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your Fxcellency that I teas reduced to the necessity
of surrendering the, fortress of Almeida,- Which I
I ri Ile honour to tort-inland,' on tile 27th of this
current month, at ten o'clock at night, in conse-
quenoe of the unfortunate ekplosion 'of the large
powlier rnagazitn hi the castle, a lid" of two
sinati magazines contiguous to it;, by which dread-
ful accident I was deprived of all my artillery a.,d
ammunition,,.with Ole exception of a small number
of ,:•Jrtridges winCh were lodged near the' batteries,
and 39 barrels of power deposited in the laboratory;
mort` than half the detachnient:, of artilleity,-andl"
considerable number-Of toot soldiers, besides several
it habitants, were destroyed. by
.the‘dreadful'explo.'-
sion ; many pieces of ordnance wrreritstuotinted in
the trii•eriei, the works 0-esl' 'damaged, and a ge-
neral consternation prevail;-,1 among rho
,inhabitants
and troops. In this unfortunate received
a Letter from Marshal, Massena, , Commander in
of the kterich a my in Portugali in.,which he
proposed to toe ty to fender the place to; the French
army under his orders, on the honourahle terms
which he. was yeady.to grant me.
,I returned for
answer; that' wished. tocknow the terms
.he, had .to
Flops-. The articles were then- trinstnitted to mt.,
tacoty of which I.have the honour tp enclose, and,
which, after I had used all possible means to obtain
better terms, but, without efiect,,,l, was obliged to
accept, with the:sole eAceptiOn tohtained in tavour
of the regiments of Port'Uguese militia. . .
. I trust, that my concinci on this crikical,roccasion
will be honoured wiih, your Excellency's.approba-
tion, and that I shall. be justified in the eyes of my
country by the circtmSi,occ of the case.
(Here tollow, the Artici-• s of Capitukition, which
ha%e already been, published.j--(Lislion Gazette,
Sept. S.)

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• D-0 LV,

SA'T'URDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1810.

. some very erroneous accounts have appeared in
the public papers resvecting ►he position of .the
British Armyfn 'Porttrgal. When the last ac-

counts came away, Lord WELLINGTON had con-
ceotrated:his Army in front of Coimbra, with the
MOndego on his right, and the Sierra on his left.
,
MASSENA was between Viseu and Tondinello. Lord
WELLINGTON'S position is said tote .so strong, • as
Almost to.defiall attack. The report of -his Lord-
ship hating ordered the transports round to Mondego
Bay, is, we believe, totally unfounded ; he has very
recently received a reinforcemtnt of 7000

Some roore Spanish and Portuguese. Papers reach-
ed town yesterday everting. They contain, General
Cox's account of the 'surrender of Almeida. We
have also extraatd a Letter of General .BERESFORD,
in which he gives a fresh instance of the perfidy of
the Fteneb, in their •treatment of the garrison of
that place.

The Pcincess AMELIA, we are extremely concern-
c.l to say, was last night so much indisposed as to
excite the most alarming apprehensions, His Ma-
jesty's Messenger had not arrived iit town with an
account of the situation of her' Royil 'Highness
tuis day when our Pai,er was put to press. •

AS BLIONAPA RTE thust be convinced that"our Wood
ill eff:ctually prevent hitri from bucce ss -
folly invading this country with force, it 'is be•ex-
peaed. that he will try all possible means to vent his
implacable rancour against us, and aceo;nfolish our
- -
ruin by stratagem. He is as. subtle as he'is veno-
mous,' and no common -degree of artifice is to be
expected from such a mar, when he has a deter.
mined purpose in view!i' and, as in the present in-
stance, wishes tb remote' the only obstacle to his
ambition, by the...doWrifi-ill of the British
..Eiripire.
Hence it has been inferred that the assigned cause
of LUCIEN'S having thrown'hitriself upon the protec

tion of this country, or purposely incurred,, the

chance of being taken:, by- our cruizers, is to• be-
' received with great distrust and caution, lest it
shouli be connea-lecl with some deep And compre-
hensive machina:ion.
,grorn the known charaaer
of both the brothers,:sueh an opinion may be rea-
sonably formed ; nor wotkid it be refining-too much

to entertain it, it dim: ,were any chance of carry,
log the plot into execution, or if LUcIEN could en-
gage in it ,witheut danger to himself; but though

there are doubtless many French spie,s among us,
and many foreigners capable of assisting. in any dia-
bolical plan for the ruin of the country that protects

them, yet we conceive that LUCIEN is.hardly so rash
as to engage in so perilous and hopolcss an enter-

prize. He has acquired a large fortune, and may
enjoy it any where but in countries under the controui
of his brother ; and as destruction May be supposed
to hover over that brother, considering the pains
which 1-11 has taken to rouse all mankind. against
him, an 4 the accumulated miseries which he has

brought upon the world, it would not be wonderful.
if.LucttN thought it Nue 'to consult his own safety,
and, filtrom the impending .storaa. But. though
this . rice. is natural an4:!,reasonable, .. we .sfiould
always
.Covider the BUONAPARTES as a peculiai-ra&,
who seem to be born for the oppression of man,
and actuated by feelings suitable to .a tendency;
and therefore we trust that Ministers will vigilantly
.watch.all.bis rouvetueats, and never place the least
confidence in his declarations, hOwevcr 'probable,
they, may appear.

. .
Yesterday!nrorning his." MAJESTY, the Dukes-of
YORK, .KENT, and.CUMJnItLAN'D, Princesses Au-
GIJ,STA and' SOPHiA; accompanied by. Lord WAL-
44NGHAM, Lady ELYi FITtROY; and Col.
TAYLOA, took an airing in Windsor Great Park,
till hatt-past twelve o'clock: •
We are
,exiretnely sorry to say that Princess
;AMELIA COEIHIIIeS in the satoe alarming state as
!when. our account left. Windsor yesterday. .No
hopes are entertained of her Royal Highness's re-
covery. Dr. BAILIE arrived m the morning of yes-
:terday at Windsor, from his seat at' ireacester;
.and he, together .with. Sir HENRY HA,LFoan and
Dr: POPE, Were iilattendance upon her Royal High-
• 'Jess during the whole of the day. Si. Alban's-
sfreet, where she resides; was littered with straw..
All the Royal Dukes remained at Windsor. The
iNtrrc-left -town yesterday morning at ten o'clock,
'on a visit to the Pansicess. At seven.o'clock in the
toot-Ding Miss GQLDSWORTHY left town for Wind-
sor, having received- an express from thence, stat-
Ing her Royal Highness to be in a most alarming
state.

The following letter to a Gentleman of the highest
respeaability, accompa'.lied the Portuguese Gazette
containing: Colonel dispotch, viz.
LOllOl4, SEPT. 8..--,-oEcoUrsC you 'have heard
'of the fall of 'Almeida, and inclosed you have the
particulars of
,that' event, which I think
.are not
destitute of interest. You u ill also find that our
head-"quarters have been removed to Gonyea. MAs-
SENA is at Celerico, add advanCing fast.
" The Marquis -Ai.ORNAi formerly •a; Portuguese
Lieut.-General, now in the French -erviee, has been
appointed- by MASSENA,.G9VeJLIOr of the PrOilake of
Beira. He has issued several Proclamations in4a-
. your of the French Government, and 'yesierday be
was denotineed.ra traitor, his papers burnt- by the
common hangman, before the arsenal; and 1000
nio,dores reward offered-I.or his head. He has' eii-
deavoUred tedo a great deal of mischief.
`.." By the 10tirot Octobef'l. expect a grand battle
wiil.befut4;lll. If MassEisl,Lis delcated,--as-I--hope
and trust he will be, our country may prove his to-
tal deStruction. , •

" A ship of war arrived yesterday with two toil-
lion4 of dollars from Gibraltar."

According to the above cowinunication, which is
from a very intelligent quarter, no general
was •expected t,,ti-rke place before the loth instant,
owing, probably, to Lord WELLINGTON'S prudently.
waiting the arrival of the ~hole ot• the reinforce-
ments, which he knew were on their way to 'juin
him.

A remarkable instance, proving the fame and re-
spectability of the house of the late Messrs. B. and A.
.GOLDi4II.I% .ocCUrred about six years since. A bill of
exchange for 10001. drawn by them on a house at
Paris, had passed thrOugh a great. many hands on
the Continent.; and. when it fell due, one..of the
partners who had accepted it was dead, and the
other, after his deCease, bactrelnOvedto America,
and no provision was made for honouring the
The holder of it, wanting the money, snewe'l it to
the principals, a large mercantile house in France,
and-asked-their advice-on-the •subjett.'; -who said; he
need, be under no inconvenience or apprehension on
account of its not being honoured by the acceptors ;
that they knew- the drawers to.'be such honourable
rnNi,' that' they would them Selves pay -the bill,
rather firm) it should be disgraced; and they ac-
cordingly paid-it. The bill was afterwards sent by
post to Messrs. B.'and A. CI:OLDS:WI% by.the firm
who had this taken -it up, endorsed—"Paid 4..
MeFsr.O. J,:M:LEMAITRE and: Co. fbr the:honoqt of
the drawers."-'—Such generous conduct •of ..rner-
chints in an enemy's country, • is, perhaps, unprece-
dented, and
.shews the.tlighly flattering-,opinion en-
tertained of the honour and punctuality in business
of the late Messrs B; and'A;Got.nsmin;

A large quantity of COlone! CONGREVE'S shell
rackets; to be used, against' troops'2,in the field, has
jdst 'been'ient
.to the rniy inl36rtugal.,

At ae General QUarter Sessions for th,e,city .of
EXetef, held at the Guildhall, on Monday and Tues-
.. .
day iast,-;John Gfiddon,. late Secretary' to the-West
of Er-iglu-id Fire and Life Insurance Company, ;Was.
indicted for defrauding th'e.'company of divers ,large
sums, Of :money. The Counsel for the prosecutiwr
being unable to prove the dues execution of the deed
of.settlement,andof each and every sigoature,,there-
to,,'it Was. not allowed to: be produced in evidence,
in consequence of which the prisoner was acquitted.
Wednesday a journeyman barber, in Great Earl-'
street, Seven Dials, cut his throat in a dreadful
manner; but-surgical assistance being at hand the
wound was sewed up, and hopes are entertained of
his recovery. He had lately collected trifling sums
of money from the trade which he had puf
proper uses, and the dread•of being,detected 'is sup-,
postd to.h operateLt so ° strongly on his mind as to,
have drove him to the rash-act.

On Saturday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, the city of
Chester was visited by one ot the heaviest, thunder
storms, accompanied by lightning'and rain; ever re-.
membered. The rain (ell in torrents, literally de-
luging the streets, which appeared one sheet of water,
in some .places.rriore "than afoot deep, and totally'
impassable for toot passengers for more than two
hours.

()h.-Wednesday a fine girl, 3 years old, daughter
of Mrs. HUSSETS, in Leicester-street, Su•allow-
street,
.fell out of the two pair of stairs window. on
the spikes in the railing. She was conveyed to the
Hospital. where she died the next day.
His ►Serene Highness PRINCE WILLIAM of HEssE
PHiLirsTAL, died at the Castle of Phi 14,6141 on the
sth of Atigust;of a dropy in the chest.

We present our•teaders with the following into-
resting communication, respecting the military and
political occurrences in the Isle of Leon. lt. will
'be found to Contain "more information .than a vo-
.
Annie of Spanish Gazettes •
" CADIZ, SEPT. 13.---Thes,tate.of affairs here has
experienced very little change fDr some time past,
we have, indeed, a prospect of long inactivity.; for.

. _
Victor's force is Much too inconsiderable to enable
the enemy to proceed in any military operation against
us, and we-are not sufficiently powerfial, at present,
to attack the French in .their strong positions. It .is
rather a singular circnm4tanee, that we-have not yet
colkcted any. precise information
.of the amount. of
the enemy's force. 7 We conclude, hoWever, that it
cannot exceed 17 or- 18,000 men, or that it Cannot
consist of less than 12,000; Certain 'it is, that the
enemy have been reduced both by. sickness and de-
sertion ; bUt much more,by the former than by the
lit ter cause.
The fleet has sustained- some inconvenience
froai not being 'able to obtain supplies of water from
the: place where it was formerly procured; and
where; indeed,the water is of the best quality,. The
boats eMployed on t his "seri/lee were constantly fired
upon, by the Prench, and some of theM were •truck,
and, I am sorry 'to add, that the erews'were
To :obviate this annoyance, and to preserte, as much,
aspossible, the valuable lives of our Sailors, the boats
employed to. fetch water were tiolonger employed
in the day-time ; and night -afforded them, for a
short:period, some security Agaiust the enemy's fire.
This change of plan'was, however, discovered by the,
enemy ; and, by
,the assistance•of very large fires,-
they were still enabled to• ascertain the- course or
the boats at night,. and to keep upon them a
.most.
tremendous fire.

" The losses we sustained havest length made it
necessary to. get water .from
,another -point, and
though it is not quite of. such good quality as the
former, yet it is by no means 'The
town' of Cadiz is most abundantly -supplied with
water, and indeed, -with provisions in general. Few
Markets ar'e better supplied-with fruits and vegeta-
bles; but butcher'S meat is rather dear, and not of
very..good quality... This is mostly the casein hot.
Climates ; for the flesh of well-fed,animals would
:hardly resist putrefaction for an hour,. alter being
slaughtered.-
" lam happy to say, that if there are any disaf-
fecied in Cadi4; their-hubilier is very inconsiderable.
Abont twoor three mont'hs ago. a few lights were.
diicoVered,-Which Were' possibly intended either to
comaiunicate 'intelligence to the enemy, or to
answer their.. comtumnicaiions.•. But. the vigilance
and activity of the police are such, that no attempt
has since -be.eri made to hold any such indirect,' ri ter-
Course with • the:. El end). Nor- is it quite certain,'
that roese lights were exhibited- for the purpose-of
holding any traitorous iutereourSe with Victor's
army. •

" -By this time it is concluded, that the Members
of the. Corres-rw ha- have - been-701'16M
from all parts, amount to about three hundred—the
nutneer,required by the ConStitutinn to give validity
taany deliberative skis. They are all believed to be
animated w ith the love of their.cotintry, and a sen-
. titnent of determined hatred to the French„ One
of then tint acts, it is conjeaured,willbe the reniOl,.al
of the present Regency: .E%-ery thing, however, will
still be conducted in the .name of Ferdin;ind-the
; at.d from the measures.of the Corte-s, it is
confidently expected that a new and more v!gorou4
impulie Will be given to the patriotic bands that are;
in almost every part of the. Peninsula, -mganizing
and devoting •themselves to the. -grand object of
weakening, harassing, and gradually exterminating
the enemy. ,
The preSent Junta is divided into three cham-
bers;, which-though they, deliberate together,liave
the
.particular superintendance of the Police, -the
Finance and the Army. The .Police is so well or=
gadized, and so well calculated to prevent the in-
troduction of any suspicious polititml character into
the town, that no housekeeper can venture, with:
out an intimation to the Police, to to harbour any
stranger in his house; and tar the 'residence of any
person... Jot _ibis. _description the permission of the
Police is indispensably necessay. This precaution
bicarne tAle- more expedient front the multitude of
people that at first flocked into the town. The po-
pulation of :Cadiz usually,consisis of about. 90 ,or
100,0100 souls; but it is supposed.that, including the
military, it now amounts to about 140,000. To
this immensity of-population, encourage-
ment has been given to emigrate to South America,
the- CArraries,'lVlajorta,, and -Minorca ; and 'many
families have proceeded tb these different places. •
"'As to the- Finances.; there' i4.rio apparent scar
i:!y'Otskpilars in. Cadiz ; on: the contrary,, there.are
aluadatice.in ?circulation ;• so much so,' indeed, as to
Present-a-sityglar, spectacle to :,_,a person Who ha's
1.1e14.40Pg ..c=rti ggOmed to nothing but a paper circu-
lation;:lind the.clifficulty of procuring a supply of
spe*'frventii'd sniallamount. . .
." The army is on an excellent footing. The Bri-
tish consist at 8000 men. The Spaniards, I mean
the regular Spanish farce, amount to much mere.--
There .is, besidei, a. corps Spanish, volunteers
amounting to`4ooo men, who tak-e a regular rota-
tion of niilitark- duty in the tows. lii.addition to
ibis force, there is 'a remarkably 'fine regiment of
about .1500 men.

- " \Vita new municipal fortes the Government is
to assume, itis,impossible to foresee; but the most
beneticial-restilts are confidently expected from the
new order of things which is abuut to flake place in
Spanish affairs."

We mention the following as a pleasing occur-
renee:—Mr. W. Wasozi, writer, in Glasgow, hav-
ing lately had an opportunity in the line of his profes-
sion, of being serviceable to two Irish labourecs.em-
ployed at the. Canal now forming between Glasgow
and Paisley, their fellow work Men and countrymen,
in the vicinity of Glasgow, to testify their sense of
Mr. WILSON'S friendship, volunteered to give him a
day's work at•harvest, on his farm at Cowglen; and
accordingly, on Saturday, the 29th ult. ninety stout
young Irishmen appeared on the ground with hooks,
and, in the course of six hours,. cut down, in a good
style, upwards OE6OO large stooks of oats, the pro-
duce of a field containing 14 Scotch actes,=--Glasgow
Paper,