The National Register. — London, England, 1809-06-18 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. aKreemena on their plans of aggrandisement, and whatever of the lesser powers is seized upon by either, it W..; the double erect of dip - '_iishing , the obstacles and of wlding to the strength of a c_mlek!tracy, whose objeds are terrible for Europe and tor But althoui,h we cannot at once examine into their Cabinets, enter their Holy of Mlles, and read the book of their Covenant, we must shut oureyes with an obst - nacy beyond that of error, if we dt• not see plunder, injustice and min, written deeply and im mutably in characters of blood. We shall tike an early op. prtunity of examinin.4 the probable effect/ 11 1)f this policy upon Me prosperity and the ultimate safel: ! of England. GENERAL ASPECT OF AFFAIRS. There has been no event in the course of the week of a nature sufficiently decisive to require or justify any positive comment. The general appearance of the War, however, has departed, and it is therefore become a matter of in terest, wh i ther these only, and the grand chance of the game remains only where it was. Upon this subject there is one point ()Nome apparent importance. We are sorry to be under the necessity of statiug, that there is every reason to believe, •that the former narrative, published as an Au- STRJAN BIILLETI.', is a FABRICATION. Our Readers will remember that we expc,..aped much surprise at its precise similarity with the French narrative of the same affair, the two - acCouidai only differing ; in as far as the one es idently exa c lerated in the favour of the Austrians, whihit the other :dthinished in toe same proportion in the favour of the French. Now, it is certainly very .possible that two per suns, writing on the same affair, should have a strong re semblance to each other ; but it is neither natural, - and scarcely possible, that in the narrative of a cemplicated event,—of an event of a thousand parts and ten thousank, points, that both should make precisely the same reflection. The French Narrative aa4 the Austrian Bulletin were toe much alle,—they were the exact counter-parts of each other. It reminds us of an anecdote of the celebrated Dr. Tillotson. Being at a village church, he heard one of his own Sermons delivered by the Preacher : after the svry ice he thought necessary to complinient the Preacher upon his elocution,—" And as to the' Sermon, Sir, there was a learn ing—a research." " A mere trifle," replied the o:h:e ; "do not mention it. Sir." " I must confess, Sir," rel. lied " that there is w:e circumstance, which leiiticu ;larly surprises me, and tha! is, the surprising similarity ie pen's minds—for would you believe it, that having to write upon this same iniTiject ten years ago, I wrote word for word, and for awl not for not, the same discourse which you have just delivered." Will respect, therefore, to the origin of the Bulletin, there cannot be any daub but that was a mere fabricatiou, but ish whom this fabri. Cation orig:pated, whether in Feiglaud or in Germany,— whethev in the Ailey, or among the Clerks of the Ticas.r: Chambers, we will not veeture a co:jecture. It was eii;. toe her from the French in, and the passages in the Harnburgh eapers and Ileli • toland Mails founded upon that Bulletin ; and therefore had an appearance of being confirmed by these accounts, of which, in fact, it was .only a counter-part. A rrier,tion of i•uporfance here snp;csts itself. Does this fahreation of the Austrian Bulietin alrect the credit of the other accemits, and particularly of the One last received ? Most certaiels . not ; it ouly removes one of the alledged pr-ofs, and therefore Fetves the affair upon its former basis. Austrian Bulietin was an attempt t. give an official air ae..l ituthorty to reports, conjectures, and probable accoentt;., 'I his official sanction, far as it depended on the AuArian Bulletin, is !Zone, and the n n documents reman, and those, in our opinioa, ace amph sufficient to justify ihe von;.:esion, that N eonrn s has beer most completely defeated, and that the Aec .4. , oeKE evinced a talent, an energy, and even an actual and pos tive strength, whirl; promis.es the d.. , liveranee of Au,:Tal.A. There is another circumstaoce vsnich, in its must be taken into account. Though the A us t r ia n Luletin a JUNE IS. fahrication, it ti ,, not appe - :c to be filse, in fact ; beim; rov;ldt.d ari actuai intePOence, it is true, though not Tet at!! i;eohe. ince the publiena ion of this fabricated Bulletin, another Austrian ofli s tial ai:count has-been given to the imblic. This account, white purpoits to he all Official Dispatch, or at leaA the sto.stance of ore, does not differ mater:aiiy front either the French Bulletin or from :he former reputed Austrian Bulletin. There is, indeed, no mention of the tbr tuitous or designed destruction of the bridges ; and (le ac count, on the face of it, carries an appearance of trulli, hich very powerfully eonfirms it. There is but one onfv.- lion, and that is, complete as the victory is stated to be, - lees not appear that the Austrians ha.. e. reaped aay e,sential fruit. The Freach are stated to hate ellected their retreat inldieurhed by any attack ; no artillery, and very few pri soners, are amongst the Austrian aceinsitions. To say ait in a word, the ailedged fruity of the victory bear no proba ble proportion to Ihe alledged ma;lii: wit! of the victory. file French are drivea to the 13antibe, where filet ore .„ quieily . spared to depart. in peace, and reindlark or told the river without opposition. There cancot, as we hate before said, be any reasoaable, any eossible doubt, but Aral the Freud; have been most conieieiely eeleated, hut Wt• must aAnowledge, on the other hand, that the nccotints do net initify the assertions of our ntinistejal ietpers, the army Of Bonaparte is annihilated, and that his retreat is necessary. Much has certainly been dc:ne, bet nlncit still remains to do. BoNa PARTE is not the inaa to be overcome by one blow. Ile is a vessel which will bear many storms : his gre;ltness, his power, have become un, :ortunatelv too rooted to he overthrown by one tempest. :le failed in I.'4vpt, yet how powerful were his resources. de is beaten on be Danabe—lie must be beaten on'the Rhine, before Germany is delivered. We do not say this' to detract 411 v thing front the just glory of the A net:or:cf.: CHARLES; we wish only to guard the public against a de nsien, which cin end only in d:sappoint:nent• S:teh, therefoig, appears lo he the actinti s.ate of thin 4: s as far wi regat dA the War. The French have Lee:: deteated, hut there no actual and indisputable account that they lie te been cemeelled to re-cross the Li:lnt:he; indeed the ac eounts, far as they gn, rattier for the contrar:,. The French Bolleh.s n hid . ; are ti!e only acronn;s of:i• and r•iiich, as far as airy ;40, retice to me; e facts, may giaiect!i‘ 1):.! de; : ended ii u, mos! pos4it eiy state, !kit the I , rench remained ai eo:-session of the Lot Bank 4.f t•Jil river, and that the Main' Preach wally tva . : in the Island of latb)ti and on the Left Lank, awaiting its reinforcement. • Under Usti slate of circumstances, the unit of fact vents to be, hat the Freach,s in their advance front the Left tank or the Daisial.`c, h 41. "-= 1 %1"ft! in every (pa ter, but that they still keep pos!iesq.op of that Bank, and are there a•. , aiti:,g for tt:e r I einftWceinents.— The main question, them:l'or , , Tt-)w. i 9, sunder this point of v ew, what are the apparclo eliiautte hopes of the sWar— v.het her BoNseAnTE will probably be comp( tied to retreat, or whether he mil yet recoter hiia..t i Under this head, three are two importttat facts, ti Inch ItS, 110" CS Cr into unpleasant coin:las:ons. It is stated', iia first place, upon the authority of the l';ench belittins, that the ltalim Army,- and the Ann: ) . ct It?,' t=enth, had formed a junction with the German Arwies, nn:l that the 'no together were on their march to reinforce the Army a :he Danube. Is it not to be apprehended, therefor e, (hal thus reinforced, the A rinv of the Danube Iv hate alp the vacancies created by the loss tti the battles of the 21st and 22t1. The second fact is of g; wee. In many of our previous papers,. ye have h;iii re peated tvcasions to observe, that the alliance of toN , . eatrry. and of the Exec:Hort A LEY.ANDVII, WaS a league or co-rieest. and partition, and that therefore ty.ing rourtict: oa mutest interest, each would zealously, and with all his nerve, aqsiq the purposes and designs of the other. Titus opiniop is ;low but too fatally confirmed, by the contlei.l of E%PgßOft ALEr LN DER towards Sweden. It will be