North Wales Gazette

To the Editor of the North Wales Gazet/s. He who by his Farm would thrive, He who by his Farm would thrive, 85 Mus' either hold the Plow, or Drive." THIS, Mr. Printer is an old adage, so and ent indeed, (hat the present time have proved it to be Its the very extensive dis- trict. where I have lived more than half a century, very few, if any of the farming gentry, ever held, or drove a plough their minds and I i me are occupied in other pursuits; they aim to become scientific not practical farmers.—Mr. Flash., for instance, possesses an extervsivecollection of books, upon botany, ■■indeed almost all that were ever published ■•various herbnls, written by Dodoneus, Ger hard, Johnson, Pas kinsson, Miller, &e. in which the medical qualities of every herb and plant are set forth in addition to which, he purchases every modern aulhorupol1 the im- provement of ATiclllture and Planting but the book upon which he descants with the greatest eloquence is-The Loves (If the Planls, written by some learned Doctor, as he says, by which he proves that all the pinks and lil- lies, are, in short, no better than a parcel of ■whores and rogues having a promiscuous intercourse together He excites the wonder of his hearers, when he gives a long lecture upon the genus, generic properties of the flowers, hermaphrodite and male flowers, petals, calyx, corroilas, fibulate filaments, stigma, &c. &c. How he acquired this won derful knowledge, we are all puzzied to guess. I remember reading in the Arabian nights en. tertainments, of a learned vizier who pretended to understand the speech of birds, and dis covered to the Caliph, a plot which was form ing by two owls, who were snoring in the ruins of an old castle, in which treaty, one of these sagacious gentlemen, wis eigariii, to bestow a number of ruined edifices upon his daughter, if his snoring friend would take her to he his wife. Here, Mr. Printer, was souse sound, but I have listened attentively over beds of pinks and tulips, but 1 could not discover either sound or motion, except what was occasioned by the passing breeze. Our other neighbour Mr. Steady, who rents a very extensive farm, relinquishes these scien- tific researches, and pursues steadily the cul- ture of his lands, and attends diligently to the proper management of his cattle, sheep, and horses and for every article that he takes to market, lie obtains much higher .prices than Mr. Flash can ever get, with all his scientific knowledge. Mr. Steady pur chases all the most improved implements in agriculture, and employs the best informed persons as his agents or assistants, in whose care and judgment he can place a confidence, and his lands exhibit nn appearance of the highest culture, whereas those of Mr. Flash, are hid dox-ii if) a slovenly manner, and are infested with weeds, the hedges are grown wild, and his cattle very frequently die of di se ises, which if properly attended to, might be prevented From what 1 am able to form a judgment, I Wink that the jog trot pace pur sued by Mr. Steady, is far more worthy of imitation, than the wild gallop of Mr. Flash, and of more sterling value to himself, and •benefit fo society in general. Cucrlcn, 1324. CULTOR. ,0!!8 To fhe ED I to Il of the North Wales Gazelle ■SIR, — Mankind are apt to think that could they but see a miracle wrought in favour of religion, the force of it upon their minds would be irresistible. They have their wish they have the most stupendous of all miracles in the prophecies accomplished, and accomplish- ing, The completion of the prophecy is the great argument for the truth of Christianity, in the latter days; by which the prejudices of the J-ws, and the enmity of the Gentiles shall be finally overthrown.- To beacquainled with the manners and transactions of ages, long since passed away, or empires which existed in al earthly splendour, not known now but ia the scanty page of history to have the ac- tions of the great and virtuous, as well as of unprincipled and profligate men the books of the Old Testament furnish us with ample store of historic matter, upon the truth of which we may safely rely. Here we see the rise and fall of the greatest and most popular nations; of their preservance and prosperity so long as they acted up to the light that was oilered to then.; and of their dreadful down- fall and destruction when they incurred the displeasure of the Almighty.These wonderful changes in empires and states, have been ex- emplified in these latter days, and bring home to our own doors, the indignation of the Su preme Being, at the violation of his first and second commandments. The superstition and idolatry of the Church of Rome, for many centuries past, at length brought down Ills se- vere chastisements, who sent his ministers of fire and sword to punish them. The pages of history, both acred and profane, teem will) accounts of the overthrow of idolatrous nl1 tions. We have seen in France, that atheism has been the spawn of idolatry. The people found that their petitions and prayers which they had so long offered up to their idols aud saints, were and their desires were unaccomplished; and this induced them to think that tle gods which they were taught to worship, having proved ineffectual, "That there was no God," and then the Almighty left them to their vain imaginations, and sent the messengers of his wrath upon all the Po- pish nations in Europe. This brings to re- collectioii the following anecdote. —" A poor Irish cottager, whose ancestors had long held n small tenement under a gentleman of large landed property, and who was violently at- tached to his worship of saints, and possessed a great number oi their portraits, which were I ils, bang up in his parlour, and to which he of- fered his constant supplications and prayers. The poor man's term being expired, he had iiolice to quit, or pay all exorbitant advanced rent- He app icd to all the Lord's numerous agents, st ward, under steward, bailiffs, mid- dle-men, tything-man, surveyor, &c. &c. to prevail upon tnem to SUITer him to continue to hold the premises, but all was ineffectual, and he must turn out.—Paddy at length re- solved that he would apply to the Lord him- self, aud make his petition to him. He ac- cordingly went, and hid his distress before him the Lord pitied his case, and not only continued him in the farm. out addedsome land adjacent to it, and made him quite com- fortable. After Paddy had gained his suit, and was retiring, he took courage to look about him, and observing the walls decorated with grand pictures,he enquired who all those fine folks were ? The gentleman told him that they were Saints and Angels, to whom he prayed constantly to mediate for him to the Lord, when he was in distress, and wanted a petition to be granteù- That the two great ones were St. Peter and St. Paul, to whom he prayed when he had any great request to make — the others were inferior saints,that lie invok- ed when he wanted their mediation in matters of less importance. Poor Paddy turning to him, said with greatearnestness, Faith Sir, 1 shall never do so again, for this reason, that I find that thesestewards and middle-men never do attend to petitions, and are deaf to com- plaints, as all your's were to mine but I shall always make n:y wants known to the Lord, who is alone powerful to grant all I ask for, and much more tban I can or do expect, as you have done to dav; and therefore 1 shan never supplicate for aid from such weak mediators, who have no power to serve me, but 1 will al- ways apply to the Lord, who alone is able to help me."

SIr BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PROVISIONAL GO- VERNMENT OF FRANCE. It is worthy of observation, that among the five Members of the Provisional Govern- mcnt, there was only one individual (Talley- rand, whose memoirs we have given) who had made themselves conspicuous during the rise I and progress of the Revolution. COUNT DE BEURNONVILLE, next in the list to Talleyrand, is ofan ancient family in France, yet at the commencement of the Revolution, his branch of that family was so extremely poor,that he actually at this period served as I a foot soldier. Yet he had at one time figur- ed in the second circles of Paris, having been the companion and associate of Barras and Be raguay d'Hilliers, the one a Viscount, am! the ot her a petit gcntilhomme,under the old regime. We know not that he was much improved either in character or morals by such connec- tions but there is no doubt that he might tions but there is no doubt that he might have aspired to a worthier rank in society, as the ancientstock of Beurnonville, or Eonrnon- ville, as it seems to be indifferently written, has given no less than twelve nohlè families to France. At the close of the 16th century. Guy de Kournonville was Governor of Abbeville, 1 and having married a lady of the family of Rauchicourt, she, as heiress, brought him se- veral landed estates, which were all erected I into a domain, with the title of Count annex- ed, in favour of their son Odoard in 1579.— Alexander, sou of Odoard, had his country elevated to a principality, by the good King II Henry the 4th. but that branch of the descent has been extinct nearly a century. However there still remained several uobie b-anchcs, one ot whom, as Lord of Sars, was raised to a I Marquisate in 1689. This Marquis was high in rank and power in France, being Governor I of Dendermond, and Sladholder of Lembourg, in the early part of the last century, leaving many sons behind him, one of whom was a Grandee of Spain, and a Knight of the Golden Fleece; If to this we add, that the family of Bournonville is carried up by genealogists as high as 107i, and then said to have sprung from the old Counts of Guines, it is perhaps not surprising that the present Cotiiit (le Boiir- nonville, with some remembrance of the past fortunes of his family, shouid have been anx- ious to retrace his revolutionary steps, and t«» restore to the throne of his ancestors, the true source of ancient nobility and honour. We shall not take a retroapect of the conduct of the Count previous to the Revolution it is enough to remember, that in a country where claims to gentility made honest occupations disreputable, it cannot be wondered at that the young aud poorer branches of getitiiitv sl-iould have had frequent recourse to the gaming ta- ble, both for amusement and for support.— During the Revolution, Beurnonville, though he joined in it, did not make any exfraordina- iy figure; indeed he is represented by a mo- dern biographer, as adull, heavy, stupid Yet, this, he so far distin- guished himself as to rise to the military rank of General of Division, in which situation he is stated never to havè had the opportunity of plundering, or he would perhaps have been an in, amateur like many others. In that respect we shall not pretend to judge; but we trust that his abstaining from plunder was as much in- fluenced by virtuous motives as by want of opportunity, particularly as his recent conduct has certainly shewn him to be both loyal and patriotic, even whilst paying attention to his own interest. Some time after the elevation of Napoleon to the Imperial purple, General Beurnonville was appointed a Member of the Senate all appointment which took place on the 12th Pluviose, of the 12, soon after which he was made Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, and, as an efficient Member of the Government, took up his abode at Nn. 51, in the Hue St. Honore. As Member of the Se- nate, he became Count de Beurnonville, and was appointed to a confidential and official situation in the Departments, as a Member of one of the new raised Senatoieries, an office appointed to each arrondissemcnt of the Impe- rial Court. Each of these Senntoieries was endowed with a mansion, and with an annual revenue of 25,000 francs, payable out of the national domains. The situation was to he held for life, and the holder of each office was obliged to reside three months in every year at lIle plnce or his mission. Their dufy was to fulfil such extraordinary services as might be directed to them by Napoleon, to whom they were to address themselves directly, without the intervention of the other Members and they were chosen by Napoleon himself out of lists of them, each presented to him by the Senate for that purpose. The Count de Beur- nonville was the Senator for Limoges aud its district; and in that situation he remained ¡ when the late events brought him into further notice He is now appointed one of the Coun- cil of State, an arrangement which took place after he and his Colleagues gave up the Pro- visional Adnllnistration of France to MonSieur, for his brother and King. The COUNT DE JACCOCRT, though elevated to that rank by Napoleon, hasalso some claims to rank with the old noblesse of France. The oiigiual descent of this family is-lost indeed in the obscurity of the tenth century but it is known that they took their name from a lord- ship in Champagne, near to Bar sur Aube, a town so frequently the scene of Napoleon's late exploits. This estate was however lost to the family as early as ihe year 1307,when John de Jaucourt, the then possessor, sold it to Philip the Hardy of France, then Duke of Burgundy. That the Lord3 of Jancourt must have then been potent nobles, is clear from the state of their castle, which in the old hooks of French chivalry is described as being sur- rounded by deep moats faced with stone, filled by the river Aube, and ti-ic castle ilselftlanked by nine large towers, with other defences. In the church too were many Gothic toruhs of the family, who built that sacred edifice; but these were all destroyed in the philosophic times of the revolution. The various branches of the family, ever since the year 1200, ap- pear to have been in the service of different monarchs of France, and to have taken part in many of the most remarkable transactions of past ages. It is not our intention, however, to the family through these scenes; for, in fact, the genealogy alone occupies no less (ban twelve quarto pages in a French genea- logical work. Some of the branches of the I family were al-o in the service of the Prussian Princes, whilst only Electors of Brandenburgh; and one of them who received several wounds at the battle of Nerwinde in 1685. was parti- cularly noticed and protected by William jf Nassau, Prince of Orange, and afterwards King of E ngland. The present Count de Jaucourt, to which he was created by Napoieon, was not very prominently engaged in the course of the revolution but being considered bj Napo- eon as a man fit. for office, was called to the I Senate on the 8th Brumaire, in the year 12, when he took up his abode in the Rue Pepini- ere at Paris, No. 31, and was soon afterwards appointed Cross and Commandant of the Le- gion of Honour. As a Member of the Senate he was chosen one of the Coadjutors in the Senatorial Commission of the Press; but we have not had any opportunity of knowing what his conduct was in that situation. Since the resignation ofthe Provisional Government lie has been choseu a Member of the Council of State. The DUKE OF DAELBBRG is, we have reason to believe a native of Germany, being born in the vicinity of Menlz. Indeed he was still so far connected witb Germ assy as to be Grand Crosss of the Order of Fidelity of Baden, to which Napolean added the Cross of the Legion of Honour. After Lheincorpoi-attot) of all the German countries on the left hank of the j Rhine with France, wany nations of that pari of the country repaired to the French capital as the legitimate scene for their political exer lions, and M. Dahlberg so far acquired the confidence of Napoleon, as to be appointed a Councillor of, Stite, not a Member ot the Senate. In his official capacity his resi dence was at No. 7, Rue de ia Concord, and he received the situation of Chief in the de" partment for Foreign Affairs; ao office which we believe lie held at the very time when the late Revolution took place; thus affording a I proof to tyranny, if proof were wanting. that no confidence can safely be placed by a cruel usurper in the gratitude or adherence even oi those on whom he may have showered favours, in order to induce tlJem to assist hiip in en- slaving others. Of MONSIEUR DE MONTESQUIEU, who was an ancient Member of the Constituent Assem- bly iu the early days of the Revolution, and ] afierwards quilled the busy and the dangerous stage of politics in order to sink quietly into j retirement, we can have but little to say. It l is a curious fact, however, that more members of the Montesquieu family held offices and honours under the Napoleon system, than of any other family iu France. As long as the Spirit of the Laws" shall remaiu in exis- tence, so long shall the name of Montesquieu be admired in England and indeed ail other countries; nor indeed is it likely that the name itself will ever be in disuse, as there are many branches of the family now in existence. We shall not examine into the propriety of the members of such an ancient stock of nobi- lity, bowing at the feet of the Corsican Usurper; but the fact is, that many of them acquired, by thus bending to the storm, some of the best places about the Consular and Im- perial Court, particularly the oldest branch of the family, who has revived the old title of Fezensacu, and under that name has for some years held the office of Grand Chamberlain, Cli, whilst his wife was Governess of Les Enfans, de France." That day, however, is now past; but there was, perhaps, sound policy in a I Montesquieu taking a leading part in the re- volutIOn and restoration and indeed as some I kind of proof of it, we already see an Abbe Montesquieu elected a Member of the new Royal Council of State.

& Pctilionsfo Parliamcnt against any immedi- ale alteratIOn in the Coru Laws, have been presented from Worcester, Birmingham, Co- ventry, Bath, Bristol, &c. &c. There is a rumour that Charles IV". has ap- There is a rumour that Charles IV". has ap- pealed to the Allied Monarchs asserting that the throne of Spain belongs to him, aud that I as Louis XVIII, Its heen restored iu France, so ought he to be in Spain. A Morning Paper states, that a correspond ence has taken place between her Majesty and the Princess of Wales, respecting the'presence ¡ other Royal Highness at Court, on the 2d of I June, on which-day it has been suggested that of the take place, without the formal introduction Jf her Royal Mother. Her li ow- ever, we understand, declines to be nresented by any other person. A letter from a Correspondent iftYR-c- A Na-\al Promotion, on an extensile scale to adjust the claims of those Officers whose pre- tensions and periods of service appear ""most distinguished,is said to be about to take place and also an arrangement of the Naval List founded on the system, and calculated to em- brace all the advantages ofthe Army Brevet; a measure which must give general saligfac* tion, and reflecting infinite credit on the res- pectable quarter whence it hag originated." The Ladies, during the period of the usur. pafion of Cromwell, were great Politicians aud extremely act >ve W!'<b their favourite we-u pon-the tongue, l iie iolbwing is ail extract from the Journals ot t..„ House of Commons at that time-- "Ordered, Tlia" e Co™™ander-in-Chief (of at tilit tilile- "Ordered, Tlia" e Co™™ander-in-Chief (of the Forces), and the guard that do t c House from mnfj to tlQ1~' no keep the clamorous women from coming up the stairs leading to HIP House of Commons door, and frona COm? t0 1 aud clamouring aoout Westminster Hall L TP Speaker aud the Members of the House," | The Earl of Blymoulli has accepted the Prc | The Earl of Blymoulli has accepted the Pre sidency of the Birmingham Musical Festival. So considerable a number of the woirnded soldiery returning from I he Peninsula are found deranged in their mind, that no other objects than military ones of this description, are at present received into thc hospital of St. Luke. Monday, a female, (the wife of John Rat- cliffe, uf ilodmarton, Gloucestershire, and the mother of eleven children) with a halter round her neck, was exhibited for sale in Cirencester market. She was received as a bargain by a young man for 2s,—The parties were secured by order of the magistrates. After it was known that the Emperor of Austria did not intend to visit this country, .the Russian Ambassador had a long audience of the Prince Regent on Tuesday, on the sub- ject of offering Cumberland-house to bis illus- trious Master. After the audience his Excel- lency, accompanied by Colonel Bloomfield, went to view the premises. The state bed is altering, with emblems and ornaments appro- priate to the Emperor of Russia, and they will be offered to the Emperor but it is not ascertained whether he will accept it, or go to reside with his Sister at the PlIltcnev Hotel. Providential Escape—As the wife ofs miner in the parish of St. A Cornwall, was riding a valuable horse on the high road which passes through Tsesker by a mine on Sunday last, the animal took fright at the approach of a fune- ral, and plulIed from the road towards a shaft itito which it was being precipitated with its rider, when a man who had ran towards the spol, elzed the hand ofthe woman as she was j falling into Ibe gulph, and succeeded II; rescu- jng her from her perilous situatiou the horse I was dahed to pieces. The French papers give the following state menl of the number of troops employed, ac- cording to them, against France during ihe late campaign 1. Troops of I he rj-d, ¡I vaiit of the Rhine, 145.000 men—2. Austrian army in France and Italy, 250,000-3 Russian army, 250.000--4. Pni«- sian armv, 200,000-5 Swedish army, 30 000 —6 Corps of Dutch troops, 30,000-7. Ping lish army ill Spain and the Netheriand. 60,000 —8 Spams]) and Portuguese army in the field, 80,000-9, Neapolitan army, 30.00C—10. -Danish auxiliary corps IO,OOO,Tolal. 1,085,000 men, exclusive of the landwehr. Wt have observed among the Subscriptions for the Relief of the Distresses in Germany c several which are designated Miles: and we ■ re willing to hope that many of our benevo- lent Countrymen have given "according lo their But we should rejoice to see many who use this term in reference to their Subscriptions, come a little nearer to its true import. The rich who of their abundance had cast much into the treasury, were not entitled to use this phrase nor did the honour of having acted according to it, be- to It was|to her only who gave her all, even "all her living," that this honour exclusively belonged. We do not mean to say that we wish persons in hetcr | circumstances to carry their chanties to this! extent but really, when we think of a Mil- fiim of our fellow-creatures reduced to the ut most want of all the necessaries of life, we should he glad to see among all classes of the Community exertions more proportioned lo the ability of the different individuals, and more commensurate with the urgency of the occasion. We should be glad to see ali who have much, give pieuU'ously, and all who have little, give gladly oi that liftle," A short time ago, a gentleman arrived in the evening, at the bouse of a very respecta- ble farmer in the neighhourhood of Holbeach, who. though much indisposed, failed not to pay every attention to his visitor, and gave a strict charge to a servant boy to take particu- far care of bis horse. Shortly after,however, when eight or ten other horses came up from the plough, the boy, for the sake of conveni- ence, put the stranger's horse into the same stall with the riding horse of his master, whilst those employed in husbandry received from two men-servants their usual evening feed in adjoining standings, from which they were immcdiatciyi-itrnedlttito the straw-yard. After having given a feed to ihe riding horses also, the boy was called away, to go on an errand some miles from home. On his return, unmindful of his master's injunction, he en- tirely neglected the horses, and suffeied them to remain all night in the samestall, each tied to a separate ring, by a halter to each, In the morning that which belonged to the host was found lying on i!s side, dead, having been strangled in the night by the halter, with I which its head was bound quite fast its I chest: that of the visitor was lying entangled I in the halters, with one of its hinder legs bound twice round, unable to stir, wounded, lamed, and so much injured as to render ils reco- I very doubtful. It is hoped, that this unfor- tunate accident will prove a caution to those to whom the care of horses is entrusted, to beware of leaving two in one stall. LLICSEV BONAPARTE. M- Lucien Bona parte, who left his seat in Worcestershire, in the early part of the week, with the permis- sion of the British Government to proceed to Home, landed at Rotterdam on Wednesday I He was accompanied by an eccie siasLic and two servants. He made some visits to persons to whom he had letters. He wished to be unknown; but being recognised, he endeavoured to avoid the troublesome crowds that curiosity and his name soon set on fool to get a sig-ht of him. He made inquiries res- pecting all the members of his family, and appeared anxious to learn, by his own research and investigation, the opinions and feelings 1, really entertained concerning them. His mother was, in a special manner, the objeci of his solicitude 5 and he was greatly pleased when he ascertained that she had gone to Rome. This old lady is understood to have 1 amassed a large fortune, during the few years ofherdowagerimperiahty. Shewasextremeiy parsimonious, and always foreseeing the reo I verse of the preternatural fortune of her son Napoleon, she vested her savings chiefly in diamonds, as being the most secure and porta- ble medium for conveying her wealth into foreign countries, in the event of being obliged i to (lult France. It IS said, however, that all her children ever regarded her with sincere affection, and spoke of her as of an excellent i-patent. The Chief cause of Lucien Bonaparte's preference for Rome as a residence, IS a family connexion between bis wife and the Pope, aud a reciprocal friendship of tlis closest aud most intimate kiud. ESIFEHOR OF RUSSIA."—It is now 117 years since we were honoured with a visit by a Rus- sian E, tDI)ei-or.- Peter the Great, Czar, ar- rived in London on the 11th January, 1697, and worked a considerable time as a journey- man shipwright in Deptford Yard, to learti I the art of ship-building he died in 1723, aged 52 years. It is likewise worthy of r- 1 mark, that 100 years before Bonaparte's I sasters at Moscow, the same Czar removed the vast trade from Archangel to St. Peters- burgh, thereby transplanting out of Moscow, above thirty thousand persons, iu November 151 li, 17 13. q An officer who arrived on Saturday at Ports- mouth, from Bordeaux, states, that on the 6th instant the Centaur, 74, Capt. J. C. White. and Challenger stoop of war, Capt. Vernon, sailed from that port with a few transports, having on board the 7th and 87th regiments of foot, tor America. The 6th and 51st Bri- tish regiments, and j wo Portuguese battalions, with two squadrons of English Hussars, were at Bordeaux on the above date. On Thursday orders were received at Portsmouth to prevent the embarkation of detachments of regiments, which were on their way to join their respec. tive corps under the Huke of Wellington,- Those detachments whose regiments are iti America are to proceed.

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