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■any act that would impose a belief
upon the world that her son was his
lion. She remained in Ahlden
prison until her death.
These are the predecessors, in
the direct line, of John Bull’s reign
ing legitimate Sovereigns—Konigf.
mark of Saxony, originally of Swe
den, the moft finifhed debauchee
and rake of his day, and the mur
derer of i'hynne, and Sophia Do
rothea of Zell, an adulterous drum,
pet, whole only apology was that
ftk was forced to marry a perfbn
(he hated, and compelled to facri
fice her affections to the will of her
father, for r.eafons of date. She
had a daughter named Caroline
Matilda, who pafl&i for the daugh
ter of George I. but who uudoubt
edly belonged to Konigfmark; she
was married to Chriltian VII. z le
gitimate sovereign of Denmark
She played a game with Struenfee,
a low bred vagabond, exactly frmi
lar to her mother Sophia with Ko
nigfmark, & both shared a fitnilar
fate : they were feized—Struenfee
was put to death—Caroline was
imprisoned in a castle for life, and
at her death was buried alongside of
her mother Sophia. The defect)
dants of this Struenfee and Sophia
are now the legitimate sovereigns of
Denmark.
Upon a full investigation it will
be found that among sovereigns &
their nobles the meaning of lan
gugue is im/erted. Thus, what
the vulgar call a whore, they call a
mistress—what the vulgar c,!! for
nication or adultry, they call ga!
lantry, and what the vulgar call a
bastard, they call legitimate. What
in vulgar effimation is confide red
murder and the moil (hocking
crimes, is with them sport and pas
time They do every thing by
divine right and they can’ do no
wrong. In tracing the history of
these legitimates, whether male or
female, there will be found a won
derful refembiance in character &
conduct. The behavior of Seme
ramus, Jezebel, Cleopatra, Agrip
pa, &c. &c. of antiquity, will on
•companion very much correspond
with that of Catharine de Medecis
—the Marys of England and Scot
land—-the Elizabeths of England
and Russia—the present Queen of
Spain—the Princess of Wales and
many other female foverigns of
modern times too tedious to men
tion. Os ths: male sovereigns, Sol
omon’s observations may he true,
that a tpan among a thoufand,*per
haps, may be found tolerably good,
but a woman among all these can
not be found, searching one by one
to find out the amount. I really
think, fir, that a sketch of these le
gitimate sovereigns will be an a
-1 musing and edifying work—l wi(h
very much to fee it undertake® and
completed by fome ingenious per
son competent to the undertaking.
’ P. .
TEMPER OF FRANCE.
Well-informed gentlemen just
returned from France albert, that
three-fourths of the people are repub
lican in their sentiments If they
could not relish Bonaparte’s Hoiife
of Peers, how will they brook the
leudal principles of the Bourbons?
Our belief is; that without foreign
armies France cannot be enslaved,
or held in slavery. The lights eli
cited by twenty-five years of edi
tion, diicuffion and revolution, can
not be exringuiflied in a day.
The following-incident is very cha
rrTreriftic : In a mixed company
of French and American gentle
, men lately at Bordeaux, when the
independence and freedom of A
merica was offered as a toa(f, a
French gentleman proposed to
| drink it on their knees—which was
inftantly and enthufiallicalfy done
by <he whole. For such zealous
& spontaneous good will we ought
not return wilhes for the enslave
ment of Fran 'zz.—Columbian.
We may judge of the confufion
which prevailed in Fiance at the
time of Bonapartes’s late abdica
tion, from the subjoined fad. The
minister of Marine, Deeres r, being
called on by the Legitimate autho
rity for information refpe&ing the
means which had been provided for
the Ex Emperors’s escape, was ac
cused by a member of incoherence
in his statement—To which he re
plied, “ I am told I have confound
ed days and dates. - Jt is t/jree daps
and three nights that I have not
slept. Days and nights are con
founded in my imagination ; but
these things took place in the course
of 9Q hours.”
Journal.
The surveyor general of the U
nited States has recently published
an add refs in which he allures the
soldiers of the late army, that by
the orders of government fix mil
lions of acres of the bed land in the
Michigan, Mifouri and Illinois ter
ritories have bien set apart for
them; and that so Toon as the ex
ilting difficulties with the Indians
are removed, no time will be loft in
surveying the land&m qaeftion, and
enabling the’ defenders of their
‘country co obtain what they so just
ly merit.
Geo. “Journal .
Jackson. The distin
guished fervtces ot Gen. Jackson
during % late war, and particular
ly at New gleans, have made him
an objett of universal esteem. All
are desirous of . being more-inti
mately acquainted with the charac
ter of so renowned a fiero. The
following brief account of him is
extracted lecent
ly published in. Tennessee, and is
probably the mod authentic which
has yet appeared : i
“ Major-general Andrew Jack- 1
son was born of Irish parents in
Mecklenburg county North Caro
lina, and educated in Charlotte, a
fmali town in the fa ne date. He
possessed little or no wealth in his
youth, but old age and industry
have crowned him with riches.—
He is fifty years old, or very little \
upwaids ; he is lean and (pare, five
feet eleven inches high, weighs one
hundred and fifty pounds, light
complexion, with'fair hair, blue
idi grey eyes, flern countenance,
plain and familiar in his manners ;
a companion to the rich and learn
ed ; jocular to the gay ; accom
modating to his friends and violent
on enemies, hospitable to all; kind
to his (laves; charitable to the
poor ; hamane to the unfoi tnate ;
remarkably tender and loving to his
amiable spouse ; free, liberal, and
open spirited, and naturally qualifi
ed for a warrior and commander.
His fit ft appearance in public life
was at the bar ; he has had an ho
norable feat in both houies of Con
gress; acted as a judge in the courts
of liw and equity in Tennessee ;
fined the office of major general
of Welt lenneffee militia when he
marchad to the Creek nation, and
is now a major general of the TT n i-
i tedS faces 5 army. He lives when
at home, twelve miles east of Nash
ville, Davidson county, in the fork,
of Stone’s & Cumberland rivers.”
The Congressional Library is at
length displayed and arranged in
the house now occupied by Con
gress. Amongst its literary curi
osities are an Irish 3rbble ; and A
rabic translation of Euclid ; the
%ft edition of Paradise Loft ; a
copy of Shakespeare from the ori
ginal manufeript; Doomefday Book,
&c. &c. ,
Mercantile A&certittr’
I
The celebrated WiliianwWirf,
Esq. of Richmond, is preparing for
the Press, a life of the late Patrick
Henry, the great Orator ofVirginia.
The subject is highly interesting, &
we douot not the elegant biogra
pher will do justice to the simplici
ty and energy ot the patriot of the
Revolution. The originality of
Henry’s genius and character,
promises a delightful field fop inves
tigation and developement. !
Charleston Patriot.
New fork, August 29.
The Prince ot Orange, by pro
clamation, has^leclared s the annex
ation of Belgium to Holland, a
greeably to the treaty rqadeat Lon
don by the allied powers in the
month of June, 1814. He now
takes the title of King of the Ne
therlands, Prince of Orangr, Nas
sau, Grand Duke of Luxemburg,
&c.
Joseph Bonaparte is-to be sent to
Russia, Jerme toFruffia, Lucien to
England, Louis to Aultria, Ma
dame Laefkia, arid Cardinal Ftl'ch,
to Rome. M- Hortenfeto Switzer
land.
The British army in the vicinity
of Paris, consists of 20,000, and o
ther detachments {fays the London
Courier) are to be Rationed perma
nently in several of the fortreffes.
12,000 more are on their way to
France.
FOREIGN NEWS.
— 1 ■■ .
Very Late From Europe.
New-York, August 28.
Office of tfae Mercantile Advertiser ,
f <v. 7
Monday, August 28.
By the ship Arioito, Capt. Lam
bert, which arrived at this port iaft
evening, in a short paflage of 24
days from Havre de Grace, the E
ditors of the Mercantile Advertiser
have received Paris papers to July
28, inclusive, from which they have
made the following luminary of
their moft; important contents.
Lotris 18th was fully reinflated
on the throne of France.
Hie Prussian troops had become
extremely licentious. The Empe
ror Alexander and Lord Welling,
ton had declared that unless they
desisted from their depredations,
they would withdraw their armies
from France, and leave them to the
vengeance of the enraged populace.
Whether this declaration had the
desired eftedt, was not known at
Havre.
Capt. L. further dates that on
Thursday last he spoke the fchr.
Jenriett, capt. Pond, 23 days from
Bordeaux for New-York. Captain
Pond informed that, in the Bay of
Biscay he spoke a brig from Leg
horn, which reported that Com.
Decatur had made peace with the
Dey of Algiers, and the American
iquadron was then in the hdrbor of
Algiers.
Surrender of Bonaparte
From the London Gazette Extra,
Jtply 23.
Foreign Office, July 21,1815.
A defpatcli, oi which the follow,
ing is an extract, has this day been
raceived from Viscount Caftiereagh
dated,
Paris, July 17-
Since theclofmgor my dispatch.
es of this date, I have received the
accompanying communication ircVtn
this merits {
(translation.)
I have tlie honor to acquaint
your Lordship that Napoleon Bo
naparte not being able to escape
from the Engiifh cruizers, or from
the guarcs kept upon the coast, has
takoii the resolution of going on
board the Engiifh ship Beilerophon,
Capt. Maitland.
I have the honor to be, &c.*
Fhe Due d’OTRANTO. r
To His Excellency , Lord± \
Viscount Castlereagh.
London, July 25.
. i efterday evening it was an
nounced by telegraph that he Bel
lerophon was arrived at Torbay,
and this morning about five o’-
clock, Lt. Hetcher, Flag Lieuten
ant ot H. Hothani, arrived in tow®
with ddpatches, giving an account,
of her arrival at that anchorage with
Bonaparte and his suit.
finding escape from the vigil*
ance of our squadron utterly im
possible, Bonaparte sent LafcefftS
on board to know if capt: Tait
land would allow him to pals un
molested, as he was in expectation
of receiving passports from Eng
land ; but the captain’s anfver was,
that he had received no informa
tion of such passport being granted,
and confeqently that he could not
allow him to pass. He then sent
Savary to negotiate for his recep
tion in England, but the Captain
told him he had no authority to
make conditions and could only
receive him on board and carry
him to England, ivhere he mull
abide the decision of the govern
ment.
July 26. The cabinet have riot
yet, we believe finally resolved up
on the spot to which Bonaparte
(hall be sent. St. Helena is dill
spoken of, but with less confidence
than when his unconditional sur
render was to us was firfl known.
Meanwhile he remains on board
the Beilerophon. Upon the arri
val of this vessel at Torbay, Capt.
Maitland made the signal for gene
ral orders, the telegraphic answer
to which was, to prohibit all com
munication with the shore, and to
Hand out three leagues to sea, and
await the orders of the Admiralty.
A gentleman who arrived idt
town yesterday evening and who
left the Beilerophon, Hates, that
Bonaparte was continually upon
deck, with his glass, reconnoitre
ing, frequently walking backwards
and forwards in a.hurried flep, and
incessantly talking to himfelf.
Bonaparte's letter to the Prince Re
gent.
* c * n consequence of faftions
which have divided my country
& the hatred of the greatefl powers
of Europe, I have terminated my
political career ; and I come like
I hemiflocles, to place myfelf un
der the protection of the British na
tion. I place myfelf under her
prote&ion and her iaws, and which
I demand of your Royal Highness,
3S the molt powerful, the moft con-
