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London, England, 1808-08-12 00:00:00

OFFICIAL P IPER.

PROCLAMATION by Sir Lii.tra.r.s CO'T'TON, aid •
Admiral of der Blue, e.e. Commeader-ia-Cliirf.

INHARITOITS eT PutercuAL--Deputations
having reached me from all parts of the kingdom,
isoliciting succour, aid, and assistance, and statin4
to me the Lemuel, brave, and manly determination of
the people of Portugal to establish the Ckovernmci:t
of their law ful •Pri nee. and emancipate their couutry
from) French opprestioli :
I send, tegreembh• to your request, ships.
troops, arms, and inaunimition, aid have'idirected
the staudsnl Royal Highness the Prince
Re,puit of Portngat to be reared, round which
every loyal Portuguese is hereby invited immedi-
ately to roily, nod to take up arires iu soyust and so
glorious a cause.
"'l'o be successful, Pottiepese, you must he
' -<'ols'emoust anal, joined by your brava neighbours
and friends, the Spanituvls, you roust nut be intiiii-
dated nor seduced by promises.
' 4, t4nme mouths experience must have coorinceil
• you of the effect of French friendship; it is now to
British faith and assistaute, aided by your own
energy anal efforts, that you gill, I trust, be totieht-
. e.l for the restoration of your Priuce and the inilc-
pendruce of your country.
(Sitplial)
" tliheroho, wider Jnly s, 11101."

" Corrox."

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
FRIDAY, AmiLST 13.

The Gibraltar, of tI4 is arrived at
. 'tooth, from Coronna ; she left that place simaly
after the Swallow, and by her Government has re-
• ceived iiitelligenee from liieut.-Colonel Day LE,
dated Carillaia, at miduight, no the ith instant,
• of which the following are the heads: Lieut.-
', Colonel ptut+LE states, that he had ereu a let-
ter dated Irma Madrid, on the 27th, stating, that on
+ that morning the Frc:eh began their retreat
from that city; ; that JOSEPH BONAPAI TE hail
quitted it, and, with the usual characteristic of
French troops, had curried off all the valuables
belonging to t,w Court. They took the road to
Burgos. The above letter was wiitten by a nephew
of a Memberof the Julia of Gallicia.
According to a letter from 'farnirn, of the 27tlr
silt. the Mureim and Videntiusi army, 60,003
stroug, tool passed through tha: place on that day,
no their way to Madrid. A bad; of smoggier%
with ESCIIMAS at their head, is also um-rising to
Ma,i+iJ, and is within thirteen leagues of it.
. tilueuiarils, according to private letters from
. Aragon, Nast been again victorions in that quarter.
Marshal BESSI EN ES has wvaeuated Benevento.
it corps Under General l'oNTt has taken •
French convoy of eight waggons, loaded w;tli
plunder.

CAVITA NOS was rapidly advancing in La Mancha.
Such is the substance of the intelligence received
by Government last worsting. The town was, how-
cs er, agitated by reports of the arrival of accounts
still snore favourable, to the Spanish cause. It was

generally reported that Government Md received
official dispatches, announcing the surrender of
.11:Nor. with hid whole force, to Sir AIITHUR WEL-
Lr:il.Ev. An account to this et:et was read at scve-

sal public dinners in the city. It was proclaims d
aloud at the Stock Exchange, and received by the
Company with a loud hum. The confidence with.
which it was asserted,aial the roinplete credit which
it obtained, may be estimated by its elli.et upon the
Omani's, which has been for some days
droopinz, fell last morning to 2.1, discount, cud the
3 per Cents to 651 for money; but, on the report of
stexor's surrender, the Osmium got up to only
discount. The report, him:ever, is not suspected
t have oripinated i stock -jobbing purposes. It
may be satisfactorily accounted fur by the state of
the public mind, which is prepared to receive in-
telligence of the surrender of Juan, regarding it
as an event become inevitable in consequence of-
the snrretitler of Duruar. With this disposition,
and it being well known that a ir.hisel had arrived
from Spina, Mr. MILL*, the Messenger, in pass-
ing through the west end of the town, yesterday.
'alum Windsor, was, in mistake, presumed to be an
sinker with dispatches from one of the outposts.

The Chevalier 1Y ANDVAGAs whose arrival from
the Hague we noticed yesterday, has had au Mtg.!,
..etv pith Mr. CAN NINO, in ordtrr to lay before him
the information which was lolieved by the best-in-
formed perioas, when the Chevalier left Holland.
A rupture with Austria was regarded as inevitable :
ands in that event, the Corsican Emperor would
not be aide to detach a single soldier from the
Banks of the Rliii.e or tit Odor to the assistance
of dosueu ha Stain. That this contemptible and
imaginary l4,.vereigii was about to cracuate Madrid
as early as the 27th of July, on his way back to
Bargoa and to Bayonne. Giseruinent has every
reason to believe thf. ititelligebra, basing been sent
to them from Colonel :Dos 1.F., in his letter front
Coronas, dated the 4:h of A op.t, at titirhiglit.
It is true, that in the war of the succession, pre-

cisely a century ago, Pnit:e V. was repeo..e.lly''
driven out of Abell id, "arid v.as as oftail brought
bock toile les that capital by tie loyalty of
his Castilian %Amts. Rut PHILIP of Locasou
and Cu %ELEA of A USTILI file true competitors far
the Spanish crown, were voinally descended
from rms.! :\'. by his two daughters. The
Spaniards were divided in their attachment
to those Princes, Catalonia, Valentin rind Ar-
ra;znii, takin; part with the Archduke, while the
two Crudites adhered to his rival. In the pre-
sent inrtance, a sentiment of indignation and alp.
borrence against a mean adventurer, sent to reign
over them by a ruffian who has insulted the nation,
and entrapped their Monarchs, pervudes every Ito-
min, from the foot of the Pyrenees to Cadiz. We
must not imagine that those provinces, which are
under the Corsican's contrail, feel less ardour, or
less patriotism, thun Andalusia or Alturia. But
the iulialsitauts of Barcelona, Pompeian*, mid lid-
boa, held We awe by military garrisons, (11111.0
evince their inclination, like those of Seville, or of
(Mello. It is highly Orobable that NAPOLEON
and 91s brother,• even though they should be ex-
pelikl from the southern and the central provinces
of Spain. yet may make a long retartance in Nit-
varreXatalonia, and Biscay. %ire may neverthe-
tem antieipase, with some de;rep of yonlidence, the
.entire ezpulsm r of tlre. I.luLty.lazE Embryo Dy-
nasty from every pan of Spain *Ws Vivember.

b.

Some Dutch pipets of •he flitlr, acid pnv.Ae let.
tem of the title w ingtant, were rec.( ell yesterdat*.—
The public paper 4 contaiu no InAs; but a pnvate
letter aie latter date ita,crt,, that a Treaty of
Peace *Amu concluded betweeu Sweden mod
Rosana

Of the three Generals cot 1111 l ending the principal
armies of the Conklin tyrant, in Spain and Por-
ttagal, numelyp,DerONT, BLSsIit:RLS, aid JUN oT,
.he first only is a man of family. DUPONT wee
Aid-de-Casup to the Murechal De lianetao, at
long ago as the year an ! acquired the esteem
af that Commander by hia ability and talents. 'He
is COUSitiereil as cue of the ablest officers is BON A-
['ARTS'S service. Bess, Elll.B, who has oisen to the
rank of a Marshal trader the Usurper, was son aim
amid:cur, not fur from Catiors, in the paiviliee of
Qeerey. Nis father, having acquired as csuiy in.
dependence by his profession, emended his son for
the same Lusiiiess, and gist hima good edireation ;
but he peals. 'Tea entering into the military service.
At this time he is about 47 years of age, of a very
libertine character, prof:l4s4lg, without disguise, a
total co 'tempt, as well as thorough disbelief. of
every thin; busily respected among men. His
devoted ailsarence to Naamaaos is supposed So
hays coialueed, more than his military capacity 6r
services, to the elevation which he has attained.
Ju N T is a oative of Orleans. His origin is too
onscure to betruced ; aud, before the Itetolutuns,
he wis a pr:vate soldier in the French Guards. At
the siege of Toulon, early in 1794,11 e hecaine first
perso.vdt) k Own to BONAPARTE, alto thew coin-
mends $: a iletacianent of this Artillery.. Hie
AfJ-
de-Camp 4n.i.14 U close to his sale, while tin-.
pilled in takiog down a proecs vcrial, nr notes of
the passing transactions, liosiar ma. called out to
staid bins instantly a person who knew how to read
and write. Jurikr, then in the ranks, possessing
these qualifications, was selected to till the place
1 of the Aid-rfe-Casip who hail fallen. But scarcely
had he written a kw liar., which BON•PARTS die-
toted, when a cannoli hull, that tore up the groomd
before them, tilled their eyes with dust—•• How
consulate!" observed JUNOT, with perfect com-
posure, tt I wanted some sand for my paper, and
here it comes." The sung livid with which this
remark cuss wade. attracted BONAPARTE'S atten-
tion, who certainly appears to have noticed and at-
tached to him men of energy or capacity, from an
early per:od of his political career. He demanded
of JUNOT his :same, and from tiait day roamed
him near his ova person. He has risen under
his Corsican waster to the sunitiiit of revo-
lutionary honours, dignities, and emoluments.—
At this time lie is Gorernor-General of Portugal,
Colonel-Gaaorol of the if usages, a °coeval- ash ttii
Stoll; Governor of Pails, and Duke of Abrantea ;
one of the most ancient extinct Portuguese titles.
Ilia income, including the lands assigned him is
Poland, does not fall short of 17,0001. starting a-
year. We cannot doubt that he will exert at the
energies and resources of his mind, to merit the
r. A
commence reposed in him by NAPOLEON, and to
preserve such acquisitions. 'JUNO? is an the vigour
of his age, -of a figure uncouth and vulgar; his
face scorned with scars, and his manners corres-
ponding with his external appearance. lie married,
nevertheless, a few years ago, en Albanian Princess;
and his decision, as well as capacity, authorise us
to expert, that he will not !et Lisbon 'fall into
our hands, without making a vigorous defence.—
If, however, es the Patriot paper. ii-sort, or at least
iodine as to believe, Bessitiaas has !alien bark to
!largos, obviously with a view to protect and cover
JOSEPH BONAPARTE at Madrid ; it is nut easy to
conceive how JUNOT MS either long protract his
defence of Lisbon, or extricate Inias...lf Irons his ac-
tual situation. W.! must, noiwitlitaandiog, wait for
the next advice. from Sir Anrewx Wr.u.ist.strs
before we indulge in any opera lotions relative to
his exv-Alition. Even the fact of hii boring landed

at Pe.tiche, rests ore.y on uncertain reports, and
wand ► u irm►ttion: I•:vcry hour, inteltigenee ,r
the most interesting nature may be .;petted front
the border. of the 'login,.

We revived, at a late hour, last night, a copy of
Lord IVlti.T.ist's speech, delivered at ET11.10;:ei
ROOMS, iu the city of York, ou Friday last, at the
dinner in commemoration of his Lordship's election
for Yorkshire. Ills Lordship, as we stated in Tug
Hamm PRE*, of Monday last, took a review of
his conduct on the subject of the Copenhagen bu-
siness, which he denominated a piracy, and repro-
bated in very strong terms. Ile next proceeded
to modem" the Orders in Council as impolitic,
tinju.r, and destructive of commerce. • The Inkt-
warmiless of hlinistees, and their tardiness, iii rela-
tion to the revived Finance Committee, ticxt en-
gaged his Lordship's attention, and he conclude)
his able speech with some strong and appropriate
ohservations upon the rejection of the ciaiins of
the Irish Catholics. These points furnished the
leading subjects of repeated debates is the last ses-
sion of Parliament, and at his Lordship's speeches
and conduct upon them are fresh in the recollection
of our mailers, we repot the less that neither our
time nor our limits Ormit us to eater into the de-
tail.. His statement was nothing snore
than a lair and manly account of his Parliament-
ary conduct to Isis constituents.

The Prineess Amelia, DICKSON. and the ENUMIT,
AIKEN, from Grenada, are arrived off Dover. They
:sailed froth Tortola on the 3lith of June. with the
fleet for drew Britain, &e. und.a. convoy of ills
MAJESTY'S Slii:lS Camilla, Rosario, and Satellite,
and parted on the IGth July. in hit. 47. N. long.
37. 50. ahout 130 sail in company.

In The Gazette of to-morrow evervinz will
appear un Order. for proroguing the Pailiamei;t
from Saturday the t.toth not. to Tuebday thw
of November.

Yesterday, at Mr. CAN tuxes Office, a Cabinet
Council was hrld.

The Grenadier and Light Wintry Companies of
the Guards ore expected to be immediately
txs-
Raded and sent on foreiga service, which will coin-
pl.-te the effective force of this corps, with those
already under orders, to nea► 5000 rank and
flis MAJESTVK ship Belk Palle, with a fleet un-
der convoy, from Portsmouth, arrived at Gansher
Oil the .
Grt oonfusiou, and delay has been experienced
by time moused interest in the city, and ilmong,t
the Bankers and Merehants in general, iu conse-
quence of the new Stamp Act, the provisions of
which ware to take 1h;a;•e generally froin and after
October Su; but the 4..5111 clause, which enacts,
'l4it for lilt drafts lint-dated, Sr which ►rash not
liitre dawn written thereon, a pe-
nalty o.* lout, shall be paid' by the skewer, 20i. by
the teceivea, and loot, by the person paying,
was to take place on Augnst 2, although the Act.
tr is not begun to be published until Saturday the
30th of July, and et* course the public mere igno-
rant of the cilium.. Soule of the liNukers returned
:Ouse hundreds of drafts every day, until it beeanie
. generally known, and the eenfusion was very great
in general.

Cientel:ant-General Sir Haunt' BURRARD, who
has the command of the Expedition to Spain and
Portugal, at his first entering the army in 17.76,
held a commission in the math, or, Royal Alio ri-
rens, in which regiment he served several years; lie
was thence promoted to Major in the 14th foot. In
these reli,inients he maw much actual service in
America and the West Indies. lii 17$0, lie ex-
changed into the First Regiment .uf Foot Guards,
of which he is How the Lieutenant-Colimel.—
Since that period he served under the Duke of
YORK in Flanders; and at Ostend, (where he
ens taken prisoner) he was the second in com-
mend, under Major-Genend Coots. lie had a
brigade in Holland, where he acquired great repu-
tation ; and iii the late expedition to Copenhagen,
; a appointed second in command mitler Lord
CATHCART. He is universally beloved l,y the. 011i-
errs and mini who have served tinder him. and
there is not a more brave, intelligent, and 'merito-
rious Officer io His di AJ WT.' service.

Yesterday the Stationers Company had their
annual Venison Dimier, at Stationer,' Hail. After
many loyal anti appropriate toasts laid been given,
a Gentleman rewe, and informed the Meeting that
letterlusil that moment been pia into his hand,
which, as it coot: • • 1 news that must add to the
pleasure of the company, he would beg travels;
road thus read the latawy whit+ immanent
the surrender of JUNOT, with the whole of his
troops, to General 11'Er.t.Esti:x, and the capture of
the Russian Fleet is the higus. The ball imme-
diately resounded with exclamations of " Bravo,
Bravo, and the universal enthusiasm fully pour-
trayed the lively interest this loyal Company takes
in 'thy discomfiture which may befit' the general
enemy.

A circumstance lately took place,. which plates
the insolence of the French Government in a very
eouspicuuns point of view, though, unhappily, we
want no information in that respect. When the
Emperor of Anstria had resolved to pay a visit to
Hungary, chiefly for the purpose, as since suppos-
ed. of making the cession of Fiume, the visit was
announced to be of el private nature, mind therefore
he siriiiied to the Ambassadors from the severnl
countries, assembled in Vicuna. that he would not
trouble them to follow him, as his stay would lie
short. All the Ambassadors hut Andreossi paid
their compliments to the Emperor on his departure,
■nd readily acquiesced in his wish, that they should
mina nat Vienna till his return. Ai:olreoissi, how-
ever, intimated hisdeterminstion to follow the Em-
peror. and notwithstanding the repugnant e which
was manifested by the Emperor himself, and some
of Isis Ministers, actually traced his steps, appeared
like a spy to watch every movement, and carried
pile inquisitive impudence to such an excess, us to
exhaust the patience of the Emperor, and to draw
on himself a strong expression of personal disgust.