The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-10 00:00:00

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BATTLE OF ESLING.

Official dispatches of the Battle of Aspern, of
the 2.lst, .2(1, and tad of .flay, are received by
Government. Private letters state, that a more
sanguinary conflict has not occurred since the corn.
meneemestt of the French Revolution. Several
Au‘trian divisions advanced I. within a few yards
of the enemy before they drew a trigger, when a
dreadful carnage towk place. Princes Rosenberg,
Lichtenstein, Fieldatarshals llohenzo1:1
tern, arid Count Bellegardet particularly distin-
guished themselves. The church and church-yard
of Esling were twice contested. Every street was
strewed with killed and wounded. The Austrians
lost, in killed, wounded, and prisoners, nearly
23,()00, the French mnre than 50,000. The bridges
of the Disrobe were destroyed by fire vessels sent
down the river, by order of the Archduke Charles,
but the enemy soon erected temporary rafts, other.
wise their retreat would have been entirely cut off.
Toe island of Lobos was covered with the dead,
and, for a considerable time after the battle, hun-
dreds of dead bodies were seen floating down the
Danube. . The hospitals of Vienna have upwards
of 30,000 sick and wounded. The Austrian
army slid not exceed 80,000 men, that of the
French was above 100,000 men: Such is said to
be the substance of this account.

Another Commercial Decree was published in
Holland on the Slit nit. permitting the importa-
tion of eel., tin articles of American produce.
The privateers cm the butch coast have been
greatly on the alert of Fate. They have captured
Vl SSeIS; two of which are Americans.

The I.itegt tli4iyitclivs front Sir A. WELLEsr.r.r,
w. uuderstrnJ~ :tre dated the 25th nit. at which
Link; the headquarters of the British army were
irt

The command of the Expedition, which will
sail from the Downs iu a few clays, as given to Sir
!t. ItACII.ta. Lord GA neei:a is to be em.
pioyed under the orders of Sir .IttenA an. Gen.
Sir Eyes Coors kit town on Saturday aftensoins,
having, as it is said, receive:l his final- instructions.
Several General °slicers have been added to the
:Italie! the Espeditian : among others, are Lords
Penn and Rossv.va, and General GOWER; Co.
lone! Vi VIVI hag been appointed Adjutant-Gene.
rap to Lord P. .Major-Genoral MiLsoa will
enmiwatid the Artillery, and Brigadier. General
Wrests the Engineer Department.
It was reported yesterday, that a French sqlsa.
skim, consisting of nine ships, was at sea.
Accounts wherries te mention, that the Russiattl,
after a severe action with the Turks, near Varna,
on the Black Sea, within 45 leagues of Con.
stantinople, had rendered themselves masters of
Varna.
Rosa v.t HTE 1135 ordered a eonsiderabln number
of the inhabitants of Passau to he employed in
strengthening the fortifications of that town. Tlat
heavy orilmuirs• has been taken from the ramparts
of Augsburg, and sent to defend these new works.
A deputation, composed of French and Dutch
°dicers, is preparing to proceed from Batavia to
Manilla. Their object is supposed to be to take
pesocraett of the latter place, In the mars of Jo.
Siril BONAPIITt.

A ship, arrived from Bourdeaux after a short
passage, has brought an acclaim that BLAKE, hay-
ing been considerably reinforced subsequent to the
battle on the 13th of June, got possession of
ngossa.

Accounts received from the Company's Ravi.
dent at Bagda.l state, that the French troops which
were ordered to proceed to reinforce the garrison
on the island of Cirac, in the Persian Gulph, had
been remanded, and ordered to take up an.intand
station between Stiffer and Behir, until the final
determination of tho Persian Government shall be
midi. known.

The King of Wtazzxnuncit has gone to Bibc-
rub, with a view to create means to oppose the
Tyrolians, and the Disko of BADER has sent MI
tire 411:1! ds in waggons towards the Lake of Con-
stance. The Austrians‘and Patriots are in consi.
derable force on the frontiers of Switzerland.

A loiter from Harwich, dated. Saturday last,
was received yesterday. A postscript to this let-
ter contains the following iniportant communica-
lion :
" ti e wren, Jrkv R.—l have this moment received an
n+•e-ouia from Cuxhaven, that atilt ieta.h:td heeu received from
Warsaw of the till, outing that Use Itu.sslaos, who had ad-
vanced a cirmsidernble way into tiaUicia, had Klideoly halted,
is esin:rquence of °Oen front St. Petcrstairgh, and that it
vinsgesarnitv believed their destination woidd be altered.
'rat latest advices from SAIMIV state, that the Duke of
Vacsgwi: a and the Austrians. 'after haviug pushed forward
ia different directions had re-tooted their corps is the neigh-
bourhood of Leipsic, with a view to attack the French cen-
tre, which had advanced in that direction. A blade was ex-
pected to take pl:.ce rear that place."

11. Hownit, Esq. goes out as Deputy COM.
asisaary.Genet,d, and Dr. Weus, as Deputy In-
spector-General of Hospitals.
The Royal West Middlesex Militia, which was
stationed at Silver hill, plan:lied into Battle bar.
racks on Tuesday last.
The Superb, of 74 ping, Admiral K c‘rcs, ar.
►ived, on Saturday, in the Downs, from the Baltic,
where she has been stationed upwards of fourteen
months.

The Id battalion of the SG th Regiment not being
able to muster 300 ett...ctive meu, is ordered to
proreed to Jersey, instead of joining the Expedi.
lion at Portsmeetb.

The Austrians arc making extraordinary mt..
lions to recruit their armies. The Emperor has
sent GetteralttMerravv, CLARY, and Masao, to
inspect the reserves, and hurry them forward. He
has made extensive pro:uotiuns, and allowed nu.
morons old Generals to retire on pensions: the
Generals of Artillery, LUSIGNAN, USW:Nati, and
Voontaarro, arc amongst the number, and are to
receive pensions of 4,000 florins.
SnoOTI No MATCH. —The feathered tribe of
Tfighgate and Hampstead have kern put in a state
of conscription fur the last fortnight, preparatory
en a shooting-match which is to take place at
Chalk Farm this day, between the Gentlemen of
Highgate and all England, for a considerable
w i4er. The number of birds to be massacred on
the occasion is 6fleen dozen !
Jane, iI'I.ELLAN, from Massachusetts; is
taken, and carried into Norway.

DUTCH P4PEfiS.

• %velum)Am, JULY 6.--[Priree letter.l—.
ft is said that Raab was relieved before the expi-
' ration of the period mentioned ; that Trieste has
been retaken by the Austrians, assisted by the
English on the sea-side; and that Marmot's
army has dwindled down to 5000 men, in the
course of its march from Dalmatia. General
Cbasteler is opposite Venice. The Austrians
have evacuated Leipzig, which is supposed to be
destined fur the head.quarters of the King of
Westphalia. It is said also, that a contribution
of eighteen millions of francs has been laid on the
inhabitants of Vienna.

A Russian courier passed through Lemberg on
the 16th alt. for the head-quarters of Prince
Charles, which gives birth to various conjectures.
An insurrection has broken out in the province
trf Margenthum, which was lately claimed by the
King of Wirteusberg.
No Moniteurs have reached this place these last
two or three days. This happens sometimes
through neglect. One is astonished at the inacti-
vity of the Grand Armies in Germany. It is said,
that the French Ambassador has protested against
the Royal Decree respecting American vessels.
This occasions a great fluctuation in the price of
colonial produce.
AMSTERDAM, JULY 6.—Private Letters from
' Vienna of the 22d June, state, that large droves
of cattle have lately arrived there from Hungary.
The new bridges thrown across the Danube are'
of such peculiar construction, that persons of the
first distinction, and even ladle-, frequently apply
r for leave to view thew. They are so well secured
by stakes driven into the ground, that it is im-
possible to destroy them; and boats are besides,
stationed, in the vicinity of the bridges, to impart
to all bodies floating down against them a different
direction. The same letters aurae, that a com-
pany of French players has arrived at Vienna,
who arc to give Comic Operas, and Farces, at the
Play-house of the Court.
According to letters from Naples of the 22:1
June, the King had at that time set out for Rome,
probably fur this reason, that the English are
making demonstrations, which seem to indicate an
intention of attempting a descent on the coast,
with a corps of front nine to ten thousand melt, or
exciting an insurrection in the country. But no
fears are entertained of their attempt, should they
really make it, •proving successful, since all the
inhabitants are firmly determined to defend the
throne and their country, and have offered to form
corps of volunteers for that purpose.
Mt La St, JuNC 24.—The gallant national guards
of the department of Mills, put themselves iu moo
tion on the 17th, in order to march to the iron.
1 tiers of their • department, and disperse the small
number of robbers who, after having been every
where defeated, ate now endeavouring to escape
from the just resentment of the public. lirhen
upon their departure, firelocks and cartridges
were distributed among those brave men, they re-
ceived them under continued acclamations of
" Long live the Emperor, long live the Prince
Viceroy !"
BANES ow zee DANUBE, (NEAR CORONA)
JUNE 17.—The battle of the 14th instant does
great credit to our troops. In the pursuit of the
enemy we found 3000 muskets, thrown away by
the Austrians. The two armies of Prince John and
the Archduke have crossed the Danube at Co.
morn, and thus abandoned the, immense tract of
country on the right bank of the Danube to the
victorious army.—( Royal Amsterdam Gazette,
July 6.)
PETERSBURG, JUNE 14.—8 y an Imperial Or.
der of the 7th of last month, the export duty for
wheat has been raised to 35 kopecks per ishutwut,
excepting such wheat as is exported from -fie ports
of the Black Sea, which only pays the former
duty of 10 kopecks.
The following Imperial Edict was issued on the
14th of last month :
" It is universally known bow firmly Russia has endea-
voured, for ages, to protect the trade of neutral:, during the
war carried on by European Powers; it is notorious with
what courage that empire has sheltered the interests of trad-
ing nations from the fury of the war. True to those unalter-
able principle-9, we entertained a.. hope, that during the pre-
scot rupture with England, the trade with allied nations
would also offer so motive to them of a different direction.
But the experience of last year bits convinced us that the
enemy has farad means to misuse neutral bottoms for the
benefit of his trade, and feel accenting,. obliged to adopt the
following measures, in order to pi e.cot it in future :
" 1. Every Captain who enters any of our ports,i. hound to
prove his ship or vessel to be neutral property by the pass-
port, the bill of sale. and the los:-Imok ; and the rarA• to he
so by the charter-party, the bill of lading, his own declara-
tion, and a certificate of the origin of the goods, in cases
where the whole or part of the cargo belongs to the Captain
or Agent, and the ship has set sail from America or the West
Indies, or is bound for those ports. Should any of obese do-
cuments be wanting, the Captain shall immediately leave the
port, and sot be permitted to discharge his cargo.
" Y. Ships is part laden with goods, which can be proved
to be the production of as enemy's country, shall he detain-
ed, confiscated, the goods declared coufikcated, and sold pub-
licly in behalf of the Crown. If the goods amount to more
than one-half of the cargo, not ouly the lading, but the ship
shall be declared coolitcated.

3. " A passport given by a neutral, friendly, or allied
Power, will not be salliciem for the justification of the Cap-
tain, if any cimonstances appear which do not agree with
the passport, or if the ship mestioned iu the paaport, does

not agree with tjat found in the other *papers of the ship.
unless it cleaHy appears that the papers hare been duly
signed by ;be per:wri having proper authority, in which case
the diferenee in the name shall nut make *galore dre'Captain.
1, 4. " The passport given to the Captain Shall not be ac-
kaowledged legal, If the ship supplied with k shall not hare
been at the time specified in the port, in the wane of which
the passport is given.
5. " When in ray skip supercargo, Captain, and more
than ooe-third of the crew, shall be subjects of as hostile
Power. or when on board any ship there shall be no muster-
roll, signed by the proper Officers of the neutral place from
which the said ship sailed, the ship and cargo shall be de-
clared confiscated to the u9e of the Crown, but the crew
shall be set at liberty.
6. " If the passport produced by the Captain shall be
false, or forged, the ship and cargo shall be declared coofis-
rated to the we of the Crown ; and the Captain delivered
over to justice, to be proceeded splint as a forger. The
crew shall be set at liberty.
7. " When iu any ship, double documents of differ' nt im-
ports are found, the ship and cargo shall bewarfiscated to the
a'e of the Crown. If the Captain shall endeavour to defend
himself, but bring no sufficient proof', the ship shalt be de-
tained, aid time if requested, be greatest to the Captain to
procure them from the place of his departure. If, at the
espimtion of the time granted, he procures so proofs, the
ship and cargo shall be declared confi-cated.
8. " Every ship not built by a friendly Power, shall not
be considered as neutral, unless it can be legally proved by its
papers, that it was bought or trwtsfered before the declara-
tion of war; if this don, not appear, the ship and cargo shall
be confiscated to the we of the Crown.

9- If the Master or Captain of a Ship shall be a native
of a hostile uaii.na, and have passports from a ricotta! or
friendly Power, that shall not avail him, unless they prove
that he benzine the subject of, and resided with, n neutral
Power, before the declaration of war. On failure of this
proof, the ship and cargoshall be confiscated to the use of the
Crow a."