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eelehttted primmer, Should be set free. This of Feltre took place of Count de Rae ebo which
tad in express teens% we believe on all sides, hail been conferred use him in the year precediug.
the very brief discussion which arose en the " His admiiiistration obtained fur hiru slew
Nueva OM claims upon public esteem. The most scrupulous
"It was understood with equal disetinctness.— integrity distinguished all bis operations: immense
and indeed every consideration of justice, of funds were placed at his disposal ; his authority
ho,„iiity, of policy, ptsmiy dictates—that the extended over almost every poiut of Europe. He
smallest degree of restraint necessary for sere continued fur more than seven years; and during
custody, is alone to be employed. The confine- that lung space he could never be reproached with
went is merely fur se„„ri.,g kir person, and not at a single abuse of his Ministry, under the must de-
al! for punishing him. The necessity winch alone *pone Government that ever existed. On the eth
justified the imprisonment, ought to limit its of April. 1814, he sent in his adhesion to the Go-
rigours. We have no right to nonage a single re- vestment of the Bourbons.
strictiou moots him that is not ntwolutely necessary " Created Peer of France by the King, he took
fur isreventing his escape. It is becoming the gene- little part in public affairs until the mouth of March
risky of the Euglish cliatueter. that so great sn 1815 ; but when Bonaparte marched on Paris on
enemy, now fatless so low, and by the fortune of the evening of the 11th of March, the well-known
war placed in our hands, should be heated with loyalty of the Duke of Felire called him to replace
every indulgence which hie site custody will allow. Marshal Soult in the Ministry of War. It is known
The case is unprecedented ;it rests on its own that he followed the King to Belgium, where lie
merits. The detentims, thougfi repugnant to no continued to hold the purtelerilk of the War
principle in the law of tuitions. can be sanctioned Department. On his return the King honoured
by no express authority, nor justified by any former him with the baton of a Field-Marshal. The state
example. The peculiarexigenee of the situation— of his health compelled him to resign the duties of
the extremity of the case—must be the surest the Ministry. Having engaged Physicians to attend
ground -of the proceeding, and the plea of necesr him, he retired to his estate in Alasce, when a
sity, proverbially so °lieu abused by power, is. ate- dropsy on the chest soon manifested itself, and
all, the hest defence of our condtict. In circumitan- terminated his life in the latter end of October,
ere like these, a regard for our owls character, as well aged 53 years and some days.
as fur what is right in itself, imperiously prescribes ---- • --
the duty and the policy of rather erring on the ROCHESTAN MEETING.
side of indulgence. It concerns the honour of the A Meeting was held at Rochester, on Tuesday,
country most mstrvially to inquire. whether this line to petition against the legulitrof Lord Bisretsra's
of conduct has been pursued. A very general return to serve in the ensuing Parliament.—
belief !prevails, both in England and on the Cons The purpose of the Meeting having been
tweet, that the treatment of the Prisoner is mine- stated, Major TORREMS made a long and able
=warily harsh." speech, in which he took a review of the late war,
The Reviewer here enters upon the grounds of and its injurious consequences to the liberties of
the quarrel between Mr. O'Meara and Sir Hudson Europe. These effects, lie said. began to be seen
Lowe, and after stating that it imperiously calls for by the country at the late general election ; the
explanation and inquiry, he concludes thus t— claim for new men and new measures became loud
" Once more let it be recollected that England and strong ; and wherever the elective franchise
stand, in the most delicate of all situations. She was sufficiently open to enable the voice of the peas
hats taken upon. herself an office. from the be- ple to be heard, the opponents to the PITT system,
ginuing of the world peculiarly liable to suspicion— and the friends to retrenchment and reform, were
the custody of a dethroned Monarch, once her most returned. Rochester, however, long renowned for
formidable enemy. Let her take care, before it is successful struggles in the cause of liberty, disap.
too late, that the proofs of bier entire innocence io pointed public expectation, and was behind the
discharging it are clearer than the day. This can rest of the country the race of independence.
only be- effected by removing every doubt at pre- Though the blue interest considerably prodonii•
lieut. If the inquiry be delayed until soy thing be- noted, yet owing to au unfortunate misunderstand.
fats Bonaparte, we may rest assured that her just& ing and division amongst them, the purples obtained
cation will never be complete." the power of returning a candidate who had the hardi-
hood to avow, in its Hall, that he was an enemy
to all Reform, and the friend to all the most ob.
noxious measures of OA system which has proved
to be prevent with national calamity and ruin.—
" But, Gentlemen. I come amongst you this eves,.
ing uot to exasperate, but heal divisions—not to in-
dulge in lamentations over the past, bat to afford,
as I hope, a glorious opportunity of retrieving what
has been done, and of taking the lead, as hereto-
fore, in. the race of independence. It is; the °pi.
"lull of Counsel that Lord BINNING is not qualified
to represent you in Parliament, and that anew writ
must he issued for the city of Rochester." Major
Townes then stated the law of election, es it relat-
ed to the qualifications of the eldest son of iticotch
Peer to sit for an En4lish county or borough.
Mr. BRINLEY addressed the Meeting in a nest
and appropriate speech.—" I rise, Gentlemen, to
express the satisfaction which I feel at the communi-
cations which you have just heard from Major TOR-.
REM respecting the inadequacy of Lord BINNING'S
qualifications as the soil of a Scotch Peer. It may
he asked why I take part in these proceedings.
From the extensive intercourse which I have had with
Governument, and the large sums of the public mo-
sey that have passed through my hands, it must be
obvious to my brotherofreemen. that if I consulted
my private advantage, and pecuniary i uterest, I would
not be in this place on this occasion. But when 1
contemplate the situation of my country, personal
considerations give way, and I am impelled by every
feeling which should actuate an Englishman and a
freeman, to do every thing in my power to prevent
the City of Rochester from being represented by a
man who avows himself to be an enemy to all Re-
form. In the wettest advanced and advancing stele
of knowledge, the political edifice cannot stand on
the narrow basis of borough monopoly • and now thst
the number of popular leaders, and of competitions
for political distinction has every where increased,
the attempt to continue a close and inadequate sys-
tem of representation can only engender discontent,
and bring on the crisis of a Revolution. But these
important and vital points require more considera-
tion than we can bestow upon them this ev g; I
shall take up no more of your time, but conclude
with moving—
o ht. That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be gives to
Major Torreus, foe his indefatigable exertions in the cause
of Independence; and more particularly fur bus bringiug for-
ward this important constitutional question, relative to the
qualification of Lord Mousing to represent the City of Ro-
chester in the ensuing parliament.
“211. That a Committee be appointed to take into conaide-
ration tbe eommuniratbrw made by Major Tureens, respect-
ing the legality of Lord Itinning's • qualifications to repre-
sent the City tit Rochester, and to report to the Freemen at
large what measures it amity ire expedient to purser, in order
to obtain the lawful and independent exercise of their elec-
tive franchise."
Thanks were also unanimously voted le Alderman King,
fir his able and impartial conduct in the Chair; and the
Meeting, which during the coarse of the proceediogy had
frequently testified its satisfaction, closed with seehunatiers
of applause.
• Lord Orman Is West see of the Earl of Haddington.

MARSEI4L G'L,4RKE, DUKE DR
FE.LTItE.

The death of this highly-distinguished character
ha., been already noticed in our Paper, but we are
induced to give the following biographical sketch
of him, which we have extracted from the Jaffna!
des I)elsuts :

6' Henry James William Clarke Duke de Feltre,
Marshal of France, was born at Clarke,
on the
17th of October, 1765. Descended from one of
the noblest and most ancient families of Ireland, his
father had entered the service of France, and ob-
tained a regiment of infantry. Young Clarke was
I ght up with great care by M. Shee, slow a Peer
of France, and then Colonel of cavalry, and Secre-
tary to the Duke of Orleans. Having completed
his early studies, lie entered the Military School its
1781, being then 15 years of age, and in the fol.
lowing year left it, with the rank of Second Urine..
saint Ist the regiment of Berwick. In 1784 he was
appointed Captain of hussar+, and in 1790 was sent
to England as Gentleman of Embassy. Oie his re-
turn Ike resumed his rank of Captain in the regi-
ment of Orleans; in 1793 became chief of a squa-
dron in the sec I regiment of cavalry, and at length
lie arrived to the rank of General of Brigade, and
Chief of the Staff of the Artily of the Rhine.

" General Clarke bad already done too much ser-
vice, and the wisdom of priociples, his hatred of
anarchy, Isis noble disinterestedness, had made hint
too massy enemies for him to escape the persecu-
C of the Convention. Obliged to conceal him-
self during some mouths preceding the 9th Thernii.
dor, after the fall of Robespierre, he was recalled to
l'aris, where thu-c who were then in power, aware
of the necessity of being surrounded by skilful mi-
litary men, confided to -him the direction of the to-.
pogravhic cabinet. and that of all the operations of
the war. The rank of General of Division was the
reconspence of his services. The Directory having
succeeded the government of the Convention, Ge-
neral Clarke was charged with a very important
diplomatic mission to the Court of Vienna ; and it
au, in 1797, concluded wills the King of
Sardinia a Treaty of Alliance very advantageous to
tlw army of Italy; he was elm one of the negocia-
toss of the Treaty of Campo Formic).

" In 1800 he was charged with preparing the
&pantile or the Russian loticoners of war, who
weir amientliled at Lisle, and who were about to be
restored to their country. Ile displayed so much
attentiou and delicacy iu this pleasing duty, that
Pout, Emperor of Russia, sent to thank him, and
presented him with a magnificent sword.
" Created iu 1804, Counsellor of State, and
Cabinet Secretary for War and the Marine, lie was
present at the battle of Ulm, and at all the
Wain+ of that campaign, which precedtd the cap-
ture of Vienna, of which lie was appointed Go-
vernor, as also of the two A ustrias, of Carinthia,
Styria, and the Tyrol. The nobleness of his con-
duct, and the disinterestedness he there displayed,
were so eminent, that time Las not yet effaced the
sentiments of esteem and gratitude with which he
inspired the inhabitants.

The (Starer, of the Lower Rhine, cnntains •
eortsetvhist wriitiving article. dated Aix-la-Chapelle,
October 14 t—
" 11te Princess of Tour and Taxis often gives brilliant cir-
cles, shirk the Ring of Prussia eonsemusly attends. Lady
Ciistlereagls has her circles twice a week, at which all the
dipluniatists are received. Meru the cardarties are ar-
ranged, the Ministers assemble in an eiljuiuine room.
Their diseusidotts are then purely political, and often con-
tinue for • lust; lime. The Monarchs live quite in the
style of private guideway. There is mottling like pomp
among them ; they drive out wills only Iwo horses, at which
souse wealthy eiiitens express so little surprise. Welliag-
too walk, about every slay is • plain blue great tn4l sail
round hat, n 'assort the rut mark of distinctiou and
the "liertator• never imagine that it is (be swam of Ifelle.
Albanese who is walking along with se murk simplicity
mous them. Of all his portraits, none reseuable him either
in figure or featurev. I may alau assert the saute of Alexan-
der, whose counteuanee is altogether different from she re•
presentation's given of it in prints. The Duke of Richelieu
has a very rharatieristie MA marked fund) coasiteusnee.
Carib leach his • gland-natured and yet sly exterior, with
I. ail courtier-like 'sprat macs. than out wools!
leek Nl' IN Mt a.

" In the campaign of Prussia, he 'hatred the glory
and the dangers of all the battles. Appointed
Governor of Berlin. he conducted himself there
as at Vienna, and no les• merited the esteem of
the iubalsitauts ly Ins tuuderation rod inflexible
probity.
" In the following tear he was named Minister
of War, iu place of Slarshal lierthier. It was in
the second par of his Ministry, when almost the
whole of the French 1..,. vs were, a•seitibleil at
\l•agraru, that the debarks,. of Lord Chatham iii
th.• Isle of Walelltrrlit at the hem' Of 53,000 men,
taking puttee, General Clarke foulid the meant, in
less than live weeks, nl• farming MI army of 100,000
men, which checked the progress of the enemy. and
reduced bins to imminent danger. The importsoce
of this W.lil ti by the Brand
Cur-
duu of the Layton of 11vu.u,5 .11.41 the title of Dike