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London, England, 1810-12-17 00:00:00

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a a state of Sccuity, biz Royal Flighre3s
,lias
o;iven . , defg, for 'the purpose of effecting this
' ;I.b:reei with all due diligence, that youi Exceilency
'le unit ali,sioned to cane, We imtued;iite removal of
111 s., h an icle. or prOperty to such point 4 ai are pro-
te(-,t (I by the forti&d hues. Your Excellency will
tuck:fore .give the necessary orders to your Depu-
tiesior ptov_idiug the proper nieatis of _transport fur

3 this realUval..
--(Signed) (4 MIGUEL, PEREIRA FORJAZ."
. To Lucas de Seabra pia Sitya. -

E•YTRAOILDINARY SUPPLEMENT TO' THE LISBOti

GAZETrE.

LISBON., Nov.. 23.--Copy of a letter from his
Exiiellency Marshal Beresiord; dated I,ead-quarters,
Cat•ixo,._,Novs. 23, to his Excellency D6a
P,reira Forjaz

" MOST EXCELLENT Sta.
" I have the honour to transmit to your EKcel-
-1,-;l.cy ith great satisfadion, 'a copy of a letter Itom.
Silveira, /dated Nov. 15, from which their
Excelltncies the Governors of the kingdom will see
the glorious action which he had with the eneiny
near Pinht:l, in- whicli he -not only defeated them
with an inferior force, causing them a considerable
loss-of killed and prisoners, but also has confirmed
to display. the.gO,d behavipJr and disposition. of his
troops, as well es the Fist flguishetl and glorious man-
-nee in which that G.:lieral aEts, in the service of the
country. &c. s
W. C. BLRESORD."

LETTER FROM GENERAL SI t.VPRA TO MARSHAL

BER SFOR D.

" ile.acLquarters., CaiTtpu de rerreira, Nov. 15, 4. p.m.
" 1\101:7 EXCELLENT Sic,
" byesterda•s warched,upon Pin ; the enemy
wtrein'the viiiage; of Perriro; &onelas, arid Val-,
leafy. 'Tins mormng I attacked them, .titiriking
that t! eir force was umb SirlaiLr ihati it was ; but
wit i,'st auding they had ,srx. • squaktrorts, tar. c
of 1-,nciers, lead the good formic' to defeat them,
though their infantry W,.5 Much ti:Ort, 0t merous
than our's. The restllt as, that they left more::
than 300 killed o:-1 the field of battle, among whom:
are cr ten aficers a considerable number of
ptis'•oers, of a holy; four are offiCers. I cannot, as.
yet, fit, e your circuntstatitial detail of
t:,e action, but 'I the saititction 16 oe able to
your • fi.xe, Itency of ;Ile good beh.iviourof
ti'te-cfricer's and soldiers in ger:tal. The.cavalry,
comm,mded by Brevet-Major Luis. Panlino, left me
nothlog to Niisti tor, as' well as :the Chas-
soars, ~toi the Qgth battalion of infantry. Major.
Lobo cot,tinued to condue..i himself as he'did on the
of August, at Puebla; .both, he and Major Pau=
linO.were sl ghtly wounded by tlo:'lan'eiers: The
Cotnrrit.inder of the advanCed guata, colouel card:
,v3lio, gave me touch satisfati.dion. 'My loss has been'
inconskietable.".

LISBQI,4, DEC. g.—We are in the same state as
when the last packet sailed.
General D.ouet has joined ,Nassena with 22,000
men, flinch, smfes, , Massena is at S:tritarem,;
octnpying a very strong position: in front of the.
town : h; has pushed in considerable force over, the
Z, here, and occupies Punbete; he w.iil. ploOtibly
attack Abfantes, as the possession of it ixquld greatly
fac:lit,lte. his d, predations :the,l-Alerritejo. We
have ahout 5000 .Spaniards and tiortugcesein.
Our bead-quai'terg are 2vf,.;art4xn, penerA Hill
has crosFt.t Abe 41, a lace A. di-
v ,sion (o ,/,;;t1; Stjurell And morines,,
occOtesAlie of Torte+ Vedras, and it is
t :loughr prObable we shall have the :.,9tnpaiy of 114a,:-,
sena near us all the winter:

'Llsaot,i, Nov 2s.—E%tra6.l of a d:spatch from his
Excellency Don Miguel Pereira Forjaz, dated Car-
taio, Nov. (24 _
`,` 1 have.received accounts frbm General Silveira
the dates of which come .down to the )6th, inst.
The:advanced corps of. the enemy -having reached
Pittiv_ii the above,mentioned General attacked atAl
drove back these advanced posts on the .14th, taking
four officers and many soldiers, and killing 'and
wounding a great number. Genetal Silveira states,
that our-loss consists of about 30 killed, nil nearly
the same number wounded. He commends, in
tne.strongeA terms, the good Ttondua of the officers
and soldiers, and particularly those _of the Portu-
guese regiment, No. 24.
" Inclosed I transmit to your Excellency a copy
of ,the dispatch of GeneralSilviera, of the dste'ot
the I.6th of the present month.

_ .
" MOST EXCELLENT.SIR, •
" I yesterday had the honour to communicate to
-your Excellency, the result of tht-...'..'.ction which I
bad with the enemy, though I am not able yet to
give you a more' circumstantial account, as I have
not received-the returns of the different corps en-
gaged but I can assure your Eicellency thaethe
~lo,s of the enemy was greater than Istated it yester-
day, and believe that our's does not exceed 2b or
30 men,' and taut the nuMber cf .the wounded, was
abtAtt the same.' Yesterday, after the attion, the
enetny rallied i:t the plain lea',:ing trent Valverde'to
~Cabesbo,.and.l LolleCted my whole division on the
other side of that village, andttegan' to ,retire upon.
Pinttel,.Withont the enemy daring to attack• my rear-
guatcl, as he believed that 'onlya' port of the troc,rB
b,:en. engaged in the aJion, and that the priu-,
cipal..fort.e remained on • the brow of the-mountain,
-I,‘ here I had placed some pieces of artillery for that
put/pose. .1 catoed the troops to rest and refresh t hem-
gelvo at Pinhel. I tt-en retired along this side of the
river Pega, and to-day marched to these Varlets.
The enemy entered Polite' in the night, and 'imme-
diately divided into two colunins, one of which icok
the road to Marialva,. and the other to Frixedas,
though I Cannot absoltlely vouch for the accuracy
of thys. ' God preserve your ExcellenCy. •
" FRANCISCO DA-SILVEIRA.''
" licaci-quatters, Tranc,osc, Nov. is." •
P. S. I ,alll persuaded that the enemy; for these
two or, three -days, cnnformahly to what the pri-
soners tell me, cannot attack we with more than
7000 men."
VALENCIA ALCANTARA, Nov. 24.—Fi6m La
1.;, incha. undLr date of the i Jth instant,
Ivieeio there is a scanty garrison, composed,

. -
" Windsor Castle, Dec., 16, IS io.
" The KING passed an indifferent night ; but.
,he
•is as well as' he was p.sterday.
" H. REYNOLD 3.
" HALF:AID.
" Zvi. BAIA.LIE. •
W. HEBEItDEN."

" t.Bto,

" His NIAJESTY I,a v.:yst..d a quit3-nit:hl, though
‘yithout rnuc!l sleep, and has paeoredrati:er. bitter
through 1116 last Q 4 hours,"

Signed as usual.

'Poritiguese Pqper,s to die 3d inst..:reached town
yesterday, but they, bring very little news in addi-
tiou to that Which we comoin4ated to out Readers
on Saturday. MASSENA Still retains posstssion of
the strong position .of Santarem, and, from the
state of the 'Weather, and of the toads, it has been
found impossible to drive him from ,it. 111ASttliA
'has received teinforceinents under DaotJET. and
GARDANNE, which are estitnated; in - the :Por-
tuguese-Papers at 22,000 men, but we are in;
dined to think that the reinforcementsAo ndt
ex-
"ceed two-thirds of that numbm 'DROIJET's corps
consists, in.a great degree, of foreigners who have'
been forced into the French service; and after the
experience which MASSENA has had of the deser-
tion of the foreign troops in his army, lie will, in all
probability, -employ DROUET'S corps in the rear, to
keep open his communications. It appears by let-
ters
from General SII.VORA, that the Portuguese
Militia attacked GARDANN.E'S corps, while on its.
March to join MASSENA,,atid though;they could not
prevent the VI encli , advancing, they succeeded in
killing a c/OnSiderabl:: number, and taking several
prisoners.

The circumstance of the two armies in Portugal
. _
hazing - continued nearly in the same positions, has
afforded to an Opposition Paper, to which-we have
frequently alluded, another oPportunity of finding
fault with ,the condod of, the Campaign, and, as

usual, of predicting the ultimate success of the
French arms. \Ve should, be glad tot now upon what
.grounds this prediCtion was made. That MASiENA
has hitherto failed in- his obje&, is universally
admirted ; • and why the Chronicle 'should draw an
omen of future'Success, frown past•failnre, We
/can-
not guess. Admitting the
,reinfOrceitients un-
der_ DROVET and GARDANNE amount to 15,000
tnen, .MASSENA Will not be strongsr than he was be-
fore tire battle of Blisacci. The British army, in
thelitenn time, has been considerably reinforced,
and the Portuguese troops are daily increasing
in numbers and improving in aisripline. Why,
;then, are we to'suppose that. MASSENA Will be able,
to accomplish tha( in the Spring which he was un-,
.able'to fifer* in the Autumn ?- But we are told
that the armies wilLremain inactive during the
Winter. Suppose they do, will it be of no advan-
tage to 'the common cause, to have a French army,.
Of 70,000 men, locked up inactive for three months ?
Will it not atfOrd the Spaniards the most favourable
opportunityofe)Certing themselves with success? Will
it not be 'a novel spectacle, sine the commence.;
ment of the was of the Revolution, to see an immense
French army remain in the presence of an ink—
rior force; for half a year, without venturing to
advance a' step ? Must not this circumstance
ptoduee a very strong effeet, not only upon, the
.French troops, but upon the Portugu6Se, the Spa-
niards, and upon the people of the Continent in ge-
neral ? Bot it is useless to pursue this subjeal further.
We'cannot hope to eradicate the party prejudice of
•
roppcinent, but we entertain the most confident
hopes that the resplt of the, ,campaign will justify
the opinions which we have uniformly advanced.-

We are sorry to find that the contentions between
the Junta of Bueno3 Ayres and ,the Government pt
Monte Video, are likely to interrupt our commercial
ntercuurse in that quarter. The latter Government

ordered the Port of Buenos Ayres. to -be. blockaded:-
Ti British' merchants and Junta 'of .feat pl.tce-ap-
plied to 034i.ain ELIIOT, of the. Porcypine frigate,
to assrstin.raising;the blockade but ,on the _other
hand,: the GovernMent of Monte Video applied to.
"liiin'to,as,i,t in eniorciog it. In order to maintain
a perfet neutrality, Cliptain_,ELLioT resolved thy,!
the British vessels at-both places should he pernOted
to load, unload, sail and rrepart, 'till the d ot.Sep-
terither ; but that no British , vessel should he per-
(flitted to unload Subsequent to. that period, sitliont
repairing to Maldonado, and placing. themselves un-
der the order. of the' British Commander, or depart
from the River Plate, -till he should receive fart her-
instruaioni from the CoMmander in Chief of hi;
BRITANNIC MAJESTY on the coast of Braid, or.
till the dispuses between the Cities o; Buenos Ayrrei
,should have terminated. This condikt. of Ciptain
*Limn. has'not satisfied the merchants, who passed
fourteen Resolutions at 'a meeting, and sent theta it
letters addressed' to Rear- A.dratral DE
,COURCY and
Lord STRANGFORD, and which were forwarded on
the t i thof Si::ptember to Rio Janeiro by the Misle-
toe schooner. It appears that the Admiral had since
moved to the. River Plate, -with the wholz of his
force. •

The Gazette of Saturday contains' the details sent
by Captain PYM,, of the loss of .cur frigates in. the
'attack -upOn .the French squadron in the Isle„ot
Fiance. They correspond in every particular kvith
the account which we. laid before our Readers on
Frid ry. From the situation which the Iphigenia
vas left, thi2re is .every reason to -apprehrid that she
•
has filen into the bands of the eilenv.

. Both Houses of Parliament will.meet this day.
. .
The Report of the cornmitteeappoitited .by the
HoUse of CornmOns will be laid upon the table, and
ordered to'be taken into conslderatiJn '9n Wednes-
day. We are happyi- to :learn that the PhysiciAts
continue to be wianimousli of. opinion that'Hts,
NIAJE6TY will recover,

We are sorry to say, that on Saturday night, ano-
ther large portion of the cliff at Dover fell down.
SCvCral houses are datnaged;but, fortunately no lives
are lost. The following. is: the letter_ Of Our Cor..
respondent upon the subjea :-- • ,
DOVER, DEC. W.—Another ',tremendous fall
of the Cliff from the freights, 'took place between
twelve and one fast night, in Snargqie-street,,where
it did considerable damage, to' several houses ; but
fam happy to say no lives were lost. The chalk
which tell is computed at hear ,one thousand tons.

, '6 An, inquest was, taken yesterday, on view of
the bodies of the unfortunate persons who wero kill-
ed 'by- the fall of. the Cliff on. Friday. Verdict—
Accidental Deatht." •

Yesterday morning her MAJESTY and the PRIN-
CESSES, heard-dk;ine service
,in
Windsor, Casile.—
The afterwards rude to Froginore, and returned to
the ,Castle at two o'clock.

The Fortune', Capt. VANSITTART, arrived at,
Portsmouth from the Mediterranean, received pra-
tique on Satut day morning. She left the fleet off
Toulon on the 20th of October. Some of the ships
had.sulfered in their masts, by violent gales of wind.
On the loth of November she sailed from Algiers,
with an Ambassador from the Day of ALGIERS on
board' to the British Court. The:Foriunee was five
days receiving the prese.nts on board which, his Ex-
cellency has brought for his Metjesty. Twenty-five
large cases contain jewds 'and. most valuable pre-.
seats. There are. besides, two lions, two -ostriches,
four antelopes; one mountain 'cow, and three Ara-
bian horses. Several otter beasts, also intended as
presents, died on the passage. At a publiC festival,
whilst the Fortuna., -lay at Algiers, all the Officers
had the honour to kiss the.llaY'S hand. His EN-
Cellency and Stliite%Will :land from tfie Forlunee this
morning. He is 70, years of age. A guard of
Honour was waiting several hours on Saturday, in
expeClation that his.. Excellency would land.-t—The
FOrtunee left Gibraltar on the 22d ult, and brought
dispatches from Sir. CHARLES COTTON, ‘N.IIICII the.
Seahorse Was coming hot-ire with. The Seahorse re-
turned again to the fleet off Tonkin.' The Blake,
Phnom'', tidal", and E,ntreprenante, were lying ,it
Gibraltar. ,

It is sail to have been finally determined by Mi-
nisters to send to Portugal the intended re.rntorce-
mews forthwith : they will include a large body of
artillery ; the Queen's Dragoon Guards (or liays),
with perhaps another regiment' Of heavy horse—the
SFotch Grays are mentioned two brigades of Light
Dragoons; a large body of Foot Guards ; the 2d,
or Queen's Foot s,lst battalions of the sth, 6th,
20th, 3,Bth, 42d, and-52d; 2d battalions 62d, 75th,
76th, and part of the R:fle Corps.

A Cabinet Council sat near three hours at the
Secretary of State's office yesterday afternoon. The
Lord HAI,IcELLOII,,MarquisWELLESIEY,EarIS HAR-
R6WI3Y,WESTMoRELAND, LIVERPOOL, and CAMDEN,
Lord MULGRAVE, Mr. PERCEVAL, Mr. DUNDAS,
'Mr. RYDER, and Mr. YORKE, attended.
The number of French prisoners which the,hu-
manity of the British Government is sending, back
to their own country is much greater might be
imagined.. There are 1500 selected from.. the depot
fat Forton only. The depot at Dorchester, the pri-'
son-ships at Portsmouth, Plymouth, and the %od-
ious other depots 'in the kingdom, will, no doubt,
.toduce a great 'number. more;, tore all that are old,
decrepid, and of infirm, corlstitution, are indiscrirhi-
nately the objects of this humane and liberal mea-
sure.
) •

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYiIOUTH, DEC. 14.—An,i ed last evening the
Prince of !Pala Y'acket, Captain,Tom); from Lisbon,
with three-mails, which have been landed and for..
warded to London
.; several passengers are'
arrived in her. Tlie_ following are the I,assengers .
by the Prince of Dales, viz. Lieut. Colo-,el KING,
sth regiment; Sounicorr, 'l4th Light
Dragoons; Captain Woon, 'Coldstream Guards;
PAscoE, Royal Artillery; Captain DOD'
sacs, 45th regiment ; Messrs. IBEETSON,
and BENNIMORE, Mr. I--LY,\:bsEitsLEy, drat-0d "with
.
dispatches from AMHERST, at ;
BAIT, and-daughter, French Ladies.
r.L:he packet, afier a passage of t l days, Mr.Bisticii
the Mate having charge, was near being lost on
rocks off the Wesi Hoe, near Mill Bay, . but: wa
saved by the very able seaman-like tuanagement•of
Mr. JOSEPH WESCOTT, the Second Mate of the
Lapwing, Revenue cutter, commanded by Cq
tain FRAZER, wtio•happened to be passing at
time in the, boat of the Lapwing.
Last night it blew a' very heavy gale of wind
the S. W. and in consequence the men of war in
Cawsand Bay and the Sound, were obFged to strike
yat ds.and to-p- masts ; the President :frjoale, laying it) •
the latter under quarantine, with' LuCIZN
PARTE, his family, and suite 9n board, from Isla i:r:
rode very hard, and in the night parted one cable,
and if the gale had increased she woull in all prob-",
bility have driven ashore on the roCks, as no boats
could haVe gong- to herassistance ; the merchant'
men at this Port have not received any damage; fltc
galliot Vigilant, belonging to this Port, Dcoorto,
master, broke from her moorings in Sutton PO-1,
and diifted about some time, and ran foul of seve:.A
-vessels, but did 90 damage and was aften,vaos,rnoor-
ed safe.

The Prznceoj If ales packet,changiog her anchor-.:17,•3
this morning • from. Barnpool to Cat water, during
•
heavy 'squall she tan foul of the Blisy revenue col"'
ter, Czipt. Bo.wD.EN, by which accident the, latter . ,
tics receivet,l cl4l-rii;,e in her . •

Arrive(l -the ToicnsenJ packet, Captain Cock'
horn E.altnoiith,-Txvith tie Dutch Acnir:ll f)
OCRST on bOard, from thence, who.wos-cprried 114
there on the ;27:h' November in his Majesty's sill/
apee from Halifax, having been ca tu-red on-1145
voyage. from Batavia in. a Dutch vessel, by his a.
jesty's.ship Thistle.

Sailed last evening his Majesty's ship Fa:-.)71
of is guns, Cpt. CLEMENT, on a croize, but
obliged to pot back again soon after by stormy %"3'
titer.
'Arrived the brig Good Intent, Rams, from j`l'
sey, with a cargo, bound to Bristol, pi:t iv II:
stormy weather.
• DEC. 15,—During the gale en Thursday nigbt
' the schooner 0. P. belonging tO this port, SLATES'
Master, drove ashore in Catwater, where she °°'i
remains i;vithout having received any damage, °`i
is expected to be got- 'off in the course of ibis clgY.
Arrived the ..Princess Charlotte packet, Cill"taillt
KERR, from Falmouth ; the Spanish ship Pisa°
WellinL'iton, from Amelia Island, with a cargo
timber lot his Majesty's hock-yard at this P°r"
the Lord Cochrane,' CLASH master, from Loild°ll'
with a cargo of linen, bOund to St. Thomas's; Plt
in here by
,Contrary winds.
Went into Barnpool his Majesty's ship Preside/lb

of 38 gbns. •
Sailed his Majesty's ship Shannon, of 38 °ul3s'.
Capt:-Biloms, with bulkeks for the squadron °ll,
Brest ; Favourite, of I 8 guns, on a eruize ; and Lb°
Intelligent gun-brig to the West warcl.:
Ship
Went up the harbour to refit his Alajesty's
Peacock, of t 8 guns. •
•

ty
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 15.-Arrived his of
ship Driver from 'Halifax, and the Rifleman slo°P.
war from Newfoundland.' -
•
The :Antelohe is appointed convoy for Spa!' aafi
Portugal instead of the- Galatea. •
Sailed -the Goshawk, Start, and Plovir, °ll
,

. . :
,i .....•••••••• .
~, . ;ja d i
DEAL, DEt. 1 ().—The brig kis,. horn i r3l' t'
D
and the Anterpriz,e, WM:NEW,' of Shields, hay, " --
rived-in the Downs after, being captured and re'
~

~
captured, , 0
i
No damage of consequence was done by the I'',
gale, to the shipping in the Downs.
vti'
The Pigmy cu•tcr takes convey' for Porta.°
aft
FALMOUTH,,DEC. 13, and 14.-:-Sailed the TY7I
lii,
for POrtsmouth, Weazel on
.a cruize, and 7°4' .

en packet for Plymouth
ty.
Arrived his Majes's ships Heiicon, Alan';ll"*"a
.' 304

Weazel from a cruize.
Sailn' the Priucess Charlotte plcl;.et for
mouth.

DOVER, DEC. IG. —An i ved the Colpoys,
From Moiae Vide ; SL. '

for..
also

ight
r4s

1-NG
witfl

Fier

and t?ie Rapid, of Hull, in. 12 days from Oporto,
kith a bag of Icttas.

YARMOUTH, Dgc, the Quebec frigate,
it,for Heligoland, ,and the ,Hearty gun-brig to. pieN:,re,
wiih Fre,,c;) prisoners.
Arrived the„it.Gadlari stoop of war ; ships Roe-
buck, Part,idge, .e•Magnet, and Aeutt,—
Wind N. W. •

• 1
Seth in by the hearty, Confinnce; N. PETERSON;
master, from Haritnisiadt to London, with deals ;
and the Yrow Elizabeth, K: UNpAPPLE, wit I!,,pilCll
and tar, bound to Hui:, sent in by the Britomart.

APPOINTMENTS.-Capt: Elwarti-Siii ling Dickcion,
lo the Stately ; Capt. Carpenter,' Antelope; Capi.
~,louncher, Brisk ; Capt.Tetley,, Gunda/oupe ; Capt.
trerner; Castilian ; Captana • Bra A,cy-i, Kongarop ;
¶apt. Renny. Tiinculo. Mr. TUt-lcer,,..tu be Pur-
skT of the Spitfire ; M`Caush, Surgeon of 'the.
Qrown, and late Surgeon with Lord Coll'nvood,
to be Surgeon to the new Prison Depot at Greenla'w,
'orrh Britain; Mr. Plowman to be burgeon of Ale
Albans. .