The National Register. — London, England, 1809-05-28 00:00:00

TITS NATIONAL RECISTVW MAY 2S. of sinzalar intreoidity, had his horßeltilled undeehim. Colonels ear,lenan and Lenly •were killed. A cotnpany of the Corsican battalion, pursning the enemy into the wood-, made alone 100 prisoners. poring the affair of Ebersberg, the Duke of Monte bello arrived at Steyer, where he rebuilt the bridge which the enemy had cut. The Emperor sleeps to-day at Eons, in the 4.ast!.. of Prince Atcsrsperg-; to-morrow will be spent in rebuilds kg, tat. bridge. The deputies of the States of Upper Austria were presented to his Majesty at his llivonac at Ehersherg.-- Th o citizen; of ail el l s,:es, and from all the provinces, allow that Cle Empror Francis 11. is the aggressor : they expect great ol;:tnge- , , and admit that the Howe of Austria has merited all its misfortaaes. They accuse, even openly, the feeble, ohstinate, pertidiouc character of their Sovereign, as t he author of their naiictioos : 'hey manifest the deepest gratitude for the generosity which the Emperor Na poleon shewed towards the capital and countries he leid conquered. In einnoton with all Europe, they ave indignant at tloe rewntment and natred which-the Emperor FrrIWAS has not ceased to nourisa agai izt a nation which had been so noble and magnanimous towards hint. - •in the ciminion even of the subjects of our enemy, victory is Oh the side of the' good cause. BULLETIN. Saint Mateo, May 9. The Prince of Ponte Corvo, who contmansis the 9th corps, Com ;tlsed in a great measure of the Saxon army, and which has marched near the Bohemian frontier, s reading diiquietude every where, has canned the Saxon General Gittschmitt to march to Egra. " Titic general has been we!l received by the inhabitants, - Whom he has ordered to dismiss the Inadteette (militia). On the et h, the head-quarters of the Prince of Ponte Corvo were at Betz, het ween Bohemia and Ratishon. One Schill, a sort of robb-r, w ho VV2S covered with crimes during the last campai , nt of and who had obtained the rank of Colonel, has deserted from with his whole regi ment, and repaired to Wirtemherg, on the Saxon frontier. He has env ironed (Irk( town. General Lest ocq has issued a Procla, 'nation against him as a deserter. This ridiculous movement was coneerte•l with the party which ished to scud fire and blood throucy,h Germany Uis Maje:t v has ordered the forma tion of a intros of observation on the Eltr., which will he com manded by the Duke of Walnt, and compi:sc•l , •1'60,000 men. The advanced gl4r•l is ordered to :troceed to Haim. The Duke of mfmociieno rrocse:i the Eats at Stever, im the 4th, and arrived on the sth :it Amstetten, tt here he met the enemy's ad vanced ea%r:l. Cenerol of Brigade, caused the t2Otli regiment of horse ellasscurs to charge a re...intent Of U!.a.1 , 4, of whom s')) tvere :,t"ea. The voting Laurision, IS years of ale, and who but si mon:hsago wa, a page, after a SilLrlekr cotottat, vanquished the ronvnander of - the titans, and too!: hi•n prison er. His Ilaie;ty hos granted him the decoration of the Legion of Honour. On the (ith, the Duke of Montebello arrivivl at Moirk, the Doke of Rival at AsnAetten, and the Doke of Aurrstadt at Lintz. The rent:tot.; 4)1 tae cori►s of the Le is, and General Hillier, quitted Saint Pol:en the 7th. Two-third. passed the Dunalw at- Crews.; tbe‘• were p !4lell Alantern, where the bridge was found broi.elt: the other third took the direction of Vienna. . . Oa the Sth, the head-quarters of the Emperor were at St.. Molten. The head-quat ters of cie no:ce of Montithello is to day at Sigartskirchen. file Duke •of Datil zic ig marching from Saltqairg to Insprock, in order to attack in. the rear the detach ments which the, enemy has still in the TN nil, an i which trou bled Ve frontiers or ,;avarice . In the cellars of the Abbey cif Mole were found several thotp , tuft bottles of wine, which are N w-eful for the Ann.:. it is not till beyond Atnlektthat the wine country betv,ile:. It follows Irons the accounts delivered in, that the arm% Gag foitn:l, since the p.is4a4e Of the Inn, in the dif ferent magazines of the enemy, 40,000 quintals (acorn, 400,000 rations of hi.euit s. and sortie hundred thousands of rations of brew!. Austria had formed these magazines in order to march forward. They have been of great a.e to us. • • young Prince, 26 years •of age, pis.,-,aniptuoue and without. et• perieuee, of an ardent character, assumed the gm of Vienna, and issued the annexed Proclamations (No. 1 ..ad 2.) It was generally reported in the country. that all the entrench. inents which surrounded the capital were fortified, and redoubttrs had been raised, that entrenched I'hITIpS had been rot med. 'and that the. city was determined to defend itself. The Emperor% had a difficulty to believe, that a capital, so generously treated. by the French army in 1t303, and the good. sense and wisdom of who , sd inhaliitants are acknowledged, would be so finntical as to - resolve upon so toad an enterprise. He experienced, therefore, a sweet satisfaction when, on approaching the itnalease sutt•trhs• of Vienna, he saw a numerous population of women, children,. old men, run forward to meet the French army, nod receive our solders as friends. • " General Couroux traversed the !obi-iris., and general Thar.. reau repaired to the esplanade whim zepa .tttes them•from the , - city. At the instant he reached It, he was received b.: a dis ? charge of musketryand cannon, hied was Aignily wounded. Of 300,000 inhabitants who compose the isoisolation of V , entia. the city, properly so collet:, which is . surrnanded by a hasti,:oi and a counterscai p, scarcely contains 40,000 itihahitants and 1300 • houses. The eight quarters of the tow'', which have retained the name Of suburbs, and are separated from the city by a vast • esplanade, and .covcred ou the side of the country by, intrench- . ments,• inelnec more than 5000 houses, and are inhabited b • more . than 220,Q0;t: who draw their subsistence from the city, where are the markets and shops. The Archduke Ma Yimilian had caused registers to be opened for e,;llectinz, i.e.. names of the in habitants who were willing to defend theatseives. Thiety. indif viduals only inscribed their names; all the Akers refused it.h. • indignation. Defeated in his 'hopes, by the go. , d sense of the people of Vientut, he collected ten battalions of the toilitia (Landerchr) and tea battalions of the line, comfit's* a force hi from 15,000 to 16,000. ani threw himself within the place., Th e i)uke of Montebello sent him an Aidit-de-camp with a sumoeei t hut some butchers, and a few hundred fellows, sateiVes of the Archduke Maximilian, rushed upeta the P rtts;tneotaire, amp ! • one of them wounded him. The Archduke ordered the wretch: who had committed this infamous action to be led in triumph ' thorough the cits, mounted On the horse of the French officer, and turounded by the Militia. After thin unheard-of violatlonef the rights ofnations, the horrid Ppec lade was seen of ogee port of the . • city drawing upon the other part, and citizens direling t&eiar • arms ugainst their tqlow eitizens. General Andrecoty,apimintiie edGoveroor of the city, organised in each Kitson) a municipality, a central committee of provisions, and a national guard, consist ing, of merchants, manufacturers, and the goof citizens of every artn, , d to 'repress proprietors, and eill-disposed persons ( pour contenie les proprieloires et ley mamas sujels.) * The (Governor-General caused a deputation of the eight sub urbs to repair to Schoenbrunn. The limpet or charged them to proceedto the city io order to carry the annexed letter (No. 3.) wriiko by Alajor-General Prince of Neufchatel to the Archduke lie recommended the deputies to represent to tho Archduke, that if he continued. to fire upou the suburbs, uld if a single /me of tae inhabitants lost .his life through his arms, this act v of frens.y,, this . crime against the people, would for ever bleak the howls which attach. subjects to theirsovereigns. deputation ent,ered the city on the 11th at.ten of the fore, moo, and their arrival was marked only by the redoubled fire ream the ramparis. , ifieen inhabitants of the suburbs perished, and wily two Frenchmen were killed. The patience . of the Elp• p.!ror was ;wearied nut. lie proceeded with .he ~Duke of Kis !oh, to the arm of the Danube widen separates the Pratartt he tUshionable pi-onsehads of Vienna], and ordered two compaiiiea of Voltigenrs to occupy a small pavilion on the left hank, in or der to cover the raising of a bridge. rite hattalitio of grenadier' which defended. th'.! passage. was driven back. by the Voliigeurs, an Iby the grape-shot of .fifteen pieces of artillery. .A.t eight of tae e'vening the pavilion was occopied,"and the . materials o 4 the Bridge collo ted. Captain Portales, Aide .:l;- :1e of the Prince of Neufchatel, trod Susaldi, Aide-.le Camp of Gen.. B,ulet, were among the first to .swim across the raver in order,. .0 seek the boats on the opposite shore.. At nine of the evening 3 batter 1' 0120 °muses, raised bya.aierals riertrand and Nava iet, at 160 fathoms from Cie place, began t!ic. bonthardiiient 1600 obusses were , agi in less than roil! hours, min SOMI the whole appeared to ne in banes. One must have seen Ariama, houses of eight or. stories, its narrow streets, and nomc , . ions popillat ion n•srro w a comoass, in order to. funs an idea of tie ttirseit, disorder, and disasters which such an eve. ration could nut but occasion. ri* Archduke Maximilian had, •••• " - • • • • , • SE v rsTII BULLETIN. " Vtr.NNA, MAY 13..—0 n the 10th. at nine of the morning, t Ltaperor apoearel heforP the gat" of. V tenon, with the corps of Nlarshal Dake of tlontehollo. It Way, a . . the same hour, on the ' , wale day, and exactly one month o! . t:r the Austrian army bad passed the Inn, and the IsOnperor 1..! ands 11. had render-7 , 1. himself guilty of a perjlit, the of his ruin. On thr!'sth of Nay, the Archduke Maximilian 3 brutheE of the Empres s , a MIN