The National Register. — London, England, 1808-10-02 00:00:00

634 THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Army. That property of every kind conti•cated, or seized, friim the suhjects, or other persons residing in Portugal, whether of the Royal Palace ; Royal and Public Wearies, and Museums, and from Individuals that arc still existing in Portugal, should We restored :—We, the Coinmissiouers for seeing carried into eszecution the said Treaty, as his Excellency the Commander of the French army has already notified to his army, think it also Tight to make public the same for the information of all con cerned; and tor facilitating the restitution, or the receiving hack such property, we have judged expedient to appoint a Con►- mittee of three persons, viz. Lieutenant-Col. Trot* 0. St. An tonio Rodrigues de Oleveira, and Mr. I)uhliur ► Comtnissaire ties Guerrcs, to meet at No. 8, Cargo de Loretto, who are ap- Oointed to receive, enquire into, and judge of all reclamations on this head, and whose orders for the restitution of property, to whomsoever atlilressed, are to tie obeyed. And it is directed that keepers shall have charge of sequestratvd or seized property in every house to which it may have been removed, to assure the conservation of objects or moveables transported from royal sr public houses, to others, for the use or convenience of 'such General, Administrator, or other subject of the French army. These keepers will mark the description of all mcnbles with the name of the owners, and be accountable for whatever Is therein, and they will he delivered only on legal proof of svetiership, to the possessors of such articles as above described, Who w ill transmit to this Committee a return of what each may have in his possession of the property designated. And all per sons may with safety apply to this Tribunal. We think it ne cessary also to make known to whom it may concern, that any purchase made of articles taken from the public arsenals or stores since the 30th of August, or whaterer shall, on trial, be proved to have been illegally sold or disp'sed of at any time; even pre vious to the 30th of August, shall be null and void, the articles seized and the persons purchasing subject to what the law may farfher direct. The Committee assembled to receive reclama tions, and facilitate the restitution of property, hold its sittings at the house of St. Antouio Rodrigues de Oliveira, No. 8, Cargo tie Lot etto. " IV. C. BERESFORD, .3f14.-General. PROM', i I British Commissioners." " Le General KELLERMAN tv, Le Commis.saire Francuise pour feierution de la Convention, du 30 _flout." " T.lBbln, 10th Sept. 1808." The following private letters are important : " Cantp at Casso, near Lisbon, Sept. 10. " Of the result of our campaign in Portugal you have been gliTady of course informed. But I must acquaint you with a good thing which happened yesterday. Jueot had allowed his Generals and Officers to plunder Lisbon—ie consequence of this permission, the Bishop's Palace, tint Public Offices, and the Churches, were exposed to the most open and barefaced pil lage, after the C onvention had been signed wit h the British Commander. The 'Magistrates of. Lisbon at.' the principal Bpersons preferred a complaint to the Comnruider in Chief of the ritish forces. About eight thousand French had already em barked, but .1 unot was still in Lishme—The British Commander instantly sent au order to him to rau-e ever thieg to he restored that had been taken from Itte Portugue-e preriouBo to time capi tulation and down to yesterday.—}loW astonished the French Nvere, who thought they should carry ter every thing quietly, I leave you to judge— J mita and his tienerals and Officer.: are in the greatest rage, but it will avail them nothieg. A Military Connuittee has been appointed, to which all the property plun dered. whether Portuguese or English, is to he deliv'ered • The amount will, it is said, he immense—some say a million or two sterl i ng." " nO Sr.PT. 11, 18(18 —Nothing can surpass the indig nation and surprise of the inhabitant, at seeing time unaccountable posture of things in the Tagus, where the Lngli.h, the Portu guese, the French, the Spanish, and the Russian tip are all seen Vying together ! Sir Charles Cotton, when he came over the bar, placed his fleet ab9ut two miles telow Belem fort. The French ships alai the Russian Bret are anchored about a mile above the fort. The Spanish prisoners who were released front the hulks, are encamped on tis- soliCtern side of the river. The ill-blood that has been proiliireil by seeing the first detachment of the French carry on hircril their plunder with them, has produced many murders. ()Steers, either French or English, are careful ref k% al kiog alone, or venturing out at night. Several of the French have been dispatchei, and it requires the utmte-t. vigi lance to prevent insurrection. ''here is a report that the Freuch OCT. 2t, will not be able to carry with them any part of their rapine. They are now trying to convert into articles that will stand mus ter. They have been :tonally buying from the English Officers English horses at NO guineas a piece, to carry with them. It is said that the French so be carried away will amount to ne a r 25,000 souls, and transports for all this body mast be found. There is a rumour that they have committed great depredation s since the Conveutiqu was signed—hut I cannot discover thi: to be the case. The clamour and the fury of the people bon evcr is at the height." Several private letters state, that Junot had demanded tonnage for 27,0Q0 men, of which number 18,000, bore arms. Our brave army, as might naturally be expected, was by no means satisfied with the Convention and these distinguished heroes could not help regretting that such inadequate justice had been done to their splendid victories. It was on the 11th that our troops entered Lisbon. On the following day, Hear-Admiral Tyler, with the Barflenr, Conqueror, Alfred, Donegal, Hercule, Elizabeth, and Ruby sailed from Lisbon with the whole of the Russiao fleet for Spithead, except one ship, which was left in the Tagus to undergo some repairs. The following letter gives some particulars : " Po tursmot7TlT, Seer. 28. Arrived the I'odargus, 18, Cap tain Ifellard, from Lisbon ; she brings information that the Convention made by Sir Ilew Dalrymple was carried into ef fect. The first division of Junot's army were embarked, and laying at anchor *outside of the Castle (Belem) ready to sail. The Barfleur, 98, Rear-Admiral Tyler, Capt. NPLend ; Con. queror, 74, Capt. Fellowes ; Alfred, Z 4, Capt. Btigh ; poop gal, 80, Capt. Malcolm ; Ilcrcule, 74, lion. Capt. Colville; Elizabeth, 74. lion. Capt. Curzon ; and Ruby, 64, Captain Draper, sailed from the Tagus on the 12th instant, in charge of the Russian fleet for England, leaving only one of them there.— The British troops were in possession of Lisbon two days before the Podargus sailed, which was on the 13th." We have received a Private Letter from Lisbon, which states, that the publication of the Proclamation signed by Generals Beresford and Kellermaon, has created the utmost discontent in the French army. General Junot in parti-. cular was perfectly eurap,• , ..ml at the loss of his plunder, and has issued a formal protoot against the interpretation which General Kellermann has put on the COny6tion. On the other hand, Kellermann contends that the interpretation was correct, but says be did not intend that the. Proclama tion should be published, as it will ruin, him in the estima tion of the French Army. It appears certain, that Marshal Lannes has gone to meet his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, in order to receive his Majesty on the confines of his Empire, and conduct him to Erfurth, where the two Emperors of France and Russia are to have a meeting. All the Princes composing the Confe deration of the R hue are, it is said, making great prepa rations to set out to Erfurth, where. it is supposed, his Majesty the Emperor of the French will spend some days. Already 300 men of the French Imperial Guards arrived at Mentz on the 14th ult. having been forwarded in carriages. Last Wednesday the Swedish Ambassador introduced Lieut.-Colonel Gyllenskold to His Majesty. This distin guished Officer, who is his Swedish Majesty's First Adjutant of the Navy, was the bearer of the flag taken by Admiral Flood from the Russian ship Sevolod, of 74. He also de livered to his Majesty a letter written by the King of Sweden, with which his Majesty seemed highly pleased. We understand it contained, among other things, a request that his Majesty would grant permission to his brave Offi cers to receive such tokens, of the esteem of that Monarch as he felt himself bound to oiler them. The Cork Expedition, cinder the command of Sir David Baird, together with the troops which arc to meet him at Falmouth, is, we believe, decidedly destined for Italy ; and great part of the army now in Portugal goes to Spain, under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore. A Commissary was sent to Cornuua, about a fortnight ago, to make the necessary provisions for from thirty to forty thousand infantry, and five or six thousand eavalrv. This is certainly one of the most important, and at the same • _t_,