The Sun.
London, England, 1809-05-18 00:00:00

FOURTH BULLETON.

Heild.Quarters at Braiittalli ist May.
" On the 'crossing of the bridge at Landsbut.
Brigadier-General Lacour gave proofs of valour and
coolness. Col. Lanriston placed the artillery advan-
tageously, and contributed much to the happy issue
of this splendid affair.

"The Bishop and the principal public kn&ionarits
of Saltzburg repaired to Burghausen; to implore the
clemency of. the Emperor for their country. His
ajetif;ir gave them his assurance, that they should
neVer again 'come under the dominion of the kouse
of Austria. they 'engaged to take measures for re-
calling the four battalions 'of the militia, which the.
Circle had delivered, and 'of which a part were di's-
periled and fled.

. " The head quarters are id be this d:ty removed
to It ied

" At Brannan, magazines: were found with
V 60,001 rations•. of hiscUit, and 6060 sacks of oats.
The Circle of Ried has furnished three battalions for
the militia, but the greater part of them are_ .returned
again to their habitations.
i"The Etnperorof Austria was three days at Bran
nau ; he was at Scharding when he heard of the. de-
feat of his army. The iliat)itanti consider hint as
the principal cause of the war.

"The faMous volunteers of Vienna passed through
this place after their defeat at Landshut, throwing
away their arms, and carrying with then) in afl haste
their.tertor to Vienna.

the 21ot of April an Imperial Decree was
published in the capital, declaring the ports to Ixt
again opened to the English, the treaties, With this
ancient Ally renewed, and hostilities against the
common enemy begun.

" General Oudinot has talieli p!'sons,it- a battalion
of t 000 wen, betwe‘"a Altoaro Wed. This
b‘rttali,Jb cavalry aml artillery.' On'the
approach of our troops, they' r.r!,?e an atternpt to
Are their swall arms, but surrounded on
411 sides by the cavalry, were obliged to lay down
their arms,

" His :Nlajesty causea several brigades of light ca.
valry to p:lsi in review at Burghausen, and among
others those of Hesse Dirinstnit; at Whose appear
ante he Was pleased to express his sipisfaaion. Gen.
I‘tarulaz, natter whose command the corps stands,

presented several of them, to whom his Niljesty
was pleased to grant detbratious of the Ltrgion of
Honour.

"erenerat Wrecle Imo) intercepted Courier,. on
whom were found•thil following laters in pieces,
from which we ►irly`petecive the state of confusion
in wisi.Ch the kiugdoiu :s.

MO, VON VLIELLAdr.R., AT DRANWAIT.

%Yds, A Nit 25.

My DEA It MOTHPi—The sad tidings which we
have
„,receive,': here through the couriers and other
perstms who itaVe, returned from the army, have so
cast us down, that our young people run about as it
they had lost. theirsenses. The de;pair with which
the first blow has struck 'our army is known to me.
A secoed, struck by litionaparte himself at the head
of 40,000 ~velect 1110410 and in which the centre of
our ntmy eras broken through, is on the point of an-
hihilaing the whole army in Bavaria, it would
have bcei all over as it h us, if Charles, instead of re-
treating over the Uniube, had .ctn.eted the Inn ,2s
the French expe6ted. Ratisbou Ite united himself
with Ilellegarde, and held the loft iving of the French
army in check , but now every thing is new.' Ttie
Lieutenant-Captain of the Circle, this meriting at
-heir, repaired to Ellen:ling.; It dues not Seem pos-
sible that things can go ou well.
It 'ts 1
6314 that Charles bad 4.ecoren that was
necessary to attack the enemy twice, however ill it
might succeed. The French have three times more
cavalry than out selvei. On the retreat, the despair
was so great, that our people set more thae,a thou-
sand waggons on fire, and threw into the water a
number of carts loaded with powder and ball. It
is said the. Emperor was ibout to leave Scharding,
at the, instant that he received unfavourable inkl-
ligence from his brother Charles. It is pretended
that the Archduke, on his retreat over the. Dantibeil
wrote to the Emperor that he should• make one
.
more_ desperate attempt ; if :that fails, all -is lost,
apd we must prepare our minds for every

' If you thiuk your effels are not secure where
they arc, send thein to toe.
' Yours, &c.
• On reading over my letter, I find it lull of dig.
orkr eouse this perplexed ;tribes bom
tt►e confusila it 4 oar n#44 ,Is."

o. kilt. 40 4' ¢ 4 isite.` sstsalviolit
I)imtt -Pm 6.17.1,10.D0 send tiv k)rii`e cv
quickly. How are things going Lin in your qn:irter
Yesterday we were all in cooliision. - Wo o>iieEted
to are the French ccarte in. whey were thught to
be already at Pay bach and had b*:.',.en already seen
at Faierding; and it was believed they would come
psterdtty evening or early this morning. 10-day
We learti.thailhis was all a false report ; uttt What is
&1 't be citinirbiry eeriaiti is, that the Archduke Clialleit.
had retreated to Bohemia. .We consider it as cerT
taco that Chesteler, with his corps, and a consider.
able number 01 Tyroleittystre to come from cherry-
rni, in ader to fall On the rear of the French aimy..
Let me hear soMething on this head,
.April 28. Leorew SciturEN!

• Steß IT' I ictinbertabi,„; from the Empeto FRANCIS It.
to count Von l're*lent of the Government
Cif Silitzburg.

Considering that the' uncertainty of milita'ry'. .ope=
rations renders it necessary to take such measures of
precaution as etcuirtlances. may regt.ire, hiS Ma=
jesty the Emperor has: been :)leased to MAC knowki
The steps he has trdeiecl to be taken, and the mb-
tives for so doing, 1;y virtue 9f a Decree of the
Council of the 2titli inst. in case the enemy should
Make an incursion into his hereditary dominions.
I in' case the enemy Sheeld approach the metro-
polis, the town of Pe6t shall be the centre of all ads
affetting the whole monarchy:, and to that point the
public money belonging to all the thremened pro-
tiiac be sent.

Majesty has nominated fOc that period a
-Council the Members' of which Shall he made
known 't a proper time, and who, tesidingat
Vi-
eons, shall aa in concert with Lower Anstria, and,
it not . prevented, with !be other provinces which
alight be possessed by the enemy, and et: which all
persons shall, as circumstances may retinire, receive
the necessary insirtithons.

His Maiessy tnake3 this resolution known to
Mr. ----, Court Conniellor, commanding him to
preserve the profoundest secrecy tih the moment the
enemy may occupy

_
(Signed) MA; VON
Vienrip, 2Etli Aprti, 1809.'

FRANKFORT, Al'Ay 7.—Thu 'Grand Duke of
Wurtzherg is returned to iiis States.
ZVe,bre &Allred that Alar:hal the Duke of 'Vainly
wilhsoon Itreak up his head-quarters at Hanau, and
form an army ettT reserve of 40,000 mon. •
l'he detachment of 'troops belonging to the Prince
Primate, which had proceeded, as tar as Butzbach,
returned yesterday.
We hear that the army underthe command of
the Prince of Ponte Cory() is on its `march to Ili-
tishon.

Alsttiart deserters daily arrive here, who are sent
:0 Mayetice.

Ltn)wlusßoans MAT 3.--•• On the 30th the head-
quarters were remo'ved to Med) two Post.lotiuns
beyond Brannan. The advanced posts taf the Duke
ofli were near Lintz. The Bavarian troop
took poSso6ion of Saltzburg on the vtith. Several
of our regiments proceeded to 'Brannau on the 30th.
As the Austrian army are constantly on their retreat,,
their positions are not known.

AI ADRI n, APRIL 26. Isoti j eat y ..has received'
Intelligence that General Lapisse,, who had proceed-
i With his diviQion t4vs-,l4.rds• 844113.0 W, it) otr4er to
it h ke7Or ifiirrirti`b7lcad'nia
cantata with a corps of ingurg.vots; who, unable to
defend the bridge, were about to destroy that beau.
tiful and splendid work of art, when General Lapisse
attacked them, with so great vigour, that he lotantly,
disperaed them and put a great number of them to
the sword ; while riot) men, and the whole artillery
were taken, and the destrutnion of the bridge pre-
Vented. '`On this the French Goletal united
self with the Marshal'g army, and 13 said to have
gained great adyantagei, the consequence of which
will be the possession of all Andalusia.

BAYONNR, A t,tt. 30.---. We are assured .that the
Duke of Treilse has iinited iiiinself with the Duke
of Elchken, in'Gallicia. The insurgent peasants
had retired into the mountains after limy had hewn
dispersed. The Dike of Ahrantes is here, who re-
turns to France on account of his health..
In pursuance of a Decree of his Catholic. Ma-
jesty, Joseph Napoleon, which commands every
Spaniard who is in a toreign country to return home,
on pain of belag considered es afi4itive, and to have
forfeited his property, J 2 Spaniards have passed
through this town on •their return into Spain , among
whom are the Makoiset. of Ayerha, quadaleagar,
and 'Feria,

General
.Lassall6 kgoue from Spain through tltis
place to North America. GenerAl, who° was
present, at the battle of Medellin, mores us that the
atEtir was rntich worse for the enemy than the Ma-
jor-General'of the army had geportvd it to be. In-
siead of 12,000, their loss in killed anti woundociwas
at least 2woof men.

According to, a letter from Arrived thia
rimming, the Dake of Ilihnitria,'‘ took Oporto by
storm, and plat the whole gairisoil to the sword, for
having; pt to death two Fretwl: Parlithenntires.
qf

LOrd ERSKINE, 113lIell to the htino,ir of hi. feel.
not ovorlonited, Ois , Bill tor preventing
cslielty to animals, those shock tog outrage% of
oily, truth, toatches'qainst time. Sevcral in-
'iatWeli Of this diVelSiOn have lately been mcntiooed
in the public prints, but not witU ttn scveritt which
they *serve, at the persons v.O abet such sayago
praaices bught to be held out to the indignation and
contempt at mankind.

Tait THEATIt.h.—A very numerous audience at-
.tended. the representation of the ..itiotottatheers, last
night at the I iymarket Theatre, 'hi- grder to wit-
nuts the performance of LliTO' in Oginfri(M. In-
-stead of that grotesque novelty which NV4S generally
'expeaed, he sustained the ettara6ler With judgment
-and feeling, and plainly evinced that if he' had hi-
therto only appeared in serious charatiers,he would
have been considered 33 a very respeOahle Per-
former ; though we doubt not.that he will in futuree
keep to that province in which he 4,9 deservedly
acquired a high repute. The only thmg really lu-
dicrnni lait night was to be found in the audience
thernselve% who, when thsTost was oft`, the Stage,
bard inn> laughter whenever them was any allusion
to OFitwiun, but who, when the AMor appeared,
teriotntly attended, and warmly applauded his per-
formance,

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HRST bakVk Wibfii.lDAtt MAY I. -,.
The Esoin
,StakeS. if logs. cachrtfitil-ices, • added NMI tioll
Racing Pufid.' likrte-yrs old 6st. 71h. 4-YU siiii 7st: te, :
5-yrs old
viiVit.. yt,b. C. y Is. old Bst. tolb. and aged salt. Vso
utiles. The wimp. t 9 be sold for 23ogs. if dOnsurtedi _ Mr. C. Dron's'b.`f I.'lX-Iville, 6-yis '01.,1
' k
Mr. Goodlson's b, ?t. Foxboro!, c..yrs-o:4 ••..... i Lord C. Sornersera c. Ir. '*.ril.rite Fl/40e, Sql's 04 -• 3 a
Mt. Durand's b.f. Kitty Edi., 3-yrs old. t. -!r . 4
Mr. Lake's br. f. Brown nest. 3.yis old - 'l. f Mie Trevanninn's b. t". ioeaster, 3-Yrs 014 , - - 2
A Plate.of cot, for r.
4-yrs old, Ist. tlh• c-Yrs ()id, S. :k.,1),
ti•yrs old, Sst. soli). and aged gat. alb.
Sir G. Websters b. h. Hippoments. aged -• r s
Lord' Foley's la; it Weaver, 4 yrs yid 7 Mr. C..iirc - 4 uNn's Delville - . • i. . a tit.
Major Wilsdn's Dro*st Stout, s.yrsotid - 33 ,r
Mr. Neale's b. C. Darriniont , - - S' dr'
4 to I against Hippornenes. ; to 4 agst De:vir,e, ani ;tax
aelt Weaver•—bi running the 4cUrld hear, whicti 4... ts it,s
best of the day, betting WAS nearly even on Wariver.
The Woodcut Stakes of jogs eat*. it. ft. for tt.yr. ole. colts.
F.st. jib. and fillies-, kiss. alb. T hit 4.10 h.ilf rtliic.--1v
scot at half-past two.
Mr.T.adbroke's br. c. by Eagle - - lllr. Latta's Miss Alanaer t
.i. -
J
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r.lr. Durand's Sikta tit Tristram .
Mr. Forth's Warrior - . - 4
Mr. Lake's Schao Alkthe - - .
b to 5 oh the Winner.
The company was numerous, bot this will be the grand d.ky.