Brandenbourg. A princely income, in addition to all his former honours, was the remuneration he received for this sacrifice; but the chief motive which operated upon this occasion was of a far different kind, for by this exchange his Serene Highness was enabled to leave Germany and reside in England. He accordingly repaired thither, and made a purchase in the immediate vicinity of the village of Hammersmith, now known by the name of Brandenburgh-house, where the gardens have been laid out with great clegance; while a theatre has been fitted up, in which bis fair and accomplished consort is accustomed to entertain select parties of their friends, by means of dramas, in which her Serene Highness appears at once the heroine and the author. Neither the splendour of fortune nor of titles can induce her to relax from those studies, which formed her amusement, and constituted her happiness at a former period of her life. In the course of last year (1802) a little work, entitled "The Soldier of Dierenstein, or Love and Mercy, an Austrian Story," was printed at Newbury, in the neighbourhood of which the family occasionally resides, under her own immediate inspection. The following address, which is prefixed, fully proves that her Serene Highness is feelingly alive to literary censure: "To the Austrian Eagle. "O thou! who placed by the poets of old in precedency among the winged race, as the Emperor is among sovereigns. Generous bird who long and oft extended thy expanded wing to shelter a dove flying from birds of prey, accept the following romance as a small tribute of gratitude, employ thy tremendous beak and talons against against the critics that would tear it to pieces; so shall each Austrian hero emulate the Soldier of Dierenstein; the Danube's beauteous shores be the Muse's favourite haunt; and the Eagle still be the favourite bird of Jove." This little work, which is novel of its kind, is divided into stanzas, instead of chapters, and in consequence of this, the whole assumes somewhat of the dramatic form. The hero, whose name is Leonardo, appears in the character of a common soldier in the Duke of Austria's army, and we are told "that he astonished and charmed the foe by the mercy he evinced in conquest; but his uplifted sword was dropped to earth when, kneeling, the vanquished sued for mercy." This youth, who had served and distinguished himself in the ranks, proves to be the son of the prince, by the daughter of his gamekeeper, in whose army he had been employed, and after a certain number of adventures, absolutely necessary for the chief person in a romance, he is acknowledged by his father, beholds. his enraptured mother, and becomes united to his charming Maude. The moral is to be found on "the banner of Leonardo, where was represented two doves tearing a spider's web, to let an entangled fly escape: the motto was, Love and mercy." The following is the most correct list we have been able to obtain of her Serene Highness's works: 1. POETRY. A variety of original poetry has been occasionally written by the Margravine, but never collected or regularly published; such as, 1. Verses addressed to her heart; 2. The Nabob, a fable; 3. An Epitaph on Mr. Jenner; 4. A Reply to a compliment of Lord Orford; and a variety of Prologues, Epilogues, &c. 2. DRAMA. 2. DRAMA. 1. The Sleep-walker, a comedy; printed at the Strawberry-hill press, in 1778. 2. The Miniature Picture, a comedy; performed at Drury-lane in 1781. 3. Nurjad, a French comedy, in three acts; printed and performed at Anspach, in 1787. 4. Le Déguisement; a translation of Cibber's comedy of She Would and She Would Not" into French, and acted at Anspach, on which occasion Lady Craven appeared in the character of Hippolita. 5. The Silver Tankard, a musical farce; performed at the Haymarket in the summer of 1781. 3. TRAVELS. A Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople; in a series of letters. 4to. 1789. 4. NOVELS. 1. Modern Anecdotes of the antient Family of the Kinkvervankots-darsprakengotchderns, a tale for Christmas; dedicated to the Hon. Horace Walpole, afterwards Lord Orford. 2. The Soldier of Dierenstein. GENERAL SIR DAVID DUNDAS, K. B. ATTENTION as well as exertion are necessary to the acquisition of eminence in any profession; and this maxim is peculiarly applicable to the profession of arms. In consequence of these the military man may expect to obtain promotion, which will secure to him honours and wealth; and we beg leave to offer to the public the following account, as an example and a proof of the good effects of unremitting industry, when accompanied by a conduct guided by sagacity, and inspired by prudence. General Sir David Dundas is a native of Scotland, of of the family of Dundas of Dundas, which claims the rank of chief of the name. His father was a merchant in Edinburgh, and had several children besides the subject of this notice, who was born about the year 1737. By the mother's side, Sir David Dundas is cousin to Lord Melville. At the age of eighteen he entered on his military career, under the auspices of his uncle, General David Watson, quarter-master-, general under his Royal Highness William Duke of Cumberland.* This officer was an able engineer; he made a survey of the Highlands of Scotland, and planned and inspected the military road through it, now so justly renowned. To this relation young Dundas was appointed an assistant, and had the further advantage of having for his coadjutor the celebrated William Roy, since quarter-master-general in Great Britain. As Roy was skilled in mathematics, it may be supposed that Dundas derived much information from such a colleague. He was colonel of the sixty-third regiment, and died in 1760. + This gentleman also was a native of Scotland. He entered into the engineers at an early period of his life, for in January 1756 we find him a Lieutenant in that corps. He served during the war on the continent, and in July 1762 was appointed deputy quarter-master-general in Scotland, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army. He rose in the service to be a lieutenant-general, quarter-master-general, and colonel of the thirtieth regiment of foot. General Roy died in 1786, in consequence of the rupture of a bloodvessel in the lungs, being subject to a constitutional catarrh, to relieve which he passed the winter previously to that event in the mild climate of Lisbon. He was a man of great literary and mathematical talents, and was employed by government to continue the trigonometrical ad measurement 2. DRAMA. 1. The Sleep-walker, a comedy; printed at the S press, in 1778. 2. The Miniature Picture, a comedy; perfor in 1781. 3. Nurjad, a French comedy, in three formed at Anspach, in 1787. 4. Le Déguisement; a translation of Would and She Would Not" into F on which occasion Lady Craven polita. GENERAL DUNDAS. y of Dundas of Dundas, which claims the ice, who was born about the and 5. The Silver Tankard, a my market in the summer of 178 A Journey through th of letters. 4to. 1789. 1. Modern Anec kots-darsprakengo Hon. Horace W the t} 2. The Solis A GE Lots, itain." ar OW. year ies of ained as far as ons at Dover. The e Transactions of the Royal Some years prior to his death ous work on the "Military Antiquities das, to whom by will, as we have heard, he left a in habits of the strictest friendship with him. As a of the opinion he entertained of General Roy's literary the following extract is taken from his "Outline of the Campaigns of the British Army in Germany, from 1756 to 1763,” annexed to his "Principles of Military Movements," of which work more will be said in the following pages: "For much information and many circumstances contained in this relation, I must here express my acknowledgements to my friend Major-general Roy, and most truly regret that one so perfectly ac quainted with the scene of operations, and possessed of the most ample materials, should never have given to the world a detailed history of that war, through the whole of which he served, and which he is so well enabled to investigate." for |