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~~~: A THE SUN REVIEW. (No. cXXIII.) the LIFE of ANIES the SVCOND, KING of Epsnt,Arn, collected out of Memoirs writ of his 001 nand ; 'with thu King's Advice to his Son-, and his Miljesty's Will. Published by command of H. IL 11. the I l fitNCE Itt:GEr:T, trOnt tho , oritiotot Smart Nlannsetlpts preserved at ltonit, 'Anil itowAleposited Carlton-I Ily the ltry. J. S. 'CLAitt.N, nistoriograplier to the King, I.lhaplain t . ) lite litoothirld, and Librarian to the Prince Regent. Two rnis. 4tti. price 6 ituiJeas.—Longotats, Must) Rek;t, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-row; and Payne add Fosi, and Budd .ofd We are glad to avail ourselves of this short cessation from Parliamentary Debates, to call the attention of our Readrrs to this curious and interesting Wotk. The public are highly indebt ed to the Puusce REGEN:r for the efforts which he made to enrich our historieal :Stores with the original manuscript of these, methoits. So long ago as 1804, Sir JettiN Hteeust.EV, by command of his HIGHN ass, concluded a negotiation with the Abbe WATERs, Proettrator-Getteral of the Engliph Benedictions at Paris, -respecting all the original Papers of tire House_of SruAslr which had come into his possession after the death of the Duchess of &SAN?, and who had rentored them front Rome to Civita 'Vecchia for security; but such was the vigilance of tte French Police, that it Was found impossible 'at that time to convey them on boartl the ship which had been engaged! for the purpose of bringing them to Etig In the year 1810 the attempt was renewed, and with more success, the chest, containing the Ma nuscripts was with infinite difficulty convoyed, or rather Smuggled, on board a Tunisian testael bound to Tunis, and at length infrly Arrived In England. nis Royal Highness Int tuediately determined to commui,icate this va luable aegnisiiion to the Public, and accordingly the Manuscripts were placed in the hands of the Rev, Dr. CLAIMS, the Historiographer, to pre pare them for the press. That Gentleman has executed the task assigned to him with great abi lity; the printing of the work has evidently been superintended with great care, and it is enriched svith several valuable explanatory notes. The first part of the work, containing principally the Campaigns of the Duke of YORK in -France, is by no means so interesting to an English reader as that part which relates to the short reign of James 11. The account of his early years, how- . ever, is not without interest ; the details of the Campaigns of Marshal To nets an against the Prince tie, Costroc (under b , 414 of whom the Dulte• of "V o m it served) are curious, though they do not exalt our opinion, either of the composittou of the Armies, or of the skill a the General.; of those dAys. We know not whether it be a Oh. jest of regret, that military tactics ate now brought to such perfection, and that all +nitro* nit.tos of destruction are now used .% itlt such fatal prevision, because it is tionbtful Whether the wodero improvanents have made wars more sane guinaty than they used to be; but we tire quite kt a loss tti find In the details which the Duke o f Voutt has furnished of the operations of both his Commandees, the grounds upon which their great Military reptaMlOtts wete rounded. That part of the work which inclades the period from the Restoration to the Abdication, is twist interesting act! vain le i lat• thOngh it contains no fad of, ant very great impottiince with which we were not before acqu•ctinted, yet it explains many nbscure points, eonffruni some, upon which do►►bts have hitherto been entertained, and fur nishes- us (rout the must authentic source, with JAMES'S own views, and time secrets of his policy. It is a work which must find a place in every Gentlemen's library. The ettract which we have selected contains the particulars of the Duke of I'ORK:a escape, a few snooks before the murder of his father he boa, After the taking of Oxford by the Rebels, been 'brought .to tiondon, and placed at St. James's, tinder the fospeetion of the Batt of Non'rHUM• BERLAND. " And even lit the very heat of Allis affair (the discovery of a for Mer attempt of his U. IL if. to escape) %%Idle the Dube was yet under exatni nation, he began to form .a new design for his liberty by the assistance of Mr. George Howard, brother to the Earl of an ITho was at that ti me his Master of the Horse. Him he absolutely gained, and sent hint to Colonel Joseph Bonfield, whom he knew td have been employed about the sante affair before the discovery of the last de sign, there having been several persons intrusted_ in it, which in all probabillty was the reason that it was discovered. But Bamfield's part in it nut being arrived to the knowledge of the Parliament, Ise had not been obliged to depart the town, as tunny others had been forced to :do. His itoyal highness being therefore sensible of the 'hazard be ran by the discovery of his last attempt was resolved absolutely to commit the management of to no hand bot only theirs, anti It) reject IV -r propositions should be made by ally .M 4 y acne. By this rtieans noel the better oppottltnitif of eiMeettiing his in tentions. In pursuance of which be refused to receive a letter from the Queen, his mother, tho' it came by one whom he knew to be h o s nest, and might haVe safely trusted ; which ex ceedingly Surpritua the bearer who had lung ► watched for an Opportunity to deliver it. At last he found, t ho' t hey sitictly Observed ell the Duke's actions, the melins of offering it as his Hoye' Meioses* , wort into -the Tennis Court at St denies's, amf while he was slapping it into the Duke's hand he told him softly, it Was from the Queen, to which the Doke only answered, I mutt keep thy promise, and for tient !Teton egoistic re ceive it ; saying this he passed onward, so that 110 notice was taken of the action. When this Was afterwards veiniest to tie Queen, she was much displeased with the Duke, and coulo not imagine what he meant by refusing a letter froth her, but some time elter she was satisfied of the reason. And, indeed, 'twits very necessary for him to be circumspect, for had he been discover ed in those piaetices, his former experience sefli ciently told hint, how it was likely to have gone with him. " 13te not Withstanding all the diligence which was used by 13tonfield, it was the tlOth April be fore ell things were in readiness for the Duke's ,escape. During the whole management sit this affair there was no, one particular of it committed. to paper, nor was It necessary, Mr. George 'low aril every day carrying verbal messages betWigt the Duke and Bandield, which was all the pert he bad in the employment. " All things being in this readiness, on the night of the foremer-timed day, the Duke went to supper at his usual hour (which was about seven), in the company of his brother end sister. When supper was ended they went to play at bide and seek with the rest of the young people in,the house. At this childish sport the Duke had ac customed hims e lf to play for fortnight together every night, and bud used to hide hiasselt in places so ditlicolt to find that most commonly they were hall an hour in searching for him, at the cud of which time lie 'mealy came out to them of his own accord.' This blind he Isyd t'or his desi gn , that they might be accustomed to its s bin, before he really attempted his eseaee, by which means, when he came to practice it in earnest, he was se cure of gideing that hall hour, before they could teasonably' suspect he seas gone. rention had all the etleet he could desire, tor that night, so soon as they begun their plays he pi-crowed, accolding to his enstom, to kitty himself . ; hut instead of doing so, he went first intti his sister's chandter and there locked up tt litle dog which used to follow him, that he might not be discovered by hint. Then slipping down a pair of buck stairs which led to Ilte in gar dtn, bating found means before hood to turoish him with a key of a hat k door from the seid gar den into the park, lie there found Banifield, who was ready to rect.ive him, and waited there with footman who brought a choke, which lie threw over him and pia on a pertiwig ; from thence they Went through the Sitting Gardt:ll, where one ;lit. Tripp was (TA)? with a uey.eoach,which carried thpin us fir us Selishm y-hosise. There the. Duke ieent rust at she cossets with 13anitield, as it' he had 'tetteded tissue visite' in that house; end Tripp woes forwent , with the coach, haYing received Jestructions to drive into the City and lite!, the coach as long as lie could convellituely at l'harelitl of the tow is But when they were guise, the Duke and ftsinfield went down Ivy tvbere they took boat and lauded again ou the same side at the river, close by the bridge.— From thence they went into the house of one Lee, a surgeon, where they found Mrs. Murriy, Who lifin woman's cloaths in readiness to disguise the Duke. Win g i mm ediately slsguised iii then), be departed thence, attended by Tianifieln and his footman to Lyons Key ,where there Waned a barge of four oases, Into Which they eutered, iota so wen; down the river, the tide serving for the pss sage. They were no ioniser its the barge but the maalter Itegan to snspect somewhat, for wisest Bionfield bespoke his attendance there with his barge, he hut only told him he , teas to bring a Itieml, ; but now finding a young woman was brought without other company, it made him jeas lous there was something more in tile businees ,thatt he had first imagined, the Consideration of which dill so much affright him, that Isis whole discourse in going doWil was ,intployed in telling th e m, it teats impossible to pass tiie Klock-house oat Cravesend without discovery, and that they had no other way to gel ()I) boortl the ship (which waited for t h e t a iu the 'lope) than to land at Cratesend, and from thence procure a pair of noires to rtrry them un Ship-board. And wheu Bamfield debated the matter With hits), shewing the difficulty and hazard of procuring a boat which should convey them to their ship, he raised new objections of his own danger front the shining of the moan, and other inconveniences. But while they two were thus reasoning the matter, the mester of the barge became tally satisfied con cerning those suspitions which he had, that this woman was wow disguised person of considerable quality r for peeping through a cranny of the dour into the barge roinnovlicre there was a candle burning Woe the Dukes .he perceived his Royal Highness buying Isis leg upon the tattle, and pluck log up his stocking in so unwomanish u manner, that he condoned his tot suer surmises othint were nntionliten troths, as he afterwards acknowledged so them. This vision so confounded him that Ise hardly knew what ite did or said, which they per ceiving, thought it best to confess the truth, and trust him with their lives, belt% well assured be fore• hand of Isis honesty, Ther-upon. the Duke told hint who h e was, Hod withall assured Mitts ire would not be unmindful of this action, but would take care of his fortitise and proyide for iilt s, stnd that if he thought it haradous to multi to Lou don. Ile would carry him with him into tiolland. " This ingagemeut confirmed his mind, mill then he assured them that he would sseotnee to pass by the block-houses at Gravetsend svitlitatit setting them aslooe, which lie accordingly per formed, tar when they approached the town he put. nut the light, and sittPered the barge to drive down with the tyde, by which means they passed mugs covered by the hiock.houses,and arrived at the ship which was t Dutch pink of seventy tutu, that luv ready for them at the upper end of the Hope, end hail alre 'sly been di cliatgcti at Gravesend, No Paris Papers Were published ou Monday; the holiday of Pentecost being very religiously observed in Ratillill Catliudiek Countries. We Cre consequently without our daily supply of hill) IIeWS. We insert a few further Extracts from the Assieticiin Papers. The finances of that country do not seem to he in a state so flourishing as to tempt its Government to plunge into a war with Spain ; to which, however, theme seems to be a btroug disposition. Private Letters from Spain, from a quarter to which we have often been indebted for autbetstic and valuable information, state, that, whatever may be said to the contrary by people hostile to the present Government, the KIZJG is proceeding in such a manner as !s likely .to Fame to hint .frotit , all ranks of his subjects the title of Tim I.3cLoYED FERDLNAND, which has so often been applied to him in ridicule. By his own efforts, mad a fall reliance on the Councils of a wise Ca binet., he has nearly crushed one .of 'the 'most powerful and ambitious factions that ever clis turbed the tranquillity of a people, and threatened the subversion of a Government. tie has also, by the aid of the same COnneils, been able to adopt such measures as are likely, in a short time, entirely to recover possession of his American territories, and to renew all amicable and com mercial ties bet a eels him and the revolted colo nies. The people of Spain, convinced that their King aims at nothing but their happiness and the stability of his throne, are obedient and contented. The Irith instant is the day mentioned for the marriage of the Princess Attic( and the Duke of GLoncttsTex. It will take plate, it is said, withont any application to Parliament, the incomes of th e p r incess and the D►►ke being adequate to a consi derable establishment,—Dispatches have been sent to the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, at Hanover, with the welcome intelligence of the Pa LNCP, REGENT and the QUEEN having consented to the marriage 'of his Royal,Highness with the Princess SoentA of OLOUCESTF.R. The arrangements, which it is necessary for the Duke to make in Hanover, prevent him from returning immediately, but his Royal Highness is expected early in the ensuing month. In this case also there are incomes to be united sufficient to prevent an application to Parliament. The 'louse of Commons meet again this day, sifter their adjournment. By miatake yestertltiy we mentioned Sii RALPH WoODFORU as Governor of Barbadoes, Instead of Trinidad. We have frequently glanced at the indications of the hostile spirit evinced towards the ruling dynasty at present on the Swedish throne, by several of the Powers of Europe. The cur:l l m s we noticed seems to be growing into heat.— The Paris Papers and Private Lpistles concur in stating that 1121014DOTTU hies not escaped alarm from the eiretnstances• to which vte al luded. Like all the Elevis of the Revolution he feels n certain soreness whenever 100111,mq is praised anti usurpation blamed ; in ;droll, he leek that his own elevation constitut es a the existing state of the Continent. Ile is the only :Soldier of Fortune whO remains on illy slip pery ant! dangerum height to) vt Lich tir.t Binary course of events raised sti many of his coin. peers; and standing as it were thus alone, it is flaw., rid that' jealousy should be a ready visitor to bll breast, especially when he contrasts the want dignity in the ori;joal French n Serjeant with tint, splendours of the ancestry of one of the most att• cient and heroic crowns its the world, and retleco; on the contequenees likely to spring from sucif computison among the people of a country which the pride of family, the feudal admiration- and attachment, and the respect to old customs, and old names, are as deep-rooted as in shy I nation it: Europe. Withotti meaning any ill to BERNADOTTS) and atithaut sxamining into the mode by which ha reached the throne of Sweden, we confess that we grieve to see her lawful King degraded Ala_ expatriated. We cannot forget that his great, offence was an unchangeable resistance to the atn• hkious plans of BUONAPARTE. That lie lost his kingdom in the sante cause which has led tails to ,the summit of prosperity and glory. That if the blame of imprudence could be attached` to him as a Monarch for this conduct, as a noble minded and upright :»an, he must receive the: highest tribute of prai s e. Th at s h ou ld censure: go beyond even this, and affect the capacity of nly • GesTAvus to govern the Country, yet his famil y'. I is at once guiltless of folly (if honourable co nsist.i , eney is to be so called), and entitled by descent and talent to the succession. 1 " It %twirl seem (says a Morning Paper) that there is,nesr• a pretty large party in Sweden, who look with much dissslie faetion at the present order of things. Pamphlets have , WO circulated in Sweden against the new dynasty, and Swedes of distinction Jtave in consequence been obliged ti! emigrate. On the other hand, M. Laorasisuce, forsterlt Swedish Ambassador to BuoNaraarE, has been suspected:it some underluind dealings in Paris : his letters have belle=' *mined,. and on his complaining to the police, he niegoitti such a reprimand fat his intrigues as induced him *her hastily to itfpa rt." Oi'er Journals, which naturally uphold the trai n overlooking the crime of its head ballot. .ante leagued with legitimacy, end only behobtor in it the last remaining pinnacle of the fabtro reared by Innovation, talk loudly of the service* performed by Sweden in the Grand Alliahce. Foal ourselves we can only say, that we have 140 1 .. much more on this point, titan received convicti , from what we have heard. So far from theft ( services being of the nutgnitude vaunted, we member that rumour was very busy with t )*. inactivity of the portion of the 'Allied Forte commanded by the CnowN PRINCE, and coverhis: Berlin. The battle of 'Dennevitz was almost th l . only one in which Swedish troops were engagek H ad if we have been rightly informed, the CasattPr ties of the whole Swedish Contingent during tii* whole War did not amount to three larruirti men. It was the bold and masterly advance BLUCHER which terminated the contest wit „J the French corps manceuvering towards the Nortfr and contributed to the glorious issue of the of Leipsick, in so far as that quarter was col. cerned. As fur the last short and immortir: struggle, not a Swedish trigger was drawn in It , ' That the Swedish Auxiliaries were distant awl- not wanted, was indeed stated to be the sufficie!* reason—and we only 'notice these facts to Cr: pm ova an exorbitant assumption of merits whio never bad existence, Yesterday Viscount StmintYrtt had an au if enee of the Patrice REGENT, ut Carlton Houle. The Dnke nt Vottx. transacted military busin , o o with the ItemENT. The Princess SorniA of GLoUCESTER, and numerous assemblage of the Nobility, paid th4d# rvspects to the Quit and PEINCES'sk yesterdat , in the evening her MA.tisry had a select party.: 'Yesterday the Prince of CoDURG rode out horseback, attended by Sir ItonEwr GANDINBR• . Yesterday evening the Duke of GLOUCESTER rr turned to London, from his seat at Bagsbot...'' This day the Duke g;ve a grand dinner to tiff QUEUN, Princesses ELIZABEiTIi and MARY, the GENT, &C. Vesterdity, the Marquis of ANOLESEA, and select party, -dined with his Royal highness thr Duke of Cubilit:FiLANP, at his residence, at Kef.! The Duke of SA CARLOS is gone to Vienna, the quality of Ambassador of FERDINAND VII. Kt arrange some difference which hasatistn Otit certain resolutions taken in the Congress of Vico* relating to Spain. The measles are at this time very prevalent. Among the higher orders at the West end of OP the town there are itt present confined with Ltl above nt-ilady, Lady Charlotte Cholinoudeley, thd: three Lathes Cavendish, Lady F. Osborne, disogh• ter of the Duchess of Leeds ; Lady Eiliz-ii4l ll. Somerset, eltleat daughter of the Duchess ut Bestv fort, and several others tit The Assembly of the States ttt Guernsey loot. determined to erect IA moittiluent tU hoimar Lietttettant-(ietivral Sir J. I)oYLE, G. C. IS., atilt I,lle Goverii , .l Zitey have sign . ,tied their intent tort'• to hint by -an Address, expressive of the tnt4 gretuttli stAitsiritig svcollectimii of the henelii*: conteiTeit by his ailitimistra:tuts during rt Febirkflef Ur Igor:veil )vars. On the i):1) , Iltomie of Nloscokv, on Palm Sito day, rthote ziU9 tyiiir-1 , 4 e. - ; Were Velteril•ty regilut tit (.4 HA I% ilurNe (ittartir; the tiegeir:. and pr,/,:veitva + C, it . 'ln' j • '' ; ti :; l t. id Armorer, Collonel Mayard, and Richard John , on, with each of them a servant attending on him, were already before them on ship-booed, in expectation of the Duke's coming, which Baur - field had intrusted to their knowledge, that by their assistance they might he masters of t h e ves sel, in ca , e there shotiln be occasion tor it. At break of day they got their anchors aboord, and setting sayle with a tithe wind, the next morning early they came to an anchor before Flushing." Out , limits prevent us from going further into this Work at present ; but we are sure, after so' amusing all Extract, our Readers will not be dis pleased when we eitteute our design of returning to it l which we mean to do very shortly. 51,111.-s. Anatvgn-1 1 Wdtegt - ford: Dttc—t Firmer, ben, 1 Hutlaud, t Hamburg!), i Gottettbuists. PRICK OF &TOCKS THIS DAY A f iAVELVE -- gatsk Stuck, " 4e24 1 India Stock, .... . a per Cent.Ren......'...64} 4 1 ludic Bunns, 3 pri tent. 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