Star.
London, England, 1809-05-08 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

REPORT
BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN. AF-
'AIRS TO HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR AND KING.
64 SIRE—Your conquering arms had made you
master of Vienna ; the greater part of the Austrian
provinces were occupied by your armies. The fate
of the empire was in your hands. The Emperor of
Austria came to visit your Majesty in your camp.—
He besought you to put an end to the conflict, be-
cause so fatal to those who had caused it. He offered
to leave you henceforward uninterrupted upon the
Continent, that you 'might empl.,y all your force in
the u ar against England, and acknowledged that the
fate of arms had given you the right to demand all
that became you. He swore to you friendship and
ctsirnal gratitude. Your Mitjety was affected by this
mournful example of the mutability of human affairs;
you could not, without deep commiseration, behold
that Monarch, once so powerful, stripped of his power
and grandeur. You evinced yourself generous at
once to the Monarchy, the Sovereign, and the Capi-
tal. You were able to retain your extensive con-
quests ; you yielded up the greater part of them. The
Empire of Austria arose anew. The Crown was
axed upon the brow of its Sovereign. Europe could
not behold without admiration this act of magnani-
mity and generoSity.
‘4 Your Majesty did not exact the tribute of gra-
titude which was due. The Emperor of Austria

soon forgot the oath of eternal friendship. Re-esta-.
blished on his throne, and assuredly misled by per-
fidious counsel, he aimed at no other object than to
collect once mom his resources, and prepare for a
fresh contest, whenever he might renew it with ad-1
vantage. The war with Prussia soon laid open these
insidious designs. Austria hastened to assemble an
army in Bohemia, but the victory of Jena frustrated
her projects. Still weak, and destitute of men, artil-
lery, and arms, she deferred to another period the ex—
ecution of her hostile plans.
" The Treaty of Tilsit ended this war ; the con-
quering armies of your Majesty which beset the north.
of Germany remained inactive ; they surrounded the
Austrian territory. Certainly, if ambitious policy
had influenced the views of your Majesty ; if the de-
bilitation of the Austrian Monarchy had been your
desire, and if that desire had been the great object of
your pursuit, your Majesty, who had no enemy, no
possible movement to fear on the Continent, who was
at the head of 400,000 men, who occupied the Grand
Duchy of Austria, Silesia, and Saxony, all able to act
against Austria, your Majesty might have called her
to account for her suspicions conduct during the war
with Prussia, and for the delivery of Cattaro to the
Montenegrins, which by virtue of the treaty of Pres-
burg was to be surrendered to France. Your Ma-
jesty slimed yourself indulgent to weakness. Your
Majesty gave no ear to your own resentments, nor to
the counsel of triumphant policy. Your Majesty ear-
ziestly desiring a maritime peace, and aiming directly
at that end, in order to hasten its attainment, mani-
fested an eagerness to pat an end to the disputes
which were still subsisting with Austria. A treaty
was eolirla,ied at Font:tint-ilea:a in October 1807.

Your Majesty gave back Drannau, though it
was not Austria which put Cattaro into your posses-
sion. The boundaries of both Empires in Italy were
fixed. By means of an exchange the Isonzo became
this boundary, which nature herself anticipated in
order to prevent all contests. Montefalcone, so im-
portant for the security of Trieste, was ceded to the
Austrians, and this pruved that there was no inten-
tion of encroaching upon their territory. It was ac-
knowledged that thei e was no longer any subject of
controversy between your Majesty and the Emperor
of Austria. From this time there were no demands,
no complaints, but all the marks of perfect harmony.
Your Majesty thought you might forget a war which
Austria had excited without any provocation, and its
issue, which had brought honour to the arms of
France. You indulged yourself in the hope of a peace
which should no more fry interrupted.

" The horrible expedition against Copenhagen, and
the Orders of Council of the I I th of November, had
proved that the English would tolerate no neutral powers
their conduct made all Europe indignant. The
Emperor of Austria, desirous to evince that he par-
took of this feeling, recalled his Ambassplor from
London, and shut all his ports against the English.
Soon after, disturbances burst forth in Spain, at the
nstigation of England. King Charles IV. was driven
from the throne by his son, who was counselled by
the Duke del Infantado and other adherents of Eng-
land, and whose object was to break the connection
between France and Spain.
,f Your Majesty was anxious to prevent this dan-
gerous acquisition by your enemy, and oppose their
undei takings. When the unhappy King Charles,
deeply afflicted at the blow had received, and the
conspiracy of which he had been the victim, was de-
sirous to resign his rights, your Majesty accepted
them in order to restore what Louis the XIV. had
effected, and retye the bonds which had for a century
preserved the peace between the two countries. The
fanaticism if the monks and the intri ties of the Eng-
lish had put some of the Spanish provinces into a
hLae of rebellion., It was then that that was distinctly
seen which had been but half observed before the bat-
tle of Jena. The ti imes of dissention and war which
.11::d arisen in the south, inspired Austria with the
hope that the moment was come when the treaty of
Presburg might be annihilated. She armed herself,
and a system was carried into effect, which though
professing to be therely defensive, produced those nu-
merous battalions with which Austria now threatens.
Germany, The m hole population was summoned.
The Austrian Princes ran from province to province
disseminating proclamations, as if the monarchy were
in danger of being overwhelmed by an enemy.
As soon as yarr Majesty heard of these move-
ments, your Majesty caused remonstrances to be made,
altogether in the spirit ci peace, which the Ambassa- '
dor of Austria could not mistake. Being returned
from Bayonne to Paris, your Majesty declared your
.sentiments in p:rson, to that Ambassador, in a con-
versation which all Europe has re-echoed, and which
allowed no doubt to remain any where concerning
your pacific designs. With as much sincerity and
good faith as generosity and earnestness, your Majesty
represented to M. von Metternich, that these arma-
ments, begun wit Lout reasonable cause, and inconsi-
&rawly continued, would draw after them a war,

contrary to the will of your Majesty and the Emperor
of Austria, and even of his Ministers likewise, in case
they should adopt his pacific view. Of so great ef-
fect is the inspiring a people with feelings, which they
who have suggested them can no longer repress, when
once they have been raised.

" Perhaps,. Sire, it would have been wise policy,
at that instant, to have obliged Austria to disarm,
threatening her with the whole force of the victorious
armies which snrrounded her on all sides. Your Ma-
jesty would certainly have done this, had you not, in
full confidence on your alliance with Russia, lent an
ear to the suggestions of that Power which hoped that
Austria would be brought back to sounder policy and
more pacific dispositions. Besides, the Austrian Mi-
nister, at that time, assured your Majesty, that no
results would arise from these armaments. The Em-
eror of Austria wrote to your Majesty, to testify his
pacific inclinations. Baron Von Vincent, who brought
that letter, repeated that protestation. Your Majesty
believed in the sincerity of this declaration. You
gave the Emperor Francis the most solemn assurances
of your pacific purposes in the letter which you wrote
to him immediately on your return from Erfurt.—
At the same time that your Majesty, with so much
sincerity, repeated these assurances, so well calculat-
ed to banish all fears. as well as all motives forarming
on the part of Austria, your Majesty invited the
Princes of the Confederation to break up from the
encampments w hich they had formed. Your Majesty
evacuated the towns of Silesia ; 200,000 of your
troops left Germany.
" But it was in vain that your Majesty displayed
all this confidence. Your just expectations were dis-
appointed. The military preparations were continued
in Austria, with greater zeal ; notwithstanding the
severity of the season, the exercise of the militia was
continued. The harbour of Trieste was opened to
the English; ships of war accompanied Austrian
vessels, and conducted them to Malta, and those
from Malta conveyed the English goods to the Le-
vant. The Spanish insurgents were kindly received
at Trieste. The Austrian Minister in Spain became
the agent of the Junta in spreading their correspond-
ence in foreign countres. The Austrian dominions
had swarmed with lampoons against France ; the
newspapers,of that country had circulated false intel-
ligence concerning the affairs of Spain. The writers
had published a full narrative of the defeat of the
French at Roncevalles; doubtless lamenting that the
Government of your Majesty should exhibit the won-
ders of Charles the Fifth's reign, and not his splendid
d►sasters. Together with these menacing and hostile
measures were added marks of ill will, which were
suited to point out the end of these armaments, as
well as the spirit of the system which Austria adopted.
" Such were the reports which your Majesty re-
ceived from Spain : that country you had subJued.
—The numerous Spanish armies were scattered like
dust. The English were busied in effecting their re-•
treat, and this retreat trent before your Majesty ex-
posed it to imminent peril. One of those accidents
to which the events of war gave rise brought to your
Majesty's knowledge the negociation of the Spanish
Junta with the Austrian Government, and the pro-
mise of Austria to assist the Junta with 100,000 men,
a promise made, without doubt, with no immtion to
fulfil it, and merely to feed the courage of the insur-
gems with deceitful hopes; finally, as if PROVIDENCE
which so visibly watches over your Majesty, or ra-
ther over France, which has conducted you through
so many dangers, and in so wonderful a way every
where attended you in your progress, were itself de-
sirous to unveil the disloyalty and treachery of those
who did not yet dare to avow themselves your ene-
mies, the declaration of the King of England of the
16th of December fell into your hands. In this your
Majesty read these remarkable expressions :

And if among the nations which groan under the tyranny of
French alliance, or among those which maintain against France
• a doubtful and precarious independence, there should be any
• which even now are balancing between the certain ruin of a pro-
' longed inactivity, and the csntingent dangers of an effort to save
themselves from that ruin ; to nations so situated, the delusive
• prospect of a peace between Great Britain and France could net
• fail to be peculiarly injurious. Their preparations might he re-
' lased by the vain hope of returni ig tranquillity, or their purpose
shaken by the apprehensin of being left to contend alone.'

" Thus it was England herself who warned your
Majesty concerning the preparations of Austria._
These preparations were to frustrate what the two
Emperors had done to effect the maritime peace._
Your Majesty could no longer doubt that you were
threatened with another war. The pledge given at
Erfurth was violated. Austria armed herself against
her benefactor. Your Majesty had to reflect upon
what you owed to your people and your -allies. With
grief you abandoned the pursuit of the English. May
your Majesty's Minister, who is now the interpreter
of the c,mmon sentiment, and that mode of thinking
which is founded on the victories of 15 years, with
which nothing can be compared, be permitted to add,
that however great the successes of your Majesty's
Gelerals may have been, wh.tever abilities they
may have displayed, your Majesty, had you in person
been able to head your armies, might have expected
still greater success : not one Englishman should have
returned to England. Your Majesty made this sacri-
fice to the security of your dominions ; you returned
back to Valladolid in order to issue the last comtnands
which the safety of Spain required; wrote from thence
to the Princes of the Confederation of the Rhine, in
order that they might equip themselves and furnish
their contingents ; a measure which the fears they had
already expressed to pur Majesty had long rendered
necessary ; and your Majesty repaired to Paris.

K Your Majesty made a new endeavour to avoid
this war, which you had not given rise to ; you called
for the interference of the Russian Minister of Fo-
reign Affairs, who was at that time in Paris.
" This Minister, having been instructed by your
Majesty, visited the Austrian Ambasador. He pro-
posed an arrangement. by which the three Empires
should be united by a triple guarantee, and which
secured to Austria the integrity of her territory by
the guarantee of Russia against the enterprises of
France, and that of France against the enterprises of
Russia ; and in like manner the guarantee of Aus-
tria was accepted by the other two powers. It is un.
pleasant to be obliged to declare that these proposals
ky M. de Romanaoff had no effect. But your Ma-
jesty ever hoping in the good success (f these your
endeavours, and unable to conceivethat the blind zeal
'which had been ozcited by a party in Austria, sold
to England, could Rifle the voice of wisdom in. illus,

triOUS persons and true friends to that country, did I
not put your troops into motion,. nor the divisions of
the troops of the Rhenish League, nor those which
your Majesty had in the interior of France, and which
being intended for naval objects or the' maintenance
of the colonies, had partly received orders to march
to this destination.

a Austria no longer kept herself within bounds.—
She had been preparing the fencibles during eight
months ; she had called them forth and provided a
new army. In the middle of February orders were
issued to set them in motion, and to bring all the
troops to the frontiers ; the whole Monarchy was un-
der arms. Long before Austria had made war upon
France at Constantinople ; she had already effected
a reconciliation between England and Turkey ;
finally, she was about to declare herself openly.
" In the mean while the Cabinet of Vienna main-
tained a profound silence. Since the Treaty of Fon-
tainbleau, it had made neither remonstrance nor com-
plaint. Your Majesty had cause for complaint, in
the murder of your conrier in Croatia ; in the insults
offered at Trieste to French officers ; in acts of vio-
lence committed against some of your Italian sub-
jects. You patiently waited the redress 'of these
grievances, when the Austrian Minister, on the 2d of
March, came and announced to me, that the Empe-
ror, his master, had given orders that his troops should
be put upon the war establishment. lie assigne.a, as
the reasons for this measure, the rep )rt transmitted
from Valladolid to the Princes of the Confederation
of the Rhine, and the return of your Majesty to Paris.
" Your Majesty charged me to answer, in a note,
in which I confined myself to the remark that there
was, in fact, between the two Courts, no source of
difference, and merely asked what it was that Aus-
tria required, and in case she v as disposed to recede,
I announced again the wish of your Majesty, that
Vie nations of Europe might enjoy 411 the blessings of
peace. M. Von Metternich endeavoured, in his an-
swer of the 12th, to make it appear that it was the
armament of your Majesty, which had made that of
Austria necessary; just as if your Majesty had taken
up arms against Austria at the moment you evacuat-
ed Silesia and the Duchy of Warsaw, and that '200,000
of your troops had proceeded from Germany to
Spain. _ _

It was then that your Majesty renounced all your
projects against the. English, and the expedition
against Sicily, for which the. King of Naples was
prepared ; and the embarkations which had been
made at Brest, Boulogne, Flushing and Toulon, wcye
all laid aside. Every thing was suspended and the
troops of your Majesty directed their march towards
Germany ; those too of the Confederation of the
Rhine were set in motion.

" No, it was by no means because France had taken
up arms, that Austria made her armaments ; but on
the contrary because she thought France was en-
feebled by another war, and deemed this a favourable
moment for regaining her ancient influence. Austria
makes war, because, without a doubt, she expects to
gain by it; she makes war, without any ground of
complaint, *ithout preceding it by any demand, any
proposal, or leaving any alternative ; she makes war
at a moment when your Majesty, far from yourself
promoting it, has manifested nothing but good will
towards her, and wishes for her peace and welfare;
at the very moment when yonr Majesty had of-
fered to be the guarantee of the integrity of her
territory; at the very moment that the Emperor Alex-
ander himself, even while he declared to the Ans.;
trian Minister his disapprobation of the conduct
of the Cabinet at Vienna, renewed his ofFers to
guarantee that integrity against France. Austria makes
war upon France and Russia—upon the two empires
which had offered her their protection ! It is, there-
fore, not for her own security that she has had re-
course to arms. The treaties which her necessities
had established, are no longer laws for her own con-
duct. She says they were made in moments of tlis-
aster, as if renunciations which victory had enforced
were not binding upon honour and good faith ; even
when the generosity of the conqueror did not excite
gratitude. Every generous action has been disregard.
ed, every duty violated. Your Majesty has received
the tidings that the Austrian army has crossed the
Inn. They have begun the war. A letter from the
Austrian General announces to the French Comman.
der that he is advancing, and that he shall treat any
one as an enemy who opposes his progress.
66 Your Majesty knows, that in order to avert these
inconsiderate commencements of war, your Majesty
has done all that foresight and moderation could
dictate. Your Majesty was desirous to spare your
people new disquietude, and humanity a bloody con-
flict. But as the spirit with which Austria has at all
times been animated, has rendered it the political
maxim of that Power to interpose a lasting obstacle
to the maritime peace, it is perhaps by no means to be
lamented that she herself has produced the crisis which
can remove that obstacle. The maritime peace can-
not be secured till the continental peace be first im-
moveably established, and until the English have
utterly lost all hope of disturbing it by their gold and
their intrigues. Be this at least the result of this
new war! Your Majesty cannot be jealous of the
power of Austria. You do not desire her annihila-
tion, but, since no-other means are left, may you by
your arms reduce her substantially to the condition of
a pacific Power. Peace is the conquest of which your
Majesty is most worthy, for it is that you most de-
sire.

Sire ! Your people will support you in this new
conflict. The astonishing foresight of your Majesty,
which enables you to undertake a new war, with add-
ing the least to the burthens of the State, is profoundly
felt by a people full of gratitude and sensibility, who
admire what is great, are the defenders of what is
just, and who glow with military ardour.
" Perhaps new exertions may be necessary to secure
the success of your arms, should they anticipate your
wishes. The self-devotion of your subjects will be
conformable to the love and admiration they bear to-
wards their illustrious Sovereign.
(Signed) ' CHANIPAGNY,
" Minister for Foreign Affairs."
" Paris, March 12, 1809."
PARIS, APRIL 22.
The Austrian Ambassador, Count Metternich, has
claimed his passports, and sets off this day on his re-
turn to Vienna.

The Duke of Montebello, General Andreossi, and
the Grand Duchess of Baden, the Princess Stephanie,
have al;rived at Strasburg.

ATTACT IN BASQUE
(From the Moniteur of the
REPORT TO THE MINISTER OR MARINE C

On board the Ocean, 1.
" In my last of the 9th I had the honk
enemy's force, anchored in Basque Roads.,
the line, six frigates, eleven brigs, and •"

On th 10th shere arrived also sixteen sl

be transports or fire-ships. I struck top.)
when the wind was N. W. the frigates r
of his Majesty lay in two lines, in order
b]e front might be presented to the fire-i
ed by a boom 800 to;ses long About si
and I gave to each Captain the liberty to
stances, for the safety of his vessel. 1 nisi

and fifth division of the flotilla to row gui
during the night, but the wind blew so,

the boats were able to reach that station

them put back. I also sent an Officer
Commanding Officer in the Isle of Aix,

enemy, from their manceuvres, soemed
saves of the high winds and the flood tide

us; he' atiswvie.l that he should be prepared
half past eight o'clock four English ship!
westward of the van of the line ; trey ,
peared to be intended for beacons to thi
was so high that it would have been of
place the ships broadside to.

V About nine o'clock a great explosion took placed
boom, which was followed by two more. A brig or h:e 7„
stopped by a part of -the boom, and afterwards a number •
brigs and three-masted ships advanced in sail in full flart.e',.,
were kept off some time by the boom, but they at length
through, and approached my line. The first came doss to
Regulus, and fell on board her starboard side, while a secohd,
also in flames, ran on board the Ocean. I had ordered the ca`4,,
to be slipt, and in case of necessity to be cut, to avoid compt.:e
destruction. So soon as the fire ship came close to the bow-split
the Ocean slipt her cable, but the fire-ship rapidly approaching a•.
the Ocean drove, though I clapped the mizcm a-bsck, I
resolved to cut the cable which 1 had out to the N. W. in orde:
to swing off by the cable to the S. W. which accordingly had tie
dssired effect.

" 'l'he fire-ships followed in succession, and came in f,lll
against the whole of our line, and particularly against the
which was in the centre, and one of them hooked in the star.
board quarter gallery, in spite of all my efforts to prevent it appeared to be all over with his Majesty's ship, as glut
flakes of fire fell upon her from stem to stern, but the Ere-ship,
having fortunately considerable way, cast loose. She, ntiver-
theless, hooked a second time, but upon this occasion she wet
also got free ; until at length her bowsprit caught under our cat-
head. It now became necessary to have recourse to cutting,
but the heat was so violent, that no one for some time could
go near her. At length, however, some brave fellows volun-
teered their services, jumped on the sprit-sail yard and the
bows, and saved the ship, though the effort cost live of them
their lives.

" Scarcely were we rescued from a danger so imminent, and
thrice repeated, when other vessels assailed us. 1 had, however,
the good fortune to escape also from them.

"-The enemy directed against our fleet three infernal machines,
and 33 fire-hips, Including brigs, three-masted vessels and sloops,
besides two sail of the line. All his Majesty's ships and Ligates
owe their escape from the attack of the fire ships entirely to their
slipping their cables.
" The Capitaine de fr •gatte Llssilour, who consmande•d the
Ocean, in the abs•rnce of Captain Rolland, and my Aldo de camp
Perron and Gaspard, displayed the coolest fortitude. The
cers conducted themselves well, and the crew throughoat
perfectly orderly. NI. Delmas, Sub-Commissary of the Fletr,
never left the deck. It is a pleasure to me to have to confer secs
well-earned praise. • (Signed) " ALLENEIND."

The Marine Prefcct has since given notice, that three ships of
the line, and one ariurd en flute, were stranded ; and it being in:•
possible to get them off, they were set tire to after the crews
had been landed. The enemy, by next flood-tide, made from
preparations for a second attack with fire-ships and bomb-
ketches, but they were driven off with great loss, and they were
unable to prevent the squadron from coming in to repair its da-
mages.

Such then, arc the means which an enemy, so much superior la
the number of their vessels, have not been ashamed to put in ea:-
cution! !ley did not fight, but sent in infernal machines fhir
will proclaim themselves conquerors, whereas they art only in-
cendiaries.

The mode -of using fire-ships is universally known ; but tLe
idea of cowardice attached to the employment of them had causA
them to be renounced by all nations. 1 hey formed no part t,f
the system of naval wars ; and when, in the 17th century, softie
adventurers made use of 'them, those miscreants were disavowed
by their Governments, and a shameful death awaited them if they
were taken.

It is well worthy of the present Governm:nt of England to
renew the use of fire-ships, to add thereto inferna' machines, to
augment, with unparalleled ra,ge, all the means of destruct on which
a feeling of general shame had exploded, ana all', to expend
such large• sums in a disgraceful operation, the winzh
has so little answered the horrible expectation, which i: had
excited.

• It is estimated that in ships, bombs, powder, fire-works,
Stc. this operation must have cost more than ut tra:tcs.

PROCLAMATION BY THE KING OF BAVARIA.

" Without a declaration of war, without any previous expla•
nation, our territory was an the 9th of this month invaded, acd
we vsv-e compelled to leave our capital, which is possessed by the
Austrian troops.
" This attack on the rights of nations will be punished. The
Sovereigns of the Rhenish Confederacy, supported by (heir mighty
Protector, shall maintain their independence, and, by victories,
reply to the trinicherous Proclamation which is circulated in Ex•
varia, and which endeavours to subvert the rights of Sovereizcs,
by exciting every where a spirit of disallection, and to produce
the destruction of all social order.

" People and soldiers of Bavaria, you know with what zeal
we have loved you. You know that your happiness has beta the
constant object of our care. You know also that since the freaty
ot Presbergh, which confirmed your political existence, you have
already hal reason to rejoice at the new relations subsisting be-
tween us and the Powers of Europe.
" People and Soldiers of Bavaria—Austria seeks to arm:l.:late
your. independence, reduce your strength, and diminish your poa-
sesstons, under the pretext of freeing you. The people of the
allied States are not, however, ignorant of the new and dangerous
influence which it has endeavoured to establish., and the obvious
consequence of which would be the restoratiou of the arbitrary
power of which the Archdukedom of Austria had assumed under
the title of bead of the German Empire. It is our Throne which
is threatened to be overthrown. It is the Bavarian name whica
is to be extinguished among nations.
" In this attempt it is wished to make you parties, under the
pretext of zeal for your property. Your territory is destined tc
be the reward of your enemies—for in their osieutativn they du
not conceal their object. They wish to dismember your country,
and to establish in it Barons dependent on the Court of Vienna.
" Their base anti senseless purposes shall be detested : fur th:s
we have the pledge of the fidelity of our people, of the couraie
of our soldiers, ot the genius and protection of our mighty ally.
" In this great contest, in which justice will triumph over f:te
temporary abuse of power, and through which Bavaria shall linally
obtain that consolidation which will place her for ever in security
against the attacks of a jealous neighbour, yon will support with
your wishes and your efforts, our arms, and those ot your great
Ally. We shall soon return to our capital. At the sight of the
Illustrious Protector of our Confederacy, oar enemies will fade
away, and the war which they now again commence, shal, Lisa
that in 1605, be carried into their own territories; but measures
shall then be taken to prevent their any longer disturbe:g tae
Continent, and making t heir neighbours the victims of the int t iguts
of their Cabinets. (Signed) " MAXIMILIAN JOSEPH.
" Dellingen, April 17."
ROTTERDAM, MAY 2.

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received, the contents of which are as follow Ye
terday evening the glorious victory obtained over the
Austrians was announced by firing the guns. At the
different theatres the intelligence was communicated
in time terms :

4, A letter from the Prince of Neufchatel, dated the
23d of April, at noon, on the field of battle, states,
that the battle of Ratisbon has been much more ad:
vantageous than that of ,fesa ; and that the army c•

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so strong, that but a few ref
.tion, and the greater part c.f
cot to General Brouarti, tie
ix, to acquaint him that the
med disposed to avail thtra-
tide to make nu attrat
prepared fur therm
Ships came to anchor to :he
bey had fire signals, and ap-
o the fire-ships. The
of no use to give order, to
osion took place
more. A brig or I.:e
afterwards a number of tr:L.
din sail in full flame',., warty
m, but they at length Lroke.
The first came doss to :I::
board side, while a secor4l,
an. I had ordered the ca'd..:
to be cut, to avoid con:Oise
came close to the bow-spirt
e-ship rapidly approaching a•
the miztem a-back, I
td out to the N. W. in order
which accordingly had the
:session, and came in Ell! sail
articularly against the Oee:::,
of them hooked in the 43r.
I my efforts to prevent it Majesty's ship, as great
rn to stern, but the Ere-ship,
ay, cast loose. She, never. •

:1, Archduke Charles has been tot•illy defeated, with '
t;, of 30,000 prisoners, all their colours and bag.
The courier who was the bearer of this letter,
Pge'
‘C•I .• it five o'clock, and passed on the road, at
xicv, the officer who brings the bulletin.
Oudiaot, one of the Emperor's pages, arrived
i:,re this evening. He is charged with a communi.
of the victory of Ratisbon to the Members of
Imperial family, who are in Paris, and also to
Arch-Chancellor of the Empire.
It is positively stated, that the Minister for Fo-
:.i..plAifairs set oft this evening to join the Emperor."

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