Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-05-23
Goretg1 9utelIlgemce.
7EBcEaTED AT TIE SOUTHWARK.
Tie RuEans II PartugaE.
LONDON, APRIL 4.


LONDON, APRIL 4.
Captain Duncan, who fer fome
gime has had a command in the Por-
tuguefe naval lervice, had the good
fortune, about the end Of February,
20 efcaPe on board the RuAian fquad-
ron in the TagG5 from whence he
farther fucCeeded in getting on board
a vehel Of cur blockading feet, and
has now arrived in England This
.eficer remained on board the RuIiian
iquadron til The i2th ult. he Of
courfe had ample means Of alcertain-
sng the tate of opinion, and difpoG-
ton Of the Rudian officers there.
Captain Duncan ltates, that they are
2nEioas to leave that uncomfortable
station, could they do it with fafety.
The Ruiians had fu6ercd greatly
from the want Of necef5ries Of al
kinds. Junot had forbidden any fup-
plies being fent to them; nor had
they been enabled, for fome time, to
procure from the flores Of Portugal
an ounce Or freh ProyiGons CT any
kind. III the msan while, the in
h2bitants Of LilbOn were reduced 70
the neccfity Of making bread of
peas, beans, and all the inferior forts
of grain, which, whcn mixed togeth-
er, were (clrcely e2table and even
Of this kind, the fuPpIy was fcanty.
Several councils had been held on
board the Rufian fquadron, to con-
fder the meafures to be purified at
fuch an emergency. AT one time, it
was proaotod that the RuHlan feet
houId put ID fea, couG1ing Of nine
iail Of the Inc. and a frigate, and
Ti1z al engagement with the Britiih;
but, OF reEecling tha1 every one of
their ihips were damaged in their
MATS, the plan was abandoned as i'm
practicable B Gdes this. the crews,
for want Of proper nourilhnent, were
IN v7ry ickiy Gate
The plan tnat had met the fenC- of
the majority, AS che leis e>il Of the
two. vas th5t NJ laying up their
flips II the flgug, and IF marching
their crews over LAM to 81. Peterf-
burgh. Tbs proj,ct had not been
carried iato execution on the dePar-
ture ol Captain Duncan bat lie is
of opinion that il mutt icon rake
place, from necelity.
Il was a prevailing notion among
the crews, thar the Withholding re-
iief from the RulIans, was a meat
Gre Of policy on the part OF the
French, II order TO induce them TO
abandon their lhipS, and proceed to
st Peterborough Bat when the real
Ecarcity IL Lilbon became apparent,
they began to Judge more Eavoura5ly
OF the conduit Of JUNIOR. When the
,Rulisn fquadron irf arrived, Junot
ihewed grear attention to the officers,
ans Invited chem 10 dine with him on
hores Lm thele civilities ccaGcd af-
Ter tine It4s laid that offence was
given by the K uaisn officers emitting
to ,oaG Bonlparte, AFTER General Iu-
not had drank the health Of the En-
peror.
Some accounts have been receiv-
I'd fronl the French coat, which
fpeak Of a Fr-lll aiI-mblage Of troops
or the height, of Boulogne. The huts
which form me eacamBment in the
seighbourhood, appear 70 have been
newly panied as they were iaf fPring,
and their number comfortably in
created withiu the laft month the
fotilIl in the harbor, howeyeE, re-
mains 10 Eafa gus.
During the late unfortunate cam
paign ID Germany, the number Of
prufian priloaers who were f-nt to
France, amounted to little hort of
10000. By the treaty Of IIlGt, it
was hipuiatel thar they houlI Be
Immediately reitorcd but various
pretexts were urged for not execu-
ting this article. until nearly the
whole OF rhefe people were induced
or enforced into the lcryice of France.
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