1810.) 
re oA the point of entering your country as 
fends, nor as conquerors. They do not come 
80 make wai upon you, but to fight those who 
have induced you Co iake up arms Porta 
Buese ! awake to yOur true interests. What 
bas England done for you that you endure her 
‘troops on your native soil? She has -ostroyed 
yOur manutactuares, ruined your comme:ce, 
para‘ized you, incust:y, for the so.e purpose 
PF sending inio your countty article: Oo ver 
OWn manufacture, and u.aking you ver cribus 
tarles. What does she do at present that you 
Should emurace the wijut cause. which nas 
Toused the whoie of the Continent ageinst her? 
he veceiyes yeu respeating the issue of a 
aMpaizn in which she seems dcteimined*to 
Incur no risk. She pats your bactalions in 
advange ast your bluod was to reckon jor 
hothing. She is prepared to abondon you 
When 1¢ will suit her interest, liowever dis- 
astrous the consequences may be to you.and, 
#9 compleje your mistortuas, and ber ipsati- 
able-ansbit.on, she genus fier sbips into your 
Ports lo transport to her colonies such OF you 
#8 nay escape from the dangers to which she 
has exposea you on the Continent. Does not 
the cetsuct of her army beiore Ciudas Koari- 
# suthciently exp’ain to you what you are to 
eXpect trom such allies? Did they not en- 
Cvura-e the gartison and the untortunate in- 
habitants of that furcress, by deceitiul proml- 
Bes 5 and dia they cischarge a single musdet to 
assist tuem? Again: lately have they placed 
any of their troops im Ajneiua, except a 
commander who is put tneve'to invite you to 
as ill-juazed a resistance as that of Ciudad 
Rosngo? What! is it not an insult to place 
Ove Englishman thas in the scale against 
6000 of your countrymen? Purtuguese | be 
NO vonser deceived. ine powerlul sovereign 
Whose laws, strength, anc genius, receive the 
étatelui praises of sd many naliuns, wishes to 
establish your prosperity. ut yeurselves 
Under his provection. Receive iis trocps like 
fricids, and you will fad secuiiry beth for 
YOur persons anu pioperty. You are not ig- 
Aoiani of Che miseyies of war; you Know that 
Chey extend to.every thing citat Is mos dear 
fo you, your chjlaren, relatives, friends, pro- 
Perly, private and political lives. Comie toa 
determination chen, that will secure io you all 
ahe aqvantages of pede. Kemain guiec in 
(your habivations ; a tend to your Gumestic al- 
/Tdirs, and cunsider those only your cnemics 
Who excite )ou,te a war,’ by every event oF 
WHICH your cyuntry muse suber, 
‘© ‘be Marsbal Prince of Essling, Com- 
Mandcr-inerChig of the Army vf Portugal, 
+ VIASSENA.” 
Ciudad Rodrigo, Aug. 1, 1810. 
A Dispatch, of winch the following ts 
an Extract, was on Sunda, morning 'e= 
ened & Lord Liverpoui’s Utice, ad- 
dressed iv his Lordsmip by Licut. Gen, 
oid Weilmgion, iy. 8. &c. Gated Celu- 
Tico, Auguse 29, 1810, 
Mon ricy Mac. No. 20d 
State of Public Affuirs in September. iz 273 
“ Theenemy opened their fire upon Almedia 
late on Sarurday night, or early on Sunday 
morsing, the ¥$th inst. ant | am concerned 
to add, that they obtained possession of the 
p ace in the.course of the night of the 27th. 
I have no inté“ligence uson which I can rely, 
of the.cause of its surrender. An explosion 
had been heard at our advanced posts, and I 
cbserved on Monday, that the steeple of the 
church was destroyed, and many bouses of 
the town unrooted. IT had atelegraphic com- 
munication with the Governor, but unfortu- 
pately the weather did not alow of our vsing 
it on Sunday, or durin: a great part of Mon- 
day, avo when the weather cleared on that 
day, % was obvious chat the Governor was in 
communication with the enemy, After 1 
was certain of the fall of the piace, t moved 
the infantry of the army again into the valicy 
of the Mondege, keeping a division upon 
Guarda, and the out-posts of the cavalry at 
Alverca. The enemy attacked our picquets 
twice yesterday in the morning but feebly, 
and they were repulsed; in the aiternoo, 
however, they obliged Sir 5S. Cotton to draw 
in his posts to this side of Fraxedas. Captain 
B:own, of the 46th light dragoons, wes 
wounded in the morning, and two men of the 
royai dragoons were wounded in the afternoon. 
A picquet of the regiment made a gallant and 
successtul charge upon a party of the enemy's 
infantry and cavalry, and tock some prisoncrs. 
The sccond corps, under ~ enerabRegnier, hay 
Made no movement of any importance since [ 
had the honour of addressing your LordsKip 
last. A patrofe, however, belonging to this 
corps, fell in with a squadron of dragoons, 
consisting ,of one troop of the TSth British, 
and one troop of the 4th Portuguese, heiong- 
ing to lieutenant general Hili’s corps, under 
the command of Captain White, of the 15th,’ 
and the whole of them were taken, with’the 
exception of the captain and one man, who,’ 
I since understand have been kilicd. J en-’ 
close tne copy of brizadicr-gereral Vane’s re-' 
poit to lieutenant geoeral Fill, of this attair, 
witich, ic appears, was highly creditable to 
captuin White, and the allied troops engaged. 
No movernent has been made, and nothing of 
any importance has occuired in Estremadura 
since L addressed your lordship tast. In the 
north, the enemy moved a-smail body of in=’ 
fantry and cavairy on the 20th to Alcanezasj 
but gencral Silveira moved towarus them from 
Braganza, and they immediately reured.” 
Escaltes de Cinna, August 22, 1810. 
Srr.—i have the honour to report to you, 
‘that the croop of fhe Gath light dragoons, and 
oue of tne 4th Portuguese dragoons, forming 
the sguadyon under the command of captetn 
White,of the 16th, at Laduer:, this morning 
fell in with @ patrole of the enemy's Gras 
goons, consisting of one c4ptain, two subal- 
terns, and about sixty men. Cuaptain White 
fortunately succecaedin coming up with them, 
wiren he Immediately Charges aud overturned 
them; aad the result has been, the capture 
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