sured the Court, that he never begged any favour of any minister. He objected to the proposition of the worthy Alderman, because new matter was brought up by it, such as suited not the purpose for which the Members of the Court had been sum moned; to that purpose, and to that only, should its attention be directed. this not only gives us a right, but naturally calls upon us to state what the circum. stances are which have transpired since the time of passing our Vote of Thanks to that gentleman:-that is the object of the Amendment of my worthy friend. If that be so, I ask of this Court, can we do better than state those facts? I say can "we" do better, for I do not disguise any thing; I avow that I have had some concern in the framing of this motion, and which, therefore, it is natural that I should: support. Nor does the motion go so far as it might with truth, for there are facts, not stated in it, from which I can prove Mr. Wardle's further claims to Thanks. Let us recollect that Mr. Wardle was charged with having represented things as grievances, which did not exist, and which are proved, by the subsequent conduct of the ministers themselves, to have existed. Mr. Wardle stated in the House of Commons, that there were three branches of the public expenditure in which there were great abuses, and in which there might be introduced great savings, without detriment to the public service. He descended to particulars, stated facts on which his assertion rested. He was contradicted by ministers, they denied his statement of the facts. But how has it turned out upon those facts? Why, my Lord, ministers have, by their own acts, subsequent to that statement, proved the existence of the very facts which they denied in the House of Commons, upon the statement of them by Mr. Wardle. The facts stated by Mr. Wardle, and to which I am now alluding, were these: Mr. WAITHMAN explained, what he felt to have been misconceived of what he had said concerning some persons: he had cast no reflection upon individuals. He then proceeded to support the proposition moved by his worthy friend, Mr. Alderman Goodbehere ; " I am surprised (said he) that my worthy friend (Mr. Mawman) declines to assist us on the present occasion: he says he would do so on another occasion but will not on this. But why not? Every fact stated in my friend's Amendment is as undisputed as it is indisputable, there is not a single proposition stated in the Amendment, that is not founded on a public document, and therefore gentlemen who complain of the statement, pass the truth of it over; they are judicious in so doing; it is the best way of effecting their purpose; they fly to something else, they complain that the Amendment of the worthy Alderman involves new matter, is brought upon them by surprise. There is no foundation for that complaint; and I will venture to say, that there is no individual in this Court less liable than the worthy Alderman, or myself, to the imputation of taking this Court by surprise; we never took any body by surprise. In the present instance there is no pretence for gentlemen to complain of surprise. The object of the motion of which the that in the manner of conducting the worthy member gave notice, and which business of the Local Militia, there was he has shrunk from, is, to take into con- much abuse, and there might be great alideration circumstances which have trans-teration and a great saving, without detripired since our Resolution of the 6th efment to the public service. Ministers April, upon the subject of the merit of Mr. Wardle, and the services he has rendered to his country by his exertions in the House of Commons in various depart ments of the state. That is the professed object of the author of the notice of the motion. He conceived that the circumstances which have transpired since our Resolution of the 6th of April, are such as to call upon us to rescind that Resolution. My worthy friend and myself think that the circumstances which have since transpired are so far from detracting from the merit of Mr. Wardle, that they add to his claims upon the gratitude of his countrymen, and demand further approbation: denied the existence of any such abuse in that branch of the public service, but, since the discussion, how have they acted, for that is the test? They have given orders there shall be "no further proceedings in the affairs of the Local Militia," thereby admitting, I say, the existence of the abuses stated by Mr. Wardle, and denied by them in the House of Commons. The next head of public service in which Mr. Wardle stated there was much abuse which might be corrected without detriment, was in the Cloathing of the Volunteers. Ministers denied the existence of that abuse also. How have they acted upon it? They have given orders, "that there shall be no further proceeding on the subject of the Cloathing of the Volunteers." The next head of service was that of "a supply of the article of Canvass :" in which Mr. Wardle stated there was great abuse, and might be much retrenchment without injury to the public service. Ministers denied the existence of any such abuse. Look at the actions afterwards; They have discharged the Inspector of Canvas! Such, my Lord Mayor, are the facts; and after this, are we to be told that what has transpired since our Vote of Thanks to Mr. Wardle has been such as ought to induce us to rescind that Vote. I say that what has transpired since, calls upon us, in the discharge of our public duty, to enlarge and to extend those Thanks to a man who has rendered such essential service to his country. I say, it is high time for us to make a stand against the torrent of Corruption, when it is become notorious, that no less than 200,0007. of the public money is given to individuals in Pensions, as I have already described; when we see that one individual has, in nine months, defrauded the public of 90,000l.; and shall we, after this, say that these matters come upon the Members of the Court by surprize? Why should the statement of them surprize any of us, since we all know of their existence? but it seems that in some persons the existence of these things is not so shocking as the statement is--who cannot bear to hear any thing said to the discredit of our Governors. (To be continued.) OFFICIAL PAPERS. FRENCH ARMY IN AUSTRIA.-Twenty Sixth Bulletin.-(Continued from p. 160.) Twelve of the most considerable villages in the beautiful plain of Vienna, such as are seen in the neighbourhood of a great capital, have been burnt during the battle. The just hatred of the nation is loud against the guilty men who have drawn upon it all these calamitiesThe general of brigade, Laroche, entered Nuremberg on the 28th of June, with a corps of cavalry, and proceeded towards Bayreuth. He met the enemy at Besentheim, charged him with the first provisional regiment of dragoons, and cut in pieces all who opposed him, and took two pieces of cannon. Twenty-Seventh Bulletin. enemy's rear-guard before Hollabrun.At noon on the same day, the duke of Ragusa, who had arrived on the heights of Znaim, saw the enemy's baggage and artillery filing off towards Bohemia. Gen. Bellegarde wrote to him that prince Joàn of Lichtenstein would repair to the Enperor with a mission from his master, for the purpose of treating for Peace; aud in consequence desired a Suspension of Arms. The duke of Ragusa replied, that it wa› not in his power to accede to such a proposition; but that he would acquaint the Emperor with it. Meanwhile he attackel the enemy, took from him an excellen position, made some prisoners, and took two colours.-On the morning of the sam day, the duke of Auerstadt had passed th Taya opposite Nicolsbourg, and general Grouchy had beaten prince Rosenberg's rear, taking 450 men of prince Charles's regiment.-At noon on the 11th instant, the Emperor arrived opposite Znaim. The battle had begun. The duke of Ra gusa had attacked the town; and the duke of Rivoli had taken the bridge, and had occupied the tobacco manufactory. In the different engagements this day, we had taken 3,000 men, two colours, and three pieces of cannon. The general of brigade, Bruyeres, an officer of very great promise, has been wounded. The general of brigade, Guiton, made a fine charge with the 10th cuirassiers.-The Emperor, informed that prince John of Lichtenstein, who had been sent to him, was arrived within our posts, ordered the fire to cease. The annexed Armistice was signed at midnight, at the prince of Neufchatel's. The prince of Lichtenstein was presented to the Emperor in his tent, at two o'clock in the morning. Suspension of Arms between his Majesty the Emperor of the French and King of Italy and his Majesty the Emperor of Austria. Art. 1. There shall be a Suspension of Arms between the armies of his majesty the Emperor of the French, king of Italy, and of his majesty the Emperor of Austria. 2. The line of demarcation shall be on the side of Upper Austria, the frontier which separates Austria from Bohemia, the Circle of Znaim, that of Brunn, and a line drawn from the frontier of Moravia upon Raab, which shall begin at the point where the frontier of the Circle of Brunn touches the March, and descending the March to its conflux with the Taya; from thence to On the 10th the duke of Riyoli beat the St. Johann and the road to Presbourg; Presbourg and a league round the town; 3. The citadels of Brunn and Gratz shall be evacuated immediately on the signature of the present Armistice. 4. The detachments of Austrian troops which are in the Tyrol and the Voralberg, shall evacuate those two countries, and the fort of Sachsenbourg shall be given up to the French troops. 5. The magazines of provisions and clothes, which shall be found in the countries to be evacuated by the Austrian army, and which belong to it, may be emptied. 6. In relation to Poland, the two armies shall take the line which they at present Occupy. 7. The present suspension of arms shall continue for a month, and fifteen days notice shall be given before hostilities re commence. 8. Commissaries on either side shall be named, for the execution of the present articles. proper to send to the Archduke, the duke of Friuli, grand marshal of the palace, who found him at Budweis, and passed part of yesterday at his head-quarters.---The Emperor left his camp at Znaim yesterday, at nine o'clock in the morning, and arrived at the palace of Schoenbrunn at three in the afternoon.-His majesty has visited the environs of the village of Spitz, which forms the tete-de-pont of Vienna. Gen. Bertrand has been charged with the execution of different works, which must be marked out and begun this day. --The bridge of piles at Vienna will be re-established with the least delay possible.-His majesty has named as marshals of the empire, gen. Oudinot, the duke of Ragusa, and gen. Macdonald. The number of marshals was eleven; this nomination will make it 14. There still remain two vacancies.-The places of col. gen. of the Swiss, and col.-gen. of the chasseurs, are also vacant. The col. gen. of the chasseurs, is, according to our constitution, a Grand Officer of the empire. His majesty has testified his satisfaction with the nianner in which the Surgery has been served, and particularly with the services of the principal surgeon, Heurteloup.-Ilis majesty passing through the field of battle on the 7th, cause! a great number of the wounded to be taken off; and left there the duke of Friuli, grand marshal of the palace, who remained all day. The number of wounded Austrianą. in our hands amounts to 12 or 13,000.The Austrians have had 19 generals killed or wounded. It has been remarked as a singular fact, that most of the French officers, whether of old France, or of the new provinces, who were in the Austrian service, have perished.-Severa! couriers have been intercepted, and among their The Danube has risen six feet. The letters has been found a regular corresponbridges of boats which had been construct-dence of Gentz with count Stadion. The ed before Vienna, since the battle of Wa- influence of this wretch in the leading degram, have been broken by the effects of terminations of the Austrian cabinet, is this rise; but the bridges at Ebersdorfi hereby materially proved. Such are the are solid and permanent; none of them instruments which England employs, like have suffered. Those bridges, and the a new Pandora's box, to raise storms and works of the island of Lobau, are the ad- spread poisons on the Continent.-The miration of the military persons of Austria. duke of Rivoli's corps encamps in the cir They avow that such works are without cle of Znaim; that of the duke of Auers, example since the time of the Romans.-tadt in the circle of Brunn; that of the The Archduke Charles having sent major gen. Weissenvof to compliment the Emperor, and since that, the baron de Wimpffen and prince John of Lichtenstein having come upon the same courteous errand in his name, his majesty has thought 9. From to-morrow, the 13th, the Austrian troops shall begin their evacuation of the countries marked out by this suspenson of arms; and shall retire by daily marches. The fort of Brunn shall be given up to the French army on the 14th of July; and that of Gratz on the 16th. Made and concluded between us the undersigned, charged with full powers from our respective sovereigns, the prince of Neufchatel, major-gen. of the French army, and M. Baron Wimpffen, major-gen. of the etat-major of the Austrian army, at the camp before Znaim, July 12, 1809. Twenty-eighth Bulletin. duke of Ragusa in the circle of Korn- H abundant every where. The army is can- | toned in a beautiful country, and rich in provisions of all kinds, wine particularly. USTRIA-Supplement to the London Gazette of the 11th of July.-(Continued from p. 96.) tween it the whole of the heavy cavalry was formed in masses. The general of cavalry, prince Lichtenstein, on observing this order of battle, perceived the necessity of keeping up a close communication withthe infantry placed near him: he therefore drew up his right wing en echiquier behind the corps of infantry, but kept his left wing together, with reserves posted in Corps of the General of Cavalry count Bel- the rear.-A prodigious quantity of artil legarde. Count Bellegarde having received a message from gen. Wacquant, that the eneray was assembling in force before Aspern, towards the bushy meadow, and apparently had in view an assault upon that point, was just going to throw a fresh battalion of Argenteu's into Aspern, when the enemy, in heavy columns of infantry and cavalry, supported by a numerous artillery, began to advance upon the centre of the corps in the plain.-The troops stationed at Aspern, exhausted as they were with the incessant fire kept up during the night, were unable to withstand the impetuosity of the attack; their ammunition, both for artillery and musquetry, began to fail, and gen. Wacquant retreated in good order to the church-yard. This post, gained at so dear a rate, was again taken from him, after several attacks sustained in conjunction with lieut.-gen. Hiller; the place was alternately taken and lost, till at length the superiority of our fire obliged the enemy to abandon the house, and a last assault of filler's corps prevented all farther attempts. From the moment of the retaking of Aspern it became possible to oppose an offensive movement to the enemy advancing upon the centre, and to operate upon his left flank and communication. The defence of Aspern was there fore left entirely to Hiller's corps, and while count Bellegarde appuied his right wing on Aspern, he formed his left and the centre in the direction of Esslingen, in such a manner that, by degrees, he gained the right flank of the enemy, compelled him to retreat, and, by the complete ellect of the artillery, brought to bear upon the left wing, which commanded the whole space from Aspern to Esslingen, gave him a most severe defeat. lery covered the front of the enemy, who seemed desirous to annihilate our corps by the murderous fire of cannon and howitzers. Upwards of two hundred pieces of cannon were engaged on both sides, and the oldest soldiers never recollect to have witnessed so tremendous a fire.--Vain was every effort to shake the intrepidity of the Austrian troops. Napoleon rode through his ranks, and according to the report of the prisoners, made them acquainted with the destruction of his bridge, but added, that he had himself ordered it to be broken down, because in this case there was no alternative, but victory or death. Soon afterwards the whole of the enemy's line put itself in motion, and the cavalry made its principal attack on the point where the corps of cavalry of prince Lichtenstein coinmunicated with the left wing of lieut.-gen. the prince of Hohenzollern. The engagement now became general; the regiments of Rohan, D'Aspre, Joseph Colloredo and Stain, repulsed all the attacks of the enemy. The generals were every where at the head of their troops, and inspired them with courage and perseverance. The Archduke himself seized the colours of Zach's, and the battalion, which had already begun to give way, folluwed with new enthusiasm his hercie example. Most of those who surrounded him were wounded; his adj.-gen. count Colloredo, received a ball in his head, the wound from which was at first considered dangerous; a squeeze of the hand signified to him the concern of his sympathizing commander, who, filled with contempt of death, now fought for glory and for his country.-The attocks of our impenetrable corps, both with the sabre and the bayonet, so rapidly repeated and so impetuous, as to be unparalleled in military annals, frustrated all the intentions of the enemy. Corps of lieutenant-general the prince of Ho--He was beaten at all points, and asto henzollern. nished at such undaunted intrepidity, he was obliged to abandon the field of battle.-About this time lieut.-gen. the prince of Hohenzollern observed on his left wing, near Esslingen, a chasm, which had been HAL Esslingen-and the nearest arm of the Dar nube. The village was already gained, and battalions advancing on the left, obliged the enemy, drawn up in several lines, to yield. The most violent canonade was kept up incessantly on both sides, and it was sustained by the troops with the greatest fortitude.-Favoured by a fog which suddenly came on, the enemy's heavy cavalry ventured to attack on all sides the corps formed by Sztarray's and Hiller's regiments of infantry. These brave fellows received him with fixed bayonets, and at the last moment poured in their fire with such effect, that the enemy was compelled to betake himself to flight with considerable loss. Five times were these attacks on Sztarray's and Ililler's regiments repeated, and each time were they repelled with equal courage and resolution. The cavalry contributed all that lay in their power to the pursuit of the enemy and the support of the infantry. -Coburg's, the Archduke, Louis's, and Czartorisky's regiments, belonging to the division of lieut.-gen. Dedovich, stationed on the right, renewed the exertions of the preceding day with the same distinction and the same success. After this severe formed during the heat of the engagement, and afforded an advantageous point of attack. Frelich's regiment, commanded by col. Mecserry, was ordered thither in three corps, and repulsed four regiments of cavalry, accompanied with infantry and artillery. The corps remained in the position which they had taken, till the grenadiers of the reserve, which the Archduke had ordered forward from Brietenlee, arrived to relieve the battalions exhausted with the sanguinary conflict, and continued the attack upon the centre of the enemy's position. Lieut.-gen. D'Aspre penetrated with the four battalions of grenadiers of Przezinsky, Puteany, Scovaux, and Scharlach, without firing a shot, to the enemy's cannon, where he was flanked by such a destructive fire from Esslingen, that nothing but the presence of the Archduke, who hastened to the spot, could have induced his grenadiers to maintain their ground. Captain count Dombasse had already reached the ene my's battery, when he was wounded by two balls, and quitted the field.-About noon the Archduke ordered a new assault upon Esslingen, which was immediately undertaken by field-marshal-lieut. D' Aspre with the grenadier battalions of Kir-conflict, the enemy seemed to have no inchenbetter and Scovaux on the left, and elination to expose himself to any fresh Scharlach and Georgy in front. Five disaster, and confined himself merely to times did these gallant troops rush up to the operation of his superior artillery.the very walls of the houses, burning in- About eleven A. M. prince Rosenberg ternally and placed in a state of defence; received orders from the Archduke, Comsome of the grenadiers thrust their bayo- mander in Chief, to make a new attack nets into the enemy's loop-holes; but all upon Esslingen, and a message to the their efforts were fruitless, for their anta- same effect was sent to lient.-gen Dedogonists fought the fight of despair.- vich, who commanded the right division The Archduke ordered the grenadiers to of this corps.-Prince Rosenberg immetake up their former position, and when diately formed two columns of attack under they afterwards volunteered to renew the the conduct of lieutenant-generals princes assault, he would not permit them, as the Hohenloe and Roban, while lieutenant geenemy was then in full retreat. neral Dedovich advanced against the citaCorps of field-marshal lieutenant prince Ro- surrounded with walls and ditches. Ro-del of the place, and the magazine senberg. Both divisions of this corps, which in advancing to the engagement, had composed the fourth and fifth columns, were formed before break of day for a new attack, for which the enemy likewise made preparation on his side, but with a manifest superiority in numbers.-Prince Rosenberg resolved to attack the village of Esslingen with the Archduke Charles's regiment of infantry, to push forward his other troops in battalions, and in particus lar to go and meet the enemy, who was advancing in the open country between The attack was made with redoubled bravery, and our troops ru hed with irresistible impetuosity into the village. Still, however, they found it impossible to maintain this post, into which the enemy kept continually throwing new reinforcements, which was of the utmost importance for covering his retreat, which he had already resolved upon, and which he defended with an immense sacrifice of lives. Prince Rosenberg therefore resolved to confine himself to the obstinate maintenance of his own position, to secure the left flank of the army, and to encrease the embarrass |