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thouch not effential to the tran{miffion of 
fuch event, I fhould be as unwilling as any 
to break an affociation which may ex¢ite 
_in fenfible hearts feelings of the moft in- 
terefting kind. But why fhould ruinous 
ples without elegance or magnificence be 
left to cumber the ground, when they refer 
only to inconfiderable perfonages and ordi- 
nary modes of life, much lefs valuable in 
themfelves than what have {ucceeded them, 
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Anecdotes of Eminent Perfons. 
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ferve to be in the pages of hiftory? Surely 
the ftones of ‘ong wretched old manfions: 
called caftles, and of-otir gloomy monatte+ 
ries, are not all fo facred, that they may 
not be applied to the better ufes that mo- 
dern tafte and good fenfe would find for 
them! Iam, Sir, your’s, &c. 
Joun NEwLove. 
ANECDOTES OF EMINENT PERSONS. 
SEVERAL PARTICULARS relative to the guard under feveral chiefs, till he met the 
CONDUCT 07 TIPPO SULTAUN, on the 
4th of May, 1799 } COLLECTED CHIEF- 
LY. from the RELATION of the KILLA- 
DAR Of SERINGAPATAM, and from AC- 
COUNTS given by fome of his ow SER- 
VANTS, &c. 
aX ¢ HEN the Sultaun left his palace, 
he was dreffed' in a light-coloured 
jacket, wide trowfers of fine flowered chintz, 
a fath of a dark red filky fuff, and a tur- 
band with one or two diftinguifhed orna- 
ments. He had on his. {fword, in a rich 
. belt flung over his right fhoulder, and a 
fmall cartridge-box huag to an embroider- 
ed belt, thrown over his left flyoulder. His 
tawug or talifman was faftened under 
the jacket on his right arm, a little below 
the fhoulder. He went out early in the 
forenoon, as was his cuftom daily, to one 
of the cavaliers, on the cuter rampart of 
the North face, whence he could obferve 
what was doing on both fides, and rerpain- 
ed there till about noon, when he took his 
ufual repaft under a Pendal. It would ap- 
pear he had no fufpicion of the intended 
attack; for when reports were made to him 
from the Weft face, that our parallels and 
approaches were unufually crowded with 
Europeans, and a number of Doolees be- 
hind. He expreffed not the leaft appre-- 
henfion, nor took any other precaution ; but 
defiring the meffenger to return with or- 
ders to Meer Gaffer with the troops of du- 
ty near the breach, to keep on their guard. 
A moment after word was brought that 
Meer Gaffer had fallennear the breach by 
a cannon-fhot: at this intelligence the 
Sultaun appeared greatly agitated, ordered 
thetroops that were near him under arms, 
and his fervants to load the carabines or 
Jfoort fuzees, which they carried for his own 
ufe. He then, after receiving another, re- 
port that was delivered privately, haftened 
along the ramparts towards .the breach 
followed by fervants, flaves, and a feleét 
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fugitives, and perceived that the head of the 
Eurcpeans had already mounted, and gain- 
ed the rampart. He endeavoured to fop 
his flying troops, and, joining many of thele 
to his own guard, encouraged them by his 
voice and example to make'a determined 
ftand. He repeatedly fired on our troops 
himfelf, and one of his fervants declares he 
faw him bring down feveral Europeans near 
the top of the breach. Notwithitanding 
thefe exertions, when the front of the Bu- 
ropean flank companies of the left attack 
approached the left where the Sultaun ftood, 
he found himfelf almoft alone, and retired 
tothe traverfes of the north rampart. Thefe 
he defended one after another with the bra~ 
veli of his men and officers; and, affifted by 
the fire of his people on the inner wall, two 
or three times brought the heads of our 
flank companies, who were pufhing on with 
their ufual ardor, toa ftand. ‘The lofs here 
would have been much greater on our part, 
had not the light infantry and part of the 
battalion companies of the 12th regiment, 
crofling the inner ditch, and mounting the 
rampart, driven the enemy from thence, and 
taken in reverfe thofe who with the Sultaun 
were defending the traverfes of the outer 
rampart, 
While any of his troops remained with 
him, the Sultaun continued to difpute the 
ground, till he approached the paffage acrofs 
the ditch of the gate of the inner fort. 
Here he complained of pain and weaknefs 
in the Jeg in which he had been badly 
wounded when very young ; and, defiring 
his mare might be brought, he mounted, 
and feeing the Europeans {till advancing 
on both the ramparts, he made for the 
gate, followed by his palenkin, and a 
number of officers, troops and fervants. 
It was then probably either his intention 
to have entered and fhut the gate, in or- 
der to attack the [mail body of our troops 
which had got into the inner fort, and if 
fuccefsful ‘ 
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