ceive us, and would not assist us in procuring the provisions we were in.immediate want of; although they had suffered more from the barbarous treatment of the French, than the inhabitants of any other district in Portugal.

LETTER IX.

GENERAL KELLERMAN AND HIS AIDES-DE-CAMP.-CONDUCT OF THE FRENCH TROOPS IN LISBON AFTER the conventiON.—HEAD-QUARTERS REMOVE FROM CINTRA TO OEYRAS.-DESCRIPTION OF THE VILLAGE OF CINTRA.-ANECDOTE of GENERAL JUNOT.-UNIVERSAL INDIGNATION DISPLAYED BY THE PORTUGUESE TOWARDS THE FRENCH.-GENERAL JUNOT'S DINNER.-JEALOUSY BETWEEN LABORDE AND JUNOT-ITS ORIGIN.-JUNOT'S RANK IN SOCIETY PREVIOUSLY TO THE REVOLUTION.

Torres Vedras, 12th Sept. 1808.

I SHALL take this opportunity of selecting a few more passages from my friend's journal, for your amusement. After describing the battle of Vimiera, he proceeds :

"I was with Sir Arthur Wellesley when General Kellerman arrived with the flag of truce, on the 22d of August. Kellerman is hideously ugly, but his countenance is by no means void of sensible expression. He appears not to be a man of an engaging address. He came, accompanied by two aides-de-camp, one of whom had a

commission in, and wore the uniform of, the Portuguese police corps. On our asking one of them to exchange some Napoleons for guineas, he produced a purse, which I should imagine contained at least two hundred, and which he, without hesitation, acknowledged to be plunder taken from the Portuguese. Kellerman dined with us, and did not quit Sir Arthur's till late in the evening.

"24th August.

"Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, Lord Paget, Sir Charles Stuart, Lord Louvaine, and Sir Robert Wilson, arrived here from Maceira."

"1st September.

"We understand that our division, which Sir Arthur commands, being the only one which had engaged the French, are not to be permitted to take possession of Lisbon and its fortresses."

"Togal, Convent de St. Antonio, 4th Sept. 1808.

"We arrived within three leagues of Lisbon two days ago, and took up our quarters (the same which we at present occupy), at the country seat of a convent of Benedictine monks, whose chief residence is in Lisbon. On the day of our arrival here, two French officers paid us a

visit. Through them, Sir Arthur sent an invitation for dinner to General Loison, who commanded the advanced posts of the French army between us and Lisbon; but he refused, saying, he every hour expected orders from the Duke of Abrantes, and therefore could not leave his lines.

"An immense number of German soldiers, who composed a part of Junot's army, that had been formed by the French in Hanover, have deserted to us; and so great a horror, they say, exists in the minds of their country-men and comrades, as to returning to France, that they are positive the French from one of their German regiments will hardly embark fifty men.

“An English merchant arrived here from Lisbon this morning, to inform us that the French are pillaging the town in all quarters; and that many public curiosities and valuables had actually been packed up ready for embarka-tion. We now understand, that these peculations are in direct violation of the treaty of capitulation; and that, in order to put a stop to them, General Beresford and Lord Proby have been sent to Lisbon, with orders to superintend the embarkation, and to inform the French,. that unless they act in strict conformity to the treaty, the recommencement of hostilities would immediately take: place.

"Togal, 6th September.

Stanhope returned with Sir Arthur on the evening of the 4th instant, from head-quarters at Cintra.

"The Bishop of Oporto has written a letter to Sir Arthur Wellesley, and sent a person who was to have assisted in forming that part of the treaty with the French army which immediately concerned the Portuguese. The Bishop, in this letter, insists, as a sine-qua-non, that the French troops shall not be permitted to take away the treasures they have pillaged from the Portuguese.

"So incensed are the Portuguese at this treaty of capitulation, that

"Baron Tripp was sent yesterday by Sir Arthur Wellesley to head-quarters, which, we learn, have been moved from Cintra to Oeyras.

"Cintra is a delightful spot, and worthy of observation. The town, which is not large, is built at the foot of a stupendous rocky mountain. It contains a royal palace of Gothic architecture, and is much cleaner than the generality of Portuguese towns. Persons of distinction,