The National Register. — London, England, 1811-09-08 00:00:00

many and Gene right bank place _ Besides the considerable booty made by ourtroops, a large quan tity of proviiiona which the enemy had collected at Rudschuck fell into our handi. • 4 ‘ The Grand Vizier, in his dispatches of the 26th of this month (July l'L)' bestows.the greatest praises on all the Pashas and other Officers of the army, and recommends them to the confidence and good will of his Highness. The bridge thrown Over the Danube, has been broken down by the ussulmen, and a ball having set fire to a caisson of artillery, one half of the bridge was burnt. The Grand Vizier has sent for all the pon tons trom Widdin, and is preparing to continue some days be fore Gioyglowa, which place be will make every exertion to take by assault. • • 46 Such, thanks be to God, and to the fortune of his High• nest, are the brilliant victories which are the prelude to the vengeance which we will take of our enemies. We will still MAC the most extensive preparations, and employ the most efficacious means, to wrest from the hands of our enemies the places, castles, and countries of the Ottoman empire which they have taken from us; and we entreat the All Powerful God that he will enable us to take a speedy and signal vengeance on the enemies of the faith and of the empire." PANscoWA, AUGUST 12.—Some hostilities have recom menced between the Russians and Turks, commerce is entirely interrupted between Panscowa and Belgrade. The Russian troops which have remained, at Belgrade, hold themselves in readiness to depart at the first notice. Czerni George has re paired to the principal Servian camp established at Delegrad. A general action between the Turks and the Servians is expected every day.—(Journal de l'Empire, Sept. I.) 463 THE NAI . . troops of the true believers have taken from the enemy n cannon, ammunition waggons, a mat number of prisoners heads, and a carriage drawn by aix horses, in which was a G sal who had been killed. " Thanks to God! Rudschuck is taken, and on the i bank of the river no place remains in the hands of the Russ A --Ct. Isss • reums. a large LISBON PAPERS. awax••••• PISBON, Moos r 16.—We have received the first Gazette from Oviedo, dated e 26th of Jul ;we have thought it proper to make the followin th g extract, as y peculiarly , applicable to our own present circumstances: — The Superior Junta of this principality, at length restored to the province, and desirous to contribute hy every possible means to the general restoration of the country, has resolved to continue the periodical paper interrupted by various accidents during the I latter months of their residence in Navia. We have three times seen in Spain a state of things capable of dismaying the most resolute; but Spaniards have in their cha racter an intrepidity and firmness which do not enter into the calculations of an ordinary policy. Thus, at the expiration of a three years struggle which the tyrant has made, the Spaniards are snore heroic than ever. Spain has at all times produced extraordinary men worthy of an immortal name ; but to stimulate more this disposition to he roism, it is necessary to publish some particular facts, and to bestow the merited eulogiums on the defenders of liberty and their country. Would it not be a lamentable thing, that to the evils of a slavery of seventeen months, which this Province has suffered, should be added that of burying in oblivion the noble deeds of certain natives of the Asturias, as well peasants as mili tary men, and thus depriving ourselves of the happy effects which the relation and display of their glorious achievements must produce in others ?—These are the reasons that the Superior Junta. in the midst of the serious occupations which surround them, have anxiously desired that some person would undertake the editing of this periodical Paper. May their proper and com mendable views be carried into effect by a person adequately qua lified for the undertaking. However this may be, may not the Governmeut, now that the French have for six weeks evacuated this principality‘ thus ad dress our countrymen. " Inhabitants of the Asturias, you have recovered your liberty which you have been deprived of for 17 months, shedding tears in silence, and endeavouring to stifle the feelings of nature. The labourers, that class of men so respect able and necessary to the State, saw the grain necessary for the support of their families, seized hy their unrelenting oppressors; the clergy was persecuted and exiled,the nobles were exiled from their houses, while whatever they contained became the prey of the enemy. All was desolation, misery. and lamentation, and would have been so still, had not Heaven, propitious and favour able to the hstiourable exertions of the Spaniards, and corn passionating so much calamity, given success to the arms of our allies and/ourselves, in a series of glorious actions, which at length obliged the enemy to evacuate the principality. At 14pigth you have recovered your independence, your privi leges, tibi"liberty—but to preserve these precious gifts of Hea vier), hotiPMany more sacrifices will be necessary. Dissimulation Ansa 4 ) 4111il! Air, whose first character ought to be truth, would NAI. REGISTER. be a crime. A great benefit demands great sacrifices. Life its self ought to be risked to shun that slavery which must render life a burthen. Experience has taught you what you must expect of the enemy. Your smoking desolate fields, your still smoking villages, will not permit you to doubt. Nobles, Merchants, Mi nisters of Religion, all must. make all sacrifices possible. Let those In authority inspire the people entrusted to their guidance, with that noble enthusiasm for liberty and independence, with that love for religion and their country, with that generous con tempt for ease, enjoyment, and interest, which alone are capable of elevating the nund to heroic enterprises. - Inhabitants of the a Asturias fear to sink again into that bondage and oppression under which you so long languished. Let the sa cred fi re of patriotism rekindle in your souls. Now is the time to reflect on and rectify your former errors, now is the time to place our troops on a respectable footing. Our generous Allies have opposed to the legions of the enemy a system of tactics, slow in appearance, but energetic and vigorous, which have snatched their laurels from the best Marshals of France. The Spanish troops, united with them, covered themselves with glory in the plains of Albuera. In vain did the enemy collect their force in Estremadura, they were obliged to retire. Every day they formed new plans, but all were disconcerted by the sagacity, the valour, and constancy of the English General—the immortal Wellington ! But, Asturians, nothing is done—while any thing remains to be done. This was the maxim which characterised the great military talents of the illustrious Captain Julius Czsar. Let us not slumber in possession of our liberty. While there are ene mies in the Peninsula, it is necessary to labour. It is necessary to pursue the enemy till we force them to repass the Pyrenees. The number or champions who have taken the field to drive the enemy entirely from our territory increases from day to day. Let us unite with them—union and exertion can only save the country." (Remark of the Portuguese Editor.) —What is here observed is a great truth ; France is very poAerful, but her pride and ambi tion are still greater than her power. England, Spain, Portugal, have indeed great resources, but only a strict friendship between the-three can produce a unity of action and of force. We can conceive nothing so capable of arresting the ainbi:ion of France, as a sincere alliance between these three nations ; it is truly na tural, since it is founded in the real interest of each of them. The man is to he pitied who, misled by passion, prejudice, or ig norance, does not acknowledge this to be as clear as the sun at noon day. CORUNNA, AUGUST 23. That the Public may be apprised without delay of some fortunate results of the operations of the 7th army, of which Don Gabriel de Mendizabal is Ge neral in Chief, we have published the present bulle tin, which contains accounts transmitted by a Spa niard from Santana, dated nine o'clock in the even ing of the 16th instant. Between 7 and 800 men, with some cavalry of the division of Senor Porlier, arrived upon Santander at half-past four in the morning of the 14th, after marching the preceding night three leigues, with so much secrecy that, surprising and killing the first sentinels, they got possession of the entrance to the street S. Francisco, and the gate of los Reme dios and Staclara, and several of Santa Lucia, be fore they were at all perceived ; and the first notice of their movement was given by a discharge from the guard of the hospital of S. Rafael, in the High street. The General, with all the Officers (who were double the number that properly belonged to the garrison) were in bed—he had about 300 gen a'armes, and 100 infantry ; but in consequence of the surprise, though he sallied out to the street, he could collect only about 50 gend'armes—and with them, and a part of the Officers not half dressed, they took to the high road ; all of them who could, both Officers and men, persons belonging to the hospitals, intendancy, commissariat, and other de. partments. As soon as they arrived at the quay they plunged into the water hi order to seize certain boats which .F.A*