The National Register.
London, England, 1808-09-19 00:00:00

DIVIDENI DS.

Oct. 8. Matthew Lee, Wellington, So►aerset, scrivener, at ten,
at the Old London Inn, Exeter.
Oct. 7. Edward 'Wainwright, Thame, Oxford, butcher, at
ten, at the White Hart Inn, Aylesbury, !lucks.
Oct. ?. John Parbrick, Fairford, Gloucester, dealer, at eleven,
at the Fleece Inn, Cirencester, Gloucester.
Oct. 8.. Moss Moses, Rosemary-lane, salesman, at one, at
Guildhall.

Oct. 10. Thomas Ishmael Watkis, Salford, Lancaster, cotton-
merchant, at two, at the Star Inn, Deanscrr.ate.
Oct. 5. William Finch, Westminster, dealer, at eleven, at
the King's Arms Inn, Plymouth-dock.
Oct. 13. Ralph Dewhnrst, Preston, Lancaster, upholsterer,
at eleven. at the Old Red Lion, Preston.
Nov. 19. Thomas White, Southwark, haberdasher, at one,
at Guildhall.

Nov. 8. Jarvis German, Aldermaubary, bosicr, at one, at
Guildhall.

Nov. 8. John Kirtoo, Gray's-lun, banker, at one, at Guild-
hall.

Oct. 29. James Reid, Broad-street, underwriter, at eleven,
at Guildhall.

Nov. 15. Robert Roberts and William Williams, (rcat Dis-
talaae, was:chows:men, ut twelve, at . • •

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Nov. 19. Isabella Watkins, Francis M'Ciare, and Lucy
Hincksman, New Baud-iitreet, milliners, at one, at Guildhall.
Oct. 21. William Wright, Queeuhithe, provision-merchaut,
at ten, at Guildhall. _ _

Nov. 12. William Peter Jogget, Cullum-street, Fenchurch-
street, merchant, at eleven, at Guildhall.

Oct. 11. Charles Sinerdon and Benjamin Penn, Liverpool,
druggists, at eleven, at the tilobe Tavern, John-sreet, Liver-
pool.

Oct. 11. Benjamin Penn, Liverpool, druggist, at eleven, at the
Globe Tavern, John-street, Liverpool,
Oct. 6. Benjamin M.►untfort, Walsall, Stafford, miller, at
welve, at the Stork Tavern, Birmingham.
Oct. 7. Thomas ("ray, Colchester, Essex, baker, at eleven, at
the Angel Inn, Colchester.

Oct. 8. Elizabeth Staples, Christopher Shaw, Moses Staples.
and Henry Guy. Cornhitl, bankers, at eleven, at Guildhall.
Oct. 8. Thoina3 Dowell, jun. holy well-mount, hawker, at
tuelve at Guildhall.

Nov. 15. Francis David De la Chalmette, Laytonstone,
merchant, at one; at Guildhall.

CERTIFICATES, OCT. 4.

John Sanders, Canterbury, corn-merchant.—Robert Wilson,
Liverpool, furrier.— oh. If urren, Kelsole, Sun' k , cordwainer.

LONDON GAZETTE LATRAORDINAICY.

FRIDAY. SEPT. 16.

Downing-street, Sept. 16, 1808.

A Dispatch, of which the following is a Copy, was received
yederday evening from Lieut.-(.en. Sir Hrw Dalrymple, com-
manding his Majesty's troops in Portugal, Addrest,ed to Lord
Viscount Castlereagh, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries
of State, and brought by Captain Dalrymple, Military Secre-
tary to Sir Hew Dalrymple.
Mr Lc au,

Bead-quarters, eintra, Sepl 3, ISM.

I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that landed in
Portugal, and took the command of the army, on Monday, the
Vd of August, the next day after the battle of Vimiera, and
where the enemy sustained a signal defeat; where the valour
and discipline of British troops, and the talents of British offi-
cers, were eminently &via) ed.
A few hours after my arrival, General Kellermann came in
with a flag of truce from the French General in Chief in order
to propose an agreement for a cessation of hostilities, for the
purpose of concluding a convention fur the evacuation of Portu-
gal by the French troops.. The inclosed contains the several
articles at first agreed upon and signed by Sir Arthur Wellesley
and General Kellermann; but as this was done with a reference
to the British Admiral, who, when the agreement was commue
uicated to him, objected to the seventh article, which had for
its object the disposal of the Russian fleet in the Tagus, it was
finally col.cluded, that Lieut.-Col. Murray, Quarter-Muster-
General to the British Army, and General Kellermann, should
proceed to the discussion of the remaining articles, and finally
to conclude a convention for the evacuation of Portugal, subject
to the ratification of the French General in Chief, and the
British Conitnanders by sea and land.

After considerable tliscussion,and repeated reference to me,
which rendered it neces.ary or me to avail myself of the
limited period latterly prescribed for the suspension of hostili-
ties, in order to move the army forwards, and to place the
several columns upon the routes by which they were to advance,
the convention was signed, and the ratification exchanged the
30th of last month.

That no time might he lost in obtaining anchorage for the
trawporis and other shipping which had for some days been ex-
posed to great peril on this dangerous coast, and to insure the
communication between the army and the victuallers, which was
cut oft' by the badness of the weather and the surf upon the
shore, I sent orders to the Buffs and 42d Regiments, which were
on board of transports with Sir Charles Cotton's fleet, to land
and take possession of the Forts on the Tagus whenever the Ad-
miral thought it proper to do so This was accordingly carried
into execution yesterday morning, %1 hen the Forts of Cascuis,
St. Julien's, and (login %%ere evacuated by the French troops,
and taken possession of by ours. . .

As I landed iii Portugal entirely unacquainted with the netual
state of the French arms., and many circumstances of a local and
incidental nature, which doubtless had great weight in deciding
the question; my own opinion in favour of the expediency of
expelling the French army from Portugal by cacaos of the Con-