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' UmirkkiU French JDoi. Th Mlowto
is the oOeial statement presented by the lata
count JeSt. Morys, to the marshals of Franee,
with 'the opiaton delivered by then' on the
point or, honor rererrea to their juagmeoc i .
; -'";1tefeiiil of Coptic SU&ergB
Tlie eouot ' do St. Mrn marschal do eiap
Voiibrfctio aan in any ease be reited witiuuU lieutenant in the eompaoy deNalUet, rf i
garus ou corps uu noi) ivuigut fi. juui,
and Gear of the legion of hoiiorjjjfretr
excellence the marshals of xrraiee;
Ma Lord .'"- ; .
On the 4th f last Junay when I r turned
home at o o'clock 1a the evening, 1: founU as
veral copies of printed letter, iddroesed tn
, . ' L. V m a . - " rS or '-''
mo, ana signed uutay, enevniier ne oir- i4u
it late officer u la iun 4honiP v;
".Ttil !eltrWutina impiUalkna, UwJ pear
vocations whTcTnb In hi of honor eoud submit
pay -went of a t least I 50 in advance and notlis.
cr r. nuance wahout payment pt fwe, uti. we
toe editor
RELIGIOUS.
Centuritl Jubilte-The third Ceotnrjnl Jabi
"le "5'fFi Reformation, by Dr. Urim Luther,
8? era proteaun eenegittioat. rjTW-U.CfjC
rrfinuiXiy th? mAaX&tW ?!Ahii.
j ' ihe lae and najjnifi.'nt baildiog, at the
j z raectiott of V .urth aol,, Carry itreeti.
0 i ante and or,ueh oxerlioa were efntbioed
ti render the oacred toIemoHfes in tjie place
wort tty of the oeeanon, and these wha direct
ed tbeni, had the pleasure to Mcceed to the ut
Riott of their desires.
A vaut coacoure crowded info tbehouae and
filial to overflowing every per, and all the
' ai ie; Chairs had been previously procured
f r viito. of distinction, Ladies and Gentle
ni i.a, who by the krndneas of the VeWy, were
provided with every facility to witnos the sub
Ji n- x iibiti-io, The Yeverend Clergy of. the
diffVre it protfatan.t wets, who irere iu ihe Ci
li f,mpj wlicnffo neliced the Right Rev.
ii Vhite, and the Rev. Dr. Alexaader,
r si;nl of the Theolojiear Seminary at
1' Mijctoi), attended ; and by the peculiar, &ad
p f-8i'nal diiity of thfMr demeanour adJed
luppily to the iTef! of the whole tecne. The I
arria-?ment er? jndieiously antieipatedj
A by tea o'clock, rhe multitude were accom
oi(lttted. j.tAn hvviI and impreivo siUnae,
aod gravif t, p. ; srde'd the commeneemrut of
'thtvServinei of the 'rir-' t j
- be celebration was opened with a grand
puce by , Uolle. which tta performed in the
fiuest style liy a full and appropriate band, ae
C'vnpanied by .jnc of th njoit perfect and poty
erf'il oro-na i t th. United States. This h'o
bl'Mtieee waji followed by appropriate hymns,
sunt; by thV Choir and Congregstiou, support
edwl enHvepcd by the hand and oran. No-thint-eou'd
withstand the soleujuizmg efTeets
of this i'lcidenu The Choir wis so numerous,
to, . ... ,-.
On the morning the tb, as I had reason U
believe that atopy of this letter had been sent
tn the king, I went to givo the earliest infroia.
tion of it to the duke de Monchy, the captain of
my "company.
I returned home, and wrote immediately! to
M. Dusay, thatl would call on him with my
seconds at 8 o'clock, on the following morning.
1 went there with the viscount d'AntichampJ
4v
' vXTC,:.. ' .'ii j..;i(,Ujl!lWai,;and that my eoadoet ihrnBghout the Od. Whether I snght to jBgittioietaaife
fled the- dftnaQdlbplioiivVtV
2d; That itaont;ar4b' all received tsiawr ,
to settle an affair of bpnitur.in the WaVnff jpr0- 1
posed by tge adf srsW party Vtid I think tfeat
no seeouds'coBld aisist at a combat 'of fuch.a;
kind, withont eiosing themselves to bo prosed',
euted as the accoaplices of an asaassinatioa v"7
No person oSghtio fight a dud vilt;Vt
seconds." '' . '." 'V
(Signed) The marshal prince D'E-kmoLl. ,?
Savigny, July 11, . 19)?, j. , rpp
by the"otner msrishaUio whom thefeount d- v
St. Mory'o ititcment 4 as jMeaeafed, iii.'"inafv'i
tha?s VdttD,;lfebVe Keliermvr ,)IeneeT
pefonrrBir.ri:ja4nalov tiootioaf f!
count Brunei, and the coont de whnw eoulj ammanj.
Thia declaration tnicht have satisfied- me. but
tinew that the duke de Moaehy did not tnink
U suffleieat.. i thertfore agata sent to enquire
for ilufay. On tbo 30th of June, word was
nroogni io inotnatne was at nis country resi
dence at Hbtdainville, 16 leagues from Paris.
I obtained froat the Duke do Moueby a leave
of akseueo, and on the 2ita 1 set on post to that
place, accompanied by M. de Mereey, chet de
balailion in the guard. On the 23th, at half
past4in the moruiug, we reached Moudainville.
Mmw Mereey wont alone to the house of M.
Dufay, and after havin5xpTaTnedTriejBJotive
ot his visit, M. Dufay aaked him in what waj
I Would fiht. M. de Mereey answered, linn 1
was ready to meet him in any kind btVojnb&t,
(a he. de Mereey, had proposed,) but that I
Voiild ( engage in thf iiwiuoer proprfseJ by
Jfc, Dufay. 31 Dutav tbeu deelarel, tliat he
wJli neeeni tler ad than thatJ H hkj
hi had aJreW e8eed&L Uo Htrt-ej aaid,i
he would neVer cousenrt to be vltoes tf anetia
eombat and seeing that .his argument were
unavailing, he resolved to withdraw- and return
to -Parisvtii osder to render an-acoount .to .the
duke dMott&t, of this third frnlties- at-
tempts ' . " .
(Ine'Duko de Moucby appeared to be still
dissatisfied, alilionglr ail the ortieerj wf all
ranks, w,ho were sucsssiveiy oanea togetnef
sud coRtnlted on this ttair, thought that 1 Imd
done, humanely speaking, every (Ling that he-
were all lieutenants in my company; and with
M. Bayard de Plainville. formerly deputy
for the department of the Oiae.
Wo foUod M. Dufay at home, in his mom-
in-gowu and slippers, and. with no seconds.
An explanation took place, in whieh it was
agreed that M. Dufay was the aggressor. I
then demanded of him satisfaction forj his li
bel, sword in hind. -He accepted it, went aud
dressed hinmU. On his return, he refused
ofiht with the swnrd, bnt proposed pistols, 1
accepted it. tie then proposed the following
at the only terms on which be would fight:
That only one of the pistols should be charged,
that wo should draw lots for the choice, re
maining ignorant whieh wni loaded, and theu
lire, mtjrie tt muzzle. As my seeotids were
rflteut, 1 concluded that they did not object to
thimode, aud therefore i accepted it. Tfiey
then demanded till six in the evening, before
thay g4ve in their determination t3 Du
say ; uoid", in Case of their aiscit, the two cow
aalaetl were to meet iu the wood of Vitieeu
nes, tfciS same evening, with only one witness.
t-M aatLr, that aMetVaaJ. iivoo.ly . wt. coxatis y .-aa- rc
predoavinaTrroreT the wboe congregation., da Moaeby, who patively forbaie this
The religt.ius exercises were again cntinBed;rt combat He drew up the fjitu of a let
by prayer," whieh was followad by a musical :lcr tt pJered ai to w,ntte my "W1
iflterMide for two Temale voices, by Mozart. -,,u ,u. ,TU,,SM BU,t Ui " "''""'7
It woftld be impossible- for laaguage to paint j" 1 thy maii sPr"i' tni possible. litis
the sensation prodi.ee i by this judiSous relief 1 letter, renewed th offer of fighting either with
from the overwhelming force of a full choir,
baud and deep toned organ. The effect ' was
exquisite and greatly eaiiveirtd, at intervals,
b? the sweet and melodious ehords of Mrs.
Kuittel's elarinet.
The paster of the church, the venerable and
Reverend Dr. iielmuth t'laaaaeeaded the' ca
erod desk, iiiid with a palhott peculiar to him
.delivered a discourso from the words
PVn lis, vs. 2i. We consider it a great
pri.M m that we did not understand the lan
guage in whieh the Sermon was pronounced.
Tm German part 'of the audience, spofco in
ad airatiou of the eloquence of the preacher.
Indewl -front h"n aekujwleiled talents and
Ieiniisig.it was to bo expected that he would
icq-iit himself :n proportion to the magnitude
oMiie nceasion.
'le Sermon was followed by prase r, and
selected hymn, performed in the same style
re inose ifiirouuctory. rhe wuole tvound
up with a grand Te I)eum, bv Grauu. of Ber-
110, executed beyond description. The reader
may have some faint conceptions of the effect,
wii :i remiuded, that au animated Choir, aud
all the powers of the Organ, accompanied, by
the bind, with the add'timi of Kettle Drums
in this instance., combined lb give it all the in
term which art and nature could Contribute.
Here the services of the morning were closed.
( he afternoon and. evening were spent la
iiktv appropriate exeieises. conducted iii 'a
"""h vleinn, dignifivid and animated styltf,
Hit musical performances, so exquisitely
ta(rfi( a!n4 complete, were regulated by Ihose
able aud acCoinplislied Professors, Mesrs. Horn
ii'i and Hupfeld, seconded by many approved
amateurs. . ,
1. tie Organo department was conducted by
Messrs, il(,ir.mauu, jr. and Jacob: Boiler in a
ijle deervedly creditable to them.-Oa'ihe
Whole, the joyous Jubilee went off with the un
qualified aduiiratiou of au entertained and high
A'l'Sd throng. Too much praise cannot
given to the politeness and liberality of the
geBllemen of the veitry gf the Chureb, who af
lorded every facility to the immense eoogrega
"ons that attended on the occasion. We ban
t conclude this faint tketeh, in which it is
nfeed poor justice is done to the whole fete,
jjithont adding a wish that the discourse of the
. HV' Dr. tlelmuthmay be translated and pub
lished ia the Enflinh lancnas-ft for th- hptiKt
: r r n - - - -- .
'"OUld Da tffrkiihf ftffAiil mtiftft initNiiitinA
. '"jett f ycrj great interest in the hitory of
,";. .. ,. , r"- 101 1 Jdn.
oi Ullt y Lo' e about wven years Sfhce. It hat thir
7 top, and vents full, " swoliiog melodJou tones.
swords or with" pistols, advaucing toward eel
other from such distances as the seconds should
determine. I copied it literally, and took it
myself, with my three seconds, uni the 0111, a
bout 1 o'oluck, to M. Dusay. lie wn not at
home, hut I know for a eertainty that he re
ceived it about half past 3.
Uu the 7th, about 13 o clock, I wrote again
to M. Dufav. . 1 tola huh I was going to Ver
sailies on duty, but as ' soon as 1 received au
answer from him to my letter of the day before,
I would come to Pans with my seconds. I
heard hothiugat all of M. Dusay, except that
be was circulating another printed letter, a
gainst me, more infamous tbau the first.
On the 'Jlh of Juue, I requested the count de
i'oix aud thd chevalier do la ujraudiere, colo-
uel of the iegiou of honor, to call upou M.
Dusay aud demand if hr would give me com
plete salisfacliou. It was useless, M. Dufay
persisted in bis own mode of lighting.
On the 1 8th, M. de la Berauilisre. and. the
chevalier de Beauval airain went to 1. Dufay,
and at last they got him to aijre to leave the
mode of tightiogjto theseeuuds. Xhey propos
ed to him to meet at oue of the barriers of Paris,
from whence they could proceed to the appoint
ed place. M. Dufay, ou the couirary, preferred
meeting first at the Rotunda ia the palaise roy
ale, on Monday uiorniD tie lCili, at V 0 closk,
which was agreed to.
On the 14lh of June, the Duke de Mouchy
went tii Versailles, 4iu.oled the superior olli-
cers cf tliu compauyi explained to them the
whole aUasr, and laid tuc.ai that my conduct had
his entire approbation. He theu assembled the
inferior oHicers'in the presence of their supe
riors, cud expressed to thein also his perfect
satisfaction. ' T" v T
Oa the 16tb, lieut. general Paeol, viscount
d'Autiebamp, colonel . de la Beraudiere, aud
the ehevalier Beauval, weut with uie tb the
palais royal. They required lhat 1 should re
maia iu my cabriolet to await their decision as
to the mode Vf combat. M. Dufay retracted
tiisephseut.. lie had with him as his seconds,
the count August d'Autenil and his brother.
All these remonstrated with him u vain.' lie
wuuld fight only iu the way he first proposed.
The conference lasted more than au hour and 0
half. M. d'Aulichamp, one of my seconds, and
M. d'Auteuil, mareebal de camp, my adveria-
rys second, seeing the impossibility of obtain
Wishing fully to satisfy my superiors, I de
terHiiued for the fourth time to provoke my ad
versary, and even to put additional energy iu
to this provocation, which was to be my last.
1 demanded and obtained frum the duke de
Mouehy two second t one- was the couti de
Cherisej, a superior officer w the company de
Grammoor, the othei- was M. Depeyreiare',
brigadier iu the-compauy de Noiiit s. I leai nt
that my adversary wis not disposed 10 return
to: Pans; and t took post, a second tiuif, ou
the 3d of July. 1 arrived at lloudainvtile wiii,
my'lwe sceomli, ut two u'eiock in ihe morn
log. 1 ordered someb.ui? iu u ateh my adver
ary's hoe, aud at live a'ciaek ia tbe morn-'
ing vord was brought to me that he had walk
ed out. ('went to meet him. My two seconds
walked a fevv steps before uu 1 my domestic
foiiatved me with two sword, aid I had also
furnished myself with a pair cf pistois. I ap
proached him, and Yuiilin to-- a niumtnt of
iiidig'uuou, vl;;c!i i could hot restrain, I otter
ed uiy aggressor lh moit eerij'.s i::i!t tl.at a
wiiluc-rj wiTi ret--. My mMf&d
TartMrd mej xni auoo'ineed t .me, il.ct this
man at last cnaentel (0 iiht that ii
would i necessary tiuit he iioul I ve a se
cond 1 and they mentioned to hi u 1 uerul ia
Reeba, who tited at the distance of n urter
tl'i saiil Ihe general as not ni
I sect an express to asccrt.ua lie fuel.
BONAPARTE. .
Inter&ting (fentiivfion from St. BtUni
The following fclrmortndum of observatibbs '
made by Boiiapttle in b eonversation with
some English Gentleman lately at St. Heletftf,
hns been transmitted to. us from that is In ad.
We have'fhe most positive assurances triven to
us pf the narrative 6eing accurate IhoBgh we
have not all that passed at length) and it Is
worthy of tbe peculiar attention of the public.
If it should turn tut that any passages are iu
tie sligfcest degree incorrect, w e shall make it -
our l usiness to point nur and rectify the mis
lane Jiioriutrj vircmtiev
made ly Bcna
parte tn a c'nvtnqlton wUh some GetitUnun
ivho lately hrttched at St. He era, in tkirr
way q England.
luded.,to Crcr'ihiBne's
misicn, by cltt-rvii,ffx
that lie had m!wd the road from Lrmstanti
iioble to Persia,, then rapidly advejting to Ift.
dia, ieaskedvwhAi the Russians were about
on their ,A&iarHs frontier ? And with little atV(
tcotioa Us the rep!le, proceeded to Sak of'
the power of the differfol Sovereigns, end of
their vidwa, ' The liussiaos, he said, were the
mos formidable in Europe- England aetl
Prance haiThot tfiv siuhe military advantages
although their troopYid mora moral power
tj?an any of the other nations. A Frenchman
oVbecornfi g a sblrer? leavea a better country
than any he can be Called to serve in and th6
S5gH.ihiii ii ttiWfmkmtir wbrin off
abroad than at home.; so that only tbe refuse
of tho population ure inclined to enter the nf
my.-.The Russian, on the contrcry, teases to
be a miserable slave, and tecomtsa fret it an,
when hi fiuits lucHa. He improves Lis con
diUou ; le fii.d etnifort which be could never"
enjoy at Jioiu-; and consequently Aiexunder
might Increase his army to any amount upon
perrice out; of his tn dominions, and, if hsj
f rearnzed land well, be would seetire the
coainjandjwf Europe. Alexander's objeet fcatj
always been to tak4 Constantinople, bnt be
Napoleon, had distinctly lold him that he
would never betmU the Creek Cress to be
placed on the ciiuu of tie Czars. Austria;
was wilhn.K to nsiist the views of Russin. if
she herself to be guaranteed in tie p6ses
?ibu nf ihe provHjecs contiguous to tlieTuikisb
frontier so t hat .France and Ecglatd Vou!J
be left alone to defend Turkey, In gpeakiner
of tbe power of Russia for objects of conquest,
lie said the Cossacks were formidable, not, an
much from their numbers as from their peVu
liar ability to endure privations in travertine
(rived there with my second wituess, who bad! "kuowi) countries. They alto resembled ifie
nt quitted him, -and lie was besides aicjmpa-j "idaiiinyrajis ia the 'giA 'of vision -so grta
of ateaxue.
ho-.ue.
ahd I found that the general was at home.
My adversary then declared ibat iie wouid iu-.
take a second ut HoudaiiivUic, hut wo:iu
choose his Own at Pafis. i represented to toy
secea4s that my adversary mean. deceive
theui Agio, aud that he was a eoward, ai.u
thereupon I reiterated the serious i.tsult wliici
he hodiust before undergone. He attenij.lel
to ipak. I ordered him to hold lus tougue,
threatening, that if he did not, I would begin
again. My seconds stopped me oue. uioie.
'.rhey: assured' me that he would '''fight'; auJ
that the respective seconds should regulate the
moda af euutbat at .-Paris. It was agreed that
we should re-assemble at lie Cafe ilardy ou
the Botflevard ilalieus. I arrived ilieie with
1. .... 1. ... 1 . 1. i 1
one 01 uiy bcluuus ni iurcc o ciock... h uaiuy
uttd by colonel Cheuetl'e and ct;lor.el le Soi.al,
whom kw had chosen us hi two secund. 1 he
four sevonu agreed to propose to my udversa
ry to f jht yiilh pjstoU at eight, six ur four a
ces.eaeh combataut advancing on hisuhtaro
nisf, till he reache d the distance agrci-.t '.;;;' 1
had before hand CvAsinted (0 ail. M. Lutaj
retracted for the fourth time. He returited u
hit owu kiuJ of combat. His seconds and
mine togetiit-r eoujvl ulii iiu ithing from him.
At aojiBtai:! ihe cvtniig of the lt!i cf July
ke sepvrated. r
Oa the 6ih of Ju!i, 1 icave an itcc.u.:A to tie
Dukede Mouchy of this fourth au.l fri;T.'eas at
tempt. Ever 513150 tliU iJOib wl Ju.tr ,ie hadoi-
deied H.ti to cease from Uuy service : l iUlefoie
asked him lis dcicrouaatio.,, '
Ou tbe tb July": lie answered,- that tl not ith-
siauutir; i mc xu.ti is ii:ui 1 nau uie. Uhiilm
were uut id iu such a 'sta"te,that 1 could re-as.
sume my service. ' lie forbade me tiask fur
saying
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""ou Hiii. rjiiiin nui riimnrpiifnn iib niiriTi- m . . ' r . - ..
'"the lan-Hn- tn .ht.h u am..a tugrrom uim.any rational mode of proceeding,
o.-'a- -" . . .---.-x T LWCU inmMIIlIC in VIVA an nmnnnnt fft fhol
mw i'iuuduj ui mil uew auu iruiiicss a v.
tempt, Besides which, all those who were pre
sent at the nieetiag ou' the 10th, delivered a
eirtifiaate on the-next day, in whien they all
acknow leaked-that mv adversary obstinately
refused oreiy rational proposal that was made
any fuHIier eiplanatiou on thai uoiuf.
that he eoui.l not ive me anv.''
Such has been my conduct, and such ar the
faits staled vt!i the most exact truth. I pos
sess the doeuiueuls iu support of what is here
adviiueed. ' '
't ' - " .
My superior, officer havinir forbidden ma to
ask of hint any further explanations, and yet
persisting to exclude me from my; turn of ser
vice, I fiud myself under Ihe necessity of ad
dressing my lords the marshals of Prance, the
iu this respect was the farultv of tie E."t?tff
ins, that tvi:en iu Egypt upon an occasion Wteu
he wished by means of his telescope tb obtrrB
u bidy. of men -that appeared jn tie horiwtrn,
fi 1 ad sen ret ly levelled his glass wLfa a Be
douiu tear" him reeogbid' .w.ith the, r.aked
eye aiiplhcr Bt-Ii-uin, and iesenbed his irtsi
&.c. so as (0 dislirgnith tie trite ta vtliicla
he belonged. . : , u .
44 England, he said, could ' never befeotne
coulinental power. Eorty-five thousand neu,
with all the bravery of the nation, could never
give her authority on th cont'.uent. A naval
u:d coinmercialystein was alone adapted to
1 her situation, and could alone preserve her
rt'rom the ruin with whieh she was lLrea(eiedr
Lord tYellesly was right , in laving tlat he
distress was permanent. Lord Castlerecgh
had made himself a courtier to the sovereigns,
and lad negleckd tie interests of England.
Euglaud was (ike the dog looking at its sha
dow in the w aterand w ho dropped the . meat
out of i(s inoiitl.. If there lad been au able
toinisttr in the British Cabinet at the arrange
iiient of ihe affairs of Europe, tire terms of thu
peace would have beetf very differtnt from
tlijjse concluded on. : The utmost possible ex.
tenvien i f tonimeree and a total relinquish
oient of cdutiiienul military ambition, could a.
ehief judges of Preneh honour.
I therefore pray your excellencies to declare
individually at lie foot of this writiug, "
' 1st. Whether I have fully satisfied the de
mands of honour ? . A.:? s ' w.-,-:,x.'
.3d.' Whetherban and ought to accept anew
in spite of (he positive prohibition of my au
pe rior officer, the sort of eaoabat that has been
offered tome1?- -sy- --. ,
lone rescue England frem its present difficult
ties. The King of Portugal should hare jleta
maue to grant fie yeui exclusive privilege of
trade with the Brazil, as tie price of !ha
Portuguese ihrone.7 N V C
. In foimer times tie English ministert ha)I:
made peace like merchants, aild had filled the
pockelsof their country. The present minis
tera had set up for geitlemen; and had ruined
themselves.. ,.Z...:-:-' '."''
is f af 1 - -z''r 't"- yn I '" a - "-rr- , "'. ""
" me year .ngiana threatened (a
go to war egai)), if France did not agree tofjr
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