s from Worcester, and has a harbour for barges. It is an old borough, reckoned the second in the county; and sends two members to parliament. It had formerly an abbey with a mitred abbot; which abbey when standing was one of the largest and most stately of any in the kingdom. It was governed by a bailiff, till King James I. at the request of his son Prince Henry, gave it a charter for a mayor, 7 aldermen, 12 capital burgesses, a recorder, and chamberlain, who are all of the common council, with 24 other burgesses called assistants. Four of the aldermen, and the mayor for the time being, are justices of the peace; and of oyer and terminer, and of gaol delivery, for all offences in the corporation, except high treason; and the corporation has power to try and execute felons within the borough. Here are two parish churches; but the bells of both have been removed to a beautiful old tower which was one of the gates of the abbey. The town is noted for the great victory obtained near it by Prince Edward, afterwards King Edward I., over Simon Montfort, the great earl of Leicester, who was killed in the battle. There is an open prospect from hence of the spacious valley called the vale of Evesham or vale of Gloucester, which so abounds with the best of corn, as well as pasture for sheep, that it is reckoned the granary of all these parts. The vale runs all along the banks of the Avon, from Tewkesbury to Pershore, and Stratford in Warwickshire, and the river is so far navigable. It has a weekly market and four fairs. The market-house built by Sir Edward Hobby has its upper apartments used by the corporation for a sessions-house, and formerly for the affizes of the county. There are considerable garden grounds around the place, the produce of which supplies the adjacent towns.Francis, prince of Savoy, descended from Carignan, one of the three branches of the house of Savoy, and son of Eugene Maurice, general of the Swiss and Grisons, governor of Champagne, and earl of Soissons, was born in 1663. Louis XIV. to whom he became afterwards so formidable an enemy, thought him so unpromising a youth, that he refused him preferment both in the church and the state, thinking him too much addicted to pleasure to be useful in either. Prince Eugene, in disgust, quitted France; and, retiring to Vienna, devoted himself to the Imperial service. The war between the emperor and the Turks afforded the first opportunity of exerting his military talents; and every campaign proved a new step in his advancement to the highest offices in the army. He gave the Turks a memorable defeat at Zenta; commanded the German forces in Italy, where he foiled Marshal Villeroi in every engagement, and at length took him prisoner. Our limits do not allow a detail of his campaigns; but Prince Eugene distinguished himself greatly, when the emperor and Queen Anne united against the exorbitant power of Louis XIV. He died at Vienna in the year 1736; and was remarkable for his modesty and liberality, as for his abilities in the field and the cabinet.