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London, England, 1809-08-22 00:00:00

1111, erdyavce. Office. lit,rili 15, kikg,
Corps of Reri Logineers.
~..,-id Lieutenant Henry Cardew to be First Lieutenant,
5.:..k. Stewart, promoted.
To ht Virst Lieutenants—Second Lieutenants Anthony Mar-
. George 0. Watson. Richard Hunt. Thomas
S:;,:ition. George F. Thompson.

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c..,,nnlissions signed by tl'.e Lord Lieutenant of the County
of Lincoln.
Horncastle Volunteer Infantry.
I'e ie Captain—Charles 111 wood,• Esq.
To be Liewenants -John Bailey, Cent. Levi Pannell,

Cult.
ne Ensigns—Francis Scott, Gent. George Grundy,
Gent. Thomas Bonifan:, Gent.
i'n.ni;rissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County
of Etir ford. _ _ _

bc Deputy Lieutenant—The Most Noble Francis Mar-
quis or Tkvistock.
Bedfordshire Militia.
To by Lieutenant— Ensign John L. Moloney.
'To be Ensign.-Charles Wright Hine, Gent.
t:eitunissions signed by the Vice-Lieutenant and Deputy.
Lieutenants of iluntinidonshire.
Huntingd.in Volunteer Cavalry.
'in be C;intain--_ja,tlea Mott. Esq. vice,Sismey.
To -e Licut,nants---jarnes vice Blott, promoted.
ipress, Gel.t. vice Edis, resigned.
To be Cvrocts-...la,nes Liol,:ies, Gent. vice Codling, re.
sipect. Thomas Mason, Gent. vice Allpress, pruniotcd.

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SOLLM QUIZ DICIRI PALSUM ALIDIAT?

L 0 ND 0 IV,

TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1809.

It ha; been stated incorre6.lly that official-intelli-
gence has been received of the rupture of the Ar-
mistice between France and Austria. The accounts
we believe are not, strictly speaking, official, but of
the fitEt there' is no doubt whatever. The circum-
stances under which the Emperor of Austria has de-
termined once more to appeal to the fate of arms,
rather than to negotiate away the independence of
his Empire, are most favourable. The vielory Of
Talavera in the South, and the landing of our
troops in the North of Europe,. must tend not
only to distraEt the attention of BUONAPARTE, but
to divide his force. Numerous as the French ar-
mies are, they are now inadequate to the obje&s
which BUONAPARTE has in view, even when rein-
forced by the troops of his allies. The losses which
he sustained at Ebensberg and Ratisbon, and espe-
cially at Aspern were so great, that he was obliged
to take every soldier almost from all his vassal States,
the consequence of which was numerous insurrec•
pons, which have not yet been suppressed. We
have seen that the Duke of BRUNSWICK GELS,
after his operations were stopped by the un-
fortunate Armistice, was enabled to march across
Germany, from Dresden to the banks of the Weser,
through a hostile country, with a force not exceed-
ing 2000 men. I! is clear, therefore, that BUONA-
PARTE: had celleaed nearly the whole of his dispo-
sable force at the battle o! Wagram, and it is equally
clear,' that with the whole of his Army united, he
was unable to obtain any thing like a decisive vic-
tory over the Austrians. An Armistice,:very un-
favourable to the Austrians certainly, was concluded
a few days after that battle, but it is now obvious that
that 'Armistice, was the result of timid, not to say
treacherous councils. We regret, deeply regret, that
the Archduke CHARLES should for a moment have
listened to the opinions of those who were incapable
oladvising him,• or who had an interest in'betraying
him: We trust however, that it is not yet too late to
repair this unfortunate error, andthat Austria willyet
be enabled to secure her independence. The talents
of Prince JOHN of Lichtenstein, who has succeeded
to the Command of the Austrian Army, are'perfea-
ly well known. He contributed very much by his
consummate skill to the vi tort' of Aspern, and, if
his advice had been followed, there is every reason
to believe that the consequences of it would have
beNt infinitely more decisive.

,success 'which has attended our Expedition,

to certain extent, and which promises to accom-
plish all the objeas originally in view,- affords 'too
much satislaaion to the Public at large, to be at all
agreeable to the Opposition. Hence, instead of ex-
prescing any ,pleasure at what we have already ob-
tained, the Party Writers repeat their inquiry in-
to the reason why a sufficient force was not ear
'her sent 14 the reduaion of Waltheren ? They
are, it seems, dissatisfied because a part of the
Expedition did tint saillefore the whole was ready,

and say,- they can discover no better reason.for the
del ty, as far as they can see, than to furnish'a grand
speaacle for Lord:CAsTi-EuEAGH and his Colleagues.
If they can really see no better reason, they must
be deplorably blind indeed ; but they are more blind
t, the effeels of their own conduct, for such poor
efforts of spleen call only' lessen the little reputation
they have in the eyes of their countrymen. It the
avedition had been,sent piece-meal, as the patty-
writers seem to require, we should have heard of
thing but the :folly of Ministers in frittering
away the national strength, and prediaions that
11,e •e_remy would be able to frustrate
_our efforts
in detail, but must have sunk before the powerful