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1 .x - viNtiiit!evtiM or Tut cttW'iriDMTV jAMik.'Ubin and mejatfcholy i. and ;le instant afterwards 3 .The busy indolence of London, hlptten pf late, been much engaged by , the marvellous leats ofJMr. Fuji James, one: of ihe mdst astonishing prrformeis that has ever confounded the iguo-t - rant ortdinecune pnuosopner. ror uie. iquow irig account . f his; wondtrful talents we are iin kbted" to Mr.fW. Nicholson, the scientific editor L..ofJhejjpua and the Arts. : VV hat trTyesrtb this article the greatest weight ana interest lsinat Mr. wicnoi a A'uloaofihkal remarktr, was an eye witness of the prodigies, which he describes;' t . I have now the satisfaction ioj. eive some ac i .cothi't of the performance of Mr.' Fit Janes-,-. on J of the firat masters of the art of ventriloquism ; who in addition to his very striking powers as 'a speaker and an actor, has' the candor arid'- Ube Vitality .to" explain; the nature of the performance to .his auditors, t was present a few eveulngs ago at a public exhibition, which contirhics to be re pe&ted at Dulow's, iu'oho square ; arid though theL'.'gentfalh'a& taUflaUerM hvlflojae insjtanhe was taW, With no ! greater' '. interval'of time-, than to pass round behind the screen, he appeared bloated with Obesity and staggering with fulness. The, same man another tjme. exhibited his" face simple, tin affected, and void of character J and the next mo ment it was ixibrered withwrinHles expressing slyrjess, and whim of different descriptions.. How far this discipline maybe esV or difficult, I know notbut he certainly appeared to me to be far su-j peri or to tne m1 pracusea masters oi me coun tenance J have ever seen. ' louring this exhibitioiv he imitated the sound bf an orgwi, top vringing of a bell, the noises prp duced Jjy the'i great hydraulic, machine, and the opening andrshutting of a, snuff b(x. ; . His. principat prformance,.hovever, consisled j; in tlie .debates -at NauterrCiJn which - 'there-M ere lu..iunerem spcasersj us is asseneo in nis saver- iise'rnem,; and dertainly- the number of different voice was very great. Much entertainment 'was afforded bv the subject, which wastaken from, the lhVacc6unT'whaL'I:s'$w:&nd'ht.'ard cannot but be iatciimes-of-anarca ynosooner surmounted (though riot without the very imperfect, and far from Reciting ihfe surprise when the lowest the most ignorant part of iocie loss of the greatest part of our ammuniilon) than ty was caned upon todecide the . fate of ..-whole, people vbyahe- eneigiss. of jQllYlaadbfcutLyio: lence. ; The same remark may be applied this debate, as to" other scenes, respecting tooth-draw- iog ; namely that, the" quick and sudden transitions and the great di Terences in the vo;ce-gave the audience various notionsr as well with regard to the number ot speakers; as thtir posittons and the direction of their voices. which the actual performance produces,' it;m.ay nevertheless, be ot. utility to estabhsh a few prin ciples, and remove some error respecting his art.--'-..-yr''r;r-".,i. '-,-1" ",.j After a comic piece had been read by Mons r 1 Volange, Mr. Fit2 James, who WasMttlng -among - the audience, went forward, and expressed his "suspicion that thfe yerltriloquism ; was ip be per formed by the Voices of persons concealed under . a ' rvlfit rr iuK5f uroc r-rrprTJ with fyfipn1" rlrwtK. , " 'Beplies were gven to his 6bservatibns,"apparently from beneath that stage ; . and hie fpllowed the "' voices with th- action and manner' of a "person, whosecunosity was much excitedi" making f e; marks Jij his own voice,' and' answering rapidly and immediately, in a voice which no one would 1 have ascribed to him. He then addressed a bust, which appeared to answer his questions in cha racter, and after conversing wiihanother bust, f in the same manner, he lurned round, ahd in a ; neat and perspicuous speech, explained the na f" ture of the subject of ? our attention ; and from What he ste ted and exhibited before U3, it ap peart d that by long practice he had acquired the faculty ot speaking curing the inspiration of .the breach, with nearly the same articulation, though not so loud,. nor so variously-" modulated,, as the ordinary -Voice formed by expiration of; the air. The unusoat voice being formed in the cavity of the lungs, -is very different in effect from the ,o ther. Perhaps it may issue in a treat measure through the, trunk of the individual. We should j scarcely be disposed to ascribe any definite dir.ee tion to it ; and consequently are ready led to sup-4 pose it to cpme from the pl ce best adapted to what was 'said. So..that jwheh he went to the door, and asked, " Are you there I" to a person, supposed. to a be in the passage, the answer in the ' uausual voice' was immediately ascribed by the audience to a person actually in the passage ; and -7-tipin shutting the door, and withdrawirg jrom it, When he turned round, directing his voice to the jdoor, imd said, Stay, there till I call you.'- The answer, which ' was lower, anofwell adap'ed to" he so ppo'sedt distance and obstacle imp sed, ap . - peared still marestrikingly tb be out of the room. He. then looked up tq.jthe ceiling, and called out ' .' . . i ... fill" .1 ' . ' J- Li 3 . lit, nis own voice, v nai are you uoing aoove s 10 r which . an immediate answer was given, which ' seemed to te in the room above, I am coming , down (lirectlyV, .. The samejdeception was prac'. " tiscd on the supposiiion or a person beiag under the floor", who.ariswered ip the unusual, but"verydif- ferenUvoice froni the other, that he was down in - the cellar putting away some wine.l An excellent deception of the watchman trying the hour in the - street and approacKing nearer the house, till he r came opposite th6 window was prac'istd. Our - attention was directed Jo the street, by the mark- ed attention which FJitz James himself appeared -- . -. to pay to the sound, ine inrew up the sasn and V I -4 ssked the hour, which was immediately answered in the same tone, but cleaier and louder, but upon his shutting the window down again, the' watch- . man proceeded .less audibly, and all at once the . . voice hecame very faint, and Fitz James in his- natural voice, said, " He has turned the corner." v ' In all these instances, as well as others which were exhibited, to theyery ' great entertainment and surprise of the spectators,the acute observer i v I will perceive ' that the dirteffon of,the sound was imaginary, and arose entirely .from the well studi-.-j ed- and skilful combinatiuns" of the performer. . Other scenes, which were to follow, required the imagination to be tod completely misled to admit , of the actor being seen, He went behind a fold. ing screen in one corner of the room, when hi . counterfeited the' knocking at a. door. Que per ; " son called from within, and was answered by a v . person from without, who was admittedy-and we v .jbund. frorri' the conveMation of the parties, that : . the latter was in pain and desirous of having a . ' 16oth;'xtra,eted-'-"TKe- dialogue, and all the parti - ..xulars of the operation that ollawed, would re. t; qui re along discburse if I were to' attempt to de ; scribe them to the reader. The imitations of the : ' ', ' natural and modulated .voice-. of the operator ejv. i couraging soothing and. talking with his patient ; the confusion,4 terror, and ppiehension, of the sufferer; the inarticulate nolsesi produced Vy the Ai-Ir chairs and apparatus upon the whole, jcpjnstituted ; ; a mass of sound, which produced a stranger, but - ; comic effect. Loose observers would not have ;7 hesitated to assert that they heard more tljan one I : oice at the time : and though this Certaitily could v not be the case, arid it-did appear so to me, -yet . the transitions were 60 instantaneous, without the least pause between thtm, .that the notion might S ;vry easily: be-generated;: ;The removed of irhe . T . screen satisfied the spectators that one performer ;ha4-jtffected..the whole; V; :V..-- . y J J'The actor then pi-oceeded to show, us specimens Hfftf bte-arf asli mirnitar.d here the power hi v had : acquired ovf thexouscles of his face was full as siiange a the modulations of hi, voice In several ; inijtance ' he caused the opposite muscles to act , ,t differently from each, oiher: so that 'While one " side of his face expressed mirth and laughter, the other side appeared to be weeping. "About eio-ht or ten faces were shown to us in succession as her ' - "".'. London, Sept 3.' . The French commandant before Cadiz, until lately, ajlowecrwater, to be drawn from Port St. Maryr for the use of the French prisoners on board the Spanish pi ion ships ; Sft with a view to distress the city, b incre; sing its consumption of that necessary at tcle, he has ptrempturily for bidden. he supply ; and the' prisoners, who are still numerous, arcin consequence much incon venienced. , The American traders to the Baltic have, on several recent occasions, given, such information to the French consuls at the Rusbian, Prussian, and other ports in th.u sea,vas has tendcM to the. seizure, and confiscation of numerous vessels supposed to be British, navigating under foreign colours One of the New. York papers (the Ga. zetteofthe 23d July,) after mentioning the state of the Swedish markets, adds, "about 20 sail of British "Vessels, under American colours, laden with coloniel produce, Sec. are at Gottenburg w'nh forged papers." The Americans, seem not a- wave, that in rajsmer doubts as to the kcalitv of 1. Jr . . v snip papers, they iumjsh Bonaparte with a most plausible pretext for their own destruction. A decree of Joseph Bohaparte was' published at Madridjon the Uth of July, in which he requires alt thefmunicipalilies of the kingdom to subscribe to the Madrid Gazette, Tliis is going a step be yond his brother, who only prescribes what news papers are to be sold, not what are to be bought and read. - ' Yesterday's Gazette contains a letter from cant. Willoughby, ol his majesty's ship Nereide'giv. ing an account, -of one of the most splended ex ploits ever performed' by jmman beings. It is like reading a romance to read that letter. Yet, the style is not arrogant or boasting. The letter is' modestly written, as thii fine passage shews " Kor do 1 think an officer or man of the party, except myself, had an anxious' thought for the result ol.this uuequE,! altaiiv' .! is the chiv dirt? of the deed that throws an air of extravagance, ar.d almost of fiction, over the scene. party of cnilltUi f -the whole- commanded by" lieut. ivacKiuani ot inc; 1 01a regimeai. 1 nis - party, Whit weWefejakg and driven Our boats,' with th division left to protect them, into the centre of 'the. harbour: Their open, fire, ,upon ps was the signal for .pharg ing,' and to myamusementix tbey instantly gave way with i speed we could4 not equal ; their offi cer,, who deserved to . command Jbefter soldiers, wastakeri piisdner tthisTwb:fie1d.iec?s. w- J Hitherto4 twilight had'liid pur force, JiiU day shewedto the enemy the Neteide's small bind of volunteers, 'consisting of 50 seamen, and the same number of marines j the strongest battery , in their possession 'and to gain which it vvas necessary' to pass'theiver Jacotel, at, the. foot ofk hill covered with wood, and defended by the commandant of thfc Savannah district.'rol.1 Etienus Colgard, two caniiuii,, anava;sirong DOGy 01 muiua. uwmg 10 the JateL heavy and the' current so strongV that the. tallest men could scarcely Wade, theshiijrt helpednyer, and more than half the party upon the s . vim, and in the thick of fire from the' enemy I but this difficul goto .- - -. " - . . .- JS-W w . tJrnB mn.r... irfr-. rw" ya"'Q no urticlei forel ;r'ri-:'J - - : , aJi il..-ma v;i vw minister of the'IntT, rtgr be M,eiS0Ss. extract, to ; the Prefect r 1. lUJ10!il4- valley oAraif having been ,hL4, troops i who had collected in the nei? 50 ler of. Esterry, I determined a! and on the night of the SlstuhS'i march. Nearly the whole of th, of the-enemy vas put to the sword? 2 ter sustaining considerable i0SSl Was more tlian three league, in the valley Vt are three cheers warned. the enemy to prepare for the bavonet. 1 he Junelehill. two truns batter v. and ' r - v ' J - libVU Ul'lli III I TIB colours, were carried in stylerancf the command jbut the old tenants, to whom a ded' l h ant, col. Colgard, taken prisoner: nor do I think : ence would he P-ivPn: Mn tvi. v , . Pflfr :( Kilkekny; (Ireland) jL becomuicr-as' miirh a: . m sony to mlorm you,' s- in the n. i-h ! extenstve :eMAtes beinffcTnTffirrr been advertised to bcreset, with an ann!!" claration at none neeA ni., .u. r . iUI' an officer or mim of, the party" except myself, had Aeent, attended at the timP fivl.i r ' la.ius, nuu urauosefl me mo( trat ? i t . "'"ante 01 fc, wn.cn nis lordstup expected, but which' fused hv Ihom nil ;tu . . . as't two field merea.- fnrtv (mnnt ' nf tli iait FROM THE LONDON GLOBE Of SEPT. 5. -" r v Admiralty Office StfiU, 1810. 'Copy of a letter from vice admiral Bertie, "com mander in chief of his majesty's ships and vessels at the Cape of Good Hope, to John Wilson Croket,-FM. dated on board the Ranger transport. Table Bay, 3oth June, 1810 . " Sii -I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the information of their lordships, a copy of a letter addressed,to" me by capi. Lambert, of his majesty's ship-Nereide, containing an account of an enterprize successfully performed by him at t ort Jacotel. 1 hae the honour to be, &c. ' ." , A. BERTIE. His meje'sty's ship Ipliigeirtar oB" the - JNIauritiufi, May. 5, 18i0. StB I have the honor to transmit you a letter that 1 this dayreceived, bearing date the 1st. inst. from capt. Willoughby, of his majesty a s.hip Nereide, detailing an accounfoTlhe most eailant enteprize perforined by him at Jacotel, the south east coast pi this island : his success I am -ha r6acidT"was crowned w ith inconsiderable loss, Sideriug the force he had to contend with. I have the honor to be, &c. , v',, " : I L L AM BLR T. , Vice-Admiral Bertie, he. 8c. ; i" His. majesty's ship 'Nereide, ' ..." '"' .-'.""."May 1, 1810. -i . Sir On reconncitering the . south east coast upon this date, I perceived at the nchijrage of Jacotel a ship of abcut four hundred ttns ; as she lay within pistol shot of the; two batteries which commanded the entrance of , the harbour. I did not leave the. Nereide until twelve o clock A. M and after much difficulty, ouhd and entered (at 5) (he narrow. intricate passage ; and owing to the low water, the surf .half filling the boats." I was in hopes of landing and falling upon their left bat any anxious thought for the result of this une .qua! attair. .Having spiked the guns and one mortar, burnt and destroyed their carriages, the works, maea zines. Sec. and embarked the field pieces, some navai and military stores, Cwasupon the point o returning to the 'ship, when the atroncr party had driven from the first battery and field pieces appeared to have recovered from their panic, re assembled ( -trongly reinforced by the'militia and bourgeois inhabitants of the Island) upon our left and as the Nereide s attack, of Jacotel was the first ever made upon any point of the Lie o France, and knowing its principal defence con bihis in us miuiai l determined upon running Some risk to let them know what they had to ex pect if their Island was ever attacked by a"regular urnisn lorcc- Aloving towards tin m, they at the same time advancin-g within ngisqut-t shot, they opened ineir lire, and 1 instantly lurned direct in to the country, in an oblique line to them, to get inio tneir rear, and it so, not to leave to the de teated party the resource of a retreat: at first they halted and remained upon their ground ; but the moment we began to move in quick time, awl nicy uuuersiooa my intention, men they attain beat us in fair running, for more than a mile in the country. On returninc to our boats, we burnt the signal house, flag staff, &c. a mile from the beach ; ahd having sounded well the harbour, and done all I wished, I again embarked and re turned to the Nereide.;' I now beg you will allow me to express how nigtuy i approve ot the gallant and regular con duct of every officer and man who landed : indeed I feeLmyitlf under the greatest obliaralibn to the senior lieutenants, Euro, Langharn, and "Deacon, and lieut. Cpxi commandine ther marines, with heut. Desbnsay, under him. I have to reeret my return of killed and wounded. The loss of the enemy could not be ascertained, nor do I know the force opposed to us : . bfit from every information gained, and from' the French officers themselves,' they declare that 600 men can reimorce tne rjattfries by signal in an hour I remained on shore four hours in a clear morn ing, and the signal was flying the whole of the nme. ' - 1 have, 8cc. " Signed N. J. WILLOUGHBY. XtIRlOLSAiv!ILL. tery wi'hout bemg discovered, "hut , the, imperial sch'f LTEstafette, of four brass Runs an thirteen men, commanded by Ensign De Vaisseau Henry uarwin, uijiyriuiiaiciy laying 9.1 ancnort SO com pletely gave4.be alarm, that by the timethe boats g' ounded, both batteries and two field pieccY were playing upon the" only spot we could land ; and our men ho "sooner Jbrmed on tie beach than they were received by heavy hre ot musquetry. As every officer knew before we landed what was to be. done after ai ds, the whole party was instantly upon the, run, and in ten minutesin spossession of the above tattery : having .spiked their guns,-we movd towards the t guard house, protected by -Thursdirty week the remains of Mr. Tuke were interred at Wath, near Rotherham. The de- ceased had bequeathed in his will . ."'.Tojeyerychi.!d that attendecF his funeral one cjiny each. From five to spverT hundred altend-ed.)- - . - ,To every poor v-oman in Wa'h 1?. each. , To the fingers 10s. 6d. to ring on e peal of grand Dobs, to strike oft whije putting him in his grave .( which wasdrnc.) ' . To seven of' -the oldest navigators, one guinea, ioYpuaari$ mm up in me grave. -To his natural daughter 41. 4s. per annumi To his old and faithful servant, Joseph Pitt, 2 11. pouds per'annum. To an old woman, who has for eleven years tucked him up in bed, only 11, Is. Forty tlozen of penny loaves to be thrown from the church leads at twelve o'clock on Christmas Day, forever. ' - ' ' " ' ' Two elegant brass chafidlieri for the chiwhr And twenty pounds towards5 a ' set' of chime . . f new 'L'" J Paris, August 23, -. Her royal highness, JMadamet the emperor's mother, has returned to Paris from Aix la Cha pelle." " - "'':Z ''- ':.'" " We hear from Germany that , the journey of count -vouorp (the late and lavlul kir.g of Sweden) related entirely to family affairs ; and as their de ci jon; must come. from StockholrriV he: has gone to Wirtemberg inJSaxony, where he will wait its arrival. . . .- . , : On Tuesday the : emperor- held a council of commerce at "Qt. uioud. ' ' V I , ' LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. '' v Un the 3d mst, his maiestv issued th follow nr- decree from the palace of Trianon i h.ere shaU be" one journal inVeacfi- of the departments, with the exception of that of the oeine. . , ' .. - - - ; - .. . --. I44 2. This iournal shall be under the authoritv of the Prefect, and cannot be published but .with nis approoation. - - - . ,. " 3. Nevertheless, the Prefects mav nrovision- ally authorise in our, great cities the' publicatfon of papers, containing adverti3emiis in the nature of postinp:-biHs,' or hand bills, rerative to sales of articles ofinerchandize and immoveable nroDertv : and journals, treating, exclusively of literature, the sciences, arts and agriculture. .The "said puMica- . . - . " aim meir return, placards were rlkt;K,,r.,i all the Baronv. denminrino Qn i -r. H punishment of death who would single Jarm of Ids lordship over their W Lord Besborough's agent has spiritedly rf ed the Offer of a rpuarrl nf nr, - . .- -- ; -. w guiitcaiiQ ant inrmpr. nn u-lnc ,'lDr, 1 mvov i.iiuiivc any ptl'S)n Convicted of lvritin'c nr i..il-.l .1 ji mvju aaijguuiaiy piucaras. " New York. Dr.fnKft At twelve o'clock on Saturday night, the. pi, uci mamuiiciory Deionging to iMessrsi Averd and Patterson of New Lebanon, in t was blown up. Two of the building's, ihedrra muu giu.ijuu, cuiuaininp aotui a ton ird nan oi powcer, most otvvhicii was unf,,; were totally destroyed, and the other tu'tt materially injured. The loss of the propritW a severe one. sso pains' or expense had betrf spared to .render the works complete, alnd l:yi( exertions and industry thev had araukft knowledge of manui'acturing powder iarsupdrj io nio!,i oi mat in the United States, and verrlk. utuiiuuw iu any imponta. Whether the fii'e was communicated by C: hand of a fereign or domestic incendiary, orother. wise,- js impossible to state, with certainty,; ft! prupneiors had taken evtry precaution milled sf ruction of their v oi ks to gua7d against fire, d at me umc ot the explosion they can corah no possible way in which the fire could hivec:; guiateu wunin me Duuuings- lie thut ai e j:j the loss is much to be regretted. . The tory bid iaip to be of great national utility ;. 'W, die only establishment of the kind in thisiiiltj and as such a peculiar interest was idt lor d prosperity.. The ardor of,-the t nterpriiine wro ers is somewhat damped "by the misfortimti They, however, have determined to rebuild in mediately, and it is hoped that every facility li be rendered to aid them in their laudable ejterii ITRE. Yesterday morninp, about 9 o'clock fire broke out in the shop of Mr Woodruff, cabim maker, in Fair street. The shop,, together wit about five six hundred dollars worth of tool; and lumber were consumed : and the houses pi each side slightly injured. LAND. ' WISH to sell a valuable Tract of LA.VDt 500 acres, on a credit of one, two or iff - '. ... . years, on which is a new and excciienLw Mill,, with open cround sufficient to worssa eight heflds to advantage ' anO'Pn"',''''t any iu inc up country. i '. D. W. wAvi Franklin eounty, Oct. 29, 13 10. " of the Sti Raleigh Academy Ti HE' semi-annual Examinalipii - I Ate f tU. DiU'nf, A-atHTTlV iil CUff VJ..l..7 V I.1IV iVHIVIU mence on Tuesday th 13th of November, in Commons' Hail of the State-House, ana conu" or three davs. On Tuesday evening,, which Will be tnew Aiv of thp IVrlprat fnnrf. the Lltr l"r ' ... . .. , . . e .L- Az-Qtt. Corps -will pertorm, tor the bene.lt oi mc my, a Comedy. calkd L.Ji A CURE FOR THE HEART-ACHti - With the Musical Entertainmentol '' " no sin a." . un vvennesaav ana inursyaj 0 f. ... . . .. '.. , t . . . jantc. imri' will de puonc speaRing m I'ne&iuuw"-,,-;... wv lTifirninn- virs. riamDOunies oiu .. sic win ue exaiiimcuj. . ''t '. . " jn t olemic Society will neilorm, faf the oeu- n .. j . . r - tlieir Library, the Comedy of ,, " , " LOVERS' VOW - J ."And the much admired Farcer -calle . ' ..Wnfll.".". ""'THE PRIS0NKK , f fit The-Parents, "Guardians, and Friends PI Students it is-hoped will attend. - . uctooer jo.- ; - '. ieirr P. As many of the 'irusiecsi- - .tfi,4 i inakVil'cnvenieiit ar rees the Examination. ; 'v as can ,sign.otheaH1: rv - a hrivate house, exciusic.r - he Iff otP1' - ,;,nt, hnn. exclusively toruic r o-pnti-el travellers, Wi "Duav S;dwu&rs,andhisstabie,a ed with foraged He has erected and p'1 himself to spare nothing to ensure - - , Louisburg, October Ipr the reccpuoii ' r -iflrw j'---r-
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