The Sun.
London, England, 1809-05-26 00:00:00

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(Signt.dy " ARTHUR WELLESLEY.
c" Head-quartera, Oporto, May 13„ ISoy."
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A report was this morning circulated in the City
Ghat atwitter action had taken place in 'Portugal, in
'which Marshal 60111,T was viCloriouo: This oc.
, cowl wai said to have been brought by a vessel from
ft is hardly necessary to say, that it is to'•
wily destitute of futtudation.

rrotti 'the dasils given in the Gazette Extraordi-
rlary, publklied yesterday,. there can ¢ little doubt
I.llSt, h)•.1.1)1 time, Portugal is cleared of
.the French,
Sngi there 'is every reason to hope that Souvr's.army,
even il4' the rapidity of its flight it should aVoid the
y.
ilecessit3 of stirrendering; will'be nearly annihilated
belole it reaches the Portuguese,front;ers. The con-

duZi..of Si: Attriva WELL.E4GEY upon this occasion
ft,ily answered 'the most 'sanguine expeaations.
Tlic rapidity of 'his movements, mad the skill with
Lis opprations have been combined, are equal-
j . .
c0u.,,p16 anus, and, ude,ing of the future by the
, . •
past, we rn'ay rot. assured, that if there, is a possibi-
;it). of the dostraelien of the French army,
Sir A itTnuft w 4 l acC,Oinplisli it; 1170' were inclined
te hope tlat,upon.this occasion the spirit of party
would blve bee loot in the natlonal triumph. Wt
r:::k.1 hop that when, after the melancholy details
'have :received of thu successes of the'
l'rev,-.11 in Germany, and of 'their viaories -over the
A;..,&511.01 totranaricfail by the most 'skarn)
f;"14;: ;?a, ail
.accoiznt ulteci received of an Eugli3h
fopr,days marching tw miles, in 'a difficult
owttry, in a hot climate, and in thatperiod deteat7
;I,g she Yrench iii three. actions----that in that 'period
. .
Aim) lit,ty bad recaptnred one of the principal cities he-
-I,oo,rfng to our Ally, and that our gallant soldiers wtire

tiri.linibefore theni a Prencli army; 'conlimandeci try
TIC Of the most c:elebrated of the.Frei)cit-
we. T,d !tope, '7,/e that upon such all occ'aslon,
iliarty fur it altitoeut have t,t.;l),.idctir.
confe6s, Caput to bi told, tll3t
upon . wh.)ll-;, it does not scern to it its. boon

(if a .a.ttur4; tt.) call forth so pompons an 47-
,
joy, as tbo firing the I'ark guns."
Gliou!.-1 not I:ave quartell,-cl with the Wlitei: of
t'4,e; brAidt: 9,iletton ftl/4- t!'ouf,l:: ullou this

pa., in, whi,cl2, hewn ver; we believo he is perfe6l4
singular, had it not been followed up with an at-
tempt at e'sneer, which skews the spirit with which
the whole article wai; 'written.. After, it the first
instance, merely suggesting a doubt as to the pro-
priety of firing the guns, the article proceeds

" If Lord CASI'I4REACII remains long in place, we
should not be greatly surpdsed at hearing the Park and Tower
guns tired, to announce the triumph of the Treasury at a
liorough 41e6lion
We trust such language requires no comment.

While the Public Must have heard with surprise
and regret that. our Minister to America has not
only exceeded the powers entrusted to him, but ab-
solutely acted in contradiaion to his instructions in
the commercial arrangements which he has con-
,.„duded with that coiling, it is highly' satisiataory
to find that Ministers. are anxious to obviate the
injuries which individuals might suffer from a
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dependance on these arrangements, and at the same -
time to concede no principle which the national ho-
neur and justice demand.
Mr. CANN IN6 clearly and emphatically, stand the
liberal views of Ministers on this subje& in the House
of Commons on Wednesday, and in answer to a
question -from Lord Sipstotmt yesterday . in. he •
House of. Lords,' Lord IiATUURST and Lord Liyita-
poor, confirmed the statement given by Mr. PAN-.
NINO. To render the matter, howeveronere clear,
and to remove all solicitude, Lord BaTutritsr, Pre-
sident of the Board ef Trade, yesterday morning sent
a note to Mr. SANSOM, the Chairman of the Comm
mittee of Merchants trading to America, request-
ing his attendance, and any of the Members who
might think proper to accompany him. They ac-
cordingly attended his Lordship at one o'clock at the
Treasury, and were introduced to the Board 'of
Trade.—Lord 13arut/an. made a 'statement similar
to that which bad been given in Parliament,
and informed the Meeting, that he had sent
for them that _they might be duly apprized of
the whole transaction, and that no time might be
• lost in communicating to all persons interested in the
subjea, the intentions of the British Government.
He observed, that though it was impossible to con-
firm the arrangements entered into by Mr: ERMINE,
that-no obstacle shopld be thrown in the way of
those who had already acted upon the faith of these
arrangements, and had sent consignments to British
Merchants, - but that Atnerican vessels with their
cargoes should be permitted to proceed to their des-
tined ports in safety.. An Order of Council will
therefore appear in the Gazette to-morrow, autho-
rizing all American vessels to proceed to Holland'
dire:, notwithstanding that all its ports are declare
ed to be in a state of blockade, from the gth of
F. June to the oth of August, and British Merchants
.are to have licences. permitting them to, tilde. to the
same country. Thus the American Merchants will
receive no injury from having confided in the agree-
ment concluded by Mr. ERMINE, and the British
Merchants will have the advantage of proaimiiy in
disposing o:Shen. cargoes. In the mean time, we
doubt not that Ministers will endeavour as strenuous-
yas possible, consistent with what is due, to the
national charther and interest, to put matters upon a
more equitable footing with America.

The following is a Copy of, the General 'Order
issued by Sir AATHLItt WeLLUSLEY, immediately
alter the brilliant' victory of the 12th,:

GENERAL ORDER.

," Oporto, May 12. ;Seg.
The Cemmareler of the Forces congratulates the troops
upon the success t.hh has attended Char operations tor the
last tour days, In which they have traversed above eighty
Mites of most dittielcouutry, and carried some ;formidablepositions, pasitions, have, Prate the enemy repeatedly, and have ended
by, forcing the passege Douro, and defending the posi-
tion which they had" so boldly taken up, with numbers far
inferior to these by which they were ettee.ked. In the course
of this short 'E pedition, the Commander of the FOrCeA'has lied
repeeted opportunities of wite;sting and applauding the gal-
!entry of the Officers and troupe. The adivity'and conduct
of the 95th; and of the Lfght nfintry of the 29th, 43d, and
52d Regunent, the bravery of 16th Purtygttese,Regiment,
the able movements made by Major-General Murray with the
rst arid 2d Battalion Hanoeerian Legion, under Brigadier-Ge-
r:coil Langworth, and the gallant attack made by. Brigadie-
r Charles stewarti with, the .bciLl24loll of the teth,-
anti the squadron of the 2.oth Light Uragerms, under the coot.
mend of Major Wake, ofthe 2oth, contributed essentially to
the succeis of- the at tack'of the enemy's advanced plaids on
the I ith,. and the steady gallantry of the Bias, eSth, 411 ii 66th
Regiments under the commairdof Msjor,Gen. Wit; the timely
psssage of the'Douro, and the subsequent movement made by
Lient,-Gen. Shererooke, elite; the enemy's flank, with the
_brigade of Guards and Ili:l29dt Itvgirnatit and.the bravery or
two squadrons ef the Lph Dragoons, under the command of
Major Harvey, and led by the Hun. Brigadier-Gen. CherleS
Stewert,obtairied the victory which has coutributecl se much
to this honour el' the tre;,...eps on dais slay, The C'serintandercif
the Forces lies to e}t f)ress his acknowledgments to the Hon,
Lieutenant-Gen, Yager, tor die 'manlier in which he cepdti4.l.
ed the-advanced guard-on the Joh tith, and 12th, Ind in.
which ha' took ,rip the positiOn be?yourt the Delve ; .and ire
regrets tire misfortune which has deprived him (he hopes
only for a tittle, of his assistrince. To Lieutenant-General
Sherbrooke, nijor-General Murray, Maj.)r-Gehcral
to ,the-rilonolirable Brijodier-General Chafes Stewart, to
Lient,-colonel Whiney, Quarter-Master-Gfnerel's Depart-
meet, Capt. Mellish,. AdjtitantXerterepe Department, for
the,assistance they rendered Gen. Stewart in the charges of the
eaerny's driteated Infantry mi the t tth and t 2111.; and to
11tejor C. Campbell, of tite Adiutant-General's Department;
"lot the ess'starice-rte-erndereil (,Cu. Hill in the dame ca)' his
pest, and Brigadier-Gen. lion, citic• Stewart in his charge of
the enemy's fntantry on the.r2th. The'Contiriender of the
Forces also acknowledges the assistance he has received from
the. Adjutant and Qualm-Master-General, and the-Officers
of these Departments reSpeCtIVCII, and= to Lieut.-Colonel
Bathurst, this Officers of Ins personal Stall; . • .
title:cis commas ding Brigades will' send "out pettoles in
thecoarse of the night, as they will preserve due older in the
town. • . - . .
.!'.The Brigade of Guards will furnich the usual geetde
this evening. - ,An Orderly Serjeant pci Brigade to atteltd at
ttur•Adjuoint-Generat' Office at eight, o'clock to•-rnierrrevv:.
mornieg, and bring with them the licturn tit Kings -Teulttfr,
ed. and A . • • ••' • • •.. • . - •