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NASSAU, July 3.
By the arrival of the brigSurprize, we
have received London dates to the 25th
and Liverpool to the 27th of May, from
which we extract the following :
London May 21.
A mjil,or rather a bag of letters has
just arrived at the post-office from He
ligoland. By the same conveyance, go
vernment are put in possesion ofdis
pjtches winch have just now beenjdeliv
ered, but their contents of course arc
unknown. ~
The Austrians under the archduke
Ferdinand have obtained several advan- i
tagesover the Poles and S xons, and |
have taken Oz\ nstochow.
On the 28tii ult. 3000 Duich troops!
and waggons, passed through Hanover j
for Hesse—shortly after leaving Llze,!
they were surrounded by the people. of
the country and disarmed.
At Bidficld and many othejr parts of!
ll.mover, the people had taken jup arms : j
at iiiclneld, however, the government |
prevailed ami councellor Aminas with |
several others arrested.
It is stated in the Hamburgh Corres-j
prudent "of the 2d inst. that general
VVolodkieveiez, who arrived at Warsaw
on the 28ili from Grodno, rend at the
place an order of the Russian govern
ment to general Levis, directir g him to
invade Gallicia, in the event of the Aus
trians advancing into Poland.
Two Gotteiiburgh mails arrived yes
teiday. The report is that the Swedish i
Councils, thus earty after the convoca
tion of the diet, have determined to shut
their ports against us, and toj in their I
neighbors in tlie war. This resolution j
is assigned as the reason for Mr. Merry’s
leaving Stockholm on the 7th inst >nt,
and we understand he has already ar
rived in London. On the same author
ity. it is stated, the court ol Petersburg
, had declared war ugainst the Emperor i
I'Vain is on the 2d inst. The papers j
brought oy the mails, brings iik some
accounts of military movements and j
preparations in the Prussian states.
Two expeditions are in preparation ; ‘
one, of 3or 4000 troops, with a strong s
naval force, is tv be employed near home i \
the other, of 10,000 inrn, destined foj,
the Mediterranean.
We learn with much satisfaction,diat
it is the intention of government to im
mediately dispatch reinforcements to
the amount of 10,000 men to Sir Arthur :
Wellesley. Upwards of 3000 men are !
expected to embark in the course of
next week.
May 25.
Correspondence with America.
In the House of commons last night,
lord Henry Petty put a question to Mr.
Canning upon the subject of the cor
rispondence between Mr. Erskine and !
the American government. Mr. Can- j
ning replied, that the agreement, pur- j
porting lobe entered into by our minis
ters and the American government,
was not made; in conformity with the
wishes of his majesty nor such as his
majesty could approve of. It was nei
ther founded on the instructions sent
to our minister, nor consistent with
them. Yet, as it was possible, that un
der the faith of that agreement, vari
ous speculations in trade might be en
tered into hv American merchants, it
became necessary to prevent any in
convenience or detriment to them, to is
sue some order, by which they might
be secured of indemnity in their spec
ulations, at least till the sentiments of
his majesty could be conveyed to Amer
ica. An order in council would speedi
ly be published to the above-mentioned
effect. Il will appear in Saturday night’s
gazette. Previously, however, to the
meeting of the house of commons yes
terday, Mr. Sansom, the chairman of
the committee of merchants trading to
the United States of America, received
a note from earl Barthurst, president of
the board of trade, requesting his at
tendance, with such other gentlemen of
the committee as might be inclined to
■accompany him to the board.
The chairman and several members
of the committee repaired atone o’clock
to the treasury chamber, apd on their
being introduced to the board of trade,
were informed by earl Bathurst, that
the recent arrangements mane by our
ambassador, Mr. Erskine, with, the
government of America, through its se
cretary. Mr. Smith, were unauthorised
by his majesty’s ministers, and that he
had sent for the committee, for the ex
press purpose of communicating the
fact to them, with the view that the
?ame might without loss of time be
made known to the merchants trading
to the United states, llis lordship at
the same time informed the committee,
that no advantage would be taken, or
any impediment tlnown in the way of
i those *bo had already, and in conse
quence of this unauthorised arrange
ment, sent consignments to any of his
Britannic majesty’s subjects ; but that
American ships and cargoes under such
circumstances would be allowed to pro
ceed to their destined ports in securi
ty.
Dutch papers to the 23d arrived late
last night and have brought an account
of the French having entered Vienna.
The intelligence was published at Rat
isbon on the 12th in a bulletin,
which stated that on the 9th Bonaparte
entered the Austrian capital.
Downing-sthekt, May 24.
; “ My lord—l have the satisfaction
to acquaint your lordship that the hoi;.
| captain Standhope arrived this evening
i with dispatches from lieut. general the
| right hon. sir Arthur Wellesley, giv
i ing an account of his having defeated
' marshal Soult in three actions, and re
| taken Oporto on the 12th inst. In the
j F<st action, the licut. general passed the
j Douro with the centre column, in front
|of the French army. The Buffs under
I the hon. licut. general Paget, who first
j crossed the river, maintained a position
j with the utmost gallantry against re
! peuted attacks of t'.e enemy, till they
were supported by other regiments,
As soon as the two other columns had
passed, one at Oporto, the other at
Avintas, marshal Soult retreated in
great confusion, with' much loss in men
and artillarv.
“ I have the honor to be, my lord.
kc.
“ CASTLEH EACH.”
“ F. S. The loss of the British in
killed and wounded does not exceed 250
men."
The right honorable the Lord Mayor.
BUI.LE TINS OF THK AUSTRIAN ARM7.
Third Bulletin.
Lieutenant field marshal Hiller has no
tified from St. Viet, under date of the
24th April, that he had caused the en
emy’s advanced guard to be attacked
on the 23d by major generals Mesko
and Nordman, with the Kiermaycr and
Lichtenstein Hussars, and the frontier
corps. On the 24th the lieutenant field
marshal advanced with three columns
and the enemy waited the attack be
before Sttten, were a very obstinate
action, with fortunate consequences,
took place. All rtports concur in sta
ting, that the divisions of Molitor and
Boudet were both in this Battle and
that the Bavarian and Hessian troops
amounted together to 18,000 men. Up to
the 25 th no trace of an enemy had been
observed on the Austriun frontiers.
Eleventh Bulletin.
The information respecting the bat
tle of the 22d, which lias been recci- [
ved by his majesty have laid a founda
tion for the best hopes.
The result of that sanguinary con
test was unexpected. In the evening 1
as the courier left the field, a great su
periority of cavalry decided the action
unfavorably to our arms. The left i
wing was compelled to give way. j
According to a report from hisimperi- !
al highness the Generalissimo, dated j
on the 22d from the heights of Ruttis- j
bon, the grand army has crossed the !
Danube, and taken the road to Wold
niunchen.
Thus terminated a most obstinate
battle, which had continued for five
days without interruption. Fortune
often fluctuated. The loss on both
sides is immense. This shews that the
contest was carried on both with cou
rage and animosity. Every one must
do justice to the behaviour of our
troops. The generalissimo bestows
great praises on the conduct of the ar
my, which has been quite exhausted by
continual fatigue.
Lieut, field-marshal baron Hiller is
between the Iser and the Inn. We have
for the present changed our operations
from the offensive to the defensive.
Head- Quarters at Rakaw , kejore
Warsaw, April 21.
His Royal highness the archduke
Ferdinand, with the army under his
command, crossed the Pilica at Nove
Miasto on the 15th, and entered the
Duchy of Warsaw.
On the 17th our troops first met the
enemy at Plett ikony and Koul,and im
mediately attacked them.
On the 10th the enemy took a very
advantageous position at Raszya. and
was reinforced wit h all the troops which
were in Warsaw.— But in spite of the
difficulties of the ground, the Austrians
commenced the attack. The enemy
made an obstinate resistance, and by the
approach of night, retreated to his en
trenchments m the front of Warsaw.
Our loss is about 71 k lied, 255 wounded and
72 missing. Among the dead we have to re
gret three brave officers; there are seven
among the wounded !
The imperial troops closely pursued the en
efnjr, who entered Warsaw onthe 20th- In
order to spare the town, the archduke con
sented to enter into negociation with the gen
eral commanding the enemys troops, and a
treaty was concluded, by which the latter has
bound himsellf to evacuate Warsaw on the
23d, at 5 ocl.<k in the afternoon.
(There are two more Austrian Bulletins in
this paper; the 13th, and 14 h. they brmg
down the operations to the 27th and state that
the enemy had advanced to Scalding and Ef
ferbing. Upon the enemy's advanced posts
reaching Efterbing, the army under general
Hiller broke up. and by the 27th the advan
ced guard was at Obernburg and stretched
forward towards Scharding. The second
corps of reserve wasat Altheim the rest of the
army at Weng Everything indicated an ap
proaching battle.)
FIFTH BULLETIN OF THE FRENCH
ARMY.
Ems, May 4.
The division of Claperedo, consisting of
7000 men, fought singl y against 30.00 U of the
enemy whom it drove from Ebensberg The
enemy lost 12,000 men, of whom 7,500 are
prisoners. The duke of Montebello is arrived
at S'eyer His majesty received at Ebens
berg, the deputies from Uper Austria
[Note—The above abstract of the s:h
bulletin, is insem-u in the postscript of the
Journal du Commerce of May 18 ]
NEW-YORK, July 10.
Captain Hauge ofthe ship Parrngon,
sailed from Lisbon on the 7tii of June,
•snri informs ns that the news of the
surrender of Oporto to the English,
whereby a French army of 25,000
troops were made prisoners, reached
Lisbon on the Ist of June ; and that in
consequence thereof, the British mtr
chanu, Bcc. who had leftOporto previ
ous to the Ftench taking possession of
it were returning.
It was also reported, that the Austri
ans, had obtained a complete victory
over the Frt nch in which the latter lost
25.000 men, including the killed, woun
ded and prisoners.
A considerable force of cavalry ani
vedat Lisbon on liic 2d of June, from
England, destined for the interior of
Portugal ; and it was supposed they
would proceed to The British
and Spaniards were using every exer
tion to clear tne country of the French,
and it was supposed they would copi
pleteiy effect that object, calculating
that Austria would find sufficient em
ployment for the army of Bonaparte.
It Was also -eported at Lisbon, that
Russia had declared WAR AGAINST
FRANCE!
Captain Johnson of the ship Caroline
from Cadiz informs us, that he had a
Seville G-iZitte, which he understood
contained the Russian declaration ol War
but that he was boarded on his passage
by a British frigate, and gave it to the
boarding officer.
; A British brig of war arrived at Lis
from Malta, had brought advices that
on the 15th of April, a severe battle was
fought on the Tyrol between the Austri
ans and the French, that the advanced
guards of the Austrian army consisting
| of 35,000 men, was twice repulsed by
j the French army of 50,000 men, under
command of prince Eugene Beauhar
i nois ; that the archkuke John, came up
! with a corpse de reserve of 20 000 men
| and entirely defeated the French, who
: lost 20,000 killed, wounded, and taken
prisoners; among the wounded, was Eu
gene Heauharnois.
St. Andero was retaken by the Span
iards.
Marshal Soult, who surrendered to
the Britsh and Portuguese, had made
his escape.
C j
According to the Philadelphta papers
Mr. Armstrong had to obtain special
permission from Bonaparte, before he
could send off the Fair American for this
country. Besides Mr. Purviance, with
the dispatches, and the new Russian
charge des affairs, she brought out a
number of captains and other persons
belonging to America and England
.• ho had be-in detained in France. The
same clay she left Dunkirk, (the Blh of
May) she landed thirty or forty passen
gers at Dover. The dispatches by this
vessel were made up previous to the
arrival ofthe Mentor, which ship had
reached France but a few days before
the sailing ofthe Fair American. Ow
ing to the difficulty of communicating
with Bonaparte, in Germany, the Men
tor, it was thought, would have to be de
tained until the middle or latter end of
June.
The American non-intercourse regu
lations were said to be so severely lelt
in France, that coffee and white sugar
were selling at a dollar per pound, while
French produce was so little in demand
that brandy could be purchased for
twenty or thirty dollars per pipe, and
wine in proportion.
Mr. Purviance publicly declared at
the City-Coffee-House in Philadelphia,
on the evening of his arrival, that the
measures of Mr. Jefferson’s administra.
• i Embargo, had met
the decided approbation ©1 the Lest in
‘ inEurope-ail of whom,
» that wtrt fnendly to the United States
: had greatly regretted its so early rtmol
Val, and were apprehensive it would be
productive cf evil.
r The Fi tnch had confined a number of
t American capt’s. in the jail in Dunkiik
- all of whom have been liberated or made'
j llusr escape, except captain Tucker,
j of the "William of Newberry, and a can!
I tain Jenkins, who were fined 1300 doi
-1 lars each besides the loss of their ves
j st Is and cargoes, and their crews were
- marched to Arras, were a grtat number
of American Seamen are confined.
COLUMBIAN CKNTinIT.
[ SJTVBDJY, JULY 29.
»“ 1 " ■
1 THE rapid strides of Napoleon,
• and his vast success is further evidence
1 oi ' hls S reat genius. His rapid march-'
. es hav « often been matter of .astonish*
nunt. It appears (from the Bulletins)
by late accounts, that he left Paris on
t'>e 13th of April, joined his arnuy on
, and by the 27th completely
overthrew the Austrian army. Conti.
: nental Europe now pres- ms a gloomy
, picture—The House of Austria is, pu
, haps, by this, no more ; or exists only
I witli Prussia, to meet the late of dis
tressed Spain.
Portugal seems still to be supported
by a gallant Aly, and is making a bold
resistance ; hut we fear she will sink
under the arm of the tuthless destroyer
of happy nations.
i he annexed paragraph we extract
from the Savannah .Museum of the’24tb
instant, received by the mail on Thurs
day t veiling last. It contains informa
tion from London nine days later than
the article which we also give, relative
to the r« fusal, on the part of the Biitish
government, to acknowledge the ar
rangement cf our differences with that
power, entered into between Air. Ets
kinu and our government.
On Saturday afternoon, the brig Sal
ly, capt. YVatt. al - .red, in 14days fretn
Antigua—Capt. W. informs that pre
vious to Ids sailing, the June packet
had arrived, and brought London ac
counts to the 14th, but, that there was
no mention made in any oftlie papers,
or letters teceived by her, of American
affairs.
To the Junta Supreme &. Central
of Georgia.
WITH the deepest humility and the
most heartfelt solicitude, the Editor of
the Centinel approaches your august
body to make proper atonement for the
crimes he lias committed against your
supremacy. With the most daring
profligacy he acknowledges he has
charged you with associating from jm
, proper motives ; but he now prostrates
himself before you to beseech your for
i givencss. Your motives cannot be im
proper because you take so much pains
.to conceal them. The virtuous man
performs good deeds in secret and de
. rives from them the sweetest enjoy
ment. '1 is true the thief and the as
, sassin choose the dark hour of m>d
; night to perpetrate their crimes. But
know most sublime association, that rione
but the wilfully blind can be mistaken as
j t° the class in which you are tohe placed.
I 1 o make ample amends for past offen
, cts, we would do much to oblige you,
. : and «s the world, (i. e. the circle in
,! wl>ich our paper is taken) is not pro
, perly acquainted with your great mer
j Its, permit him your humble courtier
.to warble forth your praise. He wonild
j first mention your infinite forbearalnce
. in keeping those things “ clothed in the
f blanket of the night,’’which would yield
. you too much honor. You are charit
. able for you help the lame ; how would
. the cripple minded Starnes prosper
j without your assistance. You are wit
. ty, witness the pages of the Mirror.—
. \ou are severe ; ah ! my aching sides
, can testify hoy/ severe ; yet, norwith
’ standing your chanties,your witticisms,
. & severities, not a tillable of boasting ;
f but or. the contrary, v< u swear,k round
ly too, that you have nothing to do with
• editing the Mirror, and this after an
t essay written by the Editor of the Cen
r tint! for the Mirror, prsstd in review
: before vou, and was damned to ever-
I lasting, fame. Then your modesty and
love of order, the fist which induced
I yoii to believe you were more capable
of selecting an orator from your body
1 fur the 4th of July, and the last proved,
i by your anxiety to order every thing
e relating to the citizens your own way t
