Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-07-28
ITIIRRIDE
Mr.. Poinset thus describes the adventurer l.
turbide in his interesting Notes on .Merico.
IS I Uac nracontnd IN EJi-. Mo;act, tl,;c

was presented 10 HIS Majesty this
morning (Nov. 81 On alighting at tie
gate of the palace, which is an extern
sive and handsome building, we were
received by numerous guard, and theo
made our way up large stone stair
case, lined with senlinels to a spacious
apartment, where we found a briga-
der general stationed TO usher US into
The presence. The Emperor was in
his cabinet and received us with great
politeness. Two Of his fayourites were
with him. We were all seated, and he
conversed with US for half an hour in
an easy unembarrassed manner, taking
OCCASION to compliment the United States
and ouG institutions, and 10 lament that
they were not suited TO the circumstan-
ces Of his country. He modestly insinu-
ated that he had yielded very reluctant
ly to the wishes Of the people, but had
been compelled 10 suffer them 10 place
the crown upon his head to prevent
misrule and anarchy.
/" He is about FIVE feet ten or eleven
inches high, stoutly made and well pro-
Portioned, His face is oval, and his fea-
lures are very good, except his eyes,
which were constantly bent on the
ground or averted. His hair is brown,
with red whiSkers, and lis compile xion
fair and rtddy, more like that of Ger
man, than ola spaniard. As ysu will
hear his name pronounced differently,
let me tell you that you must accent e..
qually every syllable. l-tur-bi-de.
will not repeat the tales heard daily
Of the character and CONDUCT of this
man. Prior 10 the late successful rev.
olution, he commanded a small force in
the service of the Royalists, and is &C
cused of having been The most cruel
and blood thirsty prosecutor of the Pat
riots and never to have spared pris-
oner. His official letters to the vice
roy substantiate this fact. In the inter-
val between the defeat of the Patriot
cause and the last revolution, he resid-
ed in the capitol and 10 a society not
remarkable for strict morals, he was dis
tlngulshed for bis immortality. His u
surpation ofthe chief authority has been
the most glaring, and unjustitiable and
his exercise of power arbitrary and w.
rannical. With a pleasing address and
progressing exterior, and by lavish
profusion, he has attached the officers
aud soldiers 10 his person, and so long
as ne possesses the means of paying
aud rewaIding them, SO long he will
maintain himself on the throne; when
these fail he will be precipitated from
it. 1t is maxim of history, which will
probably be again illustrated by this ex-
ample, that government not founded
on public opinion, but established and
Supported by corruption and violence,
cannot exist without ample means TO
pay the soldiery, and TO maintain pen
sioners and partisans. Aware Of the
state of his funds, and of the probable
TO himself of their failure,
he is making great exertions TO nego-
tate loans in England; and sach is the
of the moDied men in that
country, that it is possible he may effect
his object.
" To Judge ItIrbide from his public
papers do not think him man of tai
ents. lie is prompt, bold and decisive,
and not scrupulous about the means ne
employs TO obtain his ends"
Theo. Cibber in company with three
other Bon Vivants, made An excursion.
Theo. had false set ofteeth-a second
a glass eye--a third. cork leg-but
the fourth had nothing peculiar except
remarkable way of shaking his head.
They travelled in post coach-and
while they were going the first stage
after each had made merry with his
neighbours infrmity-they agreed at
every batting place, they would all az
feet the same singularity. When they
came 10 breakfast, they were all TO
squlnt--and as. the countrymen stood
gaping round, when they first alighted,
cd rot it, cried one, how that man
squints = why, dom thee,' says
second, here be another squirting fell
lowP The third was thought to be
better squinter than the other two, the
fourth 6etter than all the rest. In short,
language cannot express how admira-
BY they squinted-for they went one
degree beyond the superlative. At din
ner,they all appeared TO have cork legs,
aud their stumbling about made more
diversion than they had done at break
fast. At tea, they were all deaf:-but
at supper-which was at the ship at
DoVer--each man resumed his charac-
ter, the better to play his part in farce
they had concerted among them. When
they were ready to go to bed, Cibber
called out Tor the waiter Here you
fellow, take Nout my teeth Teeth,
sir " said th man. 'Ay, teeth, sir. I'm