Star.
London, England, 1810-11-27 00:00:00

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ciple as maybe-heti-after agreed-110* betWeiri;the- .. " Sir SZIPI4; .44 Cotton conducted thi.iitieketif the.
f§panish and. yrentek.Obvernments. ,: cairitlrf from ctinhel to llisace;abattt-137 utiles ' cow'
Sect. 4411.,. .When these several and respectiie ;"vdrinfi thd Whole dihd British 114 Ph4ditli*Vorrilts'
feAchopoes.,44ll. have taken. place, .whate4ret surplisf and befote &very superior ineit*, Who Was sipi‘rteo
may remain in the hands of the belligerents,. or
.pri... 14 infahtt Y., With°lit "64 Q he'tieverildred to 1.144,
smelt's .9f- war made. 'Ol6. or before the signatUre of i'bimttilibutvhich fintile we were. totally ?Ai:ll;444nd
thCprelent Convention, shall be immediately releati. 1. with'alOssrnitchinfeir' ii to -the- French:- They.were
ed; Chnt on parole, not to serve until regularly I repulsed in every attack, arid in several initances we.
exchatiged),. nnclsent back to that country to whieh ; became the attackers; and tbe same...good fortune
it may belong, in the manner, and under the same I.followed us- frOtn -Bnaaite-urthe lines, -.Witholit an
regulation of transport by hich the mutual ex- I eleeoWin;io'-aily.. cme day, from the 35th. September
changes- were conducted:- so that -after the execution [An .he 10th October, Are had to contend Aisith the ene:.
of this conventiojt,no prisoners of war shaltrefitainin my, who was always pressing us, but-never moving
the hands of Great Britain, Spain, France, or in.those without.their infantry, which is the highest- coMplo
of their allies, dependencies, or possessions... . ;anent' they could possibly pay to. British cavalry.—,
sect. 13.: All-Portuguese or Sicilian prisoneis of The several Officers of Huisars and Dragoons whorl
• war. in France, tier in the conntrieh'allied to tor depen- we made prisoners, acktioWledge our cavalry to be
dant,o -France, and all prisoners belonging to- France, superior to any in the world. Our fellows are
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and the countries allied to heroin the hands of_Portu- weli,smoUrited, in fact, that, in kgreat measure, gives
giiese and Sicilians, shall 4i mutually released in a ilietn.their ackneWledged-snperiority, for cur enemy.
similar manner,' inclon the smile terms as lial;e been are equally brave, but the weight of our lußses hear
befbre established with' regard to the Free& 'and 4"1"111 opix'siticm.°ey an meet with fivra the baci-
Spaniards, with Mob-alterations only as the .particu--. sort iii 'animals .the French ride, _ . -
Jar circomstancl and. situations: of: those .eouotries: *, This campaign has tioneye-great gtiod: Our fel-'
may rcouire. • . • ~, . Inwsare.now somuch actirstotned try fire and fatigue;
Art.
' A. V. 'The priority and order of the. release-
o' is ficdare little about the
.fatter,,. and alivay,s to seek
the; kietal persons 'to be' eiithariged tinder this Con-it illiTdimer. `A; British army never eSpe,rienced, its
I;•ention.,. sh air.- be regulated ascordir_ig to the priority; anf;irpur.wars; so:severe a cainfilign as. thistasi
-anti dikter; of their*tespe&iiie Capture and detantion, yeen hit. thecavalrb either with regarikir fightag at
.ex<eptsthatno more than one fourth-part of any num- atigue. 'The infantry, excepting-tire light divisions,
'of
of British to, he,released.at oaeltiMe, shall consist the 424 53• -and 'Will, .
4Stc. at,Busaco, have not tied
ofspersons detained in France in 1803. : . . a shot since the battle of Talavera, 'ot slept' out 61
. i ;Art: VI. The British and French Governments their beds. The cavalry have now the advantage of
tnidertake in communicate to their respective Allies them ; they are in position, and the cavalry In. en.
-die terms of this Convention, and to use their Intl'', lages, and„ezcepting reconnoitering parties and small
t-14e toengage them to accede thereto. .. :iiquets, quiet. . .
Art. VII. A British Commissary and ;a French "At Busaco the cavalry did nothing. - 'Thearmies
Commissary, shall be appointed to reside, the first at are now. koking_at each other, and our sentries, are
Paris, the latter at London, td superintend the details within call of the enemy, who, we supposes is wait-,
and-execution 'of this Convention. - and'
. Art. VIII. A separate Convention shall be as sikin massena, to whom we do not give credit for' more i
es possible entered-into between Great r‘ritain and than 45,000 bayonets and about 7000 cavalry, due
France, to regulate 'the exchange of prisoners of war not attack. Our efficient force is 32,000 infantry, and
who may be hereafter made on either side, with' a 2860 cavalry, British; and 21,000 of the line, and
view of alleviating, as far as may be practicable. the 1480 cavalry, Portuguese; besides-a considerable force
evils and misfortunes attendant on a state of warfare. of militia and. ordinances (or levy en-masie)-i The
French, of course, are-taking all precautions againse
attack from;us. I think-Masse is is got into a scrapet.
' from which he knows. not how to extricate himself;
If he attacks it must be soon ; in fact, he must figh.
or retire very shortly, from two Strong causes—lstt
his army is now literally in -want of necessaries (as
the numerous deserters inform us) ; and 2dly, the'
rainy season is now commencing, which will swell the
rivers so as to prevent his passing either ihe Tagus,
Mondego, or Zezare, some of which rivers, or per-
, haps all, he will most likely fall behind, if he pur-
poses to remain .until spring before be attacks. The
army.is at present very healthy, and most anxiously
wishing another attack. - -
4' On Wednesday Lord Wellington gave a dinner
to ,all the General Officers, Heads of Department, &c.
at Mafia (12 miles in ,rear of this position', on the
occasion of investing SirWilliam-Carr Berestord with
the-Order-of Knight of !he Bath. .In the . evening'
there was a ball and supper : it was a very, gay scene,,
but -Ladies were scArce. Lady EMily Berkeley And I
her two daughters, and about twelve Portuguese La- I
dies were present. Lord Wellington was also pre.
sent for a short time. All the Officers returned to '
their posts the same night. Massena will be a little
surprised when he hears of this." . .
e" 7.iicar.,:near Sabra, Ntrietaber s(l,lsto.
*ig The 71st regiment is brigaded with the 50th and
')2d, under Sir William Erskine, and in the-first divi-
sion under General Spencer. Colonel Pack corn-
' mands the Ist and 16th Portuguese regiments, and
also the central fort in this position. ' Captain.Spottis-
'waode is on the Staff with. General Cl'?1V1 11C.. . On the
14th October, two companies of the 71st regiment,
Captain M'lntyre's and Captain Spottiswoode's, had
a smart action with S or 100 of the French, whom
they drove, with the bayonet, into their intrenched
Worki • whence they made a violent .sortie upon our
advanced posts, under the cover of .five guns, and
potted musketry ; thank Gon, the result was not a
moment doubtful, and. the ;Ist had the eiclu-
sive honour of threshing them with the bayonet in
a masterly style. Our loss was Serjeant Daly and
nine private' killed, and 30 wounded. The enemy.
left eight officers and about 200 killed and wounded
on the field. I believe at head quarters nothing is
known of Massena's intentions ; but the popular opi-
nion is, that-he is waiting for reinforcements. Conic
whelp he may against our formidable positions, he
I could mit,- I think, succeed. We reckon the enemy's.
tirelAelcs -at 45,000—ours are more, and'par waif.'
'demo-and: spirit far superior:` -
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' 4 Bridit Lion, itnta da Rotel.s.nlars
. ',, ,1, . r . , •• - - Atubald-4 Nov. -i6,. tat*:
• .i. The itu?tipu of armies isaustthe same .ns is •
:hasVeen this month past, with the el;fference that the'
firiliiii ca.ralry ire' moved up to 'the 'front and lett,.
and, en the right flank of 'the'enettiy, in the neigh=
bonylsoodvf Ramilhal, and from thence on the road'
towards Obidos. General Fane has also moved across
the *Tagus with one brigade of Portuguese cavalry, '
one'of infantry, and the 13th regiment of British ;
Light 'Dragoons, in order to prevent the eaemy from
sendingloraging'parties'inte the Alentijo.
"7 } the enemy should attack as, they are certain
of being defeated, and hiving the greater part of their
army taken and destroyed; and if- it is the Prince of
Essting's intention to retreat;his army will also stiffer
great loss. ;It is said -he is waitiag reinforcements
but *meanwhile the rainy season is advancing; his sick
are :;inereasing daily, and he is on a small space of
country, surrounded by enemies,. and - having no
Intnnt of subsisting his army; except *hat the conzt
try it occupies affords. -..-
;The deserteri which haVe come in these list few !
dayi, give a very bad account of them ; they getonly
half in /*pod of lreact per par; daily; and !about 12
pounds _of meat amcmg a company; eonsistinenr
amt AO us eg.: These lompanies were composed of
120 pen each, when they first entered the-country,
, aria are pow reduced 10.1nw by kakst,-wounded, and.
siCk4ess ; aa4.many of them have pot more than 80
.
.44 : T..) 'ham. .is 4 Nortugticee:garneon at. AU-sates,.
[ sad 4,111,!tr AI --Caintheatt..lt.ade Alba Y****L: think
- ! 4 thi2itiativnolle.tegmeitalkiithavagi.
fall of Almoidasvand enweM the Touch

THE ARMY.

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Colonel DOwlny.4 of the Conunissariati and Ms bro.
ther. left tow:llan night with al:patches for Portugal.
Iris Tnmoured that Wonel IX is to hare a legion of
3600 nen in the Spanish cesttime, 2nd for which
chithing hal been made here, according. to patterns
and directions from the Colonel;
A detachment of the Worcester Militias now at
remove this week to Southsea -Castle.

The East Suffolk Militia matched yesterday from
Hilcea for Gosport.

Citptain's guard *lathe* yesterday froi
port, having in charge 200 pitmen -01'*ar roe Sta:
pleton, near Uristol. . • •
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Abosi 70 men of the .Royal 6.0 the
York Light Infantry, and Id of the Foreign Artil-
lery are waiting at Portiunouth, on board transports,
to go out to Bat4doehundersqnvOy of the. NAIAD{
Capt. HILL. •
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Wednesday arriieti at Spithed the'Pri fnuia Ean
Inch:man, with Captiin• Thenton's Company of,
Artillery on board-, consisting tin-26 men they are
'going 'obt to the Cape of Good'ffeisc.
Capt. WOOD RIP V, Doctors Wain and:O'Buitia,have
been selecting old and. infirm Kispners of wat, from
the depots at Portsmouth, to bessent to France..

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The 57th regiment, :iaw on its march to Ports.
mouth, will embark for Ireland..

About SO of the 88th regiment are now on their
march /NOM Bridgewater, to embark for Lisbon. •
The Ist West York' Militia arrived this day in three
thiisions, at Fare.hant, Southampton, and Ringwood,
en their march into the Portsmouth district:. • ,

• Lord WELLINGTON (says an Officer lately arrived
from Portugal). rises every morning .at threio'clock,
breakfastrat four. and always before daylight visits
the grind battery at SoMbrall upon which are
mounted 90. pieces of cannon.
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By late account! from .Lisbon, we: learn: the caval,
ry had sUllered.mitch •from fad brue ; the • ra6,
goons had nearly *lieu and horses siek the,33l-
ter es,id of OCtober.

tunday. se'nnght, about: 50 Frenchmen; chiefly
„rititicers on their parole, passed through Winchester.
frSin Andoveresto Bishop's Waltham, on their way"
ETA trOitAtpOtith. ¶ They have sine, been embarked on'
the: AI/LA.IILX and another irigatei
l for Leith;
[; for the ppfp.ose of being l ktr
nore:sAlN confuted in.the
' neitoßmOspodOf. Edinburgh, ••..• • - • ...!
gwac4.4 0f.'..,g9.0. sick .aud:,wounged soldith' hglre
Jatalilitided at Portsmouth,And,placcd.:in the Roral
licapital at. Hadar ; and .about 120 men have.
tinged, trm' different transports :and gene into- Hih
sea:4'64 copse of hot week.. .
The French-prisoners which arrived at PortsMouthl
fistri,Pertngalp under eostvoy of the Dotterel, are cap-1
4vesewhom the cbartteof war has long thrown into
..toe hinds-of -the:Portuguese,•wha were confined' on
board. their. Primon•ahip; in the-Tagus. There were
two thousand of. them when•they sailed, but many,
Ifitm being in:am:emaciated state, and having beets'
;long oil their passage, died on board the transports.

;•:_fantoot rPaisomeits.—Several attempts were again
:made during the pastiveek; gartiCularly on Thursday
'night last, by the French-prisoners confined la Mill,'
'Bay :prison,. and On board the. St. Nlehobti and El,
''Firme, to effect their escape ; but by the vigilatiee
-oftthe.guarids 'on 'duty they were prevented. Frinn
the attempts'at these.three different placesbeing made
:at one and the same time, it appears as if the French
prisoners acted !yy a regular preconcerted plan. Their
:Manlier in every part of the kingdom (upwards of
-404,000) renders it absolutely necessary, for our own ,
security; to keep a vigilant eye on them. It inu'st be I
%confessed, however, that the poor fellows are entitled
to our commiseration. Great numbers of them have
dl'
been many years in confinement, and are grown des-
perate at seeing)* probable termination to they Cap-
tivity: Still, were they to escape in any great iitun-
bers, they might commit incalculable mischief before
they Ilitre itibduedrAw44:4•;:i it; ii'f44 : 1• • •••