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London, England, 1827-02-14 00:00:00

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N Now plaCed where 4sti- cou'd gilt.. her. talents ro
emote her tame, site Aid eat 411.111 Si stke,..'oppptimaity to
escape, but calmly.dervideill eat -the'''Conyse. die WOUIO
pursue, and pursuatiticwitli: uniirinif'deleyntination.—
She opposed thilinies dislike by saints and subnsis.
slots, and obtained•hisrelp.est kitilis strict 'pet•ror mince
rzi
of her duties. .friseda"''WNiptyuispan sal ' violent and
nairrininnh'while.irriA Oproon Arai tioitured with
Foam
levity. These **WV Sr .
.evelotthperoiired. and
noticed their effnatesart . t . ' he.", gelfig well
.in•
formed, and eidaerfiiiir
1r yutfaippoiief,'Und'ilhaarst
grave in her dearestrtoliP,'s e,'..l)lWiervlrif 'CirtniOrPee-
lion, and uncommon tact.s.,4lomtedit cliu: iii.lhi evict.
reverse of the prole •109pOspan, And,!thtit gelciortili
weaned the Kingfkolatillerii4etfaand Soiiiii in condot
and cunversation so
_hfictsely; 'ciipiroseti':tti ihat front
which,be often suffefed.'. '
Thus did Madoote M.einterson's ambition, dissirnula
lion, and artifice, suircund 'Le area Iflosairse—he
was entrapped by hershe beianie his Qufeu alter she
had attained heriftieth year, and when` Louis was in
his forty-screeds.' 'We nstast now turn to the volumes
before us. - ' ' '
The Princess tirsiriC Oa r•Uriiiis, to whowithese letters
were itd drawbar/mks •a" native of FI ance.iftd • the widow
of two linhasithi SIM% fruniitivy of •Talrityrattd and
Ursiai.. Ifltivet eetbsTirtiidelabougl,sbek dW"to' a
tend on the Printets'iff ilienyMstrlitiaew ' dip, and
thittoih het to ityrifogei44' Sans h. The.
Itlf#l/•of the Prinnag,a‘e•TWWl•4ptaatilly iithtta.-11ACt
a
wOiotyty infer Iftfit..*g. 'lt frith darer whissen.—t
%Mame de MitiVir litterte, triad *oil Of a
secierslary. Order .: " ' '.. VUWlsporisfence with' hot
ceWated. friend 'ate int** Was is cold atapriatiant
woosilth,who doei nut "iippesr tb have committed any
active injuries, or perpetrated any resentment, but er,o.
too .selhsh to earl t her powei to do good: •Heriins
Were rather those of omission than of commission; and
though she can never •be !peed or admired-, she 'may
justly be deemed reipectible, and, perhaps, among the
stunt:deserving of thalfavourites of any King.
We must now take leave,ol these extremely interest.
ing tomes. These letters are highly important addenda
to the historical tecords of the reign of Louis XlV.:and
develope with great•truth the. manners and habits of
the Court it that itstaiesting period. The pleasant
gossip and lively stnablisik of these distinguished La-
dles ate very agreeabiii and they prewar us with a
faithful picture of Le Grood.Monorgue, with hi's trail
of ii harlots, courtiers, and'buKoone ' Weclose with a
brief extract... • The letter is dated Fontainebleau, the
7th of October, 1714, and is from Madame de Main.
tenon ao the Princess de Orsini;

" FeerAntaat.tatt, Owe 7,1711
" I barter that if you and I ware to mix in the meld met
more we abonid Yea ?le bednadoe for oar aoreerradoeter fat I
Wet' jpeasissly N you de ungeaing great :wits; wide
.wlepett
node. seam mire eineinen she. to eonande great imam' IL
do. Peuthirirsia Was huts* er. fiont his infan4 , in the
party of the Jansenism ; having a sisimi, whose be affeetiLeitalY
loved, ad Of peat virtue, he *Oral boa...wick* tens °Oslo!,
thus were they citnied away without haewhig her; and I shah
dug of all tits worts who hew lononinl/4 *one lino oar who
knows tin degree of grace in ma; ark M oollikt *oat ijon tin as
far grace ; which, Mule* is lehlie biffittlitiitdoe ba Atka:
don. Ail the ergodatlawa ofaCiadleda 4.gOtr‘sl sad D 4 Peligiliec;
.together with. that efthe Iteadene, la it the kW.' he.
mrealcily node oinioirogroio; da alainer del astern* do !
k biggest!, greet Is dutbis
.oentieg es se adeeniodr
deo, and As/ whido is to 'swot ao.i.f. noel remains
some 11l baps sr betWein,CardimiltAra Rohm and De Polignac,
which the goodpoutde of this country do what they eau to oilman,
llont itja to I. hoped that time will wbvlato It, If neither of them
era naturally Of irritr.ble dispositions.

"The memorial which• the King sends to Cardinal de la Tre.
swipe. if, it appears to me, intended to be regarded as a seneltatlea
to Again from his Holiness tolerative& for tki madman of Cardi'
sal de Noaltim. which, if the Pope refuses, it will be necessary to
,liarareeesne to !cry wring measures. •

4. 0 There le to be a promenade. rowed the canal this reviling, with
musk, wlikk will, I dare, say, be thought very fine by the Prbwe
of &may. lie is very Toting and still under the are of his go.
limner ; whirl &B ear youth will think bbn veep shay& to pat up
with ;,ia the mesa dine it appears that be mindsets himself with
frau proPrletT !siren to entertannests, and entertains our great
Lodi, Ministers:and 'mon sedate Ladies, at his own base; be
has. a number of ausadanta, and keeps a goad 'table; it is said he'
has reined a home at Versailles, aad.tbat be will be frequently. at
Court; ie he. ore Warman/ with Madame than the Elsner of
Bavaria bad. Out cetera is postponed from the 17th to the 24th ; the
King amuses himself surpthiegiy. and his health is vary geed. • •

.4 Oct. B.—.Nothhar .Ma cakost place oboot die Canfield de
Rau, except" a forlotts °atm of the Janotolsta, who hive libelled
Not most strodoesly, He has append, hs all the 'affsit of the
March, muck more leatwed dna he was thought to be, and hi Is
Only blamed for a link too much mildness, which I Wok yam will
saint pa4oll.

•.` Yesterday's promenade was very gay, and the mule azeilltili
but the mid-made the Ladies pale, notwithstanding the rouge with
which they were bedaubed. The crowd was so great that an Irish
Meer lad his leg brokett.
"Iparticipate le ys great jey at the capture of Barcelona. I
am not surp4ssd at Marshal de Berwlek's letter to M. ,Orry ; there.
Is nebedy hi who. tloss not admit that there is not iv-moro
ligent, laborious, and eiPeditieus man than the Intuit. he is only.
attacked aa being Pri.ll Ws which he was not thought
capable. . . . '

M I class toy Het Ardor to rseeki IL Amidst,
sot plies spas await' ittrosbassossi Akers. He atki ii Wes*
to see pee; that iiiihitifites hfia... It Is a vest atisfeetlise .to-r
our two Mar that there an so few tam !Ike Um is

&tract df a mercantile Letter. dated Cadiz, Jan. 41
gi We continue in a most profotind state of ignorance, as
regards every thing passing beyond the seich of ottrown
guns; yet we observe a certain movement among the
French, which indicates that something is stirring.. In
the meanwhile, this city is fast verging to its destruc-
tion. We have long been without trade, and we have
`now been for lane time without society. A amiil. ar-
mament of vessels has been prepared here, for tire put,.
pose of conveying a new garrison to the Canary Islands.
' seemingly intended only to prevent insults from South,
American Cruisers, very frequent in these seas; although
cruising is not so profitable as ;t used to be, for scarcely
a Spanish coaster ventures to sea. Some field.pieces
and ordnance have lately been sent to Ayarnonte, as it
is presumed, to be employed against Portugal ; and
several detachments of troops have also been marched
in the tame direction."

A great number of old birds being this year left to
increase the breed of partridges, it is thought they
will, in consequence, be found extraardinatily unmet-
ons in September nest.
Admiral Brown has joined, off Cape Corrientes, the
corvette Chacabuco, one of the ships of war purchased
in Chile, but there is no intelligence of the Buenos Ay.
reap frigate.