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Sir William Carr I3eresl'ord’s;.iic.-V.
:1::Ilt'.<:'tthe battle of: Alhuera, emi-
belige tistsf eherpism, and I now
nish ntitione- “vine-ibiiltir of the S.Pa'
discemmem. ciextlzpn It is that a Just
nations, 0 t ‘e real character of
1.3 as essential in great political
' c ' - - . .
o“J"“‘3Wl’9S. as it is in the mterco urse
0 co ' .
mmon life between man and
Eiifobigtiz ialserestimate. of a nation
or fat 51 . andPf> lttcian, either foolish
true mail it . it Is. 5, fact, not less
na .13 astonishing, that Bo.
mgatf lg“-51.111 all his measures rel-.1.
mmpt ofliilgosacted on a real con.
so doing, be I Pzlilsh character! in
make! ; 3 therteas. rake tlzc egg :1: his
cm“ in W 18 not a nation on
‘lllalities 0
and
fhlcll all 1.he constituent
comb. genuine heroism. unite
mate so highly as m the
attests this E the history of ages
com, t1,';‘.“?‘Y m the pt-elgent
iaragossa vie‘ti31cE?sl of Gerona and
fnantia and S: wit 1‘ those of Nu-
In the conttestsglifllt-pm, so’ memorable
and rekindl o arthage: tpehctt
,3 . '3 Elle latent heroism of
genial spirfhfctritgai principle of con.
ton, a Beresfgrilin hence, a Welling-
Yers, SEC ,8: D0yle’.:iLum1e5."
epample, awal-i. "3 ave, by their
Vigorous and CH?!-C. and aroused‘ to
emism of the EC?-Ive act the inherent
ir Vvmiarms panisli character.
“era in 7‘C$:0unt of the.b.attle-
detail, and is ‘ilk? inodel of nnhtary
ybiusp and E t iosc of -Xenophon,
. . plainness $771.’: cliaracterizcd
.9 was
Varlctl mi its -11‘ of acmm’ afld the
sented n th? m0Vefnents are repre-
menta of thmoiiii lively ‘manner:
extolled, whilst eh” cars and.me.n are
Etushcd Gen It Use of their distin-
Teadcr) the E." ‘"8 become (to the
are km dilattrgpire conspicuotts as they
wn traits in thorn.--but there ape
Well worm 13, m9m9!'%‘l)le detail,
81,. pm . I Especial observation ;....
lain repeatedly pexpresscg, in
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ron JUNE, 18]]:
speaking of the results of this glorious:
day, his conformity to the instruc?
tions of Lord Wellington, thereby
indirectly and deferentially ascribing
the signal successes of the clay to his;
Lordship ; this conduct of Sir Wm."
is as honorable to him as the victory, .
itself : whilst this liberality and good '.
understanding continues between‘ our
superior oflicers, victory must and.
will he the, ordcrlof the day in the
Peninsula. The other trait’ adverts
to the valour and steadinessof the
57th regiment, which getting into
line, and finding part of General
Lnmley's brigade (Spanish) in their
front, instead of allowing the Spa-
niards to continue the action,irnshed
between them and the French‘! Sir“-
‘William states that the slain‘were
found in ranks occupying the same
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ground on which they stood in "the ‘
action: after the action the 57th.
was commanded by the Adjutant, as
was General Lumley’s brigade by a .
Captain of the 48th, and the 2d-regt.‘
by a Captain of six rnonth’s stand-
ingl-It is with pleasure and with
pride" that the writer of. this article
reverts to his opinion expressed four
yeers -since, in various publications,
of our ultimate success, and that of
our allies; nor is this political pre- '
science mentioned through vanity;
- but to the useful and important end
of encouraging ‘hope and catyidence, .
even under nnpromissing aspects of.
affair-s, and it is every loyal and pa-;
irioiic persons a.'uITy so to do; the
more so, because lmpc, courage, and
corg‘i'(Ica1ce are always productive qf
good, tvliether GENERALLY or IN-
DIVIDUALLY. . A
Much has been said by that set
of politicians, istiled oppositionists,
about our having been the means, by '
exciting Europe against the domi-
ncering and destroying influence of
France, of niising Bonaparte to his
present (as was said of Satan) “ bad
pre-eminence ;” this is all false" rea-
soning, (if it deserve the name. 0
, reasoning,
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