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FEIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1803.

TERMINATION OF THE CAMPAIGN IN

PORTUGAL.

Yesterday afternoon Capt. HALSTEAD, of the NAvy,
arrived at the Adii.iralty with dilipatches from Ad-
Mira' Sir.C. COTTON ; and at the same time Capt.
DALRYMPLE, Son of Sir H. DALRYMPLE, reached
Luca k.:A,MEREAGtes Office. The substance of the
inteil.geuce brought by thec Officers was last night
communicated to the LOUD MAYOR in the lolloing
LE fIE-R FROM-LORD CASTLER6AGH TJ THE

1-01(1) MAYOR.
" DIY Loan, Dowtittig street, Sept. 15.
" I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship, that dis.
patches hay • IN.en recetved 11Q.il Lieutenant-General Sir
HEW DALitympLs, dated Head Quarters at Cintra, on the
3d instant, from wine!' it appears, that a Convention was
signedon the 3oth uithho, by which it was agreed that the
renek army should evacuate Portugal
" 1 have the honour to be,
" My Lord,
" Your Lordsiiip'4 most hum' le servant,
" To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor.AS TLEREAG."
C-ki"

LETTER FROM LORD AIULGRAVE TO ;THE
LORD MAYOR.

Aclttiiratty
UtiLe, Sept. IS, Six P.M.
" MY Lotto,
" I have the hdnour to acquaint your Lordship, that Cap-
tain H csr E An, First Captain of the Hiberni,, and Captain
of the Fleet under the command GI Admiral Sir. CHARLES
CO rrosi, oil the Tagus, has arrived at the Admiralty with
dispatches, stating the surrender, by capitulation, of the
.Russian fleet in, the Port of Lisbon, on'the following terms,
viz. the Ships, Nini Sail of the Line and One Frigate, to be
held in dePosit by his Majesty until six months after a Defi-
nitive Treaty of Peace is concluded between his Majesty and
the Emperor of Russia, and to be then restored.
" The R ussian Officers and Seam'en of the fleet to be sent
Immediately to Russia, without conditions.
" I have the iionasur to be,
" My Lord,
" Your Lordship's, &c.
" MULCRAVE."
•

We are not yet sufficiently in possession of the
'i.e.rits which occurred subsequent to the Battle of
tfte 21st. nor with the motives which induced the
General to conclu..le such a Convention, to
!ate us to wive any decisive opinion upon this sub-
-le'''' But we confess the result is not by any means
so favourable, as we expeaed. After the glorious.
Vieories of the' 17th and 2 Ist ult.—after-a .proposi-
tion from JUNOT to capitulate, we certainly did not
"Pea to hear of a Convention by'which he was to
evacuate Portugal. Uninformed, however, as we
are
,with regard to the details, it is our duty to sus-
Pend our judgment until they are 'laid before the'
lan die. But Whether .the Convention which has
been entered into has been such a one as we had a
:light to expect, or not, still there cannot be two
opinions with regard to the advantages which must
result to this Country from this. event.• The large
Poree which has been employed in Poitugal is now
at liberty- (and _certainly at a most important mo-
&nen') to co7operate with the gallant Spaniards, or to
be employed wherever
War the circumstances of the
froth the may Portugal is ife require. e
aually relieved
French yoke;' her Ports are open to us,
Yoke-
and our Fleet is relieved from a .most harassing and
dangerous service.
The reason. we understand, which'has been as-
signed for signing a Convention containing Terms
very favourable to the French, is, that there
Was a great dirEcUlty of keeping up a communi-
cation with the ViEtuallers, frern the violence of the
Surf. The details of this transaCtion will be pub-
lished in an Extraordinary Gazette this evening.—
*
We, have milt' 16 add, that the whole of the French
Arm.' in Portugal is to be conveyed, in British Ships,
to I'reneit Ports, not as Prisoners of -War, and that
they are to take with them their arms, artillery,
baggage, horses, &c., and each of the privates to be
allowed Go rounds of ball cartridge. Having obtain-
ed these terms for himself, JUNOT did not make any
stipulation- in favour of his Russian Allies; they
were left to obtain the beat terms they could for
themselves.

vv
e entertain the, most sanguine expeaations that
We shall shortly have to announce the capture, or
destruction, of the whole Russian Fleet in the

•
The accounts brought by the.Gottenburgh Mail
state, that the Russian Fleet, consist i
f the 9g of nine Sail
o Line, had taken refuge in Port Baltic, near
and that they were blockaded by ten Swedish,
and two English Sail of the Line, under Sir SAMUEL
HOOD--that Sir JAMES SAVAIA EZ had obtained •in-
forrnation of their situation, and was proceeding thi-
ther with four Sail of the Line': -Govtfrnment have
received. intelligence to a similar efeCi...

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r 'this morning we received Spanish Papers to th 6
oth inst.—The following are the most interesting
at-ticks they contain :

Gisobt, SI3/T. B.—A Gentle Man h this

instant from Santander, with the account of a
vic-
tory. gained by PA L A i'OX, Over a body of French near
Patnpeluna; who were defeated with the loss of 5000
killed and wounded, arid [Goo prisoners. lam not
certain as to date, but think it was on the 19th ult.--;
It is said that if PA L A FOX had known General BLAKE
was so near, he would have entered Pampeldna.

, GRANADA, AUG. 17.—They write from r.lalaga
and .Madrid, that two French Frigates having at-
rived at the Havannah with various Military acid Ci-
vil Officers On board, who went to take possession
of the Government in the name of the transient Mo-
narch Joseph I. it fortunately happened that a Spa-
nish Vessel arrived the same day, with advices of the
insurrection in the Provinces, and of the declaration
of War against France by the Supreme Junta of
Se-
ville; on which account the inhabitants made the
French Officers and the whole of the crew prisoners.
—(Santiago Diary, Aug. 17 .)
LEON, AUG. 25.—Yesterday orders were given
to all the Divisions of Gallicia, to assemble in this
City.on the ist of 'September, and for the whole
Army to march the following day for Burgos. The
French are in number, from '35 to 40,000 men:
The Army of Gallicia is about 40,000, and that of
Asturias will amount to 30,000. It is to be ob-
served, that the day of the attack, of which day we
are ignorant, though the 7th of September is
named, the greater part of our Armies will join, in
order to attack the French in different points, and to
surround them. The Army of Spain, which will
enter into Astoria, in conjunction with our Allies,
will amount to 70,000 men 3 Consequently we ex=
pea, than not a single Frenchman will escape tut of
Spain.--(Santiago Diary, Aug. 3 .)

[From the Salamanca Gazette of the 24th August.)
AStORGA, AUG.l2.—Yesterday arrived here the
..English,General DOYLE, commissioned by the Bri-
tish Government for the conveyance of the Spanish
prisonzrs, in number about 3000, who are, coming
to join our army. The same Officer has also brought
complete, cloathing, muskets, flints, ammunition,
belts, shirts, stockings, and shoes, for 10,000
men, with 200,000 lbs. of cheese ; all of which
is really on the road for the army. There has also
arrived at arunna a million of dollars,.and an equal
quantity at Gijon, with 314000 musquets, and cor-
responding ammunition.

How treat the difference in the condua observed
by the mortal enemies of the Continent and that of
the regenerators of Europe; the former hae re-
paid our alliance, the immense sacrifices we have
.made to maintain it, and , the welcome recep-
tion we have given them in our houses, with
robbery, with assassinations of every kind, with the
abominable projed of overturning our Constitution,
religion, our manners, and customs ; and lastly,
with the odious desire of loading us with chains, in
order to serve their, iniquitous ends ; ,while the latter
pour out their treasures, and all kinds of resources,
that we may preserve our 'laws, 'our independence,
and whatever we hOld most valuable in life. Love
and eternal gratitudelto the generous Islanders, the
saviours of Europe! Everlasting execration to the
monsters of the human species !

SALAMANCA, AUG. 2U.—General Dome and our
inestimable Duke DEL INFANTeIDO arrived yesterday
in -this city; and have set out for Alva de Torres,
where General CUESiA has his head-quarters. We
may expe& the most flattering consequence from
the interview of these personages. .

BARCELONA, AUG. J.—Under the specious pre-
text of having to treat with them on important mat-
ters, the French General LECCHI invited to him the
Priors of S. Domingo and S. Augustin, Count SANTA
CLARA, Marquis CASTELLOLI, Marquis DE RIVAS,
and other Gentlemen, but on their complying with
this invitation, he sent them to the Citadel, where
they are still confined.—(Ovielo Gaz. zlug. 3 1 .)
VICE', AUG. 6.—The illustrious Junta of Valles
informed that of this place, under date of 4th of this
month, that Don FRANCISCO BARCA,LO, Commander
of the Distria of Mataro, had determined, in concert
with the Commander of the Enlish cruizers, to
attack the Castle of Mongat, the rallying point of
the enemy. Although the English began aS early as
the 29th ult. to mantruvre for that purpose, they
were. notable to disembark until the 3 1 St, at whicli
time our troops had already rendered themselves mas-
ters of the height of Cadena, made a lodgment in the
covered way, and compelled the Enemy to retreat to
their quarters, from whence they continued to make
smile resistance, until the arrival of a detachment of.
the English troops, to which the Garrison surrendered,
.from fear of being put to the sword in case of their
suirenderitig to our soldierS. The Enemy's loss can-
not be ascertained; but when the Castle surrender-•
ed go French only were found alive, who were
made prisoners, and seven pieces of cannon, a great
number of muskets, and a large quantity of ammu-
nition and provision fell into our hands.

[Prom the Niel) Gaiette, Sept. 3.3
CATALONIA, Rtus, j&L'ir O.—An Officerl
just arrived at Tairagona; er.preki troni itosaS; with
intelligence that an Aid-de-Camp of NAroLiOic had
been niade Prisoner, with dispatches for General
DUHES.SIIi, in which he informs hitt he. tan only'`
send 7000 new-raised t orticripis to his assistance.--;

The same Officer states; . that 300 Fi-eriCh had de=
serted . from the Castle of San Fernando. Several

deserters from Majorca assure Us; that many of their-
companions would desert if they knew they should not
be considered as prisoners Of war. This has induced
our General to issue a proclamation, which has been
introduCed at Majorca, offering every deserter two,
dollars, and his rank in the army.

VALENTIA, AUG. Ig.—The supreme Junta Of
Government has been pleased to appoint their Ex.;',
cellencies Count DE CONTAMINA and Marquis DE
CASTEL RODRIGO, Deputies to the Central Junta,
and Don PAsciutr., RODENAS, Commissary at War,
Secretary.
The Austrian and Russian Ambassadors in Madrid
carry on their diplomatic correspondence with
their Courts through the medium of the Su-
preme ,Junta of this place. From hence the
Dispatches are sent to Trieste, , and from that
place to Vienna and Petersburgh. This arrange-
ment seems to warrant a hope that the two Cabinets
will not hesitate to join in the Most vigorous mea-
sures to strike down the Tyrant, whose satellites'
publicly declare, that they intend to march from -
Spain toAustria, and from thence to Russia; so
that, according to the plan and system of NAPOLEOI,i,
there is not to remain in Europe one single Crowned
Head of the ancient Royal Familirs.
MADRID, AUG. 24.—Yesterday arrived hiS
cellency Don FRANCISCO XAVIER CASTANOS, and
the van guard of his army. It is impossible to form
an idea of the enthusiasm manifested by the geOple
,on this occasion; each vying with the other to ex-
-press their admiration, gratitude, and .joy. •

BAD.A.IOZ, AUG. 6.—Dun DUNETI CDRIES, Wild
was sent by Dou FREDERICA MURETI, Cu:umatider
of the Spanish troopsin &ma, • with a !,:patches tQ
the Junta of Coiinbra arid Oporto; and to the Portn-.

guese and Engli,h Generals, has under
this day's date, to his Excellency 4-,;:310 G(lte-
ral of Estremadura, *hat lial,p,-ncd,on his voyage,
of which report we shall 12.; the must ithere,tiog
parts, in the following c.xrails:

" The English General Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY,
who was in Figuera, did me the honour to, take
me to the reVeir of his troops, who were disejn..
barked that day (the 7th instant), and fornied a
corps of 7000 foot and 4 0 horse, accompanied 'by
an excellent park of artillery. On the Bth arrived

another English Squadron from , Cadiz, having on
board 5000 infantry, who began to disembark on the
gth in the morning. • .
" Before I withdrew, the English General in-
formed me, that he still expected h,OOO men of the
Royal English Guards; and when his whole Army
should be assembled, he should set out on his march
to Lisbon ; and desired me to assure • his Excellency,
that by rendering himself master of the left Banks of
the Tagus, which was not occupied by the Enemy, he
would answer for the capture of the capital. If JUNOT
did not surrender within ten days, according to the
Summons which should be sent him, he would
put all the French to the sword. I. represented to'
him the damage which the Russian Squadron might
do us, when, taking me by the hand, he said, with
a smile.--" They are ours."

We this day present to our Readers the contents
of the Paris Papers, which we have received down
to the gth. The most important articles are two
Reports from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, ad-
dressed to BUONAPARTE, and a Message from the
latter to his obsequious Senate. The great influx of
various matter will not permit us to enter at present
into such observations as these articles naturally
suggest. It is evident that whatever BLIONtkPARTE
may say of his force and of his intentions, he is by
no means without alarm. The proposed augment-
ation of his armies may be. intended as much to
secure submission at home, as to keep the Conti-
nental Powers in check, and, to renew. the Ekpedi-
tion against Spain.

By private letters from Sidney Cove we learn, that
Major JOHNSON • was induced to adopt the strong
measure of securing the person of Governor BLIGH,
as well to exempt him from danger, as to avert the
popular tumults which threatened to break out every
moment. The Governor, these letters say, at first
determined to resist the intention of Major Jontl-
- to arrest him, and having dressed in full uni-
form, waited, sword in hand, to receive him, -buc.
betbre the. former arrived Governor BLIGH had;
concealed himself; and, after an hour t •search,!
was found under a bed, from which he was'
dragged by the heels. Major JOHNSON imMediately
issued a Proclathation to quiet the minds of the'
people, and, it is said, that the inhabitants of the
Settlement were so much rejoiced at the event which
had happened, that a general illumination took place
for three nights. We do not pretend to know any
particulars reSpeaing the conduct which excited this'
popular ferment, or how far Major JOHNSON'S pro-_.i
ceedings are justified by the state of affairs-in the
colony.

AVA L NEWS. .

EtARWICIi, B.kPT. 15. —Arrived the Free
Packet, from Gottenburgli, in ten days tlie p
.gerS bring intelligence of the Russian Fleet
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blOcked• up in Hango nay; by Sir SAmirtt. H
With three Sail of the Line, and the Suedes wi
sail; that Sir j. SIUMkREz had proceeded with
Sail of the Line to join Sir SAMUEL. Hood;
doubt was entertained of the almogi htnnediate
tender of the Russian Fleet.

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 14.—Ariiired L' te Fri:
WOLFE, from Ferrol she has brought
ado 8-iianish Noblemen, on a mission to the B,
Goiseiiirnent, whij landed immediately; aiid se
for, London. It is stated that.they have brought'in-
telligerice•of a French Army; consisting of two hun
dred thousand men; being On their march, in four
diviSioiiS, towards Spain, headed. by .LIdNAPAIITE
but this wants confirmation.

A private Letter has heed 'received here, dated
from Corutina Elie 7th itastant, in which some d'oubt
are expressed relative to the capture of Juxor's
Army.

COWR, SEPT. 15.—The American SchoorierHope;
Captain PETER WOODWARD, arrived here yesterday
evening• from Havre de Grace. She left ‘i hat place
the day before yesterday; and is only come is here
td wait dispatches (that London, to carry to Wash-
ingtOn, in North Atnericg. When she kit Havre;
there was no particular news, but the Captain re-
.
ports,. .that great• aaivity prevailed in sending off
troops towards pain:

.I),TSSiOiiTli, SEPT. 15.—Atr:-.Ted tliii d3y the
Blossom Sloop of War. from olf,-Libon; Jupiter,
of 64, from the-0,,,.ti5;. and Furious Gull Brig,
With ii convoy From the Duwifq.'

Saildti the Niobe k:rtate, with speCe, for Oporto.

FALmoutti, SFA.T; i 3. 4.iiied the Carterett
Packet, C !wain "PATT4tooN, fOr Barbadoes and Ja-
maica and tie. Chriteijiid Pilaw, Captain Gls-,
BUN, flalifax and NeW Y-!lt.

DEAL, SEPT. 15.—Arrive,1 the Cheroli:ce Sloop
and Paz S.-homier from. Yarniou(n.
Sailed the JapitT and 1 hells torPurtsmouth, and
Thundeier to theNorthwarcL
The iimelia is g•iing Con%Oy to the Weitw r ' ,
The. Transports. having on board' the-Guards re-
main in the Downs; with the wind blu.v.ii.g.tr.e.b
east.

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P-4PERS.

r: DI A NS.-It appears,: from the
fol-
,e Osage Tri be, the most power-
.tii our Indian neighbours, -

hostility, ua commenced a pre-t-.
aeon the Citizens "Of the United

blliness has orig Mated in the neigh-
.,()'!istana,,among thu French and Spa-
., 2, ,;,ish must oe at the bottom of it !
take Canada immediately

t: Louis, May 27

bearer heieof is a Cnief ainoog the
vim resides on 'Apple Creek, in this ter-
. haF been seleaed by his nation for the
conveying to the belaWares, Shawnee
c. in your territory, the so,tance of
:10 1 ;ately i,acle to the Shawnese and
tins place, with respect to the Osage

ge have killed one of -our. Citizens more
moiltOs. since, and have failed io• deliver

bf.! totlrrkre:, they have Maimed, beaten, wounded,
biliv.rAie insulted and maltreated others ; they
Faye stor,q) a large number of our horses, .they have
Autonly killed and destroyed our cattle, they have.
p;on;_tert d uitr -frontier inhabitants of their clothes,
h,-,aseholdtorniture, tirc. destroying such articles as
a-e not porable; and from late information received
by the traders who have recently returned from their
villages, it appears that they evince a hostile dispo-
sition towards us, and consequently that othet de-
predations may be expected. I have in several late
conferences with the Shawnese, Delawares, Kika-
poos, Soos, Saues, Jaways,. &c. declared the Osage
nation no longer under the prOteetion of the United
States, and set them at liberty to adjust their several
differences with that abandoned nation in their own
. way, but have -prohibited their attacking them ex-
cept with sufficient force to destroy or drive them
from our neighbourhood. The White Hair, the
great Chief of the Qsages, is now. with-me ;• he has
found it impracticable to govern his nation, and he
has therefore-repaired to this place for protedion:—
The traders have been ordered to leave their vil-
lages, as have also the hunters and all other white-
persons to quit their country; a considerable number
,have already arrived, 'And the others are daily• ex-
peeled. Under these circumstances I. hope you will
admit the Indians in your territory to take their
own measures for attacking the 'osages. It is
possible that part of the militia of . Louisiana will
be employed on this service. The expedition will
move about the loth of September. AcCept the.
assurances of my most friendly regard.
MEBIWifETHER "

His Excellency Wm. H. Hanitlsull,
'Governor of the Ten itory of InOiAana. '

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,

'Observing in. that Morning chronicle of •the gth
the substance- of a Memorial intended to be pre-
sented to our beloved Sovereign from the Captains
and Subalterns of the Army, setting forth the length
of their . services, &c. ant willing to allow the
hardship of their case calls loudly for redress, and I
• have no. doubt but 'his. Majesty will cundescend to
take it into his most gracious considewionl; but
there is another branch whose gallant and highly
meritorious servir# have been universally felt and
acknowledged, and .which, next to the Navy, must
be considered the most useful body of men under.
the Crown—l allude to the Royal Marines. In that
Corps, promotion has for these last forty years
been -most miserably slow. On perusing the List,
I find the first ten senior Captains to- be of
nI it.ss thween years standing ; the next
thirteen are of twelve years standing, after being
seventeen, or perhaps nineteen, years Subalterns ;
so that after a faithful and bard service of Mir:(y-two
years, %se find them still Captains, a rank which
every boy who not,v enters the service, with either
interest or cash, confidently looks up to in three or
four years, nay sometimes cursing the regulations of
the Army, which doom him to remain two years
without a Company ; is not this truly mortifying
I next proceed to the Subalterns : I find the
first thirty to have been twelve years in the service,
and as low down as one hundred to.have been up-
wards of ten years. Is there then a Corps under the
Crown that can produce Officers of such standing,-
unless it may be some individuals Who havegone on.
half pay for a time, to suit their own convenience,
and come in again ; but such men can have no
claim. We all well know, from the nature of the
Marine service, much hard fighting must be. seen,
and they have likewise to contend with all climates.
It is their slow promotion, and • that alone, which
deters so-many young men from entering into it.
• But the time, I trust, 'is not far distant When
those who have --so gloriously shared in all the tri-
umphs of the Biitish Navy, will be placed on a bet-
ter footing.
The Noble Lord who prosides at the Admiralty,
has already made great alterations in their favour,
which, with nis-attention•to every department of the
service under his jurisdietion, must .ever refiett the
highest honour on him—in him Inuit ever finds a
ready reward, and long may he continue to fill that
high office with honour to himself and advantage to
his Country, is the wish of the Navy in general.
A CAPTAIN OP THE NAVY,

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