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ciple of the evacuation of l'ortugal by the French,
and the twitieetivis, 114.11.0 made to the details. Hia
reitio34 for itivisiee4 the pritocop:e of the French eva-
cuating Portugal arose limn his conviction of Ow
many powerful ad vaottuges „Inch at that inotneat the
French army hod in Portugal. It 1.1 ptatseasitio
o: every position, -which, in a ltliiiL!ty view, could
coossidered. It 164 garrisons la vatious ,fosts,
particularly u stream:o;o:6e in that of Liras, which
may be desigauted a fort of the seeoutl order, in
the elescreptiosty oh 5t04,4104 fortiCal enteuations. There
wits cvuory folcihis for the eutquy to t;loo eu t.nota-
sions fur the supply of these gettrisenc,. •Cheoe was
amet the facility to the enemy of taking ads outage
of the Mission squadron, and the t.oats which it
had in the Tagus. to hive crossed that river. %Vim-
thei the ulterior object of the expedition to Portu-
gal would not he considerably retooled by such a
contingency, he nook' leave to the co:aside:netters of
the Board. Thus fur a,. respected the operations iu
tee power of tit:: enceny. It was nee.t to cone:oiler the
st:te anp. prospezts of the British army; The. suds
of the wencher ol that coast was at all thetas pre-
etrions. On the Val of Augnst there was uatr
ih,ven dare' bread -for the *irony. Tone could or
had beets gat in the cutaatry, escept a Ain ill *luau-
tity left behind by the le'rench, in some position*
from which they had hastily retreated. The army
of Sir John Moore could 'ono have completed its
debarkation before the end of August, nod it WAS
nut probable that the British army vowed he able
to tura that of the French, to an; of it. positions, be-"
fore thc"lape at least ten days. But. Lveu if it
*ere p-s.sible for the British army to have
c..,.osseet the Tagus, and to bare invested toe fortress
of Elves, by a regular siege, it must. dudrig the
period of the 'neve:sante:at of that place, have &-
prowled for its fatitplies ine a attune:hat akty suites
distant, whilst it con;o1 not evrect to be in posies-
shot of Ebner before the e:ed ut Deer:llller,, Con-
thrrefore, that the 11,111C10U4 KOthOlf
Zits Nlajesty're Governmout cud of the Spanish
people was, tiptt a prnlipt fivl• 2.1110. ms co..opera-
tiou bet6ceit the Brush troops and the Simaish
. .

. armies alsosadtaket.hiee.. be.clid conceive diet a
measure., which ardente* :14,00a British soldiers,
• and released to their romitry'a cause 10.0. x) Span-
WI troops, peesseesel saris edvautege, :11l MON that)
eolnktleated for' the return to France of twenty
thotwond men, even though tied. tree should be
forwarded tit no very remote, 'retied to.the *Pyre-
nees. • lie might bare been -mistaken-hi his,
• epeculatiotts; but •tlt fat Weft. the :fasts? Thug
the Spanish 'lesion cniasel cites • very •arlvin-
- tars. It hill the tesssisenstioit of a Windt
ann.:, trill toonxt 'wave troops reattire.l. UP•itla
thee ' hotielta, it ha.] the cn-operation of the army
of este% mutant, enneiPting ptliwipally tif cavalry,
equipped front the stores which were iwuw.l on the
evacuation of Cie French from Elyse, whilst not a
. stogie loan of the Frelleil al'lWy• which, units/ Jn-
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' • not, had evacuated Portugal, has or eau yet have
entered Spa n. but eve.., if such consequences
lusl lint iontntliatAy fuilowe I the evacuation of
Pottage! by the French. was there not a para!let
cans 111 the CllllVelltloll brio/ten Dmiceit nod (;c-
-bend Casitinott, by which the "'tench defeated force
were hot prevented front serving agaiii aLlaiiist
Spain, on their retorts to France ? It was certainly
desirable, no all 04:1.41.1011,1 of ellopitlllatiOn lietweeu
hostile armies, that the catiny should he forced to
lay down their ann.; hut in order to apply that
principle to a very litrticuler case, it was necessary
to take a view of the history of all tinnier winds
have been compelled to submit to that necessity.
Seth armies, it would he 1.01111E4 wire either ur.
In it .;; ronudcd by intinbero, iii possession of cominanding
military positions, or iters actually oithout pro-
visions, or the powilalitv of rec.tiving supplie:.—
Bat in Portugal, the I..retieli were in Ipep.e.ion
• of the strotig positions. They had thetr maga-
zines, and were in no want of provisions. Let
the situation of the garrisoos of Aftilitidria
aunt Cairo, at the tune a Ilritisli t!ottohniAer
Ford concluded a situiljt Convention, be cottrilast-
ed, and it will helper's that the French arart• id Por-
tugal, at the period of this negotiation, hail ntinte-
nms advantages *WA* these trarrisons heed not.—
. lie stated these as his MINORS for toter:wing and
edvtsing the print vie of the Prediction. In the
. (titan.; them were twine dart:rem:es of opinion,
particularly oil the duration of the tiir.e for a
suiplonvion at the lou.tilitier.. and on Ihr arrauge-
nreiit with reppPet to the li.tit•sitei iih,...s in the
Tagtui.. In stating these pints of titaerence,
he ',remised, that elthongli the narrative of Sir
Hew Dalrymple adrertvd to the hi.; !ii ells icier lie
enternuned, and the peculiar votaidetwe he stns
1111;:1,014 to ~fare in him ttiir Artlinr), he had still
renonn to bel'eve, and iodeed lie presumed the
Ct4tet 'would form the sa:ne opinion from other
Meets of Sir licw's 'randier. that that (*Aker was
peepnlittel aguit:st hint front the time of Its laud-
• i►nste in I'orttur•il. Perhaps, to this prejudice he
eight attribute their not ctalicitling ou particular
stipulations of the treaty. It was true, that on the
atntnent of General Kellermitti's win/awing towards
the British army, as alarm abated in the soap, is
• •oeuselpieste of a Portuguese officer Ive..og re-
portf,t6.tliat
.tart ad b4p:.:0.04(
.thg. french t;tlicer;a.
escort tipsy tlir. advance .•; Cie whore French army.
. Whew General Kellerto vs arrived, Sir Hew Dal-
_ . _ .

rytople M lnlllll,llted the °Nett of that 011ieet'a
:suasion both to him and to Sir Harry Burrard.--
: Tilley all had attended the diseits.loti of the as-
rmixement. It was partici:lady reeoinroended by
. (tine Arthur Wellesley), that the suspension
of hostilities should be hunted to forty-eight
hours, aml that she general words private pre.
pert'', as irernliierri by t:eneral Kellerman,
. :Mould he considered extetalittz only to militate/
Isiggsge sort equipments. The great point of
discussion was the stipulation which referred to the
flossier: fleet. The main argument with him was
not to alloa the interference of the French at all
us to the disposal of that squadron. It was the
proposal of General Kellerman, that it should be
allowed a start of four hours, to sail unmolested out
of the Tagus. Trio rrmilt was, that for the f wertent
that article was.witielmwo, but was afterwards re.
intros-laced by General Kellerman, with the acqui-
escence of the Coutmititler-its-Chief, under the
Brovilicio that there should be a reference toihe
ritish Admiral. Of this treaty lie (Sir ArtLar)
was cwHed the. netraciator. The adv:ce lie had
Riven constituted the dime, if it was any, and for
that alleged crime wad he then before the Besril.
He however was forced- to observe, that if the ,

vice which he had given subjected him to diagret7e
and puiiisliment, it was impoasible to overlook Lie
strange dileinua in which lie, a subordinate officer,
was placed, for affording that advice cud coutiael
which he was called upuu by his superior officer to
give. Sir Hew Dalryiuple had, in his wirraiive,
sited, that General Ketierinun had observed, as
reusou why he (Sir Arthur) shoald sign the armis-
tice, that his name Was inserted iu tiw titk. lie
was afraid that the recollection of Sir te2tv avid mot
serve Min on that point; because if it was the
tact that hie ISir Arthur's) name was insertod au the
titie ofthe'Atinistice, there could exist no retisou
why Sl.' listai'Dalremple should gets up from the
.
table for the purpose ut signing that &meant. ut. 1 f
there was aisfuther inference, it must lea that he
Kit up to sign a treaty which he had not reed. The
feet was, that he (Sir Aitliiii) was in an outer-
rureie ; that General Dalrymple entered that room
with theqtrue,.ice, and letudtel it to him ; that lie
. read it. awl returned it with this observet, ~,,, that
it wee ant extrauriliuury paper. In eomplienee with
the desire of his superior officer, lie dial sign ; but
lie never could he deemed the siegociator ; nor eat
his signature to it ever cutisacred by- him inure than
a matter of :brut. Indeed no one amide of the
Attentive was ever carried 'tato effect, Save the du-
ration of the suspension of hostilities until the con-
elesitll of the definitive treaty. At three the nest
morning. he marched with his division of the &kiln),
fur 114 Colonel Mime), was 11/Ultra to
haveini interview nit:i Sir Charge, Cotton, lie gave
to the Colatmi a draft of the eirovisious a hick he i n-
en intended. far the perusal of the AilimaraL It re-
ferred tee the almost imeiediate surreoder of.ttie re-
spective fortresses, and the prorapt endear:sabot. of
CI,: French army—that it also 01.1 be cotivryeri•
either to the porta of Rochfort ne 11.4.)rient, the
most remote freak Spain—di should br
given fur the retorts of the transports particularly
Abe lVoty lute, been detained by the Ftelerl when
their troops were coeveyed from Egypt—that all the
Church plate stolen by the French ur.:iv vlunild be
restored—:aid th:it,Rs there w .” am no hare) trawporta,
there should remain in Pola,gal French Ct.:meth:-
slimmers, to armee.% at their es penee, the efiliVeyltner
of their homer' tp Pruner. tie was then, as leris now,
of epiition. that, eat* rcs;) la to :lie Itessian squa-
dron,' thi• prele-ralile course of proceeding via. to
leave them in the Tagus. under the protection of the
neutrality of Portugal. Wao: that course followed,
`the Rename sailers wool I net haw be enabled to
ea;;;:ige in active hostility against the King of Sere-
etru—lieside, when the. Convention we. negociaied
oas -Bore, the Broil h Admiral could not have made
a hottile attack in the Tagus against the RusAau
squadron ; a.., the moment the Elatistioirmy, tt
tend Convention, entered either the fain oa the
•Tagus, or the city of Litton, the Portugueee Co-
lours would have been hoisted, soul, eeesequeatly.-
ithe Russeri sqoadron swill have availed itself of
its neutrality with that nation. From the moment
of the departure of Col. Murray to negiecate
1). tinitive Treaty, lie (Sir Arthur) wag lane:etre to
breve it nrranged, that the French isronv should leave,
Lisbon forthwith, in order to have all the +Weald eget
to the communal cause; which it was obvious the fr 4
navigation of die Tagus would afford, L. there
two points lie was over-tailed, and n stipulation wits
proposed, hunting the Freisch army to tan levigues
round Lisbon. lit the narrative of Sir Hew I/al-
r naple, there was a reference to u ineetilig of the
Lieutenant-Uenerals of the army, which lie lied
couvened. This meeting was not convoked as a
Council of War, but was composed of sorb officers
as the Commander-in-Chief thought limper to 34 s•
seinlile, and on the subjects brought forwent Sir
Hew decided fur himself on every propositiun.—
When the Conventiou, as concluded between Ge-
neral Kellerman and Colonel Murray. was carried
to head-quarters to lie ratified, he did mit attend..
the position where he was stationed with the divi-
sion *lnch lie commanded, being such a distance
from Torres Vedras, where the Counmander-in-Chief
wail; and in point of fact he did not 'we the Convention
itselfuntil his arrival in England. There renutincd an
artiiile of the armistice, mi which sonic eminuriits
had been made in this comitry, bemuse it ;;ranted
a restitution of French prisoners in Spain, for the
Spanish troops which the French had i.nprinineal oe
board the Russian squadson. It was to be re—
collected, that the Spanish army, in Portugal,
was totally in the power of the Freuch. 'Their li-
beration mold not be thought effected by too great
an erptivalent, in restoring the French prisoners in
Spain ; besides. he had reason to believe, that the
Junta of Gallicia had no isbjectiou to the exchange.
It would be necessary for hint to call witnesses to
co.airan theee statements, und, before be wit.lnwn,
he wished to assure the Court, that the Officers
wlanm lie should produce were at twine' at theit•
own desire, and not in consequence of ray soleci-
emboli eiflies.
Sir hl*w DALRYMPLE then entered into some
explanations of his narrative, to which the observe-
boos of bir Arthur .Wellesley were directed. He
belieVed he did not state positively in it, that
General Kellerman bud itientioned the insertion of
Generel NVelleslee's nume in the title of the Armee
!ice. He referee(' to his narrative, and it np~ieared
niirfas a iiiiltteriri;filefe he IttaZ inwertaiii re- -
col redeem It hied appeared to him, that Sir Ar-
thur Wellesley was the perste' who ought to sign
the Armistice, as Sir 11. Llurrard did not command
any division, sod took the least fictive part iu the
arriangemeeit. With respect to the Russet's part
of the question, it was 'impossible fur hum to re-
collect every conversatiou which hail taken place
on that subject. It was probable that when Sir H.
Btu-raid arrived, le would assist I• , and supply
where his recollection was defiewet. lint there was
eircumstauer which occurred at the period this
question wan discussed with General Kellermen,
which left it stroue impression on his mind. When
he had seen Sir Cheeks Cotten off the Tagus, on
his arrival front Gibraltar, he was informed lay him
that lie hod received much information from a
Frenchinew) in Lislem, of the mime °ft.:aline,. On
the nientiose of this name; he waseonvieced that he
heed heard it frequently before, and Melted knee/ a
Freoeli Officer so galled. When. ll:ere:Ore, Gee
ueral Kellerman wrought with lotto a person of
that name, he viewed him very cinsely, but could
nut recollect his features and persow. Sir Arthur
Wellealey and Generet Kellerman beingen,pged
in it discussion on the Itaisiaa equadroo, this Cal-
miv beckoned him to windox, repeating, like
the litariiiid, the lb!' awing expreasious of Kel-

Lerman, ring, quatre heurcs, di:: milk Russet. At
the \vinnu,v lie told me in he •knew
well, that he knew I spoke French, and that
the Ansa:ins loved the in their hearts, arid
..wereour friends. At ull events Sir flew presumed
that die letter of Sir Arthur Wellesley to the
Bishop of Oporto, would threw a guilt on his
view of the stipulation which affected the Russian
squadron. lie did nut know the contents of that
letter, hut that such a our esi.ten he was earll
viriced, keen having in his possession the answer of
the Bishop, acknouledging the receipt, and which
came to hi, (Sir Ilrw'a) hands,• by being directed
to the Commander of the British army. There
were do•minents in the possession of Government.
but which were not produced, that would prove the
character the Government of Oporto bud as-
stunted. They would also prove, that such r.i an-
sutuption of authority was admitted by a Creder.-
dal; Arid from this 'country, provisionally,
.with
his (fur Hen's; assent. That assent he uniformly
refused, mid to that determination he attributed
the hostility and obloquy with which be hud been
assailed from that quarter.
Sir ARTHUR W ELLESLEY assured the• Board,
that lie could not take .upon himself to ray, whe-
ther he had ever written such a Irtier or not. He
was' sure lie had •no . copy of it. He had ,een a
letter, pit rportim; to be written by hint to the Bishop
of Oporto, in the Newspapers (vehicles of infor-
mation which appeared to ktiow every thing ton-
renting I • ). But even is that letter, if written
by him, the passage of 8, nothing reiharkable in
the Contention," must apply solely to the Poitu-
guese interests, and not to ally other power. •
In answer to a question .1. the President. Sir
HEW DALItY If FIX stated, that he had nut received,
previous to his departure from Li4Lais, say retail,
of the state of the gatris,oii snot fort; on the Tai us.
nurteeli howbeit Enineh know had arrived, after
esacuatiiip:Fiyai; Zi.c hi: left Portugal.
l le titvh.reeetved 4t4to,toberof • v.ritteit titteitiotts
from the Court, to is Nell' he 14'0} affix iii.unoweya.
Captain lib,;h, of thy Navy, was dims culled and
examined.

Q.ir.tiou—P;sire you cmplm.pfrin is.al4ing the
1 iitoing.iind movements of the British *tiny, wider
the command ofSir .Aritturllesley, during the
mouths of August mud Siptembet
Answer—l was.- . . .
Question—State if any .sit slit oc-
curred to yuu in the landing !ruin the Tagus to
Oporto? - • -- -
Atiswer—Thedifficultia-pilltie 6.l44ore:tit ell
times very great, [roil. the_ bt dry JAY rf.
.but yard.
eillarly during the time .I,warissaiiitsiig in the land-,
tug uf the army, under tile vouresnod nar sit Arthur
ellesivy ..
Question—Between the..Ta-*
-gun are-there any .protnoiltones ~which
ships- might ancloso, .ui
Ifrosiaterosts weather ? -
Answer—None wlisitiker. • ' "
queation—Could not boats ritath?i country, ot-
- twined at Adondego Bay tic cm:ries:TO the southward,
so as to beef tia) . . :
Answer--They could be carried to the south-
.ward 'eritainly ; .but I' do tiot beliet-e that they
would he of any use.
Qiies7irtii-14 hat 41,1teittlenre could there he, in
poiiit of fact, reposed on the laildin4 ~f prmiNioaa
ur heavy artillery about the ioth• of August?
Answer—To the best of my recollection, ou that
day there was such a great surf otf the beaclr us
would I.ave prevented the !mauling both the. bums.
Earl Alot 11A—itate Your of two or three
days previous to the 23th.
Answer—For' the three doss after the 110, provi-
biour or stores could hare been landed, alter that
time the sea rose sp much that it was attended with •
extreme danger and tisk.
Sir Aarnust %I'sr.i.stattv declined to put any
questions to this witnes4.

%Lr Hew DAtortsPLe—Will Captain lili It
state what shelter the Moor'ego river affords to
whips of greater clepth of water than eleven feet?
Answer—Cape. Month-No *Wards a slicker from
a northerly wind ; but the roadstead hes open to
the south-west wind, the must dangerous wind that
blows on that ILNINt.
Captain then retired. arid General rer-
gallon was called in. 'lime President liande,l to
him a 'lowlier of questions, which, when he had
read, he would way whether he preferred giving ao
oral ur written answer. The witness answertd,
that, from the nature of tl e que,aions, he wished
to enn,ider them, and would prefer affixing the.
written answer.

The Court adjourned at half past two, until ten
o'clock on Thursday next, (to-morrow.)
" Itet Ronal Highness the Princess of Wules, at-
tended by Catty Charlotte Lindsay, bliss and Mr.
St. Leger, entered the Hall about eleven o'clock ;
the was received by the !'resident at the bar, and
she other Members of the Court, standing. In
passing Sir A. Wellesley, she gave him a most cor
dial shake of the hand. Countess 'fritiple, Lady
Nugent, and the beautiful Mi.s Oliver, rat toge-
ther at i.onie distance from the.l"tisacess. This day
_Exceeded pu_tbs_ reisdiui "jai . ihe disylay of
rank, !leanly, andliatiou.

THE- BRITISH PRESS.

LON DON,
NVEDNESDAV. /14 4/lilillßEZ 13.
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His Msarstes ship Senissitsrd, of 64 guns, Teo..
HARVEY, Esct. Cantaiu, arrived WI Monday lit
Portsmouth, front Malta and Gibraltar, with a con-
voy- of about forty.sail; she left Malta out the _;a:
of September, and Gibraltar on the .2titli of Octo-
ber. She was one of the ships which c.nnpo..ed
the squadron under the command of Sir Joux
TH0)1.15 DUCKWORTH. in
.forring the castles of
the DardaincllcN Site was attached to the rear
division, commanded by At:SIDNEY SZITII, and
was nobly led iota the midst of the enemy's ships
(at anchor undoe their own formidable batteries),
by Captain HARVEY. who had the honour of
Striking the PaOlies flag. Iu repaasing the Cas-
tles, she was struck by a stone shot of nilbs.
weight, w!sich killed and wounded 54 men. She

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also fell in with, end reeonnoltrv.l t'o•
and Toulon ininadloas, in AlureaLia,
an,l had it not been 11. r her suiterio,
have been inevitably taken, as sbe
them several times.

The Court of Inquiry, at t•:01.,.,,
pally otvaspied.. yesterday, in
tive of Sir HEW DaLaxtart.r,
boast in their Paper', that it 11;;%
merits of the Cosivtn.tion of Ci;r,;,•
lieve that General DaLnyxpLE did .
and that he it a macl►.iujured IL,
we wish to kunis,. if the General. pre
blame, who made the disgraceful Gm,'
eintra Hot °llly necessary but turiiturioli.
Treasury Jourinds wit we ,bat i,y ti,,
thee bring the busiui s home to
it is in Minister, they desire the publit tin
explanation.

we lately not ieedsyloptocas of tle•wilirt
of the Troamory Sowroals. It required la,
&nary sugmeitpto sin the (vibe. Anil
vermin always desert the sinking vts.a4
nooneed it afraid of a change of ,'tlini,tnr,
conclusion, we believe, has not liez!a
It will require all Lord Cant CECIG:I.3I
itod intnre't to preserse him in place. Thi
to which•we ailtide, in its :Number of Ls!
&army " Lord MIL ILLE PS exptcteti i toiii
BA Lordship's all have reason tut
vtr, anxiously !nuked for."

• Lord Mr.Lvir.t.s, the }Altaic well know,
steady fricritl of Lord CASTICREAuII.

The Sybille frigate has arrited in
Roads from Conning. She sailed two
the (*harlot, cutter ; and yet neither din

nor any other channel, have Government

any confirmation of the Victory said to hare
obtained on the 7th, over the French, near E.
nor of :My other military operations sub3,lo
the sth instant.

We.are sorry to be compelled, by onr
.tions to truth and to the public, which rre c
s: anterior to all others, to state, that it
decideitopiniou 'of many military men, 160 !•41
tithe. best means of information, that iksiPJ
may, and not iinprobab!y will, be at Ni..tirid
Christmas. It is in vain to deceive atm&

The Spanish forces are by no means so nuo
as we 4;mb beets taught to lielieve. Bt. 4VEI
which had been represented es arnounfn

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di

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463)00 men, we not; find did not exceed

•
• th
fu

ilonto. These gross exaggerations insure
cause whichibcy were, no doubt, mend to
As to the force trader Sir Jon./ MOORE, tve

prehensite that it cannot possibly hart Old CI
before the eo,l of nest womb. The 71st li
meat, we see, hwl otaly Badajos, the
frontier city of Spain, in Estreinadara, on the
of October. BAI RD did not quit Cornets
14th of this month. lf, 111 seems non, to is

prevailing idea, the two corps of British sinei
troops are to form u junction at Salm:mica, .
Vnllaciolicl, in order to constitnte an army of
serve; it follows, as we conceive, that i'la►al..
if he can vanquish the Spaniards under CA,..t.ts
who are opposed to him south of the Ebro,
tweets that river and the capital of Spain, way-d
wards fall upon our army with hint victorious fa
It is impossible to suppose that whenever the F.
pith are bronAlit into action, they can suss
to more than thirty thousand effective infantry,
abunt 3,500 cavalry. We probably estimate I:1
at too high a rate. The Corsican Emperor%
not attempt to march to Madrid, and to reduce
Peninsula to his obedience, with a less number t!,
I iu,ooo :nets. Many persons, well °
lieve, that by the 25th of the prta-nt
will hive even n more numerous army than tl.;;1
Spanish ground. Eleven thousand waggon: ia
been put in reiluisition, and actually provi,le,l.
supply Isis forces with provisious. Ile lost
though our Cabinet seems not to have known, tI
nothing is to be procured in Spain. But from t
rich and fertile provinces of France, to the No:
of the Pyrenees, Gascony, Guy etine, and

gurploc, he bill take, and send, every specie,
provision, forage, and grain. Ile regards 01311
made for his erabition, and the French, 0"R"
or intimidated by his genius, crouch under thii I
lieu moldier of fortune, while they sent to the
the yielding and inculpable Letts NI I.
Even from the calamities and privations %M(11
himself inflicts on the people of France, l‘se t
lents derive new energies, and find in dam new
sources. The total stagnation, or rather estincii
and ouppresiton of all commerce, mercantile
venture, aiid aavigation, compels the lipislinadnin
the mechanic, and the artisan, to Iwcome a sorb'
Poverty acts as t., eu titare ardour, a
reduces all the youth of France, ahem the r.
scription has spared, to enter the ranks. Thpic
this able Usurper convert the evils inflicted by
own tyranny, to a weapall atreare ; and,
li
Rowe, in the consular ages, it way be said of N
POLEON-- _ .

" Per &nos, per casks, aL ipso
Duch upcs susionsusquor koors.

Those who refh.vt Joel:ly on thv prr-eat
of anir* is Spain, are not aitbuist up;,rdn•mi
for the pomade fate•uf tit*, gull:out urnoy, 10:0:6
Ilitire r:ut to march two I.ilbon

t; r;UR'

g!r the central provinces, to the Ebro. `iir•ce
.e.continelicernent or this revolutionary war, which,
the I.r, Carious and doubtful interval of about
teen in oohs, has already lasted 15 years, this
try WS llrter yet sent so the Continent so large
; not rren in 17113 and 17!)4, to the Na.
At.. 11 e have, indeed, if we are rightly
any divosahle regiments of infan-
left at• home. It is likewise to be recollected,
no INhnlule means of re-embarkation cuss be
iu as we p411004:10.441 at the Helder, ut

'beton, and at Ferro:. 'Troops. attacked by a
iiierior enemy, in Old, or in New Castile, must
list', or tnnst perish. BONAPARTE ilUßbticss
r to obliterate the tlisgra,:c of Baylcu, by a
:ar ea:aid:mon, dictated in the stunt country
10;:PONT surrendered ; mid no matt can
ciou that hit supreme gnat icariini, no less titan
pride, would lie, to defeat a British General,
British army. Wheal we consider these cir-
iencis, and, peen:tally, when we revollect the
teter, position, and ener4ies of the revolution-
Chieftain with shorn we arc contending, it is
possible to be .siltoeether free frau) just alarm.
CAN tit :t n. or Lard ML taaswrs may disaipate
refleNiiitis by the festivity of Cabinet dinners ;
hey nisy hope in obliterate, or to conceal their
errors, by taecting to ioolto;re into the conduct
Generala who co.:chided the Convention of
tin ; hut the day of aoctiJ:it, though delayed,
assaredly arrive. It will then be demanded,
they ever sent nit expedition to liberate Por-

when the only real or judicious object of
liberation should have bees, Spain ? Tiiey will
too inform us, why BA lied was sent to
instead of Biscay ; and why, thong!, they were told
neither oats, immures, beef, nor hay, were to
found between Corwin... and Durgos, except in
inadeqmite quantities, yet they never sent
of those articles for the thud; supply of our
? These questions will infallibly be pot to
Ministers. They know it, and justly dreading
inquiries, they are d termini...it, as we UWiel •
{, to delay the meeting of Parliament to the
distant possible day.

esterrlay, ut two o'clock, a Cabiuct Council
held al the Foreign-Oilier.
Monday, Lord Ulawitasatiav waited upon the,
so, at Woolson

couseim •,.ee of wh A has appeared in several
paper', resperiing a F ranch deg of truce having
arrived on h heredity at Dover, with a :11efteugrr
bruit:nig dispatches from the French Alinister fo;
Foreign Affairs, continuing an answer to the dis-
patches sent by our Ministers by Mr. SHAW. the
Mosseuger; we hove thought it our duty to
make very diligent inquiries respecting the cir, um-
stance. couintlering it of some importance; and we
d there was no foundation for the tale, no such
ircuaistauce having taken place.
we bare .saes two letters, both deed on the
Inc day, the 18th of November, from St. Jaz°
Composted, written by two young officers to
it fathers in. London. Loin coneur in relating
ineonceivetrle difficulties incurred by the British
mops in finding provisiorri, forage, or tunics to
convey the baggage. These inipedirnrids, we are
ry to ally, were augmented by the enormous
prices which the timmonras demanief forirmles,

..4 other articles. So 1,7 t at wns the abetter., omit.
sinned by these circumstances, that it was even
,some of our troops must return to Coruaim.
/ONN MOORE was at Portalegre, in ronsiga;.
.1 the attiof this mouth. As some consolat•on
this painful intelligence, we can, litiwercrodd, that
use of the tso letters Mime alluded to, expressly
Bap, that BLAKE Lad .I.llenteti by. the Frent•h;
but that lie had snlitequeutly Leen reinforced by
free!) faro", had att.ietted Nmt, and heal obtained
a decisive mdrairtige over him. The writer adds,
that tin-. feet was u.luestiosiable : but he does not
specify Ow date of citlwr engagement. If, how-
eve:, we consider that the later is dated on the
kali, from tiallitia, it can only refer to the two ay-
tinny of the 31 et of October, uud the „iih of No-

lot kttets we have received from Lisbon all
agree respecting the discontent that ftrevails there,
and the little authority possessed lir the ..grze
The following is en extract from true of these, dated
the Pith inatatit
" tvery burly hen: is complain Me. They say there is little
harmony. natum; the Lords of tin: dr.viicy thrtnielves, and
tint ranch bitwese them and'neir Ofro.ers. At ()pogo there
hare breaq ',mac Mat oi Lances, and troops have been sent from
hence 10 jut,' them, soil keep the !orople quirt. Time Itidme
has bees eal:ed to the capital as cite of the Ree,ata, but
trades the request. What all stria IMCSI.I4, I liana,
.aer
There is much dissatisfaction, cud every where poverty and
diairesi.^

-
Extract of a letter dated I.arti-4ola, Nor. 9
iume just rec,ired year Ichirr of yrcterdav, and in an.
inter, tr,er to say, that firueral !Slake has answered to the
dispatch that the Auditor-Generel of the arosy, ar.-1 the Ma-
itw-Gvaeral of engiuvrrr, sent to h.. 0 frost the quarters of
nt. Stud?...., at two eir:ock in the ceraing, say-
ing,. that Sature.alOos a happy day, and that the aspect of
thin:;l had comp:eel! changed; for the fautth division behm
cut etr, anti 41G• I Asturian* nearly falling Otto the heads of
the enemy, lie commended a nt;rvement to atteset the at-
tention of entuty towards Val:eased% Ns hew he art the
divis.on, ant ail Cie L.-ft of the people to the heights
urrautia tont its environs. Ile states, Beet the fourth sh-
oiwititmas attacked, bet def.mded itself with courier. and
rtpn:sed the teensy, dislodging them from Vsltrisseda,
all gisteri • ; then, mad fdkovtity, them op as f as the inn,-
aryiks of *'nut's. That the P3UIII day the second division
joined, ale.. the Asturiana, wholt vutserl him •zric it itn ; I
0:i Saiiiia) eviraie; he tY3rsferrel his hendrve teas to Va..
ICAltAa.pranisiag istraself happy results, • as the army woo
drairops 1./Ligbt. •
" erpress arrived yesterday rnornity,.., and desired the
tiro Re g to remain here, )e,derdr y, .d.thou;ll they.cou,l
eery wvAl gone to head
'- roe the present we have ve, farthee irtelligen4...tsot we
are veryfor the Frc yea, who lose! emisc to 'edit.;
sour Led as at/, and *are is en ftChil eof their r,torninz. Ihe
flitss meer aids, he was informed thlt our troops would
cater Bilbao yest tray, the nth."
l'lte following Gentlemen have Leen called to
delrec of Liarriater at Law, by the Honourable
Sok.s.t:y of Lincoln's Inn :—FIEDItletCli
;. BZOIJI;k1Alts Esq. lICIBILIT CO 11P-
Tu Os Ea l.

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THE 4TII ES.

DRURY-LANZ.
Mr. SIIRRIKAN'S celebrated Opera of The
1NC11,14 seas last night pe,formed. Mr. BRA 11 AM
never in finer 'nice, a.. 41 oil. rood rapturously
encored in .• /lad I a heart
.fur falsehood
and w "Ala sure a pair was Never seen.' Mrs.
MOP NT 'I N Kits SIMS iii line voice, and received the
most unbounded applause iu the favourite airs of
*. AJien, thins dreary pile .1" and !Flara sable
night!' ir. .1. sisit rts perforined the part of
Perditiaad with mach %Wee**. MN. SPARKS, for
the first lime, filled the part of Ursula, with credit
to herself, mad afforded much monsenient to the
anitienee. Mr. DowloN's Isaac displayed all his
metal I.Ne44lpiter, and the whale of the t hwra went
oh with the greatest spirit. The Farce of
Noy°, rj (introit followed, in which Mr. Dow-
TUN. a. Major Sturgeon, and Mr. Russci.t.,
.!eery Snrnit, kept the audience hi continued bursts
of lati3liter. The house was quite full. ~ . .
• • rtsto's tfTEATRE.
Mr. REYNOLDS'S Drama of The Erile, attract,'
an overflow every nigiit: Before the rising of the
curtail), there is not a vacant scat in tb r home.—
Mr. Yougu'o admirable performaiice, and the ea-
treme interest of the piece, will insure it a long run
at the Little Theatre, where the Company preform
for the brat time no Monday next.

Yesterday morning, Nis hilaurrr, Prin,esses
Auciu•ri, tideittA, and MIMI.. A. neco.11114,"" by
Lord N'AI.ytNCHAN, Lady ELY, Genentis
GWYNNI and FITZILoY, and Coionel-
ro,le on hormohnek in Wind.or Pa k.
Her MAJESTIC and Princess ELIZABETH took
an airing to Flugnsore Lodge, and walked in the
Garden..
Their MAJESTIC@ and the PRA NeFloiEs are ex-
pected in town, this day, at the Queerer Palace.
WILLIAM HOLSTON, apoimitcil a Trus-
tee of Drury-lane Theatre, in the Oure of It AN DA LI.
JACIPHIN,
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Th.:. Dowager, Lady, and AVARF, Strived,
yesterday, at Thomas's hotel. in Berkeley-square,
from a tour throu4h the North.
The Earl of CH Atitalit is expected, this day, at
his house' in Hili.straet. berkeley-square.
The Vi'hitelnivets Theatre micas lh s night, under
the manteieineut of Mr. till:pm:om 114:!•ISLE.
Mr.•IV arson, the veuerulde proprieior of the
Cheltenham Tneatre. corms the Birmiughain The-
atre, in a lew days, With a Company of ~such merit.
.Lord CasTl.Latuom is notorious for his lunation
for tiro strings to his bow. Unto* the smuts prin-
ciple, toe Noble Lord wished to have three Com-
ro one army.
VesterdarLord and Ludy Hawxrsonalr arrived
at their bowie in Charles-strect, St. Jitietes's-stpisre,
from their visit to General titatoonr, at St.
Leonard's Hill. •
Whenever Sir-Hew DALRYMPLE COONS forwar&
at the Heard of inquiry, a certain Royal Duke
levels his uperit-glass at him. %Ve do not, how-
ever, suspect bins of a wish to magnify Sir dew's
arguments.
The Princess Soenta of GLOUCESTER has taken
the house, lately inhabited by Lord ItOSERERRY, in
'Park-lane, for the term of two yeara. The house
itself is purchased 63, the Duke of Summit.
The Hussiaia Admiral, Siortiortiv, and General
KILLERM•V, dined together ut /lyric., in the tile
of Wight, before the fatter was Stilt oter to Havre
de Grace, at which place he lint led.

The BERKELEY hounds WVIIL not on Monday,
attended by a numerous held of soortsinen ; they
siiikennelel a fox, which they killed, after a sharp
rim of ouu hmtr. A second fox was unkenneledi
which they I et. after a run of one hour and
twenty anion es.
Her Royal flighnecs fee Princess of WALCS shook
hands, yesterday, ino.t heat tily, in the Court at
Chelsea, with Sir AKTHUR WKLLISILLY.
The End of 1% ENTMOILLAND arrived in town on
Monday evening, from Northamptonshire.
Tile Duke of Pottmsisu came to town, yeatr-
day, from 13u1strode.
The Poitrutiu.:sr. AttiBASADOR nil! ;411 e a grand
dinner, this day, ut his house in South Audie:.•-
street.

The Cotintem+ or lIA ItCOURT iv II)(114p0Sell, Mt
her house, ill Cat undish-blinare, ‘‘ittt a itolent bore
thrri.it.

The Cdtlntes7 of E4srl contioned. ilttrifo; the
whole of yeetertlay. in the ulurnti3B btute ub
ou .11unddy.

Ltdy AMELIA Hann, who is at Bath, is much
reeiretl front her indisposition.
* iscontitessSunt:er had her usual evening party,
last night, at 1,..r house in Dover-Atreet.
The name (tithe young Lady, whose I,esnty hos
attracted tl4 much notice at the Board of tuuairy ut
Chelsea, is not HAWKINS, but Wirer. England,
it is said, cannot produce a Rowland for this
01./V6R.

The Elegant's who attend the Hoard of Inquiry,
et Chelsea, ere so striking., the spt etaturs, by their
evidentltl betray a wish to bed as well as
board with them.
Ardenls et Clifton and the Wells :
The Deedless of Northumberland, the Wks Perry,
Viscount sad Vise:miters Stcwart, Rev. Dr. and Ms.
Woodward, Rcr. Mr. and Mrs. Saunders, Ice. Le.
Arrived at Etliiitiurgli, on the instant—
. _

The Mawr of Deana.; Ladies Jean aarlCarnlina Mon-
lapre ; and Mr. aad Mns M.Virar•' Lord sad Lid), leount-
fort Lord Macdonald; the Hon. Lady Elitibcth Moacrief
sod Nils' Mooerief; the 11 .n. W. It. Monte; Aduural Sir
Sunset Hood; the lio.t. L.,.1). I Led, and 3li+a ;
John Morrison, of istlChillioJ;, Isq. j and David Graham,
lEart.
SiLEFFINGTON, we are courerned to state,
Isar been 41;i3.4croulle ill, au.l stilt continues serious-
ly ind.spoli,i.at Sir W 1,.1.1 AM SR MI OTO N.. 13 house
in il-lanusout-street. lie is attended by Dr. tier-
NOLDI6

On Saturday, Mr. PAGE, or St. Paul's Choir,
was introduced to the Princess or WsLas, and pre-
ented her Royal Flightless with a new arranged
edition of Flarraves AatAtas, 9A done for their
Mssyrrt vs' private coaeurtt : They were most su-
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