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Biographical Notice of Prince Eugene * # 53
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of a skilful and-. brave ' general * of an enlightened a » d philosophic statesman , and the more rare virtues of a prince who never fprgot , when clothed in
purple , that he was a man . Prince Eugene was horn at Paris , September 3 , 1781 . His father , General Viscount Beauharnoi 3 , perished in the midst of eminent services he
was rendering to his country . He fell a victim to those men who diverted the Revolution from its course , wishing to bring forward events which were then far distant . The mother of
Eugene , Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie , is sufficiently known by virtues that made her dear to all " Europe . £ t the age of 14 , Eugene bore arms for the defence of his country , and served under the orders of the
illustrious General Hoche . In 1796 he was appointed Aid-de-Camp to Bonaparte , then Coinmander-in-Chief , and now become his father-in-law . After the treaty of Campio Formio , he was sent to Corfu to see it carried into
execution as far as the Ionian Islands were concerned . He served with Bonaparte as Aid-de-Camp in Egypt and Syria , and distinguished himself at the capture of Suez , and at the two assaults which were made on Saint Jean
d ' Acre . After the 18 th of Brumaire he was appointed Captain Commandant of the Chasseurs hChevaly of the Consular Guard ; in 1800 , he was appointed Major on the field of battle at Marengo ; in 1802 , General of Brigade , and Colonel-General of
Chasseurs . In 1804 , he was raised to the ( iiguity of a prince , and appointed Arch-Chancellor of the Empire . In IS 05 , he accompanied Napoleon to Milan , who left him there with the dignity of Viceroy , and confided to him the civil and military government of Naples .
This was the beginning of the political Career of Prince Eugene , who was then hardly 24 years of age , and soon displayed the great talents with which nature had endowed him . Although the Italian Republic had an administration , organized laws , and an administration , organized lawsand an
, anny , it was not the less necessary to create all these for the kingdom of Italy . If stability was to be given to establishments , the foundation oJF which yet suffered from the temporary state under which they arose , to have the basis of a permanent military or *
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ganization which ^ houhl find in itself the elements of reproduction , it was necessary to form into one nation provinces separated for several centu * .
nes ; to unite in one opinion and otie interest , people long opposed to each other ; and to this difficult task Prince Eugene bent his mind from the year 1805 to 1814 .
This intention merely would confer honour oa him , but he did not stop there . I shall not ; however , enter into details of all the operations of a wise and brilliant administration ; an
enumeration of the principal establishments which owe their origin or their improvement to him , wilt be sufficient to give the public a correct opinion of his government of Italy .
The army was increased to 60 , 000 men , completely disciplined and provided with excellent officers by the creation of military schools . Immense fortifications were built or improved at Mantua , Venice and Palma . The
administration of justice was organized on one uniform system . The civil administration was regulated with such order and economy , that , notwithstanding the burdens which pressed standing the burdens which pressed
on the kingdom , the public treasure which was laid by , increased every year . The Universities of Padua , Bologna and Pavia , were re-established . Lyceums were opened in all the principal departments ; schools for girls were established at Milan and Verona .
The Conservatory of Music and the Museum of Paintings were founded at Milan , which presaged the return of the best days of Italy . The superb road of the Simplon was opened . The
canal of Milan and Pa via , the facade of the Cathedral at the former place , after four centuries of attempts , were finished . Mendicity was abolished by the establishment of workhouses and
charitable institutions . These are the works which gave Prince Eugene a claim to the gratitude of a country , the happiness and prosperity of which he had commenced . At the conclusion of 1805 he formed the siege of Venice , at the head of the army of reserve- In January 1806 , he was summoned to Munich to receive the
hand of the Princess Augusta Amelia , the daughter of the King of Bavaria . The war of 180 £ gave him the first opportunity of displaying his- military talents as General-in-Chief , and his
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1824, page 463, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2527/page/15/
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