The National Register.
London, England, 1809-05-28 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

MAY 25..

TO roRILESPONDENTS.

Our Correspondent ROBERTUS, must excuse us if we say that
• he seems in some instances completely to have misunder:tood ILL
meaning of the Strictures he undertakes $o criticise.—Not Wog
kart of absolute infatuation could have pia it into the head or
any one, that we alluded to the ori,zinal poverty of Mr. Co it-
err , 115 a matter disgraceful t" hilt.—Far from it. Hut we
asked, and .ROBRRTUS must permit us, to repeat the question,
Whether the Writer, who in the coarse of a few years has raised
bitnself from indigence to wealth, has a right to complain of an
inadequacy in his remutwratinn ? Our object was to show that
l‘fr. C. i ith much pretension to disintvresteOness, was really a
selfish and mereeoary man; and we t.elieve we were s.:ccessful
in this. Onr notices ue have es2lained ; and we, with eon&
(knee, submit them to the public. As we have else v;:ere
oerved; we consider the Pti;tical It-fistencalcqlated to do much
Mischief, and are therefore termined to exposse its Author.

In congequenee of the great ;:nr,rtance of 'he Articles that
will be
.found in the N Atius At. itEnisTl.:r. of thi.l Da4, lee
have beer: induced to omit our usual statements of Marketv, and
Lloyd r List, as well as a great variety of miscellaneous intelli-
ger,ce. •

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Lou Don,

SITNDAY, MAY £3, 1809.

POLITICAL EFICNTS OF THE WWI.

The Seventh Bulletin of the Freuch Army has arrived.
t contains the mebnaoly intelligence of the French having
entered Vienna on the 12th of the month, aud.though full
of evident exaggerat iort, contains enough to appal the mind
of every one who considers the state_of kairope anitthe
Ccfriitment..
,When we consider that the i'renci army breke
up from Augsburg-, on the 19th ult. and that in three
weeks they have marched 330 mile it seems to us quite
impossible to reconcile the rapidity of their progress;, with
the notion which some persons seem to entertain of 014.
hardihood of the resistance which they have encountered.
We do not believe that the Austrians have fought like a
people, warmly, and zealously, interested in the cause
'which they are called upon to support. Those also whO
talk of the firm determination of the Court to persevere in
the war, in spite of disaster and defeat, should bear in mind
that it is not in the power of the Court to recover what the
briny has lost, and that it is impossible to hold out longer
than that army is ‘‘illinc," to fight.

Tin: Seventh Bulletin relates in full the circumstances of
the entry of the French into Vienna. A report has been cir-
cuiated that the town was to be defended, and it is evident
that the. French Lruperor approached it unzleethis expec-
tation. Aceording.lo the account in the bulletin, the
citizens came out to'neet the Frenc!-. ; but these citizens
consisted only of the old men and 'women. ll appears evi-
dent, we think, from the general tenor of the
that the inhabitant, were ve:y, willing to defend the city,
if the city had been any way defensible. Vienna, however,
as is well known, is as open, and defenceless as London it-
self. The city militia, tberefOre, could do nothing, and.
therefore very wisely,
,after sonic unavailing- attempts,
submitted to the necessity of circumstances. The bulletin
is characterized by the most extreme insolence to the tone
and manner in which it mentions thw Archdrikc vim-
Li AN. A melancholy inference is to be deduced from this :
the Emperor NAPOLEON is endeavouring- to br:ll4 Me A

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tzian family, and every member, into contempt, in order
that he may find the less difilrulty in their deposition. We
eau scarcely indidge an) hope but that the Emperor FKANCiS
cYili be be last of his house who will reign in Germany.
It woull seem by a letter from A ug,hurg, dated May the
that the French troops have passed even beyond
Vienna, and are pursuing the Anstrians into Hungary.—
The war will not. continue another mouth, unless the Hun-
garians now do their duty. Where is the former charades of
this nation ? Surely Austria is at present in more imminent
peril than in !e days of MArtia TuEntLss. • It is melan-
choly to reflect, that every nation in Europe seems pos-
sessed of a passive sebinission,—a non-resisting cowardice
when they come into contact with the Frckeh. The point
of fact is, that a persuasion es absurd, as it is fatal, has
gone abroad—There is a current superstition in Germany,
that BONAPA.ETE is FATED to overthrow every kingdom is
Europe, and give a new form to every Monarchy. Un-
der this belief, the whole Continent has the air of being
panic struck, and the French march through a whole em-
battled nar.on, as if the people consisted of so many sta-
tues. This is a very bad presage. The Archduke CHARLES
has fixed his carip the interior of Bohemia. It would
seem to belhe present design of the French to hunt him
out of the Austrian territories. The conduct of the Ty.
volese is exemplary. if all the Austrians were animated by
a similar spirit, there would be no cause of apprehension,,
but that Austria would work out her deliverance; but
imhappily for the common cause of Europe,—the Tyrolese
are almost alone—the Hungarians, as we have said be,
fore, seem to send only their ordinary military quotas, and,
v,ait the event in the most perfect apathy.

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It is with the proudest emotion of pride and satisfac-
tion,—of pride in the gallantry of our countrymen, 'and
of satisfaction that such glillan;sy has been crowned with
its merited success, that ive have to announce another vic-
tory in Portugal, gained by the britisb Arm y.7—Every
part (f the world will shortly contribute its
,pnortion to.
wards the general sum of Ingtish Glory.—iii Italy and
Eygpt, the natacs of :!..rtl.inT and AliEtzcitoMßlE will
outlive the Pyramids wad the 113ine of wtto itself.
In Portugal, moreover, and in ••pahi, int WEL-
LcsLEir have equally rerfictuated cur witiobal i ciidtation:
The details of this important victory are i..;iVen in lull in
the Extraordinary Ga?..itte, published by GoveNtiac.it oil
the occasion, and vvhich will be found in another part of
our Paper. The following explanation may nisist ur
readers to form a clear judgment. The d!,Taiehes
eviii.;;;ltir written in great haste, and are theiei.re
intelligible, till carefully examined.—lt aavarSty
cial narrative, that the infantry of the army I:,:ing.divided,!,-
to three divisions, marched from Coimbra to;; aids
on the 9th and 10th of the
.current moth ; two of. 'this•
divisions marched by the high road, direct
the other by a smaller road on the flanks of ale tl.c. 'l4c:-
ceding.

The first engagement of any importance was on the,lltii,
%Olen the British troops met the French 044%
number of about 4,000, fought them, dioNtOhern
across the river.
In order to understand the official nlrreive, it may be
necessary to it:entio:?, ti.nt. the river Duerc-, vizis lmtt‘izen the
:'reach and English Armies, and that Oporto is siivated on