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TO TNZ RXIIT !lAN. W. WINDHAM.
The lenwuralpletlitesters which have befallen two
powerful Masashi's, should awaken the attention
,ef every men of relliraioe. who looks forward to
.fnuare eveats. The conduit of the campaign of
last year should have been a lestnn to all Europe.
Sue, on the contra: y, it appears, that the misfortimes
which were brought upon the House of Austria,
had not made the least impression upon the Cabinet
ad Bailin; (or the errors of this canspetgn have been
infinitely more glaring than those which preceded
the Battle of Austerlitz. Ido not intend to enter
into a detail of all the eztraordinat y and untoward
events which have arisen in the course of this
campaign ; but shall endeavour to point out, cur-
sorily, some of the causes which have produced
them. And in thus addressing the Minister of War
to a Great Empire, and a man of talents, resolution,
and perseverance, I trust, that whatever may be

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your smatiasams. you will emssider the netterntlons
and opinions, whir h I shell have the honour to offer
to your notice, to he the zealous efforts rf an hum-
b:e individual, who is anxious fur the welfare and
prosperity of his country.
It werenatural to suppase, that when His trunian
.Majesty had decided on hostilities, and issued his
M..nifeito against Francs, he would have been fully
prepared to encounter such a powerful enemy.
But there appears to have been a want of vigour in
his councils, and aElivity in the field; for it would
seem, that on previous precaution. of any kind, had
been taken, in ease of mktortune or retrrat. .
The Prussian cavalry was certainly superior to
the French, and in the speech to :he French Army,
previous to the 'Rion of the 14th of aftober, appre-
hensions of it were strongly indicated ; and 1 am
satisfied that the infantry, if not superior. was equal
to that. of Franic ; and why are not Prussians as
brave as Frenchmen? I am convinced they sire.—
Then where lies the mystery? In the tempornr;lt
system of the Govurnnicnt, which had damped-the
ardour. of the triops; In the formation and disposi.
tiou of the army, founded oa the tiresome tactics
of the last century:- In the translation of the Sib
french Bulletin, referring to the night before the
sniosfi there is the following passage : "The night

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*tweeted a tantartable ipeefacle; two armies, the
~,one of whiels extended its front apse a line Df six
outN ;iamb, ired thi air Vith its lights ; the other,
Mlights of which seemed to be brought into one
all point." 'Phis 'passag4, to a certain degree,
marks the general disposition of both at mies, and
.was intentionally inserted for that purpose. The
one formed in an extended line ; the other concen-
trated. The Prussian army, according to the an.
cient school, divided into three parts, right, left, and
centre; and each division commanded by one Ge-
neral. The French army divided into many cot ps,
forming one great whole, and each corps distinalt
commanded. The former diffuse, difficult to direft
and command, and slow and unwieldy in its opera-
tions. 'The latter, compaft and united, receive their
orders with facility and rapidity; and make their
movements with ease and celerity.
The astivity and advantage of this formation have
been manifest in the two last campaigns; and it has
been one great cause of the superior ity of the French
armies. if treachery or desertion existed, previous
to the salon of the 14th, it arose principally from
the want of energy in the conduf and manage-
ment of the soldiers, and offensive operations. Cm-
fidence is placed in a number of G.tnerals, who
command the corps of the French army, and who all
alt to one great point. Whereas both Austrians and
Prussians have had multitudes of viten, under the
command of one individual, who tiiing wounded or
disabled, another Commander, the n-xt in seniority,
is to be sought for, in the heat of aftion, or the tu-
malt incident to a retreat. BAtiZet grounded his
resolution of giving l'arberlane battle, contrary to
the opinion of all his Offieers, upon the circumstance
that his enemy's great number of men gave him
assurance of their being in confusion. Connelited
bodies must ever hatee the advantage over crowds
of troops. arranged in extended' lines. It was a
maxim, I think, of htlarshal Tit. enne, that ten Or
twelve thousand men were suffici-nt for en able
leader to secure his repuettion on all military occa-
sions. And this maxim the- French have adopted,
by their formation in. crates. The Roman legions
were a formation in corps; and had the advantage
over the massive phalanx of the Greeks, by their
Relive powers Hannibal having, discavered the de-
fees of his infantry, formed them into legions; arm-
jag flu m, and•making them engage, afrer the man-
ner of the Romani; aid viftory at Cantle was the
reward of his sagacity. Had the King of Prths,a
adopted this rule, he might now have had a victo-
rious army in the field. I have urged u‘is point of
formation as a matter of infinite importance 1.. r cnn-
sideration, in the firere arrangement and disposi-
tion of the British army.
1 shall now take a view of the military

slight ...
force v •:iis country; aad, first, of its volunteers.
You h the had resolati.m to withstand the elamoir
exceed against yen, t r your sentiments en that
system. My humhlt opinion is, that the yeomanry-
cavalry, havnig the means of adion within them-
selves, are ever ready for the field ; and, nttter a
proper formation; might be employed essentially as
irremuhie cavalry. Hut the volunteer infantry are
of a very klifft.em description ; bete* a disorganizi.d
military force. of little utility is their present shape.
And unless a scale wore made to equalize the num-
bers of the various bodies ut which they are now
composed, and to tom them into Corps, placieg
them under military officers, and subjeding them to
military saborsdination and discipline, they are not
qualified to ad its the field. And as halt measures
imply timi fife. t most tiumbly conceive, du. Go.
vernment should at once abolish t'se remainder of
e•een. eeee,st ~..t-: ar may he useful to assist the Po-
lice is the great towns; and they shoal I oi corn-
pond entirely. of Mari ied men, or those whose pre-
femme or occupation., attach them to local suss-
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htscsas.
i'.i With all deference to the great authority wits
the defence et this country princip.oly ors- 6W
i he is too good an officer aAto be aware.. .dips
as brave as :Woes, the/ d1:11 Nth 'he silirt,
soldiers calculated to ad alone with in !.1
There is no doubt but there are militia regiments
equal, and some anperinr, in the commas) ereireiee
and movements of a field-day, to many regular re.
&seats; but. from the construdwa of t:.t militia,
the officers cannot be formed so perlet, or subordi-
nate, as the regulars ought to be 4 and tke energy
of the army depends upon the education, the abili-
ties, and talents, of the officers. But, iii fact, whale
ever may be the appellation given to men in arms.
7101
there can be but one description of really useful sol-
diers; and that is the man who is enlisted and regu-
larly Instructed for military service, and who is dia..
poscable at the will of Government, as the ex. ;envy
mty require. This is net an age for trifling; we
must be vigilant, and watchful, and ever prepared.
at all points. against the possibility of a suet-entail
attack from an implacable enemy. At the anDe
time, we should not rest our conduct upon defensive
measures alone ; they are 'ruinous to every country
that adopts them ; butt we should be sufficiently
powerful to meet the enemy in the field, and to act
offensively its every direction. It is not by ordinary
means that the Empire is to be supported and de.
fended ; neither is it by the heavy tactics of the
German school, or the tedious details which accosts.
puny them, that men are to be formed for action.
Ar present, our regulations and discipline are'so dif-
' fuse and multifarious, that they contouud the ima-
gination, and tend to retard the education, the
movement, and progress, of the troops. But, in
conjunction with our Navy, we must depend upon
a well constructed and powerful army for our salva-
tion. Men must be oetained, the times are critical,
and we must have recourse to vigorous measures
and firm execution. It the volunteers were reduced,
it would be the means of throwing a great number
of men in the way of being recruited fur general
service ; and, although the change of the militia
system is a delicate subject, and an ungracious task,
yet it ought to be brought ander a general plan of
reform.

Without entering into a Minute derail of the mul-
tiplicity of &fees which appear in the composition
of our army, I shall observe. that the few regimen:s
of heavy cavalry no* elis,ng, had better be at once
converted into light dragon:as ; they being suffici-
ently ppwerful for any kind cit service. and superior's
in weight and saivlty, to most of the cavalry in
Lutope.
Tie infantty shouldbe formed into legions. which
is atehie appellation for Britons, than corps. Each
legion to consist of six battalions, of 1000 men,

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
MONDAY, DECUP4III% 15.

We have received ;he tollowing letter from Bar-
badoes, by the ship Mawr, arrived at Liverpool:—
" AAAAA DONS, NOV. 7.
" The L• lona frigate arrived here on the 27th
ult. with a fleet from Calk, all well. The Seine
frigate, which brought General MIRANDA here
trust Grenada, on the total failure of his projeas
against Spanish America, sailed on the sth instant,
in company with the Merlin sloop of war, and four
merchantmen, for England. The Commodore pre-
viously colleas the trade at the different islands, and
it is supposed will take his departure from Tortola,
between the 15th and 20th of this month. The
ship; from Surinam sailed for the rendezvous on the
26;11 ult. and those from Demerara on the 28th.

4. The enemy have the following privateers cruising
to windward of this Island. We have very few ships
of war here to cruise against them, so that yon may
expedt a number of captures ; their names are La
asle-sni4e, and the getter Atlrre, of I 8 guns each ;
Austerlitz, and the Central L.'rnJui of I ti guns each ;
Tripsae, and L 'Etasie,, of 7 guns each ; Petits
Arpin, of S guns ; CoNjfamet, Vetsgear, and the Jesw
Addit, of 14 guns each. The latter in sight of the
Island."

The destination of the squadron of which Sir
SAMUEL Hato gave so good an account, is now
ascertained. The frigate which escaped, arrived at
Mcrtinicrie on the 2 tat of Onober, in company with
two brigs t they had troops on board.

We have received Dutch Papers to the 9th inst.
They do not state that an engagement has aflua::y
taken place between the French and Russians, in Po.
land, but from site relative position of the respeflive
armies, we think such an event very probable. The
Russians had approached the Vistula nn the 121 h last.
on which day a regiment off) entered Warsaw.
On the 16th, the division of Davotyst marched
from Posen, and took a position neat day at Sots.
pclno, on the road to Warsaw, at which place the
Russians were to hay! been on the 15th, in conse-
quence of an arrangement between them and the
Prussian'.

The King of HOLLAND, in a Message to the
ill:fortunate Dutch, has declared Lis finances in a
most dviorable state. The Message i. very long,

and is other reveals de.iiiiiiliieioterest. The late
Measures o Naeocaos, agaieet lite'stish commerce,
are ill calcuteted to rtt ieve the atraiis of the Mulch.

Mr. Seseirsuars arrived in town, at foui sck
on Saturday, from Brighton, where he had been
upin a visit to His Royal Highness the Prince of
WA L ES, for the purpose of attending a Nteet.ag of
his fiends at a Dinner at dorNavrCeiree House.—
From our sketch of *hay vidahoif to tbe occasion, it
will be seen that His ltoyil .-trecoei;isingeoef 4(.0.1;
that the principal °lie& of his late visa to thz.N•irth,
was to avoid, in a dignified ketiretneat, the sus.
picion of all interference in *dim; comests ; and
that with that gallantry which is so peculiar to his
nature, he feels most anxious, at this tryinglan,i
pinching moment, for a prominent situatieh is 0!e
defence of the cvintry, and .an oppoitunity of dy.
ins, if necessary, in its defence.
Parliament will meet this day at one o'clock.—
The LORD HIGH STEWARD will proceed to swear
in the Members of the House of Commons, and
the House will choose a Speaker. Mr. A lIIIOTT
will be again placed in that high and dignifead Oro.
ation. The Commons could not p 0.17/ 1.116 a
better choice.

On Thursday the Duke of Kest. bad an audience
of Lord GRIDIVIL LI for upwards of an
Thursday the Duke of Gooucssote t; saase
business with the Treasury Board.
A Messenger arrived at the Foreign O ce. en
Saturday afternoon, with dispatches from the Court
of Sweden. Another Messenger was ordered itn.
mediately to be is readiness to depart for the Con-
tinent.
Thursday a Board of Military Cloth.* wall held
at the board of Claims, in Great George-itrett,
Westminster,which was attended by denerals
BROM/I:RIO, &ARANO. Hewitr, and ethers.
The army clothiers employed by all the resilient:.
both horse and foot. of the British array. also at.
tended with pattern suits for the ensuing year, when
those approved by the Board bad the Office Seal
of to item, for all the others .o be am* las
them, for the eifferent regiments.
It was reported on Sa:urday,tbat the Emperor of
Rossi A had entered Poland at the head of 1511,000
men ; that the King of PRUSSIA had joined hits with
20.0t50 of his rallied forces; and that a deoisive
afti n roght soon be expeEted to take 04011 between
the alli.d army and the French.
Breslau surrendered on the 14th inst. to that pen
of the French army commanded by istrona Boea.
stare. Great Glogaa, however, a place of mesh
more consespei.ce is o miiitary point of: view, still
held out.
The brigades of infantry commanded by Major
Grnerals Sir A. IVeLtestev and Hit.t, are wider
o:ders to m troh by brigades from the coast imme-
diately, but their drstination has not transpired..—
General Wor.ttstar's brigade, at Deal, is formed
of she 3d, 6th, eth. 11164 sth regiments: Gmeasi
Hist'', at Hythe, of the 14th and 6tst regiments.
the KO, and dtiirlra, Norwell. s. from Africa,
is arrived at Trinidad, after beating off a grittiest.
A Spanish felucca, of about SO tons, from Vey
Cruz, for Cadiz, prize to the Minerva, M.Kietoo..
from London, for Surinam, was totally lost, et
Scilly, on the ed inst.
The Jaen, from Youghall for Dublin, was chits 3
on shore near Carnariroo, on the !td inst.
The Eliza, Wasn't's, from Dublin for TrUtidai'.
was driven on shore on the 2d inst. near Aberc,,,vt ,
part of her cargo loaded, and the ship is eapt.tea
be got off.
The Trefaverrio, bloom, from Bristol for Jamaica,
is lost on the Ness thmd Captain drowned.
The Mary, WINDSOR, of Dartmouth, is lost cfl'
the Coast of Labradore.
Lord Matvi Lt. has lately been so seriously in-
disposed in Scotland. that it is imagined lie will be
unable to attend at the opening of the new Parlia-
ment.
PORTALIS.The French Minister for Public Wor-
ship, is sending missionaries to China, and they arc
to set off this year, accompanied by a skilful astro-
nomer.

The Kirin has bees pleased to order amegeteher
to pass the Great Seal, empowering the Dean and
Chapter of the Cathedral asurch,of Bougor, to
ele, a Bishop to that See, void by the Translation
of the Right Reverend Father in God, WILLI.% mie
late Bishop thereof, to the See of St..Atapb ; and.
His MAJtSTY has also been pleased to recommend
the Right Reverend Father in God, Joan. Lord/
Bishop of Ox roan, to be by them elefted Ittskop of
the said See of Bangor.—(Geoedie.)
The Keno has been pleased toisrment the Reve—
rend firtriltO SLOAIIIt. Clerk, Backslor of Arts.
to the Redtory of Cloatier, I. the Comity and Da.
nem of Lincoln; the simelbeing void by the death of
the Rev., JoNATM aN RASHLIIIIIIII4, Clerk..—(/b.)
The Ktria bas also been plowed to present the
Reverend Joon FORTY, Clerk, so the Reetory of
West Hellerton, in the County hoot Llocese of York.
the same being void by the death of the Reverend
Thomas Datie, Clerk..—//6.)
The Kin o has been graciously pleased, by warrant
under His Royal Signet and Sign Manual, bearing
date the 4th day of December instant, to grant unto
the East India College. in the county of Hertford.
His Royal Licence aad Authority to bear attars
Armorial Ensigns, together with supporters, on *
common seal to be used by the Principal of the said
College, and to be borne on shields, banners, or
otherwise; provided the same be lint duly exempli-
fied according to the Laws of Atm4, and recorded
in the Herald's Dike.--(le./
Step/saw Dejearourt, Esq. Chief Peace Officer of
the Barrack Division, was tried on Monday last, at
the Sessions for the County of Dahlia. for having.
on the 15th uk. fired a pistol at Mr. CRA24I:
MAVITY, -Ensign. in the Monaghan Militia, with
intent to kill and murder him. Another is-
diSment charged him with a common assault. The
Jury, countenanced by a charge, acquitted the P:'•
saner of the capital indiament, and found him v.'.
of the assault.

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