Star.
London, England, 1809-04-11 00:00:00

TR, MARCH 21.

Yesterday a Swedish fI,T of trove arrived in our
Roads from I icl.,itOlorg, with dispatches, which.
NV ere delivered to the 2.onii......tading &ricer here, who
sent Clem to General Shikker, the Ccanmand?.r of
Kronenltrg. '.I he latter prof...ectkd for orders to
Copenhagen. On the al ri yid of necessary orders,
the Swedish ..!;:de•de-Ciarp, Nr.ij..l de la Grange,
Lieutenant lit.rk..:pc, and another Swedish Gentle-
man, 1an,.1.03 here, a:td set oil fo-.. lfamhurgh, by way
of Frederick• hurgh and Roeschild, escorted by two
Danish officers.

[The Dutch paper, from which the above article
is translated, s.,.ys, that the officers referred to were
to continue their journey from Hamburgh to France,
king Chat ged with overtures of pacification. The
same paper contains several articles from Copenha-
gen, filled with details of the late revolution, which
are ill stbstance the same with those already received
by the Gottexburgh mails.]

PORTUGUSSE PdPEAS.

LISBON, MARCH 21. •

By intelligence received it appears that the French
.entered Chaves on the 12th inst. and that on the 14th
they quitted that neighbourhood.
Lieut, General Bernardino Freire de Andrada,
writes from Braga, that the enemy was proceeding
to Raivaes and Salamonde, in consequence of which
movement that officer had sent troops and ordnance
to reinforce those important positions.
A letter has been conveyed to this city from the
Marquis de la Romana, dated from Requeija
instant, by which it appears that the French Wad lost
in Gallicia not less than 10,000„men in killed and pri-
soners to the patriots of that province.
The Portuguese who passed the Minho on the 10th
inst. entered the town of Guarda, and from thence
proceeded to Baiona. They afterwards advanced on-
wards to Amorim, which is only a short distance
from Tuy.
Vigo is now in the possession of the Spaniards,
which port was entered by three English frigates,
who supplied the inhabitants with such ammunition
as they required.
By British vessels arrived here arms and necessa-
ries complete for 10,000 men have been obtained.—
Our enemy will soon. learn the impossibility of con-
lquering the congregated forces of three powerful na-
tions.

MARCH (24.-A gr?at number of letters, written
lom Oporto and the neighbourhood; concur in stat-
ing that the French were defeated near Braga. One
of these, dated 19th, has these expressions : •

44 I have only time to say that a Messenger is come
here in ten hours, who says, that at four o'clock in
the evening of the preceding day a second attack was
made upon the enemy, in which a great number were
killed and wounded, and 500 cavalry, with their
horses, were taken. The men dismounted from their
horses, and endeavoured to escape by leaping into
the river Cavado."

PRIVATE LETTERS.

" Lisbon, March 23, 1609.

" The French suddenly attacked the Minho and Tralos Mon-
tes, and took possession of Chaves arid Its neighbourhood. From
the Minho they marched through roads hitherto deemed impas-
sable, and presented themselves in considerable force near Braga.
The treason *as discovered; and General Bernardin Friere d'An-
drada, his Aid•de-Camp Don Joao Correa de Sa, and the Briga-
dier of Engineers Villaseoas, became the victims of the people's
rage. After their death, Baron Eben took the command of the
army, and defeated the French near the bridge of Senora do
Porto, two leagues from Braga, following the enemy with his
brave I.usitanian legion and other corps. The French General
who commanded this body of men was killed, and his emblems
of honour had been brought to Porto. We are waiting with im-
patience to know the result of the treason, and how it was disco-
vered. The traitor had many accomplices. Among the Fretich
there were many Portuguese persons of distinction, some of whom
it appears, have been taken ; one is the brother of the Marquis
of Tances, who was. captured while commanding a corps of
French Dragoons, and is on the road to this place. The Portu-
guese army near Eiltaves, have occupied a position In the moun-
tains, and the Marquis de la Rotnana is near Braganza; so that if
a good under tanding be kept up, and no more treason be plan-
ned, the French troops that are in the plains of Chaves will be
exposed to great danger, unless trey rttreat to Galicia, where
the people are also in arms. In the mean time the campaign is
begun with us."

" Seven miles from Lisbon, March 2:?.

" We shall soon hive warm worl:— the French are at length
advancing by way of Oporto, under Marital Souk. Our position
covers Lisbon, but we shall proceed, I believe, to meet the enemy
on their way, and give them another sample of what British bay-
onets can do. Sir John Craddock's head-quarters are at present
with the /Tiny, and we are anxiously looking forward for General
Hill, with GOOD more troops. The Portuguese are chewing much
energy. We have had letters to-day from Oporto, stnting that
General Freire has been put to death by the Port guese troops,
because he refused to lead them against the enemy."
ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE. _

The report of yesterday and to-day is, that Bernardine Freire,
the Portuguese Commander in Chief, was killed by his own offi-
cers and soldiers, for being a traitor and acting in the French in-
terest. This affair happened near Braga, which is• within eight
leagues of Oporto. I have seen a letter from thence of the' 19th
inst:,nt, which gives the following account of this circumstance :
—The French army entered Chaves on the 16 h instant, the gar-
rison capitulated (the French were 16,000). They marched from
thence towards Braga. Ceneral Freire orderLd his army to march
to Oporto, when some Officer in his confidence found letters
which he (Freire) mislaid, from the French General in Chief in
Spain, and also letters from the War Secretary at Paris. He and
his Adjutant, an Aid-de-Camp, and two servants, were inline-
diately put to death, after which the command of the Portuguese
army was given to Baron Diebelle, a German, who attacked the
French on the 18th, and defeated them with great loss. The
Portuguese army in this affair amounted to from 30 to 34,000,
but there are from 70 to 80,000 men in arms in that part of the
country. The battle was fought three or four leagues from Braga.
Head-quarters were yesterday removed to Lomir, a league from
this place. There is nothing new in General Orders, General
Cotton is President of the Court Martial now sitting at Cameras,
and such of the proceedings as are interesting I will send you
when the Court rises. In consequence of the discovery of Freire's
conspiracy, several persons were taken up in Oporto. It is rt-
pqrted this evening, that there is a fleet of English transports off
the cages, to reinforce Sir J. Craddock.
ANOTHER LETTER, DATED MARCH 24.

The Dispatch packet, which was to sail tkis morning, is detained
until to-morrow forenoon. Last night, I sent a letter on board
of her, enclosing the Gazettes of l'uesday last.- I have nothing to
add but what arrived by this day's post from Oporto. The letters
arc dated the 21st instant : they state that the French were then
at Braga, 9000 being the advance of the French army. Other
letters from thence say, that the French are (21st) within a day's
march of Oporto. The greatest alarm prevails in Oporto. On
the 20tk instant, at ten o'clock at night, the bells all sounded to
arms, and the people that were capable of bearing arms chearfuily
tut nett' out and marched to the entrenchments which are round
the city. The women and children were.removed to St. John's,
three miles below Oporto. It has been said this evening, that the
neh t i.tered 'die city on the 22d March. The Portly:mete, who
wee.; boasting that they would not be afraid of 50,000 French-
Men, are now alarmed at this army of 9000, which are in their
vicinity. The letters from Oporto are dated the 21st instant They
also state that the Governor and all the ChiefOilicers in the City
are arrested foi treasonable corrlipondence with the French.
• " Friday Evening, March 24.
-

" The news from Oporto continues very bad, and it is much
to be feared that the French are by this time in full possession of
that city and its environs:lle populace must have been driven to
desr rat ion, autl the conszquences naturally have be& most dread-
ful. I trust that the ships ready at Oporto for England may have
gut out with safety:"

" °part°, March 23.

" On the 13th instant sailed his Majesty's ship Venus to the
Northward, on a cruize. All the ships here ar., unloading—and
fine weather; and there seems no doubt they wiU all get their
balding on board in good time. It is currently reported that there
are about 1400 French troops near Chaves, 41 leagues to the N. E.
of th' place; and it is supposed they are a pan of the grand army
of Gallicia ; but the people, in this port are determined . and re-
solved to defend the place to the last. Fortifications are making
in all parts of thesentrances."

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

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