Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-12-22


qGrt huff and, fent him back to Egypt, VIII ere
on hs arrival, Be found his late wife prefd
r & at the table Of the general who Knocked bis
reProof with inainaive threats of vengeance.
To this fituation madame DE Beilile continued
till Der protector deemed it e1pejient to return
to Europe, when pretending that it vas necef
fary thai he fhould viGt the Iereral pots, he
proceeded to Alexandria, ard loading Two frig-
ates with bis treafures, failed wiki them il a
third for France.
Madame de Bellihe, on being informed Of
this circumstance, became almoR di0raaed-
Her friends endavoured to conlole her with
9fpIance' that, pofediDg the entire affection,
lhe would command the future feryices Of the
General, who doubdefs had made Der pre-,
ieut ProviGOn foitable to his-rank, and the Ell
timation in which he had publicly held lie. I;
but on inquiry it was found that. Buonaparte,
one Of the 6rR generals and politicians Of any
age, who, upon all other occaGons appeared
what his iu;elea dictated, and who, has made
all other rsaions fubiervient % that intereG.
foTgetful of the tacTifce he had occafoned,
Of the affection lie had given birth TO, of her
foFeiings and Of his own honor, left her
nothing but 80 dozen Of French vine which,
a he bad rfoennsaitl, hs fold, and which
had brought her about twice as many guineay,
with this. money he engaged a paGage: to
France but meeting his MaieAy's hiP The
Gaus, was. with f-veral other perlons detained
on board that vcGel. WhiA il this Gu alton!
experiencing all the attention and comfort hu
manity demanded, and circumRan9ssi wo1ld
allow, the Alliance arrived, in her way to
Dametta 70 join Sir Sidney Smith, who, Ma
dame de BeGhe, largely participating in the
admiration bis conduit had inf PRED among all
Perfons that PoGeAed the means and the can
cor 70 properly appreciate it, had long been
mott folicitous to fee. She therefore earneRly,
and at length even upon her knees, entrea,ed
10 be permitted to make ills viGt but the
Prince Of the Mountains, whom Sir Sidney
Smith, with bis accuGomsd zeal and ability. had
conciated, being on his way, with 80 attend.
ants, to concert with that officer on the moa
effective mode Of operations, and the French
generals Junot and Denou occupying every
other part Of our little lhip, It was indilpenGbe
70 continue to refuGe her upon which, after
weeping violently for about ten minu s, ihe
fPrang 70 her harpGchord, and enchanted the
company with her finger and her voice.
Being at length re-lsnded at Alexandra,
Tallien renewed a fuit which had been before
uniucce5fnl, and to which fhe now replied, that
her fate had made her mi(trcfs of Buonaparte,
but that fhe would not condefcend to be ia the
fame fate to any man Of lcls exalted character.
It is limited that, even IN the cafe Of Tallien,
fhe deviated from this purpofe, and afterwards
accepted the offered protection Of the younger
Dumas, on again embarking from the uRhofpi-
table flores Of Africa. Whether 70, or not, we
are grati6cd to learn, that her barqre, the only
one which elcaPed the detention, we fear fatal,
the imPolicy Of this country direaed, landed
hei iafeIy in France whsze we truf the Firf
Coninl will BY contributing Ia her future main.
tenance, endeavor to atone for the Contempt
bic and criminal manner ID which lie deferted
her.