The National Register. — London, England, 1808-10-30 00:00:00

OCT. SO. pect that Government has employed iu its reply a tone of language consonant to our situation, and the feelings and expectations of Europe. Shall we now indulge ourselves, as a matter of curious speculation, in a few observations on the consequences of a peace. The first result of it must be the reduction of our army and navy, in order to diminish the unprecedented burthens the people have submitted to, in order to secure their independence and existence as a nation ; and to re move every cause of discontent and complaint, for all the calamities of war are far less troublesome than a peace tortured with suspicion and never-ceasing complaint, it will be necessary to invite our volunteers to disband. General CAVLINCOURT, the present Ambassador to the Court of Russia, better known as the murderer of the Duke D'EN GIIILN, or General Jti NOT ) we mean the Duke D'Anax isms, or some other virtuous and disinterested General shall be sent as Minister to our Court, to cement the auspicious union. And as every principle of gratitude must suggest to BONA.. PARTE the necessity of providing for the companions of his dangers and victories, he will find it expedient and just to send to the principal sea-ports of the United Kingdom a number of Engineers, in the quality of Commercial Agents. France, as a military state, can have no pretext for disband ing her armies; and the losses she has sustained during the course of the Revolution, render an augmentation of her navy indispensable. As Pondicherry must be returned, we have no right to dictate to her as to the number and qua lity of the Agents she will send to occupy it ; besides the French are particularly addicted to an interchange of polite ness, and it is to be presumed they will endeavour to estab lish a friendly intercourse with the Princes of Ifindostan. BONAPARTE has, in like manner, at his disposal contribu tions to the amount of four hundred millions of livres, the honourable fruits of his prowess and success ; and what a man has gained nobly, he wishes to spend liberally, he might, therefore, be inclined to relieve the einba rra ssments of our fellow-citizens, in order to bind closer the friendship and good-will among the two nations. And —away with irony - and supposition—when oar soldiers and sailors are disbanded; after France has augmeated her's; when Ire land and India swarm with her Agents ; when the stamina of our national character is vitiated by an intercourse with that vile people ; when we have fettered the liberty - of our Press, and restrained the freedom of debate in our Senate, in order to avoid entering on a new war with incalcclable disadvantages —When our youth, among the nobility, and those endued with a spirit of levity and restlessness among the middling class, have swarmed to France ; when oar workmen from the manufacturing towns have been seduced by every art to abandon their souutry ; when our morals are degraded ; our spirit broke down ; when the use of arms is forgotten ; when, after a lapse of ten years spent mu accommodating our haughty, republican character to submission and obsequiousness ; the abominable Tyrant shall pronounce his tremendous sentence !—Then, any of us, who have the infamy to prefer a life of bondage to death, will see our country, which is now the seat of free dom, opulence, the arts, of private and public virtue, of 30 many social endearing ties, and of so many philan thropical institutions, plundered, enslaved, and tyrannised by a horde of rapacions adventurers !—Oh God ! may thy aw ful fiat, sooner than that dread event occur, loosen the.strong foundations of our Islands, and plunge them into the sur rounihng ocean, nith our name, our ir tars, the monu ments of our greatne.ii, and every vestigc; of our FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. .-..gipi...-. FROM THE SPANISII PIPERS. SPAIN. r•CTR tORDIN tRY GAZCTTE, OCT. 6. 691 The most Serene Council of the. Kingdom having received on the ;id of this month a report front General Blake, of the 27th September, whereby he acquainted their Highnesses that the centre of the enemy's army was falling; hack to V itoria, by which retreat he atlbrded our army an opportunity to extend its advanced posts and occupy very important points, and their Highnesses having learned that eery disastrous accounts were circulated in this place, of which they had no kind of informa tion, but had rather to believe the contrary, they thought it right to publish, with that noble frankness which becomes the Sovereign Council, the favourable intelligence which they had received, and their well grounded hopes of still greater advantages. The retreat of the enemy was a relit, intended to draw our attention to another part, and fall with treble their strength, on the troops we had in Bilboa. This was the plan of Marshal Ney, who commands the whole army of the centre, which was destined for that operation; but the vigilance and foresight of Marquis de Portago disconcerted Marshal Nev's plan, because observing the immense superiority of strength which the enemy could surprise and defeat his division if he im prudently remained in llilboa, he left that place of his own free will, with his whole corps, and all his artillery, and merely changing his position w it hout the loss of a single man, and v% i t out experiencing the least check ; hr took post at Ha:seined:l, and this he did, after having beaten the enemy ; General Re guelme, with his division, occupying at I:ist the point of Oquendo : all which appears more fully by tho said report, which, by command of their Ilizlmesses, is inserted herein, in order that the public may not entertain the least uneasiness or apprehension on that head. The Serene Council hope that the above movement of the enemy will 'vil to the surrender of Nlar shal Ney, and of the whole corps with which he occupies !Whoa. General Blake havini; very properly fallen back, and taken post with his whole army on the neighbouring heights, from w hick position and the reinforcements which lie ninst have received, we may hope for a complete and signal victory. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. RE PO It'''. RECEIVED YESTERDAY, STII Orr. BY 'tun srnr.NE COUNCIL OE TUE .KiNIIDOM, FRO3I Tltf: t.i.NIAt A:. IN t UAL! , OF OE It A It 31Y. " MOST SCR EN Loans—The corps of the centre, which. AS I informed lour Ilighnesses, under date of the '.?ith inst. march ed from Vitoria, moved from that town to Bilboa, commanded by its General in Chief I;trslial Noy, with ail intention of fulling on our fourth division with at least treble its strength. The said digisiou, however, evavuated that place in good time, and re treated with all its artillery anti bag;...ag.!iii the hest Order to Bal maseda, which iilatce, and it, eat irotu , ,. it still occupies. The third division had, the same ‘l.l, marched to priltine, to suc cour the fourth, taking no notice of a column of the enemy's troops w hick %vas rvatehieg its movements, from a position at a short distance from the road, awl with who.r. advanced posts our tiraillenrs were frequently enraged, igadier-General Don Frauci , oo Ilignesme was marching to 'Whoa, when ho was informed of the evacuation of that town, and its occupation by the enemy. To consotpienee of this information, he altered his route, avd viir..eted his match to such points as atforded him an opportunity of either to support Portago, or to form a . junt. titan with him. The post he occupied lasi was that oi*Qquendo ; 1 communicate it to vour 111g - I:nesse , for your information.-- Ciod preserve your lliglinesies many years' " Jo:tett:At BL.4KE." 44 Ilearf-Quarters, Q.!incorrq, .s ,pt. no, Isos.- " To the Alot S.;rone Council of thc Kingdom of Galicia." ErLfsoA, Ocr. 13.--Ilis Excellency Don Joachim Blake reports from this town, and tut* this day's date, to the Council of the Kingdom, thatGener.ii Niertin, fearful on account of the movements made.by our army, precipitately eviscuated ttilboa ;yin. advanced 'guard took twenty pri ioners. The must expedient ineakures.had been adopted to cut oil' the retreat of the 'aid General, with his corp 4, five strenz, and to make them prisoners ; anti this