The National Register. — London, England, 1812-10-04 00:00:00

6 . 10 A third writer, Who tells us his work came up like a grain of mustard seal, and spread over the whole civilised world, i ' merely by the force of the truths it contained, is the next 1, candidate for the honours due to the friend of truth. Ilis claims, it tinist be admitted, are considerable, for as what ever he has told us at one time he has contradicted at ano- , ther, he must have made sure of a good deal of truth, 00 which ever side it happened to be. ifs merits are already so • correctly appreciated, that any lengthened comment . .would here be superfluous. The right which he has as serted of a patriot to sell the cause of the country whenever be can make a good bargain of it, the gravity with which he complained of not ha% in; had time to reply, through the medium of the press, to a charge, which the single monsylla ble—" No !" would have ans vcred as completely as a fdio volume, and the g.ace with which he exhibited himself as a martyr to the cause of the liberty of the pres. 4, while proofs, the most in cfr ag,ahle, were in existence, of his having exerted himself to the utmost to betray it, furnish sufficient evidence of his disinterestedness, modesty, and intezritn, to entitle him to a high rank in that class of writers whose' claims to pnblic support we arc now attempting to describe. The patriot, who now advances preposterously flourishing in one band a placard, on Nvhich the word " Independence" a . ..pears in large letters, while the other is stretched out to beg sems, ought not to be overlooked. This wurthv, who is coo 'tautly puffing . his independence, and advertising for a sub scription, has lately been labouring to enlighten the public . , by h:s asterisks, dashes, and initials ; and as he values himself for his courage in broadly stating bold facts, he has lately had the astonishing intrepidity to give us to understand that the , " **** •). ********** was the --- of S." In addition to this interesting statement, he has treated his readers with a string. of hood-winked interrogatories, which arc put to the " **** " **********, and which lie (the "" " .•"*****")" i s called upon to answer on his honour. r.om these, he wishes it to be understood, by all but his 11a- jesty% Attorney-General, as it apprars to rcc , (we must exprcs,k ourselves thus cautiously, when we speak of a Tworestcd friend to the liberty of the press, or we shall certainly be prcse- cutcd for a libel) that the tragical event which occurred about two years ago, when it was supposed that the life of the Duke of Cum BERLASb was . attempted by his Yale, has never been truly laid before the public, and further, he wishes it to be be lieved, thatSEI,LIs made no attempt to murder his n aster, but that SELLlSliimself was murdored I Thk independent wl sever finds himself at home but when he has a murder to work upon, and it was probably his consciou6noss of this filet that induced hint a short time . ago to oiler a bounty on ; murder, by proposing a public subscription for the widow of BF.Li.INGHAM, when he laboured to prove that the as sassin was an honourable ulf.rtunate man—a Martyr! while he had the infamy to insinuate that the late lamented Minister was a traitor to his country, who had heeo saved by the pistol of BELLING/lAm from an ignominious end. Such was the view which this friend to truth, affected to take of that atrocious act which deprived England. of the valuable services of a PERCEVAL, and midi, ere his remains were eold in the grave, was the conduct which his hronanitq dic . tated to soothe the anguish of the Premier's disconsolate . widow, to dry the teats of his orphan family. We ale twt anxious to add to this list, in order to make by its length, apil therefore will not include in it lathe judeyendead bauhrunts who have quitted the path of hone t iudttWy to take up the trade of patriotism. We will licit,. on the present occasion, bring forward that blzAhing kw.tdity which has so magnanimots/y recommended - itself to (jre liatity of tbs. Pubic, as a proi;er objelt satisc,ip.- 0 CT . 4. ti o n, and so modes.qy up , m rt-tional munificence to contribute to its suppoi t. Having noticed those who are most conspicuous for the parade they make of their love of ti uth, and anxiety • to open the eyes of the Public, we think, from the sample we have given, nur Readers will be able to form a tolerably correct es!imate of the merits of the whole body. There is another class of per Sons who conic forward to open the eyes of the people, by means of pamphlets and poems. These scribblers are so truly contemptible, ti!at v..c tisk censnre, in condescending to notice them at AL One comes forward with great imporcance, to tell us of " The hook;" another w;th " the Spirit of the Book ;" and a third with a " Secret history" compiled . I . com the yez;:v papers. A no ther, inspired by the muse, advances as Peter Pindar, junior, to inform us that . The P----- hc promised to be good:' and then, sublimely mall ~ u ous, to add a string of breats and stars wbkh are supposed to conceal something of might,/ • i mpart, but which reveal nothing, and only remind us c> the significant shake of " Ephraim Jenkins" when he bad nothing to say, which gave " The Vicar of Wakefield," to understand that " if he chose, he could say a great deal." We have not only a Peter Pindar, jun. but we ate blessed with a Junius, jun. a Philo-Junius, and a Crito, jun. who come forward to' tell bold trial's in the same prudent way, and who ate equally successful in opening the eyes of the • public. Of these friends to their country it is, however, In - tieccsary for us to say any thing faither. By describing the (?f frith, and •' openers of eves," of more consequence, we have enabled the public to judge to what degree of atten ! tion'and confidence they are entitled. The miserable rabble we have last noticed, it would be a waste of time to censure, as we cannot but admit that their works are as harmless in effect as they arc infamous in design, which is saying a great deal. Anxious to make a noise in the world, as wicked wets, their greatest efforts have only gained them the reputation of unprincipled'for 1• , • r them all, there is fools, mop! an.ons tem not a single scoundrel of talent. • FOREiGN INTELLIGENCE. TIIE NATIOYAL REGISTER. FREACII St.nr. " ..111 IEENTII Iit'LLEFIN (11 , "THE GRAND ARIIY. ‘isK, SE; r. 10.—Oa the lth the Emperor set out troll Ghjat, ar,d w:wiped tear the post of Critneva. .1 1 1; Mt, at six o'clock in the moroine, the army put itself in mo• tise. At two in t:ie more we pet ceived the I:ussians forineo, tvitlt their right upon %loskwa, the let it:ion the heietrs on the lett t:ank of t oe Koloeha : At I'2ll toises inadvance of I left, the enemy In et b%-gun to fortify a fine height between two sv,.-.is, where they had placed 10,11 yo inch. The Emperor hiving reconnoitred it, re solved not to I:,se as moment, and to early this position. Or lets were gi:en to the King of Naples to pass the Kologba, e.lth toe diviaiwa ComPaos and ttie cavalry. Prince Poniatowsky, who hart inarchLd All the r4 , ,ht, was in a Len lition to turn the position. 11t four o'cloek the attack commenced. I n one hour the teicniv's red-uhf with the i.,ten .11; the enemy':, corps driven fr. In the ‘vooils all: 1 Pit to tleght, (raving the third part on the li..ldot battle. At seven in ti. 4 evening the firing eca!‘ed. On the 6th, at two o'clock ip the morning, the Emperor survey ed the e.i:my s advanced pests : the day was p.:;sed In rec.onnoitting • The enemy were in a 110 ,itit)ll much COllll *J‘teti 'Their 101 l "'- weakened by the loss of the posiram on toe day before : backed large wood, supported by a tine height, crowned by a redoubt, paicil: with twenty-five pieces of wo other heights, crowned willt redoubts t at 100 paces from each other, protected their line, as tar as a large village, which the eney had destroyed, to cover theridge with artillery and infantry, and to support the centre. Their right extended behind the Kologba, in the rear of tne village of tioro du a and was supported by two fin:: heights, crowned with redoubts, m fortified with b:tteries. 7 his pos , tion appeared strong and LlVehl :tble. was easy to 1114:10311Vre, a'i to oblige the enemy to eva oaf I it, but that would rcuutiucina our objet. th.c p4sl:l`-'2