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.the IJfis of tbatesade, II arm the campaign ou • day, and adjourned over until yesterday, at nine
the Danube. Veils" orAeaded him. But, never- I o'clock. Although it would be highly impro-
Oarless, such were' either the error' which he per to muke any observation upon the evi-
ceenueittell, or the impediments that presented dunce, as affecting the point at issue, before
themseivee to his progress, flout the nature of the the whole is closed, and the decision of the
river which lie had to pays, or from the Lou rage, I Court made public, we think ourselves at liberty
loyalty, and perseverance of the Archduke's troops I to notice one circumstance, which has transpired in
opposed to Inns ; that he was prevent. tl front ue- the course of the proceedings, touching the conduct
complishitig the overthrow of Austria, unit reducing of Ministers. In doing so, as shall avoid pro-
the Emperor FRANCIS to demand a cessation of i nonnoing any opinion•upou the case itself, or offer-
hostilities, for three calciular mouths. It was not fug soy conjecture as to the result in which it is
till the 13th of July, that the armistice, which we likely to terminate. It is recorded, that Lord
sill deplore, wit, si;oed cud conclarliaL Aud by Cocnaarie, on Ins return from the Mediterranean,
what ineusurc or weapon, 111 a pre-eminent degrees wits sent far by Lord Mil LONAVE, aad asked whs.
did BON A FARM effect this great, Roll to as iterate- titer he would be willing to undertake the conduct
diable, work ? By abanilaiiiiig, we reply, all se- igen attack upon the French squadron in Basque
4:titulary and inferior objects. My dismantling and Roads Ile assented, and was accordingly deputed
evucuutilig, in a considerable degree, all the court- to that service. Now, it is to lie observed, that Long
tries that lie hail subjected, from Dalmatia to the GAMBIER Mot, on tile very station to which LardCoest-
Pyrenee-. By c nicen t rat lug scattered forces, DAN was dispatcheeloit the very time whemit pleased
said then directill Ith ii resistible energy, the First Lord of the Admiralty to determine itpoa
and etrial velocit, to one point. From the Elite that measure. We do not mean to draw from this, the
and the Wyo.-, to the Adriatic and to the Po, he particular inference, that Lord GAMDIP.R enter-
„,l t!.„ he• that fa- Mitred & jealousy against his rival, which influenced
tal liloa. This was his secret ; and this has en- his opinions and conduct; for that would be doing
awed lon to rivet the chitin:. of Enrolee. what we have disclaimed—,advocating, in some de-
Now, lei is. see what we have done ; ur.ti what, gree, the cause of one of the parties' ; butt, speaking
•it oe h-t:I possessed a ray of intelligcncc, rte might generally of the system of su;terseding, forinalli, or
and oriel,/ to hove dune, between the beginning of in effect. those who have not forfeitedeonfideuce by
April mil the 12th of July. We have expelled misconduct., we have no beeotetion to affirm, that •
Soui.ll. from Portugal—we have got possession, as system, fraught with greater erils to the service,
we suppose. at least, of Ischia stud Piocida„ tut II or exhibititig more obstinate and attaccountable ab-
islands at the entrance of the Bay of Naples•-•-our surdity, has never (wen acted anon. Shill Ministers
troops are Now, as it may be presumed, Marellim; compel our others to interfere with tine another,
towards Madrid—and, lastly, we are NOW, in the and yet expect to dud that good understaisiliog be-
last days of July, about to invade_ the coasts of tween them, which every one must ackuowledge to
Holland, perhaps to carry our arms into the Nether- be desirable ? Shall they obstruct every caiterurise,
lands, just when we know that suck co-operation by a multiplication of coeductors, a rotatihn of
can uo longer be productive of any benefit to oar AppOliitillfilt* amid auperuessions, rapid, confused,
unfurl unate Allies, who have abandoned the and peplexing, end yet expect to see the line pur-
struggle, and received the law frown their oppress- sued. cud the end obtained ? We look upon the
tier. Can any part of these preloiser he disputed ? appointment of Lord CO/NAASa to this command,
Will Lord CASYLEAL 4014, or Mr. CANNING, deuy a as part of that narrow, illiberal, and 11611M/11% 1110-
the accuracy of the statement here Made? They hey, which Ministers hive been all along nurauiug;
cannot. We do justice to their exploits, while we it is part of that 'policy which sent Sir H. BUN-
consign them to just animadversion and coademilis- RAND to sopertiede Sir A. W lALLESLEY; CA Sir D.
don, as inept, tardy, and ruinous to their country. DALRYMPLE. to supersede Sir HARRY BD KRA DN.
But, what might they. and ought they to have It is part of that ',obey which sent Sir JOUN CIAAD-
done ? We are about to *hew. They might. from DOCK to supersede Sir A ItTNIUR WISLSAILKY ;
the moment that war was inevitable, Ar begun be- and Sir A. Wet.i.est.sit to supersede .Sir Joust
tweets Napotxtes sod Austria, like lentos to have I CRADDOCK in return. They have eleasly proved,
renounced and suspended every other thought or by this latter instance, if proof was et all necessary.
object, except Austria. For there, on the Danube, that so they have the gratification of kicking about
not oil the Douro, or on the Tagus; not ow the the bell of authority, from one to another, they do
shores of Calabria. at the extremity of Italy. ti e I not care with whom it rests ; at least, whether-with
deathly of the world was about to be pertaatietit:y any of those who were subsequently preferred.
decided. A Ministry, which was not bereft at or pith hist who was originally appointed and die-
common sense. which did not shut its organs of approved of. It is molly a vary serious usistertute.
perception to all that was passing around them, that tl.osie whnare eutrusted withalte resoureeasfebo
would, is she first days of .1p; i!, hire sent orders I country should look so little into the science ofman--
to embark every MAD of S.r AIL rune N'ELLIALLY s kind, as not to he aware of the jealousy that must-
army from Lisbon, to let Sot: LT pursue his course I necessarily affect the mind in cases of invidious pre-
from Oporto. unopposed, and !aive trenspurted the I ference• and selection ; hot even though they were
British forces, either direct to Porte Veneri and the incapable of reasoiling on the principle, one would at
Gulf of Spenia, or toTriene. They might, no I least have expected, that the practical consequences
man will cooled, have been r.inharked from Li.- they have been made to feel, in the victorious dis-
hes"' by the first week of May. And it is egnslle I aster of Viinetra, should have deterred them, eves'
obvious, that they ini§,tht hare reached tie. Gulf of without the exercise of any speculative powers of
La Speszia, or Trieste, er Plume, he, or la-hire the mind, from recierring to the same conduct again.
lath of Jiiiie. They would, in than case, have at: If a child pot his linger into a canaille, and burn
forded the most efficacious, decisive, and 'tripod- I it, lie will not put it there again--end yet the child
ant assistance to Austria, before the end of that is no great Pliamiuplier; so, without looking for
month. In the seine manner, and on the any deep research iii those who have suffered
principle, namely, of directing all our force against deeply before, we might at least have expected
Boriaraarr, and btflutose of Austria ; not against that the same foolish set would rent be repeated,
feluairr, or Josue,'; the troupe io Sicily. instvad of in the teeth of experience. to prove them inferior in
mis-spending their exertions against Naples, should I understanding, 4.14 Moister in instinct, titan a child,
have been sent either to Trieste or to Fiume, where

they. like Sir Amity& Wm.r,est.ey's truer,
would love destroyed surf Lat:-

The lionnuralile Enst India Company's packet,
Georgians, Capt. LEIGH, cleared at the Custom-
house on Saturday, and will sad from Gravesend
this morning, fur Portsmouth. whence she will
shindy liroc-ed, with dispatches, to India.
Mr. Fawat..a aft, the Secretary to the Board of
Tiede, addressed a letter, on Saturday, in his official
character. to the Commissioners of the Cust.oniz, to
wind. lie states, that it having coins to the know-
ledge of their Lordships that serious abuses had
been practised with respect to Ileeiise3 granted to
neutral ships, many having been forged, others
atoll with altered dates, &c. &c.—it is ordered
that all ship* *lnch may henceforward enter the.
ports of the kiugdnm, under the sanction of a
license granted by HisMaJssTy, slnill, before such
ship be rwrinitted to unload her cargo, have the
license forwarded to the Treasury, for the purpose
of being strictly examined, to he acted upon ac-
cordingly.
The China fleet, which sailed front Portsmouth,
the sth April, sirs spoken with ou the 23d, in lat.
10 N. long. W. under convoy of His SIAJCIF•
TY'S ship St. Albert's. The fleet had a very tplich
passage, going at the rate of 150 miles a.day.
Colonel HA Nolcrum,of the Royal Waggon Train,
has ace 1111 l pained the Expedition, as lasperting
Commissary and Waggtrit-Nlaater-General; a new
appoiminerit.
The unfortunate GtisTawus the Wth. it is `..e-
ported, has received permission from the ex:sting
Cloveroment of Sweden, to go with his Queen. sun,
and two danghters, to Switzerland. there to pass
the reinaioder of his lite in privacy.
Yeast Assozvg.—Tlie :so v. IlvN-ric,,Tile
KING r. CROTT.—We are requested to correct an
erroliftOOS statement, which has appeared in many
of the London and proriocial papers, its to the set-
tlement of these causes. It ass no part of the ar-
rangement which took place between the parties
that a law of apology should be writtea by villas/
of the Defendants, nue was any such letters ritten,
utittier did the Defendants meet, -4/ •

Msd EUGZIE BX&1:1141111011rti armies.

British troops would now. at this hour, occupy the

Tyrol, the Vora'berg, Camiola, Carinthia,
probably, Saltsburgh, Styria, and Bavaria. NA•
*imams would have been taken in the rear, while
the Archduke opposed him its front. Lastly, to
complete the tuaaatire of their errors, tool or our
misfortunes, they are now sending out the protest
Armensent, which ihould have been reaily, as it

might easily have Isteii, by the 10th of June, in-
stead of the tn-da of July. Then, meting in Hai-

kiwi, while WZLLESLLY rid STU•tir entered Ger-

many, the Corsican's career would have been ar-
rested. He must hate let go the throat of Austna

--Europe would have beers saved.
We call upon those who dispute or who deny
these facts, to disprove them. We contend.
Hot for the miserable iuterests of party, but for
truth. and for our country. e lament that

such 'nen as are eiaruated with the last stake of

Britain, for such it is, should have being selected
at this awful moment. Does any ni4u hops for

extrication from such individuals el those to whom

the Treasury, the Presidency of the Council, or
the Seals •f the War Department are entrusted
Has unt their incapacity, inaptiturle, and igno.

ranee of Contioental affairs, been demonstrated ?
Do we minute other, and more nriuuu. proof. of
their want of ability ? If we de. it is to he dreaded
that we alkali receive thew. W.- cannot pii.h this

ruljert to gtt:utet length to-day, but we te-

suwe it won.

As we annauncegl, 1.11 "saturday, the Caart-Mar.
tial epos: Lord Gastatert met, pro forma, oa that