The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-09-13
From the Phila. National Gaz.

II is some davs since the "Pcrsonal Mar
rative" Of the Travels in the U. States o.
lieutenant The Honorable Frederick Fita-
gerald de Roos, of the Royal British Navy.
came into our hands. and but for the arrival
OF foreign intelligence, We should immedi-
ately have given our readers some account
of the contents and spirit Of the book. Ex
tracts from II, furnished by the British lonr
nails, have appeared already in the American
papcrs, from which shrewd guess If not An
absolute Judgment, could be formed concern
ing its general complexion: they convey. how
ever, very inadequate notion ofthe qualities
and tcscant of the titled traveller Before
we notice hin further, we must state that
his vuIume--a handsome octave ot one hun
dred md ninety v-cuc pages, is dedicated BY
permission to His Royal Ii,eLness William
Henry, Duke Ot Clarence, Lord High Ad-
miral If ENGLAND. that its appartion was
preceded hy more anil loi'ier hHFs than a.
nv work If the kind that has been ISSUED for
wears past. SO much was prelrded, III The
1 London Journals. Of the value and rarity OF
the Hpnonr,b ,b, Frederick de Roos' revela-
tons OF the United States, of the distinguish
4 cd gentlemdu's acquaintance with the best
I American society, and SO forth, that We
wtrr ourselves, We may say, caught, and
\ naturally expected narrative OF superior
teXture and magnihcent pnrport, though up
on inquiry among those who have opportu-
mites oi knowlng what strangers fSure II
our fashionable circles, we were not aole
to find an individual that had ever seen or
hrard II tic new and Illustrious tourist.
z On the I5th NAV, 1926 6-mem0rable epoch
the honuurablt Lieutenant detained a
month'S leave ot absence from his ship AZ
Halifax, embarked IN the Frnlic packet toi
New-Ynrk, and reached FLOCK Island, al
ter weeks voyage, on which Island he be
gan forthwith TO speculate about America
beauty. having seen two daughters OF one o
the fishermen. From that theatre he reach
ed New York in two days, whence, the mex
. morning after his arrival, ne "pushed on t,
Philadelphia, and thence FASTENED to baitl
/ m ore and thence FASTENED to Washington
e having travelled 1.-TWO hundred miles i'll for
weight hours" At Washington he re
= maned from the evening of the 27th untI
e the morning of the 29th May; at Baltimore
d on his return, about twenty -four hours; a
= Philadelphia, from the 3lst May until til
j. 1st June; at New York, Ave days actually
e on the 9th June, he assembled the Hudson 9
% far as Albany, where he "booked himself
v instantaneousy in an accommodation stag
f. for Boston, in which he was carried thltht
lie in three days At the northern capital /
v tarricd about half day, beios impatient
I'd embark for Eastpo,t in a packet. In fort,
Id eight hours he reached Eastport, and tp
t ! days after made his exit from the Repuhll
o. in the English steamboat for st. johns. Ne
n. Brunswick. Thus, Lieutenant the Honou
n able Frederick was altogether three qoee
It. in the United States, and sa7v New Yor
e; Philadelphia. Baltimore, Washington, t
lin North River to Albany, the stage rot
- from Albany to Boston, and the pack
ne route from Boston to Eastport. 1t is mat
IS rial to notice how long tns eagle-eyed or
IA ic was among US, and how much OF our p
nd bian territory he visited, because he inclut
co all republican America in every oplnl
NJ which he pronounces, and qualities no op
at ion whatever with reference to any limits
Ia time or space in observation.
a On setting out from. Halifax he was tick
ind by the FIRST phrase of Tour to Mag