The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
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ZPORT OF •LIEUTEaIitaT-COLONEL TAXIS TO
HIS 131PERIAL MAJESTY; -
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Dated lupruek, April its, tr,9.
" Star--Afeel it a duty iveumbent upon me to
make known to your Imperial
rMajesty the te.ti-
monies of bravery and fidelity which former sub-
jects of your Majesty'have displayed, in woof of
their attachment to your august House.
" The brave Tyrolians, driven to despair by the
extinction of their constitatiop„. which had beau
preserved entire and invio'ste -under the donnuion
of your Majesty and that of your august ancestors,
took up arms on the lOili inst. attacked the Ba-
varian troops at Stergingcn, at Insprock, at 1-141,
and at the coavent of St. Charles, and after having
killed or wounded more that. 500 of the eaemy,
cornpelledthem to surrender mid capitulate. On
the Itth, a brity of shout 300 men, composed of
Fweeft and Baraiiiiii troops, whu presented them-
'swivels before %Viltl,ui, nee- boetruck, sustained a Pi-
' miler defeat to that of the former, earl a reiriforee-
bleat of French troops which cams upon the 13th
slid net meet with a,better fate.
" A. prisontas are continually coe.itio, in, I am
not US yet enabled to ascertain the number of them
with precision: but there hare already been brought
in, and sent on their way to Saltzbureli the French
General Bisson several officer* of the staff; front
9,000 to 4,000 men of different descriptions, artil-
iery, cavalry, light infantry, Sc. ; aad likewise the
Bavarian General Kunkel, Col. Ditfurt, two Lieu-
terfant-t 10,,e15. two Majors, shout 20 Officers, end
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above Ltineo lisivarian troops.
" The loss of the enemy, in cannon. colour'',
!minuets, and money, is lint vet esactly hexer.
tained, because the peasants, in the enthusiasm of
victory, have not yet brought in several articles of
which they took poesession.
" A cousidereble number of prisoners arehenaght
in every other moment, who have been dispersed
in the different attacks.
64 I cite say nothing of the bravery of the inlia-
bitaiits, which must not sink below the readily.
lbuffice it to allege, as prooll of their valour, Witt
and detimainwtinit, that they did riot
hesitate to attack, on the open plain:, -200 Bavarian
troopers, w hom they dismounted and compelled to
surrender ; in tine, that they rushed is upon the
enemy's cannon, of which they nude themselves
master..
rallying signal was t'ie mitered narue•of
our Majesty, oil far from fearing to brave death,
for the sake of their rightful tiovereigni they
acted itsrily us time reward of their valour mud of
their devotion to the caul of their country.
"On the 9,h, at num I rete !A ited from cute-
nalit-Gteeral Baron Jell:which oilers tat advance
• towarde,.the Tyrol, across the mountatni of the
Saltsburgh territory, shaping aity march by the
Billertbel. my dettchruitit coushited of a division
of the wgisnest.of 'errantry of Devaux, fi Imitative
of the obas.euia of Saltzburgh, the formation of
ten+ isawit yet complete; and of the first division
iet the asl butterwit of the Landehos tor militia) of
Saltzburgli;
" Although we made a double wards every day,
we arrived only in time to admire the victory, of the
brave Tyraliaus„ and to beheld the great number
of prisouTre v ho bore witness to the iuirepidity and
decisioy of the attack.
44 NI a were received with enthusiasm, and our
march from' he frontier hitherto wore cis: aspect Of
a truMph. Our warriors were deeply affected with
the dernonstmearts of joy of all ages and sexes, who
hastened to meet ur, and with the uninterrupted
cries of Lo*t live our gad Emperor Fruiters:
Our emotions were won-Id-up to a pitch on behold-
ing a great numlier of the defender', of' the coaa-
try, who had armed theme Ives with evety sort of
weapon they could lay hold of, mid who printed
forward towards liellrieek, in order to put them-
selves in an attitirde to encounter a fresh column
of the enemy, wait s aria said to be approaching.
Every feeling of exultation had reached the unmet
pi;cis. The snood of the tied. min... Jed with the
discharge of artillery and tnuilnetry, and with the•
joyous acclintationa of our youthful warriors.
" It was saaffectiog spectacle to see hastening
round us astir of extreme old age, and.yonthe of
12 years, armed with whatever had fallen into their
hands, and displayiug before our eyes the trophies
they had won from the enemy.
" They flatter themselves (amid I have only to re-
peat thAr promises) to be able to present to your
Majesty re Of six 01011‘441 prisositr., as a pledge
of titer Adrift); and
" I feel it my duty, above all, to reronsweird to
year Majesty's Imperial he:revolt- tee Air. Straub,
an lutekeeper at Hall. lie has well deserved this
distinction, tut only by orgairising the iusurrertion
of the commit, but also by directing, with equal
judgment and zeal, the three attacks, is which the
Tyrolians were happy euough to Iva only twenty-
git men..
" Thirty thousand florins of public money have
been stopped which wi•re cnining_frout Miruich, end
which were seised at lutist. We are not yet en-
abled to state the amount of the other sums of
pub-
lie money of which we have taken possession.
"As in consequence of these edvautages the func-
tions of the I;avarism Authorities have ceased,
thought it indispensable to establish • proyisimiel
police, to maiming' the etability of interred tranquil-
lity. (Signed) . " TAXIS,"
•Other reports having already announced that the
Southern par: of the Tyrol ems in the Ititels or the
Austrians, this latter treat 'completes the recap-
ture of the whole of that iaterestris„- prariatte.
-The hearer of the iliseatch of Latattenalit-Ge-
send Taxis, Ni.Zemnaer,alio was ilialarlf..ngard
in these affairs. he I received from his finaerial
Majesty the grand gold medal, the u-ual reward
of civil merit. .
Their first tuner'a is the more gratetui to the
heart of his Imperial Majesty, .as it lir owing in a
- great measure to eie loyalty sad devotion ors pro-
vince whose attachmen-t to the House of Aratria
bas nut hen relaxed by three years or • foreign
domination.

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spontaneous movement of the Tyrolese 11f-
fords, at the sinus: time, it new luting' of the neces-
sity and the justice of n sv.ir, which the wishes of the
different nations of (ids-many have iavoksil as the
only means of their lihera:on.
c,karding, 3509.

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poiLismoutn, MAY U.
Wericout c`'haibourtTie Algeciras, Slianish ship
DoT the line, of 74 uns.
Sailed the Adin4is schooner, Lieutenant Buchan,
on a cruise.

The Foxhound sloop of war, Captain Al.iicezie,
with the Nova Scotia, Quebec and Canada, evilvtty,
has brought up its Stoke's Bay, by co try winds.
Arrived the Thump!, of 74 guns, Capte)is Mel-
Calm, from the Chops of the Channel, under the
orders of Admiral Sotheby ; she has met with east-
erly wiisdaitheae five days, duritt„.. which she has
been beating up Channel ; the from the
Baltic ; and the Protector, from a cruise.
The Dexterous, Lieutenant Tomlinson, is ap-
pointed convoy for the Downs.
Several coppered transports are ordered for the
Downs, and will sail to-tnorrow.--,-Witid N.W.

PORTINOUTIi, MAY 13.
Arrived the Tlwcrus from Plymouth.
• Sailed the Fox-humid, with a convoy, for New-
foundland, wind E.

PLYO4OI.3II•DOCIL, MAT 11.

Arrived the donefia, 0f33 giiiis,Captiiii the 11043.
F. P. !thy, from the colea of France ; she brings
ins account of the loss of.tlie Alcmene, in the river
Loire, off Nantes. The Alcmene was going in re-
connoitring, and struck on a shoal and hilged. The
whole of the ricers and crew. together with pert
of the stores, are saved, and arrived in the Amelia ;
and the wreck was set op fire to prevent its
falling into the hands of the enemy.
The Amelia spoke the Belleisle, übout a fortnight
since, whO informed them that they had been to
Quiberon Hay, with the prioniers from Martinigne,
cud the French Government had refused to w
change them.
Arrived vilso. the Perth 4116 of Li guns. Captain
liarward, from. a eruime. with her prize, a French
brig privateer, of mitt tod men, called the
.Nouvelle Gironde; which she captured on Thurs-
day WA. the privateer had bred out four months,
and mule eirrht captures--uniong them the Fur-
sane, from dibraltar for Gliv.goe, and the Emma,
limn the Cape of Mood dope. Came in also
the Coxtest gun.brig, Lieutenant Gregory, from
llochefrin ; the Nile cutter. from Falmouth ; the
Harlequin, hired artne.l %hip, from a cruise ; and
the Nimrod cutter. •

the Thcresis, of 74 guns, Capt. Beresford,
for Portranoutlk.
IHEF.RNESS, MAY 12.

Sailed from the Nore, this morning, His Majes-
tys ship Uluestadt, with a convoy, for ff.•ligoland.
—Wind N.W.

nr.u., MAY 12.

Salad screr.tl transnort• and outward-Lound
teasels, under convoy. for !Jarful! tr.th.—Wind

UZ•L, MAY U.

Arrived the Diana. Witon. for Quebec, aiiid
Sistert. Ellen. for Prince Edward tvlaiiil, both
(rent the river.


la Moat ars liar—relic Startliingwell.....-, from Malta.
At Bristol-4re Ammar., —, from ftijoa.
At Lisboa--the leSLellar Vetter, from Cork 1 aad the
Saatisaitor ilatmatatesem--`Goat tortdra.

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11'.11AL INTELLicEATE. J Ilta tteimeit of Ligtt Dragoone.....Breist Naar Ce("age
Davis, front the .33th Light Dragoons, to be Major, vice
Cotton, de erased.
alb Regiment pi' Foot—rapt:lin Trancis Ratteraloy to be Ma-
jor, without purchase, tire Yonne, pitysnote.l
91tb Ditto—Major Norman M`Lcud to be Lie:nen:rut-
Colonel.
Brevet Major George Wilkins, (iota the 85th Foot, to be
Major.
Captain Job]. Reel to be Major.
ST A! F.
Ms* Jobs Lord Rurglierati, from the 2d IVest I.iJi3 Regi•
. emit, tube Lieutetialit-Colancl in the Army, b Noini ap-
pointed to serve iii Portugal under the coalman.: of bent -
Geo. lireillwd.
I iosPITAI; STAFF.

Hoepital-Mate Clinvhs Dromc-ote to IM sorreon of a Re.
eroding Diotrict, vice Williamvon,
Dimpital- Mate )11.1143 Rulw. &sou to La As,....aaut-Surgt on to
the Army Depot, vice Drouleole.