The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-14 00:00:00

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found themselves involved in the immense debt of
twenty millions of florins.
The emperor of Austria ei I what he could to
alleviate this heavy misfortune; he stipulated, that
the privileges of the TyrOlese and Voralbergers
shOuld remain entire. But is there any one so
credulous, pr so ueitifornied of the grand events's
of the day, as to suppose, that Bonaparte could
be bound by any engageMents ? Faithful only to
his usual treachery, he no sooner had the invin.
cible Tyrolese and Voralbergers in his grasp, than
he imposed upon them contributions of every
kind, without remitting a single creutzer ; and.
having taken this barbarous revenge, he surren-
dered them to his recently.ereated King of
Bavaria.'
This prisiniOn his, tura, made a point of impo.
eerishing saVoppressing his new_ acquisitions.
Not satisfied' with raising heavy Contributions, he
overthrew their ancient constitution, which they
had observed for a series of ages ; abolished the
represented's 'States, in tinder to obstruct the
way to all popular retnoristaances, and seir;tl the
, provincial, pupillary, and credit.fiinils. lie more-
' over confiscated all acclesiaatical property, she-
' Ilshe.l the prelacies and convent:lll'mA sold all pub-
lic buildings to replenish his empty coffers. What '
proved more painful to the inhabitants than all
these oppressions, was the disposal of the ancient
and' creighisi-easete irt-theCothts" irtit Tyr01...,
Every successive month was marked with a list
of new exactions and taxes, that were levied with
the utmost rigour. Coin fiad become uncom-
monly scarce, and the Bavarian Government. en-
hanced the embarrassment, arising from this cir.
etenstance, by depreciating the Auitrian bank.
',ills, which were still'in circulation, to one lielf
of their nominal value. This operation caused to
the counties in question a fresh loss, amounting
to at Icast twenty millions Of florins.
To crown all these oppressive measures, Bare.
via had it in contemplation to change the very
names of the provinces of Tyrol and Voralbergl,
by calling them after the principal rivers, and in-
corporating them with her own dominions. 1
These excessive hardships lasted three years.
Petitions and complaints were not only rejected,
but by an express law absolutely 'prohibited. .
When, therefore, in the befouling of the cur. I
rent year, it appeared certain that a new contest
between Aqstria and France was inevitable, the
intelligence was gce:Aed by the poor Tyrolean. and
Vorribergert, as the rising sue is hailed by the I
shepherd. Scarcely had they received the news of
the actual innvements of the two hostile armies,
before they ruse in* mass. Their outset was bril- '
tient beyond expectation. The troops of the enemy
sent against them consisted of 27,000 men, whom',
they resointely attacked in all points. Their
victory was complete, those of the enemy' who
I escaped with their lives being either wquntled or
taken prisoners. Among the'lattcr ware two Ge. '
literals; the sharpshooters took, besides; a quan.
City of ammunition, arms, and several
stand of colours. ' This numerable battles was
fought on the 10th and Ilth of April lasts The
muskets( it beetled- solely to the valorous in ha.
bitatts of the Tyrol and Voralberg; fur the regu-
lar Austrian army, hastening to their relief, did
not join them before the 13th of April; it was re.
ceived by the conquerors with drums beating and
colours flying, while shouts of joy, and " long
live our beloved Eviler= Francis,' rent the air.
Those who know thimilduess of Bonaparte's
temper will be able to conceive an idea of the ins.
pressien which this news made upon him. He in.
'gently directed Marshal Lefebvre, supported by
the Bavarian Generals Wreck, Deruy, anil Sib.
bein at the head of '13,000 men, to march against
the +yrojese by the way of Salzburg. General
Ruses, with 8000 men, was ordered to advance
from Italy, while. General Ferron approached
from Carinthia, and General Marmont from Bs-
yetis and Suable, with from six to seven thousand
troops more. This was certainly's formidable
force, which, would have conq 'and even
annihilated any other two nations elf equal
numbers. Tho conflict, indeed, was obsti-
nate and terrible; But the enemies were de.
feated, all but Lefehere, whose force was too
large, and Wain° &rastations end cruelties
were such as to spread terror every *here. He
burnt towns and villages, and gave quartet to no
one. The aged were suspeeded from trees, and
thee shut. The pregnant 'ranee were even rips
up and their breasts cut off, while their 'embryos
were cranithed down their • throats to put an end
to the shrieks apes moaning, of the wretched vic-
tims. If a Tyrolese or Voralberger, bearing
arms, had the misforture to fall into their hands,
they immediately tore opt his tongue. The chit.
dreh were cut down without mercy, and most fre-
quently carried about, vansfixed with bayonets.
A number of these innocents happening to return
from school, were met with and driven by these
monsters into some barns, 'and beret elite.' .
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Lefebvre and his can imagined tolitiltbii '
to intimidate the T)rolepe and Varalbergers by
`such cruelties ; but they had the very opposillsid.
fict. The Tyrolese sharp-shooters now ztsembted
bloodthirsty lions ; they rushed upon Lefebvre,
and totally defeated ;rigs • thousands of the enemy
were slain ; said the General, accompanied only
by .a few remitatito of his great force, sought
safety in an ignominious flight,. directed towards
Vienna.
The result of this complete victory was, that
the Tyrol and Yorafberg, being now free from
their invaders, served as an asylum to those Aus.
trian prisoners who had been taken by the French
at Ratisbon, Aspern, and lisslingen, and who
found little difficulty in awaking their-incept. About
ten thousand profited by this opportunity : they
were nearly naked, and the eapence of clothing
and arming them atiew proved no small burden to
their hospitable friends.
, Another advantage of this victory displayed it.
self in the superior courage with which it inspired
the conquerors. They now sallied forth beyond'
their frontiers to seek the enemy. In Bavaria
they advanced as far as Munich, the capital city.
In Suabia they took Lanipten, pushing on beyond
Mentming pod Ulm. In Italy (hey proceeded to
within a few miles of iNrotia ; and some eorpt
-overrun Carinthia and Selaburg, then already in

the power of the imernys ,ect,iss itio. become to:
great degree masters of those enasultries.
Notwithatandingthese sat-eases, tllb cowgi,
were guiky of no &jetties or acts of ooKriapips.
Nut a single tiousq,seas pillaged by themoiespio
barn laid in ashen. No peasant was ever,itatil
.prisoner or insulted. The wounded en end ,rep
particularly taken care QC It was the usual.
tiro to carry them on shoulders into some hod,
.the Tyrolese and Voralbergers acted throughoit
from an honourable ambition, to shame their creels
enemies, and convince them of the superior huma.
nity of poor German- mountaineers. Neither
France nor any of her allies can adduce a single
instance of their prisoners having been ill-treated,-
either in the Tyrol or Vuralberg, thnugh the pri.
goners from either country were tortured, mur-
dered, or ill-used by the French.
All these glorious achievements, howeverecould
not arrest the progress of the enemy in other quer.
ters. In fine, an armistice was again concluded.
The corps of Austrian troops left ill the Tyrol,
and' consisting for the must part of the above.
mentioned refugees, was suddenly recalled, and
carried away all the ordnance and ammunition
which the Tyrolese had taken. Thus the latter
found themselves compelled i abandon their con.
quests, and satisfy themselves with guarding tkir
I own frontiers.
Lefebvre, Rusca, Ferron, and other Generals,
penetrated once more as far as Inspruck, the
capital of the Tyrol, repeating their former de.
vastatious and cruelties. But the indignation ex.
cited by the re.appearance of those inhuman chief.
was sorb, that the very women, whose business
had hitherto been confined to conveying the pri.
soners to places of safety, assembled in numbers
end put to death 040 of the enemy near Landeck ;
and though the whole force of the enemy amounted
to about thirty thousand, they were attacked by
the Tyrolese and Voralbergers, who bad risen en
masse, with such irresistible fury, that those who
-saved themselves by flight, were pursued to a
great distance, so as to bo unable, during the
space of twenty.four hours, to allay their thirst
Kith a draught of water.
It was in vain that Bonaparte, on bearing this
new disaster of his arms, detarheitMasalials Mat.
donakl and Bessieres, with picked-40U
the Tyrolese. They were routed trod
return.

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Front the concurring accounts In the _
Germau, and iireiich papers, which are capital
Wu the &lily prints of Landon, it is pl4ceil be.
yowl all doubt, that the Tyrolese and .Voralber.
ger, persevere in their obstinate resignce to the
Fieuch and their Allies.
They are indeed now free, but at thetrePence of
very uncommon sacrifices. Numbers' 'Of them
mourn their fathers, brothers, and sons, ant slain
In battle, hut for the most part murdered in an
inhuman manner. Four towns and 26 flourishing
villaaes aro reduced to heaps of ashes—not to
,Ilictitiou the destruction of a large number of de-
illehed cotter*. These calamities are. telt °more
IlieWhly in 11 climate which is very far from being
taw. The mountain of the Tyrol and Voral.
berg have ever since the beginning of October,
leen covered with snow and ice. The inhabitants,
though accustomed to subsist upon the hardest
lire, can, after so many devastations, pillages,
conflagrations, and hardships of eveitiy kind,
scarcely get wherewithal to satisfy theheravings
of nature. Multitudes at this moment tie happy
in being allowed some little comer is 'crowded
barn, stable, or Init. ..use '
In spite of all' these sufferings, they are fully'
determined never to listen to any accommodations
with Bonaparte, or consent to be again governed,
by the iron sceptre of Bavaria. This;deteriniisa.
lion, though it appears rash, eon be satisfactorily
accounted fur, from the above stated cruelties, ex.
actions, and oppressions. All, to a man, trained
to the most skilful use of the rifle ; inured to the
itirlemencics of the seasons; defended by liege
mountains accessible to none but thealseires ; sur.
'rounded in every direction be, and allied to moult.
taineers that are animated' with the same lore
of independence ; reared up and happy is po-
verty ; religions virtuous front habit; utter
strangers to luxe ry ;• prefer rlittlo4r barren MQ.;II.
Ulm to the most fruitful soils--stud, above all, re.
membering thnhorrible outra.tes committed by tbn
order of Bonaparte, to whom they base to oppose
sale hundred and fifty thousand aharps:sooters, in a
poetry where no regular armies can act, •vil
whirl they and they altitre know the paths to pro.
MO supplies, if they have but the means to pur.
'base them. Such a hardy, stubborn, amid Ali.
letic rare of mee are very formidable enemies.—
tech they have certainly proved to France. and no
police which their beloved Prince may h ite hem
compelled to toter into, will induce (huh to be-
come a party to it.
They are firmly resolved either to conquer or die.
Lts • SCIIOEl4l“eliElt.
Londrio, Nov. 1.1. 1809. • • MULLEN, bt ;Or.
A report having beeo circulated that Lord Er..
woe was likely to withdraw from the contest. for
tie Chancellorship of the University of Oxford,
)k
We arc authorized to give it this public cuntradic.
6 and to assure the Members of Convocation
Nhat it is altogether unfounded. .
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Extract of a letter, dated Lisbon, Oct._ 06,
iktso9.—" Yesterday we had an official comma.
siltation of a victory-Rainedover the French by.
..he Dike of PARQUE, near Salamanca, where it
wins theffpaa' ish troops behaved extremely welt.
To balance this, welave heard to-day, howeeet,
that General VINIOAS has been totally defeatedc
aver Aranjues. Tu.morrow Lora WELLINGTON
mete out to join the army. It is unde,rstood that
statement *as presented to his Lordship, a few'
clays since, of She Portuguese army ow on ear
vice, exclusive of the Lisbon Militia, &c. whilst
it appears amount to 80,000 men. The. sOlcuia.
vino of the expence of pr9vichog than horses, pro.
visions, &c. ansoun.s to fifteen millions crimmoi
Itoes per annum,. Rant their pay, it i‘ prep,
.will come to as mech. 'inwards this heavy is
pence, it appears the revenues will only odowLitt
the utmost about ten millions; the deficit UMW
come from sorme:ehefet or the army he
handed."


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lilln.:!ricalarit English fighting for?
2. *kat'lntie Seen the motives and objects of
-who are the abettors and promo. •
Irma 'O Afar ?
1."2.* TPO.w-fsre we account for the apparent a pa-
titriisg.inilirference of the great mass of the pro.
pie, to the destructive, impoverishing, and truly
calamitous effect •rf this long-protracted war?
4. Who are the persons that prefer war to
' peace ? What are their situations, and what do
they gain by instigating, and continuing in war.
fare?
5. Could not a general peace be easily and rea-
-1 dill- established? and would it not greatly coo.
duce to encourage commerce, literature, the fin*
arts, and general comforts of mankind ?
6. If it be clear, that such a peace, as can ea-
sily be obtaiaed, would tend to mitigate the hard-
ships, which the middle and lower daises of ao.
ciety now labour tinder, and which must greatly
increase by continuing the war, why dues tat the
Executive Government make some overture', •r
adopt some measures, to obtain Ms great end ?
And if they still persist in the familiarly destrue.
I tire system, why do mot the people petition kit
Majesty to employ such Ministers, as will pay
some respect •to the wants and wishes of the
country ?
Is it not trnly linsentsble, that so many years
ishould elapse, and the same unwise, unmeaning,
and undeterminate system be persisted in?

If a few of the literary characters of the king..
dons, whose minds ougbt to be attuned to peace,
and who should exert their influence to ostain its
would strenuously direct their peas to this sub-
ject, at the present crisis, it is conceived, that
the, woulciefect, not only a great national bat
good.—NoUinghans Review.

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TIIZ:iIACO7V 'YELLER, A BARONET.
•„•,.. •
1 I;los;atee Istacknatnihton, going out to ledla
is a digga and Captain Ja..tee ~.thu' Wood, of
, iriiiii Nt• v, Mitre had . I honour of Knight.
tood conferricl 1 1 diem ; the tunuer on assuming
juianation of greft:4portaisce, and the latter for
his dititinguishedlaintry at thepapture of Cura.
visa. At thelierrWme time the hereditary title
..i Baronet wasi‘ bestowed by the Sovereign upon
Cita:ales Flower,. Lord 'Mayor and Bac in.sellerf
fur— w hat ? —his: distingui‘he! altatoment to the
hiiitistor all the day. • This is this poor creator,
t•lvvateil ingsak-ebove those gallant di:tenders of
their Country, Sir C. Stuart, Sir Situ. Smith, and
many other oflcyrstitvho have passed their best
days and shed their best blood in their country's
s..rsice! Sir Sidney Indeed, rho only Englishman
that ever stopped for au instant the career of 80.
naparte, is nut an Engtfstrttrilght, he has only o
Swedish title. Behold the beautiful, British ad.
sgee of Ministers!—Whet, in t! 1 wane of teed
eeiscy, has this flacon Contractor done, that he
should be put above the thousands of gallant fel.
Tows in the army and navy, who daily risk their
lives in a pantry service? What, we repeat, 1145
he done—miittat single public action has be per..
formed, whlah should entitle him to such, or io.
deed gill public honour.: To be sure, he was
villidatowarthy the confidence of his fellow citi.
trel4, ad this-alnoesmast endear hint to sack an ,
siiidaihtistrhtlos as kkgidiresoot.—(Ghtsgota Gen.
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• T.he4diavainittiekhas recently been played off
in iherfemily ,elf Mr. Brown, shoe.ciabx, hi
(tlael.fnarsfload :—the mother of Mrs. Brown, it
appears, resides at Danstable. A few days since
4 woman called on her, 4.id represendisg herself to
be the imamate tricot! of her tlaueoter, said sins
was come to Danstable on
.h:tsines. which would
of bey two or three dap, and during that
tlia' she should be happy to take up her abode
with her dear
.1 riend'i mother ; she mentioned so
many circumstances relative to Mr. B.'s family,
that chead lady was deceived, gave her an invite•
tibn, and thought she could not treat so intimate a
friend of 'her daughter too well ; during her stay
site found a pretest to borrow ..some clothes and
money of the xiltl lady, and leaving Dunstable at
i the cod of three days without beat of drum, in
her haste forgot to return either. lattoediately
on leaving Dunsta'ile, she, it appears, made the
best of her way to Mrs. Brown's house in town,
where she assumed a new character, and became
the dear friend,uf the 'mother, 'end hick all the
symptoms of grief which a dear friend might he
supposed to feel on such an occasion, announced
the recent death of that worthy old lady, to .yes.
ji.'s fapiily, observing at the same time, Mums*/
bad some bossiness which would detain her Sib town
tali u- three days, she would trespass on thane
hospitality, and return with them to the funeral.
Mr. B. and his family accordbigly provided thew.
selves with mourning, and every thing was pea.
pared fur their leaving town. About au how,
however, before the coach set off, they were sae.
prised by the appearanct of the old lady is parfeed
kealth, come to tows is pursuit of heetlaughter's
dearfriend. The old lady was no less surprised
at the paraphenselia of woe which her son's house
displayed—gq Isrp/opiation, however, moon wok
place, whedit wasithrgataretl, that although Mrs.
B. bad Alit tolbibient the of her mother, yet
1 she lailiti Oilier taiiehi"dt g 43, her milker': dear
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lir' f' t 1 ,Laving that mortis ' borrowed her beat
hr. .gap alfishassir and t fogy pouuds in
t itli al.
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Allis Hull fiNeri—r- .r
TNICATaa Rev AL, lIIILL.—. WILItIsSom is sorry fa
, base to ruilkeinre 1.1 the Pewit-, shat in run.eriae of the
I NEW TREATTIE (winch env essitracted to he eutuple..ed
to fill. regret Nl,Atia of Nuseuilier) being to a very barb_ward •L•e, it will be liupuss:Wr to Nave it raorangia) aired
i 10111 scacq ler Cie recititon of leis Friends, Yarn alter the
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