The Sun.
London, England, 1809-05-03 00:00:00

'4V INTALLIGEACT.

.AmcrcenAie, Apatt. Majesty the:kin.
peror of France arrived 'at Ludwrgsburg on the night
of the lsth and ioth, and proceeded to DiHenget) at
12 o'clock-at noon. M. Duroe, the Marshal of the
Palace, was with him. Majesty has ordered
the BAvarian troops to take their ancient position:by
Straubrug, that.the army may soon be in a condition
to commence offensive operations with the, greatest
etfeel. The French head-quartert.afe to be remwed
from DOnatfwerth to IngoWatt, and so proceed for-
wards.
The Ausfriariaappear, since they crossed the Inn,
to have'datlyllartified themselves, and to be dosirous
to advance slowly. Some blow cannot fail to be
'struck befOrelong. Nothing of the kind had taken
place on the departure of. the last couriers, because
the allied troops had ;received orders to retreat °tithe,
approach of he enemy. .
PAa IS, APRIL the Alonileur of yesterday
are ti,e following partiCulars concerning OA
commencement of war With Austria
" The let ter of the Archduke Charles, addrested to
the Commairder in Chief of the French troops, wag
not delinredito that,General, he not being in Bavaria,
and there being no French army there. The letter
was brought by M: Wratislaw,. Field Officer, of the
ArCi.;xluke,
" 'rills Officer did niitcliuse to say at which point
'of the army the Archduke was, when he brought
the letter, which was'handed't6 his Majesty at Mu-
nich. , •
1( Even in March the pieparistiOns 'for the:cam-
paign by the ,EttereriTe and the Archduke:were an-
nounced.. All the roads in the Austrian dominions
'were covered with ti °op. Owtheath ofMaich the
Archduke Lewis fixed his tread-quarters at Weis. On
ttu 318.1 thefesV's alreadya great ipantity of provi rion's
colleded at Lintz and.Wels. All the frontiers of
Austria were supplied with provisions, and beset
with troops. The Emperor Francis was expected
on the 6th at Linz. The Old Elector of Hestia was
raising a volunteer corps at liri,gue, which, took in
troops from all countries, more especially Hessians,
of whom, it was said, greet numbers were flocking
thither, •M. De Stein , was at Prague, composing
"there all sorts of libels. The Austrian Government
succeeded for a moment in rousing the populace,
even the more enliglitebed Classes, by assertions that
fur nine months the ftncibes had been armed .for
the defence of the Country.
" •On the sth of April, intelligence was
,received
at, Munich, that preparations were Made by are Aus
triads for passing .over the Inn, and that's bridge of
boats w,ls'-alreatly made 'between Br!riniau and
•Scharding.
" Oh the .9th theAusti inn Charge d'Affaires at
Munich demanded of the Minister of she Emktor
Napoleon an interview for M. Wratislaw, Field (Mi-
ter Of the Archdnite,-who brought over the litter. M.
Wratklaw had at the same time delivered a letter to
the Xing of Bavaria, soliciti,e3 his Majesty to attend,
TC) the wishes of the Bavarian people, who, as the
Austrian `Princes,affirm, behold iN them only their
deliverers. He adds that he tiad received t..e strielest
orders to act hostilely only against that nation which
is the enemy of all political:independence in Eu
rripe. The Archduke :assured .trim that it would,
cost him much to make the Bavarian nation Sustain'
the evils of a war Which waS atdertaken for the
'cause o(geueral freedom. On the morning of the
eith of April it was not known at Munich *here the
4tchchike, actually was. ilia' Fie;tl Officer', M.
Wratioaw, has refused to a-ay-any thing npow.lbe
subjc6t.
" Somewhat later in the day of, the gth, tidings
Wire received that the Austrians had passed the inn
at Brannaaand flurgbausen. The same intelligence
was received at the head-quartqs of the Dtike of
Dant .16. The dispatches from Munich of the I Otiy,
aiwounce, that the Members of the 14istrian le:p-
iton there hitt! assumed a lel:), tone, and affirmed
that the Arclultike would attack she whole line on
five poitits at once, and would take, the friends of
the Vrtnith as hostages. 'Die. French answered,- that
for, every Bavarian hostage they would take ten
Barons of the Holy • Roman Empire. with
M. de Srlditm,. the Intendant General Of. the Aus-
tria') army, is already announced at the house of a
Bank'erat Muitich. Credii to a vensiderable'ameunt
has been opened in his favour at Augsburg, Ulm
and Ratisbon, Leipiig nod Frankfurt. M. de Std.
Orin is destined to be the " nowt Payne" of
Germany. The frontiers are covered` with prodl4'.
afar ions and pamphlets 01 every description.
`.` \Vitt* Messrs. Genz and Stein is also one
Schlegel—
" On the I WI; particular intelligence Was re-
ceived of the, passage of the Anstrians, who had
Come near enouo tii bee saluted by the centinels,
but had howi4'er not fired. upon the Bavarian
diers. They issued pretended procknation3,•to per-
iratle the Genoaos to Make common cause with
them. Tao Bavarian troops retreated to the Lech.
The King of Bavaria went on the 11 th With his at-
ternlauts to pillengen."

This piece is consik.ored generally as an introduc-
tion to the Bunt:.[ins which we
,
have to owed:
Tnere are a variety of report's. Seine assert that the
Austrians have adiranced further ; others, that they
have been driven over the Inn. Both are consider-
ed'as His 111:siesty tho staid
but at short tune at, Strasbursh, and prineeded
iri-
stantly'tu the artny.
What pastied in the Senate is not yet known ; but
it is generally asserted that a new levy of troops has
been spoken', rsi

Sir-T.l.6;am. ..A.Prut. 14.-7116 Prince of Ntt!or.
thatel (aerthier) pah4eti this klaee Ole flight of
the 19.111 and 131 h, with 't,everiil of his Aides-de
camp. Tlu next snorting the Comm-.licv of State
(Darn) passed through.

Lotstui9, t3.--ahe Austrian General,
Count. de Bellegarde, who commends the troops in
the environs of Egra, has announced to General
Frond, that the war hetwcen the Aostrians and
French troops has aanally broken our, and that he
shall soon connhence hostilities.
Within the last week no post 13 arrived from
Vienna. On the other' band various persons have
come here, who as foreigners were ()aged to leave
Vienna, awl who had reteivcd passports` to prii.;
coed through Bohoova to 'SaxOny and Franconia.
At:cording to these,: there %% as an 4tutriail army
islautsti,on the otlrrr sitla of. the Elbe towards
Santo froptias, of which the you. *so tpt Thcbcu,