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

JUNE M. 395 Lon Den, SUNDAY, JUSE 18, IEOD. POLITICAL Eri..NTS OF THE WEEK. Two French Bulletins, ti e 13th and 14th, have ar rived in town, their actual intelligeuce is not very important, but they contain collateral points, which, as ex hitting our previous information, is of more conse qiwnee. Th e u;'1 1 Bulletin is dated Lbcrsiorf the 2S h may, and states in substance that the Vrench bridges ON er the l)%t - itibe have been again carried away. It is evident that the est oliishnient eseo of these temporary bridges very 4itticiih, aed hat no reliance can be put upon them, aft,,r they are estalilisir.d. This circumstance, lions ever, is net of a ill:ore materially to all'ect the futnre ope ratEMlS of either of o.e arolies. The Islai , al of ilian is ;:citing iti:o a slate of coulp!ete fortation, or rather or dec.-Alec. 1.1,s of itself itecissarity ste;;;ests two impoeinut iiifercneet : in the firs, - place that !MIT 111(51: or where wonld he tat;: thents::!‘e; to dcfeesit e works. In the secoud p:ace, however, it is ev•dea that the 1 tenth still intend to aevance, ai:tl that they retain their pe , ition in the island ef In-der-Loh :al, with the purpose of pro:et - tint:: their mit-. Another circutmlance mentioced in this Bulletin, is of itse:l matter of it. finite satisfaction. It appears, that though the A iiCtir:UKE JofiN h"!S beell corni-e!led :0 retreat ffoix the t;reateh Army, he !his kept Army almost whole, end a ser . ies of judicious movemeets, has fallee, back upon the Austrian main arn.y. This iiitclli:;ence is the Vlore . y ore satisfactor, 1.. as much as the previous boasts of the Treuc:l Mule: ins had given reason to believe, that the kusJiau italhtu Amy been annihilated. Thu Itim) of the French, Geor.r., and 'French Italian Armies is ter etalter of serious regret. It is impossible t o d eny but that this union might more seriously reinferce imis pre viousiy-reduced Army, ant! that thus strcaghtcned, he will most proi+ably lose not a mom:.att in a rigorous effort to repair his !ate defeat.. The resourses of this man's mind are great. Ile has not been so uniformly successful with out great talents. .Nothh:g is so dangerous as to under rate the taleats of our enemy. This, in point of fact, is the es-seilLiat difference between a Great Nation,—a Nation of brave men, end a cowardly, but desperate Nation. A great Nation looLs dauger in the face,—measures it and brass it, by calling forth a courage equal to the dangers. A cowardly Nation, on the other band, worked tip to deseeratiou by positive injuries, shuts its eyes, with a desperate cowardice, rushes on time drawn dagger. it is thus with the Turks in their conflict with the Russians. From ve-y cowardice, and self-diffidence, they rush on the cannon's mouth. Never, therefore, let us bear, that it is dishearening to a brave people to deceive them into a false confidence. Let us know what is required of us, and we will do it. The Fourteenth Bulletin is dated June Ist, and adds no further military detail. The bridges are s►ated to have Imo again established for tho third time, but the work is VIE NATIONAL REGIgTER. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. represented as ha% i;.g been an driir of the atn,, , st dart. c . ult)• The Danube is mentioned to be upwards oi twenty ;12,t dc:p. The bridges consist of boa':; and baq;es nitiored towther by anchors, roi.es, &c. When the works ate finished, they are to be surrounded far a trench of running water. This is iPe first time during a very long period in which the French have reipi red such n would seem, moreover, from this Bulletin, that the state of Rd public mind in Hungary was not very satisi'aciory to the French. The popelar mind is said tc, be divided—divided 1 in favour of whom ? Can there be a doubt, hut t hat a peo ple like the Hungarians, a sober thinking people, nook% prefer their MNII Fo‘ereign and their own country men to a Foreign 111%i:ikr, and a rrenchwait. Thd Hungarians arc almost opposiie to the French as are the En k ;lish, and hold ti:'' a nearly in Inc same contempt. Can there be even tho most c UESUry doubt, therefore, hot that the Hungarians have risoa to a nun.: to oppos- the InNasi , :n. Another important po.HL un.y hi: col ,ccted from ihe veoeral co,itcu;s of !hi., anti this as, that the French at Vn•ivia are , :hunt to suite; by a scarcity of pr9visi us. The eity, says iii, AV:! fcd by six built upon the LA. Baths, of the i) uitabe,-- these mids arc um., dostroi,e !, and the Archduke Inv thus xposed his couutr, men at Vionaa to the danger of famine. Dutch 1 3 ^,pers have arrived to the 12th, with the exec; • Mon of oae single article of intelligence, they contain no t iing of any importance. The Austrians, indeed, arc sit-Actt to have evacuated north but nothing inuit be ieferred &am this, as this alledged evacuation may, in fact, be nothing but a concentration of the Austrian forces. In present state of things, the AncHnuKE Cat.tat.rs would naturally call, all his strength about. him, and this mea sure, therefore, is rather to be copsidei-en as an augmei.- talion of the Austrian force, than as any diminution of their good fortune. The former orror of Austria. end for wh;Lh she has fatally paid, has been that of: extending too far the line of her operations. We arc ?Imo3t, indeed, inclined to bAieve that the retreat of the A aCii»UNE JOHN from Italy, was a measure of the same ki..d, and has been in a great degree rather volun tary than compelled. The principal article, however, in the Dutch Papers, is the following : 6 6 PASSAU, MAY 24.—According to letters from the Mar shal BERNADOTTE (Prince of Poute Corvo), has crosFed the Danube with a numerous army, composed of French. Sa l m, ‘Virtemberg troops, &c. in order to take the Austrians in the rear, w hile the Emperor NA POLEO N, with his whole force, attack the Archduke CHAR LEs in front." The French forces being since united at Vienna, a narra tive of a most sanguinary cntnplexion may be shortly ex pected from that quarter. If they fail once more, their commander will probably fail for ever : and their oppon ents have not been remiss in providing the means of sue. cess. They, too, have called in their remote troops to the Left Bank of the Danube; and' the ♦ictorious army of Gross-Aspern and Esling will be joined in the next conflict by another victorious army froth Warsaw ; the ARCIIDUK FERSINAND having received orders from his brother to. leave Poland in the guard of 10,000, and proceed to MZ.. ravia with the rest of h;9 forces. We dare not anticipate• the result with too great confidence, because we know the, uncertainty of war. .._. , - P... ~. ~~..