The Sun.
London, England, 1808-03-16 00:00:00

AUITAIAN DECLARATION.

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noring thO war. which was concluded by the Pente
of Tilsit, his linperial Royal and Apostolic Ma-
jeAty has continually
,endeavoured to impress the
.Acliigerent PoWQrs:witli the motives which ought to
jtiductt them to concur in endravouring to procure a
QYnerfil Peace. Thu Court of Vienna, from that
flaw, drclared its stititinunts to thoCithicta of St.

.
- As ali further representation was now evidently
ineffeatual,.a final Notification was sent on tlie.e2d
of December to -Prince STA I-MEN/11E1W, WiliChlte4;
peated the Orders of the 30th of O.ober, and di,
reMed itini before his departure. to give in _a MAI;
explaining the motives of the condua of the Ccmyt
of Vienna towards that of London. These dispatches.
did not, however, arrive in 'London till. Prince.
STAIUtZMBERG bud applied for and .recei,,,ect his
passes, and he no longer could , have .eornmanica-
flans with the Secretary of State, and'deliver in the
Note whiCh bad been transtnived to
This representation,:wbieh is confined to the of i•
cial communications that have passed between:the
two Governments, is sufficient t 4 show, 'that tlid
•Cabinet of St. James's cannot mistake the 'ea ,:s
nor the motives which, have induced his Apps
toile Majesty to break, off •the connection which
has hi‘hetto existed between Ant•tria and Great
.Tt. _Emperor nevertheless wishes to ter
the •moment arrived, when the Court of London,
sensible of its true interests, 'shall, with calmness
anal justice, judge of and compare the situation of
England with that of the other Powers, and there.
by enable his Majesty to renew
.with it his foriner
fr'wndiy qouneetions,
Vitoina Feb. 18.

e- 7•ry.

GEYERtIL If7IITELOCKE's

Th Trial has now contiuded, and though the
Sentence of the Court has not yet transpired, it can
tau it.vc of I,,ittry our ii Considerrd as any
vt iiittiot; ut the Onlvr or the Court Nbrtial if we
p tli,,t a ,ketch)it the Trial.--The length ut it ren-
d' 'fkr Paper to give it in detail :
it would .occupy a volume of' considerable 'size.—
collowtn,; Sketch ts kaken from, a frill and,
accurate ic,.port, with Whleli we have bean t:tyotued,
and, w tiich publkhed to-morrow by TtPkit,
of . • , •
Tile Trial I:cnonlwchced iita tfhi 28tb of Jantli.lii.L•

Af,e) tho wunes of the Meinhers upon the
Court Martial had peen lead, the Deiiiity. Judge
Advocate read the ChArges, which we publi,bed
some tioe ago, The Judge Ad
vocate then 'Address-
ed the (7,ourt, e):pattawi tipoo the iniportance of
;Non, acct t.h melancholy result 14:4
h a:t,,,idetl an Expvdhion, which was its the
niou Of those who planned it more than adequate
to its He dwelt upop the chs.
apt,i ,tweet ro the. boiwg, w hio had beco enter-
_ taitkeil lig new markets for cur maninaaures,
stun, s(4,110:1 tor our indUstry. fle derived some
cowlation, however, from the courage and.good

con,diwt which,, our troops had evinced iti moments
the'. most Ming ;„he noticed the reports which had
beep in circulation-,reports sea, unfavourable io Ge.;
nerai ITitt,ocs,r; ; he exhorted the Members to
dism)so froto t:..eir memory every retledion they had
heard
,i.c;speoing these unfortunate events. He in-
sst!..:4l titul the otderi :and the dispatches of General
Wm frkr.ocrowould, without any other evidence,
'be found to I.)e. abundantly sufficient to call upon
Getwrai WIJITELop 'for. his defence, In order
that the ini;estigation „might be complete, and full
justice be done, he hati suannoned all the, persons
c:,nitec.tod ExPLAlitiuti,
4111)0101k; 6eneral WurrE7
' LOC4.IF. 10 Comularktof the I:4,peclitipti was read,
es wellasthe !psi rtictions he had received from the
Commander ,in , Chief and GoVernment,. and the
Disotenes from: General NVIIITP,I4OpIS.I.I. After
some discussion, the Court deterubined to, the,
case intoi.,A. 0 pans—the one .embraeing. the period
to the close of the •Ith of July, the other from the
4th of July to the si:;nature of the Definitive
Tre,ty.
.4.-Quncral GOIVE,II was then called in and

exairiiid. tic bulled iu hubstance, that he had pro-
eeedld tight England with Uiner i 1 NVIIITELOCKE ;
in the River Mate he had pro-
.

teed:,‘.! • to Ctilttlietl, to bring away the garrison ;
!tali joined the fleet afterwards, on the 26111 June,
and Lluded on the 28th, haying received orders to
ad with, a division to the heights abovte the
mitrasp•,, With the 33111, and a7ill Regiments.
This ,ho did on the tst of July On the 2d- he was,
ordered to advancc aod try to discover a pasS across
tht. Rio It he. did discover it, he was to
make a lodgmelit on the other side, and open p com-
munication with the.: Navy.-7 BrigadieV-GOlngal
CIi4UVUitD having :seen a considerable 'body tit the
Ettemy desired to attack thew, which ho (General
Gowaa)..consented t 0...
The Willies:is then plvanced with his Brigade, and,
that of CIiAUVOLU) allaCked the Enemy,
sow) Jett:ate(' them, iind took 1 0 pieees.of camioo.
Being, jotted by General Lou cu.y's Brigade, the
Witness: stilt to eutmnon the Spanish Commander
to suriender„ ..who eApresed a wish to know upon
what .ttirn3B. ;Witness transmitted to him the
ferroft,.. with which' he had, been furnished by Gen.
WurreLocKE, and he afterwards gave the Spanish
Coinminder's answer to General .WIIIII3.QCKE.
Ott the ad July'a skirmish took place between his
picepleto and the Enerhy, why Ii continued till the
arrival of Qe.n. WH/TELocite with tlie main body, of
the army, and then the command of the Witness
ceased. The 'Witness then proceeded! to give all-
Accotlnt of the .extteme chilto:titles which' lie. met
With of his march, of the at tempts .made.by„the
enemy to impede him, and of his want of provisions.
toe4th, tint Oliicers commanding Brigades.- and
itcgimilits, were ordered to attend at Gen, V}lj Est
LOCKC'g. (inarirs, to rect.ire dircelions.kr the attack
on :Buenos Ayres on the :bth, The Witness said, the
holaility of the people against the British was.impla-
cableond 21S far. as his observation went, he did, not
believx.,there Was one man in. Spanish AMerica at-
tached to the .Bruish COW., IrthO whole Army had.
blen colltted, nyd theattack madeon 'Buenos Ayres
11031!e t2d;. the Witne43 was of opinion-that the! piaee
would li.4ve,been.carried. .The Witness had fora:lett
a. phin tor lite attack on Baenos Ayres, the basis of
which was %cry:similar' to that of General
CO CK E . re, appeared to, be a general .confidence
among the Utrlcet.s. that the plan wouldsneceed.—
There were iao General, Order 4 given with respect
tO iv paint of retreat in case the attach tailed,
The do tWitness called was Lienteeant Colonel.
1.30111:K ft iliter.giving an account of the arrival of
Gen. Worracocax at Buenos Ayres, be stated
that ,ho wts sent:op the River to look opt 'for a pro-
,per• place for be landing of the Troops, preparatory
t(ithe attar: kupoti Buenos Ayres, and said that Enhe-
nada aopeaved to hint to be the only place,where the
Troops could land urtd.tr cover of the ships of wart
then entered into a. regular.detail of the landing
of the Troops at Ensenadri, and .of the.march of the
alai:went divisloos of the Army until they arrived be-
fore 'Buenos Ayres k lle also gave an account of the
the measures adopted on -the 4th July,. the day be-
NI,• the attack. The evening bet Ore: the attack.
General. Wit Shewed the Wit ness,the plan
of attack, and asked him his opinion upon the, slit,-
iret. Witnv;s said, her thought it would. slicceti.:
bnt= it appeared to him to tut, n'completely new tike,
:and an, he did not remember to have heard of tt 4i-
intlar plan of attack. Wit tifis objected io.the order
tOr making 'no prisoners, which. Gen. Wttyr.aLooit,F,
sail, Would leave mit. General Wnrri:nooto,..,
never stated'. to.a he .Witne3s the , precise plan. on
which It.'!,:i(itc-nded to aP...1, bit lit colleCted from,
c:oilVvi'4:Ainti3, that tilt". General meant ,to place
whin body at the itecota, and ektend trout
th-oce it the shipping, and take shell ineasnrs
a zatitt,t thelown as encentitances might require ~
of ird hint Ittltht2r say, that•lu vi•tiuld itoyer,y
"cannon.; how he sutiered the twit to.enter,,thelnyyn,:,
it w;ot understood that he thenot •to 'employ herivy!
itrulktry aginost it. 'lti act! to ti (11101400, whe-:
thee Gen. WarTgLooKu had meonnoiti-ed the ap-•
itroaelasi to the town on the ad and 4th July,. the
Wit nesi. stated that he-did not see him reconnoitre,

nor dielles ever hear that On his crost-ex-
•
Lamination by Gen. Witerie.Ocert,e he; said, •
lieyed that every possible Means had. been adopted:-
tie procure intelligence. The Witness was of opinion
that-it .was moreedvisable to land ateEnseneda than
at Kilmas, the place where ,General Bel espotto
landed. in answer to some questions proposed by
the Court,. tiler-Wheeler stated; that if the 'Enemy-, •
had made a vigorous 'resistance at the Chico Puss, or
had attacked the advanced Corps under Gen. Gow-
pt, he dig not believe thaeGen. \Vein's:Lot:et could
have given him any immediate or necessary supporL
Brieedier-General Craufurd said,- that he -come'
tnandcd the light brigade, width funned diesels e
Vaned guard 'ot the army—that hie division land-
ed at Ensenada on the eeth June. On the to etlehe
marched off On- the road to.Buenos Ayres by Rome
Of Reduction, and took a position in trout of Re-
cilletiUit on' the t st July ; his brigade was always at
'the distance Of tour or five miles from Brigadier-Ge-
neral Lutnley's, under the immediate. command of
.Major-General Gower; on the ed he received an
order to be in yeadinesseto march -at nine o'clock.
Before nice General Gower came to him, and it 'VVAS
determined ty turn the enemy's position by passing
the ClUlt:10 high up. 'The Enemy-was st*.i) on the
opposite hank, and after a march of two or three
hours, • he saw General Whitelocke'edivision, which
he was impresied ewith • the belief was following.
-General Crauterd's. division, passed the river, and
took possession of some heights about three quarters
of a mile- distant from the Ford ; the Enemy 'seemed
already, in a state .of contusion, which it was im-
portant • to take advantage of. Advancing on t .e•
road which leads -into the' town by the Coral des
Misenari; a shot was fired from. a' gee placed over
the Cerel. General 'Gower'. said, we turn the right.
.and left flanks, and conceiving this, to be an'order
to attack the Enemy, General Craufurd obeyed.
-The Enemy 'Soon gave way, treeing twelve pieces of
'artillery behind theta; they were put-Sued for -about
three quarters of a mile. General C. theft received
'an order to fall back to the Coral, but as it appeared
'to him to be desirable to follow the. Enemy ieto the
.town, he requeeted that General to tallow him to do
"so, ,' I telt 'convinced," said 'General Craufurd,
" that if the main division under General White-
lecke ' had been as near as I thotight it might have
been, wc'certainly should have hiker) the town teith ,
ease." 'I had very strong doubts whether we might
not have taken it with General Gower's corps, In
answer to this message I had so- sent by (;aptein.,
Squires, I received a second and peremptory order
to tall back to the Coral, the General stating at the
same time, that: our wounded (which did not exceed
six °dicers and thirty men) might be cot wile, the
straggling parties of thelEnemy which had beet) ho-
vering about os. Just at the time I beg-an to retire,
I discovered Ilea Genera Luitiley'e brigade had ar-
rived immediately on my right. Early on the morn-
ing of the ede General Goseer sent Brigade Major,
Roche with a flag of truce ' into the town, with a
verbal summons, as. the -Major-General Informed.
tan`; and the Brigade-Major returned er con seqtieeeee
as 1, understand,'
.of a 'desire expressed by General
Leticia, that whatever. the Major-Getieral• had to
propose might be. done in westing. Brigade4le;ur
Roche Was accordingly sent Wei: with lever,' eons.
propesel of. eertoineet tllti,.! hie b the Major-
Getiezel shewed to bv:.ot, c,e. sent' it He • did'
not ask my opinion as to the contents of it, our did
I Mow that it was written from. any particular hie
Strudious from General Whitelocke'; but. I under.
stood that he had .received InstruCtions to suinniot) •
the town. The only observation I took the liberty
of making on the letter was, that as General Linters
was accused of breaking the convetiti,•n with General,.
Beresford, it did appear to me to he matetiate in
making any such proposals to him, to say something.;',
which -might remove any apprehensions which he
might entertain with respect to the wanner in width'
he.might be treated by us if he should fall into our
hands. When Major Ruche retired, Gen. Gower
informed me that General Liniers' answer was ex-
pressive of a determination to'defend the town. All
• this eccurred at noon before, General Whitelocke
came up. , Early in the morning of the 4th, inobtie
thence to orders -1 had received, 'I went to
.General
Whitelocke's quarters, for the purpose of taking his
eestrnetioes With respect to the •etteck en the town,'
which he had then determinedto make et noon thin'
day. After I had read the dispoiition, Gen. White,
lecke took me :bride, and said, that .he felt so Much
reluctance inadopting a measure; which must be at
tended with so great an eitfusion'Of blood, that he had
,determinad to rienttauothersummons to the Sponish
Gepend, He showed rue a, letter; and certainlyupUn
Wet occasion he did ask MY °Oleic!) of the propriety
of sending it. I told him, that in My opinion he had
better not ,send it that the determination expressed'
it) the answer to, the first sununtinte, and. the Whole
of the Enemy's conductsince,. induced the to be-
lieYe that the letter would produce no good effeele
and that they would rather consider it as betraying a
want of competence on our , yart. This was :the
exact substance of our. conversation ; which tertnie
mod with the, General's expressing a determination
to send Captain W hittinghatu, with the letter. The
disposition was afterwards read and explained on the
plan, to Cammending Officers of Brigades. I did
not understand, truth any thing that passed, that
either myself or the- other Brigadieri were celled
there to'give their opinipn upon the propriety of the
disposititee but for the :purpose of bei macro ac-
qUainted with the detail of it. Mr. White, Who.
shad resided a' considereble time at BuepOS AYethe
gave us, some information, which we afterwerde
found to be perfeetly correa, reseeeling the dispo-
sitions and defensive arrangements which thelnemy
had wedeln the town since the evening of theed.
A' part of, the order of attack Was, that the columns
were te,be provided with tools end impleMents for
brakingpoop houses; but 1 really believe it was
ituposswie for this order to be obeyed to any extent,
for the tools could not be .proCered in a soffit...tette
quantity. ,
On the 4th July, Mr. White told me, and seve-
ral other Officers, ire Gen. Whiteloeke'e room, that
he was tuformed•hy.peoele who' had lately lett the
tpwie that the Enemy had.. etreugly teureeeeee
fleeie;elves, and• placed heavy; canntre the
sire e 6; keeine hot) the great tit:l;lre, where he' 611:7
ev!itrilted the principal part S. his foes,;. The•ee-
sitioe'Vve aftetevards found litikbeen 'eprreetly
the 1116' enemy; ikhd. the' pki-
sltioti he had-rake°, liteteiel was taken prisl TCr, tortietd
out tp be just as Mr. White had described it on the
4th. yesterday stated, .aed I 2111 UQW Wavinc4d,

that it'tLe main body of the army had, been, in a
sit pat to support the advance corps on the 2d, the,
"town'ivuld have been carried with ease. I thought
so at troe.time, because during ther,greater part of
'the march on the 52 d, we had seer-in the field what
conceived to be the bulk of the enemy's forces in
'notion. •By our movement, and what we observed'
of theirs; - it was evident • we had turned their original -
position,ond that they were eneged in attempting
to change their front, and take up a new position on
that side the' town ; and there certainly therefore
was every reason to believe we had defeated a con-
siderable division of th it army : during this move-
ment they were. not prepared for the defence of the
interior 01-the town on that side. I was afterwards
informed by a Spanish Officer, that we should have
been in the town before the greater part .of their
army. •