The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-03-31 00:00:00

FORTUGU LSE PAPERS.

LISBON, MARCO 17.
According to accounts from Alraeida of the 10th
of March, the French still remain in San Felice.
and plunder provisions from the villages in that vi-
cinity. Captain Juliann Benches left Ciudad Ro-
drigo with a skirmishing party of 200 horse, and,
meeting with • French party, killed 8 men, and
took 27 prisoners.
From the side of Alemtrio, we learn that about
2,000 French, who were in Carpiu, have joined those
who were in Merida, making in the whole more
than 6.000 men. They continued to throw up for-
tifications of no great importance in that city. They
had in the hospital 400 sick.
The Portuguese town of Campo Major, peculiarly
important from its topographical situatiou, with
respect to the towns of Elves and Badajoz, has had
its walls restored, and the two breaches which were
made in the siege it suffered iu 1801, solidly re-
paired.
It is admitted, even by the Madrid Gazettes,
that General Sebastiani, on his entrance into Ma-
laga. on the 6th of February, experienced resi.t-
ance, from an armed force," says the shove Ga-
zette, without explaining of what kind that force
was, or saving a word of the loss which the French
suffered ; but we know well that they committed
the greatest cruelties, according to their u.ual prac-
tice. To such • height did they carry their fero-
city, that they put to the sword ail the ioliabitants
of one street. These c;rilinistancea combined, in-
duce us to believe, that their loss was not inconside-
rable. actua. MARCH 10.
Letters from Gallicia say, that the Junta hare

LONDON,
SATURDAY. MARCH 31.

The House of Commons sat until eight o'clock
this morning when four divisions took place ; Mi.
nisters had a majority of 31 upon the last division.
There were above fptio ;Members present. The
friends of Lord SID/dOUTII, *lid of Mr. WILBER-
FORCE, voted with the Opposition.—The residt
must, under all its circumstances, be considered
a decisive defeat of Ministers.

Portuguese Papers to the 18th instant arrived
last morning. It appears that it was un the 6th that
the French, under SICBASTIANI, entered Malaga.
It withstood three several attacks before it surren-
dered, and the enemy ou entering it are said to have
conducted themselves with great barbarity.—The
subsequent evacuation of the place, and of other
towns ou the coast of Grenada, announced is the
Spanish Papers received yesterday, is accounted for
in a way which we wish, but dare not hope, may
prove true. The combined armies of Murcia and
Valencia are represented on their march for Ma-
drid, and report even goes the length of stating,
that they had actually entered that city. Under
these circumstances it became necessary to call in
some of the distant troops for the protection of the
(spiv'. The Spanish armies generally are stated
to be in high spirits, and daily increasing.
That of the left is to amount to 40,000 men, of
whom 15,00.0 were assembled in Badajos on the
13th, and 8,000 more were daily expected.—A
harrassing warfare Appears to be maintained all over
the Peninsula.—The French were repulsed in an
attack upon Astorgs. It was reported, that Mar-
shal Vicron, Duke of &Lunt°, had fallen in ano-
ther affair.

The storm which did so much mischief at Cadiz,
was also felt severely 'at Lisbon arid Oporto. At
the latter city the bridge was carried away, the
lower part of the town was inundated, and thirty
persons lost their 'ilea.
An article dated Vizeu, 15th March, says--
the French are about 15,000 strong in the neigh-
bourhood of Salanotura ; their foraging parties
have lately plundered several villages on the fron-
tiers, and drove off the cattle. Skirmishes take
place between the advanced posts alino.t
and we are in este (station that a gutter,' smack
will lie made ere lung. The British have at
Almeida ten days provisions for 30,0u0 meta; at
Oporto six weeks provision fur 10,000, and at
Coimbra two mouths provision fur I,s,unu. They
are collecting also at Leyria."

We hive received New Yolk Papers to the 2141
of February. The following are the only articles
of and• importance whivli they contain:—