American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-05-16

iom.house that he had important dispatches for Mr.
tanning he was Immediately passed. and went or
with all possible rapidly.
The remains OF the army of the Faith on the Ma.
varre frontier, under the rrappst, have been defeat
cd and entirely dispersed.
Mrs. RADcLlFrE.-Died, in Stafford Row,
Pmlico, Uurs. INN Radct.He, wife of w. Radcliffe
esq. barrster at-law and late proprietor and editor
,oi the English Chronicle newspaper. Mrs Rad
cilffe was known and admired by the world, as the
able and ingenious authoress of some Of the best
romances that have ever appeared in the English
language; and which, TO the honour of the country,
have been translated into every European tongue,
and read every where with enthusiasm Her Fl, st
work was .aihlin and Uumbiaine, her second tie
ROmdnce Of the Forest, and her third the Sicilian
h0mdhce. which established her fame as an elegant
and original writer. Her next production, publish
ed IN 1898, was the famous Mysteries of Ui0lph0,
Tor which The RobInsons gave her lO00t., and were
well repaid for their speculaion, the work being
universally sought for, and many large editions
rapidly sold. Having been incorporated by Mrs.
Bsrbau'd, into her edition of the British Noyelists,
aud being, in that other 10 ms, in every library,
would be superfluous in this place. to enlarge on
its transcendant merits Hyper-criticism alone
sideredby many persons as justification of the
high coouring OF the previous narrative; hut it was
Mrs. RadcllfFs object to show how supers,itious
feelings could feed on circumstances easily expai
ned by The ordinary course OF nature. This object
she attained, though 1t dlsappolnts the votarirs of
superstition and in degree, irritstcs the expec
tatons OF philosophy. Be this as it may, taken as
whole it is ONE fthe most extraordinary compo-
sitions in the circle Of literature.
In 1894, Mrs. Radcliffe gave TO the world
Narrative of her travels IN France, Germany and
Italy; but, In describing matters oil fact, her writings
were not equally fayoured. Some years after,
Cadet and Davies gave her l5O0t for her ItalidnS
which, though generally read, did not increase her
reputation. The anonymous Criticisms which ap
peared upon this work the limitations OF her style
and manner ny various literary adyen'urers, the
publication OF some other novels under a name
slightly varied Tor the purpose OF imposing ON the
public, and the Rippant of the term "RadcliH-
school," by scribbers OF all classes tended altoge
Their TO disgust her with the world, and create d
depression OF spirits which led tor many years, IN .
considerable degree to seclude her from society
1t is understood that she had written other works
which. on these accounts, she withheld from publ
cation, in spite Of the soIicilude Of her friends and
OF tempting offers made her by various publishers
Her loss Of spirits was followed by i'll hsath and
the only solace OF her latter years the unwea-
ried attentions Of an atfectionat. husband, whose
good intelligence enabled him to appreciate her ex-
traordinaiy worth. The situation in which they
sided, during the last ten years, is OF the mos
cheerful round the metropolis; and here, under a
gradual decay Of her mental and bodily powers, this
intellectual ornament Of her expired on the 9TH
day Of February in the 62d year OF her a,;e. In
person, Mrs. Radcliffe was Of diminutive size; and
during the prime of her life, when she mixed in
company, her conversation WAS yvscioue, and unal-
loyed by the pedanlic formsty which 100 often
characterizes the manners OF literary ladies.