The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1816-05-25 00:00:00

Vtiissian artillery, and in spite of a very brisk tire
maintained his post till night.
" The troops of the grand army were not agiiir.
engaged till the battle of Paris. Ili the 31st it
March, Prince Ltopold entered Paris with the
IN-nerve cavalry. and there remained iii garrison.
He accompatised the Sovereigiim to I.:lightly'. and
sailed with them in the Inspregnulik from Boulogne
to Dover. He continued here uhutit a utsuuh after
the Sovereigns, and did not leave England till the
end of July.
In the Liegiuniig of September he repaired to
Vienna, to the Cougreas, for the purpose of pro-
moting to the utiiimit of his power the inde-
pendc•ttce of his native land and the interests of his
&soli
Leopold's politics. sound as his understatitiing
and his heart, could not chime in with all the
maxims which were broached there. fir could
nut, shove all, convince I ' self, that it was jitst to
sacrifice the right of one to the convenience suit
power of another; and though lie duly weighed the
many clavhing political interests, he found it im-
possible to admit the paramount cogeney of those
reasons upou which the partition of 54104 wee
decreed. . .

The Congress acknowledged the services which
the Princes of the Haase of Cubourg had **ever
ceased, during the, last .ten years, to, render to the
good cause, as well as the *sacrifices that s' had been
made made by them, and therefore granted an ndemity,
which, though afterwards diminished by imperious
political considerations, was nevertheless not Mewl-
siderable. This business was eselussvely conducted
by Prince Leopold during the last decisive hs,
and to bins alone is to be ascribed its happy issue.
" On the return of Bonaparte to France, Prince
Leopold busteued Flom Vienna to the Grand Allied
Army on the Rhine, %Web soon afterwards reached
Paris. On the termination of the war, the affairs
of his family detained hunt for some time in the
French capital, after which lie proceeded, by way
of Cobourg, to Berlin, and here it was that the in-
vitation of the Prince Regent intimated to hint the
high destiny to a hick Ise was called.
" Though the preceding biographical notices
would, withont any further observe'', )))) s, furnish
the attentive observer with a correct outline of this
Prince's character, yet the delineation of his moral
qualities is wanting to cousplete a Most attractive
and interesting pricture.
" In his early youth he manifested an excellent
understanding and a tender and a benevolent
heart. As he advanced in years, he displayed a
strong attachment to literary and scientific pursuits,
and even at that time all his ectious were marked
with dignified gravity and unusual moderation. His
propensity to study was seconded by the eflOrts of
an excellent instructor, and as he remained a stran-
ger to all those dissipations with which persons of
Isis age and rank are commonly indulged, his attain-
'brut's, so early as his fifteenth year, were very ex-
tensive. His extraordinary capacity particularly
unfolded itself in the study of the languages, hi;-
tory, mathematics, botany, music, and drawiug, in
which last he has made a proficiency that would be
creditable to a professor.
" The vicissitudes which he was so early destined
to experience, seem only to have contributed to pre-
serve the purity of Isis morals ; and they have cer-
tainly had a most powerful influence in the deve-
lopement of that rare moderation, that ardent love
of justice, and that mainly firmness, which are the
predominant traits in the character of this Prince.
" Necessitated, in like manner, et so early &nage
to attend to a variety of diplomatic business,
he acquired, partly in this school, and partly in
Isis extensive travels, a thorough knowledge of
men in all their relations; and though his raper'.
eace has not always lOCCII of the 111105 t agreeable
species, still it has not beets able to warp the kind-
ness and benevolence of his nature.
" In Isis campaigns, mod in the field of battle,
where all false greatness disappears, Leopold has
given the most undeniable proofs that courage, and
a profound sense of religion and liberw, are innate
ass his soul ; earl that clear intelligence and un-
shaken fortitude, are his securest possessions. With
such qualities of the head and heart —with a cha-
racter and principles that so completely harmonize
with the fedite.,s, the notions, nay even the prejll
dices of the British nation, this illustrious Prince
authorizes us to anticipate, from his sinioss with the
Heiress to the Throne, results equally conducive to
the welfare of the people at forte, and to the liap-
pines** of that distinguished family of which lie is be-
come a member.

" Previously to the Treaty of Congress, signed at
Vienna, 1815, the possessions of the (loupe of Saxe-
bourg-Sitalfeld comprised 17 German square
miles, with a population, accOriting to the census
taken iii 1812, of 57..266 souls. They cunning
eight towns, mid 270 villages soil !mullets. The
re‘enues of the Prince 2mositited in 1806 to
4:25,413 -florins, or near 50,000/.sterling*. The
isilisbits4lllo. so well us the reigiiiiig faut ilv. beloog
to the Lutheran Church, and are chiefly einplo”.4l
in trade and miniuhictores. The above-mentintied
Trtiity secures to the Duke of Cobourg-Saalfeld an
additional territory of such extent as to comprise
20,000 inhabitants, so that his dominions and re-
sources will be increased by about our-third."