The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-16 00:00:00

'.4r ithinJCED FARES, TO DOVER, DEAL. •ELANS-
par GATE, IARGATE ND CANTEBURY.,
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- ''''Tit INSIDEw COACHES,A AND KEEPR GOOD II IE,
la Rai, B y S. A. MOUNTAIN and Co.
„w.sa ---'EN'S HEAD INN, SKINNER-STREET, SNOW-
HILL, LONDON.
TUE following POST-COACHES,: &c.. set
out from the above Inn:—
C:411:e 'Telegraph," DOVER, Deal, .Ramsgate, Margate,.
ty""hUry, Faversam, and Sandwich,.
VI tj Norning at at quarter past 7 o'Clocan.ewloP,cOnsequance
hrie".e uecided preference given to the almve Coach, the, Pro-
it ti `"rs are determined nu expence shall he spared to render'
gitteollr,,s.t ci,iiiyeyar,ce on the Kent road.
Sat; NPION, Chatham, Rochester,
.Gravesend, Stroud,
'' 'flkhorie and Rainbam, every Morning at a quarter past
',at.ReducedtFares
1;r- bt‘e "Koval, Eclipse," FALMOUTH, Plymouth,se Eixoeuttehr:
DoUrrei,' •e'odiirin, Penryn, Ashburton,. Totness,v ' r
Nve,e"err Dartmouth, and Salisbury,
.eter, morningYt at
t ,C,' through Honiton Axminster, Bridport, Blandford,
L'it4aslnr,"ger Basingstoke, Bridge, Blackwater, and
Tbelt.r• , L • ' ton Lyndhurst,
AV't, , vaion,"SOUTHANIPTON, )•ming ,
Uelk,cester, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Black water, and
Ner.t New Four Inside Coach, every Morning at half.pa_st,
Pi,e'll; arrives at the Coach and Horses, Southampton, by
NVipeie. This is Guernsey, mlightfill ConveyoncdeetGo
Grace, Cher-
be,l7'4.g'r ersev,.St. Maloes, Has re
• tc,,ii,..: ece.--The Proprietors of the above Coach. hope to
exp,,.;- 'continuance of that support which has hitherto been
tacia..;erlced Circe the commencement of the " Union."—No
BVv„,ith other Coaches. .
Petri,"and BRISTOL Flying Post-Coaches, through Cevheivpy-
Aft, al°, Calne, Marlborough, Newbury, and Reading,
tau:'9olln one.; arrive at Mr. May's, the Greyhound Inn,
tlrt,t) and the London Tavern, Thowas-stree,t, andS.wao.n,
Is'atel' early next Morning.—Coaches to %%ells, Brid,e-
Threr;l:auntou, and Plymouth.
fle Ni tciPire," a New LIVERPOOL Light Coach, only
t On-gat on the Road, carrying Four Inside, sets out Daily
Wob ; arrives at Liverpool next afternoon at Fire, throtugh
t•T urls, Latlibury, Northampton, Welford, Luttereor li,
rag.,
fork ,leY, Atherstone, Litchfield, Stone, Newcastle, knots-
stilarrifigton, and Prescot.
l)aet) 4WSBURY, Wellington, and Shiffnal, Light Post-
, Tb -',:vtry Afternocm.—Guarded.
°lir e Union "WFYNlOUTH,Dorclicster,Blandford, Salis-
t,attYvatidover,Ove;ton, Basingst oke, Hartford Bridge, Black-
Lwo C;a41161 Butashot, new Post Coach, every Afternoon, with -cy, 4 cameo only.—ThePackets from Weymouth to Gllt'Ell-
-44 3 ersey, Cherbourg, St. Malos's, &c. every IVednesday
atqttlirday afternoon, at Two o'Clock.
ever NsTArLE and Southmolton New Light Post Coach,
Y
Veltt::loaday, Wednesday, and Friday Mornings at Seven
'iskt ,
e,tery A: Rockin"ham " LEEDS light Post Coach, sets out
I,Nt_is...„;jieierLsnoon bat, F. :ur ; and passes through Baldock, Big-
4, attifor,), -t•-aton, Stilton, - Greetham, Grantham, Bawtry,
1 ertyl4).") Markham Moor, Newark, Retfoid, Doncaster, and
i,4oa.'"ge, tu the Golden Lion, Leeds, next AfterTron.—
aleattoe and Packages only 2d per lo.—Notwithstanding the
1•41;e1-ang1Qtene,kx,Peedition of this Coach, it is allowed to be the
ti'T Itaae'll) . and complete Public Conveyance on the
i al Iby 'WV other.
4,,,ftertitt42lYOATgEuannT;tipiem( n'ew' Cight Post Coach, every
V'LlisCot Po.ur, awl Eight in the Morning.
al.,lktilial • ''‘', Longtown Gretna-„areen, Annan,
4'411 pi", Thornhill S n'auhar-Kiln, Catimock, Kingswell,
Nillbe t-,aixtr, of Scotian:, a.light four inside Post Coach daily.
Pttderla,,,Dress," to YORK, Scarborough, Whitby, Shields,
iii-4 •1/4'; ',",N,,wcastle & Edinburgh, a Newlight four-inside
1, at cCLI, With a Guard' throughout ; sets out every Morn-
Ate:r3'briV't 9'Clock, by wav of Newark, Ret ford, Doncaster,
Morn-
ill 'Peti, t', radcaster Darlington, Northallerton, Durham,
sit 4t ti4l,l_ld.nerwicies: and ar.rives at York the next Morn
filt,el fkti,,! Past Twelve o'Clock. Passengers finding them.-
' lc,se, aa-alled on the journey, may rest what time tire), th tAiti.iii then proceed without any additional Fare.
14 Nl'"
Alpa"Gli and Swindon, new fodr-inside Coach
dqtl'sei, k%,,Cl)4°orn, Reading, Lambourn, Purton, Ly.d.ingtoen.
Alai- °tton asset, it rtasburv, Hungerford, lsicavbis 3
~tlki,derilft, - a •
"sad ioEN4I-,":
trch.'`i.a., i'• "' ill, Walsal, Shrewsbury, Salop, and Holy-
aqs-IQ, Four Inside Coach, evely Afternoon% .
a Horncastle Saalding Peterborough, Stilton
o,l' IoZ;" Day Coach, to Spilshy,' Louth, Grimsby, and
'4,le4tle-dig, at Six. The only Day Coach to Boston and
(4,k,se At p •
VLlSQPre,ss,'. a
New Light Four-inside Post Coach to
'kpiele!) acla 1 ellrith, and Whitehaven, goes with Four
, ttleay,(ir a %ratil all the way, passes through Brough, ,irk,'"rby tastidge,Rictimond,Catterick, Boroughbridge,
at,4lthaal's
,-,Aberfod, Ferrybridge, Newark, Doncastir, ithde. s anrford, Bawtry, Greetham, Stilton, and Big-
', th • ets 0
lb e N, Ut every Morning, and performs the jonrney
litittlaliatss atest facility. Passengers detained on the Road
r,q,,heltra Qr Pleasure, have the peculiar advantage of their
At,
,aittAaysecared in the next Coach.
Aft:tlay, 01', Lancaster, Preston, Kirby-Lonsdale, Bolton,
toth:.n, Iliskirk, and Garstaug Light Post Coaches, every
441Vtilt;Ial Ex „ , ,
4 Li, . 1 00, 1?!._"!,. New Light Fong Inside Post Coach,
zp4ort 4ifielo:-.ontv. a. i rington, Knutstoi d, Sdtone,..Stafford,
.
Ibitarti, ilree a,:) 15 One Night on ttre Roa l',- "Head;
t„.•,,ikbett, L; Inch; arrives at the Saracen snn,
ar,,,, r.t•lELgerpool, next Evening.
Iti(itits,!ery Ai_F.o.Ur inside Post-Coach, called " the Ex-
-41, tk,•
4Ek .;:' "nig and Afternoon.
att.„•aurthl, otewport, W bitechurch, Tarporley, Nampt-
SITZ°Oa. 'ellr and Middlewich Light Post-Coach, every
ttYPVLIti. Nr,
ta`he king Stoehton, and Yarm.Light Post Coach,
i ati
~, 0 the George Inn, Sunderland.
Nat "44V41 Express "- t NI A.NCHESTER Winslow,
tht he p eweasti ~ -`) •• : ' ' • Four
xt,Ntareq-C,„tei e, '‘ algal, and Ni olverhampton,n,i.,w
at'144,.;, 1, every Afternoon.—Only One Night on
It e'Y 'IRLIJ,
C pttiti, ori,i„,, NI Rotherham New Four-inside Post-Coach
ie tshara,,J): ealbal " The Express," and also " The
4,,ach `ltar.,) at four in, the Afternoon.
'al , scr '"i .e..x ) „
al,,,Pat, s out t, i ress, New BIRNIINGHANI Light PGA
I,'" pats es 'erY Afternoon carrying Four Inside ealy ;
"ar, Jntry, utg.h Warwick , Leatjnington, -Sonthara , Weedoir,
ruthe , aiori`.ti the Saracen's Head, Bull-street, Binning-
ki.,°,, ke•xpres, ,I;3 at half past Seven o'Clock.
Vat air,thea,•„" ~,a New Light Post Coach, to HULL, Lin-
the `;'loek, to' `Avderir and Doncaster, every Morning- at
tp:lltk.;itockii. the Cross Keys, hlarket-place, Hull; and
!'3,"asb,l,',l!ain" in the Afternooni at Four o'Clock,
4:/I) kill-4 rtiing ' dre) Ho,ltlesduri, and Cheshunt Coack,
(14411 ed i'a 1)
its 44 m) , tsare..ing by "The
ild t, 13, kai1c,„....„ , Champion,,' .
Pr t''''' laeltwater.'ar-'1 ER, in 14 hours only, through
,I:tot4-o,..koisbar -, Lasingstoke, Whitchurcb, Overton,
41,P,4111 the ahYv,e Wood) eats, and Blanod. The Pro-
-411.4.44 render, it Coach are determined nor expence shall
t spar ~aAN, a tlie first coavevance on t heWestern Road.
t .4% i.,;15,,,,,, ii‘.vila Edranntoir 'Coaches daily, at Eleven,
ilittly 24,,gag„ad` (;), and Eight.
P•Au Pc r • - ackaa •qa• NI Pound Pages to Leeds, York, and Doncaster,
it) 40, UtjN•i, , , ...
134 Paraad the 'iiii, and Co. re=;pectcally acquaint their
IN
4 thhettel,l! PaSSne'jli le,' n't they will tint he accountable for
ttlqii:eretl e Pouti:attrli,,L, "ggage, Writings, Plate, :cc. of
tati,104.3 sireh,
at ..trie,if lest, stolen, or damaged, an•
' Head r 'd 1110 Insurance paid accordingly, at
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Skinner'treet3Snowlbill, London.

North Cray, Thursday Night.
It has been arranged that his Lordship's re-
mains are to be deposited in Westminster Abbey, and that the
funeral shall take place on Monday next. In furtherance of
this arrangement the body will be removed to the mansion in
St. James's-square, where it will lie in state for a day or two.
It is expected that the removal will take place to-night.
The shell in which the body of the late Marquis was depo-
sited immediately after the Inquest was last night placed in a
leaden coffin and soldered up, preparatory to its being inclosed
in the state coffin.
The afflicted Marchioness has not yet left her chamber, and
this morning Lord Ellenborough set out for London, without
having seen her. Mr. Frederick Stewart (now Viscount Cas-
tlereagh) also left the house this morning, and proceeded to
London. This young Gentleman has been much affected by
the shocking manner of his noble uncle's death, and seems ab-
sorbed in the deepest melancholy.
A great many Peers and others of the Nobility have left
their names at the porter's lodge, and made inquiries after the
health of the Marchioness.
Presuming that every thing in any way connected with the
late Marquis may be matter of interest with our readers, we
subjoin a short description of this his favourite retreat from
the arduous duties of his office, and the turmoil of the Court
and Senate.
Itis situated in the richly-wooded valley of North Cray, about
midway between Foot's-Cray and the picturesque little village
of Bexley; and the river Cray—one of the finest trout streams
in England—winds beautifully through the grounds.
The late Marquis took possession of it in the summer of
1810. It consisted of the house and about forty acres of land,
the property of the Reverend Edward Cockayne Frith, of
Bridgen-place, near Bexley, of whom his Lordship took it upon
a lease, dependent upon the lives of himself and Lady London.
derry. Of these forty acres, his Lordship has converted up-
wards of sixteen acres into gardens and pleasure grounds ; and
he rented more than a hundred acres in the neighbourhood for
farming purposes. The house itself is an unassuming struc-
ture of only two stories—the ground-floor and one above it. His
Lordship has added several other rooms to it; but after all, it has
more the appearance of a cottage, than the mansion of a Noble-
man. It is fitted up, however, with the most refined taste; and
the lawn, gardens, and pleasure grounds, are exquisitely beauti-
ful. A fine lawn, studded with clumps of forest trees, and flower-
ing shrubs, extends from the back front of the house down to
the little translucent River Cray: beyond which rises a series
of woody hills extending towards Bexley-heath— the principal
one crowned with the highly romantic edifice, called Foots-
cray Place.* On the right of the house, at two or three hun-
dred yards distance, is an extensive aviary and menagerie, con-
taining many rare birds and quadrupeds, such as ostriches, cas-
sowanes, eagles, gold and silver pheasants; llamas, kanga-
roos, &c., and on the left are the gardens, hot-houses, conser-
vatories, &c. richly and tastefully stored with rare plants, and
fruits of every description. All these elegancies have been
added since the place came into the possession of his _Lordship,
for previously it was little better than an ordinary farm, and we
believe they were, for the most part, laid out under ie direc-
tion of the Marchioness, whose correct taste in these matters is
proverbial in high life.
In a Morning Paper we noticed that a dinner had been
given to the Coroner and the Jury. The fact is, that no
preparation whatever was made for them ; at the time of
their arrival, there happened to be only some cold roast beef,
and the remains of some venison in the house. As there were
13 people to accommodate with refreshment, a fore quarter of
lamb was ordered to be roasted, and the venison to be hashed
This, together with three bottles of wine, was the utmost exten
of the dinner—or rather luncheon.

* This estate was the property of --.. Heron, Esq., and
within these two months has been purchased by Mr. Vansittart,
who intended to remove to it as soon as it could be got ready
for his reception, from his present residence at Blackheath ; but
sine:: the death of the Marquis of Londonderry, the repairs and
alterations have been suspended • and it is said, Mr. Vansittart
has relinquished his intention oeTesiding there.

[FROM THE MORNING CHRONICLE.]
It is true, as we stated in The Morning Chronicle of Wed-
nesday last, that his Majesty was the person who was first
struck with apprehensions for the mental health of the Marquis
of Londonderry. His Lordship had his last interview with the
King on Friday, in order to take his Majesty's pleasure on cer-
tain subjects, connected with his mission to the approaching
Congress at Verona. The interview lasted two hours; and
during the Conference, as his Majesty has since declared, the
luminous views and peculiarly able manner, in which they
were conveyed by the Noble Marquis, excited his high-
est admiration, and removed altogether some doubts, which
we have been given to understand his Majesty previous-
ly entertained on some minor points. At the close of the
interview, the King recommended to the Marquis of Lon-
donderry an attention to his health ; concluding the statement
of his wishes with the remark, that he did not think that the
Noble Marquis had looked well for some time past, and that
greater regard to his health was necessary. The look, the
manner, the tone of the Noble Marquis at once excited
the suspicions of the King ; to whom the Noble Marquis
quickly replied, " Does your Majesty see any thing the matter
with me ?" When: they separated, his Majesty revolved more
deeply on what he conceived a strange and sudden altera-
tion in the manlier of the Marquis, and could not relieve .his
mind from the impression that it indicated some more fearful
consequences. Under that feeling, he ordered a messenger to
be dispatched to the Earl of Liverpool, which he received, we
understand, at Combe Wood, by six o'clock on Saturday morn-
ing last. We believe that Noble Earl saw his Majesty at
eleven that morning ; and that to him his Majesty stated his
apprehensions.—We have been also informed, that on Friday
morning the Marquess of Londonderry entered an hotel in the
vicinity of Carlton Palace, and in a hurried manner, asked if
the Council were assembled? Orders, we understand, have
been issued to prepare for his burial in Westminster Abbey.

[Private Letter from Edinburgh, August 12.]
" To-day the Regalia was brought down from the Castle
to Holyrood House. About ten o'clock the parade on the
Castle Hill was lined with a guard, consisting of the Edinburgh
troop of Mid Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry, commanded by
Captain Cockburn. The Celtic Society, under the command
of Colonel David Stewart, and a body of Clansmen in full cos-
tume, with broad swords and targets, under their Chief GLEN-
GARRY. The coaches, each having six horses, of the Duke of
Hamilton (Premier Duke of Scotland), the Knight Marietta'
(Sir Alexander Keith), the Lord Provost, &c. were drawn up,
with the horses' heads turned down the hill. At half past ten
the Regalia, borne by the Keeper, Capt. Adam Pergusson, the
Knight Marischal and a body of Marischals, Esquires. and Yeo-
men, were escorted by a guard of honour to the outer barrier,
and there received by the Celts with a salute. They were then
placed in the Knight Marichal's carriage, and the procession
moved in the following order
A Body of Yeomanry.
Royal Trumpeters.
g • Duke of Hamilton's Carriage.
The Lord Provost's Carriage.
E
E Carriage containing Marischal's Esquires.
Ditto Ditto Ditto.
Celtic KnightMarischal's Carriage, Celtic
Standard. 1 with the Regalia. 5 Standard.
-0 • • Carriage containing Marischal's Officers.
5 . Carriage containing Celtic Officers.
5 0 Glengafry's Pennon.
Glengarry, with fifty of his Clansmen.
Body of Yeomanry.
" The procession moved down the Castle Hill, through
Bank-street, across the Mound, and along Princes-street,
across the Regent's Bridge, and so to Holyrood House by the
new road cut for the accommodation of his Majesty, where
they were received. by a guard of honour,- consisting of the
Grenadiers of the 13th, and deposited.
" The ground -on the parade was very much crowded ; a
serious accident took place in consequence of the crowd getting
upon an unfinished scaffolding, which fell from one end to the
other, a distance of about 100 yards. I have only heard of one
boy being killed on the spot, but a great many are slightly and
some severely wounded.
" Since the accident this morning on the Castle-hill, I have
learned ,that the Lord Dean of Guild has announced a court
for the purpose of examining all. the scaffolding throughout
the town. The warning which this unfortunate affair has
given them I have no doubt will not be lost, and any insuffi-
ciency in other similar erections will be remedied.
" The town is more crowded to-day than ever. Streets that
were formerly quiet and private are now in motion with car-
riages and foot-passengers
"In Glasgow every vehicle capable of conveying a passenger
has been pressed into the service. Many who posted in have
done so with only one pair of horses, and have consequently
been obliged to sleep on the road ; and many have come in
noddies (one-horse chaises), the favourite carriages of that
classical city. These are driving in every direction through our
streets, and add another novelty to tlwappearance of Princes-
street : every coach is loaded outside and in, and the track of
boats of the Union Canal alone bring us daily about 800 men
of the West.
" Lord Provost of Glasgow, with the Municipality, has taken
the field in great force in a splendid state-carriage. An elegant
house has been taken in Queen-street for their-accommodation,
where it is expected that their entertainments will be most splen-
did, as a ship has arrived with a most seasonable supply of
about thirty large turtle in the finest possible condition."

[ANOTHER ACCOUNT.]
PROCESSION OF THE KNIGHT MARISCHAL.

This morning, the Knight Marischal proceeded in State from
Holyrood Palace to the Castle, to receive the Scottish Rega-
lia, and to convey the same to Holyrood, there to grace with
those regal emblems the presence of the King. At an early
hour, the Tail of the Macgregor mustered on the Mound, in
full costume. The Gentlemen of the Celtic Society, and the
Mid-Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry, also assembled on the private
parades ; and the whole of these three bodies fell into the Pro-
cession at the appointed station. About ten o'clock the grand
Procession passed up the High-street.
The front guard having reached the Castle, the gates of which
had been shut, the Herald sounded his trumpet to proclaim the
presence of the Knight Marischal.
Officer of the Guard (from within.)—Who's there ?
IleraU.—The King's Knight Marischal comes to receive the
Regalia, which are deposited within your castle; and he de-
mands admission in the name of the King.
Officer (within.)—Throw open the gates, and make way for
the King's Knight Marischal.
The gates having been thrown open, the Knight Marischal
and the other official personages alighted from their carriages,
and proceeded in the same order which had been previously
observed, to the Castle, and obtained admission for themselves
and six of their retainers--the Esquires who were to carry the
Regalia.
When the Regalia were brought without the precincts of the
castle, the sight of them were hailed by the cheers of many pre-
sent; and " ever and anon," as the procession was returning
to the palace, the Knight Marischal lifted his precious charge
so high as to be seen by the multitude who thronged the car-
riage way, and who never failed to acknowledge with three
cheers this condescending mark of attention to the populace.
The pavements of the streets, and the windows and balconies,
in front of which the procession passed, were crowded with a
brilliant association of beauty and fashion, which added not a
little to the splendour of this day.
The dress of the Knight Marischal was of blue and white
satin ; that of his esquires crimson and gold. The splendor of
the chieftains, especially when the tail is on, is well known.
The equipages, liveries, &c. were of a very grand and costly
description.
On mounting the Castle-hill the horses of Sir Walter Scott
became restive, and the bard was obliged to alight and avail
himself of the politeness of the Lord Provost, into whose vehicle
he transferred himself; but the horses were afterwards brought
round to their proper stations.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.
We lament to say, that during the Procession, a most terrific
accident occurred. On each side of the road on the Castle-
hill, a line of scaffolding had been erected, at least, we imagine,
150 yards in length. The seats on these, intended for the spec-
tators of the Royal Procession to the Castle, were take*: pas,
session of by the multitude. The leading carriages in the Pro.
cession had advanced half-way along the avenue formed by these
scaffolds, when that on the right hand side, which contained
about 1000 persons, fell to the ground. One bcy was killed on
the spot, and his body was conveyed into the Castle. Another
boy was carried away on a plank, and appeared to be seriously
injured. A Lady was carried senseless into sshop, but we
believe she'had only fainted from fright. Eight or ten other
persons were either led N carried away from the ground, more
or less wounded anti hurt by the accident. This occurrence, so
calculated to cast a gloom over the scene, occasioned an in-
stantaneous bustle of alarm and consternation, which was no
where more visible among the company than on the opposite
scaffold. The greater part instantly descended, though a few
persoms had the temerity to keep their places until the whole
of the pageant had passed.
We understand that the above accident occurred owing to the
supporters at the bottom of the hill not being :sufficiently strong
to bear the unusual pressure which the declivity occasioned to
rest on them.

P. S.—Three persons have been killed on the spot, and four
are languishing in the Infirmary in a hopeless state. •

(No. LVIII.)
Le Triomphe des Femmes ; i. e. The Triumph of Women, a
work which proves that the Feminine Sex is more noble and
more perfect than the Masculine—Paris, 1822.
This, it wilt probably be said, is a very use-
less, perhaps even a dangerous, book. There
are some truisms which are always weakened by
the attempt to demonstrate them ; and the pre-
eminence of the feminine sex over the masculine
is undoubtedly one of the number. It is possible
that some nations may exist who are so barbarous
as not to acknowledge this superiority, but, who,
in civilized Europe, doubts it ? To suppose
such a thing is an insult to our politeness and our
gallantry. But it is -not enough to admit the
principle; we should also accept with a good
grace all its consequences, which, on the con-
trary, we take great care to avoid. Polished as
we are, we are not the less unjust towards IVO--
men. We do homage to all their perfections,
and even, when they wish it, to the superiority of
their sex over our's, but in spite of this courtesy,
we expect to be obeyed by them. Can a more
revolting act of injustice be conceived ?
There must, however, be an end to the system.
Man has reigned quite long enough, and the
time is come when woman ought to say to him,
Tyrant, from thy throne descend, and make way
for thy superior.
The existing order of things is contrary to
justice and reason, and has only been established
by violence. It is an odious usurpation ; a go-
vernment de facto which cannot too speedily be
destroyed, and which it is to be hoped the ap-
proaching Congress will take into consideration.
The Congress, to be sure, has other affairs to
arrange; and if it dreads ridicule it will conclude
them all before separating; but that which, to
enter into the views of the author of this work, I
recommend here, ought, on account of its import-
ance, to stand foremost on the protocol. We
shall see whether this Holy Alliance, which has
taken upon itself the protection of all legitima-
cies, will suffer the continued oppression of one
which, without prejudice to the other, is as much
as them of right divine.
The author, to prove it, only goes as far back
as the creation, for he knows that if we wish to
tread on sure ground, we must ❑ot refer beyond
that period.. The names given to our first pa-
rents demonstrate in his opinion the superiority
of woman. I am. perfectly satisfied, but there
are some minds not so easily contented, and who
may possibly ask the author whether the signiti,
cation of those names is well known to him, and
if he carries in his pocket the vocabulary of the
language then in use. The Celtic Academy has,
I understand, decided this question, and af-
firms that Adam and Eve spoke Low Breton, or
Welsh ; but is this Society quite certain of it ?
Let them answer us conscientiously. As to the
interpreters whose testimony M. * * * cites in
support of his opinion, have they not somewhat
abused the privileges granted to the learned ?
Fortunately we have a much stronger proof,
derived from the order,
,followed-in the creation, a
very remarkable order, in fact, and to which the
Author of the Triumph of Women reproaches us,
with justice, of not having given sufficient atten-
tion. You see that creatures the. most removed
from perfection, irrational animals, in short
beasts, since we must call them by their name,
were first created. Man, who it cannot be de-
nied is rather superior, then followed. But the
chef-d'oeuvre was still wanting. Woman was
created—she was created the last, and in a de-
lightful garden, which, according to the author,
should convince us that woman is the most noble
of creatures, that all ought to obey her, and that
man is only her first subject. " This," he ex-
claims, " is a proof to which every man of sense
" ought to surrender." I am of the same opinion ;
and I think the proof irresistible.
It becomes us well, indeed, to pretend to the
command ! Where are our titles ? M*** re

quests us to produce them ; afterwards, to abate
our pride, he dedicates a whole chapter to make
us sensible of our inferiority and baseness : no-
thing can be better calculated to humble us.
" Do you observe," he says, " of what vile mat-
" ter you were formed ; a handful of dust ! of
" which gross origin you too frequently remind
" us." He proves subsequently that if man is
superior to the ape, the difference is so trifling
that it is scarcely worth notice ; and yet man
is proud ! man wishes to command ! it will
doubtless be remarked that M.** has overcharg-
ed the picture, and that we are better than he
thinks. We ought to suppose so for our ho-
nour's sake ; but if we are candid, we must al-
low that we are not worth much.

Woman, on the contrary, formed according to
M*** of purer matter,is endowed with a thousand
perfections which we do not possess. "It would
" seem (it is the author who speaks) as if the
" Deity took a singular pleasure in creating her."
Truly I have no difficulty in believing it; arid
how can we doubt it when we behold, with
the author, 46 those eyes at once soft znd
64 sparkling, little incendiaries which set fire to
46 our hearts ; those coral lips, which, joined to
" the whiteness of the teeth, exhibit an object so
" ravishing to the sight, that we can figure to
" ourselves nothing equally charming." None
of our erotic poets have said any thing more gal-
lant, and we need no other 'argument than the
little incendiaries to decide the question in dis-
cussion.

What distinguishes us most from animals is the
faculty of speech. Now, this is the triumph of
women ; they speak with greater fluency than
men. Their advocate observes, that dumb men
are very common, while dumb women are seldom
to be found; whence he concludes, very judici-