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I - 5 tIII.II.tTE OF THE .4rsTEL4N TERRITORIES IN THY POSSESSION OF 7'4 FRENCH. :IROK A OZWIL1114 . 111PrIt.) The nuns of the AustrituAlonarchy possessed : by the l' reach treopi , , ate— ' ••• . . . .trifrass Miles. Inhabits. Lowei Astoria - - - • 572 - 3,7^ 0 , 0,41 • Stint - - - 398 - 11 12,4,00 Carinthia - - 00 - • '230,000 Caritiola, with the county of Gulls - • and the teirstoty of Monfateune 2:4,.,,. 1 - .434,000 Trieste - • - - a - - 3n,uue Saitltimah antileretitulssaden - tn ' fol,ooo Fiume . - - -• -• tilsou Of Morris, atscust - iso • - 500,000 - Of Gallicia - , 20)) - 4,000;0uo. or ilvmrify - The total number of inhabitants in the above countries is about 5,473,C40. The territory, inde pendent of the liiitigarinii Gispniniselialls, the superficial went of- n Welt • i.• not •aecarately Hauer tl!.iril, contain" 4,773 German squire tailea.--- • I: .!,)r:: Cie eouttneneei»ent of the war, the whole ka-triair.Atianarchy contained, according to Lich. frith:ern, only 10,1116 inpiare miles, and , 241,900.400 iiihnhitattis. It appears, - therefore, that the French possess inure than 1-341 of the Austrian states. The most lin portuut towns in tbeso provinces are— Inhabitants. Vienna - - - . . uo,ooo Lints --- - - i earns Gratz - - - - - - 30,00 eta try nfil th - - - . - . in,nois La) hails - - - - - 11,010 Trieste - - - I.•.,t.in'a Sal; zlaurak - - - - n,ecto Drools - - - - Nogg) Lemberg - - - - 39,0,0 Crocaw - - - • e-.,000 Pre, tm r7h - - - - 2G.990 Ordeolnirgis - - - - 1.2.4,91) . Raab - - - - .to,7tot . With aspect to Hungary, it ought to he ati served, that the part of that knitdoin in the ints %vision of the Vrencli, is that whic h it the wust pio ductiec iu corn, wine, and cattle. FOR isIGN lATALLIGENCE. HAMBUNGIi AND DANISH PAPERS. - ri•LY 31. All the redoubts which the Anstriaas had thrown up 00 the tight batik of the Dantibe, between En gerenti atiJ Presburg, have been rased. A consider able quantity of baLtgage has been sent to Ruab. It is said that the Emperor Napoleon will transfer his head-tpierters thititaronid from thence, it is in—. 'ferret!, that the Emperor of Austria. wha is at Coolorn, will have au ititersnew with him at Uaab, to treat of the conditions of peace. AIIGUiT 2. Nothing certain respecting war or peace is yet known. The price ofeolonial merchandize, which is lorotielit from Trieste,. increases daily, as all the warehouses in that city have been sequestrat) d.— The Deputies I b are not vet obtained au audience. The Emperor continues to construct strong tries de-pont ou the left bank of the Danube, atel every thing is prepare.l it) suds a manner that the troops may he put iu motion at the first signal. • The Savor Nlajor-Gensual If:Artist:li died on the 24th lust., in consequence of his wound. It is said that so Elgitah AL;eut app.nsred at the heed-qttarters of the Archduke Cherie., Ina could 'not obtain en audience. •"*`• at o. 5. Blab, it is said, was in •the first instance fixe.l upon as the plate for the negotiations for peace ; bot now they say it is:tre•be at Altenburg, in Hungary. Between the bridges facing the Spitz, a French camp is funning far t!o,otto melt. The Empress of Austria is arrived on a itsit to the Emperor Francis, at' Comorn. Napolt-on has visited the niontainousdithricts in the environs of this capital, and slid not return to Schortilscuun before ten o'clock at ni4ht, where he attended at the play of P/ses/ra. Tito bridge neer Nufsdorf is quite restored.— Neur'Licsig and tipoesig, behind Stitoeuhrun, a division of French troops has occupied a camp.— Corresimadenfea.) lIT. PETERSBUSGH, AEG. 1. Already we have received here the intelligence that an armistice hat, been concluded tattvectt France und Austria. INtPRVCK, ATG. 2. The sal tttt ■nd occupation of the Tyrol goes on rapidly. The General of Division, Rouytr, with his corps, entered Steitinach this da,, without having or2t with any insurgents. lie m oche-, to morrow, fur Stergingen ; and on the 4th will taster Bruin. The Austrian General, de Buul, has agreed to evacuate it iu the evening of the 3d, and to continue his retreat, so that on the tilts he may be at Greiffenbourg in Carinthia. The Marshal Duke of Dantsig remains with an impositig force at Inspruck, in order to direct front thence the whole operations, and to send troops to the points where they may be wanted. The Bava rian battalions of reserve will next week furnish eutisideroMe reinfoteements. 'flit disarming of the districts which are occupied continues with ac tivity. The Duke of Dautzig yesterday issued m severe Decree, by which he orders that all the arms, 'powder, &c. Sce. without exception, shall be tent front hence by the loth inst. to the chief town of the bailiwick ; the di►tricts which do not give op their a rue., or which shall retain any, shell be subject to military execution, and shall besides be puutahed most severely; exact lists shall he 'mirk out of the inhabitants under arms ; all the commanders of companies are summoned to the head-quarters; those who do no! appear by the loth will be treated es obstinate rebels, their liaises pulled down, their families banished for ever, their property nulls• • II II i s . . ~' I . ' ~- R P I E ~, ww7.? t. clan], and thentselees trill a military commis sion witltiu.kwentvrfnut. 4 ti- . tise ditriet! are inadezesponattshr tbralLtht_tAitJages thlt jay. be coniinjfid tirtini tliertrigps.-LTlds Decree Isis isvei., published in the Vomiters, as %Nu in the Valleys of Pinzgau and ZiUse. - __•.., • . - • The Casainiesion appointed by His Majesty not having vet arrived at Inspruck, the Marshal Duke of Dautzig has appointed two—the one Military, tlie oilier •of Government; Major-Omen& Baron Rechherg presides over both.—f L'Abeille di Nerd, August Is.) LYIlLti, *OO. Q. , The French fleet, which had taiien a position under Fort Lido, has partly ascended the Scheldt W. high as Antwerp, and is. 50 advantageonsly sta tioned, that it is there considered as sheltered from every attack of the enemy. French troops arrive daily at Ghent, and at Antwerp, from whence they ,proceed still further. The tight bank of the Beheld% from Antwerp to Bergen-op-Zoom, is already co vered with French troops. Ci-devnat Dutch Flan ders is egetally furnislt-il with troops. According to the most recent intelligence from the theatre of war, our troops. which have Intlicrto uctcd defen sively, will assume-At offentive. AUCVST to. According to adviccs received yesterday, the King was no the 7th at Ossendregt, where ut this time a considerable force of French and Data . troops is assembling. The environs are so full of troops, that from lno to 1.50 are quartered witli each peas:nit; great preparations arc making for the purpose of undertaking some important affair ogiinst South Bev/viand. The head-quarters of His Majesty were expected at Itouroilahl, those of the General in Chief of the ['reach troops are at Kapelle ; alreutly there is a considerable force between Autwcrp and . stadt.—(V/Ilreille do Nord, Aug. is.) Extract of a -litter from Lyons, , 2(th July horn the 31e:diterraticatii, that a consi iletahle number of English transports, having on board part of the troops which were in.Sidy, sailed from the coast of Gailtar; they are going to Lisbon to reinforce the army of General Wellesley. Sonic detachments of the army of General Stuart have ulsa embarked, probably in Order to return to Sicily, since the expedition has not surceeded against the kim.;dom of Naples. —lL'Abeidle du Nord, August hi.) rims. At:G. 8. M. De Chainpagny has set off for Raab, to fix the last bang of the watt.. ♦t.'C. 10.' Letters foal Bay state, that the Eoglish hase 4iornalmrketl at Aliraiit mute Jetnr•hinewta s with much arnunuuitiou, artillery, &c.—(Abeille 4 Nord, Aug. 18.) BANKS OF TIIF F.1.13F; AUGUST IR. On the 12th inst. 57 prisoner• of the corps of the Duke of Brunswick-Oels were brought litial!, mid led by French geourartnes; they were in two vessels, which a French.captain of marines, as:iatt . cl by the Danes, took near Ellagette, where some Danish skip pers had poregetly run them aground. Among thettt: is the Secretary of the Duke; one-half of them are menials, or drivers of the artillery horse.. These who were soldiers have been pardoned, on condition of eitering the Dutch service ; the re.t are •cut to Nlaipleburg. The French and Danes stript the Duke's soidiers of almost all their and left them nearly naked. Ft o'n Holland we have no news, but what is fur nished by the Gallo-Batavian Journals, which are now conducted with as much falsehood as the l'rench Moneterir. Flushing, and the Island of Walelwren, will, it is hoped, remain in possession of C.:teat Britain till a general peace. It the Prince of Nenfrhatel, Alexander Ber tiller, whom Bonaparte intends to make King of All the paragraphs in the Himburgh Papers, about celcbtating Napoleon's birth-day, are In serted by the French. Nut a to iii ; le private house except the Danish Po,tmaster ; env row and regret appeared in every countenance, when the French Minister ordered the guns to he NI. We hare no news from Austria that givei any certainty of war or peace, and the general opinion is, that the altrirs of Turkey will also be decided ill the Anstrinn Congress of Peace, if it should really take place. The Archduke Charles does not share in the seutiments of his brother the Emperor Francis, who is said to be preparing to conclude peace at any sa crifice. The Archduke Charles has, on this ac- count, resigned the chief cointnand of the army, auJ not hem nulispokition. A Russian Plenipo , tertiary was hourly expected at Sciioeubrunii, from tit. Petersburgh. HA'SOVER, AUGUST 15. This being Napoleon's hint li-day the Dutch troops had a grand held-day. The Governor Saleette gave a grand dinner, rad Te Dram was sung.—(Corre spondenten.) •ranNA, AUG. IS. General Bellegurfle has taken the command or the Austrian army ; General Diller. and other Generals, will act under him. The Archduke Ferdinand is arrived in Bohemia, with his carps. Tne King of Blvaria has granted an imleinuity to the insurgents of the Tyrol, on condition that they lay down tlieir arms within the space. of eight days ; the chief, only of the insisrreetion are ex . cepted.-wiilbeille du Nord, dug. le,) E4s 7 7 INDIES. • - - • ';'•f?RT WILLIAM. JAN. 10, ISO. • The !right lion. Ifni Clavernor-tienetal id Coun• 61 has received t h •• sati.factory intelligence that a detachntent of the a lk.idiary force at Ilyd:ith.til, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Dove ton, consisting of a corps of lior,e artillery, two regiments of native cavalry, and twelve comp tines of „native infantry, employed in the province of. Caarleish, in the pursuit . 0 the predatory forte of the Chiefs, Moliepist Row Iloikar, Wahid Khan, and Dandieta Khasi, after a forced marcii of near one hundred miles, haring succeeded in surpri►ing the enemy at the fort of Autaluair, oil the morning of the :Nth ult., effected the complete dispersion of their troops, consi,ting of between four and five thousand 'wen, cavalry and infantry, and captured the whole of their guns. baggage, and camp equipage, and near one thUusiantl horse; the loss, on the part of the enemy, is stated to bark been very great; on the part of the detach ment, biuween twenty and tinily men • killed. and wounded. • - • • The Governor-Generkil is Council deems it proper, on this occasion, to empress,. lit the most public manner. the high reuse which he entertains of the zeal, judgment, and activity Urinifested by Licut.-Colonel Doveton, in 'planning and executiug this arduous enterprise ; and of the elistimotishigl perseverance, exertion, and gallantry, of the Offi cers and troops under his commend, in accomplish ing a march of near 100 miles, iu tae space of 48 110111 A, and immediately attacking and defeating a superior force of the enemy, whose depredations in the provirce of Canikish, and in.the territories of the Allies of the - British Government, had so long disturbed the•treuquillity of the Devito.), and had rendered necessary a combinod movement of divi sions or the subsidiary forcess of Poona and Hy drabad, tinder the general• direction of Colonel Wallace, commanding the subsidiary force at Ibis Lordship, in Council, has great satisfaction also in acknowled4ing, on this occasion, the judg ment and professional al.ility displayed by Colonel . NVal lace, in framing tin/ plan of combined operation between the two divisions of the subsidiary tierces, which led to the brilliant achievement devised by Dovetou, and .executed, under his personal command, with such exemplary' success. N. B. EMIONSTONS, Mitt &wen, to Gum-meat. 1--Hr, BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, THURSDA, AucusT 31. -3 We recc;ved, last night, Ilatnlourgh and Danish Papers to the 19th, containing accounts from Paris to the I tth, and Vienna to the tith instant; The question of ' peace or war remained at' that date uncertain, but every preparation .had heel' made by the French for the renewal of hostilities, in the event of ties rupture of the negociation. The Emperor FRANCIS was Still at Comoro, end NAPOLEON was preparing to transfer his head-quarters to Raab, with a view to accelerate the work of peace. Considerable progress had been made in the subntissiun of the Tyrol, under the auspices of the Duke of DANTzIe. The ac counts from the south or Europe state, that re inforcements were proceeding 1'1.044 the 111estiter raneati for Lisbon, to join the British army. The Dutch news boasts the • great force assembling in the vicinity al the. Scheldt, and threatens a desce:it upon South Bevelasul. Letters from Bayonne an nounce a descent, by the English, upon Alicant.— BERTHIEn; !'rinse of Neufchatel, is to be King of Switzcrlunil ! !—We have already a King of Hol land, and this new King of Switzerland will har nionite very well with &ladle( h, converted into Har lequin, at the Royal Circus, St. George's Fields. A report generally prevailed, yesterday, that the ulterior objects of the Expedition to the Scheldt are abandoned by Ministers. Levers, dated the 27th inetant, have been received from that river, which state, that at a Council of War, suminoiled to take that subject into consideration, it was the opi nion of the majority, that on attempt upon Fort Liliu or Antwerp would not be advisable. It was reported, last night, that the Earl of might be shortly expected in England. Captain STANHOPE, Aide-de-Camp to Viscount %V ELLTNGTOM, arrived yesterday, at two o'cliie a, at the %Var-Office, with dispatches from his Lordship. They arc slated Dcleitota, the Bth itudant, severs day; subsequent to the date of the former dis patches of his Lordship from Tahnera.—Of course they are not of so late a date as the acconots lu the Portuguese and Spanish Papers, received last week, which brought down the military operations to the Toth.—They state that his Lordship having bejii apprised of the irruption of SOULT into Estreina ditra, and his 2 , 1i/elite to plasenein, resolved to march against hint as soon as tire British troops hail recovered from the great fatigue Ol a the battle of the 27th and loth; sod that his Lordship actually broke up fur that purpose, on the j.l. CUEITA, with a request to remain at Tatai.i•ra, and k-ep VreTue in check; but that the Spanish General having heard that Sochi was in great fuzee, and _ Hot wishing that-the British army should onstaiu i :ailoNts the weight of moodier Lalt a, quitted his po. 'anion And followed with intent ro share its danger. ..tecorrii qty. shout the time when the British army „ had reached Bonus, en its march arunst Son LT, it void overtaken lay Cum vA ; Slid been apprised of the retreat of the latter, had advanced to Talavera, anti was liftwinlyr on the rear of the. Spaniards. tinder these circumstances, we under ' stand, as the foreign papers Iled also already isiforui ed us, Viscount WELLINGTON took the omelettes to cross the Tagus, in order to avoid being Sur rounded by the two hostile armies. The bride of Almarex being destroyed, the passage was ef fected at Puente del Ariobiepo, 041 die sth. At the date of the dispatches, on the Bth Au&ust, tpe array occupied the defensive line of the Tagu s . Measures had been taken to insure supplies. The dispatches du not intimate a disposition to retreat further; but retreat was open if it should become necessary.. The sick and woue.leti. as we stated in a former paper, were left behind at Talavera by the Spaniards, and fell into the Bands of the enerur„ Their needier is not specified ; - bet we know from the official accounts of the great betties at that place, it !oust have hen very uninliteratile. Such was, last night, the account the nano terial Circles, of the, substaiice of the &stenches. brought by the lion. Capt. STA is niter. Vs e tea scarcely believe that it is correct, beeinise it is most unsatisfactory, and, in some points, totally le comprehensible, The battle of 'relavera is aliened to have been contested with the greatest obstinacy, and it appear.; that the French retired from the field in the most regular order," we use the words of The Gazette, leaving it doubtful, by Lie leaving a rear-gantril of moon men behind for the two following days, whether V Kerte did not mean to renew the attack. Now, if this sac the case, a t wish to know upon whet principle CUM'S. alone could be cousidered a match ter the whole army of Yu:Taal The Spanish General, it is admitted, ems left alone at Talavera, to keep the position, and meietain it against attack.. That such. *thick might be expected, the inotuarast-that Vteroa should have learned the 'retreat of the British forces, mast he obvious. If Vicron reluctantly left the held on the With, Ulm hesitated whether he slvotsld not renew the attack against the pi:mitten, when occupied by the united British and. Spanish armies, surely he would ,not.hesitute to advance the moment he found the latter were left alone. And if the Spa niards contributed so little, as TheLuitthm Gazette has assured ns, to the victory of 'l . :darer*, if they were barely competetcnt to Icsin!aln a post on the right, we wish to know .upon what ground I'i-roma WIELLINGTON could egket, that, when left alone, they would be ablest° waiutein that posit:on against an enemy, who had just 161.0%413 lino selfnearly a match for both British and Sparesk wilted, and left them, after a most obstinate stud long doubtful cootest of two days, a dearirpurehes ed victory? This point, ae confess, appears taus .totally iocompreliensible, and loudly mills for es plan:looh: The contending armies in the hattle . of l'olavera may have been mimetically unequal ; but, from the length and obstinacy of the contest. it mind be admitted that they were nearly equal in actual force and strength. Now, then, after the deduction of the more valuable and efficient half of one of them, we mean the British part, the remainder must be equal to the other, we are totally at a loss t? conceive. Following the Ministerial account, we next find that CUILETA, gardlcse of the order or advice of Viscouut mouton to stay behind at Talavera, and keep Victim in check, actually broke up from Talavera, and tvrecipitately followed the British rimy, ;envier, the sick and wounded. to fall into the heads of the etiesny. Now, we were assured by the Foreign Papers, and the Miuisttrial Prints have-conArined the assurance, that Viscouut Wer.r.tanams had been appoiiited, by this Supreme divine,' General issimo or Commander-in-Chief - of the Spanish armies; and, if the fact be so, COURA, iar leav ing his post, has been guilty of a breach (lenders, disgraceful to an officer, and meriting the.severest pniiishment. Bat, then, we ate told, that if lie erred, he erred from e&cess of virtue {tad 'mad ness. Ile did not run away heritage he•was afraid singly to eacountee the main army or France, is Spain, under VICTOR. lie did-not run after Vis count Weld.' ati rob, envying him the glary of beating SOCI.T alone, and tuitions to i.liarc the laurels of the day.. No, lie had heard. that SuutT, whom all previour sc7eunts hail represented as tit terly contemptible, was too strong for the. British army, and leasteued olf.tir give Viscount Vl'assit N TON his assistaner. Nothing can be wore dignitica I and noble. This iii real Spanish generosity.. But.,t • he felt 50 tentlvrau interest fur the hale and the strong in the ranks or the British army, how comes it that this generous time should leave the rick and stout+ ed behind !Ma! ‘Pere they not objects to 'memoirs feeling iend generoug mind, and equally worthy of his care? Well, we. Anvil prase this poiiit no farther* Whatever may have been the mouse of CUTSTA be his intent wicked or charitable, he retreated precipitately, and was in sight of the Btisli army by the time it had reached Bones. Sow, liP sunning all this aconunt, as given 14,4 disati-oliiial authority. to be correct, we do not see in What.re` speet the relative alto the:44mM' was. mad terially eltemd. It was st 11 in the pryer of Vis- I 1