The National Register. — London, England, 1809-08-13 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER; 5 20 vigtor, and by the strong miracle of patriot Faith have mo‘ed even mountaini to crush the common enemy of giankind. The work of peace and spoliation seems to be going on between Austria and France. BUONAPARTE is not satisfied with compering, but he must degrade the Emperor FRAN cis.-The miserable policy of receiving indemnification from the territories of another, is the only thing wanting to fill 'the cup of misery and wretchedness which the Aus trian Monarch is doomed to empty even to its dregs.--11 be consent to this, his character is gone with hid dominions, and in our cxecratwn of his turpitude we shall lose al: pity for his distress.—ln this gloomy picture of Austrian politics, we receive a ray of hope from the following para graph, dated Vienna, July 19 :—. In spite of the hopes which the Armistice has given us of a speedy peace, we reawk that the French are adopting defen bive measures, and making considerable preparations; the work of the redoubts which had been begun are continued, and other:- are begun between the bridges, which are near the principal bridge. New batteries are placed, and similar dispositions have been made near Simmering. The Tyroleans continue hostilities on the banks of the Iser and the Lech, in spite of the Armistice. The American Neutrality is drawing to a conclusion. BUONAPALTE has given notice that they must join either one or other of the Belligerent Powers. TILE EXP.EDITIO.Y. FROM THE BRITISH LINES BEFORE FLESIIVNG. lltnincauaGtr. AUG. 10.—Thongh the whole of the island nfWalcheren, with the excel: tion of Flushing, has been for ahavt , tea da)s in the possession of the British army, that fortress still continues to hold out, and is expected to make a protracted and obstinate resistance. The garrison, which on the first appearance of our Expedition off this coast was com paratively weak, has since been considerably reinforced, and at present consists of between 5 and 60':!0 men. The Governor-General Monnet is determined to maintain hitmelf in the town to the last extremity ; and, if. in the end he should be compelled to capitulate, to make the acquisition of the place cost the British army a vast expence of time and blood. By some unexplained departure from the oritzitril plan upon which the Expedition was to he conducted, a elemonstra tion only was made against Cadsand, the capture of which was of so mock importance to the ulterior progress of the British armament, that one of the divisions of the army, that under the tjusTri;s of Huffily, was destined for its reduction. But after every arrangement had been apparently made for the lat , ditig of the troops, the whole were unexpectedly drawn off to the Xort h. and directed to the East Scheid, where they were landed upon North Beveland, in support of the division under the itn. mediate command of Sir John Hope. There may have been, and no doubt there were, solid grounds for this deviation from the original course proposed ; but it is me.tter of deep regret, that any circumstances should have rendered it necessary to leave In the possession of the enemy the only position from which then could throw succours into Flushing, or materially harrass the naval part of the Expedition in the event of its being engaged in A combined attack upon that fortress. Some dissatisfaction is known to exist upon this point; and it is generally understood, that the matter v. ill, at no distant period, be made the subject of military investigation. It was not till the beginning of this week, that the communication between Cadsand and Flushing was completely cut off, and at the present moment the garrison of the latter place has nothing to rely upon but its own efforts, which, though they may retard, cannot prevent its final reduc tion by the very superior force with which it is invested. The division of the British tirmy now lying before Fluslring, AUG. .13, consists of near!, 17,000 men, under the immediate command of Sir Eyre Coote. There is hut one weak battalion stationed here, the .'.26th Regiment ; and as there are only a few incon ,iderahle patties dispersed in the other parts of the Island, nearly the whole of the 17,000 men employee m the Island of Walcheren occupy the lines with which Flushint; is invested, in a semi-cir- . t-ular form, from the North-west to the South-east of that tow tt . rite trenches are already completed ; but as only two !nineties of six gunc. each haw. been yet thrown up, the bombardment of the fortress must be deferred until the beginsiog,.or perhaps the. middle o next week. Besides, as the co-operating of the fi t -et is essentially necessary to the success of that operation, it •would unavoidably be deferred, if even all the preparations on shore :vete complete, until the fleet could come into its station for hat purpose. Sir Richard Strachan, with a great proportion of the naval force that accompanied the Expedition from England, has -:one into the East Scheldt, to assist the operations of Sir John lope's division in that quarter. The service befor? Flnshing, t Oerefore, devolves upon the squadron under Lord Ci.4rdoer, from, hich six ships have been ordered against Flushing. The ...• were !ding off the East Sheldt ; and though they got under weigh s Yesterday morning tc, come in, have been hitherto prevented by the wind, which has shifted round to the East ward. Captain 1101 ton, of the Fisgard frigate, who has been here for several weeks previous to the arrival of the Expedition, stationing cutters as buoys for its guidance, went out on Tuesday night, to conduct Lord Gardoer's fleet to its station. Thus, though the preparations on both sides are continued with unabated activity, no decisive operation can take place tilt the moment of a gcnek•al attack. The enemy stiffer no opportu- Alt y to escape of annoying their beseigers, and keep up a con-. -tont but irregular fire upon the different parse of our lineti s • .v here any prolteet may he presented of making an impression. SO vigilant arc they in this respect, that if even an indisiduat .tgicer were to make his appearance within the lines, at d in reach of the shot from Ow garrison , they would not fail to hid . upon him. Last night, a Captain, P who was reconnoitring the works of the town, bat at srpae distance within the lines, had his leg shot away, and a hand badly wounded. The shells front the town often fa!l within the lines, though without doing much. mischief. Titi irregular fire is sometimes returned front the Imes, though not generally. Front the first landing of the British troops in the neighbo..r hood of Flushing, the enemy has been confined within its walls. The brigade of Gen. Graham,composed principally of the Rapt's, the 501, and 36th regiments, have been most eoga,:ed Kith t he ene niy, and has been greatly distinguished itierers it tars^ in which it came in contact with them. Immediately :after the land tor, the think companies of this brigade had a smart hut brilliant affair with some of the enemy's light infantry, advantageously posted along the sand hills. Though at first severely galled by the eitemy's fire, they advanced with the characteristic intrepid ity of British troops, and drove their opponents before them to the very walls of the town, under which obout thirty English seamen were made prisoners, in consequence of the inconsiderate. impetuosity with which they continued the pursuit till it was no longer possible for theta to retorn to their comrades in safety. It was on that occasion, that after driving the enemy from the sand-hills, the advanced party of this brigade, whilst engaged in. the pursuit, most gallant;y carried hr asF.atitt a battery within a small distance oft he town, it here they have since opened trenches upon the glacis,seeure from the effect, though n ithin rcarh, of shells of the town, the inclined Stlitad'e of thfs .41acis allowing the shells to roll away before they explode. The garri-on has also had recourse to sorties, in order to impede the pi o;Jess of the besiegers, but without success. On Monday last they - made a grand ' effort of this description. Above 2000 men came forth front the town, and formed under its walls, with a view to at tack and dislodge from its position the advanced party of Gene ral Graham's brigade, consisting of about five hundred men.— The enemy advanced in a fine stile, and were most ably dis posed and led tat by their c,flicers; but not willuktanding their vast superiority •of numhers, and the powerful stimulus of ardent spirits, a double portion of which had been distributed to them before they coma-ten- •d the ntitick, they were shamefully re pulsed with immense loss to their very walls by this handful of brave men. Thr attach commenced at fcur, and the defeat of the enemy wa, complete by six o'clock in the afternoon. The w hole of the try oils along the line had been put into motion op the first alarm, but the business was accomplished by the ad sauced guard of the right brigade, before any other corps could he brought up to sustain it. %V hilst the enemy was approach ing with all the precision of a movement in review, the Bri, i se a I cl 11 I t t 4 11 is it 41 a f (r 1