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Wr have received Gentian Papers to the 6th iost.
containing news Irom Vienna to the il4th August.
I Peace was not sigut•d at that date, but the sego-
' ciiitions at Altenburgll, up(((( the subject, are repre-
sented as being in a favouralde train. According
to the Parii new., BONAPAILTE was expected at
Paris about the 411 i or.sili instant. On the 15th, ult.
the aisniversarj ot• his biro:-dry, he promoted seve-
ral of his favourites to the ranks of Duk, s and
ir•hala, inclitding Ikartitsve, Mc RAT, FOlJent,
CLARKE. &c. The brave Tyrolese still maintain
an :retire warfare, and defend thetwelvesagainst the
invader with energy and success. Oil the 6th and
7th last, Mai.lial it,' HYSLI., at the head of en
army of French, Soso—, mu I Bava►ians, penetrated
within two le i nc. of prima, but was obliged to
rail ielek upon liii:atiek aim the 1101. al.-re be was
tutu( ked on the 13th. The battle lastei from aqt in
the tooraisig until night, and it is said that nothing
but the nature of the ground caved the Tyrolese
• Ihnin a c plane defeat. The retreat front Wizen
is Also t.. the same cause, combined with a
went of privisions. It is obvious, however, that
the .r,,rule.e alit:tined a victory upon bulls need-
eifttlit. It I+ laineotablr to think that this brave and
Imal people may sink beneath the over-
whelming force of the tyrant of thy Continent.

A Gottet,hurgh Niail has arrived with letters
and patios to the Bth lust. A report rose cur-
rent et that date, at hiockholin, that hostilities
had recommenced between France and Austria,
anti that the latter was to be assisted by Russia and
Prussia. We were already apprised, that the
.issran army, although it had gamed an advantage
sv. r the Swedes 'tear Unica, in %Vest Bothnia, had
shortly after commenced Its retreat. We find from
the present paper., that this retreat is still con-
tinued, and that it is supposed the emetny mean to
evacuate the whole of %Vest Bothnia. Au exti eine
want of provisions 16 the apparent cause of their re-
treat. No political cause is assigned for it.

The Go4rire of la•t in t, in the fullness of its
filmic.' tr. ph user the country, says, " Covent.
Gar.leu Theatre has alinist superseded is import-
awn the attack upon Antwerp; and CATALANI
and Mr. /limits hold divided sway s ith the
Earl of CHATHAM and the Prince of PoiTt: COM-
To."—Knowing the service in which The Courier
work , we give it full credit for its knowledge of
s age effect; but we trust, nod flatter ourselves, that
it here reckons without its host. The ••No Pop. ry,"
and other tricks of a week and imbecile Ministry,
are now roily ttttt lerstood. An Englishman is not
the Jupe The Courier would represent him, as easily
diverted front Isis great interests and duties by a
give it use. a BCW theatre, a new puppet-chew. or even
is new Pore. age of dupery, we trust. approaches
its dose with the age of the present Ministers. The
premised.lubilee,altl giro just compliment to our
good and venerable King, is expected to work this
way; for what goo.' is there without its alloy ? But
it is 83 111(11:C1'4134, na it is scandalous, in the Minis-
terial Print., to admit, thus broadly, that they wish
for Jubilee, or a impular outcry against Covent-
Garden Theater, merely with a view to divert the
popular itwh;•.:atiou from Ministers.

We do wit recollect at any period of Mt MA•
JAlHrlell reign, even during the most calamitous
tubes of Lord Nome* administration, when the
progress of the American war had fansilimired the
nation to every kind of disgrace and disaster; yst
we do not recollect rum expeditions running, if
we irwy use the repression, parallel with each other,
both of which have been conducted to so ignomini-
ous or ruinous a termination, as those recently un-
dertaken, under Lord CHATHAM and Lord WU,
LINGTON. IM the only rational object for whack
the former could have been fitted out, namely, the
raipture or destructiou of the French fleet in the
Scheldt, we have completely failed ; nut, as far as
we am judge, from the want of adequate means,
both military and naval ; nor still less, from any
such immediate overpowering accumulation of
foree collected wider the walls of Antwerp and of

Bergen-op-Zoom. as left us no rational chance of
*nevem. On the contrary, we possessed the most
commanding means, and limy be said to hare, is
some measu•e, anticipated the exertions made by
the enemy for hie protection end defence. Nothing
wee wanting, except a Naito the machine, in order
to Illtee carried every penuL Is ogler wordy. faroinp-

titude, decision, and velocity. Never was moment
more auspicious or favourable! boast.AßTic, fully
'employed OIL the Danelse, could not fly. in penal),
• with the rapidity of the eagle." to the aid of the
Netherlands. In Spain he was equally pressed by
the English and the Spaniard. over every part of
that petiiiisOla. MURAT was Ofellyled a Nei.lci
bi sit armament from Sicily. Thoughout Gar-
Sony, insurrection, either openly, as in the Tyrol,
N secretly, as in Resew, Franconia, Saxony, and
Wiliam lOC rg, tsurufested I LIM ar. The D. of
Aeons, worsted and defeated, but not vanquished,
weemell to stand at bay, and to wait events, while
tiR negociated at Comorn, at Haab, and at Schoeri-
brunn. The Russians. though se long announced
by N•rottow, as about to appear on the theatre
stt war, had not advanced, and seemed to linger in
Poland, uncertain what roan they might ultimately
' The Continent underwent a sort of pause;
while every eye was directed, either with fear, or
with hope, to the brilliant armament that quitted
our shores, to cross over to those of Zealand.
Such was the aspect of things, when the Earl of
CSIATNAN made good his landing, both cm the Isle
of Walcherea.•nd upon South Beveling!, at Ga..,
on the 2nth and Joth of July. It is clear to de-
monstration, front the testimony of the I'rencli and
Witch themselves, that had he then, or even dur-
ing the fir,' days if disgust, advanced up the
Scheldt, es it will not be couteated that lie might
have done, in defiance either of the batteries
Cedaand, or of Flushing, he must, according to all
rational grounds of calculation, have carried all be-
fore hint. That we do sot lightly or carelessly as-
sert these things, will best be proved by the authen-
tic doe 1111 l ergs now before us. It appears, by the
official information of the JoJessal de !'Empire,
that Louts BONAPARTE did not gait the pa-
lace of Loo. in Gaelderlatid, whither he had
retired, to repair to Amsterdam, till the 2d of
Amigos,. The ICoyal Gazette says, on the 3rl of
August," Le Rot est arrive Hier, en son palais e
Amsterdam, v. mint du chateau de Loo, avert
quitte le mom." Frora tot Roue authority we
learn, that it was not till the Bth of August, that
Loots reached Bergen-op-7,oam, and established
his head-quart, is there. Nu army, view the
name, of site seiv.znitode, WAS meemided at Ant-
werp on the bit iil August ; RNAOUTTI: had not
even assuirnA the a maw! of the torcea. On the
Sth, RAINVON acted as General. The Amsterdam
Royal Gazette, of tie Stli, expressly asserts, that,
he had not then above Eighteen Thousand may
under his orders. The words are these: " The
General Senator, Coma Ramiron. commands the
French army assembled at Antwerp. The division
of General CHAMBERLACH is already twelve thous-
and strong. General COMMON/MIR is hourly ex-
pected, with considerable rtinforcenients. Lieut.-
General Tanastai, with six thousand Dutch. has
joined the French army. of which it forint the right
wing. Nothing can be clearer, or more specific,
than this admission. The articles from Goraim,
Dort, nod Ilaerlern, of the Ist, 2d, sad 4th of
Agust, confirm the fact.

But • circumstance still more peremptory and
conclusive, is, that the foreign Gazettes eepressly
attribute their having escaped from destroc.
solely to our delays, and want of all euer?:y or
promptitude. In the Journal Sc Liege, d tees the
Bth of August, is given the postscript of a letter,
written by Monsieur MALOYtT, Maritime Prefect
at Antwerp, addressed to the Prefect of the dr-
partoient of Liege. This postscript is dated the
tide of August, at night. The words are these,
literally translated : Troops arrive to us from all
sides. All our alarm* are dissipated. Happily As
L•aglish hare given us time.—(Hrureascruent, its
Anglin.; nous out doinik du trios.) They hare at
this moment 300 sail at the mouth of the Scheldt.
But the two hanks are sufficiently protected, and we
shall act on the offensive, if they attempt any thong. ,
The Yin, of HOLLAND is arrived to our assistance,
with all his means." It is obvious, that three or four
days earlier, they were utterly unprepared to have
repelled a vigorous attack. If, however, we wish
for further evidence of our delay and uneertaintu.
wheu all turned on decision and rapidity, we may
find it under the same authority. Front Ghent,
on the foli of August, it it announced officially, th it
the English hid landed on Walcheren, and were
sat down before Flashing. The article then pro-
ceeds thus:—" La knietir des Aoglais a rte pu'u►
now., iron grand arantoge. L'iarertitude de leura
movement' non. • pe►mis de faire venir on grand
tormbr• de troupes."-►The slowness of the English
has hero very asivalitageors so us. The uncertoia-
ry of their movements has ambled us to collect a
great number of troops.
These recognitions and occupations of the enemy,
carry more conviction to the mind, thins any
charge* that mold have been inveuted or drawn
up here. They are moot serious. How will they
be 'moored or repelled? Co MA. we doubt not,
will advance equally strong alfegaticios against
Lord IVI.I.I.INUTON. It must be owned, our
Ministers have manifested no little ability to their
selection and employment of military commanders.
The Diana. RUSIBIAIII sloop ot war which was de-
tained and scut into the Cape of Good Hope, made
her escape from thence on the Hight of the 20th
May last.
Sir NIATTNSW 111,014 M, whose house has stop-
ped payment. is the third Alderman on the hot
next the City Chair

This elegant Theatre dosed last night. aftrr
most sueressful season. The 1. Hosing Ad fres. 4..
spoken sat the IILVAS:011, by Mr. Y ouNG
" LADIES ♦Pr lIGIS TLEMSIIThe Fortis rise theatrics!
oessusa, ea this spot, (LI 1101 (vend helve(' V.-highst as ;
1,1 km,, at iht. :k•sira 4,1 l'iropi trims, to ..M•r ,
144911 gialefol ihztuts for ;hut patrst:ssze •us
bait hivioured theist, daring the Mummer. It has s
the insisSosts Wed) of the presout Mii,,a;rrs t. main
(avow ; nod ti.,) Must 111 It (Leis rutuse ens -10'J* will pt,te
Hero ..•.t anwortily of its conlistans
" b.• Pcrforuters, mist'. (410:s-bass. jolts th,i3
serif nrkoorr:edgoscols, to Viost of the l'ii,pricturs;
oe respectfully bud you tires rig.•'

The house was crow!leil to exc,•ess and
audience took leave of I! a!tii wet.
sources to which the Prowl: ~rs ere • ,
their success. thei, iutru.luciii...t of Mr. M..14.t.i.5.
1.4 n the Cavent-tiarden Thee:e, may tpe
suiere.l r prilicipaL oil a review of the mould, nr
tiliil that he has frequently Iserfortred three citav:r,
ter. on the ~nine and we do not
that he has had the iittervul of one solltary
leisure. Such constant duty is &most ithe.rei..
dented. It proves his industry and
that the Managers know his merits,

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