Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1806-08-04
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QUEEN OF NAPLES.

The critical fituation OF the Roy
al family of Naples, may probably
render the following article, from
kotzebue's Travels, acceptable to
many of our readers:
"I arrived at Maple, with arong
prepoHefion againlt the Queen, partly
derived from books, and partly from
verbal information left that city
convinced of her amiablc manners
and difpofition. I admit that, in
thefe difficult times, fhe has not al
ways eond ueted the helm with 4 flea-
dy hand that Che often adopted mea
fures which Che was Obliged to re
traet, as we'll as others from which II
was not in her power TO reccde bur
may net the fame be faid of almoft
every prince in Europe: Extraordina-
~ circumstances required exrtarordi-
nary mesfsrss. He with whom
they fucceed is demonstrated great /;
bur thole who are unfucccfsful fink
IN the eitimation Of mankind. am
certain that the queen always aaed
for the beft but when the road to il
is enveloped in the thickeft milf, the
initinet eta Frederick 10 required to
and it. The Queen is mott tender
and sReetionate mother TO her chill
dren; this maternal heart is likewife
a royal heart I; nothing but the WORT
aiage 10 capable Of hardening it a.
gainit the people, or of bunting its
fsnhbllity To make the people
happy said he to me, 'we are often
obliged though againf our inclina-
ton, to aa the depot and if we do,
we are not beloved exprfTed mp
opinion, that this was not always the
safe, and as an example mentioned
Maria Therela.--e Oh L replied ihe,
smy mother was nevertheless unhap.
Pr towards the concluGon of her life,
for the ungrareful people numerically
wifhed her death and why on ac-
count Of paltry impoft.' Of the
illuGon of royalty me fpeaks with an
amiable candor and Gncerity, which
excite irrehftabie prepoaehons in her
favor She wiihed for the period
when general tranquility ihall allow
her to reign the burden of public
affairs, and to withdraw with her
huiband inro foli:ude. sThen faid
Che, 'then it will be feen who was at
sached to Maria Caroline, and who
merely paid their courts to the queen
Afuredly thoCe who have the hapinefs
to be near her, and to hear her often
fpeak in this manner, nun be attach
ed to her. s1'he higheit felicity on
earth is thehapinefs. of being mother
faid Che to my wife, who expected
ihortly to enjoy it. I have had few
enteen living children; they were my
only joy. Nature made me mother
the Queen is only gala drefs, which
put off and on AT thefe words
he took her drels between her fin
gers, and looted it again with an air
of contempt. Hc who poGefTes an
Independence faid fhe with an en-
phafis that was not affected, is far
more happy than the prince on his
throne 1t would be improper to
repeat all that fhe faia concerning
the prefent times, the Jsfaites, &c.
All, however, rnapifeited an enlieht-
ensd mind, and heart filled, indeed
with acrimony, hat excellent at thc
bottom. She is accufed Of falfhood
and arsifee, but tealy doubt wheth-
or it is poGible 70 grofsly to deceive
one Whole principal employment has
for thirty years been the obfcrvation
of mankind. VIVA, fhe faid to mo
fhe beth ,hought and felt; nohcdy
fhall sser perfuade me &c the con-
trary." .