The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-21 00:00:00

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.THE STATESMAN.

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LONDON:
FRIDAY, JULT 21.
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IT is rumonred that Government are in pos-
ses,ion of the Twenty-fifth Bulletin, the contents
of which are stated to be unfavourable to the
Austrian arms. Should any thing further trans-
pire on this interesting subject, we shall imme-
diately communicate it to our Readers in a Szcono
EDITION.

A 11,nitcur of the date of the 10th inst. sus
received in town this afternoon ; but its contents
arc wholly devoid of interest.

A LETTETt from Yarmouth announces the ar-

rival of an Austrian Messenger, but no such ar.
rival in London had transi.ired whot this Paper
went to press.

Ir cannot excite surprise that, in the present
awful crisis of the fate of Austria, reports of the
usual annunciation of victory having been heard
from the batteries on the French coast, should
excite a more than common interest in the public
mind. The letters from Dover have, from this
couse,been looked for with unusual impAtience ; but
whatever rumours may have been circulated un this
alarming subject—it is consolatory to know, that
hitherto no absolute confirma►ion of the roar of
cannon from the French batteries having been
heard, has yet been received. The arrival of the
Twenty-fifth Bulletin was very confidently circu-
lated n the forenoon of yesterday; that Report

slceeided by others of a very gloomy ccst.—
(ioc:iru' u•nt Was asaerted to have received
g. nee of the passage of the Danube he the French,
and of g subsequent battle, in which the Aus.
trims were literally routed; but, if any *uch
disastrous accounts have found their *ay to this
country, they are concealed fruit be
puhlic—
nothing having yet transpired ou this important
subject.
It is most unarenutstasle that the politic caltee.

tattoo, which not a week ago anticipated the utter
ru►n of NAPOLEON, should have born ambient,
Converted into gloomy apprehension by the arri.
•al of one single tiolletiii„moooncing no other
fact than the comitleti.m of those preparations fur

attacking the Austrians, on which the attention
of the people of this country has for more than
five treekt been intently, and almost exclusirely
fixed. Narot.som told us, immediately after the
B.IWO of Aspern, that no farther operations
'would be undertaken until the consnsonictslion
:aids Me left hank of the Danube tats• •reared.
The progress of his bridges he has reported in a
series of Bulletins, from the 10th to the 23d..
During all that period the people of England
have been coogratalating themselves on the
mensity of his loss at Aspert►, and at the inlet'.
neat per.il of his situation.

Thus fur five weeks have we been en:l4r ituLat.

i:vg ourselves on the approaching downfall of the
Tyrant of Europe...when the moment that intel-
ligence reaches us of the corrip!eti in of his Prepa-
rations.--down suddenly to the b.~tt,
go the hearts and spirits of those:situ have been
most land in publishing thrir anticipations of the
destruction of the French army.
%Viten Cie da.tger %%as at a distancs, all was
cunfi.lent hope ainl carctation—but the moment
it approaclies —all cootiiknee seems to vanish.
The childish
wctkncss an I absurdity of this viol-
den alteration of opinion, tend to shear on u hat
futile grounds public opinion is formed. The
,eop!e of this country have indulged so long in
that blind and fatal propensity of believing what
they wish and hope, that even the apprehension—

the eery pos•ibdity of a blow makes them cry like
c'oildren before they arc touched. Ito the Battle of
Al.pern, N.iror.tor met with a rcsistauslo to which,
until that moment, he had been an utter stranger.
1.. that bathe he sustained a loss a• well moral
as physical, to. repair which required the utmost
cacruoss both of lois genius and his lodgment.
To th, A...orians, that battle, great as was their
too, moat have Ellett strength as well as con,.

Bence ; for in the interval that has elapicesinte
the battle of Aspern, the numbers of their killed
and wounded cannot but have been greatly ex-
ceeded by the fresh troops that have joined the
army ;—that iiterril must also have been fa-
voerable to the organilation and discipline of the
new levies.

That in the derisive conflict which would take
place on the completion of the bridges, the chances
were in fAvour of the French, has always

been our opinion—hut that there was no
hope for the success of Austria, was an opinion
which the skilful retreat and sadden appearance of
the Archduke CHARLF.4, in readiness to attack the
French at Aspern, forbade us for one moment to
entertain. The completion of the bridg,res w 3,1 ne-
ver doubted ; and while in apparent inactivity at
Vienna, NAPOLEON, 0
" Collecting all hi 4 'night, dilated, stood
" Like Tenerife, or Alla,. unrentov'el,"

the approaching attack of his collected con- ,
centrated force, was with certainty anticipated by
the Archduke, whose preparations fur defence
cannot be doubted to have been commensurate
with those of his most truly formidable adversary.
But great and skilful as may have been the prepa-
rations of the Austrians for defence—if to defence
alone they treat—the chances against their success
are incalculably greater—than if they again be-
come the assailants ;—for it has been remarked that
1 the successes of the French attacking armies have
been invariably proportioned to their defeats
•lien attacked—And if the Austrians arc not
'themselves the assailants, it may be rea-
sonably concluded that the French army is
greatly superior in strength. Should unhappily
the A acunuas be actually dffeated. the protrac.
lion of the contest by Austria must surely be
deemed impossible—there appears no safe point of
. retreat fur the Ancituocc, and a want of activity
in prosecuting the advantage will nbt be suspected I
.in the French army; but should NAPOLEON be
Irepulsed, the eight bridges from the In-der.
Lobati to the Left Bank, by which the French
intended to pass, will form eight points of safe
retreat—and the In.der_Lobau—once reached,
perfect safety Is attained. The Army of
the ARCHDUKE may by defeat be irrevocably
ruined ; but that of N.teot.aox is almost beyond
the possibility of su decisive a disaster : and hap-
, pen whatever may, evert were i,is retreat cut off
from France through Bavaria---the way to Italy
is open. Of his defeat and ultimate downfall,
there is a nautilus. v...but of the destruction of
I the French Army it w ere childish to cherish the
remotest expectation.

It may be proper hero to ask, while every eye
is or ought to be fixed on the Danube, what is the
object to be attained by our grand Expedition,
commanded too by that retire and experienced
Officer, the Earl of CNA rn sN ! That a force Su
really formidable may spread ruin and destruction
amooK the maritime towns of the enemy, it is im-
po,sible to doubt : whole navies may be captured,
arsenals and dock-yards destroyed, some islands
occupied, an.i possibly most luminous accounts
transmitted to the luminous Morning CAronicle
Ay the havens, who-are reported to accompany
the reputed Wickl projector of the Expedition,
and a General Officer of high reputation.
'Rut if Austria is annihilated, the subjugation of
Spain, and the entire Continent of Europe, in-
evitably follows. What then remains for Eng-
land ? Of what possible importance to England
will be the destruction of navies, arsenals, and
dock-yards, the restoration of which we so cer.
Minty know can be effected with even a tithe
of the effort that France is now Making.--
Mistress of the Continent, of the men, and of the
intxhaustible materials which it contains ; and
possessing the friendship of Russia and Denmark,
France, if deprived at the prewat moment, in the
i absence of Int armies, of every ship she now pus-
messes or controuls, will, in seven years, again ac.
quire the means of maritime annoyance. If Au-
stria can preserve herself, the power of NAPOLEON
must &cline ; but if she cauuut,irance will old-
mately command peace.
We anticipate from the labours of the S favans
effects the most happy :—we, however, cannot
our suspicions that on this subjoet we are
misinformed. We do believe the report we have
hearfl un this subject to be impossible.

On Wednesday, her MAJESTY, the Princesses
AuoVITA, SOPHIA, InsTu, and MARY, se.
companied by Lady G. MURRAY Mr. and Mrs.
MAN GROSS-1010R and Dtnghter, Lady TuYstue,
General Da Buor, and Colonel Dssattow, went
to St. Leonard's.hill,.the scat of the Earl of 11A a-
coy tur, where they dined. There wete also of the
party invited, Lord and Lady BATHURST, Mar.
quis Cc:stoma wsl (lon. Mr. and Mn. G. Y LLEits
and Family, Cad. SILODIG•TE, Cnuat Mumsrce,
and Major TALBOT, SEC.
Capt. liAttet.4Y, of walking celebrity, is gone
with the Expedition.
About the latter end of June, a Primmer of
State was brought to Frankfort, for holding im-
proper language concerning the new order of
things, and haling correapandeadml with St HILL.
He is a Count de It--) and his estates lie near
Erfe rth.