situde, to put every thing else to risk; to let every thing else perish, and to perish them selves, if perish they must, rather than see England subjected to a foreign yokeIf there be another exhortation, which I would press with still more solicitude, it is, not to be deluded by fulse hopes. Not to suffer any favourable appearances at the grand seat of war upon the Continent, to turn our minds, for one moment, from the prospect of having to fight for our own liberties upon our own land; for, than such hopes, nothing can tend to less good, or to greater mischief. The recent accounts are satisfactory, in same respects, especially those which relate to the gallant conduct and the probable situation of the Archduke and his army. In the Tyrol, too, all does not appear to be Jost; and, it is a source of great consolation to perceive, that the people of that country retain an unshaken attachment to their sovereign, amidst all his misfortunes; an example, which, let us hope, will no: be useless with regard to his hereditary dominions. Nevertheless, we are but too well assured of the melancholly truth, that Napoleon has entered Vienna; that he possesses it that he has at command all the resources afforded him in the wealth of a population of 250,000 of the most opulent of his adversary's subjects; that no small part of the magazines of the Emperor are in his hands; and, that there is a possibility, at least, of his making a political revolution co-operate with his military means in the annihilation of the House of Austria. True, that fortune is.fickle, and in nothing more fickle than in the distinction of her favours in war. The next great battle may produce great re, verses. The French may be defeated. The conqueror may, at last, be conquered. He may be killed. But, possibilities are too feeble for us to rest upon. We must endeavour to ascertain what is probable; and, in this pursuit, though we give full credit to the account of the victory over General Mortier, on the 9th of November, at, or near Kerms, we should not overlook the circumstance, that, under the same date, we are informed that the imperial court of Austria was about to retreat from BRUNN to OLMUTZ (another 50 miles,) and that the place of its, residence was speedily to be at CRACOW, a city out of Germany, and 200 miles from Vienna ! Prussia is nów named, in the Austrian manifesto, from Brunn, as a◄ mongst the friends and allies of the Emperor Francis, and it is said, that she had originally declared, that she could not be ready to move till about the present time; but that we hurried things on with a view of forcing 4 her into active operations. How nearly, at least, this policy has proved fatal, we all see Upon the whole, therefore, though appearances are somewhat more promising than they were, they are by no means such as to justify the withdrawing of our minds, for one moment, from the anticipation of a struggle the most arduous and awful upon our native land. The Emperor of Austria has scorned to purchase the safety of his capitel by the surender of the independence of his country and, if a like mal should be in reserve for us, our Sovereign, we may be assured, would follow the noble example, and, I trust, he would therein be cheerfully sapported by every man, who has the honour to be numbered amongst his subjects. T trust, that, if our country should ever-be-invaded, we shall enter upon the contest, not as a contest for the preservation of fluids or of riches or of commerce or of comforts; as is, now-a-days, the word; I trust, that, for the preservation of these, we shall think of no compromise, but that we shall resolve to sacrifice every thing, rather than suffer the smallest diminution of our Sove reign's dignity, or of the independence of our country. For the inculcation of these sentiments there may possibly be no pressing necessity; but, that they are always just, no man who loves his country will deny, and, that the rendering of them familiar to the minds of men is, at this time, necessary, I am fully convincedeba PARTY VIRULENC→→Since writing the above, my attention has been attracted by a most virulent-article in the CoURIER NEWSpaper; an article the outrageous tone of which would certainly have prevented me from taking this sort of notice of it, did it not appear to convey an intimation of the propriety of restraining the liberty of the press, when exercised in animadverting upon the measures of ministers. I will first quote the passage, by which I have been the most forcibly struck, and will then advert to the immediate ground of the intimation. "What! In the first monent of distress upon the Continent, when Austria is sup-` "posed to have been forced to submit, and "when every other power has reason to aps "prehend from that modern Attila, the "scourge of God, shall the first efforts of "the English press be to leunt, and triumpht over, and calumniate? Shall it offer no "condolence, no pity ?Shall it convey no cheering sentiment? Shall it speak no "inspiring language? Shall its neither express regret, no rpromise support: Shall it represent ustas the base deserters of those whose cause we professed to make " our owng nay, not only the deserters the uses of our understanding to the but the detractors? Shall it insult the "eagerness of our wishes. Though offendContinent in its miseries, and aggravate:sed by the midnight fooleries of a couple its sufferings by the language of insult and reproach Shall it revile where it. ought to console, and mock the power over which it ought to mourn? Shall it "hold out Austria as a fool, and Russia "and Prussia as drunken drivellers, faith "less, profane, and perjured? If the Eng"lish Press can do this, it may indeed be "said, that it is the greatest curse that con' "afflict the world. & But it shall not do this with impunity. Was the article: written' "with a view to the abridgment of the liberty of the press in this country? The Opposition we know are no friends to it, as they proved by their conduct last ses66 sion. But it is fit that it should be pub"licly known that the charge against the "EMPEROR OF RUSSIA and the KING OP 86 ແ i 46 PRUSSIA of being drunken drivellers and is perjured wretches, has been made solely "by the supporters of the Opposition; that it is utterly detested, disclaimed, and disownedby the English Government, who respect because they know the characters of the two Sovereigns; who know them to be in"capable of deceit or falsehood, and who place "the firmest relianceupon their integrity and "their honour."Now, who would not think, that some one had thus calumniated these two princes? Who would not think that some opposition writer had really made an attack upon them such as is here described The article, from which this extract is taken, professes to be a commentary upon a most eloquent, and every way admirable, article in the MORNING HERALD of the 2d instant. In order to enable him to account for this ferocious violence on the part of the COURIER, the reader must be informed, that the editor of the HERALD misled, like many others, by the confident expectations held out by the ministers and their partizans, became, from the outset, a zealous supporter of the measures leading to the war on the part of Austria, which support he appears to have continued, till events taught him to withdraw it, when, actuated, apparently, by a sense of public duty, he candidly and explicitly stated to his readers (in the article alluded to), his reasons for so doing. In enumerating the events by which he had been deceived, he thus alludes to the ridiculous story, related by the COURSER and other ministerial: writers, about the march of the Prussian armies towards Franconia Borne down by the indefatigableness of successivo assurances on the part of the "echoes of office, we actually surrendered of drunken drivellers, in their profanation "of the tomb's sanctity; though all com mon sense and sound philosophy taught us "a distrust of oaths, though the slightest "exercise of our reason would suggest to us. "the fear, that these persons would betray "each other only a little the sooner for the swearing; though we know that an ho "nest cause disdains such aid ་་ "Swear priests and cowards Unto bad causes, swear such creatures as men * doubt! though sentiments like these were present to our reflection: yet, even into this " ludicrous mummery we gave, as a sort of "pious fraud, when we were stoutly told, " in the same breath, that two or three hun dred thousand Prussians were rushing "through Franconia, to fall upon the flanks "of the French army, and in his turn to "inflict upon Buonaparté the fate of Mack; "what must our feelings be, when we find "that not one Prussian stirs one foot?"Now, when the reader is informed, that, ̈ from the beginning to the end of the article here quoted from, neither the Emperor of Russia nor the King of Prussia is once introduced, either by name, description, or allusion, let him determine how great must have been the malignity that devised the above interpretation of this passage, and that grounded thereon an intimation of the propriety of putting an extinguisher upon allthat part of the press not devoted to the ministry! But, this is the constant practice of these writers. Beaten by argument and fact," they first try upon you the powers of abuse; despised for that, they next have recourse to serious falsehood; detected and exposed' here, their last resort is to the law, the fangs of which they invoke against you, with impudence so persevering, that, at last, the un-" reflecting public begin to think you are a proper object, not of justice, but of legal persecution; and, in a very little while, they' are perfectly prepared for seeing you put down, ruined and extinguished. It is excessively base in these Treasury writers to resort to threats of the law; because they feel, that they themselves are in no danger. They attack whom they please to attack. This editor of the COURIER, for instance, has very recently, imputed to the Opposi tion, members of parliament clearly pointedout, perfidious and traitorous designs; nay, he has called them traitors. The MORNING POST, in a passage lately referred to; called General Mack an "infamous wretch." The COURIER, as was shown in page 821 (to which I beg leave to refer the reader), had the audacity and injustice to reproach those who employed General Mack as being as foolish as a talking fellow without brains; and, the unfortunate Emperor of Austria himself is, by the introduction of an anecdote about King James, represented as a FOOL. Yet, it is this very writer, who, finding himself overcome by a literary antagonist, flies to the law, and puts his own construction upon a passage perfectly innocent, in order to effect his malignant purpose. Neither in this passage, nor in any part of the article from which it is extracted, is there, as was before observed, any mention of, or any allusion to, the Emperor of Russia or the King of Prussia; would not this editor of the COURIER, then, if he had been actuated by wishes for the public good, have been very cautious how he introduced their names, coupled with such appellations? No one had called them "drunken drivellers, 66 or perjured wretches." No one in Enggland, except himself or some of his fellows, would, I should hope, dare so to describe them. But, in fact, he has so described. them; and, as far as his writings are likely to have effect, they must, in this instance at least, have a most mischievous effect. Yet, one is not so much shocked at what he has thus contributed to circulate respecting the characters of these two monarchs as at his insinuations respecting the character of the Austrian cabinet and Monarch, especially when taken into view with his repeated comparisons between the conduct of the Austrian army and that of our fleet. THERE, indeed, we discover a want of feeling; there, indeed, did the English press " taunt, tri"umph over, and calumniate" our ally, our best, most ancient, and most faithful ally. If the ministry do, a. I hope, and really believe they do, disavow every sentiment hos tile to the monarchs of Russia and Prussia, they will, I should also hope, take some means of staying the plague of this man's pen. I hope that they will disavow what he has now written; and, that they will, above. all things, make him publicly disavow what he has recently, written respecting the Aus trian cabinet and army, and, though unfortunate, faithful and illustrious monarch, In the mean time, as a relief from the contemplation of this disgusting party malignity, and to convince all those foreigners, into whose hands this sheet may chance to fall, that all Englishmen are not disposed to taunt, triumph over, and calumniate the House of Austria, I, with pleasure extract, the follow ing passage from the MORNING STAR·la daily paper just established in London), of the 2d instant. The editor, partaking inte common deception. respecting the terms of an armistice between France and Austrit first briefly describes the probable conse quences, and then breaks forth in an elquent strain of applause, but not more eloquent than just.. "The calamity of this " event is common to all the nations of Eu rope. To the awful emotion excited by the "image of fallen greatness, they have all in. "add the grief for a lost benefactor: "Amidst the general selfishness of the "eighteenth century, amidst philosophers "of kings, and calculating ministers, Aus"tria has stepped forward in the commen cause, and with fatal, because precipitate "generosity, set her all to the risk. The dye is against her, but there is no gene:"sity amongst men, if, in a common game, "they leave her to pay the whole score.-"Austria has, indeed, the boast of having every state of Europe as her debtor. To whatever cause it must be imputed; whe "ther to the actual greatness, and real splen-` "dour of her empire, which by some na "tural link of cause and effect may have "inspired something of peculiar grandeur "into the Sovereign; whether to that chi"valry of her origin, whieh, having as its " basis a peculiar sensibility of honour, h "insensibly ingrafted this principle in the imperial constitution, or whether to the hereditary generosity of an individual fa"mily, it is certain, that there has ever "been a more invariable generosity, a more enlarged political dealing in the "House of Aatstria, than in any other line • "of Sovereigns in Europe.-We have seen "in our own times what sacrifices she has made in the common cause. To this "alone she has successively sacrificed the "noblest members of her empire, and to "this she has at length sacrificed her very "empire itself: she has sealed her honour and her fidelity by her rain.”—Thei sentiments, uttered, too, at a moment when there was no hope left, do great honour to the heart of the writer, be he who he may and they will, I trust, be found to be the goneral sentiments of Englishmen, of all ranks and degrees. Upon this point, at least, I hope, there will not be found a single voice is of dissent. With what pleasure must this writer have learnt; that all hope was not lost; that the House of Austria, though is capital was gone, had expressed the ube resolution still to resist! May that resistar é be effectuals but, whether it be effectual not, it gives the House of Austria new claims | to the esteem and the gratitude of Europe in general and of England in particular, FOREIGN OFFICIAL PAPERS. CONTINENTAL WAK.—Sixteenth Bulletin of the Grand Army from the French Official Paper, the Moniteur. Rheid, Nov. 2.-Prince Murat has continued his march in pursuit of the enemy, sword in hand, and arrived on the 31st of Oct, before Lambach. The Austrian Generals, perceiving that their troops could not hold out, caused eight battalions of Russins to advance for the purpose of protecting their retreat. The 17th regiment of infantry of the line, the first regiment of chasseurs, and the Sth of dragoons, charged the Russians with impetuosity, and after a lively fire put them into disorder, and drove them to Lambach. We made 500 prisoners.-On the morning of the 1st inst. Prince Murat communicated that General Walter, with his division of cavalry, hat taken possession of Wels. General Beaumont's division of dragoons, and the first division of the army of Marshal Davoust, commanded by General Bisson, had taken possession of Lambach. The bridge over the Tran was cut down; for which, Marshal Davonst substituted a bridge of boats. The enemy seemed disposed to dispute the left bank of the river, Col. Valterre, of, the 30th regiment, was one of the first to throw himself into a barge, and passed the river. General Bisson, whilst making his dispositions for passing, received a musket ball in the arm-Another division of this corps of Marshal Davoust has advanced beyond Lambach, on the road to Steyer. The remainder of his corps of the army is on the heights of Lambach.-Marshal Soult will arrive this evening at Wels.-Marshal Laitnes will arrive this evening at Lintz.-Gen. Marmont is on his march for the purpose of turning their position on the banks of the EmmsPrince Murat commends the conduct of Col. Couroux, commanding the 17th regiment of the line. The troops could not possibly under any circumstances display more impetuosity and courage.-Immediately on his arrival at Salsburg, Marshal Bernadotte detached General Kellerman, at the head of his advanced guard, in pursuit of a column of the enemy, which was retreating by the road to Carinthia. It had taken shelter under the fort of Paling in been the strength of its position, the caribiniers of the 27th regiment of light infantry attacked it with impetuosity. Gen. Werte directed Capt. Campobane to turn the fort by roads almost impassable, Five-hundred men and three officers were made prisoners. General Kellerman bestows praises on the conduct of Barber Latour, Chief of Batta lion. General Werte has had his cloaths pierced with balls.Our advanced posts announce from Wels, that the Emperor of Germany had arrived there on the 25th of Oct. that he there learned the fate of bis army at Ulm; and that he was convinced, with his own eyes, of the frightful ravages committed every where by the Russians, and of the extreme discontent of his subs jects. It is positively asserted, that he has returned to Vienna without alighting from his carriage. The ground is covered with snow; the rains have ceased; the cold has arrived at its height; it is very severe; it is by no means like the commencement of November, but the month of January.→ The weather is drier, as well as more wholesome, and more favourable for marching. Seventeenth Bulletin of the Grand Army. Lambach, Nov. 3. This day Marshal Davoust has pushed his fore-posts near to Steyer. General Methand, with the reserve of the cavalry, under the orders of Prince Murat, entered Lenz on the 1st of Now Marshal Lannes arrived there on the 3d of November with his division of the anny Considerable magazines were found at Lent, of which the inventories have not as yet been made ont; there are a great many sick in the hospitals, of whom are about an hundred Russians. Fifty Russians have been made prisoners. In the combat at Lambach, two Russian pieces of camot were found among those taken. A Russian General, and an Austrian Colonel of Huss sars, were killed.-The wound which Ge neral Bisson, Comma ler of the first division of Marshal Davoust's division of the army, received in the arm, is so serious, as to prevent his serving the rest of the cam paign. There is no danger, however. The Emperor has given General Cattarelli, the command of this division. Since the pas sage of the Inn, we have taken from 10 to 1800 prisoners, comprising both Austrians and Russians, without counting the number of the sick prisoners. The division under the command of General Marmont left Lambach on the 3d of Nov at mid-dayThe Emperor has established his headquar vere, the ground is covered with snow, the weather is very cold. At Lambach mag zhies of salt were found worth several mis lions. In the chest at Lintz were found se- lofkin, were killed,The Emperor of Ausveral hundred thousand forins. The Rustria, on his arrival at Lintz, feceived com sians have spread desolation in the neigh plaints from the Magistr cy of the Bad conbourhood of Wels, Lambach, and the sur- duct of the Russians, who are not content duct of the Russians, who are not content rounding villages. There are some villages to plunder without beating the peasantry, where they have killed eight or ten pri- which has occasioned a number of villages soners.be, agitation and confusion are to be deserted. The Emperor appeared exextreme at Vienna. It is said that the Em-tremely afflicted at these excesses, and obperor of Austria has established himself in the convent of Benedictines at Moelk. It would seem that in the sequel of the month of Noveraber events of the greatest impor tance will take place.-M. Lezay, Minister of France at Salzbourg, has had an audie ence of the Emperor at the moment when his Majesty set out from Branay. Till then he had constantly resided at Salzbourg.rians, fell in, at Lovers, with the advanced We have no news from M. de Rochefoucault. It is believed that he is still at Vienna At the moment that the Austrian army passed the Inn, he demanded passports, which were refused him.-Several Russian deserters have arrived to day.. 1 Eighteenth Bulletin of the Grand Army. Lintz, Nov. 5.-Prince Murat does not lose sight of the enemy. They had left at Ebersberg 3 or 400 men to retard the passage of the Traun; but General Walter's dragoons threw themselves into boats, and, under the protection of the artillery, atacked the town with impetuosity, Lient. Villaudet, of the 13th regiment of dragoons, was the first to pass over in a small boat.General Walter, after having passed the bridge of Traun, advanced towards Enns. The brigade of General Milhaud, met the enemy at the village of Asten, defeated them, pursued them to Enns, and made 200 prisoners, 50 of whom were Russian hussars; 20 Russian hussars were killed. The rear-guard of the Austrians, supported by the Russian cavalry, was every where overthrown neither one, nor the other waited to be charged. The 22d- and 16th regiments of chasseurs, and their Colonels Latour-Maubourg, and, Durosnel, shewed the greatest intrepidity.". Flahault, Aid-decamp to Prince Murat, was wounded in the arin. Yesterday we passed the Enns, and this day Prince Murat advanced in pursuit of the enemy, Marshal Davoust arrived on the 3d at. Steyer on the 4th he took po session of the town, and made 200 prisoners. The enemy made a shew, of defending it. General Beaumont's division of dragoons have maintained their character: tis Aid-de-camp was killed. Both the bridges on the Enns are completely repaired, —At the battle of Lambach, the Austrian Col. De Graafen, and the Russian Col. Go served, that he could not answer for the Russian troops as for his own, and that they should endure in patience; which gave but little consolation to the inhabitants. A great deal of provisions was found at Lintz,' and a considerable quantity of cloth and clothes in the Imperial manufactories-General Deroi, at the head of a body of Bava guard of a column of five Austrian regi- Twentieth Bulletin of the Grand Army's Linz, Nov. 7-The combat of Arns letten has reflected great honour on the cavalry, and particularly on the 9th and 10th regiments of hussars, and on the grenadiers of General Qudinot's division. The Rus sians have since accelerated their retreat; in vain they cut down the bridges over the Ips, which have been immediately re-established, and Prince Murat has reached the abbey of Moelk.-A reconnoitring party has taken the route of Bohemia. We have ta ken considerable magazines, both at Frey! stadt and Matthausen.Marshal Mortier with a division, maneuvred upon the left bank of the Danube-A deputation fron the Senate has just arrived at Linz. The Electer of Bavaria is expected there in two hours. mole to Linz, Nov. 8. The Elector of Bavatid and the Electoral Prince arrived here yesterd day. Lieut. General the Count De Guilay sent by the Emperor of Austria arrived there in the course of the night." He had a very dikw 1. bodustis |