The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-25 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

was not this frigate that clia%ed me in the day
time), the ilatethytt hail only her featinast re-
maining.
" The 1V loosen had then all her mash "(aceltt
her foremast) and sails a pod deal shutered
deed, but capable of being toon repaired. 1 had
then only 50 meta killed and erunnited.
" 1 learned hoin some French prisoners who
' were on board the Amethyst, that *hem she ceased
her 'fire, near four o'clock, doey were obliged to
Flare the hold, on account of *coma quantity of
water she made.

64 The bravery displayed on this occasion by the
officers and crew of the Niemen, if *bore my
praise; and I request that your Excellency will
procure them that reward of which they arc most
ambitious, namely, to submit their conduct to his
Majesty's attention.
" DU POTET."

NUREMBERG, JULY 5. —We learn from the
Prague official Gazette, that the French, who
are besieging Presburgh, have destroyed the
bridges on the river, in order to deprive the great
Austrian army of that itassage in case they
should stand iu need of it, in order to pass into
Order of the Day, issued by the Archduke
Charles on the 43d of June, expresses the great
dissatisfaction of the Archduke at the conduct of
the Ilungarian insurrection at the battle of Raab.
The whole right wing, composed of that Militia,
(led in so strange a manner, that it should seem its
leaders are little sensible of the importance of the
crisis in which the Austrian Monarchs is at this
moment.

General Chastener, says a Bulletin of the 18th
of June, unable to re-enter the Tyrol, with great
difficulty has reached Hungary, having crossed the
Danube, near Buda. He hopes, by a great cir-
cuit, to join the Archduke John.
The Archduke Ferdinand has ordered rations to
be be provided for him at Teschea. Ile is bearing
towards Moravia, fearing to be•turned by tke
Poles and Russians.

An order of the day of the ifitth ult. announced
to the Archduke Charles's army, that Austria has
Allier on the Continent, besides England. The
official Gazette now declares, that these Allies are
the Turks ; but every one knows, that ay. 'f urks
unable to assist the Austrians, cannot defend
themselves from the Russians.

Petits, Jowl 14..--His Majesty has raked Ge-
neral Macdonald to the dignity of Marshal of the
Empire, in reward for his valiant eontteet.
Zar:A, JUNE 20.---We have received °Mein' in-
ielligence, that the Serviant, on the Ist and 4cl
instant, totally defeated a Turkish division under
command of the Pacha Colaso, which had crossed
the Drina in order to relieve the fortrest Socal.

The Servians have taken possession of ivnisks
and the roads to Cbtistantinople, so that all com.
munication is citt off. Sunman Pacha has.not ven-
tured to attack them, though at the head of a
large army. Since two months, only three
couriers hate arrived from Constantinople, by
way of Albania.
From Roomiest we Icani that the Rotsiatts hate
possessed then- ri% cs of Setolam and Adacalcsia,
two fortrv:- son the Danube.

The sertians remain in the same pdsitioet. The
Turks have attacked with great taidur at Jerteska
and Jeneratas, but without effect.
Lts•re, duct 4.—We learn from 'Vienne, that
its the coarse of the last eight days, the prepare.
tions for passing the Danube have been consider.
ably forwarded. Immense magazines of provi.
sions hate been tarried to Lobel' ; also a great
deal of 'dee, supplied by the convents. Four
hundred lamps have been demanded to light the
Island and the bridges. More than 5%000 French
have already passed the Danube. The Austrians
have not hitherto endeavoured to obstruct their
operations.
PARIS, JULY 14.—M. de la Robissicre, one of
the Emperor's Pages, arrives! at eleven o'clock
last night, at the Palace of the Prince Arch-Chan-
cellor of the Empire. He was dispatched on the
7th July, by order of the Emperor, with intelli-
gence to his Serene Highness, of the victory ob.
taipcd at Deutch Wagram, fry the army under his
Majesty's orders.
This morning, at half past seven, this victory
was announced by frequent discharges of artillery.
This evening, the Bulletin, containing the par-
ticulars of the memorable and decisive battle of
Deutch Wave's, was read in the principal thea-
tres, and accompanied by tumultuous acclarna.
Boos.

Letters from Genoa and Marseilles mention,
that tho Regency of Algiers, at the instigation of
the Englieb, demanded of M. Dubois Tainville,
Consol.aeneral of France, payment of an an.
nual tribute, and upon his refusal ordered him to
be arrested. A prorisioual embargo has been in
consequence laid on all the Algerine ships and pro-
perty in the ports of France.

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THE STATESMAN.

e re announced by this communication is said
to be, " That previous to the b titles of Enzers-
dO4and Wagram, it had been determined, in a
Cbvncll of War, to form another iutrenched
camp between Znaim and Iglau—on which the
Anstriaas had retreated after the battle of the
Gth, in perj'ect o+ der, with all their"heavy
emtkow, and with all their iidd artillery, except
40 pieces, the greater part of which had been
disabled by eannon.shut in the action—that the
tom of the French exceeded considerably that of
the Austrians—that it was their plan to draw the
French from the Danube—that the passage of that
river was the result of Norodom's ipptehen-
sioas of being straitened for provisions ; and in op-
position to the opinions of the French Marshals and'
Generals—that theFrenchartnydoes not in thewhole
exceed I2o,ooomen—that the Inhabitants Ofiricana,'
and other places in the possession of the French,
were restrained from insurrection solely by the
exertions of a strong force :---aml finally, that in'
Holland it was the general opinion that the late
battles, so far from being decisive of the fate of
the Austrian Empire, had nut weakened the
Archduke tIIARLES in the same proportion that'
they had weakened the French army, the main
body of which was incapable of advancing imme-
diately after the batiks." Such is the form and
substance of the reported communication: frosts
Holland, of the truth or falsehood of which we
do not profess ourselves capable of judging.
If, however, we admit the fact that such comma.
nications have been actually received, to the full
extent that has been stated, we shall stilt have no.
thing on which to found our belief of their cor-
rectness but the mere floating opinions of certain
individuals in Holland ; fur in no statement have
we yet heard mentioned the authorities on which
such opinions and reports have been formed. By
the vessel which brought the letters and the mer-
chant, no public journals were received, cor.
roborating, or even noticing, any such accounts.

That the retreat of the Austrian Army was in
good order, the description of the 25th Bulletin
renders highly probable—even in contradiction
to its own assertion..." After ten o'clock the
" enemy fought only to effect his retreat—at
" twelve this was manifest...it was condi:tied in
" disorder, and long before dark the enemy was
" out of sight."-..Now if :in enemy fights only to
retreat, and retreats in disorder--.K hat remains
for the victorions army Lat immediate pursuit,—
and that between non• , and long before it was
dark.--a flying rooted army of such magnitude...
encumbered too as it was with between S and 900
pieces of cannon...could totally outstrip the put.
suit of an army Hushed with victory, and furnished
with a numerous caval►y, without losing in its
flight a single piece of cannon—or any pri
soners...is more than improbable—it is abso-
lutely incredible... But the fact is, as we have
before remarked, that the French army
passed the night on the field of battle. Not a
word is mentioned of ad►ancing until the 7th,
when, " at day.brcak the army was in motion,
" and marching upon Korneubourg and Wol.
" kendorff, and had some posts near Nichols.
" bOurg." On the morning of the 7th the
retreat of the whole of the Austrian army being
ascertained, the head . quarters of Narotron
were transferred to Wolkersdorff, and on the
eighth, the second day after the battle, the
Twenty . fifth Bulletin was composed. This
document announces the battles to have been de-
cisive—and states the result to be the capture of
10 pair of colours, 40 pieces of cannon, and 20,000
prisoners ; amongst whom must, of course, be
included " all the enemy's wounded." But the
loss of the French is admitted to be more consi-
derable that it was at Essling ; and we find the
Duke of Isms t to have been in imminent danger
from a cannon ball, which slightly grimed his thigh
—one General killed—and seven others wounded.
—Whatever may have been the carnage in the
Austrian army—that of the French troops must ,
have been dreadful. The 26th Bulletin, dated the
9th, that is, the third day after the Austrians
had marched " out of sight long before dark,"
opens with the following expression : " La re.
trade de Pennenti est one &route." which, in
the translation, has been rendered—the enemy's
retreat has been a defeat—fhb, it is alleged,
ought to have been translated by the word " rout."
--This translation would render the Bulletin more
consistent—but the word certaiuly signifies re-
treat as well as rout. It is, however, not until
the third day after the battle of Wagram that this
fact is discovered ; and from an accurate and mi-
nute examination of these documents, we think
there is reason to belief° that the Austrians, al.
though certainly and severely defeated, did effect
their retreat in good order.

The next communication from the Austrian
army will probably enable the public to form a
correct opinion of the issue of the confect. If
the defeat of the Austrians is as decisive as it is
stated to have been, the resistance of Aostria can-
not be tong protructed...but if, as certainly ap-
pears sot only possible, but even probable, the
Aek tofu', e is cct at the head of a formidable RPM y,

it tea)! be conceived possible that the army of
NAPOLEON may be exhausted by that succession of
victories of o hick it boasts from the battle of the
Tana to that of Wagram. The reinforcements
must be drawn from sources extremely remote;
and if Anis, ria cab protract the contest, it may
become difficult to supply the chasms which these
attacks upon entrenched positions create to his
battalions. Of the Russians, no mention is made its
the Bulletins-, which is an omission rather remark.
theft army has advanced, eien at shy
ordinary rata of marching, it ought not to be uo%
far distant from Moravia. The weight of this army
thrown kilo the scale avinst the Austrians, wilt
ore at: Most powerfoll;. ; for however infc-tor
may be the tactics of the Russians to those of the
French of of the Austrians, still the accession
of such a mass of soldiers will griatly strengtlirr.
NAeottoit. The Resuming are, at all event<,
" food for posd.r," and, as tack will be used
by NAPOLEON.

TnE Public win he not a tittle amused with
the oticial account, transmitted by Monsieur
Du Porn', of the action in which its frigate,
the Niemen, of 44 guns, was raptured by the
Amethyst, of 3G gums, commanded by Sir
M. SEYMOUR. It is curiuus to compare the re.
speedy° accounts of these Commanders---that of
S►r M. Sremoua appeared in the Loudon Gazette
of the 15th of April. The Niemen surrendered
as sons as the Arethassr appeared.

THT EXPEDITIO' still lingers in our ports.
am.

Messengers were yesterday sent from the Ad-
miralty to the out-ports, who, it'll said, were the
bearers of orders for the sailing of the Espedition
as soon ns the wind will permit. A eonsiderablo
nnmber of troops have been embarked within these
few days, and the land force may now be esti.
mated at 50,000 men.
It was reported in Holland, that a battle had
been fought in Gallicia, between the Austrians
and the Russians, which had terminated to thi;
advantage of the latter.

We arc assured that the report of General M ut.
RAT hating been recalled from Portugal is un-
founded.

The fleet conveying the Expedition has been tic.
tualled for four months.

The Calypso sloop of war arrived at Yarmouth
on Sunday, from convoying the Hudson's Bay
*hips past the Os kreys.
The Illinnedelle privateer, of Marseilles, has
captured two slush in the Mediterranean ; one
an Anglo-American, laden with 50,000 pieces of
nankeen ■nd other mrrchar►dite; the other, a
Spanish vessel with barilla. They have both been
carried into Frejlis.
General DUPONT, and the neat to him in com-
mend, who signed or assented to the capitulation
of Baylen, have been for awn', time cunhned at
Vincennes.
Some seriout disturbances are said to have taken
place in Holism', in consequence of the rigid en-
forcement of the Conscription, by n hick great
numbers have lately been compelled to join the
armies.

A new creation of Baronets is very generally
spoken of—it ail!, it is said, inelmk s. were! Gen.
tiesen of lauded interest in the kingdom of Ire.
land.

A heron of extraordinary site was yesterday
shot from the top of the College of Physicians.
The pedestrian, Mr. Howe, who has been doing
the BA RCLAY match in Somersetshire, resigned the
task on Saturday last, 15 days performance oily
having been completed.
The skeleton of a mammoth, in high preserta.
thin (being the second), was lately found on the
coast of the White Sea, at the mouth of the rim.
Tana.
Sunday last was a rigid fast with the Jews, in
commemoration of the destruction of Jerusalem.

On the Ath, a small boat, with four French
sailors, escaped from an English prison, arrived
at Dieppe. She Will two days at sea.
Count GERMAIN GARNIER has been appointed
President of the French Senate.

In consequence of the Embargo, two waggons
loaded with fresh salmon left Yarmouth on Satur-
day for London. Fresh salmon sold as low as 7d.
per pound there.
To-morrow the 7th Regiment of Loyal London
Volunteers will have a general muster in the Ten..
ter-ground, Goodman's.fichis.
T.-iaorrow a-liesiot Adjouneed Sessions will
be holden at Guildhall before the Loan MA Ton,
the Sheriffs, the R.corder, a Bench of Aldermen,
&c. for the dealing of the several Debtors in the
City Prisons uho are entitled to their discharge,
agreeable to the late Act of Insolvency.
The in habitan ts of Lyme have entered into a sub-
scription for the improvement of that fashionable
watering-place, by budding a wall, which is to
extend from the town to the harbour, and making
a gravel-walk amid shrubbery of a mile in extent.
ELOPEMENT.--The wife of a Spanish Gentle.
man, rellitkill in this country, has recently eloptil
with a young Hibernian, nut yet 19, woo had
been a frequent guest at the husband's table. They
were traced t• some considerable distance; but
from the circumstance of their taking bye.roads,
and walking oreamitunally across fields, all trace;
of them have been lost. The Lady is nut quite
twice the age of her enamorata.
The Membors who are to sit on Lord GAM-
attic's Court-Nartial, and the witnesses, had all
arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday ; lint the Trial.
although fixed for yesterday, it was said, a ould
not commence until the Expedition had sailed.
An accident happened on Tuesday last, op the
Totness race-course; a man, rather intoxicated,
attempting to cross the Collin a bile the hui,,s
rem running, w.is unfortunately knurlier! dui rr
by one of th•.tm, and so severely injured, that he
died nest morning.