There was formerly at Evesham a statel RDA se} 
Ghee Abtet ast io the. Eicon of Boor. lene as 
were valued at £ 1183 at the dissolution. It 
was founded in 709 by Prince in, who retired here 
after the Pope had ived him of the bishopric of 
Worcester. Of the few vestiges of it which now remain, 
the principal are the above tower, and a elliptical 
arched gateway 17 feet long, with rich 
The fal the population of the borough 
’ is ace 
cording to the late returns for 1811: 
Inhabited Senha | eo. Oe 
Families that them A 714 
Families in 318 
Do. in and manufactures . 339 
meee. oo,Le aA tere oT 
* "Females © .. >. 1697 
Total population . 2% 3068 
Sony | 
EUGENE, Francis, Prince of Savoy, was born 
in 1663; and was descended from Cari one of the 
when it was closely beau by the Turkish army. 
fie ay pe gy Sacepgaen e of Lorraine as a yo- 
; ving greatly signalized himself both 
in the defeat and pursuit of the enemy, he was appoint- Eugenes 
P y. ; 
EUG 4 
ed, in the course of a few months, to a colonelcy of 
. In 1684, he was present at the sieges of 
Neuhausel and Buda, where he gave such unequivocal 
proofs of intrepidity and intelligence, that, on his re- 
turn to Vienna in 1686, the prince of Baden presented 
him to the emperor with these hetic words ; “‘ Sire, 
here is a young Savoyard, who will some time or other 
be the greatest captain of the age.” Thus he rose daily 
in favour at the court of Vienna ; and so great was the 
rapidity of his military advancement, that he was a. 
major-general at the age of 21, and a lieutenant-gene- 
oe a gal he Busch mene cla- 
war against emperor, it became 
to form a coalition against his ambitious schemes, 
Prince Eugene was sent from Vienna to negotiate an 
alliance with his cousin, Victor Amadeus, duke of Sa- 
voy. That selfish and aspiring prince, who loved nei- 
ther Louis nor ,,and who was. ready, to betray: 
both as his interests required, was secured on. the side 
of the Teepaipliots hee seb dtie-of cumeenliontoon, facen- 
Austria,—a subsidy of 20,000 crowns month from 
England, a similar allowance from Holland, andthe 
promise of four millions more to defray the 
of the war. E was sent with a i igatetapeaaia 
German troops to keep him steady to hi ts,. 
as well as to with him in the fiel ; and, du-- 
ing the seven campaigns, which they carried on with 
saslidiaaommniectn tend aptesed die hakicnemende. 
wenn agua ine nd Seah ol the, dee, Sr setsionh ihe 
errors, of his bad ip, and to make head against 
the able tactics of the F commander Catinat. In. 
paren oh a Saees sentae pHi my cane aye 
trating into france, - opened.a 
Lyons, when Amadeus. was seized with aan 
and Eugene was obliged to withdraw the army to 
rin. In reward of his exploits, he received this 
the order of the golden fleece ; and was created a 
marshal exactly ten years after his entrance into the 
service. He was greatly thwarted by his u 
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es 
us 
ear 
_ ally, duri the remainder of the war; and at ietuie 
spite 
of all his vigilance, the duke concluded, in 1696,. 
a ie ip Ho with a, Sealy mae soon - 
terw: e 5 of * 
i joined : ag: emperor king 
was. discontented with. 
government of Champagne, an annual ion of 2000 
pistoles, and the rank of a marshal.of F'rance.;. but, so 
was the prince’s antipathy to Louis, that he re- 
j pp a 086 7 ap in. “I received: 
ly,” he says inhis Memoirs, “ the person whobrought 
Socprarenlaet bo Reet sary Oe eachlivensey 
answer as I it.” Notwithstanding the 
unfavourable result of affairs in Italy, the.emperor saw 
that he was free from.all ground of reproach, and suf- 
ficiently testified his approbation, by giving him the - 
commend oe san arinen S\. 4 » In 1697, he took. 
the field. against the Turks,. “4 were commanded by 
the ( i in ; and inflicted upon them - 
the severest defeat which they had. sustained in the - 
whole course of the war. While ing to attack . 
. them at Zenta, on the river Teisse, he-received an or- 
der from Vienna, not to fight a battle. in «any. cireum- 
stances ; but, having advanced too far.to retreat with 
honour or safety, he hastened to the-assault, forced the 
entrenchments of the Vizier’s camp, . defeated his army 
with great slaughter, and mage himself. master, of an, 
immense booty, to the amount of several millions stem 
