Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-11-22
I, ATE FOREIGN NEWS.
(YIA BALTI1l0RE.)
II PLoTIN PORTUGAL.
::1 Eyon, the London statesman.
OCTOBER 3

x DISPATCHES have Deen received from
lord Wellington, but ministers sufler as lit
tie as possible of their contents I'd transpire.
Their partizans, however, have aeknow-
ledgcd that his lordship has made another
retrogade movement and we suppose they
shave let thus much out, by way Of prepar.
ing the country Tor news they may have rea.
son to expect, although they will not go so
/ far all at once. The dispatches are dated
the Gath ultimo, from Gayeia, which is on.
ly twenty miles from Viseu. TO which place
it was reported lortiAV ellington had retired.
A letter daled Lisbon, September S, says,
g We have this moment learned that gene
,ral Regnier has crossed the river to the
southland, and proceeded towards Badajoz
The divisions OF generals Hill and Romano
are advancing after him to watch his mo-
lions. Part of general Coston's cavalryre-
main at Celerico." Meantime, while all
this doubt and anxiety remains respecting
the operations and situation of our army liz
Portugal, it appears pretty certain, that the
English are hated BY the very people they
are fighting to protect; and if ministers dc
not withdraw the British army from Portu-
gal, with all the speed they can, they will
shew contempt Tor its safety surprising
all their former temerity. The discovery
OF the iniquitous schemes we announced
Yesterday was made on the 1lth ct last
month, and the e9,h was the time fixed tor
It's accomplishments
The following letter from an English of-
Ger, contains important particulars re-
spcctine this fearful conspiracy against
the English:
6 Lisbon, Sept IS, 6 P. NJ.
{" A plot Of most sanguinary nature has
Iiust been found out. Above 100 most
respectable inhabitants have been appre-
| hended, among them the marquis Abrantes'
Ga the 29th of this month general mas
sacre of the British was to have taken place
| The conspiracy extends throughout the
country-at Tomar, Coimbra, and other
towns in the-mterior, depols Of arms have
been discovered In cQa2SysanfinGfs CT l tsff
t-tearnt from good authority that the Regen-
cy expected a rescue, and which WAS to
have taken place or may take place this
night. 1t was arranged in this manner:-
This day the cathedral, it being the ami,
versarv of the expulsion of the French
from Lisbon, turned out grand procession
OF priests, &c. This evening they are to
so round again. About 600 of the rebels
were to be clothed in British uniforms, and
which have this day been found the priests
were to De fired on, in order TO make the
populace imagine that It was by the British
soldiers: others were to cut off as many as
they could find, and others to 'releaseahe
prisoners at small insulated fort near Be-
lem. In order TO be ON our guard, officers
are ordered up to the castle, where our men
ale quartcred from their billets in town.
The business OF the rescue. must either take
place tonight or tomorrow, as those pri-
soners arctic be embarked Tor Brazil on
Monday. 1t is most vile conspiracy
Portuguese lady married TO French gene
raj, made the happy discovery"
Another letter states the following names
among those'who are arrested. We shall
not at present follow this melancholy subject
further:
The Marquis OF Abrantes; MIR. Ratson,
French merchant, and member OF the
board Of trade Vandelli, a principal house
of trade. and member of the same board
Samfrayo, nobleman; judge Marcarenha,
Gambiaso, employed formerly by late de-
faul,er who lived in his house; Dufrureq,
a Frenchman; Morelant, an English mer-
chant; marchioness D'Alv:so; Jerome Es.
taves, and sen of the police officer; Dr..
Almeida. a physician, in the first practice !;
Brencamp, merchant much respected
Pelligrini, painter, not long since in Lon
don; Morell, Estaves, Joseph Saldana, sc.
tVerhave inserted some further particu-