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J SOUTHERN RECORDER. ■m VOL. II. MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1821. PUBLISHED WEEKLY, (o.x tde-sdayb) BY S. GRA.VTL.WM Sf ft. M. ORME tk'C THRr.E OOLT.ARS, IN ADVANCE, Oil SOUR DOM.AES AT TIIE EXnRATION Of THE YEAR. ITT Advertiscmpntsconspicuously inserted »( Tins customary rotes. DECLARATION OK THE ALLIED SOVE’ REIGNS AT LAYBACII. London, Feh. 26. At a lute hour this morning this important document was received. It appears in the Frankfort German Gazette of the 16th inst. but neither signatures nor date are attached to it. There can he no doulit, however, of It* official character, and of its being the au thentic manifesto of the Empororbf Austria, as to his motives and objects in marching n military force upon Naples. The declara tion is dated Vienna. Feb. 13. THE AUSTRIAN DECLARATION. After a long series of political storms the kingdom of Naples was, in the year 1815, restored, hy the assistance of IIh- Austrian Arms, to the paternal government of its legi timate king ; the two portions of the Sicili- nn Monarchy which had been so long sepa rated, were again united, and the wishes of all well disposed persons Were gratified hy the happy prospect of durable repose. The latter period of the Foreign Government had however revived an internal enemy, more dangerous than any other to the re pose of the Italian peninsula. There exist ed in the kingdom of Naples, as well as in o- tlior States of Italy, a sect, working in dark ness, whose secret chiefs continued to medi tate the overthrow of all the Italian Govern; limits, as the first step towards the execu tion of the extravagrant plans in which they were engaged. At the moment when Murat, in order to support his tottering throne, conceived the desperate project of conquering Italy, des pair inspired him with the idea of calling to his aid, those same Carbonari whom he had more than once combated, and whose cri minal intrigues acquired from that time an influence, which without the. assistance of this urtlooked for alliance, they would per haps never have obtained. The vigilance of the Royal Government, the zeal with which it employed itself in pro moting essential improvements in all the branches of the Administration, the general affection home to the Sovereign, whose pa ternal goodness had gained to him the hearts of his subjects, rendered abortive all the en terprises of this sect during the first years ■which followed the Restoration; and perhaps, .like so many other secret associations, it would have sensibly become powerless and have fallen into obliv ion, if the events which new took place in the kingdom of Spain, at the commencement of the year 1820 had not given to it a fresh impulse. From this mo ment its audacity redoubled, and assisted by the contagious-.fanaticism which it excit ed, it soon increased so much in numbers and In influence, that the laws and the authority of the executive were no longer sufficiently powerful to suppress it. It disseminated with indefatigable industry, amidst all class es of the people, till then tranquil and tnoue- rate in their desires, a spirit of discontent and bitterness, dispositions hostile to their go vernment, and a passionate desire for politi cal innovation. It succeeded at length in corrupting a portion of the army ;and assist ed by this must criminal of all its measures, this sect caused (he Revolution to break out in the first days of the month of July. It is impossible to give n more exact or more, authentic, account of this explosion, than that which is contained in the Circular Dispatch addressed hy the new Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the day on which he en tered, upon his functions, to tlie Diplomatic Agents of Naples at Foreign Courts. On the nights of the 1st ami 2d (it. is stat ed in tins Despatch) the greatest part of the Royal regiment of Cavalry of Bourbon quit ted'its quarters at Nola, and raised a tri-co- lor standard, with the inscription—“Long Jive the Constitution!” The colors were those of the Sect of the Carbonari, which, for some time, past, had kept up a fermenta tion in i!ie Kingdom and had demanded with earnestness a constitutional form of Govern ment. The sect had made so many prose lytes in the armv of the King, that Hie. troops sent to reduce to submission those w ho de serted at Nola, made common cause with them. Thu desertion of these troops, and some regiments of the gan-non o.Naples, gome simultaneous movements m the 1 to vinces, ami lastly the insubordination of some Chiefs of districts proved to lus Majes- V that the wish oftne people was to obtain a Con Stituti nal Government. In consequence announcing th«it in ^ r » m .,L ,).,blic the basis ot a Constitution. “ The fir advantage was only the prelude tionries, and Ins troops, to toko a could alone insure its success, for the least doubt to remain as tn the position of the Monarch or Of tile Slate. Such a conces sion, conimitti ig equally the dignity of-the Sovereign, and the destinies of the country, could not be wrung trom his Majesty iiy n- tliur means than those of violence and me nace. The desire of providing against grea ter evils, and of preventing the commission of drcadTuI crimes, could alone induce the King to consent at the moment to so fatal a measure. This explanation of an event, in explicable in any other tense, would carry with it its own confirmation, even were it not otherwise established hy irrefragable proofs. l’he great blow being thus given, and the Royal Authority entirely destroyed, the chiefs of the sect & their principal associa tes in the first scenes uf the revolt, immedi ately tonk upon themselves dominion. The resistance which tile kingdom of Sicily oppo sed to their nrb ttury enterprises was crush ed in blood an I in ruins. In order to give to their usurpation a colour of legality, they soon created, under the title of a National Parliament, ah instrument, hy means of which, in the. space of a few months, they overturned all existing rights, and all the bases of public order ; and through which without any other power hut their arbitrary will, they substituted, in the room of the an cient civil and political laws of the two King doms, institutions perfectly unknown, sanc tioned hy no experience, and which were no less in contradiction to the character than to the wants of Hie nation. The King, unable to consider a state of things so unnatural, as likely to he of long du ration, persuaded at the same time that un timely opposition would only draw down new perils upon his person, his family and his country, supported with resignation this cruel lot, which be had in no wise merited. All the enlightened inhabitants of the coun try, the greatest part too of those who, se (bleed by the vain hope of a More fortunate termination, had at first favoured the Revo lution, but who had subsequently become convinced of the pernicious effects of a sys tem, which the ruling party had established as most suited to their particular interests a- Inne, without reference to the interests of the country—all these were condemned to silence. The mass of the people soon reco vered from their ephemeral uotliusiasm, and grieved to see. their hopes deceived ; and discouraged hy vague forebodings of the ca lamities which menaced then), they awaited In silent uneasiness the final issue of the cris is. Thus is to he explained that apparent tranquillity under cover of which the Par liament, powerless in itself and subject to the control of a small number of despots ready to attempt every thing, conducted the king towards its inevitable dissolution ; a tran quility which did not prevent the most un bridled anarchy from swallowing up the last remains of public prosperity, and I ha true character of which could not be misunder stood by any foreign government. The. events at Naples had produced a strong sensation throughout the whole of Italy. A Revolution, plotted hy obscure fanatics, and completed by perjured sol diers, who in a few days deprived a King of his power and wf his liberty, and plunged two kingdoms in the abyss of disorder, necessa rily inspired, whatever its ulterior develope- ment might he, the most serious apprehen sions in all the. neighbouring governments.— The maxims loudly proclaimed by the au thors of this Revolution ; the facility-with which these maxims were circulated, Ivy words anil .by writings, in all parts uf Italy ; the. daily conversations of their foreign ac complices ;all these things tended to aug ment the pressure of these apprehensions.— No Italian Sovereign eoillu conceal from himself that the internal peace and prnsperi ty of liisEtales wet * menaced equally hy the example and the results of un'overthrow, which attacked the social edifieeiu its deepest foundations. The Emperor was aware from the first moment, that there would he au end of or der and tranquility in Italy for a length of time, if the chiefs and fnmenters of a re volt, which nothing could justify nml noth ing could excuse, were permitted with Impu nity to sacrifice the monarchy of the Two Sicilies, to their insane projects. His Im perial Majesty, penetrated with a sense of what lie owed to the preservation and secu rity of his own Empire, to the. protection of his faithful and happy people, tn hi* amica ble relations with the Princes of Italy and to his position in the general political system of Europe, hastened to take measures lor stop ping the further progress of these disorders, anillo make manifest at the same time, without reserve, the line which lie hud deci ded to follow with respect to the Revolution nf Naples. However painful it was to his Imperial Majesty to impose an unexpected lish government not to take part in those of or ifthc resistance of art implacable faction the other Courts, and caused tile cabinet of i should Ire protracted for an indefinite lime, France to accede to them only under certain ; his ma jesty the emperor of the Kusniuns, ul- restrictinns, the Emperor had the satisfacti- j ways faithful to big principles, convinced of -MM on to find himself perfectly in unison on e- Very question with the sovereigns of Russia mid of Prussia, and iu contince himself at tile same time that the differences of positi on and action between the powers of Eu rope would not give rtso to any difference as to the basis of their alliance, and as to the ■general uniformity of principles and views. Tile Sovereigns assembled at Troppnu though decided not to acknowledge the changes which force and revolution had o- peruted at Naples, and to put an end by a common effort to the results of these chang es, were nevprtheless sincerely animated with the ardnnt desire of obtaining those ob jects by pacific means, and with all the In dulgence due to a country already distract ed bj/so many calamities and convulsions. — It was iu this spirit that they invited bis Si cilian majesty to meet them at Laybach, in order tn deliberate with them upon the situ ation, present and future, of hi* kingdom— This invitation was supported by his majes ty the King of France. According loan article of the foreign code which was to become that of the kingdom of (lie Two Sicilies, the monarch' cannot pass the frontiers nf his states without the con sent of the Parliament. The Kjng, looking upon the invitation of the Sovereigns as a blessing of Providence, sub uittiid to this hu miliating necessity. The Parliament con sented, but it attached to its consent, a con dition, to the effect of which the instigators of this measure could not he blind, and which destroyed beforehand the prospects and the hopes of moderate men. The Parliament, although completely ac quainted with the principles of the Allied Cabinets, imposed upon the king, the com mand, to insist upon the maintenance, with out modification, of the. consol lit ion at pre sent established—and to put that condition forward as the sole object—and only basis of his explanations with the Allied Powers.— It is under such auspices as these, and hnv- notlimg to rely on but the justice and the wisdom of his august friends, that tile King of Naples came to Laybach. From the <marn<ertt of his arrival in that place, his majesty had reason to feel convinced that it would lie vain to attempt to found any pro position upon a basis irrevocably rejected by flic Allied Sovereigns. Their Sovereigns declared in effect to his Majesty, their firm determination no- (o al low the continuance of a system which had been forced upon the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, by a faction without a name fi w ith out authority, and by means the qmst cri minal—a system incompatible, with the se curity of tli« neighboring states, and with the preservation of tin* pence nf Europe. That if this stale of things did out end, as their Majesties earnestly and .sincerely hop ed it might do, hy n spontaneous disavowal on the part of those who exercised the povv- er at Naples, it would he necessary to have recourse to arms—that as soon ashy either of these means, this great obstacle to the peace of Naples and of Italy should have disappeared, the Sovereigns would look up on their task as accomplished. That it would be then for the King elope, enlighten ed hy the councils of the most honest, and a- hie men of his kingdom, to prov ide for the strength and stability of his government up on a just and wise system, in conformity with the permanent interestsof the two peo ple united under his sceptre—and which go vernment, from this aery circumstance, should hold out to all the neighboring states a sufficient guarantee of their rufety and sta bility. After such precise, dechir itinns. the King of Naples could not dissemble to himself, that, as every other question was irrevoca bly- set aside, lie had, ns the Father and Pro tector of his people, (rut one task to fulfil— that of pres erring the loyal and well-mean- ing majority nf his subjects from the dan gers and calamities of a war brought on by the blind obstinacy, or the culpable ambition of certain individuals. In this conviction it was that hi« majesty addressed to his son, the presumptive heir to the throne, a frank and paternal latter) for the purpose of representing to hint the im portance of rhe circumstances, and the ne cessity of employing, for the, safely of their kingdom, all the means wliiill imgllt lie at his Command. The expression of these pa cific sentiments of the King was accompani ed by more explicit instructions, issued hy the cabinets of Austria, Russia, and Prussia, to their Diplomatic Agents at Naples—and tlie Plenipotentiaries of Ills Majesty the King of France likewise sent instructions to rite Charge d’Afl’aires of their Sovereign-. The fleet of these, important measures must dr ibs necessity of struggling against an evil so serious, and guided by tiiat noble and con stant friendship nf which sho has (ately bes towed so many precious tokens on the em peror, would lose no time in joining his forc es to those of the Austrians.' In the whole of the transactions which have just taken place, the monnrehs have only had in view the safety of the states they arc called upon to govern, aml-the tranquili ty of the world. This is the secret oftheir policy—no other thought, no other interest, no oilier question, lias found a place in the deliberations of their cabinets. The inviolability of nil established rights, the independence of all legitimate govern ments, the integrity of all their possessions, these are the bases from which their resolu tions wilt never deviate. The iTionarehs will have obtained the sum mit of their wishes,and will be fully reward ed for all their efforts, if it should Be possible to insure tranquility iu the interior of slates, the rights of thrones, and the true liberty ami prosperity of nations, blessings without which external pence itself could have nei ther vahic nor duration. They will bless the period when, set free from all olllereaus- etPbf anxiety, they can devote exclusively to the happiness of their subjects ail the means and title power which have been conferred upon them liy Heaven. [Frankfurt Gazette, Feb. 10.1 AUSTRIA. Address from Gen. Frimont In liis Army. “ My nrmy, the supreme command of which has been trusted to me by his majes ty tile Emperor, passes over the confines of the country, with intentions nf peiu e. The events which have disturbed file tranquility of Italy are the only motives for our march. We do not, as in the year 1815, advance u- gainst. a rash enemy—every inhabitant of tile kingdom of Naples, that is faithful and well-intentioned, will lie our friend. The duty of the officers and of the soldiers will now lie to observe the strictest order, and mine own to obtain it by every means in my power. Whether tlie urmy shall pass thro’ the peaceful states of Italy, or shall place their feet on the Neapolitan territory, my constant care shall be directed that they may constantly preserve the same discipline and love of order, which they acquired between the years i815 and 1817, in the same coun tries they are now about to enter. “ None but the enemies to the tranquility bf their fellow-citizens, none hot rebels to the sentiments of their King, can lie opposed to us. Should they even succeed hi jouncing resistance to us by others, they will still fail to withdraw iis from the salutary plan which has hern presented Io us. Tlie consequen ces oftheir enterj.nize will fall on their heads /done, and not on those of peaceful citizens. If it is glorious for tin* soldier to fulfil his du ties on the field of<battle, if is not less so for him to secure tlie general tranquility against the attack* of evil-disposed men. Our Em peror relies upon us, Hud i-.e •‘hall justify on thin occasion, also, his confidence, amt the reputation of our army, without recurring to the sentiments with wliiclt we are animated to the fulfilment of our duty. “ GIOVANNI BARfUNOE FTdMONT, « Genorntrif Cavalry “ Head- Quarters-, Paihia, Feb. 4, and considerable charge upon his finances,| ride the impending fate of the Kingdom of not hut be aware how inconsiderate and in excusable was the project of forming a Con- exuisau . , . ( i avq there remained to Btitut'ou m tjie^hope,^that more calm and wiser resolutions would succeed to the offer- sss £ j.—ft r >awss: Constitution"' Art »»^jfcrod loUta “Alices particularly difficult and die- is, An act of which neither the King nor ^ Ministers, nor any Neapolitan, w.th th ' -enlion 0 f H few conspirators, had i.nj knowledge, except by extracts from new s^ mners am of which, at the moment of its papers, an I ... an even* trans it t a momont when lie had hoped to have been enabled to turn his whole attention to the interior amelioration, and when the con tinued execution of the plans formed by ihu Administration promised the most bem-ftci* al results—all secondary considerations gave way to the execution of the most sacred of his-duties. In the situation in which affairs were, the assembly of a "corps'armee" in tlie Italian pro vinces was a measure of the highest necessi ty—it was acknowledged as such hy every well-thinking man in Austria and in Europe. The salutary effect which this measure liar, had in Iranquili/.ing the neighboring stales— that which i! has produced even at Naples in'encouraging the friends,, and disconcert ing the enemies of order, is nrtw unanimous ly folt in the whole extent of the Italian pe ninsula. His majcsly at the same moment repair ed to Troppau, tn deliberate in person with his august allies, upon a question ofthe great est importance, not only to Italy—not to tlie Austrian monarchy alone, hilt to the com mon safety of Europe. These deliberations did not happily leave any doubt as to the manner in which the allied courts regarded the origin and character of the Revolution of Naples, and the dangers with which it menaced other states. With respect to the resolutions winch proclamation, theredid not exist ev of the criminal mcS^hkhl and weighty considerations lotion at Naples. i , mark* of its! such a stale oftliings c died for, if particular This step bore too clearly the tnak u l .“°| „.„i L ,htv considerations induced the rin- ongtn the Two Sicilies In this state of tilings, tlie army destined In parry into effect derisions taken at f,ay- bach, has received orders to cross the l*o, and to march towards the Neapolitan fron tiers, It is repugnant to the feelings nf his imperial majesty to auppuvi that this army can meet wit* any serious resistance. None Imt the enemies of the public welfare, the incurable pnrlhums of a system leading at once to tiie ruin of the Sicilian monarchy, ran mistake what, under the eiremnstauees in which that monarchy is now placed, is ow ing hy every loyal soldier, and ever man at tached to Ins country, to his s.mertign and to tiie safety of his fellow-citizens. The great mass uf tlie nation, devoted to its monarch, disgusted with an imaginary liberty, which liar, only prodfieed the sever est tyranny, mid tired of a disturbed and precarious existence, conscious likewise for sometime past, ofthe just and benevolent intentions by .which the eipporor is animat ed, will receive with confidence thaw who in the name of his imperial majesty, and of Inn august allies, come to offer peace, friendship, and protection. If this just hope should not be realized, tlie army will know how tn sur mount the difficulties which may impede its progress—and if. Aiutrary to all ealeulstions, and contrary to the fondest hopes of the lied monarch*, an enterprize. formed with the purest intention and actuated Tty no hos tile pint, should degenerate into actual war, LATEST FROM SPAIN. Translated from Cadiz papers, to the \C>lh March, received by the ,'luhauk, arrived at Baltimore. steecii or the rikg op spun - to THE tOHTF.8, On the. rpening of its Session. 14 March, 1821. The IJ ortes being assembled in tllo sessi on chamber, the president informed them that two deputations, each consisting of 22 individuals, had been nominated for the per- pose of waiting upon their majesties, the. king am] queen, 1o request their presence opening 'ofthe cortes, conformably to an article of tlie constitution. The 1 Tula ar ticle ofthe internal regulations of the cortes, was then read, requiring the spectators in the gallery to remain standing during the continuance of tlie king in the hall. At 10 a. m. the names of. those composing the de putations were called over, and they pro ceeded to fulfil their commission. Their majesties having arrived in tlie hall, the king seated himself on the. throue and commenc ed reading Ids speech. After some general remarks and rnngrntu- iatirtns on the prosperous state nf the coun try, the king proceeded to touch upon to pics of more immediate interest. With re gard to the Florida treaty, lie merely re marks—that no information of its arrival at the scat of tin- American government had I been received. As to the holy alliance, he says—“The resolution formed at the congress of Troppau, and continued at that of La}bach, hy tlie sovereigns of Austria, Russia, and Prussia, of interfering in the po litical changes which have taken place in tin* kingdom of the Two Sicilies, has excited in me a strong solicitude, not only for Hie roy al f unity of that country, which is connected with us hy tics of blood, hut on account of the interest l take in the welfare of tin* in habitants. It is ofvlie utmost Importance to the independence of states, that the sacred rights of nations and princes should be reli giously respected-—and I have believed it in- di penMibie to the honor of my throne, and the dignity of tlie great people whom it is my glory to govern, to cause it to lie folly understood,that it shall neveracceed to any thing which may militate against those prin ciples of the positive law of nations on which the liberty, independence, and prosperity of states are founded—principles which Spain, for her part, will invariably respect. 1 nave the satisfaction of communicating to the cor tes, that the allied sovereigns, according to the information I have hitherto received— h|o events oh the Peninsula ought to have on those regions, lead us to hope they way »- gain bo restored to the mother country, amt form no integral purt ofthe samcempirr.” In adverting to the recent disturbances in Madrid, his majesty goes on to remark—“ 1 iiavo purposely omitted, until the last, to speak of my own concerns, lest it should he supposed -that I esteemed litem of more im portance than the welfare and felicity of the people, whom Providence has placed under iny care. I am induced, nevertheless, altho’ with grief, to make known that 1 am not ig norant of the machinations of sqme ill-de signing men, who endeavor to seduce the unwary, hy persuading them that I secretly entertnin views hostile to the reigning order of things. Their olijert is to inspire a dis trust of tlie rectitude of my conduct,and the purity of my intentions. I have sworn to conform to the constitution—and I,have en deavored to do an—Would lo fil'd that all would do the same! Pmdio insults have been offered by all class--* to my honor and dignity, in violation of uatiunal decorum, and tlie respect which is due to me us a con stitutional king. I do not fear for my existence or safety— God, who sees my heart, watches over and will protect both—Imt I cannot refrain from observing, that these outrages would uol have been a second time repented, were tile executive power possessed ofthe energy and vigor which it was tire intention of tho con stitution, and the wish of theenrjes, that it silouki in-invested with. The wan offirm- aiid uctiyity in many of the public au thorities, has afforded an opportunity for a lywval of l.unentable excesses, which, if they he permitted to continue) will inevita bly bring upon the Spanish nation a train of inniitneraliio misfortunes. I trust, however, that this will not la* the case, if the curies, as I have reason to promise myself, closely u uited with their constitutional king, will In- rcsisautly employ tin tnsi-l es iu remedying abuses, reconciling cnnflh ring opinions, and suppressing Hie machinations of those, wuo aim only at anarchy and confusion.” When the king irad concluded, the presi dent ofthe cortes made a short declamatory reply, whieh contains nothing of mt'uvst.— After he had finished, tlie king retired from the hull, aeaninpailled hy (hr- denotation which had waited upon him. Loud vivas greeted him, from the spectators, as lie pass ed along to his palace. After tlie king had withdrawn, the Scnor Comte do Toi-eno proposed to the Cortes, (hat a committee siihuld hi- appointed, ns was tlie practice in England and France, iu order to draw Up a reply to his majesty’s ad dress. Honor Cunedo opposed tins motion. “There was no necessity,” lie said, “ tiiat the Cortes uliould make a reply to tlie king, in asmuch as one lias already been made by llir president, and if a contrary custom pre vailed 'm other countries, it was because the king’s address was not immediately answer ed, which was not tlie cast- at present,”— SenorTorc.no urged many cogent reasons in support of Ills propu.-ition. The. reply of the president, said he, was necessarily conceived in vague and generai terms, arid is uol sufficient to satisfy the na tion and Europe in general, upon some im portant points his majesty lias tint lied—il is necessary that tftl* whole world should know what arc tho sentiments of the curie* with P-gard to the congress at Laybach, and the recent occurrences in Naples; and il behoves tile cortes to profit by llie opportu nity of solemnly declaring, that Spam is no less disposed to respect the independence of other nations, than to exact a due respect fur her own.'’ The Senor Condo nih-dged ma ny oilier arguments in favor of his motion ; and the question being put to the vote, was decided in the affirmative. Tlie committee w as then appointed, consisting of tlie Conde deToreuo, Martinez de La-rusn, Clemcnein and Gareli: after which the Cortes adjourn ed. , CrtoM the tout rouo. SOME ACCOUNT OK THE LIKE OK MR. COOI’KR, THE TRACED! UN. In America, where? business is every one’s occupation, but few remarkable character* have appeared, and scarcely a biographer lias been found lo distin guish those few before the world. How ever congenial tlie mystery "f money making may he with a chetful evenness of temper, it is certainly inimical to gen ius ; mid where the opulent lounger would foster, the man oTfrade frown* up the efforts of imagination. Our luxu ries are exotic ; our entertainments im ported, our public spectacles more or less excellent, as they approach the F.u- ropean models, of which they are the distant imitations. The barrenness of our literary domain is therefore not to lie wondered al ; nor where the soil, though so rank lias hitherto been so un cultivated, should it surprise, that when a native plant has sprung up, its virtue have not he>*n recorded, or when a for eign erie transplanted here ha* (Itrivfn, though its qualities have been used and enjoyed, they have not been sufficiently tn do Know n or justly appreciated. * The j vv filer nf the follow ing memoir, is among tlln* earliest hi this country, to attempt the delineation nf a living character, and tiie most eminent of those whose walks of life, have not been political, that have presented themselves to the biographer. The undertaking is made With that diffi dence, which respect for the world’: voice, and ilio magnitude of n biographi cal attempt inspire ; the writer’s motto i» jXcminrin libcnl'cr nomincm, nisi ut lan- dnn ; sed ncc peccata reprehendern, nisi widow and children w*ri \* bM which was abroad, defrl destitute. When nine j was taken ont offriends and in some sort adopted by win, the well known author t onToliftcal Justice, by who educated, and iotendert for a t no doubt inducted into (he visiod mocratical sentiments of He is probably one, of a have been apprenticed dTauthorsl ii as it is impossible to detdfcpine the and much more so the strength of a mind so you what remarkable that a ms* understanding should train I Itooks, before it was cctl ver be induced to read th# Godwin’* particular inethc was, wc do not know—and, his opinions are adverted seem il wn» not a system of when Cooper's readiiVess juris is considered, with habits for some years paS not hut he Impressed, thin laid, was, of its kind, a j Sjjcli a pupil to such ti have been roused, and ilelig French lievolution. Cooper ly 17 when his enthusiasm pr to relinquish the pen for the to seek a commission in the armies ' _ great Republic: the just sprouting,! -itive and uncertain Inure l« of the at were blasted—civic and mural cr 1 ovations findsnbfes d'honnevr Were more glittering, an/I accordingly i already determined lie should engage ! tlie banners of equality and confusic w her, the war broke out bntween En laud nod France, and clouded the b liant prospect* ot militnry promotion i renown in the cause of liberty—TI it was he turned hi* attention to the stn" and communicated hi* wishes to his nefuetor; they were received with ne«s, and regret, nml not till after some ■ time assented- to, and then with deridetU disapprolmtion. Ilia intention, howev*-ff er. being found invincible, Mr. Holcroft F undertook to give him some preparatory 1 ; le*«uns. When he was thought prepkrkj. ed, many difficulties occurred, before #■ A suitable place could be procured for his first appearance : at last, Mi*. Kemble offered hi* auspices, and Ed burgh was concluded on.. The writer/ this sketch has heard Cooper describati’ with great pleasantry hi* first interview^;- with the Scotch manager ; he was at th^. time a raw country youth of tereotaee On hi* arrival in Edinburgh, little i scions of bis appearance and incomp tency, tic waited upon Mr Kemble, t up in the extreme of rustic .fopper; proud of hi* talent*, and little doubti. liis success. When he mentioned name and errnud, Mr. Kemhlq’s c° nance changed, from a polite smile to I Gate of disappointment ; Cooper been prepared for young Norval; be wa* obliged to exchange all his eg{ pected eclat for a few cold excuses fro” the mnnager, and the chagrin of *<*e». some night* after, hi* part filled by an t man and a bad player. During the r; mainder of the season he continued wii Stephen Kemble, without ever upp*jar- fog- From Edinburgh he went with th. company to New Castle upon Tyne; there he lived as dependent, inactive, ami tin* distinguished o* before, till owing to the want of a person to till the part of .Vrid- rolm in Macbeth, he was cast to that humble character ; in «o inferior a splier® have concluded l<> acknowledge these prill- i ut aliis prodessem. eipies lvltii respect to Spain.” | Mr. Coofer was born about the year * With respect to the South American pro-j i777) 0 f rcp m a ble parents—his father b virires, liis majesty observes “ If tbe actu- ; wag a gur g eon nn i} acquired considera- • :ri state of America lias not varied in its ve- , . ? . , «v ... niton to us, war, ,t least for tlie present, has l ’ e P ro P er > »“ tl,e l ea . 3t ! tt ® <ler W t ™. the Cos- Hasting a Indian administration—but ot 'iiisoemlmlits desolating ravage* on .... .. (ft Fima, and the effect which the remarka* [ the greatest part, if not all of tbia, did he begin to move who is now become, one of the brightest luminaries of the Theatrical hemisphere. His eh but wa# even less Haltering than bis reception from the manager had been, Till the last scene he passed through tolerably well, hut when he carne to the line# which concluded the play, “So thanks to nil nt once and to each ono Whom wo invite to see us crowned at Soone;* 1 after stretching out Lift h inds, ami assum* ing the attitude and smile of thankful- ness, slight embarrassment checked him, and he paused, still keeping his posture, •. and look—the prompter made himself heard by every one, bat the bewildered Malcolm, who still continued mute, every instant of bmsiience naturally increasing tenfold his perplexity—Macduff wliis- pered the words in hit ear—Macbeth* w ho lay slaughtered at hi* feet, broke th®/ bonds of death to assist his dumb succes-l sor—tlie prompter spoke up almost to vociferation—each Thane, dead or IlI live, joined hi* voice—but this was only “confusion worse confounded”—ifba could have spoken, the amazed Prince might with great justice have thanks to ail nt once”—but his ntt# was gone, “ vox faucibus hasit"- presently broke out in the pit, the mor soon became general, and the tain went down amid a shout ofun condemnation. After tl'is discomfiture, Co turned not a little humiliated toJ Where or what he lived froth! till his appearance on the 1 i* not known, though been among thp c.ountr valetudinary his