The Sun.
London, England, 1810-11-14 00:00:00

OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE 27TH OCT. 1810.

" The army of the enemy, which is•supp,Sed not
to exceed the number of 50,000 men, continues in
front Of the fortified line. which corers Lisbon, daily
sending- out reconnoitring parties. •
" he combined afinies occupy the whole forti-
fied li,‘e from Alhandra to Matra and EA iceira, the
fortifications of which ate respectable. 'lily English

encl Porinzum arml.es remain in tie hest possible
stine having always come off w6:l in the various
A-ncouniers which they have had with The enemy.
.EVery Say a number of the French are r»ade pri-
sUner, or pass over to the allied army; they all
agree in saying, that their army is suffering many
prwations--that it is dikontented—and contounOed
at the recopt tire of Coimbia by the troops of Colonel

" The all_ed 'armies have been reinforced by
several corps fr,qn I he- garrison ot this capital, and
by, the 'English 'troops that have landed within these
few days.

The Marquis 'de 11 Rornana has also arrived
with iwo divisors of his army, amounting to 9,000
men : ~ne corps of Spanish cavalry is also expected.

• ‘.` Evety. pieca9t ion has also been taken to prevent
the enemy horn passing to the south of. the Tagus,
for the purpi,se of procuring subsistence, &c. `lnk
tior will)standing the vast number of families
which have taken refuge here from the invaded Pro-
aud who hate met with every assi,tance, con-,
thniesi quite tranquil, expecting every day to receive
accounts of the eneniy being routed." •

LEXTRACT OF A LETTER.]

"The po,iron which occupy is very strong,
but does not 'coovey the idea of its being such, for
the fortitica ions are not regular, brit the points
well chos:.o. The G{!nl-r.41, iu the mrantinit , is much
alrsid that he %Oil hot be ;Thachezi.

Ttte destlrtiott,,,hac; been beyond every thing,
and we have s,'en eavgry cowing in at a time,
with htir horses.

`.‘ Tie gun-boars are firing every day npon Villa
Franca, which incommodos the enemy's troops ex-
ceedingly, arid preventi them fr,in forming an esta-
blifirneut jhete. Theenemy return the bre of, the
't;ritr• b nut without According to the ac;
count, of prhone4rs, one of their Gerreral4 of cavalry
was at ihi's post. The d wrters tiolformly
s y, their the enemy's army rs in great want•ol bread,
'and t at they hail not ea:en any'for mere than '2O
days ; hut they are in 1,0 AA ant .of wine, with. which
they Ale ..cpplted Iron" the vintage tit this year."
Tne folio, ill extr,ros contain some interest-
ing information relating to The arMies, and the state
of the Capital" of Portugal :

" Lisbon, Ott. 27, iSie.

To gra,ify my tofiowy, .and to obtain some
perional know ledge of what is going on,• I.have
paid a t isit lothe army, from which I am just te-
turned. I bad the satiataion to .see ihe advanced
goat.i of the French artm, about 1200 men: Their
pit quet s are now the' Iron ; and the videttes of
each army are comnanty quite near each other. I
was present when aipicquet of Yrench cat Wry drove
in on: Didettes, who kit back upon the advanced
guard.. This movement, however, of. the enemy,
(ti) not escard the attention of oue•vigilant tars,
‘.:vho instantly began cannonading from the gun-
boat.., and Made than scamper away precipitately.
Whilst .1 was there, eight deserters came in, and
two soldiers were made orisoners.

" At the army ;dl are confluent of success, and
in the hi twit spirits. In the rear, in. the neigh-
hburhOod of Coiinbrl, tne force consists of 25,000
mon: On the other Abrtintes is strongly for-
tified, ;-m.l troops area.i,emblm,!, every day, ;o that
the French ale nearly surrounded-, iiiclitding Lord
Wainioon's army in front,, which is in coristant•
readiness- to March, our cavalry, on the ,e2d, were
ordered up. .
Of; She other side of the Tans there are about
40,000 men, armed peasantry, and militia, with 50
pieces pt ,:ry, to prevent any. attempt at Cross:-,
ing for plunder or otherwise. BesideS the 'ad;..riin•
Lige of the pt,sition of our army, very.considerah:e-
reinforcetn-nts have lately arrived from Engl,and,
Halifax, and C idiz.

Lord Wellington is considered, by , the Portu-
guese' at large, as their guardian angel ; and. the
whole army speaks of h:s talents with admiration.
" Onr artillery, in number, is
_immense ; there
are op‘A•alcts ot ($OO pieces of different calibre ; and
1000 sailors filvd.lately been landed trOin tite tleet,
to vtorit the guiis ot the largest dimensions."

" LISBON, OCT. 27.—TIte posiiim: of the armies
is now exactly the same as it was when last 1 wrote
you, and no battle has taken place. Our trarree in the,
ulterior has been considerably augme rods and we
are told that that of the enemy diminishes (laity.—
We know not the motive each Command-it has for
deferring an enagetnent, but ,re tllmg to hope the
delay is in our favour. 'Die embargo still continues
and measures of precaution ate not negleded.—
People's minds seem to be more at ease than they
were; and our exchange, 'which on Saturday last
was current at 64, s now at 66 and 6(4.
" Lisbon is become the refuge of the families who
lied from all parts hefore ,the, French. Our streets
are full of poor people, and distress is at its height.
Government have adopted maiiy humane measures
for their relief, and a subscription is on foot: Al-
though head-quarters are not *five leagues from us,
yet we do not receive much information of what is
doing. Reports in contrad'ction to each other are nu-
merous. From the last information we can obtain,
it seems to be the opinion of military men, that
Massena must retire, our position being too strong
to be (breed, Silveira, Miller, and Trant, are in the
enemy's rear ; Coimbra is in our possessiOa ; and
under such circumstances, and with an army of one
hundred thousand men in his front, the situation of
the French Marshal may justly be called
The alarm here has nearly subsided, • but people go
on preparing tor the worst. Government permit the
merchants to re-ship, on their signing a bond (should.
the invasion of the capital not be effected) to reland
the goods, or pay the duties on them.
" The If-a/sing/tam arrived here,on the,24th."