The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-09 00:00:00

LORD NELSON:

I At a very early period iu the. morning the general
lanxiety to.attend the rernailis,of the. Illustrious Lord
iTEts6O,- and' to view` the solemn Procession of his
. . .
Funeral, was manifested by an eager bustle inieverjr
street in the Metropolis long before day-liglit. This
bustle-of-course prevailed more 'particularty in" all
the avenues'to the. Strand Fleet-Street, anal Lude
gate-hill, 'which
.kept pouring. their Crowds into
that great channel of. the Capital for many hours.
The mass of people at- last colledecl in the Strand
most probably exceeded every thing seen on any
former'' occasion. Butitetwithstanding the jinn:lei-Ise
crowds that attended in the whole passage froin the
Admiraltylo St. Paul's the vigilance observed by the
several Corpse 'Volunteer Cs; who lined the whele of
-
the way on- both sides, maintained due order; and
we have not heard that any accident happened
~
Which Could 'add. to that regret.whi,:h was excited
by the loss of the Immortal Hero, whose interment
forined tlie Magnificent but 'mournful Spedacle.of
. the day,—lt '-is impossible to express' the anxiety
which appeared ^in every face when the remains of
the departed' Oiler a-ppeared in view.---Many a
bright eye was suffusajn tears; arid the tear of sy rre-
' piity "did
,net alone flow from the softer sex, bdt
every man- that had.a heart capable of feeling, gave
.. ~...
vent, to these emotions a`
sorroW which the Illus.
. _ .
,trioul Charaaer 5Q well deserved, . and which do
honour to our nature.:—The Bands att=ached to the
several Volunteer Corps powerfully contributed to
awaken- these feelings by solemn airs, adapted to
;he awful occasion, and which were 'executed with
the most interesting pathos. ,
On account of the length of-time which the Pro.
cession occupied this -day, and the- early hour at
which we' were obliged-to put to Press, we can.
not 'enter into any detail of particulars. The
order, hQwever; Was precisely as we stated ori Tues,
day last. Evefy interesting occurrence. 'that took
place we shall, of course, present to .our Readers'
to-morrow.

The following is a Copy of a Letter received yes.
terday front Captain W. T. LAKE, of His Majesty's
Ship, Topaze, dated

" St. Michael's, Dec. 18, r8o;

" Having escorted the West India Convoy which
sailed from Cork, oLt.. 28 last. under the Fisardi
and IfiNvei-ine, as firas the Trades, I think it may
be satisfa6tory to many to be acquainted with-the fol.,
lowing particulars :

The night the Convoy left Cork the weather
was such that it separated: they, however, issem--
bled the greater part at the first rendeivous, Ma-
deirtt. s After beating] .several days between that
Island and Porto Santo, aslantof wind enabled us to
get sot ne ; although the Fisgard's rate
Of sailing during the night was such (with a dismast-
ed'ship in row) that no ship could have'parted had
there been attention, there was a deficiency of near
seVenirsail. Captain.EoLToN, judging they might
haVe proceeded to Funchall, detached the Wolveeine
thither. Two days after we gained intelligence
of the' Rochefort Squadron _being to the South,
ward of us; upon which we steered to the West,
ward, and succeeded .in avoiding the Enemy.
Oh the 6th of December a Brig was spoke from
Madeira; she gave us the pleasing intelligence that
the WolvErine left the Island with sail of the
Convoy; that she had collected these after reeeiving
Capt. Bovrozes.account of the French Squadron, by.
A Vessel., that he,had immediately tfispatched for the
purpose; and as they were ordered to tieep well to
the Westward, I have no doubt of their being saf&
there were 23' sail (a _Dst of which I subjoin) with
the Kg2,-ard when I parted company on the 9th of _
December, in lat. 25. 47. long. 22. 35. at which
time they had a fine breeze Easterly. - I am, &e.
(Sioned) r.L LAKE."

The following is a List of ae Ships; under con-
voy of His 11,1ajes.ty's Ship Pisgard, 9th Dec. 18-05.

1:Ine, Eliza Second, Andalusia, Pitt, parrart, .Volunteer,
Nhe, rilipt;rva, Mr)brag-retie, Ccrci, -Ardent, Arethusa,
uannia,. Fame, Paragon, lames, Sovereign, Be!Iona, Faimy,
Leo; Aja,N

k

~~

Deceased

Blackwood:

Radstock.

PL*NERAL OF LORD PI,SCOUA7 7VELSO2 ,

.The aquatic part of the Funeral Procession of Lord
Viscount NELSON took place yesterday. At seven
o'clock in the morning, the River Fencibles were in
motion. At eight, the Gun-boats were collealed at
the Tower Wharf. All was hurry and confusion for
about an .hour, when every thing being prepared,
the difierent Boats took in their 'respective Crews,
and, with flags lowered half-staff, stood out a short
distance from the shore. They there lay-to, wait-
.ing until the Barges of
,the several. Companies,
-which lay at the wharf, should be ready to sail. It
was a considerable time before the Gentlemen be-
longing to the different Corporations, who were to
embark on board the Barges, .arrived. The River
glittered with the rich assemblage of colours which
,were displayed ; there was, howeVer, a degree of
'melancholy in beholding them. The colours were
all hoisted only half-staff high ; -a bunch of black
crape was affixed to the top of many of the flag-
staffs. The Lord Nelson Barge, belonging to a Fire
Insurance Company, displayed,' at her stern,- a black
craps tlaw,Vhile at her bow, theportrait of the de-
ceased Hero drew the attention of every person pre-
sent. Many of the Barge-Masters had on black silk
scarves, and all the Officers ()Lille- River Fencibles
Wore crape round their amis.' :The Bands - belong-
ing to the different Companies; at length arrived.—
!Some of them were dressed in.long mourning cloaks,.
'and all had their drums muffled. They played God
Save- the King, in a slow and. solemti style; as' they-
came to water-side.. At 10 o'clock, the" Company
.not having arrived to fill the different Barges, the
River Fencibles were ,obliged to prOceed towards
Greenwich, leaving them to make the best of. their
way by , themselves. The Barges then, without
attending to . any particular order, rowed do,Wn the
River, Singly, as soon as' they had taken in their

At ten O'clock, the LORD MAYOR, in a coach
and six, 'four servants behind, and attended
:by the City Otiicers, anu many of- the Aldermen,
in their. zespective carriages, proceeded from -the
Alansion House, over London Bridge, to. Green-
wich., , -

About seven o'clock, the Heralds and Naval Ofi
.cers who 'were to assist at the Procession, assembled
at the. Adniiralty, and from thence proceeded in
carriages' to Greenwich.
About twelve o'clock, all 'the persons. who were
-to.assist in the Ceremony, were assembled at the Go-
vernor's house. The body .was then carried from
the SaloOn through the Great Hall, out at the
Eastern Portal, round the Royal Charlotte 'Ward, to
the North Gate, and - placed on board the State
,urge—the Conn was. covered with a velvet pall,
adorned with escutcheons. Tile Procession from the
Painted Hall to the water, commenced in the fol-
lowing -order

Drums muffled, and Trumpets, with their Banners.
The standard and Guidon, borne by Captains of the Navy,
attendM by Lieutenants. -all in 'unirorm mourning, as al-
ready described in a former l'Jper.
Pursuivants of Arms, in Mourning,. and four Servants of the

Four Trumpets,. Officer of Arms bearing the surcoat, Target
Stkord; fiehu, and Crest, dig. of the Deceased..
The Banner, as Knight-of the Bath, and the great Banner,
borne by Captains, and supported by Lieutenants of
the Navy, in Unifor,n, as before.
Ttt""l)o.sl".itik L;47,iiers. lollowed by Six Lieutenants of
the Navy.

The way from the Painted • Hall to the water%
edge was kept by. the Royal. Greenwich Volunteers,.
and a party of the River Pencil)les, armed with
boarding pikes. During-this-Procession, the Band,
muffled Drums, and Trumpets, played' The- Dead
March in Saul ;' minute guns were fired-from of

the Barges belonging to the River Fencibles, ancl.in

various-parts or the town, and, the. Churph Bells
tolled a solemn knell. All the Ships, in the Ri-
ver displayed their. Tugs ..half-mast high.—Exad-
ly at one o'clock the Proeession began to move
up the River in the same order as set forth , in our
Paper of Tuesday last; the minute guns continuing
to fire, the-bells to toll, and the several bands,

trumpets, &c. on board the barges; to play solemn
When.the whole 6f the Y'rocession had em-

barked, the Greenwich Volunteers and River Pen-

cibles were drawn up in front of the River, along
'the Quays, in the principal Court-yard of the Col-
lege, 'where they remained' at shouldered arms,' till
the whole were out of sight.
The Procession sailed in the following order':
In the first Barge was the Standard at the head;

the Guidon yas borne by Capt. supported
by two Lieutenants:in full:uniform coats, with black
- waistcoats, breeches, and stockings, and crape sound
their hats and arms. - -
In the second Bartre were the Officers of Arms
bearing the Target, Sword, Helm, and Crest of the
deceased. The Banner of .the deceased, as Knight
of the Bath, was borne by Captain ROTHEaxAm,,at
the head of the Barge. The great Banner was
borne at the door-place, by Capt. i'Monsem, who
• as as,supported- by two Lieutenants.. •
In the third Barge was the Body, The Barge was
covered with black velvet,' adOined with black fca-'
thers, In the -centre was 'a V4cOunt's coronet, and
three bannerolls were affixed to the outside of the
barge. In the steerage were siX. trumpets, and sik
Leutenants of the Royal Navy. Clarencieux, King
of-Arms, sat at the 'head Of the coin, bearing a
Viseptuit's coronet 'upon a black velvet cushion.
' The Standard of the'United Kingdom .Was at 'the
Lead of the barge, borne by-Captain The
state barge was rowed By 46 Seamen, belonging to
our dear departed Hero's ship, the Viaory. The
other barges were rowed by picked men, from the
Greenwich Pensioners.
In the fourth Barge, which was also.Oovered with
black cloth, was •
Chief Mourner—Admiral Sir Peter Parker, Bart:

Train Bearer to the Chief MournerLThe Honourable Capt.

Supporters to the Chief Mourner7Admirals Lords Hood and

Six Assistant Mourners—Vice Adiiiirals Caldwell, Hamil-
ton, Nugent, Bligh, Sir Robert Curtis, and
Sir C.
,M ,Pole, Barts,
Four Supporters of the Pall—Vice Admirals Whitshead,
Savage, Taylor, and Rear Admiral E. Harvey.

Six Bearers of the Canopy--Rear Admirals 'Aylmer, Donna,
T. %Vclls, Drury, Sir Isaac Coffin, and
Sir W. H. Douglas, Barts.

TI were all in mourning cloaks over thair full
uni:c su-coa's. The Banner of Emblems was berr.e

in tbis,barge, by. Lord NELsoussio*n Captain, Capt.
I'. M. HAuDy.

After the 'four barges came His Majesty's bartTe.
The barge tit the Lords Coinmissioners of the A:d-
iniralty ; --
The Lord Mayor, in the City State Barge, and
the other barges in the order mentioned in a former
Paper.'

As the Procession moved from Greenwich, mi-
nute guns were fired. The crowds of strangers
assembled there begaii to disperse for town, and the
gallant old Veterans of the Hospital, with
countenances, bid the remains of their darling
Hero farewell. XI the vessels on the River were
drawn up close on shore, leaving a full and clear
passage for the. procession. The decks; masts, and
rigging, were crowded with people. • The shores.
were lined with multitudes of speCtators ; every
opening to the River was filled with people, -every
eminence commanding a view of it was-Completely
covered:. The-steeples of churches, and the roofs of
houses, in the vicinity of the river, were numerously
inhabited. More than, oi:31 people viewed the Pro-•
cession from St. Bride's Church, on the Southern
side of Fleet-street. The roof of Somerset-house,
in the Strand; had also a large proportion of speeta-
tors. In the Inner Temple, carts and carriages
were drawn up, and filled with people. This square,
commanding a fine view of the ,river, was greatly
crowded. The, pressure was very great in it, as;
exclusive of the crowd with which it was originally
occupied, -'the multitude who had seen the proces-
sion from Blackfriars-bridge, as soon as it passed
through the arches,. rushed in that direCtion.into.the
Strand, in- expeetation of catching another_view: of
it, on its arrival at Whitehall.

In this enthuSiasm of curiosity the women -ap-
peared strangers to all fear. They might be seen
in the thickest of
.the crowd, and.iti the most dan-
gerous situations, - perfe&ly free from
.all apprehen-
sion, and intent only upon the
.passing show. Such
of them as were upon. the water, which. was very
rough, seemed completely at ease. The number
of barges' at the several quays becarrie so 'great
at the time of landing,. that those which were
in the latter part of the Procession could not ap-
proach within one hundred yards of the shore.—
They had, therefore, to step from barge to barge,
while . the whole accumulated mass of vessels were
'tossing about, before they could reach the land.
The most delicate females were not dismayed by
this perilous -passage. They stepped from boat to
boat, with as much ease and agility as if they felt
themselves upoh a grass-plat Kensington Gar-
dens. The impression made upon the spetlators by
the passing scene, was not the least interesting or
instrudive part of its effed. The starting tear, the
involuntary exclamation, proved, the general regret
and sorrow for the loss of the departe Hero, more
strongly than the most polished eloquence. Every
countenance was marked with sorrow ; every
gesture betrayed emotion.. As the Procession
came 'abreast. of the Tower, the Tower guns fired.
Xt advanced more rapidly than was expected.----
At three o'clock it arrived at Blackfriar's-bridge,
and as it came along-side the Temple-Gardens; the
TeMple Volunteers, who were drawn up in the
• Gardens, saluted it as it. passed. About a quarter
past three the Procession- reached Whitehall, and
that became the centre of attraction.. The greater
part of the crowd, however, upon their arrival
there, were much disappointed. They found the
gates shut, and military stationed at them to pre-
.vent ~.intrusion---the Court-yard 'having been pre-
viOusly tilled with company. The spedtators here
consisted chiefly of Nobility and Gentry in their
carriages. None were admitted ,without tickets.
At thirty-five minutes past three the body was
'elanded, and carried on a bier to the Admiralty.
During this operation, the King's, Admiralty's,
Lord Mayor's, and City's Barges, lay upon their
.oars. A party of the Horse-guards were on duty
to clear the way, and a double line of Foot drawn
froth' Whitehall to the Admiralty, formed a lane
for the body to pass through,.
When the Proeession came opposite the Horse
Chards, the multitude- appeared deeply affeded by
the solemnity of the scene, the mournful sound of
the music, and the awful report of the minute guns,
which continued to fire until four o'clock. The
number of spe&ators of this part of the Procession
'was immense. The tops of all the buildings from
Charing-cross to the Treasury, including the Horse
Guards and, the Admiralty, were covered with men,
and women, many of them elegantly dressed. The
seats and edifices prepared for this day were all filled
at half price. r Half--a-guinea was paid for a seat in
a coach; and half-a-crown ;br leave to stand outside,
in every,
‘situation'where a carriage could be drawn
up so as to command eveti a distant view of the
scene. . .

•
The body,having been carried into the Admiralty,
was. placed in the Captain's Room, the whole of
.which was covered with black cloth, and lighted up.
by a profusion of wax-lights. The crowd and num-
ber of carriages was so great in this quarter, the
street remained blocked up nearly an hour after the
body was deposited in the Admiralty, and the pro-
cession had closed. - The, carriages were lucked in
each other, and many of them received much in-
jury' in their wheels and pannela.

Just as the ProcOsSion closed on the water, and
the remains of the revered Chieftain were landed at
Whitehall, . the day, which had.been peculiarly th-
vourable to the sight, suddenly became dark, and- a
tremendous storm of hail followed. On this occa-
sion we were forcibly reminded of the following
passage, which seemed remarkably appropriate to
the occasion

As the dead Hero's sacred reliques past,
" The pomp was darken'd and the day o'ercast,,

t" tears gush'd from ev'ry eye ;"

though we cannot add, that

" The World's great Vidor passed unheeded by ;"
as the fury of
.the storm did not lessen the general
curiosity and regret.
During the storm, the people on the tops of the
houses were in great danger. It was with great
difficulty many of them effeEted their escape. A
lady, who was on the top of the Horse Guards, was
in the most imminent peril, and must have been
blown down, had not a gentleman, at the risk of his
life, ran to her assistance

Many accidents, we are. told, took place upon the
water, and in the streets, atiting the procession. ,A.

young woman of the name of Mn,ifs Ile wife of
carpenter in Shoe-lane, fell into the water, near the.
Temple, and was drowned; as was also a. child in
her anus. She was .‘valking across a plank, be-
tween two lighters, which gave way at one end,
and precipitated her into the water. The bodies
wera not found. A boat, with a party of seven;
upset in the storm; opposite S,Otnerset4ionse, but
they we're all picked up andlanded sate. An elderly
woman was kucelaiA down, in the Strand, by
a hickney-coach, during the fall of hail, .and
her skull was so dreadfully frad'Ared, that she is not
expected to recover. A similar accident betel a child'
three years old, oppose Exeter 'Change.

The course of the Procession from Whitelfall
Stairs to the Admiralty was covered with gravel.--.
During the whole of the day men were employed in
cleaning the Streets from the Adriiiralty to St. Paul's,
preparatory to the grand .Proce,:.;ion this
.dv. At
eleven o'clock the worknlen began to 'spread the
gravel upon
,Parliament-street, the !Strand,,
Fleet-
street, and Ludgate Hill; and all carriages were pre-
vented, nfter twelve o'clock;frorn passing that way.
The preparations in the neighbourhood of -St.
'Clement's DaueS Were not finished until one 'o'clock
this morning. Scaffolds, capable ofholding several
thousand persons, are erected :opposite the church,
on its western and northern sides.

We are sorry to state, that accounts of several
accidents which occurred yesterday have reached us.
A Boat,' having four persons on board, sunk above
Westaiinter,bridgei and notwithstanding the exer-
tions of different persons in other boats, three of the
party were drowned.
:THE CAn.---Yesterday the Shop of Messrs. EL-
moi•- and .FRAIICIS, Undertakers in Bond-street,
was surrounded'lby an immense concourse' of peo-
ple, who assembled to see Lord NELSON'S Funeral
Car, 3.vhich being finished, remained .for public in-
spe6tion.—This vehicle; so -appropriate to the so-
lemn Ceremony, has been already accurately de-
.scribed - it is. therefore enough to add, that the Flags
of the iTiaory, the Inscriptions in letters of. gold,
and the other adornments, made it an objea highly
gratifying to the spectators, who rushed with, such
anxiety,to the Shop, that in order to prevent acci-
dents from the pressure of the' Multitude, a party
of the Guards was procured, and order prevailed.—
At an early hour this morning- the Car was removed
o the Admiralty to join the Procession.

should be mentioned to the bonopr of Mr.
TR ESHAMi -the Artist, who had for many years the
happiness of being favoured with an intimacy with
the. illustrious subje& of national regret,- that he
drew a likeness of Lord NELSON; which- was en,
graved at • his own expence, for the purpbSe of
having it distributed with the folidwilig Lines.—
Many himdred copies of the Print and the Inscrip-
tion were given in -the Cathedral, as 'a tribute to the
memory of thegreat Naval I--kro. The Public can-
not but esteem Mr.-TaEstiAm tbrthis liberal homage
to departed worth, which is: highly honourable to
hina.as an Artist, a Poet,sand a Friend, as well as for
the public spirit which the a& displays

Let meaner M Itals seek from breathing stone
To make their valour and their virtues known
Or vain of wealth, Egyptian- dk.play
UOlossal piles exempt from Time's decay ;
EI.ON, enshrin'd in ev'ry ferling heatt,
Smiles-at the splende.ur of recording art;
Nor Parian quarries, nor Corinthian ore,
Ransack'd to grace Britannia's trophy'd shore,
Canished new lustre qn the .H cr,'s name,
Who greatly fell, to raise his (l'ountrY's farm%
In death how glorious!—To the Villor's eyes
The captur'd Fleets in grand succession' rise :
Iberia, bending from her iron coast,
Shrieks to behold her floating bulwarks lost ; •
And vanqui?lt'd Gaul, stern Ocean's late delight,
lnvOkes the ternpest to.proteil her. flight.
Grief drowns the theme !—too frail the Minstrel's lyre,
The Sculptor's magic, and the Painter's fire,
To trace the triumphsto a.NEtsoN giv'n
When on-the verge he paus'd 'tiVixt Earth and Heav'n.
And Faith and Fame this lofty scroll unfurrd,
" His proud Memorial—AN AS TON %,'OR ILO !"
11.11-IZESI4AM.

DONAGITADEE; JAN. 3..--. This day arrived here
from Scotland, where they, bad been employed .on
the recruiting service, a large
.detachment of that
truly valuable and meritorious Corps, the Royal Ma-
rines, for the purpose of recruiting= in the North of
Ireland Under the command
,of that gallant and ex-
perienced Officer Lieut: Col. DYER, with the fol-
lowing Officers : Capts. STIRLING; MONTGOMERIE,
and WOOLRIGE, Lieutenants .ENNISj. Ross, • BRIT-
TAIN, SANDS, TROTTER, EDE, and PRIDLIAM.

Notwithstanding the attempts which have been
made to make tii•• world. believe thak France rejoices ,
in the success of its Usurper, we have reason .to be-
lieve that it has excited regret among the people,
shie it has only tended to rivet their chains.. The
people.of Paris, in particular, certainly wished that
he might fail in: the campaign, for they considered
the war as the effe& of his own. insolence, 'ambition,
and injustice ;. and as a proof of the popular senti-
ment in the capital, onlyfiftmfive houses were illu-
minated on the arrival of the tidings respeding the
viaory at Ulm. When we consider the; -at tifice
which is employed to blazpn the charaaerof the
Usurper; the terror of his power, the, vigilance of
the Police, 'the suspicion that attades to every body
who may appeal: in tile slightest degree adverse to
theCnew order of things, as well as the interest which
many must'take in the maintenance of the present
Government, such a slight and limited mark of satis-
faetion may be fairly deemed a proof that the public
Mind in France is not favourable to the Usurper,
and that it anxiously lone-s to be delivered from the
most severe military bondage that any, people ever
endured. . .

The celebrated Irish Advocate, having once ob-
served a certain craztV,inginsea on. the forehead of a
brother 4arrister, took it off gently, :it the same time
informing the Gentleman, in a whisper, of the 'cir-
cumstance: • The Barrister suspcaina the Wit of a
design to quiz him, replied, Come leave of
your jokes. By' Heaven, Sir, I am .serions, added
the Wit, and, if you have any more sucli jokes, I
beg you ingy. cray.k them-yourself.

VICTORIES OF THE FRENCH.

. ,
. .
" The modes of fighting praised by.different pc-)
ple;jand -at different times, was never an objeCt i:
more important inquiry' than at the present morne!,-.
if we will allow a fa& that history supports—That 'to
the method of making war vi&ory has oftener.)_, .
owing than to the' strength of the vi&or.
,

The Romans, •apeonle existing by war, to whon-2
as jOSE mug says, " A\rar was a subjeta of medita-
tion, and Peace an exercise,". owed a great part
their
.uninten-upted, success to the great attenti(,-1
they paid to the modes of fighting- praCtised by their
enemies. .

IVIONTESQU I EU, in his rellOCloins on the causes
Of this greatness, observes—" The cirief care of. t e
Romans was to exaniine in what particular
enemies had the advantage of them, and when tai,
was found, they,immediately rectified it. The'cnt.
tinsr7swords of the Gauls; and the elephants
Pyrrhus, intimidated them but once.-I.fany uatkli
boasted, either from nature or its institutions,

pliblic advantage, the Itomails immediately triude
use of it ; they employed their utmost endeav,:i:-.;
to procure horses from Numidia; bowmen fr...,.rn
Crete, slingers from the Baleares, and ships fri.ta
the Rhodians.."

In. history there is no record of so sudden a change
in the mode of carrying on war as that prod 1.10-ci
by the French Revolution ; for though tae inv:-1:-
tion of gun-powder made the :greatest" alteration
that ever took pace, still it was more than tv.o
centuries before -that change was effe&ed.
armour. for proteEting the body was entirely h:R.i
aside", and
.the use •of .artillery and new modes f..t.
fortification known,- there cannot be said to ha
been n complete (Imp in the art of war. It is no-.v
47U years since gun-powder was first-invente3,
it is but 270 since cannon were first introduced, and
it is scarcely 70 "since they were properly applied, so
that it required ,four centuries to. accomplish the
change"- •

A short
,history of the
.principal changes of the!
modes of carrying on war from the earliest a;rt.„
followed by an examination into the recent changes
that have taken place, cannot. fail to be of import-
ance, particularly as the French have owed all ther
success to the new modes they have praftised, and
as the liberties of' mankind have been greatly en,
dangered (and the danger is not yet over)- from an
adherence of other nations-to their ancient tacti.;:s;
and their negle6ting" to do as the Romans did Oen:
they copied their Enemies in whatever they
found to excel. •

of Nations, according to their means and different
-degrees of civilization, have carri:_'d on War
entbr at the same period ; but it is.not into that wo
are to inquiie, but into, the Modes practised by ti!e
most enlightened r..lations at the time of which we
treat.

In early periods personal strength gave to th'),:e
who 'possessed it an advantage over every adverz„tr±.
Skill and dexterity availed but little; when opp3sed
to uncommon 'vigOur of body, and this natural int.-
qualit)? of mankind wi& rather increaSed •than di-
minished by the•first, inventibns, that took place in
the art of %var.

The long and pendarctu3 .aran-wielded by a rnan
of great .personal strength was an advantage
rally resulting from his vigour but the
thickness. of 7 his armour increased the adyani.,
still more. This we find that at the Siege of Trc,-,
except when two,Chiefs of great vigour met in'op-
position to each other, tie ordinary warriors scar,:e'v
opposed any resistance.

The Chiefs in: Battle (who were always men of
great 'strength), did not rely entirely even upon
aavantoges,- but-each was surrounded by a group
of fighting, men, above the ordinary *strength and
size, called.lilyrmydons, who carried death and de.-
strutaion wherever they went, till one of those mov-
ing coliuntis or groups met with another, similar to
itself, and then began the tug of war.
However defenceless the ordinary Soldier mivht
be in such a field,. yet, that there.was no very de-
cid,ed superiority obtained by such means; is evident
from Many 'insiances but the Siege of Troy, one of
the earlieSt' warlike exploits on record, affords ample
proof. 'that however great the .valour -might be. on
either side,. however ingenious-the contrivances an:l
manoeuvres, yet-tivt the ette& resulting was trifling
and contemptible.
The Macedonian Phalanx, where a numerous and
deep body 'became irresistible to a lengthened linft,
was one of the greatest military inventions of anti-
quity. Personal strength
.could avail little again,;."
such immense numbers, and until othe'r methoci;
_were pi-a6tised to counteraa.thati the Macedoniau,
were invincible.

THE THEATP,E.—A very numerous Audience at.
tended the representation of the Tragedy of Domf.!/a?
last night at Covent-Garden Theatre. The youthful
herd was represented by Master BETTY; and as it
his very best performance, it naturally excited
applause.---The critical situation of his voice, how-
ever, req-uires atemporaryretirement from the labours
of the Stage, otherwise his tones.will most prob:,:biy
remain harsh and husky for the remainder of hiS i
But as such a fetirement will interferewith his inKnr-
diate interests, it is hardly 'to be supposed that
.be suffered torelinquish present profit for future fil;ue
and more thimble success. MuttnAy resunitql
part of Old Norvcd, and gave it in:.my pathetic
touches.. CHAPMAN was the, Lord RandijipiL__.
COOKS gave a masterly portrait, of Glenalvcn, al:d
Mrs. LITcHFIELD acquitted herself very successful-
in the mournful Heroine of the Piece.

INDIA HOLlSE.—Yesterclay a Court, of Directors
was held,- when the following Oenirnanders took
leave previous to departing for their respedive dent:_
nations, vii. Capt. Wm. DLINSFORD, Ceres, .4013.1b....iy
4nd China; Wm. FAIR.F,AX, Inglis', Madras
Bengal ; Capt. DODDS was sworn into the
of the Wollner Castle, consigned tu.Bonibay and
China. The Court adjourned at six till Tuesc..-k.ly
next.

Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East
House for the, ele&ion of a Director, in the
of PAUL La IVlEsuataa, Esq. deceased, when
G, MILLET was chosen without opposition.
—On Tuesday last a boy about 13 years old was
beat down by the-horses
,in .a waggon taking frights
:
in Marlborough, and` the waggou going. over 11$
chest, killed him on the spot,