and with this melancholy and forlorn | view, was, on his own application, transferred to his Majesty's forty-eighth regi ment. After the return of that regiment to India, the legitimate heir of the noble family of Steinach discharged the duties of a private soldier, respected by his comrades, who were ignorant of his rank, and esteemed by his officers for his steady and unassuming deportment. A few months previous to his death, | his birth and parentage were discovered. He received intelligence from the agent of his family, that his father was dead, and had left him entire heir to his property. Cayeton having now succeeded to the lawful inheritance of the late Count Steinach, endeavoured, as became his elevated rank, to effect his discharge from a station in which his adverse fate had doomed him so long to linger. Some circumstances unfortunately intervened to delay the accomplishment of it, and, alas! whilst cherishing the anxious hope of returning to his native land, with dignity and honour, after many years of servitude and toil, and of spending the remainder of his chequered life in the enjoyment of a noble independence, he fell ill under the debilitating effects of the climate, entered the regimental hospital, and died ! SPANISH BARBARITY, AND SINGULAR ESCAPE. A CAPTAIN of the English guards, marching in order to join the battalion of the guards then under the command of General Windham, with some of his soldiers that had been in the hospital, took up his quarters in a villa; but on his marching out of it next morning, a shot in the back laid that officer dead upon the spot; and, as it had been before concerted, the Spaniards of the place at the same time fell upon the poor weak soldiers, killing several, not even sparing their wives. This was but a prelude to their barbarity; their savage cruelty was only whetted, not glutted. They took the surviving few, hurried and dragged them up a hill, a little without the villa. On the top of this hill there was a hole or opening, somewhat like the mouth of one of our coal-pits; down this they cast se veral, who, with hideous shrieks and cries, made more hideous by the echoes of the chasm, there lost their lives. This relation was thus made to the Earl of Peterborough, at his quarters at Capilio, who immediately gave orders to sound to horse. At first we were all surprised, but were soon satisfied that it was to revenge, or rather do justice on, this barbarous action. As soon as we entered the villa, we found that most of the inhabitants, but especially the most guilty, had withdrawn themselves on our approach. We found however, many of the dead soldiers' clothes, which had been conveyed into the church, and there hid; and a strong accusation being laid against a person belonging to the church, and full proof made that he had been singularly industrious in the execution of that horrid piece of barbarity on the hill, his Lordship commanded him to be hanged up at the knocker of his door. After this piece of military justice, we were led up to the fatal pit or hole, down which many had been cast headlong. There we found one poor soldier alive, who, upon his being thrown in, had caught fast hold of some impending bushes, and saved himself on a little jutty within the concavity. On hearing us talk English, he cried out, and ropes being let down, in a little time he was drawn up, when he gave us an ample detail of the whole transaction. Among other particulars, I remember he told me of a very narrow escape he had in that obscure recess : a poor woman, one of the wives of the soldiers, who was thrown down after him, struggled and roared so much, that they could not, with all their force, throw her cleverly in the middle, by which means falling near the side, in her fall she almost beat him from his place of security. Upon the conclusion of this tragical relation of the soldier thus saved, his Lordship gave immediate orders for the firing of the villa, which was executed with due severity; after which his Lordship marched back to his quarters. London:-Printed by JOSEPH LAST, 3, Edwardstreet, Hampstead-road; and published by W. M. CLARK, 19, Warwick-lane, Paternosterrow; J. PATTIE, 17, High-street, Bloomsbury, and may be had, by order, of all Booksellers, in town and country. NOTWITHSTANDING the desolation of other republics, Holland still remained under the new government, supplying France with loans and resources of every kind; by which means she continued to support her own declining credit. Therefore, in the grand plan of military operations concerted between the confederate courts, it was determined that Great Britain should attempt a powerful diversion of the French arms, by the actual invasion of Holland, aided by a body of about 20,000 auxiliaries, to be furnished by Russia, exclusive of the force employed by the Emperor Paul in Italy and Switzerland. The benefits to be derived by this expedition were great and obvious; the ancient alliance between the two states would be renewed; the power of France diminished; and VOL. I. the Prince of Orange, at this time in exile, on account of his attachment to England, restored to the rank of stadtholder and captain general of the forces by sea and land. Though apparently of the utmost consequence that this expedition should have been undertaken at an early period of the campaign, the convention of Great Britain and Russia was not signed at St. Petersburgh till the 11th of June, 1799. By article IV. it was stipulated, that on the arrival of the corps of 17,593 men at Revel, the sum of 44,000l. sterling was to be advanced immediately, and 44,000l. more paid in two months: the same sum was also to be furnished at the commencement of every month. By article VI. his Britannic majesty engaged to provide and maintain, at his 3 E expence, the necessary number of horses. | moment had arrived, when they were to be delivered from their several calamities. And by article VIII. it was agreed, that two months' additional subsidies should be paid for the troops after their return to their own country. It was agreed, in a separate article, that the emperor should lend his ships, frigates, and transports, on the following conditions, viz. : 1. Upon their quitting the port of Cronstadt, the sum of 58,9277. 10s. sterling was to be advanced for the expences of equipment for three months, over and above the subsidy of 19,642l. 10s. per month, to be paid always on the first day thereof. 2. As the squadron was already furnished with provisions for three months, the same was to be paid for by estimate. 3. The officers and sailors were to be fed at the expence of Great Britain; and, 4. The officers were to be indemnified for the preparations made for the campaign. "His Majesty, the King of Great Britain," he observed, "moved by his affection and friendship towards the republic of the United Provinces, and pitying your misfortunes, has taken the generous resolution, as soon as the general circumstances of Europe would admit, to employ, in concert with his allies, vigorous measures for your deliverance." He stated, that the troops sent to their assistance did not repair as enemies, but as friends and deliverers, in order to rescue them from the odious oppression under which they were kept by the French government, and to restore to them "the enjoyment of their religion and liberty; those invaluable blessings for which, with divine protection, they and their ancestors had fought and conquered. Hesitate not, therefore," he added, " brave inhabitants of the United Provinces, to meet and assist your deliverers. Receive them among you as Instead of keeping the object in view friends, and protectors of the happiness a secret, it was publicly known; and a and welfare of your country. Let every considerable body of troops having been difference of political sentiments and assembled on the coast of Kent, the opinions vanish before this great object. necessary dispositions were made for Do not suffer the spirit of party, or even effecting a descent. It was determined the sense of the wrongs you have expethat there should be two successive ex-rienced, to induce you to commit any peditions, by two divisions of the army. acts of revenge or persecution. Let The first, under General Sir Ralph your hearts and your hands be united to Abercromby, an officer of great reputa- repel the common enemy, and to re-estion and experience, sailed from the tablish the liberty and independence of Downs early in August; and the other, your common country." under the Duke of York, whose rank as commander-in-chief, and dignity as a prince of the blood, were calculated to confer splendour on the intended enterprise. These two divisions were composed of thirty battalions of infantry, besides cavalry and artillery, making, in conjunction with the Russians, an army of 45 or 50,000 men. In the interim, the hereditary prince of Orange repaired to Lingen, on the Emms, where he assembled all the StadtIrolderian party capable of bearing arms; magazines were at the same time formed at Bremen, and an active intercourse kept up with the partisans of his family. His serene highness, the Prince of Orange, had also prepared a proclamation, dated at Hampton Court, July 28, 1799, in which he informed his "dear countrymen," that the long-wished-for His serene highness concluded by assuring them, that as soon as the first efforts which they were making towards their delivery had acquired some consistency, "his dearly-beloved son, who was in possession of all his confidence, and deserving of theirs, would put himself at their head, and, following the steps of his illustrious ancestors, spare neither his property nor his life, in order to assist, for their sakes, in bringing this great undertaking to a successful issue.' The hereditary prince soon after published a declaration, nearly similar in substance to his father's, in which he promised forgiveness to all who should return to their duty, and assist in liberating their country. He also warned the present rulers not to offend any one, either belonging to the ancient legal go vernment, or who should have distin-gious worship against the persecuting guished himself as a partisan of the intolerance of incredulity and atheism; house of Orange; and so sanguine were to rescue their administration from the the expectations of success, that "all violence experienced from anarchy who had been formerly employed in the and rapaciousness; and to re-establish departments of police, finance, and jus- them in the possession of their ancient tice, were enjoined to take upon them liberty and independence, so closely the provisional administration of their connected with the privileges of that conformer offices." stitution, by means of which their an standards of the Princes of Orangeprivileges whose influence has proved to the United Provinces a perennial source of prosperity, under the auspices of the amity and alliance of Great Britain." The first division of the army embark-cestors fought and conquered under the ed on board 140 transports, and, on the 13th of August, sailed from Margate, Ramsgate, and the neighbouring ports; after which they proceeded, under the convoy of Vice-admiral Mitchell, to join Lord Duncan, who was cruising in the north seas. Two grand objects were embraced upon this occasion; the first was the possession of the Helder, which would not only confer on the invaders a sea-port and arsenal, but contribute greatly to the attainment of the second object, namely, the possession of the Batavian fleet, most of the seamen and some of the officers of which were discontented with the government, while the naval commander himself was supposed not to be wholly averse to the cause of the Stadtholder. At the same time, his excellency found means to transmit a summons to the commanding officer of the Dutch troops; while Lord Duncan sent a letter to the admiral of the Batavian fleet, on the supposition that the forces were about to land immediately, stating, that as more than 20,000 men had disembarked at the Helder, "he had now an opportunity of manifesting his zeal to the Prince of Orange, by declaring for him, together with all the ships that might choose to follow his example." The answers were, however, unfavourable; the former having replied, " that he would oppose the progress of the army with the brave troops under his command; and the latter," that the enemy might expect a defence from him worthy of his nation and his honour." From the first moment of embarkation the weather proved so adverse to the designs of the English, that apprehensions were entertained of a deficiency of water, and a certain period was actually fixed, on the expiration of which it would not have been deemed prudent Although the squadron had been once to hazard an attack. Five days, how-more forced to sea, yet, through unceasever, before this fixed period, the weathering efforts, the shore of the Helder was became so favourable, that the fleet again descried, and the troops began to was enabled to stand in for the Dutch disembark by daylight, August 27th, all coast. the boom-vessels, sloops, and gun-brigs, being stationed so as to open a welldirected fire, in order to scour the beach, and prevent all opposition from the enemy. Notwithstanding a landing could not be immediately effected, General Abercromby seized on this opportunity to disperse the proclamation of the Prince of Orange, as well as another of his own, in which he stated, "that his Majesty, the King of Great Britain, the ancient ally of the United Provinces, had intrusted him with the command of a body of troops," and that it was not "as enemies, but as friends and deliverers, that the English now entered their territories. This undertaking," he continued, "had no other object in view, but to deliver the inhabitants, heretofore free and happy, from the oppression under which they groan; to protect their reli General Daendels having assembled a body of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, near Callanstorg, made repeated attempts to dislodge the right of the British, now posted on a ridge of sand-hills, stretching along the coast from north to south, and incapable of forming more than a battalion in line of battle; but the narrowness of the position was, upon the whole, favourable to troops entirely destitute of horse and artillery; so that the enemy, instead of being able to make any impression, were, after a sharp but irregular engagement, which lasted for | some hours, obliged to retire to another position, six miles in the rear. According to the official accounts, the English lost 500 men. General Abercromby determined immediately to attack the Helder; and the brigades commanded by the Major-ge Prince of Orange. If you do you will be immediately considered friends of the King of Great Britain, my most gracious sovereign; otherwise take the consequences.-Painful it will be to me for the loss of blood it will occasion, but the guilt will be on your own head. "I have the honour to be, Sir, nerals Moore and Burrard were accord-"Your most obedient humble servant, ingly destined for this undertaking. Late, however, in the evening, the garrison of the fort, consisting of about 2000 national troops, was withdrawn, and the English took possession of the works next morning, August 28th. This was but a prelude to the great success which followed. Having shipped pilots at the Helder, Vice-admiral Mitchell, who succeeded to the command in the absence of Lord Duncan, got under sail with his squadron, for the purpose of reducing the Dutch fleet, which he was determined to follow to the walls of Amsterdam, unless they surrendered to the British flag, or capitulated to the Prince of Orange. Accordingly, August 30th, he formed the line of battle. At five o'clock in the morning, orders were given to prepare for action; and, notwithstanding two ships and a frigate ran on shore, the English passed the Helder point and Mars Diep, continuing their course along the Texel, in the channel that leads to the Vleiter, the Dutch being then at anchor at a spot called the Red Buoy. The Dutch government had not been inert in preparing the means of defence and resistance. Their naval force consisted of nine ships of the line, and a great number of frigates, under the command of Admiral Storey, who had saved himself by an early flight from the battle of Camperdown. Their military did not exceed 20,000 men, to which must be added about 15,000 French, under General Brune, the directory not being able to allow these provinces a larger force. The English admiral sent Captain Rennie, of the Victor, with the following summons to the Batavian commander: An hour was allowed, but in less than that time the following answer was returned, the sailors on board the Dutch fleet having mutinied, in consequence (as supposed) of the proclamation of the Prince of Orange and the successful ex ertions of his adherents: "On board the Washington, anchored under the Vleiter, Aug. 30. “ ADMIRAL,—Neither your superiority, nor the threat that the spilling of human blood could be laid to my account, could prevent my showing to you, to the last moment, what I could do for my sovereign, whom I acknowledge to be no other than the Batavian people and its representatives, when your prince's and the Orange flags have ob commanded refused to fight, and nothing remains to me and my brave officers but vain rage, and the dreadful reflection of our present situation. I therefore deliver over to you the fleet which I commanded. From this moment it is your obligation to provide for the safety of my officers and the few brave men who are on board the Batavian ships, as I declare myself and my officers prisoners of war, and remain to be considered as such. tained their end. The traitors whom I "I am, with respect, "S. STOREY." "To Admiral Mitchell, commanding his Britannic majesty's squadron in the Texel." Thus one ship of 74 guns, four of 68, two of 54, two of 44, a frigate and a sloop of war, were surrendered by Rearadmiral Storey. No sooner were the intentions of Eng |