The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-10-22 00:00:00

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MONDAVI, OCTunEtt 22, 1810.
A Lisbon Mail is arrived this morning, bringing
Portuguese Niers, and private Letter!, to the 1314
instant, froin which we have made important ex-
tracts, in a sill:hi:pent column. The sensation
which as occasioned, at Lisbon, by JrOt WELp
LINGTO:e3 retreat to Twits Vcdras) was very

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great, as might naturally have been expected. But
this is now said greatly to have subsided, although
Admiral B'EXIXLRY had officially declared to the
:Merchants that he could nut spare Atty eraxsportk
le aid the Merchants in case of ;Allister. ROMANA
had arrived in the vicinity with 10,000 men, either
'to join Lord WELLINTON., or co-operate in any
other position that may be deemed advantageous to
the cause of the Allies. Lord WELLINGTON'S
troops are in a position to which he has ever given
the preference and it is believed at Lisbon, that
after the battle of Bunco his wish was to draw
MASSEDIA to follow him up to this 'point. In
short, the confidence in Lord IVrt.t.isatort's
success is, at Lisbon, almost as perfect as if
MAMMA. had already commenced his retreat.--
The right of the Allied Army is stated to be
tit Alhandra, on the banks of the Tagus, and
the left at !Werra, head-quarters being at the ht.
tor. The centre of this position is said not to be
so strong by nature as some other of its parts,
but this has been fortified by immense batterieq,
$-and by every means that art could devise. The
two wings are extremely strong by nature,—
The gunboats and ships' launches, under the lion.
Lieut. BEaser.ev, bare moved np the Tagus, and
are enabled, from their position, both to annoy
the enemy at Villa NOOI/3, and support the right
wing of the British Army. The Allied Army are
in high health and spirits, anti have abundance of
provisiOns.--The situation of MASSENA, meantime
is described, in the communications front Lisbon, as
almost desperate in the extreme. Whether the in.
habitants of that city suffer their wishes to form
their hopes for them, we cannot well ascertain. CO.
tain it is, that they conclude that MAISEN4 must 4ght,:
to disadvantage, or retreat to get food, in which bat
case, they think half, at least, of his troops must
be cut off. There is one article of intelligence,
however, in the Lisbon papers and letters, which
is not quite consistent with these aanetsine expecta.
General Moittenisis joined
ti ,oss —it is stated, ;et], that
MASSENA «ith a reinforcement of 10,000 ..men.
This will make his force again amount to more
than 70,000; and it does not appear that Lord
Wsisaamoron has sq many, or can, in time, have,
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if Manus* attempts-a general battle as soon as is
expected. It is difficult to state the respective num.
bets of the two great armies with accuracy. The
Hampshire Telegraph (a Paper remarkably for the
accuracy of its naval and military intelligence) has
the following in Sunday's Paper : '
Lord Wst.t.tstG•rox's force (which has been aagasented
by (1w re-inforce items), is estimated at 36,000 British anti
Cierartn troops. besides the Portueeese ; and Roane, with
12,000 awn. had arrived ma the borders of the Tagus, which he
was crossing to join them. The French Infant‘y, it bas lately
been discovered, do not exceed 50,000 mew, nod the Cavalry
15,000.
It adds—" Moss** has tart sql a position
three leagues from the British 'Amy, "tend'
ing from Villa Nouve to Lourinha."—"tVe have
not been able to learn that Government have ve-
i ceived dispatches this day ; but we should imagine
they have. However, if they have, the dispatches
might not contain any thing of material importance,
since the last. Be this as it may, nothing can ex-
ceed. the public &satiety relative to this subject.

This morning a Cadiz Mail arrived, bringing Spa.
nish papers and letters: The contents of these are
considerably interesting, as will be seen by extracts
we have given in a subsequent column. It is a very
laughable sort of hunting which Jensen BONA-
pAn.Te has introduced into his Court, with troops
and artillery to protect the hunt ! This, however,
serves to shoe how wretched is the kind of Royal
authority BONAPARTE has been. enabled to confer
on his brother Joseru. These 'Papers contain
the copy of a Pastoral Letter, from the Bishop of Ca-
Marta, Don F. M. AGUIRIANO, to his Dignitaries,
Chapters, and all persons under his Ecclesiastic au.
thority, prohibiting their obeying the new Bishop
of that See, appointed by Jose Bormanye,
under pain of excommunication. On the same pe.
nalty, he forbids Dun ALONZO AGUAI)O, the new
Bishop, to,perforin any of the functious of the See,
which he says (very truly) is usurped by A GUAM).
Dun AGUIRIANO is a refugee, at /Meanie, from
which place he issues his letter.
A private letter, we received this morning, from
Portsmouth, dated yesterday, has the following :---
s` erEarairrt tba Alamo, was this day discharged
from the Nom'', by order of the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty.—lle was immediately
brought on shore by Captain -PROCTOR, of the
Thistle, sod set orb for legindun, with two Gentle.
men, one of whom was said to be the Attorney of
the lion. WAIMICK Liza, and the other a friend.
6'. Captain PROCTOR had been sent to Boston by
Sir jou,: WARREN, with the necessary documents
to bring 4kreertst to England. Ile found him
norkieg it his trick as q blacksmith. Jeremy's
account of the transaction has appeared before the
public : he now states nothing ne.v concerning it."
The Aetire cartel, Captain Comelier:, is arrived
at Plymouth, from Modals, with...dispatches from
Mr. Mac:mart, who still remains there. We are
extremely sorry to say, that the hope of a general
ti:change of Prisoners being accomplished is.not at
s. .
all' increased.

, We have inserted some interesting documents se.
specting the proceedings of tin:Cortes of Spain.

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Thus far, that Assembly seems to act upini
pies of true wisdom. They do not appear its !.1
forgotten, that the only autherieN of (;utern,
deriveillrum the PEopt.c, and its :de .4
mats ill
conduct public affairs for the NorLE'S
aeatil
On the principle, that they represent the Ptet
they have reserved to themselves the style sal Eli
of illgjesty, which the Itegen4 had befure
slimed, and have direvted that the Esccutive
thority. shall bencefurth receive only the toicl
Highness. A Coininitteo hal also beet appeinil
to establish the LintuTir or Tut Peass.
last and single step alone they will strike nierei.
ror into the breast of their eneniies, ilornrstical
foreign, than they could by marshalling 5uu,4
mcn in warlike array.

They have referred to
.the Council of Rev,
the functions of the Etrctitive Power, but they I
"Ivo to tboniselves the exercise of the I.lititti
POICr in all its extent.

They have ordered a new levy of 1::0000 mti
Among minor things, they have decred, thet,
woman be admitted to their sitting, ; that 0,4
mission be given to the public, but if' the gallcria,
that in the galleries men be admitted without lk;
diollllCtiOlt ; that thu Foreign Dip:9fmk Bait
have tho use of the first division of the gallop%
right of the Chair.

The Princess Ast xt.t.t yesterday tools
leree nouo
Hitting refreshment, enjoyed some sleep 104 itthil
morning much the same as tiniest account,
The state:nicht Which has appeared in most of
Papers, that the Trial at Bar between Sir F. gm
tIETT and the SrtAgen of the House of Commox
was to take pl.rce on the 20th of Novatobtr arri
is jimireect, The trials fixed for that day Archon'
between .she Hon, Baronet and the Selma It
Arms, and -Earl Molnar-as. .Canstablo of the
Towur. The. question as to the validity of the
SPEAKER'S Warrant stands to he argued by Deal,.
rel. There is reason to suppose that the trio cans
already fixed to be tried at Bar may nut moose
be tried on the 20th November. it s in therm
of the ATTpIINCT-4LNEUAL to MOTO flat lea
two cases, which arc ut complex nature) ar
poned, till the gyration as to the legality of 04
S.PEAKEIVS Warrant be first disposed. vf Dodo na
Demurrer.
When our men wets employed intertia`ll
French soldiers who fell at the battle of livfti
they discovered pendant et the breasts of mays(
them medals commemorative of thosanguinaryeit
flict of A.usterlitt ; the words 64' victory of Met
Waltz" inscribed on one side, and the freoch Eat
peror's head on the other ; the whole hely ens.
cuted.
Should MAMMa be beat in the approaching ball
tle, Jestam BOtsa?,9tTi's cremn trill not be word,
a half dollar.
Mr. SA DEAR ascends in hit balloon op Thursday
next ; and it is said, that no fewer than men CI
ileums ham offered to accompany Ulm.

EXFfiACT OF A LFTTI'D DATED
" Apollo, Spitbead, Oct. It
" We have this clay arrived from Lisbon, whit]
we left on the 15th instant. Nothing very mderill
has taken place with the army since tbw affaitul
the 27th, except about 400 prisonerg tahen. A
general action was expected to take place' ere
day ; indeed, more properly speaking, every ha.
The two armies are close together, about
from Lisbon, and it is the upnion (mind, then
asked for opinion) of a French Officer whom
have on board prisoner, that a battle would tail
place on Monday morning, as they had been nit.
ing for favourable weather for an attack. it W
been so bad fur some time, that if the Fred
did not fight they must die of hunger, as thtl
had no bread, and their resources very snub.
taco. Accounts of their force differ widely; some
say as low as fifty thousand, others as high at
ninety thousand, but I think the mean of them
two may be about the mark, as the lesser coo
through a very good channel. It is said that Ma.
sena has, promised his troops the plunder of Gisto,
if they succeed. Lord ‘Vellitigton has 35,0
British in the field, and about the earns numbers!
Portuguese, and the Marquis of Roinana ercasi
the Tagus about the 13th, six leagues.from Liao,
with about.ls,ooo.Spaniards ; se that we may very
justly consider, from the known strength of di
position, that before this the whole of Purtugal
in our hands. Should the contest turn out trit•
estrous, every precaution that judgmuut couldda
vise has been taken to secure a good retreat. TIA
British army.officers seem to think that Moo
was never In assets a plight before... This is the to,
fawn bonus of tree news we bring. We have Gelt.
ral Simon on board, and lataral of the Mid
prisoners, passengers."
The fallowing authentic Copy it* of laterceol
Letter from titASSaMA tO Bilivrtlteet, written r*
viously to the battle of the 27th, will afforil'44
idea of the sitaitiop and inteatiaiss of: thilarnef
to time memorable day :7 • •
Sept.
" v Lotus, • Vireo, 4% 18It;
" The Army, anaftwatahly to a report which I have
the tumour of writing to your 11ighue.e. set out from All
dm she 16th. The three corps of e Army arrived on I
alt Vlaeu. utter having waded through roads of the roe 7:A
leg description. 'rite evenly withdrew at all points
rovedoll
proach, and we assembled again at Coimbra.. I
the 2d and titn corps to the bridge of the pelt. The Fjlo7;
who occupied these points. were driven fmin them. Tnatio
corps is still at V ices. The great parkof the hetilleo
heavy baggage are still behold, gild will arrive early to-_.
row. The haggage wits attacked by '2U.) Purtagutver °""
500 ones were sufficient to repulse with luea. Ks; rsl
" It is Impossible to have worse. elm& to leave biro
are:everrw bare edged. with rocks; our artillery nsia_,
cps,
have materially uttered, prnl I nun obliged to wait 05 kw
lug up; when they reach Vizeu, I will allow them t__
for repairs, and will pursue toy way to Coimbra. wb:l
tats
assured I shall find the Eaglisli and Portaguese
titer. tM
where "lydo Lad,
we oarl
ivragillaeh ilZdise"velly
the English pasts their barbarity to. the Viten,' atd
every w retell who remains iu his hoist-whose", C"
„Mere
the aced ambit la lied. Ina word, we can Dorr
the want:owe ofd guuk. Our soiaiers colorise targold se
tom tied other vegetablm ; they ore perreillY 21,0 mem!,
"I_, Minions for Ws opportunity Ilf closing. wil
wc have Ver) few 'sick from the fatigues of ,ruint .;.in
'66 1 Gaye the It:ty.obt w bes


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