The National Register. — London, England, 1809-07-02 00:00:00

424 k<. !" :,' Loutlon, SUNDAY, JULY 2,110 t. . 10 OUR SUBSCRIBERS AND THE PUBLIC. Pohl.* A ►TS of 'the whole of the Male Branches of th ROYAL FAMILY will cerlititily be delivered GRATIS.—.I variety of impediments prevent the possibility of the Portraits being delivered at stated periods. A Portrait of his Royal Highness the DUKE of YORK will be ready for delivery on Suuday July 16, which will be follow td by thnt of the PRINCE of WALES. Should a:►y attempt he made to exact Payment for the Por traits, it is hoped that such flagrant impositions will be resisted. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. JULY.!. Then, for a moment, that HUONAPARTZ has rocei . .ed these reinforcements, let us look at his situation. He must either retreat, which would be destruction, or he must at all lia zards proceed with an encitiyin his front, with an Austrian army on each of his flanks, and with Bavaria and Swabia harrassed by the brave Tyrolese iu his rear. In this situa tion there will be no way open for supplies but what de pends upon convoys—for theattack of which, the Ansi ria ns can every where assemble forces and every where find pro tectors in case of defeat. An army which is obliged to !ouble the strength of its detachments, when it either occu- I nes a post or sends out parties for convoy or to forage on account of the known or possible hostility of a military . -ountry, will soon be harrassed by duty and lessened by sle ' iertion ; and the havoc which will be made in - pursuit of every party that is defeated, must be terrible indeed in a country where every townsman, every peasant, and ahnost• every woman, is an armed enemy. XENOPHON himself would find it difficnit to retreat from such a country at the head of 150,000 men, although every step brought him nearer home—but how he would ad vance in such a country against a superior force, when every step lengthened his line of communication, en .-reased his obstacles, augmented at the same time his enemies, and the employment of his troops, is reserved for the genius of BUONAPARTE to discover. But he represents even Hungary to be favourably disposed. He does cer tainly represent . that the majority of the Hungarians, as well as the Germans, arc disgusted with the old Governme - iit and hail him as their deliverer. But in a military view ho willand must . think differently. No prudent General will act upon this persuasion without having some proofs of it, and he has pretty good data to go upon when (if his Bul. letins were credited by himself) the Archduke CHARLES was driien, irrecoverably driven, before him ; his brothers, the pne scattered - like the dust, and the other all but an. aihilated.; and yet he has been defeated with his whole force by this same Archduke Cnsitrxs, and is now kept ..in check, disgracefully and ruinously, his flanks me naced, his rear harrassed, the capital of one of his allies in the possession of his enemy, (that of another threatened,) and its Sovereign and his families flying, not to him, but to the alinost obscure town of Frankfort for safety ; nd protection. This iaat least a new scene in the politics of he Continent ; and when we consider that the Duke of RUMSWI cic has, almost unthought of, issued from Bohemia, with a force sufficient to effect this ; when we are told ,hat KOLLOWRATH has crossed the Danube at Lintz with ;40,000 men to turn the left flank of his army, and that the !Prussian troops are in motion, meditating a co-operation ( with the Austrians upon the Elbe, we cannot but persuade iturseives, that the fate of Austria and of Europe is about to be, if not already decided. If Prussia, forgetting in her present humiliation, that jealousy of Austria which led her to weigh in the balance of her Machivelian politics, how far she might connive at the wings of the Imperial Eagle being clipped without losing a feather of her owns wijl heartily and sincerely join with Austria, its evening sun may reflect a retiring splen ditur, which was dented to its meridian of glory. This is her last struggle for in dependence. The Tyrant, if successful, will trust the monarch of Prussia no more. We must be content with this security for his cordial co operation, and lament that from a bankrupt in honour and honesty we can havono better. 11111=111111111. 1111 . 1110 .. 1 . 11 ....1.... 11 . 11 . 11111 . 111111 m . 4t4 THE NATIONAL REGISTER: . 10 OUR SUBSCRIBERS AND THE PUBLIC. hen, for a moment Pohraa ITS of 'the whole of the Male Branches of th reinforcements, let u . . • n A wan► %At iffAil POLITICAL ISPEN2'S OP THB I'VBBK. T he intelligence received from the Continent justifies the most sanguine expectations that BUONAPARTE has seen th; height of his power, Ile is now in a situation where he cannot proceed without danger, in which he cannot con tinue without disgrace, and from which he can scarcely re treat without destruction. There is a returning current in every stream, and we .sincerely hope the tide of 131.10NA saan.rE's fortune has began to ebb. We are encouraged in the,e • ideas by every letter that has been received within the last week. And whether we believe or dis believe the accounts of another battle having actually taken. place, we must at least acknowledge such - an•event have been highly probable. The silence of the Dutch Papers, do not bear much against it. The last inte!.. ligence from the Archduke CHARLES was on the. W., At this time he was said to be making preparations for attacking the centre of BCONAPARTE'S army . on the 12th. The Archduke FERDINA:6 was expected to join him on the 10th, at the farthest, and the Archduke Jowl, -whose fugitive army was represented as scattered like dust, -was expected to bring with him a force of not less than fA,OOO men about the same period. This would make the Austrian forces amount to about 300,000. We believe the most sanguine calculators have not ventured to rate the present force in Germany, under the command of Buox.s.- TARTE, including . the troops of the Federation,iat inure than 150,000. row it does nut appear to be in the chance of things ttiat 150,000 acting troops should conquer twice the -slumber of acting or local troops, occupying fortified posts, and perpetually augmenting their numbers, if they be true to their cause. if BUONAPARTE has already received such a 4heck as to make it necessary for him . to remove his head _quarters nearer to the position his army has taken up, and is obliged to fortify that position, the Austrians are more likely to gain by the delay than their opponen', notwith standing the re forceinents Which arc expected froni Russia. These, considering the war carrying on against Turkey and Sweden, vie should consider as rated very high at 40,00. A Russian ari..y, we know, may be very formi dable at borne, or even near home, whose power and con .sequence may be diminished in the exact ratio of the dis taace from their own coantry. But supposing the Russian strn3y to be as well appointed as it is notoriously deficient, 'we can but put them upon a footing with an equal number c,f Austrians, fighting at home pry aria et focis. 15uppose • ; 7 I MPS" I