1809.] Account of the late Lreut.- 
ham, and are all my aides-de-camp well? 
-L have made my will, and remem- 
bered my servants!” i 
On the appearance of Major Colborne, 
his principal aide-de-camp, hie spoke most 
kindly to him, and then turning about to 
another, he continued: ‘* kemember 
you go-to and tell him that it is 
my request, and that I expect he will be- 
friend Major Colborne, he has long been 
with me, and I know him. most worthy of 
it.” He then asked the major, “ it the 
French were beaten?” and, on hearing 
they were repulsed on every point, he 
said, “ It was a great satisfaction in his 
last moments, to know he had beaten the 
French !” 
After this, he enquired if General Pa- 
get was present? and on being answered 
in the negative, begged ‘ to be remem- 
bered to him.” 
“ T feel myself-so strong,” added he, 
*T fear I shall be long dying;—lI ain in 
great pain!” He then thanked the medi- 
cal men for their attention, and after, 
speaking kindly to Captains Stanhope 
and Percy, he pressed to his heart the 
hand of the first aide-de-camp, who came 
to his assistance, and died in a few mi- 
nutes, without so much as a struggle. 
Thus fell, in the prime of lite, at the 
age of 47 years*, surrounded by his suite, 
mourned by his companions in arms, and 
at the conclusion of a critical victory, 
which preserved the remainder of his 
army from destruction, Lieutenant-Ge- 
neral Sir John Moore, a name that will 
be long dear to his country. His brilliant 
exploits have already been detailed, and 
it oniy remains to observe, that in the 
course of these, he received no fewer than 
six wounds; one in the head from a sheil, 
at Corsica; three in Holland, before he 
could be prevailed upon to leave the 
ficld ; a musket shot in the leg in Egypt 
did not interrupt his exertions; and a 
cannon ball in Spain bereaved his coun- 
try for ever of his services ! 
On the 25th of January, the Earl of 
Liverpool, as secretary of state for the 
home department, while moving the 
thanks of the house to those officers, who 
fad gained the battle of Corunna, paid a, 
high eulogium tothe memory of the depart- 
ed general; “ whase whole life,” he said, 
** had been devoted to the service of his 
country, for there was scarcely any:ac- 
* Sir John Moore was born at Glasgow, 
November 13, 1761. He received the honour 
of knighthood, and the order of the Bath, on 
his return frem Egypt. : 
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tion of importance during the two last 
wars, in which he had not participated.” 
In the course of the same night, Lord 
Castlereagh, in his official capacity, as 
minister at war, expressed his sorrow at 
the ‘‘loss of one of the ablest of our gene- 
rals; possessing in an eminent degree 
every valuable quality that can digaify 
the man, and enhance the superiority of 
the soldier; at once in the prime of life, 
and the prime of professional desert ; 
giving in the evidence of his past life 
the best assurance of what might be ex- 
pected from bis zeal, intrepidity, and ta-~ 
lents.” He concluded with the following 
motion: **That an humble address be 
presented to his Majesty, requesting that 
a monument be erected in the cathedral 
af St. Paul, to the memory of the late 
Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, 
Knight of the Bath, who, after an ho- 
nourable and meritorious life, fell by a 
caunon ball, in the action near Corunna, 
on the 16th of January, 1809, after hav- 
ing, by his judicious dispositions, skill, 
and galantry, repulsed an enemy of su- 
perior force, and secured to the troops 
under his command a safe and unmse- 
lested embarkation.” 
The commander-in-chief, also, in ge- 
neral orders, dated ‘*¢ Horse Guards, 
February 1, 1809,” paid the following 
tribute to his memory: 
*¢ The benefits derived to an army frora 
the example of a distinguished commander, 
do not terminate at his death: his virtues 
live in the recollection of his associ:‘es, and 
luis fame remains the strongest incentive te 
great and glorious actions. 
*¢ In this view, the Commander in Chief, 
amidst the deep and universal regret, which 
the death of Lieutenant-General Sir Johw 
Moore has occasioned, recalis to the troops 
the military career of that illustrious officer 
for their instruction and imitation. 
“Sir John Moore, from his youth, embraced 
the profession with the feelings and senti« 
ments of a soldier; he felt; that a perfect 
knowledge, and an exact performance of the 
humble, but important duties of a subaltera 
officer, 2re the best foundations for subsee 
quent military fame; and his ardent mind, 
while it looked forward to those briiliant 
atchievements, for which it was formed, ape 
plied itself, with energy and exemplary assi- 
duity, to the duties of that station. 
«* Jn the school of regimental duty, he ob- 
tained that correct knowledge of his profes~ 
sion so essential to the proper direction of the 
gallant spirit of=the soldier; and he was 
enabled to establish a characteristic order, 
and regularity of conduct, because the troops 
found in their leader a striking example of 
the discipliac, which he enforced on others. 
6¢ Having 
General Sir John Moore. 
