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FOREIGN LITERATURE,

Travek through La Vendle and the South of
France, by M. EUGENE GENOUDE, Knight of
St. Maurice and St. Lazarus.

The villages of France have lost the charm of
thek.a}ncient traditions.. The coldness of death
has chilled even in the hamlet, those simple and
urcdtil.o-uS hearts, who were attached by the most
atfcciirig• superstitions to the worship of their an-•
c-c!:orst and the hopes of In'this great
it!pwreL•k, howcver, of our faith and moral vir-
tirei, an indemnity is offered to.us, and the recol-
lection of heroic deeds_ and religious observances
Will. be perpetuated in a corner of our noble
Co-a-Atry. If the castle or Montmorency has fal-
len beueath the axe of barbarous spoliators ; if
the ancient residence of Bayard was also threa-
tened by them ; if the chivalric walls of Cham-
bord 'have dreaded their approach ; if thousands
of national edifices, the theatres of the most 'me-
morable events in our history, new hide their
TuThed materials under the grass ; if, by -a deV'as-.
-titian- still more'fatal, immemorial festivals, pa-
trin-konial usages, and ingenuous customs have
ceased to delight the peacable current of a coun-
try life, at least La Vendee has created, in com-
pensation for these losses, scenes of glory, and
-.monuments of piety, honour, and fidelity.
Every thing in La Vende proves the exis-
tenc,e of a generation, which has preserved its inno-
cence and interzritY, uncontaminated by philosa-
jphical innovations and revolutionary doctrines,
and has maintained those ardent virtues, which
:the loyalty of our ancestors devoted to the throne
and the- altar.
Let -as follow our Author into this Country.

Here are the •fields of Varins, in which the
peasantry of M. de Lescure assembled, and
thence marched, armed with sticks, and reciting
hymns in praise of the Virgin, to the capture of
the camp and town of Saumnr. Near the deserted
turret of.the castle. of Thonars, not far frorn the
funereal vaults, where the bird of night takes
its solitary•dight over the tombs of the La Tre-
rnouilles, we yet see the wall which Henri La-
roche Jacquelin climbed on the robust shoulders
of- Texier de Courlay, to attack singly the be-
sieged army. At Bressuire- five hundred Ven-
deean peasants preferred' death to joining in the
cries of " Live the Republic." These magni-
ficent forests of oak, partially thinned by fire and
the axe, surround the ruins of the' beautiful man-
sion of Clisson, of which the. chapel and tower
alone remain ; but in this neighbourhood there
,exists not a single thicket or blade of grass which
does not murmur recollections of glory. There
lie the parishes of Trethentimes and May, which
alone sent forth thirteen hundred men to fight
ander the banners of the Lilies ; the women re-
mained behind to send forward the cowardly,
and would not give a morsel of bread to those
who returned without a musket. A little further
. you enter Saint Aubin, where Mlle. Lucie de
Laroche Jacquelin still resides ; she, who at the
head of '2OOO men, marched to the assistance of
her brothers, who were surrounded in the field
of Mathes. In the middle of this renowned vil-
lage- of Saint Aubin, a mast, surmounted by a
Fleur delis, was left standing, even during the
government of Buonaparte : either from admit a-
tion or fear, this affecting monument of fidelity
was respected. In the church-yard of Saint
Aubin, 'Henry and Louis de Laroche Jacquelin
are buried : on their modest tomb, is deposited
a cross and a crown of thorns. " Alas !" ex-
claims M..Genoude, " the crown of the Vendean
heroes is only a crown of thorns. Their epitaph
has beets left to the work of chance. Around
the tomb grows in abundance the flower called
the:flower of Achilles."
Close to this spot, is the cottage of the poor
.and pious Rihard, 'who received twenty-one
wounds in a single action. Next come the pa-
. rishes of Echaub-roignes and la Tessouale, the
most celebrated seats of the Vendean insurrec-
tion : all the names of their inhabitants are
famed in the annals Of honour and fidelity.
Maleuvrier is in the vicinity : this village is
• proud of having seen in its woods the-rough and
.courageous,Stofilet, who at that time was only a
game-keeper, but afterwards became the Ajax of
the Royalist army. Outside the walls of the
.to,,vn of Chollet, where scarcely twenty houses
escaped the flames, begins the heath:of la Pepi-
.niE...re, celebrated as the field of several great bat-i
ties ; there, in the mitlit of victory, M. M. Elbee.
and Bouchatnp were mortally wounded, and fell,
surrounded by the bodies of 10,000 Vendeans. ,
in the district of Mange; the simple, the mo-
dest, and brave Cathalineau was born. On
(pitting his hnttOput himself at the head of the •
young men, who had chosen him for their chief,'
, he Said to his wife," I leave thee in the hands of.
.Providence ; I take up•arms for my religion and
my ;• adieu, I go." He was gifted' with
'extraordinary powers, persuasive' eloquence, and
admirable piety, Ilis natural talents for the art
of war, and_government of soldiers, obtained for
him the rank of generalissimo of the -Vendean
'armies:. and- we then. -saw a. poor shopkeeper
command Men of noble birth; and.
.gentlemen
.serving under the--Royal standard. with herdsmen
. and wood-cutters. . The peasantry called Cattle-.
.lineau the Saint of' Anjou, and endeavoured to
get as near to him as possible in_action, .conceiv-
ing they could not be wounded by the side 'of
such a .good and holy. man.. Thirty-six•of his
relations perished on the field of
,battle, in the
cause of the king..
-Not far from Mortagne, near, the castle of
Tremblaye, situated on an eminence which com-
•rnandS two valises, • grows a ,large cypress tree,
.near which, M. de.. Lescure • received his death-
-wound at the moment when he gave the word of
command. to attack: , Ile said, as he was expiring,
.hcro.e. -serned my God and. m,y . King—l die
-contcrg, .

Close to the town of Saint-Laurent, -the moun-
tain of Les Alozzettes presents. an enchanting
viEvr. It is the boundary of the simple Yen-
deans, who, for the most part, never leave the ru-
ral labyrinth of their own fields. From this ele-
vated position, we see the steeple of Saint Mar-
tin de Pile de Re, the castle of Pierre-levee
des Sables, the spire of the cathedral of Lucon,
ittat of Fontenay, the heights of Pouzangel the.

hills round La Rochelle, and St. Pierre de
Nantes. The bridge of Charron appears at the
extremity of this vast plain, which is intersected
with woods, vineyards, and pasture lands, At
the bridge of Charron M. Sapinaud de la Veyrie
perished. "1 am naturally a doward," said he,
but honour tells me I ought to be here; and I
know how to die."

At this bridge was destroyed the famousre-
publican battalion cailed- the Avenwtier7 because
it had never spared the life of a single Ven-
dean ; close to this spot is Chantonnay, where
the Royalists gai-Lied the battle of La Gueriniere,
one of their first triarnphs. We see in this quar-
ter the respectable asylum of 'Messieurs Jallais
de la I3oucharie ; there were seven brothers, and
all of • them served in the same legion, for the
cause of God and their King.
In the -midst of this picturesque country, the
eye is struck with the contrast which the town
of Bourbon-Vendee exhibits. "We perceive at
first a large town, built by Buonaparte," says
M. Genoude, " some fine buildings, a few hand-
some houses, heaps of stones, and streets marked
out ; the public edifices built after the Grecian
style ; the church, half finished, and all the sur-
rounding country filled with cottages in ruins,
and castles demolished, the owners residing in
what were formerly their stables,.or the outhouses
attached to their mansions."

All the environs of Bourbon-Vendee proclaim
the fame of M. de Charette: they are the thea-
tre of his exploits, of his celebrity. Behold the
woodS of La Chaboterie, where this great captain,
who fought like a hero and died like a Christian,
was pursued dttring fifteen days by sevf:ral
armies, having nothing to oppose to his enemies but
a small band of brave companions, which was at
length reduced to a single servant.

The village of Hats is, in some degree, the
Sparta of monarchy and fidelity. Here old age
was seen to take up-arms for the King. A vete-
ran, niliety-six years old, whose admission into
the army was refused, offered to remain in the
steeple to sound the tocsin. Fathers led their
sons into action, and would not leave the service
until their children were capable of bearing
arms, and supplying their places. A young coun-
try girl who had been married only a fortnight,
strongly solicited her husband to go into the field,
anti declared she would not see him again, if he
did not serve a campaign. A peasant, who was
not tall enough to be enrolled in the royal
armies, said to the commandant, " It is from the
head to the heart that a Vendean should be Inca.:
sured."

Near,the village of Hats is the field of battle
of Quatre-Chemins, in which the Vendeans were
conquerors ten times ;• and at this spot loli
passed through the whole Republican army in a
blue cloak. This royalist captain, having heard
that his son was mortally wounded, ran to his as-
sistance, and was lavishing his attentions on 'lino,
when his soldiers informed him that another of
his sons had been taken prisoner serving in the
,opposite ranks, and asked ho'w he was to be dis-
posed of ? " Let him be shot !" replied he.
Buonaparte called thn Vendeans the nation of
giants. He was right—their grandeur belonged
to another age.. Religion has made this people
what they are. _ _

A portion of the volume published by M. Ge-
noude, is occupied with au account of his journey
through the Southern Provinces, the records of
which are worthy of being associated with those
of the Western Departments. In the hundred
days, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Nismes, Avignon,
and Marseilles participated in the fame of La
Vende.e.

In this second part of his narrative, the author
has followed the arrangement of the preceding
pages, connecting the local interest of particu-
lar places with their traditional lore.; but much
as he entertains us with the topography of a
castle, and its romantic situation, he delights us
still more by relating the brilliant actions which
'the walls of this ancient edifice have witnessed,
or a description of _the lovers who sought a retreat
in the forests which overshadow it. Thus the
sentiments of glory or melancholy, of happiness
or misery, happily blended together, produce an
harmonious colouring in the delineations of the
poet.—(Gazette de France, .1w:. 7.)

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

ISLE OF FRANCE.
PROCLAMATION

In the name Of his Majesty GEORGE IV. of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, King.
_ _ _

His Excellency Ru3RRT TOWNSEND FARQUHAR. Esq. Gover-
nor and Commander in Chief of the Island of Mauritius
and Dependencies, Captain General, Vice Admiral, Ac.

His Excellency the Governor having- taken
into his earliest consideration on his arrival in
this Colony, the disordered state of the circulating
medium, consisting partly of notes or bonds is-
sued by the Colonial Treasury, and partly of the
issues of the Mauritius Bank—having examined
the proceedings of the several Committees ap-
pointed by his Excellency's Predecessor, as well.
as by himself, to inquire and report thereon—
having made-the fullest researches, inquiries, and
examinations on this important subject, and all its
bearings and relations, is solicitous to-carry into
execution the orders of his Majesty's Ministers
for the earliest possible return to-a pure currency
—feeling how just and desirable it is for the Co-
lony, that cash payments, which have, in fact,
ceased for more than two years, shOuld be re-
sumed with all practicable and safe dispatch.
But considering at same time that the me-
tallic currency has so long disappeared from
the Colony, and the impossibility of obtaining a
supply, without allowing time to'procure it from
abroad.: •

Considering also that the transactions and en-
gagements contracted since the period of the sus-
pension of convertibility, have been made in good
faith by the parties, and with knowledge of the
actual state of the currency, and consequently the
injustice and universal ruin which must inevitably
be the result of a sudden return to the pure me-
tallic circulating medium, even if it liiere prac-
ticable, after the inconveniences resulting from a
real suspension of above two years, have • become
palpably established, and interwoven in all the
affairs and transactions of the Colony :
Considering that great pressure is still severely

felt from the consequences of the great fire—the
destructive hurridanes—the 'extensive mortality
in the population, and a succeision of misfortunes
which have continually for four years desolated
this Colony, and in this short space of time de-
stroyed upwards of '2,000,0001. sterling of its
real property :

Considering that it is in such a conjuncture,
the' primary duty of the Governor to attend
equally to the well-being and happiness of all
classes, and to prevent the fair and honest dealer
from becoming the victim of a state of things in
which he might be innocently compromised; and
in the choice of measures for the remedy, of the
disorder of the monied system, which has so long
existed, to select that which appears to carry
with it the least inconvenience to the public, and
the certain means of attaining ultimately a pure
currency :

Considering that the measures for the gradual
restoration of the finances of this Island, in order
to ensure its permanent prosperity, must keep in
view its intimate relationship with • external
commerce :

His Excellency the Governor, in conformity
with the Colonial Laws. and the Regulation of
the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners
of his Majesty's Treasury, for the guidance of
the Governor of the Mauritius and Dependencies,
and in virtue of the powers vested in him by the
Royal Instructions, having fully examined and
weighed every thing relating to this important
question, upon the immediate decision of which
depend the relief of the public exigencies,-if not,
the 4xist#noe of the Colony as a valuable posses-
sion to his Majaly, has ordered and decreed :

ART. I. Bills or Bons issued by the Colonial
Treasury shall continue to circulate and be taken
and paid as hitherto, at the Colonial Treasury,
during seven years—the extent of this circulat-
ing medium is limited to 560,000 dollars.

2.—One seventh of these Bills or Bons shall
be paid off annually, the first payment beginning
on the Ist of April, 1821, and on the first lawful
day of every sixth month afterwards—it being,
hereby, expressly provided that on the last pay-
ment in the seventh year, the whole of this paper
in circulation shall be paid off.
3.—At each of the above periods, bearers of
these bills or bons will have the right of receiving
from the Treasurer one-seventh part thereof in
dollars, at the rate of two rupees for a Spanish
dollar, or in any other metallic currency of the
place, or in bills of exchange upon India or Eng-
land, at the option of the Government. These
bills of exchange will be drawn at three months
sight, at the rate of two rupees, or four shillings
and eight pence sterling the dollar, at 3 per cent
exchange, which rate taken together, gives an
average of 10 per cent., the usual result of our
balance of trade.

4.—ln order the more effectually to provide
for the security of• this paper, and of the funds of
absentees, with a reasonable interest, and the ul-
timate and sure remittance of their property, at
the end of the term, the Colonial Treasury will
at all times receive this Paper, in sums not less
than a thousand dollars, granting in exchange r -
clpisses,or Treasury Receipts, bearing an interest
of 5 per cent., such interest payable half-yearly
in specie; reserving the right at any time of pay-
ing off, during the period of the 7 years, these re=
apisse4 by bill; op India or England, as above
stated.
5. In order to enable the Government at all
times to prevent a depreciation of this circulating
medium, by au excessive issue of paper, Bank
Notes will continue to be received and paid at
the Treasury as heretofore, (to the extent of
600,000 dollars) so long, only, as they preserve
the same level with the Notes or Boas issued by
the Colonial Treasury, or the Bank continues to
fulfil the same engagements to the Public, in its
new issue of Notes, as are laid down in this Pro-
clamation.

This Proclamation to be read and registered
in the Courts and Tribunls of this Colony, and
a copy thereof transmitted, to his Honour the
Chief Judge and Commissary of Justice.
Got CI LIIIICSIt House, Poi t Louis, 26th Sept. 1820.
It. FA RQUH AR.
Dy Order, G. A. BARRY.
Chief Secretary to Government.

Errata itt'Satptiilay's Paper.--In the, Arlicle I,angteage, of
The Hunian Speech-Ist paragraph, line 13, pre-
scribed," read " proscribed ;" line 43, fur " En," react
"M. ;" line 50 ..for..'t licence," read ." science : and line
71, for "ex loci,' rtad "is lust Same- line, fur ‘,* at,"
read " as."

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