY PROMOTIONS. WAR OFFICE, .TAN. 14'. coot—Lieutenant General Sir John Francis from the 71st Foot, to be Colonel, vice General .etenant-General Francis Dundas, front the 94th Colonel, vice Sir John Cradock• tenant-General James Lord Forbes, from the ttallon, to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General --..swier-Cossoral Royal , ld Hill, (rum the Colonel, vice Lord Forbes. ORDNANCE OFFICE, JAN. 10. dishment for the Military Departments of the Ordnance. Assistant-Surge'ons—Samuel Handy Halaham, tgomery, and George ISarber, Gents. Dated la- the Royal Pembroke Regiment of Fu , signed by the Lord Lieutenant. Gent. w t►e Second Lieutenant. Dated No- gned by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Hereford. of Herefordshire Volunteer infantry. t. be Captain, vice William Griffiths, resigned• tauk, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Grath', t. to be Ensign, vice Mauls promoted. "homas Badham, Gents. to Hauls, ditto. dated September 14, 1808. the Banffshire Local Militia, signed ly the Lord Lieutenant. Dated September 24,1808. to be Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant. ‘ohinson, Esq. to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Stronach, and Stewart Souler, Esqrs. to be Majors. Tames Archibhld Young, Peter . Souter, John Macbean, James Fyfe, Thomas Harden, William Duff Bruce, Alexander For 1, and George Wilson, Esqrs. its—James Frazer, L ewis Cruiksbank, Thomas sander Robinson, Alexander Ross, John Ross, John Alexander Watson, Alexander Robertson, John . Leugmure, Arthur Stott, James Duff, William ItVintosh, Jas. SIR ARTHUR WELLESLErS NARRATIPIE Smith, Johrs....kyfa, George Smith, Tames Slayton, Andrew , _ Morrison George Smith, sen. Andrew Longraore, Willisni Gorden. Gents. (Continued from our Wt.) • To be Ensigns-11am Cooper, Patric's Grant, I 11In Conn, Wil- No. 11. llam Gov*, Alexander M'lntosh, Alexander Harper, William ORSXRVATIONS ON SIR HEW DA GRYMPLE'S NARRATII.;,E. Robertson, John Stronach, Alexander Dun; and George Daw- GENERAL SIR DAVID DUNDAS) son, Gents. AND To be Quarter Masten.-.Thos. W' ' It and James Grant, Gents. -__ _ __ _ 'right To be Surgeons-James Smith and James Rennie, Gents. Artillery Company. Thomas Russel, Esq. to be Captain Conunandant. George Forbes and George Wilson, Gents. to be Lieutenants. Thomas Wilson, Gent. to be Second-I.ieuteaant. Commissions in the Banffshire Local Militia, sig ,ed by hid Majesty. James Reid, Gent. to be Adjittant, with the rank of Captain, Robert Falder, Gent, to be ditto, with the rank of Captain. Commission in the Derbyshire Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant. John Emery, Gent. to be Ensign.' Dated Dec. 20, 1808 Commission in the Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant. George Henry Hearn, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated Dec.lo,lBoB. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. The inconstant, and the African Corps, for the Island of Goree, taken March 10, 1804, and the Diligence and Triton, will be paid on Monday next, at N 0.14, Clemant's Inn, and there recalled on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The Santa Margarita, fur the Indefatigable, recaptured in January, 1807, will be paid at No. 23, Norfolk-street, Strand, on Friday next, and there recalled on Tuesdays and Fridays. The Skylark, for le Ferret, captured April 21, 1808, will be paid on board on Wednesday next, and recalled at No. 18, Cle ment's Inn, on Tuesdays and Friday*. The Haerlem, for Genoa, and l'Albanaise, captured June 4, 1800, will•be paid on the 25th instant, at No. 9, New Broad street, and there recalled on Wednesdays and Thursdays. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. March 4. William Dean, of Kenton-street, Russell-square, Mid dlesex, shopkeeper, dealer and chapman, at ten, at GuildhalL January 19. George Remington and Akxander Remington, of Oxford-street, Middlesex, cabinet-makers and upholsterers, and copartners. at ten, at Guildhall. BANKRUPTS. Samuel Raistrick, of Idle, parish of Calverley, Yorkshire, clothier, dealer and chapman, to surrender January 27, at five, January 28, and February 25, at eleven, at the Sun Inn, Bradford.- Attornies, Mr. Evans, No. 97, Hatton-Garderi, London ; or Mr. Crosley, Bradford. William Sampson, of Liverpool, pour-dealer, dealer and chap man, February 2, 3, and 25, at twelve, at the George Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool. Attornies, Mr. Forrest, Liverpool; or Messrs. Sher.ard and Adlington, Bedford-row, London. Samuel Kinder, late of Ma:deiester, but now of Heaiield, Derby shire, clothier, dealer and chapman, January 3, 91, and Feb.2s, at eleven, at the White Hart inn, Leicester. Attornies, Messrs. Jackson and Judd, Stamford, Lincolnshire. Henry Jefferys, of Melcomb-Reg!s, Dorsetshire, linen-draper, dealer and chapman, January 2/, 21, and February 23, at ten, at Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. Samuel Syddall, Alders gate-street, London. John Birchall, of Liverpool, butcher, dealer and cbapraan Feb. 3, 4, and 25, at one, at the globe Tavern, John -area, I.iver pool. Attornies, Mr. Woad:, Liverpool ;or Mr. Blackatoci, St. Mildred's-court, POtil! ry , J.ondon. William German, of Bristol, tiler, plaisterer and builder, dealer and chapman, January '2.7, 2's, and February 25, at eleven, at the Bush Tavern, in Bristol. Attornies, Mr. James, No. 12, Gray's Irn-square, London ; er Mr. Cooke, Bristol. Henry Budden, of I.it tie Chapel-street, Westminster, Middlesex, carpenter, dealer and chapman, January 21, 28, and February 25, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Latkow, Wardrobe Place, Doctor's-Commons. • Thomas Fraser, of Well-street, parish of St. Mary-la-Bonne, Middlesex coach-spring-manufacturer, dealer and chapman, January 17, 28, and February 25 at ten, at GuUdhall. Attor ney, Mr. Pinero, Charles-street, Cavendish-square. Edward Glazier, of Lea Bridge, Middlesex, publican and whar finger, January 21, 28, and Feb. 25, at twelve, at Guildhall.- Attornies, Messrs. Tebbutt and Shuttleworth, Gray's-Inn square, London. DIVIDENDS. fan. 2S. John Fenner, of Lawrence-lane, London, linen-draper, at twelve at Guildhall. lan. 24. William Watson, of Great Cambridge-street, Hackney- Road, Middlesex, build er, attune, at Guildhall. Jan. 24. John Kennion the elder and John Kennion the younger, of Nicholas-line, London, brokers, at one, at Guildhall. January 25. Wm. Morris, of Manchester, leather-seller, at two, at the Royal Oak Inn, Manchester. Jan. 24. John Greenw ood and Wm. Grimaldi, of No. 16, Old Bond-street, Middlesex, auctioneers, at one, at Guildhall. Jan. 28. Joanna Anderton, of Dean-street, Soho, Middlesex, piano-forte maker, at twelve, at Guildhall. Jan. 2.4. Wm. Var n dell, of Hanley-row, near Hartford-bridge, Hants co ach-maker, at one, at Guildhall, London. Jar.. 24. ' Wm. Frederick Ogilvy, of the Minories London, drug• gist, at twelve, at Guildhall. Jan. 24. Wm. Charles Thomas, of Nicholas-lane, London, mer chant, at one, at Guildhall. Jan. 26. John Kelly, Manchester, manufacturer, at three, at the Commercial Inn, Manchester. Jan. 20. Joseph Stevens and John Carttsr, of Bread-street,Cheap aid:, London, warehousemen, at twelve, at Guiklhall. , A meant'e of a curious nature is about to take place between Richman the black' and a bear; the for mer is to be armed with a quarter . staff , and the latter, who has been for some time in training, to make him as savage as possible, is to meet his antagonist unmaz zled, and quite ad libitum. Three keepers are to be at hand in case Bruin should hug too closely. The match is for Five Hundred Guineas ! and considerable bets are already laid. The brown brute is the favourite of the Paw ! mi Dr+ LIS EX Sessiorrs.--Saturday, Andresar the swindler was brought up by a writ of halwai, to receive judgment.—Mr. Main waring told him, that having undergone confinement for twelve inontks, the Court was inclined to deal leniently. He should there fore only sentence him to be imprisoned in Newgate for the pe riod Of two months. MAP. LBOROUGH-STIMIT.---.... Trinsler, shopman to Mr. Cowen, in Sidney's-alley, Leicester-square, was, on Friday, brought to this Office, for robbleig his master of jewellery to the amountof £3OO. Mr. Cowen had previously engaged to drop the prosecution, on condition that his property was restored, and the • oung man sent on board the Tender, which conditions being fulfilled, the culprit was conveyed to his destination. Bow-s-rairr.—Saturday, John Thornby was charged or. suspi cion of being ioncerned in breaking open the house of Mr. Read, - in high-street,Portsmouth,'"on the night of the 27th of last month, and stealing jewels, watches, and plate, to the amount of about £looo.—Friday night, Limbrick went to a public-house in Bed fordbury, and saw the prisoner, who said to his companicns he was going, but Limbrick told him he wanted to speak to him. The prisoner answered, he should go • and Limbrick, observing him put his hand into his breeches po cket, suspected he was feel ing for pistols, seized him, and called out to one of the patrole to strike him, which he did in his mouth. A desperate battle en sued, when, from the great loss of blood , he said lie had had t.nough, and yielded. In the scuffle, the Officers got out of his pocket a pistol, loaded with ball, and after securing him, they found in his coat-pocket another pistol also loaded. He was com mitted for further examination. Mary Mayhew was fully compitted for robbing a house in King-street, Golden-square, of a watch, six silver spoons, a table cloth, anti other articles. The prisoner gained admittance on the 4th instant, into the house, under pretence of knowing the family who lodged in the second floor, and finding a little boy, about eight years of age, in care of the premises, prevailed on him to go for some porter ; and, while he was gone, she madout e off with t he property. Last Thursday, when the boy was with his father, he recognized the woman in the street, on which she was secured, and pawnbrokers duplicates found upon her for the property. Jawth Brown, late a porter at the Bell Savage inn, Ludgate- , hill, was charged with 'feeling a box of worked muslin, value be tween two and three hundred pounds, from the Southampton coach, which had just arrived at the above inn. He was conunit ted for re •ezainination. 4 ~'. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, The Colin will permit me, I hope, to begin the ad dress with which I have to trouble them with some few observations upon that part of Lieutensant General Sir Hew Dalrytnple's narrative which refers to the ope rations of the army, while under my command in Por- Itugal, in which, of course, I feel much interested. it appears that the General had at a very early pe. riod, conceived an opinion, that I had undertaken an operation of extreme difficulty and hazard ; and yet he entertained the intention of leaving me to conclude -it as I could, and of joining at the Mondego, the re inforcements expected from England. Indeed, he states, that he acted upon this intention, and that he communicated it to me by his Aid-de-Camp --but I can assure the Court, that yesterday was de first time I heard of it. I do not mean now to extenuate the difficulty and the hazard of the enteiprize which I undertook when I commenced my march from the Mondego ; I am ad dressing myself to persons too well acquainted with the operations of war not to appreciate them ; but I contend for it, notw'd s andiag the opinion, as at pi e sent stated, of an Officer of so much more experience than myself, that the means which I had in my power, those which I expected, and the measures which adopted and recommended, were more than adequate to overcome the difficulties and remove the risks of the operation which I conducted, excepting those inseparable from all military operations. The Court have already before them, in my dis patches to the Secretary of State, to Sir Harry Bur. rard, and in my narrative, the reasons which induced me to land, and to march without waiting for further reinforcements, upon which I would wish to rely.— But whet has fallen from Sir Hew Dalrymple renders it necessary for me to trouble them with something further upon this part of the subject. ' The questions, as arising out of his statement, are, whether I was, in the first instance, sufficiently strong to get the better of the enemy in the field ; and if was, whether I adopted the best means of getting the better of him? ,In respect to my strength, in comparison with the army of the enemy, I do not desire to be judged by the result of the campaign, as far as it was conducted by me, but by the commencement, at which time the measures were adopted from which, as it was truly stated, it would not have been easy, and I certainly had no inclination, to withdraw. My strength then consisted of nearly 13,000 Bri tish troops, and I had the assistance of 6000 Portu guese troops, from whose co-operation I expected to derive advantages, in which expectation I admit I Was subsequently disappointed.. But I will ask this' Court, what would have been said, and deservedly ,said, and felt of me throughput the army and the country, and by the government by which I was ' entrusted, if, with such a force, I had hesitated to advance upon the enemy ? I have already told' the Court in my narrative, that I did not be-_ lieve his force was more than from 16 to 18,000 men, only 14,000 of which number could be dispo► sable in the field. The largest account we received, whirls was deemed an exaggerated oae,of the strength of the enemy, made them 20,500 ; and even admit ting those numbers to be correct, the troops disposa ble for the field could not have equalled' in number those which I had under my command and co-ope rating with me- It appears that I was not mistaken upon this sub ject, for, in pohlt of fact, the largest number, at which I have ever heard the French force estimated in the battle of the 21st August, was 16,000 men ; and I, who saw them, did not think they had more than 14,000, every man of which, excepting the cavalry, who remained untouched, were actually engaged, and particularly General Kellermann's reserve. Now if all this be true, I may fairly conclude, that if the enterprize was hazardous and difficult, I was not without means of bringing it to a fortunate con clusion. The next question is, whether, having adequate means in my power, I adopted proper measures to ef-I fect my object ? Sir Hew Dalrymple says, that by the line of march I adopted, all the strong positions were in the hands of the enemy ; but I can assure him, that he will find it very difficult to adopt any line of march in Portugal, which will not afford strong positions to an enemy acting on the defensive. But there n as one advantage attending the line which I adopted, which was, that it rendered the enemy's superior cavalry useless, in the way in which he ought to, and would have, employed it, if I had adopted any other line. If I had adopted the line by the high road from Lisbon to the north, by Santarem, I must have kept up my communication with the Mondego ;—which would have weakened my force for operations in the field ; and, afterl all, the enemy with his cavalry, must have broken in upon it. By adopting the line by the sea coast, and depending, for my supplies, upon the shipping, my communication was so shoat, that it ilefended itself, I. was enabled to keep m y force collected in one body, and I bad my arsenals ands magazines • close to me whenever I required to communicate with them. Having taken this line myself, I proposed that by I Santarem to Sir Harry Burrard, for Sir John Moore's corps, by which itmight have been adopted with safety, as I Was upon the sea line. = • The Lieutenant General has stated that, byehe line I adopted, I left all the stmngpositionsinthe enemy's; hands. I do not know what positions were in the enemy's hands, of which I could have deprived him, or he could have been deprived, by the adoption - of any other line of march. If the march had been made as I had ordered it on the 21st of August, in the morning, the position ofi Torres Vedras would have been turned ; and there was no position, in the enemy's possession, excepting that in our front at Cabeea de MOntach'que and those in the rear cf it ; and I must observe to the Court, that if Sir John Moore's corps had gone to . Santarem, as proposed, as soon as it disembarked in the Mondego, there would have been no great safety in these positions, if it was, as it turned out to be, in one power to beat the French in the field. I will not follow the example of Sir Hew Dab - rymple is entering into a discussion on the probable effects of the battle c the 21st of August, if a certain line of action _bad been adopted, because an officer supposed to be concerned in that ques ore- sent, and I dare say ..that opportunities will not be wanting of entering into that part of the stibject. It has been my misfortune to have been 'accused of emberity and imprudence, as well as o! excess of cau tion in the late transactions in Portuga , but w,i bout 'appealing to the result of what happened a: the mo • - ment I gave over the command of the arm,. I may • safely assert,that.whatever might be the diiiculty of the operations I had undertaken, means existed to bring it to a fortunate conclusion ; that there was no ground for the apprehension for my safety, which Sir Hew Dalrymple seems to have entertained ; and that under the instructions which I had received, I should have been blamed, deservedly, if Ih td not cornmen- • ced my operations as soon as I thought I had a suf ficient flame. The next point to which I shall take the liberty of drawing the attention of the Court, is the share eh; h lam suppos_d to have had in the negotiation 0; e armisticeAmd the convention. -In that part of ~e question which I have disCusse.d hitherto, I am wildly and - solely responsible. Li that part which foll o ws I. am held responsible for the advice I am sitipposed to have given, in character at least, if not in person, and in my profession. It is important for me therefore to shew whit d vice I really did give, in what view' I gave it, and what would have been the result, if the measures-, which I recommended, had been pursued. •I did recommend and concur in the measure of al , lowing the French to evacuate Portugal with their arms andbaggage ; and here I must observe that it was particularly understood in the negoti-tion of the ar mistice, that in the words , c property of all descrip tions," was to be included only military baggege and equipment ; that this understanding was carried into execution by a separate article of the convention, and that the commissioners for executing the convention acted upon this principle. When the measure of allowilig the French to eva cuate Portugal was to be taken into consideration, viz. on the evening of the 22d August, it was neces sary to review the situation, the means, and the rc , sources of the two armies, and our own objects. The enemy had collected their forces after the de feat of the 21st, and were about to resume the position of Cabeca de Montashique, from whence their re treat was open to other positions in front of Lisbon, and from thence across the Tagus into Alenteio.— They had all the facilities in their power to make these movements, and when they would have reach ed Lisbon, the possession of that river by the forts and by the Russian fleet, and the great number of boats ofwhich they would havehadthe use, would have enabled them to cross, in one body, covered by the citadel and the high grounds, and they would scarce- • ly have lost their rear guard. In Alentejo they had provided ample supplies. As I have stated in my narrative of my proceed ings from the 12th July, to the 20th August, bison had re-established the French authority in that pro vince, during his expedition towards Elves in the month of July ' • and Ole grain which it had produced • was purchasedfer the use of the French army. ' I ' know this circumstance not only from the reports of the country, bat from intercepted letters, written to- Loison, by the French agents in Alentejo, which were shewn to me. On their arrival in that province, the French would have had to march, unmolested, ill the finest road in Portugal, to Elvis, which is a fortress, at least of the second order among the fortresses of Europe ; where they would have placed a part of their corps in garrison, and they would have sent the remainder across the upper Tagus to Almeida. This place was already provisioned in some degree; and that part of their force which the French would have detached to Alnieida, would have experienced no dif ficulty in relieving the distant blockade kept up by the Portuguese peasantry, and in throwing in such quantities of provisions as they would have required. Sir John Moore's corps had been ordered, on the evening of the 20th, to join the army, for which corps, a disposition had been proposed for the pur pose of preventing the French force from carrying into execution the plan of operations which I have supposed, and which it is certain they would have adopted after their defeat in the field. Sir doha Moore's corps could have supported itself at Santa rem, as proposed, only by keeping up its communi cation with the Mondego, because the victuallers and transports could lie in safety in that river only ; and the country on the banks of the Mondego, and under the authority of the government of Oporto, could alone furnish the means of keeping up that commu nication to any efficient purpose. When Sir John Moore's corps, therefore, was called down to join the army, it could operate only, as it was intended by Sir Harry Burrard that it should operate, in imme diate aid and communication with that under my command, depending for 'its subsistence upon the means which had been provided for the army, and the whole bearing upon the enemy's front. Our operations, when 'we should have joined, would have been those of a superior army pressing upon an inferior on its retreat ; but nothing which we could have done, would have cut off their re ,treat; the enemy must have been in Lisbon before us ; the Tagus would have been the enezny's to thb last moment of their passage ; and after they would have crossed, the necessity of possessing ourselves of the forts on the river, and the Russian fleet, in the first instance, "and the want of boats, which the ene my would have carried off, would have given them ample time to make all their ;arrangements in Alen tejo before our troops could reach them. But in carrying on these operations,-we should have been involved in many difficulties and dis tresses, which might have again placed, in a state of risk, all the objects of the campaign. The communication with the shipping on the coast of Portugal, is at all times precarious, and bee 'Ries more so towards the end of August, and is at length quite impracticable. In fact, many boats were swamped in the last week in August, vessels lost their anchors, and more than once obliged to go to sea in danger. On the there, were eleven days bread in camp, nal force which marched from' Lavaos 4 10th of August ; the troops which had 20th, had brought four days bread for and the supply for the whole might ' .• TITO:LAU • 1 I VI GC, VCESCI3 JAJSC the fleet was '1 22d0l August T , for the origt• .1: on the 9th and I landed on ;he :Or skimaselTes, haviollolo . ' . 3 s „.. 4 I