560 OM m. part u: the kingdom of Holland, The Minister of War, upon receitinz the first notice of this invasion, took every precaution with that weal and ability v hich might have teen expected from a man enjo) in, the confidence oft he Emperor. Detachments of the national ;;cards have been called upon to serve; regimenf- of the line h.: -eheen put in motion. A considerv!4le train ofartii- Ie .% has bee n sent to the frontiers of Holland, and Engineer Offi cer- hare been sent to throw up works wherever the situation of t! e coltitcy was best adapted for t hem. The rof Marine, netuated by the mine zeal, has sent similar instructions to the Navy, and every p.issible precaution has been tan by him.— Nothing that con1:1 tend to the security of Ant verp has been omitt i by either; and, in consequence of these combined pre cauti +its, the enemy has not yet been able to appear on the fron tiers of the •." Ex . :e,ct from the report of Count Huneburg, Minister of War, .to the f', noel held by the Arch-Chancellor of the Empire, A ug. 11.—" On the 29th of Jule th Engli=h Expedition made its ap p.arane, I,r the island , of Waleheren and Cadsand, and hay igg 1,1 a number of meu to v. the resistance of one of our hrigade , , matte good their landing on the north side of Wuleheren, and posse , sion of Middleburg and Campvere which defended it self l'nr Clirty hours. They afterwards took possession of South Bevelancl, in %t hirh island the iwportant fortress of BaillZ was wbandimcd ft;ree hours before arrived. As soon as 1 re ceived it:formation of these proceedings, I used every possible di• patch to give the necessary directions, in consequence of the ors!ers received - from the Emperor previous to his departure, to send reinforcement , to the points threatened by the enemy ; and in less than three days an army 0f20,000 men was collected, un der the orders of the General Senator Rampson, in the lines On the Scheldt, which divide Holland from the Empire of France. At the same lime the General Senator St. Suzanne, was threaten ed i ► vain at Boulogne, being situated in such a manner as to re pel th e e n emy. Since that period these armies have been rein fmTed.• The imp ,-riitl battery on the island of Cadsand, as well as the one of Napoleon, have kept up a most tremendous fire on the 'hips which attempted to for.ce the passage of the Sehe!dt bet w Pen Flushing and Breskens, and they have com pelled the enemy to seek another ;sage on the side of Zealand. The fortre,ses of Lillo and lief kenshock, which are so con structed as to keep a crass fire at the entrance of the Scheldt, tow . rd- Ant were, defend the approach to the harbour and dock- VarliS of I ilk important place, which has for so many years ex cited the envy of the enemV. These fortresses have of late been most fermitk.bly strengthened. The van-guard of the army of the North is now nuked en the Scheldt, and is already very formidable, exceeding, in numbers the force ts hick the enemy is supposed to have. Our troops are united at Bergen-op-Zoom, tt ith the army %Odell the King. of HolPand commands in pet son, and the left tying of the army e , itett:ls itself from Ant tVerp alone; the Seheldt, to the i,land protecting the northern frontier of our empire. Every person's question is, what are lac instructions of the English ? for, by the precautions taken to deleted .knt‘terp,ali their attempts be rendered abortive. Under tnese C. reom • t inces, the er ling I,:iyen the command o: both thus. , armies to the Prince of .• ante Corvo, and the t corp , of oh-rise:lion now at •We-el and !toy pel, are under the ore. , of Alarsle,ll . - Kellerman an; 11o:trey." t , , AuG. 16.--T!te 70inister of NVat state', in hi; cpeeeh to tne , :enate, th-t the (t,ntly.nd of t'le army of the Scheldt has I).!en ei %eo to the 1'; iLce of Ponfe ('orvo ; and the comma n:1 of to n cor p. of ott-ervation founit.d at ISiesel and littypel, or, at . - 4r40 dia- to other a,•cott.lt! , , 11e,:el aort 1.1119, to Oft. Duke of Yalta (:\larshal Ktllerinatt), and the I)tike of Cornegliatto (Marshal tioncey ) Attr:. IL) k decree h , t‘. !won kstwi by the Prefort of thc. departomi:t the Seine. (riled the l'eth i;;At. 111 which, 111 pe:•- titt:itce ut= order• rocei,ed h; hint, anti in co2,itieration of the i'reNetit diminution of the garrison of PariQ, and the con.eqtlent difficult, of the ce2ular troops in perfortniog their duty, it ordered, that the Nation:4l Guard of Palk he again put into aciile Fel - % ice, within the city ; for 'which purpm7e, the neces iijr, preparn!ion. 14 . 4%e been inlde. . . P IA - , A uG. `2o.—Frorn Oropesa tve by lettPrs of the 7th, t:rtt the tctiott ssf the carps or the Dula. tlf I;elhitto Aktut t;:ot of the Ottki• of ()al:ltalia, has .)Yearly hid itoporta:ll c Itrego -ores. The , se ho was; i!l-ii;firtrossi co Ice roirg nitr .:v•t!!. , . or Who, uinre his Iu in the battle :i Tlll ve ra , feorecl t hiN refre;.t in the presence . of the rov:il troops, en ,4 .l.a%iPttreti to e-rape over the btidge of Arzolii , po, as his re treat by ViaV of AlarlareZ was already flit •lir. From the s e, nod oth-r I , retirtf•nces, s e have (okra the enemy moue . thou lbt);.) poisoner of star. The troops which covered t,.)e SEPT. 3. [midge were surrounded. Whenever the we:sage i, once forced, which must have taken place to-day, ti.. enemy cannot but lose his best troop... ny well as the greater part of his artillery and equipage; the more so, as the road is very difficult, and it is the only one by which he can escape. AMSTERDA M, AuG. 16.—T0-day we learn, from The King's Gazette, publish, c.fpelle, that an army, consisting one-half of Dutch and one-halfof French troops, was united at Laudyliet o and that the King has inspected it. Ayr:. 19.—1 t is positively. asserted that the Emperor has left Vienna for Raab, to he present at a most important conference, and from thence to proceed to Paris; and it is hoped that this conference ensure peace to the Continent.—(A msterdam Odorant, ug. 19.) CArEt,r.r:, AVG. I6.—The Prince of Ponte Corvo has the command t,f the Scheidt, and Marshal Duatonceau has the corn mind of the army ir: Brabant. Ills Majesty the Emperor is !!ourlv expected at Paris. . The army under the Prince of Ponte Cotvo is very large, and receives daily reinforcements. Marshal Dome/lye:Cs head-quar• ters are at Bergen-op • Z ontn.—( Luden Courant.) Aur;. 18.—His Majesty returned here last night. The French artny, under the command of the Prince of Ponte Cotvo, is very strong, mid receives daily reinforcements. His Majesty has en. truste to Marshal Dunioneeau the command of the army in f:rahant, which is to co•operate with that order the Prince of Ponte Corvo. The division under General Narens is charged .with the defence of the Helder, until such time as General Gra tien shall arrive.—(Hague Courant, An;. 21.) VIENNA, AUG. B.—The Emperor of Austria is in Moravia, 'tt a country seat of the Count Cohentzel. The Count of Web-- per, who had teturned to the rinperor, is expected to-day or to-morrow at Schoenhrunn, with an answer from his Sovereign to the conditions of Peace, which the Emperor Napoleon had refused to ratify.—( Rotterdam Courant. Jng. 2?). VIENNA, Aua. 2,—The Prince of Lichtenstein has been re called from his estates, with the late Ambassador at Maria, and , 4 ccretary of Stair, Hoppe, to conclude peace at Raab, with the Duke of Friouli, the Al:aslial of the Palace (Mime), and the M inister of State, Count Champagny. Several silversmiths here have received orders to prepare some rich services of plate, to he used at 'the Congress of Raab. This Coegless is not expected to laolong.—Correspondent, A ug. 15. Pa A Guy, Act:. 11.—Our Gazette of this day contains the following; article : " Ills Royal flightless the ARCHDUKE CHART.ES has resign ed the command of the Austrian army, which has been accepted lay the Gienerai of Cavalry, Prince Jolts of Li CH TI:N STI:1 N." This is followed by the articles of the armistice, concluded on 1`.21h July, in the camp before Zuay in. The following- is the order of the day, by which the Archduke Cu.t t r.r.s notified to the Army his resignation of the Command in Chief:— Z ITT Au, Jcr.v 31.—Very important reasons have induced me to request his Thijesty to accept my resignation of the command of the army entrusted to nit'. I yesterday received his consent, .cud at the sante time his orders to transfer the chief on the Cenc i-al of Cavalry, Prince Lichtenstein. While I leave the army, t take the mos; lively interest in its fate. The perfect conviction I have of its bravery, the confidence I place in it, and the constant habit of dedicating my exertions to its service, renkrs this separation inde:;cribably painful. I flatter nr,.self that it anticipates in, and returns this . sentiment. CUARLES. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. FROM THE GOTTENEURGII MAILS. GOTTr.7 o 4int'lle.Jl l Arc:. inNTltant ve3sel named the Prov Hence, came in this mooing, and brings the account of having seen his Mii . je,ty's ship Alert taken near t he Skaw, in a calm, by six gatt-b , !ats, after a desperate action. A letter fco!n Carlscrona this itiornittg states, that they had jitst learnt of the ist Ind of Ltinolm having been talon of by his Majestys ship Dictator. Should this account be cot reef, it will prove of gr , •at iTtpotiaoce to the British navy, as the fort and hat - hour w ill lull protect the Baltic Trade; and, should ocer:ioit require it, t cot,; %ail of the may lay coo vfmiently :Ind winterthere, as thew are above forty feet water, and a goni arilitage. The fortification of the coast, a 4 far as MilliTtn, is Still COII - ivith great e‘eitions. Admiral llertie lias detained a large Russian vessel from Riga, laden tritis SlOClitiOlAl t AUG. Royal I.l;ijesi) lint sent to tie