The National Register. — London, England, 1809-05-14 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. spite of his character. The r2itilt from this narrative is that the dissentious between CHARLES and his Son . were f o . meuted by the intrigues of the Emperor NAPOLEON, an that having thus divided the kingdom, and distracted the Court, he endeavoured to obtain admission in the charactv• of an arbiter of their differences. In plain words, created an anarchy, a confusion, a general dissolution o ail law and government, in order that the Spanish peopl,- mig,ht be wearied by the scene of disorder presented !,; them, and call in his assistance for their relief. The pa triotism of the Spanish people defeated his ambitious pur pose, and rendered it necessary for him to conquer the kingdom, which he had previously determined he would only steal. This pariciilal attempt of Prince FERDINAND is imputed to the seductions of England and English Counsels. We conceive it unnecessary to say even a word upon this sub ject. It is not consistent with the principles of our ordi nary administration, nor would it be pardoned in any Mi nistry, thus to foment domestic disorders, and family feuds, in the household of sovereigns. Such purposes may be compatible with French intrigue, but if an English agent were to conduct himself upon such principles, he would be visited by the most exemplary punishment. Not a man in tha kingdom would be found to stand up in his defence. Upon the whole, this Report k replete with fallacies. There a.-e parts of it, however, which are more important than its misrepresentations. Snell are those passages ,in which some light is thrown on the future intentions of the Em peror NAeoLcoN. By the collation of those parts, it is the evident deii.,;n of the French Elll'EnOß to reduce Aus:ria to the standard of a secondary power in Germany. In a conversation with the King of BAVARIA, he is stated to have said, that he would render him greater than any 01 ancestors,—that he hereafter shou:d be a match for the renperor FRA7Zcri, and that Amnia. should a very short period cease to have the power of troubling the re pose of Germany. In an , )ther part of this E.i.Tost:, the wr:tfr ehtcrs into a lallm:retl ckfener: of the innocence of the i'rench Govern /nenil ail desi; ; ;ns againit Turkey. It vsol:14 f;cem from ttly, that such desizns were confined to IlnyAia. In poi:it of fact, r'e he!ieve that Allis is tree. Tur',i.ev has been a matter barga.in and sale between France and Ilussla. The Empeior Af.L. - ;AN DEn s to all appearance, has ai;reed, that if l'rance allow him to pursue his dcs:,4ii3 on Turkey, upon part will not inter-pc:Kt between fralice and A nslria. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. tROII THE FRENCII DUTCII PF.,^.3. rIZENCII t U LmlTiNs. F Psi' HU Lidi'T IN. Noll-1.(17), .1pr:101. The A octri:ln hrt-ro: pac.zed the inn on the 9112 h: l t Ras 'de for itGStil .fr:ustria deelared an implztuah'ie war Fra:lc;. nod her t 9 .:C Cooreovration cf the 1: hine. 'Fite wer , .! the pwiitiors or the French army nod her :—The corps of the Doke IYAucrstadt ftati3- 1 , 01 . ,. the cortH of the Duke of at Ulin, the cori;% of Ciro. I:oclinot at ugshorgh, the llead-tioarters ; the t hree divisions or 11:Lvariarr, tinder Cie ))nice of Ditatzie. were placed as follow s :—The first di v isi comipanded hy the Vs ioee 1:0:;.1, r.t Alonich ; the serood, hy I)et at Landshat ; rind the third. by Gen. De \V rede, at Straohitrgh. The 1V sir temburgh division at lie; dcti!u:i:o. S;L:,:cn ;;-Jop MAY 14. toider the wall, 4, 1) 1, i ate air. of I , :e thlchy A arsaw, -commanded Pricee Poniain.sskv, in the ettvirons Warsaw. On the UM the nOriatt troops invested Passau, ae-e the► sorrnundei a littalion of Bavariaos, and at the :t.ne time in qested Kutfteili here there fla another battalion rt ; titeF.e innventeol • took place with , out even a living fired. The haviriao Court quitted Munich for ingen. Tbe Bavarian d 1.‘j1141 Which hint been at Landshut •vent to Altortt, on the kit hav,k of t Isar. The division der the eqmtuand of General D. IV rede m h efted ti;oni Neustadt. The Luke itivoli left Clot for the environs of A4l ; -thin-eh. From the 10th to the 16th the enemy's ar%ov advanced from the Inn to the Iser ; their ‘vere several sKirmit•hes het ~ .een parties the cavalry, in which the Havar;ans were succe-,110. On the Kith, at Phlfenhotien, the 2d and 3d regiments r, f !;avarian light hitrse completely routed the Inp.sar , , of Stipsehitz tae ito•en herg• dragoons. At the same time the enenty appeared in iarge hodies for the purpose of forming at Latittsimt, the bri-Ire wus broken down, and the Bavarian division ct,.. , eand-d by General Duroy, vigorously opposed this movement of tit • enetn, hut being threatened by the columns which passed the lser at %lour berg and Freysing, this division retired in good order upon that of General Wrede, and the Bavarian army took a central posi tion upon Neustadt. DEPARTURE OF THE EMPEROR FROM PARIS ON THE 1: The Emperor learnt by the telegraph, in the evening of the 12th, that the Austrians had passed the Inn, and he set out from Pail- thnost immediately. He arrived at three o'clock on ti morning of the 16th, at Louisburg, and in the evening of the same day at Dillingeu, wsere he NM' the King of Bavaria, and p:.tssed half an hour with that Prince, and promised in 15 days to restore him to his capital, to revenge the insults which bad been offered to his lion e, and to make him. greater than any of his aucestors had ever been. On the 17th, at two o'clock its thr morointr,, laic Majesty arrived at I)onanworth, where he im mediately established his head-quarters, and gave the neees -I.ry orders. On the 15th the head-quarUrs were removed to Ingolstadt. BAT ri,r. OF PF IFFENHOFFEN ON THE 19Th. On the 19th General Ou:iinot quitted Augsbargh and arrived by break oFd:ty at Pfaffeohotleti, Ivhere he met three or four blowout! Austrians, ivhich he attacked, and took 200 prisoners. The DL - a, ltivoli arrived the next day at Platfenhoffen. The same day the Doke of Auerstadt left Itatisbon to advance to Nenstadt, and to draw near to Ingolst:ult. It I% as then evi dent that the plan of the Emperor was to out-manoeuvre the ene my, w!io had formed near Landshut, and to xttack them at the tery moment when times, thinking they were commencing the attack, were marching to Ratisbon. VrTLE OF TANN, ON THE 19TH. Oa the'(#;Li , by break of day, the Duke D'Atterstadt began hi- nlAre:t in two columns. The divisions of Al oraud and Gudin Co -oh' right, the divisions of St. lliilaire and Fri:lnt formed his left. The division of St. HiHaire arrived at the village of Pressing, and there met the enemy, supertor in number, but in ferior in bravery, and there the campaign was opened bra bat tle, %Oriels was to,)! glorious to our arms. General St. llillaire, supported by :/.14.:•111 Ftiant, overturned every thing that wai opposed to him, and took all the positions of the enemy, killed a great number of theta, and made between and 700 prisoners. The - 02t1 regiment distinguished i:self on that day, the 37th main mined its aurient reputatiln. hiNteen years ago this regiment obtained in Italy the name of " The Terrible." In this action they ma int.lincd their pretension* to that title; they attacked singl . .; six Austrian regitnents in succession, and routed them. On the left,- at tis o o'clock in the afternoon, Gen. Mnraud also 161 in with an Austi inn Division, which he attacked in front, while the Duke of Ottotzir, with a corps of Ilavariaos, which had tivircireil front A !tension g, attacked theoi in the rear. This vv:o - 4sltoa driven from all its positions, an!i left several huthired-s in killed and prisoners. The whole regiment of the Dragoons of Levealier was destroyed, and its Colonel killed by the Bavaritta Liglit-horse. At sun-set the division of the Duke of Dant. , ,ic funned its . junction with that of the Duke of A tier stadt. In all these irs Generals St. iliil.tire and Friant par ticularly distinguished themselves. Those unfortunate Austrian troop; who had been led from Vienna with music and with songs, anti under a persuasion th;:t there wry no longer any Frew h army (ertnanN. mid t h they would only have to deal Nv ith iclembur;.ther , and Bavarians, displayed in the strongest man ner ,the the) felt agaiust their Chiefs, fur • the error