Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-12-17

The plague has made its appearance
at Constantinople. Two serv,nts had
died in the palace of the Dutch Envoy,
and the foreign minister felt great con-
sternation in consequence.
Sir c. Stewart, the English amhsss-
ador at the Court of France, has an
nounced that the King of England will
not visit Paris on his return from the
Continent, The Venus steam boat had
proceeded to Calais to bring his males
ty to England.
Daring his majesty's visit at Hanoi
YER, grand Boar Hunt was got up for
his amusement. in which all the pea
santry and nobility assisted. The wild
beasts were surrounded and driven into
a corner, when at signal the work of
destructien commenced, ana So victims
fell in the fatal attack. None of the
sportsmen were allow ed to use fire arms
but his Royal Hishness. He was to
have left Hanover on the 25th of Sept.
for England.
Mrs. Siddons, who has been on visit
to her brother, Mr.. JOHN Kemble, at
Geneva, has returned to London.
The following is the conclusion Of
some notitie respecting Sterne and a
sketch OF the lille OF mis- valet, La Fieur,
who was a native of Burgundy, Kept a
cabareti in Calais, and frequent vIsiter
to England as courier, sergeant, OF
other character requiring zeal and dill
gence.
In addition TO La Fleur's account Of
himself, the writer of the preceding OBJ
tanned from him severa little circum.
stances relative to his master, as well
as the characters depicted by him. few
of which, as they would lose by abridg-
ment, shall give psr6atim
There were moments" said La
Fleur, in which my master appeared
sunk into the deepest dejection-when
his calls upon me TOR my services were
SO seldom, that l sometimes apprehen-
sively pressed in upon his privacy, to
suggest what thought might divert
his melancholy. He used to smile at
NY we'll ment zeal, and l could see
was happy to be relieved. At others,
he seemed to have received new soul
ne launched into the levity natural a
mon pays; said Fleur, "and cried gaily
enough, FiUs La Bagatelle :" 1t was
in one of those moments that he became
acquainted with the Grisette at the
glove shop; she afterwards visited him
at his lodgings, upon which La Fieur
made not single remark; but, on ma
ming the file de chambre, his other WIS.,
liant, he exclaimed, 1t was certainly a
pity, she was so pretty and petite"
The lady mentioned under the initial
l.. was the Mar4uise LAMBERT; to the
interest Of this lady he was indebted
for the passport which began to make
him seriously uneasy. Count de B.
(BretaeiD notwithstanding the Shakes
| peare, La Fleur thinks, would have
troubled himself little about him.
Cnoiseul was minister at the time.
Poor Maria-was, alas! no fiction:
"When we came up to her, she was
groveiling in the road like an infant,
and throwing the dust upon her head
and yet few were more lovely! Upon
Sterne's accosting her with tenderness,
and raising her in his arms, she collect
ed herself and resumed some compo-
sure; told him her tale Of misery, and
wept upon his breast; my master sob
bed aloud. saw her gently disengage
herself from his arms, and she sung
him the service to the Virgin: my poor
master covered his face with his hands.
and walked by her side to the cottage
where she lived; there he talked ear
nest'y to the old woman"
Every day." said La Fieur, "while
we stayed there, carried them meat D.
drink from the hotel, and when we do.
parted from Moulines, my master left
his blessings and some money with the
mother. How much," added he, 81
know not; he always gave more than
he could afford"
Sterne was frequently at loss upon
his travels for ready money. Remit.
tances were become interrupted by
war, and he had wrongly estimated his
expenses; he had reckoned along the
post roads, without adverting to the
wretchedness that was to call upon him
in his way.
At many Of our stages my master has
turned to me with tears in his eyes
"These poor people Cypress me, La
Fleur! how shall relieve me?" He
wrote much, and to late hour. told
La Fleur OF the uncomfortable quaint.
ty he had published-he expressed ex
treme surprise. II know" said he,
''upon our return from this tour, there
was large trunk completely filled with
papers" 'Do you know any thing of