Prussian statement by a Captain
Hahnsfelder, who stated that two British guns, placed on the height
above La Haye Sainte, were captured by the French as early as eleven
o'clock. The passage in the memoir is this:--"Untrue; these guns were in
the field at seven in the evening, in the same position which they stood
at the beginning of the battle. They are in advance of Adam's left, and
were so far unprotected that the artillerymen who served them had to
retire after each discharge. The Cuirassiers made several attempts to
carry them off, but as orders were given that, after each fire, one
wheel should be taken off each gun, the cavalry failed in their object.
They tried to lasso them, but this also failed, besides losing them some
men."

Alison's strategy, for he went so far as to plan a campaign of his own,
is very ably exposed, and the necessity of posting troops in particular
districts clearly explained from circumstances peculiar to the
localities, such as stationing the cavalry at Enghein, where alone
forage was procurable. The controversy, if it can be so called, is
worthless. They whose opinions are alone valuable are exactly the
persons who will not speak on the subject.

A strange-looking letter is this from C------ enclosing the proof of
a paper I wrote on Irish Educational matters, very laconic and
editorial:--

"Dear T.,

"You are all wrong: as blue and yellow, when mixed, form
green, so will your Protestant and Papist League make
nothing but rampant infidelity. In any great State scheme of
education there must be one grand standard of obedience--the
Bible is the only one I've heard of yet. Keep this one then
till you hear of better.

"Yours,

"H. C."

Another of the same hand:--

"H------ desires me to inclose you these two letters: one I
know is an introduction to Guizot; the other, I suppose, to
be 'Ein empfehlungs Brief' to the 'Graefin.' Take care to say
as little as possible to the one, and to have, in Irish
parlance, as little as possible 'to say' to the other. At
Paris you want no guidance; and at Vienna, the Abbe Discot
is your man. Coloredo is out of favour for the moment; but
he can afford to wait, and, waiting, to win. Be assiduous in
your visits at B------y's; and when the Countess affects
ignorance, let us always hear from you.

"Yours ever,

"H. C."

This is a very rose-col