The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-12-08 00:00:00

lOREICN INTELLZGANCIL

FRON THE MONITIEVIL

PARIS. NOT. 30.
NOM OW TUN CONDUCT OF TDB INOLISII IN

PORTV 0 A L.

" The army of Portugal ties enceuntered oh-
stacks in the conquest of that ktnadout, which arise
from the very nature of things, and are the neces-
sary result of an inactite system of deleace, which
was penfonudly meditated, sod has been executed
without remnant, with a siogular barbarity an-
known in our European wars, for the houour of
States sod men.
• " The Pertuguree do not love the English ; the
latter, lame it. They have taken posoessron of the
Portuguese army, by Ailing it with English officers.
:,. . The Portuguese General Ofieers are oo longer
. ..- - employed. but to the fortresses, and with the mi-
lite. All the brigadiers, one or two principal offi-
cer, in each seglinent, and a gnat number of sub-
alterns, are English. Part of the higher order of
Pil Portuguese Nobility followed the Prince Regent to
the 'breads ; there is another part in France; they
... '-- have removed from place the few that remain.—
• • This system has excited great complaints. There
have been. end still are, frequent quarrels between
the 'Seers of the two nations.
" The capture of Cut-idiot Rodrigo, and portico-
• lark of Almeida, without so attempt having been
• mode to relieve those two fortresses, gave great offence
to the Portuguese nation. The Jane& of Govern-
,.
meat was diesatedirl. Lord Welliugtoa perceived
that be had net soncient influence over its mem-
bers • it woe determined that the English Aral's*.
gado at Lesbos should become • Member of the
Itakency. and that no act of Governineut should
he executed salvos he censeeted to it. Then ap-
peared several decrees worthy of the time of Ro-
bespierre. One prohibited the Porniguese, under
pain of death, to talk on military 'object., or to
converse on any other area than what was printed
is The Lisboa Casette : another decree ordered the
ialtabitauts, under the same penalty. to evacuate
It. trams and villages which the Enehth should
abandon. to carry with them th-ir provisions and
, ..
their cattle, to barn or eirOW into the rivers eh's.
, they could sot remove, to destroy the mills. the
furniture. to hurts the crops that were not cut
,
• • dews. sod to let the wine run io the streets.
• . " At the begiutang of the month of September,
the Marshal Piste, of Eliding asseuildt•tl his corps
- ef the army is the neighbourhood of Almeida.—
Lord Wellingtoaironsediettly evacuated JO leagues
of country. He took a position at l'onte Marcella.
near Coimbra. This retrograde movement threw
the Perteguese into roneternatien. The Regency
became alarmed; the Portuginise 'temps began to
• deem; it was a common report in the rank., that
Rolland intended to embark them. to waste theta
aterwards iu expeditions in the West Indies, cud
in lodic Lied We:Weston removed the feats of
the Mreiteney. and sispeueed the eornotrueeustat of
the ineerrection.
"The French army entered Portugal : dog or-
dam of Lord Welliegton were execated. The pea.
mots who did not My, and who were afterwards
. Wised It tit English. were either shot or trouser's.
ad. Their very wasps pilliced sod burnt the vil.
WOW Shoat lohalsitaate hesitated to destroy litter
prookietto and feroitart. The road from Abseil*
-- . IllaLlsisasiso memee:deemeplets elevert. We did het west

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psis eutris this &Mace.
te after*, battle of Seems. Wellingtys caused
Ceireitire to be illemmated. by the way of rejnit-
li the imps employed en that occasion were
• l burning whets the English were in full re.
Mot. Thew Aesop pillaged Coimbra. end coin-
IMithr• the greatest eli• orders before they withdro-re.
seFla eta dap Wellington ran from the banks of
die Mousier to his intrenelowents at Li,bnu. By
the rapidity of his march, the districts of the val.
by of the Tagus escaped the velem of complete
extesughistion. The discontent was a:trestle ; the,
P"Plo of Lesbos broke oat into insurrection; they
deelered that they would penal the Erogrwh from
emborbitig as the. porta of the Tagus. Then was
IIII:.ned that absurd conspiracy of silty indivi-
d priests. judges, merchants, former
(Amide se meson to the French. the greater num-
bs" imassometed with political parties. whose only
mime woe to attribute to the Englis• Mielsievelism
the vase of their country. and to predict that their
lotemmes *Northers would finish by evacuating the
isomitty. expand by its very defenders to greater
bowels then at I, people have yet experienced.
" The ravage of the Palstinate, fur whrah Lim?
oak Via so much reproached. perpetrated by sit
ostlers army. was Nothing equal to the ravage
eisilitte4l moosig. the Portuguese by their Allies.
itreereg dome petended coespirators. those who
hod moot ioseeence on account of their birth. their
epitomes their talents. were taken up, and sent to
Leedom Others were imprished, sod afterwards
thesported to the Besets.
fo The suglish send to South America the Por-
tuguese families who ore disposed to embark. They
de whey thin to prevail upon those who hesitate
to quit the country. The more people quit Lisbon,
thy fewer osemiss will they hear to feed. The si-
tuation of the English is alarmism : they are only
WOW at most, mil their side are 40,000 dow-
cootooted Portuguese soldiers. Behind thy*. are
HOW reflexive in despair. end the immense pn-
palatial of Lisboa. The English rule only by ter-
ror I they tied the nobility and the public with the
ream co 'tempt. Every night is signalised by
arrests. by misurer ; provisions are above all price;
it is only by enormous sacrifices of moon that they
eve able to prevent so insurrection.
• The English moldier receives at this time •
• posted of salt meat. a half ration of biscuit. sod
• certain quantity of rum. The Portuguese soldier
seceiho bread ; but only half a pound of meat,
sod so rum. This ieseetuility of distribution is the
moo of dotard between the two *rabies.
a. All the refugee. who wish to go there, are
transported to the Aleatet The others are hutted
and luvoisecked estaide •sbou. It is not possible
to rater that city without a card of •of.ty. The
Governeseot ceases biscuit to he distributed le the
refugees. The occupation of the Aleut. in will
completely starve Libbers. sod pollee( a cnsis fa.
Issl to the. English.
" The enemy has a great many sick. They also
lase a great deal mote by (lumina thee to soy

termer campaign. They desist la avoid corporal
punishmeot.
" The Frames assay is in pod spirits: it bas
eonfideoce is its Commander. We have bad no
desertion from the national tramps. The army has
few foreign battalions. We may be assured. what-
ever the English may sap, that there are tie de-
serters."