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London, England, 1810-03-19 00:00:00

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SOLEM QUIS UICERE FALSU.II AUDEAT ?

'Yesterday Dutch Papers fc;- the 16th inst. reached
town. They are, like; most of those which we have,
lately received, filled with accounts respelling the
approaching marriage between BUONAPARiII and the
Archduchess of• Austria. That unfortunate Princess
is said to . have written' a Letter. to BUONAPARTt
- with ha-r own hand, arid to.have sent him her pic-
ture. Several hints are thrown out in these Papers
of the advantages which Austria is to reeeive by this
match 5 it is even said that some of her provinces'
will be restored to her. It would be the excess of
absurdity to siippose that BUONAPARTE would Cons
sent to restore any territory which would contribute
to restore the Houseof Austria to any, thing like her
ancient power ; he may indeed•degrade Austria, by
compelling her to accept a portion .of . the territo-
ries of some plundered Prince, acid he may wear
, .
the mask of friendship, while he makes use of her.-
to promote his, own views, and to complete the
subjugation of the Continent, but Itwhen that object
is accomplished, Austria will fallin her turn. It
would seem 83 if BUONTAPART4 was careful, upon this
occasion, to• omit no. circumstance Which could
wound the feelings of the Ereperer FRANCIS, or the
destined Empress of 'France. We have, upon a for-
mer occasion, noticed the exectition of the gallant
-HOPPER, one of the best and bravest subjects of the
Emperor of Austria, on the very - day on which the
contratifor the marriage was signed: The sele&ion
ofT.BERTHIEft to condu& the Archduchess from
Vienna, must have been the etre& bf design.. SBR-
TrliEtc is to have greatly contributed, by his
skill, to the defeat of the Austrian' s at .Wagram, a-
defeat which has thrown Austria at the feet of
France, and forced the Emperor Ftrasicts.to sur-
render his daughter to become the, wife BUONA-
FXRTg. . BEIV:HIER h3s receivedthe:oo:ot Prince
of Wagram, ain3 he is the man choSeS to receive the
-Archduchess,fronalier father. But this-is not all ;
the person :appninitalio. meetthe Archduchess in.
the confines of the Austrian dominions, is Madame
IYltt aka, ;ioie liabband.tia" LiSorpeal the :-Prone of
the Arclidaa' arandtather. Yet this. is- the'
-0
marriage which •is to pioduce such advantages and
ao Much hap)';iriess to Austria.
• Our ile(lrs will-d 6 us the justice to reCol'eo,
that when 5a av" the account in the French Pa_
p :s °Cale battle between the French and Spanish
Armieain-Cataionia, we-expressed our opinion that
the Fretich- accounts of their viaory were greatly
exaggerated. The details contained in these. Papers
confirm that opinion. It appears that the Spaniards
attacked the French in several positions in one day,.
and the French admit that' the attacks were made
with skill and supported with- bravery. AUG 13.,..
REAu certainly claimi adeciaiVe vitior,y ; but whin he
comes to speak of the result of the battle, he says,
the Spaniards weree-disappointed in the objea of
their attack, which was to cut air the French 'com-
munication. When the French obtain a complete,
vi-tory, they do not content themselVea with saying,
that their opponents were • disappointed. Au,
GBRRAU ,says, that the Spaniards had 300 killed,
and 32.50. taken prisoneri, 'and that the. Freitch had
172 killed, and yet he, achnita that the Spaniards
'fought with great courage and p-erseverance. It is
difficult to believe that in a battle so fought, twenty-
one • Spaniards were killed for every Frenchman ;
bat When AUGBRRAU talks of taking 3250 'prison-
ers,, including twenty-five officers of all ranks, :he
malitsan assertion that will excite a smile upon the,
cauntenance.of every military man. , 1

We con►radiaed on Saturday the report so con-
fidently-circulated, about the arrival.Of;Gen. Durtoc
in this country. The fait -no perpon Whatever
has arrit•cxl trogi France; the Dispatches were taken
out of the Flag of Truce by the Cherokee, and for.-
w ;Ided to the.,Transport Board. Whether they
o wain any proposition of a pacific nature is a pohlt.
upon which we cannot undertake .0 speak confi-
dentl}•; but' we have every reason to believe that the
communication related "merely aa- exchange of
prisotteo. An arrangement we Oepeve, taken
place between the two countries, in consequence of
which neither the British Strgeons taken at T,,la-
veia, nor 't he French Surgeons taken at Flushing,
aro to be, considered as trisoners of war.

The French frigate captured by the Horatio is
called the Necessite, pierced for 40 Ins, and had 28
mounted, laden with naval stores, and was bound
for the Isle of France :,she haa arrived atPor►s.
mouth,