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•••: Y+ - N. ltfr -. 2 / ciL li tyr a ti o I lik -1-46 wr . • 4-; ititer+ Our fling, Constitution anti lainl• No. 1,240.—V0L. XIII.] MONDAY, MA.Y I, 1820. [Paws 94d• THE HISTORY OF MARI 4.4 WE moNnionEsvcr, MATED IT imam:. (Frogs the Loudon Morzaine.) 6 ' I am aware of the manners and customs of the English ; of their reserve towards, but high respect fur strangers, more particularly those of the female Isolated in a measure by nature from the neighbouring continent, the inhabitants of this country have long since learned the delightful art of living among them selves, and of finding in the bosom of their own homes domestic joys infinitely dearer thou the round of cnlup tuous dissipation, experienced in the great cities of the coutinent. Depetoltng upon their own resources for •comfort and *einem, they sought fellowship with the neighbouring nations only to extend their commerce which has been celebrated all over the world—hence they were careless of cultivating a general acquaintance ship with those whom they imagined could add little to the sum of their enjoyments, and who might possibly be the means of introducing among them, under the garb of pleasure, of vices which they had scarcely heard the statue. From these circumstances, the character of . the English was not properly known until toe late revo lution in France; even the French themselves, who had greater advantages than almost any other nation in this respect, were either unwilling, or really incapable or marking their peculiar traits of disposition, or of tiptoe elating their respective merits. One national feature, however, wa• too prominent not to be universally re garded and admired; their nook sense of honour, to which may be united an irresiatible and almost chival rous bravery ; these were associated in the breast of a foreigner with the name of an Etiglislonan, and served as a passport into almost every society. These °beer. venous may appear impertinent and irrelevant to say history, but upon reflection you will deem theta cape. diem, were it only to elLense my present freedom with a stranger, certainly interesting, but till within these few hours perfectly unknown." I made a suitable sallow ledginent for solteudsonse a compliment. awl she pro. eeeded. " Previous to the revolution, my father possessed a large estate near Marseilles, where he constantly re. sided with lily mother, in order to attend to the education of his three sons. Every thing seemed to conspire to sender Meat happy; blessed with an ample fo bequeathed to lout by a distant relation, et.the age of 40 he retired flout the .partnership of a principal bank ing-house in Paris, to enjoy the more agreeablecharins • of a country life. The majestic Rhone floored through the domain in its progress to the Mediterranean. and fertilized the soil. My mother, whose constitution was extremely delicate, and whose health had been impair ed by a long residence in the capital. sums found the gentle and salubrious breezes of the south produce 311 invigorating change. Her disposition and temper were the must amiable, her affection for my father almost bordered mom idolatry, and site imagined herself thrice blessed in tracing his resemblance in his three little • ones. A widowed relative, au aged hot indigent priest, %vao was tutor to my brothers, and three domestics, composed the family. About this time. symptoms of discontent had been frequently manifested against the reigning king, but they were apparently quelled by the still powerful influence of the nobility and clergy. At so great a distance front the scene of polities, and in no small degree secluded from intercourse with the neigh. taunting gently, my her only knew of these disturb. :faces from my father, who, fearful of the consequence., concealed ((gnu her any acts of peculiar atrocity, and scarcely iuiuruned her of any agitation of the public mind, in consequence of the deranged state of the finances. But its the 'allowing year, 17mg, the german insurrection, which had beets so tong burred in obscu rity, suddenly bum forth, under the popular and in viting twin of the tree of Liberty, in the dangerous shadow of which was soon destined to expire so much that was virtuous, dignified and lovely in the French nation. he insuirection that etisurel at 4114 on the . removal of the popular • 'stet., M---, was in some Measure allayed be the king surrendering Month to die people; hut the extraordinary measure or the Ilational assembly, in overturning all established cos toms, and completely disorganizing the fowler state of government, together with their confiscating the posses se isnot the clergy, abolo,iiitig Ali ittibilny, and intimately Licriticing their King, soot' tiestiu)to toe resitaintog hopes of their sober dud well-disposed • rim'. The dreadful efiects ot the revolution were felt at site WU. mities of the kingel ttttt ,and thousands.witli scarce a meek of their (Online', were Mailing Iron toe s cene tit destruc tion to Germany and Switzerland, or to toe stilt more hospitable soil of Guest Britain. Circumstances could be disguised no longer, and my fatter, aloctimg sae we Safety of his faintly, resulted if po.nible to quit his native country for ever. collectiog all his his tom. abler, he hued a packet, Loileirking at midnight, directed his course to die capital ut the territories, hunt whence sum afterwards he was com pelled to depart for Naples. where lie remained with tits family in tolerable security, till the Emmett rowed the city its January ino, which they were compelled to abandon, in conseqiience of its resepture by Lord Nelson, in the month of June following, en the very day I was born. Since her departure from her native land, my mother's health visibly declined. She never mentioned the happy days she had spent in the south of France but with tears in her eyes, and she would even weep aloud, when the thought of breathing her last sigh in a foreign laud took possession of her soul. Although very young, I well remember weeping myself when I saw the big dro p s sufNising her light blue eyes, and even now [seem to heel the pressure of her hand, as she would clasp. me to her bosom, with all the tenderness of 111.1. tern!! love. But aal iiii titre before ;ter death, when she 'placard unusually pale, I asked her why she linked so beautiful ; her answer made en impression oat my heart which [never can forget—' Ma petitte mignon, e'est parceque bitting au cid. A few days after a severe shuck of an earthquake was felt at Naples, which so alarmed her that notwithstanding her useurance that none of our friends had received iioury, she expired a few hours afterwards in the arms ot. my father, invoking heaven for :its and her children's prosperity, and thank ing him for all his kindness to her, which, she said, were she to live for ever, she should be unable to repay. The loss, although not sudden, so materially affected his mind, that in order to dissipate his melancholy, the physicians recommended a change of scene, and advised 1' possible to enge,e.e-in sonte.pursuit. My brothers' were all provided fur; the eldest, now nearly twenty years of age, hail been for some time is a commercial .! house of great eminence; with every prospect of future success. The second, at thee.: Of seventeen, had ro cured a cummission it, the Neapolitan' anny_; and she third was then coutpleting his oodles at the University. I alone was incapable of providing for myself, and eon. sequently my parent's greatest care; ease time he pew posed leaving sue with his relative, whilst - be pursued hil intended journey, but I bad in endested myself bun by stay innocent prattle, and the resemblance I bore to my another, that he ultimately resoled 1 should accompany him. Vienna was the place of our destina tion. Behold me now at: orphan. only Arse years of age, commencing my towels, mod bqiimestesny ecqualem ance with the world at a peed when Many have sot quitted the cradle. An old domestic Ind a nurse were our only attendants. We ramised the Atetrian capital in ten days, and took up our *vie inane of the sub urbs, in a small but elegant loom% with an extensive garden. My father, when be kind hreomereeoncited to the place, spent a great ponlem Of his time in the arch ducal library, which was ma* frequented by foreign era, and surmised to contain it 'valuable collection of printed books and manuscripts. The museum also afforded hint great amesement ;' but he invariably spent the morning and evening at borne, instilling into my mind the virtuous principles and interesting character of my departed mother. It was ttu small pleasure to him to perceive with what delight I listened so the encomi ums ma her worth i • and he has since told tie, e, I used fre quently, at the end of his discourse, to comb upon his knees, end ask him wheat I should be like any mouser. It Wes our destiny, however, to encounter more mis fortnne : the French army wee making rapid strides through the Continent; and in IWs the city was forced to surrender. At the peace of Presburgh, which hap pened in the saute year, it was given up to Atotria, and se were again in some degree restored to our former quiet. About this time I was invited by an English lady. a widow, resoling with her brother in an :wit • g chateau, to COlllll/ell;:t Illy studies witii her (Lowlier, for %vomits the most approved mastery were provided. novelty pleased me, and nay father, ambitions that Arnold excel in all useful knowledge, consented to my removal. ": MOS. Darner hail passed the meridian of life, Lot was still a tine woman , there was a dignity in her cor dage. which intimated au acquaititaliCell.p. 41111 etch a familiarity, with the tirst-rate society. but there was alai a suavity in her manners and address which lest• women of fortune possen stud as a beautiful foil to the hauteur acquired try moving in the higher circles.— Her husband haul been dead nearly two years, and she still retained the lumens of woe, which gave an aikli liunal degree of interest to her fine appearattt•e. We recommenced our studies together, and made iolerable progress in the usual routine of private education —At the end of two years we began to study history ; Mrs. 1). herself al.ridged that of England for our use, and carefully explained to us all diflicithies in our plogress. Her remarks were like beautiful (lowers strewed over a wide and apparently desolate plain, hiring its onward till we were capable of • pretending the sin pun tatter of our putout. lit this Milliner we insensibly imbibed a predilection for all that w es English, which ow kind in structre, by every means in her :towe► strengthened and elicentrain:d. "• How true is it, that siniiliarity of pursuit and dis position strengthens the hoods of friendship. Alan)• who lute ft ed early Aid ardent iittnauteies, when beparated. hate !mink twcot lie careless of 1.10:11 lot liter Collipi.llllol+S, and l,lllog nt the litaxy steles of the world, hate evett totwit. the Ifrly Hawes of those who twee %vt re tit& friell44 t but we IMVIJ o.'3w 10 renwiiitlet . 1.11(J3C t‘lll.oo a l0:1 1 ) 01 taste mutes Wll,l 1,, 1:1 a rmt.iful but invisible chain of mental affection. I always think to Julia Daffier, whenever 1 near Rosaaeu's dream, or read Berquiti's • Ludt de la Montague.' " An unexpected and much greater trial than any I haul yet experienced was awaiting met yet. My mother's death was assuredly the most fatal, but it hap pened at a period when I could calculate neither the Immediate loss, nor ascertain how my future happiness might be affected by it. Bin Julia was my earliest com panion ; as we grew up, uur society was cemented by friendship, and rendere d doubly sweet by the endearing charm of sympathy. All our actions were in dnison ;, each anticipated the wishes of the whet ; in oar studies, our pkasures, our very Goibles, nay, in every thing but death we were tindivined." • • My companion could proceed no further, her voice became inaudible through extreme agitation, as the re membrane, of departed joys pierced her very soul. She! sobbed aloud, and the swelling of her bosom visibly proclaimed the fearful strife within. It was in vain, I endeavoured to console her ; she had touched upon a chord which had vibrated to her heart, and this lively emotion of sensibility might have even proved danger ous, had not a copious stream of tears washed away the bitterness of her recollection. leaving only that de licious melancholy feeding upon its sorrow which Os- Sian elegantly describes as " the joy of grieji." I could not prevail upon her to resume her narrative. but before we parted I lathed that her brother (thetal. (her) had been sacrifeced to the merciless demon of war, when the French Emperor planted his tree of li berty in Italy—that having visited Eugland with Mre. Darner, who had taken up her residence in the Metro polis, she was about to return 10 Rome, where her fa ther purchased.a small villa with the prospect of pass ing the remainder of his days in peaceful repose—" but I shall pass through Marseilles." said she, " on my way thither, that I may witness the scene If my mo ther's much happier days, and put firth my tears ins rte 'poi hallowed by bar memory, and associated in the breast of my father, with recollection* that will only cease to actuate him when death shall have destroyed that image which was the object of her affection, and almost the idol of her idolatry. I shall return to the bosom of my parent with a mind subdued by misfor tune, but surrounded by all that is interesting and in spiring in the garden of Nature and the abovie of the fine Ana, it may yet receive a tulle and temperament capable of administering to his pleastnes and soathing his declining age." " Interestm e . girl," said I, in pressing her fingen to my lips, as bidding her a Met and final adieu ; interesting girl, may the pleasurable sensations thou hest enkindled in my breast return to thee a luta-• tired fold. May thy future journey through life be u.l - by the clouds of misfortune, the darkness of of adversity, or the eventrul storms of war. May thy succeeding years be joyous, as were the days of thine infancy; and when thou ineewst with one who shall he touched with the story of thy sorrows, with a heart capable of sympathizing with thy virtues, let I • 1,.-- come the enthusiastic sharer of all thy pleasures—let hint wear thee next his side as the fairest and semi fragrant flower in the garden of his existenee—tet bins become at once, thy protector, thy husband, thy friend. But doubly emu die wretch, if such a one there lie, who, under the specious appearance of virtue. won:LI plant in thy chaste bosom the contaminating weed of guilt, or the more raiikiina thorn of leluntse. Fare well; and forget not, when walkaig ill the galleries and proud arcades of Rustic, Jinni ties sna:vieS:lnt,o; and inspiring t1)0 1 11/111%, one, Who, in Of Ilillesee vita euiiitaties and situations lie ny hr it, will gird , the e interesting transaction s ia of this shun re hour ./i the most delightful period of his existence, and cem• , . nOt to breathe out his fervent prayers to the protector of virtuous innocence for thy peseta and CWIII.I felicity :" - A violent explosion, similar 'to the firing of musket, took place on Sunday night about eleven o'clock, in the Place du Carousel in Paris, and ex cited an alarm for the safety of the Royal Fatuity. The guard was immediately under arms. Upon ex amination the remains of an exploded petard was found, but at a great distance from the apartments occupied by the Royal Family. The petanl was probably thrown there by some misehievuus wag, for it was similar to those which are used in ai tificial tire-works. Court of E.rchequer.—On Thursday morning, at • half-past 10 o'clock, Mr. Denman, full dressed, tootle .j his appearance in the Court of Exchequer. 110 Wag init»ediately addressed by Baron Graham, scuier Baron, in Cie absence of the Chief—" Mr. Denman; the (/necii having aproinied yen her Solicitor UNP., nem). come forwacd, and Like your place within the Bar." Upon which Mr. Dcninuti wk.:nit:ol, 119%4 to the Court anti the Bar, end then ilitiAtcd, and initnediate'y mice h. ft th, _~., ~