The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-14 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

PROPOSITI TINA Z.

LONDON:
IMIDAT, JULY 14.

A GOTTENSOIOII MAIL arrived this morning,
the intelligence brought by which is of slight im-
portance.

Tin German Papers that were received last
night contain documents which will be read with
ent interest, although they are silent respeczing
e grand armies on the Danube.
The Austrian Balletin, dated the 17,1 a of June,
candidly acknowledges-the defeat at Raab, but at
the sine time asserts the loss of the French to
have even exceeded that of the Austrian army.
This may or may not b • the fact—the French cer.
futility socrt•rded, notwithstanding the army of the
Archduke Jour( had, previous to the battle, cf.
fectod a junction with the corps of the Archduke
PILATI me. It is evident that the Hungarian le.
vies are not Net adequate to a contest with the ex.
perienced troops of the VICERO r of ITALY and
the Duke of AUERiTADT. The consequences of
this battle do not, however, appear to have been
very disastrous to the Austrians.
The defeat of the Bavarian General DEROY—
his consequent retreat to Rosenheint, in Bavaria,
and the entire deliverance of the biotin; from the
French, are confidently annoenced in this Bull°.
tin. If these facts shall hereafter be confirmed,
it will tend to provf, beyond all contradiction,
that the French accounts of the operation.: in the
Tyrol, have been invariably-fallacious,—The ef-
forts of the Tyrolese and Voralharghers, directed
by the active and energetic CIIASTELLAR, will
prove a serious annoyance to the French.
The Order of the Day of our Brother of West-
phalia " Out.lferods Ilerod."---Thii ephemeral
Fungus of Royalty fully equals his king-making
Brother in that species of Composition, fur which
the Natives of the ci-decant province of Gascony
have from time immemorial been celebrated, how.
ever far he may fall behind in point of military
and political talent...Jo this tirade, dated on the
26th of June, JEROME says, " To-day the enemy
"flies fall of terror before ns.--llc has scarce
"been able to beg:- etc look of our advanced posts."
---This reminds us of one of Dr. Sartre* happy
illustrations of the 6' Batbos"---in the terrific de-
scription of a Lion...

"He roar'd so loud, nn : lk'd so wondrous grim.
" His very shadow ,:u.>t Ant follow bin."
But notwithstaidin4 the terror inspired into the
affri4hted Au•trians by the look of the advanced
posts, N e have the satisfaction to learn, from an
Article in the Berlin Gazette of the Ist of July,
that the baggage of the Terrible Janoxt, who
W. 14 " to clear Saxony of the Austrians in a few
" doys," is soddenly ordered back to Moide-
burgh ; from which it may be inferred to be pos..
sible that this Lion may have retrograded—or in
vulgar language, have turned tail.
From Warsaw, under the date of the 26th of
June, fresh successes of the Poles are annoence.l
to have been gained down to the 13th—but it
seems advices, dated the 18th, have been received
at Cracow, from the head quarters at Wiclowe,
near Slandumir, by which it appears that, after a
series of vigorous attacks, during three successive
days, Sandomir surrendered to the Austrians.
But the most important intelligence contained
in the German Papers remains to be noticed—
the specious artifices to which Napor.aow is now
manifestly resorting, in the hope of producing
disunion between the Austrians and their Allies—
end of paralyzing the rising insurrections in the
North of Germany, by propagating the rumours
of Peace with Austria.

From the Banks of the Maine, and from Lei!).
sic, Negotiations for Peace, under the mediation
of Russia, arc announced with such entire con..
tidence, that eves the celebration of the birth.
day of NAN:meom in Paris, on the 13th of July,
is anticipated. Should this report once obtain
full credit its the North of Germany, it is evident
that the spirit of revolt must instantly hide its head;
but it is difficult, if not impossible, to believe that
for this report there can be the smallest founda-
tion. NAPOLEON has, it is trne, taken possession
of the Austrian capital ; but there terminates his
progress. The Tyrol so repeatedly contested—
is certainly unsubdued. —The attacks on the do-
minions of his confederated Allies of Bavaria,
Wurtemburgh, Westphalia, and Saxony—the
knows aversion of the North of Germany
to the yoke of Franca—the doubtful fidelity
of Prussia, and even Saxony the milkary
preparations, and pecuniary assistance of Eng.
lend—the tartly 1130VCMCIAS of the weak and

fickle A LENA Niikß, engaged in
with Turkey and Sweden -=the hitherta
im-
passable barrier of the Dantibe.:-the seal, fidelity,
and activity of Hungary, Bohemia, and the
variout provinces of the Austrian dominions
...the disastrous situation of the French af.
fairs in Spain---and finally, the dissolution.
of that spell of invincibility, with which the
French Emperor has hitherto so effectually
fenced himself against successful resistance, arc'
powerful considerations, concurring and combin-
ing to excite a rational hope that the Austrian
empire is capable of sustaining, resisting, and
finally repelling the armies of Islarot.eciN. For
what did Austria undertake the war, but the
entancipedion, the deliverance of Germany ? That
certainly was not only the secret, but the osten-
sible and avowed motive of the war.—Can
it be even hoped—that the deliverance of Ger-
many from the domination of France can be
effected by negociation with NAPOLEON ? Will
his vassals of Bavaria, Wurtcmburgh, Saxony,
and Westphalia—cease to be at the immediate
ecommand of France ? Can the North of Ger-
many be restored to freedom by negociation with 1
NAPOLEON in Vienna? Surely the Cabinet of
Austria will nut be tempted by the offer of the
Ty rut, and perhaps a restoration of some of the
Italian provinces, to sheath the sword which has
beet, drawn to fight the last battle of Europe.
At the commencement of the present contest,
Europ•: looked with retrospective fear on the dis.
graceful scene at Ulm, and the disastrous fortune
of the (louse of Austria at Austerlitz—and the.
prevailing sentiment with all reflecting men was
c •rtaitily that of apprehension for the issue of the
cunh•st. T disasters of the Austrians at the
opening of the campaign —the retreat of the Arch.
duke Cu %IMES the Dinah; and the en.
trance of N.teot x •. into Vienna, had almost an.
eihillted the small remains of Hope..-bat sub.
sequetit ev: tits have revived that hope, so nearly
extinguished. The battle of Aspern has excited
a degree of astonishment throughout Europe,
the effects of which arc only beginning to be
felt. The obstinate defence of the Tyrol—the
re-appearance of CHASTILLA e—the incur.ion of
the Austrians into the dominions of the Confede.
rated Kings--the final and ultimately successful
retreat of the army of the Archduke Jouw—the
long-protracted inactivity of NAPOLEON—the
skill with which the Archduke CHARLES, and all
the Austrian Generals have directed the ♦alour of
their troops—and the general resurrection of the
energies of the Austrian Monarchy, have certainly
changed so materially the aspect of affairs, that
the expectation of the Austrians being capable of
withstanding the efforts of the Freuch, can no
longer be considered as irrational or prestimp.
tuous.

The intercepted letter of the Archduke Cn mum
to the Duke of Bituuswtat is manifestly '• a weak
invention of the enemy," for the put pose of pro-
ducing jealousy, suspicion, dissension, and dis-
union...and at all events is but a feeble commen-
tary on the " Order of the Day" from Vienna—.
a document which more powerfully illustrates the
red situation of the French armies, than the
itnited mass of French and A ustrian Bulletins--
fot if the 'frilly tinder N 4 rot EoN is as greatly
di,organi:ed av it is there represented--.his situ-
ation is critical beyond all precedent.

A SECOND GOTTENSURGII MAIL arrived in
town at twelve o'clock. The following are ex-
tracts of the intelligence brought by this arrival
tITILACT FROM A LETUP', DATED CAKE.SHAX,

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VitQcrTENBUR(III MAIL.
grOCILKOLIII 'JUNE 28.—Irlis Royal Ilighnest
hai received the follewirig Report from Baron
Wrede, Commando in Chief of the Northern
Army :
" I have the honOnr to report to your Majesty
that the frigates Froja and liellona are cruising
off Quarken, so that in the wholes four frigates,
one gun-brig, and a smeller vessel, armed wick
carronades, are at my disposal. I shall this day
remote my head-quarters to Nordmaling, where
the Main body of your Majesty's hoops, unJer
my command, is concentrated, and I trust I cart
now, antler Divine Providence, answer your Ma.
jty for the safety of this part of the coast.

.4 WREDE.
" Commander in Cbief of the Royal !Worthen) Araty-
" Wad-qua/ten, Hundsand, June 23, 181."

His Slajest)'s coronation took place yesterday;
and on the 3d of nett month the royal family will
receive the usual congratulations on the happy
event.

We have not yet received any further Intel.
gence or the enemy's opcnitions, and must there-
fore suppose that he has not made any forthet
progress in his intended invasion of this country.
--(Stockholm Gazette, June 30.)