The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-07-22 00:00:00

tower, from which he had a view of the hid of battle, and where ho hunained data skintight. Se then set of in all hattft “ The French head-quit-ten wets ttansferred to Wolkendorf, on the morning of the 7th." TWENTESIXTII BULLETIN. •' WULKERSDORF, JULY 9. 11 The enemy's retreat is a defeat. Ws have uolleeted a part of his baggage. His wounded lave fallen into our hands ; we have already counted more than 12,000 ; all the villages are Iliad aid' them. In rite or six hospitals alone we time found more than 6000. to The Duke de Rive,li, pursuing the enemy by Stokers's', is already arrived at Hollabrunn. 46 The Duke de Ragusa had at first followed oo the road to Brunn, which he quitted at Wolfer'. dorf, in order to take that of Zoaint. At nine o'clock this morning he met at Laa a rear.gnard, which he routed t be took 900 of them prisoners. Re will be to.morrow at Znaim. " The Duke of Auerstadt is arrived to-day at Nicolsbourg. " The Emperor of Amtria, Priflet Anthony, with a suite of abnet 200 chariots, coaches, and other carriages, slept on the 6th at Erensbrnnn, the 7th at Hollabruna, the nth at Znaiin, whence they set nut at nine of the morning. According to the relation of the country people who conducted them, their dejection was extreme. " One of the Princes de Italian was found wounded on the field of battle. Lieutenant Field. Marshal Wassakowiez is among the prisoners. " The artillery of the guard covered itself with glory. Major Ahotille who commanded was wounded. The Emperor bus made him General of Brigade. The chief of a squadron of artillery, Grenner, has lost ass arcs. These intrepid artil lerymen displayed all the powers of thit 'terrible weapon. " 'l'i'e horse chasseurs of the guard charged, and drove back on the day of the battle of Wa. gram, three squares of infantry. They took four pieces of cannon. The light-horse Poles of the ! guard charged a regiment of pikeosen. They took the Prince of Auersperg prisoner, and captured two pieces of cannon. 46 The Salon Hussars d'Albert charged the Cui. rassiers d'Albert, and took their colours. It was a eery singular thing to see two regiments belong ing to the sauce Colonel fightiug one against the other. " It appears that the enemy is abandoning Moravia and Hungary, and is retiring Tutu 80. isamea. 44 The roads are covered with the men belong. log to the Landwehr and the levee en masse, who are returning to their houses. " The losses which desertion is adding, to those the enemy has sustained in killed, wounded, and prisoners, are concurring to annihilate his army. " The numerous letters which have been inter cepted are a striking picture of the discontent of thehostile army, and the disorder which reigns in it. 44 Now that the Austrian Monarchy is without hope, it a ould evince being ill acquainted with the character of those who govern it, not to expect that they will humiliate themselves as they did after the battle of Austerlitz. At that epoch, they were, as sow, without hope ; and they exhausted all their protestations and oaths. " During the day of the 6th, the enemy sent a few hundred men to the right bank of the Dinette to make observations. They re_embarked, after baring lost a few men killed or taken prisoners. " The heat was e‘ccasise on these days. The thermometer was almost constantly at 46 degrees. " There are groat quantities of wine. In one village 3,000,000 piats were Nand. It has hap. pity no bad quality. 66 Twelve of the most considerable villages in the beautiful Olin of Vienna, such as are seen in the neighbourhood of a great capital, have been bornt during the battle. The just hatred of the nation ►s loud against the guilty men who have drawn upon it all these calamities. • " The General of Brigade, Laroche, entered Nuretaburg on the 2Sth of Julie, with a corps of cavalry, and proceeded toward+ Bayreuth. He met the enemy at Besentheim, charged him with the first prosisiond regiment of dragoon+, and cat in pieces all who opposed him, and took two pieces of cannon." A Captain of a vessel who was takes about two years since, and has been confined at Valenciennes, has made his escape. Ile landed at Deal a day or two ago, and gives the following description of the ships and force at Flushing :—At Flushing only one frigate, and fifteen gun-boats ; about hall way between Flushing and Antwerp there arc nine sail of the line, one ship of fifty guns, and one frigate ; the ships have all their guns in, and their complement of men, and they commu nicate by signal with the frigate stationed at Flashing. —At Antwerp there are buildiug seven sail of the line and one frigate. There arc two battalions of Prussian soldiers, and ono of the Irish brigade at Flushing, amounting to about 4000 men. At Antwerp there are a great man) conscripts, many Wily arrived there. At Cain pidre thene are fifteen gen.bnats, the Growler gun-brig, taken, and tau schooners, and but few soldiers. Th.: cooteelptehave beam called out fur Mk:* Anew's. Olas. 0 Dila. ".. 1 0 • ' . . . . finhaiergh _1:1_="2....1"._.:1: AY AT ONEOTIACK. hnnium eag. Ann ll-11 ,Te.le bills, 66 tai. prob. bomb 17s. lb. PRIG OrWhICKS flits D 3 perCeaexCej..B7l I et. dir. 1' $ per Red. OR I per Castedit. ..., 1 .54. Kay,. Camel; tai Wie HIGH WATER AT L.INDOR Ideruharldw.after treelieek I AlbrdairetlB6 au after 41,. lii. THE STATESMAN. PROPOSITI TENAX. LONDON: MUM/AY, JOLT 21. -.....- We had the painful duty of announcing, hat night, the complete success of NAPOLION sr. lib long meditated attack on the Austrian Army.— The narrative of that unfortunate, but certainly not unexpected event, is contained in the Twenty. fifth and Twenty.sizth Bulletins, which being, as heretofore, officiously forwarded by the enemy its boats from Boulogne, were picked up by our cruisers. They are dated on the Bth and 9th of July respectively, and both from Wolkendorff, which place the Emperor. of AUSTRIA Left at five in the morning of the 6th, and ascended a tower, from whence he viewed that contest, which, as the Twenty.sieth Bulletin announces, has left the Austrian Monarchy without hope. In the STATIOOMAN of Thursday last, we par. ticularly directed the attention of our Readers to an article of the date of the 29th of last month, from Vienna, in which it was stated, that no less than eight bridges were prepared on the Island of In-der Leine, which could be fixed all at once in four hours. The passage of the Danube was from that statement—assuming as we did that it was true—perfectly apparent, and we did not he sitate to offer, as our opinion, that the object of the French was to pass the river at different points, so that several of their divisions might de botsche nearly at the same time. The passage to the Left Bank commenced on the 4th of July, at ten o'clock of a night of 4‘ utter darkness, in a violeut storm of rain, gg which fell in torrents, and rendered the night as frightful as it was propitious to the French 44 army." The first division paned over on a small bridge from the Mill Island, which bad been established on the 2d. The second division passed in boats, and dislodged the Austrians that were on the left bank, at the point of landing. At 11, titc French batteries opened against En. sersdorf. The 3d division, under Cul. ST. Cilium, nest crossed in barges. Thee was launched a piece of mechanism, the nature and construction of which, u it has not been minutely described, we can only conjecture —a bridge, consisting of a mass of timbers, united e as to form tine solid, yet moveable, bodg— e the length of 80 toisee—bettseed four and five hundred English feet !!!—This bridge is as. serted to have been filed in five minutes after it was launched H! That it was of sufficient selidity, cannot be doubted, as the infantry forming the nest division, passed over it tvith great rapidity. The principle on which we can conjecture this piece of warlike mechanism—the first of the kind which has hitherto been made, .to bare bean too.. sirueted, is that of a !lotting bridge, with an ele vated platforsn.' The nest division passed over a bridge of boats, fixed by Captain BAILILLZ, in an hour and au half. The Bth division crossed on a bridge of rafts, formed by Captain PArraimorrr, in two hours. " Thus, at two o'clock in the morning, the " army had four bridges, and had debauched en 66 the left." As two divisions had passed in boats, the passage was effected at sit distinct points, but at what distance from each other is not stated. " On the sth, at day.break, every one perceived what had been the project of the Emplane, 44 who was thew with his whole army arranged in " order-'of battle."—which, had he passed the Danube as before, at one point, had been impoi. siblc.—lt was this which we anticipated, when we remarked, that from the article, dated Vienna, it might be perceived that NAILOLIOX had profited by the experience of the preceding battle, where be had but one point from whence he could debouche. In the same article from Vienna it was an. flounced, that the Austrians bad " dug a covered 46 way along the fine where they expected to be 44 attacked." Now to us it appeared morally certain that in that expectatiox the Austrians would be infallibly deceived—and so the fact was—for NA►OLSON having turned the entrenched camps, rendered the works useless, " and he forced the enemy to fight " three quarters of a league from his redoubts." Could any other event possibly have been es. peeled NArousou well knew of this covered way ; and it was insanity to hope that he would fulfil the eapectatiuns of the Austrians. Froel the resolution of the Austrians to await the attack ado Freud, we drew the most atifarourable pre. Atspern, knew of , have not succeeded. They chose their own points of at. tack—and that army which has espetied to be attacked at a particular point by the French, has almost invariably been defeated. — Thus, in consequence of the French having made the attack in one place, while the Austrians ez. pectol them in another, " the entrenched camps 66 of the enemy fell of their own accord," and " the labour of 40 days was of no use to the " enemy." In the Battle of Wagram it is confessed, that there was another " accident," for " a column of " Saxons add a column of French mistook each " dthet in the datk for enemies, and this opera. " Lion failed," and doubtless great was the loss incurted by the failure. But the Aus trian General in this battle, at in so many pre ceding instances, " OreAktuted his cedtre," and, hoping to profit by out-flanking the edemy, ex tended his wings, and at tees o'clock in the morn. ing the "fats of the day was decided." After. that time the Austrians " fought only to effect their re " treat. At twelve this was manifest .1. it was 46 conducted in disorder. Long before dark the " enemy mat out of sight." This and the nest passage of the Twenty-fifth Bulletin, and the first sentence of the Twisty sixth Bulletin, particularly merit attention. " On the 7th, at day-break ; the army mass lit " motion, and marching," &c. The list passage in the Twenty.sixtb Bulletin lays, , g The eisexey's retreat is a defeat." From theie passages we must infer that, until the next day, the extent of their success was not known. When the Archduke retreated, although in dis. order, yet long before dark he was out of tight. This proves that he was not instantly pursued.— And the French army being in motion before day. break on the 7th. shows that the nigh► was passed underarms; but even on that day an absolute de feat of the Austrians was not claimed. It is only at the opening of the tath Bulletin, that the discovery is announced of the enemy's retreat being a defeat. This, it is ttue, does not tend to elle viate the disaster...it merely shears the obstinacy with which the con►est was maintained by the Aus trians to the last moment. Upon what resources, the Austrians are retiring io Bohemia, we know not, but that there can now be no hope. for the preservation of the fategrkg, that Is, the satire, undivided dominions of Austria, every consi. deration induces a conclusion. " Now, that " the Austrian Monarchy is without hope," says the Twenty.siath Bulletin, " it would " evince being ill acquainted with the dia. 66 racter of those who govern it, not to expect " that they will humiliate themselves as they did " after the battle of Austerlitz. At that epoch " they were, as now, without hope, and they cx " hausted all their protestations and oaths." The Austrians, cut off from Hungary and Mo. ravia, in retiring North wards, wilt be beamed in on all sides. The Poles, the Russians, the Grand French Army, and that which has re.oecepied Dresden, must finally compel Austria to an. fur peace. That the loss of the French his been immense, cannot be doubted—probably it is much greater in the numbers of the slain than that of the Austrians—but Ifatotuou has, in this mortal effort, succeeded in prostrating the House of Aus. trig at his feet.—Such is the impression on ow minds— such, we feu, will be the event—and most happy should we be to find that Austria has yet resources with which we are unacquaieted. Yesterday sweats GUT and &VISIT, King's Messengers, left tow• for Portsmouth, to attend Marquis Watameurs to Spain. Governor MAtetatun is now on his may to tog. laud, from Grenada, having received hit MA. JIISTIfis leave of absence, on account of the state of his health. Previous to his departure, he re. ceived addresses from the Council and House of Assembly, abounding in expressions of respect and admiration, and in just tributes to his abilities and integrity, evinced ou so many important occa. sinus. JOSEPH BONAPARTE has issued Decrees for the sale of what he calls Rational property in Spain. This property consists of the estates belonging to Ecclesiastical Establishments, and the Nobility, &c. who resisted his usurpation, and are friends to their legitimate Monarch. This is a scheme to conciliate the people, to whom he has repeated his declaration that the National Debt of the Coun try, comprehended in the form of Vales Reales, something analogous to our Exchequer Bills, siren be deemed sacred, and shall be taken at their fill nominal value in the purchase of the aforesaidwa tional property. These Vales Reales were in a state of extreme depreciation during the fbrmer Government in Spain, but one of the fat acts of the Central Junta was, to issue a decree that the funds appropriated for their discharge were invio lable, and should so be regarded, even during the straggles of the country for the support of its ie. dependant.. O. Monday Lord Ent. tract will open the Commission at Hertford, die being the first 'loam Tow° on the Howe Circuit whither Iler:in conjunction with the Lpllo Civets 114 go te held the Asthma. ; - NAVAL. INTELLIGI4; A CE. Dotstt, Jecv Vl.—Lott mien mother eke( of Bulletins the pieta aqi by lila Illaji.ty't .14 Pu r;triaa; they a e dated the 9th iestare, mil'. to stake that toe AMAMI:my hat beam manly amilinso4. 'I • ga A fret at traltrorts (Ai) paired by 11;4 pat* f.'s; Porimeteth far the lioesa, haviag D 4 board tike imposer the 14th Dragons aiid*ierseau Legion. Arrived the ship Raster, Capial• gataosift, N pen s : eels, for Geodes; Rieke the Jamaica flat, all well, Is kit: 42. 36. N. low. 47. 49. W. Postilions's, Jot.v 21.—For four or Eve days the stied was quite fair for the Expedition sailing; during iihkh the, were waitiwg fur orders to proceed. These orient aim last might, but, as usual, the if Ind Is now fool, and they neat atteespi to go until it changii again. Wben that may be, is of course, quite sacertaiu.—lt is oo* from the Southward blowing frebb. Nothi ig arrived or sailed film two day.. Lord Gambier has hoisted his tidg previoos to his trial, se bloodsy oest.—He come here last oight. . - , Titit•STA.TZSMAN. D. sage. Exceptp theinstanceorthe battle et At ....... i still by the French called &ling, me kei •• " ****** i no greed attack is which the French ban RELIGIOUS TYILERATION. The following is a copy of an Address from the Catholic Inhabitants of Grain, in the County of Kilkenny, to the Viscount Clifden, with his Lord ship's Ammer. It is needless to make any cum went on such praise -worthy conduct ; would to God that Ireland was blessed with many such landlords, and we earnestly recommend such ■n example as worthy of general adoption. " Mt Loan,-We, the Roman Catholic lahahitants of the Parish of Craig; impressed by the most lively sense of gratitude, beg leave to Mara your Lordship WI most us feigned thanks for the neasidceat grant of a commodious tunildlug in the town of Craig, for a Parish Chapel. This, our Lordship's benevolent example of liberality, cannot fail of having powerful ioduence iii promoting a spirit of philan thropy, which; in the exteasiou of kindness, makes no dis tinction of sects, aid NMI tend to comumnsate that maim! good will and !sanitary so happily subsisting is this county, which it is oar earnest wish to cherish and maintain.•, A Deputation having accortkigly waited on Lord Clirden, he *as pleased to return the fol. lowing gracious Answer : " Gra T ax—AcCept my brit thanks for the CdMITIIIIii• cation I have received on the subject sf the Chapel at Grain. It is my moot earnest wish that mutual goad will awl har mony should subsist between Catholics sad Protestants, sad that there should exist oo distinction between them la civil rights or privileges. " Believing that this, above all thilgs, hill produce friend ship and eradicate jealousy, no exertion on my part shall be wanting to accomplish so desirable au object." His Lordship addressed his Answer to the Rev. Lewis Moore, and the Catholic Inhabitants of the parish of Graig. 410 The report that Captain Barclay has joined his regiment and gone with the Espididuo a erro. !mous. Mr. Howe, who is attempting to rival Captain Barclay in his late performance , s was prosecuting es kis ttae& aerie tat we Wednesday, in Sumer setshire, bet betting was ten to one against him, and it was expected every hour that he would give in. A young man, of the name of Drayton, of St. Martin's-lane, has undertaka, for a cousiderable wager, to pull in a pound weight, at the distance of a mile; that is, the weight is to be attached to a string, a mile in length, and he is to stand still and pull it to himself. The time allowed for this singular performance is two hours and a halt• The odds are against him. Yesterday aservant was at•rested in Bondatreet, instead of his master. When the eipl.ination took place, the Bailie observed, that master and man dressed so much alike, that it was Wpm. sible to distinguish one from the other. The great body of the homeward bound West.. India beet may be daily expected. Two of the 'ships arrived on Thursday in the Don ns. A wedding last week took place in the neigh.; boorhood of Chelmsford, where the Lady, in the course of the last 12 months, has been twice a bride, once a widow, and has had two children at a birth. The Ist and 4d regiment of horse had a field. day, yesterday, on Wimbledon Common. They were commanded by Lord REATHFIELD. In one of the charges, two of the men were thrown from their horses, but were not materially hart. No settled . plan is, it seems, yet determined upon for the re.buildiug of Drury lane Theatre, though several have been proposed. It appears that the object at present in contemplation is to induce the Renters, &c. to furcgo their claims ) and 'right of admission to the performances of the Company at the Lyceum, or elsewhere, till the rc.buildiog of the Theatre upon its old scito can be elected. To this proposition it is re. ported that the Renters object, on the ground of not having received any advantage fur their money for some years past, except the admissions, which they are detertninad not t• wave to any perform.. ante under the Patent. A yoeog man of the name of Trench, itt si re: speetable clerkship in Oxford.btreet, shut himeelf through the head in the Park on Tdesday la.t, its consequence, as it was supposed, of his haring applied a large sum of money belonging to his employers, to extravagance with gay women in Mery.le.bonr. He was found with the pistol in his hand, and his head dreadfully shattered. He had not been seen in his employ since the preced. ing day in the morning. He ins the sou of re. potable parents. A Coroner's Jury brought in a verdict of—Lursacy. MU4DEA.—A shocking murder was committed on Tdesday night, on the road leading fr o m die village of Pepper, New Forest ) Hauts, to Got. big, by two fellows, on the body of a Smuggler, who was conveying some popery In 4 tilted cart, in company with a little girl his daughter. The weal asimided the man's money, and having a ems* 1410141114 about him tis convey to Ports. r o rt4 he refused complianek to th e ro bb ers ' whets they beat his with their bludgeons a si shi. he was lifeless, and got at his property, leaving the little girl bound in the cart, and after Salting nut the horses, and turning them looN 0d the C 0111144 41 the villains decamped. • * L.. • 1, ,•;111 I I ca ~~ i ~ri, . ;I' I.