The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-11-02 00:00:00

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• delight iA Iteepin7 ttp--T should confine myself is
tb , dispatching of the orders which I have received,
and to an accurate ofCial correspondence, the re-
sult ikf which would give me very little u .easiness.
A Instead of thiss I am going to chat with you at
a great rate, and without knowing beforehand what
1 1 lam obeli!: to say ;of one thing lam certain, I
shall tell you nothing of which I am not well per.
suaJ -d.
"War is cal-lying on, and von arc quiet and
peaceahle at 1901 leagues fr on the th..aire on which
you ought to act a great part. If, iinfortunaii ly,
you come not hack in the first French frigate which
retorts to Forope, and I have already given you
'that o. der by ----.., an order which I repeat to
you by the Consul's command in the most formal
manner: If, 1 say, you shall not return to France
till after the Peace, what dignity will accompany
row return ? How will men recognise in you the
brorhet of the Regulator of Europe? Its what temper
of mind will you find that brother, who, eager after
glory, will see you destitute even of that of having
encountered dangers, and who, convinced that all
Fiance would shed its blood for him, would only
see in you a man without energy, yielding to ef-
feminate passions, and having not a single leaf to
add to the heap of laurels with which he invests his
name and our standards?
di 0 Jerome, this idea alone should determine
you to return with all expedition amongst us—the
sound of arms is heard in every quarter, and of the
~ . preparations for the noblest enterprise. You are en-
quired for, and I--ye• ed that I should bi at a loss
what answer to give to those who ask where you
are—declare that you are just at hand. Give me
not the lie, I beseech you.
4. Your brother Joseph, father of a family, that
he adores, prissessed of a fortune proportioned to his
rank, invested with the highest civil honours of the
ttate, known throughout Europe for his sagacity
and his diplomatic labours, wishes to add to so
much glory that of shilling with the Consul the
dangers of war, and has jest got one of the regi-
me-Is that ate abckst to embark—Louis, known by
his militia, services, a General of Division,' is de-
sirous of adding .o that glory, that of displaying ta-
lents for civil arrangements; babas just entered- into
the Council of State; the 6cetion of Legislation.
Lucien, it is true, has just quitted France, and
has exiled himself to Rome, in consequence of a
marriage repugnant to the views of the First Corn
-ant ; but Lucien is known by the services he has
rendered, by *is genius, by his talents, by the
dignity of a Senator. He is pos-essei of a great
and independent fortune; and yet the connediow
(disavowed Sy his brother) which he has costraaed
have been toilful iseonapatible with hi. abode in
trance. .
" What bas takegplace in rim family, points out
to you siiffieently *bat the First Consul expe3s
of you, and his inflexibility concerning what you
shall du in opposition to his views. Sala architeA of
the glory of which he has attained the summit, he
acknowledges no family bitt the French People ;
and in yroportion as he exalts his Brothers who press
around him, so I ha* seen him show coldness and
men aversion to those of his own Olood who posh
not forward in the career which his genius traces
out for them. Whatever is foreign fu ,m the accom-
plishment of his great designs seam to him treason
actsenst his high destiny; and believe me—for I know
your Brother better than you k woe him yourself—if
you should persist in keeping *your.elf at a distance
from him, he would get angry at it at first, and would
conclude by entirely forgetting )nu; and 11-area
knows what regrets your obscurity would lay we id
store for yea. Scarce can a more brilliant career he
opened to a man of your age; shut it not up your-
self. I'he union which you have formed has deeply
affeleil him. ' Whilst I (thought h:.) am doing
every thing for glory, f.r that of my name, and for
the happihess of the people that have pot their fate
into my hands, by whom may I hope to be seconded
if not by my brothers? And the youngest amongst
them forms an inconsiderate conneetion, on which
tie has not even asked my opinion ; he has di• posed
of himself as a private individual; it is, therefore,
as a titivate individtial he wishes me to consider
him. What claim does he earn to ray benefatflions?
Nine; for instead of being useful to me, he takes
the r tit diametrically opposite to that which I wished
him to follow.' In vain, avaniug myself of the
freedom which the First Consul permits in domestic
privacy, did I wish to make the voice of natural
affection be heard ; I became sensible, from his con-
ver'ation, that he neither felt nor was li tble tei feel
any pliaery of that kind.
0 I will receive Jerome, if, leaving in America
the young person in question, he shall come hither
to associate himself to my fortune ; should he bring
her alom; with him, she shall not put a fo..t on the
territory rf France ; and you mast answer to me
for this by the orders which you are bound to give
to prevent her landing. If he come alone, I shall
never recall'the error of a moment, and the fault of
youth. Faithful services, and the condo& which
be owes to himself and to hi! n.irne, will regain him
all my kindness:* Such, my ;dear Jerome, are
nearly the words of the First Con ul. Bethink
yourself, rny friend, that he is only yi ur brother,
and that, as I have already told you, a brother feels
not the yielding eondeseension of a f 'thee, who
identifies himself in some measure with his son ;
consider that you have as yet done nothing for him ;
and that,in order to obtain the advantages attached
to the honour of beiog conneded with h:m, you
have not a moment to lose for deserving them. For
it is his charaeter, th it merit and services rendered,
or to be rendered, are the only things on which he
sets a real and solid value.
" In truth, I am t'; ightened at the regrets yon are
preparing for yourself, and the person with whom
you have conneded yourself. Should yon go to the
length of opposing the views of your brother, your
passions will pass away, and you will reproach your-
self with the injury which you will have done your-
self—perhaps you will accuse, even involuntarily,
the young person who will have been the occasion
of it. Limn to reason, and she will tell yon, that
) at any rate you have committed the (milt of fail.
loi inforrespea aknforthyoon
of time
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veneration of all Fiance, and with the respect of
Europe. You will be se:-.sible how happy it is fur
you that you arc able, by teturning to France, to ob-
tain the pardon of this fault ; that at would be incon-
sistent with your personal dignity to carry thither a
woman who would be exposed to the mortification