The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-07-12 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN. PROPOSItt TENAI. LONDON : WEDNESDAY, JULY 12. -...-. GERMAN Papers arrived in town this morning to the 3Uth instant. They are destitute of intelli gence, hut the preparations of the French fur a decisive contest, are announced from various whiners to be completed—and that the Archduke CHARLES was also in a state of perfect readiness to meet the attack. Great and splendid as was the success at Aspern, it is impossible to contem plate the approaching conflict without aw ful ap prehension. The reinforcements with which the French have been strengthened, have put NAPO LEON once more in a state of tremendous force— and his combinations may reasonably be presumed o be as skilful as they are admitted to have been n the late battle. On the part of the A us. rians, it may be hoped, that their efforts have been commensurate with those of their formidable adversary—whose inaction at Vienna, it is clear, cannot much longer be endured. Famine is al ready beginning to shew its hideous . form in Vienna ; and the Deputies permitted by NAPO LEON to solicit from the EMPEROR a supply of oxen fur the inhabitant: hare, as was anticipated, returned without success. The detail of the greatest battle that has been fought in Europe since that of llochstut (Blen heim), is now More the Public. We had the pleasure of receiving, some days ago, from a Military Officer of rank, distinguished talent, and very great experience, the following comm. Nader., u!iic:i (with his permission) we deferred publishing, in the expectation of the arrival of the Arstrivn official account that appeared in the Gazette last night. " An ()Ricer of e.rperienee is at a loss to comprehend, why " the An nduke CuAaLts did eel dispute 1,4 e possegc of the " Danubc wiry BON A PARTE or. at kast, imincthately attack the VON of the French arm. at the moment of their " landing on the left bank. instead of allowing the whole " army to pass the river without apposition—by which means " the enemy chose his ground, and had an opportunity of " fortifying the villages that covered his Banks—the import " awe of which appears from the repeated contests fur their " possessiou during the battle. These villas might eer " tautly ba%e bens pre-occupied, had a tinsel) attack been " made upon the van of the enemy whiLd landing—or inane " diately after--tefore they could be supported 14 the whole French army." The public would doubtless feel great pleasure in receiving a satisfactory answer to a question which appears as insoluble from the official ae. count of the battle of Aspern, as it was from the imperfect abstracts which had before reached this country—but it is clear that the Official Account, although extremely candid in the g,•iieral narrative, is defecti►e on this and another material point_.. the subsequent position of the French army.—The retreat of the Archduke across the 'Danube, after the left wing of his army bad bore cat oil—the subsequent junction %i hick it afterwardselfaated and the rapiility with which the Austrian ariny was brought down to meet the French on the DIM nube, nvit be cons dered as losentestible proofs of the consummate skill of the Archduke and his Generals, and of the patience, fidelity and disci. One of the Austrian troops. On the 19th of May the possession of the great Island 'ln.der. Lobau by the French was announced to the Areb. duke. On the 20th, at daybreak, be neon. nuitred in person the position of the many, and it seems that a partial attack by the first Trench di►ision took place on th at day, so that the van of the French army must have been landing at the very time that the Archduke vms recon noitring ;—upun this slight action " the Archduke, " whose intention was not to prevent the pat. " sage of Me enemy, but to attack him " the following day, retreated to Anderklaa."-- From this passage, it should appear that the Aiacu nvtte intended to draw the f much into a situation where they might be advautageoosly attacked — but the subsequent description of the peculiar situ aiioti of the Tillages is irreconeileable with this conjecture. " The extensive villages of Essling and Avern, mostly composed of bri. l houses, and encircled all round by heaps of earth, ►eeerbkd two basliong, between which a double fine of suture/ trenches, intruded to draw off the water, served as the airtain, mad afforded every ;tensible security to the columns passiog from the I.le of Lobau. Evsllng bad a pantry, furtilihed with loop-holes, aad whow three stories aCurded room for several hundred mew, while Aspen; was Provided with a chureli-‘ard. The left side of the latter vil lap borders on an arm of the Danube. Both villages bad a safe eommunicatimi with the bushy Around near the Daruhe, from which the enemy had it constantly in bi- power to dis- patch, umecil, ficvlo reinforcements. The Isle of I.9bau screed, at once, as a place of arins, and as a frte-dc-pont, a bridge-bead for the bridge, k the rear, across the mail, arm of the riser." Again, " ?be euem', drawn by in large disi.ions, stood immedi ately befu-e Ameru, having, to cover hi, fro:A, occupied all the ditches of the fields, which formed excellent breast works:' It is impossible from these pa.sages, added to that in which the parti.tl action of the nth is de. scribed, when the ARCM/till was rccounoitring, `MIKE but one—that the passage Juld not be preTented. The re. was certainly irninftlicient to at. the passage—the first division had already ,landed —fresh troops ware passing, and deboucked as they landed. Nothing therefore remained for the Austrians but retreat—and the French perceiving the preparations of the Aus. trims for the approaching attack, took possession of the natural fortification presented by the vil. lages of Esslingen and Aspern, and the double line of natural trenches between them.— The position of the French was, in fact, of immense strength—and it is absolutely asto. nishing that the A ustrians should have suc ceeded so completely as they did in dislodging them. It was almost equal to storming an en. trenched camp. The detail of the battle is before the public. The presence of NAPOLEON can no longer be doubted the means by which the destruction of the bridge was accomplished, arc correctly ascertained—and the island of In-der, Lohau we find to be the extent of 4 i miles in width, instead of a few hundred yards, which accounts for several circumstances that before appeared ob scure. The final retreat of the French, in the night between the 22d and '23d, is described so concise. ly, that we are totally ignorant of the immediate consequence of thu battle.—The enemy's stated to hare been found in the mvning to have cracu. ated " Esslingen, and all the points which lie had " occupied on the left bank of the Danabe. " Some divisions pursued him closely, and took " possession as near as possible of the necessary " posts of observation." The plan of attack states, that " The princi " cipal object in view is, to drive back the ene " my entirely over the first arm.• of the Du st tube, destroy the bridges he has thrown over " them, and occupying the back of the Loin!' " with a numerous artillery, especially houit " zcrs."—Was this " principal object" ef fected ? We are left totally in the dark on this point. Where is the great tete-du-pont—on the Island of In-der-Lohau—or on the left ban!: of the Danube ?--We luow nothing but that dc. tachments took possession as near as possible of the necessary posts of obcervotion. In this san. guinary battle the loss of the French has, we think, been fully equal to that which has at any time been rumoured, and probably to the close vicinity of the Danube they mar have been in debted for the retreat of the main body of the army. The ♦ictory has been, in every point of view, of the most extreme importance. The French suf fered themselves to be attacked—and, at the con. elusion of the first day, the career of the hitherto unconquered Emperor was certainly arrested.— " For the first time, NaruLton has sustained 66 &feat in Gennany"—" And the charm of his "invincibility" is dissolved. No longer the 46 spoiled child of fortune"—" New hopes begin " to animate the oppressed nations." The instability of the fickle Goddess may, hew. ever, yet restore to him his power, although his invincibility is for ever destroyed. It u ould be infinitely gratifying to know, shether the French were really forced over the small arms of the Danube, mid what is the exact situation of the Me-du-pont: for our part, we fear that the Frauds hold the Me-des-pont on the terra firma of the lift bank.—lt is most extraordinary, that this fact should admit of doubt. To the dispositions of Givens tr. WINIFFEN, who drew the plan of the battle, this victory is ingenuously and nobly ascribed.—That this obsti nate and bloody conflict has been decisive for the glory of the A nstrian army, and for ti.c correc tion of the public opinion, sti ill not he (lispnted— Tilsit it may prove equally decisive of the ultimate preservidion of the Austrian Munar:hy, is our remit Wei and ardent hope. INTELLtaraca has hoen received that Cuxhaven has beat taken possessioo of by a smell potty of the British. LETTERS to the Bth tilt. have been received from Cadiz, which, we rejoice to say, are of a fa. vourable tendency—the victory of BLAKE in Ar ragon is announced with entire confidence; and in particular, it is b tat cd triumphantly, as the first defeat of the French in the open field since the 13attic of Haylen. Tut reports of an -insurrection at Petersburgh deserve no credit whatever : it is, however, confidently reported to have been discovered, that the supplies fur the campaign have come from BomarAntc. Russia is not very nice in these points ;—and whether they come from the Thames or the Seine, the hard cash is equally acceptable. IVe begin to have some hopes now that we find BONAPtItTE treading in the footsteps of our sub sidising Ministers. Yesterday Mr. Jacrisuri, his Majesty's newly appointed Mini►ter to the United States of Ame rica, set out fur Purtsinuuth, from his apartments in Lower Grosvenor-street. He will embark iit the Afrisairec frigatc 7 Captain RAosicr, which is appointed to colivey him to his destinatiun. . . THE STATESMAN. ~.. . An. 7 0 dra GERMAN PAPERS. BANKS OF TIM ELSE, June 30.—Nothing has yet arrived from the great theatre of war, but according to all acco►►nti, may be daily expected, as the three bridges over the‘Danube were fiiiisheil on the 17th, and great reinforceme►►ts had reached the French army. Napoleon had also finished all the preparations and dispositions fur a grand and decisive attack on the heroic Archduke Charles and his valiant army, who lime also all prepared to receive him. The victory which the French blazon forth to have obtained over the Archduke John, by their Italian army, and the occupation of Raab, were ephemeral successes, as intelligence has been re ceived officially of a much later date at Prague, stating that the Archduke had retaken tl►e Nisi tion on the Raab, and the French are said to have retreated before him. The Extracts given from the Official Bulletin of the Archduke Charles, inserted in The Corm pondenten, and other German Papers, are only imperfect and mutilated accounts. The Austrians hardly gave any quarter. The pregame, of a British army in Hanover would be a great diversion in favour of Austria, as many of the inhabitant" would joiu, particu larly as it is feared the conscription for France will soon be introduced there as in Westphalia. We have received no letters from Leipzig this evening. Scigoaxsausm, Jur(' 14.—An Order of the Day, says, " The Emperor sees with grief the disorders which happen in the rear of the army, Sic." Sr. PETERISURGII, Jusrr 14.—Some days back we received very satisfactory accounts from Tur key from our army. The Turks endeavoured to prevent the passage of the Danube by frequent sallies from their fortresses. They were attacked by Prince Prosorowski. The Cossacks highly dis. tinguished themselves on the occasion. —(Cor respondent.) LINTZ, JUNE 12.—The Dake of Dantzic (Mar shal Lefebvre) still has his head-quarters in this city. The Crown-Prince of Bararia's division is cantoned on this side of the Danube, and General IVrede, with his division, on the left bank. The latter has engagements with the Austrian out-pusts almost every day. But serious engagements may soon be expected, as the Bavarian Staff Officers say Napoleon has already brought to maturity the plan of a great battle. The misery in which a calamitous war has plunged our country keeps increasing every day. . . / .. — VIM • - i ~- ..--- - PRICE or STOCKS rim I).Y AT ONE O'CLOCK. to draw any intere S perCent.Cant. 67t I MKS,: I Orminm 1 lavas. , , :I per Cent. Red. de; i Esc;i. Bills,9s. 14s of too minium cot t per Goa— . r .. 11411 , . no. aid. Ss. 31. eonuoitring party 5 per. * %. 114 9 1 . . 411 r. India Bundy. ‘2...is. Ns. C for Ate_ . Cit ._ , c I aitery Tickets 911. 11s. tempt to oppose SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING, 1E39. TUZSDAY, JULY 11. Mr. Wilson's Sasallhopes. 13st. 51b. beat Mr Howarth's Viscountrss, est. Two-yr old Game, 104%. h. ft.— i to 4 apt Sniallbopes. Sir J. Shelley's Venation. est. 41b. beat Sir C. Tamer's Chlorin, Sst.lllb. Ab. M. bOKs.—Elea oa Vexatiew. . ._ The second year of a renewal of the Sueepstakn of lop. each, by 4-yr olds carrying 6.t. 91b. 1-yr olds bst. 116. 5-yr olds W.t. 101 b. 6.yr olds 9.,t. nod aged 95t.21 0 .J. T.M.M. Mr. Wilson's Sonallhopes, 3 yrs old - 1 Mr. C. Brown's Delville, d yrs t4d - - 2 IA Jersey Dames Sir .1. Shelley's Sock, 3yn old . ,3 Mr. Lake names IA Staxell's Brighton Lass, 4 yrs old 4 IA F. O. Osborne's Norah, 6 yrs old - 6 I). of tinttion muses IA l.nn titer's g. by Antams, 6 yrs old 6 Mr. 11'abon names Mr. Kellerman's Cockatoo, 3 yrs old dr 4 to I apt Sroallhopes; 3to I aTt Delville. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PouTsuotits, Jvt.sr 11 —Arrived the Home frigate, Capt. Lloyd, with dispatches from linlifax. Sailed the Capt. Beaufort, with five vessels for Ilalifax mid the Gulph of St. Lawrence. Arrived the Violet lugger, from Guernsey. Sailed the 'tickler and indignant, with JO sail for the Downs; but.tbere being little wind, they avochured :it St. Helen's. The Culloden, of 71 gum, Sir Edward Pelless. is in the Cliahnel, with a convoy Gum the Last ladies. The wind is against their arriving. PLYKOCTII, 10.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Cul lodes, of ';1 gum, Vice-Admiral Sir Ldward hiellew, from the Last ; parted company with his Alejesty:s ship Terpsichore, with a convoy from the East ladies, last evening, which passed up Channel. Arrived the Oideniwirgh galliot Hoffman, from London, in ballast; and Orestes sloop of war trim Still, ; the I'urgey schooner, front the westward ; his Majesty's f rigate Circe, of 3ti gums, Captain Woolcombc, from St. Thomas's, sailed the lath May, in coutparly with a large convoy. with the York li. e of battle ship, parted company on the tith lastaal, when the 1 ark proceeded to the Eastward, and the Circe, with the remainder, proceeded fur the Bristol Catarrh. — Came ..passeugers in her Don Remand del Castro, and his mite ; he was late Governor of Porto Rico, rind Lieutenant-General of the Spanish arm, ordered home by special express from Government, fur t he purpose of beiug appointed to some specialaervice in Spain I_ also Brigadier (*Dere' Sieheim, l aptain lhoutoserslier, Royal Artillery, and Captaiu 11;1311001e, of ilse Royal Navy. CORN•EICSIAPIGE—Jr re 12. There ere but inconsiderable supplies of Wheat to.day ; very few samples of first qnslity, and salts in general fully maintain last prices. Barley likewise. Malt heavy sale. Very few Boiling Peas. Tick Beans rather lower. The supplies of Oats are again considerable, chiefly from Holland. Second and inferior mostly out of condition, and this Trade is quoted cheaper. In Flour no vari. ation. Fine American as our last. CURRENT PRICES: Wheat, - - - - Ous. 7.6.666. I Tick Beam, -- - - 446. 49% Fine ditto Rye, - -- - - - 446. 4114. Poland ditto - - -3.56. Sgt. Barley, • SI& 4le. I Potutoe ditto -.- to CO. Malt, - - £46 4 . .31. W. Penstlloiler:o 100.. Ild6. Fine Flour -- - - 706. l:re% Pen., 466. 521. Seconds 8r1416 - s6s. Cis. Accounts have been received from SR A. 'WEL LEst.Eir, dated the 17th ult. at which time we un. derstand the difficulties which had prevented his proceeding to juin Gen. CUESTA were removed, and his troops had began their march. These dii. ficulties are supposed to relate to the powers of the respective Commanders, in case ace-operation. Some hesitation has taken place as to the ap. pubitment of the Earl of CHATHA N. It is wished to give him certain instructious,' but, like the great Su WA 11110 W, he is no doubt conscious of his own powers, and says, if they think me fit to take the command of 40,090 men, they mast give me credit for capacity to jettlge fee myself, as to the plan of operations. We did not suspect that the Earl of CANTHAK had so much vigour. The Right lion. Granville Leveson Gower, commonly called Lord Gramitle Levtion Gower, is returned Metaber to; ?mailmen% for the County of Stallard. .01L" --- .7911 CAPTAIN GLIINIE. The name of this Gentleman, as well as that of Major Dow), having been introduced by Mrs. CLARKE in the late trial, it may be gratifying t o our Readers, to know who these desperate "con_ spirators" are, with whom Colonel %%PAROLE sited the " far.famtd" Martel& Towers. Major Dune is already well kuuwu as a most respectable military officer of rant. ; hut the public arc, per. haps, not aware that to Captain Gerate's cur_ Lions the country is indebted fur the defeat of the celebrated Fortification System of the late Duke akiciteoen, in the year 1785. When that favourite project of his Grace was brought be fore Parliament, Captain G I.£.rlE was an Officer of Engineera, and at that time on duty at Ports. mouth. The pre-eminent talent of Captain. GLENIE in his profession was .universally admit ted ; and his opinions, as a scientific man, on the Fut tijication System, w ere ausiutisly looked up te. After an extensive, liberal, and impartial exami_ nation of the various plans that were proposed for fortifyie4 this island, Ca-plain G testiF. (utile up his mind to a full conviction of the total inutility of the plan. This opinion he illustrated a pi.b. licatiun on the subj-et, by arguments so clear and incontrovertibleohat it has al a a vsbetaillupposed se. vcral Members of the liuuse of Commons were, by that pu blication,infinen cc(' to eaten:gin:loe rtes. lion, which, it will be remenibered, was lost by the SPEAKER'S casting vote, Tha expediency and propriety of the fortification system was discussed at that time with great heat ; but all difference of public opinion seetni to have been subsequently reconciled, as it has long been admitted, that one, a aystem could be productive of no possible. efrect, but that of a wanton expenditure of the public money. To Captain GLEMIE who rendered so essential a service fur his country in 1785—we are in 1809 indebted to the complete exposure, rc. cently made by Col. W A lIIDLE in 'he House of COM_ mons of the scientificcontrenctien of Martello Tow era, which are iacap.ible of carrying more than ore gun, although designed for two—from which this gun cannot be brought to bear, if the enemy should push within a certain distance...and whico arc distant six miles from the most convenient puir t of debarkation. To Captain GLENIE He arc also iadebted for th^ earn•ere of the great utility of a Military Can it—so skilfully laid out as te be ulteily useless—in any point of view —unless, indeed, it be that of affording even some facilities to the enemy. IWifortnnately the exposition of Ow present luminous system did net essay before the public till after it had been sit brllliputly and judiciously executed. But it may be hoped - that the day is hot remote when the patriotlielforts ut Cltiollei WARDLE to KWHIICH the people of this country from the lethargic apathy with which they have hitherto viewed the wan. ton, lavish, and futile expentlittee of an in. capable A dminietration, will be ultimately crowned with success. The merits of Captain (.; testa the public will readily and cordially ap preciate. It remains to be told that the Master. General of the Ordnance never forgave the defeat of his favourite hobby-horse by the Captain of Engineers, who was instantly ordered on service to New . Brunswick. From this state of expiatory banishment, Capt. G r.sx re was suddenly rchnived, at the expiration of three months, to the island of Grenada. To what other stations his unrelenting persecutor would have ordered him is unknown ; f,r being informal by letters from Mr. Fox, Mr. SHERIDAN, and Mr. COVRTINAT, that he would be kept constantly moving, and having from those friends, with w hum he was in habits of the closest intimacy, received the strontcst assurances that he should be reinstated in his rank, if ever they came into Administration, Captain GLARIS resigned his commission, aid returned to England, w here he has ever since resided as a private gentleman. A new Administration was formed, of w which these particular and intimate friends of Captain GLEN!' formed a part ; but the services of the Captain were buried in the same grave with the promises of his friends, by whose advice he had resigned his commission. As a private gentleman, no man dues higher hunour to that character ; but it is to be denply linstlnted by the country, asp national disgrace, that whilst the serrtee and all our military institutions are inundated with Foreigners—talent sa distinguished as that which Captain (hearts: is admitted to possess in the profession—should be buried in a private station—ln one point of view, and in one only, that may be considered for the country as fortu nate. —for had Captain Cavite been now in the service—it might, perhaps, have been incnnsist_ cut with his professional duties to have spared time for that examination of our system of fortified defence against Invasion—which has rendered Ministers the laughiug..tock of reflecting mot, not only of this Nation, but of all Europe. 7'llE LAI DON CI. AZEITE, JULs 11. While:tall, July 11. The King has been ple.twd to constitute. and appoint the Right Hoc. 11 diey Baron Ilarrowby, the Right dun. John . Jettreys Casnslev, Knigut of the Most Noble Older of the Carter Presided of his Mo;esti's Cuencli I the Rht lion. Robert Rank' 1:arl I.lreipool, the night lion. (ivo ry Ilybert Stewart (commonly called Viscous Castlereagh), and the Right lion. George Conning, his Majesty's Three Principal Secretaries of State ; Ills Grate Henry Carepdish Duke o f paraded, Knight of the ill.ast Not* Or der or the Gorier First Consmissioner or his Majesty's Trea sury; the Right Ilan. Sanwa 'Pei revel, Chancellor and Un der Treasures of his Majesty's Efchequer; George Percy, Esq. (commonly called Lord Loraine), the Right Hon. Join Baena Teignotouth, - Ille Right lion. Thomas Wallace, and Thomas Hamilton, Esq. (casoissauly crated Lard Binning), to be hi. Majesty's Commielowars far tie Maimgeinent of the Affairs of lathe. DANK RI! PTS. James Cook, Bristol, looking.glars.unumfactarer, dealer and eisapuem, Jetty 11,17 ' mad A tigu.t 19, .0 ten at Goildball, London. Attoroey, Mr. Botsford, Jama ica-row, Ber titund,ev. J. .1. Fuller ' Yoxford, shopkeeper, to surrender July 13, M one, Aug. 4, and 2'2, at twelve. at tic Star, Great Yar mouth. Anomie', Mr. Cory, jun. Gnat Yarmouth; mid Messrs. Bantam and Metcalfe, Liacule's-Ine, New-square, London. G. Seaborne, llottnnomeking-manufacturer, July 1529, and Aug. 11, at one, at tiuildtaall. Attorney, Mr. librilMrs Primrose-street, Bishopiwate. W. Martin, lloinertisu, Joly 1.5,19, and Aug. at ten, at tiu3dliall. Attbre4, Mr. Dowse, Gray's-law. square. Alder.-gate-street, gqd.inith and jeweller, July IF, Y 3, and Aug. 21, at ten, at - theildhall. Anoraks, Mean. and S 112, Carrieve-liali, Looden-siall. LOO ti's Printed And Publishrd by I). Loy at die UrLSAIA X Flirt-street.