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-,ATIT OF 7711 :SUL ANJ
THE BIRTH OF THE EMPEROR.

DR,

IF FIR-S 7 CON!

All the world knows slut the Corsican First Con-
ii was born on the 9th of Nuvemher 1799, and
tar, otter a short hilt troublesome life, he expired
rt the iSth "I May, 1801. But, as various reports
awe circulated concerning the manner and circum-
Ances of his death, w. haste's to lay Ifefore our
racier% the particul.trs of that melancholy event.
lt?, disorder of which this great man died was the
.ing's evil. degenerated into en Imperial purple
tver, which conrinuid with very little interruption
rom the day he wa. by a Sena:us Consultus iie-
'used a First Consul for life. l'he s7mptoms, how-
vet. chewed 'themselves much earlier : they were
isiblt in June rsoo. after swallowing the Marengo
Iraught. which Dodor rkssaix, by sacrificing thin
tlf so generoutly, procured the First Consul. The
mesetiption, in Fehtuarysl9ol, increased
Item ; and the Amiens o ntment, used in April.
ito2, made them so alarming. that a consultation
rats frrund necess try among all the Luxemburgh
sucks, who admiluistetel ajtalliative, destrutlive
5 the very c•m;tiPution of the patient, whose com-
taints the Enetsh ph an: Pitt, Windham. and
;renvilLs, then pre li4 x, tl Ihe mortal, notwith-
tending Doictor Foe's assiirar re of having felt the
ufferer's pular., and found it rteady often, lower
ometimes, but ne'er inclined !n, raise.
In Fehrnatr, t .d. the complaint took an um-
tpe.R.d tiro. BT the advie- of his family and
riends, 'h- First Coitsril. therefore, tried to persuade
tic royal master ti. swallow some Pritssian blue. and
o bestow upon him, in return. the qualities the
tourbon pills are ITerisn to possess for fourteen cam-
urines not doriStingtet obtain from them a desirable

re, thringi, during the fifteen and sixteen last
.ars, s •venal impostors hare pretended not only to
oseis ennally meritorious medicines, hut to have
covered that the composition of these pills is no
niter either salubrious or gensiine.
Unluckily for the Feel Consul, these pills ronld
it he hnunlit, notwithstanding th- high price of-
red, and he was therefore obliged to, drag on a
tie longer a miserable exiitenrr, becoming more
supportable when the English physicians with-
VW' after he had been imprudent enough to pick
s a quarrel ah 14111 a Maltese mange. Then arose
ithin him such a rrodigi,,tlS n, it war, as he termed
that he was tweed to take rtledstlteS with his apn-
ecary for blinging up, in one way or other, all
e ingredients he had devoured since the prelitni-
wies of the first of October, 1801. Alas ! tutor
fal ! it was no petty intestine commotion wth
in, no trifling Toulon or Paris disturbance, as one
ay say, but a furious sweeping deluge, as if the
raring torrent of British loyalty had visited him in
1 its wrath. The help of man was in vain. The AN-
lecairy trembled, the Bonapartes cried, the Senator s
red, the Tribunes roamed, the Bishops prayed, and
le Legion of Honour raved. A Council of State was
unmnoed, but its members could do nothing but
reoulat.- on the progress of the disease. The placid
alleyrand produced the abundant proofs of the dis-
•cier, which he had collided and preserved fur that
irpose. The Councillors, on iniprdion, gave a
metal groan, and the Minister lifted up his hag
led eves, which seemed to ask if nn help could be
,and i " Yes!" said the intrepid tilers, n he is cured
we r in bring also' a cleitent." A descent alone
an cm* answere 1 all voiiei. " Yes" re-
rated the dying First Consul, " a descent or not a
'scent ? that is the question " This idea was ea-
erly applauded over all France ; and it is imposii-
le to say what goof clF.Cts it might have produced,
ad it been adontad hnt, as it involved an operation
stuvry, nest admitted into regular prallice' the
Mdical gentlomen present refused toad iniodelicate
ed momentous an affair. An end was then put to all
et therproceedings, and the Council hrokeup, leaving
to poor First Conseil in a deplorable state of body
ad mind. Such was his situation inlast January,when
lillesranst after ruminating and meditating day
ad night, and night and day, and kiving kat ned
y heart the Commentaries of Cr 'At and the history
CromwelPs Prntedorate, thought he had found
of
a remedy, which, it it dud not destroy the
ialady, would at least, kill the patient. His
icipe was to in's, with same I'm mer 'evolutionary
anspiracy drags, some ounces of pure Bourbon
food from,shiet branch which was a:ways esteemed,
Nen beloved, and never hated by the French people.
'be Duke ot I..ng:.ien was there tote veiled, insulted,
ilumniated, and immolated. But though the First
!ennui highly relished this medicine, and took it
'eh avidity, its efFeds from March 22e1 to Maw
th, were very contrary to what might be expelled
om his hardened constitution. It deprived him of all
rep during the night, and of all rest during the day,
id brought on a delirium, during which he raved of
''thing but plots and conspiracies, of sharpened stiles.
es
and poisoned draughts. Newts heard at intervals
call nut a, from remorse of conscience; " There
not a house at 'Fink'', not a street inParis, a village
the banks of the Nile, nor a habitation on the banks
the Po, where widows and orphans do not curse
ph the former lamenting the loss of their husbands,
Id the latter deploring the untimely end et their
mints, thanks to my itshli atehievements ! Last
ght, methought, I saw the angry shades of the
rousands and thousands by me drowned. poisoned.
ni murdered, Frenchmen, Italians, Germans,
fucks, Mame:tikes, Egyptians, Arabs, and
bre:.methought they attempted to tear me
" On the 18th of Mays in the morn-
g, the delirium almost increased to a phrenry, so
itch so, that when the a.v'a?le Josephine pre-
med herself, he called out, " lk gone, prostitute,
ith those impure embraces, Barra rewarded my
roeities !" In this crisis, Cie new born Arch.
hancellor, ci-destat Second Cunsul, Cambaceres,
rived st the head of the laixernburgh quacks,
Iled Sinators, and administered to the raving and
Firing First Consul, the following calming and re-
ring salutation : '4 Sire and Emperor ! the CM/en
di First Consul exist no mote. Fitty of your Ma-
accomplices of the clasercaivre senate have dr-
ew,' the latter, and proclaimed yon the Sovereign
ensefnr over thirty millions of Frenchmen." The
blow hoe of Be' Corsican skin, at these words,
ernes: to assume a reddish cnioue, and in the
et !Ili heart, he stammered, of rather whis-
red, " Serene Hi4htsess, Cambaceres! is it pos-
ale ? Am I worthy such a grandeur, conferred
me with the !war voice of the Great Nation ?
co my esploits and virtues as a General and First

Consul, deserve an Imperial diadem ? What do
my contemporaries think, and what will posserity
say of my modesty, disinterestedness, and patriotism,
in accepting this high and unlimited power, in a
country of liberty and equality " Ah ! my
graciou; master," answered Cambaceres, " with the
same right I have saluted you an Emperor in the
name i.f the French People, with the same confi-
-Ince I can answer for the opinions of posterity
e,, Sire, the renown of your good works, has
spread round the universe ! Every thion and trans-
*Rion of yours. recorded by your contemporaries,
-will he read with a terror mixed with admiration, by
future ages. Your name will be confounded with
that of these great men, a Sylla, a Marius, a Nero,
a Caligula. a Marat, and a Robespierre. Nay !
the remotest posterity will place you much above
them. Their panutic deeds were mere children's
play, mnpared to your heroic performances.—
None of them had, at the age of '25, so conquered
human nature, as to dilltch with tang froid, 10 or
12,000 disarmed men, or defenceless women and
children. To none of them was it possible to say,
with the same truth, as to your Majesty, " There is
no crime yon hope not 4acetn irrpetrated: nor a virtue
that you bare not willfully riotateri, insulitil, and
seamed." These are undeniable claims to revolu-
tionary authority, and a genuine merit, to obtain a
revolutionary scepter, deserving in revolutionary
countries, not only thrones, but altars.

TEI'uNINHOKERA'WEN;*
Or, CAPT. JOHN NORTON, THE MOHAWK CHIEF.

Of the many illustrious strangers who hare occa-
sionally visited Bath, we may consider this interest-
ing American as by no means the least respeCtable.
Though stay was little more than three days
(Ironer nesday to the ensuing Friday), yet the short
interval was filled up with such numerous traits of
an amiable disposition and a vigorous intellel, as
produced the most pleasing impressions of his ells-
refer on all who had the pleasure of being intro-
duced to him. A proof of his possessing, in a high
&Tree. the qualities of a good temper, and great
mental quicioiess. occurred at the Upper Rooms,
where he appeared, in the dress of his country, on
Thursday evening last. A young Englishman, who
had been in America, accosted the Chief with seve.
rat abrupt questions respelling his place of abode,
and situation in iife. To these Nor:on returned
answers at once pertinent and modest. The inquirer,
however, expres•ed himself dissatisfied with them ;
and hinted, in almost pain terms, that he believed
hint to be an impostors Still the American preserved
his temper, endeavoured to convince the Gemilema.l
that his account of himself might be depended upon.
%Veil but," returned the other, " if you really are
what you pretend to be ; how will you relish return-
ing to t::C AISVIT'I of your own t ountry l" " Sir." re-
plied Norton, with a glance of intelligence, " I shall
not experience so great a chingc in my society as
you may imagine, for I find there are sareees in this
country also. Animated with the spit it of genuine
patriotism, this generous chieftain is unweariedly
occupied, during the intervals of his public business,
in acquiring every species of useful knowledge, for
the purpose of transporting it tohis own country, and
benefiting Isis people ; and (what the friends to the
happiness of men will hear pith still rreater admira-
tion and pleasure) is also engaged (under the auspi-
ces of Mr. Wilberforce aril Mr. Thornton) in the
laborious employment of translating the Gospel of
St. John into his native tongue.
Teyoninhokera'wen appears to be about forty-five
years of a,ze ; his person is tall, muscular, and well-
proportioned; his countenance fine and int.lligent,
illuminated with " an eye like Mars to threaten and
command." His mother being a Scotch woenan,and
he himself having spent two years of his life (from
13 to 15) in b.dinburgh ; hr has acquired sufficient
knonledge of the English to read it with ease, and
speak it with Harney : the French language also is
equally familiar to him. Assisted by great natural
sagacity, and habits of Jeep refleCtion, he appears to
have e hied more than could have been expelled
front the circumstances of his place of birth, and
the state of society in which he has spent his life,
and has not only worked out, by the energies of his
own mind, many schemes for the improvement of
ba county), and the benefit of WVS, but also ac-
(juired a very considerable share of moral, political,
and philosophical information. His wile is a female
of his own tribe, by s"bom he has two children.

• SI •It open

Duet PRFVENTED.—On Tuesday evening a dis-
pute took place at a Coffee-house in the neighbour-
hood of Lombard-street, between two merchants
well known upon the walks of the Royal F.x-
change, which fur a time promised most serious con-
sevences. The quarrel originated at the Play-house
the preceding Saturday, and the parties meeting, a
mutual explanation was demanded ; the result was,
that a meeting was proposed the next morning on
Kennington Common, which in all probability would
have taken place, but for the following singular oc-
currence : rhe parties, in their desire to arrange
their worldly concerns, re aired the same evening.
almost at the same time, to the same Solicitor, a
Nth. L. a respedahle Attorney in the city. They
were ushered into separate moms, and having each
disclosed his fatal secret, confessed his apprehensions
for the consequences of the next day s interview ;
and earnestly intreated that no steps might be taken
to prevent the intended meeting. The attoiney, in
his turn, professed his mutual regard tor the parties,
and expressed a wish to reconcile their differences.
He acquainted each with the loft of his antagonist
being in the adjoining room, and of a mutual regret
for what had happened, observing also, that, it
called upon, he would attest their courage as Gen-
tlemen, and Men of honour. He added, jocosely,
that they had better adjourn to the Cofee.house
from whence they had come, Ere a volley of grape
across the table, and content themselves with wins-
re: the game of another's l.dksg, than make :put for
the town by Johiag one weaker. The parties con-
sented, were introduced to each other, shook hands,
and the next morning, by the time they should have
set out on se,Y devi,reroo, they were rut to bed, to
sleep off the effeds of the night's encounter in the
field of Ba,chase. The Solicitor, through the whole
affair, proved himself a most able rrcw,d, and, for
the first time in his life, pleased both plaintiff and
defendant, though the parties were compelled to
pay their own outs.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT GUILDHALL.
T0.61011110W. N. N.
James Willes and Charles HoUln, Whitechapcl-road,
distillers . 3 10
. .
. .
Edward Taylor and James Ts),lor, Clapham, Surrey,
builder.; . 9 1 1
. .
Samuel Castel' and Walter Powell, L"ambe"d street,
bankers • It'
James Sound mi, now or late of Charlatte.sucer, O!d.
street-road, St. Leonard, Shore itch, builder sod
plaisterer . 10
. .
Stephen 1101, Rishopsgate•strmit, oil and colourrn an . lu
Ilium., Were% Cluoing-eros., Wi dininster, watch-
utak . r . 2 12
. .
tames Bell, Coningaby, Lincolnshire, miller and
baker 2 11
. . .
Jahn Frederick Do anis and Janes Do ails. Alder-
man's-walk, London, na.0..1,10* . . In
John Beaumont, Dorset-street, Si•italfield, cabinet
maker • 2 10
. . .
John Fpworth, late of White Res,court, Coleman"
street, fairtor . 2 10
. • .
Elisabeth Birch, Wiliam Hoch, and William Marsh,
late of Pert•strset• Liiid,iii' papei-v.iii.crs . . 2 1 I
Franklin Gardner, Riitt4.ine,lleptfoid, Kent, niarLer Ilu
Owen Manionagli, Reiimt-strcet, Sl.Jlnieles. Middle-
.en, victualler . 211
. .
James Irwin, Wood street, °impede, war-houseman 2 10
Criartea.larman and James A ttwoorl, Oxiord.atreei, M id-
dlems, boot and aliant•niake•r• . 1 11
. .
Charles Johli Gem., of the Circus, Adiodiri,.-6, mer•
chaut . I 1 I
. . . .
Daniel M'Cortmack, M iriihal street, Golden squaw,
Id 4.11.-set,coach.m iker l2
. .
John Ilanson.late of Lire. pool, hut wow of St. James's-
street, Westminster, merchant • 12
. .
Robert Jedier‘ , formerly of Isle Asbot• Somerset, and
sine.f Witham street, B'sek(•rars roa.l.Surrey, shim.
keeper ll
Robert Render, Holloway, Mi Idle.ex. merchant . II
Charles t /shame, %Yapping street, Wapping. Middle-
sex, surgeon . I 14
. . .
William Fowler, late of Rochester, Kent, dealer . 1 I I
John Patrick Mills, Ford-Greet, near Colchester, Eves,
shopkeeper 1 10
• . .
DIVIDFNDS.
Edwaal Pheasant, late of G:amiliaiii, Lincoln, 4r..!rr . 10
J Vete. I maw, 1(11.C.4 olon,..O•litIll, ifoL,I. . In
JO.l;th Lee, late of Unirch.sareet, Issinueli, Sorry,
mariner • 10
Wiliam Jo*, of the Strand, haberdasher 19
Page Minton, of tire harwiet On Rateliff, build,
John Anderson, Church-street, St. Gmege the 'Martyr,
Surrey, twine simmer ll
. . .
Christopher Alderson, Burk-, Suffolk, grneer . . 10
John Ens«, Sherborne, Dor-etshire spirit-ale-ale! . I
I irhard Staveley,'Feriehurch-strere;Londio, dr ugais lii
William ILuwood, aril, Sun wharf, St. John., %Yap-
ping. and of Green Bonk, St. George in the Las',
wbarfing, . 11
. .
John Jarratt the younger, Water-le 0., Tower street,
broker lO
. .
Joseph Pi all, site of Sittinghoarne. Kent, shupkeeper I
I henry W..,.1, ;it- of Bond-street, talluis.chandler • 10
John Bus., li.,ton, Kent, eirp-:,ter • • lO
Sara), hilkll.ol, 0 41,11iii•C,0•01, lo,•iel lO
Thomas V inn, 815.1.1.i11e, Cannon-street, merchant . 10
Frances Hartley, widow, and Bainiam.ii Ilartliry, Fleet.
street, silk • mercers . 10
. .
%Villiam Vaughan, Pall-mull, Westminster, merchant 10
Aim Pugh, Chatham, Kent, shopkeeper . 10
Thomas Classon, Purr street, Lower Last Smithfield,
merchant . 12
. .
Archibald Janeiro, and Thews Clamed, BUrr-Iltreet,
Lower Eaat Snintsfie,d, merchants . . . 12
Timmas Starer, Neweate.street, wholesale lin-ss draper 11
William Hollind, 18.... ugh of Southwark, linen draper 10
Francis 1.10!.., 11,84,,itreet, Westminster, linendrr,oer 12
Robert Ilarmurt fwysads. Enr.A.strert.„ Holb >fn.
jeweller • 10
. •
. .
CERTIFICATES.
___

Smite: Stestion, late of Ken.ingtoa, 'SW lines, chectem.mger.
Joh,. Clieman. of Li,ietpo.il, biacutt.4.ker.
Niathan,el Chadwick, et 111.iit4o, Laocager, mre.-eeper.
Thomas Iliiatoo 'Thorne, of MAiwell-atraat, G.Kwinias.'t.6eldc
161..111r0cx,
Nt.elswel Bvioe, of Hs 6, Geirce•,ttect, Manchester-Iquart,,
St. Mary-Ia bonne, M:ddlesea, teal merctun
S4llloel Niabolsthe roung.:, of a..th, cabinet•inalter.

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eRICF: OF STOCKS
IfEiIIENDA T.
Bank Stock
1661 IG7
3 per COM. Red
4 per Cent...... 5.114
5 per Casa. Loyalty 994,i April
Long Annuities . l6 I .-16tht
Onnittim
Imperial Ann
91 3-I6ths
Eng. t3t Lottery 'rickets 181
Confute, lut
h9ll
1111111. Stock-Erloker,
4, Ortalik and 9, Charine•Cro,i

PRICE OF IRISH STOCKS, Dec I'{
Government Debenture•, 5 per cent...... 89!
Grand Canal Loan, 6 per cent... 96
Royal Canal Loan, 6 per cent SS}

COURSE F:XCHA:
Amsterdam 9B 2 2 U.
Ditto at Sight 37 7
Rotterlani 11 19 2 U.
Hamburgh 95 5 2.11/
Altona
Park I day', date 25 .1
Ditto
Skurdeaux .23 14

Cali:
Ditty
Madod
Ditto s4l sled.
Nillkoi

Leghot n - mi
Napte.
_ .. 40

Dublin on London ( Dee. 1
Hell/4 on Landon (Dee.ll
ttelf.i.t on Dublin (dato)..,

,NGE, TL Liomr, Dic 17:

Genoa
Venice
Lo.tron
opooa boal
i Dublon
au. •
..low. i . d.
Postural 0.14 tu Cosa
and Rars per es... 4 0 a
Doubloon,: ......... 0 I. 1
New Donato.
Silver on Bars .•• 0 J ...
:gew Innis each
Agin o.n the Itmk 0 Holland
41 per Cent.
14) 1011
I.y, GI
5 51ps days.
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MARRIAGES.
On Timidly last, the 111th lust. by the Rev. E. 0 Iran;
P,blsc Orator of Cambridge, by special licence, 'AMPS Corn.
wallit, Eau. ottly son of the Billloo of LichA I. 1„ an ! P
for Fee, iu Sulfullt, to Mist Dicking, elder. da 141trer of Fr.u.t,
Diekiny, Esq. M. P. fur the County of Siortbametoo.
0.1 Wellitecday m'onght, at Spennitheenc, T. Gurt
C.lifton Castle, in the county of York. Eut• t., M. Fd.z.
Ch.ytnr, plunges( daughter of Willem Chaster. Esq. of
former place.

Monday last, at St. Julian's, by tI Rev. Hugh Owel, Mr.
T. Stanton, jun. of that town, to Miss Harriott Hunt, el
Rieliutund, Surrey.

DEATHS.

On the lit of Nisvember lase, by the occidental di..Chlrg. of
a fir:Atli piece, Mr. Ge rye Willis, deka, son 'of the try.
William Willis, Stirling. For the infirma.inn of I,ia frinnts
and aequa,otancs, the fi flowing are Ole circu.iistasces aiten l rig
this melancholy aecideat wit anitrang Ameelf with •
gun on board a vwael the Fontg, near to Alb,, 63,!'
oat of hand upon the deck, and was aitting o - •
toting a biscuit, and convening wi:h :It M.A • I:e •
down through inadvertency in the range of the piece, vi
ll the MOtiO of vowel, or of .one nz•ar to
gun lav, made it g • off ; the crintelite were Incited'
and left side, and he almost instantly expirs.l:•
In Julio tut, at Madras, the Rev. Alehdearos Logic, kds,
Chaplain of Fort Si. Gcuge _

At Num:'Oran, in 'h.. East India-I,ou the 17th April
afters few days iiluess,Liest. N. Lynch, of !be Ist '4llhrten .:41%
regiment Native iniantry a young man of fhe toot prnatis...g
whose lost is sincerely regtetttd by all oho knew
:unt.

On the ?Sd April last, at Madge% Lieut. Colonel NSW'S
s••n of that establishment, after • lingering
which he bore with fortitude and reiguatiuu, deeply secret:4
by li.s:r:euds and relatives, and all who knew him : he served
the Ease Company tw?nty-nine yrars, and with A• -tt-
viiated :cal and ability, jii,tly meriting the bah elnnniu,ns
passed on him by his superiors fur his gattautif And good
cucduct.

H14:14 ,'PER THIS DAY AT LONDON BRIDGE,
. 13 min. after S.

SALES BY AUCTION.

By LF.IGH and S. sorilEßY, P-.olEsen"rg.

At •h •ir Clouse, No. 14). in th- Ctr.od, opooote
.4-ret (removed (turn York str.,et, Covent-Garden,, 11113
tY. at Twelve &Clock,
rrliE remaining Part of the LIBRARY of the
Lite PIIII.IP STANIIOPF, EN. euntatm,:g a se-v good
Collection of Classics. Ili.torr, Pricier, V0r.g.... aud Trawls,
and seance CAIATIILITS plotted by Wy Aro de Wool-. Pillion,
and Treverii; lik..wi.te a coriou. Collet-000 of OA 11.144 t
Hooks, meaty of them with Wood Coto; Beim* Unrest.
Among the Kook. Are .i complete Collection of
1.1..ike of Devonshite's Gem,. ...it the iolowing—frotio.
Wont. ue ~,,, l'Antiqiiitea Eapltques, tom. 1.. P i Curtis's
Flom rol eolouted, 1;76; 'borate's stare
T,ial% 11 soli 1776; Ife,bol.a, Nobliotheque thiesitale, L. P.
hillo,tricht, 1776; Field's Bible, ruled, blue morocco,
gilt is-tr.., 2 rods. Camb WOO : Rout -roue des de
France, Sat loaves, Par. 1666 --tdostt, C.ceronis
(item. Olivet i, 9 sons moroe 0, >gilt leave:, Per. 1740;
bere. Ants 3 v, ds. L. P. Rusoa, &c. doe
To be viewed to the time of S2le. estalorws to he had at
the Place of Sal, ; where o r iven a full Vat,, • fir Lila. aria or
Paresis of Nooks.

NEW-STRIIRT, 111LONTER PLACE, WALWURTH,
SURREY
Be C YFOR D,
T) MORROW, ..r t ;,:raw Coffee-huute,
POUR Neat, New-Built 1-10USe:S, lett to good
Tenants at at 1.31. per annum each : term 6t 1.1 a,,
at a 6roun.l el le of 31 each, Lid tax rerteemcd

To he viewed til; the gale. Particular. to iM hid .I*.ut -
Cayfural„ BArtirtea•bui'dmga, 11011aurm ;the king a 4 •
uwartite Naariitoon ; Hubkuk .u.l Cu 31, .
lane ; and At Gairaway'a„ Changralley,Cuenhill.