nication with the left bank, and taking up a position behind the Traun near Ebersberg. This was the occasion of an extreinely murderous engagement, during which the four thousand men: Ebersberg was set on fire, and lieut. gen. Hiller continued his retreat, till he got so much the start as to pass the Danube near Stain without being disturbed by the enemy, and to wait the approach of the Archduke, who, after having in vain attempted the junction of the army near Lintz, had marched from Budweis to Zwettel; still hoping, by a quick passage of the Danube, to arrest the enemy's progress towards the metropolis. Meanwhile a corps of Wurtembergers had advanced from Passau along both the shores of the Danube, had occupied Lintz and the bank opposite to it; had restored the bridge, and signalized itself by destroying the defenceless villages and castles which could not be protected by the small advanced guard proceeding by the side of the main army. The enemy, by marching through the valley of the Danube in the straightest line, had got so much campaign by several successful affairs in the Upper Palatinate, had reached Amberg, Neumarkt and Hemau, and had by this time approached Stadt-am-Hof, in order to execute its immediate junction with the Arch-enemy in storming the bridge lost near dake. The Emperor Napoleon ordered the bombardment of Ratisbon, occupied by a few battalions who were to cover the passage of the Danube. On the 23d in the evening he became master of it, and immediately hastened along the right bank of the Danube to enter the Austrian States, in order, as he openly declared, to dictate peace at Vienna. The Austrian army had taken a position near Cham, behind the river Regen, which was watched by some of the enemy's divisions, while the Emperor Napoleon called all his disposable troops, in forced marches, from the north of Germany to the Danube, and considerably reinforced his army with the troops of Wurtemberg, Hessia, Baden, and some time after with those of Saxony. Near Kirn and Nittenau, some affairs had happened between the out-posts, which, however, had no influence upon our armies. However easy it would have been for the Archduke to continue his offensive opera-ahead, that all hopes of coming up with tions on the left bank of the Danube with out any material resistance, and however gratifying it might have been to relieve provinces which were groaning beneath the pressure of foreign dominion; the preservation of his native land did not permit him to suffer the enemy to riot with impunity in the entrails of the mo narchy, to give up the rich sources of its independence, and expose the welfare of the subject to the devastations of foreign conquerors. Those motives induced the Archduke to conduct his army to Bohemia, by the way of Klentsch and Neumarkt, to occupy the Bohemian forest with light troops and part of the militia, and to direct his march towards Budweis, where he arrived on the 3d of May, hoping to join near Lintz, his left wing, which had been separated from him, and which was under the command of lieut.-gen. baron Hiller. But the latter had been so closely pressed by the united force of the French armies, that, after several spirited engagements, and even after a brilliant affair, in which he had the advantage, near Neumarkt, and in which the troops achieved all that was possible against the disproportionate superiority of the enemy, he indeed was able to reach Lintz, but was incapable of crossing the Danube, and obliged to content himself with destroying the commu him in front of Vienna vanished: still, however, if that city had been able to hold out for five days, it might have been relieved; and the Archduke resolved on venturing the utmost to rescue that good city, which, by the excellent disposition of its citizens, its faithful attachment to its sovereign, and its noble devotion, has raised to itself an eternal monument in the annals of Austria. All his plans were now directed towards gaining the bridges across the Danube near Vienna, and endeavouring to save the imperial residence by a combat under its very walls.-Vienna, formerly an important fortress, was in vain besieged by the Turks, and would even now, from the solidity of its ramparts, the strong profiles of its works, and the extensive system of its mines, be capable of making a protracted resistance, had not, for upwards of a century back, the luxury of a large metropolis, the wants of ease, the conflux of all the magnates in the empire, and the pomp of a splendid court, totally effaced every consideration of military defence. Palaces adorn the rampart, the casemates and ditches were converted into workshops of tradesmen, plantatious mark the counter-scarpes of the fortress, and avenues of trees traverse the glacis, uniting the most beautiful suburbs in the world to the corps de la place.- Although under such circumstances no obstinate resistance of the capital was to be expected, yet from the unexampled loyalty of the inhabitants it was confidently hoped that Vienna might for a few days serve as a tête-de-pont to cover the passage of the river; whence all preparations amounted to no more than to secure the place against a coup-de-main; and for this reason the Archduke had some time before directed field-marshal Hiller to send part of his corps along the right bank towards the capital, in the event of his (the Archduke's) passage to the left shore. -Field-marshal Hiller now received orders to burn the bridge near Stain in his rear, to leave a small corps of observation near Krems, to hasten by forced marches with the bulk of his army to the environs of Vienna, and, as circumstances would permit, by occupying the small islands, to keep up the communication with the city and the debouche across the bridges. -The army of the Archduke now advanced without interruption, by Neupolla, Horn, and Weikendorf upon Stockerau; and, in order to overawe such enterprizes as the enemy might project from the environs of Lintz, part of the corps of the general of artillery count Kollowrath, which till then had remained near Pilsen with a view to secure the North and West frontier of Bohemia, was ordered to march to Budweis.-Napoleon had used so much expedition on his march to Vienna, that on the 9th of May his advanced troops appeared on the glacis of the fortress, whence they were driven by some cannon shot. From three to four thousand regular troops, as many armed citizens, and some battalions of country militia, defended the city; ordnance of various calibre was placed upon the ramparts; the suburbs were abandoned on account of their great extent; and the numerous islands and low bushy ground behind the town were occupied by some light troops of the corps of Hiller as well as by militia.-The corps itself was posted on what is termed " the Point" on the left shore of the river, waiting the arrival of the army, which was advancing in haste.-The occupation of Vienna formed too essential a part in the extensive plans of the French Emperor; its conquest had been announced by him with too much confidence, and was of too great importance towards confirming the prejudice of his irresistible power, for him the not to employ every method of taking it before the assistance which was so near could arrive.-For the space of twentyfour hours the howitzers played upon town: and though several houses were set on fire, the courage of the inhabitants remained unshaken. But a general devastation threatened their valuable property, and when at length the enemy, availing himself of the numerous craft which he found there, crossed the smaller branches of the Danube, dislodged the troops from the nearest islands, and menaced their communication with the left bank, the city was justified in capitulating, while the troops retreated by the great bridge of Tabor, which they afterwards set on fire. The Archduke received this intelligence in head quarters, between Horn and Meissau, and though it was scarcely to be expected that this city, surrounded as it was, should continue its resistance, the Archduke proceeded on his march without interruption, flattering himself that he might be able to execute his favourite project by a bold attempt to pass the Danube near Vienna.-This city capitulated on the 13th of May, so that there was no farther occasion to expose the army to hazard by crossing the Danube, for which no sufficient preparation had been made, and which must have been effected in the face of the enemy, and under local circumstances of the greatest disadvantage. By the surrender of Vienna the army had also lost a point of support on which to rest its military operations. In this situation of affairs the Archduke resolved to collect his army at the foot of the hill Bisamberg, and allow it a few days of rest, which, after so many forced marches, it urgently wanted. The cavalry, for the convenience of water, was posted along the Russ, a small rivulet, which is concealed by ground covered with bushes, and the advanced guards pushed forward to the Danube, in order to observe the movements of the enemy, and prevent his passing the river, which he had already attempted to do from Nussdorf, to what is called the Black Lake, but with so little success, that a battalion of his advanced guard was taken. The chain of the outposts extended on the left side as far as the March, and on the right to Krems; this place and Presburg were occupied by some battalions; (To be continued.) LONDON :-Printed by T. C. HANSARD, Peterborough - Court, Fleet - Street; Published by R. BAGSHAW, Brydges-Street, Covent Garden :-Sold also by J. BUDD, Pall-Mall. VOL. XVI. No. 3.] LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1809. HER OF [Price 18. [66 on them within three months from that delivery. Mr. Adam then stated, that the Prince's Treasurer had uniformly and regularly every quarter paid the allowance of 12,000l. a year to the Officer of her Royal Highness; that this had never been in arrear one instant from 1802 to the present time; that Mr. Gray (who was present) was the person who paid it; that the Prince had always paid this sum to the Princess without deducting the Income Tax, although there was 12,000l. per annum deducted from him at the Exchequer on that account. That his Royal Highness had now increased the Princess's income to 17,000l. a year, to be paid quarterly without deducting the income tax. That the Princess was paid for personal expences at the Exchequer, 5,000l. a year, MEETING OF THE CREDITORS OF ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS WALES. From the Morning Chronicle, making in all an income of 22,000l. Mr. Adam then stated, that it was upon this July 17, 1809. increased income of 17,000l. a year nett, We have been favoured by a Creditor that the Prince had devised the security for with the following Account of what passed the Creditors in future, having made it a at a Meeting of the Creditors of the Prin- condition, that the Princess should appoint cess of Wales, held on Friday last, at the an officer to receive that income, who was York Hotel, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, in enjoined in the settling the accounts, to consequence of a Letter circulated by follow the course prescribed by the Act of Messrs. Blagrave and Walter, their Soli- Parliament for regulating the Expenditure, citors, intimating that Mr. Adam, the of the Prince. Mr. Alam said, that a Prince's Chancellor, and Mr. Gray, his paper to this effect had been accordingly Royal Highness's Deputy Treasurer, signed by the Princess, so that the Crediwould attend, when the Plan which the tors had now or ly to observe the forms of Prince had adopted to pay their Debts, the Act of Parlament to ensure their payand secure them in future, would be laid ment; but the Prince did not stop here, before them.-Mr. Adam stated to the but in providing for his own future inCreditors, that the Prince had taken their demnity, the particulars of which Mr. case into his most serious and gracious Adam said he did not enter into, as not consideration in every point of view. belonging to that place or meeting, the That his Royal Highness's object was not Prince had taken care that if this volunmerely to pay the Debt in the manner al-tary regulation did not effectuate the obready settled and accepted, but to secure them in future as far as the law would enable him; that the affairs of his Royal Highness were all administered under an Act of the 35th of the King, which rendered it illegal for the Prince to grant any bond or obligation, and protected him against personal action; but rendered his revenue liable, if the Creditors followed out the provisions of the Act, by delivering in their bills signed within ten days after the quarter, and provided they sued ject, the legislature was to be applied to. Mr. Adam then said, that the Prince had by economical regulations appropriated as large a sum as his circumstances would admit, to discharge this debt, greater in proportion than he had been enabled to apply to his own, which he was sure his own Creditors would justify, as from the moment he undertook the payment of the Debts of the Princess, they were to be considered as debts of honour. Mr. Adam then said, that the regularity of the payC . ments might be depended upon. There Highness's determination, and which he was an event, however, of which some of had never for a moment lost sight of in any the Creditors had expressed a dread, the one part of this transaction, had been to calamity of being deprived of the Prince, prevent (in these times of great and necesMr. Adam assured them that that event sary expenditure) any debt of his own or had not been unthought of by his Royal any other for which he might be considered Highness. The Prince could not by law liable, becoming either directly or circuitbind himself by deed or note, but he had ously a burden upon the country. That property and rights which might be ren- he had been likewise greatly influenced dered available in case of the event al- by the desire of seeing justice done to luded to, and these would be so regulated the Creditors of the Princess, although unthat his Royal Highness had the heartfelt der no legal obligation whatever to pay satisfaction to think, that no person would those Debts. On these grounds the rrince suffer ultimately any loss by him.-Mr. of Wales gave it to be understood to those Adam said, this nearly comprised the of his Majesty's Ministers concerned in whole matter which he had to lay before the transaction, that his Royal Highness them, which would be most satisfactory, he would spontaneously take upon himself had no doubt, to them, and would convince the payment of the sum of 8,000l., in adthem that every thing that could be done dition to the sum of 41,000l., formerly for their benefit within the Prince's power undertaken to be liquidated by his Royal was done, and that without his Royal Highness upon the indemnity being given Highness's intervention they could never to him; aud by so doing, his Royal Highhave received any thing. That their pe- ness had the satisfaction of preserving the tition, without the consent of his Majesty, public from any burden, directly or indisignified by the Chancellor of the Exche- rectly, and of seeing justice done to the Exche-rectly, quer, would never have been received in Creditors of the Princess, who had no the House of Commons; and Mr. Adam other means whatever of being relieved, said he knew that such consent would but through the voluntary interposition have been refused. So that unless the of his Royal Highness."-Mr. Adam then Prince had spontaneously undertaken for observed, that the whole debt of 49,000%. the arrangement of their debts, the Credi- being thus assumed by his Royal Hightors would have had no redress. In doing ness, the Prince gave directions to M. this the Prince stipulated, that he should Gray and himself (Mr. Adam,) to make be fully indemnified against future de- the instalments as liberal as possible. In mands, a claim which his Royal Highness consequence of which 10,000, has now was held to be justified in making, because, been paid, and the second instalment to the 41,000, there was to be added would be paid in the first week of January. the sum of 34,000!., which the Princess had received from his Majesty's Droits of Admiralty, making together 75,000l. of debt contracted by her Royal Highness; which divided on the number of years, exceeded by many thousand pounds a year the greatest income ever proposed for her Royal Highness; that after the payment of 41,000l. had been undertaken by the Prince, and a guarantee against future demands arranged to his satisfaction, Mr. Adam said, that towards the conclusion of the business, it was stated to him by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to be by him (Mr. Adam) laid before the Prince, that the debt, was 8,000l. more than the 41,0001. This his Royal Highness took also into his most gracious consideration, and gave his commands to Mr. Adam to represent to those of the King's Confidental Servants, who were engaged in the transaction; LOWER CANADA.Speech of the Governor General*, on dissolving the Provincial Parliament. From the Quebec Gazette, May 16, 1809. Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly; The advanced state of the season, your private convenience, and the happy change that has taken place in the relations between his Majesty's Government and that of the United States, from which we may reasonably look for a permanence of the public tranquillity, together with other circumstances, have induced me to put an end to this Session; and upon a full consideration of the events by which it has been marked, I feel it to be a duty which I owe to his Majesty and to the Province, That the main and principal object. which had uniformly directed his Royal K. B Lieut. Gen. Sir James Henry Craig, to recur, as speedily as circumstances mere renewal of annual acts, to which you will permit, to the sense of his subjects, by calling a new Parliament. stood pledged, and which required no dis cussion. So much of imtemperate heat has been manifested in all your proceedings, and you have shewn such a prolonged and disrespectful inattention to matters submitted to your consideration by the other branches of the legislature, that whatever might be the moderation and forbearance exercised on their parts, a general good understanding is scarcely to be looked for without a new Assembly.-I shall not particularly advert to other acts. which appear to be unconstitutional infringements of the rights of the subject, repugnant to the very letter of that statute of the Imperial Parliament, under which you hold your seats, and to have been matured by proceedings, which amount to a dereliction of the first principles of natural justice; and I shall abstain from any further enumeration of the causes by which I have been induced to adopt the determi nation, which I have taken, because, the part of your conduct to which I have already referred, is obviously and in a high degree, detrimental to the best interests of the country, such as my duty to the crown forbids me to countenance, and as compels me to have recourse to a dissolution as the only constitutional means, by which its recurrence may be prevented. Gentlemen of the House of Assembly; When I met you at the commencement of the present Session, I had no reason to doubt your moderation or your prudence, and I therefore willingly relied upon both. Under the guidance of these principles, I expected from you a manly sacrifice of all personal animosities, and individual dissatisfaction, a watchful solicitude for the concerns of your country, and a steady perseverance in the executing of your public duty, with zeal and dispatch. I looked for earnest endeavours to promote the general harmony of the Province, and a careful abstinence from whatever might have a tendency to disturb it; for due, and therefore indispensible attention to the other branches of the legislature, and for prompt and cheerful co-operation and assistance in whatever might conduce to the happiness and welfare of the colony. All this I had a right to expect, because such was your constitutional duty; because, such a conduct would have been a lasting testimony, as it was the only one sought for by His Majesty's Government, of that loyalty and affection, which you have so, warmly professed, and which I believe you to possess, and because it was particularly called for by the critical conjuncture of Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, the times, and especially by the precari- and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly; ous situation in which we then stood, I shall give the necessary orders for call with respect to the American States. Iing the new Provincial Parliament, as soon am sorry to add, that I have been disappointed in all these expectations, and in every hope on which I relied. You have wasted in fruitless debates, excited by private and personal animosities, or by frivolous contests, upon trivial matters of form, that time and those talents, to which, within your walls, the public have an exclusive title; this abuse of your functions you have preferred to the high and important duties which you owe to your sovereign and to your constituents; and you have, thereby, been forced to neglect the consideration of matters of moment and necessity, which were before you, while you have at the same time virtually prevented the introduction of such others, as may have been in contemplation. If any further proof of this misuse of your time were necessary, I have just presented it, in having been called on, after a session of tive weeks, to exercise his Majesty's prerogative of assent, to only the same umber of Bills, three of which were the as convenience will permit, and having no no other object, and confident that no other will be attributed to frie; but to preserve the true principles of the free and happy constitution of the Province, and to employ the power intrusted to me by his Majesty, to the only end for which I have received it, the good of his subjects. I have an entire confidence in the electors, to whom I shall recur, trusting that by the choice of proper representatives further mischiefs may be obviated, and the important interests of the colony considered in the next Session, with less interruption and happier effect. I will not conceal from you that it has been very much with the view to obviate misrepresentation, if possible, and to enable the people to judge of the grounds which have been afforded me for the conduct I have adopted, that I have entered into any detail upon the subject; the task has been painful to me in the extreme, and I turp from it with peculiar satisfaction to |