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

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BArrLE OF VI:kIItRA.
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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,
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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 our Col era-

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