The National Register. — London, England, 1809-07-23 00:00:00

NATIONA L REGISTER. EXPLANATION OF THE Mint. —...„„....... 11111 LOG NE, one of the principal objects of the . present Ex pedition, has for some years been the rendezvous of the 1. , ' refirlt Ballerina. fleet. Its harbour is extensive an i protected by a mole, which, preserves it from being ch up hy th 7 mds that are conti mta ll y washed along the northern coasts of Franc u e, IL.lland, and Germany. Its distance from Calais is about 14 miles southward. C.t r, tisis 21 mile 4 S.S.E. from Dover; it is a sea-port, and tolerably well fortified. Its situation is low and marshy. DCNNItax is remarkable for the fortifications composed or immense works, which have been so frequently demolished by the stipulations of various treaties. It offers, at present no particular object to our grand floating arnzament, except the obliteration of our disgrace in its environs in 179.3. OSTEND also offers an incident to arouse the energetic ven geance of a British maritime army, In 1798, a body of Unglish troops surrendered here to the French. Ostend is 22, miles from i Dunkirk and 60 from Brussels. W.k Lc i, EItE:N the grand object of our force, is the most wester) island of the United . Provinces, or rather of the K ing - flow of Holland. By its prominent situation it commands both the mouths or the Scheldt, and the entrance into the Ilaes or Aleuse. The harbour of Flushing though much impeded by fluting sands, is capable of a d m i tting large vessels , and is not more than '25 miles from A N't WERP, where our enemies are endeavouring to create a new navy. illiddkburg is the other town of consequence on this Island. Sett r:Lwr, a river entering the German Ocean on both sides the Island of Walcheren, by two branches, called the Western and Eastern Scheldt. It is navigable for the largest vesse's beyond A !STSIr tlte, where mover the finest ships in the French service are built. It is remarkable for having been the object of contention between France and Holland at the continence ment of the revolutionary war, which ioduced the English to interfere in opposing the sanguinary ambition of the French democrats, CA AI PER DOW K, a small town on the Dutch coast, opposite to 'which Admiral Duncan obtained his famous victory, If rmonti, a village, strong nut, and head-land of the Dutch coast : which our armament will not pass without very severe recollection. Tex 2'[, is an Island separated from the Helder by a very nar row channel. This ebonite& which is the must southern entrance into the Zuyder Zee, and the passage to Amsterdam, was take!) possession oiby the English with the commanding frt, in e- tember 1799 ; but g rits abandoned wi t h considerableo loss in s the Novembe r following. rill BDEN, a strong town and a goad harbour it is situated on the limbs, on Dollast Bay. 11AAinvaG, the probable ultimate object of our Maritime Expedition, is a sell fortified city, situated on the Elbe and A ktrr, and possesses every advantage for commerce : it commu nicates with most of the navigable rivers of Germany. There have been from two to three hundred merchant vessels ofdiffereut nations at once at anchor before this city. The possession of it iliv a great nautical power, would ina great measure, command 1 sue interior of the Germanic state.. Letters of a late date, which have been received from Petersburgh, via Hamburg!), mention that the Emperor ALyx:Aivokin, with the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE, Count RomANzov, and a numerous suite, accompanied by the Duke of'lnior.i (Marshal Dnuoc), wore prt-paring to leave that city for the army in Galicia, and that events of grea,t importance to the world might be soon expected to take place. H is also said, tlitre were no grounds to hope that ALEX-- ANDER would change his present system of politics ; that CAPLlvcoveir was too active and intriguing; and that h Was co n ti nua ll y surrounded by the French party. T e he idea of possessing European Turkey, and placing his bro ther CoNsT A %TIN E upon the throne of Constantinople, tcrided not it Mile towards retaining in him a disposition favourable to POLEVN. 473 We this day present our Subscribers find the Public with Correct Chart of the IVeighbouriaz Coasts occupied by the Enemy, which we trust, will be found the completest thing of the kind that has ever been givrn in a Newspaper. With ali tour exer tions we could net procure a su ff i cient ntpuber of Portraitv of the Duke of Yor4 for publication this; day. No doubt uow remains of the Prints being ready for El:slivery on Sunday next. Plate has b een retouched, nod will produce very hoe im preSS i O The W• E NATIONAL REGISTER. LOllOOll, SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1809. poLiric.4L EVENTS OF THE WEEK. It is not without the deepest concern and anxiety wear. under the necessity of announcing the intelligence received from the Danube. This afflicting account of the defeat of the Aaennexc comes in a most equivocal manner, and we entertain little doubt of it being in exaggerated, an d per h aps many respects false ; but we do not know how to justify a suspicion that it is altogether a mere disguise. The 25111 and 26th Bulleti ns were floated out of Boulogne in a tub or small boat, and picked up by one of our cruizers, They contain accounts o f a great Battle fought on the Gth, 7th, and .:).'11; of this month. ---On the night of the sth BuoxepAierE is said t o have made a feint of crosing the Danube at a point to which he was desirous of evgaging the attention of the Archduke CHARLES, white his real object was to ford that river higher up, and this hr is stated to have done without oppos!tion, and to have carried the entrenched camp of th e ARCHDUKE on the 6:h. This.was succeeded by sanguinary fighzs on the 7th and Bth, and which were ultimately determined in favou r of beoN A .. PA RTE I and the communication of the AirlidukaCTlAnLes with Ilungaty is said to have been cut oft; aid :hat he has retreated into Bohemia; this we do not entirely cr7d:t. The Emperor FRANCIS is likewise said to have been a willies* of the battle from a Tower at Wolkerstlotf. The -tilt , rtsirk of is action was a loss on the part of the Atis!rians of 10,000 killed and wounded, 20,G00 prisoners, among whom aro 300 Officers, 40 pieces of cannon, and 10 pair of cai.da Mg. There are certainly some obvious contradiction s in this ac count.---When we recollect that 30,000 were admitted to have been killed awl wounded in the hattles of the `2 1 2 1 1 and 93d May, on one side, we cannot believe that i 0,0 killed a 00 0 .-,l v are aril wound•ll in a battle u hich contintied three etays I and whiCh, therefore, must have been contested with obsii ; 'lacy and valour. If only 40 pieces of cannon are taken, ' what are be come o f near I'-2.0a pieces more, which . the Austrians certainly h a d ? And this is the French: ac count too. Eith er t h e victory is not so decisive, or • the results are st a t e d b y t h e French in a very unusual reaimer for th em . B ut we are not dispd to credit the wholc of this a ccoun t ; we can believe that Li7ONAPARTE has gained a great but. not decisive ad vats: age n ; and we cannot f•Pfp oticiug that among the prisoners, or the slain, or ti e wounded, the names of Nonm AN , a • Frenchman, one of the Princes of Rohan, and another General only are particularized. If 20,000 prisoners he added to the 10,000 killed awl wounded, by what sort of arithmetic is the AstcaoUiLL'S