The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-10-15 00:00:00

•► TIM ►ATMM\T OF TSII INTERTsT OF ♦RREARS Of

TIDI MIMIC DEBT.

TS. The sun of Et ssilkons, ot rfh.els Is %Aura the mount
of Interest and screws of the ruble debt of Holland, from
July 1, toock,► to October 22, taro, shall be paid to lolls of
sou fences each, satnissibte to p.,ymeot for the Impetial do-
mains of Holland, or the redemptons of .amain tithes of the
same origin.

16 Th, re 0%11 I.e Er : tea from our domain groomers of
Holland, an smut.% tour of Gam.., demi e.l to
serve SS a pit tle fur the paytorot of the iota erg of lima• 30

LON DON,
MONDAY. OcTOM 15.

BATTLE IN PORTUGAL.

At length lie have received i•ttelligence from
Portugal. Captain Dugan. of Vie Artillery.
Aile-de•Camp to Lord %Yaw savoy, arrived feta
tercliy. at balf.past two o'clock, at Levi Livia-
roes:. Office, .rah di.putches -front Lord WV,
Ltrarrox. the substrate of .Lich aas soon

distributed in the Ministerial circler, u follows:
" On the evh att. the Ist. Gth, awl Bth corp.
of the French army. commanded by 11A.atw• in
prison. attacked the AlSied Amy at the bridge of
Burdew. .onlre part of the British were engaged.
hot more then lbw or six orgiuseats ; tegrtner with
the %hole of the•Pertuguese. audt.r hisrshal Bs-

IZESIF.)111).

04 The sitark was made by the enemy at two
• ■t each of which they we►e completely ►e-
pwlse.... •ith the loss. in killed. wounded, ood
primmer,. of TIM THOVIAND MEN, of e kit Two
toot:sows lay deed ou the &Id. and were bu-

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•
rigid by our troops.
General ST. Stm.rm, and between thirty and forty
French officers, and three hundred men, besides
the irouided, me prisoner..

. " The loss of the Athed Army is comparatively
very small—it does nut exceed, in killed and
*mantled, 1,131, the greater proration cm the part
of the Portugoese—the killed and wounded of
the lirttish :tool's not exceeding 700.

4' rtiti,,n4 the killed are two Majois of the BA-
Colonel N art La is dopers:el, wounded."
The above is the Bulletin issued in the Minis-
terial circles. In add Lion to it. the following per-

17. There shall be crested by our nulls Treasury. older,
for payment at 1.11 yessly period* of ,son trines, for tt.c sum
of in millinns, t!se amount of the sa;sl sou-... s ; these or.h en
will be adiatssilde so p.n./meat for la .rrial elusnams, and the
domain tithes of they shall be delivered to the
crolitor., to whom tha sot. sesa is due from the public debt,
by the l'symistir of suudry expenses, im each chid town of
the department.
Is. The Marto, of see dosnams, and domaitt rev
of Holland. shall been • list of the want,, 11014111111, attic
dolma tithe• and bionsms whirls slid! be sold, mot the pay-
west dischorged monism of oar pia...he Treassier, conform-
ably to the above article.
19 The sold domains shall he #.14 by public assetioo, itba
the coootry domains sod stomata tith.ss shall be put at the
✓ate of 92 times the amount of their animal reveaues, and the
beasts at t 6 tunes their yearly real.
20. The orders, adasuildc bo payment of the said dos
pains, will be transferable by the way of eadersinents As
isiterein of lout per rent. fur the years tat 2 MO 1.1 t, shall
be attached to limb of the iwilers as haat not been emp:nyed
in purchasing of domains dowses the year IP 11. This in-
terest will be frit taken from the produce of the t,200,000
(,sues of the revenue destiseti .1 from the r,,WITSI budget.
;tor )linoter it Finance will render us an account
• .1( the amount of 'airs of domain:, sow,* redeeimpd
hoot tithes, in execution of the order above
IITLE VII.
DISCTIAIIOr 07 DI VLIII2 0.1211211 1111120222.
92 Our Cis,. sritinos tossemeot d roma she veiny
bone, at 'be stated time, the bills sifetuisage; Motile by
the Treasury of Amsterdam for the serviette( She ',US lees
and ,a 19, litiott•dos; ti. 6.5;51A.404, frames, imeasAin 87,,05e
iftt.4[4 tots du lamas Insese be the Tree,ory Ilelhase ipso
.I,:lrvent pledges, sad it. surround opus the depot of
....,ors..anssuutiag to 1..5,rt5t,"..• s.
• Toe I.!;:si,3d:kilbs. of s hives, which are in the Plate
v-eis .n Unhand, are to be pissed U the dispordion
• • roma .I..artbstasest, which will take case to sacs

tirulare were siteeCeneJ, we derived Irene the same

,ource :—The French, it is Raid, were com-
pletely routed; but Lorl Ws.t.i.tet;col would not
allow a pursuit, not only hcceuNe he should be
gresitly ost-isuriebered. but from N ileterfninaiNii to
adhere to his plan of tanintsininq his defensive pis-

sitiona. It does not appear that the cavalry was

engagrd on either side.
ColottelToo NT. With 46w-body of Peruaggeit.
is arrived at Micron°. anti will thus be enabl.J to
impede MASSIMA'S consesninirittion nosh Almeida.

The Freud' had succeeded its nectiving the road

between Coimbra and Oporto, in consequence of
which Lard %Vet.Uncreoe h,. ritt,,ed his head_
"tarter, to Coimbra, and In in thrill-. to Coarieza,
oa the left bank of the Mun....g..; and thus secures
the road which Ir.& by the sea to Lisbon. u well
as the high road from Vino, from whence the
;nutty proceeded to attar k

411ccordotiOw the report or General ST. SIMON.
they were drives to stuck w. (rota want of proviw
Won& It *Meson be seen whether they will follow

up their offensive operation.. or retreats
Lord WLt.ttnsroa was determined steadily to
await the attack in the mitions he had chosen. in
~.iGtertuenee of those movements of the enemy.
When CaptainGn lef: t e mug, the

British Head•goartera were at Condena, and the
French at Avalon. end Agueda ; the former a stort
distance to the South. the latter to the Northward
of Coimbra. on the road to Oporto.

th.y seem inclined to adopt .4glitenik;:''
every thing their own way !
Tim H.ritiation. after many Int-nibs* Ilion,.
wriesinber:tugflibitll4lsll:;o"3ll7l:rsticPlollinurti:T, priWm.,* hour
st
in Englund. In France theie are about
Englth. two-thirds of whoin are nut pr.sn:"°°°
war, but wire detained in viulstiou ol .iesy r:'
ciple of justice;.'arid the' antiowliirlpm
praise.
tions. Many of these, n ideed the
Such is the substance of the general information Kftatr,t pen
them, ore women and children. Even
upon this important subject, derived from the long- ever, we understand. our Governineot Iry v.
s silt
expected arrival from Portage!, 28 reported- last to rdmit torn ombooge
night. It is however inaccurate in several indica- i being conceded. the French proposed that the wi
tars. The loss on the part of the British troops of their 50.000 prisoners should be sent user
riot 179 killed, and LiOn wounded. The Portuguese I "use* for the li,ooo Eng!ial, (pertof tiwin
prhemera of war, but dile/mg), sod that nitertr4
had 600 killed owl wounded. the French would rtleitie the Spaniards in,
The brigades of GenerithiCam FUnD and PICTOM Frame
were the British force immediately engaged, and i fki..„o., as we f, ri for the suffering.
or
our
con
..
the portion of the French army in the attack men to France, we cannot r onsent to as esel•a,
amounted to :!.5,000 stror4i.—ln the list of woutii!. Num th;rn principle ; the effect of which woi,:rl
to supply the enemy whin sailors et Silent to,
ed, Colonel NArtra we are sorry to add Lord
t 35 sail of tie tine et lein.t, std which would
E. St/11E1MT; the latter however slightly. our brave Attie-, the Sput.i.itdr, still ia theism
Captain BORON, the (waver of Lord WELLING. of DouipmiTE.
TOM'S dispatches. is I? olfssvir lit•itou. youngest
We have translated from Ow Dutch P. 11.:
von of TROMIS Boum, of Old Town, in the Court- Decree
of
D.„
os Alearrasereating a paper eerie.
ty of Milne, Esq.-e-It will be observed thit this se
der the statue of 44 Bills of the si wheat of ,
was not a general action, altlioUgh, from the mutts land." It is for the ptarpme of siUnlyilie the
it has fair claim/ to that title. The object of the wan& of the public creditors in Hnlizintl nntE
French was to cut off the retreat of the Allied Army to its union with the Freud; Einpire.—Toe
to Lisbon, but this hope he. been happily frustrate d. ditw• we few, will not itad biaself greatly .orb
by these
pay neon..
LORD WELLINGTON, HOwrrrs, Is STILL RE.
TRRATIMIL—That which, in the above demi-official
accounts, is called the "sea road" to Lisbon, is very
bad. and in many parts so narrow as not to allow
our artillery to pass : we experienced great incon-
venience and delay frogs this circumstance, is our
march in August 1808; the high road is admira-
ble, and of this Lord Wat.i.txutox sit in coin-

The Portuguese troops conducted themselves its
the most steady sod gallant miumer. The coo-
duct of the British we think it superfluous to

Ogee pussetsiov.

For in.,. than a week pest the public mind has
been anxiously bent upon Portugal, and in hourly
expectation of important intelligence from that quar-
ter. On the arrival, however, ot the Diyuches es-
ti:M:4i at the War-Office, there was not one Minister
in town.—About four o'clock. The Sylvia!, Reviser
cou►taunicated the substance of Lord WEL-
LINGTON'S Dispatcher, in a Second Edition.—
The Saxe sky Reeks. is u steady and uniform Oppo-
sitiun Paper ; sail yet to it wee Government in•
debted for the early rein, we believe, ere/osier
puhhcalion of this long-expected inztelligence.—
A Bulletin was prepared for the Loan NI AYOR.
to he by •him postrd on the front of
the Slantoon-ilonoe, hnt the Loan M &TOR w•as at

hip couutr•-teat at Mitt.lnuit in Surrey. and thri
Bulletin forwarded to his Lordship was not received
with his sanction at the 3lansion-[louse last night.
until an hour too late for publication with any
prospect of effect or advantage. It was expected
that an Extraordinary Casette would have been
publi.lied, but Ministers had neither time nor
fur sncti an extraordinary exertioti.---At
length, howeier. at half-past nine o'clock. the
l'ark and Tower guns were aired. to 11111301311 CC
the Victory ; and a certain Daily Print cause
out with au Extmnediruiry Number. part►y bor.
rowed from The Suede, Recite.-For our own
rut, we fear that the victory of the 27th %%Lao some-
thing like the victor) of Talavent—a victory fo iow.

ed by a retreat.—Lord Wat.tmicrron. toutuoth-
entailing this victory, is allowed to be tetriatiag;
end a safe
stare, for the enemy can very well etiurd to
lose three men far one British soldier.

It will

We hare letters from our eriailron in the CI
of Finland, which is b'ockading the Rustiau
at Cronstadt, dated Sept. 13. The Etonian
not fitted their linnet-battle ships thissespe
few frigates have bean pat into • siste fir an
bat they have never shewed any intenhoo of pat
to sea. The Princess Caroline; Retelstion, yi
tear, Stately, slid Loire, are the ships (tithe p
They are ceded the Siberian sqandroa ly flirt
t.,e fleet. as the Rll3blelle here never a*
them any thitig to do; very little evacuee,
tiou takes p.a -e with them. Ste JarG SAUK,
is in 11011r0 Bay, Sweden, with a part of the
They expect to come dowel the Belt the. came

Letters from Deal its.-, that the stiutd:4
FluC,ing ate al on the alert. as the eueaty's
have move) fur:her ch-wtt the Scheldt,. rod an
parent!), quite lead) far se.l. Sir Es.
squadron. ou the Oh lust. was at seribor, ri
luwat—Christion n t. `'at Domingo. kia,
INfisoce, Mooorch, Berta;ck,
14.1140ta. Coustuodure OWES sitit
assail craft. The enemy's fleet consisted of tei
of the line. and three mote reedy is drop d.
with a feiKate. two corvette.. -sail 76 sad at
brigs. ;Names of the ships:—Clrarkostar. '
Admiral MaattaNY ; Dalmatia, KC4P,A,II
Counsels:. Commerce at L,y,tes, Cipt Wit
mot; Ansierosio, Copt. Gottot ; Await
De Coteue: &MIS. Capt. Rocectata;
guelia. Capt. Rosie ; Cesar, Ca;,tain Mot
Dant:ie and Prdiusk, manned by Dusts.
Sloan* is cotosamded by Capt. D'Ekteuet,
the port by &or-Admiral L'Heastrag.

The finance's( itsr sins are in the most (Ivo
few, and uoAt her for any tottsigile. Th.
veramesst paper-is at present at a discount 111 I
there kasdred per end., and the re.wil
Empire are snelhausted, that they are expec,
milk still loom _

The Carle Swami Reporter • "
considerable concern we lentil that nightly m,
of the peas intry have taken ndace l'or to•ur
bat k in the neighbourhood of Tower
cannot ascertain what their o'p'et •s, hid we
stand. that on the occasion they a i-ded .ante
neighbouring cottages. and threatened to ate
inmates on their neat appearance."
There was only one defeuiter on 51'43,611,
Stock Exchange. on settling the October
but his deficiency was said to he to a como
amount. Money was plentiful. sad nn c
lion. The honor of "'lvaco. CW.O4llllll'
the stock they had bought for that day.
NAVAL APPIHRTIIItft Ts --Lieetro...at Seer'.
berets; Lieutenant T. C.rter„ Ttoregol;
Moore, Mysore; Liestenant Pad& is, Tto:photie
wort Visitor, Drape; Lieutenants Lotman. Moo
sail Drutornoodi, liagfont ; Liestea.mt 1. Gorroa,
Mr. Towns, to be Surgeuu of the Revenge; Mr A.
be Paw, of the Martha.
Shortly before the recent 'lir °eery of tl
situation plot in Portugal.- a modems five.
throughout that kingdom. The Bishop I f
prepared the ocemismal servwv. from aI.
tract the following pmay* r to S'. I.4mreLer.
lary Soiht of Portugal. us a t• 4111. .1m *peeve.
entiehtemed state of that coutrry in the

not therefore surprise tre to find that the Trea-
sury Daily Journal went a little out ails way so pub-
lish the sifeir of the 27th as a 4. Glorious Victory !"
Certainly in so doizg it violated the reenz,nised
system of Nes spapere, and to no purpose ; f .r any
publication un a teluday f us a Daily Preis, ie only
to put a camas- ouster a bushel—the thing being
totally aaespeeted. the Gala manes of publicity
and circulation ere not forthcoming.

Every thing is arranged for the emharkatiou of
our Army in Portugal, in case disastrous events
should render it aircrostry t and this erneugratent,
u.,der the direction of Admiral Btaact.ty. is so
comitte. that no possible confusion tau arise in the
operation. Every Itegitneist has its own busts as-
cgscd to it. &c. Ste.

We announced on Saturday the return of Mr.
NYE, the Jleseeriger, from 61orIi ix, sad that his
dispatches discouraged all idea of a favourable issue
to the negotiation for the exchange of prironers.—
We are concerned to observe, that our statement
was perfectly correct.—There is Do the
French Government to airy beats of esciaange..--
Every coactssion on onr part has produced ore
demands un theirs, sod the only pr.nripie which

Cristurt• :••
" 0 lima, who art tier perpetual too,olation
mu mien, Great Saint Lawteure, irfisittely pouring,
Ma lust ow offended thus., iu oar rrrereittes, tet
slid act. of di utiuu, tli it thou bast thus fart...tos
hare itoplon it thy a».-mute •eninst slime tutu:
solent, and blood-Ilia sit s...ag.st silt", like I.OL
rolihrd of their ysn•ie, Luse attatkeJ,
trntha J.
mut slain o who are tt prop*, .H it is slur
the could happen without a itehcraft and tILCIMII
pray (bre. Great Saint Lunt...ore, to tn- stir rb•
standard-hrairr, to &list, n.6u.0 iki. h... 1
to drive them fat from our (runners, r (hr las
met re r •

A thauder storm orrurrol 'a t •m''

in Fl4llCr, when the
and k!{lrd alma
celebrating maim The le•te,..
oil, without betrofiou the A., •
Isrr p-rbon to meplocii • I.

tue rt-;.iclUtab .m•«Y