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. • ar.:;tLeiNsTeczAtoNs raqm tfir. Eitibeitia ts 11. TO COUNT VON *tomtit:l'i ritstosser OP TUE COVVINNIONT or SALTBURGIf. Cuti.itiertng that the rincertMutv of military 'operations renders•it necessary to take such mem sures of precaution as circunistanCes may refuse, His Majesty the Emperor has been pleased to make known the .steps he has ordered to betaken, aua the motives for so doing. by virtue of n decree of the Council of the 46th inst. in case the enemy should make as incursion ii.to his hereditary dominions. 4 In case the ramify should approach the metro polis, the town of Pest shall be the centre of all acts •affecting the whole monarchy, and to that point the public money he; 'aging to all the threat ened provinces shall be sew. • His Majesty has nominated for that period u Council, the members of which shall be made known at a proper time, and who, residing at Vienna, shall act in concert with Lower Austria, if not prevAtterl, with the other, provinces ...hie)) might be possesired by the enemy, and of whieb all persons Shall, as circumstances may re- I, ire, nacrove the necessary instructions. • His Majesty makes this resolution known to .'r. _a, Court Counsellor, COMOilindlOg him to I.....serve the prefoundest ieciecy.- till the moment t!,c unruly inT• ncrupy his district. (FiN;in-1) ‘" A LU.VOII I. 7 oArtTe..' • Vienna, ssth April, r eassis— GERMAN PAPERi. ItrIDLINGEN, MAT Si The Austrian corps which retired by ltatisbon and crossed the Danube was. on the c.:lltli. at Chain. and ou the 29th retreated towards the mountains en the frontiers of Bohemia. Chi French army on that side remains still above Ratisbou. ' According to current reports, the grand heuX quarters were on the td at Segharting. The ad yawed posts of the French were at Efferhiug, nut far fronvLints, without having met with the ene my. The Austrian army had passed the Trellis, and were behind the river Welts—lt is to be seen whether a new 'hewn *ill take piece there. The corps of Rivoli, Istria, tine. Montebello, and the NVurtemberg . and Bavarian op, have passed the Inn, and are on the high way to Lintz avid Weitz. The remaining troops have undertaken operations against haltzburgh. The Duke of Montebello was to he on the 2d at Rend. LOWER 4114 E, lIIIAY E. The Prince of Pante Corvo's head-quarters are at Planta, froto which it is remarked that the Saxon army is advancing against the 11.heniitiii army. On the 29th the remainder of the Awarion army retired from the Upper Palatinate to the Bo hemian liontiers. The Austrian army tinder General linker is con centrated behiCd the Tronn. • MEAN, MAY 1. .have received ea. following account from bead-qtticiert., dated "ialDl2oo.l . 7rn APAIL. "On the 2301, al; tleisly. 4000 *trouts with eight rxeceo of eltlllloll , presented before 'lrlalgliera, and attacked it.--The garrison 'was scantly 1200, Irtt they defended tbeniselits btrvety, bicd .with succem- t —Tne-iiieliy Cost 660 mem iu;killed p a d vmmiivd. " Time mirrpa 'cif - Baraguay D'Hilliers:bas-bad a serious atfa.r in the neighbourhood of Trent. The enemy was every whet* drivenlmck with the lois If 1100 men iu killei, woudded. and prisoners." BANKS 07 TUE. INN, •I'r.ll. 29. The Emperor Napoleon is oh the other Nid e of tlr.4 river, with iOO,OOl men, and will on the 2d Nay, reach Lintz, in narouit of the Anatriami.— Scharding bar been hurried. - r tORTUG U ESE PAPERS. ollm•••10. MAY 2. Brigadier Francisco de Silveira writes from his head-quarters before A marante, under date of the 26th ult. thc.t the enemy hod continued his at tacks upon that day, but always without surcees, since he still remained master of the WIMP heights and of the bridge of Amarante. Our loss has been very trifling. The Prince Regent our Lord has been pleased by his Royal Letter, dated the 29th pf April of the present year, to confer on Sir Arthur Welles ley, the rank and honours of Marshal General of his armies, sed in this capacity to conduct the operations of the said armies, when they should comhint themselves with those of hi , : Britannic The command of the . Portuguese armies will still attach to Marshal W. C. Beresfrrol, to whom His Royal High,itss has continued it, and which he so ably conducts.—( Lisbon Gentle.) 1.19C0N, MAY 5. They write front Cohnbta, under date of the Pt instant, that on the preceding day a of English troops entered that city, among %%hid' ass a considerable body of cavalry; another corps en tered the day of the date of the letter; they were received amidst vises and acclamations by the inhabitants of that loyal City. Flowers were showered down ou • their L eads. A standard of the three allied nations was hoisted on the high tower of the university, and at night the whole city was illentioated. • ' Private letter's froM the neiohbourhool of Chaves, Mate that a Spanish corps of 9,000 on& has entered thnt city, whence it will probably direct its march to tlm Minlue. It is supposed that the said corps is probably marching in the above dlireel6n to suspend and obstruct the retreat of the Fweit arms', sliuuld it ion-wI to escape by thst road to Galicia. Brigatlier-Ceneril Ptauci:co de Silveira has • trsimnittegi an official report to his ' Atarilnd Bersitord, whefi 'sy he acquaints hitn that Lieutenant-f Wand Patrick. after having coeered with hi• regiment of foot. the retrograde !UMW - runt from Manhae. leached tile bridge sitl ! - out being wounded ; Lot that Laving aft'#',.vatqs I Mild -.-1 --I dislodged the enettly front the bridge, and pur sued them as far as Atsuraute, he was there wound ed, and ausmediately conveyed first to Mezao-trio' and afterwards to Lannego, where he unfoitunately expired. England has lost in hiau a meritoriouis subject, and Portugal a defender, whose undaunted va!our rendered him worthy of a better fate. Yesterday, and the day before, marches: from this town, the superb English heavy horse, !voided a few days back. Yesterday sixty trans ports, with wore English troops, were to enter the Tagus. Letters from Alentijo assert, that Echivarri one of the General Officers, who commands the Van of General Cuesta's army, destroyed a French corps of from 2 to 3,000 men. Although this piece of intelligence is not official, yet very little doubt is entertained of its truth. It is reported that Alcantara, Eshie, and Pla cencia, have been tuken by assault by the British and Spanish troops, and that those of General Vic tor, who were in possession, have been entirely cut to pieces. The head-gearters of General Welles ley are still at Leiria, aid those of Gen. Beresford at Tliomar ; but the advanced guard, to the num ber of 10,000 infantry, and 500 cavalry, have en tered Coimbra. In .the night.of the 29th - ult. Sir Robert Wilson joined the army of General Silveira, after having repulsed the French troops in different attacks for (several days running ; and a detachment of 0,000 men from the Marquis Romana's army, has readied Chaves. In some n. •he villages which our troops have passed thronyth in their way to Conn ins, the French have committed the most unex ampled crtieltiei in cow:. qacnce of several of their spies hating been kille I by the natives. Generals R,get, Erskine. and Faue, arrived here, from England, nil Wedn es d a y. General Craddock sets off for Gibraltar on Sun day! . On the €5lll April Gepc'rel Victor still main tained his. position at Merida, and Cuesta at Mo nesterio, and hi. advanced posts at Los §intus. On the 21st, General Echievarri repnlsol a French corps. which attempted to enter ?.afro, is quest of' priarisions. killihg 14 horses, and retaking the phni der whicli they had made.—(Lisbon T►legraph.) MANCORTO, NTH AP:HI.. The French troop, which were in the neigh baurhood of our frontier's, retreat townrcir i • ' I t f I • THE BRITISR itrigii. LONDON, FRIDAY. MAY 19. We have received 'Lisbon rapers to the '6th inst. from which we have made some extracts. They relate chiefly to the positions of the several ar- Mies. 'ir A mime WELL.:.B:.RT ' r van reached Coimbra on the Ist. h consisted of 10.000 Infain try and 500 cavalry, fie hao his head-quarters at Leyria ; and General BERESFORD was in his rear to the math -east, at Thrmar. These were:the po sitions of the British anny according to the latest accounts.—A detachment of 10,000 men from the hlarqbis of Row.' A'S army, according to report, had reached Chaves, 'there it will be supported by the force under the Marquis of Sumas,' at Amarante. Sir Roaster Wixeores corps had joi ne d the latter on the 29th : previous to wide!' both the,e corps had .some fighting, but not of much importance; in which, however, we regret to state that Lieutenante t olonelPiiial was killed. SOCLT, thus placed between the British force inhii front, and the Spanish at Chives in his rear, can only avoid an action by curtain:oiling To - cross Portugal along the Douro. irterea had not, so late as the Vstit, attempted to joie hint. He was at that date still at Merida, and it was reported that the cities of Al cantata and Placencia had been bikini by assault by the combined Spanish and British forces, and that the garrisons, consisting of attachments of his troop', hud been cut to pieces. The news in the Lisbon papers, from the North of Spain, is not later than the lath last. The French were ,then retreating to Valladolid. We yesterday announced the arrival of the Fourth Bulletin of the French aru i r in Germany, stating at the same time that it contained no mili tary news of any interest. It is dated on the Ist of May, at Braunan, to whiOh pla^e BONAPARTE had trimsferred his bead-quarters from Burg hausea. Its *Silence, however, is not unsatisfac tory, for hail the events in the Tyrol, the Venetian territory, ■nd Poland, been even of a doubtful character, it would fiat have failed to represent them is favourable to France. We find, how ever, by the letters from Paris, of the 9th of May, that thongh Fuctxt .134.auttattsiois had spread a Ta l •ort of "the Austrian army flying precipitately, a n d that he was on .the point of pursuing them ;" yet, in direct contradiction to it, the " hend-qoar.. tars of the French army were as late as the 4th of May, at TrEvio.'"i'llis admission Aufficiently proves the eli•asters of Ike Viceroy, and the sums; of the Archduke Pmts. We may see by the promise which Napormos made to the Bishop and principal functionaries of Sultzburg, " that they should never again come under the rl9minion rd . the House of Austria," • . • what are his intentions relative (,'gist Sovereign and country. But we likewise observe with ex treme satisfaction, by the intercepted , g socret in stiuctions from the Emperor Fasacts, to the Pre silent of the Government of Saltstptirg," published by BON•PARTE in his fourth Bulletin, the reso lution 'Wowed by His IMPERIAL MAJESTY, on a supposition of the French udrancing to Vienna. It merits the utmost attention. "hi case that the enemy ahonid approach the Metropolis," says lie, ‘, Pest is immediately to . become the centre of a. acts affecting the whole Monarchy, and the pub. lie money is to be sent there." In other words, it is to be made the temporary Capital, and seat of the Austrian Government. Th.s eirciiinstt nee is most material, as it prover that the occupation of Vienna by the Invader is foreseen and anti cipated ; consequently that resistance will not eease, because that city may fall into the hands of the enemy. Pest is • town, situated on the right, or East Bank of the Danube, exactly opposite to Buda, the antient capital of Ilungsry, with %Inds' place it communicates by a loidge constructed on {pontoons. Even though the I:rent:4, therefor% were to penetrate to Itini.i s yet the archives and treasure tieing lodged ut might easily and speedily be removed into Tiaysylvania ; or to Cas chau,.Eperies, Tetneswaer, and other fortresses of Upper.Hingary. Such a disposition evidently pro supposes, and iudicates. the intention of retiring . , if necessary, into the Eastern provinces at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains, and there maintaining the conflict. If the Austrian EMPEROR and Ca binet possess sufficient energy, as well as firmness, • to execute this system, NAPOLEON will not easily reducethe Monarchy to submission. Ve see that he is pushing rapidly forward towards Lints, as his head-quarters.were advanced to Ried on the lst of this mouth; while MASSENA is said to have been at the time in the vicinity of Lintz. Should the Archduke Casar.xs be able to attack and to de feat the French corps under DAVOUST ; or should GeneMl HiLLF.E be able to maintain himself at Oetingcb on the Inn; BONAPARTE may be never theless compelled to stop, if not to retreat. De cisive success can altne enable, or autholize him to morel' to Vienna, white various Austrian armies occupy tilt country behind him. The ATTORNET.GINZZAL, List night, siihroitted to the House of Commons his propositioo "re ',peering Public 11/I.:.etings. His principal object is to obiige Debating Societies to obtain the sanction of* licence. The [louse of Commons,ln,postponinglast night the discussion of an important measure respecting Leland, on account of the indisposition of Sir JONN NEWPORT, paid a handsome,.and at thetausetirue, u just compliment to the talents of the worthy Ikero net, and his uniform zeal and attention to the its , terests of that put of tilt. United Kingdom. The Manifesto of the Court of Vienna has reached this country; and will. we find he publish ed in the shape of a ptimphlet.—lt is sup posed to have been drawls up by GEN TZ. and, as we stated in a former paper, contains twenty font sheets. It %of course greatly exceeds the limits of aNewepuper. We will endeavour, on the first open dayito give the substance. It was rep:mted a few days ago that the progress of the Austrians in Poland was sanctioned by the Emperor ALEXANDER, itid that the latter had since declared against France. This report was again in circulation yesterday ; but we have not beard any thing to induce us to rely upon ita au thenticity. TundaY evening, Capt. Witutet Aid-du-Camp to GA D . DechwtTu , arrive i l at Lord (. ..,ASTI.EILE •GICS 01SEE, with four of BONAPARTE . / Eagles, which . were takes at ALirtinique. They are small stand . 80% with the figure of ;In eagle in the venire, richly etabreitlereil Gesetel BEctorrxit is coming home, and Sir airsemieis Paceuer is to he, Commumier in Chief in the West ',viers. Strong reinforceme:ts are cmharl;ing at Ports mouth for onr foreign corps in Sicily, under Sri J. STZWAHT, particularly for the Chasseurs Ilritan niques, Ua Rotes regimint, I.ad McuttoN's Swiss regiment. The Port-am-Prince, of London, is taken at Tougstaboo Island, and the clew have been mas sacred by the natives. Anion; the regiments which hare been most successful in getting volunteers from the Mi litia, we understand tivat the 24tb has been among the first. The Ist battalion of tbis regiment is at the Cape of Good Hope, and will soon go to In dia. The urmy will learn with pleasure, that Gene ral SPeacEe's health [icing perfectly restored, he is about to set off for the army in Portugal. The Ninth Report of thcCommissionersif Military Inquiry has been published. It is of conside►able length, and enumerates ninny abuses. The Commis sioners conclude their Report in the following words : 4 , We have now completed that view of the abuses in the West sn d ia Army Expenditure, and of the measures to he adopted to prevent their recurrence, which we hare undertaken to exhibit. The evil has doubtless been of great magnitude, widely ex tended, and deeply rooted. But if the opportunities for fraud shall be diminished, by making the con tractrin this country for the necessary supply of the forces in the %Vest Indies ; if a regular coutroul over thorn who direct and manage the expenditure he established, if the account be naeitigateil soon after it is incurred ; and if, in case of rnalpractiees, the offenders be immediately prosecuted in the country, and re impartial and firm administration of the Law can be insured ; it may be expected that the evil which has heretofore existed, will be in a great degree prevented." • NAVAL r.,TELL.TtE.NcE. IitTSM OUTA, WkY .17. gailed the Magicienhe frigate, Captain Curtis; with the raseil and Cur of Ceorl 1-1 , 1. e cnnvoy ; Nymphs. ft ighte, I lull • C.i pt. for the Down. ; mud the Lircret, oi.h a rismo% Arrived the Pestct airs, Lieutenant Tontlinson, Pinta cruise. The Cracker is appointed eonroy for the DO W Tile Itreatedary and Hindustan, for New Sow.' Wale., will tail to-morrow morning. ElLipps will Hail t:'-nrorroar, with tie Amp!'. :site, It:Atte, and the Augasta, Thoeireen, portt., fur Lisbon. LA CE COURT of• COMMON PLEAS, Wzruatirtali. Sittings at Nisi Praas Wort Lord (77 iff Justice MANN/MD. MIUTI.EII v. WM. • This watt an action to recover IGO. for 'rerun:, a patent tlreen House mid Hen Hauge in the Defeuda et's garden, Bt dford.sq are. The charge was supported on tidinelsoreinetit. Fri defence, it was contended flint the Plaintiff entered into a ape. clue agreement With the Defendant, to pay him 651: for the coMpletlon of the Obeli of the building, and Out he had paid 10111. into Cciart, twir l ; .• , sunt.egrecd for, and the surplus Went to pay fitting up the inside of the Green-house, and building siesta and roosts in the lien-leuar, mod also for erecting; a spire and weother.cork, in the shape of a phimaant, for which a chiirge of ill. was made. •• One of the Witnesses observed, that a common cock might have been niade for much less, belt this being of a.portieular texturc, he thought the ch a r g e re .niuhlr. Lord Chief Justiee MAteserrED, in summing lop the evidence, observed, that in rt ease tried before him at Guildhall. the Jury had determined. that %%lira a builder held out, that a building or on ol teration wn.,1.l uot amount to niore than it particular sum, he was only entitled to that amount. It was the ease of a Milliner %%Ito wished to enlarge obe *of her rooms. The builder told her the improve. ment would not cost more than 171.; he afterwards brought his action for sod. which was more tibia the amount ()flier whole stock in trade, and if a verdict had been given against her she would hare 'been reduced to bsggary ; and although the pre. sent defendant was in opulent., ireninstances, lie erns entitled to the seine protiktion. The Jr)... after live minutes' •consultation, gave a verdict for the &feminist. OLD BAII.I2.I"—MAT ls. • James Wright, rho was yesterday committed • the Magistrates of Bosreetrett °Mee, 'l,e stealiti,e/ two horses, the property of Mr. Smart. of the Toy; Hampton - court, as stated in duty Pr • per of yesterday, was tried and found guilty. Ii• wns Wprivate in the Oxford Blues. ead he stated ae his excuse, that he h:ta been Lnj wetly so strtrel; punish•A in the rmiterLitt, as to remelts. him Call'. l ess Wi l k h e did. Th e Leann:el Judge (Ga tmAst) hamunly,inOmated to the Jury, en their beiit ohligedto.find the verdict they did, that he fire not cohtider this as a case calling for the extremity of putrishment. • •SPORrING rXrittiroExcr. • 1 tvti• • . EPSOM DACE:, Seett4o DAY—Tarnspat, MAY is. rifty Pounds'for bows ' fie- dist have not won awes dim one 401. Plate slum tile Ist of Much, Ison. tuur.yr olds, 7st. 41h.; five-yr olds, sit. filb : six-yr olds, oat ; and • aged, oat. sib. Two-aide heats. To shot at half-patt tau. Mr I,..adbrake's b. Trirabosb,. 4-yi s Me. Cave Brown's h. b. Delville,6 yrs old. Delville was taken ill—ott by renient. The first :;rar of a renewal of the Derby Stakes of :.ers b ft . for three-yr old colts, sit. 71b ; and fillies, MIL 21D The tan mile and half. The owner of the second hoist ur re- cents loot a. oat of the stakev. To atart at half-pmt our. D. of Gruftou's e. by Wax , oat of Penuche . ; Mr. Wilson's eh. c. firksar by Sorcerer, dam by Preci pitate, wit ofa sister to George Sit C. Buobury'i br..t. Fair Star, by Whiskey, out of Rimless 3 Twenty horsci were entered kr this plate, of which ti n ouly started, and the judge could place bat the shore them . The diappointintut . uecasitmed by the first match being otr, was amply compensated by the race for tlie Derby St::ltc:-, which afiorded excellent sport, and elided io the kunst iv ? 'Opel being all liken in. Witard was the farniii it,. and they betted freely upon him ti lb 4 a!taiitst the fie:.l of starling. lie took the lead, and maintained it for a Co,. si4erahle distance, within which bet', were ten to one in I s favour; but within about 2.:0 rids the Duke of Catifton's 'e. by Waxy JIM& a grand pact, and won by about half a length. lie day being very fine, the course was coTertd with an elegant assemblage of cornpoily, but we are sorry to addi that several accident% Littilt.iied.—A gentleman was overturned in his gig, awl killed on the spot, and a lady was run over and Mtn It hurt. Among the &imperil , present, were their Royal Highnesses the Princess of Wales an.l Duchess of Briosswick. in , to elegant landi.u, drawn by four bets, with two oat-micro; toe Duke of York on horseback ; Earls Seftnii and Barrcmortt; Lord Clinton; Sir John Lade, Sir (;mli . rey Webster; Capt. Agar, and Mr. Buxton. displaced their elegant carriages and four, and Mr. Osbaldestou sported his canary-bird. lndeed,all the Members of the %VIM; Chill were present, end all the amateurs of the turf within a considerable dis tance. PRICE Ot.STOCKS YESTERDAY. . Built Stock A per Cent. Reduced S per Cent Canals. ....- .... ~ 11114 4 per Cent ft per rent. Navy India Stock Indio Roads l6 17 p' M'• Exchequer Bilk Consols fur 6Bli T. BIM, Illotk Sinker, NO. 4, Corskill, and No. 9, Claritcy.cross ---.----L=.ll -:..,....._ 1 .-- fur .... On 'nervily morning, M Upper Harley-street, the Lai/ of George Smith, Esq. M.P. of a son HIGH• WATER AT LONDON:BRIDGE VIM Morning 54 after 4 I Afternoon is alley S LONDON : Priute,l by G. DIVIDSON, No 1 9 , Old 113""ell-e"itt Cto..v.steeTl; end pearl:AA at the e, No. is, Peek el Si. Clemtore Church, awed, br ). WHITE, of *erne plAte.—Orden, for tido Pap. giant to the Office ,iy.let r. ill be doll. Iltiflldrel to. , --_ Y Ilr 1 Jul Fri! 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