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to snatcli the victory from the twiny. They then
retreated. But how After ten o:Wit, the'
comity foilght only to effect his retreat.. At twelve,
this witfmatlifest. It was conducted in disorder.
Long before dark, the enemy was out tf
NOM, if this be not a clear admission that then•
was so pursuit, words cannot convey any taeeaning•
The fact, stripped of its decorations slid orna-
ments, is this. BONAPARTE, by a most scientific
and admirable feint, passed the Danube, and at-
tacked the Archduke on his left flank: After two
days desperate fighting. he finally succeeded in
forcing the Austrians to retreat into Moravia. But
lie appears to be hardly equal to following up his
advantage. Three days afterwards, he remained
still at %Volkersdnrf.—Will he evacuate Vienna ?
Can lie retain it) Can he still retain Lintz, too,
and the whole line of the Danube, down to Rash.
in Hungary, while he follows the Archduke into
Moravia and Bohemia ? May ant the Archdukes
Joao and FERDINAND cross the Danube., in turn,
and attack the French ?—These are serious ques-
tions. We must wait for further advice.. before we
form any decided opinion.

We have seen two,letfers, written by officers of
distinctiou and intelligence in the army of Sir AR-
Tills Watutst.v.e. Both are dated in the last
clays or June, from Abram'', only twenty-four
haure before the ferces.were expected to commence
their march towards Speeds!) Eetrernadura. It is
with concern, but not with astonishment ; for, we
were prepared to expect the fact ; that we find the
information relative to Vat French, Spanish, and
British armies, is equally discouraging. By the re-
Port of an Act:rot' rank, who had been sent from Sir
Atlanta, to CUF.ITA, Su order to ascertain hie num-
bers and condition, it appeared that this General,
So whom the Supreme Junta entrusts the principal
army of the State, has not been able to assemble
under his command more than about .)8,000 infan-
try, and 6300 cavalry. The latter troops are well
mounted and make a good appearance : but the
infantry want arms, and have not above 31,000 mus-
kets, of which many are old and defective, or me-
lee,. Curare had received recent and accurate re-
turns, on which he relied, transmitted from almMt
every part of Spain. relative to the French forces
remaining in that Kingdom, in the first week of,
June. The garrisons were estimated at 22,000.
The troops of the Tine, at 103,000 ; of which 01,000
were effective. VicTult, SkiIAsTIANI, Nest and
Souvr, were all expected to concentrate their
forces, in Leon, Old Castile. and Arragon, if it
should be deemed expedient or advisable to evacu-
ate New Coatile cud Madrid, in order to retire be-
hind the Ebro. Some surprise seems to have lieeu
felt in the British Camp, at the maguitude of the
French femur still remaining beyond the Pyrenees ;
to cape. which from the Peninsula, the allied
armies of England and Spain were considered to be
wholly inadequate.
The British troops of the line amounted, on the
43,1 of June, to 31,400 = but above eOOO were sick
or non-etfective. About '2BOO more were expected
to jolt' from Lisbon, autl two regiments, it was under-
stood. were on the way from Gibraltar to the Tague.
But no absolute reliance could be placed on either
reinforceroeut. Some silver was arrived from Cadiz
to pay the troops, bet shoes were still in great &-
mend. The B. kink cavalry fell little short amino:
Unfortunately, the regimental saddles continued to
distress the horses ; nearly half of them had sore
backs:U.so were unable to be mounted, when these
letters were wirttro. Such is the recent state of the
respective military force in Spain ; whether, with
pitch means, and such Allies, whatever may be their
loyalty or attuchnient to the cause of FERDINAND
VII. we can reasonably hOpe and undertake to
march to Madrid, and to maintain ourselves in that
capital agsitig the French armies on the Ebro ; it
is for Ministers to determine. The men who sent
Sir ARTHUR to Portugal in 1808, only to supersede
him ; wha fired the cannot, to celebrate a Conven-
tion which an man approved ; and who . afterwards
sent the Geiteral, that concluded it, before a milt.
Court of Inquiry the Ministers who employed
Mr. I:REEF. at Seville, while they thwarted or im-
peded every operation of Sir Joeir Moose ; such a
Cabinet nay he expected to coueumniate its own
inivenaliagement, and to complete, in 1809, the
series of errors Liegnititi 1808.
It has been esiascousequenee of an ex-
pression in the beginning of the Twenty-sixth Bul-
letin, that the preceding battles did not terminate
greatly in favour of llorsaraere. This opinion is,
however, wupported only by a mistake. The Twen-
ty-sixth Bulletin is made to lwgiu in the transla-
tion in the following manner :--0 The enemy's re-
treat is a defeat :" whereas the French expressions
are "Iw retreite de f envoi eat rase deroute." This
altogether destroys the as-aimed grounds upon
which it is maintained. that the battles of Entaers-
Jeri and Wagram were not importaut victories, fur
the English is clearly this :—'t The enemy is re-
treating w confusion sod disorder."
The 1 hrondefte privateer. of Marseilles has cap-
tured two vessels t n the Mediterranean ; nue en
Auglo-Aneericaa, laden with 30,000 pieces of min-
keel,. end other inerchandise--the other, a Spanish
vesxcl, with lierilk. They have both been car-
ried auto Frejus.
At aloe o'clock this morning, after a very sultry
day and iii,;llt, a sudden torrent of rain came on,
accomp ini•ol be thnnder met inm•li vivid lightning.
The Master and Wartime of the Rakers Com-
puny, waited yesteeelee ea the Lotto M Alroa, to vet
the muse sod price of bead:-..Nis Leed.l,,p, of-1
to rxamiaiti the eleslweigherie report, wee plea*.
ed to order bread to fall one penny per peck.