The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1813-12-15
ILLYRIAN PROVINCES.

/ n ~ nv v llNSES.
| TRIESTE, Seht 2o.-We now receiv
with Inc greatest punctuality the mail
from Germany and Italy. The followin,
rs an extract of letter from a mercban
of Fiume, dated 18th Sept. which contain
curious details, and gives an idea of TIM
spirit Of the i,tIsbiiauis:
We are truly, my dear friend, in III,
create st embarrassment The Austrian
have Just evacuated Fiume. We were ia
from expecting it. 1t was reported her,
| hat the French had no forces to oppos,
| them, that the Austrians were masters @
| Trieste, and oil all lstria, that the vicero,
had been beaten al every point, in Carin
| tina and Carnio'e, they had even obliged
| him to lay down his arms, and that Vi,
were going 10 enter Italy. All this wa.
! related 10 us. Sensible people though
there was boastlng and cxaggeralion il
these recitals, for the French do not suffcI
themselves to be beaten SO easily; NOTHING
certain could be obtained. On sudden
the Prince MaXimilian was seen 10 arrive
he announced himself as our governor ee
neral, and order the Austrian EARLE Il
be raised. The English were seen soor
after 10 dcI,ark, and the harbor was cover
cd with colonial produce. As to myself,
was little shaken in my opinion. coul,
not believe that Austria would send ;
prince TO Finme without the neccssar,
forces to maintain SC solemn a measure -
The news that the prince reported & caused
10 be publicly posted up, was we'll caleu.
lated to keep us i'll our error. The French
armies, he said, had been beaten in Sax.
"ny, In SIlesia, In Prussia; the allies hao
AIKEN more than $4,000 prisoners the pre-.
scnce Of general Moreau in the Russian
army caused the French TO desert in mul.
ltudes; the corps under Marshas New
and Macdonald had been cut off, SC. Ia
hort, II could not be long before they
would be al Paris In order the better &c
'nducc us TO believe this, they sang re De.
I'M and performed a procession with tho
holy Sacrament as thanksgiving
Judge what must have been our sur.
prise, 10 hear of sudden, that the post oi
lippa had been attacked, and carried b,
superior force; and soon after the Aus
lrians we're seen retreating pell nell, some
escaping in the direction of Carlsbad
others in that Of Istria those who had re
NAMED IN the city Fastening away with
their baggage the English running tc
their vessels, and the prince Maximiliar
himself pursued by French soldiers, had
hardly time TO take shelter on board al
English cock boat 1t is thus we have
been given up.
" 1t is again proved that the emperor
Napoleon is superior to all the Austrian
Russian and Prussian generals. The
house is doubtless very respectable; bu
the twenty years of glory that the emperor
OF the French records, surpass all the gal
liant deeds of the house of Austria -
Peace will give us back commerce and
think that France, powerful as she is, ant
must always be, will be more able to pro
tect 1t than Austria, who has never done
much for lllyria"
MILAN, Ha!y Goth Sept.-By new,
from the army THE vicery, Beauharnois
dated the 23d inst general Verdier tool
post at Federaun and Reehersdorff. Gen
count Grenier has also advanced in tina
direction with his troops. This officer will
command all the corps of the lief, Th,
prince (viceroY) has reserved 10 himsel
the particular command of the right. Th,
outposts OF our troops in that quarter con
tinue on the Save, at Weissemburg ant
Lippa, On the 2lst, In the evening in tn,
attack on an enemy post in the road t
Auersperg, we took 40 prisoners Of the re
giment Of Franz Carl.
MILAN, Ocf 5.--The news from hcat
quarters states the following The enc