The Sun.
London, England, 1816-06-13 00:00:00

" ITOUSE Or SAYE-COBURG-S.l NIATI.D.

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.TntiN ERNEST, seventh on of Emelt thr ',foul, Iva, the
((moiler of this tioofie, originally canc.! !ii.oce•Saalfeld,
upon obtnining the principality of Coburg, it mimicries! the
Itlinre title,

" Chrktisn Ernest and Francis Josiig, governed jointly
after the death of their • lather in 17e9, till the decease of
Christian Ernest, in 1757, left his brother the sole possessor.
He died in 17a/.
a. Ertrtst firederle, .1.1800.

"Trinci• Freth.r c Atittonty, mnrried firstly, in 177(,
nestina Frederica thotrlitur of Mike Cutest. Frederic
Charles, of Saxe•ifilditrOlausen, who died In the cone
year • and get:mistily in 1777, ,Angtpna Carolina
dinxhter of Chtint Henry IXlV..lteus of Eberstlorf, by whom
he hurl itsue.

Em eat Anthony Charley Lewis,-the reiviing Dulv, born
Jan 044, Norcreded hia tither, Dec. 3„

" His brothers and sitters are 7 •
" Sophia Frederica. Caro:loa horn Ang. 18. 1778,
and married in 1304 to Count 51ensdorf, it Coltioel in the
'Austrian service.
" Antoioetta Ernestina Amelia, horn Aug. 19, 1779, mar.
tied in 1798 to Charles Alexander Frederic; brother to th,',
King of Wirtentherg, a flenerol to the Russian S.A.Viee,
Governor of Livonia. Esthottia, and entirland.
• " Juliana Henrietta itlrica, horn Sept. 93i 1781, married
in 1798 to the Gralotolstke Conitantine of Russia, olten
assumed the name of Anne Feoilarowna.
" Ferdinand George Angustus, born 'March 41,1, 1785.
Maria Louisa Victoria, horn Aug. 17, 1784, -married in
1403 to Prince lintich Ciliates, of Leiningen, by wliolu slot
hits been left a widow.

7141.47niv01:1 ornrge Christian Frederic, born pee. 16, 1796,
married May 2, 1816, to her Royal Highness the Princess
Charlotte of Wales."

Respecting the extent of the territories of Co.
burg we are tohl, that
Prerionsly to the Treaty of. enngfess, signed at Vienna
in 1818,.the possessions. of Ihe4liouse of Sarc-Coburptiaal-
feld comprised 17 i German square miles, with it population.
according to the census taken in 181 1, of b7,266' souls. They
contain eight towns and 270. villages and hamlets. The re-
venues of the Prince aniounteil in IBM la 425018 florins, or
!war WWI. sterling... Thu inhabitants, as. wril as ilia
reigning family. belong to the Luitlieran chureh,,end .ure
chiefly entiiiiiyed in trade end manufactures. The' AboVe-
mentioned treaty secures to the Mike of Cohm-Saalfield,
an additional territory of such extewt as to copprise 90,000
inhabitants, su that his duininiuni. end. resources will bu in-
creased by :bout one-third." • • '

Of the more recent *feelings "nncl,conduct of this"
ancient and illustrious fainily, the fUllowing are

part of the interesting details

1, The political convulsion, which; in 'lBO6, involved the
whale north of Ger Many, was attended with consequences
peculiarly celaniitints to the house of Coburg, .When, in the
atitutan of that year, I he french approached the Saxon Iron-
' tiers, Duke Francis who was in very ill health, 'retired with
his consort front ("tilting to Saalfeld; which latter town is si
lowed beyond the very consideruble range of mountains,
known by the appellation'of the Forest of Thueingia, and
homing the barrier of North' Germany. Prince Leopold,
theta but fifteen years old, *as the Companion and the snit.'
port of his infirm father: for Ferdinand NYts, tlet,iiied by his
duty in Austria, and the truly German spirit of Prince Er-
nest bad carried him to the bead-quarters of the 'King of
Prussia, with whotube had been for some 'years on terms of
the closest friendship. The Yrench appeared, before Saalfeld;
the castle was stormed ;• tool the ducal family which Was in it,
exposed to all the dangers and horrors of that disastrous
battle, which cost Prince Lewis Ferdinand of Prussia his life.•
Ttlis was more than the 'coustitution of Duke Flatten', al-
ready so much impaired by disease, was capable of support-
; he said under the accumulatiOn ormisfortimes, and
died is the beginning of Devemberi td the profound -grief of
itittlantitratail country, which were left by his_decesse in a
truly disconsolate situation.
Na sooner was BM-Map:Me informed that the Hereditary
Prince. Ernest, now Duke of Coburg, was at the Prussian
belui,oiterters, than be issued a Proclamation 4clarinif him
his particular enemy, and caused 'formal possession to he,
taken of Ins territories. A French intridarit and cpaiman.
dog' were appointed exelusieely for Coburg; ail the pioperry
belonging to the ducal fainiW was seised, and a eery heavy
eontriuution impos-of om the somittey, which had already
*offered mintsertriqy front the pass:loot' great part of the
Freud! army, Irmo the-hattleott Ste-atrial, and frourthe con.
iminent plunder of the town aid environs.
MmHg. this period of distress, Prince Liopold remained
• wttli Ins afflicted mother, who, but for him, weuld'havu been
entirely deserted, attentively watching over the interests srf
his tenailY• i• '
c'Pris»ii)autht:' tElterneusete'tttlliell Itaftaiti;lll-eiPolf loitr.ottileed thatKing o
ticcesion to his Cl111111:6 hUW'arilioaf a hive of German intle.
Prudence anal how lofty a principle of huteaor within
his bia*oitt. He would rather have sacrificed laianielf amid his
sawn piassessions, than !Gide deseford the cause of his Itieial
frienvllit his adversny. night—that pieta of unpar•il-
Icle3 rind, 'contusion, and dismay, which at the. saute time
enveloped all the Duke's prospects ;a Impeiest ilespair—ne
• tulle With'the King between the Fretiat Watch-11mi tuivaxd*

not 131-4. He kept conitnntty wall' the King when rattiest
every e'ce hod atntatlutird , tn. ,ICC(.4tit !Ott Ait-
j,..ty to the dreary wild: of Airmel 3
atittl,as if t at: had beets doterituned to pot his etrostarsey to
evvry possible trial, he was tiwre s.ised will the ,pittetnist
..mervoui fereri front which be bad a vcsi narrow em:ape :vitt;
his life.

It was nOttill the Peace of Tilsit, that,bytt' 'particular stii
pulation,. the house of Saxe-Cobarg,•Saalfeiti was reinstated In
tits possesstons. • Doke Eroest, however, on his return to his
capital, foamd the finances dilailidated ley the French maim..
variot“,snstitutions, which before the war were in it
flourishing state, entirely ruined, and his cOnutry to the last
dearer impoverished.' • -
Though. now under French shpremaeyi and strictly
watched by Buonoaarte, the Prioces of the House of Coburc
ittedfaxtly adhered to the pritieqdes prescilbed to them by
their .ardeut patriotism, and their high sense of honour,
troth, mid justice.b nay, they were not scan at the pains It)
conceal frounthe Olipre.,or of t.i.rnotity, that the deliveramo
of their native land was mid ever wound tinder every cir-
eumstitee, the sacred ohject of ,t heir persevering exertions.
Such frequently the power of right, that. litionaparte
self, though he knew but too well the sentiments of thesis
princes; and kept a particularly vigilant eye upon them, stilt
could not help doing complete justice to the siikcerit y of the
brothers, twit thevetore treated them with marked distinctiott
when they visited Paris upon business relative to their house,.
" to tfloB, Duke, Ernest went to Russia, and resided there for
some time.l Dornet hisiabience, prince Leopold devoted
assiduous attention'to the iilluirlistration of the duchy. Siucts
that period his brother has never failed to consult hint out
all coneerus,,,wpether internal or extel al, of the house of
Coburg; and whenever be _has not been Itimself•dtbsent uu
his travels, he has exclusively supeilutemled various branches
of the administration. ,a, • „,. • . • "
" In t he same year Pri ke Leopold accompanied the Emperor
of Russia, and his brother-iii,law tkeliritedThilie Canstan-
tine, to the interview which Napoleon bad 'ttlipointtil at
Erfurt."

IVe shall not fill up the intermediate period,
with Our author, but proCeed puward a few years.'

". At the codottenteuient of 1811, the three brothers of the
bowie Of (*.Ant* exerted themselves, as tar us their sanatiou.
permitted, to prepare the emancipation of Germany. Such.
were the zeal -nod the openness of their priteeritingp, that tli,o
French Go'vertnuetit,' iticensed in the highest degree, oily
Waited for .the moment of as favourable turn in the political,
state of affairs to wreak its utmost vengeance. ...In despite of
its r.fge. however, the reigning Duke, Fornest, repaired to
Berlin, where he had no tovonsiderable influence upon tt:a
persona', resolution.. of the King, in eutiselneiter of which ha
sent his brother Ferdinand to Vienna. Prince Leopold went.
to Munich,. to, pave the way for happy changes, rind in Fe-
bruary proceeded to Poland, to the Emperor of Itemio, who
tedeived hint with cordial friendship. Here he etitonotit;cat-
a to Field-marshal Kutusoff much important information,
respecting the state of things iu Germany, and tite 'condition
of the French army, and thus acquired the immortal tomoor
of being the first Prince of the then-existing confederation Of
the Rhine, who openly declared. against France:
if The Allied Army now marched. front Poland to Silesia.
anti Saxony. On the 2.1 of May, Prince Leopold was in tte
battte of Lttzen, and the • following day with the Russiatt
cavalry formed part of the rear-guard. The Prince was 110,1-
a...0i1s sent in forced marches towards the. Elbe, to Ilia sop-
port of the Prussian General Kleist, biallis ile,iiuution was
cliaogid, and .he returned to lAnsatin..
" Ott the 19th of. MaS', the Prince marched to the sup-
port of Getieral Barclay, but was recalled to a.sist on
soots and otst in the battle of Bautzeo. In this engagement
he Was employed in supporting the line tin various
and in the evening of the locum' day,'lte covered the ref rent,
amidst the liattest fire, with that serenity which is the /tn►.
perry of genuine courage. Atter the battle be retired to
Silesia with the corps of estralry to which he was istlaelied.
" During the uraninite, and the negociations at Pragite,
Prince Leopold repaired. with Ilia consent of the Emperor of
Ktissia, to that cite, and was the ‘,/,/y stranger who was thee
iribUit tett to severni interriewil pith the Emperor Eritock,
". Oat the expiration of the armistice, the Prince proceeded
with the army' to Bohemia, and thetice to the frontiers of
Sac oil. The main force of the Allies was already helmet
Dresden. while the cainlry reserve was custeged itt the more
than:oft march across the Monotaiivi. OA the 2titla of Atiglist,„
Vandaieme briskly .attacked the corps. posted near the fort•
ress of Kunigsteiii to coyer the rear of Or gram! aray, unit
the principal eiminnitlieation's with Bohemia. and eintonato:-
ed itPiliice'Ertgette of Wirt.mbherg. This General urgently
solicited a reiutnxceittent of cavalry, that he might be *misfiled
to waist .iii his highly important positiou Agaiitto. a very so.
perior enemy ; ant! about neon. Korey Leopold .w.is im ciliate-
Vence ilvt.o:l,cd with los cuirassiers to his assisl awe. Scarce,-
had the Pritiet j,,iuttj the corps when the vac t commen,4a
the :attack. The on account of its weahtless, was
at on the wings, and supported upon two t. Otago; while
Prince Leopold and his cavalry loaned the centre. This pro-
carious position dial Leopold maintain, duriog a contest or
tive. hours ;tonna a foe three or four times as nomernos, and
after the two wings of the carps were almost completely sur.
rounded, with-such • Limb:ll4:n intrepidity, that night came
kiiipvfore the eqemy had been able to gain nil decisive ad•
vantage, or force the position. Eugene paid that-t Wrote .
the Prtnee which he uniply deserved, for by his firmness Ito
had nut only-towed the whole corps, but rendered it impossi-
ble for Vini(intlntle to make an attack, either io datuk or rear,
on the main army of the Mlles, ongaged.on the '.ritts of Ant.,
gust with the assault of Dresden, which would necessarily.
have been attended with. the 'most disastrous ctinsequetices.'

' Um' space will rot enable us to gratify our deft
sire, and copy the ac4oirrits of all the brilliant,
achievements and splendid services in the Allie&
Canit perftirined by Prince LUOPOLD in the caino.
paign near Dresden. Suffice it to, say, that he,
highly distingiiished himself there, and contri~
hated greatly to the overthrow of the enemy, for'
Which,

On the morning of the 30th of Atigutt, before Ih. on
filet was renewed, Prince Ixopobj received on the field
battle, from thik:niperor of ltosf,in, the Croy► of Con►rir.►nthr
of the Military 4)ider of St. George, fur his conduct during
the yrecuclinctlays.".

We must now abridge our labours, referring
our Readers, in the good crld style, " for further
particulars enquire within;" and we can promise
them they will be pleased with. the result. We
conclude with our author—,

" Though the' preceding biographical notion would,
Dill any further observations, furnish thr'attentlet! ohsereer
with a cw'rect outline of this Prince's chit-tuner, yct the de*
lineatioit of moral,qualities is wanting to complete a most
ntrritetiri lord interestin.g picture.
'6 In his early youth, he manifested an excellent tinder/.
standing, and a tender and a benevolent heart.' As he u 4
vanced to years, he displayed a strung attachment to literary
and teiatific pursuits, and even at that thus/ all his actions
were marked with dignified gravity and unusual moderation.
His propensity.to.study watrseconded by the efforts of an ex*
cellent instructor, and at he remained a stranger to all those
dissipations with which persons of his age and rank are Com-
monly indulged, his attniuments, so tatty as his fifteenth
year, were very extensive. Hi* extraordinary capacity, pm—
Ocularly unfolded itself in the study of the languages, his-
tory, mathematics, hotany, music, and throwing, in which host
he has made a proficiency that would be creditable
.to a pro-
fessor. •

" The vicissitudes which he was so. early dsstined to ex.
perienev, seem only to havecontributed to preserve the 'intim
ur his murals and they have certainly had a most powerful,
influence in the ilvveloponent of that rare moderation, that
ardent love of justice, and that manly firmness which art the
predominant traits in the character of this Prince.
" Necessitated in like manner at so early an age to attend
to a variety of diplomatic businv*S. he at .inn eel partly in this
school, and partly in hit extensive tuievi*, a lhoronali know.
ledge of men in their relations; his eNpcei.
eucv has not always been of the most -agreeable specie*,
it has not been able to warp the linnintls and benevolence of
his nature.

" in hit camptigns, and in tht, 0,14 of battle, tt bete rat
false greatness disappe;as, Leopold hos given the yowl. nu-
deniable proofs that cAntrage, pioloutol seiii.o of rip,
liition and Wally, nye innate in his ,nut uied that citotr
lciligtinee find uni liaict 11 fortitode aro his 4liictireilt
Wit to littuhtieti of the head 'nnil with is .rheter
tool pm{ ipies Witt su ,00tplettly li.troomite with the frri•
Ii ,• tli endues. nity t,1.0 'the to 'indices of the British
n.niune tit;) ilinstriuus Print autioo izeis oil 'to ottticiostv,
f,',ito Id, moot; anti to the tOrolly, teittilot
coniltii;ivc to the Iti.intre of the Itrnple tiries•. ;Anil In
llid
happiness ot that distittl;uisttod fatuity of wllich lid it irtSC4SAO
ar member."