The bravery of Britons is proverbial; yet it rests not on the shallow basis of rep. The roll of Hory has recorded the triumphs of our entry unfading colours. Admiring näions have beheld our victories, and wondered at the greatness of the spirit displayed in atelieving them. Can it be, that the descendants of the Heroes that obtained the Battle of Casey, of Poitiers, and of Agincourt, should have do generated, and become unworthy of their sires? Oh! No. No The pages of modern times sufciently illustrate the falsehood of the angdon. LINCELLES, VALENCIENNES, EGYPT, ACRES, all, demonstrate the Brish Courage is still unconquerable. But not to courage Joue mist we look for security: its resources mu't be inarsnalled by Discretion, and directed by WisThe for with whom we cont. d, Las all the subtlety of his country, and it behores us to be worn: even the magnanimous Lon may be caught in the toils, should his generous spirit occasion him to demise the craft of the hunters. do n. WORST. Once more, Bricons, permit us to assert, that the danger is imminent! Your courge wants not a imation; but the iden of the folly of an Lasasion of this Coun.ry, which too many entertam, must not be suffired to paralyze your' cfloris, and render that couWE MUST PREPARE FOR THE rage gatory. Your For, who never yet shrunk from a merciless deed, has told you, that army after army will be found for the enterprize. Let us remember, that these armies are inered to warfare, and must be opposed by disc pline. It is not the mere register of names that can make SOLDIERS. We must be practised in the use of arms; we must learn to march; to sustain privation and fatigue; to uri in concert: to oppose an unshaken firmness to the extreme of danger; and so to embody ourselves (if the expression may be allowed) with the threatened fate of our County, that every other idea may be absorbed in a determined resolution to DIE, OF CONQUER. E. W. B. THE THE SPEECH OF ROLLA TO THE PERUVIANS. From Sheridan's Play of Pizarro. This animated Address is so peculiarly applicable to the present Situation of this Country, that we think no piece can be better adapted to commence the present Selection. My brave Associates-partners of my toil, my feelings, and my Y fame!-can words add vigour to the VIRTUOUS ENERGIES which inspire your hearts?-No-YOU have judged as I have, the foulness of the crafty plea by which these bold INVADERS would delude you-your generous spirit has compared, as mine has, the motives which in a war like this, can animate their minds, and OURS. THEY, by a strange frenzy driven, fight for power, for plunder, and extended rule-WE, for our Country, our Altars, and our Homes.-THEY follow an ADVENTURER whom they fear-and obey a power whom they hate-WE serve a Monarch whom we love-a GOD whom we adore.-Whene'er they move in anger, Desolation tracks their progress! Where'er they pause in amity, Affliction mourns their friendship!-They boast, they come but to improve our state, enlarge our thoughts, and free us from the yoke of Error!-Yes-THEY will give enlightened freedom to our minds, who are themselves the slaves of passion, avarice, and pride. They offer us their protection,-Yes, such protection as vultures give to lambs-covering and devouring them!—They call upon us to barter all of good we have inherited and proved, for the desperate chance of something better which they promise.—Be our plain answer this: The Throne we honour is the PEOPLE'S CHOICE-the Laws we reverence are our brave Fathers' legacy-the Faith we follow teaches us to live in bonds of charity with all mankind, and die with hope of bliss beyond the grave. Tell your Invaders this; and tell them too, we scek no change; and, least of all, such change as they would bring us. THE TENDER MERCIES OF BONAPARTE IN EGYPT ! As the avowed purpose of BONAPARTE, is the subjugation of this Country, it becomes a matter of considerable interest to know his actual Character, and to what extent his promises may be confided in, and his humanity trusted, should he ever obtain footing in England. The ensuing relations will enable us to form a tolerable idea of these circumstances : SIR ROBERT WILSON, in his "History of the British Expedition to Egypt," gives the following Narrative of the cruelties committed by order of GENERAL BONAPARTE, now First Consul of France. "The Turks justified themselves for the massacre of the French by the massacre at Jaffa. As this act, and the poisoning of the sick, have never been credited, because of such enormities being so incredibly atrocious, a digression to authenticate them may not be deemed intrusively tedious; and, had not the influence of power interfered, the act of accusation would have been preferred in a more so lemn manner, and the damning proofs produced by penitent agents of these mur ders; but neither menaces, recompence, nor promises, can altogether stifle the cries of outraged humanity, and the day for retribution of justice is only delayed. Bonaparte having carried the town of Jaf. fa by assault, many of the garrison were put to the sword, but the greater part flying into the mosque, and imploring mercy from their pursuers, were granted their lives; and let it be well remembered, that an exasperated army in the moment of revenge, when the laws of war justified the rage, yet heard the voice of pity, received its impression, and proudly refused to be any longer the executioners of an unresisting enemy. Soldiers of the Italian army, this is a laurel wreath worthy of your fame, a trophy of which the subsequent treason of an individual shall not deprive you! Bonaparte, who had expressed much resentment at the com passion manifested by his troops, and determined to relieve himself from the maintenance and care of 3800 prisoners*, ordered them to be marched to a rising ground near Jaffa, where a division of French infantry formed against them: When the Turks had entered into their fatal alignment, and the manifold preparations were completed, the signal gun fired. Vollies of musquetry and grape instantly played against them; and Bona parte, who had been regarding the scene through a telescope, when he saw the smoke ascending, could not restrain his joy, but broke out into exclamations of approval. Indeed, he had just reason to dread the refusal of his troops thus to dishonour themselves. Kleber had remon * "Bonaparte had in person inspected, previously, the whole body, amounting to near 5000 men, with the object of saving those who belonged to the towns he was preparing to attack, The age and noble physiognomy of a veteran Janissary attracted his observation, and he asked him sharply Old man, what did you do here?' The Janissary, undauntedly replied, "I must answer that question by asking you the same; your answer will be, that you come to serve your Sultan; so did I mine." The intrepid frankness of this reply excited universal interest in his favour. Bonaparte even smiled. "He is saved," whispered some of the aids-du-camp. You know not Bonaparte,' ob served one who had served under him in Italy; that smile, I speak from experience, does not proceed from the sentiment of benevolence; remember what I say.' The opinion was too true: the Janissary was left in the ranks, doomed to death, and suffered,” B VOL. I 6 strated themselves respecting the truth, by en quiring of officers serving in the different brigades composing this division. strated in the most strenuous manner; and the officer of the etat-major who commanded, (for the General to whom the division belonged was absent,) even refused to execute the order without a written instruction; but Bonaparte was too cautious, and sent Berthier to enforce obedience. When the Turks had all fallen, the French troops huma ely endeavoured to put a period to the sufferings of the wounded; but some time elapsed before the bayonet could finish what the fire had not destroyed, and probably many languished days in agony. Several French officers, by whom partly these details are. furnished, declared this was a scene, the retrospect of which tormented their recollection; and that they could not reflect on it without horror, accustomed as they had been to sights of cruelty. These were the prisoners whom Assalini, in his very able work on the plague, alludes to, when he says, that for three days the Turks shewed no symptoms of that disease, and it was their putrifying remains which produced the pestilential malady which he describes as afterwards making such ravages in the French army. Their bones still lie in heaps, and are shown to every traveller who arrives; nor can they be confounded with those who perished in the assault, since this field of butchery lies a mile from the town. Such a fact should not, however, be alledged without some proof or leading circumstance, stronger than assertion, being produced to support it; but there would be a want of generosity in naming individuals, and branding them to the latest posterity, for obeying a command when their submission became an act of necessity, since the whole army did not mutiny against the execution: therefore, to establish further the authenticity of the relation, this can only be mentioned, that it was Bonn's division which fired: and thus every one is afforded the opportunity of satisfying "The next circumstance is of a nature which requires, indeed, the most particu lar details to establish; since the idea can scarce be entertained, that the commander of an army should order his own coun trymen (or, if not immediately such, those amongst whom he had been naturalized) to be deprived of existence when in a state which required the kindest consideration. But the annals of France record the frightful crimes of a Robertspiere, a Carriere; and historical truth must now recite one equal to any which has black+ ened its page. Bonaparte, finding that his hospitals at Jaffa were crowded with sick, sent for a physician, whose name should be inscribed in letters of gold, but which, from weighty reasons, cannot be here inserted: on his arrival, he entered into a long conversation with him respecting the dangerous contagion, concluding at last with the remark, that something must be done to remedy the evil, and that the destruction of the sick in the hospital was the only measure which could be adopted. The physician, alarmed at the proposal, bold in the confidence of virtue and the cause of humanity, remonstrated vehe mently, representing the cruelty as well as the atrocity of such a murder; but, finding that Bonaparte persevered and menaced, he indignantly left the tent with this memorable observation: "Neither my principles, nor the character of my profession, will allow me to become a human butcher; and, General, if such qualities are necessary to form a great man, I thank my God that I do not possess them," Bonaparte was not to be diverted from his object by moral considerations. He persevered, and found an apothecary, who, dreading the weight of power, (but who has since made an atonement to his mind by unequivocally con fessing .... fessing the fact,) consented to become his agent, and to administer poison to the sick. Opium at night was administered in gratifying food; the wretched, unsuspecting victims banquetted; and in a few hours, 580 soldiers, who had suffered so much for their country, perished thus miserably by order of its Idol. Is there a Frenchman whose blood does not chill with horror at the recital of such a fact? Surely, the manes of these murdered, un offending people must be now hovering round the seat of government and... If a doubt should still exist as to the veracity of this statement, let the members of the Institute at Cairo, be asked what passed in their sitting after the return of Bonaparte from Syria; they will relate that the same virtuous physician, who refused to become the destroyer of those committed to his protection, accused Bonaparte of high treason, in the full assembly, against the honour of France, her children, and humanity; that he entered into the full details of the poisoning of the sick, and the massacre of the garrison; aggravating these crimes by charging Bonaparte with strangling previously at Rosetta, a number of French and Copts, who were ill of the plague; thus proving, that this disposal of his sick was a premeditated plan, which he wished to introduce into general practice. In vain Bonaparte attempted to justify himself. The members sat petrified with terror, and almost doubted whether the scene passing before their eyes was not illusion. Assuredly, all these proceedings will not be found in the minutes of the Institute !--No! Bonaparte's policy foresaw the danger, and power produced the erasure :but let no man calculate on the force of circumstances which may prevent such an avowal as is solicited, presume on this to deny the whole; there are records which remain, and which in due season will be produced. In the interim, this represen B 2 "In the official correspondence lately published, there appears some remarks, which the French Ambassador was instructed to make on my History of the Expedition to Egypt, and of which I feel called upon to take notice; not in personal controversy with General Andreossi, for, conscious of the superior virtue of my cause, I find myself neither aggrieved nor irritated by the language he has used; but that the public may not attribute my silence to a desire of evading further discussion, and thus the shallow mode of contradiction adopted by the Chief Consul acquire an unmerited consideration. "The Ambassador observes, That a Colonel in the English army has published a work in England, filled with the most atrocious and disgusting calum nies against the French army and its General. The lies it contains have been contradicted by the reception which Coloael Sebastiani experienced. The publicity of his report was at once a refutation and reparation, which the French army had a right to expect.' "But surely a new signification must have been attached in France to the word calumny, when such a term is applied to my account of the conduct of the French troops in Egypt, and the consequent disposition of the inhabitants towards them! "Independent, |