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LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
Mem- Porfc, July 2,12 o'clock—-Moon.
To our attentive correspondents at Boston, we are in
debted for extracts from London papers to the 20th of
May, anALloyd’sLists to the 21*t, Doth inclusive. They
Were received at Boston by the s'nip Margaret, captain
M*Lellan, which arrived there Saturday night, in thirty •
Tour days from Liverpool.
London, May 16.
The morning after tlie action at Grenoble, upwards of
^ixty of the rebels were brought into the town and re
ceived by the wtiole population with cries of Five Is Jioi.'
An inkeeper ip Ebens, who lodged the chief of the in
surgents, and was himself concerned in the plot, was t-.-
ien up -by order of the prefect, and gave such important
information as enabled the prevotal court to follow the
thread of the conspiracy and ascertain "the individuals
that directed it. In the mean time the troop.s of the line
are in pursuit of the rest of the rebels, whilst those that
have been taken are upon trial.
May 17.—Tiie French papers assure us that perfect
tranquility has been restored to tile department ol the
* fcere, but’measures of vigor and precaution continue to
be adopted. All those who give asylum to the rebels
are to be considered as accomplices. Assemblages on-
the public squares, streets and ramparts, are prohibited,
under the most rigorous penalties. ParticuL j- orders are
given with respect to foreigners resident at Grenoble.—
Meanwhile, troops are pouring into the department of
the Isere from all quarters.
May 18.— The insurrection at Grenoble continues to
form tiie principal feature of the intelligence c ntained
in our French papers. Government have published in
the Moniteur some official detads, by wiuch it appears
that the rebels were divided into two bands, one of wnich
was to attack the to .vn from Without, whilst tue otuer was
to rise upon the inhabitants within. Tne latter hod par-
kzans in the town, and the attack from without was to be
Sip signal for rising. General Donadicu and tiie prelect
■ xeceived on the 4tn, in the evening, advices wnich left
no doubt of the intentions of the disaffected, and mea
sures of vigor were instantly adopted. Ihiese the rebels
■did not expect; they hud anticipated an easy conquest,
and conceived that the; place would be taken by surprise.
^Fiiat their Ulterior projects were uf.er getting possession
of Grenoble, we know not. The Moniteur says, that im
portant revelations had been maue, and tne chiefs ol the
■conspiracy have been tried. According to the official
account in the Moniteur, tiie rebels have been complete
ly put down; the ncigliboring communes, widen had
ibeen misied by the false declarations of die rebels, hav
ing submitted and requested forgiveness. Tiie ntighbor-
1 dng departments were eager to send troops and adopt
every measure calculated to put down tiie rebellion and
prova their own loyalty. General Donadicu has been
I nwsl JpfcWif SfeitrHHtO; idtif&rnpIaBng & rtihere L Bummer ttal ,*Afce.—i$ie letter, wbicfc in-
I !al am. t.’ll 1 ' n ?a_l a . Cl t — a .a luL. J. X 1 ..a., J Iv. U 4«o
with their Skill and capital to America.
Latest from England.
Sunday morning-, 7 o'clock..
Arrived in the bay last night, siiip Margaret, M‘Lel-
lan, from Liverpool—bringing papers of tnat city to die
25th May, and London to the ISth; with the perusal of
which we have been favored by Mr. Jack, keeper of the
E. C. H. books.—
The emperor of Russia has addressed a letter to the
courts of Europe, stating that his holy league with Aus
tria and Prussia, lias no other objects in view than pea
ceably to found the enternal peace and happiness of
states, &c.
Spus.—Letters from Bilboa, of 29th ultimo, mention,
that the deputies from the three free provinces of Biscay
had assembled for the purpose of agreeing on measures
of opposition to the pl..n of Ferdinand’s ministers, who
appear resolved to establish custom-houses in Biscay,
contrary to the constitution and rights of the the pro
vinces of Biscay, Aleba and Guipuscon.
The following very singular occurrence is asserted to
have taken pL.ce at Amiens:—
A person having sounded the political sentiments of
the attorney general of that district, the latter, anxious
to discover what secret project there might be on foot,
pretended to acquiesce in the sentiments of lus compan
ion, and at. length consented to accompany hint blind
fold to a meeting where those projects were to be de
veloped. He was accordingly led bv his conductor
•hro , manv turnings and windings, but (as he strong-
lv s-.is <acted) without ever being taken out of the town
of Amiens. \t length his t yes were unbound, and he
found himself in the midst >f i number of persons, many
of whom he well knew. Thev firs* swore secrecy, and
then exposed to him their plan, the iltimr.te object of
which was, that with which the revo'ution first began—
namely/a change of dynasty, by the elevation of the
branch of Orleans to the throne. After having, as they
thought, fully eniis’ed him in this scheme, he was driven
home with the same caution as he was brought to the
meeting; but the first use he made of his liberty was to
inform the ordfect, and through him the government, of
what had happened. Orders were inconsequence issu
ed for apprehending all the conspirators that were
known to thii gentleman, and for instituting a strict,
search after tlifc rest.—London paper.
♦crests our commercial readers, lias been transmhtec
from the Neapolitan minister of foreign affairs to M. Sas-
tres, royal consul in I-ondpn: . ......
’“Sir—-A law of tiie realm makes liable to seizure and
confiscation all slops and vessels, which uflder any pretext
whatever, shall arrive in die ports thereof, being either
entirely or partly loaded with salt, tobacco, gunpowder,
nitre, and playing cards of all sorts, unless before the intro
ducion of these articles the shippers or captains enter hit
a bond with the general administration bf indirect du
ties, which is alone authorised by government, to sanc
tion the purchase or consumption of the before mention
ed articles. I convey tin-; information to you, by com
mand of his majesty, for your government, and that of
the commerce of your city, in order that there may be
no allegation of ignorance thereof, in case of contraven
ing tiie same The Marquis of Circ;.ll<>.
Londotifaper, 18iA May.
created a viscount, the colonel of tiie department legion supported bv the wboie strength of the opposition; as
a baron, and two grenadiers rewarded with the cross of
“the legion of honor—>ue of these who had accompanied
Bonaparte to Elba, upon being hailed by one ot the rebels
with cries of Vive l' Empereur, replied by exclaiming
Tivele Hoi, cutting down at tiie same time one of the re
bel chiefs. During these events, the French funds have
remained steady, a proof that the rebellion was not con
sidered as at all dangerous to tho stability and security of
the government.
May 20.—The Paris Journals to the 17th bring no
further details of the insurrection at Grenoble. It lias
"been completely crushed, and ail was tranquil in that quar-
ter. The principal instigator of this mad scheme was a
lawyer, named De lier, one of those worthless beings
whom the weak policy of the king’s government in 1614
loaded with honors and preferments. A rew.jvl ot
. twenty thousand francs is now offered for iiis apprehen
sion, and it is thought that lie will soon be seized. The
French government, we are happy to find, acts with en
ergy and fifmness. To a man who was condemned to
■death by tne' prevotal court at Grenoble, and by that
•ourt (not remarkable for its mildness) recommended to
mercy, the king has re fa sad a pardon.
Some of the private letters speak of commotions, and
indications of commotion, in various parts of France.—
This probably is the fact. The insurrection at Grenoble,
■and the reports circulated by tne jacobins, would en
courage the disaffected to shew themselves.
At Paris the government is on the alert, displaying vi-
S i lance. decision and strength. The twenty-one lndivi-
uals, arrested hv the police, have been handed over fo
the royal court of Paris, wuere die proceedings against
them are in train. The military guard ..re increased, tiie
♦seditious groups inspected and dispersed. Let the mi
nistry thus mmifest their power, and it will speedily be
conciliated. These are not the times in France to talk
«f gentleness. Power alone must govern sometimes;
lenity is despised. The French have so long been ac-
-•uscomed to obey only the guillotine blade of Robes
pierre, or the sword of Bonaparte, that it will be some
time before they bow to the wand of the civil officer.
Paris, May 14.
Some disturbances are said to h ive taken place at Di
jon, but I know not with what truth. At Lyons the dis
affected entertained new hopes, plans were laid for inter
cepting the dispatches of government, anil seditious
proclamations were seen on the Walts. No precaution
is neglected to insure the tranquility of this immense me
tropolis. The regiments of tne guard are re.idv night
and cLy, their horses saddled and bridled. Ail the acti
vity of the police is used to counteract any plots of the
disaffected. His in vjesty having so often exerted his
clemency in vain, has refused extending the royal pardon
to David, condemned by the prevotal court at Grenoble.
for being concerned in the late insurrection, and recom
mended to mercy by that tribunal.
From the Boston Evening- Gazette.
LATE FROM ENGLAND.
second ktvttiox.
Saturday night, 12 o'clock.
For London papers to the 16th May, we are indebted
to a mercantile friend and to Mr. Topliff of Merchants’
Hall. On perusing them we find they afford,
1. The Russian new Tariff.
2. Paris newspaper and letter :icdounts of the insurrec
tion at Grenoble, and plots at Paris. •
3. The general order issued by order of the prince re
gent, containing “a decided expression of his royal high
ness’s most severe reprehension” of major genc-r I sir R.
Wilson’s and captain Hutchinson’s conduct for having
“engaged in tiie measure [Lavalette’s escape"! the declar
ed object of wnich w;-.s to counteract the laws and.de
feat the oublic justice” of Prince. It is a moderate re
proof—and they are let off without the loss oftheir com
missions.
4. The .congratulatory addresses of the houses of lords
and commons and the city of London, to the royal fami
ly on the marriage of the heiress tpthe throne, and the
answers of the prince and princess of Cobourg, her ma
jesty, &c.
5. The proceedings at the anniversary meeting of the
Grand British Institution, or School for Alls at wiuch we
notice the ambassador, Mr. Adams, attended, and w is an
applauded spokesman, in favor of the advantages of edu
cating the poor. “Education,” he said, is “knowledge,
anditleads to virtue. The truth he knew would come
home to every 3ritish bosom. In America there was a
zeal for the educat ion of the poor; and he regar ded it as
one of the most glorious of the blessings derived from
their British ancestors.” The proposing of thanks to
the royal chairman having been put by Mr. Adams, and
received with acclamation; his royal highness the duke
of Kent said, “I feel gratified that this motion came from
the minister of the United States. I have long lived in
the neighborhood of the United States and it was ever a
grief to me that the two countries should be at variance.
Their language and their interest is the same, and their
friendship should be inviolable.”
6. A letter From Sierra Leon, dated the 26th January,
stating the capture of schooner Rosa, formerly the Ame
rican privateer Perry, of Baltimore, under Spanish co
lors, manned by Americ ns, with two hundred and fifty
slaves; that the coast was full of American vessels under
Spanish colors, from Havana; that two of her consorts
with from three hundred to five hundred slaves had de
parted; that a ship of twenty guns and one hundred and
twenty men w .s off Cape Mount, making up a cargo of
one tliousand tiro hundred slaves—and that his Britannic
m jesty’s ship Ban, which captured the Rosa, was going
in pursuit-
7. They also state that numerous emigrations are dai
ly taking place from Great Britain to the United States;
and that ipany of -the most useful and ingenious mechan
ics and manufacturer* in F ranee, is we# as *iaiy of the
P A RU A ME NT A RY.
Lord Althorpe, on the night of the 7th lilt, in the Bri
tish house of commons, brought forward his promised
motion for the appointment of a committee to enquire
into the incretse or diminution of offices and salaries since
the year 1798, with power to report to the house, from
time to time, vhethcr any, or what further diminution
might be madfe consistent with public s; fety; and he mt.s
fh ’ ’
well as bv sevaal members who voted indifferently.—
Tiie niri bers vere thus swelled on a division to 126 for
the motion, agtinst it 169.
On this subject, lord Castlcreagh, in reply to Mr.
Lambc and others, observed, if he thought that the gen
tlemen about hkn, (Mr. Lamb,*) for their economy or
for any tiiinT else, poss ssed nWe of the confidence of
the nation, in G od’s n mie let him bring this to some prac
tical test—let thiifye done, and it’the result were such as
Mr. Lambe might expect it would he, let the present
ministers retire: bat be horn. .1 they would not be for a
moment continued in the ro. res, fterthat confidence
had been withdrawn, which the executive government
ought always to possess-—(hear, hear!}—the protection
which was •>forded them from responsibility, he.spurned;
he disdained to cover hi.nst if by adopting the course re
commended, and he again (t iled upon the honorable
gentleman to bring the question he nail raised to some
practic.J issue with the le.iSt possible delay—[hear, hear!]
—There was no greater delusion practice d in the whole
circle of politics than that which was attempted by the
honorable gentleman opposite, (and by the honorable
and learned gentlem ai in pmlicul.irj when they endeavor
ed to make the public believe, that the distresses which
might be complained of in the country, grew out of the
v»st s ims paid to persons in office. If the whole amount
of official emoluments were at once swept away from the
expenditure of the n-tion, it would have little to do
with the question of distress. The people would suffer in
the Same degree whatever ..rrangement might be made
with respect to these. But it was contended that it was
not so much the expence as the influence of the crown
that was to fie drer. led, when these offices were under
the consideration of the house. He denied that the in
fluence of the crown had dangerously encreased; he
shewed this to have beeen at no distant period the dis
tinctly avowed opinion of the p l-iiinienf.
Mr. Tiernev replied to the noble lord with marked in
dignation—“tf, s id he, he had evep ever seen a sense of
danger evinced bv the assumption of a loud and over
bearing tone of voice. If eve*-he had seen an attempt to
conceal weakness by . n important strut—if ever he had
seen a man endeavoring to look tall by raising himself on
s*ihs—if ever he had seen a minister conscious that he
was going down in public estimation, he had seen it tliis
night in the conduct of the noble lord. The noble lord
imputed io his opponents a wish to make themselves po
pular by running the present ministers down. On this
he had to observe, that he and his friends did not deal in
sinecures,and therefore this office would not do »">r
them. It was not the opposition in that hcujMk hut tne
country, which called for economy, as inigfivbe seen
from the immense load of parchment, beneath the weight
of which their table could scarcely stanrl, which had been
forwarded to them from all quarters, petitioning for re
trenchment and relief. 1; was said they wished to run a
r. re in courting public fuvor. Now what is the fact?
tiie noble lord had given notice of iiis motion for a com
mittee three weeks' ago. One of the gentlemen oppo
site had then given notice of a motion for the appoint
ment of another committee, and here the race began—
and ought it to be a mutter of reproach to his noble
friend, that when he was about to mount his horse, an
other honorable gentleman thought proper to mount his
nag too. [a laugh.] It now came out that the noble
lord opposite thought an enquiry by a committee of that
house was one of the mist .darming things that could be
contemplated. He told them that if they voted for the
committee, they at once withdrew their confidence from
him. He had no confidence to withdraw from the no-
bie lord, as he had given him none, but he thought they
had now heard one of the speeches which he [lord C.]
was in the habit of making in private, at those drills, to
wnich a chosen few were admitted, to whom those mea-
s ires were communicated which were afterwards to come
before the house. These persons were then told; when
any objectionable measure was to be pressed upon them
—“rhut it might not be so pleasant as could be wished.”
but it was added “if you do not *'ote for it, y ou remove
the"government, and then what will you do?” This ter
rible threat lied been held out so long, that it began to
lose its effect. It might be seen from what had occurred
with respect to the property tax, that ministers would
not very precipitately give up their places. He would
answer for it, the noble lord opposite, provided the
house would let him, would be content to sit on the
treasury bench till the end of time—[a laugh]—What
ever establishments might be voted by the house, large
or small; army or no army, 1 he [lord,Lastlercagli] and his
right honorable friend tiie chancellor of die exchequer
would still be content to remain the ministers of the
country, if only a corporal’s guard and a bank token re
mained at their command.—[A laugh.]
THE CH ANNEL FLEET.
The arrival in the British channel on the 8th inst of
thirteen sail of large China ships of the East India com
pany, after a passage of only one hundred and nine days
from China, is an occurrence of the mercantile marine
without example, in all its circumstances of fortune and
naval skill in science. These shipshearing in China,in
December, of the great event of Waterloo, and judging
rightly of its consequences,' sailed homewards in three
separate divisions, and arrived together at St. Helena.—
From thence they were despatched two and two but all
arrived at once on our coast—one of the clearest eviden
ces of nautical skill and tiie prefection of our sailing
science in the modern mode, by observation of the celes
tial bodies, that have ever been practically given. These
heavy ships, from their construction and great lading,
have every practical disadvantage; nor will strong and
fair winds avail through the long path of twp wide oceans,
without geographical knowledge and skill in nautical as
tronomy, which, for the last twenty years, have been the
distinguishing and pre-eminent faculty of the comman
ders and officers of the English Bast India company’s
trading gajleei^g * * J
LoxfioN, May 10.
As some of our readers may be curious tt> know the
descent of the prince lately married to the heiress of
the British throne, we state that German genealogists
*race the origin of the present Saxon princes to AViti-
kind, the celebrated chief of the Saxons, who for thirty
years contended against all the powers of Charlemagne,
and who, after his final submission to that conqueror,
still retauned large territorial possessions, together with
the ducal title. From him wi re de sceiided the dukes of
Saxony, of whtim Bernard, in 1212, was the first that
was raised to the electoral dignity. The electorate \v..s
enjoyed by the descendants of tills prince, until 1422,
when, on the failure of this line, k Was conferred on
Frederic “the warlike,” margrave of Thuringia, also a
descendant of Witikin. The grandsons of mis latter
were Ernest and Albert, from whom are descended the
Ernestine ami Aibertine branches of the house of Sax
ony. The F.rnestine, which was the eldest branch, con
tinued to enjoy the electorate until 1557, when John,
“the magnanimous,” was deprived of that dignity by tne
emperor diaries V, who conferred it on Maurice, the
patriarch of the A ibertine branch, to which the present
king of Saxony belongs. “The pr; . stant religion (says
a learned writer of the present day j nas the greatest ob
ligations to the princes of the Ernestine line; Frederick
JA the eldest son of Ernest, was Luther’s first patron and
^defender. John, the second son of Ernest, was the chief
promoter of the protestation against tiie church of
Rome, from wliich the protestants have derived their aji
peiiation.” This Joint w„s s.irnaine-d “the constant.”—
He was the father of the Sbovementioned Jonn “the
magnanimous,” and grandfather of John Frederick, the
founder of the house of Saxe-Cobourg. Of this i'iustiiomi
house the late head was tht duke of Saxe-Cobourg, viiu,
as our readers must remember, commanded the aided ar
mies at all early period of the French revolution; ana
prince Leopold, who is united to the princess Ciwiotte,
is the youngest son of that eminent comaiunder.
Lama.—A correspondent of tiie Boston Palladium in
forms us that tiie stuff caiied Lena, ana widen formed so
large a portion of the ladies dresses at tile r^yai nuptial
in London, “is a sort of glazed sdk, interwoven with
goid ..nd silver.”
One of the ingenious Paris editors yesterday, in trans
lating the account from a London paper of'the future
residence fixed upon by the princess Charlotte to spend
her honey moon in. literally translated k—a moon made oj
hon -y! His French readers will thank lum for the disco-
* From the Argus.
THE FRENCH EMBASSY.
What a variety of singular reiiecUons the late arrival of
Mr. D. Neuvnie, to represent, near sue United States,
tiie returned Bourbons, suggests to a thinking mind!—
From the year 1777 to the present day, how many ciia-
racter3 b-.ve filled the same diplomatic station? How
different tlicir dispositions and their lone! Yet, not more
so, titan those of the governments that sent them thev
were so many laitidul copyists—so many mirrors, re
flecting the form, size, and color of their masters. The
history of each unK in this variegated diplomatic chain,
wouid be no less amusing than instructive—but such
considerations suit not the narrow limits of a new spaper
essay. Let us, therefore content ourseivc* with compar
ing the two extremities of that chain.
In It 77, the cuevaliev Gerard was received, as the re
presentative of Louis X\ I, by the supreme national coun
cil of confederated America. His reception presented
a novel and interesting’ scene. It gave to our infant re
public a character of maturity; it confirmed the prin
ciples on which the alliance between France and the
United States had been formed; it drew near to e: ch
otlicr, two nations which hereditary prejudices had liith-
erto divided. The enthusiasm which tiie address of Mr.
Geraj’d to congress, and the answer of tiiat vendable
body, produced throughout America, can scarcely be
conceived by tiie most active imagination: Louis XVI had
named the representatives in congress assembled “iiis
very dear, and very great friends and allies;” tliis appel
lation was re-echoed through the country, with blessings ,
and eulogies on the generous mbnareil, who was co?i- * 1:iV . e 10 “ st fcd you
’ * ’ ~ • - before the other
'world by it* ipJbians and feelings, %n certain s .,t.
yet, commercial and other relations connect us
different people of the Earth. \V ith them w c , m J ,
w'e wish .to ' cultivate a friendly intercourse. SMyMi
Neuviilupon a closer view’ of the spirit of a \ r
administration; Will; no doubt, discover that niK-o-^
ment is more pacific, less meddlesome, leas aniin'
than our’s. For 25 years past, the potentates of K ^
have been interfering in the internal -ff. irs ot Franc rt ’
this moment they entirely control htr dcstinns." j.! ^
France and otuer nations, America has neur n , *
more than her just rights, than a liber-1 observant*'
the laws established to regulate the intercourse of tn '
ed nations. America Joe| net, ..s a government, tI -!" t
into the name and quaiiucations ol a foreign c , ,, p 1
tent, wj.h main tuning at home the purity of hero*’
and republican institutions, and with supportim- J, " c
her dignity, and rights founded on national Lw* t' .* ‘
existing treaties, she respects other goverun-. n ; !
vermay be their origin and their form. Kw,, '
herent to the human heart, opinions emanating i.-.J' "
sophisticated.reason, will necessarily be niaiU'estJ .
individuals; especially where the hbertj of specif • ’■
of the press is almost unbounded; but with tnese qs*
sions, the government has nothing’ to do. Dip,r /Ri
intercourse id free from such influences ami vietvg-^J,
ira siiie odit, eine ajfectn—If Mr. I)e Xeuiiiic c-n a ’
appreciate ll»e Calmness and moderation of a rcpu[. “*•
government, we have no doubt but that those prei 4
cesunder widen he is now said to labor, will quicithV’
nish.—Besides, iic is said to be an admirer of cun,,,-,
and heroic deeds—Can he then refuse ins aun;.r..;jr 4
opr brave seamen?—Can he think wiyjout eiriotr.i
the bl’itli nt, contest at New-Oric-ns?—No—t;„ - . ,
tiie spectacle of a people bursting at first imo
i^ne’c ..nd liberty from tiie Jetters of const
pivsskms; .uni, iu a second and more arduous s r. ;
preserving the glorious boon, and, indeed, ad,.. - [
Value and lustre, something wliich must ntcess.
gage the feelings of one who reveres Bayani, .:.
ry the IVth. ami other heroes whose motto ever w;.,.
very, Virtue, Honor, anil Country! AIL for them, w.; ,|
thing ml/\uvl them!
HISTORICAL MATERIALS.
M. rouche Morel, jn his Precis fli&ioritjite, :■ i 5 ....
two attempts were made to engage Ilerthu. r, pj,
Neufchatel in the roy.d e-use, arm he h. s publish •
instructions given bv Louis, authorising the n* ;•
ith him. Bert.heir served with dritinclior: inA:.,,
he conducted (with great propriety when m- j. r.,f ]
national guard of V ersaihes ontheoili and 6ih ei’ii'
9, and did tmnse.f great honor m (he pr aa-a
-ffored to the hunts cf the king, February 19, i; ,.J
These honorable trrits, so remark-bit in an officer ofi.', ^
tames, had inspired the re.yd party with great .,H
co-operation.
T.ie first attempt to enlist him in their cause, v.asir,, ■ M
in the ye-r 179o, when he was cniv a ^. nrr.l.
•‘£ ent entrusted with the business, w as —utliorizee.*,
him the r..nk of lieutenant general, or, ifheperfLrr.,.,-, |
m thee :ncii, the department of w-t; or ifne peruvpi
the government of a province, that w .-s to be r re,. , •
to him. Circumstances prevented tins overture eierc-.
ing made to him.
The attempt was repeated in 1806, and the desp trhs
of Count Av. rky, coirtainirtg the overtures of ..‘a ku ■
were communicated to Berthier. But ti e sucovs*
Bonaparte in Prussia shortly afurwouid have c.e.
inexpedient in Berthier, had he been disposed, tot ,
measures in fauur of the king; but says Bore';, “it i»j - i
to declare that in the eves of *hekmg, he —w..; s ,/ ■
a line of conduct which w-nild auhonse the si.,,pcs,
thatht- was waiting for a tavorabxo moment to de>
himself.”
This memoir of Fouche Borei, printed for Ids own
tification, but not published, a c. py of w hich, ;
one of his friends, we have beerrfavored with, co:i'..; ei I
number of anecdotes vert’ important in Bonaparte luster.. I
Boston Daily Advertiser.
ipej
sidvred . s the champion of America: to all this, Mr. Ge
rard added personal claims on the public gratitude; lie
had, in France, settled with tue American commissioners
die treaties of commerce and amity, and of alliance, of
fensive and defensive: he loudly professed his zeal in the
cause of American independence, Iiis attachment to the
late connexion between the two countries, and ids ardent
desire to cement that connexion, and promote its object
by every possible means. Before the chevalier Gerard,
or along with him, had landed on the American shores,
distinguished members of a brilliant and warlike nobility
—the gallant La Fayette, and several others, in whose
dispositions were conspicuausiy retraced those noble and
grand features which char.icteri red the ancient knights
of France, the good Joinville, Uie fearless and reproach
less Bayard, Crilion, the bravest of the brave, Sic.—ani
mated by that uncontrolable, predominating impulse
which urges noble minds to great personal achievements,
they aspired to tiie honor of aiding in the protection and
nurture of an infant empire, cradled amid die ruins of
oppression and tyranny. A powerful fleet, already ho
vered along the American coast—more efficient succors
were promised—the youtliful monarch and his queen
partook in the national enthusiasm for American liberty
—a deadly blow was levelled at England—old and deep
injuries would be avenged—in short, every circumstance
tended to create a lively sympathy between France and
America.
Such were the auspices under which tiie first French
minister appeared in America. \Ve have no room for
developments. We, therefore, draw the curtain ever
the intermediate scenes, and pass to the arrival of Mr.
Be Neuviile. How great, how s.ul the reverse! Where
is. the splendor of France? where her sympathy? Where,
in short, the powerful tie of common fee tings,'and com
mon opinions? Where, too, tne personal claims of tne
new minister, who is said to be decidedly hostile to
every thing that bears the stomp of republicanism? We
see nothing ot ail that—France lias not even retained
that pompous magnificience—those gorgeous and spien-
elid forms—that gay and resplendent air—which warm
the imagination, fascinate the judgment, and offer at
least, the shadow of an apology for the absence of more
substantial advantages—regulated freedom within, and
Without entire political independence. Her decayed
and dwindled nobility, far from pnmoting the interests
of liberty in other countries, have not been able to pre
serve the independence of a throne which Louis XIV or
Henry the IV would have blushed to hold from a prince
regent ot England or any other potentate. Darkness, in
tellectual and political darkness, is the order of the dav
Anudthe ruins of our national edifices at Washington,
Mr. De Neuviile might, not long since, have beheld evi
dent marks of intentional British outrage, on the pictures
of tiiose sovereigns of France, who so efficiently aided
us during the revolutionary struggle—whilst Wellington
and Castlcreagh were replacing Louis XVIII on the
^ ancestors, their countrymen were employed
at Washington in defacing the images of his departed re
latives, m the midst "of the most brutal execrations—
Louis X\ I was doomed to experience tiie implacable re-
sentment of England both during his Ike and after Iiis
death——but let us conclude—
Although Mr. De Neuviile doe3 not meet among us un
ci, r such auspices as chevalier Gerard, we think too highly
ot the wisdom and dignity of the administration notto'rest
assured that he will meet with a reSption suitable tcuhe
racrecl character of a foreign ambassador—As a republic,
ANECDOTE OF CAPTAIN SMITH.
It will be recollected, that captain Smith, lata ct-fc
navy (deceoscu) went to the Havana about tile t*e>r.
sion of the \v,r, With tiie hope ot* recovering his lit. ,’: ;
AA hile there, a part of the British force wliich 'md bon I
gainst Ncw-OHeans, arrived at that port. See t-r.. ?]
the officers put up at the nouse where capt-in Smol
bo-reied, among whom was a colonel, who, not knov.i j I
him, and probably taking him for one oftiicir c< m
m< n, one d iy described to him, in the most tvi’iDi*
terms, tilt f, rocky of the Kentuckians. “W hy s.i ’ >.ad
l' c —“they -re absolute murderers! they snot at us ..so.-
liberateiy -s if we had been squirrels, -nd scmeVus
they seeiffcd ready to grapple with us, and *.o knock
our brains with the but ends of our own muskets, *\t
tyresting them from us! God forbid, (added nc/ w .?
his blood seemed to curdle in lus veins at tue ide,.) t
should ever fail into tiie h-nds of these savagvs!”
tain Smith hmnored (he colonel to the full, and ver.
rioustv conwaiuiated him on the esc..pciie had at. -
“tor,’ s jiihc, “I know tne fLeniueiiano well, amtv
caught an officer of your rank, till \ cert . n . v
live, and have eaten the ha:i . !
half was dead” win
seemed to think Was likely enough! But .Tier
deal or conversation on the subject of tne ikfi ,i a
New-Orkaiis, tiie colonel Was not a little surpris-
captain Smith looked him fairly in the f.,c<, s i. m;
great animation—“I am proud, s.r, to deckr tn-Kii \
feilow-citi/.en of those you have so much ..hisco. 1 ’
know tiie Kenhtckiana—ihcir heart is the sc «; of '
of courage and generosity—I wish I could say f: ■'
those who traduce them. M V name its Smith, a c. n T .: •
in the na\*y the Lmted Suites, absent fi’oiii dur i '
my health, and you know ti.at l lodge in tins ho-.se.”’ til
which ae turned on lus heel and left ti.c coionei, n r :u|
little miserable that he could not congratulate hn..sv.u:
escaping a roasting by the Kentuckians without acta .::
receiving one in a neutral port! and from that Una for
ward he kept his thoughts to himself.—A tie*’ liegis.-.r.
Savem, June 25.
Four young natives of Owhvhee, one of the Bandwi-i
islands in the P.xinc ocean, and the same where ca a
Oook was killed, are now at Morris Academy, in hitch-
field, Connecticut, receiving an education to fit them
religious Missionaries to their native country. Two of
them, at the ages of 16 and 14 years, came to this
try ten years ago; a third arrived six vears since,
other has since joined them. One of'them has I
benefk of mstruejuon at the Theological Institution a
Andover; and he is now employed in translating a p-" 1
of the New Testament into'the -Owhvhee lang'i.di
and by his aid also an Owhyaee grammar has been form
ed.
iu -n*
has had t’K
. A poor man, with his wife and five children, lately
travelling in Scotland, m a sm-11 cart, being un..bie ;a
find shelter under anj rouf, took refuge in a sand
During tiie night, tiie earth caved in and buran me
whole family. I’beir bodies were taken out ik.vi ilty.—
Aurora,
A Sitsttur ParT,—it is a fact, acknowledg'd by A| '
oldest practionets of medicine, that, never n..s
instance Occured in which a woman was aff- ct< i ” l jl
the LOCK JAAVj [JVV believed.)
A SECOND SAMPSON.
'Williams, the famous English deserter, w!fo for '
found refuge with the Sieur Bzrbazau, nitlie Isle ot .!•'
don, has, according to accounts from Augh, at leu .'!>
been arrested. The prodigious strength and violent (**!•'
racter of tins man, has rendered him the terror oi u! ’ ■ ’
peasants and servants in the Canton. M. Barbazaii v ‘
tiie only person who could control him. Hj= tern--
strength was particularly displayed when he wasinw®*
cated. Nothing could resist his efforts. He tiien tv ■ : ;
ed bars of iron, as if thev were fr-ti twigs; with a bin" '
his fist he broke through partitions;and with no other he'P
than liisfingures, tore out the largest mJls. In one ot
fits he one day took up a servant by ti>e middle of the bod/
ran with him to the distance of fifty paces, and
him over a wall twenty feet high, on the other side o
which a small rivaf'flowed, Happily some trees br"f
the fall (of the new Lycus, who got off with no o’.n
harm than a good fright. The prefect has, on the afipe
cation of the maybr, ordered him to be conducted fro
brigades, brigade h*"b*l*dg*d