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London, England, 1809-09-02 00:00:00

costs of FrancO, and has finished by landing on the
Isiand of Weleheren, part of the kingdom of Hol-
land. The Minister 'of War, upon receiving the
first notice of thi, invasion, took every precaution
with that zeal and ability which might hFe been
expected from a man enjoying the confidence of the
Emperor.
" Detachments of the national guard; have been
called up to serve ; regiments of the line have been
put in motion. A considerable train of artillery .
has been sent to the, frontiers of Holland, and En-
gineer Officers have been sent to throW up works
wherever the 'situation of the country was best
adapted for them.
" The Minister of Marine, a&uated by the same
zeal, has sent similar instruaions to the Navy, and .
every precaution pus been taken by him. • Nothing •
that could • tend to the security of Antwerp has been
omitted by either; and, in consequence of these
combined precautions, the enemy has not yet been
able to appear on the frontiers of-theempire.". • •
Extra& from the Report of Count Hunenburg,
Minister of War, to the Council held by the Arch-.
Chancellor of the Empire, August 14 :-.-
" On the 29th of July, the English Expedition
made its appearance before the Islands of Walcheren
and Cadsand, and living lost a number of men by
the resistance of one of our brigades, made good
their landing on the north side of Walcheren, and.
took possession of Middleburgh and
,Camp Vere,
Which defended itself for 30 hours. They afterwar=ds
took possession of South Beveland, in which island,
the important fortress of Bathz was abandoned three
hours before they arrived.
" As soon as I received information of these pro-
ceedings, I used every possible dispatch to give the
necessary directions, in consequence . of the orders.
received from the Emperor previous to his depar-
ture, to send reinforcements to the points threaten-
ed by the enemy ; and in less than three days an
army of twenty thousand men was colleaed, under
the orders of the General Senator Ratnpon, in the
lines on the Scheldt, which divide Holland from the
Empire of France. At the same time the .General
St. Suzanne was threatened in vain at Boulogne, be-
ing situated in such a manner-as to repel the enemy.
Since that period these armies have been reinforced.
The Imperial battery on the island of Cadsand, a 6
well as the cue of Napoleon, have kept up:a most
tremendous fire on the English ships which attempt--
ed to voice the passage of the Scheidt between
Flushing and BNskens, and they have cortipelle4.
the enemy. to _seek another • passage bn the side of
Zealand. The fortresses of Lillo and Liefkenshock,
which are so construaed, as to keep a cross fire at
the entrance of the Scheldt, towards Antwerp, de-
fend the approach to the harbour and doct;.-yards of
this important place, which has, for so many years,
excited the envy of the enemy. These fortresses
have of late been formidably strengthened. .
" The vanguard of the army of the North is now
-united on the Scheldt, and is already very formida-
ble, exceeding in numbers the force which the ene-
my is supposed to have. Our troops are united at
Bergen-op-Zoom, with the army which the King of
-Holland commands in person,
,and the left wing of
the army extends itself from Antu,erp- along the
Scheldt, to the island, of cadand, proteeting the
Noethelit frontier of our Empire. Every person's
question is—What are the intentions of the English ?
tor, by the precautions taken to defend Antwerp,
all their attempts will be rendered abortive. Under
, . these circumstances, the Emperor has. given the
command of both these armies to the Prince of Ponte

VIENNA, AUG. B.—The Emperor of Austria is in
Moravia, at a country seat of Count Cobentzel. The
Court de Webner, wno had returned to the Em-
peror, is expeded to-day or to-morrow at Schoen-
brunn, with an answer from his Sovereign to the
conditions of peace, which the Emperor Napoleon
bad refused to ratify.

MR/VILA-3 Waterford. Dug—I Gottenburgh, i Malta,
i Dublin, 1 ‘Vaterforcl.

THE SUN.

SOLIM QUIS DiCRRI FALSUM ♦UDRAT

LONDON,
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1809.

Corvo, and the two corps of übiervation now at
Wesel and 1-1.3),pel are under thz orders of Marshals
Kelleral:tn an '4 Moncey."

Yesterday about 100 sail of transports, having on
board cavalry and artillery horses, arrived in the
Downs. from Flushing.

We yesterday, in a part of our Impression, stated

the arrival of Dutch Papers to the 23d ult. In the
course of the evening Dutch Papers to the 25th ult.
were received. We have made ample extraas from
these sources of intelligence, which, at the present

moment, are of considerable interest.
li\r;

The great question of Peace or oetween An-
stria and France .appears to be still undecided. If
we are to believe the articles in these Paper.., rehting,
to this subject, no material obstacle existed to the
conclusion of Peace. The state of the Negotiation
is, however, involved in considerable obscurity,
and no fad is given which can form the basis'of
any decided opinion. NAPOLEON is said to have
left Vienna for Raab, to be , present at a most
important conference, from whence he was to pro-
ceed to Patois, and a hope is expressed that the con-
,ference would ensure peace to the Continent ;
With whom the conference was to take place,
we are not informed. The ,Vmperor of Austria is
stated to have been at...a considerable distance from
Raab, at a country' seat belonging to.the Count Co-
BENTZEL, in 'Moravia. 'The Dutch Minister has for-
malty intimated that “. the Continental peace is
about to be assured ;" but' OiliS will not, perhaps, be
considered as an authority on which much reliance •
-ought to be placed, We mentioned yesterday the
arrival of Letters-from Vienna of the Bth nit. staling
the improbability of Peace, and we do not meet in
the Dutch Papers with any article which tends
really to *contradict that statement. Some pains
seem to be taken to impress a belief of the
probability of the speedy conclusion of Peace,

and an ex.peaation is held out pf the imme-
diate return of NAPoLkoN to Paris; but there
appears no better foundation for all this than cou,
jt-aure ; and, at any rate, amidst so much confr2.-
diction and obscurity, there is nothing to justify the

formation 'Of,any decided opinion, except that Nit-
POLEON has met with considerable obstacles, in his
attempt to diaate an, humiliating Peace to Austria,
and that consegnently the latter Power is still
sessed of sufficient strength to enable her to.remain
firm in her position.

tiAGUF., AUG.. 20.—Letters of the' 16th inst.
from the ['riper Rhine, stge, flat the negociations
(o 1 peace are carried on (since the 7th insLut) -at
Altenburgh, a castle of the Duke of Teschen's, on
the Danube, in Lower Austria, neat-411e flontieis of
Hungary.
21.—At the moment of closing our paper,
we have received accounts from Palls, dated the 17th senee of our Expedition in the Scheldt. Respeaing
inst. which stale, that the Emp.ress had arrived at ,
I )je e hive extra ep. sevei I articies, in-
Malmaison, and that the Emperor was expetted
a day or two. eluding the Speech or the Arch,Chancellor to the
AUG. dispatch from the Minister of at'sfor; French Senate, and the Itcpc.;rt of the Frei-tch•Mi,
Count Von Nauenburgh, dated 14th August, states, Ulster of War.
that he had sent 20,000 men, under Gyn. Rampon,
which bad been colleaed in less than three days, to The French accounts from Spain,-after grossly
reinforce the places most likely to be attacked by, j exaggerating the amount of our los3 in the battle of
the English. Talavera,and again claiming the victory, mention the
•

AMSTERDAM, Avg. la.—To-day we learn, from
The King's Gazette, published at Capelle„ an.
army, containing one halt of Dutch and one half of
French troops, was united at Laudvliet, and that the
King had inspeeed
Aug. 19.—.1t is positively asserted that the
per(); has lot Vienna for 11:116, to be prrsent at a
most important conference, and from thence to pro-
ceed to Paris ; and it is hoped that this conference
will ensure peace to the Continent. •
• ROTTERDAM, AUG. 18.--LThe Prince' of Ponte
Cory° has arrived at Antwerp, accOtupanied by the
Minister' Dejeun, and at the same time a reinforce-
merit of 6000 men for the French army. That
place (Antwerp), and the fleet, are perfecily secure
against any attempt of the enemy.
22.—The Minister .0 War, Count Von-
Nauenburgh, states, that the Department of the
North had sent thousands of grenadiers and jag6s,
and a company of volunteer artillery, who had for-
merly much distinguished themselves at Ruypel, to
the Scheldt ; that. all the other Departments were.
following' their, example, particularly those of the
Pas de Calais.

LEYDEN, AUG. 2 i.—French troops continue to,
arrive on the banks of the Scheldt ir. such numbers.,
that the Dutch troops may be easily spared.

DORDREGHT, AUG. 18 —The dispatches of the
16th inst. froth. -ArPheira and Zutphen „state, that
the division of Dutch troops, under Gen. Gratien;
was hourly expected; 'and that orders-'had been
given in both places, to provide waggons for the
conveyance of the infantry.
CAPELLE, AUG. Majsty returned tete
last night. The French artnyi, under the command
of the Prince of Pottle COrVO, is very strong, and
receives daily reinforcements. fiis Majesty ha.; en-
trusted to Marshal Dunionceau the command of the
army in lirabant, which is to co-operate vv,ith that
under the Prince of Ponte Corvo. The division

under General. Narens is charged the defence
of the Helder,. c.ntil sudi `time as General Graticn
shall arrive,

A considerable portion of these papers is occupied
with the preparations rendered necessary by the pre-

subsequent retrograde movement of Ciurarmy,(w hich
they, with the same regard to truth that prompt-
ed. them to claim a vktory at Talavera, call a pre-
cipitate tetteat,) and also that SOULT and VICTOR
had effeded a jutiOion. An Official -Dispatch from
General VEnntER, states the capture of the fortress
of Mont:Jouij, on -the 12th of last month.. The
Spatii,h,garrison retired into the adjoining, town of
Gerona, which still bravely held out, although VEa-
DIER confidently anticipates its fall.

Since writing the above, we have received Paris
Papers to the I 6th ult. and Frankfort to the 18th.
We have extra&ed from them the following ar-
ticles:—

PARIS, AUG. I,s.—His Excellency the Minister of
General Police, charged adinterim with the irate-
rior, forty. arded on the 3d inst. to the Prefe6ls of the
nelgie Provinces the orders of qovernment immedi-
ately to call out and to render movable the national
guards of those Countries, and to hold them at the
disposal of the Commandapt-General of the coasts.
" Let every thing be animated," says the Minister
of General Police, ." in this energetic movement,
which from distance to distance, is going to be,
communicated, and to, convey against the enemy
the picked national guards of several departments.
These brave men will vie with each other, and in
a body ttiey will contend with the, army, in disci-
pline, in warlike ardour for the service of the
hero uho has eqtrusted to our courage and to our
affeaion, 'the guarding of the territory of his em-
iulta Jitnits of these maritime countries,

pire.

from this moment the public attention is fixed

upon you. You will not confine yourselves- to
the easily acquired glory of repelling the English .
they must he prevented from again getting or board
their vessels, if they advance upon the French terri-
tory it-would be_too great a disgrace if such a hand-
ful of islanders should etfea their escape from yotir
valour and from your numerous battalions."
In consequence of these solders, the Prefects issue
from all sides, decrees, for the organization of the
national guards into cohorts, containing ten compa-
nies, one of which to be grenadiers and another

rangers.

The citizens of whom these cohorts are to consist,
and who neither cause themselves to be enrolled nor
voluntarily replaced, shall incur the penalties or-
dliiied by the law, and even correcilional imprison-

nuent.
To the general considerations stated by the Mini-

nister, the Prefe6ts consider it their duty to add
others in their proclamations in, each particular de-
partment ; thus, ita order to give by some exam-
ples, an idea of the zeal and sentiments by which
these Magistrates are animated, the Prefea of Je-
mappe says :

" The cooliclence of Government will not be de-
ceived. in the department of Jemappe will not be
found less zeal and ardour than in those which sur-
round it, and which already with pride exhibit upon
their coasts many bitualious of their brace men.—
You have as much interest as they to drive to a

distance from your provinces the jealous enemy who
is meditating the ruin of your prosperity, and of
the establishments which must carry it to the high-
est pitch. Your love of the country is not less than
theirs, and, like them, you are deotecl to the Em-
peror, who has spread so many, and such valuable
benefits over this part of the Empire."—Argus.
The Special Court of Criminal Justice at Paris
has just appled the Imperial Decree of the tjtii of
August last to Lours V. M. .0E ROHAN, a son of tho
former Prince of GUEMNEJ3, CollYieted of having
carried arms against France, and of having served
in the armies of a hostile power, subsequent to.thc
t'st of SepteMber t aO4. 1-Ae was condemned by
'contumacy to the punishment of death, and to that
of the confiscation of his estate and effeas, in con-
formity to the Penal Code.
PARig, Arc, 16.—The English Colonel SIARIS-^
A c,L, attempted on the 6th of July, to convey a re'
inforcetnent of 1400 troops of different descriptios
into Gerona. He was, hovieer, surrouude4 hY

General PING, and the corps was taken.
Fr.THRSBURGH, AVG. 5.-I,esicrday evening :I\-1-
ALornus, who was I.ltlssian Minister is Sweden, st
the commencement of the war, has gone to Fried-
richsham, in order to negocizte Peace with Sweden.
VIENNA, AUG. 9.—lt is generally believed hero
that the conferences for Peace will begin to-day or
to-morrow at Altenbourg.

M.. M. CIIAMPAGNY and Marshal DUROC arc
named Plenipotentiaries for France, and Count Nik:-
7:4atllca and Count ST. VINCRNT for Austria.

r.Vbe movements of troops, and the preparations
for the continuance of war, had ceased since the
Armistice; but since the Ist we remark more aGti-
vity than ever,in the warlike preparations. A part
of—thettncis-has-been-palisaded„ and redoubts built
near the Borgthor-gate.'

We insert this day some further Extras kom.
New York Papers to the 4th ult., from which NN
yesterday extracted an account &the surrender of ,
the City of St. Domingo. They are chiefly filled
with political speculations respeding the relusAl of

,the British Government to
.ratify ,the arrangeiweot
made by Mr. ERSKINE.

The last accounts from Bat badoes, dated 'July 11,
state, that preparations were in great fop.% ardness
for the 'intended Expedition against Guadaloui,e•
is not,, however, to take place. till some time ofier
the Hurricane season, and no alive Operation* are
likely to commence till about December.
The Felicile, one of the frigates which escaped
from the Saints, and 'afterwards from Guadaloupo
was taken, on her passage to Europe, by the Latona,
and the prisoners were landed at Martinique
t lth of July.

At a late hour this morning we received Hilo'
burgh Papers to the 24th ult. from which we Jo'
made the following extras :
" WARsAw, AUG. 10.-It is said that the 'W.'
sian troops in Gallicia will march to join their arch}
of the Moldau.

Prince LUBORMISKI is appointed, President of tlic.
new administration of the distvia of Cracow.
" TRIESTE, AUG; 3.,—This naorning''an Englisb
fleet of teu ships_ of war appeared before our harboul•
There
_is among them a. three-decker, of 120 gi!115)
on board of which is Admiral COLLINGWOOD.

intentions of the Engiisb with respeCt to Trii.:ste 01
not yet known. Oar sea batteries are, howevc, lil
a very respe&able condition. The day befo
teiday an cutter and a frigate took,