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London, England, 1808-09-27 00:00:00

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LONDON,

TLIE3DAY, SEPTEMBEII. 27, 1808.

Tins morning dispatches were received at the
Admiralty froth Admiral COCHRANE, in the West
Indies, dated• the latter end of August They state,
that the most perfea 'cordiality subsisted between
tfie British and the SpanirdVin that quarter, and
that .the latter ,Were resolved to ,Co-operate
with their countrymen in Europe in resisting the un-
principled aggressions of BUONAPARTE.

It is to be hoped that before the private baggage of
TIJNOT be shiPped, it will:at least undergo the for-
mality of a Custom-house search : it is not to be
supposed thai:any Article of the Portugal Conven-
tion can be Construed to sanaion the plunder of
the churches and of individuals, of which the Par-
. tuguese have so publicly declared him to be guilty.
The detention of DUPONT, as a prisoner, in the
light-house of Cadi.,•by the Spaniards, is ()Wing,
not to the mere charge of his abornicable robberies,.
but to the aaual detection 'of the booty among his
pri6te baggage; of this fa& not a single doubt can
be entertained.
The following is an Extraa from a Letter from an
Officer in Lord CoLuNdwooo's Fleet 'OpOn this

,

subject :
" Admiral Punvis and myself accompanied Lord
COLLINGWOOD on a, visit to General MORLA, on

Friday last, when he took us to the Custom House,.
to inspea five of DUPONT'S large trunks, which were
a&ually filled with church plate, and other valuable
articles, the plunder of private families. Among
the latter was a cross of very great value, belonging
to the Bishop of Toledo," - ' • •
After such a discovery, whatbetiei*e does such
•a vagabond deserve, than to, be shut up for the re-
mainder of his days in a dark dungeon, instead of a
light house ? Indeed so justly exasperated' were the
populace on hearing that the spoils had been found
upon -him, that, although it was intended his
whole army shOuld march thrOugh Xeres, in their
way to Cadiz, the inhabitants sent a public decla-
ration, 'that they would put every man to death if
they approached within three leagues of that place. At
St. Mary's, a stone had nearly-t-tispatched DCrotiT.
On his arrival at Cadiz,- he was sent fOr security on
board one of the Spanish Ships of War, but the crew
ibittinied, and declared they would throw him over-
board, if not immediately. sent on shore. , From
;ht_ nee he, w,as couveyed to the Light-house, where

he still remained when the last accounts came away.
We would ask, Is JUNdi',; if guilty Ofthe atroci-
ties ascribed to bim, desepiipg of .a-better fate than
Durn'tsrr.? Is sacrilege a crime, morepardonable in
ortugal than in Spain

We have received some Spani-h Pariers, contain-
ing inteiligence to the 16th inst. extra&s from which
will be found in a subsequent ,volumn.

It is with much gratification we learn, that the
part we have taken with regard to the-Convention
bet weemour Commanders in Portugal and the French
General, has met with the approbation of the Pub-
lac in general. We were persuaded . that all the
liberal part of the Public would- haVe jaded as we
did, because it is a leading principle with Britons not
to give way too violently to censure, till. they have
heard what .thue •who are s cused of delinquency
have te.offer in their defence. Though we have not

attempted to vindicate the Convention, .yet we have
suggested reasons [CA :slim that, it is possible that
substantial grounds of defence may be urged,,but
w- havo recsiutely refrained.frorn all that bitter per-
sHality and invective by which the charnaers of the
enons concerned in that Convention have been So.
ve;.ernently, (uric) usly, and unceasingly assailed in the

wibli.:Jourpals. It is a well known maxim, that the

honour of a soldier is as delicate as that of a Lady, and

ought.not tobeeven suspeCted• without the strongest
grounds of' probability, The. i.ihara(.(lerof the Bri-
tlsh Officer to whOITI the Cle.qA. pf the, French in
Portutal is to be' chiefly, if not' wholly asgibed, has
bid,erto -stood so
high,
thaC hi:s-f6knier: services
ou,4.ht surely to entitle him to a candid forbearance,
if not to a generotis• credit, till, the subje& is fully
submitted to the public at large, and there is suffi-
- .cieht ground for a fair and just decision. But. the
Adversaries of this Convention, who indulge them-
selves in headlong and indiscriminate censure, 'are

not satisfied with abusing the authors of it, but are
now endeavouring to make it a, matter of difference
between this countrylind Portugal.' So. My., whatever
reason the people of Great la'fitkin may-have to think
'unfavourably of the ConvelifiZia; in'ariCh as it ap-
pears to be wholly inadequate to the signal triumph of

our arms in Portugal, it 'is in the highest kgrce absurd
to attempt to lessen that sense of gr.ttittAand jus-
tice which the Portuguese'ought to frel At, the,..101-
portant benefit which they have derived from this
Country. The Convention was highly beneficial
to them, if it was not equal to what the valour
of Englishmen had a right to.expea. Their Coun-
try has been cleared of an oppressive, cruel, and
rapacious Enemy, and they are now under Else
protection of their generous deliverers. Their'
capital has been 'spared,- which might otherwise
have 'been reduced to ashes, if the Enemy had- been ••,
forced to the utmost extremity.' Their own lives,'
as well as those of the foe, mighlhave been exposed
to all the horrors of continued. warfare, and they
might have been reduced. to the most dreadful pri
vations. Admitting the vexation and the disgust
which they must feel, in seeingso much of their
property carried away by their 'Plunderers, it was
a, trifle compared to the removal of those Plun-
derers ; and, therefore, thetigh. the Convention
may not be as good -as it ought to be, still it was
highly desirable to themselves. The attempts; thet=e-
fore, to render them,aissatiSfied with the conduEt of
this Country, can be. considered as nothing, but the,
result of a Party-spirit, that is insensible of the ho-
nour and interest of/ the Empire. On the other
`hand, it must be,acknowledged, that if warfare had
been prolonged, though we might have•occasioned
great ckstruaion among the French, weajmuld most
probably' have purchased the final surrender Of such -
an, arrogant and obstinate Commander as JUNOT, a
man utterly careless of human
,blood, at the ex-
pence of many of clur gallant Countrymen, and who,
notwithstaniug all that has-been said' tolite contrary,
might have been reduced to severe privations. Be-
sides, we have rendered important service tO Spain,
by the reduction of the. French army 'in Portugal;
not only
,by the removal •of that army, but
:by , the opportunity Which pit afforded of de-
- tachin o—British toy cos to • the assistance .of the
heroic Spaniards, and enabling them to rid their
Country of their pretended Monarch, and his horde
of ruffians. But we are shocked,- to find that the
Opponents Of Govern-mem are not consented to re: •_
vile the_ Convention, and to invoke vengeance upon
the authors of it, before they are heard in their
defence, but attempts are made'even to lessen 1, e
credit of our gallant army itself, Who, it.io .sztid, hae
little to boast; as they, engaged with an inferior force.
It is well known, that though our army was larpr,
than that of the Enemy, only'a part of'the British
,
'couid employed on the oeemsion, and -that the
number of our countrymen Raul-illy engaged' was
'less than .that of the French; and yet they gained
sOch a victory as will render the .latter somewhat
more reluatant to expose themsehres -again to the
etteets,•of Blitish Prowess.—To conclude, we; are not
acivoe'ates for the Convention, .but.we'are advecaies'
for justice, for liberality,:for candour, and for a •sus-
pension of censure, till there is a positive demon-
stration of guiltNi

A Gentleman who left. Gottenburgh by the last
Packet, state'. •'sat before his depai-ture it was very
ed that a-proposition of a pacitic,na7