The National Register. — London, England, 1808-10-02 00:00:00

" L. IN g : .Nopiazoti 'REG MT NW • BArrLE OF VI:kIItRA. • • • • LIEUTENANT-GEN ERA L 7 SIR ARTHUR WELLES -1419/ roduitatiding tire feigned Retreat of MAJOR-GEN. FERGUSON'S BR IG A DE, by which- the French Artillery *so takett, and their whole Army moulted and fienten, i 6 de lineated by a ALtstEkti•v EN f;axt , 'Net from an' 'Eminent Artist, under the Inspection of MAJOR CAMPBELL, who brought to Unbind the Dispatches relative to the 'victories 'in Portugal. Thl.l tubjert is rendered interesting by the Military Propriety of its Representation and the correctness of the Por traits, and will he worthy of preservation as tin official dom. mem illustrative of the principal event in the late memorable Victory over the French in Portugal. SIR ARTHUR AV L1.1,F.61.153P4 PLAN OF ATTACK. ON TIIE FRIALIII TROOPS, On the 21st Wt. traasmitieti by a GEN cm I. OFFICER : Accurate POR IR A l i's of Slit Nail II aad fIENI4tA. JUNO i', e‘tialsitely engraved from the Ori ggival Paintings—the Litter is the only authentic Likeness of u All titeA- Embellishments ore given in the TW,ENT Y SLY LNTII Ntiknovik of Le iil;4l' MON W.:, ott Li, Laitie 4.%0 Paso lON ABLE 1.1 4G 4ZIN 17, which . 1S this Day published ; to •whic:i is added a whole-leialth P'ltt ru %IT of Mr. YouNc, as• 6d. The Visite of Costumes are WS- C.A RI)Er) from the Magazine, to make room for inure substantial Improvements. • Among the Oat r.tvi tr. CoNTI:Nts of No. 9.7 - , the Prinprietors have to announce the /ices of Sir Art foir Wrile,try and General Junot, ably and professionally w ritten, and interspersed with Curious Anecdotes, relating to the late Victories in Portugal; a free Critical Examination of the current number of The Edin burgh Review; .juliciens Advice to Actors ; Observations on Tro*erly among C:e R.nnatts; severe Strictures on the Literary Pond; interesting lion-"loin Correspondence; the Anti-Satirist, NO.1; Union of Saints; or, the Rev. rVilliam Huntingdon, and lady Sanderson; Turkish Leiters; A Pedestrian Tour through Prance, German J, !Mound, Switzerland, and Denmark - , written during the Years 1805, 6, and 7, to he continued in a Series of Correspondence ; a Perfectly Novel Rct;•nspect of Politics; copious Review of Literature; Dramatic Memoirs and Criti cisms, C. • Printed and published by J. B. Bell and J. Be Camp, No. 11, Catherine-street, Strand ; and may be had of esery Book seller and Newsman throughout the United Kingdom. THE N kTIONAL REGISTER. Lailboll, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1808. POIITICJL IiI*LNTS OF THli WEEK. Paris Papers to the 20th, and Dutch Papers to the 26th, have arrised. The former contain the substance of a speech made by Bo APIR rr. to his troops oa the parade on the 19ai. After reminding them of the victories thi4 had gained in Italy and Germany, and their uniform success during so many years of service; he tells them their toils arc nut over: that they must now traverse the Pyrenees, to take a terrible vengeance on the Spaniards, on account of their rebellion, and on the English for having polluted the Spanith soil by their presence. lie is said to have spoken with the greatest vehemence and indignation ; to have employed his wonted strain of invective and deprecia iiun against our Government and Army; and conclud,ll by rial Eagles must be restored to the pg displa2 ed. Sincerely do we regret iwer to give the Tyrant's harangue in bstancc. it would be a curious and of the disappointment which corrode; passions which agitate his soul eve., ait of the successful resistance of a coast:pence of the Zioxilcur giv OCT. L only the substance, we conclude that ilosharasva had just received the intelligence of the discomfiture of his vile sol diery in Portugal; and that this grating account occasioned this violent explosion of his irritated feelings. Much are we, however, and the Spiniards, together with the rest of mankind, indebted to him for this candid acknowledgment of his infameus intentions. Ambitious, unrelenting, esti% e, and inexorable as the ruffian is, it is fortunate for the hu man race, that the vast resources of his mind are counter acted by the ungovernable violence of his passions. W ere it not tbr this irritability, and could his dissimulation, which, on common occurrences, is sufficiently profound, keep pace with the versatility of his mind, and the atrocity of his heart, he would be the most dangerous man for the repose and independence of nations that ue know of in history. Every poison has its antidote ; and he has this uncontroulable, irritable pride, which weakens the perni cious tendency of his daring proje.cts. As he is, he is a character deserving of all the vigilance, energy, foresight, and precaution, which it is in our power to employ against him. He has given his word to take a signal vengeance on Spain, and it is not necessary to recal his treatment of the KINGS of NAPLES and PRUSSIA, Of the PRINCE REGENT of PORTUGAL., the ELECTOR of Hasse Cammc, the DUKE of BRUNSWICK, and of the PRINCE of ORANGE, to remind us that he is in the habit.of keeping such prombies. He has a Senate of rascals, obsequious, yielding, unprincipled, and unfeeling., such as he himself could have wished to cull them from the worst ;uid basest of mankind. From this vile remnant of the most worthless individuals of the several factious which figured during the Revolution, he has nu re sistance to apprehend. This callous indifference to the in terests of their country and the sufferings of Europe, the same renunciation of self-will and degradation of moral feeling's, are as prevalent - among the higher Officers of the army, the Magistrates, the Prefects, as in the Senate. They arc ail submissive instruments of his wildest ambition, as long as it is in hisfower to gratify their rapacity, or favour their self-love. ft is therefore no matter of astonishment if such fellows sanction a decree, which tears EO,OOB young conscripts from their homes and usual occupations, and ; 80,e00 more, and, if required, double and treble that number, to form with their lacerated carcasses a way for , 1 an obscure Corsican to the throne of Spain. Despicable, unthinking, and volatile people ! How dearly, and de servedly do you now pay the forfeit of the crimes you so wantonly committed during the course of your sanguinary Revolution. From such wretches, bold only in pillage and atrocity, but the crouching slaves of every villain who knew them sufficiently as to keep the iron scourge over their barks, it, would he madness to expect that they could one day awake to a sense of their degradation and misery. Whenever their Tyrant summons them to stale the Pyrenees, and to carry sword and tire i,tto the habitations of their unoffending neigh bours, they will implicitly obey him. It is not the injus tice of the aggression they will object to ; it is the steel of the Spaniards they will apprehend, should they evince any reluctance on the occasion. On that side we foresee no difficulties, no opposition to the fulfilment of the Usurper's menaces of vengeance and subjugation. If they are to be baffled ; if they are to be turned to the confusion and de strtiales,of the Tyrant himself ; the means are to be sought ( in the peOple.lg this country, in the energy of o ur Col era- • *n. , , thaLthe Impel "-- 4 ' 'had so Jon i ...?.‘ a. 4 . , t-- ..1 k .- r• 6 rpu . nc- . o • Sti I - ttir i a t Ai ki \ .4 .t.'' .-L •• -.- I • / • i he ..1N 4. 1 111 41,- - A , (4 c 'tit v ..411‘,T#41' 4, ) ' ,-. - 7 , ,►. -• ' . 1a I 1•., • ~ I 4 I I