Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-09-26

cisateaux, erected at different ,'a;ea
sn, each one having it, Separate sar |
'den.-'rhe whole edilico contains Tin.
hundred rooms. Six hundred yea,s
back is this palate mentioned in bis.
tory. Francis The First took great
delight in it, ard to him it is indcb,,d
for 'ndch OF its inter nal magpiicenDc,
Henry the Third OF France was l,opa
within its walls. The naughty Louis
XIV, paid it an annual visit, ami il |
amongst th' roya! houses which tic |
famous Gnlbrrt repaired 4 beau.iRed |
lurlhat proud ant, ambitious monarch. |
But its greatest celebrity is derived
from a modern namc---a name AZ
which Europe and The world one
ienbied, but a name that has passed
aWay---whose charm was strangely
and suddenly Dissolved, and for which
a my sicrious desti..y has seeriied ty
anticipate sle oblivion of tie grave, \
You may well imagine with what ca
ger curiosity we enquireJ for the
chamber in which Napoleon signed his
abdlcation OF the throne Of France, +
might almost say Of tile throne or,
Europe. for they clustered round hin.
like SO many consultations, of which
he was the central and combining
luminary.-Nor shall Feasily forget
my sensation, when inot only entered
the interesting apartment, but was
shown The lille table ON which the
Important deed was d0ne-the momeDe
tary deed, which Transformed hins
from an Emperor to an exile, and
banishcd him from The palaces Of
Frame to 4 lonely dwelling on the
ocean. What was the agony of his
feelings at that lnomenl-how he was
at once transported by rage. by yex4
alton, and des,iair-is sufficiently in
cheated Ivy the veliemcnce with which,
he threw his penknilt' OH The tables
the marks (which are still distinctly
visible. The images THAI we're pre-
I, se"t To my mind. and the reflections
thai crowded upon that small APART
naent. | should in vain endeavor to
!. em'o'iy in language. l felt as if riv~'
tied to The spUt-I threw myself upon
t the couch he rnesseil---1 looked
J! again and at the liable on which tic
I "ratc---i surveyor every article OF
: furniture the rooiii contained, As il /
Expected that some Of the Illuminated
things aroand me would lind voice
To atisiy my ardent curiosity of that
days transactions; and believe that
\ had been left some time alone ere
r Was roused tioul my reyerie b, the
; return OF Me guide to apprise me Of
the auyanre Of the party. then
took "a sketch OF tie memorable table
. and dcpurted. We we're also shown
!, Tue room in which ha he'd his last
j. council. the table Of which was still
j staa'i;n5, surrounded by the magni!i-
u ee'it CHAIRS of state nearly rs wien lle
rosc from it's gloomy deliberations.
!, We, morro,er, passed through the
= lutte al paitn,cuts ht'h were oecu-
). ricd ny the Pope, when Bouapartc held
, iiin' IA prisoner in France. All the
;. inr.iturr which his Holiness used re-
. 'na'ns precisely as wien he leii!t. ihe
i aniGe described him rs q rnila an!
{ pcacnble old man. and believe he
/ endured the Insults and Injuries heap
{ al upon him hy the Emperor, in a
manner moi whul!y unbceoning the
! savvelness Ct his character and office
!, The theatre, and the chapel. Ga SIN
y sular combination, boz One unii0rniI,
y y found in the PALACES of Eraner,) are
:. extremely elegant. III" Hoor of the
former is composed OF the finest
e inariles, while the ornamental part
II Of the latter is yer, costly. and rich in
s si'''ing. Many Of the rooms are sp!en,
n Sid. but comfort seems to have beet
l. chiefly stuffed through the whole
u The gallery Of Francis i. is surrcun'
~ dcd by tie bnsts Of eminent urn
IS 8 uipiurcd in white marble, and sup
i ported on marble pillars. Our great
:, Duke .: Asar!chorough, and the illus
!, 'rhus General Washington are each
!, nc0ored with place.
,e Philadelphia, Sept 10.
INF shontaneou InRamation.-A few day
m past, one OF the Wooden Manufacture
r. near Germantown was set on fire by th'
D. spontaneous inflammation ofwool or Cock
oil creased with linseed oil. 1t had been pre-
IS pared the day before for particular pur
lD0se and although the onantitv did nc