The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-03 00:00:00

A SUPPOSED DEATH AND ACTUAL BURIAL.

(Front a Traveller's Jourttal.) •
tceNcLesteg.i
I found that the Doctor and his wife have
lived in the- greatest happiness ever since; and
the Doctor, who is one of the best of men, is con=
tinually studying how tomtit to the felicities of her
life every day ; that he offered to take her up to.
London to pass the winters there, but this she re..
fused, and desired she. might remain where she
was in the country, as it was really most
,agree-•
able to her, and as he preferred,it to the town.
This account made the thing quite plain to ine ;
and to judge impartially, considering the whole
case, I could neither blame the lovely Agnes
for marrying the Doctor, nor condemn her for
pretending to be ti stranger to me. She was
fairly dead and buried, and all connexion be-
tween us was at an end of course, as there- had
been no marriage or contract of marriage; and
as to reviving the affair, nd renewing the tender-
ness which had existed, it could answer no other
end than producing unhappiness, as she was then
Mrs. Stanvil, in a decent and happy. situation.
And further, in respect of her marrying the Doc-
tor so soon after her separation from me, it was
certainly the wisest thing she could do, as she had
been so entirely at his disposal, and I, in all pro-
bability, after burying her, being gone up to
London, or in some place where she couhi never
hear of me more ; I might likewise have been
married, if any thing advantageous had offered,
after laying her in the church-yard. So that
naked and friendleis as she was, without any
money, and ignorant of what became of me,
without a possibility of informing herself, I
could not but acquit her. I even admired her
conduct, and resolved so far to imitate her, in
regard to general happiness, that nothing should
appear in my behaviour which could incline
any one to think I had ever seen her before that
night when the tempest drove me to her house.
I was vexed, I own, to lose her; 'but that
could be no reason for making a senseless
uproar, which could do nothing but mis-
chief. As composed then as I could be, I
went down to breakfast, on a servant's letting
me know they waited for me, and found the
same company, who had so lately parted to
slumber, all quite alive and cheerful, easy and
happy as mortals could be. At the request of
Dr. Stanvil, Who was extremely civil, I staid
with them two months, and passed the time in a
delightful conversation, intermixed with music,
cards, and feasting. With sadness I left them
all, but especially on account of parting for ever
with the late Miss -. It was indeed for
the pleasure of looking at her, that I staid as long
as I did at the Doctor's ; and e hen it came to
another eternal separation, I felt in the morning of
my departure an inward distress it is impossible
to give an idea of to another. lt had some re.
semblance (I imagine) to what the visionaries
calf a deriliction, when they sink from extacy
to the black void of horror, by the strength of
fancy, and the unaccountable operation of the
animal spirits, Here, before I proceed, I think
I ought to remove some objections that may
be made against my relation, of Mrs. Stenvil's
coming to life again, and her being brought
from the couch of lasting night to a bridal bed.
It is not easy to believe, that after I seemed
certain she was dead, and kept her the proper
number of days before interment, and then let
her down into the grave ; yet from thence she
should come forth, and now be the desire of'
a husband's eyes. This is a hard- account sure;
but nevertheless it is a fact. As to my being
mistaken, no less a person than Dr. Cherry
thought Col. Townsend dead ; and that several
have lived for many years, after they had been
laid in the tomb, is a thing too certain and well
known to be denied. In I3ayle's Dictionary'
there is the history of a lady of quality, belong-
ing to the Court Of Catharine de Medicis, who
was brought from the church-vault, where she
had been forty-eight hours, and afterwards be-
came the mother of several children, writer mar-
riage with the' Marquis d'Auvergne. The learn-
ed Dr. Connor, in his history of Poland, gives us
a very wonderful relation of a gentleman's re=
viving in that country, after he had been ap-
'wordy &ad for near a fortnight, and adds
a very curious dissertation on such discoveries,.
The case of Dun Scotus, who was found
out of his coffin, on the steps going down to the
vault he was deposited in, and leaning on his
elbow, is full to my purpose. And I can affirm
from my own knowledge, that a gentleman of my
acquaintance, a worthy excellent man, was buried
alive, and found not only much bruised and torn
on opening his coffin, but turned on one side.
The reason of opening the grave again was his
dying of a high fever in the absence of his lady,
who was in a distant county from him, and on
her return, three days after he was buried, would
have a sight of him, as she had been extremely
fond of him. His face was sadly broke, and his
hands hurt in striving to force up the lid of his
coffin. The lady was so affected with the dismal
sight, that she never held her head up after., and
diedt
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traordinary a
few''ekcs s o f couldam altitk:ltiv(i:7ni°ldhiattZ-
el, anal
arance was
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appen sere ttsiogiaawf- tittole after ;11\lislyrls' rect hivn.- iflr,o,,cuweo:tveetbirludi;d:s' aetad, yet,
appen e
they do sometimes. And this case of. Aim
Stanvil may be depended ?1,1 as n fact.

'Fho Loup ALAyolt, .its order to preserve the
peace of the City diving the eopiing atetimionew. 'air, ho,
within the last few dos, sworn in *Arent number ofttout able
young men te theilmintint of stunt titintirects, -Sptial aut-
stf4bles to ;East the. regular 'Pol tea of Abe Oityr ': , • -

PARIS PAPERS.

iFrom the Moulteur or Sunday, Aug. ILL
OFFICIAL PART.--TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH.
BORDEAUX; AUG. 30.
-46 THE COMMANDANT-GENERAL OF THE ELEVENTH

MILITARY DLVISION TO,:•THE MIMiSTEf•:OF WAR.

" A Spanish officer, commanding a detachment
of 48 officers and soldiers of the regiment of La-
redovwho came from the forts or the Seu, has made
his submission to the Colonel of the 2d regiment
of the line. General Barbot sends him to
Pau, thence to send him into Spain, if there is
OCGaSiOII."

ARMY OF TUC PYRENEES.

tt NIFFORT OF TM E'tiktAltatiAl. DUKE OF REGGIO

it.li ,EXCELLENc.Y TILE MARSHAL miNisTpt

Alt;

'MADRID, Auti. 25,

" My Loan—,'=Geti. Bourck reports to me that
the troops of .11-ie.2d division .of. the Ist corps of
the army entered, on the•2lst, in the morning,
into Coruuna, where there were still about 4,000
in garrison, a•great quantity of warlike stores,
provisions of all kines.
" Among the,officers of distinction in the gar-
hen, are Gen. Novelia4.the Governor Cumpillo,
commander of the Militia. of Bllboa, and the
Pastor, u-partisatt•Ohief. Accept, &c.
-44 The Marash►►l Duke of REGGIO."

rt'o73t thejournal des Inbats.)

BLOCKADF. OF BMICELON,A, AUG. 20.—RotW

has got possession. of all the power: he commands
despotically in Barcelonaond, supported by the
„Reyolutionists, shews.an intention to defend
-for a long ~limo . that important place ; but the
means he employs are so violent, that ere long
they cannot fall to rouse.a numerous population
against him.
Lust night he made an attack at three different

times i:m the posts occupied by the 32d regiment,
with cries of " Vive la Liberte!"—" Vive la Con.
stitution !" Ile was repulsed 'vigorously, with
cries of " Vive le Rol 1." In the ,morning the
reconnoitering parties picked up more than 300
copies of four different addresses of the French
refugees to pur faithful army. ,One can only feel
profound contempt for the authors of such pro-
auctions.

At ten in the morning, the revolutionary bat.
talions were seen to come forth from the gate of
St. Anthony, and march along the ramparts of
the town and . those of the citadel. .They were
followed by all the cavalry and some pieces of
artillery. If we had to do with other troops we
should have reckoned on a vigorous attack on
Gracia. The artillery thundered frem the ram-
parts, whence about 200 projectiles were dis-
charged, which only wounded one man.
Our artillery returned the fire with more sue-
.c.ess. The enemy's columns halted; foi• an hour
indecision seemed prevail among their Chiefs.
Without tiering to bring their sharp-shooters,
into action, they returned to Barcelona, where,
'in spite of their ordinary boasting, it would be
difficult for them to make their blindest partisan;
believe thnt they dare engage with our brave
army.
The batteries erected on thesen-side complete
the blockade of Barcelona, by rendering it in-
,possible for the small craft to enter the port.
Butcher's meat is at 3O soot the.pound, and wine.
at ten sous the bottle.