The National Register. — London, England, 1813-07-11 00:00:00

SA -.. VIE NATIONAL REGISTER. abi.ut 100,000 men on each Austria, it may be ex. pected, will pursue her indecisive line of policy. She doe• not wish for NAPOLEON's overthrow, because, as soon as eases to be a sovereign, the Austrian house must ht d graded, and fli4lonOUred in the eves of the nations, for an alliance which success alone, and the purple of empire could justify and ennoble She would like to reduce his power : but at the seine time she is jealous and apprehensive of the Allies She knows that her indecision has not obtained their friend-hip, and she is conscious that by the same rea son she has inclined BL oN AP A Tcr displeasure. She will therefore, by her offers or thre:rts of interference, endea your to maintain that balance between the Belligerents, which prevents their dissatisfaction from bursting against her, and makes it their interest to respect and court hers Lowever they may disapprove of her policy. In the eve( ution of this plan, her geographical "position powerfully aisis s for it enables her to fall on the rear of the - con que•o whoever he he, if he carries his arms further than she thinks proper. Thus if NAPOLEON be driven to the ban! s •-f the Rhine, she may stop the career of his foes and procure him a peace that will secure his possessions within that river. If, on the contrary, notwiths , anding their numbers And the enthusiastic spirit of their people, the Allies be re pel c'd !o the Niemen, the influence of Austria will be ex ert d in their favour. It is said we have in vain offered to give her steme he French colonies, she will not espouse either side; her position as a mediator is too flattering to her pride to be easily relinquished. But leaving Austria, we have only to revert to the situation of the Belligerents in the mirth, so equally poised in their numbers at the beginning of this month, to appre• ciate the full value of the victory of Vitoria. It is this bat tle which, though fought at fdeen hundred miles distance from Silesia, will cripple the French in that quarter. It is that which will render them inferior to their opponents even ih numbers. When their western frontiers arc invaded, the mass of men Collected in the north must be dissolved, and out of it an army must be sent to stop our progress. What ap opportunity will not this give to the enslaved people of Germany to join the Allies in aims, and to restore independ ence to the continent. The hour of freedom may be said to have struck,—if it he allowed ,to pass unimproved never will it sound again for mankind. England and WEL LI NG - TON offer liberty to the world,—let the world attend, imi tate, and be free! JITLV It. , - The forti ess has sn flicient proN i glom , i,r a year. iv:clitaiy min calculated nit it could resist - open - trenches for'tliree month. , ..'en supposing that the enemy had a besieging train of YOU pieces of cannon, and without calculating the delay which the sortie. fr,rn the garrison could occasion to the operation of the siege. Hut up to this hour the enemy had in no mailer &hewn au intention of attempting so dangerous an enterprise. PERPIGNAN, JUNE 24.—We have just received tlielletails of the battle of Tarragona. The Spaniards and English discinharke4i at Salon,. near Tarrazona, in number 13,000 infantry and ;'OO horse. They immediately Marched upon Tarragona hoping, iidonht, ta obtain possession of that place before it could be- succoured : they attempted to storm it, but the garrison every where repulsed /he enemy with bravery. Upon this General . Matthieu arrived from Barcelona, and gave battle to the ei.enty, whom he completely defeated. The loss of the Anglo-Spaui4i army in this from 3 to OM killed or wounded, abandoned under the walls of Tatra. Bona; the remainder precipitately, mid in the greatest disorder, • re-embarked. O. the 28th and 29th of May last there w a very warm affair he the Castiles. The Spaniards were completely beaten ; O'Donners division suffered severely. The English ships which were in the bay of Rosas, suddenly left. We are ignorant of the cause of their disappearance.—Journal de Paris, July '2. PARIS, JULY 2,—Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent has received the following intelligence re-pecting the situation of the Army on the 15th of June : On the 24th the Emperor dined with the King of . Saxony. In the evening, the French Comedians gave, in the Court Theatre, one of Motive's pieces, at tvhich their Majesties were present. The Xing of Westphalia has arrived at Dresden, to see the Emperor. On the 25th, the Emperor visited the different delbouches of the forests of Dresden, and travelled about 19 leagues. His Majesty set out about five o'clock in the afternoon, and returned at ten itt the evening. Two bridges have been thrown over the Elbe, opposite the fortress of liecnigstein. The rock of Silienstein, which is upon the tight bank, within half cannon-shot of liomig•tein, has buen occupied mid tOrtitied : the maluzines and other military establish ments hate been prepared in that interesting position. A camp of 60,00 n men leaning upon the fortress of Koenig4eiii„ and being able to manoeuvre upon both banks, would be ouattackable by •any force whatever. . The King of Bavaria has established round Nyniphenbourg, near Munich, a camp of 25p10 men. The Emperor ;las given the command of the Bavarian Corps of Observation to the Duke of Castiglione. This army has assembled at Wurtzintrg. It is composed cf v divisions of infantry and two of cavalry. The Vice-Roy is assembling between tlw Pieve 4nd the Adige the Army of Italy, composed of three corps. General Grenier commands One of them. The new corps which has just been formed at Magdeburg, under the command of General Vandamme, already consists of 40 batta lions, and 80 pieces or art ilcry. The Prince of lickmuld is at Hamburgh. His corps has been re inforced by troops coming from France anti Holland ; so that upon that point there are more troops than there ever were. The Danish division which has joined the Prince of Eckmuld, consists of 15,000 men. The second corps, which the Duke of Belinno commands, had bnt one division during the fl ngn which has just finished : this corps has been completed, and the Duke of Bellow) now commands three di v isi °fur. _ _ Circumstances were so urgent at the commencment of the campaign, that battalions of tlie same regiment were dispersed into different corp.. All has been regulated, and every regiment has its battalions united. Every slay a great number of battalions on their march, which pass the Elbe at Magdeburg, arrive at Witten berg, Tongan, and Dresden. The military equipages of the army are now either in caissons of the old model,or caissims of the new. model (called No. 2), or in carriages a la Comtmse, in which provisions are conveyed for the whole army for a mouth. His Ma jesty has discovered that the carriages a la Comtoise, as well as the caissons of the ancient model, have inconveniences, ang has ordered that the equipages, as they may henceforth require replacing, shall be estaMished upon the model of the caissons No. !I. drawn by four horses, and which easily carry StoMal& The army is provided with portable rni4k. , weighing 1610. and each capable of makiag five quintals of meal daily. Three of thtse mills have been distributed to each battalion. FOREIGN INTEUIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, JuNr 6 .l9.—Her Majesty the Enipress-Quectt and Regent los received the following news Irons the army, dated Dresden, June :2 4:— Capt. Pian:st, an offs; 4 .r of the staff, charged with carrying intel ligence . of the Armistice, has arrived at Dantzte. He had much difficulty in getting into the place, because Grneral Rapp, the 6over'ior, fatigued by the :treat number of flags of truce which the • twiny sent every day, had declared that he woothl receive no more of them. The Officer had, therefore, considerable diffi culty in making himself known. • It would le..difficnlt to deseribe the joy which Iris presence caused that tine and numerous garrison, which is far from having the appearance of a besieged fortress; it is master of all its neighbour hood. Tire r atolls which arc to be furnished for it, duri*u the Ar. mistice, have beets fixed at 20,000 daily, which has, with justice, caused remonstrances on the part of the Governor. Several times that garrison, during the five months blockade, threw shells into the enemy's Lad-quarters, and, as one may say, besieged -him. General Rapp has formed a rood battalion of foot-guards, which is composed of fatigued and frozen men, who took refuge in the fortress. a I I I 1 • r t e y pf Ic ►y ►r DC of to er er iis Lis lie . to gas nq ply Av. eb la. he