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ar.:;tLeiNsTeczAtoNs raqm tfir. Eitibeitia
ts 11. TO COUNT VON *tomtit:l'i ritstosser OP
TUE COVVINNIONT or SALTBURGIf.
Cuti.itiertng that the rincertMutv of military
'operations renders•it necessary to take such mem-
sures of precaution as circunistanCes may refuse,
His Majesty the Emperor has been pleased to make
known the .steps he has ordered to betaken, aua the
motives for so doing. by virtue of n decree of the
Council of the 46th inst. in case the enemy should
make as incursion ii.to his hereditary dominions.
4 In case the ramify should approach the metro-
polis, the town of Pest shall be the centre of all
acts •affecting the whole monarchy, and to that
point the public money he; 'aging to all the threat-
ened provinces shall be sew.
• His Majesty has nominated for that period u
Council, the members of which shall be made
known at a proper time, and who, residing at
Vienna, shall act in concert with Lower Austria,
if not prevAtterl, with the other, provinces
...hie)) might be possesired by the enemy, and of
whieb all persons Shall, as circumstances may re-
I, ire, nacrove the necessary instructions.
• His Majesty makes this resolution known to
.'r. _a, Court Counsellor, COMOilindlOg him to
I.....serve the prefoundest ieciecy.- till the moment
t!,c unruly inT• ncrupy his district.
(FiN;in-1) ‘" A LU.VOII I.7oArtTe..'
• Vienna, ssth April,
reassis—
GERMAN PAPERi.
ItrIDLINGEN, MAT Si

The Austrian corps which retired by ltatisbon
and crossed the Danube was. on the c.:lltli. at Chain.
and ou the 29th retreated towards the mountains
en the frontiers of Bohemia. Chi French army
on that side remains still above Ratisbou. '

According to current reports, the grand heuX
quarters were on the td at Segharting. The ad-
yawed posts of the French were at Efferhiug, nut
far fronvLints, without having met with the ene-
my. The Austrian army had passed the Trellis,
and were behind the river Welts—lt is to be seen
whether a new 'hewn *ill take piece there. The
corps of Rivoli, Istria, tine. Montebello, and the
NVurtemberg. and Bavarian op, have passed the
Inn, and are on the high way to Lintz avid Weitz.
The remaining troops have undertaken operations
against haltzburgh. The Duke of Montebello
was to he on the 2d at Rend.

LOWER 4114 E, lIIIAY E.
The Prince of Pante Corvo's head-quarters are
at Planta, froto which it is remarked that the
Saxon army is advancing against the 11.heniitiii
army. On the 29th the remainder of the Awarion
army retired from the Upper Palatinate to the Bo-
hemian liontiers.
The Austrian army tinder General linker is con-
centrated behiCd the Tronn.
• MEAN, MAY 1.
.have received ea. following account from
bead-qtticiert., dated
"ialDl2oo.l.7rn APAIL.
"On the 2301, al; tleisly. 4000 *trouts with
eight rxeceo of eltlllloll, presented before 'lrlalgliera,
and attacked it.--The garrison 'was scantly 1200,
Irtt they defended tbeniselits btrvety, bicd .with
succem-t—Tne-iiieliy Cost 660 mem iu;killed pad
vmmiivd.
" Time mirrpa 'cif-Baraguay D'Hilliers:bas-bad a
serious atfa.r in the neighbourhood of Trent. The
enemy was every whet* drivenlmck with the lois
If 1100 men iu killei, woudded. and prisoners."
BANKS 07 TUE. INN, •I'r.ll. 29.

The Emperor Napoleon is oh the other Nid e of
tlr.4 river, with iOO,OOl men, and will on the 2d
Nay, reach Lintz, in narouit of the Anatriami.—
Scharding bar been hurried.

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tORTUG U ESE PAPERS.

ollm•••10.

MAY 2.
Brigadier Francisco de Silveira writes from his
head-quarters before A marante, under date of the
26th ult. thc.t the enemy hod continued his at-
tacks upon that day, but always without surcees,
since he still remained master of the WIMP heights
and of the bridge of Amarante. Our loss has been
very trifling.
The Prince Regent our Lord has been pleased
by his Royal Letter, dated the 29th pf April of
the present year, to confer on Sir Arthur Welles-
ley, the rank and honours of Marshal General of
his armies, sed in this capacity to conduct the
operations of the said armies, when they should
comhint themselves with those of hi,: Britannic
The command of the. Portuguese armies will still
attach to Marshal W. C. Beresfrrol, to whom His
Royal High,itss has continued it, and which he so
ably conducts.—( Lisbon Gentle.)
1.19C0N, MAY 5.
They write front Cohnbta, under date of the
Pt instant, that on the preceding day a of
English troops entered that city, among %%hid' ass
a considerable body of cavalry; another corps en-
tered the day of the date of the letter; they were
received amidst vises and acclamations by the
inhabitants of that loyal City. Flowers were
showered down ou • their Leads. A standard of the
three allied nations was hoisted on the high tower
of the university, and at night the whole city was
illentioated. • '
Private letter's froM the neiohbourhool of Chaves,
Mate that a Spanish corps of 9,000 on& has entered
thnt city, whence it will probably direct its march
to tlm Minlue. It is supposed that the said corps
is probably marching in the above dlireel6n to

suspend and obstruct the retreat of the Fweit
arms', sliuuld it ion-wI to escape by thst road to

Galicia.
Brigatlier-Ceneril Ptauci:co de Silveira has
• trsimnittegi an official report to his
' Atarilnd Bersitord, whefi 'sy he acquaints hitn that
Lieutenant-f Wand Patrick. after having coeered
with hi• regiment of foot. the retrograde !UMW -
runt from Manhae. leached tile bridge sitl!-
out being wounded ; Lot that Laving aft'#',.vatqs

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dislodged the enettly front the bridge, and pur-
sued them as far as Atsuraute, he was there wound-
ed, and ausmediately conveyed first to Mezao-trio'
and afterwards to Lannego, where he unfoitunately
expired. England has lost in hiau a meritoriouis
subject, and Portugal a defender, whose undaunted
va!our rendered him worthy of a better fate.
Yesterday, and the day before, marches: from
this town, the superb English heavy horse,
!voided a few days back. Yesterday sixty trans-
ports, with wore English troops, were to enter the
Tagus.
Letters from Alentijo assert, that Echivarri
one of the General Officers, who commands the
Van of General Cuesta's army, destroyed a French
corps of from 2 to 3,000 men. Although this piece
of intelligence is not official, yet very little doubt
is entertained of its truth.

It is reported that Alcantara, Eshie, and Pla-
cencia, have been tuken by assault by the British
and Spanish troops, and that those of General Vic-
tor, who were in possession, have been entirely cut
to pieces. The head-gearters of General Welles-
ley are still at Leiria, aid those of Gen. Beresford
at Tliomar ; but the advanced guard, to the num-
ber of 10,000 infantry, and 500 cavalry, have en-
tered Coimbra.

In .the night.of the 29th -ult. Sir Robert Wilson
joined the army of General Silveira, after having
repulsed the French troops in different attacks for
(several days running ; and a detachment of 0,000
men from the Marquis Romana's army, has
readied Chaves. In some n. •he villages which our
troops have passed thronyth in their way to Conn-
ins, the French have committed the most unex-
ampled crtieltiei in cow:. qacnce of several of their
spies hating been kille I by the natives.
Generals R,get, Erskine. and Faue, arrived here,
from England, nil Wednesday.
General Craddock sets off for Gibraltar on Sun-
day! .

On the €5lll April Gepc'rel Victor still main-
tained his. position at Merida, and Cuesta at Mo-
nesterio, and hi. advanced posts at Los §intus.
On the 21st, General Echievarri repnlsol a French
corps. which attempted to enter ?.afro, is quest of'
priarisions. killihg 14 horses, and retaking the phni-
der whicli they had made.—(Lisbon T►legraph.)

MANCORTO, NTH AP:HI..
The French troop, which were in the neigh-
baurhood of our frontier's, retreat townrcir

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