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STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN JULY. 
Containing official Papers and authentic Documents. 
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BULLETINS OF THE FRENCH ARMY. 
Tis our task this month, to record a se- 
ries of events, which determine the 
destiny of Europe, at least during the lie 
of Bonaparte, and which tend to change 
the ancient organization of society in the 
part of the world hitherto’ called. eivi- 
lized. We are surrounded, however, 
by too many prejudices to be aul to de- 
citté, whether the change will ultimately 
prove for the better, or the worse. Por 
the present we have tolament, at least, 
the great positive evils which attend so 
great a change ; and the only consolation 
we can find,’ is in the hope, ee ae, 
improvement in the condition the 
world may be the result.- 
The monkish and the feudal system 
have most prevailed over all Europe. for 
eight or ten centuries; and dating that 
period they have held mankind in igno= 
rance, aldin mental bondage. hcce 
chains, however, have at length been 
cut, tke the Gordian knot, by means of 
the sword, 
could have broken them. The questiens, 
then, about which we ought now to be 
solicitous, are, what new chains mankind 
will forge for themselves? or what will 
the conqueror forge for them? 
system will prevail in Europe, instead of 
those which have been destroyed? and 
what exertions of human turesight: can 
extract any good from the-mass of exist- 
ang evils? - 
‘Historians, who record the rapid de- - 
struction of ancient and powerful em- 
pires, will have to refer the cause of. 
these great events to. the aniversal de- 
crepitude and:corruption of the destroyed 
governments. ; to the imbecility of the 
reigning princes; and to the previous 
‘extinction. of ajl public spirit in the re- 
spective countries. They will find, that 
the doctrine of the many, being trade 
for the few, prevailed in all these ex- 
tinguished states ; that the people, having 
no interest: in the government, had no 
interest in defending their country against 
foreign invaders; and'that the original 
compact between the governors and the 
governed, had long ‘been ‘dissolved, pre- 
viously to the political changes that have 
taken’ place. 
“Tf there is TRuTH in these rebitates, we 
hope they will produce their good effect. 
ou those persons, who possess influence © 
in the only country which stands un-_ 
shaken before THE MODERN 
and, perhaps, notinng else. 
What. 
‘of Warsaw. 
in Hungary. 
ATTILA. oe 
We hope, that in this country,. public 
spirit will continue to-be cherished, and 
individual patriotism be respected by the 
rulers ; we hope, that the rights and feel- 
ings of the people will beadentified with 
the interests of the state, and that the 
overnors will never forgets that. they 
only exist through the means; and for the 
use, of the governed. Then will this 
people remain invincible, and maintain 
the balance, in the scale of civilization, 
against the accidents which threaten to 
disorganize, or are disorganizing, society, 
in other parts of the world. 
‘ Seventeenth Bulletins 9 >> > 
Vienna, Fuse 8, 1808. 
The day before yesterday, the Empetor 1e- 
viewed the whole of his guards, consisting of 
infantry, cavalry, and artillery. The inhabi- 
tants of Vienna were struck with the num- 
bers, the fine appearance, and good conditioa 
of this body of men. 
Al the advices which ae receive es ce 
side of the enemy concur in stating, that the 
cities of Presburz, Brunn, and Znaim, are 
completely filled with their wounded. The 
Austrians pineinse ives estimate ‘their loss at 
18,060. n 
Prince Partiatowalc follows up his military 
successes, with the army of the Grand Duchy 
After taking Sandomir, he ma de 
himself master of the fortress of Zamtose, 
where the enemy sustained the loss of 5000 
men, and 30. pieces of ‘artillery. All the 
‘Poles serving in the Austrian army desert. 
The enemy, after the failure of their at- 
tempt upon Thorn, were vigorous!y par sued 
by General Dombrowski. 
The Archduke Ferdinand will reap nothing 
but disgrace ftom his undertaking. ~He is 
“supposed to have arrived in Austrian Silesia, 
with his force, which 1 is wasied one-third. 
Nieecmb Bulletin. 
Vienna, Sune 16. 
The anniversary of the battle of Marengo 
has been celebrated by the victory of the 
Raab, which the right wing of the army, 
under the cqmmand of ‘the Prince Viceruy, 
has obtained over the united corps of the 
Archduke John and the Archduke Palatine. 
Since tlie battle of the Piave, the Viceroy 
has pursued the Archduke John, at the “point 
of the bayonet. j . 2 
The Austrian army hoped to canton, itself 
on the banks of the Raab, between St, Go- 
thard and Kormend. On the 5th of June 
the Viceroy advanced from Neustadt, and 
established his head quarters at Oedenburgh, 
‘On the 7th he followed up ‘his 
movements, and arrived at Guntz. © “General 
Lauriston, with his corps of observation, 
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