592 
tended her, by fpeaking in her ear as loud 
as it was poffible for him to do, fucceeded 
only fo far as to produce a motion of the 
lips that betrayed an ineffectual endeavour 
for utterance. It feems to be a cafe in 
which there is an habitual abfence of a€tual 
fenfation, although, by fome violently 
exciting caufe, the fenfibility may, at 
times, be imperfectly awakened. Lying 
in fucha ftate, with fcarcely any fymptom 
of vitality, but a feeble refpiration, fhe 
can be regarded as littleelfe than a dreath- 
img corpfe. Upon this curious cafe being 
ftated toa perfon of diftinguithed learning 
State of Public Affairs in thine: 1800. 
[July 1, 
and acutenefs, he fuggefted it as a poffibi- 
lity, that confcioufnefs might ftill exif, 
although it was unable to appear, in con- 
fequence of the voluntary mufcles ufually 
employed in expreffing it, refufing in this 
inftance to difcharge their accuftomed 
office. This, it is tobe hoped, is not 
a€tually the cafe. Nothing is more terri- 
fic to the imagination-than the idea of 
being buried alive ; and what mode of be- 
ing buried alive can be conceived more 
truly horrible than for the fowl to be en- 
tombed in the body! }. 
Hatton-garden. Ww.Ww. 


STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, 
In Funes 1800. ry 
FRANCE. 
HE following are the particulars of | 
the vi€tories at Engen and Mofkirch, 
which we were obliged barely to mention 
in our laft number. The Imperial army 
marched from Donauefchingen on the 2d 
of May, and arrived at Engen inthe courfe 
of the afternoon, before the French had 
reached that place. Notwithftanding the 
great importance which was attached to 
the gaining of the pofition of Stockach, 
yet it was not thought poffible to proceed 
fo far that day, without expofing' to im- 
minent danger the feveral corps of the 
Archduke Ferdinand, and thofe of Gene- 
rals Ginglay and Kienmayer, which had 
received orders to retire from Fribourg 
and Offenbourg, and join the main army. 
Cn the fame day, the French advanced the 
army which had, till then, occupied the 
north-eaft part of Switzerland, and which 
was oppofed to the Auftrians on the fide 
of the Grifons and the Voralberg, and 
brought the whole of it towards Conftance 
andSchaff haufenin the courfe of the follow- 
ing night.) Onthe 3d, in the morning, this 
force, united to that which had pafied the 
Rhine at Schaffhaufen on the rft, attacked 
and carried th important Auftrian pefi- 
tion at Stockach, which had been occu- 
pied by Prince Jofeph of Lorraine. On 
this occafion the Auftrians fuftained an 
immenfe and almoft irretrievable lofs in 
men, cannon, and ftores. The Prince hav- 
ing been obliged to fall back on Pfullen- 
dorf and Mofkirch, the left flank of Ge- 
neral Kray’s army was thus left uncover- 
ed. Inthis fituation, and before the Arch- 
duke Ferdinand had effe&ted his jun&tion, 
General Kray was attacked at Engen, a- 
bout two o’clock in the afternoon, . by the 
‘ 
main French army, commanded by Genes 
ral Moreau. A feparate force fell at the 
fame time upon the Archduke, and obliged 
him to fall back on Dutlingen. The 
French attacked with different columns in 
fucceffion, and forced every part of the 
Auttrian line with as much fuccefS as 
could be expeéted. In the afternoon of 
the sth, the different corps of the French 
being again concentrated in one point, 
whilft General Kray had {till between thir- 
_ty and forty thoufand men fcattered on 
different points, General Moreau attacked 
the Auftrian army at Mofkirch with his 
whole force, and totally defeated it, not- 
withitanding the lofs was very confiderable 
on both fides. On the 6th of May, the’ 
retreating Auftrians took a pofition on the 
north-fide of the Danube, in the neigh- 
bourhood of Ulm, where, on account of 
the ftrength of the pofition, they have been 
enabled to maintain themfelves ever fince. 
On the Sth of May the right wing of the 
Aufirian army, in Italy, commanded by 
General El fnitz,who was on Monte Carro, 
attacked the enemy at Muchi delle Pietra, 
‘and fucceeded fo well, that at nine o’clock 
in the morning vittory declared in his 
favour. ‘The General of Divifion, Gre- 
vier, with a great number of officers, and 
Toco non-commiflioned officers and pri- 
Vates were made prifoners, Fifteen pieces 
of cannon of different fizes have been taken 
from him along the coaft. 
Upon the s6th of May the. advanced 
guard, of the famous Army of Referve, 
commanded by’ General Lafnes, paffed 
St. Bernard, and advanced to  Aofta. 
An Hungarian batalion attempted to de- 
fend the entrance into the town, It was 
beaten 
