The Sun.
London, England, 1810-11-07 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

The following is the cops,' of ,a letter from a dis
tingoistied Field Officer in Lord Wellington's army,
(viitio commands the Lush anian. Legion 'of Poi tu-

guese iiroops), to leis friLnd Lisburn
iIIpALDEIRA, OCT. to.—The next morning_
(2710, just as day began to dawn, the French ad-
vanced in column :o -attack the left and centre of

our line ; our division under General Leith was
rnoyed.on to support those points ; and I can assure

you that no flriiish soldiers could advance with
inure eagerness, or . more alacrity than my fellows

did, and indeed the whole of the Portuguese army.
As a French column. was advancing up the hill, that
part of the division to which the Legion belonged
.w +s brought up to line the heights, and two or th►ee
pieces of cannon immedia:ely opened on them, and
did great 'execution; utliuckily for the laurels we
iniended gaining, the French changed thOr plan,.

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and went Off room to their left, and lett us quiet
spedators of a most beautiful sight. Tl\e.point !hey,
attacked- was 'very Weak, and the British and.Por-
tilguese-regitneut., quite overpowered, were slowly

ffghting all the way. The French bad ac-
wally gained the height,. when the three British, re-
giments of our division, under Gen. Leith, arrived
to support the part of the line, immediately charged,
and drove the enemy; bAore then) to. alt direot:ons;
it was a most gallant thing, and done without Much
loss on our side, while tht Freuch, in their reifeat,
were knocked down as thick as possible; our guns

did great.execution. 'I, was Fit;ld Officer of the day,
and in posting and visiting my pique's, I found the.
field flterally, strewed with their dead, all of, whom
the peasants and .soklitirs had stripped, and enriched:
themselves very much with their booty. On the
left-, where Lord Wellington. was, the slaughter was.
immense. The French advanced very gallantly, and,
were repelsed ',every where. The 52,1 and,Gad re-
giMents distinguished themselves very much, and
you will he. glad
.to hear that the Portuguese vied,
with, the Briijsh in spirit and bravery. Every re-
giment that was eng3ged behaved so as to merit the
praise of Lord Wellington:and Gener Beresford,.
who were, spectators of the. conflict. The. French
are said 1.0 have lost ten thousand men, anti I don&
think ,it exaggerated. .Were‘it not ,for the hopes of
ow Very soon again having an opportunity of fight-
ing them, I should die in despair,s4t not.having had'
a part .in that gallant. action,; however,' there were
so. many in the. same situation, that 1. comfort my-
self wi:h thinking that our turn will couie
Lord Wellington had 30;000 men who never fired-
a shot that day. However, I must tell you, that we.
had a few shell and shot fired at us ; and. I assure
youit had not. the least effect on the-nerves of our
heroes. The Portuguese aftillery did wonders. The
battery attached to - our part. of the' position com-
pletely silenced the one opposed to it, destroyed their
guns, and blew up a nimbi il. They lust only one,
with a couple of mules and horses.
" 1 bad a good deal of conversation with a French
Major of Brigade, who was taken prisoner after be-
wounded, and who spoke most handsomely of
the British, as one of our Serjeants saved his life
from the bayonet of a Portuguese, who was in the
act of stabbing him while lyingou the ground. He
tlik the behaViour of the Portuguese troops had
astonished them all, 2S their spies had made theM
form, a 'different opinion of them, assuring' them
that they would net fight -against the French. 'One
French Colonel, who was oppOSed to "a. Portuguese
regiment, before the firing on eitlier side comment-
ed:, called out t° his men 'not to fire on their friends,
the Portuguese, and • invited .them to lay down their
`heir arrgs. He waSansWered.by a volley. We; all
.expetted the attack to.be renewed that right, or at
least nekt`marning, but we were deceived. There
was little firing 'alter the. 27th, and that_ mostly With
cannon. Every soldier lay down at night with
arms under his great. Oar; and ready' to start up
in hiS place. Our position was,not very agreeable,
'on the top of:a very high hill; rocky, without water
nearer , than a league .:, but oar- men Were itt, the
highest spirits, and 'only' hoped that. !hose bucks
would try again to dribe us away. At abuut twelve
at 'night we received orders to he in readiness to
march at a moment's warning, as every one: expe4t-
ed 'to attack .the enemy ; instead 'of that, We were
•
obliged
to set otrfor Coimbra as fast as possible, -as
the French in 'the night had withdrawn all their
I..rc'es, and ante marching to turn our kft. A
flight march is almost always a confused, piece. of
business e but,. here the immense quantity' of .artil-
lery and hOrses, the cars 'conveying the: Vyoutided,
both French and British, made it .dotibly so, and
p.m all in a rage who did oat- know the 'reason
of our r.: tiring. .We only. just saved ourselves, for
the .French entered Coimbra a very short time after
we passed. . We hate had several sharp skirmishes
between our rear and their advanced guards, \all to
our advantage'. A more melancholy sight I never
saw in my life than Coimbra exbibited the. day be-

,
rore,the Vietich entered. t Weht `to S',o • faa
mily I .hwe 'often mentioned to y-ou,/cf live fine
girlS, father, mother, &c. all had fled. on toot, lele
log their house In the greatest corif:'sion, and had
set off for Lisoon, a disiance of ..bove I vo rufles...
" Every soul in Coimbra,' one of t!,e'llr:zest•-and
most populous cities in•Poringal, had ako leave
ing it literally i descrf, and a • more hearf• rending
'sight you cannot fan' y. The order ot the R,
was pc:,iqve for all :to leave their houses, . take otf
all their goodti, and leave nothing for he enemy .—+
The Lisbon road was blocked up. with i.vaggonsi
cmts, horses, bullocks, tic. mothers' carrying their
intahts, young girls sepante t in_ the croud from
their. and every ihing in ccOusion. In a
forage-car t; of artillery, too ot. the rret,lie,t nuns of
one of ,the convents of Coimbra, were -happ‘' to get
a place to convey them to Lisbon.' Fur th-se last
ten days our m3reh has continued ..withp.rt a halt.
We rested, at- night' under the canopy of heaven,
Wherever we -could get •water. Moue of us cave
entered a house, or had a stitch of .clot lies off, since
the isth of last month, until. lass- night, when our
Weather, which had hitherto been very favuotable,
broke up, and
,f kar.l4lle:rairr has, commeked. We-
were ordered into the village close to our position,
which extendS from Villa :Franca to Torres _V;edras...
We are at 'ltioaldeira,
_and;the n._'ighboiring little
Yillaries—L,)rd Wellington and :General Berevord
at rt,ida ; G•dneral' Hill at Alhatidra ; and Sir R.
Spencer at Soho. The French have followed us
very • ciosely. They were at Caldas yes!erday. A
• very few clays will bring about n vtieral action. I
assure you no one bete entertains a doubt of the
result."

, .
TlT,house of Potisonby,Tottenh3n), Etl. of York
Place, Clifton, has been robbed, during his absence
at Weymouth, of &latherless articles o! consiCter,.bkt

value. ivlr. Tottenham intrusted the care of his
-house, during his absence, to his house-maid, who

admitted .(as an , inmate) a male cotlrpaniorr, %vim
got' possession of Mr. Tottenham's I:es by breal;.=
ing open his desk, and by" which {means the viila.n
had every thing at his mercy ; but what is very e%..
traordinary, he took do one article ,of plate, throcgh
'the dread, as is supposed, of discovery. • A
is offered for his apprehension, giving his name ard.
a description of, his person, as communicated .by the
unfortunate girl he seduced. .

On Sunday -the 28th ult. or rather early ctn
Monday morning, a melancholy occiirrence tool(
place in Cork. COWEN GAVIN, E3q. Surveyor of
. .

Excise; was induced to ,accolivany Iwo ft itqlds to

a house situated at the back of the Old Barracks,

pear the south suburbs, and held by a innn of the
name of John Salmon, for tne reception of per-
sons who go there accompanied by females of- the
Cyprian order ; wh,±re; having dernandedentrance,
and being refused from the inside, they, perhaps in
some degree elevated with liquor,. persevered a little
too perttnacibusly; when Sidman, the proprietor,
and a man of they name of W4,jiam Hatris, his'
father-in,law, opened the.door, and the latter dis-
charged the "contents . of. short musket into the
bosom of,Mr. Gavin, of which he immediately ex•
• 'Area. Salinon.and Harris Were IfAged in Bride-
well, The latter, it seems, conGsseS•that it Was he
who discharged the fatal piece. A CVnmer's Inquest
was hell On the body; Wierstiafier a 10:,,g consultiv.
Cron, the Jury brought In a verdict a---Dted in con-
sequence of a. gun-Shot wound horn a On Oisebirg-
' ed by the hand of Hatris, aided and assisted by John
Salonon. •
03:MoildaY evening a young man; i:enteelly dress-

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ed, went to the White- Hart ton, in Windsor, in a
post-chaise, and stopt there. Yesterday mornu
he, walked -about the to•Nii of Windsor. About
twelve o'clock he'went to the house of the Duke of
Cambridge;' and inquired for his Royal HighoesS.
The servant infornted-hitn his Royal Highness kept
his room since the death of the Princess Amelia, but
said he would deliver any message, and shev.ed hiin
into a parlour. 'He said be was come for tie King's
charger, and most have the large -sword, and raved
amazingly. At this instant Generals Wynyard and
Daken, Who were in the i•ouse, came up, and the
former recognized the young man to be a relative of
Lord Poitsmouth, and knew him to be deranged ;
in consequence of which he was placed udder the
charge of Dourest and Edwards,the Police Offiicers.
An Inquisition was taken yesterday, at the Three
Compasses,..Chclsea, on. the body 'or Maria HobbS,„
who poisoned, herself. The deceased was a respect-
able young woman, who resided at the house of Mr.
Colville, nurseryman, in the King's-road. The no-
tice of passengers was attracted by her "being taken
ill in the street, and she was conveyed to the Com-.
passes. She died in a short time atter ;—but shit
previously stated, that she was pregnant by adra-
goon belonging to the tuth regiment, and his un-
kindness towards het had induced her to take three-
pennyworth of arsenic. VerdiO, Insanity. _
On Sunday morning, the 26th August, a duel was
fought near Camp Boulogne, in the Island of Guade-
loupe, between. Mr. Raines; a Lieutehant in the 8113
West Indio Regiment, and Mr.Fetinell,.an E;:sign,in
the same corps. The parties
.were only eight pace 4
asunder, and Mr. Fennel wounded Mr. Ralles..; o,c
ball entered Mr. Raines's hip;a: d went through at
the other side; passing.very.-near ,to the spirial-mer-
row.. On the Bib September, Mr. Raines was quite
out of danger, 'and able to walk about.
A CERTAIN CURE FOR CORNS..—S. ak them and:
pare them, then rub them, well with chalk. This
is recommended by a Lady, who has enftirely re-
moved them 6y the above simple method: •

CoRN-LXCHANGr, Nov. 7.—The market this day
ha 4 tew fresh arrivals of Wheat, but tolerable cisian-
tities on hand, and .sales in general tr.aintain I,lst
priceS ; B3rley at_ the late ; Malt at less ;
White Pease a falling article; Grey, and Beans
she, two kinds neatly at lest prices A. nits are in
middling suliply, and this trade quotO at Effie va-
riation ; • 'Flour as our last. •

, . .
Wheat - 7.,:.s a, 34s A 09 'rid( Beans .. -46 s a S'es
Fine ditto - - LOS 3 1049 Oats - ... z4s 27s a
,32a
Rye (new) - -36 s a 42s Poland ditto -, 34s a ::74
[Arley - . ~ 3,s a. 46i Potatce ditto -, os a- s
Malt - - izs a 7Ss Rape, Seed . - 461 a ill
white Pease - 6,5 a 66s Fine Flour - 855 ars
Grey ditto -46 s a szi Seconds - . • Sas a Sys
Heaps - • - sas,a 56s