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nominated judge lateral of the tribunal of Ajaccio, and died at Montpellier, of a cancer in the stomach, having proceeded thither for the benefit of his health in 1785, at the age of 39. Napoleon was early sent to France and patronized by a brother of M. de Marboeuf, a prelate, who sent him to a college in the village where he resided, and afterwards got him entered into the military academy of Brienne. He joined the military school of Paris in 1784, and in 1785 was appointed to the artillery in the regiment de la Fere. Barras became his patron during the revolution, and he first distinguished himself at Toulon by his superior skill in directing the batteries. He was soon after named general of brigade; and on the 13th Vendemaire, (Oct. 5,) 1794, he commanded the conventional troops and defeated the Parisians. In March 1796, he married Josephine de Beauharnois, the widow of the count de Beauharnois, who was beheaded four days before Robespierre. Barras obtained the liberty of madame de Beauharnois from prison soon after that event. Three days after his marriage, Buonaparte left his bride for Nice, to take the command of an army of 60,000 men, the great object of his ambition; and after several skirmishes, he out-manoeuvred the Austrians and Sardinians; and with troops deficient in every thing, won the battles of Montenotte, Millesimo, Dego, and Mondovi, in April. On the 10th of

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of Montebello.

of Marengo. Preliminaries with Austria signed at Paris.

May he gained the battle of Lodi, Dec. 24. Explosion of the In

and soon found himself master of

Piedmont and the Milanese.

August the 3d, 1796, he con- Feb. quered at Lonado, and on the 5th

1821.

fernal Machine.
1801.

9. Treaty of Luneville

with Austria.
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Oct. 8,

Oct. 8. Preliminaries with Eng- Nov. 2. Battle of Jabel.

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Feb. 5. Moreau arrested.
Mar. 20. Duc D'Enghien shot.
May 18. Made Emperor.
Nov. 19. Crowned by the Pope.
1805.
Feb. 19. Wrote a pacific letter
to the king of England.
May 26. Declared King of Italy.
Sept. 24. Ileaded his Army a-
gainst Austria.

Oct.

8. Won the battle of Wer-
tinghen.

9.

14.

15.

of Guntzburgh:

July 7. The Treaty of Tilsit.

July 7.

Oct.

8.

10.

16.

1808.

Joseph Bonaparte de
clared king of Spain.
Battle of Valmaceda.
of Gamenal.
of Burgos.

Sept. 20. Conference at Erfurth.
Nov. 5. Bonaparte arrived at
Vittoria.

18. Battle of St. Ander.
Dec. 4. Surrender of Madrid.
8. Of Santa Cruz.
1809.

of Memmingen. Jan. 22. Bonaparte returned to
of Elchingen.

20. Mack surrendered at
Ulm.

Nov. 13. Vienna taken.

21. Battle of Diernestein.
of Austerlitz.

Dec. 2.

15. Treaty of Vienna with
Prussia.

26. Treaty of Presburgh
with Austria.
1806.

. June 5. Louis Bonaparte de-
clared king of Holland.

July 26. Convocation of the Jews. 27. Confederation of the Rhine published. 1806.

Oct. 10. Battle of Saalfield.

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Paris.

April 6. War declared by Austria
13. Bonaparte headed his

army against Austria.

21. Battle of Landshut,

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Paris.
18. Arrives in Paris, and

raises new levies.
1813.

Apr. 18. Took the command of the army on the Elbe.

May 1. Battle of Lutzen.

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of Bautzen.

of Wurchen. June 4. Armistice agreed on. Aug. 17. Hostilities recommence. 28. Battle of Dresden Moreau killed.

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favour of his son. Surrendered himself to the English. Sailed from England for St. Helena.

On the 6th, at Mount Stewart, the most noble Robert, marquis of Londonderry; and, on the 9th, in obedience to his lordship's own. express desire, his remains were interred, privately, in the family vault at Newtownards. The noble marquis was born 27th September, 1739-married first, June 3rd, 1766, Sarah Frances Seymour, second daughter of Francis, first marquis of Hertford, and had issue by her, (who died July 17th, 1770,) Alexander Francis, who died

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were, however, speedily blighted by her untimely death.

died in May 1769.-Robert viscount Castlereagh, (now marquis of Londonderry,) born June 18th, 1769, and married January 9th, 1794, Amelia Hobart, youngest daughter and co-heiress of John, second earl of Buckinghamshire. -The marquis married secondly, June 7th, 1775, Frances, eldest daughter of Charles Pratt, first earl of Camden, by whom he had issue the present lord Stewart, two sons and eight daughters. His lordship was descended from sir Thomas Stewart, of Minto, second son of sir William Stewart, of Garlies, ancestor to the earls of Galloway. His lordship was created baron, November 18th, 1789 viscount, October 6th, 1795-earl, August 19th, 1795, and marquis, January 22nd, 1816-gil, Horace, the Grecian trageand was one of the twenty-eighth representative peers of Ireland.

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At Woolwich, on the 15th, John Bonnycastle, esq. He was born at Witchurch, in the county of Buckingham his parents, although not in affluent circumstances, contrived to bestow upon their son a respectable education. At an early age the favourable opinion which his friends entertained of his acquirements, induced him to seek his fortune in London. In this great metropolis his growing taste for mathematics became strongly fixed, from an association with friends of congenial habits and pursuits. Many of these friends have since attained considerable eminence in various departments of literature.

At the early age of eighteen. years, Mr. Bonnycastle married a young lady of the name of Roll, whose liberal and cultivated mind gave fair promise of many domestic hours. The hopes he cherished

Soon after this event, the earl of Pomfret engaged him as a private tutor to his sons (the present earl, and the honourable general Fermor.) That he was perfectly qualified for the task, every one who had the pleasure of his acquaintance will readily admit, when they recall to their memory the almost universal knowledge which he possessed, although he was nearly self-taught, not having in his early youth received the advantages of a classical education. And yet we can assure our readers that no one, even amongst those who had received an university education, could be better acquainted with Homer, Vir

dians, and the classics in general, than the worthy subject of this memoir. With the French, Italian, and German literature he was intimately acquainted. It is true, he could not speak those languages, but he read and knew the best of their authors. In a knowledge of the English language, no one could surpass him in appreciating the merits of our best authors in every class of composition. Like his friend Fuseli, he was a great admirer of Shakspeare, and so strongly were his immortal lines fixed upon his memory, that, on the mention of a single word in the works of that incomparable poet, he would finish the sentence and give the proper emphasis.

Mr. Bonnycastle remained about two years at Easton, in the county of Northampton; the situation he then filled, he left in consequence of being appointed one of the Mathematical Masters at Woolwich,

Woolwich, where, for more than forty years, he devoted a considerable portion of his time daily in discharging the duties of his profession; the remainder was employed in writing elementary works on the most useful branches of the mathematics. How competent he was, has been demonstrated by the numerous editions which have been printed of those volumes. His first work was, "The Scholar's Guide to Arithmetic," the thirteenth edition of which is now selling. Those upon Algebra and Mensuration have long ranked as standard school books. His "Treatise upon Astronomy" is the most popular of all works upon that sublime science; chiefly arising from the perspicuous manner in which the subject is treated, and its lucid style of composition; it has become a general library book, and will long remain as a testimony of the religious sentiments, benevolence, and great attainments of its author. Yet this very book was written by Mr. Bonnycastle, at Bath, under circumstances of peculiar depression, arising from a nervous complaint, to which he was very subject, in the early part of his life.

So far we have considered Mr. Bonnycastle as a man possessing talents of a varied, universal description, and as an author of elementary works in various branches of mathematics; but it now remains to add a few words respecting his private character, from one who was intimately acquainted with him for the last twenty years of his life. He was a good husband, a good father, and a sincere friend. In company, no man could be more attractive; he was so rich in anecdote upon all sub

jects, especially of literature, that, his presence and conversation were productive of endless amusement as well as instruction to his auditors. His widow, three sons, and a daughter survive him; all of whom, by the most unremitting attention during his long and tedious illness, proved how much he was endeared to them by his domestic virtues.

Mr. Bonnycastle was interred at Charlton, in a vault expressly built for him. His funeral obse quies were attended by the mathematical masters of the royal academy, and several officers of the royal artillery. General Ford, the lieutenant-governor of the academy, bestowed a marked tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased; all the cadets were drawn out, in two double lines, before the door, thus testifying their regard for the excellent man whose funeral procession was to pass before them.

Mr. Bonnycastle's publications are:

The Scholar's Guide to Arithmetic; 12mo. 1780.

Introduction to Mensuration and Practical Geometry; 12mo. 1782. Introduction to Algebra; 12mo.

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