The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-28 00:00:00

MR. GALLATIN.

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The following article respecting this Gentleman,
lligencer :
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inte- Na n
newly appA:tv l American Minister at this Court, is
taken from the National
Abraham Albert Alphonso de Gni-.
Albert Gallatin, son of John de Gallatin commonly called
,
Sophia Rolaz de Posey, was born at Geneva, Switz
Alb_eirantinda
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on the 29th day of January, 1761, and is of an ancient ana
noble family (originally from Savoy), that derives its
origin from Faulchier de Gallatin, Chevalier, Lord of
Arlod, who died 1258. N. John de Gallatin de Granges,
Lord of Ardonne, Granges, Musinners, and Arlod, Master
of the Horse to Lewis, Duke of Savoy, was father of
John de Gallatin, Lord of Arlod, a Viscount Palatine, and
Secretary of State to Philibert 11. (surnamed the hand-
some) Duke of Savoy; this last John de Gallatin emi-
grated to Geneva, and became a burgess thereof on the
17th of December, 1510; a member of the Council of
Two Hundred in 1529; and a Councillor of Sate in
February, 1535. He married Pernette de Entremont uI
1507; was born in 1476, and died in 1576 ; his descend-
ants have ever since held the principal employments in the
gift of the Republic of Geneva. Albert Gallatin (our
Minister to Londoll) is lineally descended from Peter de
Gallatin (son of the said John de Gallatin and Pernette
de Entremont) mentioned by Guichenon as having done
homage to Francis 1., King of France, for certain fiefs in
Bugey, but he remained and died at Geneva, in 1558 ; he
married Jeane Tordan in 1539. These particulars, it is
proper to state, being in our possession, because it has
suited the purpose of some to • throw out coarse insinua-
tions of Mr. Gallatin 's being of obscure origin, &c. But
Mr. Gallatin is a republican. He no more boasts the
nobility of his ancestry, than Dr. Franklin was ashamed of
being descended from a succession of honest blacksmiths.
The father of Albert Gallatin dying when he was but
seven years of age, he was educated at the university of
Geneva, under the tutelage of his grandfather, A. de Gal-
latin de Pregny, who had resigned the employments he
held under the republic at Geneva, and resided on his es-
tate of Pregny, in the pays de Gez, an ancient province of
Bourgogne, and was a member of the states of his pro-
vince. He died in 1791.

In 1779, Albert Gallatin completed his academical stu-1
dies with considerable reputation for talents; and the
Landgrave Frederick IL of Hesse-Cassel, (who had been
educated at Geneva), desirous to engage him in his ser-
, vice, offered him a commission of Lieutenant in his body
guards, with rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. This offer, how-
ever, young Gallatin (who had imbibed an ardent love for
liberty, and was predetermined to win his way to distinc-
tion by his own exertions), notwithstanding the entreaties
of his friends, refused; and, in the spring of 1780, having
secretly made arrangements to go to the United. States,
procured a passport from the French resident Minister to
travel in the interior of France, proceeded by circuitous
routes to Brest, and embarked on board of an American
brig of but 60 tons, and, after a passage of 80 days, landed
at Boston on the 14th of July, 1780. He immediately
joined as a volunteer of a body of American troops at
Machias, in the State of Maine, and advanced funds to the
commanding officer for the support of this body of revo-
lutionary soldiers. In 1783, Mr. Gallatin became Profes-
sor of the French language at Harvard-college, Cambridge;
and in 1784, having received remittances from Europe, he
purchased several rage tracts of land in the State of Vir-
ginia. During his residence in Richmond, occasioned by
these purchases, he was so fortunate as to obtain the
friendship of Patrick Henry, by whose advice he purchased
his farm in Fayette County, Pennsylvania (at that time the
county of Fayette was claimed by, and we,s under the ju-
risdiction of the State of Virginia), and became a citizen
of the United States, .according to law, in Monongahela
County, Virginia, 1785.
Mr. Gallatin was elected, in 1789, a member of the
Convention which revised the Constitution of "Pennsyl-
vania; a Member of the Legislature of that State in 1790,
and in 1794 a member of the Senate of the United
• States. The Senate, however, by a majority of one vote,
all the federal party voting against Mr. Gallatin, declared
him ineligible, on the plea of his not having been a sufficient
length of time a citizen of the United States. As soon as
the decision of the Senate was known, he was simulta-
neously elected a member of the Legislature for Pennsyl-
vania for Fayette county, and a member of the House of
Representatives of the United States for Washington
county (where he had never resided.):. He took his seat
in the laSt-mentioned body in 1795, and remained therein,
the most active and efficient leader of the Republican
party, until 1801; when, .on Mr. Jefferson's election to
the Presidency, he was made Secretary to the Treasury :
he fulfilled the arduous duties attached to this department
for 12 years, with distinguished reputation and ability.
The Emperor Alexander of Russia, having, in 1813,
offered his mediation between the United States and Great
Britain, Mr. Gallatin, jointly with Messrs. Adams and
Bayard, was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to
Russia; the nomination of Mr. Gallatin was rejected in
the Senate (by a majority of one vote), on the ground
that the appointment of Envoy was incompatible with
,the post of Secretary of the Treasury. The mediation of
Russia was in the mean time rejected by Great Britain,
who proposed to enter into negotiations directly with the
United States. This proposition was acceded to by
our. Government. Mr. Gallatin. resigned his place in the
Treatniry, and was appointed, jointly with Messrs. Adams,
Bayard, Clay, and Russell, on this important mission,
and negotiated and , eigned, with . these gentlemen, the
treaty of peace at Ghent, in December, 1814. Jointly
with Messrs. Adams and Clay, in 1815, Mr. Gallatin ne-
gotiated and signed a treaty of commerce at London with
Great Britain. In 1818, he was appointed Envoy. Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary ,to France. At
the Hague, in 1817, he, jointly with Mr. Euatis, arranged
the commercial difficulties that existed between the United
iSotianttelys annidthtlirir!qhuettisher,laglinaidsn;4cond a i
jattedLanonddsoignn,
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of commerce with Great Britain.

Mr. Gallatin, after representing the United States at the
Fiench Court for seven years, with honour to hirlself and
:his country, resigned his mission, in 1823, returned to the
United States, and was nominated at Washington, and by
the State of Virginia, as a suitable candidate for Vice-
President of the United Staters: He has re gently, as
our readers know, been appointed Minister to ngland;
and it is to rescue his character and history from mis-
representation, that we have prepared this epitome Of his
useful life.

SALEM, JUNE .• :
distressing event took place
at Marble head On Simday last. A lady of respectable characta
and connexion, the wife of Captain John Dizey, Wag missing
from her family when they awoke in the morning, together with
her infant of four weeks old. Search was immediately made in
every direction, and after a considerable time, the infant wiul
found alive upon a beach near the fort, a few feet.from high water
mark. This of course gave a melancholy foreboding of the fate
of the mother, but, with the greatest exertions, no discovery was
made until Monday afternoon, when her body was found on West
Beach, in Beverly, three or four miles from the place where the
infant was found. It is supposed that the lady, in a temporary
fit of insanity, rose about three o'clock a. rn., and taking her in-
fant, proceeded immediately to the sea-shore, and drowned lierselL
she was about 42 years of age, and has left nine children.

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mountain deserves.all
Hyme_ ttusf.
unTe
variety of their w-ss!
Ai,il, its
'ln this on thi
-e
honey produced. . .s
, Theeand the Greeks use it in
walk you can visit the
but the thick and shady groves of
ii One of the pleasantest wahlksfrom the town is tet the
top
Academy by the way,
stand at the door of two or t_ een few orange trees
their daily delight to
"vr elman's horns was deserted
, 'heir pipe. But the i.....ussu, .
of the Athetusf
,vitiquity.
• -s silent as the ancient "%Ns
• been put to death.—
now, and i, • .viug taken flight, or
the old time are no longer v
4 a small plantation
all the tenants tn. ',me olive trees, am.
,te of the Ace-
A little garden and s,, .
tunaKdee,r whose branches it had b
'main on the se..
~
.ns, and the
ishiVe A
spirits
.0
; cottages
ofth ethAecaTduermksy,
at Mount
school in which were formed...ln arrive _ ,
Advancingtheplain you so,
hence over
of
ew the
..
vort, tilt town,
Hymettus, whence you enjoy a vißarrenes: is
of the surrounding country. - " tree that
and the whole ,
of
derby,y in etsh,earfiewouri whatte
priroewinreLnade-.
the
h.:4
scene.
shades it, bnt there
is
wild flowers, that relieve the. .0114
its prevaDirig
parts, with
ileilireer%
the Ilissus, now only a small. set.
In
_returning, you pass
ystepped over.
that ea.'' be el'lsil'
rnsw,_ of the Winds is tento
feature,. aandabtohret oalnivderlicshtheveredhii::: .
on, many
" The . --2 r lmosire, though of grest
this city Den Ishes
objects near
fan octagon form. An order of _
antiquity, and , I vossession of this tower,
had long been in '' The rules of this order were ti\e
ire,
into a most. in the empire, answering in some mea-
peeartsovlelsg,eatanbdlesfor
tht. L
post austere of any ipp
It IS a .
e among the Catholics, as they
sure to that of La Ti lid fish, and partly from neglect of
covered with vermin. Ti. nt motion till their features be-
ethnelyir
whirling round with a viole. • down exhausted. But this
came convulsed, and they fell -the poor Dervishes have
, '.cis worship
‘ovfonrstolirtiifiecaontisoiisit,edwperaredoyft/nn
'religious, dance is all over now— so the other world, being
most of them taken their light in. the Athenians, and the
'put to death with little remorse by , sera is
,i, house of
Tower of the Winds will never mon.
the Prophet.
" The minarets which the from the fes.
town still give a beauty to the scene, though . Q.
button circles round them no longer.
" The promontory of Sunium afforded atv
distant, though delightful retreat, where the i !lights
Sounds of the war never intruded. The scene be held from
These rocks, when seated beneath the broken col, unmet on
their summits, when the sun is setting on the wave II? TV'
t I::: 4 75° ts
timeo°f th
ta the
bed:
t tea to
has an indescribable beauty. The painter need no
give his canvass too glowing colours, if he looks on the
many-coloured islands of every form beneath, or on the
mountain summit in the distance. When you enter A
the narrowness and mean appearance of the street:. ' pro-
duce a very disagreeable feeling. The climate ii very
healthy, although it is remarkable that more English !hens,
tlt.
yellers have died of fevers there than in any country o. '
r the
Mediterranean; but this has frequently been in co. 4.3C-
+pence of over exertion in exploring the antiquities. T neY
have been interred in the Temple of Theseus, where are
Latin inscriptions over two or three of the tombs. b lut
this favourite and
_illustrious spot, where the travel er
cannot help fancying his bones will lie softer than am ty
where else, has been entirely bereaved of its siterednel sa
by the interment of an English waiting-maid, who be !-
longed to a family on a visit to Greece. A wsltin •-
maid reposing in in the immortal Temple of Theseus !
And who, that had a spark of lofty enthusiasm in his be -
corn, would not start, even in the grasp of death, fron 1
the idea that his bones would be laid close to her's, al-
though
the beautiful and everlasting columns cast their
shadows over his grave ? Two of the gentlemen who were
.Athens
fora
stranger
e
interred there had travelled long without illness or act i• .
tho attacked
is
sseiz:,ditl with
fethve a r.
ding
Th
e.. e
dent, but had scarcely spent a few weeks in the neighbour
..
hood of
ontehder died in
finished
state of medical science is deplorably bad here, and the; r
is little
cAbatlilns re they
were v
hroetries ;
and the
Is! hthis*Oursfinedinwaitilastiintearet taed,
the°
but this boon could not be granted.

PRAXITELES.—Praxiteles, a famous SCUIpt XI of
Magna Grecia, who flourished about 324 yea rs be-
fore the Christian era. lie chiefly worked on jP.itrian
marble, on account of its beautiful whiteness. Ife
carried his art to the greatest perfection, an& was so
happy in copying nature, that his statues seemed to
be animated. The most famous of his pieces was
a Cupid, which he gave to Phryne. This celebrated
courtezan who wished to have the be. 4 of all the
statues of Praxiteles, and who could riot depend upon
her, judgment in the choice, alarmed, the sculptor, by
Prixiteles upon
tthelilsi:agshhoiwmedhaisn h
eagouseewssastoonfir e ;
save his Cupid from the
flames, above all his other pieces ; but Phryne
g ..
statue. The sculptor
fireesteraletaidpehais
tfheears,favazdr:ittjey tiiscoverin her arti
beautiful courtesan, 'which was dedicated in the
employed his chisel i-4 making a statue of this
temple of Delphi, e.ed placed between the statues of
Archedamus, King of Sparta, and Philip, King of
Macedon. He .also made a statue of Venus, at the
request of the people of Cos, and gave them their
choice of their goddess naked or veiled. The former
was superior to the other in beauty and perfection,
but the inhabitants of Cos preferred the latter. The
Cnidians, who (lid not wish to patronize modesty
and decorum, with the sanie eagerness as the people
of Cos, bought the naked Venus, and it was so univer-
sally esteemed, that Nicodemus, King of Bithynia,
offered the Cnidians to pay an enormous debt under
which they laboured, if they would give him their fa-
vourite statue. This offer was not accepted. The
famous Cupid was bought of the Thespians, by Caius
Cesar, and carried to. Rome, but Claudius restored it
to them, and Nero afterwards obtained possession
of it.

REASONS FOR CRRISTENING.—.-A Clergymen
in Yorkshire saying to a parishioner that he hoped he
would have the child christened soon, which he was
then baptizing ; the man replied—,, C), yes, to be
sure, Sir ; I •always likes to have them christen
soon, and then they are done vrie. I likes to 0,4
them. out of the way."

BURNING OF A STSAM-BOAT.--.-A lardytart)/
of Ranters from Sunderland embarked list Wee on
board a steamer, for the purpose of holding camp.
meetings along the coast. They had already Visited
several plum viz. Hartlepool, liedrar, Etc.and were
proceeding southward, when, unfortunately, the boiler,
for want of a supply of water, became red hot, and
set the vessel on fire. l'hey
(taittli
el arrived
urrrioveecded. on
between
Marske and Saltburn, when tin'
making signals, their perilous condition was seen
from Mae, and immediate assistance forwarded,
which saved them horn the horrors of death
by fire or
water.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

EXETER, WtrwasnAT, JULY 26.

citowN sins.
At the sitting of the Court, William Dodd, whose ex-
traordinary case we noticed yesterday, was brought up to
recei e judgment on his conviction for having assaulted the
girl. .Gads German, with intent to ravish her.

Mr. justice (Jaselee addressed him, saying that. he had'
been convicted upon evidence which had been submitted
to the consideration of the jury, who were constitutionally
the' proper persons to decide anon it ; and he had had
the benefit of a defenee by counsel, as well as a full exa-.
mination of all the facts upon which the question of his
guilt or innocence had turned. It therefore became
JUL (the Learned Judge's) duty to sentence him to
such a punishment as the Case demanded for the pur-
poses of justice. Even if, in 'point of fact, the pri-
soner had not beim guilty to the extent charged by
the indictment, still there was enough beyond all dis-
pute to show that his cmiduct'had been scandalous and
disgraceful. He had paid his attentions to a young
woman 16 years ago. She had received them ; had re-
tinned his attachment ; was faithful to her promise during
a H. years' absence; and on his return 'every e;oangement
was made for the marriage. Yet, it was, miaer these cir-
cumstances that the priSoner, few hOurs before his
marriage, had committed the ontrage for which he was
now to be Punished ; unotnitted, too, on a child only 15
years of age, and of the prisoner was old enough to
be the father. kt any time, and under any circumstances,
it would have been his duty-at a man to protect the girl
from the licerttiousuess of any other person ; but, consi-
dering the fame in question relative to the prisoner him-
"lf. " as all the other circumstances, his conduct
had 1' (len marked by every possible aggravation. Had
he completed. the act, for the mere attempting of which
tde was now convicted, it . was highly probable that the
jnry would on the material question have arrived it the same
unfavourable conclusion against him ; and in that case his
(the Learned Judge's) duty would have been to pass
judgment of death upon him, and in all probability
:to leave him: for execution. The sentence which would
now be passed was not so severe as it would have been,
if the offence had been committed in an earlier part of the
evening ; but his Lordship said he had taken into consi-
deration the fact that the girl herself had shown great im-
prudence in staying in the fair until so late nut hour, and
in then going into the dancing-room, where she :unfortu-
innately came under the observation of the prisoner, It
was, indeed, to be regretted that she was allowed to go
to such a place alone:: but there was no reason for severely
blaming her master and mistress, who had behaved well
and kindly to her, and who certainly might not expect
that she would become an object of such brutality to any
Man, as she had been to the prisoner. Under all the cir-
etimstancea he said, hodid not think be should discharge
his public duty if he pronounced any milder sentence than
that which he then Which Wits that he should be im-
prisoned in the Hoinie of Correction for six calendar
months, and there kept to hard labour.
The prisoner appeared to be well pleased with the re-
sult, as he had been committed on the capital charge.
This doSed the crown business ; and Mr. Justice Giese-
,. 4e proceeded to try causes.

TEED V. LAWSON.

This Was what, in. legal Aanginige, is called a specia
action on the case. The plaintiff, by his declaration, emu.
plained that the defendant washy him employed as master
of a trading brig, and had negligently run foul of another
vessel.; that the owners of that vessel had brought an
action against the plaintiff to recover damages for the
injury done, and had recovered Oh damages, and their
costs, amounting to 100/. more, which the plaintiff had
been compelled to pay. This was, therefore, an "action
over" as it is called ; and by this the. plaintiff sought to
recover. the money he had been compelled to pay to the
owners of the injured vessel, and also his costs of mew,
cesd'ully defending the aetiotr, and a sum of 81. fur the in -1
jury done to the, plaintitrs own vessel by the collision of
the two..
FroM this Statement it niust be obvious that the first
question was, whether the mischief was really, caused by
the defendant's want of skill. The plaintiff's vessel was
called the Tim Brothers, the other was called the Lord
Nelson. The latter was already moored, or at least
stationary, ill the. ettye.: he Two Brothers, wide; the
defendant's command, carne, into the cove, with at least
some of her sails up ; the defendant, it was said, believing
that his vessel would take ground in time, he not being
aware of the depth of water. The Two Brothers, how-
ever, came in great force against the. Lord Nelson, and
died. hoc; very great damage. The defendant at the 1
time said to the, .i.Yetson people, "It could not be
`helped-:-It'aMst he set to rights. The boatman proved
that the defendant's Manner of entering the cove was
unskilful; and in this he Was corroborated by the super-
intendant of the cove.
The defendant now endeavoured to show that he had
notbeen guilty of negligence; and called the mate of the
Two Brothers, who. gave it as his opinion that there had
been none. The evidence of this witness had not, how-
ever, been furnished by the defendant to meet the former
action ; and it came out that the witness himself thought
he was ill used by the plitho 111 in not doing something ibr
his benefit, which, it Was said, he bad promised to do.
The defendant aiso called a Mall, who said he was a pi-
lot.;. knew the coast and the eddy, and that he would have
done the same as the defendant had. This witness, how-
ever, on Cross-examination, injured_ the defendant's case,
for he made the danger of entry into the cove so great,
that it might be a restion whether the defendant had not
Shown negligence in entering the cove at all without a
pilot.
The Jury, under the direction of the Judge, found ii
verdict for' the plaintiff on the main question, and he
consented to divide the damages, so that a verdict .was
taken for 119/.

wArtwux Jrr,r Sum.

VIE KING V. AIARY ANNE WASSrIi

This lady, whose adventurous pursuit of Doctor Wake
has been the theme of much merriment in this ancient bo-
rough, was this morning, brought up custody of the
gaoler, upon a motion of Mr, ifirinfreys, calling upon the
e9futnittingmakistrates to show cause why Ahe should not
be discharged out of custody.
Mr. ninnfrays, today, contended, that. the commit-
ment Wts-Siiiegal,as the offence imputed to the prisoner
was 50 indictable offence, and no bill had been preferred
.itgainst: her. _ .

Mr. Amm-i, in support of the conviction, contended that
the prisoner was committed merely to find securities "
her good behaviour."
The Judge said he' would give his opinion on the sub-
ject before the assizes ended.,
The lady, who is rather an inteliigent•looking person,
but whose glory longevity has somewhat obscured,, then
retired from the bar. ,

DURHAM, TiricsnxY, hay 2b.

sinx.--4,01tE A 141) OTKEit,li V. 1154160 h.

scariatt, stated that this was an action which the
plaintiff hack
.beet) compelled to .eouolic„„, in order not
only to recover damages for the 'injury which the de.,
fendalit's slander had been calculated to create, hut also
to prevent the repetition of that slander in future. Th,,
plamtiffa were engaged together as copartners in a
house in Sunderland, where they carried on extensive
dealings as woollen drapers and grocers. The jury would
probably well remember the panic, which in the commence..
ment of this year seiie& upon I.ondon, and which, in the
course'of the month of March, rapidly spreading over the
kingdoni. reached this cou»ty.. At that tune, no man, how-
eter gnat his resperrability, could ealciihat with any ea-
tainty upon the stability of his affairs; such a moment had
the defendantehoaen forthe purpose of publighing a false-
hood, directly calculated to ruin the plaintiffs' eotnmercial
r,P0410.11.' t Bth of that month he had thought
tit to declare to several P eraoi s that "the plaintiffs- had
failed, and had offered Li coo:pobitiott of 7s. lid. in the

pound." The first person to whom this slander would be
proved to have been uttered, was 11.1/Tri Grey, who, being
desirous of purchasing n horse belonging to one of the de-
fendtuit'i ,panners, went to their counting-house and in-
quired tot that partner. On being told that he was not
within, Mr. Grey entered into conversation with the de-
fendant, and was told him that he need be in no hurry
to purchase the horse, for that two horses of the kind he
wanted would be sold in a few days, at a eheap rate. Mr.
Grey naturally inquired where this, sale was to take place,
when the defendant said, in answer, " At Spore's, for
they have failed, and have offered 7s. 6d. in the pound to
their creditors."

This closed the plaintiff's case.
Mr. J. Williams, for the defendant, admitted that there
must be a verdict against his client, and his duty was con-
fined to the single point of addressing them in Mitigation
of the damages. In doing this, he thought there was one
circumstance too obvious to be omitted by tiny one—
namely, that throughout; the plaintiff's evidence, there
was not the syllable of suspicion that he was ac-
tuated by 'irmiicious motives,
-"kr. Baron I-hillock thought that the injury, proved only
called on the jury for moderate damages, '•
The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict
for the plaintiff- -Damages, 30!.

FARMER V. WEBSTER.

This was an action to recover 12/. as the value of ct
looking-glass, which a sheep belonging to the defendant
biul destroyed. The plaintiff was a jeweller at Stockton,
and the defendant was a butcher, who was driving some
sheep through that town, when one of them walked up
to a looking-glass standing outside the plaintiff's shop, mid
beheld its own image in it. As the sheep did not happen
to be a dandy, the reflection of its own image, instead of
awakening its vanity, excited its ire, and, it ran against
the glass, which was instantly shivered to atoms. The
plaintiff, seized upon the graceless quadruped, and declared
he would detain it for the damages—a proposition to
which the defendant, who well knew its value, instantly
consented. The plaintiff, however, after having kept it
for some time, discovered that he lad miscalculated as to
the worth of the sheep which he retained, and had re-
course to law to obtain compensation.
Mr. F. Pollock, for the defendant, took an objection on

this variance between the statement and the proof, and rather
than run the risk of a-nonsuit, the plaintiff consented to an
agreement, by which each party was to pay his own costs,
and to leave the damage unsatisfied.