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

RiY;ISTER.

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FATHER AN I) SON.

TwO DUKES EITUNSWICKI 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
distrei.q>d ; he had 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
10 hint, but he lett every man at full liberty- in his orcrations;
f very flifrereut Com so many other petty pvii,ets, be 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,
in the 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 superior
to his own. he rer.rbed the sea, on m hid) he did rot
pove,>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 Brussels—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,

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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 fair 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. Bitting even, 6,
for choice. Oliver and Shelton seconded Lan
Joe Wald and Paddington Jones officiated for Jo

I: O U N t )S.

1. LineaOer 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+.

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