The National Register. — London, England, 1820-03-06 00:00:00

4 /y • it ` P W t .~ ~G, • t aft*, nail rts itittr+ our ilium €ond tin anb MONDAY, MAIL "' i, 1820 down theprojecting precipiree', • attacked by the who infested the forest shades. t Sir Ensiare, r of his own existence, and appr - sive only forth, of his portion, in eslsese fa e already felt al seribable interest, saw wet...theaht not, of the r ! that envirotied him. When lie rd the ternspbrt lovely charge, who wad getter-41y committed Itet • his honour and protection; w qhe saw the rrik splendour of her bright blue ey# turned no him v expo ession of the liveliest eratitedet when he I • warm pressure of her delicate hand, and saw het come with !envoi'. ond debility, sink fest lessly on t atoi No. 1,224 —Vol.. XIII.] [Pius: 90. SELF-COMM/IND, • TAUS. down *1 whin tuff of his o by the ruffians dare,_rfekless ly forihsedfety afflicted and warprised at the sourer of bis uneasiness, she knew not what remedy to oar but weepio!, and struble to au ovulate a reply, she sank in silence mi his t csom. As they drew nearer to the town of Lyons, the &jet: lion of Sir Lustre. increafted ; and even the sweet toles of Lonna, and her numerous little kindnesses, which ' evinced an affectiouate disposition, failed of their wonted effect. The floe of irrepressible passion which had he. fore sparkled in his eye, now gave way to the c din-fixed look of despair ; and, except when lighted tip by occa sional %gibe , of cheerfulness, had sunk into a seined me lancholy. Such was the gloomy situation of the two tor yellers. when, after having passed the boondaries el the Papal ten ironies, EMI crossed the olanerrons antieyoented passes of the Apennines, they arrived in sawy at the • romantic town of Sousa. From this place !Anita dated, a letter to her husband, info, ming him of the eirenalsointees of her flight, and appointing a time and !wire for their reolotion. of his 'hot env lovely his home' vpleonlow expo es•i Warm pi come vvi felt ati of the danger' oottiticorte ut his tied her.rlf to the rekindling him uith iln leo lie felt the , aw Item over• ou the ho- The sun was rising in all the pomp and sp:eit.liiiir or eastern track, when the travellers ascended the la-t cli is of alps that alone divided them from the French le t ri 0 . Tiie time was now come that they slionld part—pe t. haps for ever; and that the w ife, so lime estranged. shou!.t a vtitt he re:doted to the embraces of the husband of h. r chose. It hail hero at:teed that the Genets! should surer them at the foot of the Cenis mountain, and the &lase:. man should pursue his rout hotnewaids. As they det presided the wintlioe declivities of Mount Cenis, a distal r s ~,,, id. as of a chariot in rapid advance, Ai rested the. t attention. Latsra's eyes glistened at the idua of whs might he I hr camas ; but the pallid (-wintertime', and tear ful eyes of Sir Enstace,claimed her sympailis. " And are yon so willing to leave me ?" he exclaimed, " I theught that you bad at least some Ifitllng fliel100,11.; bait no-- friendship is idle now. I had once deluded myself with the hope that"— "Dear eileimis ft tend.' replies( Laura, " is there any thine in the power of .101111111 to effect, that I will sh rink front pei forming. Yon have beets nay pr Lector—my saviour; and I Instal indeed be cruel if 1 shook] hesitate in—" " Your kindness is unavailing. tandem," answered the • keg!Won j hut a few hours, and I shall lie parted Irons your sight; let me ten employ the time that I lk,go yet left, in confetiOng, rind repenting my presumption. While I thought •ou helpless and aiiprotected. my Smooth' forbad• the mention of it ; but now, that yew are t he restorrd to as affectiooole husband, end !operated from me for ever. may surely be eliCUiel/ ill ins confession. The alert .... , the tenderness of yum disposition, and the enema tiled graces of your person and miud, have created 111 my breast a wnti mem of admiration, or I should say of love, that can never he extinguished, but with the aliseitee of the permit that inspired it. Nay! start slot, madam, at my confession; idiots you, that I, alio have sustained a strueJe greater thou man ever it eitilured, who have traveiled es lib you under circumstances that-who have listened to your voice, who have see, you recline on lily breast, dud clinging close to one for protection.; think you that I will now stoop to compromise au bonuar that has heels purchased by my •HiSlenee. Oh! little, Laity, do you kuuw of she heart, or the feelhigs of an Logii•1111111:111, if you eau siispe , t for au instant either his principles or his friendship. I have but a few words to add, and shall than bed you threw This ;', here lie drew a pow ait from his breast, was drawn for me by a friend, who was the dearest and the best l ever had ;. and I now ',resent it to one who hi - dearer than even itself. It may serve to icaniml her of him, when tired with the vain tumiult and I.M:it ilesstiese of society, she toms for a 00000 semen. to the ph a-isig re. membiances of the past. Anal Hon, dearest Lady, fare. well, you found me a poor blighted flower, ;pea came across my path like the warm mu Ie s of' spring, when she starts Irma tbe embrace of winter; and hove left me, nerd add tt, more desolate and more disconsolate that, be fore. I go, Lady, without a friend ; will a thought that Cali clirer cuts ;oath, or enliven my solitude t and the final a takes of toy beast are, that the same feelings that now rack Illy breast with sinceasiog anguish, may Iles eq. i mend their baneful iiithience to '--. At this instant a cat tinge appeared in sight, mid drove to. wards them with the velocity of lightning. A tell digni. find stranger leaped out of it, and a faint shi irk was im mediately heard. It was Laura' she had fainted on the bosun lit het hushand. The Englishman, who had kept 410111 . to taus 101 e/ eating inlet slew, meld not km the congrattilatimis of the par', ; hut ladi rin4 his posti lions to retain to Soso, waved his hand igt 'illy to Laura, and disappeared on the brow of the hill. He leas since returned 11l 111.1.111d1111, whr,e, lOM°lned by the affection of his friends and the approlmalioll of his own cosiscience, he is in a great siteasoie 'rooted to hi, Kamer tranquillity. Still, liiivrevst, alien lie l erals the remembrance of the fisematiog and the smote that mesterei' in the lime cottage of the mom. wins, a shade of sort ow dai kt H% 111% 11101%, aid Ateriion iglis,trius in los e)e. Intense atll•CIIon, and intense i.,se,dii nut to be owerewoot in 4 ono they are to br softened only by Slit tepiept hand inns (tor Ise mom still continue los name) well Liniss,; and he k twos also, that wl sii,iy 114Ve Iberia the 1141111 t. a sisr. It (Vroni Gold and Northouse's London Magoaine.) A young Estelistismin, whom I shall call fife l: aataee, 6 f a. Wad adventurous disposition, (Indite the period ut a short stamitt Rome, was invited In MO 111/eetn• lily at the Doke of 1.... Amid the motley groupe of *glitch :Itch continental assemblies are °solidly composed, It was his fallow to distinguish a young lady of interest ing appear mire, nlu weissed in take las shore in the bd.'. ray of the meeting The lustre of a fine pair of dark blue eyes is radiating a collide .e where the lily and the rose were vying fi.r precedency, appeared haltiaily dim. med by sorrow, and gave an expressum of ileep•rooted an ;lel. Pity for her situation induced the Englishman to pay her perticular attention; but his kind enden ems. w alla h repaid by an °erosional smile, seemed of little am i d, ; or as theevesime advanced, her drjrs tion brcanoe graileally mote I erceptible, till it o'rtJmiaslrll.d lie tlters.ity of inneealnient, and induced hei lis /cave the r ttttt it. Amazed e s inc h m i se ry m mfr . 0 lastly nod so young, sir Lustace, dismissing 11 0111 11111 11111111;111.. dlll etiquette a r.4lriely, tle ternuned, after 41 short interval, to withdraw himself from the lisiisterima mer l i 11l ent of the party, and volun teer his assistance ill ntleviat mg fie s o rr o ws of the nfilieted lady. W.th Ihrs. benevoleut inkntioes, lie strol;ed pen sively into a heatitifid law 0, situated at the back of the mien, w•th the vitAue hope of sneering s li me one, f rom whom be might Distills satisfactory intelligence. 'llll.lllmm was shining I. all the pure elouith 'mess of an Italian sky, at he commenced his rambles; and a few HAI breezes that whispered geniis among the sin rounding accacias, cave a solemn sadness to the scene that allecteirthe depressed spirits of the linzlislitusin with the deeped melancholy. fie had 1114 proceeded rar when he perceived a female &tare, clad in deep mourning, shinty advancing, from receipt° the place where he hail still d hiniwlf; her eyes were filled a ith tears, and . le light of the mono, which shrine full 011 her face, diselnst. 41 the features of the sttauger. Mho bad so much interested his feelings After a short struggle la-lacers h. r sense of duty, null the urgency of hereituatetee she informed Sir I.:ti•ditre, that she was the daughter of 11111 of the must COSIVICIIInei tiensilwa ill notate, mid had been aaaated ateeleaenetritifrdietateen to the military com mandant of that city, who had been appointed So his official capacity by the iodamice of the republican general of France. On the restoration the limirbous he resigned kill Command I and having rendered himself obnoziaus to the leading characters of Italy, was mitered to depart from the Papal territories, on pain of perpetual imprisonment.— is wife, meantime, was detained at Route by the palitie intrigues of the her, teh 2,* Oh the disonfall of the 111111. in -low, lost all respell fin nix character, and pity for his rude. " And thus." issclaiwied the laily, " the cruel am bition of a parent has for IVet debarred me the pleasure of ally husband's suciety.lie i, r leagued to wander u art-Wi wd outcast trotu his :Wowed country, and lam prevented the satisfaction of asllllitlhtering to his wants and allerinting his siimpirs. Oeneroas Englishman !" she ;runtime d, turn ing on Sir Eustace hrr line eyes, streaming a ith sensihitity, " by the ties of nature, that we both hold sacred; by the common bond of society, that binds us to each other. I impl o re, I entreat sou to aid in my escape; my sire-nein is already impaired grief, and if you refuse to emancipate sae from tins worse than slavery, I blind fall a victim to my sorrow." Sir Eustace threw himself at her feet, toil gazed al her with eyes expressive of the deepest admiral* ; " Dearest LIM), he exclaimed "ins Istmoin liencetiovi inviolably pledged to soar service—a fruitless appeal was never set inside to the heart or feelings of an Img' batman Your husband too,"—his voice faultered, as he continued— ss your husband, Lads, shall find, that these is yet one (timid kit who knows Miss to appreciate virtue, and devote him self to her service." They then hastily arranged their plan, that the lady /Jerold return to the Duke's the next day at four I.i cluck; in order OW Sir bust-ice alight meet her with a carria,,e and four stationed at a (riding distance from tie city a him they should pitiereil a it It all possible PC11171141011 tu Lyons, allele her husband at that time was residing. The parties accordingly met, in pursuance of their inten• tion ; and had so admirably comnvod their plan, that i t proved eminently successful. On the evening of the 'Mild day they arrived al Florence; and sass entering the market place, were astonished at finding themselves surrounded by a tamp of cavalry, who forcibl arrested their progress, and desired loser their passports. The Englishmen had in part expected this apprehen sion; amid aware of the consequences that 'ingot ensue if he tinvelled %dirtied such certificate, lied taken rare to provide himself with a passport originally intended liar himself and brother, in whose place lie had easefully stalistitisted the name of Laura S. which was the appelle lion of his trevellisig companion. Atter a careful es. - nation of the testimonials, the fugitives see•P 51111crill to proceed; but dreading a discovery (for the Hight of the lady must by this time have liven genesally cireillated through dome), they den mined to jemmy) ditutigh the most unit equented passal;e of the Apennines, a hich, though Irish to with Weird, grimiest them from epprelern• Mous of attest. Bait 1 Ile, little imagined the thugs r alai delay of Snell proceedings. The snow, which accumu lated in heavy masses on the sun 111 l sts of the precipices, and rolled down it hart I'll 11111111 with the siulencr of avalanches, greatly relit I ded thelr journey ; irciinerit ly tinting the night they heard the shrill whistle of the banditti on one sate of the pass, and Ilse boat of the VI Ok echoing 1 1 0111 the mile distant querters of the moon sins. On such ocermions, when the poatillions were unable to End shelter or the night, they would move sinwly onward, is aimusuculary espculAiwu of brius dashed heittPos s that wits humid to protect her. his agony—his eitto tious were in.upportable. The coolest between love and ' Moaner grew daily and even Monty more dubious ; and had it nut been for ;het strong ponciple of honour and feeling a hie,' Wine has einokfted on the heart of ass Esiglishotiati, he would have sullied his spotless character, and his amiable companion windilvhave been iir.done for ever. It is in the power of those only who have been in l a c / tiring sit net iota, to Laois the danger and the difficulty of a counsel bet wren passion and prudence. On the evening of the fourth day they artist d at a little cottage situated in the Most roinanlie pat I of the Apennines. C •ealeil by a dee o glen on one side, and emmisomed in the dank shallot the forest pines on the other, it seemed totally sect ' from the amid. A mountain streamlet that sleety own toe nice( d preci pices, mined gristly on its e, as it sound round the hamlet, so that nature seenie o have bleoded, in this ber fat/ulnae retreat, the extremes of sublimity and soft nes.. The simple lout kind-heart 'imams received them with transport, and hastened to spare every thing that ; was requisite for their c.infurt. Laura, however, was too 1111 l eh - Attested a ilk her join' ney, to take pleasou• in the good natured offici 111 l sness of the family, and levies...it to be shoals into a room a he re she might enjoy a temporary repose. Her wish ass cheer fully, Colliplitd . lithotittl Sir &Mace, taking advantage of the tvhsettee of Isis lovely companient, hasteued into the shed, %shirk had been intruded to cots% e) the id, aof stables, to sae that Isis jaded horses were accommodated as their w eat iness required Moving executed his intro lions, hr ermined twine cottage. awl entered an adjoin ing apar tment, in the ear-Minx :.st stseeti.ig with his hied peanuts, wino he sorposottllffe by This lime arranged every thing for their repast. On opening the door, be started on discovering his mistake, and sera Atilt more astonished at Isea.inx Ini Haase faintly and tremulously pronounced. The voice evidestly came from a lit le ref ew at the corner of the apartment 4 lie hisiened tinned* to investigate the cir cumstatices, and beheld a sight that bee ildered and de lighted hint. It was his adored Laura, the tole. esting Companion or Ins travels. She silts irposaig quietly on a small truck sir bed, and /seemed greatly agitated a bile she once again uttered in a Ire lons voice, this name of I. tis tree. Her louse hair, which had escaped front the fillets which bonud it, lay in clustering ringlets over her face, and a warm duals glowed on her comitenauce, arising no doubt from the fatigue attendant on the journey, that greatly increased the native beatify of her prison. The mantle that 114.1 hitherto concealed her neck was palf tinily !Unveiled from the clasp, and displayed a breast of the purest alabaster, dangerous, doubly dangerous, to the marinated eyes of the beholder. Sir Eustace hung over his sleeping clpirge in an agony of Passion —every feeling —every emollOn tl s had been [Othello restiained by the rouge, 0 xistue.ref•an Englishman, now burst rot ill with irresistible *faience. He pin ed for several tau trients—be bent over the Issue of his compailiou, and imprinted • warm kiss WI her cheek. It was a kiss that the most scinpulusis need not have condenitted , it miss the last— the parting acknowledgment that itrssitla made to virtue, ere site yielded entire subittission to her vill• sir Eustace 'entwined not longer in the tooth—lie a iped away the tears that were starting limn his ey ire, and co stria; his face with Isis lauds, rushed hastily lions the apartment. A few d4% 4 of continued travel brought them near Susa, the road to s. hitch Hound timid the base of au enormous precipice. a blew sides were covered by an emit 1111 l ms gnus- ' City of lilitirmun trees. And here Sir Loonier had another opporinnity of discovering the mental attract so , of his lair cumulus l i 111 l . Vt benever they retiched • spot cotristruitus for sus suldsmity, she would point out its peeutiar beauties, and is.soc tale it atilt similar scs - ait s, of a beets she had tor wetly been nit enthusiastic spectator. purply Trull, II its the exquisite poetry of nor canary. and possessing that alarm simplicity for a bleb the Itulnin twins arc so re markable, she put the sanguine dispositon of the Suing LoWishitian to the severest trials that his Unifier was capable of mon li ll issg. %u hen she talked of her htt!band, mud rialliteratt II his goad qualities, she vs rutted to he a been. of a superior order; rind See lasstrce thought that lie had never felt eloquence but geounie, or beauty so irresi-t .ble.— Hut his cuoistou.isho, a Inch bias never very sir a. soon began to sink under such repeated conflicts. Atoms• tor the nice-sits of mice:sluts Ins untialtpi pasquii, the liante, which by expansion intrlit have tweet dime istshed, aus I rodesed snore impetuous by Ism.: febtlaillt. A chilling ci sue err ors,' os t Ise natural buoyancy of his ilislinsition t Ills cowl- Scum:ace twcame wan sisal elllitelitiCd i and a cola le,ses yr took place of his mice sprorktio. .ivacity. Laura his self could not avoid remarking tlie nucle u s holy al erau 1111 l that had hero so lately evinced in sus .-!cares let. She , sitoked anxiously in Isis face; she I hasped his liaild iii ht•is, and requested to know how bite Wight Caul rilea4Cll) hi, illaptisllieltal " I oin indeed intact,. my Laura," I rinsed Sir Las-lair, It MI a trip sogli," and et. It )oar kutillie.s as ill tie of little aball ; hut oli is los kid in she cloth aces of .. fond husband, and lertil , ll . 4l its iall the annuals. 111 Mat It I). If ),.0 should ever condescend to Call to 1111 l id she lotto, tn. . a ~ tool . sir hate 'tabbed 110 heitiolly t.ts,o liter , then, Mart d"—.i.is glee, prevented him florin continuos ; Laura beheld his emotion- xamplr 4)1 itiognauissiily and >i 11-e nmial.4l 11.11. di) ViVI. 1111114 iii3 , ' (; ‘ llloll g, Ihu•r N ilivoll the .1f dascipleg The Gazelle of Saturday contains the appoint meat of Gen Sir Samuel I luhe to lie Governor Chelsea No.piial, in the room of the late Si t I Dunilas, and Sir H. Culvert to be Lieuten, Go• ventur. ',. 1• ‘ a tear of however ' ' 4 oment - r of not s fieti t i.: whole ip, sin, 't • • I.IICS '• • . :1114. t% . F. D. 1%.,