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LOI'JDOIT, Febr y 7 ry 5 .
THERE is now a curious trial pending in one of the
courts of France: A lady has iuftituted a fait against
],er liulband for alimony: The htilband admits that he was
married to her, but contends that the marriage is not va
lid, because it was contracted merely as a device to save
the life of the lady, who had taken refuge in his house
during the sanguinary reign of Robespierre: On tile other
hand, the wife alferts that the marriage was to all intents
and purposes a real one, and that as the gentleman was
kind “enough to save her life he can do no less than main
lain her for life.
Some time since a child, about 7 years of age, whose
parents live in the neighborhood of Kensington, wasfeized
with a violent spasmodic disorder, for which no remedy
could be obtained, and of which she apparently expired;
in conference of which (lie was laid in her coffin, and the
time of interment was appointed; but a few hours previous
to which the mother stepping into the room to look on her
to her great aftonifhnient observed a motion of the body,
and before she had recovered her firft lurprife the child was
able to lit upright. Proper cordials were administered,
and in the course of a few days the child was fufficiendy
well to go to fchool, and has had no symptoms of her dis
order since.
February 6. A Lisbon mail arrived this morning,
brought by the Prince Adolphus packet in fix days. She
brings the affli&ing account of the loss of an armed brig
0 f 18 guns. She overfet in a gale of wind in the Gut of
Gibraltar, and all the crew, dreadful to relate, peri died.
She was bound to Malta and Minorca, and had money’ on
board to pay the troops.
February 9. A poor woman, wife of a taylor in Den
bigh, on the sth instant, was delivered of three fine child
ren. The fame woman has a girl, about j 8 months old,
born without arms, only on one fide an imperfeCt hand of
two fingers and a thumb adhering to the'ffioulder.
An aftor of fome humor, whose name we (hall not now
mention, was lately prefled by his taylor for the payment
of a large bill. The debtor declared himfelf to be, in the
modern plirafe, in a date of impecuniofty. The taylor
very modestly asked for a bond, which the other exprefied
his readiness to grant, provided the matter was kept a ie
cret! When the bond was brought it was indignantly torn
and thrown in the taylor’s face. “ You rascal,” said the
indignant comedian, “ you promised to keep it secret, and
now your paper begins, Be it blown io all men by these
presents!”
Lockman, the celebrated Persian morslift, relates the
following dory cf himfelf: “ I was once,” fays he, “ so
pooT that 1 had not wherewith to buy me a pair of flioes,
and was obliged to go barefooted. However patient I had
till then been, I now became very diflatisfied with my lot,
and entered the temple at Cuffa extremely melancholy and
difeontented. I there saw a man who had no legs; reflect
ing on whose condition, I no longer complained of want
ing flioes, but gave thanks to God, from the bottom of my
heart v. that I could dill walk, though barefooted. How
much better is it, thought I, to be without flioes than
without legs! If this poor man could recover his legs how
ecflatic would be his joy, though he should have no flioes.”
A law proCtor calling lately’ on a miserly character, and
finding him extremely ill, advised him to make his will.
“ Ave,” said Gripus, “ if you will make it gratis for me.”
u With all my heart. Well, fir, to whom do yrnu
leave your fortune?” “ Leave! —l don’t like the word—
I’ll not leave lixpence to any one.” “ ‘Fo whom then
give your wealth?” Give!—worfe and worfe—l’ll not
give a doit to mortal.” “ Then, fir, the law will find
you an heir.” “ Aye, when it can find my money; but
I I’ve taken care to bide it so deep and lecure that nothing
I but an earthquake can bring it to light.” A fit of cough-
I ing now seized him, and the miser made his exit.
I February 12. On Sunday morning lad, between 2
I and 3 o’clock, one of the Margate hoys belonging to nir.
I Sackett, heavily laden with corn, which was flowed both
■in the hold and on deck, and 30 paifengers on board, be
■ lides the crew, confiding of the inafler and 4 Teamen, was
■ overtaken by the violent gufls of wind, between Birching-
Iton and Reculver; (he firft unfhipped her rudder on the
■ lands, when, becoming unmanageable, die kept continn
■ ally (hipping the mod heavy seas, and was carried by \he
Iviolence of the furf towards the beach; at this awful period
■(he kept rolling and pitching, and the crew, from their
■with, if possible, to preserve the lives of the paifengers,
■particularly these of the women and children who were on
■board, barred down the hatchways; (bortly after this the
■veflifi struck on-the beach and filled, a tremendous lea run
■ning over her in all directions, which vvalhed nearly the
wvhole of those upon deck overboard, and, dreadful to re-
Batc, 25 perfops, confiding of men, womeiv-and children,
Are said tp liave perilheu. In the course of Sunday the bo-
Bies of 9 of the lufferers were thrown upon the lliore, and
■ 4 bodies have been taken out of the cabin of the hoy; had
B been daylight it is possible many more lives might have
Been laved, but the darkness of the night added to the ca-
Bmity! Amongst the fulFerers arc, mr. John Goodburn,
Be mader, who is fuppefed to have received a blow on the
Bmple from the boom; mr. Thornton, carpenter, of Mar
:Bte, with his wife and son, who / he was taking up to
;Bwn to put out apprentice, and, lorry we are to fay, they
|Bve left 6 orphans at Margate to lament their untimely
Bl; mr. Bone, carpenter, of Margate; the wife of mr.
IBcob, and <mr. Jarman, of Broad flairs; the widow Crow,
jßfs Nvfbit, and a child of mr. Edmunds, of the White
kßrt inn, Margate; ira. Tattnall, wife of mr. Tattnall,
/•the Lord Nelson; mrs. Field, mr. Dear, and a young
ißffi a butcher, of Ramfgatl*; :.nd a servant girl, with a
U 1 under her care, with whom the was returninyto
Igß'm Four of the crew, and about an equal number of
||B!c paifengers, were laved, after being 5 hours in the
IfHpiig; amongfl these was mr. Nuckle of the library at
Hjßad Hairs. Nothing could prelent a more awful fpeftacle
‘IB the repeated arrival at Margate on Sunday of vari
. IB carriages with the bodies of the iufferers from tlie
B Eijcant in the guards, now lying at the upper bar
jß ut Chatham, fome time tlifice received a farthing in
(bine articles he boiught at one of the (hops in
Barracks, which, upon examination, 'proved to be one
° U- tbrec only which were toiWdi.i queen Anne’s, reign.
He was offered 501. for it immeuhtfety, which he refuted,
and carried it to London, where he got 400!. and a dis
charge from his regiment. The reman ing two farthings
it seems have been found fome tin;.-: since.
The following occurrence cook place latch*: Asa field
preacher was vehemently inveighing again(i: theatrical n
mufements one of his hearers took the liberty to inteiruot
him, by observing; that the stage was reckoned one of the
bed schools for morality. Morality! exclaimed the preach
er—fine morality indeed, to exhibit fun, moon, and Purs
—and so profane as even to repreibnt thunder and light
ning!
A gentleman who had been looking over fome valuable
rings the other day at a falhionable jeweller’s literally
walked away with one of the value of 100 guineas* The
poor goldsmith vainly attempted to overtake him, on the
full run, and calling out, “ Stop thief,” as loudly as
possible. A person who heard the hue and cry, and was
observing the amazing rate at which our pedestrian kept
moving, would have ftopt him as the thief alluded to; but
he was intimidated by the gentleman’s appearance, and his
vociferating, “ Keep off, fir, I am walking for a hund
red.”
The uncertainty of events to come, and the total dark
ness of mankind with refpedl to futurity, have been the
darling themes of ancient and of modern declaimers* A
drunken Irifliman was complaining ir. a public house that he
read y ejlcrday's paper, and to-day's pr.p.r, till he.was
tired, but he could never get fight of to-morrow's paper.
A hard drinker, who had entirely loft all appetite (bl
eating, was informed lately by his phylician, that he mud
speedily die unless he altered his mode of living. “ Well,
doctor,” cried he, I have one comfort at least, for should
provilions become fifty times dearer than they are at prelent
I (hall never die from a famine in the land.”
A nobleman adviling lately bis son to keep inferior
people at a distance, a tradesman, who overheard the ad
monition, replied, “ I am lorry, my lord, you did not
give the young gentleman this advice before he got so
deeply in my books.”
February 24. The chateau of St. Cloud, the future
reftdence of Bonaparte, is to be immediately fcneompaffed
with barracks. This proves either that the hero thinks
himfelf secure only in proportion as he is guarded, or that,
like commodore Trunnion, he is lb much attached to his
original profeffion that he willies to have the semblance cf
it every where.
February 25. On Saturday morning, at 9 o’clock,
died, at his house at Richmond, Jolm Moore, m. and. As
a writer dr. Moore will rank among the mod eminent daf
fies of his country; the Itvle of his travels through France
and Italy is a model of ease and perspicuity, and in the
conftrudlion of his novel cf Zelucco there is a truth, a
force, and an originality, which will render it a lading
monument of national genius. To posterity we may leave
the care of his lame as an author; to his cotemporaries and
friends, at this awful moment, the mild virtues and warm
f: 11 Ability which graced his private life are a more inoered
ing fubjeift: of contemplation. His early and liberal notice
of Burns entitles him to the thanks of every critic and
patron; but it is in the bolom of his family that we (hall
find his claim to our a (Tedious. It has been a just reproach
to men of letters that they are too apt to confider tliem
felves as belonging to the world at large, and to be ne
gligent of ffiofe private duties which fall within the narrow
circle of domedic life: from that reproof let those absolve
dr. Moore who have witndfed the care and 1 ixioufnefs
with which he unccafingly watched over the welfare of
his family; and, now that the high ambitiousffiopes which
he had formed of their claims to public diftinotion have
been realized, let the name of tiie father be aflbeiated with
that of the children in the grateful recollection cf their
countrymen. In him this was the prevailing sentiment;
and at the solemn close of his long and honorable career,
when the triumphs of his genius had faded from his me
mory, his feelings for his family were unimpaired, and his
lad tears were thole of pious thankfulnefs for their i'uc
cefs.
Private letters by the mail fay the French general
Thurreau, with troops, has taken poll'dlion of, the Val
lais, has displaced all the authorities, and appointed agents
of France in their dead. Fids country is to form the a
venue of France into Italy; and its poffelfion becomes ne-
Cefiary to the plans ot the chief coniiil, however much he
lr.av violate the integrity of the Helvetic republic.
it is not true that Austria intends forming any camps
this funimer, or that her officers have been ordered to join
jheir regiments. The emperor is not able to entertain
thoughts of war at this moment.
The fubferibtrs at Lloyd’s coffeehoufe vederdav held
their half yearly meeting, when it was proposed and agreed
that a petition ibould be presented to government, pray
ing a redu&ion in the prelent duty on insurance policies,
which is ss. on every lccl. insured; a fuin found highly
detrimental to the interest of commerce.
February 27. A vessel which is arrived from Cadiz has
brought advice, that rear admiral Linois’s division, which
failed from Cadiz the middle of lad month for St. Domin
go, confided of 4 French fail of the line and 2 frigates, with
3000 treops on board. The Ibldiers were modiy Germans
and Poles who had served in the French army in Italy. A
French line of battle (hip, one of the fleet that failed from
Bred for St. Domingo, put in there a (liort time before in
a very leaky date, and was preparing to go into dock.
Bv this (hip the melancholy account was received of a fri
gate belonging to the fleet having foundered, with 500
troops on board.
Liverpool, March 1. The Liverpool Packet, Waite,
from Charleston, arrived at the buoys lad night.
The Thomas and Robert, Church, from Savannah, is
arrived at Bourdeaux. /
Cork, January 28. The Englifii papers date, very
erroneoully, the death of fir Henry* Hay*es, on his passage
to Botany Bay, Ihortly after he failed from hence; no
such event has taken place, and his daughter, who has
very justly been termed amiable and accompiilhcd, is now
in this city, and never had any intention of embarking with
her father. -4..
* \ ’fixing and MeiTage Cards tor sale by the printers
of this paper.
rnnc.y Ardress.- —A French gentleman once travel
,n o iIJ lnj Cabriolet from Paris to Calais was accosted by
a m.m walking along the road, and who begged the favor
or him to put his great coat, which he found very fcfravy,
into m3 carriage; “ With’ all my heart,” said the gentle
man, but if we sbould not be traveling to the same
place how will you get your coat*” u I\^onsieur, H ans
wered the tnafi, with gteat naivetle, “ ’ t lerai dedans
1 shall bt m it.”
Louis the Fourteenth and Vandermeiileti the Painter.
1 here came from one cf the provinces to Paris a mail
so much resembling Louis XIV". as to be quite a decepti
on. If he went to church, to the public w fifcs, or the
theatres, lie drew all eyes oil him, they believed they saw
tlie king himself. He was the talk of the whole citv of
1 aris, and at last they sjxike of hun to ins majesty, who
became desirous of Seeing him, and he was introduced at
the levee. Louis XI Vk was himself struck with the re
semblance, and, after giving a favorable reception to the
stranger, he humorously said, “ It is thought that we
resemble each other very much; did your ifiother ever
-live at court in the time of Louis XIII.?” “ No, sire,”
answered the other, “ but my father did.” This sally
pleased the king, and it is not necessary to add, that the
stranger was soon after promoted.
Anecdote of Pietro de Cortona.-—As the famous Pie
tro de Cortona Was one day finishing the face of a cry ing
child, in the representation of the iron cage, with which
he was adorning the floor, called the Hot Bath, in the
royal palace of Pitti, Ferdinand 11. who happened to be
looking over him for his amusement, could not forbear
expressing his approbation, by crying out, “ Oh, how
well that child cries!” To whom the artist replied, “ Has
your majesty a mind to see how easy it is to make children
laugh? Behold, I’ll prove it in an instant.” And taking
up his pencil, by giving the contour of the mouth a turn
downwards, instead of the convex upwards, which it be
fore bad, and with little or no alteration in any other
part ot the tace, he m ide the child, who, a little before*
seemed ready to burst its heart with crying, appear in e
quul danger ot bursting its sides with immoderate laugh
ter, and then, by restoring the altered features to their
former position, lie soon set tlie child a crying again.
Anecdote cf George the Second .—When his majesty
went to England from Hanover, among other domestics
he took wi.h him his cook, to whom he was extremely
partial. Alter some stefy at St. James’s the cook grew
melancholy, and wanted leave to retfini home. His ma
jesty being informed ot this desired to see him; and when
the cook came into his presence he asked him why he
wished to leave his service. The cook replied, “ I have
long served your majesty with diligence and honesty, and
never suffered any of your property to be embezzled in
your kitchen; but here the dishes are no sooner come from
the table than one steals a fowl, another a duck, a third,
taoes a joint ot meat, and a fourth a pie, and so on, till
the whole is gone; and I cannot bear to see your majesty
so injured.” His majesty’s reply was, “ My revenues
here will afford this custom; and therefore, to reconcile
you to your place, do you steal likewise, and mind that you
take enough.” lhe cook t ok his master’s advice, and in
a short time became the most adept thief of all the serv
ants. In the present reign the case is altered; the whole
ot what comes from the royal table is farmed out, and tlie
emolument goes to o:n. certain person in the household.
Epicurism in a Child. —An old gentleman who knew
Quin tells this anecdote, which is not commonly known:
Quin, when a child, was an attentive s|>edtator of his
untie s funeral. When the ceremony was over voting
made many solicitous inquiries about the deceased,
and was told that his uncle’s body only was jiut in the pit,
but his soui was gone to Heaven. The child stood
thoughtful for a few seconds, and then running to his
moiiier earnestly begged that when he died his soul might
be put in the pit, and his body go to Heaven.
Anecdote f 1 wo Indians. —Two sachems of the West
ern Indians, in making a tour to Philadelphia, dined at
tiie house of a genthman of fortune, amidst a splendid
circle, and observing mustard 011 the table, one of them,
without suspedting the consequence, took a spoonful at
once into his mouth, which soon caused the tears to run
plentifully down his rugged countenance; but coliedting
lmnselt in a moment, and perhaps no less desirous to con
ceal his ignorance than to see his companion caught in the
same manner, when asked by his brother sachem the cause
of his cry ing, replied without hesitation, that it was caused
by his reflecting upon the goodness of his father, who was
si.tin 111 battle, liiis answer appeared satisfudtory to tlie
inquisitive chief, while the rest of the company, out of
tenderness to these unrefined sons of nature, ccuid only,
with the utmost exertions, restrain themselves from open,
laughter. From this moment the one who had learned by
experience the qualities of mustard kept his eye constantly’
olf his tawny brother of the wilderness, until at length he
enjoyed the superlative pleasure of beholding him take a
spoonlul into his mouth in the same manner he had Just
Uone himself, and which was produdtive of the same ededt.
‘1 he former now in his turn requested of his companion
the reason of his shedding tears, and was answered with
Indian readiness and wit, because you were not killed when
your father was.
Edwin Lewis,
At Taylor and Scarbrough’s wharf
HAS JUST RECEIVED,
10,000 weight bacon hams, middlings, and Ihoulders;
23 barrels cargo pork;
103 kegs lard, of 30 lbs. each;
All of the bed quality, and to be fold low, for cash only.
He has likewifs on bandy
About 4000 buthels corn.
Savannah, -jtb April , 1802.
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