Star.
London, England, 1807-01-16 00:00:00

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

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01LATISVID, JAN. is.—PalTed by the Mary, Source, from
Qtybee, and the Betfey, Swander, front Riga.
Anxisrtn.—.At Liverpool, the Triton, Rofs, from Riga—ln
ibe aide, Diana, Lyon, front Newfoundland—At Begat. Venus,
Maationtert ; and the St. Patrick, Campbell, from Lantlelt•-•At
Cork, Adive, Moreau, from Oporto—At Newfoundland. Bro-
thers, Longbottom, from Liverpool—At Philadelphia, Surat,
Gill, front Liverpool.
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Sunday fe'nnight, the jolly Bachelor., Maoris,
from America, with wood, in taking the bar at Aber-
deen, was drove afhore near the battery.
The Eagle, BROOKS, from Palau, for London, Is
repohed to be captured, and carried into Mend.
The Weftern Trader, Whitefide, arrived at Liver-
pool on Friday-: fire failed from Philadelphia the 2d
of December. On the sth intl. at eight A. M. off
Cork, faw a brig on the lee-bow ,• at, to A. M. the
came alongfide, and fired two mulket (hots through
the main and fore•fails ; .the Matter then came on
board t (he proved to be a French privateer of a
guns. She detained the Weflern Trader one hour
and a half, and then bore away for a flip to leeward.
On the 6th, faw two brigs and a fhip (landing to the
weftward ; the (trip boated American colours as fhe
paired. On the 7th, at half pail four P. M. the &mills
Light-honfe fouth, dillant five leagues, feveral fail in
fight, (landing to the wellward, fpoke the (hip Har-
riot, bound to New Orleans, and a brig from Liver-
pool, bound to the Wetlern Iflnds, to whom the gave
information of the privateer.

ADMIRALTY COURT.—Yellerday the Right lion.
Sir Ww.Scut-r proceeded to the adjudication of the
~following cafes :
Orion, Havighorft maßcr.—This vefiel, under Bremen colours,
laden with rye, &c. on a voyage from Name to Toortogeo, waa
captured by the /3stfey privateer, Captain liarrifon, and brought
to Plymouth. The Court prououncbl the property to belong as
claimed.

Birgethi, Molbaelt matter.--This veffel, laden with timber, was
captured by his Msjeftv's !hip linogen, Captain Garth, and
brought to Yarmouth. The ihip bad been reftored by content,
and the Tuition before the Court was retching the cargo, whe-
ther it was to be confidered as fit for naval equipment, it being
defbined to a port of Spain,at the time of the capture. T.hc Court
was clearly of opiniun it was a contraband cargo, and accordingly
toade 4 it.

Yellerday morning intercepted difpatches
.from
Admiral WILLAU3Ifirz, at the Havannah, were re-
ceived at the Admiralty. • They were taken from OR
board an American [hip by one of Admiral BE rtc t-
LAY'S cruizers, and font home from Bermuda, by the
Admiral, in the Avon Damp (.1 war. The Avon left
the BILLONA, of 74. guns, Captain DOUGLAS, Ms.
LAM/US and SVIRAEL frigates, cruizing ff the
Chefapeak, watching the wretched remains of the
French flnadron, which had put in there after the
hurricane. •

On Tnefday lag the 13tIT ;nava, the State Lot-
tery commenced drawing, when No. 2.1.,490, the fi it
drawn Ticket entitled to 20,020). was told at Mars.
Haxxan, Evans, and Co.'s Office, Royal Exchange,
in one Half, one Fourth, one Eighth, and two 6:1-
mends Shares. Tickets and Shares, warranted un-
drawn. are felling as above. The fecund day of
Drawing will be on Thuriday, the :ad inßant ; and
on the Monday following the Ortt drawn Ticket will
be entitled to to,ooot

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LAW INTEIII.I6IIIVCE.

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couar cittkeariViAx.
• slit. Luvoist.
A petition on the behalf of Mr. fames Ltitilatn,
the Committee of this unhappy Gentleman, was this
day heat d before the Lord Chancellor, praying that
his Lordfhip would order Mr. Vandercombe, the
agent of Mr. Ludlam, to deliver him over to the le-
gal cultudy of his Paid Committee.
Mr. Puteitvai, in fupport of the petition, Rated
the feveral aft* of infanity committed by this Gentle-
man, in confequence of Which., and the certificate of
Dr. Warburtoto, his Lordthip, fume time fence, was
pleaded to order, that he thould be delivered over to
the cutiody r•f his Committee. But, intlead of obey-
ing his Lordthip's order, Mr. Vanderccmb and the
other perfons who were about his orlon, had fecret.
ed him, and prevented that order from being enfor-
ced. He adverted to the circumilances which took

place at Mr. Ludlam's haute in Tenterden-flreet, on

Friday night and Saturday morning fall ; the parti.
culars of which we gave to oar paper. of Tuefday ;
and reprefented to his LordUtip how very dangertms
it was to the public, that a perfon labouring under fu
violent a diftemper fhould be at large ; and noon
thole grounds he trutted his Lurdfhip would make the
miler now fought.
Mr. COOREs cn the fame fide, animadverted with
warmth upon the condua of Mr. Vandercomb, whole
offence was greatly aggravated by his fituation ; he
was not only the agent of Mr. Ludlam, but at the
fame time hewas bound to difcharge his ditty as an
Officer of the Sheriff, and to take the maniac into
cuftody, inftead of fecreting lihn, as he had done, to
difappoint the means refurted to for the public Cecil,
thy. The warrant for feizing on the perfon of this
gentleman, on the ferious charge of felony, had pal.
led through the hands of Mr. Vandercomb, :f0 that
it was his incumbent duty, both in 'his public and pri-
vate charafter, to have availed himfelf of every pof-
fible expedient to deliver over this perfon to the pro-
per authority, that he might be prevented from coin-
nutting any new breach of the peace. What apology
he Could poffibty align for this utter neglect of the
order of the Court, the Learned Counfel, after the
belt attention to the fubjeet, could in no way anti.
cipate.
The. SOLICITOR GENERAL, in reply, Elated, that
immediately after the tranfaaion which was fo noto-
rious at the London tavern, Mr. Ludlam had abfcon-
di

Jed, and it was a long time before the place of his
retreat was dircovered. When at lalt, Mr. Vander-

comb was fuccefbful enough to trace him, his intel-
leas appeared to be in a perfeft fta.se of convalacence
—but, fearful of a paroxyfm, Mr. Vandercomb took

all proper means to prevent any injury either to the
individual or to the public, from fuch an unhappy
caufe. Dr. Warburton, Doitors Willis and Monro,
held a confultation on the cafe of the patient. Every
motive of humanity operated on the feelings-of Mr.
Vandercomb ; the dread of being forced into a mad-
houre had fuch an elle& upon the mind of Mr. Lud-
lam, that fears were entertained that the infanity muff
return, on the indulgence of this apprehenfion; and
Mr. Vdndercomb, to prevent that diftreffing conk-
quence, contented that his friend fbauld remain in die
cuftody of four men, not of one perfon, as in the firft
inftan:e, and there frur into were appninool by the
phyliciam, : two by Dr. Munro, and oae each by Drs.
Willis and Warburton. The Learned Counfel then
Rated at length the various tranfaetions which have al.
'Wady appeared in our paper, the warrant of the Lord
Mayor. the indorfement of it by the Bow.ftrect Ma
giftrates, the circumftances of his efcape over the
roofs of the houfes, and the dangerous defcent he had
ficcefsfully attempted. Mr. Ludlam conceived that
the charge of felony was metely a pretest for forcing
him into a mad houfe ; and he was determined, at
every perfonal rifle, to avoid a confinement of that
kind. The affidavits Rated, that Mr. Ludlam was
no longer in the power of Mr. Vanderenmb, that
this Gentleman had taken flight, and had not been
heard of farce. The Learned Counfel hoped that
his tordfhip wonld confider, that under all the
circumllances of the cafe, Mr. Vandercomb had not
violated the fpirit of any order under the authority of
the Court, and that he had allied with the prudence
which became him in fuch a lingular and painful
predicament.
The Loan CHANCELLOR advifed that all panics
fbould unite their endeavours to dilcover the retreat
of this Gentleman ; and that, if he ffinuld be found,
he should be confined to his own refidence. He
walled it to be underflood by the Committee, that be
wits defirous to exetcife as much gentlenefa and
humanity towards this Gendeman as the Nations of
his fituation and his duty to the public admitted—
and that it was by no means his intention to throw
him into a receptacle for maniacs, which, under the
circumftances, did not appear to be dictated either by
neceffity or difcretion. 46 Ido not fee,(cnntinued his
Lordfhip) that it is right that I fbould interfere with,
the Magittracy of the country, and indicate to diem ,
what line of conduit they &mild have purfued. Let'
him be delivered over to the cuflody of the Commit.-
tee, and the party will be refponlible to the Court for
his fa& cuftody. If my order had been properly
attended:to, lie would have been as fecure as if he had
been lodged in a &Ohne of the defcription of the
French Bangle ; yet, however ineffectual, what has
been done may have been executed with the bell in-
tentions."
The SoxiciToa GANIRALr.." My Lord, I do not
pretend to know what the Rate of mind of this Gen-
tleman may be, bat of this I am convinced,that they
are utterly wrong in commencing againft him a cri-
minal proceeding. They fay that the expence of the
linide is ten guineas a week, and that it is too great
for his fortune. If it were the defign of the Commit-
tee, that he fbould not be there, ought be not at lean.
1 to have informed your Lordship?"
Mr. PARCAVAL (aid, that other accommodations
could evilly be provided, and that the regular appli-
cation fhould be made to occafion any change of this
kind that might be expedient.

OLD BAILEY.
Yenerday fourteen prifoners were tried, fix of
whom were capitally indidied, •iz.
Thomas Ward and Joao Fwkl, for Sealing three
calves, value 91. the property of Ann Adams.
Panes Wood was charged with felonioully entering
the dwelling houfe of Hincks, a greengrocer,
in Church-court, Strand, and taking from thence a
watch, two coats, and kraal otter valuable articles.

Mr. Hiacks fwore, that in confequence of an am-
qukintance,•contrafted at an ale-houfe, on the even-
ing of the robbery, the prifoner was invited to :deep
at his houfe : in the morning, they rofe, and went ,
out, leaving the key in the door. No !maim was ;he°
in. the -houfe ; but Hineks fuppofed his fervent *0
would, as afoul, come to-prepare his brealsflail. The
prifoner, at the corner of Maiden-bine, wifhid him
good morning; and the witneft, comrniferating •liis'
poverty, gave him ('me halfpence to procure his
breakfall. On the ss linefs's return, he found the door
wide open, and immediately miffed the watch: the
coats, and other articles. He applied to Come offi-
cer& who thortly after informed him they had fecur-
ed Wood, whom he recollefted to be the very fame
man who had flept with him,on the evening above.
mentioned, but who, on that evening, called hirnfelf
Wilfun.

Wood, on being apprehended, immediately con-
fetfcd to the officer. Jofeph Gregory, the whole of
the tranfaftion, admitted the robbery, told him what
part of the articles he had pawned, and. what Ire had
fold, cot:dated him to the broker's where the watch
and other articles were produced ; which Hincks
affix med to be thole he had 101 l The ptifoner their oh-
ferved to the officer, that from the moment of Iris
apprebenflun, he concluded himfclf a dead MAO, and
expreffed great regret at having rubbed Hoicks, who
hal Wed lum
Tire watch and a coat were produced in ConiA by
the pawnbroker' who fwore they were padated by the.
prifoner ; there Hincks (wore to be his property.
prifoner made no defence whatever, but for.
plicated mercy.
The Jury immediately found the prifoner—Guilty.
Fordhant and Harvey, two, of the men who were
convicted on Wanefday of a robbery in the haufe of
Mr. Si encer, at Ponder's End, were tried on another
indielment, for a burglary in the houfe of Mr. Whit-
bread, at Stamford-Hill.
Mrs. Whitbread, wife of the profecutor, Rated,
that (he was fitting in the parlour, at about a quarter
pall feven o'clock, in the evening of the teth of
December, when a knock was heard at the door ;
Mrs. W. ailed who was there ? when a perfon afked
if Mr. Whitbread was at home ? On opening the
door three men rufbed in, one, refembling Furdham,
had a blackened face ; the fecond, who anfwered the
defcription.of Harvey, had a white masse ; the third,
witnefs had no conception of, only that his face was
blackened, the being by this time very much alarm-
ed The one in a white mafk drew from his pocket
a blunderbuls, and exclaimed, Your money inflano
ly, or your life." Fordham afked her fur her keys,
and fent her to a drawer for them, having been in
'formed where they were kept. Two of them handed
witnefs up flairs, and the concluded them in a fecre-
taire, where the money was depofited, which they
rifled of two ten pound notes, and about-twenty
guineas in.gOld ;—after which, they enquired for
plate, and, on.heing informed there was none, they
left the houfe.
This teflimory was corroborated by-a fervant, who
had often teen Harvey pafs Mr. Whitbread's houfe,
when he uteri to work as a bargeman on the River
Lea. He believed that the two prifoners were the
men who firft entered the bottle, although he could
not fwear pafitively to that fgt.
-Enoch Roberts, the evidence, Hated, that the p'i.
Toner, bimfelf, and one Barilen, not let in cuflody,
met in Whitechapel on the tgih of December, when
it was propofed by Harvey that the honk of Mr.
Whitbread should be attacked that evening. Har-
vey faid, he was well acquainted with the rim and
he expeeed two or three hundred pounds could be
had. They met in the Eads before feven o'clock,
and witnefs was fixed on to watch at the outer door
whillt the other three went in. He alto, corrob lated
what had fallen from !Re preceding aitnefi4, rcfpec-
ling the dreffes of the two firft who entered the hook.
Trott, a police officer, limed, that after hat ing re-
ceived information from Roberts where Harvey
lodged, he went to the houfe (a cook fhop in the
Hackney Road) where the landlord dented having
fuck an inmate. The officer, however, searched the
houfe, and found him. He at fira denied his name,
but .confeffed it, after Trott had found a white tnafk,
and alfo implements ofed for robbing.
In defence, the prifoners denied having any know-
ledge of each other.
Two witnefres were called again to prove an alibi
in behalf of Harvey. One of them, who illtd his name
was Jeffry, and that he lived at No. 22, Turloltreet,
Bethnal Green, detcribed himfelf as having been in
the company of Harvey from eight o'clock till eleven,
on the evening the robbery was committed. He.
however, was cleated by Mr. GLIANLY in feveral
prevarications.
Auftin, at whole houfe Harvey had lodged, alfo
attempted to fubftantiate the ,alibi, by fweating that
he was in the company of Hatvey from eight till
eleven on the evening of the robbery.
The Loan CHIEF BARON, in an-eloquent :Aches,
to. the Jury. defcrihed an attempt at an alibi to .be
the heft or the won t r f evidence in its own nature,
and when it failed it was a corroboration of the guilt
or the prifoners. • He compared the hails proved by
the profeentrir and .his witneffes, with the teflimony
ofthe evidence, v.hich teemed to agree, although the
latter fhould be viewed with great caution. Both
Guilty—Death. '
Previous to the witneffes being examined in furs-
port of the alibi, Chief Baron MACDONALD cautioned
' them to confider of the truth of what they were hound
to state ;" for (laid his Lordthip), if you are difcre-
dited by the Jury, there is an end of Harvey."
The prifonerslvere formerly bargemen on the river
Lea.
Mary Crawley, a girl aged ten years, and Ant
Bolton, for Healing privately from the dwelling houfe
of Mr. Harrifon linen-draper, in Holborn, a piece
of gingham, value 4.05. ; and Elizabeth Smith was
alfo charged, in the fame indictment, with receiving
the faid gingham, knowing it to be (Wen.
Mr. Harrifon and two other witnetres,.his appren-
tices, were examined, and fwore, that the prifoners
came into Mr. Harrifon's (hop together,' and'endea•
voured to cheapen the price of a cotton gown, of a
certain pattern. The apprentice who attended them,
refuted to let tli:lnt have it at theltirice, and they
left the chop. The little girl returned,, anti again
afked the apprentice, would he tire the reduced
price ? he again refuted.
In a very short time the prifoners were brought
back by a gentleman, whole name did not tranfpire.
He alfo produced the piece of gingham, and de‘lar•

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bts forpicion Itad.been twaketted by the mat
quantity they had in theft poffeftion, and the mean.
nefs of their appearance.. He then Dated to the Pro.. •
fecutor, that he had obferyed Elizabeth Smith, on
hcr •apptehenlion, drop the piece of gingham ; but
was (atisfied fhb had it itt her pofilffion. The young
apprentice wth attended them, fware to the ging.
ham, and added, that it was on the counter, dole to
the door, at -the time they entered ; and that immer
diately on the gentleman's inquiring, whether he had
loft any thing ? he found it had been removed.
The Jut y, after ;bole time (pent in deliberation,
retuned ;with their verdia—Mary Crawley, the
child, Gliiitytif tinting the abovenamed article ;and
Elizabeth Smith, G•tuty of receiving it. knowing it
to be fiolen. Ann Bolton, from the deficiency of the
evidence adduced in the pi otecution, and alfo from far
tislaftery teitimony of toe propriety of it er conduct,
pint:. to this tranfaCtion, was acquitted. •
A man named 2imanpiirts, was capitally convicted
uf.ilealing from the prattiopf a Gentleman": fervant
if:tined-Guttman, a Over watch, value aboire 4css.—
The Profetutor ytai,tetturdingbis miser's fami:y at
Covent cwar.den•Theatse,•wntl, after the play, was hi
the ad of, lifting our (*bit mailer's children thrnbgh
the crowd to the carriage, when he law the•ptifoner
klatch his watch from his pocket and run off; he in-
(tautly purfned and took him,•and found the watch
in his puff:ann. The prifoner made no defence.-7.
Guilty.
S v,n were crnvitied of felonie*, viz.
J. Trliors for (leafing 47 pieces of copper money, the froPerty
of E. Junes, W. Heath; and W. T ticarb.
W. Coieby, for fteaftng 3o yards of kerfeymere, the goods at
Mars Biletet ;
Jane Leman. for ftraiing a noir of Pmts. and boar neckereittelb,
the property of Benjamin it'll.fon •
Elizabeth Smith, for receiving a piece of gingham, the pr.,perty
of j. Harrifon, and which had been ftolen by Mary Crawley, sa-
pitatly

Benj. Rees, for Reeling a bundle, containing a ihirt, and other
at ticks, the property of J. thmkl.4.

MIUDLESEX SESSIONS.
Yefterday being the County Day, was as ufual ap-
propriated to the hearing of Appeals, the molt ins .
portant was the following :
Meffrs. Smith and Chancellor, of Kenfirgtra.
appealed against an order figned by. three Magitirates,
viz. Mats. Bond, Croffe, and Read,- empowering
Mr. Gunter to turn and divert acertain footpath at
Earl's Court, within the laid parifh, whereby the
public incurred the inconvenience of being com-
pelled to take a circuitous route.
Meffrs. ALIA r and Kvape,upon the petition being
read, were proceeding to Nate the grounds of their
appeal, when Meffrs. Corm. and GURVILY obferved
they-could fare the Court much time, by taking this
objedion, viz. that Che appeal was not againit the
original order, which was in January, 1806, whereas
this was dated June 1406, allowing an intervention
of one *effiln. •
To this Mr. ALLEY replied—m We do not appeal
againtt the order to turn the footpath, becaufe there
we are not aggrieved, but againtl one fuLfequent, and
the appeal was regularly made at the then ensuing
General Q2arter Scftions."
Mr. Cosa r. The law in tbjs cafe hat been de.
cided by Lord Mansfield, who ruled that the appel-
lant was not juflified, as in the cafe of poor's rates,
in waiting till he is aSually aggrieved,but the appeal
Mould be made it the next General (tuner Seffions.
Should I mif, any circumftances relevant to the cafe,
I am confident the deficiency will be amply fupplied
by my learned ft iend Mr. Gutney, who will alfo read
to the Bench feveral authorized precedents applicable
to the piirpofe. Mr. Knapp knows nothing of thefe
anthoi Lies lam confident he does not. It has been
whifpered to me, that the appellants are Church-
wardens ; hut this I cannot prevail upon myfelf to
believe, as I am certain, that upon In 'glaring an
affair as guardians of the parochial money,, they
would not burthen the parith with fo confiderable and
ufelefs an elpence, I rather perfuade myfelf, that
being actuated by the pureft motives for the public
good, they. intend to defray the expence out of thtir
own pockets (loud laugh.) The cafe of Lady Owen, is
Pernhiokethite, which will be read to the Bach by
my iiiend Mr. Gurney, was followed by another its
Staffordthire, both of which were fimilar to the pre-
fent, which, with implicit confidence, I leave to the
decision of the Bench."
Mr. Gurney then read the two• cafes, with appro-
priate and acute comments.
The Ciaarest AN took a view of the law on.the fah- '
jell, and the 'rift& was, that the Appeal was nega-.
lived, and the Order remains in full force. .

SURREY SESSIONS.
Yeflerdvy Georgians Courier, alias Barrington, Wit
charged with nettling fro& the perfon of Henry Duna
one guinea and four fallings.
Henry Dunn Paid, that on his returning from
Crutched Friars late on the night of the 23d of De-
cember, to his refidence at Stockwell, he was ac-
Coiled by the prifoner in Blackman greet ; he had a
pair of boots on his left arm, and a bundle in his
tight hand. She griped him hard by the right arm and
unbuttoned his final' clothes; he Paid he would not
have any thing
.to do with her ; when the went off;
and he miffing immediately his money, follawed her
and put her into the care of a watchman, who deli-
vered her t'. the Conflable.

John Robinfon, night connoble of St. George's
patith, received her into euflody, and previous to the
fearchafked Mr. Dunn what he had loft ? he Paid a
new guinea and four fhillingt, among them was one
marked with a large B, a fmall e, and a (mall d;—
On his fira fearch +he found in her pocket the four
(billings, and atunnga them the one defcribed. The
guinea was not then found, but on a fecond (catch,
and the previous obfcrvation of the watchman, who
faw her drop fornetbing into her hand and put-it into
her pocket, a new guinea was found,, which was wet,
and coveted wi,h crumbs, as if fiat from her
mouth. Money bad been offered him by the pact-
net, but refufed ; he concluded her to Union Hall,
aod the was committed,/
Mr. NOLAN took art ohjeflion to the indiEtment, as
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it let forth tour lawful fliillings of the current coin of
the realm : whereas thole now produced certainly
never hid been in his Majeftlyt Mint, Or were they
legally the cutrent coin of the realm.
This oblation was anfwered by Mr. Morris, as
one u: the molt mifchievons tendency ; and the
Chairman was of opinion it was not a tenable one.
The Jury immediately found her Guilty, and the
wai featenced to (even years traafportation to New
' South Wales.

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LITTLE yi tv 41.
"OM A CARMAN tUBLICATION )
Akfitieeral illtrjrratisse of the sf the lob Ctielter,
the remise If which- have kris fo "earn:nate for the
Pry Memoretthy.
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' A h..e Paris Jounlal accompanied the defcription
Ogle Battle of Jena with the following reflettiens.-
44-Grand and awful truths once more arife from thiste-
ginning of the war, and the following are perhaps the
cone-lotions that oeght to be drawn from there troths;
that in the'prefent age, there is only one people truly
(killed, and powerful in the art of war; beeaufe they
have invented a new fyftem of warfare, of which other
nations hive never bad any conception; that fuch is
the fuperiority of the military talents of that rarefy.'
dinary genius who conduits the armies of France,
that every one mu ft be imps:Jed with the continually
increafing conviaion that Europe will require to be
regenerated as well as France before the can cope
with the latter's
The refleitions of another obferver go further :-
1. It was neither a want of patriotifm, nor a want of
perfonal bravery, (he remarks) that fo rapidly deli.
vered Pro& into the hands of the invincible Napo-
Icon ; but it was a deep rooted germ of deltruition in
the Pruffian States, which was vifible in the army as
well as elfewere, viz. a catching at frivolities and
trifles ; and this root of the evil may be afcribed to
fome old reafons, often futpcited by many, but never
publkiy told. The all-penetrating Mind of Frederick.
11. direaing all its energies to one role object, was
wanting ; and the place of fuch an energetic mind was
but ill fupplied by the acknowledged upnghtnefs, be-
rievolence, and firm conduit of the prefent Noble
King of Pruffia. So far, therefore, as the Britt fpirit
of dacipline, inculcated by the Oen% of Frederick,
was in modern dines regarded as pedantry, fo far, in
fome provinces at lull, did difcipline degenerate into
the ceremonies of a drawing room, and the admini-
Oration of the finances into a fyflem of embezzlement;
thus was the old warlike (pint of the army, deßroyed,
and (educed from the obfer vance of what was 'andel
to its very exiftence. Whoever is-acquainted with the
Pruffian State, will certainly fee with vexation an
edifice undermined, that once contained fo much ex-
cellence, and which might fo cagily once more have
retrieved it,. apcient dignity and confittency,' if the
beads of the Empire hid under Rood the prognoflics
of the times, and bad been Willing to fabmit to a few
occeffaly reforms. A reform was particularly re-
(pike in that part part of the military fyilern which
excluded from all promotion in the army the ntoft
learned and enlightened membets of foelety, viz. the
higher dates of the citizens, lot of the rank of nobi-
lity; and it is remarkable, /hat an order Mud in
France, fimilar to that which appeared' in Pruffia
Clime years ago, permitting the nobility alpne to be
promoted, preceded the d aurbances in the army
which ended in the breaking out of the Revolution."
Thofe who are well informed on the fubjeet afore
us, that Prince Louis Ferdinand of ?raffia, the night
before the battle of Saalfcldt, in which he fa, fore.
told to feveral of his confidential friends the fate of
the Prams armi. The counfels of Colonel Von
Pfuhl were never littcned to from the beginning.
Three principal erroriprobably hurled the'Pruflian
army into the gulph of detlruilion. The firft was an
inconceivable difregard of any thing like a regular
plan, and a heeffiefs fecurity. Only a few hufars were
Rationed ia the Thuringer woods and hills, the piles
and (Andres of which could have been infuratount-
ably defended againft the molt fuperior force in the
world by a few cannon and tharp-fhooters. It is in-
' credible but neverthelefs true, that the Pruffian
Generals left all the moR important pa ffes on the Seal
unoccupied; and when this was remarked by Come
Saxon cogiocers, they were laughed at as if no enemy
could come there. The Pruffians had almoft n 6 re-
connoitring parties, and they never fufpeaed that the
Emperor of the French, with hisinain body, had ad-
vanced within a few miles of them.
How differently wasthe Emperor Napoleon (applied
in this refpea ; and how far fuperior was, he in Rohn of
vigilance and ailivity ! When be had fixed his head
quarters at Aussa, early in the morning two prifoners
were brought in who had been ftized as fpies. It food
appeered,however, that they were very honett alma,
in their anfwersthey completely coincided with each
other. One of them teas a fon of the celebrated Scat-
tiflt Baronet, Sir John Sinclair, who was Itudyinget
the Univerfity of Gottingen, and having been on a
Vilit to Gotha: the road by which he was returning
was cut off, and he was travelling'Through the ?ruf-
fian main army to Leiptig. His companion was a
pram preacher of Gotha. The young Scott/nen
tad a plan of Rudy drawn up by his father in his poc,
ket book, and loon proved by innocence. The Em-
peror him(elf converted witlibira and his companion
fo early as two o'clock in the morning, and when be
learned from them that the Pruffiahsled an fiapicion
of his being fo near, he exclaimed, turning to the by.
Randers, " jlrfe tromperww fiwieufemeat cu pm:lour
(How there esifeacres will be deceived!) Both Were
kindly classified with pairports.
The Prnffian patroles allowed themfelves to be
cheated by the molt trifling appearances. An Officer
commanding 4 body of bode, which was feat out from
the Royal camp towards Naumburg to reconnoltre,re.
turned without going to Naumburg, becaufe, when
half way he learned Iroise traveller that they knew
nothing of the French at Naumburg. From loch err-
traondinary fecurity no other confcquences could

follow. -
The fecond grand. error was the unaccountable ne•
eat of every nuans fur fecusistg fubfiftence for an
army of onthundred and forty thonfand men. There
were indeed large magazines (lured up in Hoff,
Zwickau, ldisumberg, and Weiffinfels, but they were
. left with Oithiany proteitios, and foon rendered com-
pletely inacceiLbic to the army, which they were in-
tended to. fispply. They became a welcome booty
us.ther French, who, by turning the Prullian army, cut
them off from all their magazines. On, the t tth of
Weber, the day after the ruinous affair near Saal-
burg, the whole Pruffign array altered their former
patition, they, concentrated therffelves into a camp
nearWeirnar, and placed tbemfelves in fuch a petition
that they wereooder the necet4ty of either fighting
or flarving; lb* 1)44-yen couptry of Weimar was in
no.conditicm, neither, was it by. any means prepared
to ftsbfiff this army along with its, appendages.—
There wag. 00 Mead, net brandy, no beer for the fol-
diers and;no fodder few the holies. Every thing inWei.
mar was completely devottred during the. two daps