ralissimo, has indeed undertaken the The first interview, in which the Emduty so dear to his heart, of acquaint- peror Napoleon gave peace to his ing the monarch and the country with enemy, having left no remembrance the names of those who took the most of gratitude in the breast of the latter, active share in the achievements of it became evident that a fresh interthese glorious days; but he acknow- view would be to no purpose. ledges with profound emotion, that, amidst the rivalship of the highest military virtues, it is scarcely possible to distinguish the most valiant, and declares all the soldiers of Aspern worthy of public gratitude. His Imperial Highness considers the intelligent dispositions of the chief of his staff, Gen. Baron Wimpffen, and his incessant exertions, as the foundation of the victory. The officers commanding corps have rendered themselves deserving of the highest favours by uncommon devotedness, personal bravery, warm attachment to their sovereign, and their high sense of honour. Their names will be transmitted to posterity with the achievements of the valiant troops who were under their direction. Colonel Smola, of the artillery, by his indefatigable activity in the proper application of the ordnance, and his well known bravery rendered the most important services. [Here follows a very long list of the officers of all ranks, who had distinguished themselves; to which some achievements of a corporal and a few privates are added. Relative to the artillery it is also observed, "there are few but what highly distinguished themselves by deeds of the noblest daring, and contempt of every danger."] FRENCH ACCOUNT of the ENGLISH STATE OF EUROPE. "We cannot consider either the Austrian Monarchy, its armies, or its Sovereign, as humbled or crushed in the same degree as they were after the battle of Austerlitz.-No interviews in a windmill are mentioned." (Globe.) Note by the Moniteur.-If there has been no interview, it is because the Emperor, Napoleon would have none. With regard to the difference between the situations of Austria, after the battles of Austerlitz and Wagram, it is this:-After the battle of Austerlitz, Russia was still allied with Austria; she had upon the Vistula a second army, which she might march; Prussia, who had signed the conven tion of the 2d of November, might take part in the war; in short, the army of Prince Charles was still untouched, and the whole of it might march. On the other hand, the im portant fortress of Raab, and the cir cles of Hungary, had not been occu pied; Saxony did not yet form part of the confederation; and the position of Dresden must be considered as of some importance; in fine, the Dutchy of Warsaw belonged to Pr sia, and the army of Gallicia, which now menaces Moravia, did not exist. At present, on the contrary, all the Austrian armies, all the Austrian fortresses, have been attacked and vanquished. There are hardly any vestiges remaining of the army which the Archduke John brought from Italy; and if it can still muster ten thousand men under arms, most of these men are only recruits. grand army of Prince Charles being beaten at Eggmulth, at Ratisbon, Esling, and at Wagram, has lost its best soldiers; and he himself, frightened at the spirit of intrigue and division which reigns in the Cabinet, has thrown up the command, and retired. The difference is not less great in the internal situation of the Monarchy: After the Peace of Presburgh, the French had only passed through the hereditary states; upon the present occasion, they have already made a stay in them of upwards of four months. At that time Austria had not made the last efforts; her popula tion was still entire; at present many provinces have been so much depopu lated by the levies in mass, that no other inhabitants are to be found in the villages than women and children. At that time all the revolutionary means, which had been taken, existed, The success obtained by a bombardment; they required twenty days for that. of Walcheren, in the month of AuNow, twenty days spent in the island gust, must have occasioned a number of sick, which cannot be computed at less than one in four soldiers; and to calculate otherwise would betray a total ignorance of the effects of that and might be employed; at present certainly the one least expected by they have been taken, and have been the English must have been such a taken in vain. The country is exhausted of men as well as of things. “Meanwhile, an armament, formidable from its numbers (would we could say from the recognised talents and activity of its Commander!) sent from this country, has landed in Zealand. Had it fortunately been fitted out and dispatched six weeks earlier, climate. When we say that twenty such an invasion, directed against countries so near to France, and against rivers or fortresses, in which Napoleon has been collecting the materials for invasion, during many years, might have powerfully operated on the Danube."(Globe.) Note of the Moniteur-The expedition against Zealand could not have any result for England. It might occasion some embarrassments, some fresh burdens to the people of France; but these they do not calculate, when any proofs of zeal or devotedness are to be given to the country; it could give the English nothing but shame; it could be attended with no other result than to make them lose an army, whilst it would procure a new army to the Emperor. These prognostics have been perfectly verified. least as days spent in the island of Walcheren must cost the quarter of the troops which land in it, we may add, that the health of the other three quarters must be essentially impaired, and that all the weakened men are on the point of falling sick. It is, therefore, a most senseless attempt to land brave soldiers in that fatal country, and we must consider the English army as destroyed, or, at least, what remains of it, as unable to do much duty for several months to come. But, in fine, after the siege of Flushing, we had to expect the siege of Fort Batz, which, communicating by water with Bergen-op-Zoom and with Fort St. Martin, which the French have built opposite to it, could in like manner not be taken, but after works and trenches carried on in a country, the climate of which is as fatal as that of Walcheren.—It is true, that the English were fortunate! A Dutch General, called Bruce, the shame of the military name, and whose head the nation must have to fall upon the scaffold, evacuated this fort, through an unexampled panic, six hours before the English arrived. Here, then, we again behold the English enjoying a good fortune upon which they could not rely-but these fortunate events, purchased with the ever-increasing diminution of their army, whither could they carry them? To burn the French squadron. To effect this, it was necessary to take Antwerp. But, in fine, the French squadron being taken and burned, it remains to be known, whether such an operation was worth what it has Thus, then, the sole opposition of cost? and whether it be very prudent Flushing, which detained the Eng- to go to an expense of many men, and lish expedition only twenty days, of forty or fifty millions, in order to ught to have detained it thice occasion one's enemy a loss of bemonths. tween fifteen and twenty millions? But the ships at Antwerp could not 2 X We say that the expedition could not be attended with any result, because it was necessary to begin by making the siege of Flushing. Flushing, provided the island of Walcheren be inundated, must be considered, by every sensible officer, as a place impregnable by a regular siege, or at presenting difficulties which the labour of four months would be unable to vanquish. In this instance, the wisest calculations were baffled. Flushing, when the besiegers' trenches were still 300 paces from the body of the fortress, when there was no breach, when the body of the fortress was untouched, surrendered by the sole effect of the terror of a bombardment. Is this cowardice; Is it treason? The sequel of the enquiry will prove which. Of all the chances of succeeding, be taken. They did not depend up working on through the inundations on the occupation of Flushing, upon and marshes, in short, without having that of Walcheren, nor of any island: invested the town; and if they must they depended upon the continent. invest it on both sides, they would reIt was necessary to take Antwerp! The quire to have two armies: 1st, One English, who, for this long time past, between the Head of Flanders and have not travelled upon the Conti- the town of St. Nicholas, opposite to nent, consulted information collected Brussels and to the road of France: six years ago, and imagined that Ant- indeed, we know no General bold werp was still an open town, as it was enough to take this position with less when it was only a trading port; they than eight thousand infantry, and be did not take into their calculation the tween eight and ten thousand cavalry, works of these latter years, especially since he must have to withstand the those which the Emperor has caused army which should arrive from to be raised, since his journey to Ant- France; and the troops should stretch werp. Upon establishing a dock- out from the Head of Flanders, that yard in that town, he ordered its forti- is to say, the whole garrison of Antfications to be again raised; it is now werp, which is a combined attack, surrounded with a bastioned rampart. would sally out on that side. 2d, On The ditch, filled with water, which the side of the town, the investment covers this rampart, has been repair- could not reasonably take place with ed; the left of the town is covered by an army of less than 40,000 men, havan immense inundation, which re- ing in front a corps of observation, to moves the approaches upwards of keep in check the army of the Duke 1500 fathoms; the right is supported of Valmy, assembled at Maestricht, by the citadel, which is a fine piece of which would draw near Antwerp, and fortification; upon this front several having another corps towards Berget works have been established; among op-Zoom, against the Dutch. others, a fine half-moon, with its would therefore have been easier for Counterscarp. Upon, the left banks Lord Chatham to take Brussels, to of the Scheldt there are no houses, march against Ghent, and to advance but the Head of Flanders has been re- as far as Flanders, leaving Antwerp established, and its works are pro- and the French army behind him, than tected by an inundation of two thou- to undertake to invest Antwerp and sand fathoms in extent. The English besiege it. could not, therefore, take Antwerp without besieging it, without methodi- side. cally opening the trenches, without This much with regard to the same [To be continued.] PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES. CORNWALL. thousands of persons attended the D'Fathaniel Llinasten, a merchant muiles, was put in requisition on the IED.] Lately, at Falmouth, Mr. funeral, and every chaise, within 50 and contractor, of the first respecta- occasion. CUMBERLAND. bility. This gentleman was of such great bulk and stature, that a part of The Free Grammar School at St. his house was obliged to be pulled Bees, near Whitehaven, founded by down, to permit him to be carried Archbishop Grindal, in the year 1507, from his chamber. He was inclosed has not undergone any material change in three coffins-the external one of since that period, until the present lead; which was 6 ft. 6 in. long, 24 ft. time. Occasional repairs were indeed deep, and 9 ft. 2 in. wide. Ile was found absolutely necessary, for the drawn about ten miles, to the place of interment, on very strong wheels, (for no hearse could bear him,) and put into the grave by tackles fixed to a large tree, which overhung the spot. Although the day on which he was interred was extremely unfavourable, support of the buildings; but no improvement seems ever to have been attempted. Through the munificence of the Earl of Lonsdale, this long-re spected seminary is now put into complete order, and made more suit able to the purpose intended by the NORFOLK. pious founder, than it has been at any a mechanic and a manufacturer, and time since its erection. Exclusive of he shall ever be happy to communi what has been done at the spacious cate his ideas and improvements to school-room, the library is rendered persons desirous of adopting them." more commodious. The master's house (which adjoins the school,) has been enlarged; some parts of it rebuilt; a good garden walled round; and the whole made a very comfortable and eligible residence. KENT. The Earl of Dundonald has engaged Mr.Callaway's worsted-mill, near Canterbury, where his lordship purposes to introduce a new manufactory, the intention of which we cannot better explain, than by inserting the following copy of an address from the noble Earl, which has been circulated amongst those who are concerned in the worsted-hosiery trade: "Kent produces the best wool for the worsted and hosiery trades of any county in England, and yet there are none of those branches established in the county: indeed, few manufactures of any kind. "The worsted-hosiery trade has hitherto been confined principally to the counties of Leicester, Nottingham, part of Warwick, and Derby; to each of those counties the Kent wool is sent at a considerable expense in carriage, besides other charges: the author of this short statement, begs leave to call the attention of the inhabitants of the County of Kent to the manufacturing, in the county, the wool which is grown, thus finding employment for all ages and sexes. At the late Sessions for the city of Norwich, leave was obtained, on the part of Major Turner, to exhibit articles of the peace against Mrs. Sinclair Sutherland. These articles, after a recital of the former charges, and the decision of the Court upon them, further stated, that Mrs. S. Sutherland had, at the last Sessions, given her own recognizance, which was of no effect, she being a married woman; that only seven days after entering into this recognizance, she came again upon Major Turner's premises, at Buckenham, in this county, whilst he was there present, looking into his parlour windows, and using offensive and provoking language, and that this conduct she repeated on several occasions afterwards, staying for one or two hours at a time; that Major Turner having, in order to avoid her, retired into an upper apartment of his house, Mrs. S. Sutherland procured a ladder, which, setting against the wall of the said apartment, she mounted, and looked in at the window; that within these few days last past, Major T. received a letter, written by Mrs. S. containing expressions liable to construction injurious to his character. To the truth of these articles Major T. swore in presence of the Court, who determined that Mrs. Sinclair Suther land should find two sureties in 1001. "Next to food, clothing, in this each for keeping the peace towards northern climate, must be deemed an Major Turner for one year. On the article of primary necessity. The wri- lady not being prepared to comply ter of this, who has for a considerable with this decision, she was committed time past made the proper spinning to the Castle; whence, however, she of worsted and all kinds of wool his was released the same afternoon, two particular study, and has improved gentlemen, one an inhabitant of the worsted machinery, so that he this city, and the other of New Buckspins twice as fine and double the quan- enham, having agreed to be bound tity that has hitherto been spun by for her in the penalties above menthe common worsted spinning machi- tioned. The court decided upon the nery, has engaged Mr. Callaway's question, when there appeared-Ayes worsted-mill, for some years, late in 24-Noes 10; there being 34 Magisthe possession of Messrs. Fellows and trates present who voted. Myers in London, in order to lead the way and to introduce a spirit of manufacturing industry into the county of Kent; (although he is a Peer) he is convinced, that no man of sense will hink the worse of him because he is SOMERSETSHIRE. Died.] At Bath, Mrs. Franks, daughter of Capt. Russell, aged 52 years; her loss is extremely regretted by the afflicted; her whole life was a pattern, as a christian, a wife, and a fellow citizens, of all ranks and demother. nominations. His temperature, and serve, almost to the last, the unimimpaired enjoyment of his intellectual faculties, with a capacity for exert ing them; and his closing moments evinced the peaceful retrospect of a well-spent life." Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; for the end of that man is peace." At Bristol, aged 19, John Dawes regular habits, contributed to preWorgan. He was a Hebrew, Greek, and Latin scholar; had added the acquirement of the French, Italian, and other modern languages; and was a poet of no mean order. He had been for some time domestic tutor to the sons of Dr. Jenner, who discovered his brilliant talents, but whose sagacity always predicted an early grave to this specimen of premature genius. He was a sincere Christian, of amiable manners, and unimpeachable morals. DEATHS ABROAD. At Smradiatka, a bathing-place in Moravia, died lately the Howard of Austria, Count Von Berchbold, a victim of his humane efforts. He travelled in Europe for 15 years, and four years in Asia and Africa, in order to become acquainted with the hap piness and wretchedness of mankind, and every where to promote the former, and mitigate the latter. He was the founder of the Moravian Humane Society and of the Establishment of Preservation at Prague and Brunn. Not one hour of his life passed unprofitably. At this period he had converted his fine Castle of Buchlowitz, in Moravia, into an hospital for sick and wounded Austrians, in attending whom he caught an epidemic fever, which terminated his life. At Philadelphia, aged about $6 years, James Pemberton, Esq. of the society called Quakers; by which, no less than by the community at large, he was eminently distinguished for the upright discharge of his religious and civil duties. He was long the colleague of Dr. Benjam Franklin, in representing that (his native) city, in the general legislature of Pensylvania, previous to the revolution; and after it, be succeeded the philosopher as president of the society, instituted for promoting the interests of the enslaved Africans; which, with various other benevolent objects, engaged a large proportion of his time more than half a century. On the 13th, at the interment of his remains, the respect felt for his memory was manifested by a very numerous attendance of his At Cronroe, I. Ambrose Eccles, Esq. a character of the highest respectability. A profound scholar, a perfect gentleman, he was an ornament to society. As a critic, he was distinguished amongst the commentators on Shakspeare. On the qualities of his heart, it is not, at present, intended to expatiate. Perhaps a better hus hand, a better father, and, in every respect, a better man never existed, After a regular course of education, in the college of Dublin, he went to the Continent. Here his stay w not long. From France he proceeded to Italy, but ill health limited his to in that inreresting country. From Rome he returned to Florence, where he studied the Italian language, with great assiduity and success, under a celebrated professor. But he was soon compelled, by the state of his health, to return home. On his way, he paused in London, where he cou trived to reside sometime, associating with some of the remarkable literary characters of the day. With the late Dr. Johnson, he boasted no intimacy, but he had met him at Tom Davies's, and paid the most respectful attention to his conversation. Some of his opinions and remarks, which had im pressed themselves deeply upon his memory, he used to take pleasure in repeating. Revering Tillotson, he was surprised to hear the Doctor call him "a pitiful fellow." But he was still more astonished to hear him acknowledge, "long after he had been employed in preparing his Shakspeare for the public eye, indeed a very short time before it issued from the press, that he had never yet read the plays of Beaumont and Fletcher."During his residence in London, the theatre engaged much of his attention, and his passion for that elegant amusement grew with his years. le followed the best performers from |