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Below will he found an accurate and
amusing description ot the opening ol
the Chamber of Deputies in Paris,
from a correspondent. It has been
sometime tying by us, but will not be
the less acceptable, we trust, on that
account.
When th c active, dashing Napoleon,
-whose every action was <|iiiek ns light,
is contrasted with the fat uninoving
houis 1 8tl—it must wofully shock j
imaginations so ardent and suscepti
ble, as those of Frenchmen.
A*. V. *lm er.
Li tter from Paris 4 —The opening
of the Chambers, by the King in per
son, is a pageant got up with great
splendour and magnificence : it is ex
tremely difficult to procure a ticket,
lor foreign ministers are only indulged
with billets, for their ladies and secre
taries, and few tickets are given away.
The ceremony is held in the palace of
the Louvre, in the hall of Henry 4th, a
100111 of small dimensions. The throne
is erected with all regal decoration ;
in front of it, is the box for Madame,
Dutchess of Berri, and ladies of the
court; on the tight the seats for the
peers and on the left for the depu
ties. The peers dressed in their rich
habits of state, first make their ap
pearance; then follow the deputies,
not so gorgeously dressed, but wear
ing a legislative livery, for in France,
from die altar to the kitchen, all is
theatrical. The Indies fill all the rest
of the room, and, from the splendour
and taste of their dress, and their dif
ferent variety of beauty, being of so
imlhy nations, constitute the pleasan
test part of the spectacle, for there is
no gating like that on the show of pre -
tv women. A salvo of 100 guns an
nounces that his Most Christian Ma
jesty has left, his apartments in the
Tuilleries. Hisapproaeh is, however
in a most unkingly style, being placed
in an arm chair on castors, wheeled
in by the great officers ofhishoushold;
the grand chamberlain, Talleyrand,
limping behind, through the great gal
lery of the Louvre. Meantime the
marshalls of France, the ministers of
war, justice, interior, and foreign rela
tions, the chancellor and officers of
the crown take their places on the plat
form in front of the throne, over which
is susj ended a silk curtain. Another
salute, the curtain is drawn up and
the piav begins. King Louis, dress
ed in a plain blue uniform, with the
simple decoration of a ribbon and a
star, is pushed upon the stage. Mon
sieur takes bis place on his right, the
J)uke d’Angouletne on his left ; the
Duke of Orleans and Monsieur le
Prince Tallcvrand a little in the
rear.
The king commences reading his
speech with an audible voice, good
emphasis, and sound discretion: on
finishing, the house resounds with
acclamations ; the ladies, dear crea
tures, rustle their silks and flirt their
fans; the Deputies shout It re le Roi,
and none among them so warmly as
the late Minister to the United States
M. de Nonville. 1 did not observe
that cur old friend the General or his
son -George Washington La Fayette,
cither made a wave or an articulation.
The ceremony of swearing the Depu
ties then takes place ; the name of the
individual is called over, he from
his seat, and elevating his right arm
ejaculates jc jure. A general shout
of Vive le Hoi, vivent les Bourbons
follows. Ti e chair is turned round,
the King disappears, and the curtain
is dropped. During the whole of the
ceremony Talleyrand remained im
moveable’ behind the chair of the King
■and perfectly realized the forcible
description given to him by Lady
Morgan, which is drawn to the life.
With all this immovability of counte
nance, lie is very ready, and to his
deep policy the Bourbon owes more
than be will allow. The King loves
to joke him. Louis is now in his (>7th
year, mH bears his age kindly, altlio’
he suffers much from the gout. Mon
sieur, the King's brother, is a man of
highly polished manners and imposing
appeal an: e and is king de lacto. I lie
Paviliinn Marsnn being the governing
point, and the King wishing to see
liov liis successor w ill act, leaves all
to him and his i*rt v i.- **l s.
Ramxii th.—- l bis unique pro
duction, with all its absurdities, is
highly amusing. We do not pre
tend to “fine taste,” and the pas
sages which most interest us would
not probably he set down by the
author as the best. Did he ever,
in any of hit halurinntions, dream
of a mad-house ? He must he a
candidate for bed'am, who can sup
pose that the prevailing taste of
the public will be in favor ot such
a style. It may serve to amuse
for a moment, and may often raise
a smile, but there is nothing about
► it which can endure, it is a des
cription of things in general and
every thing in the world. ‘J he j
Maryland Bar and Dr. Mitchill
have their niches. By the way,
speaking of Dr. Mitchill,s late
speech at Albany, to a friend, the
other day, he asked “If any phi
losopher could tell what was God’s
motive in making a learned fool ?”
The question closed our lips, which
were just then “ growing wanton
in his praise.” But Randolph—he
thus treats of the Maryland Bar and
1 Dr. Mitchill.
Ei.oqjtr.NXE !—The Maryland
Bar is, emphatically, the School of
Eloquence. Let me give you two
or three examples. “ Behold him!
—see him !—look at him, gentle
men of the jury,” said one of them,
in a moment ofinspiration—“there
he stands !—walking about—with
the cloak of hypocricy in his mouth
—trying to wire draw—three oak
trees—out of my client’s pocket.”
“ Sir,” said another, “ a man
who could do that sir, must have a
heart, sir—a heart, sir—gem’men
o’ the jury—as black, sir—as black
sir—”—(a by-stander saw his dis
tress, and thrust out his hat toward
him) —“ as black as your hat, gem’-
men o’ the jury.”
“ She was youthful,” said a third,
“ as love—beautiful as an angel,
sir”—(it was on a petition for a
divorce,on the floor of the assembly)
—“ and as virtuous, sir,—as virtu
ous, sir—as—as—could be expect
ed.” *#**#*##
M Stay—l’d like to have forgot
ten Dr. Mitchill. Theie was a boy
here, about twelve or fourteen
years old, who, of his own head,
wrote a letter to l)r. Mitchill last
summer, announcing that a society
was just established in Baltimore,
called the Newtonian Society;
and that they had, unanimously,
elected him an honorary member ,
and added, that any communication
from him, would be acceptable to
the society, &c. It was signed by
some outlanchsh name, as secreta
ry. The boy forgot the name ; and
did not know for whom to inquire;
until he saw the letter advertised.
It was from the credulous old gen
tleman. I saw it. It was in his
own hand-writing ; and was, really,
a speculation on matters and things,
in general—alluvion ; organick re
mains ; and secondary formations,
ect. ect. ; with the” Doctor’s com
pliments to the Newtonian Socie
ty ; and information that he was
going, that very night, to a confed
eracy of a like character, in New-
York—to which he should commu
nicate the raporous intelligence,
&c. &c.
“ But the best of the joke was to
come. This piece of childish pleas
antry soon took anew shape. It
was known only to the boy, (for he
was afraid to tell his father;) to
the light headed man ; and to Dr.
Mitchill. The first kept it a secret,
for his own sake ; the second out
of compassion to Dr. Mitchill. But
lo ! the Doctor was not so discreet
—for it was soon after announced,
in the Washington Gazette,that Dr.
M. was appointedihonorary member
of the Newtonian Society of Balti
more ! And this very evening, a
book is abroad, containing the re
markable events in Dr. M’s life,
under his own hand; in which the
hoax, date and all, are distictly re
corded.
We are not very much surprised
to hear that a son of the late Mr.
Pinkney has challenged and posted
a gentleman of Baltimore, suppos
ed to be the author ot this work,
the correspondence, we understand,
will appear in a few weeks, at the
end of a work now in press, entitled
“ Errata, bu the author of Ran
dolph: 1
7lie wooden nutmegs, which have
been somewhat distinguished in the
list of ingenious impositions, il not
outdone, have at least been equalled
ina cargo of horn gun Jlints, lately
brought into South Carolina, and dis
posed of as flints ol a superior order.
A purchaser of some ot them, who had
been attracted bv their appearance,
having fixed one in his musket and
having snapped it several times with
out witnessing the expected results,
wus induced to examine into the cause
of Ids disappointment, when lie found
his supposed flint to be made of horn,
and to be in fact, even in collison with
the most high wrought steel, as h <lllll -
less as when decorating the head of the
bullock from which it waa taken.
One of them has been furnished us,
uiul is leit at the Augusta Book Store,
for the inspection of those who wish to
see. this new specimen ot domestic
manufacture ami pcdling ingenuity*
The manufacturer wa9 probably a man
of benevolent \ipws, who, desirous of
removing in some measure from the
individuals the means of “ trying to do
each other the most harm,” concluded
that horn gun flints would be sate
appendages to fire arms, even in that
period Vilien swords will be converted
into “ ploughshares, and spears into
pruning hooks.” VVe presume how
ever, that Hunters will not patronize
the new invention, whatever encour
agement would gladly be given to it
by deer, squirrels ami partridges.
. 1 Chronicle.
Jlrdent Spirits. —VVe are taxed said
Poor Richard, twice for our extrava
gance, and thrice for our sloth ; let us
see how much our tax for intemperance
is. Fifty millions of dollars, it is cal
culated will be spent this year in the
Ignited States for ardent spirits —that
will be about five dollars for each indi
vidual on the average ; while our na
tional tax is about two dollars. ‘But,’
says the writer, ‘ Fifty million dol
lars lost is a trifle, a point of vanity,
when compared with the moral influ
ence of intemperance. This immense
sum has poured down the throats ot
about 4,000,000 men 75,000,000 gal
lons of liquid lire. A quantity suffi
cient to supply a constant stream of
8,000 gallons an hour—a quantity,
which, if collected -nd put into a re
servoir, would form a small ocean, on
whose bosom might be anchored a line
of war ships half a mile in length—or,
if gathered into a canal, would fill one
4 feet deep, 14 wide, and 30 miles
long.
Cloth made by Silk Tforms!!
This is said to be the era of in
ventions, and so it seems to be,
even among the inferior as well as
the superior animal creation. While
our countryman, Perkins, is aston
ishing the world with his New
Steam Engine, and Brewster with
his Thousand Spindled Cotton Ma-
few Silk Worms in Lisbon,
Con. have not been less industrious
in producing anew fabric from
their own silken bowels; but to
how great an extent they will car
ry their manufacture we have no
assurance. Mr. W . Bottom, of
Lisbon, showed us a piece of S;lk,
a yard and a quarter in length, by
a quarter in width, of a beautiful
yellow tinge, with a bright yellow
selvage entirely around it; wove,
or otherwise strongly, evenly, and
handsomely connected together,
with a right and a wrong, or a rough
and smooth glossy side, as is usual
on pieces of wove silk. It was
wrought on a board in his silk
house, by about twenty-five worms,
in the space of three days ! ! They
had commenced a second piece of a
rather thicker texture; and of a whi
ter color, which they seem to have
left unfinished.
The piece of silk may be seen
for a few days at the Dry Good
Store of ? r. William Rogers of
this pla' - .* After which we under
stan<’ [/,. Bottom contemplates
]) .ng it to the proprietor of
the Ncw-York Museum.
Norwich, Cun. Courier.
Brick making.—A patent or pri
vilege has been obtained at St. Pe
tersburg for a press tor making
bricks, which is not only to dimin
ish the labour, but to perfect the
forms of tlfe bricks. By mean sos
this machine, not only bricks both
solid and hollow can be made, but
tubes straight or crooked, cornices,
flutes for columns and other archi
tectural ornaments. The patentee
is a Mr. Thomas, who proposes to
establish a model brick-yard with
improved ovens for liaking the
bricks. Three or four men can
produce, it is said, with this ma
chine, from 10 to 12 thousand
bricks, daily, of different forms.
Philadelphia Register.
A Miss Ilrenglehas lately exhib
ited at Georgetown, (D. C.) proofs
of wonderful skill, in the use ol
scissors. In a piece of paper, an
inch square, she cut out the letters
that compose the Lord’s prayer,
in a style of elegant typography.
Every letter was accurately form
ed.
Icthyology. —Gen. Calvin Jones,
of North Carolina, has forwarded
to New-York a piece of skin, with
its bony and impenetrable scales,
from an enormous Pike, the esox
ossetts of the western waters. This
fish was killed with a rifle in the
Forked Deer River, near the town
of Jackson, in the Chickasaw coun
ty. Its length was six feet, girth
three feet,and weighed 156 pounds.
Mr. Webb saw him in the water
the day before he was killed, and
shot him ™ the slf * e r,fle
but the bullet seemed to make no
impressaon. The next day he got
into a tree sloping over the water,
and T at b* B approach, shot him at
the junction near the gills, between
the he- a d and body, and killed him.
Mr. Webb and his father at
tempted to carry the creature home
by passing a handspike through
the gill-ope.uings, and bearing it
on their shoulders. But the length
and weight rendered this underta
king so difficult to accomplish, that
they threw it dov vn hi the woods,
where many curiou’s persons went
to sec it. Three or four other bo
ny-scaled pikes have b uen seen near
the same place, and fire and at repeat
edly by Mr. Haroldson and Dr.
Collier, but without effect. Ah of
them have a practice ol risix ‘g eve
ry few minutes to the surface, ail <l
of spouting up water, frequently to
the height of ten feet; and the blow
ing could be heard from one totwo
hundred yards. Statesman.
Remembrance —A poor man asked a miser
to give him an old cloak to remember him by.
• I presume von want it only to remember me,
said the miser. ‘ Yes,’ replied the other. ‘ H
that is the case, said the miser, I shall not give
it to you—lor you will be more likely to re
member a refusal than a gilt.’
ifovtifiit XntcUfgmre.
From the JY. Y. Spectator, .W. 12.
By the arrival of the ship Diamond,
the Editors have received London pa
pers of the 16th of October, and Liver
pool of the 19th.
SPAIN.
It was before certain that Cadiz was
in possession of the French, ami that
Ferdinand had arrived at the head
quarters of the Duke d’ Angouleme.on
his way to Madrid—but we were left
without the particulars of the events
attending the surrender of that place
—emphatically the last citadel ot Eu
ropean freedom. \ hat deficiency is
now in a measure supplied ; but the
heart bleeds at the recitals, and huma
nity shudders at the prospect. The
Cortes, it appears, made no terms,and
the King and Royal family left Cadiz,
and joined the French, because the
confusion and dismay were such that
no one had authority to prevent them.
The French troops entered the city on
the third—three days after the King
had joined his “ august cousin ;” and
the Paris papers say they were receiv
ed with the most extravagant demon
strations of joy, although the militia
had closed the gates, and refused to
open them until after the positive com
mands of the king. Couriers had
been despatched to all the corps of the
armv, with letters from the King of
Spain, ordering them to lay down
their arms. One account states that
sixty members of the Cortes, voted to
restore the King to his former power ;
and that in consequence they will re
ceive the loyal clemency. Fifty thou
sand French troops are to occupy
Spain until tranquility shall have been
restored. The Regency has of course
been dissolved. On concluding their
labouis, they issued an address “ re
markable for the curious inflation of its
style and sentiment.”
W'e have given be! aw the proclama
tion and decree of the King, issued on
the Ist of October, by which all the
acts of the Constitutional government,
since the revolution *f 1820, of every
name and description, have been an
nulled ;but, says the London Courier,
“ whether this decree will be executed
must be determined by r uture disclo
sures—Our opinion is, knowing the
iufluence under which Ferdinand is
acting, there will be no compromise
with the Constitutionalists.” Some
of the papers, however, seem to think
that the Duke d’Angouleine lias pro
bably stipulated for an amnesty, tor
all political offences; and that the
King is to present the nation at least
with the show of a Constitution. When
the courier arrived in M ail rid,with the
news of the capitulation of Cadiz, he
cried out as he reached the city,—
The King is free, and all the Royal
family and the universal cry from
one end of the town to the other, was
” Long live the Bourbons.” In addi
tion to the decree mentioned above,
another will be found among our ex
tracts, dated at Xeres, October 4, to
which, for the better security of his
Majesty’s person, while journeying
back to Madrid, no deputy of the Cor
tes, for the two last )ears, may ap
proach within five leagues of the road,
anil all ministers, counsellors of state,
and all persons of note who held offi
ces under the Constitution, are prohi
bited from ever entering the capital
or approaching within 15 leagues.—
Riego has been condemned to death,
but. tins was the act of the Regency.
Tims, to borrow the language of the
British Traveller ol the Kith, Ferdi
nand is pursuing his career “ right
Royally.” No weak words of forgiv
ing and forgetting—every sound is
denunciation and threat. ,-\-
serines all the Cortes, “ why j ‘
not proscribe all the persons by wi* *
the Cortes were elected— the vi"?
population in Spain? Why ha
Spain one ve.ck, to enable him n
venge adequately “the horrible";*’
suits” offered to his Royal person \’
restraining the absolute exerciJ •
the Royal will ? The spectacle !1
triumphant royalty, the meanness J
cruelty of a man whom the Coiu.
treated with too much lenity f ur j* 1
past crimes and constant treache !S
this renewed instance of violated o;2’
and disappointed hopes, will neii,.,' 5
have ultimately an effect on K Ur
almost as beneficial as the imtnedr r
establishment of liberty in 1
Those wlio hereafter attempt, the r T
ormation or inveterate political iC'i
es, and the taming of unreclaimed
rants, will have many things to
from the conduct and late ot ih e Sn ai *
ish Cortes. Spain now enjoys the pel
section of bad government; a ferocioui
rabble, directed by a ferocious kin>,
against most of the persons of proper
ty, and all the people of intelligence ur
this country.
The effect of these events at
di z, on the troops and (l f
Catah/nia, are not known, though t\.
said Mina will keep the field, ami
hold out to the last. It is also said
that he had written to the Regency
previously to its dissolution, that the
lives of a French lieutenant, of a great
number of superior officers, and 0 f
two Bishops, who are in his power,
shall answer for that of Riego. A deep
interest is felt for that part of Spain,
and lor Mina, Milans, Rotten, Llubei
ras, the brave commanders, who al
most alone are entitled to our praise
and whose fate will probably excite
the sympathies of the public. If the
example set by the force in Catalonia
and its leaders, had been followed in
the rest of Spain, we should not non
have to speculate on the degree of jus
tice and mercy to be expected at the
hands of Ferdinand. Besides Barce
lona, Lerida, Hostalrich, and Tarn
gona, and the Seu d’Urgel, are in the
hands of the Constitutionalists in
Catalonia. ‘There are also on the
coasts ol the Mediterranean the strong
fortresses of Cartliagena and Alicaut,
and the minor one of Peniscola, vet
unsubdued ; aud Ceuta, the impregna
ble fortress opposite Gibraltar is also
garrisoned by a Constitutional force.—
On what terms these places will sur
render, remains to be seen.* But from
this picture of human wretchedness,
w here bigotry and pusillanimity united
with cowardice and treachery,seem to
have done their worst, wc turn our
eves to
GREECE,
where we find enough to warm and
animate every patriotic bosom. Hi
ving witnessed with melancholly dis
appointment, the want of principle and
energy in the Spanish population, it is
with feelings of indiscnbable satisfac
tion that we direct the attention ot
the reader to a subsequent article de
tailing the overthrow of the third and
greatestexpedition of th e Turks against
the Morea.—The death of the celebra
ted Greek Chief Bozzaris, is an event
deeply to be deplored : but he fell oa
the bed of glory, and his last exploit
seems not to have a parallel since Gi
deon anil his little band, armed in the
panoply of the Almighty, rushed upon
the sleeping camp of the legion?ot
Moab. in addition to the interesting
narrative referred to, it is said that
the Greeks have brought the Mussel
men to a bloody battleuetween Thebes
and Gitoui, in which the latter hat
4000 men in killed and wounded,and
400 prisoners. In a second battle at
Maratia.near Volo, the Turks lost 600
prisoners, although their army ,a§
15,000 men, and that of the Grecks
only 7000. The Musselmen, alter
the action, were obliged to retire to
wards Thessaly, and take refuge i' l
Larissa. These splendid successes" 1
the Greek arms, it is supposed,
have a powerful effect upon the policy
of the European Cabinets. One p
states, that the Courts of St. Peters
burg, Vienna and London,are at leng" l
agreed on the principle that Clirisu®
nations ought mutually to succouroi*
another against the Mahometans.
single word, pronounced to the feeble
government of the Forte, from , ' ie
“Holy Alliance,” would at once de
termine the fate of Greece. Thiswii'y
it is added, will now be pronounced*
it is said lord Strungford i9 to rep il,r
to Czci nowitz, to agree on the defi ll1 ’
tive declaration to he made in r
naive of these powers, and on tlicpf 111 ’
ciplcs on which they will ncgoci**®
with the Turks. Accounts from f |)( ’
stantinople, of Sept, fl, say that cun’
ferences commenced on the 30th 0
Align ,t, between lord Strangfonb R ”
the Reis Etlenui, which have hail 1118
most iiappy result. The Porte “ s
declared that the passage ot the
Sea shall be free to all Christian
ti"Us, without distinction; and 8 * , j!
the affairs of Greece it was dec"’
hat tluv should be discussed at*'”
hi r nomcit; which wps cimf ,)rr