414 The Monthly Catalogue for Auguft, 1757. chancellor of the court, has informed Mr. Keith, the British minifter, that the court of London, by the fuccours it has given and till continues to give the king of Pruffia, as well as by other circumstances relating to the prefent ftate of affairs, having broken the folemn engagements which umited this crown with the houfe of Auftria, her majefty the empress-queen had thought proper to recall her minitter from England, and confequently to break of all correfpondence. Mr. Keith is now preparing to come to London; and he accordingly fet out from Vienna the 29th of the fame month. And from Bruffels we have the following article, dated July 20. We hear from Oftend, that yesterday, the 19th inftant, feveral battalions of French troops entered that town, and feveral more are this day to enter Nieuport, to garrison thofe two towns, under the command of lieutenant-general de la Motte, till further orders, and that the Imperial troops will leave thofe garrifons, in order to be employed elsewhere. The fame letters add, that the emprofsqueen has referved to herself, in thefe two rowns and ports, the full and free exercife of all her rights of fovereignty, to which purpose an oath is to be adminiftered to M. de la Motte, by her majesty's minifter plenipotentiary for the government of the Low Countries. And from the fame place we have advice of the 16th inftant, that Mr. Dayrolle, his Britannick majesty's minister to that court, was preparing to set out on his return home. The MONTHLY I. A' CATALOGUE, for Auguft, 1757. CONTROVERSY. 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At the Anniversary Meeting of the Gentlemen educated at St. Paul's School. By Thomas Fairchild, pr. 6d. Davis. To the AUTHOR of the LONDON SIR, I' N the Regulations for the Pruffian army, both infantry and cavalry, I find that great care is taken to infpire their foldiers with a high opinion of themselves, and to make them think that they are above the level of common men. Among the Regu lations for their infantry, there are feveral that are defigned chiefly for this purpose; and among those for their cavalry, there are no less than ten different articles for preferving cleanlinefs and decency amongst foldiers, the first of which is as follows. EGIMENTS are conftantly to be kept Rin the fame good order, the whole year throughout, in which they are at their review; it is his majesty's ftrict command, that the generals and commandants of regiments, the field-officers and captains, and alfo officers of all other degrees, fhall take care that the foldiers, especially on duty, and the parade, are dreffed in the neateft manner; have clean and good linen on, gaiters, black ftocks, hair queued, and buff accoutrements well coloured; that either on parades, or in the streets, they never do appear otherwife, than as foldiers, who are ambitious to look like themfelves, and not like boors: On the other hand, when they are fuffered to go abroad in a flovenly, irregular manner, and are not always com pleatly 1757. Laudable MILITARY REGULATIONS. pleatly dreffed in their regimentals, their refpective commanding officers fhall be anfwerable. And the last three are as follow. Art. 8. Every part belonging to the brafs and iron work, must be always made as bright as poffible; and all officers, and noncommiffioned officers, muft take pains to infpire their men with an ambition to ap. pear always dreffed in a graceful, and foldier-like manner; for if a man takes no delight in his own perfon, he must confequently have more of the clown remaining in his compofition, than of the foldier. Art. 9. As it is neceffary that a foldier. when he has acquired a good air, fhould likewife know how to take off his hat properly; the officers therefore must teach every man to take it off with his left hand, and let it hang down behind his fabre; in that pofition, to look the officer, or other perfon whom he is faluting, in the face, taking care, at the fame time, not to stoop, or hang down his head: A foldier must alfo learn how to addrefs an officer, or other perfon of diftinaion; or, if he himself is, at any time, accofted by fuch, to be able to affume a graceful boldness, and to give a reasonable answer. Art. 10: Soldiers are not to fhun their officers, and feem induftrious to avoid their fight; nor run into their quarters, when they happen to come near them; but must fland faft, take off their hats, and wait to fee whether they have any orders to give. In short, it feems to be the defign of the Pruffian government, that every common foldier in their fervice fhould look upon himself as a gentleman; and it ought to be the design of every government; for courage, intrepidity, and refolution, are the certain attendants of a high fpirit, which is the reafon of gentlemen's being found in all countries to be the best foldiers ; and in all countries, which are properly called free countries, that is to fay, where the poor, as well as the rich, are not only intitled to, but may eafily have the protection of the laws against oppreffion, and are provided with fuch privileges as may, in a great mea fure, prevent infolence. I fay, in all fuch countries, their people, when properly difciplined, have always been found to make better foldiers, than the people of abfolute monarchies, where both poor and rich are oppreffed by their government, or the people of Ariftocracies, where the poor are not only oppreffed, but daily infulted by the rich. This I could confirm from many ancient hiftories, as well as feveral modern examples, and it thews how neceffary it is, to endeavour to make every man, who is defigned for a foldier, as high fpirited as polible; and to avoid every practice or custom that may any way contribute towards breaking or debating the fpirit of a foldier. For this reafon I have often exclaimed againft that custom, too frequent in our own army, 415 of allowing foldiers to be beat or cudgelled But to allow the foldiers to be beat and abufed by a peevish or tyrannical officer, whenever he takes it into his head to be very angry, muft break the fpirit of the man who fuffers, because it must often happen without any juft caufe, and if it does often fo happen to the fame man, it expofes him to the contempt of his companions, if t to many, it may, in time, render a whole regiment either mutinous, or poltroons. Such foldiers can never look upon themselves as gentlemen; but, on the contrary, muft think themfelves in a lower and worfe condition than that of boors and clowns, efpecially here in England, where the loweft clown is intitled to his action of affault and battery, if he be drubbed without a juft caufe even by his mafter; and too often recovers damages, even when by a licentious tongue he had given juft caufe for the correction he met with. Such foldiers may be taught to go thro' all the little punctillios of a review; but from fuch foldiers a bold, vigorous, and furious attack upon an enemy, can never be expected. And whilft fuch a power is indulged to the officers of an army, it must often provoke the boldest and braveft foldiers to defert to the enemy. Thefe fpeculations I was led into by the Pruffian Regulations; and as they may be, of fome service to us, in our prefent circumftances, I hope you will give both a place in your ufeful Magazine. Whitehall, August 20, 1757. I am, &c. ACROSTICAL SONG, to Mifs Bedeck'd with each charm that can brighten Each beauty that love can bestow; Confider that beauty is not to be bought, $ corn cenfure, and Ay to my arms. BOVIVADENSIS. Days INDIA South Sea South Sea South Sea 3 and p.3 p. Cent. S. S. An. 3p. Cent. Ind. Bonds B.Cir. p.] Wind at STOCK. STOCK. STOCx. Annu. old Ann. new C. B. An. B. Annu 1751. Ind. Ann. 901 89 88 88 90 89 884 88 3 119 go 89 89 PRICES of STOCKS for each Day in AUGUST, BILLS of MORTALITY, &c. BANE præm. 1. s. d. Deal. London. Weather, BILLS of Mortality from July 12. to Auguft 9. $ Males 509 Fenial. 491 1000 Males 747 1457 2 Femal. 716) 88 21. 145 15 12 6 S. E. fair Chrift. 88 21. 1455 12 6 S. by E. fair, rain 88 21. 148 5 12 6 S. S. W. rain Buried go 89 87 88 21. 1355 15 0 S. W. rain 89 89 7 Sunday 88 90 $8 90 88 83 90 88 89 14 Sunday 134 1 100 894 891 90 89 90 89 89 go 89 89 90 89 89 90 89 89 999999 88 21. 128 5 15 0 N. E. fine 88 21. 125 5 15 0 E. fair, rain 15 of E. N. E. cloudy 88 15 0 S. W. fair 88 21. 11S5 15 0 S. W. rain 88 21. 125 5 15 S. rain 89 89 90 89 90 89 90 89 96639 89 1457 88 21. 125 5 15 0 W. rain 88 21. 125 5 15 ° S. W. rain 89 21. 1285 15 oW. S. W. 299 rain 89 21. 1255 15 0 S. W. fair Aug. 2 387 89 21. 128 5 15 0 S. W. rain 9 348 S. W. rain 1457 15 oW. S. W. fair misling Decreased in the Burials this Warminster. Month 45. Wheaten Peck Loaf rs. 11d. 38 6d Birmingham. 8s od bushel 4s 6d to os od The LONDON MAGAZINE: Or, GENTLEMAN's Monthly Intelligencer. For SEPTEMBER, 1757. To be continued. (Price Six-Pence each Month.) Containing (Greater Variety, and more in Quantity, than any Monthly Book of the same Price.) I. Caufe of the high Price of Corn. II. Starch made Abroad, and run clandeftinely into England. III. Perfidious Conduct of the French. IV. Advice to the People of England. V. Defeat of the Nabub of Bengal. VI. Articles of Peace with him. VII. Fort Chandanagore taken. VIII. Articles of the Capitulation. IX. The Hiftory of laft Seffion of Parlia ment, with an Account of all the material Questions therein determined, and of the political Difputes thereby occafioned without Doors. X. Refolutions of the Committee of Ways and Means. XI. Converfations between the Duke of Marlborough, M. de Torcy, &c. XII. Remarks on a late Performance. XIII. The Objections to the Defence of St. Philip's Castle, in Minorca, with the Anfwers briefly and methodically ftated. XIV. The Years of the Birth and Death of Chritt afcertained. XV. A Week's Tranfactions at Sea. XVI. Obfervations made in a fecond Journey to the Brimitone-Hill. XVII. Cafe of twallowing melted Lead. XVIII. Cadiz defcribed. XIX. Lift of Prize Cargoes. XX. Curious Queftion in Navigation. XXI. The Sleep of Plants explained. XXII. Lift of Ships taken by the French. XXIII. POETRY. On a Lady drinking the Bath Waters; a Dialogue; to Mifs C-pb-ll; Epithalamium; Soliloquy on the Death of a juvenile Friend; the Bear and the Multitude; Anfwer to a Riddle; the School-Boy; a modern Portrait; Epigrams, Acroftick, Epitaphs; a new Song, fet to Mufick, and a Minuet, &c. &c. &c. XXIV. The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. Advice from Lord Loudoun and Admiral Holbourn; Fleet fails on the fecret Expedition; Leeward Island and Baltick Fleets arrive; Seffions at the Old-Bailey; Bravery of Capt. Gilchrift. &c. &c. &c. XXV. Marriages and Births; Deaths; XXVI. Courfe of Exchange. With a beautiful MAP of the Northern Part of UPPER SAXONY, and an elegant PLAN of the BAY and ROADS of CADIZ, finely engraved on Copper. MULTUM IN PARVO. LONDON: Printed for R. BALDWIN, at the Rofe in Pater-Nofter-Row; Of whom may be had, compleat Sets from the Year 1733 to this Time, neatly Bound or Stitch d, or any fingle Month to compleat Sets. We are obliged to defer many ingenious productions, received from our kind correfpon- Subfcriptions for a GENERAL INDEX to the LONDON MAGAZINE, continue to In line 1. of Dr. HILL's account of the fleep of plants, for Herbalists, read Botanists. |