The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-07-18

Ph;,sdeIphia. p from Cadz, bringH's m'sh.-
e,noe IS late as the 29ib Nay oays ia'ess.
I he French had adyaced win iPe', "oiA9
a, Ma,aeorda but haSnot opened, NO ,ur-
,ber hos,ili,ies had ben manifested Oh e,.n0r
~. ON the l7th s,d 2jth May, two .oi the
-, Sims ran aslpre in gales OF wind, by
,,,,b or 700 Frhch prisoners were re-
,ssod the boats o. the British men OF war
.,,.ror,ed 90 boartthem while drifting, and
80. on, The prisners, but the frenchmen
bn;no ,ro, arms their hands kept them oti
.,d t;,isd Ia OF IL oi the English; from
which is supposed the ,ne on the a5th, hav-
IA or so, prisoners, FtkinS yhe advantage
of The gale, had rose onthcir guards, seized
.h.;. a,nls,\ut inc caoiS, aud iet her DRIFT on
shor--,he Observation-Disclosures her nntil
,b.v were all landed, men the British sat
her on fire. y
C.n, Quail ihforms, Wt on the Goth OF
MI the Spanish nounineers armed only
,y;,b knives, daggers, antcutlAsscs, poured
ao,., on the town OF Chin( ,beut Is miles
s.,u the Isle of Leone ,arbncd by body oil
E,sn,h. whom they routeoad cut to pieces,
h,,1lv leaving man to y their n.isior-
,nnes s.ts-
Capt OVAL heard no,hioe the battle in
Portugal or the evacuatioIof Madrid, as
reported Via Chdrieston
-
PROBABILITY OF 4 BATrLgx PORTUGAL.
BY an arrival at CharlestoiJuly 2, from
Maieirs, we nave received counts from
Lisbon as late the 10th VI which state;
"A battle had been fought belwe the French
army and tae English and Po,guese com
bined. The fighting, it is stat. continued
;hree days, the French were o,,,eteiv de.
feated, with great los. The Kuah p~ison.
ers were many of them SO copetely ex.
y hlusted with f.i5uc md hung, that they
were unable TO proceed OF Ieis march
lie report also states the evlcation ofMa.
dric, and tie arrival of rcinirccmen o
5000 men from England.
Accounts from Cadz have ben received
at New York, via Tencritfe, as ia,e as a65a
the lst Juae. waich do not nlcrnion this re
port Is ii probable mot undcrthese circum
stances, that TINS report has aly foundation il
trnsh In the first place, tmay be observ
ed, that no overiaad intelligence could reac
Cndz. from the Spanish or Portuguese from
tier, particularly OF |ap,mu6h nature
wills. the French are in posse soion ofa.l Al,
dausa and Estramadoura Oily, the arrive
IN N.fcrk does not bring accounts from Cl
diz Aosiiiusfy as late rs the lst June !, t.ro5
abty not later than the z3th May. 1t Is clea
thar there was tine enough To have receive
intelligence At Cadiz from Lisbon Of such A
event, by sea but various circumstance
might have retarded. such communication
contrary winds, cams and various other cas-
na,ies might have imoeted il. On the oth
er hand, Lord Welesley,~we know by ",l
previous inoeli,cnce. had ch,sen a spo
for an action on the Spanish froatier; th
French were near hi n, and battle was da!
expected. We should not Ihe surpriGc>. there
fore, iftae next accounts fron, Lisbon shppl
sonhrm this report, though not III is trHes
extent. We well know the tendency of tn
Portuguese to eYaYerNe. Certain It Is, how
ever, that the Charleston account from Lis
bon, is 100 circunlsI sI.ntiI, not io ,liford pre-
sumption that report of such battle ha
teen received in that cit, on the. 18th NV.