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t own. All sorts of protisions are so seartte tltere, t hat the most Pe-pee:sole person are obli,sq! tu sat t he imseutt whims toe French do not dim, to itta. •: The French still continue in 13 in gns; their posit ion extends as far as Vittoria, and trieir po.sts a re at Villa Netica, de CariAas, and on the Stith Joseph published a•.+ order, dirLeting per cent. to he paid on all meanie, and tiie"matiey thus levied, to be placed at Ins disposal for the maintenance of his troops. The person who ac comuanied the Accomptant of the Exchequer frain this place to 11.iyonue, has returned from thence; h. says, that fi om Vittoria to Bay wine, there is not one single soldier, whether French or Spanish,..:.. (Oviedo Gazette, Sept. 3.) OVIEDO, SEPT. 1. Major Roche, English Military Coiinnissioner, kits informed the Supreme Junta, under elate of the igth August, that having set sail from Gijon on the 14th of said month, on board a frigate, for Bilboa, having tinder convoy a brig. with 12 pieces of cannon. 12,000 muskets, 300 barrels of gunpowder, and a quantity of other artillery stores, with 300,000 Spanish dollars; he arrived there on the 16th ; having immediately sent a letter to the Junta, apprising them of his arrival, be learned that from 4to 300 u French had rendered themselves inAstera of the town, after having over powered the resistance of '2OOO of the itihtsbitants, to whose valour and goal position of the artillery it was °alai; that nearly the whole of the enemy cavalry was destroyed. Major Roche, nu receiving this intelligence, immediately lauded iu Castro to sun the people ; but the French having obtained iiitelitixence of his iiaention, sent the remainder of their cloalr ) . to frustate his pluses The Major nevertheless remained there until the 224. to see vslietlwr it would be possible to carry his plan into tiled. But es the enemy ware in the neighbourhood of the place, the n,habitants,in orderto prevent their destructiou,entre.tted the Major to reimbark, which be did, without having unloaded the brig. He also pla-od at the disposal of the Junta, esoo muskets, wit t a great number of sabres, which a Spaniard, whose name is .iot known, delivered to him, in or d..r to prevent then, from falling into the enemy's h ands. The atrocities, says lie, which the French committed in Bilbao, cannot he described— even imnicent infants they murdered, under the eyes of their distressed mothers, and committed ca :iases against the women, which decency does not permit us to relate. The Supremo Junta has resolved to grant the rank of Colonel iu the Spanish army to the military Agents of His Britannic Majesty, Captain Robert Patrick, and Major Roche. sad at the same time to decorate them with the Cross of Victory, which has also bean given to Mr. John Hunter, diploma tic Agent of His Britannic Alajestv, with this Su preme Juistasse-(Oviedo Gazette, Sept. 3./ CATALONIA. REVD, JULY 23. An Officer has jnat arrived at 'Tarragona, ex pre.s from Itosivt, with intelligence of an Aid-de l:imp of Napoleon having been made pre=oner, with dispatches for General Duhesine, in which he informs him he 4 . 1.11 only send to his assistance i,9M► tacit, raised conscripts. The same officer states, that three hundred French had deserted from the Castle of San Fer nando. Several deaerters from Majorca assure us, teat many of their companions would desert, if they knew they . sh .uld bit treated as prisoners of war. This has induced our General to name a pro clamation, which has been introtinced to Majorca, °tiering every deserter two dollars, and his rank in the army. VALENCIA, ♦UG. 19. The Supreme Junta of Gove►urtient has been pleased to appoint their Excellencies Count de Con twain:. and Marquis de Castel Rodrigo, deputies to the Central Junta, atiii Dou Patqual Itodenas, Commissary of War, Secretary. The Austrian and 'twines' Ambassadors in Ma drid (Ivry on their diplomatic correspondence with their Courts through the medium of the Supreme Junta of this place. From hence the dispatches are sent to Trieste, and from that place to Vienna and Petershurgh. This iirrangement seems to war rant a hope that the two Cabinets will sot hesitate to join in the most vigorous measures to strike down the tyrant, whose sitrllites already publicly de clare, that they intend to march from Spain to Austria, and from thence to Russia; so that, ac cording to the plan and system of Napoleon, there is not to remain ice Europe one single crowned head of the ancient royal families. The Supreme Junta of this place bas issued a Resolution, purporting, " That all the Civil and Military authorities of this capital and kingdom are not to entertain any direct intercourse or corres pondence, either with the Royal Council, nr any other public authority in Madrid ; but that they are merely to correspond with the Supreme Junta of this kingdom, and to expect from this Beard all necessary orders and directious."—(idem.) MADRID. AUG. 2.1. Yesterday arrived In, Excellency I.lon Fran cisco Xavier Ciena'nig, with the van-guard of hi. army. It is 61)0w:dile to form an idea of thy en thusiasm manifested by the people on that 11(...:1 lion, each vying with the other to express their ad miration, gratitude, and joy.—( Mem.) LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. FRIDAY, SRFT. 16, MB. Dutomitag-street, Sept. 16. A dispatch, of which the following is a copy, was received yesterday evening from Lieutenant-6rue- Sir Hew Lkdryruple, esmarnanding His Majes ty's troops in Portugal, addressed to Lord Vit.. count Castlereagh, one of His Majesty's Princi t. State, and brought by Cap "litary Secretary to Sir Hew Head-querters, Cintra, Sept. 3. the honour to adorns your in Portugal, and took the army, on Monday, the 22d of ; atter the baule of Vimeira, sustained a bignal defeat, and where the wahine and discipline of British troops, and the talents of British Officers, were eminently 4,i5.0114y,d. A few hour: after my arrival, General Kellerman came in %%Ali a flag of truce front the French Ge neral in Chief, its order to propose an agreement for a cessation of hostilities, for the purpose of con cluding a Convention for the evacuation of Portugal by the French troops. The intiosed contains the several articles at first agreed upon and signed by Sir Arthur Wellesley and Gen e ral Kellerman : but as this was done with a reference to the British Ad miral, who, when the agreement was roma 11111 l cated to him, objected to the 7th article, which had for its Object the disposal of the Russian fleet in the Tagus, it was finally concluded that Lieutenant- Colonel Murray, Quarter-Master-General to the British Army, and General Kellerman, should pro ceed to the dipussion of the remaining articles, and finally to conclude a convention for the evacuation of Portugal, subject to the ratification of the French General in Chief; and the British C tinders by sea and laud. After considerable discossion, and repeated re ference to me, which rendered it necessary fur toe to avail myself of the limited period latterly pre scribed for the suspension of hostilities, in order to wove the array' forwards, and to place the several columns upon the routes by which they were to ad vance, the Convention was signed, and the Ratifi cation exchanged the Both of last month. That no time might be lost in obtaining an chorage fior the transports and' other shipping, which had for some days been exposed to great peril on this dangerous coast, and to insure the communication between the army and the victual lees, which was cut off by the badness of the wea ther and the surf upon the shore, I sent orders to the Buffs and 4 , 2t1 Regiments, which were on board of transports with Sir Charles Cotton's fleet. to land, and take possession of the forts on the Tagus, when ever the Admiral thought it proper to do so. This was accordingly carried into execution yesterday morning, when the forts of Cascais, St. Julien's, and Bugio, were evacuated by the French troops, and taken possession of by ours. As I landed in Portugal, entirely unacquainted with the actual state of the French army, and many circumstances of a local and incidental na- turf, which doubtless had great weight in decid. ing the question ; my own opinion in favour of the expediency of expelling the French army from Portugal by means of the Convention the late defeat had induced the French General-iii-Chief to solicit, instead of doing so bye continuation of hostilaties, was principally founded so the great rendered peculiarly valuable, and which the enemy could easily hare consumed in the protracted de fence of the strong places they occupied, had terms of Convention brew refused them. When the suspension of arms was agreed upon, the army under the command of Sir John Moore had not arrived, and doubts were even entertained whether so large a body of men could he, landed ow an open and a dangerous beach ; and that being ef fected, whether the supply of so large an army with provision: from the ships could be provided for, under all the disadvantages to which the. ship.. ping were exposed. During the negociation, the former difficulty was overcome by the activit3, zeal, and intelligence of Captain 3lalcolm, of the Donegal, and the Officers and men under his or ders, but the possibility; of the latter seem► to have been at an end, nearly at the moment when it was no longer neeessary. Captain Dalrymple, of the 18th Dragoons, toy Military Secretary, will hays the honour of deliver ing to your Lordship this dispatch'. He is fully in formed of whatever has been done under my order., relative to the service on which I love been em ployed, and can give any explanation thereupon that may be required. I have the honour to be, Ste. (Signed) HEW D 4 I.IIVIIIPI.S. Lieutenant-Getlertl. To 1110 Right H•o. LIRA Viscount Castlereagh, he. DEFINITIVE CON VENI lON FOR THE EVACVA- TION OF PORTEIGAL BY THE FAENCH ARMY. The Generals commanding in chief the British and French armies in Portugal having deter mined to negmiate and conclude a Treaty for the evacuation of Portugal by the French troops, on the basis of the agreement entered into on the VA instant, for a suspension of hostilities, have ap pointed the under-mentioned officers to negotiate the same in their names, ‘ll.—On the part of the General-iii-Chief of the British army, Lieutenant- Colonel Murray, Quarter-Master-General, and on the part of the General-in-Chief of the French army, Monsieur Kellerman, General of Division. to whom they have given authority to negociate and conclude a Convention to that effect. subject to their ratification respectively, and to that of the Admiral commanding the Briush fleet at the el/ - trio- ce of the Tagus. Tbe-e two officers, after exchanging their full pnwers, have agreed upon the articles which lot ow : Art. I. All the places avid forts is t►e kingdom et Par toot, occupied by the Frisch trove, shall be delivered up to the British Anuy is the state in which they are at the period of the sigaetare of the present Cuoveuties. Art. 11. The Preach troops shall evacuate Portage' with Wig nuis and baggage i they shall aot be conalihmai as pet. t k antlers of war, and on their arrival in Trneee, they shall be at lihertt to Serve. Art. 111 The Englieh Government %bull furnish the means of converts:A: f,r t!:e ranch army, which shall he hi say of the puts of France betw.en gochfurt and L'Orient Art I'.'. The French nrrny chill carry with it all its ar tillery of French cahbte, u.th the horses belonging to it, and the tumbril. , supplied with sixty rounds per gun. All utter ortelery, arms, and satin:maims, as alto the military and naval arsenals, shall he giien up to the Sri sh army and navy, in the state in abirh they way he at 11.,e period of the ratifirat ion of the COIIVI noun. Art. V. The Fri'llfil army ghat! carry with it sll its equip ments, and all that is comprehended soder the name or pro. perty Of the army ; that is to say, its waiter!, chest and car riages, attached to the l'iehl..runiairsariat and Field-Hos pita., or shall be allowed to dispose of such past of the same oil its account as the CuussiouJer-in-Chief may judge it un necessary to enshark In like manlier all individuals of the urine shall he at liberty to dispose of their private property of tvery dewriptiou, with fuU security hereafter fur the par- C 1131143 s. Art. VI. The cavalry are to embark their horses, u also the GI•IICINIO and utlwr Officers of all rau►s. it,. however fully linden tood, that the means of cons eyance fur horses at the disposal of the British Commanders are very heeded ; some additional conveyance may he procured to the port of Lisbon ; the number of horses to be embarked by the troops shall nut exceed six hundred, and the somber embarked by ' thentoff shall rut exceed two hundred. It all events every facility will be given to t►e French aunty to dispose of the horses belonging to it which cannot Ire embarked. Art. VII. lu order to facilitate the einbaikation, it shall take place in three divisions, the la.; or which will be princi pally composed of the gen-Wino of the places, of the cavalry, the artillery, the sick, and the equipmeat of ►he army. The Ant division shall embark within seven days attar Ede of the ratification, or sooner, if porwilrle. Art. VIII. The Garrison of Elora and its forte, and of Peniche and Palinthi, will be embarked at Lisbon. That of Almeida at Oporto, or the nearest harbour. They will be arcompaeird on their march by Britioli Commissaries, charged with providing fur their aubsistence and aeCOOIIIIO - Art. IX. All the sick aed wounded, who cannel be em barked with the troop; are entrusted to t►e British army.— They are to be taken care of whilst they remain in this coon-. try, at the expense of the British Governmeni, under the condition of the same being reimbursed by France when the keel evacuation is effected. The English fiovenunent will provide for their totem to France, which shall take place by detachments of ',bout 150 or eon men at a 'time. A sufficient number of French Medical Ofikefil shall be left belied to attend them. Art. X. As 'loos as the vessels employed to carry the army to France shall have disembarked it in the harbours specified, or in any ot►er of the ports of France to w►ie' stress of weather may force them, every facility shall be given them to return to England without delay, and secu rity against capture until their arrival in a friendly port. Art. XI. The Trench army IhRll be tuotestrated iu Lisbon, and within a distaste of about two leagues Rots it. The English army will approach within thrce lesKues of the capital, and will be au placer' as to leave about one leave bertherei the tea areeith. . , Art. 111. The forts of st. Julien, the Bogie and Com mis shall be occupied by the British troops un the ratifica tion of the Coarestioo. Lis on and ha citadel, together with the forts and batteries as far as the fazaretto or Tra. folio on one Mite, and Fort St. Jorwph on the other, inclu sively, shall be given up on the embarkation of the second division, as shall also the herbal''l mud all armed ve.sels in it of every description, with their rigging, sails, stores, and asesinuitios. The forties's, of Elves, Mania's, Peskin', sod Pahnela, shall be given up as soon as the British troops as arrive to occupy them. lit the micas time the General is Chief of the British army s 111 give autice of the present enure:Moo to the garrimas of throe places, as also to the troops before them, in order to put a mop to all further host it i, a. Art. XIII. Commissaries shall be named on both sides, to regulate and accelerate the 'went ion of the anuisgeuseuta agreed upon Art. XIV. Should Mere arise doubts mita the irranittg of any article, it will be explained fawoorabl, to the French army. Art. XV. From the date Of the ratification of the present Covention, all arrears of contribution■, requisitions, or claims whatever, of the French Government, against *objects a Portugal, or any other individuals residing in this country, founded oa the occupation of Portugal by the French troops in the month of December. 1807, which may not have been amid up, are cancelled, and all sequestrations laid upon their properly, moveable or immoveable, are removed, and the free disposal of the same is restored to the proper owners. Art. XVI. All subjects of France, or of Powers in friend ship or alliance wit► France, domiciliated in Portugal, sr accidentally in this country, shall be protected. Their pro perty, of every kind, inoveahle and immoveable, shall be re spected, sad they shall he at liberty either to accompany the French army or to remain in Portugal. In either case their property al guaranteed to them, with the liberty ut etlelrling or dwposiog ut it, and passel the produce of the sale thereof tutu From*, or any wirer country where they may fix their maidewee, the apace of one year being *Hosed them fur that purpose. It is fully understood, that shipping is excepted from this arratigenvent, only, however, in Cu far as regards leaving the port, mid that none of the stipulstioms above-mentioned can he vault the pretext of any commercial speculation. Art. XVI!. Nu native of Purtugel s►all be rendered am countable tor ►is political conduct during the period of the occupation of t►in country by the French army ; and all thaw who have continued in the exercise of their employ. meats, ur who have accepted situations under the French Government, are placed umber the protection of the British Coinmaadess, they shalleautna no iujury in their persons or property, it not having ►een at their option to be obedient, or mot, to the French Government ; they are also at liberty to avail tleentsebrea ef the stipulatious of t►e 16th Article. Art. XVIII. The Spanish troops detained on board ship is the port or Lisbon, Moil be gives up to the Commander. in- Chief of the British army, who engages to obtain of the Spaniard. to nesters such Freorli subjects, either military or civil, as may have bees &tallied In Spain without being taken h. battle, 01 in cesingsescelamilitriry operations, hot go greasing of the OMICRON'S of the ilytb of WI May, send Ilse dojo immediately following. Art. XIX. There 'bin be as immediate exchange ester. Mislaid *gall ranks of primer's muds is Tmlogal, since the cesseeeesseet of the resist hostilities. : • Art. TX. Tfogtsiter of the rank of Field-officers *hal be abistandly furnished on the put of ti.. British army and sontostion that of the Fre:.elo fumy, for • the reciprocal inimaetee of the perottlit CoaTent;oti. Tisr Officer of the British army atoll be restored on the cons l detion of the or tides which tonne, n the army , and the nacre of the Lavy on the disembarkation of the French troops in their own country. The like is to take place on the part of the French army. Art XXI. It shall be allowed to the Ceara in Chief of the Freneb army, to mud to °Seer to France with imolai. genet of the present Conventios. A vessel win be &naked by the Britisb Admiral to convey him to Baird's= at Rochefort. Art. XXII. The Britisb Admiral will be invited to ac commodate his Excellency the Comeessaker is Chief, and tho other priumpal (Hikers of the French army, on board ships of war. Done and concluded at Lisbon, this soth day of August, (Sot. (R 8114 1) GEORGE MURRAY, Quarter-MsstercroorraL KELLERMANN, le (astral do Division. We, the Duke of Abrootes, Gentle] in Chief of the frau* army, have ratified, sod do ratify, the 'present Definitive Cosa mention, in all its articles, to be executed arriirdiag to IM form and tenor. (Signed) Tlivi Duke of ARRA RTES. Bead-qoarters, at Lkbes, the Joth August, toe. ADDITIONAL ARTICLES TO THE CONVENTION OF TH E 30th OF AUGUST, WOG. Art. L The labs-ides/a be the eiv.' esuploymest of the army, made prisoners, either by the British totops, or bytho Portnguese, io any part of Portugal, will be restseei, customary, without exchange. Art. IL The French assay shall be osbeimed foes Hi own magazines up to the day of embookadoe. Tit gat& soots up to the day of the evacuations( Aso forireneo, The rrmain.ler of the imagasises shall be delivered over in the usual form to the British Govessmost, which chirps itself with the subsistence of the men sad hams tif the army from the .Twee-osentiosed periods, till their moles' his Franey, natter tbe conditios of their being rehablarsed by Ilho Preach Government for the enema of the expense beyond the estheatios to be rood*, by both parties, af the valse,clf the magazines delivered ap to the British aray. The provisions on board the ships of wee, passeistaa of the Preach army, will be takes os seeowst h the Scialls Government, is like meaner with the asiaziews ia the he. tresses. Art. 111. The Geseral commumillist the Drill i tramps w ill take the necessary meameres for meretabliskies the free circulation of the oxalis of subsistence hawses the croon awl the capital. Dune and concluded at Lisboa, this Seth day of Amps'. loud. (Sivsed) GEORGE MURRAY, GlairedpilostarcherwaL ' KELLERMAN, Le GaMial de Divithea. We, the Dike at Abramea, Geerrd is add of dm French array, have ratified, sad de ratify tbe adldeshal Aw tide% to the Cuoveuitiou, to be executed acco►ting to theta form sod tenor. The DUKE of ARRANTIM. (A true Copy.) A. .1. DALRYMPI.F., Captaieb Military Ilecretany, Aelitietthy-gfre, September 16, 16M • Captaiu Halsted, First Captain to the madams under the commanil of Admiral Sir Charles Cottor. Bart. Commander in Chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels on the coast of l'ortugal, arrived yeate:s day at this Office, with dispatches from the Admiral to the Honourable William Wellesley Pole, of ,vhicli the following are copies : Hibernia, off tbr Tagus, Sept. 3, lOW Sus—lnclosed herewith, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, is a copy of a Convention' entered into by Lieutenant- Colonel Murray and General Kellerman, for the evacuation of Portugal by the French army ; such Convention having been ratified by Liesstenout-Gos rieral Sir Hew Dalrymple, myself, and the French Commander in Chief. British troops, consisting of the 3d and 42d Regiments, were on the id in►tant landed to occupy ►he Forts of Calcair, Saint An tonio, Saint Julien, and the Bugio, and no time shall be lost to embark the French troops, agree ably to the said Convention. Captain Halsted, First Captain of this ship, and Captain of the fleet, who is the bearer of die. patches to their Lordships, respecting the Russian squadron in the Tagus, is in full possession of ruy confidence, and will be able to explain to their Lordships the motives inducing me to ratify the Convention in question, as well as give any further information that may he thought necessary. I hare the honour to be, &c. (Signed) C. Coreott. Ron. W. Wellesley Pole, Ac. Ste. Ac. • A Copy of rise Convention ieclooed in the letter trait Sir Hew Dalrymple. Ribero*, off tb. Taws, sth Sept. tons. Ste—Herewith I have the honour to inclose to you, for the information of the Lords Commit , . stoners of the Admiralty, a copy of a Conventiun entered into by me with Vice-Admiral Seniarin, commanding the Russian fleet in the Tagus ; by which it will appear to their Lordships that such fleet has been surrendered to me, to he held by His Majesty as a deposit, until six months after this couchision of a peace between Russia and Eng land. I have charged Captain Halsted, first Capti:in of the Hibernia, and Captain of the Fleet, a the delivery of thiadispatch to their Lordsh.ps ; he *us sent by me to negociate the Convention with Vi. Admiral Seniavin, and will be able to explain every particulas To Captain Hahted I feel greatly indebted for his able advice and assistance upon aLI points of service ; his zed and diligence have been =era• plary, and entitle him homy highest commend/kw. Rear-Admiral Tyler has been directed to sup. . intend the tirst division of the Russian fleet, whi. k I purpose ordering under his protection immediati ly to Spithead ; to him (since with me) I bees been teat count usstieres,ro, ou Gt- poi Secretaries of Stud trio Dalrymple, Wit sta Dalrymple. on ten► L 114 Losa—l have Lord►hip that I lauded I. tommarol of the arm , J A ugust , the next day tbs when: the enemy suaL ~.