The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-01-11
FROM AN ENGLISH PAPER.
WHIT HAYE SEEN

Mr.. DufenS, q gentleman well known as,
literary and diplomatic character. 1t is ta-
ken from sketch lately published, called
" THE Sights I haze seen," and contains /.
more compressed view of the leading events
lot modern times than we have before seen
as such we of,er it to cur Readers
:" have seen king imprisoned by hsscr
Q), live cmperors massacrcd e., five kings
assassinated (S). six kings depcscd <4t,
hve republics annihiiatcd (5), a great king
dom cffaccd from the map OF Europe (6):--,
have seen England lose in eight years halee
North America, after possessing it for more
than a century. have seen her, verifying
the sentiment of an ancient (that TIC empirs-
OF the sea gives that of the land,) take the
Cape Of Good Hope, and the Island of Ccylon
from the Dutch, Malta, Egypt, and several
colonies from the French. have seen her
dictate the law to the king of Denmark, az
Copenhagen, and carry her victorious arms
into the most remote paris of the world.
have seen this same England in 17s6;,
resistthe combined efforts of Europe, Of A.
mcrica, and of the Northern Powers, who
formed an armed neutrality against her ma 5
rhine dominion; have seen her IN the re-
Evolutionary war often destitute of allies, ana
alone opposing the enormous power q
France, of Italy, of Denmark, and Of Rus
STA %. have seen the son of an English
Gentleman SO out to India, as writer for &
mercantile company Out quitting the ser
vice when very young, to embrace the rnili:'
sary hfe') afterwards rising to the head Of
the army; dethrone powerful prince in the,
East, place another on his throne, conquer
a part OF Hndoostan, and raise the B,itish
dominion in that quarter to the pre-emi-.
nencc which it row enjoys (8.)
=" l have seen, what has no example IL hs.
tory, a little Corsican gentleman conquer Its-
ly; force the Emperor Of Germany to make
a disgraceful peace @ y take Malta in two
idays; Egypt in a month return from thence,
and place himself on the throne of the Boar-
bcns; aud all in less than four years, (froin
May, 1896, to November, 1882 ! have
seen him transport his army and his artiEc-
| ny i'll the midst Of winter over the mcSt Diff
cult part Of the Alps, and in single baths
| (10) decide at once, the fate ofG crmany.
and of Italy. have seen this came Cursi-,
can gentleman order the Pope to Paris, ia
| 1900, to crown him Emperor of the French.
and afterwards depose this same Pope, and
deprive him of the temporal possession.s
(which his ancestors had enjoyed for more.
than a thousand years G1.) have seen
him declare himself King of Italy.
= have seen him Drawing formidable.
league which was directed against him,
march TO Vienna, and even into Hungary. IL
six weeks give the law three times to the
emperor OF Germany ga compel him to at
deprive him of part Of his domnions, force,
| the emperor of Russia twice to retire (l3S
.and soon after nhlSo him O march to his as.
distance against the emperor of Austria. (
have seen him destroy the power OF the.
king OF Prussia iii Is days, and strike an
Europe with disnfay. j have seen him de-
! throne FIVE Kings (14.) and create eight c..
theirs 15,) annex Holland to France (lGA-
dictate to Spain, as if it were one of ". Tro.,
vinces, employ her forces as his own, and al
last take possession Of th:c whole kingdom.
In short have seen him extend his dominic
on farther Khan that of Charlcmagne, ans
find eothing that could resist his ambition.
sut the King of Great-Britain, sometimes
alone against the whole host of Europearr
power, and sometimes with the TROOPS OF thu.
continent in his pay
which Mr.. Dufcns has seen and the mos.
striking Of which, those who are muclS
younger than h~is, have bekeid with eauaI
CONSERVATION and surprise.
~ Victor, King Of Sardinia, in 1872.
az Peter III John VI. Paul L. Eu<
herors of Russia; SeHn, III in Jsiy, 1859.
ard Mostahha ". November IL, 1906.
Emherors Of Constantinofile.
90 Josehh, King Of Portugal Louis
Ky. Louis XVI. Lonis XVII Kings of
France; Gustavus III. King of S4yeden.:
in 1792.
% Stanislaus Poni0,owsky, King Of
Poland the King Of Sardinia, on The ioth
Of December, 1898. Ferdinand ". Hing.
Of Naples; Charles ~. Ferdinand VII.
Kings 9fsSfaip in May, 1903 ]; and Gusia-
vas ~. King If S7veden, arrested on The
1871 Of March, 1909, by lis uncle the DIXIE
81 SHdermania, who 4vas elected King i;s
his stead ON The 18Th Of the following Jnut.
~ Holland, Ssoeden, Genoa, Lnscc.
60 The King Of Poland.
~ -Itfer TIC treaty Of LuneUiiie.
..(8) Lord Give, from 1747 to 1767. Re
dieG in 1774.
(9J Tie feaee Of Camho Fornio, on
the nm Of october, 1897 fhe freiimi-
naTies zvers signed Hi1rt IL, 1877, az Lee
ben.
(10) 1T N1arengo. on the 14th or ,June.
1900, utter having hassed the grea; 81
Bernard.
M IN December, 1909.
(12) By tie treaties Of Canho 70, 1,js
1877; Of Lunevit!e, 9tb ofFebraary. 1881
and Of Vienna, 14th Of October, 1902
(13) m AuSterlhz. tic 2dof December.
1905, and by the feace If 7Ksif, 8th efJs-
Iy, 1907.
(i4) The Kings Of France, Of Ian!es,
and SARDINIA, and t70o Kngs If Sham
Charlec ". and Ferdinand VII.
(l5) The Kings 1T Etrltrio, IF Ifaig,
Of Holland, Of Naples, # Baparid, Of Wir-
kSUlbPrp. of 81 y-o,u and or rIyoafh6,y;,