The National Register.
London, England, 1809-05-14 00:00:00

MAY 14.

Prince STARREMBERG arrived in town on Wednesday from
Vienna. His llighness is come in the character of Ait4ias-
sador Extraordinary train the Emperor of AusTnia. to our
Court. /le iymediately wa:ted on Mr. Secretary CANNING,
with whom he had a long interview.
His Ilighneis came through Holland, and after escaping
numerous perils, was picked up in a fishing-boat by one of
our cruizers. We are harpy to find that the intelligence
he brings justifies slime doubts as to the accuracy of the
enemy's statements of the first opese ions of the campaign
in Germany. Ile' says, that the hisses sustained by the
French in the several actions descrihed in the enemy's
Bulletins were mark, as peaa as those of the Austriaus,
that the Archduke CuARLEs had imp' o%ed the disposition
of his army, and that so late as the 284 ti ult. the French
were unable to advance, having siiffered so severely in the
difiCrent conflicts that had taken place.
In the interview which took place on Wednesday between
Prince STARLIEMBLRO avid \li. C%NiVrin, SOOIC Important
arrangements were formed, and we understand that Loid
WILLIAM Br.NTINCK will set out ,in a few day for Vienna,
as Ambassador Extraordinary from his LRITATiNIC MA-
JESTY to the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA.

Sir Arthur \Vetlestey has arrived at Lisbon, and accord-
ing to all concurrent accounts, has been received with ge-
neral ardour and eathuslasin. F:oin the known character
of this Genera!, there cannot be an reasonable doubts but
that his ()in:rations will be iminediatel., commenced. Tile
general prat) of them is to be, that he s!iall
purge Portugal of the i,reo:•a, nod thiis lorm a force ova
the rear ot the French armies in Spain. Sir Arthur fouial
that Sir John Cradock had already proceeded with the army
under it's command, which, it vvas advanced thirty
leagues, near Mondego tsar, towards the North of
Sir Arthur had not left Lisbon on the 25th, but was ex-
pec:ed to set out soon. Sir John Cradock, on the other
hand, in consevence of Sir ribar's arrival, na4 about to
return to Lisbon, but had not reached that city when the
statira left it. Concerning Soult, the number and state
of his army, &c. the accounts are such as to justify our
entertaining warm hopes that his division will be entirely
cut oft Soult, we are informed, had sent to Gen. Keller-
man in Gallicia for succours. Kellerman had answered in
a letter, which was intercepted by the Portuguese, that he
was himself is a periloas condition, and utterly unable to
furnish any assistance.
The House of Commons presented a curious spectacle on
the motion of Mr. MAnocKs. 'f he charge was universall3
allowed to he well founded,—no one presumed to deny it.
It was equally notorious that the act had been committed,
and that it was contrary to all constitntional principal.
No one decried that a seat had been bought and solid. that
it had been bought under an express condition, that the
purchaser s:ioual Nomura the Minister, and that it wai;
Vacated oa the point of honour, when a question was
brought forward on which the Member. could not persuade
himself to concur in the opinion of the Ministry. Under
these circumstances what was the line of defence,—we truly
grieve to say, that the only allcdged excuse for correptiou
was the generality of the practices—the thing was so no-
torious and so general, that a 'great part of the House was
in the same predicament. • Thus, therefore, the Public
have as acknowledgment from the Members of the
House itself, that the seats are bought and sold; and
that the House cannot interpose in these matters,
because the practice is so general--because so ninny
are in the same precise situation. The people would
do well to act temperately upon this knowledge. • if they
are now tree to themselves and to their cause, a Reform
in Parliament may possibly take place.—Eyery one seems
convinced of its necessi,y but those who must neressaril,
become its victims. Vije cannot but express our wish that
Mr. MaDocas will follow the measure opt' Nothing is
atow wanting hat perseverance: The Mitiority in'the House
is very strong. The public are all, to a man, on the side