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In a despatch from his Excellency Lord
Wellington to hi* Excellency Don Miguel
Pereira Forjaz, dated at Le|ria on the 3d
instant is enclosed au original despatch
from General Massena, directed to Ber
, thjer, which was intercepted : we publish
it, hot because it is necessary to shew to
the publick the scandalous calumny which
ft C6ntain|, pretending that the inhabitant*
desert their house* in consequence of the
threats, or of the punishment which they
My the Marshal General would cause to
be inflicted on such a* might remain in their
habipuipn*: for tlpc inhabitant* abandon
thetrtowdlin;*, because the cruelties and
outrage* committed by the French army
oblige them to make those sacrifice* of
their own accord.—By the said despatch of
Massena we see how much the enemy suf
fer, and the inconveniericies which they ex
perience in all their operations, in conse
quence of the measures which hi* Excel
lency the Marshal General recommended
«n his Proclamation of the 4th of J\ugust.
We regret the inconveniencie*. which the
inhabitants of th* country suffer, by quit
ting their habitations, but they must re
member that thoselpconveniencies are in
operable from a state of war, and that the
Portuguese had much better have submit
ted to the tyrant, if they cannot support
those privations which are temporary only,
* which deliver thorn from the violence and
outrage* of the enemy, and are in the high-
# est degree injurious to the invader*.
I •
they occupy : ( Aveir», Figgeira
< ' bra were evacuated in the most complete
manner. The cavalry indeed finds mech
green corn( but every one knows that it is
bad food for beasts, a* it occasions the
glanders and other disorders. There is
neither wheat nor rye in those parts: and
the* Indian corn of Coimbra, which is in
great abundance, is all yet to be gathered,
atilt in th* ground half ripe. They are
therefore obliged toeat the corn roasted or
' boiled. The condition of the French as re
spect* subsistence will not improve; and
their situation is more critical at present
than It was in Beira Alta: a single battle
Jhay decide their fate ; ours would not be
determined by two dor three. The French
Cavalry is in quality much inferiour to ours:
their Infantry cannot resist the formidable
attacks of our bayonet* : the battle of the
27<h is the pledge of our future victories;
the Portuguese troop* have proved tb a de
monstratiou that perfect confidence may
be placed in them, and that they may rank
With the victorious cteran British troops ;
they long for the combat, a* for a festival;
such troopsfure invincible, especially when
fighting for the crown of their sovereign,
for th* salvation of their country, for the
glory of the nation. People of Beira Alta,
'< be not cast down by the invasion of a few
Vandal*, already defeated : Divide your-
Selves into pai ties, and attack their de
.tachments—You will find them an easy
conquest.
Despatch <f Massena to Bertheiri
Monseigneur—Tha army left Almeitfa
• on the 16th, as I have had the honour to
inform your highness. The three divisions
of the army arrived on the 19th at Viseu,
after having traversed horrible roads; the
enemy retreated in every direction on our
approach, and having ftfrmed a junction
near Coimbra, I caused the 2d and 6tb
corps to be posted on the bridge of Criz.
The English, who occupied that bridge
were dislodged ; the Bth corps is yet at Vi
seu. The grand park of artillery, and the
heavy baggage still remain behind, and
will only arrive to-morrow. The baggage
was attacked by 2000 Portuguese, whom
200 men sufficed to repel with loss. [ 7TW»
wa * tAe £,tfr Z>« of militia commanded by
Colonel Trant, which took 100 prisoners,
and retired on the enemy's receiving' re
irf/orcements] It is impossible to find
wor* roads; they are covered with rocks;
our artillery and baggage have suffered
considerably, and now I am obliged to wait
for them. 1 must let them remain two days
at Viseu after their arrival, to be repaired,
and. shall continue my march to Coimbra,'
where I am told that I shall find the Eng
lish and Portuguese united. My Lord—
we are marching over deserts ; not a sin
gle person do we meet; every place is
abandoned ; the English havwthe barbari
ty to order the unfortunate persons who
remain in their houses to be shot; women,
children, the aged, all flee; in short, no
where can a guide be found. [Zr it not
the English who oblige the inhabitants to
fee t it it the love which they bear to their
country, and the unheard of horrours which
the French commit: in Canas de Senho
rrm (hey killed an unfortunate man whom
they found there ; and having found tome
families in Serra, they violated the women
public kly, & C; etc. The deeds that they
Perpetrated in Spain are known to all Eu
r°Pe-] Our soldiers found potatoes and
some vegetables; they ate contented, and
long to encounter the enemy, [Jnd they
gained much by the first encounter.] The
march has caused us a few sick, [because
it lasted only six days.]
I am, flee.
(Signed) MASSENA.
From Bristol papers to October 12.
London, October 8.
The following Address to the Citizens of
Rome, was issued by Lucien Bonaparte, t
A dreadful affray happened in Marsh
street, in this city, on Thursday evening.
A dispute took place between some English
and a large party of foreign sailors, re
specting a girl of the town, and some blows
were exchanged between John Desanto, a
Portuguese sailor belonging to a vessel now
in this port, and an American seaman
named Henry Murray, A buttle having
imediately commenced l between Desanto
and Murray, the former drew a dirk, and
stabbed Murray below the left breast. The
weapon was driven with such violence as
A party of armed peasants, in tike rear
of the French army, lately took about 200
French soldiers and a Colonel prisoners, to
whom they read the French General’s pro
clamation for giving no quarter to the
Spanish peasantry; which done, they Im
mediately put all the Frenchmen to the
sword.
. Rear-Admiral Hargood (one of the Tra
falgar heroes) hoisted his flag on Thurs
day, as second in command at Portsmouth,
in the room of Admiral Sawyer, who is go
ing to Halifax.
In case of Lord Wellington’s being bard
pressed by an overwhelming force, or in
danger of being turned, it Was understood
to be his intention to fall back upon his
fortified position* in the neighbourhood of
Lisbon, which it was expected he would lie
able to maintain for a considerable time.
The necessary precautions, we are inform
ed, have been taken to bring off the army,
in case of any great disaaters, or the im
possibility of effectually resisting the ene
my.
from Liverpool on Thursday last, in the
ship Columbia, for the United State* of
America. He is engaged by Mr. Cooper,
the manager of the principal theatres in
America, Co play at New-York, Philadel
phia, and most of the other large towns ;
so that it will probably require a year and
a half, or two years, to complete his series
of engagements.
Letters from the French coast, received
yesterday, state, that eighteen cargoes of
American produce, which had been con
fiscated; were carried to Antwerp and
sold the 15th ultimo, by the order of Bona*
parte.
The Princess Amelia, according to the
latest accounts received yesterday from
Windsor, wri still living, but was frequent
ly hi ao low a state that she could not be
perceived to breathe.
An expedition, on a small scale, will, it
is reported, be shortly sent to the Baltick.
An expedition is about to proceed to Co
runna, under the command of General
Walker, and Sir Home Popham. The
troops will assemble at Plymouth.
An article in the German papers, dated
Hamburg, September 23, says, private let
ter* received here from St. Petersburg,
communicate that Count Gottorp (late king
of Sweden,) having received assurances of
the friendly disposition of the Emperour
Alexander, had sqt out on a visit to the
Russian capital.
Letters and paper* have been received
from Hamburg and Altona, by way of Heli
gdand, to the date of the 27th ultimo; Na
poleon appears to be making great exer
tion* to procure seamen in the north of Eu
rope. Between the 13th of Angmt and the
17th of last month, upwards of 1400 passed
through Broda, on their road to Buveland,
to proceed on board the squadron in the
Scheldt. From the same advices it is re
ported that the Russians have abandoned
the siege of Varna.
tad privately disteiboted two days after he
sailed; but was 'lmmediatelysuppressed
by aa official order * .
To the Roman Citizen t, -
“ In the bosom of retirement, occupied
with no other cares than thole of contrb
butiug to the happiness of my family and
my neighbours, and tasting, on Rome’s
classick territory, all that pure refined
bliss which a mind imbrued with a love of
the arts can enjoy, I was assailed by the
ruthless hand of despotism, rendered still
more heavy by its being that of a brother ;
still more galling, as he owes his life and
his honours to my intrepidity.
•• This infernal mandate was, that I
should repudiate an endeared w ife, and de
sert those children whom nature indenti
fies with my existence; that I should as
cend a throne created by the meat horrible
perfidy, and unite my efforts to despoil and
subjugate the yet unconquered part of the
globe. -
“ Citizens, I had no choice between un
conditional submision and immediate flight
I did not hesitate; The Tiber, on whose
banks I had vainly hoped to pass my al
lotted term of life, received me on her bo
som, and she will waft me, I trust, in safety
to those prows, which dreadful when sought
in hostility, become a sure place of refuge
to the destitute and the oppressed.
** Citizens, farewell; my gratitude Is all
I can leave behind- May your chains sit
light upon you; or rather may you soon
cease to bear any, by the intervention of
that Omnipotent vengeance, which sodner
or later punishes usurpation, tyranny and
oppression.
Mr. Cooke, the celebrated actor, sailed
BRISTOL, October 11,
October 9.
lAPARTE.”
catalogue.
Conditions.—The merchandise shall
be sold for consumption, and the duty of
the custom-house actually existing at the
charge of the purchasers; the other con
ditions, relating to duties, to damaged
goods, modeof payment, delivery, flee, shall
be the same as those of the sale of the
seven (American cargoes, which took place
at Antwerp the 15th June last, and the days
grama.
Linen 1959 pieces, and 9482 Irish do.;
and other considerable quantities of dif
ferent merchandise, of which the spe
cies and quantity shall be indicated in a
Leaf Tobacco, 3224 hogsheads.
Stem Tobacco, 19 hhds. and 12,957 killo-
► cargoes—consisting of
Whalebotaa dye-wood, coffee, pot-ash,
deershorns, oatton woo), staves, venilia
beans, whale indigo, nankeens, pepper,
rice, rocoa, coarse sugar, fin* do. leaf to
bacto, stem,4o. linen and other merchan
dise, sequestered at Holland, and trans
ported to Antwerp.
It is hereby made known, that on Mon
day the IJth of October ensuing, at ten
o’clock in ths morning, in execution of the
decisionqf hit Majesty the Emperour,and
King, transmitted by the letter of the
Counsellor qf State and Director-General
of Customs qf the Empire, dated the 20th
qf September, 1810—and by the order of
the administration of customs, by the prin
cipal receiver, at Antwerp, assisted by the
brokers of commerce—Messrs. Honneys,
Grisend, Vemeulen, and Morand, at the
stores of the entrepot and depot, situated
at the Dominicans, and at St. Hallerge,
we shall proceed to the sale, for the high
est bidder, of the following merchandise,
forming the cargoes of the American ves
sels :—The Bacchus, Janus, Cincinnatus,
Sally, Eurania, Juno, Suffolk, Anson,Queen
of India, Governour Strong, Two Sisters,
Neptune, Hannah, Dean, Friendship, Har
mony, Equator, Bellisarius, Planter, Su
sannah, Mary, Vigilant, Whampoa, Per
severance, Hero, viz,
Whalebone, 6 tons.
Dye Wood, 90 tons.
Wood, 354 pieces.
Coffee, 63 barrels, 41 tierces, &c. &c.
Coarse Pot-Ash, 1094 barrels.
Pearl-Ashes, 319 barrels.
Dear Homs, 200 pieces.
Cotton Wool, 244 bales.
Staves, 35892.
Vaqilla Baaas, ... Al-2 kiUogrsm*.
Whale OU, 15 ton*.
Indigo, 3 1-2 barrels.
Moss# 40 bales.
Nankeens, j 1736 pieces and 21 bales.
Pepper, - 1185 bales.
Rite, 659 barrels.
R°coa, . as barrels.
Brown Sugar, 2054 hhds. 339 tierces 1555
cases, &c.
In Annapolis.)
“ My correspondent states, that he doe*
not think the Emperour has either the
means or the Irish to restore any qf the
American property, which has been se
questered. *
” It is stated here, that Mr. Warden had
no idea of returning to America, until a
few days previte* to his departure; that
he has been displaced by General Arm
strong from officiating in Paris, but was
offered aly situation he might choose, in
any other part ef France.
»‘I have not been able to obtain, from
either Mr. Warden or Captain Hunt, any
information respecting our situation with
France, except in very general terms.—
The former gentleman does not appear dis
posed to communicate any information he
may be in possession of.” <
Puhlick tale at Antwerp, of 28 American
goes; but he could not afford his assist
ance, being obliged to return to America
in the Hornet—(Mr. Warden ha* arrived
property in Antwerp which had been trans
mitted frotn Amsterdam, as it was said—
but the captain* ted consignees had not
heard of it; haring arrived in Paris cn the
27th, frbmr Amsterdam, for the purpose of
making fMvait arrangements with the
captors, who iarited teem there, befog
afraid government poold appropriate the
whole for the ase of government. The
Captains and Consignees engaged Mr.
Warden, tee late Consul-General, to aid
them in recovering the vessel* and car-
seariy te cutter*Rh*a* of the ribs, and
made a wqpnd. sufficiently large to admit
the whejeftand. A tor blood gushed
forth-, Murray wss unmedurtely takyn to
the infirmary, where shortly .after Mr. R.
Smith arrived; but th* unfortunate maa
bad bled to death before be reached the
house. ,
Ixi’tLLiGttKi ar rat Jfonaar.
Extract ofdirtier to the Editors qf the
Federal Republican, dated, Annapolis,
November 9,1810.
By a letter from a respectable gentle
man in Paris, (received by the United
States brig Hornet, Captain Hunt,) I have
been informed, that on the 14th of Septem
ber, General Armhtrong left Paris, and by
the advertisement inclosed, it will appear,
that the Empcrosf by hi* order, dated the
20th, directed the sal* of all American
BALTIMOKB, Noremb., 1*
the Mail*
By the enclosed Gazette, you will per
ceive, that a very smart action took place
at Busaco on the 26th and 27th ultimo, in
which the Portuguese, contrary to the ex
pectations of many intelligent persons, con
ducted themselves most intrepidly, and re
pulsed the French with the bayonet with
great slaughter. Their steadiness and de
termined conduct in this afftir has inspired
the greatest confidence in the peopleand
although the Head-Quarters of the army
ate at Mafra, about 20 miles hence, not
the least uneasiness prevails, and every
thing is perfectly quiet; Since the battle
of the 27th, the enemy made an attempt to
turn the left wing of the combined army,
and thus, by a bold push, to get between it
and Lisbon, but in this they were foiled by
the active vigilance of Lord Wellington,
who, by a prompt and rapid retrograde
movement, thwarted their intentions, in
which, if the French had succeeded, they
would have been enabled to occupy the
immensely strong chain of batteries the
“ You have herewith Lord Wellington’s
official account of the battle of the 27th ult.
between his army and the French under
Massena; it is supposed the total loss of
the latter exceeds 5000 men in killed,
wounded, &c. They are, however, so nu
merous, that notwithstanding the strength
(which is daily increased by reinforce
ment* from England, Cadiz, &c.) and good
discipline of the English and Portuguese
troops, that they had moved forward, and
taken possession of Coimbra, Figuera, fee.
and Lord Wellington is falling back to his
strong entrenchments on the line of defence
intended to cover the capital and Villa
Francha and Peniche. No doubt is enter
tained of the favourable issue of a battle
fought at those positions, from the great,
local advantages of the combined army;
of course we are under no apprehensions in
Lisbon, which is at all event* (it would ap
pear) intended to be kept possession of.”
Captain Forbes informs, that after the
battle of .the 28th September, (which is de
tailed in Lord Wellington’s official letter,)
nothing had occured, except skirmishing
with the out posts. Both armies had been
reinforced., Romans, with 14,600 Span
iards, bad joined Lord Wellington’s army;
and Regnier, with 10,000 men from Bada
oz, had joined Massena. An embargo was
laid at Lisboa the day Captain Forbes
sailed, as a precautionary.measure; for the
purpose, it was said, of removing the per
sons and property in case of necessity. The
French had entered Oporto and Figuera.
Lisbon Gazettes of the 6th of October,
state, that official accounts had been re
ceived from Lord Wellington, dated Leira,
the 3d October. His Lordship preserved
his situation at that place; but it did not
appear that the French bad yet advanced
toward Coimbra. On the 3d the French
occupied the mountains between Mondago
and Vouga. They left no troops at Beira
Alta. Their communication was actually
cut off a* well by the Spanish peasantry
aa the militia corps, under the orders of
General Bucellar, and those of SilVeira.
The French were not only in want of pro
visions, but military stores, and they must
fight with those they brought with them, as
they could get no-supplies.
An intercepted letter from Massena to
Berthier is published in the Lisbon paper*.
It plainly hints at the distress of his army
by sickness, desertion, and want of sup
plies. It also contains much abuse of the
English.
The following letters are from the first
houses in Lisbon. The first is dated the
4th of October :
spatches for France and England. This
frigate sails immediately, and will, it is
Mid, touch first in England. It is under
stood, that the Essex has been specially
despatched with the proclamation of the
President, to be officially communicated to
the two belligerents. We shall not, at this
time, offer any conjectures upon the pro
bable instructions sent t 6 Mr. Pinfeney, and
what will be the probable result; but we
shall not be surprised if that gentleman re
turns in the Essex. The revocation of the
orders in council, are but secondary con
siderations with the ruling party. Great-
Britain must not only revoke those orders,
but she must also renounce her rule of ’56,
and conform ttf the modern system of block
ade—that is, the Napoleon Code—and she
must further desist from taking her sub
ject* out of our merchant ships. That she
will not comply with these terms, we think
we may venture to predict.
Captain Forbes, of the brig Sylph, ar
rived yesterday from Lisbon, which place
be left the Bth of October.
■ By Captain in 26 hours from
Baltimore, came Lieutenant Gregory, who
goes out in the Essex Frigate, with de-
following: if change* ba made, th* publick
shall be notified before the sal*. The said
conditions shall .be printed at the bead of
the general catalogues, which is now in th*
press; and which will be distributed be
fore the sale. _ . ‘
Antwerp, 23d September, 1818.
The principal receiver of the customs.
(Signed) LETOURNEUR v
NEW-YORK, November 16.
FROM PORTUGAL.
NORFOLK, November 9.
” October 5. •
The schooner Mary, of Boston, Captain
Samuel B. Edes, which was captured on
her passage from* Boston to Tonningen*
carried into Amsterdam last winter, and
who compromised with the captors, but
was not allowed to sail, in consequence of
the Imperial Decree of the 23d of March,
but on an application made by General
Armstrong to the French government for
the above vessel to carry home the desti
tute masters, supercargoes, and crews of
vessels, which had been captured and con
demned. The schooner being of the least
value, was accordingly released for that*
purpose, after the short period of 2 months
from the time of application. The schooner
accordingly sailed from Amsterdam on the
10th of September with the foHowin g pas
sengers—Captain S. Merriheu. of the Pali
nurus. Captain H. Robinson, of the Wham
poa, (who was charged with despatches
from General Armstrong,) Mr. Learma,
supercargo of the Harmony, Captain Wil
liams, Captain Price, and Mr. S. Parker,
of Boston, including six mates and twenty
sixeeamen, of the different ships. Imme
diately on leaving the Texel was boarded
by His Majesty's brig Boald, who after a*
particular examination permitted her to
proceed ; but two hours afterwards, fell in
with His Majesty's ships Desire and Bri
termart, who took immediate possession of
the schooner, took Captain Robinson and
despatches on board the Britermart, and
with the schooner in tow, proceeded for
Yarmouth Roads. On the arrival of the
Briterpart with her prize, an old Marble
head schooner in ballast, and the above
poor destitute seamen, a very strict search
ensued, when every paper and letter, news
papers nnt excepted, was taken ffotn every
person on board that had any, and even the
American despatches were taken from
If a captured ship is liberated by the
judgement of that court, and the captured
are satisfied with the sentence, and publish
it, the captors must immediately, If they...
mean co appeal, within the 24 haute, give
their declaration thereof to-the Judge,
Where the judgement is published, to him .
who is to inform th* Prize Court thereof.
The captor must, under such circum
stances, for the indemnity which may be
acknowledged to the captured by our Ad- ».
miralty Court, apply to the Prise Court
\rithin 6 days after the appeal, and give
sufficient bonds, either for half, or one
fourth of the value, as our Prize Court may
deem it proper. Should any doubt or dis
pute arise as to the sufficiency of the secu
rity given, the same fa to be adjusted by
the Prize Court, with appeal in 24 hours;
and the security must then be given in tho
24 following hours.
If a vessel is once cleared by the Prize
Court, with or without expense, and the
captain wishes to dispose of the vessel and
cargo, he may do so, notwithstanding the
captors appeal, on giving bonds for the
value of the property. To obtain this he
must apply to the court, or the place where
his vessel is carried io. They cite both the
captured and captors or their agents, and
receive the declaration, whether they are
satisfied with the value fixed, if none of the
parties are discontented, the court order*
the captured, within a fixed time, to review
at his own expense ; if the captor look* op
the security given by the captured insuf
ficient, the document* must be immediate
ly sent to the Prize Court, who within 24
hour* must give sentence, from which there
can be no appeal.
The captor* are not permitted to unload
the vessel, without giving bonds for one
half, or one fourth of the value of the same
and cargo, according to the opinion of the
court.
British have enacted from the Tagus across
to the Sea, and thusJtsve made themselves
masters of this place by a fine manoeuvre.
A great battle now appear* to be una
voidable, and a* the Portuguese troop*
have been fairly proved in the late action .
in Busaco, a glorious result is anticipated.”
If the appeal is declared, and the secu
rity given in the manner directed, then tho
document* are sent from the Prise Court
to our Board of Admiralty, and they are
not returned until the cargo is decided, as
a private arrangement, between the cap
tured and the captors, is not permitted
from the time the captures are known to
the Prize Court, or that a judgement may
be given, and they have declared to appeal,
and given bonds. They are also forbidden
to make an arrangement with the cap
tured.
If the court should find it impossible to
finish the examination within the limited ;
time, the same must immediately give no- *
tice thereof to the Magistrates, who are to >.
choose another mao for their assistance.
WE, FREDERICK, &e.
As the court* to whom the examination
of the captured vessel* belong have already
been ordered, in the 21*t article of the pri
vateer law, that they shall begin the same
within 24 hours, and that they shall as •
quick a* possible finish the examination,
we hereby order them again, to take care
that the vessel’s crew and passengers are
all examined, at the latest in 6 day* after
capture ; and teat, in consequence thereof, *
they are, after this time te elapsed, per
mitted to communicate with the shore.
October 19.