ait 
1308,]" 
e prominent and uistinguished rank in a 
system of nosulogy., ft is incalculable 
how much misery-and malady is daily 
produced by laying an undue emphasis 
on the pronoun “1;” the letter ‘cannot 
be conveniently expunged from our al- 
phabet, but the idea annexed to it ought 
to Le in a great measure discarded from 
our consideration. 
- The lowly nervous ought to be treated 
with peculiar respect, and the most 
courtier-like attention. We should en- 
deavour, by expressions of our regard for 
them, to supply that want of satisfaction 
which they are apt to feel with them- 
_telves. 
* Oh the other hand a haughty imbeci- 
\ State of Public. Affairs in September. 
eit 
lity, "an insane self-conceit, uncountenan- 
ced by the shadow of any reasonable or 
plausible pretext, ought to be lowered 
to the dust, by management that is val- 
culated to depress the patient in hisowu, 
eyes, and to sober a spirit that may have 
been inebriated by the fumes of a servile 
and treacherous adulation, There is am 
appropriate remark in Terence with re- 
gard,to a parasite who used to secure his 
daily seat at a luxurious; table, by the. 
incense which he was in the habit of of: 
fering to the idiotic vanity of its master, 
“ Hie homines ex stultis facit insanos,” 
' September 24, 1808, J. Rerp, 
Grenville-street, Brunswick-square, 
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i ok 
- STATE 
_ » 
FRANCE. *° 
Message of the Emperor and King Napoleon to 
iy the Senate. 
ENA TOns—*¢ My Minister for Foreign Af- 
‘fairs will lay before you the different trea- 
_ ties relative to Spain, and the constitutions 
agreed to by the Spanish Junta. My War 
Minister will acquaint’ you with the wants 
- and the situation of my armies in the different 
parts of the world. 
‘¢T am determined to carry on the war 
with Spain ‘with the utmost activity, and des-, 
troy'the armies which England has disembark- 
ed in that country. The future security of 
my subjects, the prosperity of commerce, and 
a maritime peace must alike depend on these 
important operations. 
© My alliance with the Emperor of Russia 
extinguishes every hope which England can 
entertain from her projects,- I have no doubt 
respecting the peace of the Continent, but I’ 
neither will nor ought to rely upon the false 
calculations and the errors of other Courts; ~ 
and since my neighbours increase their armies, 
it is aduty incumbent on me to increasg¢ mine, 
«* The Empire-of Constantinople is strug- 
gling with thé most. violent convulsions; 
Sultan Selim, the best Emperor the Ottomaas 
have had for a length of time, has-just fallen 
by the hands of his own nephews This‘ ca- 
tastrophe has deeply affected me.—1 impose 
frtsh sacrifices on my: people, Confident’ of 
their support ; they ate necessary, in order to 
gccute them from heaViet sacrifices, and to 
fead them to the grand result of a general 
peace, which ought also to be considered as 
tha moment of repose. 
‘Frenchmen, my projects have but one 
object in view—your happiness andthe per- 
manent well-being of your children; and if 
T kantow you right, you will hasten to comply 
with this new call, render: necessary by the 
dotgrests of the country. You Hive so oftea 
" ' She: ‘ 
OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN SEPTEMBER, » 
Containing official Papers and authentic Documents. 
Ni ; 
assured me ‘of your affection, I will behold 
the sincerity of your sentiments in the alacrity 
with which ‘you will second projects that are 
so intimately connected with your dearest ine 
terests, with the honour of the Empire, and 
with my glory, 
*€ Given at the Imperial Palace of St: 
Cloud, this 4th Sept. 1808: 
(Signed) 
GREAT BRITAIN, 
Naporron, ” 
Dispatches, of which the following are, 
copies and extracts, were received on the 
istof Sept. from Lieut.-gen; Sir HarryBur- 
rard and Lieut.-gen, Sir ArthurWellesley, 
dated from head-quarters, nt. Lourhinha, 
addressed to Viscount Castlereach, one of 
hisMajesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, 
- 
and brought hy Captain Campbell, Aid- 
du-Camp to Sir Arthur Wellesley. — * ~ 
Extract of a Letter from Lieutenant-General Sir ' 
Arthur Wellesley, dated head-guarters, at. 
Caldas, the 16th of August, 1808. eae 
I marched from Lyria on the 13th, andar- 
rived at Ahobaca on the 19th, which- place 
the enemy had abandoned in the. preceding 
night ; and I arrived here yesterday, The a 
enemy, about 4900 ia number, were. posted 
about ten miles from hence, at Borica 5 and, 
they occupied Brilos, about three miles from 
hence, with their advanced posts. As the 
possession of this last village was important to 
our, future operations, J determined to occupy 
it; and as soon as the British infantry artived. 
upon the ground, ! directed that it might be 
occiipied by a detachment, consisting ef four. 
companies of riflemen, of the 60th and 95th 
tegiments.. The enemy, consisting of a small 
piquet of infantry and a few cavalry, made a 
trifling resistance, and retired ; but they were 
followed by a detachment of our riflemen, to, 
The — 
the distance of three miles from. Brilos. 
riflemen were then attacked by a superior 
body 
