The Sun.
London, England, 1810-12-07 00:00:00

We_have,tbis day extraEte'd from .tle 23,1-47.iiieur
tirade aglinst the Enr;lish, for their eondual in Por-
tugal ; and 11111CS3 we are very much mistaken, it
the prod' uaion of BuoN-ArAtrr2.

We have been so
long accustomed to the` misrepresentations and the
falsehood's of the Mohite4r, that in ge• they ex-
cite no"ollier sensation -but tint of contetr,pt but
.there are some pas,Kiges in the article to. :Which we
are- alluding, 'winch seem as'. if they were •
tended .to 'put human patience. to the severest
test. It is really too. 'much to hear BUONAPAMTEi
(that man whose single ambition has kept the
world in a state of misery for. the last ten years, and
whose cruelty: is pr6'erbial) accuse this Ctuntry
and our General and army in. Portugal, .of wart
,humanity. BUONAPARTE affeEts to feel for the
sufferings of ;the Portuguese and of the Spaniard S-- •
whO occasioned 'them'?. Did he not treacherously in- 't
yade both' these countries, in a 'time of pro-
jimnd •peace; and has he nor desolated them,
:and.l mofdered the inhabitants Withntit rnerCy,. be-
cause they have resisted hiS usurpation ?, And yet
he 'has the effrontery, in the face of Europe, to
accuse the'Britisfrarmy of the miseries which:the: ,
'People of the Peninstilo, and of Portugal ib parti- 1.
'cul.or; endure. Why are there at this moment a
French and ,a British army in Portugal ? The for,
mer *ere sent by- an unprincipled invader to .con-
quer- the country, notOithstanding all the conces-
sions and all the sacrifices of the
.Partuguese
ithe latter has heen sent, in cot? pliance... with' the
most solemn treaties to support an old and faithful.
ally. But he says the Portuguese hate the English, and
of course they
,love the French. It is nut long since
we were told, from French official authority, titat
• _
dhe English had contrived to fmatacize the.Pot-
tugliese,‘ • and to e7.a3perate them. against their- .
-good friends the Fr;:...ncli-; the evidence of, facis,
however, is infinitely better than assertions. Buo-
N,s,pArt•rn- says, the Portuguese Army and Militia.
are disctutented. We Should be glad to •knOw •
if the former sheaved any symptonis of tits-
content at the battle: or Busaeo; or if -the
latter strewed any disposition'. to favour -the-
r(Ftench cause when they attaeled • COimbra; and.:
took five thousand Frenchmen prisoners. The- ,
situation," he says, " of the Eng.li3h. is alarming ;• ,•
they are_ only 30,000 at ,most ; 'hy their
,40,000.• discontented Portuguese soldieri; 'behind •
theM are 100,000-tatigeds fri despair, and the int-
tnense population of Lisbon." Indeedi then hoc
,came cieneral MA SSZNA, the most celebrated of the
French Generals, to remain with above 60,000 men
insight of this little English army (which was,sur-
ro-unded by enemies, and in a most alarming conditi„n)
.from the Bth OdOber to the 14th November, I,vithout ,
daring to attack it, and finally to retreat, before it ?
. •
how happens it that the Portuguese militia,- It nstPa.‘4A
of displaying 'y) much bravery and perseverince
against the French have •not joined their ranksdt°
assist in expelling the English ? We 'might put
many more such questions, and we shoula thittli
that they must occur even to the People of France •
bnt whatever they may think, they 'dare not spe.ik
•
if EU(MAPARTE cannot make them believe ever',
thing he chuses. to assert, he 'has taken effel.l-131
means to prevent them from contradicting him.

A warrant has been issued by the Lords of the -
Treasury for perrhiiting all goods warehoused under
the general Warehousing Act, to remain warehoused
Without payment of duty,' until The Ist 61 June,
1811; on fresh bonds being given by the parties who'
take tne benefit of their Lordships' indulgence, at
the expiration of- the period for which their respec-
tive goods were originally purchased, and for which
bonds have alt eady been given.
Application' having-been made by the Contractors
for the late Loan, and the twitters of Othrnum, 1°
the.Dtrectorsot the Bank, fur a postposernent of the
perio4 fixed for the redemption of the 0m403
which 'had been Pledged, this request, we tinder'
stand, has been complied with, and we are inforni-
,_ed, that, in the answer returned to the Gentlemen
of the Stock Exchange, the tollowing days 11;1`e
been appointql.ior.paytnent of the Josiah-limits
On theist of February 3o Per. Cent,
On the istkof February 33 per Cent.
, On the ttfi of March— 40 per Cent.
,The day originally' fixed for the redemption vc'a..
the 27th of January.

Skidda-x, the mountain pride of Curnberland,,andi
the admiration of numerous visitors from ail parts. of T.
the United Kinffdom, was sat on Wcdnestly, tbt/
i'st
.114. I.(zr Ira: hum of 1,9701. The 1,uic13354
comprises 1,732 acres.

Santarem, to which MASSENA. has retired, is a
town of Portugal,- in the prOviliee of Estrernldur.a!
on the Tagus, anciently called Scalahis ; .dvicrided by
a citadel. It contains 13 churches, 13 convents,
veral hospitals, and an acadeiiiy of history, aritiqu
ties, and languages, institwed in the year I 7,1.7.-c--
Several Kings of Portukal.gept their Conti there. I"
the. year 1146, this town Was.taken by the IVIC;()r5.
In the year 1184, the King of Portugal obtained there
a -glorious victory, when the whole force of the .
Moors, commanded by their Kink (Josarn), W::15
entirely routed, without : fig,h! ing, the King beio4
killed by a fail from his horse, just as the battle bei-
gun ; they immediately quitted the field, and fit"'r
most of them returning into Africa. The ntulluef •
of inhabitants is 13000—.-13 leagues N. N. °
Lisbon.