The National Register.
London, England, 1809-01-29 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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Lion of our army, were secured. lie had put himself at the
head of the 4.2 d regiment, iu order to support the right of the
army, and had just finished a short address to his soldiers, w bets
he was inortaliy wounded by a cwinou ball. 1t; rota all that we
have heard of tine character of Sir John Moore, he seems to have
been a man exclusively devoted to the 'military profession. lie
was a complete soldier, and a strict i d ...sclemar_au, so that the!
52d regiment, of which he was Colonel, and which he had under
his command at Shorneliffe, was generally looleed up to as a
ie.wlel in point of discipline and MalKll‘res. lie seems to have
had all those talents, which, had he been destined to coramind a
Continental Army upon a larte scale, mill a protracted warfare,
would probably have placed him in the same rank with the first
Generals of modern Europe. Ile was unmarried ; his mother is
still alive, and re siles at Cobham, in Su rre,. . One of his brothers,
Capt. Graham Mpore, was Commodore of the fleet which con-.
voyed the Royal ramily of Portugal to the prazil,, he has
several other brnthers, who Ore all respectable professional
nwa„
The I.dlowing ilteresting account 'of the last m.ametils of this
most lamented °dieser is given by one of his most confidential
attendant' and friends (we belieye Col. Anderson), who was by
the side of the Hero iii lib ;tist mpineots, and w ith whom he de-
pm;ited his expiring wishes
" i met the General on the evening of the 16,th instant, as some
soldiers we're bringing hint into Connive, supported in a blanket
with sashes. lie knew me immediately, ihoogh it was almost
dark ; squeezed me by the hand, mid said, De not leave me.*--
lle spoke to the surgeons on their exeinieing We; wounil,bitt was
in sach pain he fttilld say bat little. .ia.Cti'r some !hue, he seemed
ve.:y aurin4s to speak to toe : and, at intervels, expressed pine.
self as fella %Ns :--The first thing lie asked was Are the French
l:ea ten ?'--which ir.quiry he repeated to alt those he Inc w as they
eiaeced the room. On being .insured by all twat the French were
beaten, he e nor F: Tit r; Pee P es LAND
W 11.1. BE SAT1S1:11:0-1 )101'.E MY COUN1:11 Y wi4l. 1)0 M
J U 41' C r.—YOU "‘o ill see my friends as sou.' as you possiblv
tell theta evety thing—say to my mother'---litere his voicelailtd
him)--t r 'wave mud! to say, but cannot get it
out.—(' colonel Graham, end are all toy Aides,dc•rCamp vtrll?
have made my will, 4ind have remembered my servants.—
Colborne has in\ w ill, And all my p:oper,
" Major Colborne (bis print i pal Aid-de-Camp) then came
into the rienn—lie spoke most Lied!': to him, and then said to
suV —t .Bemeedier vou go to--, and tell him it is my request,
and that I expect he will befriend Major Colborne—he has heed
long with use., and I know him most worthy of it.' lie then
again asked Major Colborne if the French w ere beaten ; and
on being tolil they were n‘1i;:1-ed on every point, he said—' it wits
a great satisfaction, in his last moments, to know he had bout
the '',each.'
" General Paget in t lie room r—On my telling him he was

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