The National Register. — London, England, 1808-02-28 00:00:00

1 ' k.,.,! , , . c. 1 , il , : tic ,I , c c 3t not mean that it was broken off upon points affecting the Em peror's interests, and also upon other points along .. with these I because such an observation woultl have had no force whatever in their remonstrance. This was certainly not doing fur an Ally any thing of which there was the ssualiest occasion to boast. But if they could SaV, a, they did, that (ireat Britain bad for borne to wake a Peate, when she could have made it on terms safe and honourable to herself, hecause she could not obtain terms satisfactory to her Ally, this was art act of stedfast adherence, of Which there was the justest reason to boast. The Ministers did not, according to your construction, Mr. ('ohbett, tell the Empe ror of Russia that we could not, to be sure, have made Peace on account of points affecting ourselves, but Ile truly had the mighty advantage of having the negotiation stopped when ii c tine to the points more immediately affecting him. This was a benefit. this was an act of heroic and honourable attachment which ou:lit to have made his Imperial Majesty blush at the facility with which he has turned his back upon us! We might excuse Mr. Cohhett for missing the construction of a complicated senteuce ; but these obvious circumstances ought to have made bite me that his paraphrase was at variance with the context. TILL B111'11:41 PRINCES. --...iN0..-- At a moment like the present, when all Europe is in arms, and when the flames of war and devastation seem bpreading fast on every side, it appears the duty of every luau to step forward in the line of his profession, or in the active exercise of Ins powers, to aid and assist lax country. These are no common limes ; it is not now, that the man% are to be defended by the few ; every thing is at stake; our friends, our fortunes, our civil and religious liberties. :ire assailed, anel in them is assailed every thing dear and valuable to man. yet left in Europe. But we need not confine ourselves to Europe alone ; time whole world may affected by the triumph, or even by the preponderance. of a new regime, which seems formed to return us to an cient barbarism, and to destroy that social system which has taken ages to nurture to maturity. Under such cir cumstances, elevation of rank calls for a more conspicuous unit decided part, and happy are we to observe that on all occasions the manly and rising hopes of the House of Brunswick have manifested an alertoess in the exercise eil their military and social duties, ;not a wish to place them solves on a level with the fleury's and Edwards of old, that is highly creditable to their feelings as men and as British Princes. Conspicuous as they are from their rank, and exposed us they must be to the shafts of obloquy, or to the malig nant attack of cold sneering Cent Ore, we would feel pleased to extend our observations to the several periods in which their desire to iwrve their country has brought them into public notice; hut our limits will only allow us to cal: the attention of our readers to the remonstrances of the heir Apparent to the active services of the Commander in Chief, the offet•ed and repeatedly offered services of a Naval Prince, and the honourable details of the conduct of several of the younger Branches. We feel ourselves more particularly called to these observations from an event of the past week :—when Gibraltar was threatened svith an It . taf l ki and all Europe seem interested in the fate of a Fortress, , pbich had before so nobly resisted the com bined foixes.pf Spain and France, it was natural to en quire," who isthe Governor i who shall now reap ano th er 4 " crop of glor ious laitrels in the defence of this Hock, the uuntilial ion or Spain r When ,er is, " a British Princes cont ;sties well to I:ritain, must pant . Siege. !low keen then must must be our disappOintment. ons occasion is withheld, and his tuaxious wish, is forbid to and most. tr3iiii duties of his his gallantry, there can be no doubt; brother soldiers where he has been on .igbly in his favour; 'tis true, until the Near 1194, he had no opportunity of distinguishing himself • h' active exertions, but in that year, his conduct in tlet lest Indies, whither he went from Halifax, at his own so licitation, speaks more than volumes in his favour.— Every public dispatch mentions his name with credit ; in a letter frmn the late lamented Earl Grey, we find the fol lowing passage. " Major-General Prince Edward, joined this army, the " 4th instant, and commauds at Camp La Costei with great " spirit and acti% it v." Immediately after this, as the point of honour, and of marked approbation, his Royal Highness took possession of Fort Bourbon on its surrender. At the attack on St. Lucia, his Highness landed with the Grenadier Brigade at Marigot, and was particularly active in the affair of that night, taking possession of Morns Fortna.e, and recei% ing the highest encomiums from the Commander in Chief, for the " examplary conduct qf his " _At the subsequent reduction of Guadaloupe, his High ness, as usual, distinguished hims:tll It v his strict attention to duty, and bv his spirited exertions at l'ahniste and Trois Bivieres ; at the former of which places, though the Gazettes are silent on the subject, it is well remembered by those who served with him, how arduous the duly was, in leading the Grenadiers up a precipice at all times difficult, but then almost insurmountable from the rain of the pre. ceding evening. To the rapidity of this movement, by which the enemy were unexpectedly taken in flank, we were indebted for the speedy surrender of Basseterre. With such claims to confidence, we are the more cur prized at the result of an application of his Royal Ilighaess for leave to proceed to his Government, and we shall now give the article alluded to without farther comment. " Keneing f on- Palace, Feb. ll, 1 .108. " Although the Duke of Kent flatters himself that the Officers of the British Arms, with whom he has had the gourd fortune ref serviug in the Mediterranean, America, and the West holies, u ill do him the jnstice to believe, that his absence from Gibraltar :st this time, when that fortress is menaced by a formidable attack of the enemy, is not ow rug to anv back vs:irthiess ern his part to repair to that station to which his duty calls him, or for want of his using his utmost exertions to be alloned to resume the actual command of his Gosernment, he feels that he ow es it to his own character, no less as a man than ns a soldier, to make known to them, to the Whole army, and to his countrymen ht general, the terms on which 1w felt it his duty to address II is Majesty upon this subject, immediately upon the arrival of the last accounts from Gibraltar, and trusts, that when these hose been perused, he .hall stand acquitted in the opinion or his Brother Wirers, of the Army, and of his Countrymen, of having been deticieut in his duty. " Sta --The letters received by the Mail just arrived from the Medi 4-rowan. hay* brought the certain information that or ders had reached Alzeziras from Madrid, immediately to make Such preparations in the neighbourhood of Gibraltar as to put beyond doubt the intention of the enemy to besiege it, I. could hoot, under such circumstances, reconcile it to my feelings were 1 to delay a moment in not only assuring your Majesty of my rea diness instantly to go out there, but in earnesty soliciting your sanction for my resuming, the ditties attached to the Conmoissiou I hase the honour of holding as Governor of that Fortress. To our Nlajesty, who yourself passess so like a sense of honorer, it is quite unnecessary foe me to - represent, that on the result of sour decision upon this request, which 1 beg leave in the most dutiltai, yet in the strongest manner, to press upon your Atetition, every thing . most dear to me in life, I mean my charac ter its a noun, and my professional credit as a soldier, are at stake. I will nut therefore presume to say more, than that I place these in your Majesty's hand•, w ith no less coutioleuce in your justice as my Sovereign, than i,t your indulgence as my Parent. " NV ith every sentiment of the most devoted nt ntehmeat, and the most dutiful revert, t have the honour to subscribe myself, " Your Majesty's most affectionate Son, " And most faithful servant. and Subject, (Signed) " ALWARD." . 6 To the King." rEJ3. 9s. --..• 44 boast of Britain, and the hi t • ~, It ion the ansive 4 --- -- . 4 " v 'rt that $$ is 4 1 Y, '4...4. -‘ • . 1 ,. .::: xpecteit • • . \,. t itter ii $ ' 1 # 4 ." ',., ' I;M' , :. 4 glorio 1 11, 6. . " .....' ,' ~ .: 44 . A lary , I - 1 - '," „tr gt- - ` ,l •' - . - tli i.:, tart 4, all or i - -14 ;. - >ll ....- 4.l.6rinzr ........._ • • • HE NATIONAL REGISTER, 114' s affecting the Em- 'of his courage, his gallantry, along with these ; the reports of his brother sour force whatever iervice, all speak highly in his f ;al ■