The National Register.
London, England, 1808-08-07 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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third day after their arrival, when about 'ZOO Chasseurs arrived
from Cobience, they received orders to pass the Rhine on their
way to Fulda. They immediately reused to obey ; and when
the chef d'Escadron told them that he would order his chasseurs
10 cut them to pieces, if they continued refractory some of theta
seized his horse by the bridle, pulled him to the ground, and he
was stabbed by one of the Conscripts with a knife. He was
with the greatest difficulty rescued by his men, who charged the
mutineers in full gallop. The latter made so desperate a resist-
ance, that the chasseurs were at last compelled to fly, and seve-
ral of them have been most dangerously wounded. The Chef
d'Egeadrou has since died of the wound and contusions he re-
ceived, Several of the Chasseurs and Conscripts have been
since arrested, as the former are accused of having shewn too
much lenity. Certain it is that their exertions went nut muck
further than to save their officer from the hands of the enraged
recruits. Several of the inhabitants have also been taken ups
and two persons, one a countryman from the environs of Bonn,
and the other a shoemaker residing there, have been condemned
ay a Court-martial to be shot, for having thrown stones at the
cavalry.
" These marks of disobedience, manifested so frequently for
the last two months by the Conscripts on both sides of the Rhine,
and the lukewarmness of the military on those occasions, must
convince the French Government of the impracticability of col-
lecting a sufficiently numerous army to oppose to the Spaniards,
to the English who are reported to be making vast armaments,
and to the Austrians at the same time. The latter have assem-
bled suddenly an army of more than 80,000 men between Lentz
and Vienna. Orders have likewise beets given that all the Bo-
hemian and Galician regiments should form a camp at Egra, and
the Hungarian regiments are to be collected in iuul about Pres-
Uurg. The most extraordinary circumstance is that the Austrian
Government, notwithstand;ag the remonstrances and menaces of
1 Andreossy, is said to have declined every explanation relative
to these unexpected movements. The militia is completely or-
aanised,and instead of 59,000,as stated in the Imperial Rescript.
already amounts to more than 90,000. The vast preparations, the
extraordinary diligence in collecting the whole Austrian Armv
in so short a space of time, and the activity displayed by the
Commissaries in organising the new levies, together with the
conciliatldg measures adopted towards Bavaria, prove that the
Austrian Cabinet is directed by other Councils, than it had been
three years ago.
" however the French seem to be aware of the danger whick
menaces them. All the soldiers stationed in Westphalia, in
llolland and Brabant, notwithstanding the disaffection of the
inhabitants, are marching towards Wurtzburgh and Baden.—
. Their entire army in Germany, exclusive of their auxiliaries,
is said to amount to between 10 and 80,000 men, and if we esti-•
mate their auxiliaries at about 90,000, which I am confident is
estimating them too high, the whole force at the disposal of.
Bonaparte in that country, may be rated at 180,000. With
these he will be obliged to oppose the whole Austrian [force
keep all the population of Northern Germany, from the Rhine
to the Vistula, iu awe; resist every attack which may be male
by Sweden on Pomerania, in case of a peace with Russia, and
.protect Holland and Hanover against the English. Neverthe-
less the insolence of Bonaparte is said to increase in proportion
to the difficulties of his situation. Instead of manifesting any
fear, he is said to demand from Austria a renunciation of her
part of Poland, and from the unfortunate King of Prussia the
cession of all her Provinces on this side of the Oder. If the
character of this man were not sufficiently known, these preten-
sions at the. present juncture would make me tremble for the
consequences of a new Continental War. But he has deceived
1 Europe too long and too grossly 1 and there is not a single man
of penetration in Austria, who is not convinced that this air of
assurance is essamed in order to conceal his weakness and fear:.
However, after all the experience I have been able to acquire