The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-12-25 00:00:00

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Mr. Lorixi ha:lately been informed, by a Gen.
Altman just returned from DUBLIN, that great
irregularity prevails there, respecting the deli-
very of English Newspapers, and in particular
Ts s STATESAIAN,for which others are frequently.
substituted.—He therefore requests, that such
Subscribers la TIIE STATESM A N as may be
appointed in the regular receipt of their Papers,
will have the goodness to favour him with the
. address •of their Correspondents in England
• .who forward the Newspapers, that measures •
asuy be taken to prevent the like disappoint.
ments in future.
Mr. Ler na avails himself of the present oppor.
trinity to make his best acknowledgments to his
Friends in IREL.cvn, for the favours conferred
.upon him, and assures them, they fluoN rely
upon his .exertions in future to promote the
welfare of Ireland, in conjunction with that of
...England, as they must stand or fall together,
• SPATO Newgaie,
December 24,,1810.

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TUtSDAT, DEcEmBVIt 25, IRIO.
CiralStllaS Dar—Hobe/Ey at Os Public Vans,

sTATE Or HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH.
" Wi'Moir Castile, Dec. 2.5,

" nit Manny had a severo attack of fever
yesterday evening; but he got some hours sleep
in the night, and the symptoms sire very much
4b4tal this-morning."

4' H. R. RF.YNOLDS,
" H. HALFORI).
" W. 111;BERDIr.N.
" N. IiAILIJI'..
WILLIS."

Thlt day arrived,* Lisbon Mail. We have given
a few gitr.acts from the Papers brought by this
unveyance. They arc, however, of small
yurtanec.
An article in the Lisbo'n Gazette states, that,*
large army, which lately left Nladrid;on its way to
Illyoune, with a large quantity of Auld and plate,
Vas intercepted and seized lily the Patriots, and 14(,)
french on the occasion. Thu Spanish P..
triots boast of auccuss every where.

The following is an extract from our Plymouth
letter of this day
66 LUCIE'S BONAPARTE, With some of his at.
fondants, accompanied by Mr. MActtimac, set-off
this morning from the King's Arms Hotel, in two
and is said that ilia), will
proceed direct to Ludlow. Madam Boma.pawru
find family are expected to Aglow on TuallelY

The Committee of the Lords having made thier
Report to the Upper House, respecting the state of
his MAJZSTY'S health, and the more recent Bulle-
tins leaving now no hope of the speedy recovery of
bis MAJESTY, there can be no delay practised itt the
appointing of a Regent, which is not an insult to
thu nation, and a crime bordering upon tree/owl, •
the persons eWecting the delay. ,To bosun!, we )ati
had enough' of this species of crime (which may,
at least, be deemed demi-treason), from the pre.
sent Ministers. No man can read the Evidence of
the Physicians, and not come to this conclusion—
Mt vtsuas hare often, and far long periods, exer-
cised Mat nrgcnarzole of the Cnor►•_x, which can
only be legally exercised by COMMAND from the
Saran Etam, when 4a 2114Jesrr was not in a
condition to issue any commands, and at the
same time smbrace their objects, or even com-
prehend what they were.—=—What is the :a.
TVIt of this TRANSACTION?—HonourabIe men
would blush to look at tl►at question, if it
touched them ; and even men of courage might
tremble at it, if they were amenable to it. What
is the (Iced, but usurpation of the Supreme
Authority, and a usurpation 4einkretl mute io.
fatuous by the stealth of the deed—and more
mean by the manner of the stealth, lbeing.sivorse
than stealing the Diadem front the shelf. lint

see, what crimes these tutu may out .IsOro laid
upon the name of HIS MAJESTYi of whiteb be was
ineonsoious, and would have rursitte4`"s4- had he
kno-wn of them, and fully comprehended their na-
ture ! %Then the Spanish Frig** were attacked
ill time of peace and amity between Great Britain
• • andl Spain, who knows what state His MAJESTY
Arras in ? _That action was a breach of the Law of
Nations ; a ululation of the contract at that moment
.sitting between the two•Tutentates; a robbery
and piracy committed under a Rural flag ; and,
tin the event, a murder accompanied all these
uther characters of the transaction ! Why ! Who
dare impute these to his NiaJavrir? Who will
Opt rather 'oppose and believe, that hits MA.
irry's tnind was nut io that state of self.possea.
)1100, which timid embrace all the characters of
that deed f But this is aollbe only deed, of like tie.
.‘tarcato he gut over, itt the review of transactions of
hoes who ban exercised MM• discietion) iu the

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application of mho ROYAL POWERS. CoPeitillelists
comes,with all its deadly gnshestto follow up the other
spectre, passing before us ! flow mane of us.fieve
nerves to bear that ? What ! a city, a whole city
!deluged in blood, to stay you... •erswasil fats of in.
easiun, even while you step forward and vaunt
l!that.your coast is unassailable, and• your pupa.
Wien atsrl
-jogs armies unconquerable, if the
coast could- 'be even gained ! To commit in.
• and
impudently theft, stained with so much blood, and
impudently and eagerly I.a. deny the cxist.l
erica of the necessity of (be theft ? Y
_ our
cruelty is abhorred, and your 111,disiguised fears are.,
the 'enjoyment of Euitors, aye, and of the Ns!
‘Voig.o also, iind no doubt of lertiA toe, if the
myriads of that country could be brought up to the
' poll against you ! Out are these, deeds to be
ascribed to his Maserry's mind in soundness.?
lie who should say sou woulsl he but 11 . little
reinOleti) in guilt, from the assassins .that ad.
vised such measures. Ilia Mt.sestirie illness sloes
stover him from reproach, ;ad reconciles the known
mildness of his character with deeds that the future
INglish historian, writing of England, and of the
latter part of this reign, will be reluctant to name,
Other deeds remain behind, which, if nut so deeply
dyed bm the colour of guilt, arc nut leis the scourge
of suffering humanity. The distresses that stalk over
this unhappy country areas truly the eftects of the
policy her Ministers pursue, u Wen enemy had stolen
into your Councils, and directed them. to that end.
The pressure of waist is on your workmen amid
their children; disease stands by to hasten the
ebbing sands ; and the .Laisourtzais Dweva.smo is
ass Hos/lied wiaoutfoee—The Marna of these
labourers is no better off, foe his emotions aching
heart is without rest, and without hope!—The
'3lraonazur can give you no butter ;ecount of him.
self!—The MIDDLING CLasses pray for any
calamity to supersede their own I—But how is
it, that all this scene• of things is found *to
exist ? Who turned this human paradise into a
.desert, thronged only with ills ? Was it not
your Ministers, your present Ministers, cud those.
of their. school ? But will they hare. the suds.
city to say, use MAJESTY advised these things?
11/ill they have the boldness, even to say, that its
was always of sound mind while they were so 4,
ing ? But if he were of semi mind all this time,
did .Ministers 'drew hint the true Picture of thing's ?
Did they trace, with loyal hands,the effects which must
be produced by the policy. acted. upon ? If they
did not do aof did they Permit others to do 'the
KING, that right and service ? Did they leave-
way open to his COUNTIES, his Cyrus, and TOWNS,
to tell him of their sufferings, of their anxieties, of
the state of the country ? Did they permit his Noet.Es
to approach him with Out restraint, to offer the corm.
sets they were especially crusted to offer? Did
they not environ and hedge kint round, to keepgut
facts as well as adviits.Z. Let:llhens WOW totslit, *ad'
say—how much of their time of sway the KING
has himself ma-Mantled *hat was tine, being in
sound mind at that time ? And how much they
permitted blue to know of facts whets happily
as situated ?—Meanwhile, will ENGLAND sell this
state of timings, satisfied ; and remain the sacrifice
~ar such men, wielding the nurse at pleasure,
'aud holding it by their own wit. ? •

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We hive this day inserted.4iseri ei to iou.asms,
which le earnestly recommend to his notice.

The Prince of %VASA', and Diktat -Of :roam,
CUSIBERLA ND, and CANSIIIDGE, dined on Sunday
with ier MAJESTY and the Pnt'scEssas, at the
Qitven's apartments in the Castle.
The QUEEN, and the Princesses ELISABETH and
MANY, tunic on airing yesterday to Maidenhead,
and through Taplow, tfee. •
The Princeton AUGUSTA and SorotA rode yes.
inday on horseback.. in Windsor Great Park, for
two hours, accompanied by Lily CRANLEY•2 Ge.
'Kral CA ItTIVN/GUT, and Colonel TAYLOR. •
The health of the Priticate MART in a pro.
giestive state of amendment. Her Royal High.
Hess left her room on Sunday, after anent slags'
close confinement.

Yesterday orders were issued by Lord Jolts.
Tint NNE, as Vice-Chamberlain, fur thu Amur:lit% to
change ou Sunday, the 6th of January.
It is stated luau, Evening Paper, " that the nisei.
ber of Physicians at present in attendance on his MA.
J EST Y will shortly be decreased, and that in that
event thu management of his MAJESTY'S disorder
will, in a great degree, devolve uti Dr. %Vitus, who
.will remain in cuustaut ittundnects ebout,the Royal
Person."•
The Duke of ginewssuuy had a presentiment of
Q,c Lime of his death. lye laid a Gentleman a we.
eve of stx.d. that lie should die at a certain flattens)
Saturdays which of course he lusts and he paid his
wager.
A 'Cabinet Council WAS held at the Secretary • of
State's Office yesterday, after the arrival of the
Missenger from Windsor with the •It as.
setibled.at three o'cloCk, and was attended by the
f.oso Cus.scer.Lost, the Marquis Wer.t.ssLev,
ESSIS,NFZITISQRUA NIP, CA 110164, /lAA ItOWUY, BA-
, THUSISV and LI V EUPOO r., Mt. PARC EV AL, Ma.
RYDER, Mr. DusioAs, and Mr. Yonke, 'acid re.
emitted in close deliberation. till 'past.si.x.
Lard. ERSKINE, Lord .La entails. and several
other Noble Peers, dined with the Diiike of Yong
yesterday, at Oatlands.
A ship has arrived from Virginia in 19 days.
We are somewhat surprised to learit•by this op.
portuuity, that in America serious apprehensions
were entertained that a wationol bankruptcy would
take place -Awe, and it/ consequence of thisetpeC-
tation, it is. asserted, Ojai amok of Eogland'Nolet
`ad been told at puWicauctiokat 94 potr cot.

Llf. •

His MAJESTY'* d;surder, we are concerned to,
state, has-taken a most unfavourable turn, so much
sos indeed, that yesterday evening his NlasEsTe Wall
supposed to hu in some dengerhia pidse was their
as high As 120, Au' express was dispatched froet
Windsor, which arrived is town about one o'clock
in the morning, with the melancholy ietelligeoce
Without a nioment's delay, his Royal lliglineer,
the PRINCE of Ws Les set out for Windsor,
• Letters • were *yesterday received from
to the date of Thursday last, ' They tnention ,that
the firm of SC4MIDTS, 'of Amsterdam, had inn,
enabled to sesame its payments, •
*A. vessel, the Morin, (coin piappe, is arrivedist
R.tinseate in distress: She has a messenger on board
with dispatches from Mr. Russet., the American
Visarge d'Affaires at Paris, to Mr. lrots.ssa-. ,
They are conjectured to relate to the determination
'lf the French Government on the recent Precis.
'nation of the President:of the Visited States. The
Maria, it issaid, was not permitted to land the Iles.
senger and dispatches et Peel, off %filch putt she
Slit appeared,
. ley a ship front' Rio Janeiro, whioh has arrived
'at Guernsey, a letter was yesterday received, stat-
ing that some unpleasant symptoms of tumult had
been manifested iii the Brasile. Several arrests; luta
taken place in the capital, and a body of troops un.
der the Coltse as 401,ItCoT were on their march In
Bahia, to secure submission in that dependency.
*A Treaty is said to be updating between the
Courts of Stockholm and Petersburgh, relative to
;the future proprietorship of Vinland. The Empe-
ror ALEXINDEII need not amuse 'himself with a
segociation on this subject. lie must cede Fin.
land to Sweden ; and the sooner he withdraws his
stain from Turkey and Persia the better,—that is,
his so doing will a little 'increase his. ehince of
safety.
' Advices from Rouen to the 16th instant were re-
ceived yesterday, which state, that a decree would
shortly be published, subjecting ieetels to the con.
11.,cetiots of one.fifth.,of their cargO, whiels.should
fag to observe that part oCa previous decree in
sib-telt it was preicribcd, that vemels.trading under
a French liccuce shout& export articles' to the full
ismutint of the imported, '

cargo , porter
The Assembly at the London Inn, Plymouth, on
Wednesday last, was more than usually attended by
all the beauty and fashion of that tewp.and neigh'.
hoerhoad. Every carriage was in requisition, and
numerous parties from Duck, Stonchouse, &c. at.,
tended, in constAttence of SC:pew' that Lacier
Box arieze and family were to be peestotqlhe did
not, however, attend, and the disappeintnient.to
the company was -very isiWe. Ile keeps himself
much secluded, and with the exeeptioit of
_visits, in
the Port-Admiral, General ENGLAND, and Lord
•BoiliNenotr, has seldom appeared in • ,
-Three thousand of the Freech.prisoueo.at
depots at Portsinteills are to be removed to Scot.
laud. There will then •be remaining' toady 16,000
at Porehester and on board. the privon-ships iu the
harhotte. • .
There was an ergot, we endersvolid; in the state.
•metit that an inteivie* had taken place be:tweak
the Cotbmittee sir Aisterican Merchants 'and Mar.:
quis Wts,Lessaiev Isepecting the. repeal of the
Orders in Council. N u personal cummuniastion'
was had either on Friday or Saturday; but on the
latter day. a Memorial was presented (ruin the Coin,
nlittoo to hie I.eirdshin.' and from the'short lapse of
o tune no °wk notice has yet been taken of the
communicatioo:
Some doubts are entertained of the correctness of
the itetement of the seizure of an American ship,
direct from. the United States to Bourdon's, and
the imprisonment of tho crew, letters of the 11th
iust. being wholly silent on the subject.
The Leveret sloop of war arrived in Leith Roads
on Tuesday, fronr Gottenburgh, basing beat
warned off from that port with her convoy, which
she parted with on the passage home.
The Franchise, Capt. ALLEN, arrived on Theft.
ddy
.at Portsmouth, from protecting the fisheries.
in Hudson's thy. The French have not *wit any
of their ships to that sea since the Season when they
burnt our ships. Thu Franchise stayed these
amidst immense bodies of floating ice, from the 3d
of May to the sth of August (although the winter
.set lo in July), when she proceeded.to Newfpuoth
land. There were about 5.0 ships in the trade,
which 'had taken 500 Whales. The Franchise
passed St. John's three weeks since, lusting there
thellacard, Capt. ELLIOTT; and the Avenger,
Calk. Worsts. The fia:ard is. tq whites there.
rThefieCrUil) Capt. eool4a LEV) is to come home
,Xrith the December, convoy.
Mr. the young Englishman of fortune,
• some time since disappeared suddenly fraen
leaving his servants and equipage at Mo.
RAN'S hotel,, and after whom ,his friends inquired-1
estasionxiously. in vain,. has at last been heard of
iu the Isle of Wight. The • Goveniess•of a -Me.
brated Countess is also there-; and the young Geo
tlemanii there amie; who (01101,4 hint from Loa.
Ater tti-.Dublin, has now gone to the Isle of Wight
in pursuit of her lost sheep. An interesting scenti-
may be anticipated on the meeting of the Ladies. •
Crib tin nut-- yet .returned en, httiltia to 1TO1.1:'
meattea challenge, but he his given his word, that
he wilt not fight-again unless for 'double the stakes
be last conteutled with Mulyneaux for.
On Saturday Rickman, the Black, introduced his
friend Yolinemi on • the Eicliange, where a sub.
script inn was made for the latter.
BREAD.--Today no Court of Aldermen; the,
Lotto Mattes ordered it to Milani et present
prices.
The loss from the sacrilegious robbery of the
Communion Plate of St. Paul's Cathedral is irre.,
parable, as it was ell very ancient,. after the finest.'
antique models; and a considerable part
,uf it ap..
ptirtained centuries igo to the. old Cathedral,
HACKNEY COACltlially—A matter somewhat in..
teresting to the public
.was decided Wore the Com.
Inissioners last Friday. A gentleman summoned a
coachman for taking 3s. 6J, for an eighteenpenny-
fare. The driver in his defence said, that 2s. of his
charge were fur aglass broken in front oflois coach,
The Complainant positivelyswure that the glass was
not brtiken by him, and that he hid every' reason to
believe that it was done by the driver with the hull-
oed of his whip, ''thee Constnissieners upon bear.
log the wlsule of the caw, 4144 the cow:limn. lA,

PORTUGUESE PAPERS.
. - rAnalvers Tooi !wt.]
LISBON, Occasions S.
anTRACT O' AN eatraAL eotantrattlAtloX
atonsilOr. Gargano& I.ono WatrancTor To ill
ExcELLENcy ^mum. PettearaO rPoniAa, NAT
Cartaxo, D"' nit
"
The corps of theenemy's troops, the advs, , guard of which engaged with the troops tor"
by General Szt.vssaa, on the 14th of the
mouth df November, moved to the left, acid
its appearance on the 19th, iq the Nuberpt in 1
Curt; where it marched in the direction of Bolcom
and Fundis, and taking the two roads which 1.
to the zezere, Oro's& lower licira, readied Co„
gan on the 25th of the same month,
•
cc The Militia of Lower Reim eentkaillyleng
en the rear of the enemy, and caused Lisa ae,kir
derablc loss. The said detachment
of the clemos
troops, consists of those which left pert/Igo:4
General Foie, who went to Paris, and of thee belonging to the three corps of the trivet Nu.
'gal, which were left at Salamanca, Ciudad 4,4
gu, and Almuida, to garrison the said plates; duo
or four battalions sletached from the Bth corps, by
order of the Emisernr, antler the command of Gc.
neral Serra:, for the purpose of mausserrier
the frontiers i and.of the convalescents of Ilieonly
of Portugal, composing, 'is the whole, a force ,
About 2,130 attn.
It is difficult to ascertain the exact number of
the said reinforeemental.bGt in my estimation it don
mot exceed 8000 men,
'44 The troops who compose the 9th tor?' f
the garrisions of those places in Costile, wheacedo
troops were withdrawn, who latyly. eutered pot
Legal. " •

"The enemy continues tu Maintain himself` in sip
tarcnst the strength of which position has Wile
siderably increased ; he bas also fortified a pot
Punhete, on the left bank of the river Z 034.784
another in the environs of rertter Alm
;
on .ttse righl• Of..'the position of Sentamioad
.watches, with•the baba easeful atieotipa,
moveniants In that. diccctian,
The 'we:44pr has been constantty very bus,
since. themiddle of •Novernher; ate cress roads
at together•ietpatsahlefOr artillery, and ref;
cult fur Me -passage at infantry, while, at the
time, the waters ace outrattil.thelui groundt ottt
'flowed. •
•
" MI theaccouute ultich j receive rtom Cu
;unanimously_ assure me, That the Spanish Ay i
parties continue to apt with the utmost activity,
that their operations against the enemy !woof
prated very successful')
• ' • 64 I bare the honour to remain,
44 With conaideration and respect, Ix,
(Sigeedl " 0414•MirOIVI
(LtSbOn (44; gieel Oat. a.)

Irviton, Dte. h nothing new frost
the army,
It hill agitation to fortify a line from Setubstl
Pelmets, to Molts,. which is generally believed a
be rendered an strong as is necessary to defend I
opposite coot.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER T*oll tits latalgU4ll;
DIA&SUAL • GEMEttAL WOL:LINGT4I* TO
EXCELLENCY Dote • "piton
,ftaatltA .69110
DATED THE BTII Or 41110E111081 ISLQ.
66 No alteration of iMportanne bas taken
in the- position of thrasamy's troupe ARCO fit,
instant, the date of iist istecedeot dispatch, whit
I transmitted to your Est:Meech tektite to Ila
operations of the campaign. 1 kavc •au arum
from Cadiz since the liith of last ontelku—(
lon Goterte, Dec. 10.)
Cadiz Gazettes to the Iltit of November keig
arrived
:
An insurrection against the Ereech has beikra
out in the Sierra of ifcicz•Malaga. Mum 11*
30 villages have raised the steettent of war, and
appointed Don ;use Segoria toeir chief and slut
Cualmanders. Alorc than 1000 Men are in anal.
hey hare reeeired.l ,000 cartridges from Mar.
balls, and have thready routed 2C4 French, be.
longing to those in Malaga. •
The sat of, the flying parties increases thrustk.
out Spain?; some of them hare entered Sepia,
and other Considerable places, and dustruytil i4O
French garrisons.
• °Nieto, Dix. o.—Yesterdsy morning uflitl4
acciretiots *wens 'recciied here, ;hut a. French fir'
of 2000 horsi and 3000. infantry entered Cumiei
on the night of the $(11 of this motto. Anud
column was adraneibg towards Witte Mac. 2"
third to the Pisielide Muralla. It is supposed r'
Coimbra is there object ; bus as the Momlegn
swollen considerably, they 'will not he able lu;

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EXPEDITION J S PEN 41471 PORTUGA

TO TIDE EDITOR Ofe THI STATESMAN.
.Sll47—;As the solution
.of the following qu
addressed to Mr. John Bull- will greatly
interests. 11 Is Submitted to; the judgment Of
friends—
If it should turn out that i%hrshal Masons Itio
only 12,000 men at Salailanca, when be was diretl4
to forni.the magazines of the army &Joined tole,
vadePortugat, whilst Lord Welliugteu was eitkit
three days Juareh of Salamanca with a dislolll4
force of 40,000 men;

If it should turn out that Marshal Ilasseoll 11'
mainNl a month at Salamanca so exposed, and dot
to present au attacks moved forward with • 14,000
wen to the Aguola
It it should turn out that without any addition
to Olt turd; i 'avow' piudid Rod"t"i b°lll.

bard 4 It, and foe tea dqs confronted Lord Wel-
lington and a ilispotabla fast of 50,000 Igen I
I( it should tarn oaltbet tinting, or after the ac.
to at Busaco, Mamas tamed Lord Wellington's
railiou by a flank movement, which is always dan.
rims, and rendered still more so by the road ran.
„:rig between mountains, on the ridges of which
Wellington, by facing his army to the left,
mot have presented a regular column of attack,
whilst \lawns having a line of march encumbered
soh artillery train, waggons, &c. and extending
ouse ten English miles, could nut hate closed his
face so as to have crowned the ridges, and op.
poet's regular order of battle ;
If it should turn out that Lord Wellington knew,
In supagtmt time, of Collel Trant's inability to
wire at Saritafi, to detach a sufficient force from
his ~su army to oppose Masiena in front' whilst
th, flank attack rendered that opposition owed-
If it should turn out that Col. Trant having but
f;:a weak brigades of militia under his command,
„as always inadequate to the proposed object ;
lf it.should turn out that the position takers up
at Bunco, to cover Coimbra,waz imperfect without
the occapation of the environs of Sudan (or ra.
Orr the country between the Outs anti the left of.
eie combined army on the heights of Bug pp), with
s force of patient strengi h to oppose the, heads
massena's columns endeayouring.to.:pegatrate on •
the hials road from Coimbra to Oports4

If it Nishl turn out that 'Mame* crowd the •
:11ontlego with only. 50,000 effective me o i
If it should turn out that althoitgls famine,
us the principal feature in Lord :Wellington'a
pia for the destruction of Messina's army, that all.
the country in the line of. Thoniar and Sastarens
li.ll left unransacked, and all-the public_ end I.
la;.- stores it the tow nsend Villages of this district -
vac left entire for the enemy's
It it should tutu nut that Massena blockaded,
witi3s,ooo Sent.for one mouth the combined army
6136,000 Afectitre British, 35,000 effective Perin.
guese regulars, 0000 elktireSpaniards; and 11,000
;ifectito militia, whilst, ebb the remainder of his
farce, he occupied Thosiarifortified Santarem, cso.
itructed two bridges acrees the'Ztzerty blockaded
the garrison of Abrantes, occupied the fertile tradC
about that city, established posts at Sobreiti,-"Fo6.
two, and pushed his patroles to Villa Veiha; this
embracing an exterior line of above 130 miles from
the point of his right in front of Mafri ;
If it should turn out that Hessen* remained op.
posite to Lord Wellington With a very small per.
lion of artillery, and of his cavalry, the main
forces of which were refreshing at Santarem ;
VII should tern out that Massena .remained in

this mostaudaclous position swill he had accom.
pfishisl his objects, when he withdrew to await
succours, as the maintenance of Such an adventur.
QV line was no longer justified, upon any military
principle
If it should turn out that the river ,Zelern, from
the nature of its eastern banks, could have been
defended by 8000 men, without any risk to them,
if ultimately forced ;
Ifitshould turn out that the enemy passed that
tiver without opposition,as the garrison of Abram,'
was too feeble (According to the,report of the Go.
tcrnor) 'for its own defence;
If it should turn out that by the removal of Ro-
sana with 10,000 men from Estramadure, to form
apart of the garrison of the lines of Marra, Mot..
tierhas been enabled to quit Andalusia, and the
Spaniards have been disabled from profiting by the
opportunity to. menace Seville ;
If it should turn mat that Lord Wellington, al.
wasp commanding superior force, evacuated 400
miles of country, where - numerous positiuns af.
forded opportunity to check the moony even by a
moll proportion of his force ;
If it should turn Out that Massena has been al.
lowed to establish himself in the best military situaF
6011 for the pursuing of his ulterior object ;
If it should tam out.that Massena. about the
end of Noiember, was reinforced by 30,000 men,'
nil supplied with the ammunition, &c. that he
greatly needed ;
If it should turn out that Massena can take
Abrantes, and that under the cover of his gone, he
can command the passage of the Tagus whenever he
Ideates, between Santarem and Villa Velha ;
If it should turn out that the British shipping must
vi;ll,lran below Lisbon when Massena throws a
corps iato the A leritajo ;
If it should turn out that the solid defence of the'
insiot of Almeida have been-neglected; -
If it shoold turn out that Lead Wellington,
vhilat Lisbon is bombarded from those heights,
nun resist in lines of. 30 miles extent, night And
(137, the enterprise of an equal, a, concentrated,
siiil a more military Masticated force;
If it should turn out that in addition to the
25,000 or 30,000 men already secured by the junc-
ti6ll of Drouet, and considerable reioforcements
He on their march to join Masse* anti.. that this
nary General possesses an entirety of lines of ope.
rltin and communication with immense
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If it should torn out that instead of rising lsc
yew the Portuguese are crowded into our lint%
for the purpose of creating famine and disease, sir
that our only resource is in our Ishii. ping ;
It, to conclude this melancholy string of probis..
"ihties, it should at last be proved that the pro.
tltted Campaign in Portugil has for its object on
thei. Side of the French the draiuing Great Britain of ;
her best troops, in orderto expose this tountryaod-1
'Wind to insult, if not is serious invasion..;
If these things shoidd• be proved, witai is Sohn ;
1"11 to Wink of the conduct of our Eipetlii ions
A MILITARY MAN.