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wards retired into France. The chief ob- 
stacle to his promotion in that country, 
was his frm adherence to the protestant 
religion. In 1659, he offered his service 
to Charles the second, fer his restoration. 
to the throne of England: but was soon 
after sent by the court of France to Lis- 
bon, to assist in the support of Portugal 
against the Spaniards. It may be suth- 
cient to say, that, anterior to his arrival, 
the Portuguese were unacquainted with 
the art of regular encampments, and even 
when a ditch was to be thrown up, the 
earth was constantly placed on. the 
wrong side. His rewards for the preser- 
_vation of Portugal were, the empty title 
of Count de Mertola, and a pension of 
$14 florins from the privy purse, which 
sum was to be doubled at a peace. In 
1663, on his return to France, he ob- 
tained the title of Duke, was intrusted 
with the direction of the army in Catalo- 
nia, and became a Marshal. In 1683, 
he was still serving at the head of the ar- 
mies, when, in consequence of the edict of 
Nantz, he was obliged to emigrate from 
France. In 1686, he retired te Portugal, 
but being persecuted by the Inquisition, he 
aceepted the command of the troops of the 
honse of Brandenburg. Having traver- 
sed Hoiland, he had a conference with 
the Prince of Orange, (afterwards Wil- 
liam III,). and concerted in conjunction 
with him the expedition which piaced the 
latter on the throne. He afterwards ac- 
companied the Prince of Orange to Eng- 
land; discomifited the measures of king 
James in Ireland; and at the age of 74 
fought, in conjunction with his sovereign, 
the battle of the Boyne, dying, to use 
the words of Bishop Burret, hke Epami- 
nondas, in the day of his triumph, and 
in the hour of victory. He had been pre- 
viously created by king William, Baron 
Teys, Earl of Brentford, Marquis of Har- 
wich, and Duke of Schomberg; with a 
vote from the Commons of England, of 
100,000/. for his services. 
The “ Detailed Account of the Battle 
of Austerlitz,” by the Austrian Major-Ge- 
neral SrutTERHEM, will be read with 
interest and advantage. It has been 
translated by Major Prine Corrin; and 
though it is impossible we should enter 
here into any full details of the military 
Operations it relates to, it may not be 1 im- 
proper to state the principal causes to 
which the loss of the battle is ascribed. 
These are, the want of correctness in the 
information possessed by the allies, as to 
the enemy’s army; the bad plan of attack, 
supposing the enemy to have been en- 
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trenched in a position which he did nof 
occupy ; Hee movenients executed the day 
before ti the attack, and in sight of the ene=- 
my, in order to gain the right flank of the 
French; the great interval between the 
columns when they quitted the heights of 
Pratzen; and their want ef coinmunica- 
tion with each other. These are repre- 
sented as the causes of the first misfor- 
tunes which befel the Austro-Russian 
army; added to which, the second and 
third columns of the allies are represent- 
ed to have thought too much of their pri- 
mary disposition, and to have been inat- 
tentive to those manceuvres of the enemy, 
by which the basis was completely over- 
thrown on which the plan of attack was 
founded. 
In this class also, we place the “ Bio= 
graphical History of England, from the 
Revolution to the End. of George IVs 
Reign,” in continuation of Grayerr. 
Many of the materials were collected by 
Mr. Granger himself, the rest have been 
supplied by the editor, the Rev. Marx 
Nosie. In point of execution we 
think the three volumes here presented, 
by no means equal to the former work, 
The stores of anecdote, indeed, are 
more copious; but the characters are 
not drawn with Mr. Granger’s feli- 
city. Asa specimen we shell quote the 
account of Catharine Queen-dowager of 
England. 
© After Charles Il’s. death, the queen- 
dowager, never of much political conse- 
quence, retired to Somerset House, where 
she lived very privately, and with an eco- 
nomy she had never seen practised in 
England. The Revolution by no means 
pleased her majesty. She thought it a 
matter of religion, and she was every way 
attached to the Romish faith. William 
paid her all the attention due to her ilius- 
trious birth and rank. Mary was higlily 
incensed that she had forbadea prayer to 
be used in her chapel, imploring success 
to Wilham’s arms in Ireland. She said 
to the king, in another letter, dated 
Whitehall, Sept. 18th, 1690. ‘I had a 
compliment last night from Q. Dowager, 
who caine to town on Friday; she sent, I - 
believe, witha better heart, because Lime- 
ricke is not taken; for my parc, I don’t 
think oe bat or any thing else but you; 
God send oe a good journey home, and 
make me t Hank fel, as I ought, for all bis 
mercies.” In all probability she wished 
to have ended her days in England, where 
she was better known, and had assimilat- 
ed herself to the customs of the country 
by long residence; but the disagreeable- 
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