The Sun.
London, England, 1816-06-06 00:00:00

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THE SUN REVIEW.

(No. cXXIII.)

the LIFE of ANIES the SVCOND, KING of Epsnt,Arn,
collected out of Memoirs writ of his 001 nand ;
'with thu King's Advice to his Son-, and his Miljesty's Will.
Published by command of H. IL 11. the IlfitNCE Itt:GEr:T,
trOnt tho,oritiotot Smart Nlannsetlpts preserved at ltonit,
'Anil itowAleposited Carlton-I Ily the ltry. J. S.
'CLAitt.N, nistoriograplier to the King,
I.lhaplain t.) lite litoothirld, and Librarian to the Prince
Regent. Two rnis. 4tti. price 6 ituiJeas.—Longotats,
Must) Rek;t, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-row; and
Payne add Fosi, and Budd .ofd

We are glad to avail ourselves of this short
cessation from Parliamentary Debates, to call
the attention of our Readrrs to this curious and
interesting Wotk. The public are highly indebt-
ed to the Puusce REGEN:r for the efforts which
he made to enrich our historieal :Stores with the
original manuscript of these, methoits. So long
ago as 1804, Sir JettiN Hteeust.EV, by command
of his HIGHN ass, concluded a negotiation
with the Abbe WATERs, Proettrator-Getteral of
the Engliph Benedictions at Paris, -respecting all
the original Papers of tire House_of SruAslr which
had come into his possession after the death of
the Duchess of &SAN?, and who had rentored
them front Rome to Civita 'Vecchia for security;
but such was the vigilance of tte French Police,
that it Was found impossible 'at that time to convey
them on boartl the ship which had been engaged!
for the purpose of bringing them to Etig
In the year 1810 the attempt was renewed, and
with more success, the chest, containing the Ma-
nuscripts was with infinite difficulty convoyed,
or rather Smuggled, on board a Tunisian
testael bound to Tunis, and at length infrly
Arrived In England. nis Royal Highness Int-
tuediately determined to commui,icate this va-
luable aegnisiiion to the Public, and accordingly
the Manuscripts were placed in the hands of the
Rev, Dr. CLAIMS, the Historiographer, to pre-
pare them for the press. That Gentleman has
executed the task assigned to him with great abi-
lity; the printing of the work has evidently been
superintended with great care, and it is enriched
svith several valuable explanatory notes. The
first part of the work, containing principally the
Campaigns of the Duke of YORK in-France, is by
no means so interesting to an English reader as
that part which relates to the short reign of
James 11. The account of his early years, how-.
ever, is not without interest ; the details of the
Campaigns of Marshal To nets an against the Prince
tie, Costroc (under b,414 of whom the Dulte• of
"Vomit served) are curious, though they do not
exalt our opinion, either of the composittou of
the Armies, or of the skill a the General.; of
those dAys. We know not whether it be a Oh.
jest of regret, that military tactics ate now
brought to such perfection, and that all +nitro*
nit.tos of destruction are now used .% itlt such fatal
prevision, because it is tionbtful Whether the
wodero improvanents have made wars more sane
guinaty than they used to be; but we tire quite
kt a loss tti find In the details which the Duke
of Voutt has furnished of the operations of both
his Commandees, the grounds upon which their
great Military reptaMlOtts wete rounded.

That part of the work which inclades the period
from the Restoration to the Abdication, is twist
interesting act! vain le i lat• thOngh it contains no
fad of, ant very great impottiince with which we
were not before acqu•ctinted, yet it explains many
nbscure points, eonffruni some, upon which
do►►bts have hitherto been entertained, and fur-
nishes- us (rout the must authentic source, with
JAMES'S own views, and time secrets of his policy.
It is a work which must find a place in every
Gentlemen's library.

The ettract which we have selected contains
the particulars of the Duke of I'ORK:a escape, a
few snooks before the murder of his father he
boa, After the taking of Oxford by the Rebels, been
'brought .to tiondon, and placed at St. James's,
tinder the fospeetion of the Batt of Non'rHUM•
BERLAND.

" And even lit the very heat of Allis affair (the
discovery of a for Mer attempt of his U. IL if.
to escape) %%Idle the Dube was yet under exatni-
nation, he began to form .a new design for his
liberty by the assistance of Mr. George Howard,
brother to the Earl of an ITho was at that
time his Master of the Horse. Him he absolutely
gained, and sent hint to Colonel Joseph Bonfield,
whom he knew td have been employed about the
sante affair before the discovery of the last de-
sign, there having been several persons intrusted_
in it, which in all probabillty was the reason that
it was discovered. But Bamfield's part in it nut
being arrived to the knowledge of the Parliament,
Ise had not been obliged to depart the town, as
tunny others had been forced to :do. His itoyal
highness being therefore sensible of the 'hazard
be ran by the discovery of his last attempt was
resolved absolutely to commit the management of
to no hand bot only theirs, anti It) reject
IV -r propositions should be made by ally
.M4y acne. By this rtieans

noel the better oppottltnitif of eiMeettiing his in-
tentions. In pursuance of which be refused to
receive a letter from the Queen, his mother,
tho' it came by one whom he knew to be hos
nest, and might haVe safely trusted ; which ex-
ceedingly Surpritua the bearer who had lung
► watched for an Opportunity to deliver it. At last
he found, t ho' t hey sitictly Observed ell the Duke's
actions, the melins of offering it as his Hoye'
Meioses*, wort into -the Tennis Court at St
denies's, amf while he was slapping it into the
Duke's hand he told him softly, it Was from the
Queen, to which the Doke only answered, I mutt
keep thy promise, and for tient !Teton egoistic re-
ceive it ; saying this he passed onward, so that
110 notice was taken of the action. When this
Was afterwards veiniest to tie Queen, she was
much displeased with the Duke, and coulo not
imagine what he meant by refusing a letter froth
her, but some time elter she was satisfied of the
reason. And, indeed, 'twits very necessary for
him to be circumspect, for had he been discover-
ed in those piaetices, his former experience sefli-
ciently told hint, how it was likely to have gone
with him.
" 13te not Withstanding all the diligence which
was used by 13tonfield, it was the tlOth April be-
fore ell things were in readiness for the Duke's
,escape. During the whole management sit this
affair there was no, one particular of it committed.
to paper, nor was It necessary, Mr. George 'low-
aril every day carrying verbal messages betWigt
the Duke and Bandield, which was all the pert he
bad in the employment.
" All things being in this readiness, on the
night of the foremer-timed day, the Duke went to
supper at his usual hour (which was about seven),
in the company of his brother end sister. When
supper was ended they went to play at bide and
seek with the rest of the young people in,the
house. At this childish sport the Duke had ac-
customed himself to play for fortnight together
every night, and bud used to hide hiasselt in
places so ditlicolt to find that most commonly they
were hall an hour in searching for him, at the cud
of which time lie 'mealy came out to them of his
own accord.' This blind he Isyd t'or his design,
that they might be accustomed to its s bin, before
he really attempted his eseaee, by which means,
when he came to practice it in earnest, he was se-
cure of gideing that hall hour, before they
could teasonably' suspect he seas gone.
rention had all the etleet he could desire, tor
that night, so soon as they begun their plays
he pi-crowed, accolding to his enstom, to kitty
himself.; hut instead of doing so, he went first
intti his sister's chandter and there locked up tt
litle dog which used to follow him, that he might
not be discovered by hint. Then slipping down
a pair of buck stairs which led to Ilte in gar-
dtn, bating found means before hood to turoish
him with a key of a hat k door from the seid gar-
den into the park, lie there found Banifield, who
was ready to rect.ive him, and waited there with
footman who brought a choke, which lie threw
over him and pia on a pertiwig ; from thence
they Went through the Sitting Gardt:ll, where one
;lit. Tripp was (TA)? with a uey.eoach,which
carried thpin us fir us Selishm y-hosise. There
the. Duke ieent rust at she cossets with 13anitield,
as it' he had 'tetteded tissue visite' in that house;
end Tripp woes forwent, with the coach, haYing
received Jestructions to drive into the City and
lite!, the coach as long as lie could convellituely
at l'harelitl of the tow is But when they were
guise, the Duke and ftsinfield went down Ivy-
tvbere they took boat and lauded again ou
the same side at the river, close by the bridge.—
From thence they went into the house of one
Lee, a surgeon, where they found Mrs. Murriy,
Who lifin woman's cloaths in readiness to disguise
the Duke. Wing immediately slsguised iii then),
be departed thence, attended by Tianifieln and his
footman to Lyons Key ,where there Waned a barge
of four oases, Into Which they eutered, iota so
wen; down the river, the tide serving for the pss-
sage. They were no ioniser its the barge but the
maalter Itegan to snspect somewhat, for wisest
Bionfield bespoke his attendance there with his
barge, he hut only told him he, teas to bring a
Itieml, ;but now finding a young woman was
brought without other company, it made him jeas
lous there was something more in tile businees
,thatt he had first imagined, the Consideration of
which dill so much affright him, that Isis whole
discourse in going doWil was
,intployed in telling
them, it teats impossible to pass tiie Klock-house
oat Cravesend without discovery, and that they
had no other way to gel ()I) boortl the ship (which
waited for theta iu the 'lope) than to land at
Cratesend, and from thence procure a pair of
noires to rtrry them un Ship-board. And wheu
Bamfield debated the matter With hits), shewing
the difficulty and hazard of procuring a boat which
should convey them to their ship, he raised new
objections of his own danger front the shining of
the moan, and other inconveniences. But while
they two were thus reasoning the matter, the
mester of the barge became tally satisfied con-
cerning those suspitions which he had, that this
woman was wow disguised person of considerable
quality r for peeping through a cranny of the
dour into the barge roinnovlicre there was a candle
burning Woe the Dukes .he perceived his Royal
Highness buying Isis leg upon the tattle, and pluck-
log up his stocking in so unwomanish u manner,
that he condoned his tot suer surmises othint were
nntionliten troths, as he afterwards acknowledged
so them. This vision so confounded him that Ise
hardly knew what ite did or said, which they per-
ceiving, thought it best to confess the truth, and
trust him with their lives, belt% well assured be-
fore• hand of Isis honesty, Ther-upon. the Duke
told hint who he was, Hod withall assured Mitts ire
would not be unmindful of this action, but would
take care of his fortitise and proyide for iilt s, stnd
that if he thought it haradous to multi to Lou-
don. Ile would carry him with him into tiolland.
" This ingagemeut confirmed his mind, mill
then he assured them that he would sseotnee to
pass by the block-houses at Gravetsend svitlitatit
setting them aslooe, which lie accordingly per-
formed, tar when they approached the town he put.
nut the light, and sittPered the barge to drive down
with the tyde, by which means they passed mugs-
covered by the hiock.houses,and arrived at the ship
which was t Dutch pink of seventy tutu, that luv
ready for them at the upper end of the Hope, end
hail alre 'sly been di cliatgcti at Gravesend,

No Paris Papers Were published ou Monday;
the holiday of Pentecost being very religiously
observed in Ratillill Catliudiek Countries. We
Cre consequently without our daily supply of
hill) IIeWS.

We insert a few further Extracts from the
Assieticiin Papers. The finances of that country
do not seem to he in a state so flourishing as to
tempt its Government to plunge into a war with
Spain ; to which, however, theme seems to be a
btroug disposition.

Private Letters from Spain, from a quarter to
which we have often been indebted for autbetstic
and valuable information, state, that, whatever
may be said to the contrary by people hostile to
the present Government, the KIZJG is proceeding
in such a manner as !s likely .to Fame to hint
.frotit, all ranks of his subjects the title of Tim
I.3cLoYED FERDLNAND, which has so often been
applied to him in ridicule. By his own efforts,
mad a fall reliance on the Councils of a wise Ca-
binet., he has nearly crushed one
.of 'the 'most
powerful and ambitious factions that ever
clis-
turbed the tranquillity of a people, and threatened
the subversion of a Government. tie has also,
by the aid of the same COnneils, been able to
adopt such measures as are likely, in a short time,
entirely to recover possession of his American
territories, and to renew all amicable and com-
mercial ties bet a eels him and the revolted colo-
nies. The people of Spain, convinced that their
King aims at nothing but their happiness and the
stability of his throne, are obedient and contented.

The Irith instant is the day mentioned for the
marriage of the Princess Attic( and the Duke of
GLoncttsTex. It will take plate, it is said, withont
any application to Parliament, the incomes of the
princess and the D►►ke being adequate to a consi-
derable establishment,—Dispatches have been sent
to the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, at Hanover, with the
welcome intelligence of the Pa LNCP, REGENT and
the QUEEN having consented to the marriage 'of
his Royal,Highness with the Princess SoentA of
OLOUCESTF.R. The arrangements, which it is
necessary for the Duke to make in Hanover,
prevent him from returning immediately, but his
Royal Highness is expected early in the ensuing
month. In this case also there are incomes to
be united sufficient to prevent an application to
Parliament.

The 'louse of Commons meet again this day,
sifter their adjournment.

By miatake yestertltiy we mentioned Sii RALPH
WoODFORU as Governor of Barbadoes, Instead of
Trinidad.

We have frequently glanced at the indications
of the hostile spirit evinced towards the ruling
dynasty at present on the Swedish throne, by
several of the Powers of Europe. The cur:llms
we noticed seems to be growing into heat.—
The Paris Papers and Private Lpistles concur
in stating that 1121014DOTTU hies not escaped
alarm from the eiretnstances• to which vte al-
luded. Like all the Elevis of the Revolution
he feels n certain soreness whenever 100111,mq is
praised anti usurpation blamed ; in ;droll, he leek
that his own elevation constitutes a
the existing state of the Continent. Ile is the
only :Soldier of Fortune whO remains on illy slip-
pery ant! dangerum height to) vt Lich tir.t

Binary course of events raised sti many of his coin.
peers; and standing as it were thus alone, it is flaw.,
rid that' jealousy should be a ready visitor to bll
breast, especially when he contrasts the want
dignity in the ori;joal French nSerjeant with tint,
splendours of the ancestry of one of the most att•
cient and heroic crowns its the world, and retleco;
on the contequenees likely to spring from sucif
computison among the people of a country
which the pride of family, the feudal admiration-
and attachment, and the respect to old customs,
and old names, are as deep-rooted as in shy I
nation it: Europe.
Withotti meaning any ill to BERNADOTTS) and
atithaut sxamining into the mode by which ha
reached the throne of Sweden, we confess that
we grieve to see her lawful King degraded Ala_
expatriated. We cannot forget that his great,
offence was an unchangeable resistance to the atn•
hkious plans of BUONAPARTE. That lie lost his
kingdom in the sante cause which has led
tails to ,the summit of prosperity and glory. That
if the blame of imprudence could be attached`
to him as a Monarch for this conduct, as a noble
minded and upright :»an, he must receive the:
highest tribute of praise. That should censure:
go beyond even this, and affect the capacity of
nly •
GesTAvus to govern the Country, yet his family'.
I
is at once guiltless of folly (if honourable consist.i ,
eney is to be so called), and entitled by descent
and talent to the succession.

1" It %twirl seem (says a Morning Paper) that there is,nesr•
a pretty large party in Sweden, who look with much dissslie
faetion at the present order of things. Pamphlets have, WO
circulated in Sweden against the new dynasty, and
Swedes of distinction Jtave in consequence been obliged ti!
emigrate. On the other hand, M. Laorasisuce, forsterlt
Swedish Ambassador to BuoNaraarE, has been suspected:it
some underluind dealings in Paris : his letters have belle='
*mined,. and on his complaining to the police, he niegoitti
such a reprimand fat his intrigues as induced him *her
hastily to itfpa rt."

Oi'er Journals, which naturally uphold the train
overlooking the crime of its head ballot.
.ante leagued with legitimacy, end only behobtor
in it the last remaining pinnacle of the fabtro
reared by Innovation, talk loudly of the service*
performed by Sweden in the Grand Alliahce. Foal
ourselves we can only say, that we have 1401..
much more on this point, titan received convicti,
from what we have heard. So far from theft(
services being of the nutgnitude vaunted, we
member that rumour was very busy with t)*.
inactivity of the portion of the 'Allied Forte
commanded by the CnowN PRINCE, and coverhis:
Berlin. The battle of 'Dennevitz was almost thl.
only one in which Swedish troops were engagek
Had if we have been rightly informed, the CasattPr
ties of the whole Swedish Contingent during tii*
whole War did not amount to three larruirti
men. It was the bold and masterly advance
BLUCHER which terminated the contest wit „J
the French corps manceuvering towards the Nortfr
and contributed to the glorious issue of the
of Leipsick, in so far as that quarter was col.
cerned. As fur the last short and immortir:
struggle, not a Swedish trigger was drawn in It, '
That the Swedish Auxiliaries were distant awl-
not wanted, was indeed stated to be the sufficie!*
reason—and we only 'notice these facts to Cr:
pm ova an exorbitant assumption of merits whio
never bad existence,

Yesterday Viscount StmintYrtt had an au if
enee of the Patrice REGENT, ut Carlton Houle.
The Dnke nt Vottx. transacted military busin,oo
with the ItemENT.

The Princess SorniA of GLoUCESTER, and
numerous assemblage of the Nobility, paid th4d#
rvspects to the Quit and PEINCES'sk yesterdat,
in the evening her MA.tisry had a select party.:
'Yesterday the Prince of CoDURG rode out
horseback, attended by Sir ItonEwr GANDINBR• .
Yesterday evening the Duke of GLOUCESTER rr
turned to London, from his seat at Bagsbot...''
This day the Duke g;ve a grand dinner to tiff
QUEUN, Princesses ELIZABEiTIi and MARY, the
GENT, &C.

Vesterdity, the Marquis of ANOLESEA, and
select party, -dined with his Royal highness thr
Duke of Cubilit:FiLANP, at his residence, at Kef.!
The Duke of SA CARLOS is gone to Vienna,
the quality of Ambassador of FERDINAND VII. Kt
arrange some difference which hasatistn Otit
certain resolutions taken in the Congress of Vico*
relating to Spain.
The measles are at this time very prevalent.
Among the higher orders at the West end of OP
the town there are itt present confined with Ltl
above nt-ilady, Lady Charlotte Cholinoudeley, thd:
three Lathes Cavendish, Lady F. Osborne, disogh•
ter of the Duchess of Leeds ; Lady Eiliz-ii4lll.
Somerset, eltleat daughter of the Duchess ut Bestv
fort, and several others tit

The Assembly of the States ttt Guernsey loot.
determined to erect IA moittiluent tU hoimar
Lietttettant-(ietivral Sir J. I)oYLE, G. C. IS., atilt
I,lle Goverii,.l Zitey have sign.,tied their intent tort'•
to hint by -an Address, expressive of the tnt4
gretuttli stAitsiritig svcollectimii of the henelii*:
conteiTeit by his ailitimistra:tuts during rt Febirkflef
Ur Igor:veil )vars.
On the i):1),Iltomie of Nloscokv, on Palm Sito-
day, rthote ziU9 tyiiir-1,4e.-; Were
Velteril•ty regilut tit (.4 HA I%
ilurNe (ittartir; the tiegeir:.
and pr,/,:veitva +C, it. 'ln' j • '' ; ti :;
l t. id