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'4 ; n i m aX . m i A JOHN HJ PERKINS. jiveri Friday, at , Three Dotira-per .-Innum bailable in advance, ? . Ao Paptr. tvilfr I, aiicpmiwrtd I until all crmrJ inq-e Arc. p-riJ, bnt ui ihji. iUscretiuti bf t?e ' jiditor. ':aJ1::, . ?: 'v-v- jH) I rEIlTISF.ME. iFS mating a tqvare ''or '. f les'innsrted' tlx? first time fur Fifty Cents ; , - wirt ibirtv three fir tvery 'xvbsqtn: inrrtion Th'.',e 4f greater length ctiurged in propor llon. 7Vr0Hjr tending, advertitements are r.nitsi:fd tt stale houj t,fieti then tii.tA tlipm in ..m.j . if ... ..:--. J.il. ..;Ti l.J. ..'iHilA P."ef lf lilc ioniili' forbid, and chargeu accordingly. , j ; .i . ; s erjec!ed tluit alt Letters . .addressed to the Editor will be post piud. ' :, ,y" ;', :.. CilAKA.CTEllS. ALEXANDER OF IlUSSiA. J "We find the ; following bca ;tif;l mi nature representation oi the ci;ar- ; iacter of this iiisclsl v Ulustrious pr inrc i Ju a private romniunicatioin to ti;e j EEditor of the Lo:idon Courier, dated : at Aix la Chapelle. October Slst the featuies arc still more strikn!, v1ien vc ...compare; the pati'trai v itH those of his cotenip?)raries, wliiclti if drawn with fidelity would in two imujy iustanceSj :p resent ; thcrinost , disgusting contrasts. Whatever might liaVc bcejritlie sentiments in ancient times, that of the present and futu re ; ere nc ratio n s . will -'not '"hesi tale to rank ' Aiexander of Ruia, tar above his' Macedonian name-iuke, in point of greatness. - , I Aftennoticui the arrival, at Aix. a Ghapclle, of zt number cf royal personages, the. letter ."proceeds' : '. L The onferrences for some days v past have been to the absence , 1 angui s 1 ii)ig, ov i ng of tle Sovereigns, particularly of thc'Einperor Alex ander, and the !r necessity: under which their minlseisfelt tliemsch es, f -consulting them. , before, they come to any final decision.1 'i'he presence of the latter Sovereign, who is almost his own Minister, was found indispensubfe to their future progress, llis servants cannot pro ceed to a step , without - consulting ' him. ami !c wished probably to see France with his own eyes, and learn the state of parties from tho se best able to jnfyrm liinV beibrc.fje canic to any di termination regarding: the pending negotiations, oti tlie snlject of thcjallianc ile arrived late this revelling, therefore his ministers had instructions to wait upon him, Mnme- i - d iately. You express a surprise, in speaking of the j revie ws, at t!ic ra pidity of ills motions 'aiid the almost ubiqtiitv of hilh-cenc ; those who have more immediate access to him, on the atTiirs coaiceandAylio thus 4 become aequaluied Avith liis habitHT I avclsvill in rive surprised ut, tlieP uh-. classing activity: of his mind,; his un "nnliratioii to the duties of A his high tatiau and his aiiiaziiig dis- patch of busitics, 1 1' ' lie is iot only his'prime minister, ' ' and iTUiiister-'of foreign Aakirs, but - A own ininibter of the Interior, of ' police a.idVof Finance. The - mo$t s trilling details, as well as tl most . important project , of negodations, are laid before him and receive their ilup share of consideration. ' Pleas- 4 tire or.ajnusement; arc never allowed for a moment to interfere with the calls of duty or the exigencies of bu 1 - siness. j lie giVesi orders to udmit every One into his prenco who, has : ny petition to oder, or any useful plan to propose - and the rapidity with which he conceived its objects, or decides upcm its merits, is equal 1 cd only'bv the spirit and willingness " Svitli hich he enters on its examina ' lion. When Mr. Glarkson ffiiw- him in Paris, in ll4on hts return froiii; England, and though he had only tweMty-fcur htHiisS spend in that ' capital, he demoted two' of them to an : audience on the details i ; uiu bwiu : trade? . question H and I know from wgood autUoriiy,iuai uuim tju uiuw pUcity of his business here,' lie had ; thoroughly read and considered 1 iv Owen's memorial, Jind would have ' heard his explanations had he seen any thing feasible in his plan, jj ;cven any thing put dangerous xw fm doctrine, - He rises every morning at 6 o'clock, and often does not go to hed till two. When he finds that he c i-finnnt p'ninv pveri tins short lieriod orreguiar repose, tic reiresncs nnn; elf by a sliort sleep pf an ho Ire daV,' in his chair asllnircan find iopnurtunity, by a power viluch 1 ie h as" acqiii red of using Hny inomeiit of h-isurc he chooses fur snch a re freshment a power Which perjiaps, shews his command lover jhis .time, and the general, quality as v well as activity of his mind 13 is .morning devotions - arc never omitted, what ever other duties -lie has to perform, a habit which is. common tohini with nor-is he less Huenxive to tueiiuie trrms anu r?.. fiucd ci illtics of Ilfb than if j ttcy constituted Its moi srfus enifjliy rtjent. So punctual Is he in tliis res. P'.H't, that those who had,, no , ncircr views, of his' character would suj A puse tnat he comprise u the who;e4juT sinews of a sovereign in doimpppu-, lar tilings, and shewi e.g the refined attentions'. "... Thc anerjjoui nVard Kg - his first jVisittheT J3np 6f Y vl'iugton. oh Tailing henV, you will r.ot haWfoi gotten., On' "the bundav a fteri lis arrival he annear- ed in foui xhanccs. of dress, in irorh- pliinenf'tq those wlfom he wished to see ; he transacted business. Vih: his usual :!;abit in the morring : liejwait cd aficrwards u the fc!ftj'..of Pros sia in the uriiform of th Prussian guards lie waited on the Emperor Francis, in .'.that of Austria ; ahd he Was dressed aiain in a'Prussian uui form, at the ball given br. the citv in the evening. Tiic Lelgc papers eel ehrate some of tlie jibpular p things which he did on his way to tijie re view ; and I haveno doubt the French journals whJ. echo f their praises, by I i cciting similar acts of popularity in rra cc. This episode en the , personal ac tivity and popular manners of the Emperor Alexander may he. thougiit at first sight minute and ill placed ; but it iil cease to appear so. ! when wc reflect on thi 'gfeat ' inilucncc which joined with his military siiccess thc3r have already hii( on the world, and consider iiow lonr.h the individ ual character of a Monarch1 under an absol u te govern men t- ;id ds the con -duet of his people; and control's the policy, of his' empire. On tthc views and policy of Alexaiidcr depends in a great degree, at present, the meas tires which shail.be pursued tords France, and consequently t he future stability of the Kuropeoii ConfedorH t.t'.M . - , y".. ' 4 . , -'-'. :. ' ' TOFOdAHy; : $ BE S C U 1 PTI ON O F QUE R E C.f From v Sciisom's : Tour ..to Canada; X: - uilishedM- 1 ojv ? The mountains begin to Vise7an4 produce, more . interesting scenery. The-country, in yiev having before been invariUblji2at. About 9 o'clock we came in sighti ovthe heights! of Abraham, on ,ih eL left, and those of Point Levi, on the right V between jyht( h were fifteen or twenty sails of Merchantmen, . and Ships of War, riding at anchor ; the island of Or leans appearing in the back ground of this interesting picture. Vro rapidly passed -Wolfe's Cove, arid were brought too, with admira ble dexterity, at a wharf of most in con vcvient height : for the lido rises in this wild channel, . from eighteen to twenty four fect. .' : . i IlercN and for half a mile round the..; precipice :vhich- consists of a black slate, thcr.e is but. just i-rmm far or e narrow street, Ttje rock is almost )eipeiidicular, till near the ; and as 3011 look up from the water to the stone wall, which caps the summit of the hill, with project- nig :011s, yon wonuer wnat pre vcnt3 tht DOTKicrous masses ! from coming down upon your head. ' -In this dismal ditch, whei-e it first became exposed to a strong battery ; which has been since taken down, on t he 31 s.t 1 ay of D ccc m b cr, fell , Ge n cral :(9lmtf;jmcrij9 and - his iid-dc Camp, IT'hei-son, at the very first fire from the fort ;and their dishear tened followei-s were easily made p'risonci-s, after a hopeless tbnfiict. t iiesnovy oeing taen lour iceijiiioi upon the ground ; ;; ;. ' f . Yet I was toIdjnporCfhe spot, by. a Canadian Burgher of. confidential aniM!aiiTce who, said he was in the Uiueu amziu f ,Uri the I0"vn niigui ca e u v vu vatvcxi y j'jrpriseflf GerteKvl Arnold Iiad push-i reached A'oint Lett f instettd of wait ing for the Commander in Chief, wtio was then coming do vrn the St." Law ten nfee. In the mean time the Citi-LHcurrhig Obstacles, upon the open ns liaili recQYCi-ed. from the paniclhlr of the $tc&i rZmmr.i.:;' K zen into which they had beeathrown, by iso unexjMjeted an ?eveht. ; Sir Guf CaBetbh liad f thmwn ; JiimseJf Uti the town, and thefavourable moment for the Attack xwas irretrievably lost. rThc tuifofuhate Geerl was in tcitcd by the British Commander, upon one it,the bastions of the cita de!,uith what are called the .hon -Xip 1IUU' M ,. V W U . B( Ulll lV ours o f w ar. ;:;.:;.',;'; . ; j:; ; ;.; c , - " Almost perpendicularly over the p!ac;herVVpnoncrrf fell, on the very brink of tlie precipice, which is here not less than two hundred feet high; in lieu of the Aooient Fort or Chateau of St. Lcwis; which naraei by courtesy of Ejil;land9 it yet retains, jLerccicu! uic uovcrnnicnt Llousc, the apart ments of j which arc occupi ed by the. various offices of the Civil and . Military Department acting under j t!ie orders of the Governor General of J British America ; the Provinces of New Brunswick, an A Nova Scotia being included under his command But, his residence is tti a: conve-ident building, on the 'opposite side ofp the square. ; . 1 The lower town, from which we have not yet regularly ascended, is a disnfal congories of the most wrr.tcli- ed buildings, .risi rig;1i 11 'idfJpiess vfci hie amidst every kind of filth, be tween tlse rock and the river ; which is said to have washed the verv base of the promontory, when 1 Jacques C"1. f f nit 4 10 C?0"1?01 - l 4lri . r4mir spot, i I quitted the narrow! confines with the alacrity of a Fugitivr, es caping from the coofincmcnt of a pri son ; by a long flight of steps, ending in slopc after- slope : down if which trickles perpetually, the superfiuous moisture of the upper town ; the streets of (ilc h, in Wet weather, are rinsed,, over '-The heads . of the luck- !c The upperiown, at a height of one hundred and fifty feet, 1 from vhicli it overlooks thy lower ; and shows the shipping so perpendicularly bc hw, that you think v;ou cquld toss ii biscuit into tlicm; from the rampart? is completely forlifiedHv ith walk and gates, and all the otlfer inconvenien ces of a garrisoned town ; such as ce n ti nt I s on guard; at etery avenue , he, &c. independently of the citadel whiehj with its otttworkF, of consider able extent, occupies , an elevation two hutidi-ed feet higher. ;;v Z The Cathedral, and the Seminary for the Clergy, together with the4e suits ! College; opposite, now conver ted into a' barraclf or the .-troops:;i who make its once tranquil alls re sound twice a day : w'jth the ariirnat" ing sounds of jMartial miisic---the bugle the fi fc-and the spirit stirring arum. These cxte;?veestablish mcntsi all origi pally devhtcd'to rel liglon, together wit$thcHotel Dieiti as it is called, afterihe name of a sii milar' institution in Paris , being a hospital for the sick, arid; the single Sisters who attend 1hcin the Moni astcry of the; Recollects, now taken down, to riiako room for more useful edifices ; arid the Convent of the Ur saline Nuns, with other religious cs tablishments rand their courts' and gainlens, occupied at least one half of the ground, within the. w alls r leaving ine sxreeis narrow, irregular, aim in variably up hill and dawn ; a circum stance which must render', tbem sin gularly inconveuieiit in fi-ost and snow. vf -kA:,'"' Sv'T:.:.--; cr. Such is the famous City of Quebec for the acquisition of Svhich General Wolfe, w illingly devoted ,his'ljfc, in the 3'car, 1759 ; the only meniento-of wnicn circumstances, upon tne sr is a yvood en figure of the celebrated ITero, in his biadskirted coat, with slashed;! sjeeves; pamtrecstand, ing in a niche-artlie conier of a &ti-cet jnPtheattitude of commanding ) th thc-decisive action, which for evcrl eparaicu vanaua irom lue uomm ion of-France.." ; ,:?"'-tr-. ; ' ' ly , It is called St.' Job ns street; and it leads; tofhev Gate of St. Louis whence througlv 'I ''tdroinoJiow.ma- ny covered Avay s,,- prelected ora like number ofsalient angels (I may ss -nassiins'cr bv those liroiectiner this mnnnment of tintloiiAi npftwm: snouts yhicli are so common in the to carry home with thenvas relics, a .tipiated towns of Germany. ' -: on their return to Eneland. I Very' nrohabie h& incorrect in the vraw 01: i,uri incauon, ineycr naving nade the science; of Scstructipii my Particular study) it finally disgorges ae weary nassencreiv thwarted bv ir of the adiacent common. : We are now. upon J the plains of aurauam, yci mc ascent continues umciently to cover the1 scene; of ac won, froin the fii-e: oC the batteries, frurriing round ' wheh i-c-n : arrive at the summit.' and Took me down -the ri ver bef ween tlietwo steeples fof ihe Catholic and Protestant uathr- dralsyon have; what I thoug!it the most, interesting view of "Quebec be cause it embraces in thegahie cbiip-d odi the principal objects-, in tbe; vi cinity.4 "Overlooking the' basin- Ayhich is six miles wide, you behold the Is land f Orleans, stretched out befai-e you, , till, it terminates in- uhdistin- guishing haze, whilst on the left you have the north coast, rising gradual ly into distant mountains, irom which the rircr Mohtmorehcy'precipitatihg itself into the St. Larencev tsail out seen, through a , grove of fires. uid the view terminates "abruptly in the perpendicular Promotorv of Cae Tourment, whiclr is two thousand tect high, arid therefore inay'be d is iinctly seen at the distance f thirty miles. On the right you have the rocks of Point Levi, and behold the shipping in the harbor, at an immense depth belqw.- Imagiiii the effect of this whole fairysceue, connected as it is by the broad snrfarcs of theRi vei, which is seen r again'! iiponrjthe edge of' the hoHzori,Hvinding round t h e stiipendious Bluff above mention ed, in its course tbwai-ds the sea. . The field of battle lies al milel fur- tner west 1 lie common .. remains bar, anil uncultivated to the left of the road and-atjittle t6vrM6htieaU you perceive alarge stone,near which the general fell .It may be. easily dis tlngulshed by the repeated efforts on British Visitors to possess them- selves, of the minutest specimen of It is a whitish granite, of a finer grain than usual; ;; rpv;v' i- '';';'" 'lliis interesting spot has jbeen de voted to History, n ot by an English Professor of Fine Arts ; but by our Countryman V est, i who considers himself acting patriotically as"a Bri tish subject in celebrating any event, which, is counted honorable to the British arms; thatlhad 'occurred he fore the ReyomtionjAvhich'e ed the? independence of the country. : The French Governor of Quebec M. de; Montcalm, fell likewise on the field of battle,yetsucli" is Hhe injus tice of mankind to; those who I seek the bubble honour, inthc cannon's mouth, that the-man who died in; the defence of his country, is never men tioned Iwith applause," because nn- successful w hiist the victonous in vaden of a fureicn shore is puffed to the skies by the meretricious trumpet 01 ianie. - ; : From Hit Charleston Patriot. In looking back to the late session of Congress itJs impossible horto notice3n one view, its extreme bai renness: Much oratory has been ho doubt-displayed, much ingenuity expenueu, inucn vaiuauio miorma tion Elicited, but Uie public business lias stood stuUwhilstvuie oratoi-s, one and all, were delighting, as they thought, the galleries, arid delighting no doubt, themselves. The House of RewTsentatiyeChasil ih,J.Iact?f..been transformed this session nearly en tirely into a . theatre of eloquence, where each; who - supposed - lnmseil gifted, appeared tn play his part, and tlie actors oecame in xne i cno, nearly as" numerous as the spectators. This: is, however, paying- too high a price for our public displays of this description ; thepractice is becom ing an evil of magnitude. As long as so large a proportion of the mem bers continue more ambitious to shine as orators than to be useful as Ttgislatorsihe - busines of making laws -will be vitwed as a dull and heavy duty, and the people come to look; oh the national legislature, as POLITICAL. an crflia for ths cxhibiUon merely, of orajtwrical gladiaforshi i tH ; I We ai-B aware that in ; a : popular goVeri ia-nt this is, in somei mcsurc unavoidable, but the pobiicatkm oi the speeches delivered, has a tenden cy, we are of opinion, to -foster -tlte ajractice i The public looks, jn ;cpn 8equeuce for this sort ;of intellectual foodand,t he representative; aware..,, of it. painperk ; the. , appetite:; rile speaks, lietpublishts, that he may lie read inprtot, admired, '.; applauded and become popular, mangre ,the paii s which hav e been taken to vo rk up the rude drauglitt"hy the aid of rhet rical C embellishment, intoi- a gqodly specimen ;of eloquence. ' ', ( f We are-aware that the agitation o. publft qucsthins of - commanding iiu terest, will ..give rue to diversity, o opuiion,.and ve are not now about to contend that the lights thai are strut k out in argument thej3a$h of eloquence that illuminate debate, the strokes of .genius that kindle or : move are without . their; use :and their , beauty, but the number - who are gifted for this highf purpose, are extremely small iu the largest deliberative As sembly The ew master tfpirita;hf the stfene, who by the force ,of their mental superiorjity, direct the opin ions, and controul the votes, of the majority , are sutficient . to illustrate ' lmporiavv uesuous, 10 uispjuy ineir bearings and . tendencies, to dispel error, to detect sophistry ,"and to car ry conviction to the minds of others, whilst much tliat is uttered by those who appear iiMllreir tract must; be superfluous or eak, or have a ten- " dency to embarass: the argument.' r I& Unnecessary " that every Iteprc seritative shouhf make an essay in oratory, or c eh deliver his opinion, on an interesting .quesiious; urougnt up for decisioi? "What the effect will be it is easy to anticipute, as our ponulatioh! increases and . our Representatives multiply. The en tire year 'will be too short a period for the accomplishment of the public business, important subjects of le gislation will sleep from session to session, after lengthened , discussion and if new members should bo in the interval introduced, the question will probably have ito be- debated anew, i and the points; once gained freshly i contested Eifjery new election may carry into Congress a new race of orators,7.who are panting for the public scene and the occasion to aiidw off their powers or to be applauded and ' admired) for their ; published, spcetuvB. . RELIGIOUS. Extract of a letter just received in 5iz ; rnnnalh jrom onc of the American Msdonariesat Bombay, dated, Ju-1 iy 5 niiB '-r v '-'.'Ji' ' Dear Sir r - , f - From communications we have al ready! made'j to America, ybu have probably learnt the general circum stances of pur voyaee. Our recen- tibn here," and our prospects of use fulness," are quite as favorable as our mosi sangmue nopea nau led us to anticipate. , The field before us is ; extensive arid; teisting. We are l in the midst of i an immense popula tion, elevated in some respects above tbe,commonf standard of civilization but in others sunk for below the most barbarous tribes of men. The Hin doos are' acquainted with the various agricultural and mechanical arts ; 1 but 1 nothing can be more shocking '; than tlicir ignorance of every thing most impoVtantibr men to know. And this mjayDe traced directly to theirateful systems of idolatryj. They are hi general ignorant' of e very just idea of God of jiis jusi tice, and of bis mercy.; They have na correct uleas of human accounta bility, or of those obligations to ti-uth,. fidelity and justice, so general ly recognised in jchnstian 'Lmds. I dolatry , is never a solitary vice it is always connected vrith everv thine that is odious dnd disgusting in thb 'For this deadly disease, which has s for ages been sleeping millions in- 1" to the pit of eternal destruction, there is no remedy but tfie gospel of our Lord Jesus, Christ Hence' the im mense importance tlmt it should bft . ..
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