The National Register. — London, England, 1815-11-19 00:00:00

RiY;ISTER. ~~R FATHER AN I) SON. TwO DUKES EITUNSWICK I WHO rrr.r, IN THE FIELD OF HONUOR, IN THE CALM OF THEIR COUNTRY. /From the Rhenish ailerettry.) Marie- Ferdinand, the father, was one of the tnnst amiable and ( -twilled Princes of his time. He was the particular fa- VOW ;le t 1 Frederick the Second. Ile displayed the greatest valour in the field during the seven years' war, when. by his daristgr , ess and skill, he often gained impottant actions with very stnali means. Ills fine figure, his wit, and delicate ob servance of cirrurrocauccs, distinguished him above all the German P , ince% of Iri9 time. De succeeded to du! government of a country oC no great extent, oppressed with Court isxpnditure and debts. Ile gliNfi(atcd himse;f at the sarue time to the Prussian army, and he ti ok part also in the polities of Prussia. Ills merits, Inwevcs, as a wise ruler of his own paternal dominions is least known. Dere 1w was It was rem2ll,:altle ? that in his own State he should have re faced to indulge his fondness for a numerous and brilliant army: of all the lesser Princes Pe maintained the fewest troops. The care nearest his heart was to lighten in every -way the .bnrciens of his people. The expensive opera was abolis'ned, the Court establishment placed on the simplest footing, itittiguing favourites banished, and order and eco stoney introduced in the right place. The Duke inquired rninutel‘ into.evet y thing; he was always accessible to the di st r ei . q >d ; h e h a d a singular methors?, and knew the history cf a •ery gteA nnwher of his subjects. He willingly con - Terqtd with i is people., he sought opportunities of allowirg the In..ver orders to e.tumlunicate with him; all were known 1 0 hint, but he lett every man at full liberty- in his orcrations; f very flifrereut Com so many o th er petty p v i i , ets , b e nu . v ... r attempted to it ternicddle in afiltirc whiitit ought always to be left pe•ft-i tly ft t-e. The State debts were soon ho t estls:4ll,thatged, the prosperity of his State increased, the tgxes, which rise in a:I the other States, were (a singular f.rt in all tiinrs actual/y diminished in his. His memory is held, amotht all classes of Brunswickers, in the highest allee coo,l,, every village of the country he is the subject on which Ow people I.ndly dwell. Frei:y.4i William, the son - of Charles Feitlinaml„ i*ll rd himself in two events, in the I.ist of which lie Ml 'with glory. NV hen the independence of Europe was sealed by the peace 'of IF4?,thcl)uh^ of Brunswick was on the Bohemian frontiers, i n th e middle of subjugated Germany. Disdaining., though it was in his rmer, to remain so!..ject to th” enemy, be 1111de:took the passat.:e which - seemed bat dlv possible, throne,h a ininiber of liostile bards, eve' y one of which wjs su perior to his own. he rer.rbed the sea, on m hid) he did rot p o ve,>s a single bout. The adventure becamtn great achieve j..-ient, Irmo the prodigious efforts made, and the valour dis plaved in so many 'encounters, the skill in counter marching to. tic upe, the dexterity in obtaining vessels, and the good fo:tk - ine with which so difficult an undertaking was crowned. Time evening; before his death the Dukes of Brunswick and '\ riliortoo weie at a Ball at Br ussels—The Duke, whose uht,le mind was oecuried by Ilme awfulness of the ci isis, was' Gften absent— he listened and heard a distant cannonading. Ile communicated the chcmnstance, and espressed himself tfiaid of a surprise. Wellington did not entertain any cud) belief, but thought that it vas a salutation on the ar.. siva! of the h.ing of Prussia at his army. Brunswick re peated his apprehensions several times. I!e tee-Jested in gently to be permitted to march out immediately with a corps, . . by way of guarding against danger. This was con he was allowed to take with him his it unswick , thousand Saxons. Ile immediately began his ma, siderable, time before midnight i.allowed Ira and march by tarns, and advanced four German fell in all at once with a large army of French fall on Wellington. He had the good fortune immediate intelligence to Wellington, who avai of the precious hours. The devoted valour with Duke and his warriors for eight long hours oc‘ French, to allow time for the assembling togeti army—the obstinacy with which be threw himse small and wearied.band iu the way of the.hostile loss of nearly three thousand men on the part of wickers—the two severe wounds which the Dot be bound up, and three slighter wounds *Thiel gaided—his never leaving the fight,. but sylvan! again to the front, and though enfeebled at last blood, his calling out perpetually to his people their country, till a new wound laid his breast stt etched him on the field!—These. circumstances constitute one of the proudest subjects of histot7 to the sacred ashes of the Son of Henry the Lio , Father! the character of the Duke the military inc. dominated. The number of troops which he and seemed to wish to continue, was much too country of a quarter of a million of inhabitants this new and unexpected danger the circumstan particularly uscrol riven the ardent disposition his precipitate zeal, and Ilk want of proper know) affairs, he allowed himself at first to he inliticoi sor.s ‘vhose rneasumt., if they were not at length to, were in :4 f a ir way of deplivinq him Of the subjects. When the Duke found his inistal,e,lif wiser counsel, wid things were every day taking a when he mars calk(' to act a part in the late tventi. VoxING. The long!-pending match between• Johnsoi champior, and 11. Lancaster, to( IVednesday at Coombe Warren, for a stake of fin Lancaster bad fought Oliver, Cooper, and lastly the sailor, a few months since, whom he rang! much ease ; but was beat by the two former. 1 good science, but was not considered a mini JUhnson won two battles lately, and his tight ha execution. The combat aew together the U: groupes equipages, and the Westminster .lira prowl of his turn-out, as the Bermondsey huh of At half-past one o'clock the men appeared and p combat. at about equal weights. Bitti n g e ven , 6, for choice. Oliver and Shelton seconded Lan Joe Wald and Paddington Jones officiated for Jo I: O U N t )S. 1. Linea Oer made a rhos t hit, and Jo' , neon retm blow mitt' the left hand. A :tort of inoffensive rally close, when I.nneastrr was thrown. 6t04 on Johnson. v. John.no hide a holy hit with the tight hand, ak turned on the neck, and the hostler slipped down again , 3. A smart tally to the advantage of Johnson, wii blood from hi' ad% ers v mouth. Iu a close, Latica.ttf heavy fall. 7t04 on joliwoo. 4. Johnson hit round and short, and Lancaster plan body blow, tut his left at till! head was parried. In a t-r got his head ►inskier Johnson's left arn►, but lie bcltl nishiliz right h•:n'l, and both went down in a struggle fa 5. J•i!insrar %hewed had training ; his month Wit 3 writ irr,n li•.liresed after delivering a bine+. r~ .~' .• . 1\ 7 0\(.. 10 'needed, and kers and twol oareb, a roc- roops to rest miles. tic destined its to transmit tiled himself th whirl) the >ccupied the ether of the 'self with his e armv—the ,f the Bruns- allmwed to eh he disre• tieing alwa!s from l'•ss of e to fight for t open, and 3 will always ry. Honour )1), and of his !filiation pre- maintained. > great for a I; though in rice has been of the Duke, ledge of civil iced by per- h pot a stop I,•se of his u• listened' to better tole, ts. now the ,ok place On urty guineas. Croeksley, finished with lie ymissesses ishing giver. toil did great 2sual motley rlrker was as F their dralic. prepared fir but Johnsiin ncaster, and olnison. 'flied a Flight y ei•drd in a D. and it was re- list the row. iis.ew tint , ter received a inted a smart close 1.111(1.5. tf fast the pa- for the fall. oven, and be