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MARRIAGES.

At Kensington Church, Capt. G. Hills, R. N. to Diana, fourth daughter of the late T. Hammersley, Esq. banker.

J. Goodman, Esq. of Chilcombe, near Winchester, to Miss Crump, cf Farnham. Paulet St.-John Mildmay, Esq. to Anna Maria, youngest daughter of the Hon. B. Bouverie.

At Tamworth, Edward Ferrers, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, to the Right Hon. Lady Harriet Ann Ferrers Townshend, eldest daughter of the late Marquis Townshend.

J. H. Byles, Esq. of Shiplake-house, Oxfordshire, to Isabella, daughter of Wm. Dunn, Esq. of Lyncomb, Somersetshire.

At Southampton, the Rev. H. Wake, son of the late Rev. Dr. C. Wake, Prebendary of Westminster, to Camilla, only daughter of the late Hon. and Rev. B. Wallop, first cousin to the Earl of Portsmouth.

Mr. G. Spicer, of Thames street, Wind-, sor, to Miss S Blinko, only surviving daughter of the late T. Blinko, Esq. of Eton.

At Hartipp, Kent, J. Barton, Esq. to Miss S. Gammon, only daughter of J. Gammon, Esq. of Debtling.

At Langley, J. Paine, Esq. only child of the late J. Paine, Esq. of Patcham place, Sussex, to Sarah, eldest daughter of Sir R. B. Harvey, Bart. of Langley Park, Bucks.

The Rev. C. Holdsworth, Vicar of Sto. kenham, Devon, to Miss M. N. Hunt. eldest daughter of W. C. Hunt, Esq. M. D. Dartmouth.

At Cardington, Bedfordshire, A. Pell, Serjeant at Law, and Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford, to the Hon, M. L. M. St. John, of Bletsoe, and niece to S. Whitbread, Esq. M.P.

Lately, in Paris, Captain Louis Lefevre to Captain Marie Thoreau. It appears that Capt. L. commanded a company in Spain, and several times would have been taken prisoner by the British, &c. during battles, and at one time would have been drowned, but for the boldness and exertions of Mdlle. T. who had entered the army in disguise to save her brother, who had been drafted, whose constitution was too weak to bear camp fatis ues, and whose appearance she greatly resembled. She had been in the service several years, and had been made à Lieutenant for her activity and bravery; had received many wounds, but her sex was not discovered, until she received a ball in the breast, of which Capt. L. apprized Soult, when she was raised to the

rank of Captain. Capt. L. full of ra itude and admiration, solicited her hand, and they were both permitted to retire upon half-pay.

At Canterbury, John Le Grand, Esq. of St. Mary-le-bone, to Caroline Naylor, daughter of the Rev. C. Naylor, of the Precincts, Canterbury. DEATHS.

Thomas Berney Bramston, Esq. of Skreens, Essex, Representative for that County in seven Parliaments.

At Castle Menzies, Sir Robert Menzies, Bart. nephew of the late Rev. D. Menzies, Vicar of Testor, Kent..

At Dunbar, Lady Charlotte Maitland, the youngest daughter of the Earl of Lauderdale.

The Lady of E. C. Pigou, Esq. of Shernfold, Sussex, and fourth daughter of the late Sir R. Rycroft, Bart.

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At Catsfield, Sussex. Wm. Eversfield, Esq. who succeeded to the estates of his uncle the late Sir Charles Eversfield, Bart. of Dean-place, in the same county, and is himself succeeded in the same by his eldest son, Charles Eversfield, Esq. of the 10th Royal Hussars, now serving in the Peninsula.

At Falkirk, Scotland, D. M'Kinnon, aged 102. He was a native of the island of Skye, and passed the greater part of his, early life in the army. He was at the battles of Dettingen and Fontenoy, where he was wounded.

Mrs. Harris, wife of Mr. Harris, book seller, of St. Paul's Church-yard.

At the Parsonage at Bennington, Herts, in his 90th year, the Rev. J. Haggard, who was Rector of that parish for near 58 years. Lately, at Wimbledon, the Princess Conde.

In the 13th year of her age, the Lady A. M. Phipps, daughter of the Earl of Mulgrave.

On Tuesday, the 30th ult. at her seat, Major House, Suffolk, aged 83, Her Grace Elizabeth, Duchess Dowager of Chandos, third wife of Henry, second Duke of Chandos, father of the last Duke. Her Grace was, with the late Lady Henniker, coheiress of Sir John Major, Bart. and was married to the Duke of Chandos in 1767. Miss Major's fortune was found very convenient to the Duke, who had nearly exhausted his own by the erection of the famous house called Cannons, and in various other expensive decorations of splendour.

At Rotheram, Yorkshire, the Rev. E. Williams, D. D. Master of the Dissenting Academy at Oswestry.

London: Printed and Published by M. Jones, 5, Newgate-Street

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THE BATTLE OF LUTZEN, of which the Reader will find a satis-factory detail in the present Number, has completely verified our • prognostics as to the real strength and resources of France, and given a decided feature to the complection of the War.-In this Battle, and the various representations which have been given of it, we may dis-cern a full corroboration of those suggestions, which we thought it our duty to make against the repeated asseverations of such, whose practice it is to mislead and delude the public mind. Not satisfied with the continual exaggerated statements of the power and progress of the Allies, together with the unexampled patriotic spirit of the German population, we were emphatically assured that the pride of France was humbled, that she could no more make head among the Nations, and that nothing remained but to declare the independence of Europe, and reinstate the ancient order of things:-the Deliverance of the Continent was declared at hand;-French influence, so long the scourge and terror of the world, had reached its climax, and would quickly sink for ever! that daring spirit, which, like an ungovernable flame, spread with devouring fury, involving mighty Empires in one common ruin, had been itself annoyed, quenched and laid low beneath the snows of Russia.- A single day has, however, served to dissolve the vision and confirm our apprehensions. The Battle of Lutzen, as the French Emperor declares, has been sufficient to dissipate at once the airy dreams of the credulous and the vain: France is not yet exhausted, but is able to defeat her enemies, however confident or however strong. But it has been said, the victory was not on the side of the French, the Allies maintained their ground, they reposed upon the field of battle!

VOL. III.

-nay, at one moment it was believed, (at least the British Envoy, Lord Cathcart, so expresses it,) that the whole French Army would have been routed and destroyed, but that the reserve was at that critical juncture brought up, with a numerous corps of flying artillery, and restored the balance of the battle.—In short, from the several accounts given by the Allies, although so evidently confused and contradictory, this plain fact is demonstrable, that the very superior force of the enemy secured him the victory, and with it that return of confidence, both in himself and his followers, which his late disaster had contributed to diminish.

It is surely much to be regretted, that in that most important point, at a crisis like the present, we mean, an accuracy of information, so little regard should be paid to the public feeling and the general anxiety; and that the only object seems to be, how most they shall beguile and mislead us; as if detection did not bring a double shame, and the evidence of facts confound each fabrication. Of what utility was the falsehood that the French were beaten in the late conflict, since the flight of the Two Monarchs se soon attested the contrary?-Had Napoleon been defeated, would they have fled, or he so closely have pursued? The People of Dresden were assured of the Victory on the part of the Allies, while the arrival of the fugitive army on the following day proclaimed the imposition.-The Two Sovereigns, Alexander and · Frederick, for whose brilliant triumph all Germany was commanded to rejoice, were now seen flying before their discomfitted Adversary; and shot appeared the pursuit that a few hours only were reserved for their quitting Dresden and crossing the Elbe; the Russian Monarch left the city at 4 in the morning, His Prussian Majesty at nine;-the French "hussars entered at Eleven, the Emperor at One!-Will it still be said, upon the evidence of these facts, that the latter lost the Battle of Lutzen? Or, if the retreat of the former had been a mere manœuvre, and not governed by imperious necessity, will it be imagined that a disgrace so palpable would have been endured from an Enemy already beaten, and over whom the boast of victory had been so recent ?-How vain, how weak, how culpable, is this Bobadil fashion of bravado, so disgraceful to the habits of the soldier, so derogatory to the character of the brave !-The Russian and Prussian forces having fled across the Elbe, the whole of the French Grand Army, joined by the Saxons, and 3000 horse from Italy, passed that river, and advanced some distance in pursuit. At this critical moment, when the "Deliverers of Europe" were seeking their own safety in an ignominious flight, and He,

on whose head so lately a price had been set, was pursuing with that alacrity which scarcely allowed time for the necessary precautions of safety, at such a crisis, a cessation of hostilities is said to have been proposed by Austria, the result of which was to lead to a Congress for a GENERAL PEACE!-The following is a compendium of the propositions, as transmitted through The Moniteur of the 24th:

Extract from the Moniteur of the 24th.

"Count Bubna arrived at Dresden with Letters to Buonaparte from the Emperor of Austria, and left it again on the 17th.

"Buonaparte will consent to a Congress at Prague.

"France, America, Denmark, the King of Spain, and all the Allied Powers on one side. On the other, England, Russia, Prussia, the Spanish Insurgents, and the other Allies of the Belligerent Mass. "The basis of a long peace to be settled in the Congress.

"Doubts are expressed whether England will consent, from her obstinacy not to recognize the principles of the Treaty of Utrecht.

"If England refuses, Buonaparte still proposes a Congress of the other Powers, to settle the Peace of the Continent.

"These principles are conformable (he says) to the views of Austria. "It remains to be seen what England, Russia, and Prussia, will do. "The distance of America not to prevent the Congress from meeting."

The first Article at once displays, according to our judgements, the full intentions of the French Emperor, and appears to set aside every hope of amicable adjustment, according to the present system of policy. France, America, Denmark, and the King of Spain, are to be placed against England, Russia, Prussia, and the Spanish Insurgents! This King of Spain, then, is the intrusive King, as he is styled ;-but Napoleon says he is King of Spain, or he would not style his adversaries Insurgents :—the bare admission of which on the part of England at once falsifies every former profession, and stamps the true feature on the obstinate persistance in the Spanish war.- Did he not mean to insist on the conquest of the Peninsula, he would not call his Brother King, or his enemies Insurgents; and thus insisting, it can only remain for England to acknowledge the claim, or break up the Council.--The next point anticipates the obstinacy of Great Britain as to refusing to recognize the Treaty of Utrecht, which went to stipulate that "Free Bottoms should make Free Goods;" another obstacle to a General Peace, which it appears to be a settled portion of British policy to preserve unshaken.-Thus then it would seem that the appointment of this Congress can bring no hope to England on either hand. - She cannot give up the cause of Spain; she cannot suffer that cause to be

disgraced by acknowledging those, whom she has spent so much blood in defending, to be rebels, traitors to the true Prince, in short, Insurgents, mere banditti, robbers, and revolutionists :--she must be wholly adverse to any other Government than that she had espoused, or she becomes an abettor of treason and rebellion, and a dangerous example to all regular and civilized Governments.-Again, she cannot consent to relinquish her established principle, which would not admit of her subscribing to the terms contained in the Treaty of Utrecht, or she entails upon herself the odium of a persistance which has been injurious to her neighbours and has served to keep alive the spirit of contention to the discomfiture of half the world.

From these facts and appearances, therefore, we cannot encourage any reasonable ground of hope as to what may result from this intended Congress; but, on the contrary, we cannot avoid expressing our fears that there be much evil to apprehend.-The stipulations go on to say, "If England should refuse, (as too sure she will,) that still a Congress should be holden to settle the Peace of the Continent.”—To do this to the exclusion of England must necessarily divest that Power of all influence or interest whatever among the States of Europe, and wholly deter them from any connection, civil or political, unless with the general consent; in fact, a more horrid and ruinous combination can scarcely be conceived, and which would have the full effect of enforcing at one blow all those mischievous measures, which it has been the exclusive object of our arch enemy to accomplish since the first dawn of his sovereign authority.-To prove these views not wholly visionary, or our fears not entirely without foundation, the next sentence assures us that such are in exact unison with the views and intentions of Austria, through whose interference this conference has been proposed, and who, it must be owned, at this moment holds the balance in the political scale of Europe.-No mention is made of Sweden, at least by name, in this document; which may be interpreted to the difficulty of ascertaining with precision to which interest she inclines. That she will make a conspicuous figure in the Congress we are readily disposed to believe, and much we fear she will incline towards France.-As to the policy of Prussia, or the magnanimity of our fair-weather friend and ally, the allconquering Alexander, we are not disposed to place the least confidence in either of them, and would have our Readers prepare themselves, should this Congress be accepted, to expect to see them ranged in the phalanx against us.-The friendship of Denmark is set down as certain in the scale against us, which completely sets at rest every expec

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