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... . _ . . ma in Ow amain of the tree tenennikiessaltioa if the artlha of the talk, near °hid& He immediately sent back Lieut.-Catoael poukia to meet Sir J. 41,1 "we. and eireetsd . hint to land in the elotatlegu pay i and Met a knack. of ' tie A. Wellesley's former dispatches (ii• Rich be transalittfil,) to atlas hethoualit most be:lanai teal-, service to his `il l. pert. He also bent oCLieut -Co.laied Carat to haul at St. Martin's, and to corranuoicate-with Sir A. Wells ley. It appears, that Sir .1. Llrele did arrive at. , alluailego nn the with—that he began to disc aphi s on the 2_c! ht received ail order titillate H. Barrarre-eatbark such as be bad tendril, and enacted to Mane' a—that he arrived en the JAIL at /genera Gay, and that he ditembarkral his carps on the days from the atali to the 09th, the severa`. davisioas joining the army as they land e d. • It appetite, that ma :he evening of the Both of August, alien Sir Harry Ihrerard arrived off the taaitng place of /Hatters, Le am guteg to land, alien St. A. Welindry taste ea heard, gale au account of the getieral state of thiage, stud ended by saying, that lie bad iattuded to march the rut moraine, by five o'clock, by the Mafia road, the enemy haying assembled his tone, at Tun,* Vcdras. On di telling the many difficulties in be eneinutcred, such el the impowaibility of leach% le .. victuaiien aid the shore, or any considerable distance, the iefeitor uu whir of . hr. cavalry, and flit state u t h is a r till er y : a u : carr i age h oists . awn mules, the strength of the evened be had to go over, a. itch presented loony dal , . cult,es, god eat eery little the. i'• 6-deliee which could be placed on the Portnearre twist nazi', Sir Harry hurratil. rat ilot i iinsidaration of -all ...tenet . atsaces, decided, that it ass more token:areas hi a ait tier nie J. aleore's reitatarcoaseat, than to run any risk of defeat- Ittoie gee. t object, or 44 sacrificing a great many mead a itheat its rumplett secontplisheneth. (la this eetermitta- Aloe, Sir Harry Renard stairs be was cendenied, be the opinians of fitygertitiodirseral (trims mtd Colonel alertly, Able •0411:00i ./ tatterbar. abater-Germ Ms.] the therefur p ' ..see orders i ar re Wellialty alCirraier,i?, that the arm } eu tut to pi am the ttrovitimeofthe t•:•t, and, al a e e IpeViailY t as ch handle;; Taal juircliim of General Ackland's •larteace, ..n the Leek of the shah, aas yet &accts.-id:abed end !be estatily isoccet.ii n . It appea: 8, titan Sat A. Welicaley refereed to Platelet", ant! Sir H. &triad rturstardisa board ship the ni:ld of the 7ilto, • to c..uspet• his taoaetaii7 dial:Mehra by the rehire of the litratia aluo•i. Detriog be night of the gall, need the months, ef the a's!, eau pan .1 agate I:.teligrate of the Movements of the e 1.43 my, he. Reich totrior in euvairy, they could an to so &s -tares. sad their reports were vsgue .ks Sir A. Wi Seery Al/ought it probahle if he old ..et attack the er.eitiy, that they a -'a d atteelt )4m, he vial:area to receive taxa. at day. .ijight in the misertidg, le• yrostrag the tit-1.-pow:La:4 aril • - •Mtengtheninehts ceatie, a tare In expected the attack, Gum ,Abe thaattcr ..t the ezettry's eatruliag. . 'llia cam:Went eppcaned .a farce en our It ft. about right • dat Lk.. terticalr.gi Lad it war eau. obvious Hatt their attack wunid be maei: en ems • kiL. ar: aun oar alratered mutt d be . dirt Yisariaa; tits loatliart 'if the wl-ane pail of the array was i....aueritat.ly elbstrual ha an exttpstah to the tttl. Ihe at tines COGO.IICS:w.:, a•at ? t.. a to;iwie.l. la the Steak .Wv di , ewilekt in lac T.etrao:-":-...-• ii.::: , f , , attilavtotue.“.l in a tie. tat; learner:de. e'-t: alottios t.. 'ht re;tisli ara.e.' • it ce;etua that hat. It a.t.y liareard Lai ea iaformatliin from, or casanseadeatiaa was -file defiler rl'?”-erl'at. 4driag tbe night of :he shah ; hut as tlient ; itplew ofrhe et..l, about Rice iiiclutk, :oat a. 114. war at.peohtLiag ti e t i.'....e. , lie tint ea Oflicti, scat by hie Aft'oui•Welleejtie all , hr.. obi': Or, that farce badies of the tinnily had- Ikea itnni , 1........ , 1 to. wank war kit . Sur Ha :0y Derond pr..coslle4 to..:!r v.iet rosin., a Ills as math baspidnion as an liaiiiyli ...at, watt nomad slime, no a hilly road; being tea and il.bal .4016 . 3 troutthe lanato-a piece. He torwcil there litfare ren;' . .Ar., time that the la:rancid corps (Aostruther's tad ratit'a het: wades) acre mato - este attuclea. The Ottscartesamilecaleg Sr Hairy Iturra..d paired tbomeh the village. and fevnight him to Sir Arthur W. lintel, on the hereto. itelitail the ird tare,, a here the left iif the army Irbil born iota tit:tly pasted. ' Lori lie was whireed, saw, said appru veil 6 , f the stirs taken Iss. Sir Arthur iVelltsley to repulse the tin c ry, m u d directed Si.,, to p;oce...d in the execution of an operaiuu he had so b PPJS* a - d ao wall began. by the time it was evident that the attack upset the viitage had - advanced eerie. you Out - meant to he hot lit r tar porttal ; it wag completely repulsed. awl tile (new/ re. I tired illi eurniderabie enafesion. They Cu ro not tattooed by. the otthiatry, to the troops lb .J received argon not to mutt' their p•-as , withuat paiti. niar order lons Sir Alibi., Wellesliy. fbe detachier.l of the gorb light dragooas aialie punish ', but falloig in astir a attprrior tatair i t,a•ta. :'Mm oildig d to ,stun with e.atabileraitie hos. 'live ender had brew err. piti f ully ;riven, WA • etwotitiwiution that the pratei pa ciason ill the eat my would still he made an oar left, sad upon Itt.a point toe twiny Widish:l opened tits tainotiatle, sod th. brivele ruder AajoraticiliaarTtrguzun resat a t, Gaily emir:wad at trartant causlaary. As 'tippet at•tivial, lie ad valet. ti, sod t h e wooly gate way, shardoning :hoe plates of musiant. IllagotaGtearal . reegisaim still rids stand, and a mile from ahtxt the Inge !watery we/ 10103, uttotitOr '4,, i..,•,.. i . taken. The canny eautlyenade an attilnipt to regaiObvii Lot battery,lait wet e i•epillst.ipty the ant end Sail te‘iiiiesda, at 4 .414.4 to retire veh greet s. Sot ts after eter lee, the firing lied created, wart the enemy's cavalry sere Seto from oar lest, in hadweef dbulit Quo, by Gen. Itrgasto , and shoat the as filar Caen:Sputter saw a Lae fermi& shoat time mites al fro:Sidi/if bur centre.' About half past twene, Sir .tribur ttillf *ley prorated to Si,' Harry .horrardtn advance fetiin ltieright, sills time tat. ' gadtr, aeon Terns Vane. sea a lib the ialter fits lieigsths to follow the et cagy, who till hero &Omelet' by oar kit. It apprars that do i11a.41;..3 of the drvisy at this saameat wasawint the right, Aletac:itae.ai Hilts hrtjade, which had rut been etiguattl, was oa I lit height fielded Vibuchoi, and at a deuatice of shore thirst nati. s hem Haat of fitaersly Fir- Wilton sad Nightalnak, ou the lea . L. ?met of emelt*. a.:.1 in thu carrier, asnathe larigadvs utAintruthes- sad Tasta, tr:,:eis had been earusiy eitgagee. Itnasilie . r.Gene. Eltnere • atal,heklaird'a Iviewies were admired on the heights, te a-aide the h ft, is support of :..ellentle Ferranti mid light. stieale. Li igalter-fit areal Crwatiou't beige& was 4"tinted ratio r to the rsar "I the left, risen Lai, a mile from Ilajar flencral lergeem.. to aUpletrt the Purtaguost troop, wake ( front in that duet:ram It appears, thin although the reetny 1:-.3 e•init!rte!y re. • puLed,tha dig.ec of expedition with aha it a i ty.. 3 n could ht tonisatibeed, eaculeriag the eatearie I iwit-:1313 al tlit array at that tome, sad the retractive to he t:.lten egiitad lb.. &reit* cavalry or the eaten, mast has , is-petalt d on atrium oral mecum lawn, only to he colt talat.o b: those upon the spot. 'llis yr ry caetnnstatree tea saperior c ar-ttre retardtea our advance, would allow Ile et tiny's iaftwiry, is athnut any do. , giver of Oak, le continue their renal it, the meat rapid manner, till easy 'Fan- id arrive at any :it .-n sal advaatage oho point of rallying aunt furtwatiati ; nor did Sir A. ltent a 1, i, on the lath of August. slits the eta wee had not bal:the 4 wairy as on the sisal/ purser a inure ittr,A33ldetatble IA heal<3l army with any rearktd advaatage ; fir be says, t t;astate Evreaor•heary,— " The enrol/ retina with tly• utmost reolaritt., snit the itrtoteat et km, ; and, hutartlistausling the rapid othaitre sa the Urea& infantry, the waat of a sadieimit burly ut es• ',dry sea the eaure of his sa Serie'. lon little tam ire lete plaia"-i-estal again, " Ile siweeriled is effecting his rctrrat an good oiler, i.trang im...afiralle Ii my want of cavalry." It sway also be marovieent, that as the anal lt on oar ern. tie hail beets repulsed loug itch, re that en oar Left had, the atitralsing corps, a Lich, as Is.'s het a olwerved, w , ll got put. stied owl by the Celli dragoons, not exceed's!' 114 e%, had time (above an hour' to re-....rtemble, and to occupy sail. rowed bia might aficrwards facilitate the retina at Haat richt, and that tir enemy were actually end trill, Curate.; le tote or more hoes at alio& three asks in (mut a the centre. . .. Frvia ile tic aid other fair iniritaly grounds. mellowed by Sir A. liellesky ; fries those that wavered' its Sir H. Bar eartts first interview *tilt .i.r A. w.A...:...!, ; from the ntitirwi certainty of the hartsedtati atonal ut Sw J. Mame'. e..... c a., abieb, if they bad nut stopped so Aharek,jo.rey, wirrlil have bee. at Macrici on the a 1 ,4 ; Sir li, Liii...rd dc-liued nation any fus dor permit that dry, ne o r d. e ra: roc army to ntareir matt animate rawly —,lie tail oetnat , "r H. Hoe. lard starts ling. -4 ;es, Chwa o n nd rat M•trre:, t•lnc•irrect ; Ow the :LW, Sir fl I)alryalpie err.vrel, irri irsesaA Ibt cons naltil ul . :lie army. It appears that Leah General Sir H. Ihkl.niiiide harlagaba tl . 7th of Aug. reeeived Vtur :t1 ijt sty's i.......taavals of 'h a , 1 1 4 4 ! .L • lath July, to tette the tomcats' of dm forces tette empley cd in Portugal and Spain, and that hieuteuant.Gentral Sir hl. Durrerdsras In hemeood in command, he sailed w.th the . first fair wind hunt (tuealtnr on the 'nth of August, com municated with Leyden)Ringwood off Cadiz, and on the 19th, with Admiral Si- C. Cuttou off the Tague, from about be re ceived information of the army wider Sit A. Wellesley, then landed in Portugal, and also that Brigadier-General Ad:laud, with his brigade, 'Wu On the roam, heoking Ger an opine tu. uity of joining him —Sir 11. Paleyne , • a siting along the coast with an intention of mak:ng Menden'' Bay, Ilea' il of thin action of the 2 !et ; and that Sir 11. Lorrainl wait arrived ; thin dateradued him to make fur lloceira Pay, v. here trans ports were at anchor. tie landed iu Nlaceira flay early in tbi r r„renocon of the r:;;r1, 111.1t1.t.jell 14 Villleit3, about two miles and a quarter ehstabt, and after a short eurivereation with his owe prenteeesurs in command, whose instreetions %ere those by which he was to act, Li. ordered the artily to 'watch early In the morning of the nod, undoubtedly as sum as it could be put to motions after his anneal. It appeals that in this situal,mi of Ohre's, the French (:e -neral Kellerman arrived about noon of the sad at V ire, with proposals for a sulprrr.on If arm?, it" order to settle a Seibutiee Convention fur the emenution of Portugal by the French army. Licutruant.ticticrals Sir Ilarry Iturcard and Si, Arthur trellealee nssieted the t:onnittainlet of the Forces listlitiebsciveiviis thin took place on this 'object, and it ap pendage to slim, under all circumstances, as conrioatioling a force actiog iu alliance with the Sovereign of Portugal, and combating in their ions country iiriu whence we then de rived. nu material assistance), moms' an enemy in of•tual preasersion of their capital, their fortresses, and, in a military punt nfriew, of their kingdom, 11131 11 r 0,1101,11630 or Cain- I triakion, If the opportunity offered, shah eliould speedily end butomeably expel the French army berm Portugal, WM eaproicot and 14v:sable. A rensatiou of arum was agreed upon, !It terminate at forty-eight bones 'office. The leading art:: ea of n Convention wtkr also settled, and Geueral le el itiniant returned towards Lisbon, about nine at night, with the mirtrninent stated in the e10,1111 7 / 2 24/0 of the IGth of September, but tint to be considered as effectual without the concurrence of Admiral Sir C. Calton. Early on the 2ad,in the moronic, Lieut.-Cul. Murray, Quarter-Master-General, set out with the propustel aerie. meat, to procure the toncerreirce of the Admiral, add re turned 111 the eight of (be tiethorith Sir Charles Cutioa's answer, that he conlel Pot acireete, but that he would cuter tutu treaty with the Russian Admiral It appears thnt Sir Charles Cotton having declined to san-b.••. the Russian article, the Conunatokr of the Forces mortised the armistice is end, and determined 00 sending Lieut -Colonel Murray to annunuee the recommencement of hostilities, at the end of forty-, ight hours, iu under, if Ge neral Junto chose it, th it we might trout on the remaining articles as a barite. This Of had powers to treat without delay. Ile haul the Caminander of the Forces' letter of the enth, and certain ,lemoramda of Sir Arthur Wellesley, us lei : before the Board, which obeyed the exact footing en which he wits to net, an also General Kellerinan's seutiwents 03 the Hueeian qstestion. Lady on the 27th communicatiou was bad frolic General Junot and Lieut.-Colonel 31 urray , that s treaty was in a.fitstion, which was :instil-red. . • • It appears that when the pioposed treaty (ratifin d by Cr- aerte au...0 4 the i.th Angora, was brought by Ctlillll^ol , D14)11410. 011 11f 119111, to !wad-quarters at flaniathai, an •M - t ileuts..3e-Gcne n i, ( liorranl, Moore, Hope, Fraser, llieng% ) acre prininit, Lard Paget excepted • s hreame nut I tong teinauesly eninisoued). The prupiecil treaty ware hoe. I over, termalle dieeneecl. Sfientes of proposed alteratioes wereasisen by Sir A. II ellseloy, as laid het t .,s i;ee /10:Ittl,1114.1 . the Conammieler of the Forces has 110 reason to believe Mat So J. !.I..iise, et ally of the !Seine iirtint-t:enersts that came with I i li, enetwomed 1111 y direapprobatiou of the state add terms cif the negociatieni. The treaty wish the ollerations purposed war re-transmit ted to Limit...Cul. ni Limy. It appears wh.-n the treaty coatladenl by L:.•nt.manbro keel Murray, 'iam the mdin, was liniment by Loue to Tenet Vedras on the 3111 fur rainiest...ea ' the Lirmwentit-Grarrais ' present were convemeal, and Sir A. Wellesley was sent tin. Lord Paget, st hie wars at a distance, did ant come, nor did Sir A. Wellesley, his roi l , •. but in` nimehril that morning.-- The oilier Liestenant-Generals met, (Purified, ,ifentire Fewer, Hope ;) the Wtreatioas made ha Lieutenant-(.l°ml Murray were apprised, and the treaty them ratified by the Coninuauder of She I . OITe.A, ( Sir il.D3ll)mple,) with the ap probation of the Lient.-temierale presort. Noose of the articles of the treaty of the oath, before ob jected ILI by the Lecutenaabtremerale, "tele altered in that of the aurih, and some other good antral:ohs hail beers hornier', not h,fore suggested A comparisun of the trio!) of therreth, aril that ratdell, will shine the: wheat iota. 'lire 'meting of the Lientenanat-tie iterate, Pio Commander of the fences did 1101 call 01' cmieider as regular councils of war. Ile sought to benefit from their talents and expert. titer, by consulting tireal on esigent cases, and by pursuing the measure he might himself 41.;,,,:a most for tine good of 1 00( nlnje.ty'S service, atter availing liiinselluf the &dean , tage lo toigh , draw tutu their reasoninge, and he doors not rtrollect 'fr. It was any eLssentiesit opinion on the Jllll. RS 10 the bitdicat mu of the Coueention. It appears that Sir J. Moore'. corps bawling arrived at ',roads co bay so the oath of August, began to diet inbark 1 that they re-miabockerl, and arrived off tfaceira Buy un the rill' , ; that from the :sth to the >loth, they lauded under • kriorideralelle difficulties., 011.1 successively joined the army at turns Vedrns . • It aopears that moor of the principal solvantnyce to arim from the Cu ovinit:on were, in the contemplation of ths Ge. ' mesh.- - That it immediately ',berated the kingdom of Curtain! Gunn the itentimen of the Frem - h, then, by resteririg to the rishabetants their capital and f retresse,, tlieir principal en-s -ports, their [14111.01141 liberty, properly, re•ligioa, mid este- Wished tioe.-rnine lit. That it relieved a great talent 14 Spanish frontier from all apprehensions „f as comity, and the a Inde of Spain Lion flint of heroic an enemy behind theist, sail allusive! all marts of Spans to take more.effective ineuares for ita general iblener; as welt as fee emitted Portugal immediately to contribute for their mutual support. That it eiiahleul the British army immediately to enter nate, If required. by central reales, while it tiairspented the ['leach force to IA ter, distant part of their own coaet, far removed limo the Spanish froirtier. That it iiiimediately 'element vain Spenjah tat...neva, nod writ them to the defence of Catakosia t it ale" released nom the Portlier... 4. frontier another burly if stems Ninntiah trooper. The Porting'', se army also beca.ue disposable foe the coot. WWI cause. To the taco of war and Iraneporto, which at this season of the yt sr, with grunt eillically, eneold keep their station teen, thv roast, anti on • bow. prearure the sepplim and opera tidos of the army depended, the opening or the Titans a ft:M.9 immediate shelter. It is farther wised lay the eSeirrals, is nine?' more tittle' rideable, that if the tPlitly Iriol twee required to lay down their 1011111,, and aorrettsirr pro...ours eat tar, they would not Laue tlllllll l / 1 .11 hilt ifileiren t ustrennty, 'het they worent have retired upon Lisbon, re ~hit red ley mom It nesians, who most Wore lo co thus comp , ltini to Share their f a te ; and in We temp ersrs att-re, of the, city, 11.1Utb Cil:111101y and de struct, t must hare ohm ri. Also, that nsalSifill of the /tension See t, and of the boat. awl Alma,: it, the 1 aims, the meivege of the river was Ll ./, oil to thaws; flier they could hare ileferseled, for a cots,- &rige time, its 1..1.! Rank, and prevented the orennatent of thee Tagus by our Rent i that, %ids the meting Orr trees 4 Alentrjo in thr it poneseion„, they rowid hare pmtmeted e di etruetive war, 10 114, 14141 &tr . at 01 Portugal unit the 1 114140 1,441.-, 1 0 fi11:1101111,1111•10111111 I . ot the greater pint of the Beitieh 4161, iv tlw svaenetunicr of the year, and ' , these drileulties and Wears, in such uprodoen, oasts have been very cousiderable. . Ii ',piaci, that the forts as the Tagus were taken pos. oewipparf uni the Std 01Se/41.'0Kr, by the British troupe, and the - 04: .... Own open( .1 to our slitimusg . flint 011 the tilt tbenitroor ti I its right at St. JiOttee's, mid its left oo the WOO* . nf Lee - his : that au the nth or nth, a Britieh corps tvarehed Mt., ileum:, to 1112010 the teaseptinity of that cite 4a--::•F the ; are a taboo vf the emus, who were all mot all' 14.Necrt the last Myriam, poroireely detaiiied, be fore the end vt the mindh, n it part of the British army was then actualiy On to near tuoards the Spanish (testa r. . It 11y11 - 12f11, i 1,711 Miriam the din ismme, and alltruassla, dmi.i.; /lir ts. ru!ion of the Coneeution, mach firmness as. ..lece re AM :1141.144 the ptilitemoras aid item pretatieur it the ..11.: enemy; every stipulation being itstilztud to ids fair, honour able, and grammatical wirai...m.c, and the Freu I, not allowed In carry off, hut obliged It, Itispir::o, plunder, w Lich they Lffected to ciiiisider irk private propeiti. It anicais, that pains were tak e n to mi s represent and raise a clamour against this Coloration; but a hen it was generally Inne.vit, nod its effects kit, the people of Lisbon, and of the enuatry, seem to have expressed their gratitude and thaels far the benefits attending it. It has been urged hi Sir Hew Dalrymple, aunt alireved by Majmeleneral Slimmer, that its Egypt, in t sot ..titer the victory of the gist of March, the French having thrown their whole force into Alexandria and Grind Cairo, about io,uuo teen is each place), that at the siege of Alexandria, in An gina, the comitry was in the full timsessiou of lb: British anti Torts ; the garrison, cut of from every poseibiltly of relief, and could only huts hi Id out some days, whet. a capitulation was granted to it, September the 2d, as favour able as the Convention of Ciiitra to the army of Joiliot (of 24 „line French, and tiooo Russians), and perfectly similar in all the chief articles of uteri, baggage, artillery, convey:race, eLr ; also, that the acme t rots had heels previously granted to the garrison of Cairo, under touch the same enema stances By these two Conveatious, or capitulations, above gee nun i'reark mum:dell Egypt, nod the Ihmisli army Ins left chemise:di. for oilier purposes. Ou the whole it appears, that the operations of the army ander kir Arthur Wellesley, from his landing iu Thoidetto Cay the ist of August, until the conclusion of the action at V ira, the , 2i,t of .4 ugust, were honourable and sue( essful, and tooth MI might be e.7.peeted from a distill gnislied Ceueral, ut the fiend of a Ileitish army a ta,nou men, aregatenled eta the-'2Oll and 2 tat to t7,tmn, deriving only some small ant froth a Plartugilese CUrpfl (Minn lille11;, mud monist whom an enemy, nut exceeding ta,tutu men its the field, was oi•posell ; awl this before the arrival of a very considerable eitsf - reement from Eaglaiml, milder Lieutenuut- Ormeral Sir John Monte, which, however, did incite mid join the army, from the Vali to the aath of August. It appears a peunt ea which no evidence adduced can ena ble tile Retard to prononnee, with confidence, whether or not • poraoit r the battle of the 2111 have been eili cations nue eau 'be Duard feel confident to determine no the expedience of a fora crd movenieut to Torres V-dram, when Sir Harry Runnel had stated weighty eoesiderations against such a itir:mrre. Further, it is to hi , observed, that so many collateral eireurnstanct.s could sot be Xueiwo in the intaneat of the enemy's re; iii !se, as atterwarda lieeaine clear to the army, and have been represented to the Board. abut (nlaid, ring the extraordinary circumstances under which tiro new Commanding Generals tont ell from the ocean, gad joined the army (the oar (luring, and the other immediately after, a bat tie, and those successively superseding each other, and both the original Cummearler l / 4 within the spate (421 hours%, it is nut eurpriaine . that the army was nut carried fur ik Bra, until the second day after the action, Crum the acres'. city of the Generals being acquainted w ith the actual state of things, and of their army, and peeve:hug accorilionly. It appears that the Convention of Cline:4in all its pro gress mid concha, en, or at least all the principal articles of it, were nut ohjeuteil to hy the five distinguished Lire Lamm- Generale "of that army 3.14 other General °diem who were on that sort me, ahem we have had an opportunity to CIL3- Blaine, have also coucarred in the grealativaatages that wens immediately to the country of Portugal,to the army mid ant's., stud to ill , to - ::real soviet, by the eunclasiou of the (bur at at that time. Id a r:ons..leration of all circumstances, asset forth in this Report, ue.ntt humbly submit 'tour opiiiiim, that no further ini:itary i'r.. seediatt is necessary uu ike Sabi , Ct.— Becalm., 'mown ter so.ae Ili us may differ in our sentiments ..,pealing liar tinier: Gillis t'oliveution, in the relative situ anon Ilbe two armies, it is oar unanimous alerbration, that maquestionatile zeal and firmness appear throughout to. lone been exhibited Iry Lient-Gamerals Sir llew oiple, Mir Darr: Siirrard, and Sir Arthur tVelles!ey, as wel as that the ardour and gallantry of the rent of the °di cers and soldiers, on every occasiou aiming this expedition, have done Gamine to the letiopi. and reflected lustre on YUMA' Hiklesty's arms. All which is moat dutdolly std.:Mite& (Signed) DAVID DUNI/AS, General. IIiD)IRA, General. PETER CRAIG, CCM val. H P. ATI' FIELD, t;enerai. PEMBRI)KE, Lieut.-Gen. G. NUGEN 214 nec. tsos. UL. NICOLLS, Bent.-Gen. Judge-Advocate-General's Office, Dee. 27. tans, In conseeptenre of the following letter from his Royal flightless the Commander iit-Chicf, to General Sir lhrvid litidits, as President, viz.-- Horse Gourds, Dee , 21, 1a t. Sin—The Jailee-Advoratit-11;eneral Lavine delivered to one to Le laid prime Nis Alajesty, the several papers and &traumata, coutui ll ill all the examinations and proceediu7s takeu before the Ihni;dl of luquiry, of which you are the President, together ash your report and opinion upon the whole Or the late opmatious of Ilia Majesty's foreeti in P.m_ legal, as remarried with the Armistice and subsequent t ventinn of (Infra, I Oink it iaemuherit me a., to sinie In )011, that although the report is fully iletailed, and is erectly explanatery of nil the transactions an they appeared in evi dence before you ; yer arum a due rousider dion of the whole matter, it err; aisily appear% that youropiiiionMpun the con ditions of the Aritnatier and Cuisveution, what, the winds of Ilia Slajealy'r warrant evprensly intuit,, should be strictly examined, inquired iota, mid reported upon, has been al together omitted. I feet it my duty, therefore, to rain your attention to their two principal features. of :his important eve., the Ai sni•dire and Conventiots; and to desire that you may he pleased to take the same again into your stimit s-rissusetossidt Patina, RIM PIII4 to 111 V typhoon which yus bare alrtatly g.ven ripsit the other maids submitted to ;tote munisatoun nod impiiry, *Miller, under all the c.rtunistances whieh appear in 1.1 Metier before you, on the relative mtuatiusi of the two arnino, OM the 22d of August, taus, it is your opinion that as Aritosts-e was advisable ? awl ii v. , whether the terms of that Armistice were 1.11111 as 41111Aill lot M.ve been 3grrr.l wpm. ? and * 'tether, mars a like cousiderstiun of the rela tive situation of the Me aruli,s, sialmequeut to the Armistice, and when all the British Am.. is were lathiest, it is your sipb Mott that a Convention Mall advkahle and if so, whether the triaist.uf that Convetstion were such as might to hare Ir'en sward upon am the more desirous that you should resume the con sideration ut I.ti polo's, the .treni4ie. 3.1.1 CoOVI.II - as it app. ass upon the rare of your Iltsport, that s Miro-- mice of upwiau etists aitiong lie Methuen ut the limits!, which may proloitny produce a dissent from themujerity upon 114:1•C very 111.11 , 1i.o11•. VOU will be ples,d, therefore, to shah e of tlw Menilwes Naas, be 44 Aiifferrlll upwiou fro m the troths up uu these two tmestins, to record upon the lace of the isruteelkags their reasons fur saeh dissent. I au', Sir, rcs, • Geis. Sir D. Itulidas, fist. Connusiitier..ll• 4. bief. The Timid earl this der ■t the Judge-Advocate (enerars (Wire, utter. the 11414 i letter butt lox astr(ll reui, the-) agreed Ow the eh,n.l I, poi to each .4 the of the Huard:— Apionre. 1)o ).on, or do you Ditar;•,r*. Ll.4;ets. N walk t•ot approve ..d . the l Earl .%ion 14 -lien Kir 'lent Aren•suce os enn- Earl of Pern'.n.ke 0.04 A the Ad Lord Henthtir!J f :in. Is"., to • Cieneral ( rn . :g the reloti*e sous- Geo. Ste D. 'Janda& 11.111 of t'au too arsons) Appner. r Do )Lf, tnr J., yna Diotoprner. Lt •Gen.Sirl; Nugent 'sot :.pprove 1.1.-Grob. Nicol% Gen LnrA IlcAtlinti.l the Co.avtulitm as r..', retotaroky ticurrai (',.oz concluded upon Lati of Moira. tiro. S,r D. pendia tkc 3: :4 of Aog is tlne re la (1.1 ...tuaoue of the too-A:4.3.sta! (Signed) t/A VI 1.) DUP. DAS, Virsi , lent. %1" reamou fin cLasseicrOT the Aras.atice 111 r.4.l , rsabll on the old of Aagnst, ran , bPintyv the caelry Inotire-n atee b. retire, after toe bettle of the 61, reel take up a stron7z tto • tensiro putoll'o3. 01a. Itilt;f)LL:i. L. U. thiok, considering 1 1w treat 'con ..(17•11. foreafron loc List •ctspestsion v 15.n41/04 to the dotiottaC ulf ..-..-••••••,.....,-- .7 . ......... 4 • , . the Contention, added to the defeat the enemy had sa: fered, Sir Slew Dalrymple was fully entitled In lute to,. h.., upon more favourable terms. 01. MCOLLS, 1,. to. il I approve of the Armistice, after a due consi. , eratina of the relative situation or the twe intuit v, oar the evening of 1 the old of August, but I calmer( fully approve et the t • whole of the Convention, aster a flue cot:oiler:thou of th: relative situatiou of the ties armies at that time; b.:cense it does nut appear to me, that, in the progriss of the ne rrairiation, Ptlifie.Mli stress wits laid repot' the gram advan taging w hick had resulted, or wire likely to result, fiGue the former successful operatiunc.of the Blitisli Ana, in the field, Dora the conaldernble reiuitinvesnents which had joined it, siderequent to the eigningsuicement of the nertitlrtit,%, frmu the cause in it h gib the British army woe ere:igen li: mg the cause of Porto ::il, tibias guru r eal reason to crthon upon the good will, if nut 'won the active assistance, of the. ,„,,j ur i ty o f t h e ha ra bil m o s ; and, also, from t h e: unusual ri,itiliin•bs which, as it appears to cue, wan maiiiferted by Ilriocal Junta to enter into negotiation , a n d by Ilse French . licloi•i:itoc to accede t• titans as (ht.). were piopmed, rad to such construction as Lirut.-tieneral 'ill' plea' 011rVITIrit lint Ujinil them in some ivatunrcs, where they might have Lunn 41 tail l'OnCe' of interpretation. 1 therefore think it probable, for Die above reasons, that if lass favourable terms to the ... 'i,' , 'French army had been insisted upon, they would hate been acceded in. PCNIBROIi IL, Lieut.-Gent rat. I feel' less inikaardnese io nheynig tli, order to de • ornaments on the nature of the COlnfel.ii"qe, tire to • I 1 lt Lave arud w joined in the trib u te i d a? p r . o due i. -r 4 . rraretr to the °Meets. euurernod. My upiinuo, therefore, is only optuaral to their's on a question et Jaitenrect, where t ) their talents tire likely In have ...Mellen more weight, as to render thg • priMaseue of my diferenee, iii.m on that point, .. somewhat painful'. The duty Is, liewtivee. imperious on nit nut tee disguise or rphili:y the &deletions w hen 1 bate minx - 1 during this itonatigasion. A. Arrotetiee simply 'urea not hare beret oblertimable. became. Sir Hew Dalr;iiipie, expectiue hourly the arrival ref Sir John Moore's divasion, might tee mitre adeautarre for hinix.dr it' a short riirpe.:siuli of huttiiiiirti, than what the Ferrel, could draw fin., it. lilt as the Armistice involved, and in fact established the whole principle of the Cutiveation. I cannot separate it from the hit , r)*. Sir A. WcUengley has stated, th at he considered bye force, at the einumeaireinteigt of the march from the Mondrgo River, as autfwiciit to drive 7 the French front their piraitiou• on the Tutus. Taal force is eulialtunitly joined by 3:,1111re 4 0 (n) Ilritisli troops, owlet. dlenerais Atietrellier and Ai kland. The Freud. make an ottani: with their whole damnable strength, mid are repulsed with henry loss, thou4l but a part of the British array in iirogizht into action. It is ilitli• cult to cone:tine that Ow prospects wh:ela Sir A. 10, eliesley ii entertained could be unfavourably altered by these event% oven bud not the certainly off' speedy reinforcenieuts to the British army vitiated. It is urged, that lied the Crench beta pushed to extre- ~. filly, they would have crosier/ the Tagus, and Lace rtrti. trailed the campaign in each a manner as to lime frustrided the more important view of the British General's-um...tin seindivi4 succours into Spain. .4 ILn measure waist have been eq sally feasible fur the French, if no rietoey had been ontaintd over Damsel bat I confess that the chance of such au sttampt seems tea. as sumed ' probabilit- Sir Dew Daley- - ire I calls ..ty. _ _ notices what hc calls " the critical • and en.inwrassed Mate of hood," •Isefore that General has heel pre , sail by the British arms , ; and, in expla,ittiois of that ti.pref3loll, observes, that the Gummier of Dupont, the existence of the victorious Spanish army in Andalusia, whirls cut off the rar..,t of the French array in that direction, and the univer sal iinstihty oil. the Purtitgut.se, made the Fit melon of J *nut one of grcat distress. Vie, temptation for the mos. lotion of the war into Alentijit presents itself from this picture : our ducat any other representation give gruitisdl to suppose that Joust could have cuatemplatzd the IIiC3SUII: as holding forth Any prospect but ultimate ruin, atter nitwit prcliiiiinity distress and .I:sir:arr. The strodgmat of all proofs at 011611011, Wm *elation', the very month.; afire tb..l.attle of V inteira, to 'willow.. the ctatuatiou of Portugal ; a giro *lnch sel&ciently iiiitieni,ll that he was mansetbsil he c..uld sot only' make au titre :n.4 defeiu:e, but could nut even prolong the contest to tol,c dos chance of accidents. lie serum, linked, to hare lean with out lay real resource. It ap - - . pears in erid...tee, that of the tr.sups left by hint in I.isbon and the riain, a considerable prit:tortion were of ter, doubtful quality. 'those troops, on wieee fidelity he could cost e, u.u3 !RAW cli.lea)•ci by II sigma defat, and they acre a...soiltic that they had no onecanst to look to front abroad. To the fle.ttolt fieuerals ot,was known, when the A rno:st lee wee granted, that i tato %MN nutter Sir J. !•futire. as Atoll us the 3d and 45:41 re4liommts 3f foot, with the title dragoon., might he immediately ere:toned upon , awl at. though much adoantaae hail uot bee* Mateo from the 'Por ta:nese troops, their .upport, :mot the general violent I- of the country agahod the Frcaels, CeikUtOt be Lid out of this cat culativu. The dist, city of forre and of cireumshtoces was th^n such as could leave 110 dilate that the issue most be En . ..M1 . 4 1 .k Iti I 16 tint unlit advertence to the ditfieu:tws urged us :mi sdate to occur in fiirtii.,li:•l4 the British army with bread. Hot, tontine smile the eliviury soluttoo, that sett a tempo niry privation is not ruinous to an army, where cattle can he procured in the room& k it.ticalty cannot he well plead. eJ, if admission is to he en to the apt...illation, that Ilia heavy C 3111141111 neer s ,. :,ry for battering frit SI. iulirtw and CIIII4IICP, were to le• gut ashore in the tia” of the Rock of host. The question then eiders to tliss-•-whether the Cow. veution did its has been asserted) seen:, all the objects acre propased in the Expedition if it did tint, it was not what Ilia ](ajesrs a.s entitled to expect from the rela tive situation of the two meitii,s. .: 1 *, I humbly coureite it to I o been erroneous to et - card the emancipation of Purina' horn the french. as the sole sat the lir Weird object of the rapedititet. I,' p.m whatever ter ritory we eunieuil with the Freueh, it enit.t h,: a prominent *Nevi in the strugyttlr• to (Snarl, their resources, and to so r riw thei► mums of jointing an, ar thuee %slum , Cati,e s r ate Auppurting. This .c, nu ti have benne" lath• considered an the l'ouveutiva, that toe I[lllllll appear to lane r•tricated donors a,my rims' a situation of infinite distriss, in shirk it was wholly out of ily, nut to hate brought it in a state of entire equipment, into immediate currency, iu 3qu irtet kW, Whfrt• It must interfere with our sit,ed urgent and tote • restinc convents. _ _ Had it hero impracticable to rc-duce the French armv to lay down its areas tineunditionally, still ati obligation oat toiret re for a *verified tune might hare bees, insisted 'Too, sir Belleade might hare beert prescri'red as the plate at which they should tw landed, in order to prevent the possibility of their rend. wring (at least for a long lime) thiaritors em pluyed fur the subjugation of SV4ill: Nn Laps a st.olicer eon tit:rat than the moat of those terms resents Opetitisi relative to the British arms was of the hightst iss portancr, as it might inflective the confidence of the Spa niards, or invite the natioas groaning mailer the yoke uf France, to appeal to this comas y, audio coo rate with it for their et !menace. The advantages ought, therefore, t., La , .: been more than usually great, which should he deemed ‘11:" Orient to hatanee the objection of granting toe very edit lor army, hopeless to eircumstauces, and broken in spirit, tenors as might argoe that notwokstauditig ids dispardi in nemturs, it was still formidable to its victors. No oilcan Cages seem to heretical' gained thAt weold not have etiaa;ip followed from forcing them...my to a more marked animus ' . 'flee grim of IMKn to sending stweuuni into Spam cannel lw admitted as a plea: tremnise it appears that no se• rangements fur the reception of our humps is Spana had been eartertskett p,r s 44/411h) and this is • iambi r. 3, 11 14 ion 41thlterplelli The rtll.o'.lltlllll 111 Egypt, shirts has been reivanceil SS a parallel Cate, appeals to mare inapplicable. No object toryui.d the thslad_inent of Its I rends freer Ezypt was the,, so lo the present Inatome, the .rperatioe of the teurentwi upon the stfici• sf Spain le I a cot.ii.!erinotin of primary intzr:wi : %rid iti :hat view, the inevitaloe effete of some of the aetw'es sot tin itself to my nodular Italie he sam tsrisl I trust that them reasons ail% sinilieste tae from ilia charge of presinotAion, us thAlll3l4llllilig an opinion cortre diet,. y fo that pri .Iss.cd I..usi r..l7eettl:e °Mims fm, eleit if the sea 'or be emesittaily creoncour., if they are caticiesis* to my mod se I must eaLsci "Ants them it, la it is a necessary cuuseteseass that I truest ii.sappeuie Coot eui Lscrenstier 47, Ise,. :t1 • 1