The Sun.
London, England, 1810-10-22 00:00:00

PO??TVGUESE PAPERS.

LIknON, OCT. 10.—We now look forward ith
Much anxiety, but not with alarm, to a' great and
decisive battle taking place. The enemy has ad-
vanced as far as Sautadem. Our army OCCl.lpies the
strong lines of Mafia, where Lord WELLINGTON
will receive the French. We are convinced, that if
MASSENa makes the attack, he will add another
wreath to Lord WELLINGTON'S honour, and crown
the British troops with immortal glory be only
fear i, that ha will not dare to make it. Although
confident of success, yet prudence has caused our
Commanders to adopt every poisible precaution to
facilitate the embarkation of the troops, should cir-
cumstances render such a measure expedient.
Prisoners and deserters daily arrive here in great
numbers. Upwards of 40,000 persons came in
here before the army, driven from their homes by
the French, who burn, murder, and violate. De-
vastation marks progres: ; burning villages
( the inhabitants of. ,whom are happy to escape
with life) point out their track !: It is impossible
to form any idea of the scenes now a&ed in this
country—they must be seem to be credited. Our
army is most orderly. The conduct of the British
troops is most exemplary—not a single man of
them ever touches an article ; their behaviour is
the admiration and wonder of the Pottoguese

nat ion.
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LisßoN, OCT. 13.—Nothing particular has oc.
cuffed since my last ; we are still in suspense.
RomANA has Come down through the Alentejo to
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the opposite side of the Tagus, with about 10,000
Spaniards. His troops are 'at this moment embark.-._
ing to -come over. It is said -I\loaTretr has joined
MASSENA with abort the same nunther of troopS.
Our troops are in., the Mafra lines, the enemy al
along our front ; continual rcncontres of.parties, bin"
nothing great. It will- be the battle of 'giants..
Generals TBANT and% SILVEIRA with 12 or 15,006,
Spaniards and Portuguese, are near Coimbra, in.
MAssENA's rear ; it will be a miracle if he or his
army escapes ; yet prudence dlreas that we should
use every.pecaution to enable (us to get off, should
.such a step become necessary, as such anadair must
be in the hands.of Providence. We are thoroughly
convinced here of the allied-army being able to
maintain their positions.
The Monks of Alcohaco opened their stores to
all who chose to take any Thing, and sent S 5 pipes
of v. ine to our army, the: rest they consum&l,
among which was 9000 bushels of wheat, to pre-
vent the enemy from seizing it. • •
Nine hundred,prisoners came in to-day, taken in
various places. '
The French general. 'Suitor( goes to England In
the Apollo frigate.
-Lisao.N, OCT. 12.—His Excellency the. Marquis
ROMANA has airived ist our territory. His march
is intended to combine operations, with our General
in Chief, and not from any other cause, as some,
from not knowing the truth, may have as serted.—
Every thing shews that the march of the Allied
Army, in the west of the Peninsula, is the result of
an accurately calculated and profound plan.
The proximity of the two armies brings to Lis-
bon a great number of persons, fugitives and others,
allot whom pretend to circulate news, for, the most
part absurd reports, :or at any rate very inaccurate,
from want of dates, and for matty other reasons.—
, The public ought not to credit them, but to remain
assured that any,important event that .may occur
, will immediately be announced in this Gazette by
order of Government.
OCT. 9.—Though yesterday was a tempestuous
day, it did hot preveht the disembarkation of a
number of English troops, and the march of some
large corps of them ; as also of two newly formed
battalions.of.. Portuguese troops, who though' they
left thecityin the midst of a violent rain, manifested
the greatest cheerfulness and satisfaetion, and
marched .with tha utmost alacrity to join, the grand
army, or take 'such positions as alight be allotted
to them. Such is the hatred of the enemy, and
-such the desire- of defeating their .pride, that the
greatest fatigues and privations are 'rendered almost
pleasing by the consideration, that there is little
doubt but they will produce the total destruction of
the enemy, and the
.complete deliverance of our
injured and oppressed country.
bur Government has taken the requisite measures
to give assistance to those unfortunate families who,
to avoid the ferocity of the enemy, have been obliged
to abandon their property and their country, and
take refuge in this capita).

A private letter from Cadiz says, that Admiral
KEATS. was continually destroyilig • the new batte-,
ries, as soon as the enemy erected any, by shot,
shells, and CON° ItliVE'S rockets. £t canal for the
safe conveyance of waters and of provisions from
Barbary, was nearly-completed, the boats employtd
for this purpose having been repeatedly destroyed
by the enemy's batteries. The letter says nothing
of any. epidemic distemper.

NAVAL NEWS.

Fran the LONDON C/IZEITE, 017: V), IVO*

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Copy of a Letter front Lieutenant George lienthanit the
Niajest},'S ship Ro,hoLk, acting in the Command of
Briseis addiessct to Rear-Adathal Lord
Cory inatiOrr iu Chief at Yarmouth, :tott canstuitt`'
his Lordship to V. Cruises, I.sq,
uth
His Majesty's Sloop .11r:5eis,
MY LORD, Roads, October, s I I°' big
I have the satisfaaion to state to you, 111°E,,,ce
under
stoop
,yoi,rdi,cl me. the honour. to 1)`,"(4
under my coniinand, fe'd iili _an
0101‘
..schooner at noon on the 14th instaift,
W. by S. of Horn heel, aud,aft,cr at 3 auxin
chase of eight bouts, we succ;eded in
titer to action, which she maintained' with
of detcl:e,
mined desperation for an hotir, it 45
time the vessels touchingt. indeed ;:rz:l-Ivere
lra
,on both sides speaks for, i'ol 11„ _the enenry.b2fOre t e.,
surrendered, having •eiglut men -killed,.
teen wounded,' and,'lglatnerrtiory;"touiii4enitd
'been killed, and eleven badly wounded, vs:
the Briseis. • • to
It is the pleasantest Part or my "duty, to :stag .a,
your Lordship, that the. wiiale of tfitiOtficem-310
sloop's con?pany. behii,ed .a, manner,
met it my vk armest approbation.' "-
The prize which has arrived in ilkese Roads.
• me, proves to be the French priVateer'sclonor
of. ten twelve-pounders- aitti‘ur-63'0;Putlie:
ders, commanded by Jules Jacobst with Et coul‘lP
tent of fifty-five men ; slit; .sal.d from Arnster"3
two days previous, to mx, f...1.1,ing in will) her, jo
company with another vessel of the same clags,. sg
the purpose of cruizing on the Dogger Bunk 0011
our trade.
Inclosed herewith,
.fur your Lordship's war
Gun, is a list of the killed and wounded.
• •.. I;have the honour to be, &C.
' (Signed) G. BEN-Tarcat
A
Right Hon. Lord Gardner, Rear-Admiral
• Cutiulia"d'a.‘
of the White, &e •

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A List of Men killed and wounded on board his ii,3)(
Sloop lirtsejs,-.in Action with the Sans Souci Frcocil
vateer, 14th 'o6t. 1810.

• Killed..
Alexander Gurin, MaSteri Mate.
!antes Davidson, Clerk.
I,lln Lake, Able Scartian.
Robertß
yers,Captainlat the T 9.

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. ' Wounded. , ..
Thomas Cox, Quarter _Master's Mate, severely.
Isaac h loud, Yeoman of the Powder Rooin, ditto. -.
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lohn Manias, Ordidary Seaman, ditto.
Edward kVtlson, .Qua: ter G !inner, ditto.
%Villiain Burgess, Carpentr, slightly.
I lines Glass, A rinourer, ditto.
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Thomas Dilling, Ordinary *Seaman, ditto. ' N
Pedro Antonio, Ordinary Seaman, ditto. . .
lob Steward, Serjeant of Marines, severely.
lohn garret, Private Marine, ditto.
Wm. Presonal), Private Marine, slightly. .
• ' • (Signed) 0. 'AM'
re
. A cti;:g CiAninal'ae '

Admiralty-Office, Oct. 20, 1810. • - t 1
Copy of a Letter from Captain Malcolm, of hiF. Wics'ljits
Ship .Ithin, addressed to Admiral Lord Gam'oiertsq,
transmitted Py his Lordship to John Wilson Crater, %r,,
His Majesty's Ship Rhitz,et.
MY LORD, Ott. 9, rSta-
I have the honour to inform your Lordshioll,',
I this morning in lat. 49. 10. N. long, 8. 3' de
captured the French brig privateer La Couiteoeo
Nlotatalivet, of St. Makes, atter a chase of,
hours and a half, when she carried away her Ll3°l,t'
top-mast; pierced for sixteen guns, but only n' ::).100
ing fourteen, and fifty-seven -men, only ft?r,v,,tte
board, seventeen being in two prizes, one ""5171
gue,e ship, and the other an American brig.- ape(
is quite tes‘v, this being her first cruise, and Gor
bottomed.

I have the honour to be, &c. 10 •
CHARLES MALCO-
To the Right Lon. Lord Gambier,
'Admiral of the Blue, &c. &c.

Admiralty-Office, 06ober 20, t 810' of
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Copy of a Letter from the Honourable Captain Croft°°,;sir
. his Majesty's Sloop the Pawn' addressed to Adillloo
Roger Curtis; and transmitted by him to lob°
Croker, Esq.
His Majesty's Sloop Fawn, at
October 11, aro. I
Ibe
I feel great satisfatlon in acquainting you °
cap.ure of La Temeraire French schooner Pirgre
teer, of Brest, pierced- tor ten guns and si/c.:
swivels, with thirty-five men, by his Ma) lisce
sloop under my command, after an anxions ret,
of six hours, during which she hove her got's °sl4
board. She is'- a new vessel, out three daYs/'
has made no capture, but was boarding a P4l
berg brig from Dover When we saw her.

I have, &c.
(Signed) G. A. CROFT"L
Admiral Sir Roger Curtis, Bart.
&c. Portsmouth.
Admiral y-Offlce, Uct.20, 1810.
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Copy of a Letter from the Honourable Capt. Pag,-to o
Majesty's Ship Revenge, addres'sel to Capt. ftlalc'
the Donegal, aril transmitted to juhu ‘Vtlson Crog,er'
by Admiral Sir Roger Curtis.
81'
SIR, Revenge, off Cherbourg-, Oa. 17f,/
I have great satisfaaion in 'acquainting Yo'',
~foew
the lugger which crossed us to windward "e",idt!
daylight this morning, and 'Which' we ran .01°114
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ot atter a chase of three hours, proves •tO Cis'
Vengeur, of t 6 guns and 7f3 men, fl orn Dieppe s
terday, and had not tirade any capture.

I have the honour to be, Bze• l%
CHARLES' FAGP
Capt. Pultney Malcolm, Donegal.

that
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 19.—ft is reported - jot
express was dispatched from hence .to London
night, with news of importance from Corurlo3'
Passed up the Channel lastnight a sciloarler_ifro;
Teneriffe, with a cargo of wine bound to
the following persons, were taken out of her 'ill
pilot boat, and landed here, viz. 'Capt. ,FT•
of the /Neptune, of Falmouth; S. MOllEl°4'ool/
F. MortEtrtA, American gentlemen. The NeP.O
on her voyage from Lisbon with 3 cargo of lea:0
Of
was flilrn in with and 'captured on the 3d ll**