Star.
London, England, 1802-08-25 00:00:00

•PRINCE NEW?' OF PRUSSIA.

Bawls, Atm. 5.—The Royal Family and the
&Ate have experienced a moll painful lofs by the
leach of his Royal Highnefs Prince FREDERIC
HENRY LEWIS of Pruffia, Great Uncle of the
King, General of Infantry, Colonel of a Regi-
ment of Foot, Knight of the Order of the Black
Eagle, Provoft of Magdebourg, &c. &c. who de
parted this life at five o'clock in the afternoon of
the day before yefierday, at his country palace at
Reinlberg, aged 76 years, and nearly eight months.
But the heroic deeds of the deeeafed have infured
immortality to his name. The Prince was born
in 1726, on the 18th of January, a day which has
been folernnized during a century as the anniver-
fary of the Pruffian Kingdom. He made his firft
campaign in his 16th year, accompanying the
Royal army as a Colonel, in 1742, into Moravia,
and being loon after prefent at the vklory of
Chotufilz. In the (even years war, where he com-
manded the fecond army, he diainguiffied himfelf
in a manner which procured him the unqualified
approbation of his great Brother, the bkffings of
the Prams dominions, and the admiration of all
Europe. What is fo univerfally known needs only
be hinted at. In the war concerning the Bavarian
fucceflion, he again commanded the fecond army,
and penetrated from Saxony into Bohemia. In
1776 he travelled to Stockholm, and thence to
Peteriburg, whence he returned to Berlin with the
Great Duke (afterwards Emperor) Pavi. In
1780 he went to Spa, where he had a conference
with the Emperor Josue, and he afterwards vi-
fited France. Wherever he went he gained the
love and admiration of all who had the bappinefs
to know him ; for his chara+fter was not only en-
nobled and exalted by warlike virtues and political
penetration, but refined by mifcellaneous know-
ledge of every kind, by a taße for fcience and the
fine arts ; and the Hero, dreaded in the field, was
admired in the fociety of genius and learning as
the moll polifhed and cheerful companion. His
brilliant Court was an affemblage of noble and
ingenious perfons, both from abroad and at home.
He was a great connoiffenr in mufic, and had an
admirable band of muficians for his chapel, and
an excellent company of French comedians. He
bellowed much talk and magnificence in embel-
lifhing prefented to him by his brother
after the peace of Hubertfberg. This romantic
(nuation favoured the happiea improvements, and
the monuments he has crated in the gardens to the
memory of many of his deferring contemporaries,
are the faireft monuments of his own feeling heart.
FREDERICK the Great faid of him, that he had
not committed a fingle fault through the whole
(even years war. Prince flyway was married to
her Serene Highnefs the Princefs WlLN,Loftict,
daughter of MAXIMILIAN, Landgrave of He&
Carel, and the marriage was confummated at
Charlottenberg, June 25, 1752. As an honour
to his memory, the King has ordered tl}at all of-
ficers !hall wear a crape on their arm for a fort-
night. The Court is alfo gone into mourning for
the fame time.

BOLD JOWL 113, 1726DiCti Aug. 3, z 802."

His Royal Highnefs him(clf wrote his Epitaph,
which will now be placed upon his tomb. It is in
German, to the following purport :

EPITAPH.
Thrown by birth,
Imo
the vortex of giddy vapour,
which
the vulgar call glory and grandeur,
but

the vanity of which Is too Well known to the fage ;
a prey to all human infirmities,
tormented by the paMons of others,
difturbed by his nW,
inn
born down by the kis of I...iceted relanona,
true and
Yet of: en, too, man •11
b. f.iy in col:cc-li' thooshu,
12.Toirr Rlll
what his (soviets eo-ld. ?rove efeful to his coontry
edr famine humanity.
Th.
A brief Sketch of the Life of
HENRY I'AEI/ERICK LOUIS,
Sou of Faust:lice WiLmast I. King of Pruifta,
and of
Seem* Doao-resa, daughter oflOsoaciaL King of England.
Traveller!
Remember that perfedlon is not to be found on earth.
• If I was not the belt of men,
I did not belong to the number of the bad.
Praire hod blame cannot reach blot that flaps In eternity;
• but

tweet Hope m►bdlives the lait hours of the man who has
dove his duty:
It attends me this MOM= !

REINSIIRO, Auousv B.—On the sth inn. at
five o'clock in the afternoon, the body of the never
to be forgotten Prince Hwy, after having been
firfi openly expofed to view, in the fimple uniform
of his Regiment, was laid in the Sepulchre, which
he as a Fitz° and i'Sage, long familiar with death,
caufed to be built for himfelf two years ago, and
purpofely in fuch a manner, that it was in the full
view of the windows of his fitting room. It is in
the form of a truncated Pyramid. The coffin, or.
namentcd with a Laurel Crown wove 'bY his be-
loved niece, the Prineefs Louisa, was carried
by twelve Valets-de-Chambre. It was followed,
betides his 'whole houfehold, by his nephews, the
Princes Lrwts and At/Gums, fans of his Royal
Highuefs Prince FiIIiDINAIIO, the firtl of whom
hatthaftened to be mica is the dreadful hour

which robbed us of our noble Prince, and
was a deeply moved witnefs of his affeeing de-
ceafe. The great:lel% of our lofs is not to be ex•
prefred in words. The grief is as univerfal as was
the affable goodacfs and the benevolent humanity
of the great dcceafed. As long as he remained
with us he was our benefaaor, our father. The
ncceflitous lifted up their eyes to him—the unhap
py approached him with confidence. He gave
the poor man the neceffaries, the fir( comforts of
life : but with equal wifilont and gentlenefs he led
him and his children to inattftry. He caufcd flax
and wool to be diltributed to the poor who were
yet able to work, and they were paid for the yarn
they produced. Other poor perfons, particularly
children, aitembled in a fchool of induftry for the
purpofe, were employed in knitting Itockings and
other articles of apparel out of the yarn, which
were given to the needy whom' age or ficknefs dif
qualified for work. Every year two peafant girls
were portioned out with too dollars, and the wed-
ding expences defrayed by the Prince. Great in-
deed is the amount of the good that he publiekly
performed : howrnuch may he nothave withdrawn
from the approbation of pofterity. fatisfied with
the talent teftimony of his own heart ! The whole
funeral was fimple, without ftrew or pomp ; but
fo much the deeper was the impreffion it made.—
All was done according to direEtions in his own
hand writing. The above Epitaph, which he com-
pofed in January lari year, will be carved upon a
large (tone which clofes up the entry of the Pyra-
midal Sepulchre.

LONDON.