The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-02-25

short OF the truth of nature; the other was alto
getber frank and open, and was stranger 70
subterfuge. The first never asked her husband
for any thing Sut she was in debt to every one;
the second freely asked whenever she wanted,
which. however, very sci lom happened; and she
never thoaght Of receiving any thing without I'M
me lately paving fer it. Both were amiable aud
gentle IL disposition, and strongly attached to
their husbands But il mist already have been
guessed who they are; and those who have ever
seen them win not fail TO recognize the two En-
presses.
The Emperor dccl<-sl that he had uniformly
experienced from bdt4 The greatest equality of
temper and the most imp lcit obedience.
The marriage Of Maria Louisa was consumna-
ted at Fontanbleau, Immediately after her arri-
val. The Emperor, setting aside all the etiquette
that had previously been arranged, went to meet
her, and in disguise rot into her carriage. She
was agreeably surprised when she discovered him.
She had always been given 70 understand that
Berthier who had married her BY proxy at VII
emma, in person and age, exactly resenbled the
Emperor she, however, slgnlfed that she OBJ
served very pleasing difference between them.
Maria Louisa confessed to the Emperor that
when her marriage with him was first proposed,
she could rot help feeling kind q terror, ow-
ing 70 the accounts She had heard Of Napoleon
from the individuals of her family. When she
mentioned these reports to her uncies; the Arch
dukes, who were very urgent for the marriage,
they replied" That was all very trrc, while lie
was our enemy but the case is altered now"
Ertracf Of q 1st.er from Mrs. Edet7orH., t7a
fcHale trisad-
" Bracebridge Hall has not been, believe, as
popular as the first work Of Mr. irving but
that is because It Is not his first work, and be-
cause il tells Of England with which we are
better acquainted than with America--probabIy
Bracebridge Hail viii be liked better with YOU
than even the Sketch Book. 1t IS beautifully
written--obyiously he has taken the Spectator
for his model, and his old knight is a modern Sirs
Roger Dc CoyerlT-wIth variations. Lady LiIl-
craft is good, and her dog admirabIe-thc Stout
Gentcman--tbe Ian Yard--ihe Rookerv-are
all eXqulsit paintings in the high finish Of the
Flemish school--and the mad girl, and the chap
ter country gentlemen. have excelcncies OF
another and higher order.
9 The fault of the book Bracebridge Hall) is
that the workmanship surpasses the work. There
is too much care and cost bestowed on petty OBJ
iects. This is tie fault Of the Flemish school,
II j. all naturaI-but all nature does not deserve
10 be painted BY masters hand. The herring
OH z DodFus dlU tlle OFOFSttdl WOHldB anu tBe
beggar boy, are fine Flemish pictures, but we
regret that such talents were bestowed OH such
subjects. have seen a celebrated old womsn's
head by Flemish painter, penner, which actu-
ally made me shudleF and tLsgusted me, from be-
ing too accurately taken off from reaiity-Iike
mask taken from dead face-{ac si0l5ie without
life
(" Thank YOU for tic Spy, | cannot agree with
YOU in thinking it fashy performance. We
read il aloud in our family, and notwithstanding
many peculiar faults Of style aud composition,
and the wcarisome trick Of describing every
creatures looks and emphasis every time they
speak or move, we found il highly interesting.
from describing manners and state Of society
that are new to us,-and independently Of this
American vaIue IRE think a qcoyk Of g7'eat
geiiias. In the Flemish style, nothing in Wash
inrton Irving, or even il Walter Scott, il more
perfect nature than the Irish follower Of the
Camp, Bttg. ] single her out as an instance
because Of her we can best judge. She is one
Of the most faithful and exquisite Irish characters
ever saw drawn with individual characteristic
touches, and yet representing a whole class
The humour, ard Wit, and blunder, and saeacity,
and good nature, and want Of moral principle,
and abundance of moral feeling, most happily
blended together, 50 As 70 make il genuine Irish.
ageerated in humour-and the dialect is such as
could not have been ki except by one we'll ac-
a1ainted with Irish characters.
But independently Of Betty, there is very
stfong drawing Of characters and of human ma
ture in general, as well as Of national, character
in this work.-The story grant you is confused,
and the main interest turning upon the pedIar
SpV injudiCOus. No sympathy can be excited
with meanness, and there must be a degree Of
meanness ever associated with tie idea Of a Sp4.
Neither poetry nor prose can ever make Spy
an heroic character.-From Delon in the HAD
to Major Andre TO his instrument Of Washing
ton, il has been found impracticabe to raise q
Spy into hero. Even the punishment of hang
ing goes against all heroic stomachs--the scat
fold is glorious thing, and may be brought on
the stage with satety-but would even Shake
spear venture the gibbet MAJ. Gas.
The preservation of Potatoes has been lately
held up to view in France, as the best security
against famine. An account has been given bv
Cadet de Faux, Of an establishment Of III. Ter
uaux al Saint Ouen, for the economical prescr-
walton Of gram, potatoes, sc.
The potatoes are pared, 1.-THE pairings being
given 10 hogs and other anmalsJ boiled in steam
spread while hot upon fable, divided by light
instrument, which enables the moisture to eva
Poratc, cooled, aud then passed. through gram
iating sieve, and thoroughly dried 10 a stove
constructed adyaniageousy for this purpose
The dry material when taken from tire stove
! has tie form Of vermicclh IL may easily Be
reduced either to coarse or fine -four, bv grind
ing. 1t is called by NJ. Ternaux poIerta, and
requires nothing but a little warm water and
salt, TO convert it Immediately into an agreeable