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TIU&)AY EVENING, ALJGUS'P 22 1826.

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L. lIESSE.

VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY.

Thefrigate La Thetii and the corvette P Esperance, the
former` commanded by Baron de BOugainville, and the lat-
ter by-M, Ducamper, Capitaines des Vaisseaux of his Mk-
jesty's Navy, arrived at Brest on the 23d June, after a
voyage of nearly 28 months.
The Thetis sailed from Brest on the 2d of March,lB24,
and on the 19th of May arrived at the late of Bourbon,
'where the Esperanee was waiting for her. These two
vessels, placed together under the chief command of the
Baron de Bougainville, the son of the navigator, who 60
years before,attached his name to one of the most brilliant
expeditions round the globe, put to sea in company, on
the 9th of June, and directed their course to Pondicherry,
whence, after passing through the Straits of Malacca,
they prbceeded to the Philippines. At Manilla, the most
cordial reception was given to the King's flag, and to the
officers of his ships, by Ile Governor Don Juan Antonio
Martinez, as well as by a number of the principal inha-
bitants of this Spanish colony. On the 24th of October
a violent earthquake occurred at Manilla, which was fol-
lowed on the 31st of the same month by one of the most
furious tempests (typhon) experienced in that country for
30 'years. Many vessels were cast on shore. The Rape-
mance lost her main and mizen masts, but the Thetis was
only slightly damaged.
This circumstance induced M. de Bougainville to pro-
ceed to Macao, without the EsPerance, and to leave M.
Ducamper to get in his masts at Manilla. The bay of
Tourane, in Cochin-china, was appointed for their rent
dezvotts. The Bishop of Macao, Don Francisco, de
Luz Chacin, was then Provisional Governor of that
city, where were also at this time, the Abbe Barou-
del, Procureur for the French missions, .and .Father
Lainiot. All of them, and likewise Don Gabriel Go-
yenna, agent for the Spanish factory, exerted themselves
to render the place agreeable to the officers of the Thetis.
NV bile M. de Bougainville was at Macao, he saw the burn-
ing of the convent of Santa-Clara, where the nuns were
so rigid iii adhering to their vow of seclusion, that one of
them was burnt to death. To save the others from a
similar fate, the curate of a neighbouring chdrch went
to them, and taking up an image of their patroness saint,
summoned them in the name of the Virgin herself to
follow it.

On leaving Macao, on the Bth of January, 1825, the
course of the Thetis was so directed as to afford oppor-
tunity for observingseveral points of the Isle of Hainan.
On the 11th the coast of Cochin-china was in sight. On
the.l2th the Thetis cast anchor in the Bay of Touramt,
where she was joined on the 19th by the Esperance. A
solemn reception was given to the French captains in the
name of the Emperor of Cochin-china' by Mandarins sent
from Hue' and M. de Bougainville was assured by
them that French commerce would always be received
with favour in his states. After the fatigue of their voyage,
the crews of the two vessels were allowed to rest to the

17th of February, and experienced the kindness of the
inhabitants. In this respect Baron de Bougainville parti-
cularly praises the important services which were rendered
to him by M. Dorel, merchant of Bordeaux, whom he had
previously conveyed from Sincapore to Manilla, and whose
presence at Tourane was the more useful to him at MM.
'Chaigneau and Vanier, two Frenchmen who enjoyed
the title of Mandarins at Cochin-china, had sailed kir
France.
The day. after their departure from Tourane, the Thetig
and Esperance fell in .with three junks full of Chinese
emigrants, probably bound fur Sincapore. Each junk had
at least 600 on board, and their whole appearance was most
singular.
'ln traversing the Anambas on the 4th, sth, 6th, and
7th of March, 1825, a magnificent bay wac discovered.
A .chart was carefully drawn of this bay, to which M.
de Bougainville gave the name of Port Clermont-
Tonnerre.

,
the squadron learned the death of Louis XVlll.,anleai
Arrived at Sourabaya on the 20th of the s
all the time the ships lay an
mourning was worn
'officers and crews of his Majesty's ships were
ei received at
ontill
there. The
Sourabaya' with as much affability as at other
F ports_
into which they had put. Colonel de Bonelle,e renci.l-
- was commander of the troops, and he, was a zealous in
his attentions to MM. de
.Bougainville anclDu
whom he accompanied in two very interesting_ excursions
to the volcano of Bromo, in the eastern paaorteat the island,bo
and to the Sultan of Madura. The Suit
the Thetis. He was accompanied in his visitebo)e,arso nu-
merousard a flotilla, that it had the appearance of an
Bougainville made some presents to the .--
M. de
giving a magnificent cris ( Sultan,s
l
which he returned by,
which had been his father's, mark of considerationoinarteo)
much the greater, that by a profound sentiment of filial
piety these people attach vast importance to every thing
which may have belonged to their ancestors. The
co ve
nor-General, M. Vander-Capellen, pressed M. de Boini --
gainville to come to his residence of Buitenzorg i but this
tedious
visit could not be accomplished, as it was necessary to see
the re-victualling of the squadron speedily completed,— co nipleted
than.—
operation
tiieptri
prove
erdders so formidable in
Unfortunately, foal ufinraetteley;ptehei
ts o
e d;
this climate attacked some of the crew of the Thetis, six
of whom died In spite of all the care bestowed on them;
On the 3d of May the two vessels sailed from. Sours-
bays, They passed through the straits of Madura and of
Allan, and entering the Great Ocean directed their course
to Cape North-west, on the coast of New Holland, Hence'
they proceeded to Van Diemen's Land, after doubling
which they stood to the north, and cast anchor at the -
en-
trance of Port Jackson, on the 29th June, whence proceed-
in to Sydney,they anchored before that place the Ist July.
. ming the three months which the ships lay here, MM.
de Bougainville and Ducarnper, as well as all the officers,
,Were received and entertained on shore in the most hos-
piteble manner. A ball was given them some days
before their departure. Every one vied in entertaining
them, and s for seeing the
in aff A.
()ruing them opportunities
interior of 1 country sodifferent from every other in its
natural product'
ions, the sudden and
its rivers, and phenomena of its temperature. The
two commandersthe made several excursions to considerable
distances from
yd,ney. From the summit of the Blue
Mountains they
with a all o
enjoyed the subrlme spectacle of a ca-
taract,mine than 1,500 feet, which had be-
fore been knoWn to
Sir Thomas Brir ly a very few persons, and to which
of Bougainville. sbaoTo hadthe kindness
the politeness to give the name
MM. de Bougainville andkiridiiess of the same Governor,
Penni*siOlt to erect 4 m Ducamper were indebted for
onument to the memory of La

Perouse on the coast, and on the.sitt where that illustri-
ous navigator formed an encampment at the last place into
which he is known to have put.
. Leaving Port Jackson on the 21st of September, the
Thetis and Esperanre stood towards the coast, so as to
do f
bad New
Zealand. After experiencing
weather,
epounstrtaro thyweinndosrtanh
vessels for some days, they anchored together on the. 23c1
of November in the bay of Valparaiso, on the coast of
which separated tha two
Chili, where they found La Marie Therese frigat ;,nder
the flag of Rear-Admiral Rosamel, commanding th V rench
naval forces in South Atnerica. The.aratb r and
Blonde English frigate* were then at Valparaiso,. and a
great number of merchantmen. There was also lying in
that port; the Chilian squadron, which soon after took the
island of Chiloe, which a party of Spanish Royalists had,
up to that date, maintained under the authority of His
Catholic Majesty. The Blonde frigate was commanded
by Lord Byron, the grandson of the circumnavigator of
that name, whom the father of Baron de Bougainville had
fallen in with in his voyage round the world. Lord Byron
was on his return from the Sandwich Islands, where he
had erected,a. cenotaph to the memory
,of Captain Cook.
Thus, by a singular chance, the descendants of two of
the first navigators who explored the South Sea met
on that ocean, each commanding a frigate, and both
having 'consecrated by monuments the memory of two
illustrious compatriots whose fates had been equally do-
plorable.
The Thetis and the Eiperance left Valparaiso on the
7th of January, 1826, after being completely revictualled.
They arrived on: the 2d of March at Rio de Janeiro,
where they again found the Marie 7'herise frigate. After
lying four days in the port of the Brazilian capital, they
sailed,on the 11th of April for Brest, at which, in conse-
quence of contrary winds and long calms, they did ti?t
arrive until after a passage of 75 days.
Baron de Bougainville regretted that he could not, in his
voyage from Valparaiso to Brazil, put into the Malouii)e
Islands, where he would have found interesting recollec-
tions on visiting the ruins of the establishment which his
father formed there in 1765, and which had begun to pros-
per, when the S'pahiards claimed the property of thoie
islands, which they not only after abandoned. The Ma-
louines are now visited only by whalers.
The voyage of the Thetis and the Esperance will en-
rich our hydrographic collections with a great number of
interesting observations, which will be published as soon
as possible by the Board of Charts and Marine Plans.
MM.deßougainville and Ducamper took onboard, at New
Holland, for the Museum of Natural History, rare animals,
several of which survived the fatigue of the long voyage
from Port Jackson.

Thus these two officers, . at; the same time that they
fulfilled the principal object of their mission, in displaying
the King's flag in seas where our merchants Wish to find
markets, and in cherishing sentiments !of esteem and
.friendship for France, neglected none of the opportunities
which occurred to them for rendering important services
to navigators who may hereafter follow them in the same
sees, and for Contributing every thing in their power to the
progress of natural science. In these different respects
their voyage is highly interesting.

LORENZ STARK.

TRANSLATF.D FROM TDB GERMAN OF ENGEL.

BY J. GANS.

The literature of Germany has encountered a singular
and most undeserved fate in England. German sentiment
and German horrors hive been adopted us the characteris.
ties of that Country's authors; but with no more justice
than if the people of Germany should form their opinion
of our writers, from translations of Mr. Dimond's or Mr.
Dibdin's operas, and the edifying productions of the
Minerva press.
Among the books to which we should refer for the
purpose of correcting this mistake, is the Lorenz :Stark,
of Engel. Nothing can be more entirely German than it
is, as well in style as in subject ; and nothing more
directly opposed to the mysticism and craziness which
Fe
commonly supposed to- belong to German literature. It
is much more like our own Vicar of Wakefield, than any
German work which has yet appeared in
,an English
dress. It is called a Characteristic Picture of a German
Family, and, recollecting that it represents habits which
the lapse of half a century has put somewhat out of date,
the pictUre will be found to be a very faithful one.
Mr. Lawrence Stark is a merchant *of Hamburgh, who
has reached an advanced age, with the reputation of being
a little singular, but nevertheless, a very excellent man.
He is rich in the produce of his own industry, but still
lives with as much frugality as is consistent with comfort,
and his place in society. He has some failings, but they
are so mixed up with good qualities' that it would be im-
possible to separate them. • •
This gentleman has two children, a son who has ar-
arrived at the age of 30, and a daughter who is married
to a medical practitioner in the same city. Mr. Stark's
son, who is an amiable man but in whom his father's
singular temper has not inspired much confidence, is a
source of regret to him. He is discontented at his remaining
unmarried, and suspects that lie is cold-hearted and selfish,'
two qualities which, notwithstanding the old gentleman's
phlegm, he despises infinitely. A coolness isues
between them, and at length reaches such a point, that
the son, who is unable to bear his father's sarcasms any
longer, resolves to quit Hamburgh and to establish a house
at Bremen on his own account.; but this is rendered ex-
tremely difficult by the circumstance of his having formed
an acquaintance with a widow lady in Hamburgh, to
whom he ha* become insensibly attached. She was
the wife .of a Mr. Lyk, a merchant, with whom the
younger Stark had had a serious quarrel, and who bad dote
him some injury in consequence. This preyed so heavily
on Mr. Lyk's' conscience, that when he was on his death-
bed he requested Stark to visit and to forgive
,him which
the latter did. unhesitatingly. The merchant died soon
after, and he was soon found to have'left his family in dis-
tress, and his affairs very much embarrassed. Stark
busied Inutaelf in !Kiting them to rights, and for many
months, while his, father thought he was spending his
'evenings idly, they were occupied in assisting the widow
to rectify, her late husband's perplexed accounts. The
consequence was, that he fell in love with her, and it hap-
pened most unluckily, that at the moment he had resolved
to leave. Ilamburgli, one of the, most troublesome of the
widow's creditors became urgent for payment of his debt.
The wife of the elder Stark, his daughter, who is his
favourite, and her husband, try to reconcile the old gentle-
man and his son, but the obstinacy of both prevent the
success of their attempt. The interviews of those per-
sons with the old man, the sagacity with which he,
sees through, and.defeats their plans, always in the most
perfect good humour, bu LAS inflexible oldl,
as an oak, are
described with admirable skill.
Nothing can be more simple than the incidents ; but
the natural manner in which they
are related, and the dis-
criminating touches with which the autWor marks his cha-
racters, are extremely well put in. At length it is by
ut-
mSteasris
affairs,ki s
toiifu daughter the
thl
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an
ttaprp whos
happily
hi si
m persuadedbforrohgi,advice byab Lawrenceut in
ihheze.
scene in which Lawrence Stark, with the adroitness which
• forms part of his eharacter, ascertains the disinterested

affection of his son for the widow, is managed with great
skill, but at the same time with delightful 'simplicity.—
After conversation which is introductory of the subject,
Mr. Stark says to his son—
" I see quite plainly the whole course of this love of yours. You
have acted in regard to the widow with art uprightness and a
generosity to which your heart hears testimony that they do you
honour, the greatest honour. Thus her presence became natu-
rallyagreeable to you, for it reminded you of the noblest acts of
yourlife : but as for genuine, sincere passion, a real and fer-
vent love, which will last till old age, and might fully indemnify
You for every thing that you would be obliged to renounce or
sacrifice fur her sake—no, my son ! I cannot possibly suppose this
to be the case ; I cannot, I assure you."
", And why not, my good father? What should I he obliged to
renounce for her sake ? What is to be sacrificed ? For my part I
cannot imagine."
" Is then wealth no consideration with you, which to many
others might have brought you ? The widow has no fortune
of her own."

" Very true ; but—"
" Out of the miserable wreck of her husband's property, her
portion; acvording to our laws, will be the moiety only ; end what
can that possibly be?"
" Well, I will restrict myself, my dor, father; 1 will reduce
the evpenees of the firm, as well as of my household, to the nar-
rowest compass possible. I will become economical and active
the highest degree."
a Very well ! But all this for whom ? This is a question you
will ask some time or other, and which I must ask now. For a
woman, who is no longer in the first bloom of. youth, and of
whose beauty, after a few skort years, perluips scarcely a ves-
tige will remain."
. " Is it then her beauty to which I look ? I call God to witness,
that, in this regard I have never compared her with any other wo-
man ,breathing. What touched my heart, and made me hers for
ever, were the virtues which she evinced in so many a shit and
trying situation, and of which I have been for months the near
and happy witness."
The old gentleman walked once more up and down the room,
and was silent. " She has children," resumed he, after a few
moments' pause.
" They increase my love for her. They are two angels."
a Yes, but angels who have necessities. Suppose the little
which will remain to them out of the property of their father,
should through some cause or other be lost ; these children, who
have called you fathers, will lay you under the obligation of pro-
viding for them as a father."
" That I should certainly do, and with the greatest joy in the
world." _ _

With joy ?--:But what you bestow upon them will be so much
taken from your children. You will foolishly lavish upon stran-
gers that property which should benefit your own. How can you
even conceive such an idea ? How can you cherish it even for a
single instant ?"
The son knew his father too well not to be extremely surprised
at all this, and he said—" The sentiments which you are utter-

ing, do not emanate from your own heart and soul, my father
us, I am sure they do not."—
" What do you mean ?"
" Yes, you create another heart and soul for yourself ; a strange,
narrow, and contracted heart, and which you would fain per-
suade sue was also my own. From this you draw the arguments
by which you think to confound or convince me, I bee I have alto •
gather forfeited your esteem, and lost it fur ever ! I must go hence
my own way—and I will do so ! The only wish I have under
heaven,"—and here he folded his hands together with great energy
—" is, that you may live long, very long, and behold with your
own eyes how much you mistook me, and how much you did me
wrong !'--He turned away front his father I,owards the window,
with a heart entirely distracted, and torn by the most acute and
agonising feelings.
A more unequivocal proof of his sincerity, and of the entire,
change in his character, his father could not demand. After
a profound and solemn silence, during which he left time for
his son to recompose 'himself, he called him softly by his name,
" Charles!" •
Struck by the affecting expression, and the tremulous tone in
which this was uttered, the sun felt, as it were, involuntarily int-
palled to turn round. And what were his kelings when he be-
held the good and venerable old man standing with his eyes Ailed
with tears, and his pmertal arms widely opened to receive him.
" Charles!" exclaimed the old matt ones more, why have you
made yourself so lung a mystery to me ?"—And now the son,
overpowered by his feelings, although he was still uncertain what
he had to hope, rushed forward, grasped his father's band, and
covered it with kisses.
" Will you," said Mr. Stark, " will you, in this sacred hour,
so memorable to both of us, swear to me, smear to me most so-
lemnnly, that you will never think otherwise, than you have de-
clared you do at this moment? that you will never not even in the
inmost recesses of your heart, reproach, the good Lyk with her
Want of fortune, or with her children? that you will estimate her
love and her virtues above all fortune, and ever look upon her
children as if they were your own ?"
The son was not only touched, his inmost soul was shaken—
" I will, I will !" said he in broken accents, and was unable to
utter a single syllable more.
" I accept this emotion of your heart in the plice of an oath."
—And thus saying, the father threw his arms round his son',
neck, drew him to his bosom, and covered his cheek with the pa-
ternal kisses of love and affection. After a long pause. he said—
" Alit° the footing upon which I shall establish you, be under no
apprehension on that head ; rely upon one; lan ungenerous
father : take, then, my house and my firm, and with them, nay
tender and fatherly blearing upon your love !"
The translation has been very .satisfactorily performed.
It is difficult in all cases to render the peculiarities of Ger-
man style, into English, without losing a large portion
of identity, and as, in the_ instance before, us, a paraphrase
would have conveyed scarcely any notion of the original,
the translator , has been unable to avoid giving his version
a.foreign air.