The Sun.
London, England, 1810-11-26 00:00:00

LISBON, Nov. 9.

An Account of the present State of-the FR EN cti A RMY,. as
given by some Portuguese, who were mane Prisoners by
the Enemy, and have been lately exchanged.
The French army consists, at the present time, of
from 40,000 50,000 men, including the.sick.-,-
,The troops carry with fhem'a prodigious quantity of
baggage, which occupies a league in extent, and
-which they do not convey in caissons, of which they
have but few, but in sledges and other .kinds of car-
riages, drawn by cattle. In this serf ice are employ-)
ed .about 6000 men, :non-combatants. A• great ,
number of the beasts' of burden has died, and the.
loss has been tr4quenly supplied by horses taken
from the cavalry. The waggons arefor the Most
part in a deplprable state, being composed, as it
were, of planksi-loosely joined together. Some, of
them carry ammunition, some protisions, some (Ali-,
eel's and regimental baggage, and others cl..)athing,
and plundered property,•&c. • •
The, French cavalry may consist of from 9 to
10,000 nren. It iserot easy to calcukee the loss this
elescripiion of force has sustained, as iliey are much
extended up the banks of the Tagus; but it is certain
that, a considerable riember has died, that some hate
been withdiawn for the service ofthe.arrillery, aed
that a great number of the deserters belonged to the
cavalry, -Sec. With resped to their present state,
some squadrons are very weak, and others arestill
iu a good condition for service:- - The &agoutis are
the best, and appear most richly dressed, wearing
cordons and medals of gold, and `also purses con-
taining plundered morrey attached to their girdles.
The following is:the manner in which the French
troops have subsisted —When they. arrived, there
was still a considerable quantity of corn and miler),
Which could neither be carried away nor destroyed";
there was also a great reamber of .steeqp, and abun-
dance of grapes and fruits in the fields, but all the
mills were destroyed, and could not-be re-built, ex-
cept a small number; se that bread could be .procur-
ed only for the Officers. "Upon this account they
lived on animal tie.' without restraint, and without
economy, receiving rations of meat for tP.e defi-
Glancy of bread. They -also consumedT only the
pieces of the best quality, so that: by the end ot Oc-
tober, the period when the exchange of
,prisouers
took place, there remained but a few sheep or
oxen, and many French soldiers had elready begun
to eat horse and ass flesh. • The grapes and frees
lad in a considerable degree supplied their priva-
tions, but these were also totally consumed by the
end of October.

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LONDON,
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1810.

Windsor Ciistle, Nov. ".4, Eight 1;:.,M.
" His Maserry has been in a .sound. sleep for
the last six hours.

• , Whither Castle, Nov. 25.
" -Tis MAJESTY'S has passed a quiet night, with
some more sleep, and is better this morning."

Windsor Castle, Nov. 25, Eight o'Clock, P, M.
His MAJESTY is not quite 50 IA ell this evening
as he was in the morning.

6, Windsor Castle, Nov. 26.
His MAJESTY. has had very li►tle sleep in the
night, but is not worse this' morning.

We stated on Saturday that Dispatches had been
received from Lord WELLINGTON to the 12th in-
stant, and that they did; toot contain any intelligence
vt. importance. ,It:.appears by the extract from
them, which waS`published in the Gazette of Saw-
day, that our statement was perfe6lly correct.. The
enemy reconnoitred Almantes on the-sth, and it is
stated in; some private Letters, thot they had made
three 'attacks uprin it, in each of whieli.they had
been repulsed with

We this day.lay before our Readers an intercept-
ed letter from IVIAssENA Xo BERTHIER, giving an
ac °int of the battle of BUsace., We cannot 'pledge
ourselves for the authenticity of this document, he,
cause we do not know the authority on which it
ems. it, however has the appearance of authen-
-I;Quy. The person on whom these dispatches were

'itinnd,haa law with '-him a pnper'catitaining a 'Cer-
tain -number of' questions which MASSNNA con.:
jectnred might be pin to him by BUONPARTE
liwrirrra, together with the atftvwers which 'he
was totive. We are, tve confen, at a 10-is to
guess the objC& of these extra instfuaions to the
bearer of these dispatches., Every point mention-
ed in these questions and answers Might, and in-
deed aught to have been, inserted in the dispatches.
If they had been so inserted, and the Courier had
received private instructions, in order that his an_
suers tut ,contradia the, dispitches, every
thing woyid be perfeetliclear i bat at present we
are not Without some doubts 'upon the s'ubjeet.

We had not loom on Satu'rday to make any
observations Upon the most unfounded, and,
we. must ''add, the most impudent assertions
which appealed' itt the Moviteur, respecting , the
negotiations fur an exchange of prisoheis. We
stated some time ago, upon authority on which me
placed the 'utmost reliance; the unrea,ottAb:e de-
mands made, by' the French Govertnnent upon the
subjea of the Exchange—demands whi(h appear
to have 'beat tnaue rather with a view of breakirig
off all, negotiation, than with any hope of their
being acceded to; and Oir are this tray milled to
lay before our readers Ghat 'We hairy every reason
to believe is the list Piojet presented by our. Go-
vernment to France, which will fit' the same tithe'
prove the anxious desire of his Majesty's•Alioisters
to effe6l. an Exchange of Prisoners, and the shame-
-less falsehood of the 'statement 'maie in' the Muni:

tear:

We do not conceive it 'necessary to make.any apo-
logy to Mr. APKENzts for extracting the vulgar
scurrility with which he was attacked in the Muni,
leur, because the abuse 'of that i'ver must always
be an honour to an Englishman it is almost the
best proof that can be given, that he possesses the
principles of a good subject, and the manners of a
gentleman. • -

• We have received some 'more Frencli Papers, but
their contents are not particularly interesting. Buo-
INAPARTE has annexed the Valais to France, and
the reason which he has condescended to assign for
tbij ad of atrocity, is, that-7-4 is convenient.;--
, These Papers also contain some details respe6ting
our convoy in the Baltic, which we. hope will turn
out to be greatly exagerated.

We this morning received Cadiz Papers to the 1 1 t h
inst. Every thing remains as quiet there as it has
done for some months past ; now and then a few
shoi and shells are exchanged, otherwise there is no
appearance of a siege., .

Letters from Madrid state, that bands of patriotic
Spaniards continue to advance close to that Capital,
attacking convoys' intercepting .dispatches, and
keeping poor JOSEPH in a constant state of
alum. It seems that he does mot cxpe&
to reside long in. his Capiital, for he con-
tinues to send off the valUable movables and pidures
towards France.

This morning Mr. GALE JoNEs received sentence
in the Court of King's Bench, for the Libel on
Lord CASTLEREAH. He Was • ordered to be con•
fined twelve calendar months in Coldbath-fields, and
to find security for his good behaviour, himself in
5001. and two sureties in 2501. each.

The persons convieted of the riots at the Liverpool
Theatre also received sentence ; two of them were
ordered to be confined in Lancaster Goal for twelve
months, two for three months, and one for.two
months.

It will he seen, by the following notice, posted
this morning at LLOYD'S, how truly laudable are the
exertions of the Committee of- that House, for the
proteElion of our Trade against the enemy's pri-.
,vateers ; and when we consider the great number
of them that arc daily on' the Oast, such informa-
tion to4he‘Mastets of Vessels was much warned,
and we are glad to observe it emanate from whence
it does. We recommend the Ma§ter of every
Vessel, before he sails -Irotn , _England, to provide
himself with a copy of the Notice :
_ • riloyivs, November 26, 1810.

" All Masters of vessels passing up`' and down
Channel, are recommended by the Committee of
this House, on the appearance of an eneiny's croizer
in thetday or night, to make signals ehher by firing
guns, burning false lights„ or letting off rockets,
by which it is hoped from the number if his Ma-
jesty's ships cruizing in the Chonnel for the pro-
teCtion of the trade, many vessels will be re-taken,
if not preserved from capture. It is also recom-
mended to all Masters of vessels to attend partteu
larly to the signals, at the respective slgnal s!ations on
the Coast, as explained underneath : ' ,
For "an eOrny's.trigaie in- frigates." One ball
above the flag. • "
For " the enemy's small cruizers." Two. balls
above the flag.
For " an enemy's 'ship or vessel close under the
land." Three balls above the flag. I,
N.B. No signals made at the signal posts (but
those above mentioned) are to be attended to by
merchant vessels.
Sir JoHri pocr.wpartt has arrived at Portsmouth
from Newfoupdland.

NAVAL 1c E WS.

ruir.srouTri, Nov. '23.- Arrived the Hero, GOOD-
ALL, from Sunderiand. '

Sailed the hind, Revenue cutter on a cruize.

Nov. 24.—Arri1'edLA evening. the French ketch'l
privatier La Gleneuse, of 14 guns, and a coMple-
ment of 90 men, of. and from St. Makes, tom
whence she had been six weeks, without making
any capture; she was 'fallen in with and chased se--
yeral hours on the 20th inst. by his Majesty's ship-
Nortlfti mberland, of 74 guns, Capt. HOTHAM, but
escaped by superior sailing ; the latter ship on the-
22ki following discovered her again,'and the privateer
being to leeward, (vas captured after a short chase.
This is the, same vessel that attacked the ship Ame-
rica, Capt. Coci3urti, on her ‘oyage from. Quebec
to this port, sonic days since off Cape Clear, which
she beat off in a heavy gale. of wind, after an action
of three, hours, if which Capt. COLBUIO- was
wounded iu die ann. ,The Gleneuse is a very fine
vessel of her class, about 200 tons burthen,. and: a
g6qd

:Übe ll'alsing' ham, packet) Gait. ROBERTS*, sails
for Lisbou•the niornent the wind is lair.

Put back yesterday by contrary winds' his Majes-
ty's ship Go:4finchi pt 12 guns, Capt. ADDERLEY,
with the RwierittansPort., C.lpt. SWAN; bound ,to.
Corunna.. .

Arrived the sloop Star; of Scilly, E. MAY, Mas-.
ter; frOniCadiz and ,LtsbOn3,lett t'he former place ou'
the ifjur Or.tobL•r, and the lay icy') the Isr
t'Of No-
yenitmr, with a cargo of logwood, bound toLotidon,
put in.here by contrary winds, and last Scilly,
where she arrived on the 18th instant, left Lisbon
with a convoy,'frotn which she parted some days
after.
Airived.the schooner Brothers, SQUARO, Master,
from Newfoundland, with fish and oil, torthis port;
sided on the 25th Oct. in coiripany with a fleet,
under convoy of his Majesty's ship Antelope, of 60
guns,: Adintral Sir I. DUVIMORTHp. daptain.
M‘LEon, which are passed up Channel. ,
Went into harbour hisiViajesty's ship Iris) of 36
guns, Capt. SHOKTLAND.,
Arfived his Majesty's ship Helicon, of l 0 guns,
Capt. HOP.k./NSO ftoui a cruize in the Channel the
Francis Freeling ,packet, -.Cart. BELL, trout FA-
'mouth and his Majesty's ship Foxhound, from the
Westward. •

Sailed his Majesty's ships Argo and Amelia fur
Purlollotall.

PoRTsLiouTH, Nov. 2.5.---Dispatches 'were this
morning landed from the Lady L'airingion (extra
ship) from India : when she lett India every thing
was tranquil, the Isle of France had riot fallen,' the
garrison it seems were very desponding since the
capture of the Isle of Bourbon ; the Lady Carring-
ton lett the Cape on the 17(11 September, and Saint
Helena seveh weeks since. ,

His Majesty's ship Gatateal. takes convoy for
and the Meditarranean; and, his Majesty's
ship Derzvent to Cadiz.
The Nonpareil schooner, Lieut. BRAY, arrived
yesterday from Newfoundland : she sailed, from St.
John's on the 25,th ult. in company with the Ante-
lope, And Mackarel schooner, with 21 sail 'wider
convoy; the Mackarel parted company on the 30th
and the Nonpareil 9a Ist inst. in bad weather, leav-
ing ,the Antelope and, convoy in lat.. 44, 27. lung. '44.
29. ; the Antelope is arrived this day with Vice Ad-
miral Sir JOUN T: lltickwoßTH on board, but note
of the convoy liave'as yet made t4ir appearance.
Came in this day his Majesty's ship Argo from
Plymouth ; and his. Majesty's ships Amelia 'and
Wolverine, the former fiom Poi tngal, 'and the latter
from Cadiz.

•
X,'
TORBAY, Nov. 22.—Hi'Majesty's ship .i/nteloN,
Rear-Admiral 'Sir Joair DocKtvotcru, has arrived
from Newfouridland, sailed frorn-thence 25t11 ult.

FAI,IIQUTU, Nov. n3.---Put in here tne imspatck
packet, With the mails for Surinam Princess
Elizabetk with ditto, for Lisbon 3- /Vocton,
ditto, for Cadiz; and the EXpress with ditto, for
Jarniaca; all for Plymouth.

One of Jur/o'es Aides-de-Camp, disguised as a
Spanish cnuntry!nan, has been seized by the armed
peasantry upon the frontiers of Portugal, wad seta to
Lisbon. r

He was endeavouring, under cover of this dis-
guise, to_ reach Alnieida, from whence he was to
make his way to Paris. There were found upon
him two interestiqg papers ir —the one, MA SSE WA'S'
official report .of the battle of. Busaco, addressed to'
BERTH IEII ; the other containpig a string •of
,tiODS, which it was expeded- wouldpeput to him
by BUONAPARTE, tOgrt4er with the answers which`
the Aid.de-Camp was to.make to these presiined
inquires. These two papers appear to have been
written at Coimbra, seven days after the

The Officer who was arrested, having been Put
under examination as a spy, declared, that his ver-
halinstrudions were to requite from BUONAPARM
a reinforceir.ent of 40,000 14V11.

hVT)E.RCEPTED DISP;II'Cif OF IIf,4SSEIV4'

No. I.
FRENCEACOtiNTOF THEBATTLE OF Bu-
A
COIMBRA, OCT.-- s 1 the
M'onseignur,—We set out tot our march on/ ,30
16th instant, in order to enter Portugal, 05 I,- 1:.0y
already informed your .Higline,S. On the tail tod
we arrived at yiseu; after. pissing through verY,
roads. We were ohlied-to halt theie for_five "a43:1
in order to give time for the park I.f artilrerY:i
the baggage, to come up, and be polo order,f
have had the honour of acquaiking you hoot ‘',so
I left the latter lace on the 04th. -On the tni-00
day of my march I arrived in front of this pasty
of Busacii.,.wbich was' occupied by • the aidedglish and Portuguese armies. I reconnoitered cit 6d
position the nest 'morning at
,day:brcf.!k. dire 00
an attack on the, left by the seerind corps,in
,ce.ntre by the 'sixth ; the eighth corps rern:nne, in
reserve. The position'-is certainly the • stronge3l
lte
all Portugal.. General Regnier, however, Ottidiv,h
top of the ridge, • and was be.gintrin4 to cst''Lof
himsalt there, when General • Hill, 'w 4th a oorijfi s
20,000 men, attacked in else column the Ir'°l
who, worn out by fatigue, were beginume
to torn) 03
the ridge ort he mounrains,: and drove illem WO,
doi,
This retreat, supported by a.go..d reserve, ,s 3 teal
ecuted good arder,.and the second corps root" 0.
its first position.' In the centre were ,the
of LoisOn and Marchand. The first Mide, an ott'
on; the tight of the roadwhich leads to the. c0"`,,,..
of Ilusaco, and the, other on the left. General
son, being obliged to climb Avry steep jpo,uritejti,
to regain,thegreat road, reathed it utter grear,`'e.",e
ertionS ; but he had not suttrientliore to torn to 0
in close column, ;inch() cetablzsl) when
English columns came- up iii close order,,aod,
'meted by, a numerous artille.r3.;charged this th"s'
ho
()"ge4 It I".r`itr'n; General Marchand, "
was.to-suppovt thia attack, look uir posilloll,
W) the enemy. The Engtish did ,not dare (0
vance above threehundred toises from
battle. The iletnaindi...4 of the day was I),tli` I
Skirmishing.' - ' ;,;
Having attentively
,reconnoitred this ll(''':d.c)u)
I,6iich Lord-Wellington woulil not have velltn/;ei,ex•
occupy, if he had not, like me, cousiderej %et!
tremel deo
y strolig; my plan was- immediately v;
on, and I end, avowed to obtain by my menco' ova
an advantage which would lia,t co;t too mil)" °„rti
men. 'I sent (JUL reconnoitring parties of ,
ate
and.cavalry towards the right .and I,:ft, to 00111. ro
the country, and to, keep the enemy in doubt
ds
the course of my movinenis. A oa
From the intelligence I received, I decide-
tnrning the -English army by My right. The
tion of the bridge of Murcella, which the _fi
had fortified, and 'on which he could tpake " fl
(1' hi;
movement by the ridge of Periacosa, lavonre-ori
Mealts,of Moving thither his whole force Ur le3'-005
two hours; while the road of Sardao cross4l4 ‘tt
Col de Caranuela, brought me upon Boaiolvo, 11
Vied
open and fertile country. Th:s movement till.or
the left of the enemy, and gave me power of -soli
nceuvring his flank': At sip' at night on the
I quitted the position of 'Moira, antilll3l.clot
upon. noialvo. The eighth corps, which ha-Aonl
Suffered, fOrmed the advanced guard, the bath c
• the main body, and the rwcond the 'rear roord" tpi
my wounded fellowed on the carriages of the tij
and beasts of burthen. 00'
The enemy, perceiving after 1-11(11-light 0114 " 3E
nccuvre on his left placed a strong .rear gu3l
v,Ol.
Busaco, and marched 'in great .disorder in sinllft
columns towards Coimbra, after having blow' ,
,all his amtnunirion,, and burnt his magazines.
On the Ist I arrived at Coimbra the eheTirer,o
left all his cavalry, with some regiMents of i"'`hport
which we charged.
.He retired from thence Lord
Condeixa. On the 2d I sent my advanced terill
towards the village,, and the enemy- W 35 '9O.l'Y
Brit en from it it 'is now at Iledinha.
commanded 'all the roads which fall -into the
road of Lisbon, and. General Montbrun has Oir

uppn'Figuera.
„tre3l.4
,Lord :Welliugton, with the allied army, is V
ing, upon Lisboa. He gives out that it IS '1

tention todisplue with gas all the positions. dere.
I march in one body, and Use evert •e-• 01
your to iiiductr_ him to give bn!ti,.; mils/ ;ad
destroying him, or forcing him to re-embark' n
\ allied army is estimated' at from IR) to 7 0,001,04
including_ 2&,000 British. The enemy 0-nll-,trY
destroys evei y thing as he ev,ituates the cot v.
Threes
' he the inhabitants to abandon their
Coimbra, a town of 210,000 inhabitants, is, jrtdt
-Wetind no provisions ; rl> army is subsisted O°,OW;
an corn, and tne vegetables which we find-real3'g
in the ground. Word Wellington, not dil";:1;‘,'
-wait, for us. in the open country,, endeavours 'ivy.
.str°Y everything which might subsist our %,0;
The inhabitants of the towns and villages 31-;;,,
miserable; they arewompelled to serve, on Pc,s av
death. In short, no rieriod history furnl"-
example of such barbarity. 30(1
Oa: loss in killed and wounded amounti‘,'°,l
men,including 'a great many 'olficers•
Simon of Loison's division, was dangerously "
ed, and left behind in the rank? 'of the eueulY; Oc'
l ''
neral Graindorge is dead of .his wounds. :-)tios
neral of Division Merle is wounded as 01 4i4‘
Generals .of Brigade Foix and lthucune ;
not be able to serve again for sour. time; Talte 6:41
loriels,of
,the 26th regiment of the line, of ,(1,1,0e0'
. and. ?2d light infantry,' are killed, and severf',-rs to
wounded. There are many vacancies at 0
the different corps, which must'be hued ur•
e.'
The Anglo-Portcguese army 'acknowkdgi
have lost 4000 men, One-halt of theth
I leave behind me ow sick and vt outiu".
itnbra, where I am tunifyink two cotivent3_!
m only leave a sall number at trOops' to delel'u
The best defence I can give them is to bej
English, and twee them to re-embark. e; 1.4`,
General ilegnier deferves the highest pot'.:ket,
has concluded bitnst.-li like an able and esPe4: 0':
General: General Laison maintained' it'st rit-
t on. In short, every Officer and soldier 11'!, „et
with bravery and entbusiasm. I ;Nil!
,s:',11" /DO!
statement of the rewards to be given to 111'0,,ttc'E
army of Portugal, which is anittis,ted by
cievO:ipn for the sehice of thel.,:iipervr:uosoo?
I au), &C. &C.