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hands for the public furniture, I might, with Uriel propriety, nave declined paying any tiling to Inin, on private account, until he had first shewn, by settlement hw he had dis posed of those funds. Tins consideration, however, had no weight with me. Believ ing him to be a man of s’rict integrity, 1 was alwav s willing and desir.nis to settle the one account, in full confidence that he would settle the other to the satisfaction of the ac counting officers o! ttie Government. It is impossible to manage concerns of great extent, even in private life, without the aid of agents, or managers, under you, with wliom accounts must be formed, and which, si ion Id either of the parties happen to die before settlement, must be settled with his representatives. How much more necessa ry, then, was such aid to the person in tins trust, and, especially, under the circumstan ces stated? Whom could I have found bet ter adapted bj his office to the service, or m>>re ade to render it effectual? Would it have oeen proper to have settled the private account with Col, l.ane, after ihe settlement of bis public one, when sick in this house, and of a disease with which lie died? Could any mode have been adopted better calcula ted to promote justice or more liberal, than that which was taken, or was that settlement delated? That both account were not set tled at an early period, and by colonel Lane hinioclf, has been a cause of regret to me.— B. the delay in settling the intblic account, 1 hive good’ cause to believe that I have sus tained an injury, by the loss ol some vouen ets winch were given to him for small items a >J'occasional repairs, lo wnich such an es taolish ‘ient is always subject, and which, in Jjis ilien slate, could no* be found, and of Strhicn notice was taken in a letter from me to 1 lie First Auditor of Public Vccotint*, ol the 5i h March, 1822. I have, also, good cause to believe that 1 sustained a further injury by ‘lie delay in settling the pnvate account, and in making the settlement with his rep resentative instead of lonise If. For advances male to him, while in charge of the house, some of which, according o my recollection, were made at the mo nent of my departures, 2 never took receipts, nor did I keep any account; and for such no allowance was made, ■or claimed of his executor. Had the settle ment been made with him, his own memory and candor would have been appealed to, and relied on. It has been already observ ed, that, for the disbursement of the furm tu'efund, no commission or compensation of any kind was allowed, or desired by Colonel Lau\ In that instance, therefore, some thing was saved to the public. It will, I pre sume, he obvious, that, independent of the casual losses referred to, som - expense must have been incurred, in the precautions which 1 took for the security of the building, and of the property within it, in my absences from the city, bv the household establish ment which 1 maintained there for that pur pose. I'iiese were cheerfully borne by me, nor would they now be noticed, except that, in rendering an account of my stewardship in these concerns, they are incidents which ] cannot but recollect, and which I presume, it will not be deemed improper that I should advert to. Had I made an artificial demand for furni ture, to afford a pretext for the use of my own, or preferred a mode for ascertaining its value, less impartial and fair, than might have been adopted, I should merit censure. Had the transaction been masked, hidden, or final, unfavorable inferences might have been drawn, of the mot ice. Had I applied the money received for it, to any purpos- of pri vate emolument, or even to the payment of debts, which I have contracted in tiie public service, and which, had justice been render ed to me, I .might have avoided, 1 should have evinced more confidence in the justice and candor of o’ hers, regarding the collisions and excitements, to which an independent and conscientious discharge of public duty will always subject the person in this trust, that would have comported with a correct knowledge and jus* estimate of human frail ties. These are fair objects of inquiry, a.id I wisbthem to be inquired into. That tlie fund was necessary for the purpose above stated, and that a large sum was expended in Hie accomplishment of it, is certain. Ite garding the manner of my election,. I will ask those least friendly to me, whether I could have hail any motive for making those visits of inspection and encountering such expense and fatigue, other than that assign ed? Whether, if I preserved the confidence of those who placed me here, any thing more was necessary to secure my re-election, if desired, the only selfish motive which could be imputed or suspected? I will ask, fur ther, whether 1 expressed one sentiment, on any occasion, however anxious to extermi nate the violence of party spirit, and to draw the country together, in one common effort, in suppoit of our Republican system, which was not in strict accord with, and in support of, those principles, to which my life had been devoted. Had the house been finished when 1 enter ed this office, or, had I resided in another Until it was finished, had 1 sold my furniture to others, for the sum it would have com manded, and applied the money to my pri vate use; had I also declined those visits of inspection of our maritime and inland fron tiers, and retired to the country, when the State of the public business permitted it, the difference in my expenses would have been immense. Being at home, too, I might have paid the attention to my private concerns, which, in consequence of my long previous absences and neglect, they required, and have avoided other losses in that line, winch art severely felt. This was the plain and obvious path before me, but, had I pursued it, with the warnings I had received, I should have deemed myself unworthy of the public confidence. Knowing from long experience as well as from recent events, that this was the point at which t tie danger was most im minent, and for which we were the least pre pared, I felt it particularly incumbent on me to direct my efforts to that object. In reviewing so large a portion of my past life, which it has been incumbent on me to do, I cannot but recollect, the period of my retirement approaching, that I have.served country other twenty years, in other sta tions, in our Revolutionary army; in the Gen eral Assembly, Council, Convention, anti Executive of my native state, in the Congress under the Confederation, and in the Senate oflhe United States. This re collection at this moment, i natural and in evitable. Ido not mention the fact as the ground ofanv Haim. bn,’ *ft the Jptvisn* wJuvii .-It.,eu/..id, U.“U,*r th in to shew, that ift| have neglected my public I duties, how little time I have had to attend to my private concerns, and in consequence, j if justice has been withheld from me in any j instance, that it must have been severely felt. p Two questions are involved fl? this inqui ry. The first relate* to my claim, the second to my character. Why the first was not brought under the consideration at an earli er period, has already been sulk explained. I Why the second is made a question at all, is likewise known to you. The proceeding referred to, regarding the--source from whence it emanated, has made this call on my part imperative. 1 could not. after that proceeding, retire from the public ser- j vice, and leave n;y character for integrity, open to attack, after 1 had gone. In what j ••elates jo both objects, I ask no favor, no rJ do 1 appeal to generous motives. 1 ask no thing but justice. On this statement of facts and explanation of motives, I submit the whole subject to your consideration. Nothing that has been done is final, or was ever intended to be so. Errors are open to correction, and every thing in the hands of the Government, with ‘ ample means, as I presume, under the con- j tnd, and as I stated in my letter of tlie 28th ! February, 1821, to the First Auditor of Pub-j | lie Accounts, to secure the public IVoin loss , . under any view that may be taken of it.— , The same remarks is applicable to the ac j count with Colonel Lane, for although alto i gethev'f a private nature, yet I deem it e quillv proper that it should be open to.the same scru iny, with ‘he same means and power to correct errors, if such there be. In concluding this paper I shall be permit ted to make a few remarks, which are foun . dec! on my own experience, in this office, { have relation to it, and are dictated by a re ’ gard to the public interes's. They region elementaly truilis,which cannot be question ed by any one. All the duties which are to be performed ; by any individual, f whoever nature they i may be, or whatever may lie his station, have, ’ in certain respects, a with each i other. They require Ins superintendenC, ! engage Ins attention, an I consume his time, i Beyond a certain limit, no one can go, and if lie bes'ows a large portion on inferior details , it must take an equal share from the higher j and operate m the degree, to ilieir preju dice. If they exceed hi faculties, he must neglect some portion, and whatever lie hoes , neglect, is sure to suffer. Such neglect and 1 loss must, of necessity, fall, either on the public interest, or on ins own, anil if on the 1 former, the greater will the injury be in proportion to the importance ot the trust which he holds. ! By the higher duties of this office, the 1 great interests of the nation are placed, in their most important branches, under tlu care oflhe chief magistrate. Os these, the i internal administration, by the expansion of i our system, with the increased number of our people and states, becomes daily more interesting and arduous. Extending as our relations d<„ to every part of the inhabited j Globe, and to every Sea, it is nevertheless ,by no means the most difficult. Our posi ■ tion is in many respects peculiar, regarding which, and the circumstances attending it, there is no government on earcli whiclifhas more extensive didies to perform, than our (own. If the person in this office is anima j ted by a just sense of these duties, he will i have little time for inferior concerns, either of his own or the public. The higher du ties are sufficient to employ the whole mind, and unceasing labors, of any individual, how ever aided he may be, in the several departt incuts, b> experienced and enlightened men. , The control of the household establishmen alone, with its necessary disbursements, to avoitl waste and ruin, must add much to his cares. An agency of this kind, with the res ponsibility attending H, extending in the ex ecution to details which must be confided to others, and with which he can have little ! knowledge, must augment greatly his em barrassment and solicitude. Olhers, it is true, may he placed in the station, under more favorable circumstances, than have fal ’ len to my lot. I‘he House is now fiuihcd or | nearly so; the fortifications are fixed, and some of them completed, and others much advanced, so that no trouble or interruption j can ptoceed from those causes. Still 1 think i that the other and higher duties and cares jof the trust, under the happiest cjrcumstan ! ces in which our country can be placed, are | sufficient for it, and that the public interest will be injured by committing to the person in it, this kind of agency, 1 think, also, that | the agency itself may be better executed, in regard to its immediate objects, by being committed to an officer, recognised by law, j with specified duties, who shall be compen ! sated for his services, and subjected, as oth er officers are, to the superintendance and control of the chief magistrate. Other strong reasons may be urged to prove that this agency ought not to be com mitted tQthechief Magistrate. All the duties which ant enjoined on him, in that office, by the constitution and laws of the Union, arc performed by hi iff personally, with such aid as he can procure from the compensation al lowed to him, or from his friends, gratuitous ly. A slight view of those unties will show that they are of great extent, and of high im portance. The messages to Congress dur ing the session comprising only such as give a general view of our affairs, foreign and do mestic, and which originate with the Exe cutive, merit in themselves that character.— I’lie replies to calls for information, and the intercourse with the members individually, their number having much increased of late, on the affairs of the states and districts, to which they several); belong, and an impor tant item, the supervision and control of the several departments, so as to preserve efficiency in each, and order and consisten cy in the general movement of the govern rnent, is a third. Whether the public inter est does not require that provision should be made by law, by special organization in aid of die Chief Magistrate, in the discharge of these duties, it a subject into which 1 do not enter. I well know that they are of great extent, of high importance, and heavy bur den. The mere signature of patents, ad ded to that of missions for the army and na vy, and of Mediteraneun passsports, con sumes time which, with one nearly exhaus ted by other duties, is severely felt. There is another subject on which I think proper to make a few observations. The safety of this spacious and valuable building merits particular attention. The ordinary , domestics, whose ether duties engage their I I whole time, are not equal to it, even when the Chief Magistrate and his family are pre sent. A private dwelling, whose exposed • parts are occupied by the family and its do mestics, at all seasons and by night as well as by day, may be protected by them. But they cannot be relied on for the protection of this large public edifice. No establish ment necessary for the management of the internal or ‘household concerns would be equal to it. The first floor is occupied by night, there being, no room on it adapted to such a purpose. It is, therefore, assailable : by robbers and incendiaries, almost without j the possibility of prevention or detection.— j ; In the absence oflhe Chief Magistrate, it is, j of course, proportionably, more-exposed.— It is thought that it cannot be considered ! secure, unless it is protected by a watch, in manifer with the public officers, espe pecially in the summer when he retires to his private residence. -r* . _ From tbeNew-York Evening Tost mtory of Napoleon. —A work has lately been published in Pars, by General Comje j de Segur, entitled “ IJHisloire de NupotMn , ; ’ etde Grande Armee, pendant /’ j which is likely to attract general attention. . A translation of it was making in Ixmdon, and . it was expected to appear about the beinning of March. In the last number of the London Magazine, we observe an article on the sub ject, accompanied ov several extracts from tne work, which we have perused with deep interest. They relate chiefly to jhe battle of previous to the confl iggration of that capital, ind are written with clearness and in a style and manner calculated to en gage the attei tion of most readers. It would apoear that Napoleon at the time he entered on the Russian carn%n, was greatly afflict ed with a bodily ‘yseasej probably that witich terminated his life. Alter giving an account of the battle ol Moscow, winch tast ed from sunrise till 4 o’clock, in t lie after noon, the writer proceeds as follows: ** |{ was late inw-tbe day, the ammunition exhausted, and the battle over. It was only then that the emperor mounted his horse with difficulty, and rode slowly towards the heights of Semennoska. He found there a field of battle but incompletely gained, for the cannon baits and even the bullets of the enemy still disputed it with us. In the midst of these spiritstirring sounds of war, and the i still flaming ardour of Ney and Murat, Na poleon remained the same; his spirits sunk, his voice languishing, and addressing his vie* furious generals only to recommend pru dence to them; after which he returned at a slow pace to his tent behind the; battery, which had been carr ed two days before, and in front of which be had remained, since morning, an almost motionless spectator of alt the vicissitudes of that terrible day. “ Or?entering his tent, he appeared not only enfeebled in body but prostrated in mind. The field of battle lie had visited told him in more convincing terms thsn his generals, that this victory, so dearly pur-, chased, was incomplete. Was it him, who was accustomed to follow up his success to thellast possible results, that Fortune now found frigid and inactive when she offered him her best favour? For the loss was im mense, and without proportionate result. Every one around the Emperor had to de plore the death of a friend ora relation, for the havoc had been great among the officers of high rank. Foyty three generals had been killed or wounded. What mourning in Paris! What triumph for his enemies’ What a dangerous subject of meditation for Ger main ! In his army, even in his tent, victory oppeared silent, sombre, isolated neglected even by the flatterers!—Those whom for, Du mas, Darn, EC. listened to him, but replied not: but their attitude, their down cast looks their silence, was sufficiently intelligible. At ten o’clock, Murat, whom twelve hours’ fighting had not tired, came to ask for the cavalry of the guard. “The enemy.” he said,“ were passing hastily, and in disorder, the Moskowa; and Ing wished to “surprise and destroy them.” The Emper or repressed this sally of immoderate ardour, and then dictated the bulletin of the day. lie was pleased to inform Europe that neith er himself nor his guard was exposed. Some attributed this to an excess of self-love. Others, better informed, judged differently, for they bad never seen him exhibit gratui tous vanity;! hey thought, that distant as he was from France, and at the head qf an army of foreigners, who could be kept together only by victory, he felt how indispensable it was to preserve untouched a chosen and devoted body of troops. Those who had nut lost sight of Napoleon during the whole of the day, were convinced that this con queororof so many nations was vanquished ; by a burning fever. They then called to ; mind what lie himself had written down j fifteen years before in Italy. “Health is j indispensable to a soldier; its place can be , supplied by no other quality;” and also an expression, unfortunately but too prophetic, | which the Emperor made use ofon the field i of Auslerlitz, when lie said, “Oudiuot is ; worn out; a man can make war but for a cer tain time; I myself shall be acpable for six years more, after which I should stop.”’ j Os the scene which occurred during the campaign, and after Napoleon had lelt the j army for Paris, we have this appalling des-1 cription: “The winter,” says Cos nt de Segur, “now ! overtook us; and by filling up th£ measure of i each indivinual’s sufferings, put an end to : that mutual support which had hitherto sus- 1 tained us. Henceforward the scene present ed only a multitude of isolated and individual struggles. The best conducted no longer respected themselves. All fraternity of arms was forgotten, all the bonds of society were torn asunder—excess of misery had brutal ized them. A devouring hunger had re duced these unfortunate wretches to the mere brutal instinct of self-preservation, to which they were ready to sacrifice every i other consideration; the rude and Barbarous climate seemed to have communicated its fury to them. Like the worst of savages, the strong fell upon the weak, and despoil ed them; they eagerly surrounded the dying, and often even waited not for their last sigh before they stripped them. When a horse fell, they rushed upon it, tore it in pieces, and snatched the morsels front each other’s mouths like a troop of famished wolves.— However, a considerable number still pre served enough of moral feeling not to seek their safety in the ruin of others, but this , was the last effort of their virtue- If an offi cer or comrade fell alongside them, or undfr , the wheels of the car.su, it ■ *inv no that he implored them, by a com ion com ligion and cause, to succor him. i ! >i;nn ed no 4 even a look: all the frozen i. lity of the climate had passed into tiins hearts; its rigidity had contracted their senti ments as well as their features. All except a few chiefs, were absorbed by their own sufferings, and terror left no place for pity. Thus that egotism, which is often produced by excessive prosperity, results also from extreme adversity—but in which latter case :R i s more excusable; the former being vol untary, the iatter forced; one a crime of the ! heart, the other an impulse of instinct and altogether physical; and indeed upon the oc casion here abided to, there was mnch of excuse,” to stffp for a moment was to risk i your own life. In this scene of universal destruction, to hold out your hand to your comrade or your sinking chief was and ad mirable effort of generosiiy. The slightest act of humanity was an instance of sublime devotion. “When unable, from total exhaustion, to proceed, they halted for a moment, Winter, with his icy hands, seized upon them for his pr#y. It was then that, ii) vain, theseunfor j lunate beings, feeling themselves benumbed, endeavored to rouse themselves. Voiceless, insensible and plunged in stupor, they mov ed forward a few paces, like but the blood, alreath* freezing**!ii their veins, flowed laugrtiidly^uhrough their hearts, and, mounting In their heads, made 1 them stagger lixe drunken men. For their eyes, become red and inflamed from the continual view of the dazzling snow, the want of sleep, and the smoke of the bivouacs, tbepjjpjiirsl forth real tear* of blood accompanied by profound sighs; they looked at sky, at us, and upon the earth, with a fixed ahd haggard stare of con sternation: this was their last farewell or ra ther reproach lo that barbarous nature that Immured them. Thus dropping upon their knees, and aftewards upon their hands, their heads moving for an instant or two from right to left, w hile from their gasping lips escaped rite most a&on izirtg moans; at length, they fell prostrate upon the snow, staining it pith a gush of living blood, and all their miseries terminated. Their comrades passed over them without even stepping aside, dreading to lengthen their march by a single pace;they even turned not their heads to look at them, for the slightest motion of the head to the left or the right was attended with torture,, the hair of their heads and beards being fro zen into a solid mass. i “Scenes of still greater horror took place in those immense log-houses, or sheds, w|iich werejfound at certain intervals along the road. Into these, soldiers and officers rushed pre cipitately, and huddled together like so ma ny cattle. ‘The living, not having strength enough to remove those who had died close to the fire, sat down upon their bodies, un til their own turn came to expire, when tliey also served as death-beds to other victims.— Sometimes the fire oammumcated itself to the wood of which these sheds were com posed, and then all those within the walls, already halt dead with cold, expired in ttie flames. At Jnupranoui, the soldiers set fire to whole houses, in order to warm them selves for a few moments. The. glare of Ihose conflagrations attracted crowds ot wretches, whom the intensity of the cold and of suffering had rendered delirious:— these Pushing forward like mad-men, gnaali i ing their teeth, and, with demoniac laugh ter, precipitated themselves into the midst of the flames, where they perished in horri ble convulsions Their famished compan ions looked on without affright, and it is but too true tlmt some of them, drew the half roasted bodies from the flames, and ventur ed to carry to their lips the revolting food.” From Lond'ir. Papers received at this Os fee. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. French Ministerial Projects. Paius, Feb. 5. You must be surprised at the little interest excited by the affairs of fiance, since (lie Mi nistry presented Jo the chamber of deputies their project of law for affording an indem nity to the emigrants, and that fur the reduc tion of the reittes. ‘The quietness; or, to speak more properly, the torpor—which has pre vailed for the last month, is only the result of the'first of these laws. I cannot give a juster idea of the actual state ofthe country, than by comparing France to a pre-y which the blood-hounds have fora longtime been pursuing, and which they have at last caught. Their full cry was heard as lohg as the game was alive, but silence reigns when they taste the blood. When the chambers assembled, I inform ed you that the avidiiy of the members who ! composed them hod increased in proportion !to the want which ministers Jtave of their i support, and to the means possessed by M. I de Vißele of satisfying “them: but I begin to j think they have exaggerated the wealth of | the Treasury, for they demand much more i than can be granteff them. Do not believe i however, that their influence will be so great ; in the general discussion of the law as it ap pears at the present moment. The cominis . bion charged to make its report is unceasing i ly surrounded with the most greedy depu ties—with those who demand the highest I price tor their services. But M. de Villele i will not submit his projeot to a decision till |he has become assured that none of it will Ibe adopted but what suits his purpose. 1 am Bufficienty acquainted with the temper of ! the chamber and the policy of the ministry 1 to be assured, that unless by unexampled incapacity, the memory of the deputies will adopt only what is agreeable to the Govern ment. Jft is true that the real intentions of the Government are not always in unison its apparent objects. Ihe late King has . more than otfee found means of appearing to yield to public violence, and thus to.satis fy his secret passions without.giving too evi ; dently the lie to his public demonstrations. I shall be very much astonished if in present circumstances something like this does not take place. Carles X. shows himself in public off'endecß’ith the exaggerated pre tions of his old friends: and he must do so, in order not to expose himself too much to the hatred ofthe people; but though he has much less dissimulation than his brother, it ’ is impossible not to believe, that on all the questions where the public interest is on one side, and the interest ofthe emigrants on the | other, the balance should not incline to the | latter if it can be done without danger.—l Whatever may be his apparent ill-humour, I i doubt not that the pretentions of the emi- 1 seem to him moderate and b,t •. .ad how could it be otherwise, sii'cfj ; m self, on his return, procured the f all the arrears to which lie could lay as Col. of the Swiss. Guanti, from thed..j, his emigration to the moment of his i e . trance into France? As in the projects of Ministers, and i„|j divisions of the Chambers, the public est is ;only consulted in relation to the viduslinterests ot the Ministers aadjj grants —as, on the other hand, the incim govern are directed by no principles, consult onlv their momentary interet'.v, would be difficult to decide before hand ; what tht indemnity of the emigrant, t| consist for this year. It is, however, ont! project of law relative to tins Wnlernnitypj the project of law relative to the rediicii of the rentes depends. ‘The latter is ord, means towards the execution oflhe The minister who lias formed it bas ing ced into it all the cunningsnd all the v„ which a little Gaston Geiudhoinme could sess. Thus, though it is only compos five articles, and though it has been pub], ed for ahout it is understood byb persons. m 1 o th - r< r i SSti’iif.ns. —The Croton John S m Copley, Burt. Attorney-Gotten,l Some twelve months since Sir. K. retired tion. the Court ot Common p] ti when the Attorncv-Genertl became b Chief Justice ot that Court, andß.irou( ford of the Home of Ft-ers. Sir. J of course, suceededto the Attorney-Gei* ship, and soon afterwards declined q Lord Chief Justice ol the common Pit*,, the removal of Lord Gifford to the K, This was a refusal Without precedent,, the only reason for it is to he found iiii shortness of the time during whirl, t Honorable Gentleman held the very euri. ing office of Attorney-General. The n of such a preliminary convenience is mid. stood to have obliged the present Lord C, Justice of the K.ng’s Bench to it fuse | Peerage. The unprecedented busiw which lus skill as a Pleader, his eloquii as a Counsel, and his general accoinpi, inents have obtained, contributed to,; tt gllien this reason. As Attorney-General has 10.0001. a year, and as Counsel app ing only before Special Juries, lie may fairly allowed 10,0001. move. Such mi come in this”*prping iiJfWtf peace” ij i inconsiderable prize, Sirtfolm has worked for his honors,, a period of great political ferment, I'e n* u transition from Whig to Tory politics. lierby he was Counsel for the Crow* was Solicitor General against the Cl street dupes: he was obliged to hamng against the Queen of England, and to k the bitter gibes of Mr. Brougham; lie i tasked to defend Edwards against the Miji trate of Manchester in the year 1810, amltl enactments ofl.ord Castlereagh, allotti banishment to men of letters from Engb There were besides, sundry minor w of no light pressure upon the conscience an honest Whig. But they are all over, now Sir John Copley enjoys the tran dignity of Attorney-General, in the lisle days of Mr.Canning’s English administrsu Asa lawyer, Mr. Sergeant Copley M sen to eminence in the Court of Coma Pleas, and on the Midland Circuit. As* as he became Solicitor General he tram red bis business to the Court of Kink’slh and there he has ever since held the rank, and the second, if not the first plate In the Court of King’s Bench therei exactly three lawyers, whose eloquent combined w ith thorough knowledge oil has placed them at an immeasurable dista before all the whigs of their order. Tin are Mr. Scarlett, Mr. Attorney-General,i Mr. Broughapt. Os Mr. Brougham Ihi already offered some observations, licit giant wherever he appears. Whether wield the elements in Parliament, define gal niceties with my Lord Chief Justice, trifle in the drawing-room, the same mail mind is ever apparent, scanning his com over the whole of life, alive to its sympatlii yet capable of divesting himselfin a mom of their trammels. Mr. Scarlett is ani Counsel as can well betfjund, and, not l ing any inclination to coutemplate him in! Stephen’s, let nse pay my court heretol Hex fori Jhiglicani. He is ‘bnore fat.llu bard beseems.” lie is verjjj|good-!ooli| for any years, beautiful for three-score,i full of alacrity for a than lately annoiyiceil have “died in the course of nature.” w out any annoyance from flights of fat without much disturbance from morbid| nerosity, be possesses a manly sense ofh nor, and can be animated in descanting! on the sensibilities of life. In addressingil Court or the Jury, he completely adoptstl interests of his client, and In law, in rhet in every point of form, and every move® of feature exhibits the most perfect satisf tion both with himself and his client. ) Attorney-General is far less pretty, lesss satisfied, and less artfulr but he is more si ous, more grave, and more impressive. H Scarlett puts forth all his strength, but l trays the Advocate in every turn; Mr. AIM iiev-Genera! strains every nerve, and yeti Rears only the generous patron. Mr. Sc :t is more ingenious and more refined;) Attorney-General more plausible and ntoi persuasive. The fat form and smooth chee of Mr. Scarlett leave the Jury quite at the ease; the slender frame, the almost paiim earnestness with which he fetches hi? W’ from the bottom of his heart—the sole* anxiety by which his whole strength seen exhausted,'calls forth in favour of Sir Jo all the sympathies of the Jury, and disp* their convictions to meet him half way a verdict. Asa Parliament speaker, Hr. Attorn* Genera) is legal without being tedious. * jjtimentative without excessive refinetnen grave, plausible, graceful. He is too well* quainted with the dignity arid prudence’ his station to speak when it is not a duty l his office. His general deportment and in* l ners are extremely elegant and concilia' 11 ’ and he is perhaps as amiable as a man can w ho has left his party, whose talents comp’ respect, and whose vigor or intellect un formly rises with the occasion. . JONATHAN. Catholic Association. —The following > s 3 ‘extract from the speech of the Marqu* Lansdowne on this subject, in the House’ Lords, February 10. “Whatever we may do, my Lords, to s' o this association, and it certainly may be P 1 down, as long as there is a grievance and subject of complaint, there will be discon ,el and a means of making it known. I w ,llle