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London, England, 1809-07-18 00:00:00

by the French, Prague has become the capital of the-

It iF, from this city that all the Procla-
mations are issued ; the Gazette of the 16th inst.
contained an article, dated from the bead-quarters.---
It appears from it that the whole day of the 14th of
June, was passed in fear of one general attacl; from
the grand French army. The anniversary Of the
battle of ;Marengo induced a belief that the French
would celebrate that day by some entrprise.
The Gazette of Prague, on the 12th, nave another
Bulletin of the Austrian Army, dated Wolkers.dorf.
It is there said that it was against the Archduke
JOHN that the French dire4ed their efforts to ..cle-
larate the battle of Narengo. But it is to be re-
marked, that this Prince, to whom the Bulletin before
the last had assigned 6.0,000 men, had only .?6,000,
as soon as it was known thaf he Was defeated. "Be-
sides," says the account,,,f' out of this number there
was only, 20,090 regular troops, the other sixteen
thousand belonged to theiHungarian Insurrection.
who could not stand when they were attacked by
50,000 French." His right wing having given
way, the Archduke JOHS found it convenient, for
the execution of his plan, to fall back upon
Cornorn. This slight check has prodUced no essen-
tial change in the positions of the Austrian army.
It lost in this battle 1500 men killed-and wounded.
Such are, verbatim, the last lines of the Bulletin.
It was followed by an invitation to thelnhabitants of
Bohemia .to. give up all the gunpovider they might
have in their posSession, the army being in the
greatest want of it.—(llloniteur, July 7.)
VIENNA, JUNE 27.---The day before yesterday
the Emperor reviewed the army in the beautiful
plain between Vienna and the Palace of Schoen-
.
brunn,

Austrians-.

Some troops have been sent towards Ebersdorf.
Every thing seems to announce that the army will
pass the Danube in a few days.—(journal de l'Era-
pire, July 7.)

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LONDON,
TUESDAY, stria- 18, liog.

We this morning received Portuguese Papers to
the 30th ult. the contents of which will be found is

a subsequent column. General VICTOR, it appears,

has began his retreat, and it seems to be the ge-
neral opinion that the French will endeavour to
concentrate all their forces behind the Ebro. Sir
ARTHUR WELLESLEY is advancing towards Madrid,
at the head of an army of 30,000 wen, in co-operas
tion with General CUESTA, who is at the head of
26,000 Infantry, and 6,000 Cavalry.
The unfortunate FERDINAND is said still to be at
Valencey, with his Brother, Don CARLOS, where
they are kept in a state of most rigid confinement,
except that they are allowed to take the air in a
small park ; all their attendants, even their Physi-
cian, has been separated from them.

The Expedition will, we trust, sail to-morrow or
Thursday, as all the troops, artillery, and stores, are
embarked, and we hope, that in a very few days we
shall have the pleasure of communicating to our
Readers, some gratifying intelligence respeling its
success. With respea to its destination, it remains
still a matter of conjeeture, but we have strong rea-
son to believe, that its first operations, will not be
at a.very great distance, from our own shores.

The lateness of the hour at which we received the
Foreign Papers, yesterday, prevented us from mak-
ing any 'observation upon their contents, which ap-
pear to us ratheof an important nature. The 23d
Bulletin does not, indeed, contain any very ititereit-
iog military information, but the allusion- which it
makes to peace is certainly calculated to excite con-
siderable apprehensions. We trust that our-appre-
hensions upon this subjeet are ill founded, and that
theßulletin is rather to be considered as conveying the
wishes of BUONAPARTE, than as giving an accurate
account of that which has passed.We c,an scarcely con-
ceive an event which would be more calamitous to
Europe, than a peace between Austria and France,
at the present moment; At no period since his
usurpation has EVONAPARTE been placed in a situa-
tion of such extreme danger as he is at present; at
no period has a more favourable opportunity present-
ed itself /of re-establishing the independence of
Europe. BUONAPARTE must be conscious of the
precipice .on which he stands, and ofcourse he will
employ every artifice which his mind can suggest, to
extricate himself from his dangerous position. A
Peace would effeaually answer his purpose, and,
though it tnifhtbe concluded upon apparently favor-

able terms to Austria, it would ultitnately be mit:.

pus to that Power. Under these circumstances, we
cannot but feel considerable alarm, when we hear
BIJONAPARTE, in his Bulletins, talking of Peace ; but
,a,5, the Emperor of Austria, after the disasters which
marked the commencement of the Campaign, had
the firmness to persevere in the contest, so we trust
he will now have the good sense to reje& any in-
sidious offer of Negotiation which BUONAPARTE
may make.
BUONAPARTE has repeated in this 'Bulletin his
cool, deliberate determination to murder the Marquis
Ds CIIASTELLAR, if.ever that gallant Officer should
fall into his hands.

Some more I)utcl Papers arrived this morning,
but they are not of a more recent date than those
which had previously reached us. A Letter from
Aotterdam, of the .12th inst. mentions the progress
of the Russians, but at the same time it. expresses
a doubt whether they will really co-operate with the
French. JOSEPH EVONAPARTE has put himself at
the head of his Troops, for the purpose, it is said,
of quelling the Insurgents;' but he probably thinks..
himself safer with his Troops than in Madri:i.

Several Dutch letters received yesterday,,state that
the expeaation of an attack from our Expedition
had created-great alarm in Holland. The ships of
war in the Scheldt have, been moved sander the guns
of Fort Lillo ; ,and other strong batteries are raising
for their protection. The same letters repolt that the
, British-troops from Sicily had landed on the Neapo-
litan coast, and having been joined by a great number
of the natives, were advancing to attack MuRAT.
The Earl of
,C;TATHAN, having received his final
iristrudions, set out -last night for Ramsgate to take
. the chief command of the Expedition. Sir Evils
COOTE is second in command ; and the sevtral
grand Divisions are to be under the orders of those
gallant Officers, Lieutenant Generals Sir J. HOPE,
the Marquis of HUNTLEY, Lord Rosst.vlF, and Lieut.
Gen. GlosvErioß. The troops -embarked and ern-
, barking, at Portsmouth, Ramsgate, Deal, and liar-
; with, are as follow :--