The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-04-08 00:00:00

./ • 7S, •4 ) • 1 •• . 4.44a).izs'i" • („, 10.!,).1110 k Ail ik 441 t tiM) man, • LONDON, SATURDAY, Ay LB, 1820. • .. • 4uz.C. " The Ctlltate for epiairh h.5.1!1 - 18EN fell in the Field, end SFDNEY died en the Scaffold!" PRICE SEVEN PENCL PPP %NI) C o ll!fr:LL. ANU Vi 1 ,•.; . KING'S Tliklaßt, 11.11. M ti:VT. TEE 1 1 6 I:FCT:).,? S r t . :l tertaly s:ii wit to thr ~:c thr rdt , 11 1 ... .. i rsoti.; timnrel at these ~1 •••• -11 y uith tne benefits of e my A vr ( 1 1.:••• •on.'•: I • T rio la f ol owe ,i to , f t N.rs • ; ...• t• prexitou • nu charge 1 ,.. 1 1 -0, : 4 i‘ it!.% ru ;3c-tiered. ft, "we! :(•r• ..1•• 8..11 't . l •, " • 1. "!ll I :1"S ''• i> WIN'. for '•. '•. pt . lllMlT3rirei ,Zed • gr 7 ••, WI! *; 0F,Tt 4 41 to P. • •en the s.,e • . ps usis.tl v.: renewed %V. %M. See. - - rvr "CILIESI)AY rimy GAIN. I, ot eau n••• ~ ' ,'3, / t1 Prizes of T'.;rts Pountis sea, tu..in4 s.i TA •:-.•• •I • • n Pl.t.:.w c r+ai::, bea:sies the flit (Isere altewsrst..:• •- •••••• Tv•t.et sod Mitre I,ll' Pr;s• • .1 . .. "no • • • • 4.lvoiklll r.... . . . • e 60,0tt0 Two .... Prir• 4 • . 1 11 Ug. l o . . Stun() COMPLETION OF THR PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY. allowing the full heart nothing to wish for, and leaving no sting behind. On the mountain's brown The cold resod ntooo shines deeply down, Blue rail the waters, blue the sky Ppm& the an ocean tent on high. Bespangled with those Wes of light. So wildly, spiritually bright, Whoever gated gym them shining, And aimed to earth without repining, Nor wished for wings to tee sway And mix with their eternal ray ? The waves on either shore lay there Calm, clear, and azure as the air • And seam their fries the pebble 'book eat murmured meetly as the brook." After an interesting walk of three days from G eneva my friend and myself entered the valley of Chummy. This small disttict, which presents en onion of the m .•. singular phtrnomenit, and the meat stroking contrasts. has already exhausted the time tad talents of a con pt less host of travellers. Some, led on by an anxioas spiri • of investigation and of deep research, have drawn the most profound and learned pictures; others, throwing off the trammels of science, and giving full scope to ima gination, have painted its miens beauties with all the warmth of entbosiasm; end yet all have fallen far below their subject. Thus it is that nature, in lo 'sting on her worts the avgnst character of bet , ems, leas circumscribed within narrow limits the eseriptive fa culties of man. At every step she strikes, astonishes and coalitin's his ey i rnal yet allows of no o th er ho mage than that of a i and inexpressible admiration. The valley of Cbabionny, is eland Eve leag ues in length, by a mean breadth o f t wo m il es . It is ciued corn-fields, watered thniuglo. out b y withyl thill e ellf bal s on every side, except the sontio, env:rone.l Inf'v noonntains. The Flamers, to which, with the ::ont Wane, it chiefly owes tts celebrity, show themselves in succession. The first that we dworerned was that of racoons!, the least consid=e of a": a little frrther descends that of the Doi , and ter minates its course amid the corn-fields; in the diernee is seen the sinuons glacier des Bois encroaching toren the fertile vale. These majestir glaciers, the gloomy forests of Ow that border them, the mighty rocks of granite br which they are crowned, the many monntnon peaks, which the ire ran scarcey follow through the clouds, and above which Mont Blanc rears his royal bead, form one of the most awe-inspiring and su!,:itue scenes which the human n:ind can conceive. This day was published. In rossl Eva. pries If. Ils. dd. Vol. 38:of • THE PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY ofENG !AND from the earliest Period In the Year 11403, from which NO mentioned epoch. it% cnetinceddownwerde in thr %%urk. entitled Hansard's Parliernentery Debates." London: Prin?...lror Longman and Co. : .1 M. Rtehardson: Black, Kingsbury. •nd Co.: J. Reichard •nd Son J. Ridgway and 1 4 0!:. • F . Jeliery uirl Son ; J. Rooker : Rod % ell and Marlin: P. li. L'san . Culdand &Akin ; J. Booth; and T. C. Hansard. •.• The Editor of this West is preparing— !. .1 General 'mica tom. r:iimeutary History of Esti laud. now eoteph•te in 36 vs Q. A Miters, lodes to the Parliamentary Debates,. from Polst to the eeision nt lieori,e IV. Whilst walking slowly onwarils, absorbed in the va ribss marginal' to which this scene gave birth, it sod dimly steads me that I h a d trot an boar at Verney, in baay contomplatios of the surrounding charms of oa ten, wither* once thinking of its former proprietor. whow4 I asked myself, arises this callous lowa+ one so highly celebrated ?—lt is that the memory of that immortal man, though associated wilt every thing great and glorions in the mental world, is still unable so 'write one soft or tender feeling. Cu riosity formed the sole motive of my visit to Verney, and for its gratification only was I induced to remain there so 'Jag. Rot. had VOltaire united to the strong qua lities of the head the moral feelings of the heart ; hail he tempered the pride of the philosopher with the humi lity of the Christian; a secret charm would have hung around the spot, and detained me there a willing cap tive; scarcely ronld I have torn myself away; and the regret of my departure would have been softened only he the anticipation when I should again visit and again admire this Interesting place. Suns is the triumph of genius when tke concomitant of virtue! • • • • • • riese two volinees will form a complete h►llaaaeatary Dtioioniery, or rcsio butt of reference to ?Teri tobjest of imp.rewnee that has at c•n} come before Parilament....- Tne cleat utility of !inch n woo t. not oal►• to members of the two Houses. hilt ti Liwter and Politician. mast be sect-ev bleat. As U. 3 ,1) ;t :,tlen•en, who have not been copular Hubscrihers to the t► rk. may nevertheless he de sirous of possessin4 a °cf.( ral hotel to di. Political His tory lit their Country. inch Ueutlemen are requested to send in Iln•ir mimes to the lint.llshers. as only a wen lirri:ed number of copies. beyond the saital impression, will be printed. ie. Zr ri rmil t it 7.1 !WV 91$ t:. tarot!. RN Vaerrat.e. I:A:ZPULt.. the l':•oir2rtor, Alum, ,e 40.000 to pr'ros. t! e Ireno e .heme et-gully etzeeli me r.ti.er Lottery ter tt'e like number of •:i.itel4. hying t SOP.V 1 11; sod rir Share now r .1 . 14 i h'ie China, fin2 r ilor Capi:als in the Lot terv, wibetner or n t'.e tirrt doe or Ott) ..iher day. Ticket% end !Illfl.l a re sollault at the r-rttinete Ulllees of the t ontrat %tr. 'in. 41ornhill. and siti, Oxford where i.e es t!ve las , fcw !tomtits. .t• :in 0441 i 1..? IA '21,04 , 0 j 7.003 ei tt i 1. siVEW Hlfacl feel i: incumbent on e// • them to state. th:.t ere sgivarstake which onaF belong t o the rregent I.o:iery i< r rtil!: senlred to purciiaticra at *tic 0 ficeii, i•oeNtilar ; I P. 3, ilasruattarr ; 11-•.rou.; I 1.11. OcroarrtiritteT. at it any otli..r. %hello r Contractor.' or Dot. The sum of 41.( 01 . i s a ,,,i e d Gate-ru,e.ti to !be et.ual amount of Prize Wary. and is not the (the Contractors, or any as has been c•ronenitsi:t suppo.ed. On I e.-.O I IY Not - r Apri:) 00.0001. aill be drown to it.tiOt.l Prizes of es,-h ; It is therefore the in terra of all %.ho wibh to arisenture. to do so before that der. as otter .ants. when the dre%ine really brains (2:1111 A. Ow) w i!I het • tbe same t:rant.e for the 102 Capi Prizes, which include Four .... Prizes of .... .c 311.003 Two .... Prizes of .... 110.1)00 Consols. Too .... Prize. of .... IttiktO Ls if then hal not 'dread% been drawn Prizes of SW. each. J. and J. SIIEWRRiII(T arm happy to arknowlodee the wrest Public. patronage.hewn tbr it Contract just cent:hided. la whith No. 1.1416. tr 0.0101., and 12 other Capitals, were stared by Ewan. and, with the recrilninr! Capitals. Ike. were elstrihnted in most Towns of the United Kingdom. We m.de a short detour from the road for the purpose of visiting the glacier des Boissont, wI . 1 i lay three planers of a league on our right. After ascending Ivr some times steep and rugged path, the glacier presented itself directly in front. Through the dark pines over which it iinpended, we discerned its intim:seeable pyra mids, of a dazzling whiteness, and at length havirg reached the spot where it reposes upon an almost lesil surfsee, we scaled the rampart of' loose stones and earl) (idled, in the language of the counter. My raiue,") which it had pushed onwards. and foond our. selves upon its icy bed. I Jo not think it potsible to convey on paper a correct idea of the form sod nature of a glacier; it must be seen to he thoroughly cue ceived. Most writers on this subject confer in co!.. paring it to the ocean, or a lake sti.'denly freetoi agitated by a tremendous storm ; but this erfilitir n seems ohjectionahle, since the consequent association of ideas must necessarily and naturally lead to a stir7ti4:- tine of a glacier's being horizontal, than which nothicg would be more unfounded. Let us imagine a lofty, steep, and snow-covered f 110.117 tain, front whose sninwit fall several wide- and deep r ear . rents. which, rolling down its sides, drag along wish them huge blocks of stone and heaps of wreck. Let these streams, by the force of the winds and their own steep descent, be agitated to the utmost de l ve, of vin. lence, dashing aloft their waves to time height e!•ZU or W feet. and earr)i Of es begs is.eramaiwks•doistre masses of granite. During all this azonfuelon, let us fancy an Almighty hand sutideelv to have changed the whole tumultuous scene into solid ice, still, howtvcr, retaining its troubled form, and the nature and aspect of a glacier may then be conceived. Certainly one of th- best descriptions of this phernotnenon is to met with i n o si d an. w h en she minty winds have seized the waves of the mountain lake, have seized them in a stormy night, and covered them over v ith ice, whim to the hunter's early eye the billows still seem to roll. He toms his ear to the sound of each onetiusl ridge, bat each is silent, gleaming. strewed with )engl.• and tufts of grass, which ?bloke and whistle to the wind or r their grey seats of fruit." Were we not aware of ti.e close intercourse that existed between Scotland and Norway during the real of Ossirn, which would e tr o .d the bait, an opportunity of witneseng what he has here described, this yassaire might afford a strong pre sumption. that Marphevoo as. not merely the trearietor of Ossian's Pot ass. Coppet, wkieb lies within a Wane of Ferney, derives its chief intakest from the asmciated recollections of the late possessar, e de Steel ; and deep indeed should be the ire a s i t n that a mind like her 's inspires. In whatever polot of view considered, she cannot he denied a place in the first rank of celebrated women. From the mentent that the first faint beams of her star glittered above the horizon. to the period of their final extinction, her lift presented nanny and stril.ing vicis situdes, and its cursory consideration off arts too many sources of reflection to be wholly neglected. Madame de Steel embarked at an early period in her literary career, sad that too; %' a time when the in heeler of her the rank of her husband. the gifts of fortune, sad the tons of the world, held nett to her the easy attaindient of every pleasure. The " Let tres nor Rottman" were her first essay. A female of twenty undertook. the delicate task of weighing the merits of Jetta Jalopies, and, it, many instances, the pane gyrist and the objets praised were on a level. Some years afterwards she produced her " Defense dr la Keine," at the very moment when the unhappy Marie Antoinette WV ender the axe of her 11).11.' 1 c-reva It was, h o w e ve r , the " Relic-zips one la Pak interirnre," that gave the first strong i#jeation of the political forceieht and @li ltwhich hare slate rendered her so I ighly celebrated. ti lW WO^ 1111adamr *Mud became obwelltella to the men who then steered the political vessel of France ; in consequence of which she was ex:led, and, during that exile, wrote the several works that have given her so distinguished a rank in the literary worit. In UK she published her " sur 'influence des Passions;" a work whirl, is incomplete, of whirls the plan is defective, because it is too vast, but which is an inexhaustihie mine of nervous .and just ideas. In 161-1!, issued from the press " ' and shortly after wards. " Corinne," whish every one has read, and in reading, has admired as an elegant sketch of the most interestint country in Enrcipc.. In IMI appeared her " De ['Alternator," in which she pourtrayed a people moral becalse they are enlightened. and enlightened because they enjoy a liberty rarely infringed upon. Sh e there extols an independent and unrestricted circulation of literature, and eimres her conviction that genius, without such freedom, cannot exist. This was sup pressed by the French Goverrintent. Notwithstanding that she thus assiduously cultivated the rich fields of literature during an exile (font ber na tive country, and fruu• the clearly cherished *cents of her youth,.her heart was not insensible to the privation ; she straggled nobly against her fate, but yet felt all its bitterness. Her time was divided between travelling through various parts of Europe, where her brilliant reputation always 'insured a cordial welcome, and fre quent visits to her father, for whom her lore approached almost to adoration. What sight could be more interest ing than that of M. Neckar and his daughter? The one bore withiiim into retirement the moo dignified recol lections, and the most peaceful consciousness of having discharged his public (buy; the other heaminr with genius, talent, and energy, lavished upon him all her affections, referred all to him PS to her directing oracle, existed only to please him, and added :o the charms of an unfailing conversation, the utmost fervour of filial piety. Of such a father was such a daughter bereaved during one of her excursions. She returned with all possible speed, but too late; and, buried under a load of ilk tton, as sincere as it was heavy, she forgot every thing in her loss. The last three tears of her life bladame de Steel was, however, enabled to spend in that France which she so dearly loved. Every thing con curred to reeompeoso her for her pest inieortunes. The justice of the hing restored to her the aarred deposit which M. Neckar had entrusted tie the faith of the na tion. A son, who Inherited and cherished all his mo ther's sentiments; a 'brighter, who was happily united to a man of rank and influence; friends, who bad proved during her adverse circumstances their right to share in her prosperity—were all gathered around her. Still young, she half every reason to anticipate a long con tinuance of these blessing., when death, after five months of suffering, tore her from those wbuse happiness she conetituteel, and whose affections she commanded. Madame de Steel, to a prbfound understanding united the liveliest sensibility, and the most ardent feelings.— She thought strongly, and always expressed what she thongbt ; she thought not always jtistiv ; and occasion ally, therefore, her expressions gave ott,nee. Her pas sions too frequently hurried away ber better judgment ; and, with a heart always open to the warm dictates of benevolence; with sentiments abounding in good-will and affection towards those from whom she had experi enced even the most trilling attentions.; with feelings that would hate done honour to human nature, bad they hero but ender the controod of prudence ; rich in every quality that could conciliate esteem, in every mental en dowment that could excite admiration, she havoietwith standing, left behind her many enemies, as well as many friends. Nay the grave cover her failing+, se they who loved her will cherish her Ilene': and miry those who decried her living, respect her now no more! • • • • • • • BRITISH PAINT MANUFACTORY. foil. Quzcm-srmierr, CIIIIIAPIIDt, I.or4Dos. _ _ UPTON and Co.'% Chen!). Durable, and Ini pesetnWe PAINTS. per cet. - MN. - Ms. invisible Omen olive Greco - Stone CJlcour - pm cwt. -48 s. -00 s. Vise deep Green - I Its. I White - - - 465. Net Red - - Stis. Yellow - - . 365. , 11.1 - - S&L Siate sad Lead coleus 4%. Casks - • 461. Prepared Oil to thin forose : per wslloo. 41. 6d. Litmeed — Oil.Terpentine. and Co!oars of every description. These Paints ere very ornsmentnl, and may be applied Witham! advantage to all the poryoses of useful Printin.r. Inside sad uut, where P handsome appearance, durabilih, and ecouvray are considerations. F-r park-palings. out buildiass. stucco and plaster fronts. iron end wood railing. a KlM;ppiag purposes, they are peculiarly adapted. as they resist the effects of weather in an 11171SSaal degh.e. and cre a care for the w.,rn and dry rot. They also cr•ver a surface Nearly twice as great pa other Paints, end may be applied with little trouble, requiring only to be thite.ed with Linseed yr Prirred Oil. ;' Refined Coal Tar Brown. QOs. per ext. Vacantly's. &r. 0.7 c. ____ TO T. 1:1:41I's CI:STONIER:S. THE t 16,000 said to be Circa assay ! ! and the /110.1010 paid to be fur Earls Perehesers !! are fully ezplsined in GISII's Schemes. Fff.lll the wording of the siireri;sements, hand-bills, and slicw-beards, made use of for promoting the sales of the present Lottery, an erroneous ides has gone forth, that particular or greater advantages wee4l be obtained at someOflieca than could behad at others; and as seer an unfounded opinion is prejudicial, and ought to be removed from the minds or those a ho have already. and 13010 WOO have not adventured, T. RIFT! begs most respect lei;) tv assure his best Friends, the Public. that there is not auy real or imaginary advantage Cue Scheme bolds forth, In width the restorers of his 061,e1 wi l not equally partici pate, although he is not the Conti-none. The Scheme consists of gibllln) Tickets, and contains 109 Caphals, an. emoting to 303.:.00f. Money and Cossols. The present being a Stock Lottery, RISH begs to call the attention of his Friends to the unparalleled seeress of his Offices, in preceding Stock Lotteries; as be shared and sold No. 13.363, First 13C,0(10 Consols. 19.041, Last .t 410.000 Consols. 9,963, First 140.000 Consols. 31911, First 1110.000 Consols. Aad in Money Lotteries, his success has been equally great ; basilic shared and sold Twelve Prizes of 30.0001. Ac. Ac. Ate. sad in the very last Lottery. he sold in Shares. No. VW, *Hooey Prize of Twenty Thousand Pommels, besides several Main lapi'a's. ••• The Preliminary Day of Drawing (as The Gazette calls it) be NEVI' TCESDAY, the 11th of APRIL; el wheels day. 60,1E01. Money will be withdrawn from the basset, by deciding all the 4,000 Prizes of NV. Not any ether Prize (Meier or lower), nor will there be any Blanks dime that day; but every one of thos LOOS Prizes of 30f. %ill have a donee again for all the Capitals and other Prizes. jest as it they had not been drawn, autwithstanding they Kill each be entitled to the 301. Tickets and Shares are selling at Rtse's Offices. 4, Corn hill, anti 9, Cbaring-eross, London; and by his Agents In the country.—Explanatory Schemes gratis. s++ The Prices of Stocks are affixed, hourly. agaitiet Bialy, is CornhiU, by which the Public can see the The glacier des Poisons has of late been a sours! of no small disinietuile to the good people of Lharounny, by season of its percep.:ble advance , even so Dwelt a. a foot per day. Within the laid :tionth, however, this in. auspicious march has ceased. nor will it. one would hope. be soon resented—!l. :. did I ray? We may be sore that it sill not, since th• pe.i.ants have adered, as en undoubted preventative, a large auoden crucifix. tunic in the ground in from of the ice; which, hiddinx stern defiance to thesorrnaching (nob, seems to say, " thus fir shalt thou go. anu no fur;her!" 11 hat still rot super stition du: • • • • • • • a a Our rsiou to the 3fontanvert and May de Olace was highly interesting, and derived a great areession of p:easure Irem the sin-iety of a party of Russian oaken whom we accompanied. We left the flo!al de l'Union at seven o'clock in the morning, on one of the finest d a y s rier remembered at Chamonny, accompanied be eight guides, a number rendered necet<sery from the ladies being mounted oa moles. The name of Montam vett is given to a lofty mountain, covered with pasture, and bordering on the glacier des Bois. The roan mosses the volley in no ohiitine direction, and then rises through a forest of pioev end firs, intersected by three deep ra vines the effects of past, and channels for future ava lanches. liepeti the fountain of Caillet, where it is nasal to rest for a few minutes daring the aspen:, t h e path becomes exceedingly rugged, and no lower prac ticable on mules : here, consequently, our fair compa nions dismissed their patient bearers, and, supported ley the guides, slowly scaled the heights on foot. In two h ours a nd a half after leaviug the hetet, we readied the summit of the elon'anvert, where a small baiWieg af forded us an opportunity of making a welcome breakfast en the cold meats sod wine that our servants bad car ' ried. Here is kept a book, in which those who ascend the mountain are at liberty to inscribe their names, with sotoe appropriate sentiment, a ceremony which we of coarse o:served. '1 he valley of Chamoony bad sow disappeared. but, in its read, another valley, sot less eztenaive, anti bordered with lofty rock* of granite, ex tended itself at our feet, and this was oiler, sad called the Mer de I.3;arel On vies so unusual a spectae.e. it teas impossible not to respen.ber Vii::te's tine *weir tioa of an icy Hell : _ _ HALLAM's PILLS: the best preparation for indipesties, giddiness la the head, bee, and the 111 sleets of intemperance, that ever has been recommended. They are the most pleasant and erectus' remedy in all bilious complaiats, whether arising from a week or deranged action of the stomach ; frcm colds, whereby the secretion of bar is obstructed ; or from excess in eating or drinking, Aharria the bile is resisted amid and corrosive, and reger pied to the stomach, causing shires., jamiditm. windy tivarders ei l w ai s i t icstioa, Ile. lbeir n is very geode and safe. pewee griping ; • steel ex lent remedy for Teeming thoseironbled with the I les: in habitual costiveness. a sluggish state of the bowels. sick hied -lick, and also during pregnancy, they may be taken 'shit siegahr and good amt. Pelee 45.911. and 4e. ed. duty laeladed. ikk bi Edwards. ile. at. Paul's Chards-yard, London: wet , • sad by Ward. Holborn ; Chandler, opposite the _ O rfo r d - street ; Emerson, Fart Amithelid • Win . tondos-bridge ; Purse, Portsmouth : CoeirwortitY sod P r e°. . *Plymouth; lead, Yarmouth ; Pritchard, Deal, &c. etc. Perele 1 nal e vldiret &Taste E sotto I pied) us logo, che per rfelo Awes vetro . non el' aeons sowisleate. Non fees al eorso woo st groves raw Di vireo la Dannoja In AetterteeS, No Tama,. la sotto I' frosito Clete. Colo. era gall; eke se Tabetaketh VI twee vieoMol, e Pietrepasa. Now Rile Mat'orlo foie Crlosb. . Wishing( tor *Aped ffirvrowsierfol rale, we mewed the short but steep path tint leads frofigthe Moistaavert to . -• q`" ' ~_- . • . -. ..`• .4" SKETCHES or Sir fZ2;il-4.VD 4ND rns RHINE. :EXTIIIACTCD IRON THE St NUFCRIPT Jftt'C♦L 01 a RICENT lONTINENTAL TattELLER.) Scenery more tr Innre fertile, and, at the same tiwr, more iitipnAti than that in the neighbourhood of Center, rag !It A:rely I.e imagined. Yet where has successful in ittstry more assiduity in cultiva tion; no where has future unfolded more stiblinsity or variety in the colour. the position, or the height of the snrrounding mounttins Sonse stir has shaped in pyra tnisls, towers, or needles; others in roanded domes, or lengthened chains. Some she has covered with ‘erdurr, littler% with eternal snow. Here she has hristled their ,sides with pointed rock.; there el , ehNi them with sweeping forests; every where, anti at retry moment of the day, changing an I modifying thoir aspect by the most singular successions of It i and 'bade. Add to this magic scent. an extensive lake. a heantiful meander ing stream, a wide anti rapid river, fiel.is cultivated as highly us gardens, fruitful viney4rds, the most agree able promenades, the most delicious sites, and an ade quate idea may be firm .11 of Geneva and its neighbour hood. Can we, after this, be aurpristsl at the enthn- Sigsul which its mimes trel fur their usurp home, or at the inexhaustible ; ti.trirs which all travellers find iu this enchanted and enchanting country? • •• •• •• •• • Whilst at Geneva. it world indeed he a went of taste Wink eisithw Pesetre. • 'Moe gresupli, Inekno*ll be.' fore Voltaire gave it its present celebrity. On my ar rival there, I was struck nith . the universal neatness of th e h o uses, which appear less the abode- of peasants than of opulent tamers. They are, for the 'most p a rt, the stork of the a liiiiieul Patriarch, oho took great de light in encnitragin:( the industry, and promoting the comforts of the Artie „horn hr hererstahlishel . Th e etfests of his patron:ire M ere ••••an displayed in the in creasing prosperity and propilLatioo of lage, which, at in 1775, contained eighty homes, and 12110 although consisting' of but eight cottages when he first male it his place of The apprnarli to the chateau is throatei an avenue of poplars ; at the extremity of which, on the left hand, stands a small chitrvis, neatly tiled, without steeple, and of the simplest style (,1 arehitectitre. In front is scalp towed, " Deo eri•sit Voltaire." The chatean itself is a plain square buildions. without either wings or decora tions. On application there, I was %hewn the bed. chamber which the philosopher occupied when living, and which, as well as the adjoining saloon, the present proprietor, M. de Mole, has, with equal taste and libe rality, left in the same date as at that period. The chamber is extremely mean; ornamented pith a porce lain cenotaph, to will .h is atteehed a small hoard, bear ing the motto, " Son esprit cat porton:, nisis son emir est ici." Amongst a number of mediocre paintings and engravines that chequer the walls, I remarked portraits of our Milton and ton. Embosomeil in a luxuriant grove of ash. elm, and fir trees, hi yowl the garden is a paltry wooden monninpnt, enclosing a marble slab, en gravyd with the woeds, " Mc* manes sout consoles rumpus mon come est an milieu de vous." The Garden Terrace commands most extensive and I lvaried prospects. To the east, the Alps ; to the west. the Jura ; but what a difference between the two views! The Jnra appeared in the distance a mere extended and unbroken chain, its highest point not exceeding 5,000 feet: the opposite coup trail was unique. To the right of the foreground, the Grand and Petit Salver; beyond them, the dusky Beeson and Wergi; to the 1(11, the woody Voirens, the rounded summit of the Burt, and the Alpine d'Argentierrs; in the centre, the enormous pyramid of the Mole ; and, on the verge of the horizon, a terrific belt of mountains, above which Mont Blanc reared his majestic dome. A dummied times had I seen this spectacle, end yet I still gazed on it with the same rapture ts at first. The c-lours which at this distance the snows assumed, were singularly dirrrsilied ; in one plate they were of a dusky obscure tint ; in another grey or brown ; in a third, they reflected the most dazzling whiteness. The sun, girt with light vapouring clouds, was ju-t setting behind the Jura; his last rays, obliquely striking the opposite inonistains, produced an effect beyond the power of imagination; and which, alike in vain, would the pencil or the pen attempt to pourtray ; in short, it was a fairy scene, that existed but for a moment, and vanished with the star of day. Being nearly a league from home, I began to think o 1 turning my steps in that direction. When I had reached the banks of the Lek. the night was rale' and clear; thin bl u e v apours, spre ad on the distant surface of the water, boated along the base. of the bending steep ; the stars shone with unclotidetl brilliancy; and the moon, rising le afloat enalesty from behind the mountains, poured in a stream of taint yellow sacs along the Lake, whose un rolled expanse ranted Ow softened beams that trembled on its surface. A death-like stillness seemed to pervade all nature, interrupted only by the faint and prolonged notes of a French horn, proceeding from the opposite shore, sad sounding *. like the memory of josa that are past, pleasant and mournful to the soul." All lent their tranquillising influence to the enjoyments of the even. ing ;--enjoymenta of the must pure and delicious bemire ; - /