The Sun.
London, England, 1811-10-24 00:00:00

of the 413;11' signed by nu,. /The obj, & en-
COUragCs atal the English nation, :s far
-ag Y alp iiLt ed, e% cry title to my thanks
and
• God prr3erve you,
,&c.
(Signei) the Bi,nor of CASTELLO I.3tiANCO.

VUUM THE Or
,i3LTAIII)Ar
Guania, luly 3, IS

. I luld the honimr of presenting witti`thein-
closedosed repon, 4.irnw n up it consequence of-a: -verbal
commimication of nrrangements being made for the
immediate distributioti, by :the jute' vention of the
Bishops, of tie relief which the magnaninvons
isb'Natioti, has been pleased to bestow on the urgent
necessities:of the inhabitants and the-,provinees Of
this kingdom, irkvAded snd laid wave. by the enemy"
and I, now see, ,by your lettet of the 18th of J.ioe,,
that the said m' port lit 4y bo le-ena coined : it goes,
however, ‘vlts -Ut al,eratioii, from toy having
said that it should so rAutti to you.
In this report, I- dedue, that there are its my
diocese. eut; parislu.s, all more or less poor ; and
that triany parishioners, kthom, under. sevefe ;Ind even
contagious distempers, proceeding from hung-r,
poverty, and privation..of
,any loud of wholesome
lood, and, want of change of ; mod Ow,
should an equal disti ibutiou take place of th,'. a,i;no
,each would ieceive homething morie than
seventeen real. This calculation, however, will
admit. some 4alteration, in case of a. sondier
parish with .a
,snfaller number of sick and ihdi-
gent, for the
,putpose of increasing the to
.Others more populous, or containing a greater number
of 4ick. With this sum, twelve poor of each parish,..
sick, or fathers of burthened with children
unfit for service from men age, Might be asinated
with one 44.teutlis but I will not conceal,, that
the poverty of the ;greater part of tny diocesans is
beyond all expressiou ; and, if what. I have heard
from a person of my bishoprick, on whose veracity..
I catt depend, be true, it'is a wool of consummate
misery.... many of the grsatest iovaltds are led with
soup, made 1.r0.111 1,1e",111.CT iti \VIOCti bacalhao (salt.
fish) has been boiled, when they cat) get this wretch-
ed food.
The.c penple in the happy gate of health and.
peace, 'tinier tltr protection ~t the laws of Our most
august Sovel-eigo, were poor, but contented with-,
• inodora!e bt4)sistei,Ce of breattand.greens,
and a light Natiket, by their,•Libot3r in the fields, and
by WOlKitig wool sir 4.13,10- small quantities, and
had little nizire th:m Vl`itecei'sitry for the use of the
cortil.i.JTyaerit has altruist entirely
not being able to Work the grouud for
want of,t.little;seed,. ;sod hands, in consequence of
the matiy dUgtivs, arm f the greater, part ot the Most
ioduSll4ofai'llaVing entered' the army vact'' soldiers
of the line, 'or or cemducturs of baggag,e7
yy t ~tog remains iii tht t,reatest poveity;
even t ersinis who lived to decency arid affluence
limn the ot (Alice of their farms, Which now plc)-
. ..
duce oothing.
I judge thatby the above, r have complied with
your woibes, rind shall Continue so to comply ; and,
therefore, 1 have 0;4 to say, that you will me a
}Particular favour to receive my
..just acl:nowlecige-
ments as is tribute due to you for the part you have
taken in this business, in wlOch I am so deeply in-
teresicd, because it concerns my diocesans, children,
and fellow countryman ; and to transmit to the be-
nefaelors; equal 'expressions of my gratitude ; to
time gencroush British nation, also, the pr:otesta.
lions of my sincere Direction, attachment, and re-
spect.

(Signed) The Bisitov of Guxuoh.

FROM LORD WELLINGTON.

Vumte Guinaldo, Sept.

Sig,-4 have had the honour of receiving your
letter of :the toth instant, regarding :Cleo assistaoce
to be given to the poor inhabitants of Portugal who
are sick, front the funds arising horn the boom)? of
the British .Parlianti-iii, or tilt charity of individuals
in England.
The•knowlecige lhave'of this countryinduces me
to request, that you will suggest to: the :Gentleiner.
nripoilited -tom:wage and disiribuie if)vse hinds, the
exptdiency of attendnig, to the distrits on the
hattktt of the. Coa, from its bOUrCe,at least es far as
rinhel.
These tliStrHs were the seat of the war during
the months of August, and Sep:ember, 1810,
when.t he harvest of that iy was r.e.tped, the whole
of .which was consumed by the enemy ;
in-the be ,inning of Aptil this year, whea the Litt,
they had sown began to afipearatioye ground, and
was cotisumed.
Theibbabitailts of these vill3ges are rednced to
subsist upon a Small (in,ititity of Millet, which 111,1
have contrived to ,ave but the loud is not of a tie.
scriplion, our is the quintity sufficient, to. subsist
then) thriinv,n the winter. Money distributed in.
those villages would enable thorn to procure some
food front Spain ; and if the British army should
cantop for any time in these distri‘4B, Pie inhabi-
tants wilt gain something by the S4iVieCS they will
render the army. • '
But the cilsticsied state of. these people deserves
the atteniion-ot the 'managers of these charities.
1 have the honour to be; sce.

(Signed)

WEI.Lt DIGTON.