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NEW-YORK, June 9.
Very Late and Important News.
The fine fast sailing ship Pacific,
capt. Stanton, arrived at this port yes
terday in 31 days from Falmouth, with
dispatches for Government, of which
Lieutenant Reed, of the United States
navy, is the bearer, who proceeded im
mediately for the City of Washington.
During the 26 days the Pacific remain
ed in England, no intelligence had been
received from France of the arrival of
the Mentor.
Captain Stanton has favored the edi
tor of the Mercantile Advertiser with a
regular file of London papers Sc Lloyd’s
Lists to the sth of May, twenty days
later than any advices previously re
ceived from England.—From these pa
pers the following articles, some of
them of a very interesting nature, are
copied:
LONDON, May 1.
Sun Office, half past 2 o'clock , p. M.
We stop the press to state that -we
have just received an account from Do
ver, which states that there was a hea
vy firing on the French coast on Friday
night and Saturday morning. Some
of our cruizers who were on the oppo
site coast observed a general illumina
tion, and some neutral vessels that have
arrived report that the firing and illu
mination were in consequence of a vic
tory obtained by the French over the
Austrians.
The governor of Calais would not
suffer the Flag of Truce that sailed
from Dover last week to enter that port,
nor would he permit the dispatches to
be landed.
The departure of a messenger from
Dover to Calais on Friday morning in
a flag of truce has given rise to a varie
ty of speculations. He was certainly
charged with the new order in council,
and dispatches from Mr. Pinckney, to
Gen. Armstrong, the American minis
ter at Paris.
May 2.
Two vessels arrived at Yarmouth
yesterday morning Trom Holland, the
Captains of which state, that Bonapaite
was endeavoring to enforce the Con
scription in Holland, and that in many
places the people had manifested a dis
p sitinn ?o r esist it by force.
i ne firings amr iwtiminations on the
French coast on Friday night and Sa
turday morning has created some ap
prehensions that the Austrians have
been defeated. It is hardly probable
that any decisive battle could have been
fought so soon after the Austrians had
crossed the Inn, which was on the 10th
ol last month. Some engagements be
tween advanced posts, however, may
have taken place, and there can be no
doubt that Bonaparte would, in his pre
sent critical situation, magnify to the
utmost any partial advantage winch he
might gain.
May 3.
Dutch papers to the ‘27th ult. were
received yesterday, which, however,
contain only accounts of the movements
of the French and Austrian troops. The
former appear to be falling back, but
whether in consequence of finding the
Austrian force superior, or in the hope
of drawing the Archduke into a disad
vantageous position, cannot be deter
mined from the scanty information
which these papers afford. Davoust
has addressed a Proclamation to his
troops in which he holds out the expec
tation of their being supported by a
Russian force. We are sorry to ob
serve this corroboration of the declara
tion said to have been made by the
Russian. Minister at Vienna.
Bonaparte has left Strasburgh ; he
passed through Durlach on the 15th,
and was expected at Stutgard the same
night: from whence he was expected
to proceed to Munich.
May 5.
Price of Stocks—Consols, 67 1-2.
W e are unable to lay before our rea
ders, any authentic information respect
ing the reported battle between the
Austrians and French in Bavaria. The
captain of a French privateer recently
taken and brought into port states, that
a desperate battle has taken place, in
which, after three days hard fighting,
the Austrians were defeated with the
loss of 30,000 men.
Declaration of War.
By Francis , I. Emperor of Austria,
An address oj the Archduke.
Vienna , April 12.
Before his imperial Majesty left this
capital, he was pleased to issue the fol
lowing
PROCLAMATION.
{ ‘ Francis I. by the Grace of God, !
Emperor of Austria, &c.
“ People of Austria! I leave my
capital to join the brave defenders of
the country assembled on the frontiers
for the protection of the state.
“ For these three years past I have
made the utmost exertions to procure
you, my beloved subjects, the blessings
of a permanent peace. No sacrafice,
any ways consistent with your welfare
and with the independence oT the stati,
however painful, have I spared to se
cure your tranquility and welfare by a
friendly understanding wltj. the Empe
ror of the French.
“ But all my endeavors proved fruit
less. The Austrian monarchy was al
so to submit to the boundless ambition
of the Emperor Napoleon ; and in the
same manner he strives to subdue Spain,
insults the sacred Head of the church,
appropriates to himself the provinces of
Italy, and parcels out the German do
minions. Austria was to do homage to
the great Empire, the formation of
which he has loudly announced.
“ I have adopted all necessary mea
sures to assert the independence of the
state. Not only have ye answered my
call, but your love for your native coun
try has prompted you to anticipate it.—
Accept my cordial thanks : they will be
repeated by my posterity and yours.
Self defence, not invasion, was our aim.
But the conquerer will not allow the so
vereign of his people, strong in their
mutual confidence, to possess sufficient
means to opppose his ambitious views,
He declared himself hostile to Austria,
unless she would relinquish her mea
sures of defence, and protrate herelf
disarmed at his feet. The disgraceful
proposal was rejected, and now his hosts
are advancing against us, arrayed for
battle.
“ I confide in God—in the valour of
my armies, in the heroic conduct of my
brother, who leads them on to glory, in
you my beloved people : our exertions
for this war are great ; but such they
must be in order to attain more securely
the important end of self preservatbn.
“ What you have hitherto done is.he
most unquestionable pledge of the pow
erful assistance which I am to rective
from you. They who bear no arms,
will also share in the protection of their
country. Unanimity, order, obedience,
activity, and confidence constitute the
real strength of a nation* You have
evinced them, and to this alone is it
owing, that we start with a fair pros
pect of success than we ever did. Fori
tunate events will not unnerve your en
ergy, nor disasterous
should any happen, shake your firm
resolve. Perseverent valour overcomes
all dangers, enhances every advantage,
and supplies all losses. Our cause is
just ■, Providence does not forsake those
who do not forsake themselves.
“ I depend on your love, your tried
fidelity to your Prince and Country.—
Depend ye on the paternal solicitude of
your Monarch, who finds all his hap
piness in you.
« FRANCIS.”
“ Vienna, April 9, 1809.
The Archduke Charles has issued
the following address to the ger
man NATION.
“ His Majesty the Emperor of Aus
tria is forced to take up arms, because
the French Emperor will not tolerate
the existence of a State which does not
acknowledge his supremacy of power,
nor stoop to become subservient to his
views of conquest; because he requires
that Austria should renounce her inde
pendence,unbend her energies, and sur
render at the Conqueror’s discretion ;
because the armies of the Emperor of
France, and of his dependent allies, ad
vance against Austria with hostile views.
“ The forces of Austria have risen
for self-defence and self-preservation at
the nod of their Monarch ; I am lead
ing them on against the enemy, to pre
vent the certain attack he prepared a
against us.
“ We xiss the frontiers not as con
querors ; not as enemies of Germany ;
not to destroy German institutions,
law s, customs and manners, and impose
foreign ones ; not to appropriate to our
selves the property of Germany, or to
sacrifice her children in distant wars,
carried on to destroy and subjugate fo
reign nations. No ; we fight to assert
the independence of the Austrian Mon
archy, and to restore to Germany the
independence and national honors
which are due to her.
“ The same pretentions which now
threaten us have already proved fatal to
Germany. Our assistance is her last j
effort to bi. saved. Our cause is that of
Germany. United with Austria, Ger
mady was independent and happy ; it is
only through the assistance of Austria
' that Germany can receive happiness <
: and independence. <
| “ Germans I Consider your destruc- l
tion. Accept the aid we otter and co- !
operate with us for your salvation. We i
demand from you no exertions,but such
as the war for our common cause requires
Your property and domestic peace are
secured by the discipline of our troops.
The Austrian armies will not oppress
nor rob you ; they respect you as bre
thren, choocn tu fight jointly with us,
for your cause and ours. Be worthy
of our respect; such Germans only as
forget themselves are our enemies.
“ Depend on my word which I have
mot e than once pledged, and redeemed
to save you ! Depend on the word of my
Emperor and brother, which has never |
been violated.
“CHARLES, Generalissimo.”
PROCLAMATION.
By Duvau st to the Armxj of the Rhine.
Hemau, April 12.
“ Soldiers—His majesty the empe
ror of Austria commenced hostilities
on the Bth inst. This was announced
by his generals in chief on the ninth.—
They have taken up arms.—The orders
of the day delivered to the Austrian ar
mies are merely the effusions of scur
rility. This is not the way to attack
the soldiers of the Emperor Napoleon.
They threaten to overwhelm us with
defeat and disgrace upon the plains of
Ulm and Marengo. Your conduct will
shew what right they have to make use
of these threats. Soldiers, otir beloved
sovereign, when he was first consul, of
fered peace, the emperor of Austria re
fused it—Marengo compelled him to
accept of terms. The English broke
the treaty of Amiens. Our sovereign
had collected his armies on the French
coast, and the emperor of Austria avail
ed himself of that juncture, and without
any previous declaration of war, violat
ed the territory of our allies and threat
ened ours. Ulm compelled the enemy
of our sovereign again to make peace.
In the present instance the emperor of j
Austria has threatened the territory of;
our allies, without the least appearance
of any difference between the two pow
ers, and conceiving himself in a situa
tion to undertake hostilities, has actually
commenced war. The directors of the
Austrian cabinet have a very great in
terest in the result of their libellous
scurrilities. Woe be to those who may
dare to disseminate them, and by these
means excite disturbance; the prompt
execution of military law will be the in
evitable consequence.
“ Soldiers—ln spite of those libel
lous reproaches, Germany has done ho
nor to your discipline and good con
duct. You do not make war against
the inhabitants ; those unfortunate sa
crifices to the views of the house of
Austria, whose ambition has stained so
many pages of history with blood, and
whose arrogance has again excited such
agitation among the nations.
“ A Soldier of Napoleon must not
only be free from censure, but without
fear. If there are any of a contrary
character in our ranks, and who shall
so far transgress against the fundament
als of all discipline as to dishonor his
doth by plunder or disobedience, pun
ishment shall speedily follow.
“ The results of this war are certain.
We shall be supported by the emperor
Alexander, who is faithful to his engage
ments in peace or war. With his ar
mies, whom you highly respect, with
the confederate sovereigns whose wish
is that we should avenge their cause,
and secure them in future against the
ambition of our eternal enemy ; end
lastly, through the justice of our cause
victory mitst be ours. Your courage,
and the genius.of your sovereign, when
you see him in the midst of you, will
be the most infallible assurance of your
triumph.
“ The Marshal Duke of Auersladt.”
ATTACK ON BASQUE ROADS.
The circumstances of tne late attack
upon the enemy’s fleet, and the extra
ordinary services of Lord Cochrane in
conducting the enterprise, are not suffi
ciently known. We have great pleas
ure in laying them before the public,
upon the authority of an officer who
shared in the gallant and perilous
achievment.
Lord Cochrane personally conducted
the explosion ship, which had been
charged by himself in a manner than
which nothing was ever contrived to
be more dreadful. His Lordship caus
ed about 1500 barrels of gun powder to
be started into puncheons, which were
fixed end upwards. Upon the tops of
these were placed between 300 and 400
shells, charged with fuses, and agan,
among and upon those were between 2
and 3000 hand grenades. The pun
cheons were fastened to each other bv
cables wound round them, and jammtd
together with wedges ; and moistened
sand was rammed down between these
casks, so as to render the whole, from
stem to stern, as solid as possible,
that the resistance might render the
explosion the more violent. In this im
mense instrument of destruction Lord
Cochrane committed himself with only
one iieutant and four seamen ; and af
ter the boom was broken, his Lordship
proceeded will) the explosion ship to
wards the enemy’s line. Let it be re
collected, that at this moment the hat-
teries on shore were provided with ful
naces to fire red hot shot, and then his
Lordship’s danger in this enterprise
maybe properly conveyed. The wind
blew a gale, and the tide ran three knots
an hour. When the blew lights of the
fire ships were discovered, one of the
enemy's signal ships made the signal
for fire ships; which being also a blue
light, the enemy fell into great contu
sion, firing upon her witli very injurious
effects and directly cut then cables.
When Lord Cochrane had conducted
his explosion ship as near as was possi
ble, the enemy having taken the alarm
he ordered his brave little crew into the
boat, and followed them, after putting
fire to the fuse, which was calculated to
give them 15 minutes to get out of the
reach of the explosion. However, in
consequence of the wind getting very
high, the fuse burnt too quickly ; so
that with the most violent exertions
against wind and tide, this intrepid little
parly was six minutes nearer than they
calculated to be, at the time when the
most tremenduous explosion that hu
man art ever contrived took place, fol
lowed by the bursting at once in the air,
of near 400 shells, and 3000 hand gre- t
nades, pouring down a shower of cast
metal in every direction. But fortu
nately the boat reached,by unparalleled
exertion, only beyond the extent of de
struction. Unhappily this effort to
escape, cost the life of the brave Liut.
j whom this noble Captain saw die in
the boat, partly under fatigue, and part
ly drowned with waves, that continu
ally broke over them. Two of the four
sailors were also so nearly exhaust
ed that their recovery has been des
paired of. Such were the perils our
hero encountered and which have hith
erto been buried in silence. When
they reached their ship the Imperieuse,
| it was known that Lord Cochrane was
| the first to go down to the attack, and
! was for more than an hour the only
Engiish man of war in the harbor.—>
His attack and capture of the Calcutta,
which had one third more guns than
the Imperieuse, has been properly
spoken of.
The repetition of his explosion was
so dreaded by the enemy, that they ap
prehended an equal explosion in every
fife ship; and immediately crowding
all sail ran before the wind and tide so
fast, that the fire ships, though at first
very near could not overtake them, be
fore they were high and dry on shore,
except three 74’s besides the Calcutta,
which were afterwards engaged, taken
and burnt. Seven went ashore, of
which two three deckers afterwards
got off, before our ships of the line got
in, and they went up the river. Two
of the remaining five were on their
beam en?is before Lord Cochrane came
away, and it was his Lordship’s opinion
that with proper exertions they might
be completely destroyed.
Our hero soon turned his attention
to rescue the vanquished from the de
vouring elements ; and bringing away
the people of the Ville do Varsovie, he
would not allow evjn A DOG to be
abandoned, but took a crying and now
neglected little favorite up in his arms
and brought it away. But a much
greater instance of goodness was dis
played in his humanity to a captain of a
French 74, who came to deliver his
sword to Lord Cochrane : lamenting,
that all he had in the world was about
to be destroyed by the conflagration of
his ship. His Lordship instantly got
into the boat with him, and pushed off,
to assist his prisoner in retrieving some
valuable loss ; but, in passing by a 74,
which was on fire, her loaded guns be
gan to go off; a shot from which killed
the Freach Captain, by Lord Cochrane’s
side, and so damaged the boat that she
filled with water, and the rest of this
party were nearly drowned.
*** WE are authorised to an*
nounce, that John Bed king
FIELD, Esq. is a Candidate for
Sheriff of Richmond County, fit.
the ensuing Election.
April 22.