the arm foment of your rcade-s, as I can ea- iily fup^oiV that, in fuch a lequeftcred cor¬ ner, wnictv may not always be fo^d.^ 1 prekr.t you with a -'penmen ; and if I find it is mf.rted you (hall have more, for I have lorg labored under the cacoeihes fcribendu Before the American war our great con- tra<5W Mr. E. was an Indian trader of low credit and of indifferent reputation. Having been difcovtud by Kis correfpondmts at Montreal fertile in expedients, and more (Hf- pofed to augment than to diminilh the bai¬ lee againtihwn ; th.y judged it molt pru¬ dent to decline fup'/iying hi n any longer, and to put up with their fiiftlof?. A aritvous difappointment which he met with in the interior, added to this resolution, reduced him to beggary. At this time, Capt. N. was appointed to command at Mi.r.iiimackinac. This gentleman finding Mr, E. very attentive and obliging t*.<>k compaffion on him, procured him a lew goods or. credit, and $>avc him the preference in his tranfaftions with the Indians. In a f-w years Mr. E. amaffei a onfiderable fen of money anl fought to re-eftabiifh his c ed¬ it in Montreal ; not by full payment, but by a composition. IVhen I found myfelf, fays he (foi he tald the flory) in the poffef- fion of £izqo, 1 Tefohcd on going to Mon¬ treal to purchafe the goods 1 v/anted, by which 1 could make a great favrng—but I owed ,£"400 which 1 was unwilling to pay. I went to my creditors, told them a lament- tfiAz Itory of my hardships and loffes amono- the Ir.dions, and they gave me a difcharge for 2/6 in the pound, in a few days it ap¬ peared that be was worth /"tzoo. He re¬ turned to Michiiimackinac, where he contin¬ ued to enjoy the fame advantages for fome years longer through the favor of Capt. N- snd after the peace he removed to N. York wi;h a fortune of ,£30,000. Here he lent his money to perions in diflrefs at moll e- r.ormous rates of intereft. But lie had the a:t to re'an hiareputation rill a temptation prefented itfe'f which he could not refill. On:: of his friends was arrcfted for debt to r, lartrc amount, and an extenfive tradt of land which he pcflVifed was to be fold for the benefit of the ci editors. The friend* of the debtor agreed to buy it in for his benelir, an it w >uM go very low, and Mr. E. was ap¬ pointed to bid at the fale. He purchafed the land; Infinitely below the Teal value, but inllead of rt lloring them according to agree¬ ment, he kept them for himfelf. Soon after this ftroke of policy, which nH)ic'r!uM],crebV'ci1ni-'i.n\uiic,'uapi.'/s ntttoi had ben? to England, returned to Canada by the way of New York. He had never prof¬ ited by Mr. E's profperous dealings among the Indians ; and when he had paid the pal- fag/ money for himfelf and family, he found his purfe empty. But hearing that his old friend Mi. E. was in New Ymk, lie waited on him to procure a fupply to be remitted from Quebec. Mr. E. refnfedto aiTiil him. The captain was ad nail y obliged to fell a negio woman, and thus to deprive his lady of the only fervant flic had to afiill her, in the care of fix children. So much for Mr. E's pratitude. He has been elected a di- re&or of one of the principal banks—he has built an elegant villa in the neighborhood of the city—he keeps a coach—is attended by livery fervants, and lives mod fumpruoufly ; but he enjoys neither refpett nor influence— his true charadleris known, and although he may be worth two plums, he is execrated by all honed men. You fee then, Mr. Reck¬ oner, that the world is fometimes juft. Yours, ARISTARCHUS, New York, 2d March, 1S11. Foreign Intelligence* -----000§OOQ----- OFFICIAL AND INTERESTING. The following tranflations from Lljbon papers contain the details cf the proceedings of the French and combined armies* from the com¬ mencement of MaJferuCs retreat down to the middle of March. From thefe it appears that the French have a* bandoned Portugal ; that Majfena has pojl- poned u driving the Englifh into the fea" till forne future dan and that Bonaparte <will have to ijfue another order for "planting his eagles on the rampart % of Lifbon" The atro¬ cities of ths French in Portugal have been fuch as to fix a hatred to them in the minds of the people cf that nation y 'which will not be eradicated in t'zvo or three generations to come. Bonaparte^ if ever he conquers Port¬ ugal tv'ill have to drive the inhabitants of thai devoted country into the fea as well as the Enyjjjh ; they noill never fubmit to his government as long as a man of the prefent gtneralim is able to grafp a dirk. Extract from two official letters from Lord Wellington to his Excellency Don P/]i- guel Perieri Forjaz* The enemy retired from the pofition which he bad occupied in San'.aiemand it» vicinity, ifi tfc pigty y[ £« $ih %$i I iJiva fauna ciately put ?n moiio.n the Britilh army in or¬ der to follow him on, the morning of the 6th. His fird m.'veme*',t indicated an intention of forming a junet.-ori with a confiderable force at 1 homar ; fa conlequence I detached towards that town imi the 8th a confiderable body of troops, confilling of a part of the d;v;iions commanded by ma'fhal Sir W. Beie.ifcrd under the orders of maj. gen. the hon. Wm. Stewart, *nd which had parted the Tagusat Abrantcs and afterwards at the Ze- zere, and of the 4th, 6th, and part of the id divifion -of infantry, arid alfo of 2 brigades of Britilh cavalry. The enemy however con¬ tinued his march for the banks of the Mon- dego, the 2d corps proceeding at the fame time by the road-of Efjunhal, and the divif- ion of gen. Loifnn by that of the Anciao, and the red of the army by the roacl that leads to the town of Pombal ; the lad for- ce* were followed, and never loft fight of by the light diviiiou, regiment of royal drag¬ oons, and the id regiment of Huffars, who to >k near 200 prifoners on that day. On the 9th the enemy formed a junflion oppofite the town of Pombal with the 6th corps, excepting gen, Loifon's divifjon, the 8th c<Tps, the 9th, and the divifion com¬ manded by gen, Montbrun. The HutTars, and the Royal Dragoons,who,with the light divilion, weie immediately in front of the enemy's army, diftinguilhed themfelves on this occafion by a charge, which they made upon it under the cctnmand of col. Arentf- childt. A detachment of the regiment of dragoons} No. ^jC-mmanded by lieut.Weg- land, and which had been reconnoitring the enemy near Leyra, made priloners of a de¬ tachment of the eneny's dragoons ; and hav¬ ing followed the enemy from Leyra, arrived at the camp juft in >ime to join their com¬ panions in making tie charge. It was not pollible for me to celled a fuffieient number of troops to commerce my operations againft the enemy until the nth 5 on that day the id, 3d, 4th, 6th* ar.i light divifion of infant¬ ry, the brigade of g-n. Pack, and the whole Britifli cavalry formed a junction at the camp, immediately in from of the enemy, who had begun to retire frorr his pofition during the night. He was then follcwed by the light divif¬ ion, by the Huffars, Royal Dragoons, and brig. gen. Pack's brigade, all under the com¬ mand of maj. gen. Slave ; and endeavoring to keep poffeflioii of the o-d Cattle of the town ci Pombal, was difladged from it ; but the 6.h corps and the cavalry of gen. Moutbrun, •v.lti'fcfei £v;<natA tifeie inr.-j;tntrU? rnrp)rm?<vh by the 8th corps, kept poffefilon cf the camp on the other fule of the town, our troops not having arrived in time to complete the ar¬ rangements for the attack before dark. On this occafion the battalion -of Portugucfe chadeun., commanded by It. col. Elder, ilif- Unguifhed itfelf. Tlie enemy retired during the night; and on the following day, the 15th ind. the o.h corps, with gen. Monlbrun's cavalry, took a ftrong pofition in the outlet of a defile, filia¬ ted between Pombal and Redinha, polling their right in a wood, and upon the river of Soure, and their left extended towards the heights and fides of the mountains, above the river which paffes Redinha, leaving that place in their rear. 1 attacked them on the fame day in this pofition with the 3d, 4th, and light divilion of infantry, and with the brigade of general Pack, and cavalry ; the other troops formed the refer ve. The pod in the wood, upon the right of the enemy, was fird forced by maj. gen. fir Wm. E-ikine, with the light divifion. We were then able to form the troops in the plain, on the other fide of the defile ; while the 3d divifion, under the command of raaj. general Pidton, was formed in the Ikirts of the wood, in twolinesj and likewife upon the right ;— the 4th divifion, commanded by maj. gen- Cole, formed til two lines in the centre, hav¬ ing hrig. gen. Packys brigade fupporting it on its right, and communicating with the 3d divifion ; and the light divifion formed in two lines on the left ; thefe troops were fupport- ed in their rear by the Britifli cavalry—the id, 5th and 6:h diulions formed the referve. Our troops were formed with the greateft exadtnefs and celerity ; and It. gen. fir Brent Spencer putting himfelf at their head, and leading the line which attacked the pod of the enemy upon the heights, they were imme¬ diately diflodged from them, with the lols of many men killed, wounded and priloners. Major gen. fir Wm. Erfkine particularly mentions the brave conduct of the 52d regi¬ ment, andof the chaflcurs under the command of col Elder, in the attack of the wood *, to which I ought to add, that 1 never faw any thing done in a more handfome manner than the diflodging of the French infantry, *vho on this occafion occupied the faid wood. There was only one narrow bridge ever the river of Redinha, and one ford neat '« bridge, by which our light troops paflcd v*'th thofe of the enemy ; but as the enemy's ?ir- tillery commanded thofe pafiages, fome I'"1*? dsDfcd before we could place on the Ot»C fide a fufficient number, or body of troops, to make new difpofiiions, and attack the heights on which they had again polled them- felres. The 3d divifion however pafled and a^ain manoeuvred upon the enemy's left flank, while the light infantry and the cavalry, fuj> ported by the light divifion, compelled their principal force to fall back towardsCordeixa. The light infantry belonging to the divif¬ ion of gen. Pl&on, and under the command of lieut. col. Williams, and the chafTeurs N° 4, commanded by col. Rego^were the troops which had theprincipal fliarcin thisopcration. We yellerday found the whale of the ene¬ my's army (with the exception of the 2d coips which was ft ill in Efpinhal) polled in a very ftrong pofition in Condeixa ; and I ob- ferved that they were then fending their bag¬ gage by the road to the bridge of Murcella : I conduced from this circomllance that col. Trant had not left Coimbra, and that th? enemy having been very much prefled and clofcly purfued in their retreat, had not been able to detach troops to force or diflodge col. Trant from th?.t city. Ill confequencre I cauf- ed the 3d divifion under the command of ma jor gen. Pifton to march acrois the moun¬ tains, on the left of the enemy, and along the fiHrs of the only road which remained open for their retreat ; this manoeuvre produced the immediate cffefl of diflodging them from the flrong pofition, which they occupied in Condeixa ; and lad night they encamped in the mountains, at a place cabled C«flal Novo, didant one league faom Condeixa. We immediately opened a communication with Coimbra ; and made prifoners of a de¬ tachment of the enemy's cavalry, that was on the road to that city. We found this morning the 6th and 8th* corps formed in a very ftrong pofition near Caflal Novo ; the light divifion immediately attacked, & drove back tiseir advanced pods; but we could only diflodge them from the pofition which they occupied, by means of movements on their flanks. I therefore or¬ dered the 4th divifion under the command of gen. Cole to move towards Penella, for thv purpofe of fecuring the paflage ot the riv¬ er Efa, and the communication with Efpin¬ hal, near which major ^e^. Nightingale had been obferving the movements of the id corps of the enemy lince the 10th ind. ; while the 3d divifnn commanded by major gen. Pic- ton, moved immediately, turning the enemy's left ; and the light divifion with brig. gen. Pack's brigade, under the command of major gen. fir W. ErfiHnc. turned their n'^ht, ana major gen. Campbell with the 6th divilion fupported the light troops, by which the en¬ emy wa> attacked in front ; thefe troops were fupported by the cavalry,and id and 5th di¬ vilion and the brigade of col. Afliworth in referve. Thefe movements compelled the enemy to abandon all the pofitions which he fucccifively took in the mountains ; and the two corps of the army which formed the rear guard of the enemy, were at the fame time driven back, towards the main body of their army, pofted at Miranda du Corvo and rivtr Efa, with confiderable lofs in killed, wounded and prifoners. In the operations of this day, ih? regim¬ ents No. 43, 52, 95 and 3d of chaflcurs, un¬ der the command of colonels Drummond, Beckwith, and major Patrickfon, lieut. col. Rcfs, majors Gilman and Stewart, and lieut col. Elder, particularly diftingmihed them¬ felves ; as did alfo the battalions of light in¬ fantry belonging to the divifion of gcu. Pic- ton, and commanded by It. col. Williams, and the chafleurs, No. 4, commanded by col. Rego, and the flying artillery, commanded by captains Rois and Bull. The refult of thefe operations has been the prefervation of Coimbra and Beira Aha from the devaltations of the enemy ; and the opening to us the communication with the northernprovinces, as well as obliging the en¬ emy to make his retreat by the road of the bridge of Murcella, in which they may be hanafled and purfued by the militia, who will a& with fafety upon their flunks, while the allied army continues to purfue them clofely and harrafs their iear. All tin's part of the country affords the greateft advantages in pofitions for a retreat¬ ing army, and of this ihe enemy knew how to avail himfelf: he retreats from the coun¬ try in the fame manner he entered it ; that is, in a folid mafs, covering his renr ginrd in all marches by the operations of one or two corps of the army, in the ftrone. pofitions which the country affords him ; thole corps arc very clcfely fupported by the main body of the army. Before they quitted their pofi¬ tion, they deftroyed part of their artillery and ammunition, and then blew up or ren¬ dered ufelefa every thing that their horfes were unable to carry. They have no pro- vifions, except what they plunder, and which are carried at the expeufe of the foldicrs, ex¬ cept fume cattle,which rhey carry with them. It is with confiderable pain that I am o- btfeed to add to this account thnl the cwii- dilft vf the enemy in iheir retreat, in every pjrt, is fuch, that their bavbsrhrVfl have fill- doiu btca equalled, but woe irvu exceeded; even the towns of Torres, Novaa, Thomar and Pernes, in which their head quarters had been for monthst and in which the inhabit ants had been induced by promifes of g00J treatment to remain, were plundered, and rjjn, ny of the houfes burned on the night when the enemy retired from the pofition wtV they occupied ; they afterwards burnea a\ the places and towns through which thj» pafled in their retreat. The convent of AU cobafa was burned by orders fent from the French head-quarters : the palace of thc bifliop of Leyra, as well as the whole city in which gen. Drouet's head-quarters had been, met with the fame fate ; and there i8 not a fingle inhabitant of the country of any clafs or defcription of thofe who remained aud had intercourfe with the French army, who has not reafon to complain bitterly of the atrocitie; which they have experienced from the enemy ; it is thus that the enemy have fulfilled the promifes, and executed the threats contained in the proclamation of the French commander in chief, in which he told the inhabitants of the kingdom of Portugal, that he had not come to make war againll them ; but that he brought a powerful army of 110,000 fighting, men to drive the Eng¬ lifh out of the kingdom, and compel them. to embark. I entertain hopes that the example of what has occurred in this country, will teach its inhabitants, 3nd thofe of other nations, what reliance they ought to place upon fuch pro¬ mifes and fuch threats ; and that the only fecurity they have for the prefer vation of their lives aud of every thing dear to them, is in a deeifive and determined refolulion to refifl the enemy. 1 have the honor to enclofe to your excel¬ lency lids of the killed and wounded in the different affairs which the army has had with the enemy fincehe commenced his retreat. I mull alfo communicate to your excelled cy that 1 have received the molt able and cor¬ dial afiidance, in every operation mentioned in this defpatch, from lieut. gen. fir Brent Si-encer, and from marflial fir W- Bedford, Whom 1 had requelled to pafs the Tagus, and who has been with me lince the Itth, inftant : from major gen's fir W- Er/kine, Campbell, Pidlon, Cole, Slade. and from ma¬ jor gen. the hon. George Colvil'e, as well as from all the generals and officers com¬ manding the refpe&ivc brigades under the orders of the generals named. I am partic¬ ularly indebted for frrviccs of the higheft vi¬ rility to rjnart.T-rnafler %m. col. Murray, W the deputy adj. gen. the hon col. Pakenharn and to officers in the quarter matter gener?.! > department, and likewife to the officers of my flaff, from whom 1 have received all the aid and afliftance which they could afford me. I feel much tegiet at having to inform your excellency that the town of Badajoz Surrendered or. the 1 ith ind. to the enemy », I have not yet learned the particulars df that event ; but I have no doubt with refpeft to the fpft. From the moment that the ene-rrr entered Eft'cdura, and directed their view and efforts towards that place, my attention has bc23 diicilcd to the means of faving £ Before the unfortunate battle of the 19th of Feb. I had determined to reinforce the opanifli army, and that for the purpofe of r> bligbg the enemy to raife the fi>ge of that place ; that determination was to have been carried into effett as foon as I flionld receive and be joined by the reinforcements which I expefted would arrive in the Tagus by the end of the month of January; The battle of the 19th Feb. deftroyed the Spanifli troops, upon whoTe aid and co-ope¬ ration I rt'ied ; it then became impofGbleto detach a fnfncfciu number of troops, to efft& the objefi that I had in view ; and this was the cale even aftei the arrival of the rein. forcemeats, unkfs the enemy had removed from the pofition that they occupied upon the Tagus, I then determined to attack the enemy in his pofition, as foon as I fhould be joined by the reinforcements, in cafe of the weather being fuch as to make the roada pal- fable. The reinforcements arrived in the begin¬ ning of Maich, but had not then joined the army ; aud in the night of the 5th the enemy retired from the pofition he occupied on the 6th ir.llant- 1 dciii ed gen. Leire, the gover¬ nor of Elvas, to communicate to the governor of Badajoz, by means of fignals, or in any Other manner which might belt fuit, that Maffeua had begun to retreat, and that he miftkt he allured that 1 would fend him fuc- cour n» foon as poffible ; in the meantime,i trolled that he would defend the place to the laft extremity. I had in confeqnence made ev. rv arrangement to detach a body oj troops when they fhould leave the Tagus aud the Ze/erc, and accuidingly with this vie* troops marched from Thomar on the 9th, w they did alio from other points that part of the corps of Ma.lhal BerrJurri, which have taken poll on ihe other fide of the Tagun and the vangimrd of which hud advanced to within three marches of the foitreft of EW* On I he morning of the 9th, 1 rccarto * Thomar Ifttelliftciice ui the wuft.fcvQWrt