Discourses on Davila No. 27-
WE (hall now content ourselves with recit
ing the summary of this firft civil war.
After the publication of declarations and mani
feltoes, the two armies take the field. The
Queen mother wishes to avoid a war, and procure
peace: She negociates an interview for this pur
pore with the Prince of Cotide, but without suc
cess : She continues however to negociate an ac
commodation, and obtains a conclusion of it.—
The prince repentsof it, by the persuasion of his
partizans, and resumes his arms. He attempts in
the night to fur prize the royal army: His enter
prize succeeds not. The King receives power
ful reinforcements from Germany and Switzer
land. The Prince of Conde is obliged to (hut
liimfelf up in Orleans, and separate his army,
■which he could not hold together in a body.—
He fends to demand succours in Germany and
England, andconfents to deliver Havre de Grace
to the Englilh, and receive their garrisons into
Rouen and Dieppe. Tne Queen, irritated and
afflitfted at these resolutions, joins the Catholic
party, and declares the Hugonots, rebels. The
royal army takes Blois, Tours, Poitiers, and Bour
ses. The ijth of Sept. 1562, it lays siege to
Rouen—in the course of which, the King ot Na
varre, visiting the trenches to reconnoitre the
(late of the place, was wounded in the left should
er, by a shot of an Arquebufe, which broke the
bone, wounded the nerves, and felled him to the
ground as if he were dead. He was carried im
mediately to his quarters, where all the other
generals afleinbled. The surgeons who drefled
his wounds, in the presence of the King and
Queen, judged it mortal, because the ball had
penetrated too far, into the body.
The 26th of October 1562, the city was carried
by allkult, and the whole army entered, making
ail horrible carnage of ihe garrison and inhabi
tants, by putting to the sword, without any quar
ter, all who presented tliemfelved armed or un
armed : The city was delivered up to be plun
dered, except the churches and consecrated
things, which the soldiers were made to fefpetfl,
by the vigilance and good discipline of the ge
nerals.
The King of Navarre, fuffering under the
pains of his wound, and wounded in spirit al
lnoft as much as in body, infilled on embarking
on the Seine, to be tranfportea to Saint Maur, a
pleasure-house near Paris, where he often went
to take the air, and enjoy the tranquility of so
litude. He scarce arrived at Andeli, a few
leagues from Rouen, when his fever was aug
mented by the agitation of the batteau, he loft
his senses, and died in a few hours. He united
to his high birth, an elegant pei-fon, and a foft-
Jiefs of manners : If he had lived in other times,
and under a better conftitutipn of government,
he might have been reckoned among the great
ell I rincesof his age ; but the candor and sin
cerity of his heart, the sweetness and affability
of his difpolition, in the midst of political trou
bles, and civil diflentions, served only to hold
him in continual agitation and inquietude, In
constant in his projects, and uncertain in his re
solutions—drawn away on one fide by the impe
tuous charailer of his brother, and excited by
the party of the Calvinifts, in which he long
held the fir ft rank—restrained on the other hand
by motives of honor, as he thought, by his na
tural inclination for peace, and aversion for ci
vil wars, he discovered on many occasions but
little firmnefs or constancy in his designs. Pla
ced in the number of those, who lay under the
reputation of seeking to disturb the state, he
shared in their disgrace—and he was seen after
wards, at the head of the opposite party, pet T
eeming those, whom he had formerly protected.
In point of religion, foinetimes allured to Calvi-
Jiifm, by the nerfuafions of his wife, and the dis
courses of Theodore Beza—and sometimes bro't
back to the Catholic faith, by the torrent of fafh
ion, and the eloquence of the Cardinal of Lor
raine, he gained the confidence of neither party,
and left in his dying moments, suspicious and e
quivocal ideas of his creed. Many thought, that,
though he was in his heart attached to c. Ivinifm,
or rather to the confeffion of Augsburg, lie sepa
rated from the Hugonots from secret views of
ambition—and fuffering impatiently that the
Piince his brother by his valor and greatness of
foul had acquired among them more efteeni than
himfelf, he chole rather to hold the firft rank a
mong the Catholics than the fccond among the
Calvinifts. He died at the age of forty- two, in
a time when his prudence increasing with age,
lie might perhaps have furpalfed the opinion
which had been conceived of him. Jane of Al
bret, his widow, continued in pofl'effion of the
title of Queen, and of what remained of Navarre.
She had two children, Henry, Prince of Beam,
then nine years of age, and afterwards the all
glorious Henry the fourth of France, and the
Princess Catharine, then very young. Their
mother lived with them atPau and at Nerac, su
pervising their education in the new religion.
The Prince of Conde, reinforced by the auxil
iary forces from Germany, makes hade to attack
Paris. The King and Queen return thither with
their army, and after various negociations the
Prince is constrained to depart. The two armies
march towards Normandy—a memorable battle
is fought at Dreue, where the Prince of Conde
is made prisoner by the Catholics, and the Con
stable by the Hugondts. In the firft onletof this
action, Gabriel of Montmorency, the son of the
Constable, had been killed, the Comte of Roche
fort had been thrown from his horse, and loft his
life, and the catholics, in fpightof all their bra
very, began to give way. The German cavalry
armed with pistols, and divided into two large
squadrons, having joined the Admiral in this
critical moment, made a fre(h charge with such
fury, that they broke the Catholics, and forced
them to fly. The Constable who fought in this
placewith great bravery, exerted himfelf in vain
to stop and rally the fugitives : His horse fell
under him, and he was wounded in the left arm,
surrounded by the Germans, and made prisoner,
after having seen perish at his fide, the Duke of
Nevers, and several other officers of distinction.
The Prince of Conde, in charging the cavalry
of the Duke of Guise, was afterwards wounded
in his right hand, and covered over with blood,
and dull and sweat, was made prisoner by Dam
ville, who, wishing to avenge the capture of his
father, fought with desperation. The Duke of
Guise remained mailer of the field of battle, the
baggage and artillery of his enemy. The Prince
of Conde was brought into the presence of his
conqueror, and it was a memorable scene to fee
those two famous men, whom past events, and
especially the la(t bartle, had rendered implaca
ble enemies, reconciled at once by the caprice of
fortune, sup at the fame table, and for want of
other lodgings, and better accommodations, pass
the night in profound sleep, on the fame bed.
Those who firft: fled from this acflion, carried
to Paris the firft news of the defeat and captivity
of the Constable, and threw the Court into deep
mourning and great inquietudes. They were
diflipated however, a few hours afterwards, by
the Captain of the King's guards being dispatch
ed by the Duke of Guise. The news which he
spread, and the aff'urances which he gave of the
vicfiory gained by the Catholics, diminished the
grief caused by the death of so many brave men,
whose loss had put all France in mourning. Be
sides the Lords and Knights, of diftinguilhed no
bility and reputation, they reckoned eight thou
sand men among the slain. The Duke of Guise
acquired a glory without bounds by this vitfiory,
which gave a great check to the Hugonots. ' The
King and Queen declared him General of the ar
my, and he took the rout to Orleans, that he might
not leave his enemy the time to repair their lofles.
N A M U R, Nov. 2.
AT half an hour pad ten o'clock in the morn
ing of the 30th of O>ftober the laboratory of
one of the powder magazines of this town took
fire in the part destined for making cartridges
It blew up, and destroyed a considerable part of
the quarter in which it wasfituated.
Four hundred persons and a great number of
children were the victims of this disaster, which
does not appear the effedl of chance, as twice be
fore matches had been found evidently disposed
with a design to accafion an explosion.
Some time before two patrols of Patriots, con
sisting of 400 men each, met in the night. 111-
flead of crying, " Qui vivi /" as usual, the com
mander of one of the parties spoke in German.
Deceived by this the other patrol fired. The
battle immediately began with fury, and, if the
dawn of day had not thrown light upon this un
fortunate mistake, the combatants would have
destroyed each other to the laftman.
Three hundred men were killed on the spot,
without reckoning those that were wounded. '
"LONDON, Nov. 8
A warrant hasjuft received the Royal fio- n atiire
for granting 10001. for special service to the Rev.
Thomas Willis, youngest son of Dr. Willis, who
was, as the public will recoiled:, a materialaflift
ant to his father during his Majesty's late indif
pofit ion.
A further reward of 4001. per annum, during
life, has also been granted by his Majesty to the
fame gentleman, in consideration of his services
during that period.
November 12
Doifior Price on Sunday last pafling Northum
berland House, Charing Crols, took two handker
chiefs out of his pocket, and as he wiped his face
with one, a very shabby looking fellow snatched
the other from him openly, and by way of excuse
said, " Dodtor, you know all men ought to be on
an equality ; you have two handkerchiefs and 1
had none." A mob gathered, there was a loud
laugh, and the Docftor walked away.
November 26.
At a quarterly communication of the Grand
Lodge of Free Masons, held last night at Free-
Mason's Hall, Lord Rawdon in the Chair, his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was unani
mously elected Grand Master in the room of his
790
late Royal Highr.efs the Duke of Cumberland •
refpe<ftful artenrion to whose memory t] r 1
thren appeared in mourning or. the '
December 16. I 0"'
Rhenwick Williams, the monster, i s sentf ent
to fix months impi ifonment in Newgate 'f C<
the expiration of that term, to enter bail'/"V
good behaviour, for the term offeven y
himfelf 2001. and two fineries in iool. each
Lord Weft moreland, by his elegant hofn" i
ties at Dublin castle, is popular and beloved
The factious and disappointed are awed b 1,~
virtues, and silenced by his manly and unden
ting rectitude. * Vla '
A correspondent is of opinion, that Mr. Sh ■
dan's indolence, whatever may be his in c |j "•
on, will not permit him to reply to Mr, BuT
on paper.
Alderman Curtis has avowed himfelf i n .u
house of commons, a fifherman, by which decl'
ration (having acquired a handsome fortune - *
bifquit-baker), he only meant to fay, h e was de'
termined to have both loaves and fifties.
The grand Sultan is about fending an embafl'y
of fifteen persons to the court of Berlin.
At Conitaiitinople, something more than fvmp.
Toms -favorable to the cause of Freedom, have
appeared—and fame open resistance to delpo
tifm, has a<ft ually taken place, according to the
newspapers.
Fruit seems to have been very scarce in the
time of Henry VI. Apples were then not lei's
than is. or 2S. a piece, and a red rose colt 2s.
Lord Abercorn's tomb in the Highlands hasfo
extraordinary an echo that 011 opening or shut
ting the door the noise refeinbles a very loud
clap of thunder ; therefore they who are ambi.
tious after death to have a good report should
make intereftfor interment there.
January 20.
Gavois, the wretch who cut madam Madore's
throat at Paris, with a razor, was broken 011 the
wheel at 40' dock on Thursday last. At two he
eat a large cheesecake, and drank a bottle of
wine. At three he alked with the greatest com
posure, whether it was not time to march.
* It is remarkable that the new years day of
t 791, has not been observed at St. James's, and
the ode prepared by theLaureat was forbid to be
performed.
It is confidently aflerted that the Spaniards will
not acknowledge the new flag adopted by the
French.
The Bible is now publilhing in France,in their
vulgar tongue, ornamented with copper plates
in the Englifli manner.
A Dutch paper mentions that MelTrs. Vander
Noot and Van Eupen have disappeared, the one
having retreated to Ha]] (in the French domini
ons,) the latter to the Hague. It is said further
that both are contemplating an embarkation for
America.
A gentleman in town has received a letter from
tlie clergyman at Botany Bay, who informs him
that provisions are so scarce, that the Governor
allows only two ounces of meat, and five ounces
of flour per day to each person. If a relief is
not speedily thrown in, the consequences may be
fatal. Thewriter of theletter adds, that he has
at different times engaged three of the female
convidsas house servants, but that they have all
robbed him. He has now a native gi los the
place, about twelve years of age, whom he is in
hopes of making a ufeful servant.
The latelt accounts from India mention, that
Lord Cornwallis had formed three separate ar
mies to art again!! the tyrant Tippoo, and in
tended to lb ike a decisive blow, by attacking Ar
cot, the capital of his usurped dominions ; but
it was much feared the undertaking would prove
too arduous.
By the taking of Ifatifia, the great magazine
and the principal depot of the (lores of the Turk
i(h army, they became masters of a vast tract on
the south of the Danube, and it was supposed
that they would find no difficulty in taking the
town of Varna, about a day's inarch from thence,
which is a commodious and commanding harbor
on the Black Sea, and which was but slightly for
tified.
If the Prince Potemkin should not think it ex
pedient to cross the Balchan, or the great chain
of mountains which forms a natural barrier to
Turkey, it was in his power to transport his army
by sea within a few miles of Constantinople, in
a day or two, with 110 other obstacle than what
the Black Sea, which is often dangerous and rem
peftuous, presented ; and thereby get over the
principal impediment to his farther progress.
The winter campaign of the Ruffian army may
appear very extraordinary in this country, but
military operations in those warm latitudes are
molt practicable in winter, and the Ruffians are
affedied by the heats in fuminer more than other
troops ; and therefore they prefer carrying on a
war in the winter i'eafon.
From the little resistance which the Turks
make, as the last conquefb is said to have been
gained without any loss, Russia may puffi her
conquells before any other power can poHibly in
terfere ; and either take Conltantinople, or die