The National Register. — London, England, 1811-06-30 00:00:00

cipled invaders. Such would be the consequences of SouLT's de feat in a new encounter with our army. From his movements it is impossible to doubt but this fateful encounter will soon, or has already taken place. From the skill of our Commander, the zeal and bravery of our troops, and the cordial co-opera tion of the Spaniards, lately displayed on the fields of Albuera, we can feel no hesitation in encourag ing the confident lope, or rather expectation, that SOULT will be defeated, and that in consequence, the independence 'of the Peninsula will be re-con quered, perhaps, under the very walls of Badajos. Letters of the 14th of May, from Alicant, state the arrival at that place of the Merope sloop of war, Captain FL N, with two transports, laden with bales of clothing, great coats, and 10,000 stand of arms, besides three millions of rcals fur Don JUAN MA UT! N ( the Ervccinado.) In the expectation of another attempt on the part of the French to relieve Badajos, the following cal culations of the relative force of the opposing at mies are made. From the ofEcial accounts of the enemy, which have been intercepted, it arrars, that at the 14attle of Albuera Sour;r had 28,000 men. Of these 9000 we, e put hors de combat : There remain therefore . . . To which are to be added, tinder Sehastiani Under Droutt, remains of the 9th corps Three biatalions from Ci:diz . Total probable amount The amount of the force under Marshal BmiEs ronn, at the battle of Albucra did not e - ..( c•cd '25,000 men, of which 16,000 were British and Portuguese, and 9,000 Spaniards. On the present amount of the Allied forces, it is not at this time easy to form an accurate estimation. They have indeed been obliged to occupy so many points at once, and there have been of late so many movements, that we cannot be very correctly ac quainted with their actual distribution. But we should imagine that at the utmost the British and Portuguese under Lord WELLINGTON ) do not ex ceed 28,000, of which 17 or 18,000 are British ; be side NV/jell it is probable there are about 8,000 Spaniards. The French army of Portugal, under MATtmoNT, does not amount to more than 24,000 men ; in June, 1810 (one year ago,) this army, accoriling to official intercepted returns, was a follows: 19.000 1.000 5,Ck.0 94'00 . 33 iCO 6th corps (Marshal NLY's) sth corps (hi N al's) 2d corps (RimsiLtes) 1810 1811 3r),(!; :0 18100 85,'•;;') f.:4,000 year . 61,000 grounds upon which BONAPARTE boasts of the « glory" which the ye lately acquired in the Penin- Total in June tr i fil jativ yalal iu June --. N: - ' ' 4 • ( . is. .0".1 . ~ „ . , 41 Air : s 5 ... .. i: 'one ye 1 g 1( . •.' .1 1 ' 1 4. ,e. 0 . . hn, ' 4._ es 's .v. o.c, •• 'qv ' ,t 1 • 4 .. , t\ ,-- _ - ) i: ST mlnima im p ieMS NA' freed of its . W INTELLIGENT FRENCH PAPERS. BONAPARTE'S SPEECH TO THE FRENCH MERCHANTS. Most of our readers have heard of a speech made by Bona parte to some Merchants, assembled in a Council of Commerce. Several versions of that speech have been given. The following is said to be an accurate translation of the report of it, taken by one of the Merchants present : " I have deliberately weighed my resources with those of England, my situation with her's, and.the balance was decidedly hi my favour, I have offered her peace upon honourable condi tions : I have gone so far as even to offer to give up Holland. She was not at all disposed to listen, and I have proved to her that though I menaced her with total ruin, I should advance nothing which I could not put in execution. I have the means of equipping many fleets, and of repairing the losses and checks ecliec:) they might experience. It was not with ambitious views that I have united all the coasts of the North with France, I owed it to the system of blsckade which I have established by my Decrees of Berlin, and which I desire to have obssrved with the most - strict severity. See me then master of all the coasts of the Baltic (it appeared that there was a little mermur, which led him to understand that there was something in this phrase to altur; but he immediately proceeded.) Yes, Sirs, I am, and always will he master of the Baltic. *Ube. Emperor of Russia hzs not indeed as yet caused my Decrees to be observed in his ports, bu' he will ere six mon±s, or I declare war against him. Since Tilsit, what p,evented my march to Petersburgh ? That which I did not do I can do yet. The struggle with England is distressing. I know it—but the i=sue cannot be doubt:ill. My resources are real, they are from territorial revenues, and those of my enemy rest only on credit, and of course as illusory as the feeble basis of commercial operations on which they are founded. I have now in my coffers 200 mil lions (he repeated, stamping with his feet), 200 millions, which shall he better employed than in purchasing sugar 'and coffee and cocoa—they shall serve to sap the power of those who I ave there only for the representatives of power. lam not ig norant that in pursuing my system with vigour, many fortunes will be ruined : but they will be those wily who have been so imprudent as to make speculations beyond th At- means, or have chosen to become the Bankers and Agents of England. Sons of Martin, sons of Andre here present! you furnish an example. All those who follow the same course, will have the same loss. If I was King of Bourdeaux or of Marseilles, or indeed of Holland, I should act probably as others have done, but I am at the bead of a great Empire, and of a numerous popu lation, and it is not for rue to sacrifice the general good to sei ye a few towns. . " :111 Europe has been too long tributary to England—her monopoly shorld be destroyed, and it skill be by me. If I was only Look XI V. she might yet a long time contemn the force of Frat , ce ; hut I have many more means than ear greatest of her Ocs) Kings, and all shall be employed to effect her fall." LITERARY PRODIGY. The following account is extracted from The Monitcur, urn. dcr the head of Kingdom of Westphalia:-- Got riNGEN, MAY '2o.—We have among the students of our Uuiveniity, a boy ten years and a half old, who is a real phenomenon. The name ut this you sravtlfe is Charles Witte. He understands the languages, histoi y, gt ograpliy, and litera ture, as well ancient as modern : at the age of eight yeArs he posses.;ed, besides his mother tongue, Greek, Latin, French, English, and ItaliAtt, to such a de:.:ree of perf , ction, that he could not only translate currently, the Eneitl of Virgil, and the Iliad ut Homer, but could besidrs speak, with an astonishing faci lity, all the living languages which we have just mentioned. Of this hi: last year gave such satisfactory proofs, in a public e xamntation which he underwent at the University of Leipzic, th: , ; that body honoured hint with the following diploma : Alma:. Universitatis Lipsiensis Rectore Carol() Gottlob Kula nio, Carolus Witte Lochariensis Auer IX. annorum. Propter prienniturani eximianque ir. its qui:4B non puerilis, adults entum ;etas imbui sulet, solerEum ; potisbimum vero limuarum antiquarum ac item ricentiorum franco ctruscie, notitia'.n, !loud vulgarem, quatn a neraine nisi a patre- Carule Henrico Gudofrego wilco et solo prceceptore act:op:A. ' Exemplo plane sitr,;tilari nnu niodo alb() Philyrim (Leipzic) insertuq, serum edam data fide, civibus Acadensi:e nostrx ad scr'ptu, est. Till his arrival at Gottingen this child hail no other instructor than his lather, the Clergyman Witte. Majesty the King of Wtstphalia, desirous th,it shouid continue to direct Olt-. AL R