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EXTRACT OF-A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER IN SPAIN, TO HIS FRIEND IN GLASGOW. Camp, Pass lies, Aug. 15. "1 write you this from the top of a moun- tain in the Pyrenees, -,It tile front of the Pass of Roncesvalles, near St. Jean Pied de Port, in France. We expect an attack trom the enemy every day, but are better preprellor them iu the Passes than we were the last time. As the enemy advanced we fell back, and took up a position near Pamplona, as deserihed in Lord Wellington's dispatches. When the enemy arrived they attacked some Portuguese troops posted on a hill, who stood against them the whole day, and drove them three times down the hill at the point of the bay onet. <l On the 28ih, we were ordered farther to the lef t, to support some Portuguese regimcllls who had baen sharply allarkecl; and in going over a high hill we were exposed to a sharp fire of shot and qliells, froii, the only battery 1 believe the French had When we came to the lop of the nill, what a sight presented itself t,,) tis! The Portuguese were retreating aud the enemy advancing furiously. At that moment, Lord Wellington, who was a lit!le in our rear, and had sent orders for us to pre- pare to charge, said, laughing, to Marshal Beresford,' See Beresford, your Portuguese are running awayThe fusileer brigade, who were formed before us, immediately charged the enemy, and drove tile", (towti the hill and aud through a wood, much faster than they came up. Behind, them was their principal force on the face of an immense high hill, directly in front of us; from thence they con- tinued to sviid (I'll I,) vkiriiiish with (is it, the wood; aud our battalion companies were forced to "o and skirmish, to whicli they had not been accustomed, by winch we lost a great number of men. My company was the last rellcved at Hight. », <p])C 29th was spçnllY the armies in bury. I I in"- the dead, in doing which both English and French mixed with each other and shook hands and eat and drank together. At. Dud. night, however, they attempted to surprize us, and, with a horrid yell, they attacked the place they had been driven from by the fusi- leers. Our men were on the alert, and in- stantly returned the fire, and in a few minutes all was quiet. During the cessation on the 29th, his Lordship ordered a brigade of Ger- man artillery on the hill, where we were, on our right, and another in a valley which was on the left. As soon as day broke on the 30th, our artillery opened on their columns on the face of the hill, which astonished them, and as every shot went right among them, and we could see the shells breaking over them, and leaving large btauks in their columns, and hear the cries of the wounded. Their right flank was soon turned, and the whole retired soon afterwards, but we kept possession of the roads-so the poor French were obliged to march over the hills. We followed them close till the evening, accompanied by Lord Wellington, who saw" the van of the fifly- i seventh attack the enemy, and drive them from the top of a hill, on which they had taken possession of some fortified houses; His Lordship highly approved of their conduct, and said that he could not have believed that so few men coulddislodge such a number from that plnce. We lay that night iu a wheat field, almost among the French; and on the 31st, in the evening, his Lordship again had an opportunity of noticing the bravery of our men, for we were ordered to attack and charge part of the French baggage, with the baggage-guard, which had halted to refresh 1111 el themselves at the town of Elisando. Our re- giment alone, with the light companies, charged them, although three times onr nuin her, and drove them out of the town like sheep, although the town was walled, aud had loop-holes. His Lordship, who wasobserving us from a hill, when he saw the French run, got up, clapped his hands, and huzzaed.— There was a great deal of plunder taken, and a considerable number of prisoners, among whom, as I went along, I observed two French officers, as I thought, a young one who was wounded, and a middle-aged man, unhurt, with his arm round the young one's neck, and comforting him the best way he could.- The soldicrs observed that they must bo bro- thers; but it turned out that they were hus- band and wife—the wotrian dressed in meu's clothes. There is a talk uow in camp that the French have sent word to General Hill that the preliminaries of peace are signed."
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To the Editor of the North IVales Gaette. SIR When a decree of importance is attached to Prague opinions and pretended discoveries, which have nothing but their noveltv to re commend them, and are calculated to over turn sound literature, it will surely not be considered as presumptuous to enquire into the validity of them, and to expose the erro- neous deductions upon which they are estah, lished. The author of a book which contains 'So mllch conjectural malter as the Collectanea Cambrica, and so detrimental to real history, must have the' candour to admit that thc same liberty of discussion which htf has avail ed himself of ill his dissertations upon British history and historians, ought to be allowed,, any other person in controverting- those opi- nions, though it be through the medium of a provincial paper. The inconsistence which I have pointed out, and the objections which I' have stated, slill remain unanswered. As the author, however, has dwelt upon one parti- cular expression, and declares it to be a ca- lumny deserving the contempt of the present descendants of the antient Britons, I think it necessary once more to notice the singularity of his opinions, and the strange ii)odt- of rea- soning which be so injudiciously employs.- In the passage alluded to I have asserted in conformity with the tenor of antient history, that the Britons were not in a capacity to make a ver y strenuous resistance against the Roman arms, in consequence of the want of unanimity among themselves, and that Clau- dius took possession of this country without striking a single blow. If the present descen- dants of the antient Britons are particularly interested in a question of this nature, it will atireb be considered as highly complimentary to their feelings, to be informed that the Ro- mans and Saxons were not indebted to their own bravery for the conquest of this country, hilt to the contentious spirit of the British chieftains. If they hatlacted in consort, ae- cording to the advice of Gildas, they might have prevented many of those disasters to which thiscollnlry unhappily became subject. This trait in the Brilishcharacter, condemned by Gildas, is thus strongly confirmed by Ta- citus. Agric. Cii. 12. "~Oiim regibus pare- bant, nunc per principes factiouibus ct sludiis trahuufur nec aiiud adversns validissinia, gentes pro nobif Iltilius, qualll quod in com- mune non consulnnt. Ilarus duabus tribusve civitatibus, ad propulsauduru commune peri- ciiluir conventws ita, duirv singuli pugnant, uuiversi vincuntur." The uniforlll testimony concerning Claudius is, that he took possession of this island, sine ullo prslio ac sanguine, intra paucissi- raos dies," which answers exactly to the de- scription given by Gildas, against which the author can produce only his own conjectures, founded upon the fabulous history of Geoff- rey. The author is very indignant that I should assert that the Britons were not in a capacity to make a very strenuous resistance, and has entered into a formal refutation of the charge. lIe hegins by describing the re- sistance which Julius Caesar met with in his first attempt to invade the country, and the terror which they inspired in his troops. This is all verytrtlc. The Roman legions were alarmed at the uncommon appearance of the Britons, and a mode of warfare to which they had hitherto been unaccustomed. The Britons appear to have been aware of the ill- tended invasions, and immense crowds would naturally assemble, partly through curiosity, and partly with a view of repelling the invad- ers. But we arenot informed of any advan tiiges gained by them. Cassar, it is true, in consequence of the of his fleet, did not make a very lasting impression-upon them, hut he ullimalely returned with promises of obedience. Bill, this has nothing to do with the assertion of Gildas he lakes no notice of this invasion for he begins his history with Claudius, and immediately passes over to the insurrection under Boadicea. That the Bri- tons continued uneasy under the aoman yoke is very true and expressly declared by Gi!das; but that the istand wascompletely subjugated is clear beyond a possibility of doubt, not- withstanding the attempts of the author to prove the contrary. What are all the Roman remains in this country, but so many monuments of it ? Having, as he fancies, proved by arguments founded upon his own misconception of the -subject, the steady resistance of the Britons to Roman oppression down to the time of Agncola, he professes in his last letter to prove that the same resistance continued to the time of Gildas, who, by the bye, lived some years after the Romans had forsaken the country. Now this interval comprizes a period of 400 -vears This continued resistance is attempted to be proved in his last letter by three quota- tions. 't he first is a reference to a few words which occur in the commencement of the history of Tacitus, relating to the events of «ne year, viz. A. D. 69. Britannia perdo- inita et siatnn amissa." This is all the notice taken hy Tacitus. The next is a passage ta- ken from the fragments which remain of the works or vElius Spartianus, slating that Bri. tain could not be kept in subjection during the reign of Adrian. Granting this to be the case, this comprizes a space of 20 years, from A. D. 98, to A. D. 118. The last is a quota- tion from Zosimus, whose authority, it appli- cable upon this subject, cannot be put in competition with that of Gildas.. As it liap. pens however, it has noihing to do with the transact ions in Britain. The history of Ca- rausius, which is adduced by him, is totally inadmissible, for it is one of the most flagrant forgeries in the Brut. The continued resis- tance which the author has pretended to prove, embraces only 21 years at the utmost, instead of extending to 400 With such reasoning as this the admirer of the Collectanea Cambrica will soon become familiarised. The author, however, may be thoroughly satisfied m hi own mind of the strength of the arguments which be has brought forward, and his opi- nions. however discordant to thegeneral tenor of history,and the best established testimonies, may have been formed accJrdmg to the dearest perception of his judgment, and from .aj.inc ions which appeared to him sufficiently strong and conclusive, in exploring into the history ot remote ages nith no other light to dir -ct hem in their ei quiries, but sticil as myste: ous traditions i!f< :!f." men of t he so u ao. estjlJdmeot are liable c deviate from the boouds tif iculli, elilier from too scrupulous an adherence to a favourite hypothesis, or from too great an indulgence of the pow- ers of the imagination in the pursuit of knowledge. The author has certainly the merit of promoting a spirit of enquiry intoJ the antient history of this country, hut this does not excuse the numerous mistakes he has committed. From a gencral view of his works he appears to have too strong a prejudice in favour of the antient Britons, and to have carried this predilection to such an extent as to deny every tradition which has the least tendency to place them in a disadvantageous tight, and thus to sacrifice a considerable por tion of real history to favour liiq conjectures, when the strongest evidences were in direct opposition to them. The same prejudice blinded his judgment so far as to induce him indiscriminately to adopt the fabulous history of Geoffrey of Monmouth., blended as it is with the most palpablc anachronisms and crouded with the ni(,)st --tariii, al)siir(lities. In an age like the present, with all the advantages ot accumulated knowledge, one would naturally suppose that it would be no difficult matter to separate real from fictitious history, and that the peculiarities which invariably distin guish 1I-re latter would be obvious to a common I observer, without the aid of a very minute investigation. But experience shows that a strange perversion may occupy the minds of the most profound scholars, and distort the judgement of more than ordinary reasoners.. The author has devoted a considerable por- tion of his time, as he confesses, to laborious researches into the antiquities of his country, and the result of his labours turns out at last to be diametrically opposite to the concurrent testimonies of aU preceding authors, to the tenor of authentic history, besides at! the logic of modern times. He seems to have planned his theory, before he --ftad ascertained the grounds upon which he could defend it, and to have commenced his enquiry, rather with a view of extracting whatever could be found to favour it, than entering into an impartial examination. It, is not lherefore to be won- dered at that the conclusions which he has drawn are not conformable to the-common mode of reasoning, to which we have hitherto been accustomed, and that the strange associ- ation of incoherent suppositions and hetero- geneous propositions upon which thej avefre-i quently founded, tend more to shew the ex- tent of his reading, than the solidity of his judgment or his dexterity in argulltctltatioll. The credulity by which Monkery existed in former ages and gave authority to legendary 11 ?1 y tales by blinding the understandings of men, ( will never, it is to be hoped, darken the ho- i-izoti of literattire, The substitution of fa- bilious for real history would be one alarming symptom of its return. The prevalence of Popery would establish it, and the horrors of an inquisition would overawe the efforts of reason, and perpetuate the delusion. But though A few may indulge Iheir fancies by en- deavouring to introduce systems subversive of sound literature, and tending to promote bi- gotry and superstition, we may confidently 11 hope that their efforts will prove ineffectual and terminate in mere theory. That the author of the Collectanea Cambrica is not among the number of those who favour such a change is evident from his" lleview of the Policy aud Doctrines of the iiio-dern Church of Home" a work highly creditable to his feelings. Howe- ver his opinions respecting the British Chro- nicle tend to revive a taste for the fictions of the dark a{cs, and to give such a latitude to conjecture as must inevitably if acted upon produce consequences fatal to literature And common sense. If be could divest himself of. these prejudices I have no doubt he would by another perusal discover the Brut to be a mere farrago of untruths, and Gildas the moat cre- ditable of all the antient British writers. In the mean time I beg leave to suggest a cor- rection in his translation of Liie'Bi-tit. In page 173. Coll. Cam. what ought to have been translated an Abbott's gown and cassock is '7' metamorphosed into a Cathedral Church. The mistake however originated with Geoffrey himself, but should not have escaped the no- tice of the translator. J. JONES. Bangor, September, 1813. i
AGRICULTURE.'
AGRICULTURE. The dawn of improvement has in some dis- tricts began to appear; and by the exertions of a few gentlemen who shine like constella- tions, the light of knowledge in rural affairs will soon be diffused all around them. Under a government by which complete protection is equally held out to, the poor and rich, by which the honest fruits of his industry are ensured to every man and by the establish- ment of agricultural societies to teach the most profitablc modc of occupying the soil, the road to improvement and wealth must be sought out by many, who never trod in that road before must be sought by all and if sought earnest, it will be found. rite most numerous class of farmers by far are those whose fathers and grandfathers for generati'<ms;have followed the plough, and like that cast among the Hindoos, never think of changing the profession of their progcni tors.-or of rising above the rank .which their fathers field in society. These having, never left their native country, nor having seen the practice of agriculture superior to their own, unless it were by accident, seldom or never attempt H) hnpruve their t'iiriti or to amend their circumstances because they despair of being able to imitate the successful improve- mellis of others by the dread of expence, the nature of the climate or the oppression of the landlord. They inherit and blindly pursue all the cnstolils, prejudices, and errurs of for- mer times and Ironi generation to genera lion go round in tbe hare circle without devi- ating from the beaten track and have no other end in view but to earn a morsel of bread for themsetves and families. The same duplicity in business and ten- dency to chicane in the ordinary transactions of and selling which is prevalent in all countries among persons who prefer interest to character and a proneness to,disguise or conceal truth, to persons unknown, is very prevalent. The granting of leases is a part of what ought to be done to meliorate the condition of the lower ranks of farmers. They must also be taught to reap the full benefit of their farms, and thus enabled to pay ail addition of rent to the landlord. One will ask how is this to be brought to pass ? An answer is at hand. Let every gentleman of large property condescend to do a thing which is extremely easy let him select a number of young men, the sons of his lower tenants, aged about twenty years, who have an active enterprising disposition, a quick and sound understanding, and if they can write a little so much the bet- ter. Let these be sent to engage as servants to some farmers in any well cultivaled district, with the promise of being promoted to the lease of a farm in the principality at the expi. ration of three or four years, upon producing a certificate of having served with fidelity and of understanding all the detail of ordinary farming, particularly the culture of green crops, sown grasses, and reclaiming waste hind. One of the young men being set down in every four or five miles of an estate, would rouse the spirit of their neighbours, and excite an emulation among themselves which in very few years would change the face of the coun try, and make it produce one third more, if not double the quantity raised by the present system. Until the inhabiatnts of a country are industrious, it is in vain to expect that. Wherever we see the farmers turning up the surface of the earth in a slovenly manner,and employing uncouth and unhardy tools for providing their own food, which is the first care of every living creature, we instantly conclude that they are far behind in the line of cultivation. But wherever any of these improvements have made considerable pro- gress, the rest are not far behind. The practice of with two horses in some districts is daily becoming more ge- neral and the necessity is acknowledged of using a breed which is ntorcpowerfu).and of a better figure than those formerly employed and there is litile doubt, unless the farmers are more blind to their own interest in this case than in many others, that this custom will soon become universal. In Scotland, two oxen, without a (ii-ver, plough, in any kind of land, as much, aid live woik is as well executed as a pair of hones can perform. The general use of falhw in one shape or other, is at all times and in all countries a symptom of an improved system of agricul- ture. Wherever the farners are indolent and spiritless, you never see my thing which can be called a fallow on Hit other hand where •frhty are intelligent and enterprising much at- tention is paid to this mode of restoring vigor to that part of their land which has been in a certain degree exhausted,or rendered foul by hile crops. In soi-ne of these districts the fallowing of lajid is carried on by the green crops of potatoes aud turiips. Every man in the prin,cipality who has the least pretensions to ,the character of a farmer, plants his pota- toes in drills; and whoever cultivates turnips in the fields,sows them in the same manner. No«e but the poorest of the people, and such as are most obstinately wedded to old prejti- dices, planl potatoes in beds, unless it be in such laud as cannot III tile first instance he worked with the plough The tut nip hus- bandry is firmly established, and nearly as ge- neral as that o.t the potatoe in many of our best cultivated district-s. The latter plant was the first introduced, is tfee most useful for human food, and slill maintains its superi- ority but the former i-s following close in its train, and bids fair for'being even i-lsequai in claiming the attention (If the inhabit an Is as a nutritious food for callle, and a good pre- parative to the ground for crops of grain.— This is the fallow most generally in use in i Norfolk, Suffolk, and the Highlands of Scot- land, and a most judicious f;Ulow it is? well adapted to the nature of our soil, to tlie cir- cumstances of our peopir, to the qu&jit'k's of our climate what can he more demonstrative (if the good sense ot the natives than the tin- common attention, which is now given to the i culture ot these most useful plants while at Ilie same time, the ground is brought into a fine tilth, equat to any complete fallow, for a future crop of grain. Go on more and more, > ye excellent farmers Mo practice vonr fallow crops extend then still upon a greater scale, and spread plenty over the face of your coun try. Leave their naked fallows to those coun- tries whose soil is more sluggish and cohesive than yours let your fallowing be always a green crop. Bala. u
PRIN cn VON SCHWAItTZENBURGH'S…
PRIN cn VON SCHWAItTZENBURGH'S ORDER TO HIS ARM V, GIVEN ON THE 17TH OF AUGUST. "The great day is 'ai-riveti! brave War- ri(ors Our country relies on you hitherto every time she called upon you, you justified her confidence. All the endeavours of our Emperor to restore the long-wanted peace to Europe, aud to tix the peace and welfare of the empire, which is inscparable from the peace and wel- fare of our neighbour, on a solid basis, were in vain. Neither constant patience, nor pa ciiic representations, nor the confidential fiance of the other belligerents powers in the cotiticils or measures: in short, nothing could bring the minds of the French Government to moderation and reason. "On that day on which Austria loudly de- dared herself for the cause of justice and or- der, she likewise took on herseif to combat for the greatest of ali blessings. we, not singly pndertake this combat, We sland in the same ranks with all that Eu- rope has to oppose of greatnees and activity, against the powerful opponent of her peace and liberty. Austria, Russia, Prussia, Swe- den, Enland, Sapin, all join their united en deavours for the same end, for a well founded ile; r and durable peace, a reasonable distribution of slrength among the different st lies, and the independiui-ce of every single power. "tt is not against France, but against the domijieering power of France, out of her o wu'vBoi ders, -that this great alliance has raised is "What may be performed by the resolution and constancy of nations has been proved to us by Spain and Russia; what may be per- formed by the united force of so many power ful Slaleswili he shewn in the year 1813,- in such a holy war we must more thait ever preserve those virtues by which our armies have rendered themselves conspicuous in so many former wals. Unconditional willingness to sacrifice every thing for our Monarch and iiiltive t' -otiiilry great equanimity in good or unfavourable' iimes—determination and constancy in the field of battle—moderation and forbearance towards the weak, these qualities must always be found in us. Brothers in arms! I have lived in yonr ranks all those years which t have devoted to my country's service. I liiiow, I honour in you. the brave men who conquered a glo- rious peace, and those who are following your footsteps. I rely on you I I am chosen from amongst you by our Monarch, and his gracious favour has piaced me at your head this confidence, jointly with yours, is my strength. In what manner every individual is to be useful to the whole, will be fixed by the sphere of action alloted to him but in every ap- pointment, in every situation, in every deci- ive moment. ahvavs t,o do IIIIi duly, and to the ulmost of his power. Such is the determination which must make us all equal, and elevate us all to the same glorious point. I he Emperor will re-i main with us, for he has confided the utmost to us-the honour of the nation, the protec- tion of our native country, and the security and welfare ot posterity. fly Be Ihanklul, Warriors, that you are go ing into battle before God, who will not for M sake the just cause, under the eye of a pa- ternal and feeling Monarch, under the eyes of your grateful fellow-citizens, and in the sight of nil Europe, which expects from you great deeds and great happmess after long sufferings. Remember you must conquer, that you may justify this expectation—Com- bat as it becomes Austria's Warriors to do, and you will conquer. (Signed) CHARLES, Prince SCHWARTZBURGII. »« Field Marshal." St. Pierre, Martinique, July sm--On the- 23d of this mouth we had here one oV;those ter- rible catastrophes of which the acta?.I experi- eure can alone enable yonJo form an adequate- conception. At about five or half past five- in the morning the conflict of the ati nosphere led us to apprehend some dreadful event.— In half an hour about forty vessels fo undered, and two,ouly escaped. The Walt, :a ship of between 7 and 800 tuns, was reduced fo spliu- ters and atoms. The wretched mariners were seen extending their arnivatid imploring re- liet, but their cries were unheard amidst the dangers of the storm. The violence of the elements was greater in the country than in the city, aud spacious woods were blown down by their impetuosity. A large portion of this. V pliice is in rtiiiis, numerous Hves have been sacrificed, and the loss of properijr seeias tu- be incalculable." INQUISITION AT GOA.-It was brieity stated! a few weeks ago, that the Jnquisitioi) at Goa had been abolished an Officer of the Hussar Frigate, has written to his friends to the fol- lowing terms Hussar, at anchor off Gos^ December 2.—The Convents I see before ii)c at this place, Goa, the chief Portuguese set~ tlement in India, remind me forcibly of the advantages you enjoy, as a Protestant born m England, over those poor unoffending Catholic females who are doomed to perpetual confine- ment.-THE INQUISITION HAS LATKIT BEEN DONE AWAY HERE.—Twenty-six prisoners were liberated from their celis, after many years confinement The whole building is now open, and free for public inspection. By the side of each cell, there is a narrow dark stair- case, by which you can go to the top; in the centre of this top, or roof, there is a small hole, by the medium of which the In. quisitors used to hear every word spoken by the unfortunate prisoners, and to watch air their actit)ns.-Oiie poor man who obtained his release with the rest, ran from the Inqui- sition to the beach, took a boat and never stopped until he arrived at Bombay i so fearful was he that this act of mercy would be repented of, and orders be given to put that terrible scene of hypocrisy nd iniquity again into ac- tion.—How blessed are the sweets of liberty How thankful ought Britons to be for their Constitution. In England you can enjoy your own opinions, choose your studies, and regu- late your actions by principles which reason and reflection induce you to believe correct. In other countries how different is tbe scene where the least unguarded expression is preg. nant with certain evil-imprisonment for a long and indefinite time, or a lingering and painful death, are certain consequences." To Bankers, Tradesmen, c.-At Bristol assizes, on Monday, was tried, before Baron Graham and a Special Jury. a cause (Cave- nagh and Co. v. Such) of much importance to bankers, and all who have occasion to for- ward parcels of value by coaches. The plain* tiffs have a bank at Bath and another at Bris- tol in December last, the latter bank had occasion to send a parcel valie 2801, to the former bank it was accordingly entrusted in Bristol to the mail-guard, who delivered it (agreeably to the direction) at Bath, by leav- ing it with the defendant, who is head porter at the Lamb Coach-Office, and giving him particular directions to take care of it, as it was a I)aiikers' parcel. The defendant assorted the parcels in the office and having marked them with the prices of the carriage and por- terage, he sent out Minty, his under porter, with all except the plain(itfs' parcel, which he detained, for reasons which did not appear ? but neither the parcel, or its contents, have since been heard of.—These facts being proved the proprietor of the Lamb Coach-Office was next called and being interrogated whether he had not, after the loss of the parcel in. question, put up a. notice, intimating that t porters were not the servants of the proprie. tors, and whether he did not afterwards cause that notice to be obliterated, and other words to be substituted ? he answered in the affir- mative Whereupon the defendant's counsel proposed that the plainlfts should take a ver- dict for the contents of the parcel, subject to the opinion of the Court on a point of law which arose in the case to which the plain- tiffconseiited accordingly a verdict of 280/. was entered for the I)Iaintifr,-Thus far is the- conveyance of monev parcels by this mode of transmission rendered more secure, and more satisfactory to those whom the want of a bet- ter mode have driven to the necessity of con- fiding in this; and the porters of public coach offices will see that they are not at liberty to exercise their own discretion in the partial delivery of parcels committed to their care.