The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-10-20 00:00:00

ANOTHER LETTER FROM THE SAME OTFICER.

441 u pursuance of the plan of operations which
your Excellency traced out to me, I yesterday set
out from ()alarm's with my division, to possess my-
self of the Castle of Calonje,r where the enemy had
fortified themselves, and then to march to Bisbal.
Before reaching the gates of the castle, I sent. a
summons to tile Governor, informing him of the
surrender of San leelio, Palamos, and Biibal.—
The Governor surrendered at discretion, with 67
men and 2 officers: they have been conducted to
Pa!moos by a detachment of the battalion of Tar-
r.igona.
isishal, Sept. 16. (Signed) "DL FLEICRES."

[Here follows a letter from General Doyle, dated
on -board the Camkian ftigate, off Bagar, the llth
Sept. giving an account of his landing and destroy-
ing a battery near Bagar ; on which occasinn 42 of
the enemy were made prisoners, without the stual-
lest loss on our side.

From another letter of General Doyle, dated
Palamos, the 16th Sept. in which he congratulates
General O'Donnell on the result of th,..se diversions
on tile coast, it appears that the prisoners were em.
barked on board the frigates and feluccas, to be
conveyed to Tarragona.]

PORTUGUESE PAPERS.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM LISBON, DATED OCT. 6.

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" Oer headquarters are at Leiria; the enemy
are in F►guira, Coimbra, &c. and had pushed on
3,000 men four miles on this side of Coimbra ; their
ravages arc horrible ; the Porto road is covered
with dead horses, mules, and bullocks. The whole
country is a scene of complete devastation. Such
rapine, violations, and murders were never before
heard of. Many villages, towns, and country vil.
las have been burned to the ground. Every place
is deserted; large tracts of Indian corn have been
trodden down ; every thing is destroyed. Not.
withstanding all this, the people universally Was the
English and execrate the French.
" The 30th and 44th British, and a Portuguese
regiment landed here yesterday and to-aley ; they
are tine troops, and very complete in numbers.
" Oporto is still unoccupied by the enemy, and
our communication open by sea.
" In opposition to present appearances, the best
informed here are of opinion, that no further battle
will take place in this country this season."
LISBON, OCT. s.—The enemy, warned by the
reception which the combined array gave him on the
memorable 27tl► of September, when he left more
than 2,000 killed on the field of battle, and had an
immense number wounded, which he barbarously
abandoned, endeavoured to get round our positions,
crossing by Murtagoa, in the direction of Santa°,
and then turning to the South. The able move-
ments of Lord Wellington, however, frustrated this
plan, and our army continued to concentrate itself,
acquiring every moment greater superiority, not
only by the large reinforcements it successively re.
ceives, but because Massena continually finds him.
self involved in new difficulties, haling his commu.
uication with the province of Beira cut off,. and
every day losing troops from fatigue, while he suf.
firs the greatest distress from the *ant of the ex..
petted supplies of provisions.
The tried valour of the allied tro=ops, and the
bad conditiou of the enemy, which every day
grows worst, give us every reason
.to hope the most
fortunate results. French temerity will pay dear..
ly for having penetrated into the territory of Por.,
tugal. -
OCT. 6.—According to the last accounts from
our army, the head-quarters of Lord Wellington
were still at Leiria, and it was not certain that the
enemy had yet advanced beyond Coimbra. The
regularity with which the corps of the combined
armies have performed movements so complicated in
presence of the enemy, without the least confusion,
and their completely removing all their stores and
magazines, manifestly indicates the superiority of
the talents of the General who commands, and it is
not possible to describe the confidence which the
whole army has in him.
With regard to our army, we know for certain
that' it is concentrating in the grand positions;
which, in addition to their natural strength, art has
rendered impenetrable by an immense ♦ariety of
fortifications, constructed for the defence of this
country. his Excellency Lord Viscount Welling.
ton had ordered them to be prepared, being per-
fectly aware that they would be the scene of those
greatevents, which are to decide the ultimate result
of the glorious undertaking to which Providence
called hint, to complete the glory of his own nation
and of our's. Ilis Excellency.knew full well, that
all the other positions which he occupied were
merely subsidiary positions,, tending to shelter the
country from petty incursions, but that the ques.
tion of our liberty and independence could not be
I there decided. The army is daily receiving rein.
fore ements ; yesterday the 33d regiment arrived
here ; and the large bodies of troops of the same
nation which were here, put themselves on the same
Iday in motion to join the army.

Oa the 10th instant, as J. Cramp, engineer, was
fastening a screw to some part of the engine in Bed.
worth Colliery, the key slipt off the nut, and he
was instantly thrown into the pit, which was 16
yards deep in water. The body was not found un-
til Tuesday.
Thursday evening, between nine and ten o'clock,
as a seafaring man was crossing the fields from Step.
my to Blackwali, he was accosted by two stout
fellows, wheu he was knocked dun n, and his
pockets rifled of about 111 in Bank-notes and
cash, being part of wages he had, received that
day. The vaillaios made their escape with the booty.

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