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to esecation, and the army continued its march.—.
The Portuguese Generals SOOR demanded to be sup -
plied with provisions
.from the British stores, which
rdemuld it was impossible to comply with The Por-
tuguese separated, and continued to remain separate
from the British till after the 22d of August. He
bad made every proposal that he could make to in-
duce the co-operation of the Portuguese. He had de-
footled only a reinforcement of 1000 infantry, 100 light
trolu, and 200 cavalrl, and ha.
.dieromised that they should
refeiee jirovisiotu from the Brouh sloth; and yet the Por-
ts:we Generals would not consent to thin.
On the 10th inst. the British troops had an action
with 000 French troops, commanded by Laborde and
Loison. The particulars of that aotion were detailed in
the Gazette, and
.it was unnecessary now to repeat them. 1
Before that action, he had thought of attacking the
French posts upon the coast, but when he had been so I
severely disappointed in not meeting the expected Co.
oleration from the Portuguese, and had also witnessed
the gallantry displayed by the French in the action of
the 16th, he resolved to change his plan, and to march
towards the French position of Torre Vedras. The
20th, General Anstruther's force appeared in the
Offing, and effected their landing. On the same day
there was some skirmishing with the enemy's cavalry
in the neighbourhood of Vimiera. It had been his i
intention on the 21st to march forward and turn the
French position at Torre Vedras, having ar, excellent
map of the country—but Sir Harry Burrard arrived
in the evening and took the command. The details
of the battle of Vimiera were in the Gazette, and with
that battle his command of the British army in Por-
tugal ceased.
Sir Arthur Wellesley having concluded the read-
ing of the narrative, delivered it to the President to
be entered on the minutes with the other proceedings
of the Board. The Court was then immediately
cleared, and in a few minutes after adjourned till
Monday (this day).

FOURTH DAY.

At the opening of the Court this morning, Sir
HEW DALRYMPLE made some verbal additions to the
statements given in on Saturday. He also gave in
some reports from the Commissariat respecting the
stores of the army, which were not read..
The JUDGE ADVOCATE then gave notice that if
there were any persons in attendance who could
give the Court any information respecting the military
operations in Portugal, such persons were to give in
their names, and retire from the Court until it came
to their turn to be heard.
General FERGUSSON, Colonel TORRENS, Major
CAMPBELL, and Captain MALCOLM, of the Navy, then
left the Court after giving in their names.

The JUDGE ADVOCATE then proceeded to read over
Sr ARTHUR WELLESLEY'S narrative, which will be
found in a preceding column.
A Paper, containing several questions from the
Court, and answers by Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, was
then read. It appeared to be a kind of supplement
to the narrative. Sir A R AQUA'S answers state, that,
from his instructions, he conceived that the chief ob-
ject of his expedition was to act against the enemy in
the Tagus; but he considered himself as required by
these instructions to act generally in any position he
thought might serve tie interests of Spain and Por-
tugal.
In answer to one of the quesions, Sir ARTHUR
itites, that upon arriving at Caldas after his debark-
ation, he found his army amounted to 12,300 rank
tad file, besides a Portuguese corps of 6000 men close
at hand. On their arrival at Caldas, they had horses
sufficient for the conveyance of one brigade of nine-
pounders, and one brigade of six-pounders.
They had also received great assistance in
_the
conveyance of provisions and ammunition from the
carts and mules of the country, and on the 16th of
August, five days previous to the Battle of Vimiera,
theW.were provisions with the army for fourtem day::
each man carried 60 rounds of ammunition, and there
were 500,000 rounds in the ammunition waggons.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON. •

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK :
Consols, ruouey, 66ii—for ace. 661S—Omniiiin
Exchequer Bills, 7s. to 9s. prem.

PORTUGAL.

The ship London has arrived at Plymouth in sit
days from Lisbon. Left there the Princess Elizabeth
packet, which was expected to sail the next day.
The accounts brought by the London, state, that
45e whole of the British troops, two regiments ex-
cepted, had marched from Lisbon for Spain, in high
spirits.

A letter from the Captain of one of the coppered
transports now at Lisbon, dated 4th instant, says:—
" We expect to sail shortly for England. The wood-
bottomed, and some of the coppered ships, sail with
the present convoy. The transport, Duke of Clo-
*, 'with Frenchmen on board, is still here, and I
tentstind it is not yet determined whether they pro-
-4.510 France or not."

SPAIN.
The CHEERFUL cutter has arrived at Falmouth,
with dispatches from Spain. She left Corunna last
Monday, and left lying there the Lady Pellew Packet,
which it was expected would sail for England in three
daTs after the CHEERFUL.

by the CHEERFUL v:e have received accounts, that
his Majesty's ship SYBILLE, of 40 guns, and SuPs-
lams, of 14, were to sail from Corunna in a day or
two after the CHEERFUL, with about 100 of the trans-
Pons which had carried over Sir DkViD BAIRD'S

army l and they were also destined for Falmouth, it
was understood, to take in cavalry for Spain.
The Benjamin and Mary, one of she above convoy,
had reached Falmouth before the mail left that place.
She parted with the rest of the fleet the same morning
(Friday last) all well. ,They are probably all arrived
by this time.

The NONPAREIL, of 14 guns, has arrived at Ply-
mouth, also from Corinna, with dispatches ; and
the BLACKJOKE, with dispatches from Gijon in three
days.

All the accounts received by these vessels agree in
stating, that after the partial advantage gained by
General Nay, on the 31st ult. General BLAKE had
attacked them on the 4th or sth, and gained a most
important victory. The French in this battle are
stated to have lost 9000 men.

A gentleman at Santander writes as follows :

" SANTANDER, NOV. 7.
" I take this opportunity of giving you the earliest account of
the state of affairs here. The French army is within 10 miles of
St. Andero—they have had a brush with the Spaniards, and came
off with the loss of 7000 men. The loss on the side of the Spa-
niards Is computed at about 3000, besides one regiment, called
the Catalonian, which was destroyed to a man by the French
undermining them with powder. Fifteen thousand English troops,
in good health and spirits, marched within six miles of this piece,
on their way to join the grand army. As scion as their artillery
gets up with them, we may expect to hear of a terrible battle."
_ _

Before the BLACKJOKE sailed from Gijon, a letter
had been received by an English Officer there, from
General BLAKE himself, stating in substance—

" That he had had an action with the French on
" the 31st October, and was obliged to retire to the
" mountains ; that on the 4th inst. he quitted his po.
sition to cover the retreat of four thousand Patriots,
4, who were threatened to be surrounded. This
" brought on a general action, and he defeated the
" French with the loss of nine thousand killed—took
~ possession again of Bilboa, and pursued the Enemy
" to the distance of thirty leagues."
General BLAKE concludes his letter thus;--" I have
" now paid the French in turn for their ill treatment
" to the brave Patriots on the 31st ; for it is said the
" French gave no quarters on that day, nor do we
" find that any quarter was given on the 4th, as no
" prisoners are stated to be made. After entering
" Bilboa, we were employed three days in burying
" the dead."

By the above vessels we have received Spanish
Papers to the 16th, from which we have given a few
extracts. It was on that day that the accounts of
General BLAKE'S success reached Gijon. It was there
understood that it was on the Bth inst. that the Pa.
triots reoccupied Bilboa.—The accounts in the printed
journals are not very interesting, if we except the fol-
lowing letter from Gibraltar which appears in one of
them :

" GIBRALTAR, OCTOBER SI.

" News have been received here from Corsica, that
" five French frigates, which had got out of Toulon
" a few days before, were blockaded in San Fiorenzo.
44 They were full of troops and provisions, destined
44 for the relief of Barcelona, and having been chased
44 by the English, were obliged to take refuge in the
" port above-mentioned. The Master of the vessel
" which brought the news, states, that if the frigates
44 do not immediately surrender, they cannot escape
" being destroyed by the seven English ships which
44 blockade."