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AY watch. Mated. that he oppose.' from do seals,
belonged to some proscribed aristocrat. He
said she, that he was acquainted with a putilt:.
.watimarf. who could procure this arimecrat a
psis to escape. if be had one hundred louts trete*
to
tiny 's, of. As my friend had credit for large sums
Harnburgh and Vienna. I mentioned this ovei-
!me to him, and we agreed that I should firs, try
the expedient, he being too unwell to usitlerteke a
journey. For a hundred Innis paid down, I ob-
tained a Diretiorial Pass, signed by Barris and rel-
ines:ad, is which. under a fiEfiti.fus name, I was
stated to he an Agent of the Government, sent to
buy cattle in Switzerland, for the French armies.
But, as a rogue has no principles to prevent him
from becoming a traitor, we were all three appre-
hensive, that this pass was merely a snare to entrap
me, or to extort more money from me. I, how-
ever, set out for my journey, which was not hater-
rupted by any disagreeable impediments, except
dause fraternal caresses, to which, as a pretended
VireCtoriel Agent, I was forced to submit, from the
low rabble of municipalities, and of the departments
where I exhibited my pass.
When I arrived at Basle, I wrote to my friend,
who continued to suffer, but, at the same time, was
so charmed with Mlaria's unceasing care, and kind
attention, that he cnarged me to have, in his name,
an annuity of twelve hundred lines, fifty ;elands.
settled on her for life. and payable in Switzerland.
In executing this cam with the most lively
pleasure. my sole regre was, that fortune yet de-
prived me of adding a* equal sum.
Six weeks afterwards, my friend presented Maria
to her relations, in the Canton of Soleure t who,
though they had his recommendation. and acepted
of his liberality. used her so ill, and so often re-
proached her with the errors of her youth, that
her tender heart, benevolent to all mankind, could
not endure it ; she fell into a decline, and was per-
suaded by my friend to go back to Pais, and con-
sult the faculty. There} found her again, in ! 803,
in the dress of a Nun, having entered into the Order
of the Sisters of Charity. Those respeSable sisters,
in renouncing the world, make vows to pass the re-
mainder of their days entirely in serving suffering
humanity in hospitals, and in other abodes of misery.
Theirs is the only religious order existing in France.
When I saw Maria, the last time. she was et the
Hotel Dieu, washing two corpses of persons nursed
by her, but her tears nearly choaked her, and she
could scarcely speak to me. The daily. and almost
hourly repetition of such scenes, which she was
obliged to witness, had not, as is frequently the case,
hardened or altered her genuine feelings. She
wept over them in the hospital, as she, six years be-
fore, had done over toe in the clo,et, when uncer-
tain whether I was dead or alive. Surrounded by
the dead and by the dying, and in performing the
most disgusting offices, her tenderness, her pity, her
patience, and her resignation, are always the same.
She seemed cony. w -My God ! I can never endure
or do enough to expiate my faults !" For an artist
she would be the most perfed model of a penitent
Magdalene. She is above the middle size, of a
beautiful, expressive, but also a soft countenance,
simple and unaffeCted. She employs the annuity
settled on her by my friend in alleviating the pains
or wants of those patients she nurses, in distributing
small sums among the fa iendless beings who re-
cover their health after being in the hospital, and
to bury decently those whose death-bed she has at-
tended.
When bidding her adieu, I said, on complimenting
her on her healthy looks, " We shall m et again."
.6 0, Sir," anilivered she, " nut in this world ; this
colour on my cheeks, and this fire in my eyes. are
consuming my blood. I do not hope ever to see
you again ; but the will of God be done. Excuse
my last advice to you. Beware of France, the Re-
volutian is not yet over, it Mill kill you."
Though the expences of Bonaparte's ridiculous
Imperial Mantle would be sufficiein to bury all per-
sons dying in the hospitals of Fiance for years, it .y
are, according to his humane regulation% more inde-
cently treated than dead homes in England. At
ten o'clock, at night, a cart attends each hospital,
in which aU those who have expired within the pre-
ceding thirty-four hours, are thrown promiscuously
together, without any covering. In one of the rib-
, eras large pits are Jug, into which they are flung,
and afterwards covered with lime.

On Friday last, being the 4ith Anniversary of
His &laicales Accession to the Thione, an ek-
gant entertainment was given by the Officers ot
the First Regiment of Herefordshire Volunteers, to
a large circle of Ladies and Gentlemen in that city
and neighbourhood. On this occasion, the Music-
Room was decorated with a display of military em-
blems, tastefully disposed in the orchestra, wettish( a
profusion of laurels and evergreens. The band
(which, under Mr. DICKILI, of tedbury, gave great
satisfaaion) was placed in a rec:ss in the centre,
and contributed much to the gratification of the
company, by the letroduaion of martial music be-
tween the dances. The whole arrangement n A
ed the highest credit on the immediate conduauts,
and fully evinced the spirit and liberality of the
Corps. At seven o'clock, the company began to
assemble, and the Rooms were not cleared at three
in the morning. Amongst the company who at-
tended this very agreeable file, were the Earl and
Countess of Ospoeci, general Haacotar. Sir H.
and Lady lloscists, Colonel MAT T 611WS, M.P. and
family; Mr. and Mrs. PIPLUZ ; Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis, of Harpton ; the Miss Coartwatt.s. and
and abort 250 others.

CORN-EXCHANGE, WaDVSGOAT, 0ce.30.
The Market today is almost *Wiest fresh imposts of vain
of any kind. Menday's arrivals are chiefly sold. Thor quantity
ter Fun* remaining on hand is great; and the roque.t.fur
line samples, cantos theft riles at small advance Rye at less
than bet want. Ilealey, with Malt, have little flectuation.
/4e+ Tick Mean iodine lower. 'flu supit4y of Oots is abon ;
for prime samples, rather batter price is obtained , and Moue
.1 ({mar ass Without altcration.
CURRENT PRICE OF GRAIN.
Wheat 44s 56. 70s. Beans 4- 311. OA.
155ed5......... ?Ss. 7is 04. Tick Beaus 44.. Od.
Rye COs 31.. Oala. Ns. SIX Ms
Boring 44..1%.0.1. Folanslo Ma. 375. Od.
Mak.
White Paa5.....60.. 575. 04 Fins Flew 64a 70. 04
Gres Pon Jo. Os 04. Soe..sal.. flea. Ma. Od

COAL-NARA iT. they. 30.
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