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not mean that it was broken off upon points affecting the Em-
peror's interests, and also upon other points along
..with these I
because such an observation woultl have had no force whatever
in their remonstrance. This was certainly not doing fur an Ally
any thing of which there was the ssualiest occasion to boast.
But if they could SaV, a, they did, that (ireat Britain bad for-
borne to wake a Peate, when she could have made it on terms safe
and honourable to herself, hecause she could not obtain terms
satisfactory to her Ally, this was art act of stedfast adherence, of
Which there was the justest reason to boast. The Ministers did
not, according to your construction, Mr. ('ohbett, tell the Empe-
ror of Russia that we could not, to be sure, have made Peace on
account of points affecting ourselves, but Ile truly had the
mighty advantage of having the negotiation stopped when ii
c tine to the points more immediately affecting him. This was
a benefit. this was an act of heroic and honourable attachment
which ou:lit to have made his Imperial Majesty blush at the
facility with which he has turned his back upon us! We might
excuse Mr. Cohhett for missing the construction of a complicated
senteuce ; but these obvious circumstances ought to have made
bite me that his paraphrase was at variance with the context.

TILL B111'11:41 PRINCES.

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At a moment like the present, when all Europe is in
arms, and when the flames of war and devastation seem
bpreading fast on every side, it appears the duty of every
luau to step forward in the line of his profession, or in the
active exercise of Ins powers, to aid and assist lax country.
These are no common limes ; it is not now, that the man%
are to be defended by the few ; every thing is at stake;
our friends, our fortunes, our civil and religious liberties.
:ire assailed, anel in them is assailed every thing dear and
valuable to man. yet left in Europe. But we need not
confine ourselves to Europe alone ; time whole world may
affected by the triumph, or even by the preponderance.
of a new regime, which seems formed to return us to an-
cient barbarism, and to destroy that social system which
has taken ages to nurture to maturity. Under such cir-
cumstances, elevation of rank calls for a more conspicuous
unit decided part, and happy are we to observe that on all
occasions the manly and rising hopes of the House of
Brunswick have manifested an alertoess in the exercise eil
their military and social duties, ;not a wish to place them-
solves on a level with the fleury's and Edwards of old, that
is highly creditable to their feelings as men and as British
Princes.

Conspicuous as they are from their rank, and exposed
us they must be to the shafts of obloquy, or to the malig-
nant attack of cold sneering Cent Ore, we would feel pleased
to extend our observations to the several periods in which
their desire to iwrve their country has brought them into
public notice; hut our limits will only allow us to cal:
the attention of our readers to the remonstrances of the
heir Apparent to the active services of the Commander in
Chief, the offet•ed and repeatedly offered services of a
Naval Prince, and the honourable details of the conduct
of several of the younger Branches. We feel ourselves
more particularly called to these observations from an
event of the past week :—when Gibraltar was threatened
svith an It.taflki and all Europe seem interested in the fate
of a Fortress,,pbich had before so nobly resisted the com-
bined foixes.pf Spain and France, it was natural to en-
quire," who isthe Governor i who shall now reap another
4" crop of glorious laitrels in the defence of this Hock, the
uuntilial ion or Spain r When
,er is, " a British Princes cont-
;sties well to I:ritain, must pant
. Siege. !low keen then must
must be our disappOintment.
ons occasion is withheld, and
his tuaxious wish, is forbid to
and most. tr3iiii duties of his

his gallantry, there can be no doubt;
brother soldiers where he has been on
.igbly in his favour; 'tis true, until the
Near 1194, he had no opportunity of distinguishing himself •
h' active exertions, but in that year, his conduct in tlet
lest Indies, whither he went from Halifax, at his own so-
licitation, speaks more than volumes in his favour.—
Every public dispatch mentions his name with credit ; in a
letter frmn the late lamented Earl Grey, we find the fol-
lowing passage.
" Major-General Prince Edward, joined this army, the
" 4th instant, and commauds at Camp La Costei with great
" spirit and acti% it v."
Immediately after this, as the point of honour, and of
marked approbation, his Royal Highness took possession
of Fort Bourbon on its surrender.
At the attack on St. Lucia, his Highness landed with the
Grenadier Brigade at Marigot, and was particularly active
in the affair of that night, taking possession of Morns
Fortna.e, and recei% ing the highest encomiums from the
Commander in Chief, for the " examplary conduct qf his
"
_At the subsequent reduction of Guadaloupe, his High-
ness, as usual, distinguished hims:tll It v his strict attention
to duty, and bv his spirited exertions at l'ahniste and
Trois Bivieres ; at the former of which places, though the
Gazettes are silent on the subject, it is well remembered by
those who served with him, how arduous the duly was, in
leading the Grenadiers up a precipice at all times difficult,
but then almost insurmountable from the rain of the pre.
ceding evening. To the rapidity of this movement, by
which the enemy were unexpectedly taken in flank, we
were indebted for the speedy surrender of Basseterre.
With such claims to confidence, we are the more cur-
prized at the result of an application of his Royal Ilighaess
for leave to proceed to his Government, and we shall now
give the article alluded to without farther comment.
" Keneing f on- Palace, Feb. ll, 1 .108.
" Although the Duke of Kent flatters himself that the Officers
of the British Arms, with whom he has had the gourd fortune
ref serviug in the Mediterranean, America, and the West holies,
u ill do him the jnstice to believe, that his absence from Gibraltar
:st this time, when that fortress is menaced by a formidable attack
of the enemy, is not ow rug to anv back vs:irthiess ern his part to
repair to that station to which his duty calls him, or for want of
his using his utmost exertions to be alloned to resume the actual
command of his Gosernment, he feels that he ow es it to his own
character, no less as a man than ns a soldier, to make known to
them, to the Whole army, and to his countrymen ht general, the
terms on which 1w felt it his duty to address II is Majesty upon
this subject, immediately upon the arrival of the last accounts
from Gibraltar, and trusts, that when these hose been perused,
he .hall stand acquitted in the opinion or his Brother Wirers,
of the Army, and of his Countrymen, of having been deticieut
in his duty.
" Sta --The letters received by the Mail just arrived from the
Medi 4-rowan. hay* brought the certain information that or-
ders had reached Alzeziras from Madrid, immediately to make
Such preparations in the neighbourhood of Gibraltar as to put
beyond doubt the intention of the enemy to besiege it, I. could
hoot, under such circumstances, reconcile it to my feelings were 1
to delay a moment in not only assuring your Majesty of my rea-
diness instantly to go out there, but in earnesty soliciting your
sanction for my resuming, the ditties attached to the Conmoissiou
I hase the honour of holding as Governor of that Fortress.
To our Nlajesty, who yourself passess so like a sense of
honorer, it is quite unnecessary foe me to -represent, that on the
result of sour decision upon this request, which 1 beg leave in
the most dutiltai, yet in the strongest manner, to press upon your
Atetition, every thing. most dear to me in life, I mean my charac-
ter its a noun, and my professional credit as a soldier, are at stake.
I will nut therefore presume to say more, than that I place these
in your Majesty's hand•, w ith no less coutioleuce in your justice
as my Sovereign, than i,t your indulgence as my Parent.
" NV ith every sentiment of the most devoted nt ntehmeat, and
the most dutiful revert, t have the honour to subscribe myself,
" Your Majesty's most affectionate Son,
" And most faithful servant. and Subject,
(Signed) " ALWARD."

.6 To the King."

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s affecting the Em- 'of his courage, his gallantry,
along with these ; the reports of his brother sour
force whatever iervice, all speak highly in his f