The Sun.
London, England, 1818-06-16 00:00:00

" 14,,11D PETEItBOROUOSI TO HIS L.IDY.

October 6.—1 can now gire you joy upon taklng Barcelona,
whi.:ll is effceted. I can modestly say such an attempt was
never made by such a handful of men. We hart takert, io
three days, the castle of Moutjuich, sword in hand, that re-
sisted :.,o,oou men three months. There were five hundred
men in it. We marclied with a thousand men thirteen hours,
and with sealing ladders took a place upon a rock, much
stronger than Portsmouth, and had hut eight hundred men,
two having lost us in the night. This enterprise, which sotne
people would reckon impossible or rash, wilt save many
thousand lives. I was forced to lead them on with the Prince
of 'Jesse, who was killed; I escaped without hurt, though
both my Aid-de-Camps were much wounded. I would rather
you should I:ear of this earlier from others than myself.'
" LORD PETEHfinttoUGH TO THE DUCHESS Or MARLBOROUCS•
October 3.9.—1 f some few I esteem and respect are as
n;oeh pleased, as our enemies are surprised and made uneasy,
I would desire no more. I know the good nature of England,
especially towards the month of November, but I hope at
least they will find nu fault.

The ceremony is now over; and we bare two Kings ae-
ignowted;yed in Spaiti. Give me leave to say, if I bad now
two hoodred thousand pounds, I would be answerable for
-tow twine, Madam, possessed, in a stionth's time, of the
better part of all Catalonia, Valencia, and Aragon; but our
•co.srse proverb is too true, ' there's no malting brick
Witt ,nt etraw.'

liad it not been for the impatience I :tin under to justify
ti. the world the countenance and good opinion yon were
1,1,a,ed to honour me with, I never durst have entered into
those measures, which brought the King hither. But know-
ing the ill state of things in Poi fugal, and the prospect not
answering elsewhere, I thought a retrieve was necessary fur
re-olntions out of the common road. I have suet with great
djilienlties, hut expect greater.—This letter goes by Italy,
,only to assure your Grace of my eternal gratitude aad re-
spect, and to recommend the whole to your care ant protec-
.l.l:4) this rot 'lois,: at your door, my Lady Duchess,
w, .re susninertin.time, and as we ought, I bope Top will
, be all,,,med to .own it. :But, Madam, We are (4.1 off
b ,ugh I hope nut forzwten). i cistiAwxyassure•youi Gs;,tc.

I nni of tl,e sicl;=, at the Church: no Etlwara.tiey-
moot will to:11:u 117,:te to heti, me, awl I think we hare met
with miracles iu our favour. But we are poorer than church
rats; and miracles cannot save us longt without:money, mut
a quick and vigorous.a.sistattee!.

Frone-the vArions neeitrilfionit in which MAR
Dit
Ron(Wa it Ivas,eill:Agrit - witis the S,overeigos
l'.;strope. it rhoulht iltAt hi• diplonottie"
was not inktior to his tniittary skill; but
all his talents pcortd it,effi•ctioil to silence the
cabal, at home. The following letter, occ.isioned
ht the iverittsal of a libel in V011(11 his character
hoh bee') ‘eHntotily attacked, dues honour to his
philosophy :

" To Lofty CiomiLritt,:.
Corhals, Augrxt 24.

' In this camp I have bad time to read the pamphlet called
" The Nlemotial of the ('hurCh of England." I think it the
most impudent and scurf-lions thing I
t•s r read. lithe author
can he found, I do not doubt but he Will be punished;' for if
such liberties may be taken, of writing scandalous lies with,
out being punished, no got-emient can stand long. Not-
withstanding what I bare said, I cannot forbear laughing,
when I think they would hare )on and I pass for fanatics ;
and the Duke of Buckingham and Lord .IrseY'flir pillars of
the church; the one being a Roman (7atholiii in g.'ingJatues'i
reign, and the Other would have been a Quliker,lbr any other
religion that would have pleased the late' King; All these
proceedings -make me weary of being in this wtirld ; but as
long as I can be of any use to her MajestY, I -will undergo
any difficulties to shew her My duty MO 'platitude ; and as I
am sure you will never letanv of these violent,' proceedings
make you weary of serving the Queen, be assuretithat I will
not only venture My life, but' my quiet, which is far deti'rer
tome, to shew the world the esteem and friendship,thave
foriyou.'

Having formerly mentioned the *exaltation of
ATAFttsoxouon to the ifignity,of a Prince of the
Roman Empire, we subjoin the following enrions
details respecting the principality of Alintlel-
helm

" It derived its appellation from a castle and town of the
same name, situated ma the riser NlfiodefOr Mindel. It forms
part of the circle of Suabia, and-the district of Algow.
" In the early periods of German history, the lordship of
Nlindelheie► belonged to the family of Schwigger, who were
called Knights of Min►'elberg, a castle built on a hill, to the
north of the present town.- By this family the town of Min-
delbeim, if not founded, was enlarged and beautified, and
endowed with a monastery, which in later times was appro-
priated by the Jesuits.
" The male is.nte of the Schwiggers failing in the third ge-
neration, Walter of Hochschlitz, Lord of Kilheim in the
Halle, and Bishop of Augsburg, obtained possession of the
territory, though by what right is not ascertained. Soon af-
terwards the inhabitants of Augsburg raising the standard of
rebellion against their Bishop, chose for their Captain Fre-
deric, Duke of Trek, who, in 1372, conquered the lordship
of Mindelbeim. The Prelate, in attempting to recover *the

town, was killed by a poisoned arrow, and Frederic retrtined
possession without disturbance from his relatives. He built
a castle on the neighbouring heights, to which he gave his
own name of Tea., He resided here twenty years, and con-
tinued to enlarge and improve the town. His son, Ulric,
founded the cathedral, in which his ashes are deposited, as
well as those of the succeeding Lords.
" Frederic left eight suns, whoa!l died.without male issue,
and on the decease of the last survivor, Louis, Patriarch of
Acqultia, the inheritance was conveyed by his sister, Irme-
gand, to George and Bernard, her two sons, by Vitus, Count
of Rechtherg. George died unmarried, and the male issue
again failing to the seven tons of Bernard, a new dynasty
commenced in the family of Ulric of Freudsherg, who had
espoused their sister, Barbara. He was a distinguished war-
rior, and promoter of the Snahian league, in the reign of
Frederic the Third. His son George is styled Lord of Min-
delheim, Petrisherg, and Merteingen, Knight and Captain-
General of the Emperor in Italy.
"In 1554 the inheritance fell between the two sisters of
George, Catharine, wife of Henry Otho, Count of Schwan-
zenberg, and Paulina, who espoused William Krell!, a Bo-
hemian Nobleman. By the marriage of Maria, only child
and heiress of Otho. with Christopher„,,c (mot Fugger, that
Nobleman obtained a share of the inlwritance, and baring
put chased the remainder front the ,othei sister, united the
whole in his own person. A dispute, however, arising be-
tween him and the persons who had advanced the purchase-
money, a compromise was effected. The Lordship of Min-
delheim, with all the other possess'ons of the 'poise of
Frtudsberg,•was sold to M.iximilian Emanuel, Dtilie, and
afterwards Elector of Bavaria. He wa-s confirmed in the pos-
session by the Emperor Matthias; but in consequence of an
obsolete claim advanced by the house of ustria, the investi-
ture was coupled with an expectative, revertible to the Aus-
tiian family in failure of issue. It was afterwards conveyed
in the same manner to his second son landgrave
of Letteldtenberg.
" During the dreadful war of thirty years, the possession
of -the Lewes and castle was warmly contested, anti they were
alternately occupied by the two hostile armies. The town
was thrice taco and pillaged, and the castle burnt. The
lordship was, however, restored at.,the peace of Westphalia
to the house of Bavaria. On the death of Maximilian, Land-
grave of Leuchtenherg, without issue, in 1704, the Emperor
Leopold considered the pretensions of his nephew, the Elector
of Bavaria, as superseded; and appropriated this portion of
the inheritr.oce, in virtue of the expeetative.

" From this deduction it is evident that the lordship of
Mindelheim was held as an immediate fief, descendible to the
ferrate line, at (cast till it was -transferred to the Bavarian
family. Hence attempts were made by tht friends of Marl-
borough, both before and after the investiture, to procure an
'atension of the grant to the female line: but although-the
Emperor had rendered the princely dignity heritable by fe-
males, he could nut be persuaded to relinquish the chance of
es entual possession, which he reserved to his own family, by
the limitation of the patent."

Here we intended to conclude our Review of
this admirable and interesting Wotk;but as w•e bee
that a second volume is announced, and as it Vk i I
doubtless contain much curious and valuable unit-

tcr, we are sure,t hal we shall gratify our !leaden.
lay .res.ttrniug our 'Remarks on a production that
records so -mmorril,tts r period in the annals of
this Country, sr,' :is brought furvi aid vs kit
so much sound knQwlettim acute rtliectjoui anil
general

We received this morning the Paris Papers of
Saturday last. The following are extracts :
" PARIS, Jusre 13 —The King sets out for Sr.
Cloud on Thursday next.,
The trial of the persons charged with being
implicated in the assassination of M. Fualdes will
commence early in September.

" The Duke n'Angouiewe returns to Paris on

Monday next.

" Letters from Florence announce the death of
Madame Marie Therese de Silva Palafox, daugh-
ter of the Duke de Ilijar, Grandee of Spain of the
first class. She was first married to James Stuart,
Duke of Berwick, by w hom site had Charles:
Stuart, Duke of Alba and Berwick. Count of
Modica, Grandee of Spain of the first class; and,
secondly, to Vincent Palafox, Marquis de Harriva
and d'Estepa, Grandee of Spain, by whom sbe
had Mademoiselle Helena Palafox de Hariza.

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