The Sun.
London, England, 1807-03-09 00:00:00

Z';'ORI,7IG).Y INTALL,IGEAtch'.

'The French Corps under General LEFEVRE, has
I:)eet,l tieleatedby a body of Prussiaos, near Marten-
r~VCl tier.
LEFEVRE'iS stated to have attacked n Ru‘:-
'Sikh' and Prussian corps at I.Varienwerder, on 'llia
I:e.,l)ruary ; but the result of the contest, or
Whence,the allied troops came, is not mentioned.-
Although the French have Succeeded in restoring
tranquillity in Hessia, instxrreetions appear to have
.• broken out in various other parts of Germany, which
can:nOt fail to .embarrasi;BotgAPAurti, either in ex-
-- pOsing lii3 stipikes frOm France to danger, or in
I requiring fur their. prOtee-tio:42 a, greater force- than, in
his present circutustatices, Ile can aftbrdsibr,such
service.--,--Witteravia and• the-Banl:c of the Main are
iti the hands of the Insurgents ;and in Wei Mar, Go-
Cobourg; ,:and :most of the neighbouring Du-
extensiveaud organized system of revolt
I, prevails.
• • •
:'.•'-Tbe Austrian Army in Galicia comprises upwards
drone- hundred thousand nien, and the frontiers Of
`Mbratia and Bohemia are-crowded with troops,'who
have cutoff all communication with Saxony,
&c. The export of -previsions to the French
Army in -.Poland has been discontinued; and some
JeWish merchants and others, •by whom it was car-,
vied en, have been arrested and sent in chains for
'trial. This measure is-stated. to have been adopted
on a strong remonstrance-from the Russian Minis-
ter- • • • • . -
• The Austrians are colleaing a strong corps on the
tavarian frontiers, under the orders of one of the
Archdukes: • .
All Otlicersin the Austrian service on leave of ab-
sence, &c. have received orders to join their respec,
tive corps. • • -
The blockade of Venice has exposed the inbabi-
. tints to the greatest distress. . The principal supply.
of-fuel was heretofore brought from Dalmatia, but
the British and 'Russian vessels before, the port will
allow a barque of any description to enter ;- and_
the winter had, at the date of the last accounts, set
in with great severity.
General. MARMONT is stationed at Pola -General
LAURISTON, on the (26th of 'January, continued to„
maintain himself at Ragusa.
General i(ELLERMAN is arrived at Hambuigh,
where, it is said, be is to command.
The Prussian General, BLUCHER, continues on
'his parole at flaruburgh.' The cartel lately proposed-
by Prussia, would; had it been accepted,' have
liberated the whole of the corps which served un-
der this General, the Allies havirtg at that time Up-
wards of iti,ooo French Prisoners.
• ,Hessia, it is said, has been promised by BONA-•
pAttTE tO the Grand Duke of BADEN.
King of SAXONY is so ill, that his recovery-is-
despaired OE The greatest erObarrasstneut prevailed.
in that 'country ; the People, from a want of a cir-
culatitr,- medium, being unable to discharge the
contribUtions imposed by France.
The Bavarians, it is stated, are to garrison Brau—
ban, the French troops there .being ordered to the •
Army.
GIESAit.BEIVTRIER is to succeed ;..A.NDREOSSY' as
French Ambassador at Vienna.
All the' Prussian Officers, Prisoners by capitala-..
tion, who were allowed to 'reside where they pleas
•:e.cl en their parole) have recently been ordered to
Fran Ce..
Greatpart of the PrusMan artillery taken at Ber
lin and Magdeburgh, particularly the mortars, have
• been. ordered. to France.

Bartholomew;s' in
Hospital,the most
abj
state Of poverty and distresS, and in the 54th
')'ears of his age, JOHNCoCnt-niv, tsq.some time a
"CapiN:ta-,hiS .It/lajesty's 89th Regiment of Foot.
~Atiligt7llie crash of States, and downfall Of EmL
!..:Pirqs,,it may not be unprofitable to the younger part
oh Iteajers to turn aside from the awful events'
Ole passing day; to contemplate far a moment the
.melaucholyVicissitudesniptivate individual life. This
unhappy man, in the (hwri or his days, had the
brightest prospets.• His tther, a 'Londiyn Met.-
ch:itif, thong!) possessing great 'wealth, destined this
his eldest 'son for Alic Navy, and committed him 'to
. the care of his friend, the celebrated. Capt. Cdokk;
he'made voyage round the world as'
Not liking the sea, he turned his
successively to the Bat', and to the Church;
entered into :the Army. He served se,.
f,verrafcapaigns in America; Was'at the stdrining of
~:Forifutork.,- and in several other aaions, where he
beiriverl- very gallantly. At New York he married,
th.4'lleatitifql and all-accomplished Miss MoNcut EFF,
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so ralebrated -afterwards in the annals of gallantry 8
. Mrs: COGRLAN: From this unfortunate connexion,
for Med withoufcaution, and without prudence, may
.lie dated-his misfortunes and his misery. She was
a rank Republican in principle, which -could not
well accord' with the sentiments of a young soldier
full of spirit and loyalty, then fighting the battles of
his 'country.... The- Lady soon chose another protec-
tor. . After the,Peace of 1783, he obtained his Ma-
jesty!s- permission, under the Sign Manual, to, serve
in the. Russian Army : but his domestic disappoint-
bent preyed,upoh his mind, and he became- dissi-
pated and: unstable, and served one catnpaign, only
kvith.theitussians. Having made the tour of Eti-
t-ope; he returned to. England, and enterecl with
avidity. into -every fashionable vice and folly of the
4ay. His.extravagance, and attachthent=to the Fair
;Sex, vadtiallysinvolVed
.him in poverty andruin
and-rendered him in the end, after various and un-,
!common charrg,es Of fortune and situation, the broken
pitiable objeet of a charitable, institutiph.7,,;
:Highly favoured by nature, he possessed great powers,
of body and mind ; he, was social and coiyivial;.,_
could at :will ,‘ set the table:. in -a, roar;'' -and lyas ac;
counted one of the handsomest men of his time.
10 his-happier days, lawyers .and medical men hid
a great deal of his money; nor was his.pittie
shut to the claiins of a brother °dicer, or to-the :
j wants the unfortunate. ,He was very respeaa,bbi
!c,Otweacci:i3oth in, England and 'Wales"; yet 'the.
hl,iictoity.log., the Officers' of the HoSpital retained:
`trio A i
,Idy;a;,full fortnight_ n the deadrliouk, in the
vaj,libospe ShAttome relation might c6ine 'forward 'to:
pay the last sad duties to the dead.
Or( the bare earth exp,:sed he lies, ..
With not a friend to vi:;se his eyes
•
The charity of a stranger furnished a covering for
his remains, which were deposited on Thursday last
iii the burying ground of the Hospital,

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