The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-19 00:00:00

M. GUIZOT and the AMERICANS.

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A number of American gentlemen resident in Paris being
anxious to testify to 111. Guizot their admiration of his " Intro-
duction to the Life and Writings of Washington," have pre-
sented to the Minister an address with forty signatures of high
respectability (from the five great divisions of the Union,) re-
questing that he will allow his portrait to be painted, in order
that it may be placed in the Library Hall of the American
Congress. To this' Al. Guizot hes assented ; and the picture
is accordingly to be executed by Air. G. P. A. Healey, a
, young American artist, residing at No. 50, Rue St. Lazare,
-who has panned very remarkable full-length portraits of King
Louis Philippe, Marshal Soult, the Duke of Sussex, General
Cass, Dr. Gilchrist, &c., and to whom a gold medal was given
last year for his pictures exhibited at the Louvre. The
following is the address in question, with the reply of 11.
Guizot annexed :

" Paris, February 3.7
" Sir,—The undersigned citizens of the United States of
America, sojourners in Paris, being deeply impressed with
the friendly spirit and general excellence of the Introduc-
duetion to your valuable edition of the " Life and Writings
of Washington," have united for the purpose of soliciting you
to sit for your picture to an American artist, who has earned
a high repute in his profession. Our ulterior purpose is to
transmit the portrait to the Speakers of our Congress,-and to
request for it a place in the library of that body as a perma-
nent memorial of the profoundest respect which we entertain
for your personal character and intellectual trophies, and, in
particular, of the gratitude which all Americans should feel
for your liberal agency in exhibiting anew to Europe the true
nature of their revolution, and the distinctive pre-eminence of
its hero."

" Paris, Feb. 12, Department of Foreign Affairs.
" Gentlemen,—l am profoundly sensible to your proceed-
ing. I accept with gratitude the honour you are pleased to I
confer. As soon as shall be disengaged from the impera-
tive occupations which, at this juncture, leave no moment at
my own disposal, I will cheerfully give to the American artist,
whom you designate, the sittings requisite for my portrait. It
gratifies me exceedingly that the United States of America
have found my homage to Washington worthy of the great
man. I shall rejoice if a place be assigned to me in the library
of Congress, and I thank you for the conception. I pray you,
gentlemen, to receive the sincere assurance of my most distin-
guished consideration. " GUIZOT."
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MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE. Captain
James Kemp, of the ship Emulus, of Ipswich, arrived at
Liverpool, reports that, on the 30th ult., when off the Isle
1u t s
of Wight, be picked up a cloth cap, evidently belonging
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some officer or gentleman, with the name " Hickmeo,,,
marked in four piece?. The cap is crushed at the back,
and it would appear as if the wearer of it had received a
blow on the back of the head. Captain Kemp
his report by saying that " publicity to it may be satisfac-
tory to the owner of the cap, or to his friends
FEB. 15.—Prince Es terh 'a
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Aus-
trian Ambassador to the Court of London, arrived yester-
day afternoon, with a numerous suite,