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the hopes of a fuccefsful conclufion to an 
objeét, with which his future fortune was 
fo clofely conneé&ted. - His difappoint- 
ment at the unprofperous iffue of this 
{cheme was proportionably great, and 
being. of a fanguine temperament, he 
was much irritated at the failure of a ne- 
gociation, in the courfe of which he 
deemed himfelf ill treated. 
Colonel Frederick was a man of great 
reading, and confiderable mental acquire- 
ments. Naturally gay and fprightly, his 
face was generally clethed with a imile, 
and he bore all the misfortunes of his life 
with wonderful equanimity. His man- 
ners were thofe of a gentleman ; his ap- 
pearance that of a foldier. He had ftu- 
died the refpeétive imterefts of the vari- 
ous courts of Europe, and was particular- 
ly attached to the houfe of Anfiria. He 
had read all the beft books on the art of 
war, and if he had not feen much real 
fervice, it muf be allowed that few men 
were better calculated to defcribe a bat- 
tle. No one could be more fatyrical on 
titles, flars, ribbons, &c. than himfelf, 
and on thofe occafions, he was accuftomed. 
jocularly to ftyle himfelf Pree of Capraja, 
a little ifland in the neighbourhood of 
Corfica. 
In perfon, he was about five feet, 
eight inches high, admirably proportion- 
ed, and poffeffing the appearance of great 
vigour. Huis countenance, which was of 
an olive hue, teftified that he had been 
born under a fouthern fky. His white 
hair gave him a venerable appearance, 
and his little grey eyes brightened up and 
fparkled with unufual luftre, while he 
recorded the feats of his youth. 
He was always dreffed with uncom- 
mon neatnefs, and would have looked 
clean and re{peétable even in rags. His 
wardrobe for the laft ten or fifteen years, 
confified of a blue coat with a red cape, 
a black one, the dye of which he was ac- 
cuftomed tocommend, as being of Pru- 
Sian manufadiure ; a loofe blue great coat, 
which he wore in winter, and white 
cloth waiftcoat and breeches, with a pair 
of military boots. : 
On great occafions, I believe, he put on 
a Wirtemberg uniform, the fiiver, or 
perhaps filken, epaulets of which hung 
down on his arm, hke the appendages to 
the liveries of fome of our old families ; 
for he orice told me, that ona vifit to 
the late Sir W. James, then chairman of 
the India company, he was miftaken for 
a domeftic, and actually forced to do 
penance in his hall, in Gerrard-fireet, 
BA A 
Original Anecdotes.—Colonel Frederick. 
f [ Feb. 
until introduced by the baronet in per- 
fon. : 
Colonel Frederick had a fon and 
a daughter by a German lady, to 
whom he was married. The firft pe- 
rifhed at the battle of German Town, 
foon after he had received a lieutenancy 
from general Howe, who was firuck 
with the misfortune of his family. Tie 
fecond married, fome years fince, and fet- 
tled at Highgate or Hampftead; fhe has 
feveral children, and as her circumftances™ 
are faid to be far from afiuent, it would 
be highly laudable to inftitute a fubferip- 
tion tor herfelf and numerous offspring™. 
Here follows a fhort account of the 
Colonel, written at leaft twenty-five years 
fince, and now tranflated from the origi- 
nal French : 
‘«* Genoa prevailed. Theodore loft his 
own liberty; becaufe he had endeavoured 
to defend that of the Corficans. He 
was confined in a difgraceful  prifon, 
where he fuffered a thoufand humilia- 
tions without a fingle murmur.. He 
knew how ufelefs it was to complain, and 
was con{cious of the necefiity of fabmit- 
ting himfelf to his fate.. Deprived of his 
{cepter, fortune, and friends, his {ele re- 
fource was in Providence, and the tender 
piety of his fon, who repaired to Eng- 
land on purpofe to accompany him to 
Corfica, whither Theodore flattered him- 
feli to be able to return once more, and 
that too through the aiiiftance of Great 
Britain. 
“‘ This fon, .like himfelf, was entirely 
deftitute of the gifts ef fortune, and he 
was illadapted for the acquifition of wealth, 
as his temper was but little fuited to 
the frivolity of an age avaricious of plea- 
fure, and anxious for the attainment of 
riches and honcurs, even on the moit 
dithonourable terms. 
« Avoiding feftivals and public enter- 
tainments of all kinds, he was modeft in 
his manners, fimple in his drefs, tena- 
cious of his words, referved and clole in 
his mode ¢f life; in fhort, he retired as” 
it were within himfelf, in order to live 
with that virtue of which he fcorned to 
make a paratle. He was accuftomed to ~ 
fay, ‘¢ that it was proper to know, but 
not expedient to tell, every thing.’ Om- 
nia feiré, non omnia exegu, was his fa- 
vourite maxim. 
“« Afpiring to independence, he was in- 

* Since writing the above, this has attually 
taken place, under the pationage of lady James, 
Mr, Hammerfly, and Mr. Boicawen, jun. 
capable 
