The National Register.
London, England, 1808-10-02 00:00:00

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Army. That property of every kind conti•cated, or seized,
friim the suhjects, or other persons residing in Portugal, whether
of the Royal Palace; Royal and Public Wearies, and Museums,
and from Individuals that arc still existing in Portugal, should
We restored :—We, the Coinmissiouers for seeing carried into
eszecution the said Treaty, as his Excellency the Commander of
the French army has already notified to his army, think it also
Tight to make public the same for the information of all con-
cerned; and tor facilitating the restitution, or the receiving hack
such property, we have judged expedient to appoint a Con►-
mittee of three persons, viz. Lieutenant-Col. Trot* 0. St. An-
tonio Rodrigues de Oleveira, and Mr. I)uhliur► Comtnissaire
ties Guerrcs, to meet at No. 8, Cargo de Loretto, who are ap-
Oointed to receive, enquire into, and judge of all reclamations
on this head, and whose orders for the restitution of property,
to whomsoever atlilressed, are to tie obeyed. And it is directed
that keepers shall have charge of sequestratvd or seized property
in every house to which it may have been removed, to assure the
conservation of objects or moveables transported from royal
sr public houses, to others, for the use or convenience of
'such General, Administrator, or other subject of the French
army. These keepers will mark the description of all mcnbles
with the name of the owners, and be accountable for whatever
Is therein, and they will he delivered only on legal proof of
svetiership, to the possessors of such articles as above described,
Who w ill transmit to this Committee a return of what each may
have in his possession of the property designated. And all per-
sons may with safety apply to this Tribunal. We think it ne-
cessary also to make known to whom it may concern, that any
purchase made of articles taken from the public arsenals or stores
since the 30th of August, or whaterer shall, on trial, be proved
to have been illegally sold or disp'sed of at any time; even pre-
vious to the 30th of August, shall be null and void, the articles
seized and the persons purchasing subject to what the law may
farfher direct. The Committee assembled to receive reclama-
tions, and facilitate the restitution of property, hold its sittings
at the house of St. Antouio Rodrigues de Oliveira, No. 8, Cargo
tie Lot etto.

" IV. C. BERESFORD, .3f14.-General.
PROM', i I
British Commissioners."
" Le General KELLERMAN tv,
Le Commis.saire Francuise pour feierution de la
Convention, du 30 _flout."
" T.lBbln, 10th Sept. 1808."

The following private letters are important :
" Cantp at Casso, near Lisbon, Sept. 10.
" Of the result of our campaign in Portugal you have been
gliTady of course informed. But I must acquaint you with a
good thing which happened yesterday. Jueot had allowed his
Generals and Officers to plunder Lisbon—ie consequence of this
permission, the Bishop's Palace, tint Public Offices, and the
Churches, were exposed to the most open and barefaced pil-
lage, after the Convention had been signed wit h the British
Commander. The 'Magistrates of. Lisbon at.' the principal
Bpersons preferred a complaint to the Comnruider in Chief of the
ritish forces. About eight thousand French had already em-
barked, but .1 unot was still in Lishme—The British Commander
instantly sent au order to him to rau-e ever thieg to he restored
that had been taken from Itte Portugue-e preriouBo to time capi-
tulation and down to yesterday.—}loW astonished the French
Nvere, who thought they should carry ter every thing quietly,
I leave you to judge— J mita and his tienerals and Officer.: are
in the greatest rage, but it will avail them nothieg. A Military
Connuittee has been appointed, to
which all the property plun-
dered. whether Portuguese or English, is to he deliv'ered • The
amount will, it is said, he immense—some say a million or two
sterl i ng."
" nO Sr.PT. 11, 18(18 —Nothing can surpass the indig-
nation and surprise of the inhabitant, at seeing time unaccountable
posture of things in the Tagus, where the Lngli.h, the Portu-
guese, the French, the Spanish, and the Russian tip are all seen
Vying together ! Sir Charles Cotton, when he came over the bar,
placed his fleet ab9ut two miles telow Belem fort. The French
ships alai the Russian Bret are anchored about a mile above the
fort. The Spanish prisoners who were released front the hulks,
are encamped on tis- soliCtern side of the river. The ill-blood
that has been proiliireil by seeing the first detachment of the
French carry on hircril their plunder with them, has produced
many murders. ()Steers, either French or English, are careful
ref k% al kiog alone, or venturing out at night. Several of the
French have been dispatchei, and it requires the utmte-t. vigi-
lance to prevent insurrection. ''here is a report that the Freuch

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will not be able to carry with them any part of their rapine.
They are now trying to convert into articles that will stand mus-
ter. They have been :tonally buying from the English Officers
English horses at NO guineas a piece, to carry with them. It
is said that the French so be carried away will amount to near
25,000 souls, and transports for all this body mast be found.
There is a rumour that they have committed great depredations
since the Conveutiqu was signed—hut I cannot discover thi: to
be the case. The clamour and the fury of the people bon evcr
is at the height."

Several private letters state, that Junot had demanded
tonnage for 27,0Q0 men, of which number 18,000, bore
arms. Our brave army, as might naturally be expected,
was by no means satisfied with the Convention and these
distinguished heroes could not help regretting that such
inadequate justice had been done to their splendid victories.
It was on the 11th that our troops entered Lisbon. On
the following day, Hear-Admiral Tyler, with the Barflenr,
Conqueror, Alfred, Donegal, Hercule, Elizabeth, and
Ruby sailed from Lisbon with the whole of the Russiao
fleet for Spithead, except one ship, which was left in the
Tagus to undergo some repairs. The following letter gives
some particulars :
" Po tursmot7TlT, Seer. 28. Arrived the I'odargus, 18, Cap-
tain Ifellard, from Lisbon ; she brings information that the
Convention made by Sir Ilew Dalrymple was carried into ef-
fect. The first division of Junot's army were embarked, and
laying at anchor *outside of the Castle (Belem) ready to sail.
The Barfleur, 98, Rear-Admiral Tyler, Capt. NPLend ; Con.
queror, 74, Capt. Fellowes ; Alfred, Z 4, Capt. Btigh ; poop-
gal, 80, Capt. Malcolm ; Ilcrcule, 74, lion. Capt. Colville;
Elizabeth, 74. lion. Capt. Curzon ; and Ruby, 64, Captain
Draper, sailed from the Tagus on the 12th instant, in charge of
the Russian fleet for England, leaving only one of them there.—
The British troops were in possession of Lisbon two days before
the Podargus sailed, which was on the 13th."

We have received a Private Letter from Lisbon, which
states, that the publication of the Proclamation signed by
Generals Beresford and Kellermaon, has created the utmost
discontent in the French army. General Junot in parti-.
cular was perfectly eurap,•,..ml at the loss of his plunder, and
has issued a formal protoot against the interpretation which
General Kellermann has put on the COny6tion. On the
other hand, Kellermann contends that the interpretation
was correct, but says be did not intend that the. Proclama-
tion should be published, as it will ruin, him in the estima-
tion of the French Army.
It appears certain, that Marshal Lannes has gone to meet
his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, in order to receive his
Majesty on the confines of his Empire, and conduct him to
Erfurth, where the two Emperors of France and Russia are
to have a meeting. All the Princes composing the Confe-
deration of the R hue are, it is said, making great prepa-
rations to set out to Erfurth, where. it is supposed, his
Majesty the Emperor of the French will spend some days.
Already 300 men of the French Imperial Guards arrived at
Mentz on the 14th ult. having been forwarded in carriages.
Last Wednesday the Swedish Ambassador introduced
Lieut.-Colonel Gyllenskold to His Majesty. This distin-
guished Officer, who is his Swedish Majesty's First Adjutant
of the Navy, was the bearer of the flag taken by Admiral
Flood from the Russian ship Sevolod, of 74. He also de-
livered to his Majesty a letter written by the King of
Sweden, with which his Majesty seemed highly pleased.
We understand it contained, among other things, a request
that his Majesty would grant permission to his brave Offi-
cers to receive such tokens, of the esteem of that Monarch
as he felt himself bound to oiler them.
The Cork Expedition, cinder the command of Sir David
Baird, together with the troops which arc to meet him at
Falmouth, is, we believe, decidedly destined for Italy ; and
great part of the army now in Portugal goes to Spain,
under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore.
A Commissary was sent to Cornuua, about a fortnight ago,
to make the necessary provisions for from thirty to forty
thousand infantry, and five or six thousand eavalrv. This
is certainly one of the most important, and at the same