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tags of, I ortlrred an assault en the Castle, ellich was instsinly effected with so much brayo-ry and for • • litoile. that the enemy had not lime to fire the can non, though loadetknand we made them all primm er., it"telie itt.cdping. " His Beitinnic Majesty's frixste the Ca , Nbrias. and the Spruish frigate the Mans, srcowted !111, attack with the lire or their boats ; one of the boat. of the former wits sunk by the enemy. " In this affair we have taken 5 pieces of cart oon. 7 Officers. cud 05 pri.uJlrra, iruthou , in cluding the killed and counditl, of chins there were more than 60. (Sivi , d) la Temps% Ilepthiaber s"." " TADDIO ALDEA." ♦NOTHER L►TTEL ►Rual TUE SLIM OPTICS& " lo puratta..re ..ft or pion of onerrtinu• which your Excellency Ironed n a , to me, I yegerd•y ant out from Palmitin' will mt thvirockti, to po..es• my self of the Cattle of Cato •je where the elininy hod fortified themselvew, and , 11 , .t •n march to Mahal. Before retching the woes .f the cool., I. seot • summons a to the G•veroor. itifurtioug him of the •u.reuder of San Felio, Polumno, sod '11 . 6 e Governor mtrren.l, led tit tli.a.re.iou, ',Hs sixty •reen int-, sod two offieer- : .hey have h.en con ducted to Polamo• by • dttaelon , tit of too! b• - Lawn of Tarrairitta. (Stguerll sa DL FLvver4." " Nabs% Septeiabi; it" [Here follows a letter from G./mist Dill...doted sonloard the Cambrian frigate. elf Bagar, the 11th Sept. giving an seenuilt of his landing and ditattoy ing a battery near Bagar ; on which occasion 4 of the enemy were wade phsoners. without the small est loss en one t.i4e.—Front another fetter of GPII. Doyle. dated Pulamos, the 16th Sept. in which he congratulates General O'Donnell on the result of these diversin , is on the coast, it appears that the ynsoners were embarked as hoard the frigater autl feluccas, to be conveyed to 'farragoes.] OFFICIALt DISPATCH DION LOND wiLuncyoN, TO Till DONT Excm I.EN r sakes DUN NIGUEL PENNINA lOWAN. The secoarl corps of the army of the enehiy, under the command of General Re offer, in the northern part of the kingdom. arrived ot:Sabugnl and Allaiates on the 12th and 13th inst. Ou the 15th the enemy moved with s great lOW of cavalry, infantry, and artillery, by the city of Overdo. "lie !leveed the heights, and entered the Vat tie Mon deg.', obliging *or party of ebaurration which wee in that city, under the orders otCaptain Cock,. of the regiment of Light Dragoons, Na 16, to retiru upon the Sierra. On the same day a strong column passed the heights of Alverca (which form the left rat vie Cordillera de Guards) sod Macal de Charm), halting at &sal shio in the Vsl de Melodeon ; and the Bsl corps, under General Juliet, passed the Co* at Vide. " Linn... Giotto ea! S; r Steele Cotton withdrew the Ur. i. 9 cave ry else Ante., to the Val dE Monde** ass the 16 s; an 4 use esensy. ;raving Al verea dad (War a e as the .ante day entered flirt CitY; the Gat calm at ti.a mow time entering Frairstowas a Ingrid .if f•dlowtng the • wettest or Oho ei it iik troops Iry Coles-ice few the Val de Mon dean. and IT the left •f that nrer; touched di mity by Jius f...r the bridge of Fornos ; th, ir ad lrence.l gu ird arriviug th it niglit at tbe tows. of Porno.. flu. movement was continued on the hewing days; the oriole of cite gal end 6th carp• passing by •lie b silge of Fortios. with the reception •f the wiriest:red ausrd of she tint of there CUTS* which hiiving on the le h proo-vied the passage of the rear-auard of the colony', payed by another bridge loiter down the river. A small party entered Vseen yesterfbiy. ri The intention of the enemy in making these movements apparently were it. obtain the continued of Coimbra, in bedsit to avail tbentselver of the re sources which that city and its vicinity offer them ; bat the movements which I had anteeedenily mirk have enabled me to withdrew say erniy Irmo a•posi fern its wbieh l did not think it proper to risk in settee; stud likewise to cover Coirobra from any at tack. milers made by a great frirre > end I trust I shall he able to frustrate ny attempts of the enemy. " After the actioreof the 1 ttli of August, which took !dare in &tremorJura. end which I romranui cited to your Excelleary, the &largo'. de lat mans took desechments of the 'army. one in the vicinity of Cordova. and the other when marching too the succour of the !garrison which •he enemy had is the Castello de la. Geordies; and the udvanceil *maids of the Marquis approached to within three leagues of Seville; hut Mershig Morrie:. collect ing his turps, marched from Seville in fence, aurl obliged the Margolis to retire into Estremadara. " On the 14th the Spanish cavalry had aft action with the weal near Fonte de Cantos : the Pottn frnese brigsde.. under the committed of Brigadier- General Madden, wee at Csleadillm. After the amino, ninth lasted a contidentide part of the dsv, sirl in which the S e atiieh cavalry left the field iu confusion. Brigadier-General . Maildtm baring ad *aimed, fell upon the enemy in the most vi;;orc ue mid derisive manner, 010;10..11 them with the lose of • great mainher of killed. wounded, and prisoners. and reseo-4 the Sprnierels. The Nlnrrinie de In ittourni.e, from whom f rece;tred Ong aceetit,t, silesk• 'of the conduct of Clesiend Madden in the highest series of prom., ss he dues UNIP of that of thn l'ur t si Isere troops ler the cotnnitaut of that OtSeer, wlti, h elicited the adminstion of the whole army. " I nrist avail myself of this opportunity, to men- Ain to your Eseellenry how much praise ;silos to fkinsh cavalry moles the e...e.n..1,141 of l,iruL- Genttid'Sir tituplant. Cotton. From thy latter end of July, this cavalry has done the whole rltyy of the telesored posts, newer baying the enemy out of sight; end oo every occasion so great was its stye vi why, that the enemy never made use of his cavalry, except it was aided and supported by his iiiiYutry. —The reeiment of hitsssrs, No, 1. comm ,, n ,tc.l by C.dottel !treats hildt, room] TV ty pilot invoice ru , 2:-tii:goie!s itre:f; siol it is but lite:v . .3 at tle same t; .00 to mention the z'esl sod aLility wish a Lich the duets, of the serv•ee of the utleatiterl posts ever.. executed by C.platti ktr tuktnlterg, and Eitsi;to Cirdernsim of the tot regiment of hotline; •he I Imt. Cantata Cocks of rise regiment h No. in. tothie.g of impirtance has occurred in the North. My last letters from Cadiz are of the ist, inst. • " have the honour as !snare. - • (Signed) s. WELLtszzor." Ilied-Ovarten, Lorrwo, scot'. to, sow.* orosTo. OCT. 9. Intelligence bait just arrived hi-re, that Col. Trent, with his itivaston of Nltlitiot, entered Coimbra on the yth, at five in the evening ; surprised.tir ene my, awl took 3000 prisoner,; 3000 will be here on Ther‘rtiy. About 20 Portuguese were killed and wounded. PRIVATE CORRESPO.VDENCE. °roar*, ocr. 5. " The list accounts we have received herature, that the Allied Armies were in motion towards the southward. and had passed Coimbra on the tat inst. and that the French had entered there shortly after. It is thought Lord Wellington will make stand at the lines of Peuiclie, where, if lie should prove successful, we think it prolfeble the French will lose their whole army, as they have left uo force in their rear to protect convoys, or cover th-ir retreat; and Generals Miller and sod Colonel Trani and Wilson, who !wore with them • force amounting to more than 10,000 men in militia, are actually marching towards Coimbra. Most of the laden vassels are now out side the bar, and will proceed to Lisbon or Vigo iu a day or two." " OPORTO, 'TUESDAY. OCT. 9. " We bare great pleasure, iu acquainting you, that we have received a very plcming and important piece cf intelligence, by the arrival of Major M. Crohen, from Coimbra this morning, v 4. that the diviriou of the army under the commend of Coldnel Tent had emitted that el!, Is Sunday evening, and. after some resistance. took 5,000 French isri ...tiers, the whole of the levee left there by the Freneli army when they advanced to the South. Of these. 4.400 men are now on their march for this place, to be embarked, and are expected heir the day after to• Morrow. It is said the French rtmr. guard left Coimbra last Thursday ; and a rumour woe also current there., that a battle had been fought at Leyria. in which the enemy had been worsted with the loss of 8,000 men. We hope this dashing and brilliant affair at Coimbra is the fore runner of others equally important. P.S. The Lisboa • mail came yesterday round by sea, and as the wind is now strong S. we took for another hourly. All the vessels that were oat. side the Bar, got under weigh yesterday, and are probably gone to Vigo till the Equionetiad Gales are over ; they will be severe." dna by the of itailaJr tkpoz., AII OTMS a LETTS 11, SAME D AT& " Since writing you this morning, I have just learned-that our Governor (Trani) bad taken 5000 primmer', at Coimbra. having entered that city, with only the militia of this district, "boat 6000. They wiH all arrive here on Friday. Thiy have taken all the mediciu- chests, surgeons, &c. Rod about 50 officers are amongst them ; hot Colonel Pam pious, the Portuguese traitor, who ins appointed Governer by the French, emit:ern: We are all, as you may naturally supptire, very mush elated : the bells are ringing, and every demonstration of joy is "hewing. The militia entered Coimbra on Sundry evening at &re v ue(' the few cavalry immediately took possession of the bridge; the infantry dis persed all over the city. and took the French by surprise. We lost about 10 Inert; and Colonel Se.rpee or the Permatiel Portagnese regiment, was wounded in the arm ; Colour' Treat had several shots tired at him, but escaped. The French, by their own accounts. say they plundered Coimbra moat cruelly. and the destruction of property there was very gr. at. The officer who brought this ac count declares I.e never witnessed such horrid scenes!" ♦lftlll LITTIM /AM DAM 66 We wrote you ■ frig liars the 7th inst. vie Vilma. We mend yuu likewise these, in the hope of nieetioig the sense opportunity, to inform' Ton of the re.c.ipture of emeahre. by the division of the nwiliw usury Cohood Trent. so Sunday evening Lust, by surprise. He marched them to this place for embarkation without delay. The affitir is oleo brilliant, and of the !greatest consequence. Gen. Miller. who arrived with his division after the re ceptor*, marched fur Coodeixe, and will barrasir the rear of the enemy. On the ;hole, thioge look well for the cause of the peiiineula ; and we natter oureelveo but few of Massena's army which entered l'oriugel, will get out of it swill,. Still. however, the bosiness is by no means decided. The cons. mtmiration to Lisbon by laud continue* cut otf.— Vesterthie. how.-ver, accounts were received here, lir sea, of the battle of Bunten, on the 27111, which .ill be uniircessery fur me to detail to you ur cons went upon." E BRITISH PRESS. LON DON, MONDAY, Orrorte 27. At sis .clock on Saturday morniog we pub lished the following imPortnni . intelliie:nce, in a Sr cond Edition of THE Barrtsh PaEss:— " The Apollo at rived yesterday (Friday) at Porte. th, from Lisbon, which place she left on Mon day morniag. Up to that ;lane, no Lettle had taken pluee shire that or the 27th. Onr Army have re treated to Tunes Vedras, about 21 lodes from bon. and the et,envy have taken up their position three leagues only from that of the Briti,h Army. Capt. TAYLOI brings dispatches from Lord W r, dated on Sunday, merely statiug the po silica, or the onoi,..—c• i .t. TAT Lilt has no doubt that a battle has taken place sauce he left Lisbon." The accuracy of this tatelligence, with which we were able to gratify the public curiosity. is fully confirmed by the following Bulletin, which was circulated iis the course of the day among the Go vernment Offices:— " Dispatches have been aoceired from Lord WELE.iserros .nil Mr. STUART, of the date of the jest. by shich it appears that the Allied Ar mies hid eetrestpd within their hues, their right I, r apg at Conabere sad Villa France, and their left at ToreesVedraa, on Lie 7Lli and sth They had not been "alerted in their revert. but same affairs bad take. place betooten the of . the two armies, in which the British add Porta— guess cavalry had distinguished themselves. " The Marquis Ds limmAxa was on his march with a part of his army to join Lord Wst.t.t NuToo. On the 19th he was expected at Monteitior. " The rains had began on the nth. The.Britialt Army are represented as being .protected fi out them in the villages and under huts ; the 'trench Arley is severely exposed to them. • • " Colonel WILSON had oeckpied the position of Buzaco, with a Portuguese beige:le, on the fit h ; aud it was reported that Colonel Tassez had entered Coimbra on the ryth, and had t..ken a Freuei gar dean. with their wounded, prisoners." We expected to have peel, the dispatches, of which the above Bulletin purports to be the sub stance, given in The Gazette of Saturday ; but, pro bably, as no battle he's been faught, 'they were not considered of sufficient importance to be commtini cited in that way. We do not knew that this was the reason of the silence of The Casette; neither, if it were, does it appear an adequate one.—The retreat of OtH' Army to a strong pasitiou which hal4e out eve" premise of victory, and the circu us stalreei attending it, hie surely subjects of the Out Coportatioe. g ead deepest interest to the public ; the knowledge of them would greatlycessuage the an xiety end fears to which the relatives and friends of a Beitish answer scdoe' men, in so awful a si , uation. must be a prey. Fortunately, however, the activity of Journalists, and the glimmering li. ht attar-clerk by Nlinisters. generally prove sufficient in such cases to supply the 'deficiency to an extent that may be satisfactory, although Not always perfectly accurate and certain. This advantage we seem to possess in e peculiar degree upon the present occasion.— Tie recapture of Coimbra, and the French gar risen there, by Colonel TILINT, has been commis nit:lazed through so many channels. ler leave po doubt of the fact. It is also in event which, under all the circumstances of the case. we had a right to expect. Our readers will'reeofiect that Colon. I MUNN was sent to occupy the pus of. Sudan. to prevent Masseurs from turning the.left wing of the Allied Armies at Buzaco; but that. from some mis taken orders of the General cridimanr!ing in the North. ite went round by Oporto; and on his ." arrival. At Seeds°, found it pre-occupied by the enemy. who poured through it into the high road leading to Coirahra, and thus obliged Lord Wet.- '' LINGTON to fall back upon that city.—Taawr, be ing thus disappointed, no other alternative remain ed but to retreat in the line of Oporto or Vizeu.— The whole of the French Army having, however, pressed rapidly forward across the blonder, without detaching any part to occupy Operto, or to pursue him, he would, of course, on finding himself safe, immediately trace back his steps, and hang upon the rear of the enemy. Consequently he must soon learn that the Fteach had pressed forward. only leaving in Coimbra a gar.isoii, chiefly consisting of sick and wounded brought from Buzaco ; and as it is :in open place, and his force was greatly bit. perior, lie could not hesitate a moment to attack it. • The result must have been equally certain, fur a garrison so composed would oppose no formidable resistance to the assailants. But the capture of Ceimbra does nut rest merely on the authority of private letters, and deductions from the several positions of the Armies. but on the concurrent tea timony of The C'etrustais Diary Extraordinary of the lath inst. from which the following is an ex tract " The English General in this place has com municaterl, by his Aide-de-Causp, to his Excel lency the Captain-General of this Kingdom. that he has received iutelagence from the British Com manifest at Visa., dated the 10th instant, that the English had retreated from Coimbra to occupy other positions; and that the French followed them leaving a strong garrison in Coinibr.i. Colonej 'Fluor, with 4,000 of his Militia, surprised this garrison, and took them prisoners. ;slat all the sick end wounded. General MILLER /mired with his corps of Militia very soon after the action, and re mained at . 7.nittitirs. It was reported that II? was to morel, west day io pursuit or the ihemy. 'fitA ter was On hi. march to Oporto with his prtsauers. to the mitotic.' of 6.000. to embark them fur Eng- L in d. h was expected at Oporto, that, in a short time, the whole of the enemy's Army would be destinies!, as they could receive no reinforcement- , and tl.tir communications were completely cut off.' , Upon the whole, then. the recapture of Coiro bra appears to he sir client which nisy Le reorileil as requiring no farther proof. nor is any Imlay, lir. able witoretiee respecting it to be drawn Crow the silence of Lord Wst.t.tmoron's dispotches, or the ebrenr eof soy Official Intelligence ; fur the whole of the French Army being interposed between Lord Wet 1.1%010111 mud Colonel TOUR?, it is ialpOsSi6le th a t hi, Lordsl.ip could have known what was pas sing or had pewter' at Coimbra since he left it.--. We shall Holy fartheroliservc on this pert of the subject, that in none of the [men from Crirunrci or Oporto, the French garrison. hit biding the sick and wounded, is stated at more thou 8000. As then. from the rapidity of MASSIIIIA'S March news. lii. monoc l e, it is not to be presumed that lie enema,- hemd himself with his sick and wounded. an.l we 4o mot hear that be had left any of theta behind at Hardee, it follows that more thin one-hilt of the 11;tii°16snadet dlOat,oooß74el:!"litielniNileiloellia;:nethal:rdt: that tors estimate raw grentic cis' lu of an.i e i :v r en t, u n i t u c iti t ; i e he u t a ::1 1 n i s f i e t u t at c e' t i ,Taking; then the erii: lire of eirt.thrs .isoportusc i e, M . C4lduel TitAIST not take possession of it , when ever he plcaseih. to the French grrriton taken there, se prove to have been nothing snore than hospital!, coutaimm; the sick and wow he was uo stile to carry tiny farther ; b i b e n e i tt e s i l e s ied r o ? , s i rc i t ' e ' e t d i e f have any tounrlrtien, thti to sccusupany hie r.,1,;.l the Moudego.—From the capture of w hi c h more importance iii attached that deserves), we new return to the retreats' LINGTOM to Torres Vedas, and the tre ill pursuit. With the atreiigth of the inquiry into the Convention of Giott eel the pubiic mind isequaitited. Tons mere Inigues nerthward of -Lisbon; so l d Vitneirr, which is nearer to the carat. was marked out ei the Ir e :4tieutra the British and French • %shift! tiations were priding at Cintra. is situated iu a valley, and is command in. the form of a sugrr.loal, ea who b of an old Moorish Castle. Lord 11' has been often htierd to say. that it choice of an advantageous petition in which to tight the Fronk, it Torres Vedraits.-in this position his intratts to maks a stand. It bas bee, fortifying, with this intention, from the monk of the carnpai.cu; and it hes hen h S Loidship:s policy to drew Manses country to this post. The right of Army is at Allahndra. on the ho: Tagus e l and the left at Jaffa head tlre letter pface-atwenty.ene miles hien by Matra to Lisbon is more but net ee reeky end tnountainous, as beta deollinte Cilia'. The pass-s by remarkably woof( and steep. The gr Aqueduct begins near the village. la our right at - Vila Franca, is Sac-cheese, leagues east fr-ris Lisbon. for the defers it forms the r.glit of a very strong pee , MIST forms the centre ; et- hiiii g hr, of the left, and the Lake of Ssechavan Villa Francs is on the river, and forms for the various craft of the Ttst,ur. Tht of the Allied Army are thus strongly i nature; and although the centre of does not possess this advantage in degree, the deficiency is Amply es art, immense batteries hating been • its protection. Indeed, from the cons of the retreat from Gantlet Rodrigo, an intermediate point of so much streug.- Alco.Bace, situate ire a valley surrounded mountains, it offered no advantages. reasons then, and as the British Army health and spirit, Load WELLINGTO7 and eagerly expected an attack (rim who had taken up a position three less the British Army, between Villa Nuot 'lobe. The result of such attack, if we the reports circulated by Ministers. most total destruction of MAINISMA.—The , we are assured, ia the retreat from tt continua l tken prisoners, skinni n s e h r e e , without inwhic ou h r 300 ItaviFer were any particular loss. All the prisoner their knapsacks full of Indian corn nog' ea the htr ir;ils ha l v be ing in d g d eie e: i t ed roy t ld, ee ad lac n es the ib Pot reui Freuch Army bed passed, every Free obliged to pound his own corn; and tiv little meat. In short, they represent fel famished wolf, driven to extremity, sue to seize his prey, though certain of law the contest.—To this reasoning is. I be opposed, the situation of Mils! ern% ed at the Mondry°, with the All foil retreat before him, not venturing posaession of Coimbra. to which poem although an open toast, Lord Wail pears to have attmehed some impart , sax A. if then in a stirring state, had it to occupy Oporto, an I to draw perm every wilt the north of Portugal, ext of march devastated by the triessage of Rad he chosen to finish the emipsign dew, there V 1,14 no howler 10.4 up" maul if in absolute Went . •1111 I.lt!Pp.ll there have awaited the arrival of fres, 0,1 the contrary. however, he presses all the confidence of superiority. In of his movements we see no privations" provisions--no lack of means of trent rendered Lord IVeLtiNtrroa unable' success's at Tat . Ills Lordship's has dare,. so emented by fresh Eippliest At .16,ritto Brit..h and German troop'. Porilloorse; and Roetsa, with had .covey rn the borers of the tre was cro..ine to them. T iLf...ltry. it hie_ ! wen tli:. , cosw recrefl 5 , 1.000 m. n, and the cer.4l.; - - - I.7e.det all thew tiftialast.orc., it I to t,:;„ 10 unit e treat ttensp•ttl. slut. 'sett. A-st mu t e IF" it o ld .n , tiniest, a o f 9 ✓id are rest aM env's% to if tti ti It is descent g nisi I Ca im.nt c en wet " of Lord W T:e" notch nf seecl 'that sm.., t b , m tran, rt . wren Ve. and ten pitted . Thu se 1: 4011 , 14 the I, l sie The ter' ided 4, a I are the . cad R'Etttc., if t in Pan s s :1 t tronhl its Lord . Nat, seen alt . C4sc 'e core— the d oar inn 8r... A Brought stte f the Bun emb itclere et p art , Tuter, lone TIPM „ jpg ire r:retnte uthatlle rw..l Ni.fra eritti rant: Li my . ,a the rest 1.1 '" n, sbnt t f)i encl. et T. - eegitioa. 44.6 Bel!a. as ride the net s g‘.0.1 aid t he two tr . r fat tfiel teh; of the t.4a s the • ant wpolied erected ansencen assn , there ma ngth. As 11 mounded emit . Far tl rt., f Rai in IN anti() AI MASSE, mats leagues f sea and met we may ere. attend in . het'' ere had ht nth; Ilte Its it s 'reach ess' Int ring smolt and ers taken take 'ground. se a Ortugase ind ugh mess 44.1dier 11 , 4 they hive I. Lh lel Amelia she Id detetm; Pest ming him I.fe sat Iscivertr. SKr, .SSESA, fAla ,Ilied Army Its; gto maim ki , •l ion, hoar aS huts. 11 it in hua pe !resist toe 1 • I f both aru•r ma. a~▪ UO acct nepart. ieh ten to purser 'a force (ess ant,. it, is cams • . tar b s sitiee 411 Tegn't ''` ryir The rr" 4. .ete.l. 41 , . 1. 3 . t 5 oc • .