Star.
London, England, 1808-09-16 00:00:00

LONDON.

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LIBERATION OF PORTUGAL.

Dispatches have at last been received from rortu
pl—bet, we a:-e concerned to state, not the expected
ofstatches ! After the decisive victory obtained by
the British Army; under Sir ART/WR WELLE..,LEY On
the ilst ult.—after it was officially announced that
General KELLI:PMAN had arrived in the British camp
4, with a flag of truce to treat for terms"—after the
arrival of the reinforcements under General Moon
the British public did expect, perhaps unreascnal.iy,
that Sir ARTHUR'S successor in the command would
have required an unconditional surrender.
Unconditional surrender ! our Readers will ex-
claim, and is it not so —No, Countrymen. On the
30th ult. S ir 111 w DALRYMPLE signed a convention,
by *lnch it is agreed :—That the French army shall
evacuee Pfrt,::a!, aid, if we may credit high authority,
thei.r arm: and bagga,7?, and to be transported by sea
to sme port letween L'Orient an:i Rochefort.
Another convention was at the same time signed
with the Russian Admir,-.1 in the Tagus, by which it
is agreed—That the Russian Jett in the Tagus shall be
brought to .pithead, to rfruin in deposit till I%:e months
after a etyini:ive treaty cf heart between the Empercr of
pa::ia and his Britar.n:c 31.7:;•:ty—the Russian Ofcers
end seamen to be sent to Ru:sia immediately, witho::: con-

The dispatches containing the particulars of the
ahnve intelligence reached tov:ii yesterday afternoon
bc,r,veen ti:ur and Eve o'clock. About five o'clock the
TAowing distributed' in the Ministerial circles :
'The Captain of the fleet is arrived from Sir C. Co r rosi„ at
the Admiralty, and Sir flew DALRYMPLE'S sun at the Secretary
of State's Office. The substant.e of the intelligence which they
bring is, that we have entered into a Convention with the French
ureter 11)N3T, who are to be conveyed to Trance in British ves-
sels, but not as prisoners of Weir. The surrender of the Russian
fleet is included in the Convention, but to be restored at the con-
of the war."
About nine o'clock, tllc f()llowing letters were sent
from Lord CASTLLREAUII and Lk:4l-d MULGRAVE to the
LORD MAYOR :

" DOWNING STREET, sEr.r. 15.
"My LORD—I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship,
that dispatches have been received from Lieutenant General Sir
Ha+, DASAYMPLI., dated Wad Qtiarters at Cintra, on the 3d
tenant, by v:hich it appears, that a Convention was signed on
the 30th ult.by which it was agreed, that the French army should
evacuate Portugal. I have the honour to be, my Lord,
" Your Lordship's most obetheat humble servant,
(Signed) " CASIUREACII2"
" ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 15,6 P. M.

" MR LORD,
" t lave the honour to acquaint your Lordship, that Captain
HALSTRAD, First Captain of the 111BERNIA, and Captain of the
Fleet under the command or Si: CHARLES Co CTON, off the TA-
ge,2 has arrived at the Admiral: y with dispatches, stating the sur
render, by capitulation. of the Russian fleet in the port of Lisbon,
es the following terms :—The ships (nine sail of the line and one
fsigatipo be held in deposit try his IAjISI Y tiff AZ months fitter