The Sun.
London, England, 1815-09-06 00:00:00

THE EDINBURG'II THE kTRE.

On 'Wednesday evening our Theatre closed for
tlte season, with-a
tutitical Melange, consisting of
Acts feOut The Cabinet, -Love in a Pillage, and
Midas, for the Benefit of Mr. SINCLAIR. Tile
poise was crowded to an dverti,)%v in every part,
the receipts being npwards of 2131. ; a strong and
welkarned proof of the gratitude and pleasure
felt by his native city, for We exquisite melodies
with which this eminent singer has been " en-
riching our ears" for the last fortnight. Before
the curtain rose for the Afterpiece, Mr. MORZIAY
came forward and delivered a neat aduress, upon
which, after some other remarks, the Edinburgh
paper says,_

" MoariAy .has 7shown its his gratitude,
by his actions rather than by his \cords'. He
has lirouglit befOre its, during the brief solnmer
season, JonNsTo!;!E, MisS O'NEILL, Mr. AB-
BOTT, and Mr. SINCLAIR ; he applied to, though
he dill not SIICCCed in engaging, Mr. BANNISTER
andMr.MAIIIEWS ; and he has strengthened the
list of his. Ordinal), company by the addition of
several respectable names. But he has as much•
showed his sense of obligation to us, or, we way
say, has as much added to our obligations to him,
by what he has not, :is by what he -has done. Ile
did not raise the prices upon us, even for the
powerkil maenet I\ii3s O'NEILL treasure which
we receive as a pledge, equally honourable to his
good sense and golul piste, that No inducement
whatever shall ever load • him to demand front an
Etlin,hurgh audience higher prices than those.which
have been thought sufficient to reward the talents
of a KF•MBLE.aad a SIDDONS." •

CORN EXCHANGE, SUPT. G.—Owing to the fine
state of the weather, the same dullness which' we
hare exPerienced bill' prevails at our Market.
Fine Wheat and Oats sold at Monday's prices,
hilt the sales in the different sorts of Grain were
so W, the prices may
be ccißsidered n(infitially the
sanie a§ on Moriday.

THE SUN DEVIL.

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Trit NEW MONTHLY MAoAzINE; No. XX. Sept. Ist. price 2s-
H. Colburn ; Messrs. G: and S. It6binson, Luudoii ; Bell
and Bradfute, Edinburgh; J. Cumniing) Dublin; Perthei
and Beker, Haniburih, Bre:. &c:.%:c.

IV!..hdve Inof;e thaa-once The course of its
Publitatidn ifOticed-this VerY
e:kti'aordinaty success of which
alas done honour to Bi•Aisii-rediug; And reliderS
our Approbation ably. a tribute of justice to a
Work so geoeniny to st4od no longer in
heed.Of being brought into notice. Ihe Number.
now before us has, however, furnished us with
so much pleasant information, that we cannot
fairly use .the extract we Are stbottt to make, .with;
out at the sante Hine acknowledging the satisfac:-
tiOn with which we have pertised.the general can-
tents of the potiliCation. A variety of useful and
scientific. intamatibil is agreeably intei'versea
with original 71)iography and other' lighter aful
thdre entertaining reading. - Among the other
features of the Work is a notice of new books,
and an abridgement of the contents of the mmt
interesting, from one of which we copy the .folff

lowing

BiOGRAOHICAJ. SKETCH OF MARSHAL BLUCHER.

" Of this interesting. and. authentic Narrative we shall en-
deavour to give as clear an abstract as our narrow limits will
allow. Gebhardt Lehrecht von Blucher, the descendant of,
a noble fussily in the Duchy of Mecklenburg Schwerin, was
born at Rostock, •Dec..l6, 174'2, being the youngest of sin
brothers. His father was Captain of Dragoons in the service
of the Elector of flesse Cassel, and when young Blucher
Was twelve yetirs old, fout.;sf his brothers were serving in the
Prussian, Russian, and Danish armies. At this early period
he became ,islet himself in the Swedish regiment of Nlorner
Hussars; -6uttiVi4g sent with 'a detachuiene of teo men, he
was surprised and made prisoner, after hating- had a horse
shot under is,st. When he was brought before Colonel Von
Baiing, that officer asked bins many questions, and fi ,ally
offered hint a commission in the ussian service. This,
however, Blucher refused, unless be could gain his dismis-
sion (rout that to which be owed allegiance. This tin? Colo-
Del succeeded in obtaining by an exchange.; and iunnediately
appointed his yoling friend to a lieutenancy, purchast d for
bin the equipage that had belonged to his predecessor, am'
finally made him his Adjutant. thider,that,Otlicer, Blucher
acquired a thorough knowledge of military duty; but when
the Colonel incurred the displeasure of his Sovereign, and
was displaced; l'irs friend experienced some ill-treatment in
consequence of tlniare..l manifested by him in the defence of
one whom he justly,regarded as a parent. Blucher was at
that time is (captain ;.and when the Major of his regiment
died, a junior ()dicer was placed over his head; on which he
remonstrated earnestly with Frederick the Great, but re-
ceived no redress. He then wrote a letter to the King, re-
questing permission to "Tesign rather than expose himself
to the most acute sensations during every hour of Isis life."
To this letter Frederick wrote the following note, addressed

to the t;ontinaudant of the Regiment:—

Captain Vun Bluclicr has :leave to .resign, and may go to

the devil as soon as he pleases.

4 FREDERICK.'

" Our hero was at this time about to be married to a lady of
great merit but small fortune; and as his means were also
contracted, the disappointment he had sustained in, he loss
of his auljority was severe. However the union 'took place,
and Blucher farmed an estate in Pomerania, where by his
diiigenee he in a few years acquired a considerable !nailed
property. --Of that province he was also chosen Hikti
and it should be montimied, to the li.mour of Frederick, taut
hoverer harsh he nad behaved towards Blucher in the army,
he acted lineiallY toward: him in 'other-respects, parti-
cularly by gnang.l-iim -such pecuniary assistance as enabled
Min to pup:ease-advantageously, and to improve his estates.
Oil the death of tliatMonaren; fifteen years after the ietirc-
nient of. Blucliclr,•he was.again -recalled to the service, am!
appointed Major of the second battalion of his former-regi-
ment of .BlaCe Hussars. He soon rose to the rank of Lieu-.
teuant-Colonel, and in 1789, being then full Colonel, be
was invested wit h. the Order of Merit. His career of glory
may be said to have commenced in the campaign on the Rhine
in 1793, where be distinguished himself su conspicuously as
to receive the year following the regiment of Black Hussars
as a reward for.his services. The same year he was prenoteil
to the rank of Major-General, and invested with the gramd
order of the Red Eagle. '. At this periUd he became an author
in the liae of his profession, by publishing a valuable book,
On a War of Posts and Skirmishes, with Observations on
Ambuscades.' In 1801 he was made Lieutenant-General, a t
which time he tools possession of Erfurth and Muhlhausen,
being.also ;voluted Governor of Munster. At the battle of
Jena, Lil iclier performed wonders, though some blame -has
been mijustly-cast upon him fat his precipitancy, when in
fact the whole miscarriage of that day was owing to Marshal
lAffer.that brittle, Blucher was appointed to the
uomtsiand ttie Prince of Wurtemburg's corps, with orders
to cotidticat zliAriss the Oder, and while engaged in this ser-
vice •he fell in with the French light troops under General.
when, by great presence of mind, he completely de-
ceived the enemy, with a declaration that peace had beers
. concluded .between France and Prussia. Biionaparte parti-
cularly noticed this occurrence in one of his bulletins, ac-•
compauied by, a severe anialadvei sion on the conduct of. his'
officers. After a Nuceesiien of skirmishes and forced marches.
Blucher threw himself into Lubeck, which he defended with.
great obstinacy against superior numbers, under Bernadotte,.,
with 'whom at length, the. Prussian hero was 'obliged to capi-
tulate. After the Peace of Tilsit, the King entrusted hint ,
with the command of the Silesian army,with which he has per-
formed de.eds that have astonished ail Europe. For. the mi-
litary history of this great man we must reler our readers to
this luminous memoir, in which the exploits of the hero are
faithfully detailed, and all his great battles graphitAly
scribed. After the victory of Leipsie our veteran was m.olz
Field-Marshal; and a few days before his laudiog iii Eng: old,
he was raised to the dignity of Prince Blucher in Wa!usiaiii.
'' On the d&ith at his first wife, Blucher married the.
daughter of Mr. Von (olomb, .Counsellor of the Fiaanees.
By his former lady he'had three children; two suns, Francis
Gebliardt, . and one daughter, who are all living.• Count
Francis Veil Blusher is Colonel-Commandant of the Brown
Hussar:;; and flit' SeCiind son served as captain in his father's
regiment, but having resigned, he now lives on the fiimily,
estates in Pumeriinia: The daughter married Count Von
•Schileuberg,:e4; Whose death she took for her second has-
band, in 1814, Baron Von der Afreberg.
" We cannot conclude this outline without extracting from:
the volume before us the following, letter from the. Marshal
to his Lady, after the „Battle of Waterloo:—
Aly Dear Wife,
_ . _

ion welt know what I promised you, and I have kept my
word. Superiority- of numbers forced me w give,ay on the
17th ; ' but, on the ISth, in conjunction with my friend Wel-
lington, I put an 'end at once to liMmaparte!s.daueiug.., His
army is cnniplctely routed, and the whole of his artillery,
baggage, tumbrils, and cquip*ges, are in my hands. Tue
insignia of all the orders •he had worn are just broaglic
having been toUnd in Isis carriage in a casket., I .11:id two
horses killed under me yesterday. Buounparte ,ydrairs will
now soon be terminated.

BLUCHER.

P.S. (Written by his son on the road to Genappe.) k'attier
ri3ci.eurcyb:;titeem;:rberSaecnetdsaWi(ellinsa L°sl tihij most
is hearty mantym, that
touching; sclne that
e,mld.be ituagintrd.' ".