The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-11-09 00:00:00

(TRANSLATION.)

MOST EXCEXLENT SlR,—Glory be to God sod bo-
nour to the triumphs of your Ens%legacy in this ewer.
memorable campaign.

I have the honour and the great satisfaction of
congratulating your Excellency oo the sostrender of
the important fortress of Pamplona, the capitulation
of which having been signed by the evertor Officers
entrusted with my power*, and by those delegated
by the General commanding the place, I have, by
virtue of the authority which you conferred upon
me, just ratified. The garrison remain prisoners of
war, as your Excellency had detsrminall She
beginning that they should, and will
'morrow at two in the afternoon, in *nisi. be can-
. -
ducted to the port of Passages.
Our troops occupy one of the gates of the citadel,
and those of France the place. •
May God guard the precious life of your Excel-
lency.

Dated from the Camp in front of Pamplona, 31st
October, 1813.
(Signed) CARLOS ESPANA!.
His Excellency Field-blanhal the Duke

of Ciudad Rodrigo.

In announcing these victories aisd achievements
from day to day, at the same time retecting in the
contrast of the picture presented to our view but

a twelvemonth ago, we are forcibly reminded of
the observation of the philosophic Hens,
lion to the concerns of nations. we 46 there
is a point of depression, as wall as of exeliatientl
beyond which human affairs seldom pass, and from'
which they, actually return in a contrary progress."
By the same forcible and affecting reasoning,' we'
may hope and presume that France has attained sand
passed the acme of her grandeur !!,---We will go so
far as to declare, it dependr upon the wisdom of the
men who may be chosen or retained for guiding the
affairs of Great Britain, whether that country
does, or does net, fall back into her pristine,
at. least into her natural condition. Men have,
in every age, been chiefly indebted'- or all their
heroic achievements to their pasaions: hence nothing
is so irresistible as the valour inspired by enthusiasm,
while it lasts. If this enthusiasm be excited by the
love, or near attainment of liberty, it is, if net in-
stantaneously, at least in the long run, superior to
all opposition. Witness the feats of the Ameri-
cans (though barefooted) against the despotic
measures of the Mother Country, and which termi-
nated in their proud independence. In a more espe-
cial manner, witness the wonderful prowess of the
sans-culottes (bare-breeched) of France, against
their manifold enemies, who led on the best disci-
plined troops in the world to arrest their progress
towards freedom. The watch-word in both in-
stances was Liarair ! its very sound, like the power
of electricity;takes effect .on every human heart,
which is not basely or sordidly perverted by the in-
fluence of corruption. An ardent spirit is the certain
i produce of fermentation front Nature's. sweets. By
a kind of allegorical and metaphorical figure, the
present Chief of France is the creature of the moral

fermentation throughout its wide -spread people.
How silly then to identify the man with the cause
and the community, from which he derived his conse-
quence ? How absurd and childish to bawl " No,
peace with BONAPARTE." The French people made
him what he is, and although they may actually repent
of the work of their hands, they will neither con-
sent to be injured nor humbled through Near
•
war therefore, and profess to war for the mere Fr-
pose of destroying the man they have enthroned, is
to call up a new passion in the enemy, of the pro-
bable effects of which, we can form no per-
fect idea. While the French believed BONAPARTa
fought for. them, they deemed no sacrifices
too great to support him. His alliance with the
Hoqse of Austria, and the flattery of that promised
alliance, considered as the ransom of the country
which gave him his Princess, are about to undeceive
the French people, and show them that 044 De-
.peror has been fighting for himself ! ! It therefore
behoves our Minlsters to take advantage of this greatly
ominous change of opinion ;a n the itnportanceof which
it shall be our task, from time to time, to expatiate: