The National Register.
London, England, 1808-08-21 00:00:00

'THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Sep% 19. Thomas Wipe awl Geo. Nevrioaa.
prothlon•broicers, at eleven, at the (.lobe
verii, Liverpool.
Sept. t 6. William ilayter,llkouthmolton, Devon, viutner, at
illeveo, at the 019 Loudon ler►, Ev.eter.
Sept. 17. Alexander Davis anal Nathan Davis, Little Carter-
lane, vv:u•rhnusen.eeu, nt ICP, at Guildhall.
Sept. 14. Cherie% Unvvei, Iluntingdon, sadler, at eleven, at
tie Croivn l ie, litintiinvloo. •
Sept. 12. Julia Liverpool, straw-hat-manufacturer,
it eleven, nt the George inn, Liverpool.
• Sept. 17. John :11•Denno:t, Red Lion-street, Southwark, bop
factor, at eleven, at

CERT 1 FICATES, Serr..la.
John Cleimell, Newcastle npoii Fyne, pin- manufactur•r.—
Stephen liuut, Cron:till, (lads, tanner,— W :Biala White, New-
/Mill-street, Birmingham, taylor.

[The Gazette contains a Letter from Capt. nacres, of hic
...111aje,ty's ship (iuerriere, giving an account of hip havin; cup-
lured the French privateer Pcrary, of IV eighteen porn ler
earranades. and 90 rn e n and also it Letter from Capt. Cau!fiAd,
f his Majet.ty's ship Rut.,el, stating the capture of the Adele,
French privateer, of 1:4,1tt 12-pound carrnnadei, and 1-10 men.)

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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not require much refection to be convincett 1,0,,A,
PARTE will not be much swayed by these reasons in !Ili te.
turc operations with regard to Spain, There :s se.e stroug
tra;t in his character, watch has been likewise a vocal:cent
feature in that of every other person, wtto raw ••i the
same extravagant career of crime and ambition, t„.l w 4
expected difficulties ani disgraces only serve to sit !ricen
hisrdesires, when yen :eance and the shame cf.
iiffamy join, at the sa,ne time, taw puss eclat slime!
If we do not mistake his character, it the evaerience of his
whole life should have any influence on our rev: A prev: judo.
ju..g•
inent, we are convinced that he would make 1 ranee, Spam,
and the whole Cpntinent one common scene of destclation,
sooner than renounce his designs ands eligealic'e on a country
where fortune first abandoned him, towards which he has
been guilty of a degree of perfidy, in comparison of which
all his other atrocities are mere ba.catelles, :int) %%here ho
obtained no other result than tnat his fleet has btxii lost ;
his armies have been routed and destro)ed ; the costarils
and traitors who adhered to him, sacrificed to the irritates{
feelings of their Country ; and
,lie himself. branee.l w;tk
eternal ignominy. 'the -Ruffian knows tun well,
not to be cenvinced, that their appreciation of c NeiltS is
generally regulated by success. lie will, therefore, vi hat-
ever designs he may have against Austria, or ehfileser
jealousy and apprehensions he may etstertaiu of her armic-
ments, never abandon his intention of subjugating
punishing that country, We have treated this sahjoct the*
largely, because the history of that man, and of 11C15,,115 %Ole
have acted from similar motives, justifies es to concluils
that Spain, or the French departments adjoining that cow).
try, will continue to be a scene of a;I the horrors of
war, as long as Bossrast-rt can raise a sicklier. We must
be prepared for this event; otherwise our surprise and grief
'will rise in proportion to our disappointeA folic's. The
public now see a prospect of internal peace anti securh for
that country ; and when they hear of powerful armies ap-
proaching its frontiers, and perhaps of partial reveises sus-
tained by the Patriots, they will, with ail the levity And in-
considerateness so peculiar to our age, pronoucice the sacred
cause of freedom and independence as desperate; aed the
measures adopted for its support, as obstneste aail useless.
These suggestions are not made in order to discourage an
opinion of Spanish success; we know the Spaniard.* will ho
successful; anticipate even the moment when their country
will cease to be the scene of their heroism and viciorie, ;
%%hen they will rush beyond their frontiers, and encounter
the satellites of the Tyrant on their own ground. Ties
will be the probable result of the coatest. These rchectioui
open a comprehensive field to cheering speculation. The
Spaniards are now vi (mod up to that point of exaltation
which produces, and has always produced, great e: ruts.
The active, the young, and the ambitious have now a
the:•:re open to their exertions. The love of their country,
of fame and honours, with the boundless hatred they fecl
against the Vrench, will excite energies in their hoso.iis,
the effect and extent of which, it is not at present easy to
calculate. This energy must be directed towards some ob-
ject. They are thrown into a state of fermentation like
that which their efforts and success against the Moors occa.
stoned. But there is now no new world for them to
conquer. Religion, personal and national feelings, a sense
of vengeance, and a desire to distinguish themselves in
the eves of .Europe, point out the departments bejond
the Pyrenees as a scene worthy of their exertions and
courage. BONAPARTE cannot overlook the justice of this
observation ; he will, therefore, could he even forget the
outrage he has offered them, endeavour to provide against
This event, by giving them employment at home. '1 he difil-
culties which these extraordinary exertions will throw in
the way of his operations in any other part of the Com-
tinent are insurmountable. We will not here endeavour
to appreciate his talents or resources
too low; but they
have their bounds. The finances of a country, where there
is no foreign commerce, and a very cirenniscribed
in-
ternal trade, cannot be very high. lie may still plunder