The National Register.
London, England, 1809-06-18 00:00:00

VIE NATIONAL REGIgTER.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

represented as ha% i;.g been an driir of the atn,,,st dart.
c.ult)• The Danube is mentioned to be upwards oi twenty
;12,t dc:p. The bridges consist of boa':; and baq;es nitiored
towther by anchors, roi.es, &c. When the works ate
finished, they are to be surrounded far a trench of running
water. This is iPe first time during a very long period in
which the French have reipi red such n would
seem, moreover, from this Bulletin, that the state of Rd
public mind in Hungary was not very satisi'aciory to the
French. The popelar mind is said tc, be divided—divided 1
in favour of whom ? Can there be a doubt, hut t hat a peo-
ple like the Hungarians, a sober thinking people, nook%
prefer their MNII Fo‘ereign and their own country-
men to a Foreign 111%i:ikr, and a rrenchwait. Thd
Hungarians arc almost opposiie to the French as are
the Enk;lish, and hold ti:'' a nearly in Inc same contempt.
Can there be even tho most c UESUry doubt, therefore, hot
that the Hungarians have risoa to a nun.: to oppos- the
InNasi,:n. Another important po.HL un.y hi: col-
,ccted from ihe veoeral co,itcu;s of !hi., anti this
as, that the French at Vn•ivia are ,:hunt to suite; by a
scarcity of pr9visi us. The eity, says iii, AV:!
fcd by six built upon the LA. Baths, of the i) uitabe,--
these mids arc um., dostroi,e !, and the Archduke Inv thus
xposed his couutr, men at Vionaa to the danger of famine.

Dutch 13^,pers have arrived to the 12th, with the exec; •
Mon of oae single article of intelligence, they contain no-
t iing of any importance. The Austrians, indeed, arc sit-Actt
to have evacuated north but nothing inuit be ieferred
&am this, as this alledged evacuation may, in fact, be
nothing but a concentration of the Austrian forces. In
present state of things, the AncHnuKE Cat.tat.rs would
naturally call, all his strength about. him, and this mea-
sure, therefore, is rather to be copsidei-en as an augmei.-
talion of the Austrian force, than as any diminution
of their good fortune. The former orror of Austria.
end for wh;Lh she has fatally paid, has been that of:
extending too far the line of her operations. We arc
?Imo3t, indeed, inclined to bAieve that the retreat of
the A aCii»UNE JOHN from Italy, was a measure of the
same ki..d, and has been in a great degree rather volun-
tary than compelled. The principal article, however, in
the Dutch Papers, is the following :
6 6 PASSAU, MAY 24.—According to letters from the Mar-
shal BERNADOTTE (Prince of Poute Corvo), has crosFed the
Danube with a numerous army, composed of French. Sal m,
‘Virtemberg troops, &c. in order to take the Austrians in the
rear, w hile the Emperor NA POLEO N, with his whole force,
attack the Archduke CHAR LEs in front."

The French forces being since united at Vienna, a narra-
tive of a most sanguinary cntnplexion may be shortly ex-
pected from that quarter. If they fail once more, their
commander will probably fail for ever : and their oppon-
ents have not been remiss in providing the means of sue.
cess. They, too, have called in their remote troops to the
Left Bank of the Danube; and' the ♦ictorious army of
Gross-Aspern and Esling will be joined in the next conflict
by another victorious army froth Warsaw ; the ARCIIDUK
FERSINAND having received orders from his brother to.
leave Poland in the guard of 10,000, and proceed to MZ..
ravia with the rest of h;9 forces. We dare not anticipate•
the result with too great confidence, because we know the,
uncertainty of war.