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SOLEM QUIS DICERS FALSI7AI MMEAT

LONDON,
*EDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1812.

If we were capable of entertaining ann,malig-
mint feelings towards our political 'opponents,'
we should deri'Ve no inconsiderable share of satis-
faction from the constant. state of apprehension
and terror in which they live. Whether' their
anxiety tor the prosperity of this country,
and 'the glory of its arms, is greater than
that of. other people we do not know ; but.
we have observed that their fears always rise in
proportion to the hopes ofthe rest of their e,oun-
.
trymen, and that- those events which, in others,
produEe extiltation, sink them to despair. :We
remember that when' Lord WELLINGTort was
in the lines at Torres Vedras, their apprehensions
knew no bounds; all.the Opposition, both writers
and orators; proclaimed the ruin of the cause of

the Peninsula, accused the Alinisterss -of extreme
ignorance for thinking it possible to defQnd Por-
tugal, and were by no means sparing in 'their
sneers And their censures upon the military talents

of LOrd WELLINGTON'. From that period to the
present our•arins have been Inaiformly successful
in the Peninsula, and yet their fears are at; great

as ever, and, what isquite as extraordinary, their
confidence in their own judgment is not in
the slightest degree diminished: When first.

he news of the Battle of Salamanca- arrived,

they doubted the truth of the report, and having
convinced themselves and their readers that no
victory bad been gained, they expatiated most elo-
quently upon the advantages that would have result-
ed from such a victory. When the news was
confirmed, they rejoiced, to be sure, in our suc-
cess, but they were dreadfully afraid that the Mar-
quis of WELLINGTON would not be able tofollow it
up. Nay, hints were thrown out that he must
retreat ; doleful lamentations, at the same time,
were poured forth because the expedition frOm Sicily

had been countermanded, and the galtantMarquis .
deprived of its co-operation. NOw that-it turns out
that the Allies have advaneed, that the French are
flying in every direction, that Madrid is taken,
that Astorga bas surrendered, that the siege
of Cadiz is raised, that Seville is evacuated,
and that the troops from, Sicily, under General
MAITLAND, are co-operating with the Marquis of
WELLING-7.°i,', their appiehensions have taken
another tUrn, and they tell us to-day that they
fear the most lamentable part of our case- is,
that we are not• able to supply the Noble Lord
-with money:" We could relieVe their fears upon

that head., but it would be of no use ; they are
determined always to be frightened about some-
thing, and the present object of their alarm is,
quite as harmless, and quite as groundless, as any
one they. could have selected.

We are unable to allay the anxiety which was
excited yesterday in.the public mind, by the letter
from Dover, respecting the contents of the 15th
Bulletin, a 3 there is no arrival whatever this
morning. We think it very probable that another
action may have been frmtglit betsween Smolensk
and Moscow, and that th, Russians may have re-
treated, in pursuance of the system which they
-have• hitherto' adopted; but there are .many sus-
picious circumstances in the account, which at
least 'Aught to make us pause\ before we give it
credit. It is rather. Singular, that none of the
passengers' remember either the name of the
place where the action was fought, or the
date; it.. is also rather strange' that some of
-the'Bulletins were not put' on board the vessel,
for the French, weknoi,V, never omit any opportit-
nity of communicatlng to us any intelligence that
may be favourable to themselves. With regardto
the details which are said to be in the 15th Bulletin,
we by no means think that, becalise they are
probable,,th ey aye therefore notbeen published by
BIJONAPARTE in a bulletin ; but it would be a
waste of time to enter into any speculations while
we have slush slight information before up.

On Monday the Dukes of CI.7I\IBERLAND and
CAMERIDGE had audiences of the PRINCE REGENT
at Carlton House.
Yesterday the Duke of CLARExcr. had an audi'-
ence of the PRINCE REGENT, at Carlton House.
The Earl and Countess of E-ssnx,' on Sunday,
gave a grand dinner, at their seat at Cashiobury,
to the Duke DE BouunoN, the Duke and DucheSS
D'ANGOULESME, and nearly the ..whole of the
French Noblesse. •
Wednesday the- reinforcements from the 4th to
the 3d battalion of the rst Regiment of Foot, con-
sisting often Officers, ser3eints, 'and `../,i)o,trank
and file, embarked at Leith on board the szulcks
ift and Eliza; fa: Lontlpn.