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goactiered his cbdtiguaicatPo With the lifeihillihA if..
toasted in (follicle; large debeeknients wets gbh to %Una-
rains mid Vaisheta, is order to bring the Illittalied, which
had Wan leg at 'Vey, and tosieoar the coustry. ft emend
Loisoo whose death the Baldish have falsely gmblishad, was
detached with the sane Intent aiNast Amaraute *cud,
and the adjacent !Minh", whh WOO infantry toed 100 bast.
The 104 et May, the vanguard of ter Dokis army was In
the Vona. h was attacked by several thoistands of font.
horie__, and ilphsees of carman, width fumed a part of
General s army, lately landed la Portagsl. The
ard rationed behind Fevra, and no the ilth ra.gromod
the Douro, with the division of Gen. Mermet. The lnerease
of the British three in Portugal, and that of the Parta,,wese
beergesta, threq the idueoce of British gold, bad, es wit
as the 10th determined the Dake of Dalmatia to effect his
retreat thrash Amareate,Villa Real, and Bragrorsa,asrend-
iag the right Inals‘f the Douce. But a sometime carps of
English aid Portaihieve having compelled General Luisou to
evacaate Amatuate, the Duke found it necessary to pate
through the idles of Salamoode, and in order to gain two
smirches on the *ltems. to sacrifice a few pima of mason i
and their caispot:-. which he ordered to be destroyed. mad the
remains of which could prove of no use to the F.ngliih.
The tatter not having been able to Fain any advantage on
the second corps daring the retreat, the only attires which
took place was with our rear-guard at Oporto, the English 1
having found means to convey on the right bank of the Nlition 1
about Kat infantry and MI horses they have swelled this
tritiiitg engagement into a battle, the pompons relation of
which (in So point of view n military one) Las had ii other
end thau to deceive the people of London, sad perhaps the I
.11iuisten themselves, in order to repay them for the immune
suns of money which this espeditiost ['ILIA have cost the Bri-
tish Treasury.
Om the 19th of May, the Date of Dalmatia was at Alla-.
Tits t the 40th he crossed the. Minh° at Orense ; and the 23c1
farmed a cansenunication with the Dukc of Elchingea
self, and the carps soder Ins connuand.
The arrival o: time !ntiv• of Dalasatia's army noun Gallicia 1
has been useful under every point of view. It ha, dispersed',
the bands at armed tonneau, who, profiting hv the mote-
meats of the Duke of Elelnageo against Oviedo, had endea-
voured to tale piathei-iuu of Santiago and Lugo, assisted by
the few Li:sahib troops who stiff ocrop• Vigo.
Such as• the state of things in Gallicia, and on the hanks
of the Mono), during the first der', of June, and the English
seemed Nttle inclined to try their courage with the 'id and
;th corps, after their junction.
FURTIIRR EXIICICI'S FRO 3t THE
GOI'TENBURGII

Srocattorm, June 20.—We have not received
from our armies any farther official reports, 'or
private intelligence, relative to the operations of
the Russian and Swedish troops. It is not, there-
fore, known, whether the former have made any
farther progress, or whether their movements have
been shucked by our army.
Our Gazette of this day contains an article from
Berlin, dated the lit inst. which includes in offi-
cial account of the maim* fought on the Benks•of
the Danube on the 21st and 22d of last month,
received at Berlin, by a courier, who arrived
there from the A ustriau. head-quarters on the 291 h
of last month. It is dated head-quarters, Brei.
tevilehe, the 23d of May, lfr9.
Min Recount word for ward the came which was pub-
red smite days sign in several Landon Seaspaperi, as the
Alsatian Bulletin et the battle alluded us.]
The plan of our new Constitution has not yet
been communicated to the public.
GOIII.NBLTRON, JCINZ 10.—Public notice has
thuis dry been given that all the public officers, as
wail as all utber inhabitants of this City, are
to appear wet Wednesday, the !Ist inst. at 11
~'!lock in tic forenoon, at tbeSenate-busise,to take
10 oath .1 atieglause to his prow Majesty.

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THE STATESMAN.

ItiOPOSITI TEMA X.

LONDON:
VIURSIIAY, JUNE 29.
—mar—

Tat 18th French Bulletin arrived in town yes.
terday afternoon.—We have now hail eight French
Bulletins; in not ono of which is recorded any
action, or even movement, of the French Grand
Army.—A period of inactivity—and a succession
of apologies fur that inactivity in eight Bulletins,
uho could have expected front the early events
of the Campaign 1 This is a convincing proof that
the career of NAEOLEON has, for the first time,
been at least suspended by a military force equal,
if not paramount, with that which he directs.—
And although the situation of the French army
cannot, as we think—be rationally concluded to
be of that dangerous nature which the sanguine
hopes and expectations of the public induce
them to bereve—it cannot be denied that the be-
lief of the if-reusability of the French Army,
%%lien eotuntanded 6.11 NAPOLEON in p2.eson, is un.
qaestionahly, for the present, destroyed in the
public mind of Europe. But to indulge the hope
that 200,000 regular troops—under the command
of a General possessing the consummate military
genius, which NAroLuoN is universally admitted
to possess, can be repulsed without tremeadaus
cfrorts—is most futile. Great as there is reason
to ham the success of the Archduke has
been...it is not the battle of Ealing alone
that can preserve the Austrian Empire..-and if
the spirit of insurrecetion should have diffused
itself throughout the North of Germany, to the
extent that is reported, the French, although they
certainly mast be embarrassed, will net be de-
feated by such EMI. NAPOLEON has under his
immediate direction au army, which is by massy
thought to be competent to resist any force that
can be brought against it within the space of
country that he occupies. That army is so con-
centrated, that should a moment arrive in which
he could bring a mighty force to bear on the ex-
tended of the Austrians, the consequences of
t:ic battle of Essling, and the hopes excited by it;
throughout all Europe, may be destroyed ae a
blow. If the French army once completely
vet penetrates the centre of the Austrian line,
ilere sill then be but a very slender hope of

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osa—ialrabare • iisistimeo. Met is 'sow bosom&
trrery titiw: as welt to pilatoratos as .to the
Aeettieltt. It is imnifestly the interest of NA.
POLION to wait for a diversion by'lite Russians
and the Poles in the rear pf the Austrians, if he
eau depend upon the iteadinesev Ataxsvoin.
That it is not the interest of tite"Aostrians to
wait until that force shall come into dodiact with'
their rear, is equally clear. On the other hand,
to prolong the inactivity of the French Grand
Army, will certainly afford an opportunity of as-
certaining the sentiments of those. countties, in.
which disaffection is supposed to exist ; and of
organising the forces of thole in which it
Las actually appeared—and the Austrian Army
may be expected to acquire a greater accession
of strength than that of I\ Aeor.toe—so distant
as ire its resources.—Frum famine and disease
...as mach or more may be expected—as (role
tbesword.--for, aithough...tree it is....that while
there is sustenance, the French Army will have
it, even though the inlabitairts of Vienna pc-
rish—it is, nevertheless, indisputable, that the
force, in that elide, required to keep down a fa-
mishing population, must materially subtract
from the strength of any army—and that conta.
gion, although not originating in the French army,
may possibly and probably be communicated from
the starving inhabitants to the scantily-supplied
troops.

After the accounts w e had received in termer

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Bulletins, of the castigation of CUASTELLAIt with
sticks, and his escape by flight—who could have
believed 'lt possible that he should have been
so snort condition to resume offensive
operations ?—His progress in the disoction of
Hungary has been inconceivably rapid—for
Clagenfurth, where he is said to have been de-
feated, is at no very great distance from Trieste,
directly north of that place. General Ruse*,
it sucms, engaged him...and " nine hundred pri-
soners were made"...bat there ends the narrative.
—Has CIIASTELL AR advanced or retreated a...
The inactivity of NAPOLEON is extraordinary—
possibly it may be a delusivo.oppearance...that
stillness which precedes the stabs—bat the an-
nexation of the Papal territories to the Great
Empire, at such
,a moment, is beyond all cum-
ptehension. One important conclusion must,
however, be drawn from this extraordinary act—
That the confidence of N4Poreo:v in his Iron
strength and resources has nut Net SUittabgert tI,
slightest diminution. •
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
Pentsiorrn. JUNE 77.—Arrived the yleche, Cap
Iliatimada, from a cruise; Hardy, Lieut. Dutton; ami the
USW, Lieutenant Irene, from Plionuath.
Jeca Yd.—Arrived the Phsenia frigate, Captain Mudge,
tram Plymouth.
Balled the Goshawk, Captain lanes, en a cruise.
The 13d and 3.5 th regiments, being the first in the order of
embarkation, UMW into this neighbourhood this morning.—
The, will not embark fcr several days, as they are to wait
till a greater number have arrived. The Fifesbire Militia
embarked this morning fur Leith.

Picstorrit, 'stir 47.—Sailed hit Majesty's ship Eagle,
of 74 guns, for Portsmouth.
The 1 aspetueux was paid wages yesterday; Admiral Stop
-
ford hoisted his Ali yesterday on board the Cesar, of SU
was: the two latter ships are hourly expected to sail for
Portsmouth.
Arrived the Mariner and Martial gun-brigs, from &cruise.
Also the Pappenburgh galliiits De G.tede Verwagting and
De Dogger'', both from London' in ballast.
Came down out of flamossze, and anchored in the Sound,
his hiajesty's brig Peacock.

Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, hill MAJESTY
arrived from Wiudsor at the Queen's Palace, and
soon after two o'clock held a Private Levee, at
which the following Gentlemen had the honour of
being presented to his MAJESTY :
(:.load FltZessait, no his being appointed Lieut.-Colonel-
Commandant of the Fint Regiment of the Bead Local
1111itia.
The Rev. Dr. SPA all% the Dean of Bristol,on his intend
ed promotion to the Bishopric of Chester.
Lieutenant-Colonel Maxon t., of the 26th Regiment, on
hi; going upon the Expedition, h; the Marquis of Ituntly.
Lieuteinuit-General D. D. WEI* is, on his appointment to
the Chit ermateat of Tynemouth.

After the Levee, his MAJESTY held a Privy
Connell, at which the Recorder of London attend-
ed, and made his report of the convicts capitally
convicted at the last Old Bailey Sessions ; when
his MAJ war vraa pleased to respite thew all dur.
ing his pleasure.
Ilia MAJZSTY afterwards gave audiences to the
Duke of PORITLAND, the rest of the Cabinet Mi-
nisters, and Sir DAVID DUNDA! ; and soon after
six o'clock, set off on his return for Windsor.
Yesterday, the Cabinet Ministers dined with the
Date of PORTLAND, at Burlington-house.
Mr. HUNTER, the Messenger, goes out in the
Resistance frigate, with dispatches to Mr. ADAIR)
at Constantinople.

The Sealark schooner bas been upset on the
coast of Holland, and all hands on board, ex.
cepting one man, unfortunately perished.
The packet which brought over the Mails from
Guttenbergh that were received in town Jester.
day, saw un the passage several Danish guo.boats,
firing at a convoy that was close in shore; but a
thick fog coming on, she did oot see the result
of the attack.

The Coronation of CITAULLI VIII. was to take

place on the 2.oth instant.
A letter from Memel, dated May 29, gays:—
War has now actually been declared by oar
Governmeut against Austria, and a Russian army
is marching through East Prussia against the corps
of the Archduke FERDINAND, who is retreating
from the Vistula. ?'he King of PRUSSIA re-
mains neutral, and seems o be entirely influ-
enced by the Russian Govenitnent."
The French Five per Cents. *era on the 21st,
at 8.2 r. 5 c.

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. • '.. .• • 77111 EX"Ailing* ~==r:::
cAiikt•_...__
sTsits p por.sh ri,..: ..
- - The preparations for 1110 grand expedition ate
on a scale of maguitude equal to any yet recorded
in the military history of OW coontry. Many
speculations are agoat as to its daslinatioa, but it
would be absurd to notice them, as much will
doubtless depend on the event of the expected con_
diet on the Danube ; this much, however, is ea-
tain,, that the coasts of the enemy, from the shores
of thy: Bettie to the extremity of the Bay of His-
cay, are open to attack, and .will probably be as-
sailed at various points.
Indepeadeutly of a large army of cavalry a:id
litantry, that important arm of war, the artillery,
.41411 be extremely great; sit troops of horse, and
eight brigades of foot, are under Orders; and an
immense battering traiu, with ammunition suffici.
ant for a six weeks siege, ie embarking in the Ri-
ver ; a number of Colonel Congreve's rockets are
also to accompany it. Of the artillery, three
,mpanies are drawn from this district, Captain
,Adye's from Dover, and Captains Munro and
Oliver's from Hythe, the two latter of which will
rive in Centerbotry this d.my ; they will be re-
Caced at Flythe by Captain Bean':,and a part of
ptain Trunotra companies, who march this
,day from Canterbury for that purpose.
. Movetnents of the infantry for the points of
embarkation commence this day in Sussex, in the
Eastern and in the Kent districts. In the latter,
the kith regiment marches from Brabourne Lees,
on its route for Portsmouth, and will be followed
by the 71st and 85th regiments, which together
form a brigade, from the same place on Friday.
All the other regiments in the Kent District (ex-
cept time brigade of Guards, which is to be em.
locked at Chatham), it is understood, will be em.
!Perked et Ramsgate, as aeon as the transports,
(splay 200 of which arc collected'in the river,
wive for their reception.
.;
'The reeloi ' its 1.4. d from the Sussex di.-
ma Oft , e
trict are the stfl foot, Ist battalion ;'231 ditto,
2d battalion; 2.eth ditto; fa battalien ; 3'2d diami
Ist battaliuu ; 25;h ditto, 24 battalion ; 36th
ditto, lit 'battalion ; filst 'ditto, 3d battaliqu ;
with two light battalions of the German Legion.
111RyfiCii.,Jusa 27.
A large fleet of transports is expected hereevery
tide, to take on hoard troops from Colcliespr,
Ipswich, and lliteeley barracks. We itkpot
know a place more convenient for thiS' purpose, ;
as troops may be embarked from four different
points at the same time, and all in the same com-
pass, viz. Harwich, Shutly Ferri, and Wallet.
Ferry, iii Stiffolk, and Landguard Fort.
ULM. BARRACKS, Sexe Se.
Extract of a letter from an Officer belonging to.
the Expedition :--44 We marched into Deal, from
Canterbury, on Friday morning, the 23d. The
time of our embarkation is uncertain, as the trans.
ports arc nut arrived. They are, however, daily
ieseeeetee. Sumo say kl 9 InWrided to embark us
`et board men of war. It is said we have been
ratted to the coast thus early, not only to be in
feadincsa to go on board the moment the ships am-
'i'te, but to give the men an'opportieity of bath.
lag in the sea for some days previous to 'their
"going on service, with the tie, of preventing amid
letting rid a an opthalmia, which hail begun to
Mils Appearance among them at Canterbury."

C/11' VW/SESS.
Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held
at Guildhall.

The Committee of City Lands delivered into the
Court a Report for exchanging a pared of ground
in St. George's-fields for the scite of Bethlem s-
pita, now in lease to the Governors ; which being
reed, stated that the said Governors would erect
an Hospital (on the scite where the late Dog and
Duck stood) to contain not less than 200 patients,
together with an open space, of about eight acres,
fur the air and exercise of the lunatics; which
being agreed to, it was refereed back to the Com-
mittuv to carry the exchange into executiou, and
to report thereon from time to time to the
Court.

A very long debate took place relative to the
London Militia, and in the end it was referred to
a Special Committee to report whether it may nut
bo adviscable to prepare a Bill to be presente►l to
the House of Commons, wholly to repeal the Act
of the 36th of his present Majesty, authorising
the raising of the two regiments of Militia ; and
after such repeal, to offer their extended services'
his Majesty, upon such terms and conditions as
his Majesty may graciously please to propose, and
as the officers and privates, in their seal, loyalty,
and affection for his Majesty's Imraw► and Govern-
ment, may be willingly inclined to accept,

•OLD BAILEY.

Yesterday tie Sessions cothmenoid. before the
RECORDER of Lotteen.. Sir SIMON Lt BL4MC
and Sir ALLA!, Cu %suite. •
.•
Richard Oakden was pat to the Bar; on a ca.
pital indictment, tor an unnatural offente ; but
put off his trial by affidavit, uutil the nett Ses.
lions.
Thomas Edward:, a young man of 23, and
slid to be a person iu' genteel life, and of consi.
derable fortune, was tried fora similar offence.—
Two witnesses were adduced to sustain the charge;
but the capital part of the isidiettneitt not being
sufficiently proved, the Prisoner was 'acquitted
upun that point; but detained in order to take
his trial at the nest Quarter Sessions, for the
assault and misdemeanour.
James Browne was restricted 'of stealing, on
the night of the 19th of June, a horse,, value 351.
from a field, at the back of Holland House, the
property of a Mr. Lamas, a hotelier of that vil-
'art.—Death.
?Una. Bowe was capitally cooricted, for bur.
glariously entering the chambers of the above-
mentioned Richard Oakdcn, in New Inn, St.
Clement anes, (IN the eight of the 14th instant,
and stealing therein, a tieve.pieee, a lea.aaddy,
and some ether articles, which were found in the
Prisestr's possession when be-was apprehended.


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APPIIFATION FOlt A MANDAMUS.
On thciait'slay of term, just before the rising
of the' Cart, Mr. Trotter entered, and made his
promised Motion roue idatialanass to compel the
prodsfetion of an loformation upon oitli ctintSin.
leg allegations, ythich he stated tu be untrue.
[An application to this effect bad been pre:.
riuusly made to the Cuort by Mr. CrAno.usr,
which appeared io Tog STATISM 4.111 of Airy 16.3
Mr. Trotter stated, that Nell himself to kayo
been severely injered and aggrieved, by "'Met he
conceives' to be an illegal commitment, he in.
treated the attentiott of their Lordships tu a case•,
not only of importance to himself, as an indis
victual, brit immediately atil.ctiog the liberty of
(he rubject.-•-lie then repested to read an atR.
davit.

Lord EvArvenarieno desired to know the no.
lute of ti,^ motion, iut-ntled to be ,grounded on the
affidavit %hick Mr. Trotter vroposed to read ; be-
-1 cause, if it 'was the same case that had heen
brought before the Court`by Mr. Gar row—that
had a IriNtly been heard, and deter.ninell---aatl
could nut he heard spin...miless there wa. burns
new matter to lay before the Court.
Mr. Troyer repliea, that he etaiseeited Mr.
Garrow had n.,t strictly altered to his instroc.
tions, but he by no mew,. al triboletrit to an im-
proper motive ; be then brzgell permission to
read the motion he had himself proposed to ,nape,
which he had previously shewn to Mr. Gerrotc. •
The motion was fur a Mandamus, or such other
interposition as the Court might jodge proper, to
compel the Magistrate to deliver copies of the infor,
mation, and of the anonymous letter, or fee Mr.
Trotter to have access to those •,,apers.
Mr. Trotter then stated, that he had watt(/' tb
the Magistrate's Attorney, soon after his commit.
meat, to know if the case would be investigated
at the quarter"ession, and that he had urged him
specifically to answer that inquiry, which was as
follows :—.444Vi1l the Magistrate promote a fall
and comp/ett inveitigation of the whale case, and
restrain his Counsel and Attorney from starting
any oVecsion atieh might tend to obstruct it ?"
[Mr. Trotter overanxious to state this clearly, that
it might be evident to their LOrdships, Most if he
thus courted publicity in the investigation of the
cave; in the presence of the County, there conld
be no conscioesoess of impropriety on Ms part its
presenting himself before their Lordships. Mr.
Trotter-observed, that previous to the quarter.
sessions he had applied to the Magistrate, for co.
pieS of the information on oath, and of anon).-
mons letter, and had caused him to be served ith
a notice to return the original into Court; that lie
(Mr. T.) had appeared at the Sessions uptia a
bail recognizance, which declared itself to be void
if he fulfilled the conditions of it ; and which, of
course. becam.....;.t ..putt his •ppcorartiCe in Court.
Notwithstanding this, the Chairman refused to
hear his Counsel, or himself ; and stated that
if any doubt existed of the propriety of the
Magistrate's proceedings, he was amenab!c to a
higher Court, but not to that. fle t:tit a question
to the vote, whether the recognizance should be
distdiarged or 'continued ? although the commit.
title Magistrate, the Informant, and Sir Buck
liar-wow' were all in Court, without either of them
supporting: his own act ; get, (as Mr. Trotter
stated.) under such cireunsetancis, a question was
put to tfic vote, whether a British subjoit should
continue tinder restraint, without either inform"_
tion—evidence—or_ charge—not even an arenas.
tics preformd against him—and himself unheard.
it ended in his liking discharged. Mr. Trotter
then stated, that upon his Counsel applyi..:2, to the
Clerk of the ileaie, to know if the inftartnation
on oath, and laiCloymous letter had berg retooled
into Court, he received for answer that " tto sorts
Papers had heen returned to him as Cie, k of the
Peace," consequently there was no record of the
Magistrate's proceedings.

Mr. Trotter then submitted to their Lordships,
whether he who had been the cense of all the miss
chief and distress which had occurred, was nut
the proper person to be made amenable to the laws
of his Country, and submittolfto the Court the im.
possibility of laying an action, if the Magistrates
withheld the precise words in the information ; he
applied to the Court to pre►ent that e►ident fai-
lure of justice, and observed, that if an in-
formatioe upon oath was not to be exhibited
as the charge prior to commitment " there
would be nothing to answer to," and, if it were
permitted to be withheld afterwards, there would
be no record ; and a Magistrate, by the means of
a third person, might imprison whomsoever ha
pleased with impunity. Nay, without a this d
person, he might profess to have an Information,
and imprison whomsoever he pleased, to answer
some particular view of his own. lie begged,
howe►er, it might be distinctly understood by
the Court and the Public, that be did not ap.
pig it to the Magistrate is question, whom no use
could be less inclined than himself to suppose ca-
pable of such an offence.

Mr. Trotter again stated, that all the authorities
concurred in it being necessary to state the precise
words, or no action could be laid.
Lord Ettemeonovau hero observed, that It
was not consistent with the practice of the Court
triadeise • party holly to act ; for if that was done
in one instance, it might be required in many, mut
said it was aut as the power of the Court to issue
a Mandamus to compel a Magistrate to give up his
information.
Mr. Trotter conciliar] by submitting whether
the anonymous letter should not be considered the
information received, anAbe information on oath
the charge to bb eshibiteo at the time ; and as Ma.
gistratcs were compelled to make records of their
proceedings, he imagined the record to be fur in.
spection, or it could answer no useful purpobe.
Lord ELLIMIIOII.OI/011 said, the Court had net
the power to grant a Mandamus, and on the dust
day of Term an information could not be granted.
His Lordship recommended an application to
Counsel, who would, me doubt, point out mai
legal redress which the law affautled.
Mr. Trotter did not apply for an iliforoastists.