Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-05-18

| cheertuily conduct their danghters, wtses,.
or sisters, it somewhat handsome, 10 the.
attention of our prince,ein ordsr 60 pro-
I cure places & pensions from government.
Eyery Spaniard expects place OF pensi-
oa,- and he .conceiyes, with business sucn
means are the most likely 10 succeed. n
4 hand so,ne woman, of addre IS, indeed, sci
dom falls 10 procure either her father, nus
Ih,,d. brother, or other relative, place,
!, bu, At what a price II is common tosec
\ six or seven OF these helpless victims in
\ his saloon every morning, with whom, in
! proportion 70 their beauty or chaYms, he
regales himself in succession. This is
melancholy picture but IS not the less Just.
II is howesera lamen;able proof of the
danger OF satire, and had Ceryaales never
written his ininii.abie Don Quxotte, q
queen would nevcrhave dared to dispatch
heremissarics to seach for gsIlan,s, much
less prince have tlaredSto establish q Sc
raglio ia the capitol Of Spain nor would
ca6ronczoss have had any other existence
than in words. Qnisot.e is an innocent
and amusing work 10 an English reader,
but has proved fatal to the Spaniards.
Happy would it be for Spain, had she still
knights Grant in lieu of cabronazos her
chief towns would not then Be Idesola,ed
by pestilence and famine, nor her degsne-
rate sons sunk into debility and prema-
ture old age. notwithstanding, among
those of educ alton, there is still inodesty
in the men and chastity in the women.
OF this prince we shall only add, that
be is still tender aud attentive husband
to his first wife, fer whose relations, as
well as his own, he has made the mos,
complete provision. To his second he is
by no means unkind. To the queen he is
dreadful;y severe; de,srminedy thwart-
/ ing all her schemes, and depriving her of
every vestige of regal authority.
I This unhappy woman, who, whether as
it's said, she be subject to. an inirmity of
nature, or whether from an abandoned
principle, the natural consequence Of an
Italian education, must be classed with a
Messalina, tina, has greatly. injured Spain.
Her private memoirs have been published,
and said to be authentic by those who
ought 10 know but as it is work, were
it possible, more scandalous than that OF
/ Cieland, oblivion is its only desert,--.To
account FOR the contempt and i'll usage of
the prince to her IL hasbe supposed that
/ she had in some unguarded moment
of pleasure proposed to him the death Of
the king or some sucA desperate expedi-
eni; otherwise tits thonght, he never
wouId-have dared TO treat her in the man.
liner he does. The king, simple man, knows
nothing, nor minds nothing but fowling,
10 which ne ia extremely attached, and is
an excellent marksman. The queen is
devoted TO the searching for galarts,
and The prince conducts the government,
and creates new mobiles as he thinks fiji.
He is not really an enemy to learning, as
he has been accused, but his schemes to
| protect have been badly conceived, and
! proved equally fatal TO the progress of
knowledge.
An instance appears in the absurd priv.
lege given to the late Don Joseph Cava-
niles, whose pupils only were permitted
TO fill the professors chairs in the different
universities and public schools; ell others,
even those of prior Information, not d:sci.
pies OF Cayanilles, were prohibited being
professors of botany. Cayanilles resided
a long time at Paris, where he .acquired
more cunning and intrigue than phiioso.
, PHJ. o'u IT'S yIcdt faDDrS consisted IN re-
l ducing (improperiyl the classes Of Lin
nsus to Eileen. Such have been the left
handed efforts Of the prince 10 prots q
!. learning and 10 encourage the arts and SCI
e ences. OF his manners they are strong
marked With provinciaIism at FIRST yio-
r. 'ens and impetuous; then cool, repentant
X aaa medl'aiive, and in fac, passive, Weld
!, ing and friendly. lie is very able hodi.
is ga man, at present very cospulent Of a
i nsufe more agreeable from its strength
% ''ian beauty sthe department ola man of
5. business rather than that OF courtier or
II ph'osopher;. and a mien more strong
. 'han noble. Heis not destitute of taleots'
: yethe rarely shegs tina. depth of persn;ca.
e cry or shrewdness which unetuca,ed usn
o o. strong minds, generally eyince, Ills
i ieyees are,resulaTly aud numeroue,v :,
! tended by the first nobility Of sna;n ond
/. ne is not wanting in attention TO The "a.
: part otdhis ylslants.--He is, howe ,.r :,
/ cd and feared by the ancient qfanaess
: whose privileges 9. Influence he hns CO,
~ decreased. In short, his iynoranee' ~ ~.
pride, and his debaucheries, have ro;nsS
and disgraced his country, and canno, h,
held IN loo great detestation. Tie ,,,,.,.' I,