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- Forcigit Ivztelligence. 139
And charg'd in ri'gIit.jImzk by a d-r.;.a little ‘pink. -.
Fell-&-‘so Tab lost the erupper, And, I lost fny W3.‘ "
And the fates, our love-blossom to nip inthe bud,
Once more stuck poor Tab to her iniddle-in mud!
“ Oh‘. dear Cornet Ollapod, think of some shift,
“ From this terrible pickle to give me :1 lift." .
" Give a1'ifttna’tn,I cried, as I new o'er the plain ‘
“ (Je‘rk'd over the putiiiiiel, and roaring with pain, - 1
" Whilst like t'zitn’d Johnny Gilpin 1 clung‘ to the inane)
‘3 Give a lift, tny dear creature-its not to be done,
‘ “ I want it myself-’-‘so--I must-owe you ohe !”
he‘ru’m"d safe and sound from this woful disastei-',
Yoiir fiandszcan impart the best xlliodyne Plaigier,
All dreams of ambition deterrnin’d to drop, .
I’ll give up Lucretia, and stick to the shop!
. (pointing to the stage.)
For tlio' Fortune 2': volatile-here we can jz'.z- her, 4
If cheered by your smiles-“ The TRUE CORDIAL Euxm."
.-Foreign Intelligence.
jgllll following letter has been l'CC8lV(.(l in London, which, at the same time that
it explains the origin of the application to Parliament to take into pay 30 000 Poi-
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tuguese soldiers, gives some unpleasant intelligence as to the probable result of
the war, for the support of which this improvident (lemma is made.
A f LISBON, rim. 11. . ‘
As soon as I have shipped or disposed of my goods, which I am doing as ‘fast at
possible, expect me home ; because English and Portuguese concurin one opinion, ‘
that before two months the French will be at Lisbon, especially since the disastrous
news from the south of Spain. '
“ Lord Wjellington was here on the 3d of'this month, butvsinec, as well as
general Bcresford (who went on the 4th), returned to the army, general Beresford
has gone to take the command of the Portuguese, and lord Wellington of the . ,
English, both of which are in the best condition. Proyisions are very cheap.
“ Wcihear from the North, that the French have advanced very far, and that:
their design is to pour down upon this country with 80,000 men, which we sh.'ill.
be unable to resist.‘ The Portuguese forces are well iirnied, and consist ofinearlyi
30,000 men, and the English 20,000. They are upon the best terms, and lord
"Wellington is a great favourite with them. His popularity has been much increased
by the reconnnendatioii he is understood to have given to the English goverinnent,
two months ago, to take 30,000 Portuguese soldiers into their pay, which is a.
measure that has given the nation great satisfaction.
“ All the merchants here are tliiiikiiig of shipping, themselves, an
they cannot dispose of, to Cadiz, Gibraltar, or England ; and Lisbon
l.aiistlt'.' . , I
(1 what good;
is in a great