The National Register. — London, England, 1809-10-15 00:00:00

OCT. 15. Tyrowails are aloe to maintain the struggle, the more this ' conviction must increase ; and the more alarming it will become to EtiONA PARTE: In the event of a new war it will operate a powerful diversion in favour of Austria, by oc cupyieg a large French, Bavarian, Italian, and Wurtem berg force, to prevent the explosion of this spirit, and to prevel:t a communication between the Tyroleans and the borderers. Another article from . Munich states, that 80-, NAPA 's re was expected at the Castle of Nymphenburg, the swim:et residence of the King of BAVARIA . , or on a visit to i;at Prince. This gave rise to a report that he was to_ 4 ' cOnliaue his journey to Paris. But this is mere report; and supported by not one circumstance, which might ren der it Worthy of credit. The' liutch Papers to the 7th inst. containing: aris news of the Ist, are silent on this subject: The following are the most important articles of intelligence they . contain.--An article in the Paris Papers of the Ist instant says: . " With regard to' the question of peace . or war, we are still in the same state of uncertainty. It is certain, however, that On the-24th ult. the Emperor had not left. Schoenbrunn, and a very active correspondence continued between the Emperors NAPOLEON- and FRANCIS.' It is further stated, that Count &nal returned to Schoenbrunn on the 22d." This Officer, who is Aid-de-Camp to the Emperor FRANCIS, was expected on the 21st with the ultimatum of the latter. The answer he brought hasiiot. transpired, though wehave inteiligence from V leuna down to the 24th. - This reserve and the temporising policy lately adpoted by BUONAPARTF, so inconsistent with the confidence and menaces he ex pressed after the first signature of the armistice, he endt.avours to detract the attention of the Public from, by occupying them with a report that Count BUENA, a very meritorious Officer, and peculiarly high in the confidence of his SOvereign, has quitted the Austrian service. 'Oleic are miserable expediegts; if he feel the necessity of' resorting to them, in order to . turn public; observation froM his present unaccountable inaction. Austria defies him ; refuses to submit to his stipulations; and,• notwithstanding the late insolence of his tone,lie finds it expedient to temporise and continue the negocia tion. Count METTERNICH, the Austrian negociator at Altenburgh, was even upon the point of quitting that plate abrubtly-, had he not been detained by CIIAMPAGNV, who proposed submitting more 'satisfactory terms for the con sideration of his Court. The prevailing opinion, never theless in Vienna is, that hostilities will recommence. The two armies are, in the meantime, approaching each other: BUONAPARTE'S guards 'have been ordered to pro ceed to Presburgh, which indicates the speedy removal of the head-quarters from Schoenbrunn to that city. The French army, including the Confederates of the Rhine and the Italian troops, are estimated in these accounts, at 300,000 men ! We hazard nothing in . asserting that this statement is exaggerated. We know from personal, ohservatiois, made during a course of years, in the. midst of the French armies, that no reliance ought to be placed upon their statcaoenta in this respect.: Their account of SOULT'S Army, which Me Meniteue has the effrontery to estiinate at 70,000 confirms this opinion; and- . We are convinced of the accuracy of Lord WELLINGTON, when he states it at . between 24 and 30,000. If they had this superiority of force on the frontiers of Portugal, exclusive of the two corps under the . conaniand of VICTOR.; how will they account for their shameful inaelion?. What prevents SOULT from- overrunning Portugal and dris lug the Ang,lish into the Tagus ? A gasconade, •in order to be plausible, ought to be probable. The same may be applied to their pretended force on tile Scheldt; and if Lord CRATRANI believed it, we have only to add, - that he did not give him self the trouble ; or did not adopt the proper means, '0 ac quire just information. his Lordship has been dereivea, we have no doubt, if he renounced the enterprise from a supposed superiorit± on the part of the enemy, in poilit ot numbers; but let us resume our subject. The French • THE NATIONAL REGISTER. accounts acknowledge that the Austrian preparations far the continuance of the war are ext.:tingly formida ble. 150,000 Hungarians are organized and equip ped. The same activity and vigour prevail in erm ing the population of Bohemia avnl Moravia. Their army, after the battle of Wagraie, was by no means inconsiderable. It was still able to present a menacing front to the enemy ; though the corps, under the Arch . - dukes JOHN and . Igenteaso, had not joined the Main army. • If hostilities • recommence, the Austrians can act undivided'and concentrated. The enemy, on the contrary, have the Tyrol to observe; to repress insurrection in every part of Germany; to keep a watchful eye at the red-coals to Waicheren, and reinforce their army in Spain. If Prus sia and Russia awake from their apathy ;—but oh ! that ifi !—it confounds a number of speculations. ' We have received, in like manner, some MUniteurs to the sth, and Dutch Papers to the Bth. Their contents are unusually reserved and uninteresting. The only article re lative to the negociatiou at Altenburg is contained. in the Royal Amsterdam Gazette of the 7th in stant. It tias, that the conferences are . continued with out interruption ; but adds, that all the reports in &cilia• tion, relative to the terms of peace, are most certainly with out foundation." BvoNara RT E, in the mean time, does not appear. semis.: during the interval of negotiation. That extraordinary man, whilst he directs front Schoenbrunn the operations of hisarmies on the Tagus and the Scheldt, and notes and strove, the slightest mistakes committed by his Generals, at the distance of near a thousand miles, appears to bellying, without interruption, from Schoen brunn to Presburg, - back again to Vienna, and without :reining to devote. a single instaut to - repose, hurries with the same rapidity. to Bruno. in Moravia. The intelligence from that city of the 19th ult. represents him as reviewing the third army, (the word corps is now too insignificnut for .the divisions of his mighty force). Upon seeing him direct, with a steady and unerring hand, .a vigorous mind, end rapid eye, -the concerns of an immense Continent . ,. iM the combined character of soldier, statesman, and Kiwi., watch over the the minutest wheels, regulate the slightest movements, overlook the. whole machine,• and afterwards hear of his restless activity, his:reviews and. his journeys.—:. We feel a sensation- of .admiration, similar to that which AeesiLays expressed on beholding . the. Theban Gene heral, EPAMINONDASi pass with his army aloog the hanks of the Eurotas.. .The aged hero exclaimed, with h the well known conciseness of K Spirtan, Tbe Won derful Man !" Equally wonderful. the modera Chic ,twin. Ms talents, • activity, and moderation .are nut fur. haps, inferior to those of the illustrious neban. Bat if we examine/hen) more minutely n hat contrast betwces the modern and the ancient ! The one loved his eibuntry intensely, rendered her triumphant over all her eneinks, •consolidated her freedom,. and required no other rosard, but the sublime and incalculable one o(having performed the duties of. a good citizen. Hat BIJOAAPATE has stiencd himselfa perfidious citizen, an enemy to his adopted coun try and to mankind. The former fought for the liberties and glory of his country, without any. secondary considera- . Lion. The other combats to enila NA: it and the rest of the human race. The one gloried in his poverty Eta disinter estedness; the bitter is the most rapacious and wheeling egotist, who ilesolates the fairest and intuit portion of the earth, fur his hole aggratidisenicaL and that of his family. • Spanish Papers to the 15th ob. linve been receive?. Thty contain the of the pleasitizintelligei:ce that Gerona was succoured by a h► d). of troops scat by Ge:reral , BLAKL, -who- entered.thei •ieiportant fortreAs with a large convoy of proibiotts tiotF.anoli:ni:i4tit. When e reiti examples of stipliiiie coora.:e and pers;serance, such a were exhibited by Sarapsts :and- iii.fAct, by' Valencia riald - cahoot p055,:..y 7 • .• 71 .1... . • • • F ~ ~$ 0 . 1 •