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SZNATUS CONSULTUM.

The Senatus Consultum retened to in the above
Address, and which is in conformity With the Mini-
ster of War's Report, is of the following tenor
ART. I. There are placed at the disposal of the
Government 80,000 'Conscripts, who are inscribed
in the classes tor. 1806, 1807,1808, 1809 ; 20,000
for each year.
IL These 80,000 Conscripts may be immediate-
ly placed in active service.
111. The Conscripts of the year t 806, 1807, and
1808, who are married before the publicatiOn of this
Decree, shall not be drawn for the above 80,000.
IV. The Conscripts of the years, 8,9, tu, I 1, 12,
13, and 14, who have answered to their Conscrip-
tion, and are not under orders for distribution in the
army, shall now be freed from service; and from
these classes no new levy shall:1)4 made.
V. Eighty thousand Cohscripts,from the classes
Of the year 1810, ate also photd at the disposal of
the Government. •

. VI. These Conscripts shall be allottecito the for,
. !nation of corps for the deleme of the coast, but
shall not be called out before, the Ist of January
next, unless before that period some other Power
shall be in a state of war with France. In this case
they may be immediately called-into a6lual service.
VII. The present 4,enuitis_Cmsultivn shall, .be
transmitted by ameSsage'to the Emperor and King.

In the sitting of—the Senate of the tOth of this
month, the Senator Count LAoEftna, in the name
of the Committee appointed to teport on the objet
of the Senatus
.Consu num, Jac. made a report, which
he introduced by a long speech, in the conclusion of
which he thus expressed liiinself:-7" The 80,000
brave men, who march to lultill.the voice of their
country, have already 'reached those years in which
it is unnecessary for them to prepare themselves for
the fatigues of war. What, wl!en compared with
the means of France, are tbose.Of such Governments
as expend in 'one year the revenues of several years,
and wasting, their most precious capitals,-scarcely pay
tho,,e soldiers rai,ed with difficulty, by the, country,
with an imaginary coinage, the idtal value of which
.idccreases every day, while the welfare of the State,
. the riches of private individuals, and, what is still
worse, the good faith of all are, dragged into an
abyss."

All the great roads leading from Mentz to the in-
terior of France, are' at present covered with troops
from the grand army, on their march towards Spairj.
As theSe troops follow each other so rapidly that they,
would incommode each other if they all took the
game road, their march is di teaed in Various columns.
The first goes by Triers'and Luemberg, across the
undsruck ; the second marches by Keyserslautern
to Metz and Verdun; the third goes by Tuckheim,
tlewstadt, Saarburg, Luneville, Scc. These

and ,Bayonne,
colUmns go dire& to •Bourdeatix The
fourth follows the course of the Rhine, and passes
t hrb' Worms, Spiers,Strasburgh, Colmar, Bess-imm,
and will pass through Dijon to Perpignan. The co-
lumns. whiCh come through Wesel take the route of
.Belguise.
A Letter from Vittoria of the tat Sep!ember,
tains the following :—" The 59th regiment of the
line entered St. Sebastian on the 28th of Augtast." It
is also understood that 8000 men have comet to
Bayonne, and that the passage of troops. out of all
parts of France is incessant. Never were seen greater
preparations than have now been collected 'of mili-
tary-stores, provtsions, clothing, &c. The Emperor
'has ordered to be •in readiness 10,000. waggons„
a la Marlborough, for the conveyance of a sufficient
quantity of Priwisions for the support of an army of
200,000 men .during three months: Marshal NEY
is at Bayonne. .
The latest intelligence from Bayonne is of the
10th September. According to accounts which have
been received there from Spain, the corps of the
army are in the same positions. The division of
the left wing, under Marshal Moarftv, has its head-
quarters at LogrOne-and Viana ; its advanced .posts
have had several skirmishes with the Spaniards, who;
as much as possible avoid fighting, and disperse as
. soon ;IS.attacked. Marshal BESSIERES, who has the
command of the right. wing, continues in the same
positions, which extent] as far as Burgos. '
Bayonne assumes more, and more: a_ military as
pest : a camp for 3000 men has been pitched on
the Glacis, and it may be so enlarged as to contain
8000 troops ;_athe inhabitants are to be relieved
from providing quarters. Ir.. the mean_ time the.
Mayor of Bayonne has required the inhabitants,
by proclamation,. to receive with kindness the brave
men who have never ceased to conquer. The-Mayor
will be obliged for some time to increase the lodg-
ings ; :he proprietors of great houses shall accom-
modate the Chiefs of the army, and the absent must
take care that their houses are not shut up. " Let
us," says the Mayor, " with all our means, contribute
to the accomplishment of the great designs of our
illustrious Emperor, who has declared to his people,
that before the end of the presefit year not a village
in Spain shall be' in a state of insurrection:: "We
shall be the first," he adds, " to enjoy the advan-
tages arising from:the restoration of order in that ex-
tensive country."
On the toth instant, a numerous corps of troops
arrived at Metz, on their route for Spain. Matte
entrance of the city, a costly trisimphal arch was
ereeled. The troops were entertained, in the even-
ing the city was illuminated, and the- theatre was'
opened gt atis. . .
The King of NAPLES arrived at Rome on the 3d
instant, at five in the morning. GeneralMweets,
with his Staff, went to receive =his Majesty, and the
whole garrison was under arms. .
PARIS, SEPT. W.—The journal de ]'Empire of
this day gives the 'present position of the French
army in Spain, in an article from Vittoria, dated the
-6th of September. The principal corps of the army,
Where, his Majesty is, holds the two banks of the
. Ebro, and all the defiles of the mountains of Bis-
cay; the head-quarters-at Miranda. The corps of
Marshal BESSIERES CliltiniS from Pancorbe. to Bur-
afos, which last city is held by the light cavalry-'of
Caeneral LASA LLE. The head-quarters of BESSIERES
are placed at Santa Maria. Defiles in the mountains
have been exploded which were hitherto UnknOwn,
and which will very much promote the further ope-
ratiOnS of the army. All the troops awaitwith im-
patience the signal for the combat, and burn with
desire to meet the guglish•
A great number of troops come here daily, who
go to strengthen the army of Spain. Marshal Joule-
DAN is arrived at his • head-quitters, and 'Marshal
NEY is expected to-morrow or the day after. The
Ministers and Members 'of the Junta of Bayonne
are at Miranda with, the King.
-PA R IS. SEPT. 18.—The Moniteur of yesterday has
notified, that the Meeting of the Legislative Body
is to take place on: the 25th of Oelober, and not on
the 28th, as formerly direaech
On the 16th a Council of State was held at St.
Cloud, at. which the -Emperor was present. ,On the
day before his Majesty was at Versaillea," where he
reviewed the 3d regiment of dragoons, on their
march to Spain. .
Letters front Tours, state, that a column of the
Grant! Army is speedily to pass through • that de-
partment, and that its passage will occupy 'twelve
days, in the proportion of about 2000 men a day.
In the like manner, 17.000 men of the same
'army are expected to pass through Nancy between
the 14th'and 226.—Preparationsare also made for"
the passage of a vast number of troops, both inCintry
and cavalry ; and a Portuguese regiment of cavalry,
aboctt a v,eel: ago marched through Lyons. A part
of the French troops in the kingdom of Italy have
received orders to break up, and to proceed.through
France to, Spain. 1.%t0 divisions of Italian troops
are also expelled in France ; but these, it is said, are
not to serve against. the Spaniards. Most of the
Polish troops which have been taken into French
paYl, and which amountt-to about 8000 men, have
already passed through Mentz.
It is said altar early next month the Emperor, will
leave this capital for Saxony. The Dutch Papers
already report, that the Emperor of Russia is to be
accompanied on his journey by the Hereditary Prince
of Saxe-Weimar, in whose.capital he is soon ex-
peeled to arrive.

The Journal de l'Empire has published particular
account of the joyful manner .in which. the King of
the Two Sicihes was received on his entrance into
Naples on the 6th instant. The same Paper gives
the 'following intelligence from Spain, in a letter
dated Vittoria, September 8 The Duke D 4
FittAs is appointed Envoy 'froth his Catholic Majesty
to the.limperor. of the French. The "appointment
for the Embassy to Vienna is completed, but is riot
yet wade public. DOD BAN ITO PARDO DE FIGUERA,
who WWI appointed Envoy to Pei..:rsbur.o by_FER-
DINANto VII. is continiaed in that clianeteir by his
Majesty, and new credeiltials have been transmitted
to hint.",

His Catholic Majesty arrived on the 31st at Cab-
horra; where he was received with the most lively
demonstrations of joy. The enemy„ who have lett
Tudela, are pursued in their flight.
PARIS, SEPT. 19.—The Moniteur of this day says,
that yesterday being Sunday, during the mass which
was celebrated at the Palace of St, Cloud, the oath
was administered to M. FONTANES, in his capacity
of Grand Master of the imperial University, by 419

Prince Arch-Chancellor of the Empire, in pre nee
of the Emperor; and upon the Holy Gospels, The
formula of the oath is as follows

SERB !--LI swear in the presence of Gocl., and of
yOur Majesty; to fulfil all- the citifies which are im-
posed upon me; and virtue of the office which
your Majesty has entrusted to me, to devote myself
to nothing else but to promote the attachment of'
the citizens to their Religion, to their Prince, to
their Country, and to their Ancestors, .by all the-
means which are in my power ; to cherish thepro-
gress of the sciences, of useful studies, and of good
morals; and, as testimonies to the. glory of your
dynasty, to perpetuate the. happiness of children,
and the repose of fathers of"families."
It is 'thought that the departure of his Mpjesty the
Emperor and King for Germany, is very near 'at
hand, for his Excellency the Minister for Fred
Atrairs will set out this evening, while his Eligbne4
the Prince of BENEVUNTO will take his departure to-
morrow,

General OUDINOT, Commander of the Grenadi6rs
of the Grand Army, has already passed thriiugh
Metz, .in the greatewhaste, for Germany. We are
assured that this General is appoiwted Governor of
the city of Erfurth.
General SEB ASTIANI goes to take the command of
a division of the Army of Spain. A regiment of the
troops of the Duke of NASSAU, 1700 strong, reached
Orleans the [4th instant, where it was reviewed 'the
same day by Field-Marshal the Duke of DA NTZIC.
011111 e 17th, this regiment set out on its march to
Chateauroux. Other troops of the Princes of the
Confederation of the Rhine are very shortly expeded
in that city.
HAGUE, SEPT. 23.—The Moniieur, and the other
Paris Newspapers, have again not arrived here to-
day by the usual post.
BILBOA, SEPT. 23.—0 n the 26th, 27th, and 28th
of August, was held here a general and extraordi-
nary Junta of the Province of Biscay, and under the
Presidency (by appointment of his Catholic` ajesty)
of his Excellency Don JOSEPH DOMINGO DE MAs-
SAREDO, Captain-General of ,the Navy, Minister
for Maritime Affairs, &c.

At the opening rif the first Sitting, and after their
fall powers had been delivered in by the Deputies
from t 13 Cominnniiies, which haVe the right of de-
putation to the General Assembly, in which to The
number of 108 were'present, the following Speech
was delivered by the President :

" Biscayans !--The unfortunate occurrences
which have indUced the king to give orders for as-
sembling the Deputies of these. provinces, must,
doubtless, be disagreeablb to you, chiefly on account
of the evils suffered by many of your countrymen.-
But you have the testimony of your own consciences, .
and the happiness of seeing that this province has
had no share in the insurreaion, which has been
excited only in the city of Bilboa, ley worthlesa per.:
sons of no weight, enemies as well of your province
as of the public tranquillity, and who led astray the ,
common people, ps is geperally the case, -for the
purpose of fettering the General Congress, .end sub-
stituting a cruel anarchy in its place.
" It is not unknown to you, Inhabitants of Biscay,
that these disturbances, and those which the whole
kingdom yet suffers, have arisen from the errs into
which the general feelings have been led away, and
by'giviipg more weight to indiviNal passfops than
to reason' and the common good.; and these have
risen to such a height, that the rights of widows,
the lamentations of children, the miseries of Mis
guided families, and general desolation, are counted
as nothing. Heaven grant that the mischiefs which
our native country has already suffered be .not fol-
lowed by new disasters ! For only by weighing well
the dangers which threaten Can it avoid them. ,
" There is no longer any untertainiy.' The EM:''
peror NAPOLEON cannot possibly depart from the.'
resolution which he has taken. The great Powers of
the Continent haVe acknowledged JOSEPIi
LEON as King of Spain, and have sent to their M-
inisters nev credentials. Dreadful armies approach
for the purpoSe of effeauating -the undertaking. :
" Biscayans ! his Majesty has ordered Me to nk-
serrible you, Ist. know from yourselves ‘A;hat
share you have had in the insurreaion excited in the
City of Bilboa ; whether you approved of or abhor.-
red it.-2d. To assure you, in case you disapprove of
it, that his Majesty has consigned to oblivion the
mistakes and errors of the insurgents, and that he -
will punish only the heads and beginners of the in-
surrection, with regard to whom the law must take
its course, for the purpose cif preventing them in fa-
ture froin.disturbing your repose a lid prosperity.-
3d. In order to make known to you his ,beneficent
designis, and to place befirre you and make you :ic-
quainted with his wishes for all that. may contribute
to the ptosperity of your country.
" You will deliberate on each of those subjects in
succession, and in the order in which they shall be
submitted to you.
" There .s!iall be. named a Committee of three
intelligent . persons, to whom it, shall be given in
charge, to spbMit to his Majesty all that mays con
tribute to' the accomplishment of the plans which.
'his Majesty !IS formed for. yotfr adValifr 4e--;:',for the
.King knowing how much my, soul haS been plung-
ed in grief by the news of the disturbance Which
have laid waste his country, has ordered Me imme-
diately, and in respe6t of the .affee,:ion which I bear
towards you, to make known to you the feelings-
by which his paternal goodness is animated in your
favour. I trust that I shall have the satisfadion'of
carrying to the foot of his Majesty's Throtie;•tiot
only the homage of your fidelity and gratitude, :hut,.
-also the assurance , that these reign, and shall ever
•
reign, in your hearts. This is for his Majesty the'
richest' glory of his Throne." t
Upon the delivery of this Address, the Members
of the Junta solymnly assured the President, that the _
Commons of the Province had no share in the in-
surreaion which had taken place ; that they them-
selves disapproved of and detested it, declaring at
the same time their feelings of atle6lion and loyalty
to his Majesty, &C. The President having received
these declarationS, communicated to the Junta the
regulations adopted by 'his Majesty for enabling the
province to enjoy the advantages ensured by the
Cotenution to the whole, kingdom, together with
speCial favours, tending to promote the manufac-
tures and commerce of Biscay—all which were re-
ceive'd by the Junta with the greatest thankfulness.
At the close of the Sitting of the following day,
the President, standing up, asked the Memoers of
the Junta, whether, in all that had been submitted
to their deliberation, every thing had not marked

die proofs erpaternal gOo(litess on the part of iiii
11,4je4y,' and of the arrang-ementS which he will
man for the•highest pro%perity of the country : they
replied with acclamations of applan,ie. He then
asked them, whether they lovingly, truly, and obe'
.diently took the oath to the King, JosrPit NAPO-
LEON; they replied, that they took this oath to Jo-
SEPH NAPOLEON, their Lord and King. 1
In the Sitting of the 28th August, his Excellency
communicated to the Junta a circular letter of sum-
mons to'all the parish-priests of the province. His
Majesty wished that they should assemble in the'
Cousistorial House, in order that his Excellency may
make known to them his just and beneficent designs
for the advantage of the priesthood, and the conti- '
Bence which his Majesty places. in the zeal of the
Clergy, and particularly in that of the parish priests,
l'x'hose religious instruelious .are the best means of
repairing the mistakes of the people." .
The Jupta have taken the necessary measures for
summoning and assembling this order of the Clergy-
as speedily as possible. . .
The 1.-resident closed the Assembly with a speech,
in which he declared his satisfaction with the trans-
aCtions of the Junta. .

MAI LS.
ARRIVED —z Waterford. Du E-- 1- Cottenburgh, t Dublin,
Waterthrd.

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THE SUN.

SOLgrYI QVIS DICIRX FALSIJM AUDZAT ?

L 0 ND 0 A\,

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1808.

We are happy to state that there is every reason
to believe that the whole of the Spanish Troops who

were so fortunately rescued from the French yoke in.
Denmark, have by this time arrived in Spain. Thel
passed down Channel borne days ago, without touch"
ing at' any' of our Ports. They were to land at soma
Port in the North of Spain, we believe at St. An•
der°.

Thee Fleet of Transports with Troops, which
sailed from Cork, have, arrived at Falmouth, whet-4
they will be joined by the other troops composing
the Expedition-.

Last night we received Dutch Papers to the 25th
ult. which '.contain intelligence _from Parts to the
19th. The servile Senate of 14-trance, it appears, aro
not only disposed to comply without remonstrance

with the orders of BUONAPARTE, but even to go be-
yond his wishes, ,and to sacritice thousands or theif
Country Men, not to promote the glory or to secure
'the inter,x4-of.l.France, bat to place the brother 0f
BUONAPARTE on the Thrdne of Spain. One hull-
died and sixty thousand fresh Conscripts. are to be
dragged from their homes for the purpose of ensla'
ing Spain, or, to use the language of the Senate, to
rescue the Spaniards from a shameful- yoke, and te
maintain a Constitution, freely discussed, adopte4
and sworn to !"

4UONApARTE, in order lo obtain tfiese extraordin-
ary levies, was obliged, however relu6tantly, to ad-
JKnowledge the reverses which his armies have sus'
tained. Instead of declaiming upon the universalicl.
which pervaded all ranks of people in Spain on the
arrival of their new Sovereign, the Moniteur no'r
speaks ofthe strong defensive position which the French
Armies occupy in Spain, and of
.the reinforcement;
which they are to receive; and BUONAPARTg, tirbo
but a few months ago' arrogantly assumed the righew
.of appointing a King of Spain and the Indies' "i
thinks it, a_sublea of exultation that he has been 3--(1
to appoint a aunta for the Province of 1316,:A)

As the following intelligence appeared only in a part nt
our Impression of yesterday, we think it ne,:essAri to insect
it again this day :

. . . .
monaeui of the 'Voth Sspf. has reached town'
It contains a most curious and interesting account 01
a Speech made by BUoNAYARTE to his Troops 0°
the Parade, the preceding day. It appears that t"
• o_,
intelligence of the Convention in Portugal has 004
been 'q so ao?eable:46' Boo' APARTE as the °II: •,
position Writiers in this Country have endeavoul°
to presuade us.
Soon afier the receipt of that intelligence, he -
sembled his Troops on the Parade, and told ale°
that their labours were by no means concluded ;
7they had traversed Austria and Prussia, but
..must now traverse France, crass the Pyrenees, 3/1
.take a dreadful vengeance upon the SpaniarCk for their
'Rebellion. The English, he said, bad contaminated
Spain,and Portugal with their presence, but rbeic
'success should not be of long continuance, for 1116
:Leop!irds of Spain, Portugal, and Ebgland, slO3-
al
all soon be devoured by the Eagles of France.
This is the substance of this most extraordinari
Speech, the whole of which is couched in such ex'
travagant terms, that it appears more like the raw:
ings of a madman than: the speech of a General
his soldiers.
It does no appear from Ihe Aioniteur, that this
speech was received with any marks of applause y
the soldiers.
The Moniteur does not cot.ta'n any ether jot':
gence of importance.

AN lIISTOEICA.!. PnCITALi OP THE CANIPAIqN OF WM.
NA,PAATE IN ITALY, iN TkIE Y EARS 1795 AVD 1797.

BATTLE Of ENOTTE.
This battle, with which the campaign of BUO7
KAPARTE in Italy commence)., can scarcely said
to merit a place io history. It was a partial engage-
ment, with little remarkaOle in it, and not an en-
counter of tw armies, as the word " battle" would
lead one to suppose. It is not the fault of BUONA..
PARTE'S historian, however, if we do not regard this
event as the most brilliant opening of a glorioas
campaign ! It is a real victory which
BLIONAPARtE
obtained over BEAULIEU in persOn. So his historian
assures us in the most direEt and positive terms. To
this there is but one objeEtion, tiamtly, that BEAU-
LIEU Was not at Montenotte; or near it ! He had
taken up his winter-quarters in Austrian LomuardY,
which he had not yet quitted when he heard of the
arrival of it),oou French at Voltri, under the com-
mand of General CERvONI. He was informed that
the objeEt of this General was to p'ish forward
either by the way of Vado or of. the Bochetta, for
the purpose of making a diversion in the neighbour-
.
of Tortona or Alexandria, while the rest of
the republican foites were advancing along that part
of the country called the Streights of Montserrat.---
The letter added, that if BEAULIEU wished to seize
the important Post of Motitebotte, he would do well
TO attack it before the gth of April, which was the
day appointed for reinforcing it. I can speak with
the utmost certainty of this letter, because it was
addressed to myself; and I dispatches it immediate-
ly to General BEAULIEU by the liandS of General
ROCCAVINA. This letter was dated the 30th of
March, and came from Vado.

BEAULIEU profited of this advice, and, to pre=
vent the &sips of the enemy, instantly ordered
D'ARGENTaAu to prOCeed with his small division to
Dego, so as to reach it on the sth of April, to march
to Montenotte on the 6th, and to attack it that very
moining in conjnoClion with the forces of General
RoceAvit4i. With regard to himself, he marched
with a detachment of 6000 Men Only to recover
VoltA. The businisS was so ably ccinclueted, and
his arrival at Voltri was so prOmpt; so sudden,
and so unexpected, that CeavON/ was absolutely
surprised ; and, in Spite of his superiority, quitted
the city in disorder, or, to speak more properly, fled
with the utmost precipitation, leaving a great num.
her of killed and wounded, besides more than 2000
prisoners-, whom flemnizt.f sent to Pavia.
Let the world judge by this of the contidence dtie
io the historian of the Corsican, Who writes, that
BEatiLitti ordered his Generals to attack Voltri
with 10,06 men the Stith Germinal or iOth of
April ;" while he attac,teclit in person on the Bth at
the head Of 6000 only. The same histdrian says
that CERv6 had bui 3000 Med, while be had as;
luredly 10,006 ; and he bestows the highest praise's
On this CeßvOrn, who; as he adds, defended himself
with the usual intreliiditg of the soldiers of liberty,
Whereai he made a shameful and precipitate retreat,
or rather flight, with a considerable lOSS Of men and
Stores °revery kind.
If the report of the historian is direCtly in the
face of truth respeeting the affair it Voltri, it is riot
less $0 in that of Montenotte. He atlirnis that this
post was attacked by IleAueictr; at the head of
15,000 men, on-the tith are as of April. In tills there
many errors as words. It was not BEAU-
LIEU who attacked Nlontenotte, but D'Attocwrzitt
and ROCCAVINA. They were not at the head Of
15,000 men, brit of 9600, Since their whole foree
consisted Of nine Austrian battaliOnS. They did not
commence the attack on the i 1 th, btit on the morning
of the toth. The only tact stated is; that, in spite of
the numerous reinforcements which the post had re-
ceived on the oth, all the positions Of the French
were attacked and carried, except the last, in which
they were enabled to maintain themselves. This
redoubt was defended by the Chief of Brigade,
RAMPON, who cohclueted himself like a brave man ;
but to make a hero of him, who, dur**4.; the whole
of the nigh!, with onlyfifteen-leuntlrect men, resided
the efforts of u n ei2tire ansy, within pistol-shot, is
to trespass a little on the bounds of truth ! I will
give the fad as it really happened.
The Austrians arrived in front of this last redoubt
'whet) the evening was already far advanced. Ge-
"erali Tj'AmgcNrzAty and ROCCAVINA, to favour
their troops, and 1-ive them an opportunity of taking
breath, after an aaion which had lasted the whole
of the day, thought it prudent to suspend the attack.
They contented themselves, therefore, with taking
the most advantageous positions after which, a
very slack and ineffeetual fire took place on both
sides, which seemed to have no ether objea than a
reciprocal alarm. A brisk and serious attack was
Thant to be made before the morning broke, but
most unfortunately, General ItoccAvms was dan-
gerously wounded, and obliged to be instantly taken
hum Montetiotte. to Dego to be dressed. I speak
of fasts which arc intimately known to me, since I
xea3 Dego ~vlieu RoccAvisn arrived.
This gallant man, before he quitted Montenotte,
1131 takca. care to advise D'ARGENTPAU to assault

the 'An-alit daring the night, ih'itt, when the French,
who :were expected in great force the following
morning, should arrive, they might find tne
Aus-
tria:ls in posse3sion of that important post► 4Att,
GENTEAU gave him his word, and—did nothing
This was an error of no small importance ; and the
miserable consequences which resulted from it had a
powerful influence on the whole of the campaign.

In faci, soon after min•rise the next Morning,
IteARGENTEAU saw the French marching in ftom
all quarters : he took fright instantly,, and ordered
the drums to beat a retreat. Never was it executed
With more promptitude. Before ten o'clock there
was not a single Austrian at Montenatte, except
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such as, not being able to fly with the rapidity of the
rest, chose rather to surrender, than lose their lives
by an unprofitable resistance.

BUONAPARTE boasts of having prepared and de-
cided this victory, by pushing the troops of his
centre and left wing upon the flank and rear of the
Austrians, where MASSE VA appeared scattering terror
and death!

What is proved by these poetic rhapsodies ? that
BUONAPARTE brought up immense forces against a
very feeble enemy ; and that he seeks to exaggerate
his success, by creating or magnifying, in his dis-
patches, obstacles that have no reality ! Thus he per-
tinaciously maintains, that LA HARPE and BEAU-
LIEU charged hint with fury, while BEAULIEU was,
at least, fifty miles from Montenotte—since he was
then at Aqui, as can beproved by all the inhabi-
tants of the place, who know perfealy well
what a paroxySlT) of rage he fell, when he understood
that IYARGENTEAU, whom he had ordered to attack
Montenotte on the 6th of April, had not attempted
it till the

It must, however, be admitted, that BEAULIEU,
iiprin hearing of the advantage which DARGENTEAU
and ito'ccatvact had gained, and that nothing but
the list redoubt remained to force, determined to
join theni,'and was on the point of beginning his
march, when; just as he was mounting his horse,
he received intelligence that D'ARGENTEAU had sa-
crificed all the adtrantages which the attack of the
evening had procured him:

To render the affair mare tragical, BUONAPARTE,
or his Historian, affirms that the two Generals,
TYARGENTEAU and ROCCAVINA, were dangerously
wounded in the battle of Montenotte, while the
fad. is, that ROCCAVINA was not in it, having been
wounded the evening before, and taken to Dego,
and it is equally matter of fad, that IYARGENTEAU
escaped safe and sound from the battle, having lost
nothing but his honour !

All these faits are still present to me, as they all
passed under my own eyes.
I was at Dego with ROCCAVINA, when we first
heard of the lamentable retreat of D'ARGENTEAU.
I recollea perfe&ly that about ten in the morning, I
was riding on the road leading to Mon tenotte, when
I saw a crowd of peasants running towards me. I ask-
ed them the news, and they replied, with every mark
of affright, " you will soon see them with your own
"eyes, at Dego. Montenotte is quite covered with
" Frenchmen. As soon' as the Austrians saw them
" at a distance, hastily marching towards them in
" great numbers; as well from Savona, as Albizola,
" they took to their heels even more nimbly than
" us, and it is now some hours since they quitted
" Montenotte"

Nothing could equal my astonishment ; I return-
ed as quickly as possible, and acquainted ROCCA vz-
NA with the fatal news.

My good friend," said he, with a smile, " do
not believe it. What these peasants have told you
respeEting-the flight of our troops, cannot possibly
be. They are not accustomed to see armies in ac_
tion, and have perhaps mistaken for flight, some re-
trograde motion of D'ARGENTEAU, which he has
made, either because he has not attacked the redoubt,
as he, promised, or because he has not been able to
Carry- it, Reside,, if he was no longer at Monte-
notte, where would he have retreated to preserve
his troops certainly here—to Dego. He cannot
be ignorant of the advantages of this position, nor
of what importance it is to secure it. He knows
too, that without his detachment, We cannot reckon
on any long resistance. An,:, to snm up all, if D'AR-
GIVITEAU bad chosen any other retreat, be would
certainly have sent me word of it, that I might pro-
vide as well as possible for the security of this post,
as well as of myself."

He had hardly spoken, when he dispatched one
of his Aids-de-Camp towards Mon tenotte, escotteci
by three hussars. Not one of the four returned ;
they were all taken prisoners.

We passed the rest of the day in a state of the most
distrerNing uncertainty ; but at length, towards
night, official advices arrived from D'ARGENTEAU,
that the enemy had compelled him to retire-to Pa-
retic) (a place situated in the rear of ,Dego, and
about three hours march from it), but that he would
not fail to hasten to his assistance the thoment that
the firing of cannon should announce that the French
bad conunenced an attack en Dv,.

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This intelligence was a stroke of thunder to Roc-
.• . ,
CAVINIA.He had,passecl the whole of the day in a
state olangui,ih, and this letter completed his misery.
He burst into tears, and, perceiving that I was
deeply affeded at it, he exclaimed, f‘ My grief is
P9ignant and profound---.D'ARGENTuAu, my friend,
Pas committed three etrors, each more enormous
than the preceding. He failed to attack, Monte-
tiotte on the day fixed by General BEAULIEU ; he
yesterday failed to assault the last redoubt of Monte-
none, as we had determined; and,he has now left
exposed to the enemy's fire the post of Dego, whiCh;
in our present circumstances, is of the utmost_ ,im-
portance td k the army. This last fault is the most
serious and unpardonable. I foresee a thousand ca-
lamities at hand which will fall in thunder on our
troops ; and it is horrible to think that the glory of
our Master and the honour of our nation are both
about to be compromised."

Enough, and more than enough, perhaps, has been
said on the affair of Montenotte, to which BUONA-
PARTE and his flatterers have given an importance
to which it is by no means entitled. As it was the
first transaaion of the new General, all France, and
indeed all Europe, was taught to re-echo the cry of
a prodigious victory. As it was the objet to im-
pose BUONAPARTE on the world as an ALEXANDER,
more than one attempt was made to assimilate the
battle of Montenotte to those of the Arbella or the
Granicus ! And what methads were taken to give
plausibility to this absurd romance ? The affair was
altered in its substance and in its circumstances; falls,
which had no existence, were created; and the most
intrepid and shameless quackery took the place oftruth.
A general battle was fabricated, where there was only
a partial action ; and an obstinate resistance imagined,
where scarcely the slightest was made, since D'AR-
GENTEAU did not venture to dispute the ground.
Three Austrian Generals were brought forward,
who made a gallant defence; namely, BEAULIEU,
who was at the head of fifteen thousand men,
exclusive of considerable reinforcements, and Roc-
cAVINA and D'AaoENTgliti, who commanded
considerable corps. Good ! Every syllable of this
is fiaion—pure fiaion. BEAULIEU was at a vast
distance from the field of battle; ROCCAVINA was
at Dego, dangerously wounded; and the only one
of the three present was D'ARGENTEAU, who had
only eight or nine thousand men with him, and
whose early retreat had all the characteristics of a
flight !
Let the Reader now judge of the degree of credit
due to this first report made by BUONAPARTE to the
Direaory. It is a vile and Contemptible mass of
falsehoods. One would think that it was SOSIA,
who, not being present at the battle, was attempting
to give hie master, AMPHITRYON, an account of it,
just as if he had seen every thing !
What however is too clear to escape notice in this
transaaion, is, that BUONAtARTE had already begun
to avail himself of that grand resource of corruption,
to which' he undoubtedly owes the greatest part of
his military success : for we must be stupid, as well
as blind, not to discover that D'AEGENTEAU, the
only General whom he had to deal with at Monte-
notte, was, at once, a coward and a.traitor. He
was a traitor, an infamous traitor, who did not at-
tack Montenotte at the time prescribed by his Gene-
ral, but calmly waited. till it had been reinforced !
Re was a traitor, an infariadus traitor, who, in his
retreat, or rather flight, kept at a diitance from
Dego, and left a post entirely exposed, which was
of the utmost consequence to the safety of the
Austrian army.

We have received a private Letter frOm Lkbon,
which states, that the publication of the ProcLima-
lion signed by Generals BERESFORD and KELLERMAN,
(inserted in our Paper of yesterday) has created
the utmost discontent in the French Army. Gene-
ral JuNoT in particular was perfeatly enraged at the
loss of his plunder, and has issued a formal protest
against the interpretation which General KELLER-
MAN has put upon the Convention.

On the other hand, KELLERMAN contends tbat
the interpretation was correct, but says he did not
intend that the Proclamation should be published,
as it will ruin him in the egimation of the French
Army.

Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, his Royal High-
ness the Duke of KENT, Princesses SOPHIA, Au-
GUSTA, and Am2LIA, accompanied by Lady HOWE,
Lord WALSINOHAM, General FITZROY, and Colonel
TAYLOR, took their usual ride in Windsor Park, and
returned to the Palace. at twelve o'clock.

Captain SCHONBERG is appointed a Commissioner
of the Navy, not a Commissary, as erroneously stated
in the public Prints.
The French have lately built and launclied.a Ship
of the Line at Genoa, but attempts had been made
to destroy her, since which time she has been con-
stantly guarded by soldiers.
Orders have been received at Portsmouth to fit out
several old Frigates. Some line-of-battle Ships are to
be paid off, and their crews to be turned over to the
Frigates.

Yesterday afternoon, four waggons, loaded with
dollars, were sent from the Bank, escorted by a par-
ty of the Life Guards, to Portsmouth, to be shipped
I-Qr Spain.

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LLANDS OF SCILLY, SEPT., 2,4,o—Came in three
Transports from the coast of Portugal, with troop 4
and horses on board, to rendezvous 31. Falmot-ah,
till Sir DAVIDBAIRD'S arrival from Ire;and.t
SEPT. 25.—An ved the London Packet, PuR-;rs
Master, from 'Trinidad, bouni to Liverpool, with
sugar, last from Falt”,)uth.

Arrived the Ann an.! Sara?, of Liverpool, BAY-,
11. ER Master, from Portsmouth, with cu 1s for this

Garrison.

SEPT. 26.—Passed by a large Fleet of Transports,
from Ireland, having the troops under Sir DAVID
BAIRD, to rendezvous at Falmouth.

PORTSMOUTH, SEPt. 30.—Arrived the Triton,
EVANS, and Lord Nelson, PEARSON, from the C;.pe
of Good Hope, which place they left on the Gth of
July last, with the following Transports under con-
voy of the Cormorant Sloop of War, viz. the Wel-
lington, HARRISON, Albion, ADIE, BrienSWiti,
BARRETT, Henry, LESSLIE, Doris, L3UCTJB2, He-
lena (Merchant-ship), JONES, for London, touched
•
at St. HELENA the 20th ofJuly, sailed on the E.)sth,,
parted company with the All'ion, ADZE, off the Cape
de Verde Islands in a gale of wind.

The Triton brings word that the India Fleet, out,
ward-bound, sailed from the Cape on the 25th June;
having taken in Troops there. There were four sail
of outward-bound India Men at St. Helena when
they touched ; no Transports at the Cape when they
sailed; the Flortz, CLARK, was at Allaza Bay, load-
ing wood for the Cape.
Also arrived several Transports
.under convoy of
the Brazen. Sloop of War, from Portugal; among
them the Ann and the Catherine; the Master of the
former reports that three of the Fleet were taken oft.
the Wight, and.we have heard that the Brazen wits
ordered direCtly to sea, to look after them.

, FALMOUTH, SEPT. -2 . —Arrivei a Fleet of Trans_
ports, from Cork, to join.thc Cxpedition lying.here,
largeA Fleet from the Baltic ariived off Gotteu-
burgh the 20th ult. . „