The Sun.
London, England, 1810-12-25 00:00:00

LISBON, Dec. 3.

Extrait of an Official Communication from Marshal Gene.
rat Lord WELLINGTON, to his Excellency MIGUEL P.
REIRA FORJAZ, dated Cartaxo, December i, 1810. - .
The corps of ,the enemy's troops, the advanced
guard of which engaged with the troops commanded
by General SILVEIRA on the 14th of the last month,
of November, moved to the left and made its ap-
pearance on the 19th in the Subugal, on the Coa,
where it marched in the direttion of Belmonti and
and Fundao, and taking the two roads which lead to
the Zezere, through Lower Beira,, reached Carde-
gan on the the 25th of same month;
The Militia of Lower Beira continually hang on
the rear of the enemy, and cause him a consider-
able loss. This said detachment of the enemy's
troops consists of those which left Portugal with
General hcix, who went to Paris, and of those be-
longing to the three corps of the army of Portugal
which were left in Salamanca, Ciudad Rode-
rigo, and Almeida, to garrison the said places,
of three or four battalions detached from the eighth
corps by order of the Emperor, under the command
of General SEVKAS, for the purpose of manceuvering
on the-frontiers, and of the convalescents of the army
of Portugal, composing, in the whole, a force of
about 2.4(10 men.

• It is difficult to ascertain the exact nUrnher of the
said reinforcements, hut, to my estimation; it does
not exceed 8000 men.

The troops who compose the 9th corps form the
garrisons of these places in Castile whence the
troops were wi►hdrawn why lately entered Por-
tugil.
The enemy continues to mlintain himself in San-
tarem, the strength of which position has been con-
siderably increased ; he has also fortified a poll in
Punhete, on the left bank of:the river Zeere,
and another in the environs of Perner and Mean-
trade, on the right of the position of Santarem,
and Watches, with the most careful attention, all
our movements in that direction.

The. weather has been constantly very bad ever
since the middle of November; the cross roads are
alogether impassable for artillery, and very .difficult
for the passage of infantry, white at the same time

thew.iteri are out, and the low grounds overflowed.
.All the-aceounts which I receive frOm'Castile.U4a:
,_..nirnously assure me, that the Spanish flying parties,
contrnue.lo at with the nii-nost adiVtty and that
their operations 'against the enemy have of late
proved very successful.
I have the honour to remain with—cb—riSideralien
and respeal, &c.

(Signed) WuL I N GTON.
(Lisbon Gtuette, Dec. 3.)

According to authentic letters received -from di-
vers parts of Portugal, our peasants killed 50 French,
and took 17 plisoners, between Fundao and Mo--
radal, and destroyed 2t30 men and 400 horses between
Sobreira,-Formosa, and Cardegar. They have also
taken prisoner a servant of MAssENA, whose head,
quart2rs,are in Thomar..—(Same Paper.)
Ltsnox, DEC. 2.—The last accounts from Abran-:
tes state," that on the 17th ult. the enemy cannon-
aded the Spanish troops posted on the Southern
balks.of the Zeiere, Who returned the fire. The
French occupied, with \-their advanced guards the
heights contiguous to Punhill, while their main body
occupied the itown. Near the church our Lady of
the Martyrs, the enemy consltuaed 4 a kind of
redoubt ; LuisoN's head-quarters were in Montalos.
On the 18th,- in the evening, the regiments of .Per-
tugueie horse, Nos. .4 h and totti, arrived 'in
Ahrantes; with the battalion- of chaseurs, No. sth,
and English troops were also expected. The enemy
occupled the same •position, (LisbOn Diary,
Dec. 3.)
RADAJOZ, DEC. I.—The Spanish troops as well
as the French continue in the same pOsitjonc,

We learn from Placentia, under date of the 22d
of November, that the flying party, comet inded by
the gallant Don,JALtco, had lately three engage-
ments with the French, the result of vt hich was,
that he killed 120 men, and took 72, with 74 horses,
100 bullocks, several equipages of French Officers,'
some.,sheep;and a Dirge quantity of wheat, •
A traveller who lately arrived in Siruela from'
Madrid, states- th-at.a large:convoy
.which Ittelyt-le-fr
the capital on its way to Bayonne, with .a Llarge
quantity of gold and plate, was intercepted by the
patriots, and 140 French killed on thB" Occasion.
LISBON, DEC. 5.—A number of deserters and
soners continue to arrive from the eneiny—all;i7e
last week. The former are almost all Germans or
Italians. •

By them we learn, that all the foreign trcops in
the French service were at an allowance,of half a ra
tion of bread, with scarcely any flesh meat, and that
a diarhcea prevailed throughout the whole French
army, of which many of the soldiers died, daily.

Our ordenauzas which have divided themselves
into small parties, and in fact form a kind of national
guerrillas,' continue to harass the enemy, arid every
day become more familiarized with a war which
must continually become more destructive to the
French.
•

OPERA MEETING.—Another meeting of Noble-.
men and Gentlemen took place on Saturday last, at
the Thatched-house, when Lord BRUCE again took
the Chair. The chief subjea of dis;cussion was Mr.
TAYLOR'S demand of
.fifty pounds, in addition to
two hundred and fifty, as the annual subscription for
boxes in the three principal tiers. After several
speakers had delivered their sentiments, all of which
were of the same nature, it was resolved that a Com-
mittee should be appointed, to take Mr. TAYLOR'S
proposals, and the terms of the letter in which they
were conveyed, into consideration, and to require his
reasons for the restrictions he proposed, and the ad-
vanced price he demanded, and requesting the Sub-
scribers not to pay their subscriptions till the Com-
mittee shall have made its report. It was also re-
solved that if Mr. TAYLOR should dispossess any Sub-
scribers of their boxes in the mean time, application
should be made to the LORD CHAMBERLAIN, • re-
questing him to recal his license.—The thanks of
the Meeting were given ro Lord BRUCE, snd a copy
of the resolutions were immediately- to-be-transmit-
ted to Mr. TAYLOR.

The same Noblemen and Gentlemen, we rnlier-
stand, met again yesterday. at the Tiaatcli'd House,
when, it is said, that Mr. Tkvi,oa. proposed to stth-
mit to them the account of the receipts. and dis-
hursementsof the King's Theatre, in order to prove
the urgency of his demand of an increased-subscrip-
tion. At the same lime, his Treasurer, Mr. REID,
was directed to "attend the Committee with the
vouchers to verify the statement. The Committee,
are to inspeCt these accounts before. they make their
Report.

On Saturday afternoon, all the animals brought
as a present to his MAJESTY by the ALGERINE
AMBASSADOR, arrived in town from Portsmouth ;
consisting of three Horses, two Lions, four Ante-
lopes, a beautiful Ostrich, a Mountain Cow, and
some others. Tile Horses were taken to.the King's
Mews. The Lions and other animals were convey-
ed to the Tower. The Mountain Cow is an entire
new animal in this/country, and is a very singular
curiosity.

Last night no less than seven Norwich Coaches,
drawn with six horses each, arrived at different inns
'in the city, with. sealed doors and windows, all the
inside passengers, as well as those without, consist-
ing of dead game, and crammed turkies, hung in
.sausage chains !

The dress sent by the Dey of Algiers as a present
to the QUEEN, is declared; by one of her Majesty's
Housthold, to be more superbly elegant than any
she possesses: it• is purple and gold, with buttons
made of diariionds, the largest ever seen.

Last night we received Paris Papers to the 13th,-*,
and Dutch of a later date. We have also been fa-
' votired with extras from private letters received
from Holland, which are filled with the usual com-
Tlaints of loss 'of trade and commercial distress. Thes
great House whiCh had stopped payment at Arn,ter-
dam, has, how4'er, been enabled to resume busi-
ness.; One fetter fl:-6n1• the Coast stales, that there
hfids Ten re-Dtrtelt
towns,' in consequence of; the desperate zituation of
the multitude of unfortunate labourers thrown out
,of emplqiiient by the total stags *ion of track.—
following are a few 'articles seleBted 'from the
papers. and letters :
FRANKFORT, DEC. 4.—M4ny millions' worth of
cotton goods of,. Engli\Ai mannlatureliave. been.
'seized and burnt.. They belongedto English.
merchants; they were at 'Frankfort merely as a
deposit.
GLUCKSTADT, Nov. Ws.—Serious measures hare
been taken here to examine whether the declara-,
tinns of the bankers and merchants of this town,
with tesped to i:olonial productions and• English
tnerchandize, were exad.. For this putpose the
houses and mapzinez of the merchants were shut
at nine in the nrrning„ and the Cust:nn-linuse offi-
cers, together with. -the magistrates of the town,
inspeded: them ;. hut notwithstanding the most .
stria investigation, no error 'was found.
MII,AN, DEC. 2:—General *SeVeroli arrived here
this day from the army in Catatonia, where he had
taken the command prOvisionally, in the absence of
General Pino. General Severoli has• de;ivered the
'Viceroy, a letter from- Marshal Macdonild, in which
he praises the Italian troops. 'He loft Gerona on the.
19th of November,- . The army is. in good 'condition,
and provisions are ablandant.

AUGSBURGH,' DEC. the article i of Eng-
lish merchandize confiscated in •this town were ye,-
terday carried to, ,the great meadow without: tle
gate of Goekingen, and °successively cominit.ted to
the flames; in pursuance of an order received trout
Munich. ' :

STOCKHOLM, Nov._ 29.---General Von Ahind
has set out from tins city for St. ,Petersburgb ; he
has dispatches of-some importance. It is stated,
among persons who are well informed in these mat—
ters; that a treaty is negociatmng between Russia and
this country, respeCtin the future Proprietorship of
Finland. Of. this ue. shall be ab:6 to sp. ak more

positivdly in a few-days ; but it is reported, that tb
Count Ronianotf may be-expeded at Stockholm ote
this subjea.

ST. -PETERSBUROET, Nor.. 7.,-Steps have been
taken *for the,imtnediate sale of the cargoes of the
Teneriffe ships. . The following. Note has been
transmitted to the-Custoin-house Agents at Riga :
" It is ordered that the strictest examination et
all the warehouses of Ri.,aa'shaii take place, in con-
s rioetiCe 9f information bil,ing given ro' his. Maje.ty
.the Emperor, by the Ministers of his AlaieS;i
;Emperor, of the French, that - they "are tilled with
-British goods, that have been intrudocei in a- wt:y
contrary to the law.". .
PEItrICI;NAN, Ntiy. 14.77 The day before yester-
daY 7004 troops;',.lMncipally,ltalians, arrived here 00
thFir way to Spain. These.are part of a detach-
ment Of -20;0,00 men, who are expected .before the.
new year. They gave before been employed against
'the English in Calabria.-

The return of Oeneral ARMSTR-ONG to America
has not, we understand, much contributed to the in-
crease of that partiality which a very 111.11111:101.1i and
attive party in that country are known to entertain)
towards France: Letters from Norfolk in Virginia,
to the 25th ult. were received yesterday, whicts,
state, that Mr. AII3TRONG, since his arrival, ho
had several interviews with the President on the
subject of the relations with France. The result of

his communications are eupposed not to have bet
the most satistaetoq?, as some of the friends of the
Government had been heard to declare, that tlicr
would rather the Proclamation had not appeared..---
The letters also remark, that since the interviews b
tween the President and Mr. ARX,TRONG, riot Ocia
.
tirade has appeared in the " National. Intelligencer
against England. -

A vessel—, the Maria, from Dieppe, is arrived SC •
Ramsgate, in distress. She has a Messenger of
board with dispatches from Mr. Russect., the Amea'
rican Charge d'Affaires at Paris, to Mr. Pltig.sisf-•
They are conjettured to relate to the determination.
of the French Government on the recent Procis"
[nation of the President of the United States. Th_6' '
Maria, it is said, was not permitted to land the Met'.
senger and dispatches at Deal, off which 'port sb6,'
first appeared.
It is reported that Mr. PINKNRY has sent over 10
Fiance to 'ascertain whether any American vessel!
1' Ave been lately seized and confiscated in the port'
of that country, contrary to -the •pledge held cot'
that the Berlin and Milan, Decrees would cease IC
exist subsequent to the Ist of November last. *Thi'4
information is considered indisl:ensable towards rho.
further progress. of any arrangement which
have betrn 'negotiating between this country and tll6
United State...

Yesterday orders were issued by Lord J 01":
THYNNE, 3s Vice-ChtuttherNin, for the mournitio
to-change on, Sunday the till) of January.
.The Duke of CUMBERLAND lett Windsor yester•
.
day morning, but txpeeled to return to Keen lII'
Cnriotinas with her ilelliesty.
To-day the LORD MAYOR arderd price
Bread to be continued at Is. 2id.
Sunday "the Prince of WALPS and the Dake„i
CUMBERLAND arrived at Windsor, and dined
the.QuIEN, PRINCESSF.S, Arid the Duke ,of Cyr'
BRIDGE.

Mr. MILTON, who is to perform the extraordiollo'
distance of'9o miles in five hours, from Lonci'llAii
Stamford, will start from Dover-street on l'hurti
morning at eight. o'clock. He will proceed
Waltham Cross and the Huntingdon road• 'l7
odds are seven to four against the performance.
A verdiet of 2501.41amaees was gi, en on 511°f.i
dly, in the Court'of Common Pleas, against ong.,io
the proprietors of the Brighton stage-conch°;ol,
favour 'of a Mr. Lewis, who was Seriously 1)111'44
in consequence of the vehicle's br,?likiog down
way to London.