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. pr.ople, by offering to liberate and restore
t 'Civourite 1-r.r..nrNAND VII. He would willingly
him for his brother, and replace him on the
upp suci, conditions and promises as would
satisiv the Spaniards for ti-,e moment. But will the
siiiin,,,rJs listen to any conditions or promises from
who has never observed any of the most sacred
trt-atiti concluded with the other Powers of Europe ?
.tiNr:!l they permit him to convert FEIMPINAND into an
just, umeni of his designs, and inveigle him by a blind
iodueuce, such as he. has exercised over the Etnpe-
r of
.Rus:iia since the Peace of 'Tilsit ? Is he to
rain, he captive Prince out of the possession of the
four i\Thrthern Provinces of Spain, till a general
I,e we, 4nd then adhere to that Treaty as faithfully
tie had adhered to every other. No, the Spaniards
be no such dupes : they will confide only in their
own valour, and their own means, and in proofs
they hive so recently given of their judgment as well
as of their intrepidity. The world has a splendid
pledge against so fatal a delusion.
I am, Sir, y,,ur obedient Servant,
Tumham Green, Aug. 12, 1808. I. A. C.

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SOLZM 21113 DICLRA.TALSUA4 AUDEAT?

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1808.

We have this day resumed our Extra&s from the
Portuifuese Papers. We are happy to find that the
l'ortugue;e are as unanimous and as enthusiastic in
their determination to throw off the yoke of France,
acid re-establish the independence of their Country,
a:, the Spaniards are. it appears from these Papers,
that the Portuguese Patriots, who marched- from
Coimbra, have had several skirmishes with the
French, in all of which they hare been successtnl. It
is stared that General JUNOT had made an offer to
surrender, on certain conditions, but they were
deemed inadmissible by the British Commanders,.
We, however, entertain some doubts of the truth of
this statement, because the dispatches from Sir C.
COTTON came down to the 3d inst. and they do
nor, we understand, mention any such circumstance.
Ir is also said that General SPENCER had effected a
landing at St. Übe's, which is to the southward of
Lisbon, and that he was advancing towards that
city fur the .purpose of co-operating with Sir
ARTHUR WELLESLEY ; but this account we have
reason to believe is incorre&. General SPENCER
joined Sir CHARLES COTTON off the Tagus on the
Ist of this month, viz. the day on which Sir ARTHUR
WELLESLEY disembarked at Figueras, and proceed-
ed iminediately, as we stated yesterday, to join Sir
A. WELLESLEY. We have therefore very little
doubt that he landed somewhere to the northward of
Lisbon. General JUNOT, according to private ac-
counts, had marched out of Fort St. Julian with a
corps of 8000 men, but for what objeEt was not
known. The Russians, however, appeared to enter-
tain some doubts as to his intentions, for they had
landed 'in considerable numbers, and had begun to
throw up works on the opposite side of the River to
Fort St. Julian. It is probable that JUNOT'S object
was merely to collea provisions, for in the present
state of Portugal he dared not venture to send out a
mall foraging party.

The official detail of the gallant aEtion between
La Piednzontaise and the St. Fiorenzo, the particu-
lais of which were exclusively. in Tits SUN of last
rkiglit, will be in the Gazette of this Evening. Cap-
-4AItDINGE -was universally respuaed,, and the
death of so spirited an Officer will be a great loss to
Service. The enemy displayed so much zeal and
intrcvdity, that it is to be lamented that they were

notexeried in a better, cause than in support of an
Usurper, cLo must be more odious to France than

to any other country, as.-it has the immediate dis-

grace of being under !he government of such a low-
tiorn tyrant; and it does not experience less op-
,
presioa thati be inaiets on every dependent State.

nt
answers to- the `:ions proposed to the
fiords of.the Committee for Trade and Foreign Plan-
tettions, by the 4NlerchantS engaged in a commercial
intercourse with America, and which are published
authority of their Lordships, afford a proof of
the friendly disposition of the British Government,
which cautiot but make a powerful impression on
• ,
et .cople of- that Country. Nothing indeed can
itiore 51rt,;1;,,71y exemplify the readiness of 'this
Country to do every thing in favour of. America,
not incOnsiitent -)lvith our national' honour and
est;ential ipterests. The Americans will plainly
bee that the Orders of Council were intended merely
to'cotinterad the 'views of BUONAPARTZ, whose orf-.
holie-nfitijuring this Country.ls through the me-
4lino:of her commerce; and the promptness with
which the British Government has rescinded those
OrderS, in relation to Spain and Portugal, since the
happy rek ival of a 'friendly intercourse between us
211 d those Countries,l4brmS such a striking • contrast
*gill the d''j iyi, theriOaMans, and the repeated itt-;
which lisve attei•ded all the applications of the

American Government to BuovArAars, in conse-
quence of his tyrannical Decrees, as must convince
America that her national charaaer, as well as

her true policy, point out an intimate connexion
batween her and Great Britain, rather than with
an arrogant and unprincipled Tyrant, whose chief
motives of glion are ambition and revenge.

Dispatches were received from Lord COLLING-
WOOD, and from the Agent at Corunna, at the Ad-
miralty, this morning; but their contents had not
transpired when this Paper was put to Press. .

A Gottenturgh &rail arrived this morning: its
contents are given in a subsequent Column. •

Sunday evening their MAJESTIES and PRINCESSES
walked on the terrace, accompanied by Ladies G.
MURRAY and ISABELLA TIIYNNE, Count MUNSTER,
and Generals CARTWRIGHT and FITZROY. The
Duke and Duchess of BUCCLEUGH were also on
the terrace, and had a conference with. their MA-
JESTIES. The Courier Extraordinary from • Con-
stantinople was also on the terrace, and was spoken
to by Count MUNSTER. He did not stop lone, but
retired to the Castle Inn.
Their MAJESTIES retired to the Palace at eight
o'clock, when the Turkish Minister was sent for to
the Palace, where he was introduced to the King, and
remained with him for about an hour. He after-
wards went to Dr: HERSCHELL'S, at Slough, to see
the telescopes ; stopped about an hour:and a WI, re-
turned to his Inn; where he slept, and this morning
set off in his coach and four, with his retinue, for
London.
• Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses, SO•
AUGUSTA, and AMELIA, accompanied by
Lord WALSINGHAM, Lady ISABELLA THYNNE,
Count MUNSTER, Generals CARTWRIGHT and FITZ-
ROY, and Colonel TAYLOR, rode in the Great Park,
and returned at twelve.
The QUEEN and 'Princess ELIZABETH took an
airing in her MAJESTY'S barouche and four to Frog-
more Lodge, and Princess ELIZABETH'S Cottage at
Old Windsor.

This morning the KING, QUEEN, and Pii,INCESSES
will go to Oatlands, and dine with the Duke and
Duchess of YORX, in honour of his Royal High-
ness's Birth-day, where the -PRINO.E, and all the
ROyal Dukes, are, also expeaed.
Yesterday there was' a Cabinet Council held at
the Foreign Office, at which the greater part of the
Members assisted.
The Polly, from Gibraltar for Guernsey„ which
sailed from the former place on the 24th kilt. and
has arrived at Plymouth, states, that at the time she
sailed, there was a general ;11umination at Gi'braltar,
and on board the Ships of War in the Bay, k?fficio)
accounts having been just received by the Governor,
of the surrender of Du PONT.
Several Vessels arrived yesterday from Oporto. A •
Gentleman, who was landed from -one of them at
Dover yesterday evening, states, that as the Vessel
came over the Bar of •Oporto, a Pilot Boat brought
them the news that intelligence had just. arrived of
the Spanish Patriots having defeated the French
Army near Madrid. The fall of Jo Nor is not an-
nounced by this
.Vessel, but only that he was so
completely hemmed in, that his surrender was daily
expe6ted.

It is, reported that JutioT had marched out of
Fort St. Julian, with about 13000 men, but for what
objet} we have not yet le;irnt.- It appears, how-
ever, that his friends, the Ru ssians;were under some
apprehensions respe6ting- his designs ; for it was
known before the Encounter came away, that-the
Officers belonging to the I.l.ussian Ships had landed
the principal part of their :crews, who were then
throwing up works on the! opposite side of the ri-
ver to that on which Fort Julian is posted, to cover.
their fleet, should the French make any attempt to,
attack them. It is inure than -probable tha(a good'
understanding does .not- subsist between the French
and Russians. • This clonjeCture -receives some de-
gree of probability from 'the following circumstance :
The Russian Admiral bid aolually sent a Flag of
Truce to Admiral Sir CH .I,IILES COTTON, command-
ing -the British Ships off t be Tagus, for the purpose
,otenquirina." what news. from England, as he had
not heard from his Court -tor four'months ; nor had
the French received au iy instructions for three
months."

Captain WHITT/NGHAY r, of the 13th Dragoons,
who is attached to the Pal :rio-tic Army in Spain, is
the same Officer who was twice dispatched by Ge-
neral WHITELOCKE to ascrtiiin the position of the
Spanish forces at Buenos "lyres, attended by ten
dragoons, and had eight (nen li•illed each time, anti-
himself escaped without tLe let,•st injury.
Amongst the many Genylent en who have volun•
teered to Spain, are, Mr. 01-i4 RA and Mr. FITZ..
GERALD, both of the Bar. •

Orders are said to have been 4 lispatched to Malta,
for a considerable force imtued lately to proceed-to
Sicily, in which there has been 3 general movement
of the- troops towards Palermo, Where Sir JOHN
STITA RT is preparing an Expeditic
Military stores are now
.eml )arking with great
alivity in the River; twenty Sail of Vessels are now
busily occupied with taking in ►l,OOO tons c.f. Ord-
nance at Woolwich

'Westminster Abbey isl,ahouit to. undergo a tho-
rough repair, which, it is supp osved, will take four-
teen years in compleating : the expence ie estimated
at 60,0001.

Mr. PATTERSON, the brother" of Mrs. JEROME
BITONAPARTE, sailed in the las t Packer from Fal-
mouth for America.

The Cambridgeshire Militia, Dow quartered at
Yarmouth, under the command ( ?t' the Right Hon.
Colonel YORKE, have volunteere, their services to

any part of Europe.
--
Yesterday being Assumption Day, High Mass
was celebrated. ut the French Ca iliac Chapel in
King street, Portman-square. e service; was per-
formed. by the Bishop 01 AN GOLILR tho. Bishops
NAsf•rz mid MONTPELLIER sat v rithin flit;' raibt~a
of the aluir his Royal Highness MONsiEuut, the.
Due de BE RR I, and all the other ills istrious Members

of the House of B'UUBON, Withila the metropolis,
Were arhong the congregation: