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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
GERMAN PAPERS.
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Viet, Wk. suLys.
The nervy of Italy has joined the grand Army
since the lit ; they amount Itegether to t 71,000
men. ell •
c'Airike.,rOli• 12.
Ws Majesty arrived on the rh'iltsliachtetistein.
The corps of the Duke u! Aistanteit bal dmgenthe
enemy from Bamberg, and tet,n -from ^2 to 300
pritionors. The corps of tere'Dulte o: Iltuuswiek .
retreated on the 6th. .
FROM THE FRENCH PAURS.
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MINISTRY OF THE MARINE.
IMPORT Of CAPGAIN POTILT TO Tilt: 1111111111111 T
Or MARINE.
" Sta—On the eth April, ut half-pest eleven in
the morning.. weather thirk, and a fresh breeze
from W.N. W. lies Majesty's frigate Niemen itrirkr
in • command, I diecocered an enemy's frigate,
a. t two lees .and a half to leeward. I iin-
MIN tAy tackeitto starboard ; but I scarcely made ,
it
mil. when I perceivertanother frigate to leewr•rd of
the former, whiA obhged me to change my course,
add stand off with all the tail I could carry.
" Ae live tit the evening the wind changed to
N.E. siith sqaalls; at which time the frigate in my
wake tippea-c.t teinive somewhat the advantage of
tailing. At 1.!;' past seven, I lost eight of the
frigate to leeward. and the ether was distant about
two leagues N.W. quarter N. At eight o'clock,
she WHO men longer in sight ; and I immediately
changed toy course, still carrying a pre:* dit sail.
" At tii:ve-qaarte.rs pest 1111.1tt, a frigate apurared
te the windward, and soon approached within half
einittea shut. She made some signals, which were.
answered by the vessel to leeward. and which I son-
po.ed to be one of those that chased me in the course
of ~,e day. The fire instantly commenced with the
bow and lawn chasers of both ships. At half punt
eleven, ally riggiug was much cut ; and not wishing
to exposes myself to further damage, I decided on
engaging.
" A quarter of an hour afterwards, the action be-
gan at potok.sliot, tinder easy sail. Both *hip*
made rise of various mancrivrcs until two o'clock.
when I di.covered that the enemy was endeurour-
ing to lay same athwart hawse, by bearing down upon
We. I adopted the sante nraudeuvre, and then
-tacking to windward,. I passed under his stern. its
whielcsituatiort I gave I - a hrtt+tisit!. My inteit-
tiou weeds board ;. but the enemy atveided it by
dropping to leeward. which give me the advan-
tage ef thewind. At hair-past two, I lost lay wizen-
tuast ; the larboard netting caught tine. The ene-
my, who was emelt crippled, availed himself ,44
thw accident. end. dropping astern. attacked eircr
en the quarter. Ten minutes atter, the wreck •ofd
the ,na.t was cleared, the tire extinguished. 14141-1
lorcniklit nay broadoitie to beef.
" Within a quarter of three, t lied the satisfac- '
Lion to see the enemy lose in,. 'mato' and intern-
masts, and immediately melte mil bsjlire the wind,
drawing along the two meats, which' retarded his
sailing. He could only t a.-ry /NA 1411 lt6 foremast,
which was shattered with vette.
•• In about fifteen inn:ales my Brat Lieutenant,
Valin inf., air...! I :• - that the enemy 'had struck, end
that titcy ',..urd-.: .3 ta mop tiring. I ordered;lll.
Kara • . air in take possession of her, bit we mono
tot. a , :sier frigate bear down to her maistauce...4.
Sin, r.ade ,signals to her, and fired some musket
shot et fete. I then renewed the action with four
Wilms only, otv crew beau;; employed i.. repeirnig,
damages, with the intention of fighting the 'lli.h
frigate. which was only n short distance from its.
" The action soon began with her, with repeated
cries of ' Long live the Emperor !' Site lay along-
side me only a shoat time. My riggiug was is too
bad a state to enable due to present lair from-riiii-
ging on lily starboard-quarter. from winch l eortltl
not bring my gnus to bear on her. of italf-past
four my maintop caught Mc so violently, that
it was impossible to extinguish it, particiderly!
as the bit elegiac had been rendered uuserviceaMe
by a shot. Shortly aster, the mainmast fell by thti
board, and encumbered the gulls, athich could tibt,
be hrosgfit to hear ell the first frigate. Tins res.
sel took part tin time action by firing Otto my bow.,
and this was my position when, at three quarter,
post Poor, I struck to the ArriAtisa, of 414 gone ; -IO
eighteen*, 2 nines, and Ift thirty-two pound ear-

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ron.nita.
•• The Antealai, which I engaged for six hours
and a WIC was of the same force.

" Vonr ExcAlency will be pleased to take notice.
that before thy drethnsa came up, which hail her')
cruisnil: on the coast of Spain (for it was not tin:, fri-
gate that chased me iii the dov-time). the Amethyst
hail only her foremast
" The tV Pnren had then all her masts (except her
foremast) avid sada a goal deal shatterert indent,
but capsble of heing soon repaired. I had then only
ea 111191 billed MIA 'WM6IIII/.111.

o I learned from spine French prisoners wl,o•m•re
on hoard the Amethyst, that wilco she Cew,...1 her
fire. iivar low o'clock, they wernohlig.-11 to leave the
bold, on account of the great quantity of Meier she
geode.
“ This bravery &Third en this nrca.inti by the
11,ffierrs and (-revs of the Airmen. i• a!ouve my praise;
and I reque.t that your Excellency will procure
them that reward of which they are most aintitiour.
icorpely. to autnnit their conduct to Ilia Nlaieetv's
tention. I).v Porter:'

THE PHITISH PRESS.

LONDON'.
WEVNESDAV, I I.Y


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unfavourable, they still remitted than that even-
ing. The bustle and' preparation in `the Dawns I
were also estrawie ; and it was %tonally supposed
re, tblit ph' approach of the Pertsmouth ttiliensa
tellt DoeilVelleilfd be the signal for the ships in the
• powastitipt satodot weigh. The wind, we. believe,
,ellmtioNOldeenie entreat?. and we may, there-
Awe, peruse, that the Expedition had not wailed
1/11411016 lime particulars on this most import•
Mt sedieet see given in our subsequent columns,
Mader the head " Expedition."
The Lord Nelson packet arrived on Monday, at
ihrwich, from Heligoland, with dispatches fur
140evernment. She sailed on the 22d, and has also
brought Hautburgh Papers to the pith, sod
Prague to the loth instant. The eeth and 26th
French Bulletins had reached Heligoland previous
to the departure of the Lord I'Veists ; and the dis-
patches received by Government are generally sup-
posed to contain the Austriau account of the late
battles at Eneersdorf and Wagram. The official
documents, and all the other uceounts. whether
vablic papers or private letters, brought by the
packet, concur with the report winch we gave yes-
terday, from Holland. in stating, that lieu APART,.
had gained by the late battles only a few miles of
the Austrian territory ; that the conflict hail been
most benguinary, and the loss very greet, but near-
ly rival on both ; and that th-e Aliattiists had
effected their retreat in good order. Letters from
NM no are to the same effect, and it is the nearest
point to the immediate theatre of oar. from which
we have any intelligence. We have made a few
'extracts front the Hamburg!' nod Prague Papers,
but they contain no teceat military news.
We have received Paris papers to the 16th, and
Dutch to the list inst. The recent intelligence
Aldrich they contain relates priucipally to Spain.
All thwoutempts of General BLAKE to re-occupy
Surigesmi have failed, and he has been obliged to
withdraw entirely from Arregon. We have Cte.
Meted from one of these papers, the French se-
em:lit of the desperate action between the frigates.
the Mewls and the Amethyst. Sir MICHAEL SET-
1101.11ell aCCOOnt of the action. and capture of the
Fettle]) frigate, is txfore the public, and eon.
esquently the French report is only interesting as a
specimen of French falselsionl and gareamade.
7f, The more frequently we peruse, and the more
,Itteptirely we study, the 25th and zlith Didletios,
the draper is the impression made on us by the in•
etiogiteities, obscurities, and contradictions with
thyy abound. BON APARTE. in the species
dissertation on the respective prisiiion and eir-
mmemmoss of the two armies, with which be pre.
faces the *twat, weans to admit the necessity ins-
posed on Inns for passing the Danube, in order to
`tome to the world the interior ty of the A ti.tirieo, to
the French soldiery. His description of the manner
in which he crossed the river, of the three bridges
prepared or coostnicted far that purpose. of the
,stupendous length of the bridge oL a single piece,
of the celerity with which they were placed, of the
moment chneen to effect his passage. and,
of his " ceasing the whole army to spread itself
the immense plain of Eisaeradorf," after turnine
the extremity of the enemy's left wing—these fee-
tures are' 'admirably deliimatid, and in every line
we riecoganie a great Coannauder. CASA& might
hese, owned the composition, whieli is lucid, clear,
end ritelligible to every capacity. It is obvious,
that-he deceived and out-inatitionvred the Arch-
whose fortified camp he turned with ',rah-
gioos ability, and then compelled him to fight in a
new position. But. though his tactics, the veloci-
ty and precision of his movements, his unity of de-
sign, the secrecy sad intelligence of his operations,
superintended by himself in person, and sustained
by the first Generals it. Europe, enuldeil NAPOLEON
thus to render inefficient the military defences enn-
stnicted by the Austrians, victory, by no ntealei,
seems to have followed. He occupied. indeed, af-
ter fighting the whole dey, till nine in the evening,
the intrenched camps of the enemy ; which, in or
to give it theatrical effect, a circumstance that
he sieve, omit*, lie describes, " as fulling of their
own accord, as if by enchantment." Yet, we find,
as fa; as the studied ambiguity, into which he re-
lapse*, will- allow es to comprehend his meaning,
that he failed in the cominviicement of the battle
of Wagraig, ip tudeavouriow to take passeviiwn el
the village of that ,same. lie admits it most tine
quirocally ; attributing to the d.trkto,,,. the unfor-
tunate circumstance of the French and Saxons
Grin;; on each other. Subsequent to this accident,
his language implies great embarrassment in the
Freill'h army. " The dispositions," says hr, "of
the French General and the Atistriao Gement were
ii:verttal. The Emperor passed the night in accu-
mielistinj his forces towards his centre, where lie
was to person." This picture more resembles

Although all the necessury Preparations hare Iit:NMI the Vth at A.gincourt, the night heftier the
beer, made, ranee surorduy, fur the c„urr_murrio hattle, than the victorious .NAPOI.LeN, after tri•
upon Admiral Lush Gtmeiv.e• at l'art*raouth, it ionphing, as he pretends, at Enzersdurf. Whoever
did not commoner toi Alonilay, and it was generally rails the account of the engagement at ;Vagrant,
understood that it wou.d not sit until the Exp..- as rclutA by BONA e.altrig, will see, that it wit, not
dition had sauced. Our readers may expect from toil) obstinately disputed--it was nearly gained—
us an early and faithful report. by the Archduke ; whn, while be attacked Massa-
- in the village of Wagratii, contrived to ostlistssit
Final seders haring been receii eel ion ..tlandnY the left Fr,sich wing by 3utto toisea. In this extra.
Portsmouth, for the part of the FA:.4...lition fitted I met) NApoi,gurs's tor.euee of min. mod unstrilin-
out there I. 1•11/ without (Mu). the transports'Mak talents, aided by simile, relicts on die part of
stisyr d down to St. Helen's, but the wind bviiig his Oteets, en.ibled him, after a city long contest,
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