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London, England, 1811-10-24 00:00:00

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COMMUNICATIONS 'lO COMMITTEE
1:151t ey PoIVIUGLIESIS SUr-

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FROM THE BISHOP OF LANIEGO.
j,Umego► Aug. 3,

I hayw alreaiy repteseroed to yoo the greatness of
the oeneftt
,w4ich his Britanoic Niojewty. and the Bri<
tit,h Ilatiou, in giving; proofs of the on)sr exalted
ltta-
niniity, have bestowed on the miserable Poriugoese,
woo, u,•ittg deptived of
.the very necessaries of lite
by the French armies, would have been theyitttims
d,ato without .thiot succour, of which Lanuego
appealed. to toe deserving.
Al; hough .not go great sufferers as 1)11110, .Gtiarda,
Estiernadora, SLe. it was sufficient, that thu
greinest oft 'his diocese'was trodden by the Ifrench,
and its c invaded, to fni mau idea that they bad
feh,alt the ravages and ruin which the'enerny ever
pradise`.-
Luow,..see that your Committee hive been pleased
,to favour this liishoprivk with the fir. 4 sum of two
mil-re.as, 'which 1 shad order to be distributed agree-
ably to your instrodions.
1 will communicate to you the state -"of indigepee
of this and the distribution of this sum ; for
'leo I now return you ail posstble thanks in the
name of those assisted, assuring you at the. same
time of our and their prayers to Heaven, to reward
those who have generously bestowed this eharitab,le-
relief, and your Conunittee, who have made thedis-'
trioution thereof.
(Signed) The BISHOP of LiAMEGO•.,

PROM THE BISHOP O} GIJAIMA.

The greatest praise, and mo.it fervent expressions
of my gratitude,' are 'due' to the generosity With
which the tnageanimous Brills!) nation, the con
t.tatit and faitliftil :lily of this kingdem, • has been
pteeeed to eut under my care the ,ism of 3600 nil-
eas for Alio relief of my unhappy diocesans (on,-
film frutn the, evils which they have sutfetteleand
their rtstliti which they ere wow suffering; rind 'un-
happy, becaoselheir Bishop cannot, nor ever will
able to administer the necessary relief,. •from It s
being spinout reduced to the same deteree of inch-
se tice "by the less of his rents and' his furniture);
bed I deeoi it my obligation tteconforits implireey
in th 4istllbution of this hberal succour, to the be-
eetllete imentions of the 'generous befit la,2lors who
bare granted it. I 'now' nee lea(e to effer to thter
consideration, that there not 'being any in
the llishoprick of " Guar di, in which -thoeiandit,
hendreis, or tiVen doves ofepersoni can be reeetv-
ed (in b7e.ent of villain it wotald be prover' to apply
Leery thing it) preference. to the wants -Of 11164 e in
health), end it being tinpratiticabie.,to assist with
soup tine datititudes of pour, dispersed throttli this
Bishoprick ; two modes preseet tilt:al:selves as the
most prompt and efficacious fur the d,strinutton of
the getterous •
Tie: hrsi is, to give each iedtviduel in want hi;
propottien of the donation which will come v.o
in one general partition, by. 'wank of the.re•pectl
partsteCorates ; and the 'whet-, to' proportion the
sti:,re U) toe necessities Of the receiver.
Tor the apinobation of, doe of these modes, 'or
the eeeption of any other which may appear better,
I mostmust observe, that the Bishoprick 'of Guarda,,tive
or;six 'years ego, had in it 200' parishes, te6,000
souls both sexes ; that in all probability, in con-
sequence of known events, ohe-fourth is deficient ;
and that not et twentieth part, more or less, will be
exempt froin the necessity of applying' for relief,
and therefore the persons in want of assistance may
amount to 70,000. It is certain that few individuals
of this if;ehoprick are exempt hunt the necessity
el, relief ; but it is equally certain, that in distri.!
bittiog the above sum itt equal shares, each person
would receive 53 reas, leaving an overplua of 3u
iota-teas. •
This succour of 53 yeas to each single person
would scaicely procure,,a. piece of bread to satisfy
hunger for once. It is true, tind I repeat it, that of
the 70,000 contemplated, IlDt one would be in a
state above receiving succour; bet in, consideration
that the propOrtion, frOrn,itl/2.Bnutiluess, would be a
poor remedy, and so tittle would the want be felt by
each when deprived of it, it would 'be better to give
to the sick a 7eaterenopottion, as also to the latherS
of I,lMilies burthened by children, useless front their
tender age and Weak state of health, enough, to buy.
half or a whole alqueir of rye or Indian corn, the
Kurt of which is two tail-reas, itithoeieh for site put-
po.,e sick being relieved; and the father:of a
tentily with au alqueir of seed, ee or' 40
per.Otta should be,deprived of their o.ll)l.lCirtiull of 53
reas each.
Under these circutnstanceS by this "or either of
the 41)0,.1es which may meet the applohlitiou of our
gehetout benefactors, shall the dial ributiou be wade
with the 'most scrupulous poncluality.
God ptebetvo you malty years,
(Signed) , The Lliitior, of GUAIMA.

iilol4 THEIiHOP OW OASTULLO Ditht4CO.

Castello Branco, lune ts, zS i t

Oa the 23d tnst. I received your letter of the
tellf, in which "you eontißte we the diat ribs:ton' of
the succourS,- the ge?es ous Britsh nation transmits
fqr the isioninCe (if the unfortunate:, who suffered
Stout the trench invasion,. t ought to acquailit you,
that I, ',milli difficulty-, uutlerialie the distribution of-
t hese succours anmongpt the places belonging to my -
since the i.xtent thereof from east to
we4t id 26 leogues, and from north to south, to
le34ues; there 61' paii4bei; Which in 130 t Co,loloeti
8,,t 14 hirailies, composed of 69,1,24 souls. into
almost the whole,' the enemy entered; and in (hoe
which they did not visit, the inhaultants sutrered
rnach, iroin bein4 obliged to quit their hom
sittes,
and take refoge Ate mountaihs thus expO%
thetn,ei,e to the 'inclemency -or the, Weather,
which produced .epidemio diseases: these yet ill_

ease.
I request you will infirm me if the places not in-
vaded are to contemplated in the above-men.
ttoned subsidy. I delivered the letter you trans-
nlitted roe the money h teddy, and I shall receive
it in proportion as applications are made; and
io
so proper time. I shell transmit to you the lists

Syavarals,. proposed obtair,itig, him a led at he
hose, ttt tt oei4hbour, ho solletimcc 3cconvuo-
dated the inn in that way, and -w here isle gentlernan'
might liemind.upon:bein4 conifortillne.,
better, however, disliked lOct:idea-of -sleeping taut of
the ion, and represented that„ as he was a re
gular guest, and it was known that he.hakpropeay
with him, he ought 'to be accommod,ited
bed, even at the expense of: the eonienience et
others, who might not happen to have the sunei.d,s-
. like of accommodation proposed, nor the same
motive for desiring to retrial') in the inn. It was
now too late, to think olthanging the arrangements
iof the house lot the night ; and tile gentleman de-
termined, to have a bed made up on some chairs
In
the room where he had strppest.
"This contrivance was about, to be executed,
when 'Mrs. Symondi iecolletted that thete was an
lost lee's room in the yard, which possibly Mr.
‘Leatibetter tni4ht prefer to ?sleeping in a room where
.he would be liable to be disturbed very early in the
lnorning : and she assured her kue4t,' 'if he chose to
sleep, there,' the linen should- be• clean, thoegh the
appearake of the room was. not elegant, and
.the
hpstter would sleep in the stable, or Fo out sonic-
4. •
where. this the gentleman willingly acceded ;
and aftei. some Shoit' time allowed for preparing the.
apartment for his nocoutmodation, he p.tssed tip the
gallery in the,. yard, which led to it, and retired to
11,m.
'" Sleep tent his leaden influence sobn:ib' the
wearied traveller; and he enjoyed. soundly the sweet
oblivion of anxiety—but 'aistrange noise on the galT
lery which he had ascended, rotted him ioto sense
?pin, and re-produced the ravelled sleep of 'care."
'rile n(,iso' was that of an extremely: heavy
footstep ; it.was like the pantomimic .approach of
the ghost in Don Ann. Mr. Leadbetter counted
every step and, to his alarm, the sound increased,
• until the eause'of it reached the door of his apart-
ment. In an instant 'a tallisand gaunt kite entered
the room, with a candle in one hand 411140 butcher's
in the other. Mr. Leadbetter • attentpted to
speak, but his voice tailed 'him-, andtheligure .ap--
proached the bed ! It shook .horror-.stricken
matt; then drew a knife several, times. across its
own throal; went to a table ill the room, stt,lown
tk,e light, and immediately quitted the place, with
the same awful Settligi that had tnarked .imapproach..
Mr. Leadbetter began to breathe again is he; ima-
gined, after a pew minutes, that he utusL tiaye been
Creaming ; ,and yet he candle and cand!stick.--on
the table were no phantoms'!—they were- palpable
reality ; and something had entered use, room a was
. To avoid ferther visits of so all-ming a kind,
Mr. Leadbetter as there was no tpck or boa to the
*door, determined 'to Olaceisomething heavy against
it, so that it stiotrld riot be opened ;. but the room
was so 'scantily Supplied whh furniture, Coat nothing
but the bedstead was of any weight. As. this for-
tunately ran. orr: cast Ors, the gentleman rolled it
wish the head to the door; 'and. thinking himst-1(
tolerably sale,; he addressed himself to sleep, egaitt.,
--Bin the heavy honey-dew of slunthzr
no more revisit his eyes ;. he lay tossing about,
and looking at his- watch every ten minutes by
the Jighr of the candle, until, in abcut en hour,
he heard the sathe' sounds which had formerly
alarmed him, renewed on the gallery stairs, and in
a few seconds, the door of -leis room twin pushed
with great violence, his bed, was, into the
Middle of the aparttnent, and again ,the horrid fi-
gure stood befote hitt !
.The faculties' of speech and
motion now forSook him quite; the figure shook'
hini again, with tierce end perturbed gesticulation,
and aglin drawing the.knife acrosq its throat.: Mr.
Leadbetter observed that gouts of blood were on
the blaile, which was nest so 'before"' ; It then
'passed away tram the.. room, and the remainder
of Mr. Leadbetter's senses' fled with he
swooned, and remained for some time iniens:ble.
" At about four o'clock, when rettirtfin4 ani•
within came to the nnfottutiate- gentleman, he'
found himself 'lying half out of bed-;--and as soon
heeoultl. a little compose birusclf,• be resolved to
pus his clothes on, and quit the scene of bprrors
such' as he had endured. With the best spedd his
agitation would allow, he dressed himself, and de-
acended into the yard of the inn. In a stable there
be saw a light, and on, approaching it found a man
dressing-down some horses, which were to be put
'to a coaelt that hiftthe inn early. To him he com-
Munieated ihat'sanetiong particular had happened,
and he must have Mr. and Mrs. Symonds called up
immediately. :The man said• ti;ig he -opprettended
they had gone to bed veiy late, and would be sorry
to be 'disturbed's° soot! ;---hut Mr. L, persisted in
having them and the ;man, there's:ire, set
about waking t 1 family..A:tter aome limo the land,
lord came down, and ,exiiressing. his ,apprehension
that Mr: Lt atibkter eras %cry ill, issifis looks seemed
to indicate, was hiloimed that indeed he was not
well,- and that .time horrors of the;night had been
enough to injure his mind as' wc-.1 as his body. Mr,
L. proceeded to relate all,,thist„ had happeneo to him,
-and
concluded by expressing his firm conviction t
some borrible'morder had beta committed on the
ptemiscs in the night:
-" Mr. Symonds, on hearing the. ink, was scarcely
less hats tlie relater ; nor could he answer
the eager inquiries of Leadbetter ". where the
hostiei had slept !" he whose room Mr. L had oc
cupied that poor man'llie Mr. L.) was sat,sfied
would never more be ;Seen -alive I The liorod was
ilLtte4ly. roused by the terroraol the host and hestessi
and the btisiness of the affur was almost forgotten in
the wonder eacitcd by the story, which lost nothing
by~'repetititm 'to the several goests'of the ion, as they
successively inquired into the canoe of the early
tut bance,

" By six o'clock, ttsP hostler artived, from a
lodging which be had got to the town, on being
tinned out of his Usual bed. Minch pleasure was
expressed on Seeing him, and on the story being
told to hint, " Why, d---0 it," said he, lay
my lite I kiloW the ghost very %veil it was the deaf
and'Aint fellow that comes to help me to kill the
pigs, and. who always-goes up to tny .roonT tri call il4
when we 'ive. oue to kill !" The murder was out !
it Was indeed the deaf and dumb fellow, who, think-
ing the hoqtkr (Liu,. had goue a second time to call
af(er.he had stuck the pig—and hence poor
Mr. I..4dbetter's horror, and his conviction of a
kloodi murder I"