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"Ca Pekin 'With two pith** iiittileiy 'but hart rice withdrawn the troops le 'good order to Le3res, 'to which peisattbo I bare rest the cavalry, accordibg to the itertructiont reedved froth 'the Quarts r. Master-Geutral. I cannot stifficientty thin, helve Mia 'nimble conduct &splayed by the officers trod then . on Una occarion ; and 1 cork happily toy, that, in opite of the fire of tl:e rummy's andlay, Which) bur troops hsd teroustimo, (melbas bits been very tallong, while that of the enemy was considerable on killed and wounded. We'cotild not bring off Many Ori goner% (though we made k atiMber ih otor different attisek,) on tu.onnt of our ►etreat; but the greater ,art of then, were erotonded and dnonatated. I Moo o t *int' recommentfiag to your Lord.hip Lieu tesiatome..lonel Eley, whose services contribafed much to the good order with which our troops re tired ; and I abo beg leave to say, that I received groat insistent-. from Captain the Mar►qquis of Twebd dale, and the other officers of my stalE have the honour to be, &c. " ST 4114. L ETO N CUTTO ." ae P.S. I have sent you three odicen and dot dra goons, with their hones, prisoners." (01COND LETTER.) Quiets de Torre. Oct. g, 1810 "MT Lotto--1 have the honour to intOfln you of the good conduct .4 Captain Murray, of the 16th Dragoons, whom I yesterday left close to the Ito- Major with the command of • squadron, when I retired to Alcoentre. " The tummy's cavalry havieg advanced ridden ly upon Caplan Murray a the directive of Alcoeti tre, 1 ordered taut officer to attack the three squa drons which the enemy had iu that town. Cap tive Mettay with only a part of his troop execut ed my artier. with great spirit and cotage, killing end wounding many of the enemy. making a number or prisoners, with scrotal bones; the rest took to flight. " I have the pleasure to add, that we lost only Gee me i wit, was taken by the enemy. (Sirs") "STAIPLIITON COTTON." (ragaD 'Arras.) 4 . CMIRSOAIOO6 ocr. 9. 41 MT LOID—The cavalry of the enemy having advanced this taunting to Qaiata de Torre. I drew bock the regiments to this point. according to the imstrisetioras I had received. and ordered 'movie tachtnauts of Hamar, and of the kith Light Dra. pone M observe the enemy. The enemy's infantry tammait I near Quints de Torre, and his heavy ca valry dried in the direction of Abrigada. " The enemy had left a piquet in front of Basque, supported by • strong troop ; I ordered Captain Cooks, of the 16th Dragoons. with several midgets of that regiment, and soma Hussars, to at tack the piquet. supporting him by a troop bf 'timers commanded by Captain Alley. These Officers attacked the enemy with great bravery and suecres, and we sustained no lee'. The whole egnedron and piquet of the enemy would hate taken, if they had not been relieved by the infantry._ • •• Oue officer. 19 soldiers. and 16 horses, were token, and the greatest pert of the enemy's troop remained dead or wounded. " 1 hod ordered one agnadron of Royal Dragoonv Nbe ready to saved the above attack; hut in beamegaeaca of a mistake occasioned by the Rimers retiring with the prisoners. they advanced and re- Weed a volley from theenitmy's infantry, by which two nee and four horses were killed, and several *evaded. I have the honour, &e. SrAPLETON COTTON." LISBON. GC r. Iltemilljearlars at Curl Cedilla, Oes. 2101110. GIINERAL ORDERi. .. His Excellency Marshal Serinford is very mach displeased, ea acceuat of the great nusuber of dicers wise ere absent from their corps; and de clares that every Aker who remiss abseut without ids express permissien communicated by the cum issadout of his eery*, ohall be considered as a de mister; sod that is every institace where ill health is assigood se the reason of absence, unless it he at tested ea the extvoisotiouvf a military surgeon, each dicer shell be equally treated as a deserter. (Signed) w blitsteno, Adjut. GUI*" PROCLAMATION OP THZ GOVERNORS OF THE RIIMIDOR Of PORTUGAL AND OF THE AL- ~ai~is% " lloirtUdIVISS!--111to &domes of the enemy's army, which, already weakened by want and by its past lam, yields reluctant obedience to the des potic orders of its Tyrant, announces to us the near approach of • battle. The numbers, the tried va le*, of the coushisiord army. their formidable posi tion. and the iutputieues with which the troops mill .for the combat, all promise us a happy end glo rious issue. The God of armies will Mese our arum, sod give es a complete victory. The Governors of Ike kingdom, the Marshal, the army, end the whale nation expect it. sod have every reason to do so. Hilt it i• aocessary. that on this occasion you guard your idea ogled film rumours, which may be dissemi nated by timidity or ill intention. Be not alarmed at the pas.age of troops, at the arrival of wounded, at the incessant rolling of cavriagrs, end other move ments. which are necessary consequences of the operation.; of war. Do not give credit to any al:- counts Chit are not announced by the Government, of whose frankooss you have had so many pro,4. It will take measures for punishing the ill-dispose ?- who have the audacity to *cotter false reports. %%ail the merrily required by circumstances. rortu. Knout. ! calmness, confidence, obedience, and we atnill Iv bonny," a Pulse. of Getrinvarlit, Oei 17" l hem is followed by smother Proclamation, in fsossilisg those who wished to put their valuables in a plsee of safety. that they have appointed the ship Vint, le Goa.. and the frigate l'hania, far receiving stoney. plate. jewels. and other va luables; snit that they sissy also tfavo.it the same lit any fif the English ships of war stationed in the twit. J OPT OF A LT.TTEII ?RON COLORRS. TRANT TO Oil p oo WIWI,. TUB MARINAS. Li/MILANI:MR IN cnisr. N Coimbra. 0. t 7, 11 1 110. •• I frvl arrnt pleasure in informing your r,seel t . kiwi that 1 hare this day happily stitrf.A3 Cltitit. Ino. with to lees if only very Tew ilea haled or wounded. I , In my letter of the 6th hut I hid the honour to itheli you, that t intended to march to Mial. hada in tit course of that day, fur the purpose of joining the corps that were there under the com mand of nngadier-Mneral Miller mind of Colonel Wilson, Sled of combining an attack against this city; but when I arrived there, I nos Warmed that these corps had been delayed by 'rant of supplies in the conkry adjiiiiiiiig fluzaeo,ohich was entirely exhausted; and also, that their cavalry could not advance tepidly on account of the fatigue they ex perienced in their first marches. " The only alternative +hat remained, in order to prevent the enemy from taking any means of de fence in Coimhrs, I being only three short leagues distant from that city, was to out myself in march for Coimbra with my awn division alone, it being very probable that the enemy were ignorant of my arrival at " I therefore began my march at noon. the advan ced guard being composed of a squadron of cavalry tinder the command of that brave ulcer Lieut. Don tel, whom I had before eccasion to mention to your Excellency. This squadron was supported by 200 light troops. The regiment of Coimbra the post of honour in front of the colismil of infantry. :Sly plan of attack was to cutter Coimbra h' two points nt the same time ; one divisinn by the road of Opor to, and the other, separating i • sel f boot the column at romps, wart to gain the heields which begin at the town, and to enter by t he gate Sta. Anna, march• ing forward to Loreto; but this plait was only to take place in case the enemy *net them at the gates. " At a small distance from Fornos, smolt the road of Mialhada, I fell to with a detachment of the enemy to the left of that Own, and, beginning to fire, I pushed forseerd the caralry to Forum, and fortunately cut on' their communicanon with Co imbra. This detachment surrendered alter losing several men ; and not meeting with any other troops of the enemy, I ordered the cavalry to advance at a gallop by the principal roads, cad that, eroa.. lug the bridge of the Monelego, titey should take post on the road to Lisbon, for the purpose of cutting off all communication with the army ; which was executed with great spirit end bravery by Lieut. Mrsel, with the loss of only one dra goon killed. I ordered that the divisions of in fantry should march towards the principal places in the city ; in doing which they met with a re sistance that lasted one hour. Our only loss was two killed soul tsventy-fire umundril; among the latter was Col. Serpa, of the regiimait of Periatiel. Thisofficer commanded the Ist brigaik, the conduct of which deserves your Excellency's approhatim. A greater force of the enemy, which was s ationed at Santa Clara, in the quart. r of the sloodego, kept up au irregular fire for some time upon our ell• 'airy when they passed the bridge; but the French officer who commanded it, alien lie observed that Lieutenent Unmet croesed the bridge, proposed a capitulation; I was present id this parley, in which no other propositiiiii wls admitted then that the enemy b'inuld purrender at di,cretion, with the promise of being protected agamst the insults of tie peasantry. The troops laid down their arms and retired. •• I li.tve reason to believe that the number of peisoners exceeds 5,003; of which 4,000 ate on their much for Oporto. including one whole com pany of the Emperor's marine guards. Three Thousand live hundred muskets fell into our pos amino. licaily the whole of which were charged ; from whence you m iy judge of the number of ef tire men. tt I have distributetl these arms among the Orderianet of the country. We found no artil lery, but we have taken a quantity of cattle and sheep, which the enemy lied collected for the subsistence of their troops. There are shout F4O officers auncig the prisoners, as well as I can judge. M. Flandiii, the Commissary in Chief, olio acted as Governor, remains sick at Connitra. From the nature of the attack, your Excellency will easily perceive the difficulty that there was in presenting the soldiers and armed peasants from plundering the prisoners; cud I sin sorry to say that the latter committed some acts of violence, but I believe only six of eight French have been the victims of their resentment. 1 have to observe, that nothing can exceed the state of misery that prevails in this city. —The enemy, not cloaca with having plundered every part of it, sad rehheil every one they met, set lire to some houses, and have heaped up in the streets. in the greatest disorshr, all the provisions that the army could not carry along with it ; so that it timid scsreely he expected that about right hundred soldiers, natives of this city sal its vicinity, surrounded by their wretched relatives and ac quaintances, could he patient witnesses of it scene of devastation, in which their property was destroy ed in so iniquitous and scandalous s manner. How ever, I beg your Excellency will believe, that I do! every thing in my power to protect the French that fell into our hands ; and offer the two first move ments of violence, I succeeded in securing them against insult. •• As the corps of Brigadier-General Miller and Colonel Wilson will arrive here in the morning. I propose to tense one of my brigade., and to pro. coed with the rest of the division, with the prist,ners, t o Oporto ; for the animosity of the inhabitants is sn much excited by the recent passage of the French army, that I consider my presence absolutely oe ces-ary owl particidarly.in the districts between the Nfoinieo cud the Yong'. - NICIIOI.AI TRANT.•' " To ha I:xccllesey Marshal Bectsford." CADIZ PAPERS. GIUPALTAI, 3i:rt.:ll. A pa. ',et which arrived tins morning brings the most flattering accounts Irom Sicily. Our troops were filled girth enthusiasm, and desirous of fight ing the enemy. The twelve miles of mast between Faro and Messina. where a disembarkation is only pooible, are defended by nine strong batteries, I 2,0u0 excellriit troops of the line, 4 ships of the line, 15 or lii frigates, brigantines, &c. ■nd 140 gunboat. amt brunb-se;sels. It nupears s; if Mn. rat theniosi of aleandoning, or at lea►t deferring his of invading that island. Tine master uf bark strived fium Chau states, that prior to hls mains, the Finch Coasnl had set out from that port, in consequauce of orders to that effect from the Government of Algiers. The French have evacuated the island of Fano. to the south of Corfu, sad Capt, Griffith of the Lettsidets has taken possession. of it. lu Lucena, the inhabitants of 36 villages have risen against the French quartered in that country, and killed, taken, or dispersed the whole of them. Money and warlike stores have been remitted to the Patriots. A French detachment of the gar rison of Ronda, which a few days ago ventured to march out, fell into the hands of the peasantry, and was completely routed. TAIIRAUONA. sarT._2o. The French prirontrs who arrived yesterday at this port, in consequence of the results of the bat tles of the 14th, 15th, and 16th inst. which took place it Elobal, St. Ft lion, Palamos, Vagis, and other places on the coast, and in the environs of (krona, amount to 1,4130; among whom are a Ge. neral of Division. four Colonels, n() Subaltern Offi cers. ISO cuirassiers, and 40 gems rearms. Seven tees cannot likewise wee. inken, two of them 44- !rounders, some Ilpountlere. a mortar, site swivel, 2,300 inui.ket, an 4 a merchant vessel which was in the port of Paktum% ladeu with meat and other ar ticles of subsistence. This glorious expedition bus only cast us right killed and four wounded,. Among the pilsoners which Baron labarie yesterday made in the vicinity of Fsl.it, there is a Chief of Brigade end right Sithallernsl on our part we suf fered no other loss than that of one *oundrd. lkilieint and Clams hare entered the French ter ritory, exacted coniriluitions in several places, and taken the muskets front the National Ctiitri. In other rrsperts their watchers preserved the most evict di.ct Aline. t ISHON. neT. 17. - - Oil the I till instant the army of Alas.rn t made a reolaioitring at Subral. with 1.000 cavalry and an equal number of infintry. who were repulsed immediately with some loss. On the 4th, Colonel Wilson was at Mortagoa, six leagues from Coimbra, behind the French army, with two battalions, and 150 horse. The Generals Silveira and Dweller were in the .icinity. Train with hls division, was Upon the Votigs, and Brigadier Miller not far distant. Ou the 13th, the advanced gash], of our infantry had an engagement with the enemy, betwetrii Cabral and St. Pedro de Dos Puerta. We had shoot is k.lied or wounded ; the French more thin SO, in cluding same prisoners. On the fulloaing ilay, in nerdy the same pligrei an English regiment, with the assistance of so ne chnweurs, routed French co-ps, and compelled it to take disgracefully to with the lomof more than 3UO roes. io killed, ',minded, and privette%; we lost only 30 or 40. Missena, in person. yesterday made reconnoi stings at the foot of SioNal. extending his line by the mad of Alenquer. •The prisoners taken yesterday soy. that General !I. Croix was killed before he reached Dos Puerto,. NADRIO, OCT. S. " Joseph Bousporte returned to thin town on the loth ult." Oa the 2lst alt. ' , ref-HA carriages laden with watimied entered this city, frlrn IA Mancha. • In 20 order of the dd; issued to the giirrison of this place on the 2;th, it 'is stated. that Monier hid routed illestems and Coporos. and likewise Romano; that the latter had loot 2000 killed and 400 wounded. and part of his artillery ; and that among his killed were many English. PAD %JOT OCT. 13. Siam the glorious action of Burico, on the 27th ultimo, between th; armies of Lord Wellington and Massena, seven English regiments, hove landed at Lisbon to reinforce the former. " The troops of Marshal Mintier have evacuated Zafra sod Fuentade Cantos, and it deafly appears that he is retiring towards Seville. Desertion from the French armies considerably incressee." CADIZ. O(T. :13. The relation which the enemy have published of the action of Cants el Gallo, iDexplicable tissue of falsehoods. The Duke of Dalmatia bay not hesitated to as sure the people of Seville, that, in the above action %,000 prisoners. and ten pieces of cannon, were taken.—Most egregious lies ! It is, doubtle.s. very strange, that a General of so much credit as this Marshal (at least, if we mss• believe the praises bestowed on him by Napoleon) should in this manner forfeit his honour and his word by daring to publish sty+ absurdities, which appear to be such even Jy the circumstance of their wanting dates. This treacherous and infamous proceeding can only he attributed to the desire which all the French have to deceive the Spanish people with extraor dinary and incredible accounts. Daly the French can entertain bitch ideas; their frivolity induces them tu believe that they can deceive the Spaniards in the same manner as they deceive each other. But let these orders of the day. these bulletins of their armies, be compared with the Official cor respondence which we continnally intercept. and time French themselves, the Duke of Dalmatia himself, must express themselves in very different terms, and unanimously assure the Emperor that the tear in Spain is interisineibk. THE. CORTES. Dais sITTING. The sitting colarsteucell at the tistct! hour this dot. A plan froth General Vi: respecting the augmentation in the cavalry ; which wai ret.ervi discussed. CAPMASI observed, shot the being very copious, all forei;:': to be rejected, e•prcially Free which the regulations were oik clemued, therefore, the word, tern Hy, session, mission, retire, , able, and bar: he objected to sip their real import, cid to other , meaning which was attached to (he concluded), we Both niards. Deputy Wits asrenied th 4 plained of the intlehty II manner of punting the 3.lther it grew, and :he little respect alit per to its members. TEMLENAS demanded that ti only b. on 'tar, and on the in,m their enemies. The l'aestorwr replied, 61 , great objects of their 14bours, could only be obtained thrati •b A Member propo.ed•the rem regulation, which should here I from the Cortes, in order that nt with the former one, the best nil The PIIEiIDF.ST ordered the et noon, and the sitting contini Nur o'cleck. FIFTH D.T. Nana proposed verbalu re;; the Royal tlankmotes, in order circulated in the free provinces but they Caine to no rcsoloii, CAPMANi eoe3iilsiued ilkeW . Ke of the Cuiscivo, and of its want the Natioual U Tunes. On t' suggested by Petra de Castro, ti milting a periodical publication veros, and edited by en Officer of lege. applying the pro ;acts to useful establishuient.which jud appr.ived. Obtveans r.csnanen•ted the Cortes to Cadiz, pointing out Philip as a very eligible s.tot—l taut motion nothing was finally lations were a sin examined, o lasted upwards of two hears. gales exclainted o if Lei as debar on justice." At the ennelittinn it *as sett!' wary confereneee she•ld he hrld at night, t• he •holly occupied tegulationa. Olieerna mentioned from Cadiz, that the Eareatisi i.uied order% prohibiting any Cortes. At any pothlic meeting. • resolution. to inAke i a s feet of the Regency. SIXTH DAY, The,eitth thy began with a Cardinal to be allowed to taka : 1 some delib,!rations on anronnt cm:3ounces, it wit accorded. oath was as follown:—;" uo yoi Sovereignty Gr the Nation, repro puties of this General and Esl Da you swear to obey their deck stitutinns, which they may hai according to the IClerell have been assembled ; and to ri that the same should be oh-eri To preserve the independence, grity of the nation—the Roman Religionithe illonarchiesl 0 Kingdom—to ft-establish on In. ;1.4 Ferdinand VII. of lion der in every thing the good of post act, may God help you ; ai hi responsible to the nation, accitil It was resolved to intimate wishes of the Cortes, that their guLtrly published in a Gazette. SEVENTH D.l This div the Count of No 'non to speck ; his co!)ject be two Delhi ties it wee reeulved to at one o'clock p. m. lexta ptvr.sed some cum to bre ceminAte.l to a Junta, i hers Coln that ui Cadiz, and ai Americans, should he incorpurt granted a conttoission to this also, sgric.ilturc arts, and mi. eircninst2nces of the propc , s3! lit:attEßA cqMpilin•A of the observe.l rettncting the letter at the Poet-Oilice. MARTA exclaimed arminst maintained this to be the not sticii a nveasl te. when the pi surly cam:nude:lu subjects of Drputies, which, it rcas 11.:;• kvi:t from the Extcut.ve row% public retire:l :it one, privately cohtitined 5 , 1 f .; 1:!4.11:14 1).1 On this diy were 'rend s<: ppo,:ting %aricui hrs of pojczt preto:wci 'ilieha *as prep, OretY ad other of the erred to ht W t tkitig fitter to Spanish la wn *16,7, elrrewco nsu , the "- .i'h evir ess i o , a r rir; ,i.erloaded :he c Pre4—hn trtardi, rooL in, r. xtraroar ce . A rt , Faaet some MI ar Cain g on oeena3t cf 611 h dt to thew. (1, 01 , ier for: h Lre and di e 4. .1r iii rah, ailing h and whi n In i t:t their r 0 .11 e s i e . n z t s e t i e e i ' I :e c ii ' 111111"i: 1;cl the Coori„, in The 'itiona of the ' AS. . in tt t he wa s reie of and rid r. It the reetilo a the air of yr , ar , ••one lifter being might he pretiiii ni public to rued nub: half t .'" ,T. Tl' viLt:lrt• r to taiNii.lo4 tit es from the whets sr of the iniircdr tof re.neet tom e dry, this tteeonot it prop tile propriety or tool so proposed by 1 trill I of the MditaryC 190 to the hea,6r of e tdicinue;teimsd posit you! e translates of . rvgh t the anvil of DO —hot on this its ly settled ; the re. Th on ehieh the de 41111 The zealous C. ate only oo err r eh I fled, that extra,. Id from end's 1::: 1,1 on the rushed • hi: tieing inform to Government disettoiirui en The fortes psi I 'l respecting this owl r. a petition from t, Ti :I.e osths ; and or' nal, of the peculiar el Dopl . The forts of t. / 4 ,on oitknowleilee t il St irritented by the I 6 1 I Oro Cm.: ht 'creel, Ira., au th e. Eat! hat.pen to estahl , t . tte' •, fir whi h t'! Unlit rotnioanii and l'em inert and exe.e.!! and • 4LL in Cithilic ui Croveramrnt is throne our 1 , 0. IL strboti—end e• Pr of the State? and if not, v,.11 .h 41 10 ccruirling to the Les t to the It• it acts should be • al to, °aorta asks it pr , • w being investiptel to herr him in prim A mmereirl regols.i ,iu eh.ch two 1. 141 an e l itist numb , ' ,rated—the Cone • is etiecr, compti, t Lies ; but otai.t,r! 1 , ( 1 s!, t e v:olltion of eetr• tt •-, Inch woe op I this proceeding, oral period to a,t Tt Cat itrovir.cre must g' . importrrree to Ili °: proper, shoold or. ntil the debates sr .11. event men: r; ils T the rever. - 1.. -lit?,