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THE TIRO LES E°. HOFFEK. 1111AallAPOICAL ACCOUNT 01 ANDIRRAS HOFTRII. Ms: •RAVI' AND lageria pMIHAND►K OF THIS TY iOLESC. Andreas Hoffer la dintoit - Pi of Sand, thy princi pal toasts in the valley of PAllet.f, and, trona the place .11 his residence, has received the appellation of Smidoirth, which is AS much as. to say, the Mu keeper of Send. He ia thirty-eight years of age, tall and robust, anti has from his youth worn a iu.ig award. according to the custom of that part of the country. His religions deportment, his virtuous example, the uncommon acuteness and depth or his under. donating, liar a man who ; l as not enjoyed the ad vantages of a liberal education, together with his modemy sod integrity, rattly procured him the ...teem of all the inhabitants of his I-2valley, about . ,ttuta iii among whom he was lippOillted _to nil an Mike which nearly answers to that of a irvinastrate. or country fustier. in this situation lie *taloned, in the highest degree. the•love and re of hi. ceimitrymen. %Vl...never the danger of hostile ineursioifti threatened his native laud, I hiller *la always at the head of the brave inhabitants of his valley, as then conrinauder ; mod in all the ac tions that took place, lie Mgaidised himself equally his irouragr and sagacity. He us, besides, VIC -4.0.61.1.11 pep/ alive best riflemen in the Tyrol ; and in 'very engagement, whether lie be on foot or on bor....bark, be is sure to carry with him his favourite %velum. Hiler, as a man who loved and esteemed reli goes,. his country. its laws, and the privileges °b eamed by victory, perceived Mut too clearly that his already impoverished clammy could mot ptmibly %.ist under the yoke of .Fratice and Bavaria. and repaired three times to Vimitia, to the Emperor of Austria, and the Princes Charles and John, to seek to ascertain whether Austria was not again disposed to go to war with its tyrants ; in hopes that. on 'hi. 'amnion, the oppressed Tyro lese, who were still warmly attached to the House of Austria, might be able to shake off the yoke. Neither were (Le e r hope* entirely disappoint e d: he returned, and waited with anxiety for the corn metitement of a new war. The long-expected day at length approaChed ; and Hoffer, with two of hie must intimate friends and cornpattious in arms. concerted a plea for attacking the French and Hdl• curia,, trOOps, who then occupied the country. It teArred, that the sigma fur a general attack on tile corny. amounting iu slumber to 27,0041, should lie given, by saw-dust thrown tutu the lain, the principal river, which runs through • great part of rite ...misery of Tyrol. In all the places along Alie lon, where there were persons to whom the secret had been confided, the meaning of the saw-dud w a s perfectly .understood : they instantly hastened to ring the alarm-bells, in order to collect the in hatsitaiits of the districts and rallies situated at a realer distance Irons the lan, to form them into and to attack and cut in pieces the enemy, wherever ke mop/eared. Complete rumen, crow lied this heroic enterprise. Ia this sffair, as well as in several other victories and engageineuts, especially that near Inuspruck, w torsi the enemy sna.ained a total defeat ; and also 11w taking of Trent, of which the brave Imperial Colonel, Count von Leiningen, would not have been able to make himself master, without the assistance of Huffer and his companion's in arms; the latter ac gain d the confidence of his countrymen in such a degree. that he was out only acknowledged as Crain oimilasit of Pasteur, at he am then called and sub. eeilaird himself, but as the Commander-sit-Chief of the whole country. Hoffer keeps his head-quarters in the centre of I't rail ; pod, accordiug to circumstaneei, occasion sly dismisses has colorist - leo to their Molars ; coon deist that, wlom Ma has occasion for them, they will return at the *hilliest notice. He efwaye losestens with them. wherever the dhuger is most presstag, to oppos e , *IA, as usual. to conquer the enemy. la short, not a single eimageniesit in which Hotter lass commanded, has yet terminated to the dissid vaicage of the Tyrolre ; and he seems destined Sly Prot Attlee to check the destructive career of a lgoial-thirsty euesay. Had not Hoffer's achievements exhibited him to C., world as a character worthy of admiration, still t• P gold medal of bonour. and the cross of the wile'. of Maria Theresa, conferred un him by His 'ii ijesty the Emperor of Austria, at different pe riods, wortirl sofficsently attest his merits ; es thine h tttttt unable donne-titan are given only to such 's, bate particularly signalized themselves. or rim tiered eminent services to the state. KHON FIVER. RioGRAPIIT OP JoNM GRORGIi scnrivrcnrw. oyez 01 TISK otPuTtrs 1 , 11014 THE It KuLESE fu IHE SAM AR GoViilllllllo4 r. John George Scaonecher, thirty-right years of age, is a motive of losivruck, tllr c Taal of the 'l'3 rut, where hr else rendre, end carries ea a rots rorrible trade io the production.% uf the country with Vienna and Hungary ; ailed I. also a proton'. t es? a greet Gnawer of veseria au the rivers of !lose counttiep. From his ostensive connesinnto in the vicinity of bumf:work. and along the whole of the ricer inn. Schniiecher poircules the confidence of the people in general. lie was engsgad us all the &mums with the enemy. and displayed the hi g h e st &Erse or patriotic ENO and intrepidity ; but he paint-ie. lady distinguished himself in the •sh inpaign of the tee.ent year, and Ra. wonntird as eousittainling of ficer on the Inn. In this °opacity he proceeded. by wrier, with the troop!, antler his orders, to within the hours march of Mowich, havinz formed r aril slezesteii plan fur seising the King of Ilinaria and Hi family, and carrying them oft as pvisnuarm to the Tyr..l. Thus project he would have infallibly ese , used, had not the columns, advancing by laud and uatrr upon Munich, riv - eieed °Mere to return as as possible, on account of the armistice • "(Vise biograpitiesl stele**, are enameled front irk... tae's Iltrputtery fer .be. es.j Seemer.,flor Hoe p►eertat Neat► : the most elegant, isterwaing, and brenetibel Wort of rite teal ever pablivhed is t►is, we, we believe, say aIMr roost:" prommt Mate d the Tema tiers as extraordinary to dorms artieie•+.tadrre 11.4. r's atopeal to hw count., la , a, to resume their aeon, ham bees ans-vered .nth the "'atria priistatitaite. The Trot to sasin is wieurterrtoo, the commitolocatoo. through the 11 . ymi, Llama I.:eit assay sad ltal). is spot cat WI. concluded between the 'lwo' armies; at the Corn to Hiders of those columns were timirrned that Ty rol was iisclanted in its provision., and were unwil ling to incur the censine of disobedience to His Alsjesty the Emperor of Austna. Seliiineeher has also commanded the Eery-ea souse to several actions, and dime considerable mon met' to the enemy. He IMO likewisebeetiappointed Ditputy from theTy rol, to transact various concerto shooaft; mhtly, among other important commissions. has Levu charged by his countrymen, it conjunction with NI itior to Inv before the British Government the distresses of thaw t•tmitrywro. Austrian lie,!il.quarters, to ascertain %holier it %AS correct or nor. Sceirceiy Itad lir lulhllyd tins mis sion; when he was .appoilited to another, of still greater importance, and dispatched, in conjunction with Schimether, to EtuLod, to sultcit the succour of the Braid' nation, fur his gullm.t. countrymen. We shall be happy to understand. thut the appeal has soebeen made in vain. • s • The secoud Letter to the Ltitd (Isom-Cho, um the subject of excludiug GestMelee. who mat.have wnttenfar the Newspapers, trust ibialashab Lilt, is aad WY appear tu-akirrow. MI 7 LUIR. I.IIOORAPUY OF M 11141774111.1.E1t. ONE OF Tilt DEPL I 116.11 Shad IC THK TV ItULESIt TU Till Bitilialt GoViiIII4Mt.NT. filsjor Midler, thirty-three years of age, is the son of Y lawyer of Pludenz. w Voralberg, whose faintly has been resketidile for :ages. Contrary to the wolhee of his father, he anautlested from infauey a strung predilection fora tutlitary life, alid entered, when very young, into the Austriau service; in which lie has, since the year 1796, made several carnpaigus. Is au officer, to the satisfaction of his suptrioni. anel was twice wounded. On the cession of Voralberg to Bavaria, he quit ted the military profession, and prepared to pass the remainder of his life in peace and wpm's!, in his motive country, and lit the bosom of his family. Ile wa s, nevertheless, prevailed upon to accept the rank of Captaio ini the militia, nit the general eats• bliithmeut of then system in liaeatlia. lit this parity, and as Commandant of a division, he superin tended the training of lot countaymen ; and souse perceived, that they would assiduously devote their attention to the arquiretnent of military knowledge, if their arms were to he employed in favour of Aus tria, and not, as was the object of Bavaria, against their fanner sovereign. As Major Mtillor now br eam r intimately acquainted with the sentiments of his fellow-cititens. and could rely on their integrity and silence. he advised them to make themselves as perfect as possible in the rudiments of the military art,as a time might soon arrive. in w►ich this profi ciency might not only prove advatitagetnia, but con tribute greatly to the deliverance of their country from the Gallo-Banarign yoke. This period fortunately did arrive, en the break ing out of the late war ; and Major Miller; as a seldom) adherent to the cause of ju.tice, who felt deeply latereated in behalf of religion, his nat►ve land, his summit sovereign, and the termer happy constitution of the country, perceived that, on the actual commencement ofhositilities, he should have to act an important part, to which lee was called, not only by his birth and quatlilicatioos. but also by the confidence and lave of his cippresseu fellow-citi zens, in order to release his almost ruined country from the fetters of slavery, which Bavaria bad so skong4y rieetted. e The Major was the person who proceeded to Tyrol, to concert iu what manner this release should be effected; awl after the proper measures had been agreed upon, be reterued. with astonish ing expedition, to organise the imsarrection ; in which he was admirably seconded by iris fellow-ci tizens, whom he Lad trained to the use of arms. Placing himself at the head of his courageous and patriotic hands, he not only repolsed the Milieu). ous attack of some of the b,:st itnicipltned troops of Europe, provided with artillery and cavalry, of both of which lie was totally destitute, after An ob rtioatt engagement of four hours. near Hobs-nem.; but drove them. on the same day, with pest *laughter, from their positions. mid out of Ins country. to the very drawbridges and gates of Lin don. • phis native land Irving now cleared of the enemy. Major Muller took the i.; Crbliary pftCallitiMol 1., se care the p,..res loud positions, surd to restore the commoincation with the Tyrolese, by way of Weil ler Irneuvtat to Knutty. As the enemy. who bad tot ally eshaosted the country, knew that tae p i s- Uinta• insusge.uts were in want of curry thing, but particufirly oininnuitiori and money, he gave them uo time to suppty, in any manner, the deficiency of these essential retinisitra for carrying on war, but furiously attacked thesis on all points with a far su perior force. The engagement lasted from early nu the morning till night ; and in spite of the despe rate attacks of the enemy, supported by artillery mod cavalry, the Major and Ms brine couipainous came off victorious. As these gallant defenders of their cowutry dis played such courage and intrepidity in these two amts. and tecaine accitstorned to military opera tions, Major Muller reaulved, iw coujitticuon with • two of his wait intimate (mods, who had been with hint appointed Conoselli,r. of War by the Em peror of Austria, to make ao iiictiraiou into the (sm ug . provinces of Silsbiol. Tlll6 rapedities was andel taken both by larwl and water. By land the brave Vortlbergra made themselves invaders of liempten. luiy. and Wangen ; and by water, of •the city of Constance, after as obstinate conflict. The enemy, hoire..-r, began to attack them with a far superior force, and especially with cavalry. which was the more dangerous in such an open country as 5114.161 e A.:cordingly they had no other alterna tive thou to retire in good order, after disarming the three alsove-nsentioneri towns, and taking with them from Constance. siz pieces of csnnou and two antroonition wnagons, acme hundreds of prisoners, 3tut sacks of corn, and a qusatity of wine. The want of load was so great, as to oblige them to have recourse to that belonging to the windows ; and persons were employed to go from house to hotly., to collect the old lead. The Voralhergers likewise conceived the idea of making wooden can ttu; but as these would eight or ten itschargeo, all the mewl. in the coun try were put in requisition. The bells were aka token from the steeples of the churches and chapels, amid with tlurie they founded cannon and howitzers. which th-y bored with such skill, that they are not soterior to any others. White Major Willer and his gallant companions were thus engaged. they received prunsi•es of rue. cows, in ainiunuition, money, cavalry, and artil lery; but these et/leitattoos were not di *tined to he retitled. In this manner they waived fo ur mouths, till they received intrilizrilia of the tints,- tunate truce concluded by the (.1411 army. Tti tins news, however, ontra.ty would give credit ; and for this reason, Major Muller was deputed to the THE BRITISH PRESS. 1:0N DON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2. We received, yesterday, a new set of Paris Pa. litre, consisting of the Muniteur and several othere,. but none of them are of laterahtselliau those froti which we gave extracts yesterday. The 31:ing of SA:toNe has set out fur his capital, probably, for the purpose of bringing his daughter to Paris —the ITUIGLICIA of modern days, wag is to be sacrificed to the ambition of BONLPARCITe... We observe, that it would appear, though the King of WtoTEN•tfto was ordered to attend the revolu tionary circle of Monarchs, at Paris, yet, that his Queen, the Princess Royal of England, was ex cused from such a degradation. At least, we do not see her in the list of Corsica* Queens, enumerated as prevent ; andoye may be pretty sure she would not have been meted. The American Nationsl betelligener kas been re ceived, containing the correspondeaoe between Mr. Satre and Mr. Jacssom, as laid before Congress by the I'&ESIDE ST. The first of the series is a Letter from Mr. Evitros to the American Se cretary of State, relative to the refusal of the British Government to ratify Mr. Easti vs's agreement.—td. Mr. Smiru's Answer:--Jd Letter from Mr. ERSILI N S to Mr. Sturm, on the same subject.-4th. Letter from Mr. GALLATtN Jib Mr. Easxist, relative to the Colonial Trade-sth. Mr. Eastins's Reply. These articles we propose to give to-motrow. The 6th and 7th we give this day, as they bear more immediately upon the rupture of the negociatiou. It will be seen, that Mr. Smits', in his letter of the yth of Oct. proposes, that all further discustaoiss should be in wiitiag ; in order to avoid the misconceptions incideot to oral proceedings, and that Mr. jAcrLsorr, in hi s an s wer of the 11th of Oct: urgescertaiu objections to this plats, as depriving hien of the fscility of access , , ant of the credit to • which. according to immemorial usage, be was en titled by hi, ceedeutuils. The more calmly and reflectively we survey the conduct of lion araaza au (eliminating JOORP•IN in announcing his intent of contracting a new matrimonial alliance, and devolving his rerolit- Seary sceptre oa lineal descendants, yet nuboru ; theimore do we see in it a departure tram that cold, sagacious, and Nhiehiarelian policy, which, up to the present *era of Lib existrue . e, in every stage of his eltwatiou, has marked his actions. When, to this domestic convulsion ; fur such it most be termed. however acquiescent the Bill) H A omit* le anly may seem ; is added the apparent decelopement and completion a his plan to assume a new impe rial title, embracing Italy. Germany, and the West, in its grasp; are rather stand amazed, than we either admire. ur approve. in a prudential sense, two acts so lawless. carried two execution at the same time. We doubt w bean r either TALI.ETa.i.o. ur Stases, wosild have sanctioned, with their counsels, these enormous departures from law, morals., caution. and all restraint, of every kind. Perhaps of all the engines, by which N.touczott restrained. sod held in cheek his brothers, gene rals. and confederates in crimes, was the uncer tainty and ambiguity respecting his successor.-- With admirable art, when he eoutrived to make, sad to ascend the revolutionary throne, on which ha seems to sit so firmly. he obtained, or assumed, by taut of the Act of the Cow.titution,' which he likewise himself framed; • right to name hit snters esr ; reaceating. nevertheless the name of the fortu nate individual. whom he should think' proper to select fee that elevation. Childless, sad ositiritil la a comas by whom no issue could be expected, many persons might aspire to miceeti him. JOSEPH, by ti tle of primogeniture. Louts, not only as his brother, but. as the husband of Madam Dc Bia1;114/0011S, whom he had distinguished by indecent and IMM♦ rions preditection. previous to her marriage ; aad whose seas, at least, might be called to the mimes ion. JOACHIM Wave, as his brother-in-law, en dowed with exemplars fer.t:ity, ene-gy, courage, and rerolottonaty qualities, I...tatting the situation. Ewen lE.cozzi: llsweitaitaiiiii, his adopted so.. who stood precisely on the same relation to NIFO. roi.Lua, by los mother, as Tint JUL'S did to At tu sips, by LA VI A. might hope to unbent. se to be placed on the vacant Olson,. MAIN *DOTTY. BF e rn' Lie 1 4 1 AMISH A. and a •eroad of other Generals Of ru thane. 'lhe fellows of Lie Mat. ibr followers rather." might, each, rntieipate, in the confaisioo come (pent on his decease. Ly ethat, itr means it shiad take place, their own individual peoint.tion. by fol low), (twee or violence. Thai, the tiarkiiews over the surce.aton onerateii. DO slasito, over a wide circle. BOt B0111•PAILTS hat; tent this 'Lit, not aun.htlate.t, as far •• he owe, the exi.ect.horks of every aspirer to the dignity of Em pert , ;. Whitt_ ever submission maystppaar io their cutiauct, it , s *trident that Ibe secret impulse, which bridltil 414 is withdrawn. The adects.•thuugh not immvllwlsr • will not be the less important. If, in this feature of his .coodetti,. he 'seems to have violated the maxims of obvious policy, it hi equally ditEcolt• net to Oestilemn, as imprudeio and hlzArdous, his assumption of airy new title % derived or eiroipited - from his supposed . siglits succession to the llotriati CAseas, or to , Ctiaat e .. - etsGas. Hitherto, though the French peuele have oily been the passive and bleeding instru ments of his insatiable umbition and eitilence, vet .have they bteo amused and tickled with theigrins fyiOg distraction, however dearly pureh in ed, tivirrrustaing mud conquering the earth. ,Natioiise Taint% fainted by military trophies, torn from eviler miternettaing eouutry, seemed to render Paris n u e Fraisee'the only objects of envy, or uT udittirstiv es left on the Continent. These triumphsinietoei,... and acquisitions .f territory, on 'the Sint, `cr tl,, 'Vistula, and on the Ebro, were all made abbe ed by the Emperor of the Fastocit. 'Though a foreigner, an usurper, and •a tyrant, he still lie preseuteil the Majesty the French &rave slid notion, tot less than er lIENRT 'Vila. Men are governed, eemse %my more .by names than by realities; seethed remark ts peus ,lierly true, as applied to eiepeople of France. But here, again. UN/ 11•PAIITL de,troy4 the Rio. riot'. Au Emperor of the West reduces th e French to the level of the other conquered or, at the best, assimilates them to, and bleeds them with, the Romans sad the Germans. Tee exclusive distinction is lost. Who knows, tot, whether this Italian adventurer may oat tera‘fer his residence from France to /ray; from the Seim to the bati.s of the Tybur or of the Po Seca a position, more central, might be more analsr, es to a Conics*, than an adopted soil and coas t:3.. Bat there are other reasons and recollections which might make NAPOLVON hesitate, btfere be revives, in his own perms', these 0601. t• tiles. What WC/ the E./ipire cy" the West A short•lived, tottering. intiria, aid decliuiug h. brick, sewn in the cachicity of the Roman empire, aid only known by its tepid fall. It Levis in the year 393, of the Christina era. when TtiCOINSIVI divided the Rentals wend between hi, tv.o seas. llonnetus, the youngest, received the itisterh Empire, of which the seat was Rome, or Ravenna. It expired in the year 476, under Ac ovirus. after existing only 99 years. Even the pretended Empire elf toe West, revived by CLIVILL. liAtallE, about the year 900. from CaIE(SV, v.rS epa-illy ephemeral, and soon diiiappeared of siu solved in its on tveakatio. Vet there use tie iwocitll, which the preseut Itulee of the C on n,. e t a appears to consider as worthy of his i m itatio n .— Unquc-,:ionably, the German Kings, whom he her created, are intended to surround his throne, us dignitu•ics and.riactionarier. The es pen Meat is delicate one: and if we were compelled to pile, a hasty opinion on it, we should say, it is ueideet one lion pol.tir. It is it fact, that Lord Mri.vil.4.l persists, rA only in wishing, but to deimiliddig, that he nil , be perrormlly resto►ed to the honours of a Prosy Cara astlur, of which he was deprived in I Stl3 ; and tort he may bare a place in the C::bitiet. The Adult.. rutty is the oftice to which be aspinrs, as being that of which he was bereft, and which ht contents himself to have conducted, while at its head, wit/ distinguished alrility. There is no man, we believe, of whatever tarty, who will not a lmhr, tt at his arl. ministration of the naval department, it composed with the present incumbent, has every title to re spect. The Inds:mien, captured us the. of Bengal, would nut have heels lost, if Lord "lit 1.- vii.t.t had pre,ided at the Aritnira4y. The Ittrustis ef the Harms N Arr. eorreetul up to the preacut day. are as follow :-44 see, on the various statiowil—of the hoe, 80; fifties, is; frigates, 42.3; sloops, 122; bombs, 3; brigs. 11S cotters. 34; schooners, 74; which, with tlooo is port marl ifitiv, gward-ships, kupitd skips. pr....rarr skips. &c. constitute a force .4 832 ship% is Clia maser!) ; 81:d. including tho,e is ordinary, rel.arr tag. and building, prtoetit a Gatos,' Torsi. a 1123 vessels of war. An American shipping• house in the city, Las stopped payment for 350,0001. A dirision of the Nottinieham !Ililisis. frn• Ai d/over, marched into Salisbury, oil Timm]Ay. a n d another division marcha,d ita on Friday. amount to about boa awn, and renuou quartecid io Salisbury. On Tuesday , . the Cnionmudir.g Orncer •f sl* Emit Kent Militia reee:ird ',radars fur the reiginoter to tweak up quitrtrni at Saftetsan•. where the, had expected to reUlNill liar the: wiazer. the regiment marched. on Friday :end Saturday, wr Blandi;oril and Dint:beater. blippoweaarthese 111 f to Plymouth. It is said that the reinforcement of 5000 meet under orders Far Portugal, is to be COUbiel ws rd rd. and the troops to be writ to India. • Capt. Coacsunau IP appointed to the Implacable : Capt. Si. T. Theft. to the Theta& The *6th, 3!.1. 35th, 77th, and list regiaterts of foot have arrived at Portnininth from Watch , . rem 'lle 36th dieein:aarked ou Saturday. eta marched to I torshant : the Cinciteater ; toe mild to biatctritigtoo. 'Elm aid and 35th Jw ratlnirked iat Satorrlsv ; the timer will earth lie tlorshino. aitil the Intivr N Chichester. A dc tarlitiseitt of attillrry *in minis this dry far to' byrk4:io». Mr•-r*. Ps* mac Itle Com:ssity, awl tit* , *•.* awn i.s..t, at Siassos. Imre PK& „wed before s r . •ort. 'fur "Voierrtior 181.6 s k . rod 'two, sod orottot-ca to ttort:i•oookto. o' I N; to Sault' 'llene iitt r' Tat The last ui VIA. I! resat!' rdt4e, Oa music lite as luore of M set E shies. Log britle ►ope -14l thank Her 1 tour* Lai; tl learb4r We } , ennui E.q. coon° A g an o!.j taken H. h.' altos and torn i Anitlt same .111 TI ot, I'l g NI ffi.4,, 1; . 114 %It Of %II :•)