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London, England, 1809-06-15 00:00:00

HOUSE OF PEERS.

WZDNESDAY, JUN 14.
'ln'the Appeal, Groome v. Penfold, the Solicitor,
General was further heard for the Respondent.
The Bankrupt Bill, the Prize-Money Bill, the
Ship-owners' Bill, and the Friendly Societies' Bill',
Were read a third_ time, and passed.
The Irish Revenue Regulation Bill, and the Afri-
can Coffee Bill; 'passed through Committees, and
were reported.
The Appropriation Bill and the Irish Cltholicte
Bill were read a second time and committed for to..
morrow. .
The Earl of LIVERPOOL introduced a Bill for ex-
plaining and amt.t,ding some part of the Militia. Aas
recently passed, which was read a first time. His
I„.ordship intimated his intention of. meving to sus-,
vend the Standing. Orders to-morrow, .for the pur-
pose of hastening the progress of the Bill. -
On-the 'question for going into a Committee on.
the Trish Militia Bill, a short conversation took
between the Earls of Hardwicke, Clancarty, Liver.
pool, and Rosslyn.
The Earl of HARDWICKE wished to assimilate, in
a greater (levee, the Militia Laws of Ireland to those
'or England.
he, Earl of LrvEaroot. Stated that thitt Bill mere-
ly consolitiated into one Ati all the laws relating to
Atte 14lilltia of-Ireland, and that it was wished to
postpone making any alteration until a revision of
the whole system took place.—The Bill passed
through the Committee, and was reported.
SEATS IN PARLIAMENT BILL.
The Earl of Liviapoop moved the second read-.
ing of this Bill, and intimated that it was wished for
varipus reasons to postpone -the discussion of 'llia
.Bill,till the commitment of it to-morrow, when hcs
should slate his reasons for proposing to their Lord-
ships iis adoption. kle presumed their Lordships
would have no objection to a Bill which had come
up trom the Commons with such a title as the pre-
sent, being now read a Second time.
Earl Gaosvalloa remarked npuri the materialdif-
ference which existed between the Bill as originally:
introduced into the.other Howie and as it nnw came
up to their Lordships, and intimated his intention of
upposing.it.
The Bill.was read a second time and committed
fur to-morrow.
Adjourned till to-morrow (this day).

HOUSE OF COMMONS,

• NVEDNESPAY, JUNR 14.•

The SPEAKgft proceeded to count the House, but
th.!re 11pp:riling but ?8 iklembtri present, it was of
course 'attiouri,ed till to-morrow.

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TIftIII:4IAY, 'LINK 16, 1809.

We ate happy to haft' in our power to lay be-
fore our Ileatlers the following forthcr, particulars
tospet4ingthe Battle% of the isr anti 22d, which
hawe te-celved from an utficial quarter :—.

B twr Ewa. at, talAy ';e3.—The French army, com-
manded by 11)0 gurocror NAiOLVqN in person, has
been test ,1)y beaten On the gist and 224 of ih
month, at 4sptln awl Essling, by the Austrian army,
co.;,loatuled by' the Archduke ClieutLEts Several days
'before thesr two sanguinary days, the French arnar
bad prepartda grand ;attack, by, movements and. de-
4noustrtione alvti a line of six or right leagqes op.
posse Vienna, above . and below that •City. The
Archsiulie. 'plop on thas..l6lll and 17th of May had
collteed and cunc;ent:ated the columns of his army in
a line pandit:4 with the left bank, was eager only to
;second the adaur of his troops to come in contaa
with the enemy, and to take their revenge for the
'battles of the igth, voth, 21st, and. 22c1 of April..
'j'hc opportunity was afforded them on the 20th. •
The Emperor NA POLEOW evinceda determination
to pass the Danupe by 4 btidgeitilliOlie right was upon
11,,0h.1ta, an isle of th 4
.Datatabe, two leagues long
and three-fourths wide. iCt .ie- below Vienna,' 4114
•bout a 'league and a half .distant by Ihe right

bantt, and three leagues, by the left--the Dannlag
snaking an'arm,, whose angles, both inside and out,
• side,. served.for a support to the developement of
the lirench army. The Archduke did not attempt
to opperie the passages The French troops who had
~nlr ads debouched, end-who toots part in the battle
of the ,41st, consisted chiefly of threedivisions, Ge-
neral .I.,cottAttlys, ST, CYleat and MOJA:ToIes, and
a strong body of cavalry, was thought, at first,
by the Motternentstif the French army, that it Wished
to push its line upon the vtU a Of MpPil.), on its
kft, Ind'onibe village of a little more
canoed, eit its .tight,

This two armies began the battle about four
p. c,n ale Ai st--and. atter the most obstinate re.
111414uCtt.a French army wzzs dislodged and driven
bt*ct to ihe.annibe, with the exception of the e3c.
tr‘trisy o the wood 01) the bank, where they con-
-1,ini.34,1 so maintain thcmiclves. ftrAtt had tastril
*1,th?,..1t into!" ujna,u t.il It at Dight, yd night ti,lope
~e tuns! ,•:tritify the banks of the Danche,

On :Le
.29d, at 4 A.M. Me attack rceaMmenced".
In tilt tinte the
Er NAPot.geN had
brought all his. array both upon the Lobau and in
front of the Danube, and it resumed the same line
as on the preceding day—His force was on that day
about BO,coo. Besides the French corps, he had
brought over part of the Bavarians, and the Baden
and Hesse contingents.:—A parr of his guards and
all his cuirassiers and heavy cavalry were in the
geld.

The Emperor NAPOLPO DI had proceeded to the left
bank of. the Danube, and direeced all the movements
of his army. At first the latter bad some advantage,.
and regained the ground it had occupied the day
before. The Emperor thought. the decisive moment
was come, and ordered his cavalry to charge and
support the infantry, which had reinforced itself in
Essling, and had again taken post in Aspern—hut
the repeated charges of the cavalry coul,l nor pierce
our centre. Here Prince JOHN Dc LicniTE N 51:1: Z\Z
C4,4:111113 dec! to wholn the victory is in a great 'llea
sure to }ay. 4t(ii>nted.

Aus iafantry, who, on this brilliant day,
performed praligic.'s of valour, formed quickly e;
masse, and hustained all the'shocks of the.cavalry
wit htiut,sutfering themselves to be. penetrated. The
autnirable fire of our artillery snuathinned the ranks
of the cavalry. In One, our reserve of grenadiers
wok put IP (1101i011 to retake Asperzi for the last time,
which, inithe space of 24 hours, bad been taken and
retaken ten tinier, and to carry Estiling, where every
house had, as it were, been taken by storm.

The stoutest resistance was in a large building at
Esslitig, which had,been 4 magazine for corn, .and
which by its thiekeess was proof against bullets, ancl
the fire of the artillery. All ,the French who were
-,in Asperti and Essling, perished either in the attack
or in the flames that: consumed 'entirely these two
places. The streets as well as., the road that corn.
municatettfrorn one to the other ware choaked with
cuirassiers, their arms and horses. Our infantry-had
at letith' made itself Masters of .these two principal
posts, and overthrew every thing that'was opposed.
to •it.' The enedy,', therefore ;perceiving that his
communication, with the llittube was. threatened,
;hastened his `retreat.. At four in the, afternoon he
Was:reptilwd at all' points, anti in the evening he le-
croskil to the Labatt, leaVin2; on the field of bat le
ti great number of dead and wounded, cannon, , it
itVinity of 'anti:, and fusik.

On the night of the c.r.;:d; our army encamped on
the field of butie, which extend akin the 4:l).intibe.
The greater pm.' of the prisoners ,we have made are
cavalry'. and light* infantry. Qenciial DvaissNEL,
First Equerry and Governor' of the Pvge* of the
Emperor NAPot,Eobt. doing the ditty of one of his
Aidl-de-CaMp in the
,battle, was taken on the
22d, at five in the morning, at the moment he was
talking an order to the Ft%Teli.cavalry to advance :.
hu,was immediately stnrounded by, the dragoons of
the regiment of Rieich.. aCtv.!ral,Fat4zi Rom('
Firsl Evcrii• of the Emprcsi, was wounded and ta-
ken on the .2151.

Get Will PE R0111:11, in the setvice of the King of
WAS taken On the Roth at linsdortf,.
by the 2d'hattilio Of, Latid.switer of Vienna. The
three Generals. have been .1411 t to Bruno. 'Among
the wounded whore in oui• hands, and ,who were
taken on the second day, :there are a groat nufnber
of officers of the cuiraisiers, several of whoai are
of, the ZtAt Melor..: They are` the 'regiments of
the army Who
.have must -suffered on the 21 it
and Sad, • anti horn the' reparti of the; pristinaq,
they ACC NdOtted tO below a '11)4(1 Of nurniwv.
All our at lacks'h4ve: been eoncinCAed.and
With that brilliant valour and that cool intrepidity
which laughs at danger, and triuntpys Over. every.
obstacle. From tln General to:the privait'every
body did more than his duty, Ind tliet.c-; were
Matty brave men as there were combatants, Our
loSs is great both in killed and wounded. That of
the enemy, if we nuy ;'.edge from the field of bat-
tle, must have befit inruciloo. , •

In addition to the tietaii, contained in the above
article, we learn from the Dutch rapers that Gene
rals MAsseNA, LA GliANqe and 060bro'r, ware,
wotinded, and that. the Wirtetuburgh troopv,were
nearly tlll cut to ktirees.

An order ba3l4fen sent clown tcy every regiment to
make an ininit•diate return of its ette4tive strength,
that the great expedition vvl4ei.j is .4111:044:11% Oty
With all positll6 opeed, •

Several regimentsPi Light Cavalry, with • Flime
ktilli.ry, to the ccr,ourlt of six troops,' inctusii!e. of
those 1at«.14 err-,b,r,;;;ed, art; w.belsat toreiniorce the
Rritikii Artny it) Vortagal„.as soon as, transports can
he got ready to,receive theta, Si`e A. Wst.,Lest.RY
havinK madeparticular application for this; species of
force. Of the; light cavalry,- thel '4l) regiment , now
on the coast of Kent clilart&t, has received' orders
to hold itself itt readiness, and Capt. MActioNALD's
troop of horse Artillery at present' .at Catttertnry','
is anon t the number of those which are destined
for this service. The hbrse artillery has been found
particularly serviceable where rapidity'bi movement
Is reqtrired ; a 'loop which served •dioing. the last
campaign in • Spain having made 14 march a 4ixty
miles in 04. e daY. • •