Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-11-23
New YoaK, November Is.
LATEST FROM PORTUGAL. =

Yesterday arrived at this port, the brig
Sylph. Forbes, 38 days from Lisbon, which
port she left on the 7th of October. :,
Capt f Informed us, th-.t no-b title be-.
tween the Allied armies and the French
had taken ptsce since the 2Ssh of zSeptem.
Der, Che official detail OF which we pub.
lished in cur last paper0 that lord Wei.
lington's head quarters were 1T Villa Franz.
ca, and the French arpy In sgh,. That
the French occupied Oporto and Figueras,
and that general Massena had bsen rem.
forced with Marshal Mortler.s divislon
|cohsis.ing of abcut l2,0JD men. Lord
Wellington had t,sn joIoed by the. Mar.
qsis Romano, with an sr,Ly of about H.
600 men, who were in the high. st spirits,
and welleqnipped. 5000 troops arrived at
Z. sbon ftom Englsgd 2 days before capt.
+. sailed, and immed .atoly joined the BIZ
fish srmy a great aud decisive Battle
was mcmenty expected to take pace.
!. The ;-Ail:ed army'were N the highest Sp,.
rils aud Confident of victory hut TO PRO-
vide aga Est a defeat, a pstt or the Bri.
tlsh Transports had nn,ved- down tie Ta-
eus, and an Embargo was lad GA all YES
sells 10 Lisbon, on the 7th Ocub:r, The
day capt. sailed, who LETT the port I r..
yin the morning, aud was Informed OF the
Embargo alter droppsns down the Tasus.
Capt, r furJhgr informed US, that great
alarm prevailed amongst ,he. inhabitants
Of Lisbon, & that several kMer.can vessels
mad oeen discontinued dischargipg their
c..rgoes.
IN addition to the above we have peru.
sed letter jrom the cap, ain OF an Ame,,-
can vessel in Lisbon 20 mia owners IL Ibis
city. dated october 9Th, from wnlch the
following is an eXtract:==." Inc minds Of
people are. SO agitated by the rapid. nov.
ments OF the two armles, .het they are in
capable Of fixing on any tlnng. 1 should
have sailed this day Dut finding the com.
bined forces under Lord Wellington iaiI.
ing back SO rapidly, alter a partial engage.
ment of his left Wing with a detachms MT Of
the French; / am induced to wait a few
days longer TIE alarm is so great maj
business is entirely at stand. Notaine
but -four can be sold. Within these ,wo
days paper money mas fallen ~ per cent,
ir is now iuctuating between IS and Al
below par. The head quarters of Lo.d
Wellngton's army were. at Villa Fraoca
yesterday, and TO day at Mara, 80 or 40
miles from Lisbon, where he intenes TO
receive The, French 60 determine the fate
Of Portugal TIE line of defence is form.
ed from thence 10 Aiverca. Thus the ar
MY is situated from the sea to the banksrf
lihe Tagus. AIverca is only / 6 miles from
Lisbon. Beresford is there. Mortier, with
5000 men, according to the last accom- S,
was at Tcmar; and Romano, with 5000
Spzniards at Abrantes Observing his
movements. Some prisoners we're brought
in here yesterday, among them General
S'mmsJ badly wounded. Massena has Ge-
ciared that after striking the firs blow he
would rot stop uotil he haas driven the En-
gbsh INFO the sea, and u is feared he will
keep his promise The French force is
estimated at from rs TO 30, 600 men; the
combined forces are nearly equal so that
something dreadful and decisive must take
place in day or two. Last night the
iarge boats and lighters were pct in requ-
sitioDs and sent up the river, SAID to 5e f5r
trp nsportiag the'sIck and envy baggage.
The head quarters of the French army are
lat Batalha." 'l.-s