The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-08-26

anecdote which will relate to YOU. Some
months ago my Lord Marihal, the friend of T.
J.. Rouiieau, appealing much diitreiied at the
perfecu'ions the phiioiopher of Geneva expo
riences even In Switzerland aud Neufchatel. of
which this nobenan is governor, the kin. Ga d
to him, tPeH, Sir, Sv,ite TO yom. friend t6at, is
be avW come 70 mr. Rates, sviN ent3rr bar q
fate alyinna, and peHsou oft1Uo ts9afqqd E4rey.
We zvW si7'e him a comfortable bogit at Pane
kozv, contiguous to the gardens of ScbonbauEn:
the bolfc E1aH ba1,e a garden ard q tell attach
ed 70 II, tb0t be may Be- able to keep a cozv ant
bo~lt'y, aid eniti1,ate bis ozvn vegetablcs 7bere
re n'ay HTe qoitboM uquietuae and free from, re-
cs5Ttie5 bis joiittde may be complete, and he
mar sva1de, at pieafnre in be ,groars Of Sctox-
banten, 9obere tie queen inba5i.S Only during a
tezv Of ibr Iim,aser mo0fb5."
My Lord Martial, delighted with this plan,
lott not moment in writing tho propoied let
ter, which, when fuiiiled, lie brought to the
king previous to its departure. The king took
up pen & added tbe!e words: Come. dear
RoH1fdH, / oftrT op hogyS, a brnfsn end Hberty.
a mort time produced an anfwer conceived in
the following terms: .Tou aaaie2y of:
fsrs an aGitm. and promises ire Hb.rf,.
Brit 5aze q (,vord, 0Ad yoa are q king you
ofs- a 3e7ho7 10 me zv5o never did ron a jlyzice.
bnt baqeJ 6sf9sUed one on each oftke brace
men TcI2 baz'e isR either leg or an arm IN do
ing ron /~r1,ice -. .You may ealfry ina
g'ne that ever after, when the name of RouG-
ieau came in t''e kings way, he did not fail to
add 20 1t The epuhet you have heard, and with
which, At the tine, this negotiation was con-
ciuled."
Another anecdotc li,ews what is every mo-
ment to he dreaded when the power of a king
is Above the laws. 4 miller, having initituted
fn't againt Count II. for deprivine his mill
| ot wafer and having been cat, prefente1 ps-
'it'on TO the king craving juttice. The king
commanded his chancellor to have the caule
'r'su again. which was done. and the fame YER
1T returned. Il fecond petition was nreIent-
ed ; third trial took place by the order of Fre-
derrick and the fime judgment again awarded.
ON the miller prrienting third petition, the
KING c0nin'iilOned tOrne of his iacret agents TO
eXiTnlEctfe facts on the ipot and report them
10 him. Their representation agreed with that
OF the miller: the mill had aclu4iy been fopt
from want of water, aud this want ofweter was
h"inE TO the drains cu- bT Count N. The
king was no longer able q command his rare
ne tent Tor the chancellor aud the other three
judges, reverted their fentence, ard in their
preience wrote another, CONCERNING Count N.
to reitore the water 70 the mill. tn nav al th.
colts OF both flits, and aIc, lIch damages as
would reimhurie the miller for the lnfits he had
tn'tained. After doing this, he frnt Baron de
rurit, the chancellor, 70 the devil, declaring he
no longer 1000 IN need or MS terviCeS, and The
three judges 70 the Dungeons of SDqndi wv kick
ing them with indignation out of the room. six
months after this outrage, Frederick dfcovered
that he Hai been miiied by INTERPRETATION
otthe facts; that the mill had indeed been Ropt
for want of water, and in confeuuence of the
cutting of the drains; but that the drains had
been cut below the mill, and confequent-
y, although the volume of the fream even,
above this mill was by this means diminiG,ed,
vet count n. in no degree to blame, ince by
the eitab!iihed maXims of iuri prudence every
one is allowed to employ fream running >.
through his own grounds to the beft advantage,
uneis he diverts it from thofe who are TO ufe il
after him. But although Frederick recognized
- '~~~~, teas asainit the plan Of his arbitra-
Try government to make publick reparation for
the puohck wrongs he had committed. With
our mentioning the affair to any one, he gave
private orders TO remit the fine of oount n
he retored the three judges frll TO their liberty
and afterwards to their places, without. now
ever, word of apology for the afront offered
| 10 them. TIE chancellor, whole reftoration
would have looked like pubck avowal of
ms trf r, was tutfered to remain in diferace
What rendered this attack on the mi ;iftrrs Of
inif'ce moe A:s:c:c;:s as, that no2c OF them
was preient in the courts where the fuit of the
n'iier was tried, and that the chancellor. in
particular, knew nothing of the circumffancee
IL IS to be obterved that the miller rented his
mill from the king.