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situation. iagust at the arrogance of the French Officers M several instances, produced acts of violence. • FOURTH BULLETIN. Head-Quarttrilt faunivhat, April 16. This day the army advanced to the bier. The fifth corps was in the front and found the bridge at Landshut broken down. A divi-ion of from six to 8000 Bavarians, under General Deroy, defended the passage. There remained nothing to be done but to open a passage by force. The bridge was accordingly remstablislied under the tire of the enemy; the fifth corps crossed, and an action fol lowed, whictiterminated by the retreat of the Ba varians. - On both sides there were some killed and wonnded, but our loss would have been still less had it been possible to restrain the ardour of the troops. Landshnt is the key of the Iser; we are in pos session of a great port of Bavaria. The Gen. of Cavalry, Count Bellegaole, broke up from Bohemia on th- 10th, with the tint , orps of the army, by Tiey•iienreith, and on the 110. formed a junction, at Werenberg, with the tel corps of the army which had entered the Upper Palatin ate by Itusaaupten. Both corps took a position on the Nah, and their vanguard occupied the heights of Ilirschuu, in order to autch the road from Bay reuth to Arabergh. Here an affair of advanced posts took place with the divisionol Friunt, which teas understood to he approaching in nrder to reach the Oanulii by a rapid march through Ambergh. The•conserrence of the action was, that this duri.. oon was driven hack to Neninarkt, and our ad. voiced posts occupied Atnbergh. The brave Tyrolese have already killed or taken prisoners alt the French and Bavarian soldiers its their territory. All the passes in the Upper Jim. thal, as the Zinler-berg, the Scharuitz, Loutasch, Reuti, &c. are occupied by the militia of the eonntry. On the 12th, 160 men of the 11th Bavarian re giment of infantry, and 1•25 dragoons, were made prisoners at Inspruck. On the 13th, du French. officers, 1677 men, with 451 horses, and two light battalions of Bavarians, with two pieces of cannon, and a howitzer, surren dered at IVildau to the Tyrolese. by capitulation. To-morrow the army moves towards • the Upper Danube. Hitherto we have fallen in with no French troops, though in the action of this day some French officers were taken among the Brea- Cams. FIFTH But.t.ETIN. Itesd-quaitere, at LanMint, April 17. According to the ..:oiwurring reports of all the prisoners, as well as the inhabitants at Litodshilt, the French General Leftylire has collected i,,000 Bavarians from the neighbourhood of Munich Kull Frcysingen, with the view of stopping the intone of the Austrian army by Landshut. The approach to the bridges was extremely difficult. They were besides broken down, and the enemy's Tirailleurs, who hal occupied all the houses on the opposite bank, could only be driven therefrom by cannon b'•ing brought to bear upon them—each gun on our aide was mounted under a shower of small shot from the enemy. In doing this, however, our ar tillery displayed the greatest resolution, and in two hours the whole of the opposite side of the toviPti was in ruins. 'The unfortunate inhabitants is the midst of their ruined homes bewail the melancholy fate to which this fine town has been exposed In their own coin,- t-ymen. . The French, who, by nitsrepresentatious, would make appear that Austria wishes to seize Ba varia, and to disarm in a disgraceful manner the brave soldiers of that country, had required these troops to make a fruitless defence. Ifere French artifice succeeded in making foreign blood flow for their adirantaze, and in turning the arms of our German brethren against their deliverers.— The first bridge was scarce formed by a few posts. when the advanced guard of the fifth corps hasten ed across the frier. and pursued the enemy until . Night. The troops are animated with an excellent aporit, and sing war songs under the thunder of tit ; cannon. The advanced guard of Field Marshal Jolla chid) entered Munich at eleven eraterley forenoon. The Kiang. and Queen have fled ander French protectiso to Augsburg. The fourth e- ly-trotps passed the her without army-. eproeititro at Einelsingen. • • ' wan, in compliance with the custom of war, en. The first and second corps have, after seine me sa-tied by a refusal. ecssful fighting, advanced to Amberg, *lumps- The true patriotic spirit of the inhabitants of dorf, and kirn near Itatisbou. General Belle- PAS4III was clearly demonstrated. by the joy they garde cannot sufficiently praise the galkint spirit displayed on our entering the torin. They iinert-- and undanuted resolution of Ins troops. diately printed the Proclamation ofbis-koyal high ness - the Generalissimo to the German Nation, and SIXTH BULLETIN. tcrs ,tparil 17. distributed 2000 copies to the people of the coon- • On the 'nth and the 11th his lin rerial Imess try. Thus the feeling of German independence the Archduke John, ith the envy un de r his g coin remains, and is cherished among theta. com mand, e.itvred the territory of Triouli, by Petite -ha, THIRD BULLETIN. Cividsle and Gurtz, and after some opposition, ad fiesaersarters at Vila-Bibanr, April is. vaneed on the I:1th to the Titgliamento. The enemy The army is collected on the Vile, and will to- retired across the river, in order to join with the morrow pass the Iser at Landshut and Dingelfine troops in their rear. This junction, which prolix gem bly took piaci. at Sacile, made the hostile army live The ennui* appears disposed to dispute the pas- divisionti strong. sage. Tile army is anxious to meet bun, and to In the night of the 14th his Imperial flightless mine to blows: proceeded with the advanced gourd towards Por- Field Nlarslisil Jellatthich has by this time also denote; the remainder of the army followed at passed the Inn, at Rosenliciiii vud IVassesiburg,h, slay-break. The enemy's advanced guard was end advanced against Nbinich. An advanced post at Pordemine, and his unity was posted between of the enemy has been taken a t H aa g ; 13 primmer* that place and Sac'.le, near FiStitana-fredtl4. and 17 horses fell into our hands. Ih e ene my lost this situation an action commenced, which, after a same killed and wounded ;on our side, we had only sWneriniuy coot' tate° days, terminated entirely nue hussar slightly wounded, to our advantage. On the gth, Field- Chuatellar, amidst The vice of Italy commanded the French the joyful acclamations of the faithful • I'vtolow. army. The result was so decisive, that the enemy entered the Tyrol at Lient, through the 'Paster- could not maintain themselves behind the Liseuza, that, antpon the 12th 11.0 already reached MAUI,- bin wer e obli ge d to retreat rapidly to the Piave. neck ; the Saltsbere; Jager' and *nine detochniesits The prisoners amount already to tioun, among of infantry, provided with %now amid whom are ~..eilerals Pate amt Ilressan. More are irons, co-operate with him by the Zillertbal.—Our constantly ti r ringht iii. The loss iii killed and paroles are pushed forward to Iteichenfiall, 1.0- wounded greatly exceeds this number, uud we have ten, and St. Johan, the militia of infers him oc- taken Ili cmilion and three eagles. copied the pass of Stroh, one of the ntest•iniport- The irony which obtained this brilliant victory, sot entrances from Salisbury; into the dieutlial. a f ter w i t h„ tam h„ w all t h y l iar dyhi i , .of a munch Tim Tyro's* are every where flying to avta. uud through ridges of mountains, has performed all vapelliti; the Bavarians ; 1500 of the lateeso bare that could he expected of the most excellent trgrmsi. titian• refuge in the fortress of litikellyead are l'her have iltsplaved a courage in battle which can besieged there by the 'Tyrolese. A French Of- sally br esimi:led by the patience and firmness in Seer hail recently taken the command of that for- runtime , privations. •The_grtiflery •particularly dis stem; : the flavarianw, liowswer, begin to he 'teed of titiguished themselves, anti inaintaiind their ancient tete French superiority, and feel sensibly the deep 0 0 ,. y , degradation of their oppressed • - - Their SEVENTH BULLETIN. " After pass's% the her. his Imperial Hightiese the Generalissimo, with the 34, 4th, soil sth corps of the army, and the Ist corps of the reserve, broke up against the Danube. it, the dire.tion to Kehl helm and Iliatisbon. The enemy were drawn up near Ratisbon. Agreeable to the declaration of pri soners of war, the Emperor Napoleou reacted the army on the 19th inst. The Gesicralissinto has made a forced march from the bier to beyond the Lahar, and advanced on the 19tis, through Eckmohl, Bo tenburgh, and Cloisterkod. Tise•etteiny encounter eel him, and a very bri,k action took place. The Generalissimo praises the bravery of the troops Our loss is considerable; several regiments have lost all their Staff-Officers. Field-Marshal Lieut. Lusig nan, and Princes Louis and Maurice, of Lichten stein, are wounded. The Generalissimo kept the army in order of battle the next day, to follow the movements of the enemy. %%'e have tin further de tail about this afar. The loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners is not yet known, as the multiplicity of holiness prevented his imperial Highness from making circumstantial reports on the held of tootle (eft Hansen) to His Majesty. On the 20th, Ratio bon capitulated. and on the sane day the St It corps oft ha. army was also smartly attacked wear Siege's burgh. upon Abet's. T 6 Archduke Lewis retreated, in common with Field-Marshal Lieutenant Haller, aguitist the her, to cover Landshut ; both corps are united. On the 21st Marshal Davoost attacked the 4th corps of the army, near Eekinuld ; a very severe aclhon took place. which lasted for le hours. Os the the second corps of the army retreated by Itatis lem, combined with the main body of the arms. The headquarters of Generalissimo the Art:betake Charles were, ou the list, near Eghtfeheins. EIGHTH suLLETN. Tranquillising mews has been received from the sth and 6th corps of the army, as well as the 9if. All the three corps stand united Hear Old Oeling. The defile near Landshut, where several Werggellll obstructed the road, while the advancing enemy was bravely opposed, has rendered the loss of some artillery and several waggons unavoidable. By offi cial reports, the loss of men is not considerable. only one division of the regiment of Benjnyak's infantry, which was obliged to pass the bridge of the Iser, already iii flames, suffered severely. These three united corps will fallow the movements of the main army, under the command of the Geueralissitne. By the most recent accounts, the Generalissimo's head-quarters still continued at Eglofsheiin on the 22d; and the enemy in their positions. The second corps had effected it jnnetion on the Kati bon road with the 3d and 4th corp., and with the Ist corps of reserve, and a general attack on the enemy was re solved on the e3d. On the nil at noon, the c.antinn were roaring in that pert. tied probably the murdrr out fight couti tttt rs. The combat is conducted with uncommon animoeity. Every man feels the sublime object fur which he tights. We have not yet ally definitove accounts. The Emperor's Court is at Soharding ; while the main army kept advancing along the Danube. and the corps near Old Oeling, stand reedy, either for offoosive operations, or to de fend the river lon. His Majesty, considering the probability of a corps of the enemy threatening the frontiers of the hereditary dominions. thought it proper to order out the militia of Lower Austria, Saltsburg. and that of Inner Austria. The militia of Upper Austria has been under arms since the armies advanced, pertly on the Inn, and partly to invest the fortress of °herbal's. [N.B. The 9th Bulletiu is the same as has already been published from the Su ppletuent Extraordinary to the Official Gazette of Prague.] moats of VIE ELSE, NAT S. The French accounts published in Crummy, are full of exaggeration, The Vieux' Court Gazettes. which have been publisher! down to the 23d, rhew that the misfortune of the Austrians is far from be ing to extensive and complete as they please to state By private letters, via Berlin, from Vienna. the Archduke Charles has again repulsed the enemy 10 leagues, on the 28th and 29th ult. ; and. Gene eel Haller, who now commands the sth and lith corps of the armies, has also obtained considerable advantages. in Poland the Austrians orcilpy Warsaw. and in Italy tint Archduke John hes &rented the Frea It, , >. with the loss of 20 pieces or cannon, three eagles, 8,004 tnen killed, and 10,000 wounded. The Aus trian army in this action, is uch took place on the 15th and 16th ult. a►e sad to have then/selves lost 10,000 men, in killed, wounded, and prisoners. Au eminent house has received a Inter front Vi enna, cis Ikrliitistating, that the Art kidtlke Lewis is displaced fr his command iii the army ; and that the Archduke (7harles, reinforced by 70,000 Ilitingariann, had defeated the French in a fresh battle, with the bays of 50,000 men, in killed, wounded, and pri.oneix—We Auxiourly wish the news rosy hue em i tirmed. APRIL 26. Yesterday the 71. Deans was sung for the victory on the Rlror. The Cassel Monitenr contains the King's decree against the rebels, in 13 reticles, in which Col. Von Deruberg, and a number of Russian Oflice and other individuals, are ordered to be shot, and such as are not taken will have their property conliscitted. The decree is extremely severe. ALSTRIA, APRIL 415. After crossing the Isar the Archduke Charles broke up by forced marches with the tithd and fiftb. corps of the tinny. awl the tirrt corps of re serve for Ratishon, on the straight road leading to this place, while the. Archduke. Lewis with the fifth carps took the road to Neustadt on the Da nube. The deign of these diiiiirent forced marches seems to have been to prevent the enemy from draw . ing up his whole force ou the heiOits between Ru billion awl Saal; but which, owing to the ene my's velticity, could not unfortunately be executed. The latter-had drawn up hie main force, consisting .of the divisions of Davoust, Ondinot, and I.efe byre's, and 'mother; and as the wood in front coin pletely.masked his whole force, the enemy could arrange their operations agreeably to circuto stances. On the 19th the Archduke Charles arrived is Ackinuill, mid the Archduke Lewis at Sugburgoo the Abin and Rhin-, where he was attacked with the utmost fury by the eiteiny ; both parties stood the conflict eiitlr equal fury without losing au such of vrnuml. The enemy strained every nerve to keep off the third corps in Its progress against Random. The Archduke Charles had his head-quarters at Ehlofshagen, on the 40th.—Itatishun capitulated, by which the Archduke Charles was able to join the 241 corps which Came from &henna, and took post between Ehlofsliagen and Ratislion. The ene my set no value on their advantages, probably in the hope% of taking a heavy revenge, being mas ters of the heights, and having in some degree se parated our army, attacked on thesume day the sth corps, under the Archduke Lewis, near Sughurg ; yet this attack oe the whole line would have made no impression, had not this corps taken the unfor tunate resolution to retreat ; upon which, tieing vi gorously pursued by the eueiny, it was obliged to leave its artillery behind, in the defiles of Laudahut, through which the greet road leads. The retreat of the sth corps necessarily occasioned that of the tith, which suddenly hastened to its assistance from Mnnich, to prevent greater misfortunes. On the next day, the Duke of Auerstadt (Marshal Da roust; attacked the 4th corps, near Ecktnelh. pro bably to prevent the Archduke Cif ilea from hast ening to the assistance of the Archduke Lewis; but the Archduke was determined to venture a great blow. On the 23d a battle began with considerable fury, and every 'thing promised a fortunate issue, when at five o'clock in. the evening a considerable corps of cavalry, returning from the pursuit of the Arch duke Lewis, attacked the left wing, so that the Archduke Cherie% at • moment when he was at tacked by far superior numbers. anti partirii'lrly by fresh troops, and as he had now also against him that force which bad flew!) directed against the fifth and sixth corps, he saw himself obliged to cross the Danube, and effect a junction with the fifth and sixth Corps on the Inn. The whole misfortune must be attributed to the retrest of the fifth corps. General Heller has now the command of the fifth awl sixth corps, which is expected at Bren nan and Schardiug. They talk of new engage. merits which General Ileller has had.--(Corre spinidearets.) IMPERIAL PA le LIAMENT. NOUSE OF LORDS, Mos ',Ay, MAY BoRTH WICK PEERAC C ...... Before a Committee of Pririlezes, it 14w...titled at the bar, that a material witness its Westlaud was, from indisposition, prevented attesdiug ; whoa farther proceedings were peat posed till Thursday. a. Mr. HOU II Flt was further heard in tide Appeal Cause fur the Appellant, and Mr. Alexander fur the Respondent. Further proceedings on The Six SI 'llion Exchequer Rills hill, the Newspaper Dis yenta ball, and t►e Militia Completion bill, were read a third time and passed. hl r. it', Lso , Lord A I.THOWT, Mr. Ablerneen 9ttaw, sad other Members frons the Molise of Commons, broniglit rap several pi irate bills. which were bid upeu the table, and read a first time. WILFUL, WANTON, AND MALICIOUS CRUELTY TOWARDS BRUTE Upon the Order of the Day being moved for the eecond reading of the Bill to prevent cruelty to brute aii i ttt als ; Lord Essetia. rose, and addressed the House in a very eloquent mid intimated speech. He coma. dered it his duty to state the tunny reasons which had induced him to bring this subject louder the consideration of Parliament : he fora long time had with pain reflected upon the titeation of the brute cre.atiom that whilst this enlightened country had framed laws fur every other description of siffence, we had considered annuals under the denomissation of man in no view but that of propriety. aid had wholly left out of our consideration, the feelings of the annual itself. " I have always," 'said his Lord ship, deplore.' the many sets of cruelty which every one of your Lordships most have been eye witnesses to. and which are almost daily practised la our streets. The effects, nay Lank, which this habit 'omits:es upon the lower orders of society are itsealcu table, mild resider those faculties which alone ennoble the human species more stupid than the: beast on ahem they etercise their cruelty. It' is ati painful for me to recollect, as it wordil he painful and disgusting for me to relate the shocking inetancee of cruelty which Lave at tracted my observation. The Bill upon your Lordship* table has occupied it 2reat portion of my time and attention, std the object of it a to • prevent those abuses of which every feeling mae must bees been convinced there is necessity to complain. For amongst some men, from ward of due reflection, it beast is considered as mere pm. perty, over which the owner has absolute domis mon. The general answer returned to all remous strauces must have beeu noticed by every Noble Lord who now heari me; remonstrate against crii , city prictised by the servant, he replies, rin are not his master—it is no business of your s—and expostulate with the owner, he says, he has a right to do as lie pleases with his own property. Falsely guided by a consideration of property, they forget the duty they owe to the animal. That God, in his bountiful goodness, has granted to man the doniinion over the inferior part of the animal world, is very certain—but, my Lords, that dominion Is not coufided to us absolutely, it is a dominion in trust. The animal over which we exercise oat power has all the organs which render it susceptic ble of pleasure and pain—it sees, it hears, it smells, it tastes, it feels with acuteuters all the sen sations of pleasure and of pain. The moil aF study the construction of the &Masai system, tli•A more we have reason to admire she mercy um" goodness of the Creator—end this Acme. inde pendent of our sympathetic feelings, is suffle;em: to instruct In how mercifully we ought to eterenie the dominion entrusted to our care. If a beast were destitute of those organs which itresistfbl!' compel us to admit lie is alive, like ourselves, to. every iiifliction of pain—if be were but a maw of living matter, without any app eorauee of his being susceptible of pleasurable or painful stoat tions—then nide, d there would be no necessity to go further in Icgislation—but to consider him as other property. The Bill before you, my Lords, considers the animal as a being itself, over which wan has but a dominion in trust. Perhaps saint objection may be made to the preamble as being unusual, and not to be found in Bills which ate commonly introduced into Parliament." His Lord. ship here read the preamble, which stated, " That whereas it had pleased Almighty God to guilt un to man rl'onsinion over the lower animal a oild—that still the dominion was only granted to him in trust, so that he might use,. ►ut not ahuse, the animals thus placed wider his power." •• Although this kind of preamble may be unusual, it isnot uupre uedeuted ; such may be found in some of the most anneal, and yet most important of all the t•tatu•sii. It was expedient to commence the present Bill with that kind of preamble—it mny thereby incul cate instruction in the winds of these who read it —and may influence men in many of their implied duties towards the brute creation. There are many cruelties practised, which no law can reach, but a duty may be enjoined by inference,. which cannot be enforced absohitely. it may be observed, if such be the principle of the Bill, it ought to have been extended to all living creatures--why, me Lords, from this Bill, a lemion of duty is incul cated toorards all--but I thought, with many en lightened men, whom 1 consulted on the subject, that those animals which man has reclaimed and bred fo► his use, ought most particularly to be at tended to. because wild and un reclaimed animals hr. _ . ceased, would increase beyond all due bounds, were Ore spat incited to cleat, oy them, midi might endauger the comfortable existence of the human speeies..-- Besides, we see it provided in the emirs* of nature, that other animals are so constructed us to prey *sprig and destroy them 'without the interference of IFOUII ; this si ens designedly the order sf %War, and is one of those mysterious dispensations of Providcuce, which may be useful iu reconciling vs to this state of this lower sod imperfect world.— There is one sobject not :abated to in the Bill, and which I mu induced to locution front the feelings of the present moment. I mean bull limiting; it must be recollected * Bill was brought into the other House of Parliament, for the pins pose of preventing that barbarous sport. But the principle professed was that of preventing so mesh disorder occasioned in society.. particularly in those parts where these sports were exhibited, and the easily complaint* of servants neglecting their duty on these occasions was another grievance; Intl the misery and torture of the itil was not tl:e object of its consideration. On this account an Hon. Gentleman. not far from me (Mr. Windham was standing beside the thione) objected to the measure; but I cannot for a moment suppose, if the only question had been, whether the annual ere. anon were to be freed limn cruelty, it would have incurred his opposition, I sin willing to do more justice to his known g,ood feelings, h 4 ge mu*, acid the brightness of irei mind However, Bull-baiting is not included in the Bill upon year Lordships' table, afthongli every attention is pie l to the Bull himself, acid if it shall be ctetertmute.l that the sport of baiting a Bull is a wicked, wan ton, and barbarous act of cruelty, no one rim rea -1 sonably object to its being punched. I never con believe that 'toy heroic character existed who had !peen habituated io acts of cruelty; they D eter can lead to the greatness of our army Or 11:1Vy. 41 . 1' Land to form any useful character in oscirty. th is subject, any Lord, is one which in • my opinion de serves the serious consideration of your Lordships, and if this bill be passed into a law, it will, I hate no doubt,produce many salutary elfects.lt must have its du( weight upon the minds of the kisser orders. and will satin p as an °drove alpinist morality, that cruelty which from boys they had been in the habit of practising without reflection. Au example of punishment upon the owner of ZIP animal will here due iiitlueure upon the servant; and though I mu persuaded, for one instance Kimono sellouts, there are one hundred ainongst moues. It wool I este- . nish any mail, to know the number of instants c i cruelty which have, in letters, becii detailed to me from all parts IA the country, anal from one end of the kingdom. to the other. Magistrates and Cler gymen have everywhere represented the necelost tY fur providing a law upon the subject. To recite all the iiistauces would be almost impossible. 1401 only advert to those which I huve myself witnessed. It is not intender, to &jamb men in the use of their annuals, where sometimes the strength of such us.iy necessarily he exerted Myron! their 'Dauml pow. r ; but it is intended that these animals should not lie abused. flow lamenialdr it is, that interest should hr the ostensible incitemo iit to cruelty; . O 5 a t see so the tiesititient or 1,..t-hor,..s. 'lli re is A.. 0 ii ''t of trot ellen' who will ,co a hunt for the d.), en: immediately ride ant 4.f tow us for the intr! .e.e co destruyiug that ennui tebic h con,tautly per; urou .