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POR7 LiGUILSE PAPERS.

';LISBON, JUNE 27.-=Lord'Wellington can now
bring into the field_ 36,000 British and 20,000 Pots
tuguese bayonets; he has intercepted a French cou-
rier, IA hose dispatches state, that one-tenth of the
French army is sick, and ail of them in 'want- of
money,,cloaths, and provisions; they h fve crossed
the' Gnat da, but still keep Ciudad Rodrigo 'block-
aded. Ail the troops near Libon hate marched to
join Lord Wellington; except' the .83d this looks
like serious preparation.
LISBON, JUNE 30.---,We have this' moment receiv-
ed letters from head-quarters, dated 27th inst. Ge-
neral Cranford has falien back a little. LOKI Wel-
lington has advanced his head-quarters to Almeida.
Ali is perfe6tly quiet there:, The French still invest
and bombard Ciudad Rodrigo, out of which Don
Juan Careo marched on the '24th with his Spaniards,
and reached Lord Wellington'shead-tinarters without
the least, molestation -from the French:
OPORTO, JUNE t 6.--Ballasteros has advanced with
4000 men towards Seville,
_We hear of no further
at Ilya! in Spain of French troops. The French have
throw n two bridges across the Agneda, which river
has tallen-considerably, but the idea of any consider-
.
ableforcelording it is tinculous, as it is• uncorn-
ruonly steep. At Braganza, or near it, Colonel
Wilson brat a body of French 'cavalry, With a regi!.
went of Portuguese Militia.

:soPuitTo,-JUNE 19.—We have not yet been able
tcy'gct anything like a corredt;account of-the French
armies. I believe they have about, 30,000 round
Ciudad Rodrigo; and about the same ntimber in
'mother part loWer down. That active Gervfral, Bal.
laiteros, is advancing towards Seville, and Mahy is
cl9se in with Astorga, which it is not thought will
be long in the possesSion of the enemy, as an im-
mense number of the garrison have deserted, and the
.Governor's dispatches, praying for reinforcements,
were intercepted -by who immediately ad-
vanced. Masiena is afraid., of the Germans, for he
has, put then.; all in the rear. ' Lord Wellington
boasts of having,32,ooo British troops in this .coun-
,try !oily think a general action will not -take
place tor some time : both parties are acting a` vise
and prudent part. ,•

we•have about 7000 troops, chiefly
commanded by Colonel Traut, who, lo consequence
bis 'Constant atten low to the militia of this dis-
tril, has made thein equal to any of the regulr
Portuguese troops. The I.phigenia.Sparush frig.ite
anived,at Corutma -on the 1...!th, with 14,000 stand
o trios, &c.

OPORTO, JUNE 20.—We have been in expe&a•.
lion 'for the last 48' hours 'of hearing that an attion
`fidd taken place. :Ere: this Ciudad Rodrigo has,
tag,fdlen, as y a letter (dated Jane 23), te,ei
1-rre; i:tdi hae C.L ctely
Ts,irrininded it, and that LoiSson commanded the di •
itston of the army on this .side: Juno arrived be-.
fore Ciudad Rodrigo.on the. tnth, with* 10,000 men.
LISBON, JULY 4.=--The foll Owing 'intelligence.
has been received from Almeida, and r dae ,of
-• . •
June 25 : ,
Since nine o'clock last night until 11 o'clock
this morning, a continual firing -was heard in 'Ciu-
dad ROdrigo, whiCh became at length so Violent,
that no less than six repot ts of heavy ordnaoce•Avere
countechin one minute. The French, it appears,
borribarded the place with battering ordnance of 16
and i 8 pounders. At ten o'clock this Morning a•
heavy explosion • was distindly heard from the side
of 'Ciudad Rodrigo, .and column of ‘moke
seen rising. This. 'nothing 300 EnOisb hinse-
: passed within sight ' of this town( on their match
to Galligos, -and from the latter place marched the
day, before yesterday a battery of hOrse artillery, and.
a company of artillery, for the Fort of Conception,
" His Excellency Lord 'Wellington has just arr
• rived., We: know. that his Excellency Marshal
Beresford has,transferzed'his
_head-quarters to 'Frani.
ce-sco. We have received, this moment, -a-letter
from a Spanish Officer from Aldea del ObiSPo,
which is of .the following tenor : The enemy keeps
up a very heavy 'fire- on the place, from whence a
bomb 'was thrown, which happened to fall into a
powder magazine; it canpot but hate 'done much
mischief, because the magazine was foi tried • in-the
rear of the battery, which immediately ceased firing,
while that of the fort was constantly increasing,—,
The Portuguese and English* are .also firing- from
Manalva and Carrera, mote to the right."
P A .I.EGOS,, JUNE • 27.—The fire was yesterday
continued the whole day from Ciudad Bodrigo, as
well as from' the enemies' batterieS, h,,lt no material
damage has as yet been susi.ained. The pace .was
in the night oir fire in two places, but t;,is mgrointg
it was got under., It 'seem that. the.elierg,,. of
' the izarrisim has been increased by the pre.:ei,i‘e of
the enemy, and the artillery, of the viace iS•ext'reMe-
•ly well served. ' - • • •

The Fre,,di advanced parties occupy the. same
positions a, hetore ; they lave, however, pushed
some pipers more to the left, and watch, with *pe-
Cuiar attention, the-road of Agueda.•-

ALNLEIDA, Ju 29.—Yesterday the French did
not tire on Ciudad Rodrigo, because they had client
,
ati their ammunition ; to-day we see nothing but.
French deserters,-among whom are sditie'sbldiers
who served under the Marquis de ; they all
agree in stating, they • never witnessed .a more .de-
strukiive fire, than that made by the gairison of
Ciudad Rodrigo. Our trorps, as well'as the Eng-
. list), are ready-for action ; they ara all in high
spirits, and per:e....tly satisfied that there is nothing
to fear.

BADAJOZ, JULY I.—On Officer in the vtnguard
of tbe army 'of the left, under the cummaini •01.
Senn' • iii.Carrera, in a letter, dared the 27th ult.
writes as foliows:---" We ale here within sight of
Ciudad Rod:igo, which the enemy' are beSirging,
but they have 43.4trii•answerc'd by a iirisk'ilild

EPIZECE SIXPENCE liALF PEN N

direa. ed fire from the plage,ancl.every tiling appears
to go on well.

LISBON, JUNE 27.—The following int
,rlligetire
has been received fiorn Badajos, under date of the
26 t iv instant :---

" A French force of .1500 men, including 200
cavalry, which had- broke_ up from Seville on their
march for Estretuadura, entered IVlonasierio on the
20th instant. .On the 23d a part off' the said corps,
consisting of 300 infantry,_ and' 100 cava:ry, ina,e
_their appearance' in Los Santos; there, they were
attacked by 400 'Spani'sli cavalry, of Mendizabars
division, under t4e cornmandot Colonel 1.).•
,The enemy were -coAnpletely routed and diapers a,
with the loss of 40 left dead'on. the field, and. a,
greater number of wounded. The whOle of the
French cavalry that were in 'Merida, and the place,
adjacent, put themselves in motion tOr Azench.!•,
Fuente del 'Maestro, &c. and also four regitnents f
infantry, in order to protea the march of the I. -
maining 1200, and to prevent their being cut oil' in
a similar manner. • •

I.—The following intelligence,, under Bate
of the 21st uh, has been re,Jeived flour Povoa, t:
head-quarters of Carrera., a shit distauCe troth Ciu-
dad Rodrigo . • •
" For several days past we have been incessantly'
engaged in affairs of grea,er r r les- importance, in
the environs 'of CiUdad R idrigo. The ellenly a e
entrenched on the mourda,n,or St. FrAiciseo, and
are enployed from inornit% till night in cons!ruct,,,g
parapets and other works. ,OL: the 171!. they en-
deavoured to elk& a lod6metit in the suti,rti of flue
:bottom of the mountain. • 1 his oc'eas;:a4ed a vecy
brisk firing on both sdes, and the
.l.antio;l of t
fortress played upon them with great pre.,Ho
The enemy were repulsed with consicitran.e
'having hadV upwards .of 400 '•killed and' woen J.
They have. als9 made repeated at to tar rate
down the stone bridge which that fortress has acio,s
the river, but have as 'frequently been repulsed.
Their heavy artillery has already arrived; but nokpoit
of it is yet mounted.
" Ftotn Serradilha, under date of the f2:2d
learn that the enemy have Goop sick in Salatriar.ea.
They are lodged in two hospitalS, in both 'of ‘vhiett
prevails a great mortality. which already &yes theth
not alittle alarm.. More wounded were daily coin-
ing in. They had sent reinforcements to Puerto„
de Banhos and Peral s, with Abe Mtention. perhap;
(*opening a communication with Regriker's
That General had some troops in Caceres a'ld
Trux-
illo, hut had made no atttempt to advance."
N.-B.' Our'readers 'will recollea that the 1000
men who were• marclang.from-Seville to reinioleie
Regnier, having been routed, he would find himself
under the necessity of detaching a force to the south
of the Guadiana.

. • JULY 3.—The Frent corps -d:reat'eaat• Santo'
consisted of !co ), ,id r of Isve at'hr.
stated. Immediatrly after chat a.iair which, oucoired
on the 2311, the enemy moved from Merida and
Lobon; but the corps from the latter place, which
cLiefly consisted of cgvalry, were routed by -the
Spanish troops on the 24th, and pursuyd as far as
Azenchal, leaving, on.. the,field a number of killed
and wounded; among the !ormer were two females.
It appears that the enemy were also falling back on
the side Of MontijO: • •
JUNE I§.-.—By letters from Serradilha of the
we learn, that on the 26th ult. 3000 French troops
entered. Madrid; ' BassecoUrt has, according to the
same gdvices, colleted a force • of 20,000 men In
Cuenca, consisting chiefly of persons that had.fi-d
'from Madrid to escape Joseph's conscription. The
army of Old Castile was, with t-c•a.t relu6tance, and
particularly on the part of the fnreigners, on its
march to co-operate in the. siege of Ciudad RoJrigu,
The cksertion from the enemy's ranks was sti 1 con-
siderable. A part): of 20 infantry deserted from
Bathos. • They were pursued by some French
yalry, but they, fired upon them, and Compelled
them to give over the pursuit.
JUNE 21.--r-A letter from Almeida of the t 5411
says :—'' We have had no post Irons Ciudad
_Fie-
drito for the last four days, the comthunieation be-
ing cut off by the French, who have crossed the
river to the number.of 4000 infantry, and '3OO La-
yalry. It is said that General Simon is with th,4
corps, and it is also affirmed that N 4 was .rt hit
them yesterday. Fourteen deserters•catne 'in be,-
yesterday J three of them Frenchmen, and the ft
ofother naiions. This day nine Inure arrived her, ,
• five Moi-e of their' Frenchmen.. It is said Ilia! 11,..
.Meaty artillery has not yet arrived in' Ant at
drip, but th't the enemy are makingtappipaci
and consauctihg batteries preparatory to the t<at!:-
mencement of their attack the tnnment their iirlll-
- arrives. Their force is,stated at 20,000 1,1,1'3 -
try, and four regiments of eaYalry. Crawford is in
and Carrera in Puebla,"

Jvtve 26.—=We have the following. pariicnkr,
from. ;Almeida, under date of the..2oi'n inst.nt
'" Ciudad Rodrigo contiiitues to be invested.; bui
late as yesterday; thefehemy's battering train
.not arrived. Claudio de .114reo, .a' private in the
light corps, commanded by''JesePerez,..bas cleliverd
to his Excellency, the Gove?nor of t hat, fortress,. si
veral letters and a map taketilfrorti General Loiso• ,
as he was * going from Zamora to SAlatnatica, about.
four Jeagnev front. ktte latter place.. Au
party of the corps killed the orderly Adjutant,
servant, and a ci6oOn, who accompanied the G. -
neral, and' wounded himself so severely in the'lvft
cheek, as to knock out some-U.lns teeth. Lt is ilut
itnprobable that the wound will prove hitt!. He is
under care at Salamanca."

• We hem from Braganza, under date' of the r7th,
that Generals Kellerman and 13essiere4 were on Liit:r
march troth Benevente for As.turga, WO the gte,tu
part of the. French cavalry, and that a body t
'to,ooo 'infantry -weie expected at ZaMora troni S. -
lan-milt:a and its vicinity. Their destinatiOn 'w4s
unknown.

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MONDAY, JULY 16, 1810.

Two Lisbon Mails have arrived, by which we
hive received Papers and Letters to a late date,
Government have received dispatches from Lord
WELLINGTON, dated the 27th ult. No moven-kilts
of any isn'portance have taken pl since the last ac-
counts, except that the enemy have been enabled,
by the great reinforcements which they have re-
ceived to commence tLe siege of Cindad Roderigo.
Their advances however are but slow ; the place it 7
self, though not a regular modern fortification, is
vrong, the garrison "is numerous, the inhabitants
eager to emulate the heroic conduct of their country-
men at Saragossa anti Guroni, the place is well
svi4ied with provisions, and finally, Lord WEL-
LINGTON is in the neighbourhood, with the united
British and Portuguese Army. We are sorry :to
have occasion again to men:ion that the‘Poruguese
Papers continue to- state the numbers of the British .
Army ais considerably higher than it is in point of
fact. Indeed souse of the. private Letters contain
the,same erroneous statements respecting the num-
ber of our troops. Our Army is represened in these
Papers as amounting to 36,000 men, whereas the
whole of the British troops under Lord WELLING-
TON dogs not exceed 25,000 men. We are the

Alore anxious to correct th,,,lsemis-statements, because
they are c Lulated to excite expect-Ai ions which can-
not• be realized, and in the e% cut of a battle, to dimi-
nish the glury which we are sure our Army will
obtain, by inducing a belief that it is much more
than it really is. The total of the allied force on the
fiontiers of Portugal amounts to rather more than
.50,000 men. Of MASSENA'S Army it is difficult to
speak with any precision, it consists of the dirsisions
01 Nay, JUNOT, ;Inn ItEGN/ER, and it is supposed to
amount to about 85,000 men, viz : NcY's division
31,000, JUNOT'S 25,000, REGNIEE'S 16,000 and
about 13;000 men which MAssENA brought with
him from FrattLe. The other French force in Spain
is eStilllaltd as follows : it is supposed that there are
With MACDON'ALD in Catalonia, 17,000, with Vic-
Toil, at Cadiz, 16,000 ; with SUCHET, in Arragon,
ta,oot); with SEBASTIAN!, in Grenada, 16,000;
with MOUTIER, in Seville, 8000 ; at Madrid, La
'Mancha, &c. 17,000 making a total of 175,000
men. „Et is also believed that a fresh reiniurcerneiA

9f upwards of 20,n00 men has arrived from Fiance,
which will make the French l'orce in Spain Heady
.2 00 , 0 0 men. It is hoWever to bc recollected, that
this force is daily diminished by desertion, as it is in
a great degr,e composed of foreign troops, and by
the desultory but destructive mode of warfare car-

ried on by the Spaniards. We are happy to find
that the national ardour of the Spaniards seems to in-

crease with the difficulties which surround therrt.—

From Cadiz tlje intelligence is not very important
the French have not yet ventured to make any se-

riuus attempt. Great expectations are formed from

the division under General LACEY, which it is said,
;s to be supporied'by a vigorous sortie by all the Clis.

po,ahle force in the garrison. Cadiz is abundantly
stipplied with provisions.

The Irish Government have come to a determi-
nation to afford a considerable pecuniary assistance
to the traders and inanuldaurers of Dublin, and we
trust this prurupt relief will produce the desired ef-
fect. The fullowing notice was given in the Dublin
Gazette: Extraordinary of the Ilth :
DUi3LIN GAZETTE EX .I RAORDINARY.
Dt4bijn-Ca4tlr, July
•
His Grace the Lord Lieutenant has been pleased