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LATRARARY CADBRD AND RIUODB.ISHLAND STADMASIIAN.
VOL. 11.
LIVERARY OADEYD
AND
RHODE ISLAND STATIZMAN ’
PUBLISHED WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS, BY
SMITH & PARM ENTER,
No 9, Market-Square, Providence, R. I
TERVI ~OUR DOLLARS per ahnum, To tho-c who pay in
A'vance for a year, a deduction of Filly Cents willbe waie. Single
Papers Awelve ceats.
13" Al communications must be addgessed to Ale publishers, post
age paid.
PAVILION.
T'IE subscriber has the pleasure of inform
ing his friends and the publie, that owing
to the liberal patronage he has reccived, he has
been enubled to make several improvements to
this clegant resort for genteel company. A
suite of apartments have beeo fittad up express'y
for the acecommodution of private famtiics, where
they can enjoy undistitrbed, the finest sceners
upon Narraganselt Bay., Asre:pects the sour
ces of amusement necessary to a pluce of Lthis de
scription, they will He under such a regulation
ns to render 1t worthy of being called the Nu
hant of Rhode-Island.
May 9. BENJAMIN T, FOSTER.
5
THE OBSERVATORY.
l‘l{E Lessee of this fashionable place of re
sort, respectlully informs the publie, and
citizen strangers, that it is now open for the
Spring and summer seasons. It is situated on
aneminence which commands a beautiful view
of Narragansett Bay and the adjacent coun
try; and is admitted by all who have visit d it
to be a delightful place of resort. Attached
to the. Observatory, are two excellent Bowling
Alleys, not inferior to any in Rhode-Island.—
The Bar is supplied with the best liquors that
can be procared, and other rcfreshments such
as Fruits, Pastry, &c. Every attention will be
paid to those who visit the establishment; and
affords an agrecable walk, particalarly to
gentlemen strangers who visit the fown for ob
servation and amusement. The Observatory
will be kept open from 7 o’clock, A. M. 011 9,
P. M. J. BARTLETT.
may 12,
PROVIDENCE FLOATING BATHS,
THE subscriber having just completed his
- spacious floating Baihing House, respec
fuily informs the ladies and gent'emen of Prov
idence and its vicinity, that he has located it
in the cove, nearthe foot of Hydraulion street,
and in the rear of the Exchange Bank. The
building is provided with every ednvenience;
will stand off where the corcent is pure, and
will be eniered over a safe floating bridge; and
fromn iis reiived yet central siiuation, it cannot
fail to invite the company of those who pruoc
tice cold waier bathing. The apartments of
the ladies and gentlemen are separated in an
eßectaal manner, and those which are appro
priated for the former, will noi, vader any cir
cmasiance, at aoy time, be occopied, by gen
tlemen.
Carcful and aiientive persons will be engag
ed to wait on those who may puironize ihis es
tablishment, and a female will a'ways be in at
tendance for the ladies.
The subscriber having at much expense pre
pared this comfortable house for those dispos
edto enjoy the luxury of ibe cold baih, or
shower bath, flaiteis himsell that he shall be
liberally rewarded by the patronage of gen
eroug publie
Terms.—Season tickets, £3; single ticket,
12 1-2 cents; ten tickets,®l.
The house will be opeo from sun-rige till 9
o'clock in the evening, except Sundays, on
which day it will cloce at 9 o’clock, A. M,
June 9. ERASTUS FARNUM.
PROVIL VN 4 AND PAWTULKET POST
COA"H,
Tho proprietors ol ihe Providence and Paw
tucket Post Coach, respecifully inforin the
. -public, ithat they have purchased o!’ Mr. SBimon
.gl. Arnold, all his right, title and intevest in
the Pawtuckel! Diligence, and have placed on
the road betwecn Providence and Puwwucket,
a POST COACH, wioch will run every day,
(Sundays excopied,) as follows:
Tne Post Coach will leave Providence at 8
o'clork, 12 n'cloch” 3 o’clock, and at half
past 6 o’cloc . and will leave Pawiueket at 9
o’clock, 10 o'ciock, haif past i o’clock, and at
half past 5 o’ lock. Books kept at Wilder’s
~ Mamufacturer’s Hoel, and at Clarke’s Ton,
Pravidence, and at Fadwards® Hotel, (late
Hodges') ard ar Blake's, Pawtncket,
Fare 12 1.2 _ents for those passengers who
are taken at the severa! honses at which the
books are kept in Providence or Pawtucket,
and landed at the regular stage houses ineither
of the places. Tuose who wish to have the
stage call for them at their places of residence,
will be charged 25 cews: way passengers,
that is to say, those who may take passage on
the road will be charged 12 12 conts
May 2. E. BLAKLE, Agent.
NEW ARRANGEMINT
OGAFIVE TIMES A WLIK.-
STEA“ BOATS Wasir~varon, Capt, E,
§. Bonger; Conwvecvicur, Capt, Come
stock; and Fuurow, Capt. R. 8. Bunker.—
One of the above boats, will leave for New
York, every Sunday, Tuesday, Wodneaday,
Thursday and Sat rday, at 10 o’cloek, A, M.
The Washington's regular days of siariing,
are Sundays and Wednesdays, at 10 o'clock,
A. M. The Fulton or Connecticot, will leave
on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
July 4.
| REMOVAL.
SAMUEL J. BOWER, Sign Painter and
. Gilder, has removad to the Hamilton Bl
M‘F. 3d story, over Mr., Franlin Richmond s,
and opposite Mussss, Low & Fenner's, Map
ketestreet, where Sign and Ornamento]l Paint
ing, and Gilding, wifi be done i the best man
ner. Gt. Aug. 4.
PN ~
LEFT AT THE FRANKLIN HOUSE,
IN this town, about gix months uince; a
trunk, covered with deer-skin, and mark
od 11. W. containing the wearing apparel of a
fewnale, a parasol, a small wooden trank and a
copy of Watt's Psalins and Hywme, in which
is written the name of 1. Gurney. The tennk
was unlocked when lefl. The owner is request
ed to call and take it away. ot y
Franklin Honge, Providence, \uguast 18,
EDWARD R. YOUNG,
No. 24, Market Square,
RESPI'CTPULL\ wiorws s heods, both
: in town and country, that he has recent
v very considerablv enlarged his Stock ; thut
his assortment of Genuine Groeeries, leu,
Wines, Spirits, Cordials, &e. 18 pOL sui pussed Ly
avy other in Provideace.
E. R. Y. has just reccived by the ship Asin,
irom Canton, a large retail supply o 1 Fresh
Teas, which were selected and jut up, express
Iv for him., These Tecrs, consist of Hyson,
Youngz Hyson, and Souchong, and they are with
verfect confiderce, lecommended to the lovers
of good Mea.
Ie has nlso received by the eame arrival, ten
cases first quality Preserved Ginger, six pots in’
each case, This article will Le sold lower thau
A has before been offered in this market, by the
case, pot or pound. He has nlso, on consign
ment, five cuses marked H. O. Y. containing
Fans, India Crackers, Clay Insects, and Puozzie
Boxes,
. R. Younz's assortment
extensive for u relail estubl
sist of
Old Sherry
Lisbon,
Vort,
Malaga,
Marseilles Malmesey,
Superior white Currant,
Real Currant,
Catalonia,
BorrLep WINES, viz: ('"hnmpnizne, Clar.
et, Muscat, and Oid Port, In particular, a few
dozen Old Port, a part of the fot which Mr,
Blake had on hand on his ‘em al from the
Franklio House,
seirers on hand—Old Cognue Brandy,
Fiench Brandy, Jamaica Sporite, Holland Gin,
Whiskey, Cherry Rum, Awmerican Gin, St,
Croix Rum, and N. I'. Rom,
Conmans—ol all kinds; and particularly
Cream Anniselle, of American manuofactore, but
allowed by them who have examined it, to be
equai o the richest imporied Cordials,
A o 1 of superior London Nusiavd, pat up
wn tin canuisters, pounds aund half pounds, by the
dozen or single,
SvGars—3Superior double and sigle refined
and common Lieal Sugars, Ploladelphia Lawmp,
first wnd sccond quulity Havana wbite Sugar,
Havana brown and Si. Croix,
Correk—Java and Haveua,
Seyces—Mace, Nutmegs, Cloves, Cinnamon,
Allspier, Pepper, Ginger aud Coyenne.
Froyvrs—Bunch and common Mascatel,
Bloom, Sulianu, and Malaca Rasine, Cuviants,
iize, Praves and Dates, Almond:, Faberis, Eng
lish Walnats, Cream Nuts, Curor, Ground
Nuts, Shelibark-, Chesauls Olives, Capeis, Or
anges and Lemons
TAnArINDs, a superior lot, by the pourd or
jar, put up in white suzer syrup, ?
Sweet Ol', India Soyy Mmchiovies, x
Day & Martin’s and Warien’s Loudon Black
n"{, .
Britol Brick, for cleaning knives, &e.
Lamp O, Niolasses, Segurs, Chocolate, Rice,
Pobreco, Loriilnrd’s Maceaboy, Rappee and
seoteh Soully Sperw and Mould Candles, Starch,
Pearlagh, Soaps, Pipes, fiue Salt, baskct do.
¥iour,and Lamp Wick.
* % Demijohne, Jugs, Botiles, &c. &ec. Kec.
May 30.
STEAM ENGINE NOTI(CE.
THOSE who may be desirous of obtaining
Steam Engines, made on the plan ¢dopt
ed by the Providence Steam Engine Company,
will apply to the Sabseriber,
All leiters by mail must be postage paid.
JOHN A. WADSWORTII.
. Bth mo 4 tf. Agent P. 8. E. C
FREN: H LA GUAGE
NIR. ABADIE respecifully inforins the
: public that his second course of lessons
will commenre next week—his room is direct
ly over Mir. Enoch 8 ecre’s store Cheapside.—
Information will be given at Messrs, Hulchens
& Cory’s Book store, or at his room,
August 4.
PAINTING.
‘II()I.’SE, Ship and Sign Painting, Gilding,
. Glazing, Varnmishmg, Paper Hinging,
§c. done by WM. W. PITMAN,
No. 17, South Main street, up stas,
WanrEp—A« an Apprentice at the above
business, a lad 14 or 16 years of age.
August 15, 6t. .
NEW WORKS.
THE Domestic Puysician and Trav-
M elers Medical Companion, compiled from
the practice of .the most ennnent physicians
and surgeons, viz. Sir Astley Cooper, Sit Hen
ry Halford, Drs. Builie, Latham, Herberden,
Saunders, Babingion, Brickbeck, &e. &e. and
adapted for the vse of parents and heads of
fainthies: for conductors of large establish
ments; for travellors, o, By a Physician, -
First American from the second London edit
ion, with notes and appendix, containmygr ad
vice to persons remmoving to tropical ¢ imates;
to thosze attacked after drinkong cold water,
§e. By an Amerncon praci tisner. Also, the
private memoirsof Madam Da Hausset—-Fa
dy’s maid io Madarae De Pomprdesr. The
above works are just published and for sale by
HUTCHENS § CORY,
Angust 15, First door west of the bridge.
FASHIONADBL, DRESSING ROOM.
’l‘"l‘l subseriber respectinll informs the
o public, that he has taken room No. 50,
Westminster-street, a fow doors west of the
Accade, and a 1 the corner of Oringe-street,
where he will be happy to wait on thes .ro
may favor him with their patronage; and Lopes,
by assida’ty and attention to business, to aor
a share of tive prironage of the publie,
Hair cut, razors honed and set on the mos!
accommodating terms; and all orders executed!
without delay. ALBERT SWLEET.
Augimst 1,
TO LET.
{fi A convenient House, snitable for fwo
AR Cumilios, situated in Job strect for
tering apply to
yugust 1, GlOO, 8 RATHDONE,
FOUND,
E BY the subser bor, a nmabor of Bank Bills.
B The owner can, by proving property and
paying charges, receive the same of
WILLIAM N. ANDROSS,
August 15, Hgh-Street,
o WINE.
‘l ® Quarter easks Nicily Madeira Wine;
€ 11do Teaerils do: 75 do Colmenar
do; 16 do Baeet Malaga doj 6 half pipes, 11
quarter cusks Samos do - for sale by
Angnst 15 GrO. 8. RATHBONE.
PRIMIEE PORK,
20 Bhle prime Pork, Judson’s incpection,
for ealo Ly A. M. VINTON,
Auguast 16
PROVIDENCE, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1827.
ImporranT Document.—The Editors of
the Baltimore Patriot, with a zeal and indus
try equally commendable, have collected the
charges against Mr. Clay, mn all their forms,
beginning with George Kremer’s, and have
embodied them, with their responses, in a pam
phlet form, which may be had at their office.
The work is arranged as follows:
1. Mr. Clay’s letter to Judge Brooke, of
Virginia, giving his reasons for his intended
vote for i‘lr. Adams.—2. Kremer's charge in
a letter to the Editor of the Columbian Ob
server, at Philadelphia.—3. Mr. Clay’s Card.
—4. George Kremer’s Card.—s. Mr. Clay’s
appeal to the House of Representatives, call
ing for a Committee of Investigation.—6. Re
port of the Committee, of which Mr. P. P. Bar
bour of Virginia, was Chairman.—7. Mr. Clay’s
nom:.nation to the Semate, and the vote there
on.—B. Carter Beverly's celebrated Fayette
ville letter, in which he gives General Jack
son’s accusatory reinarks at his own house
““ before all Lis company.”’—9. General Jack
son’s Letter to Carter Beverly.—lo. Mr. Clay’s
Reply.—ll. General Jackson's Reply to Mr.
Clay, in which he gives up James Buchanan, a
member of Congress from Pennsylvania, as his
authority for his assertions about Lribery, cor
ruption, &ec.—l2. Mr. Buchanan’s Reply,
which effectually prostrates to the earth every
imputation against Mr. Clay and his friends.—
13. Mr. Clay’s masterly Speech at the Lex
ington Dinner, in which he takes a vivid and
full view of the whole ground.
of Wines is very
shment, they con-
By the
Quiarter Cask
or gallon,
This document is well worth the attention of
every citizen who takes an interest in the poli
tics of the day, indeed it should be in the pos
session of every citizen. It forms a succinet
history of one of the most interesting political
affairs that ever took place in this country; and
involves men of great distinction; indeed, the
interests of the nation are involved in it to no
inconsiderable extent. Those who will pur
chase the Document, and take the trouble to
peruse it, will find in it a triumphant vindica
tion of the Secretary of State, and a complete
overthrow of his enemies, and the encmics of
the Administration.
[lt is expected that the work may be had at
this office in the course of eight or ten days.]
Barninaron’s Mimoirs. This very
popular and interesting work, should be found
in the Library of every one who is fond of
studying human life, and the eccentricit.es of
frail mortality. It aflfords one of the finest
feasts of the ¢ descriptive natural,” that we
have ever read; and will richly re-pay any one
who may glance overits pages. Itis from thig
excellent work, that we copy the annexed
sketch of the distinguished and far famed
“ It was not by a cursory acquaintance that
Mrs. Jordan could be knownj unreserved con
fidence alone could develop her qualities, and
none of them escaped my obscrvation. | have
known her wlien in ti.e busy bustling excrcise
of her profession: 1 Lave knoan her when in
the tranquil lap of case, of luxury, and oi'mag
pificence. 1 1. con onerin i theatre, sur
rounced by a crova ot cdaltieg dramatists,
1 have scon horin a patices surrounded by a
numerous, mteresting, ana oeloved oilspring.
1 have seen ber ooppy: B have seen her, alu!
micerable: and 1 coula ror help participaiing
in all her feelings At the poait of tie whoen
I first saw Mrs, Jordan, she could not be much
more I think thau sixteen years ot age; and
was making ber debut as Mus Francis, at the
Dublin thewire. It s ~orthy of obzervarion,
tLat her early appearances m Duablir were not
in any of those characters (save one) wherein
shic afierwards so emmently excelled; but such
as, being more girlish, were heiter simted 1o
her spirits and her age. I was then, of course
less competent than now to egercise the crit
ical art; yet could not but observe, that in
these parts she was perfect even on her firat
appearance: she had no art, in fact, to study;
Nature was het sole mstructress, Youthful,
joyous, anymated, and droll, her laugh bubbled
up from her heart, and her tears welied out
ingenuously from the deep spring of feeling.
Her countenance was all expression, without
being all beauty; her form, then light and
elastic; her flexibie limbs; the juvenile but in
describable graces of her every movement,
nmupressed themselves, as I percened, indelibly
upon all who atiended even her earliest per
formances. Her expressive featotes and elo
quent actions ar all periods, harmonised bland
ly with each other; not by artifice, however
skiltuly, but by intellectuall sympathy; and
when her figure was adapted to the part gie
assumed, ehe had only to speak the words of
an author to becore the very person she de
fineated. Mer voce was clear and distinct,
modulating itgelt’ with natural and winning
eire; and when exerted in song, s gentle
flute-like melody formed the most captivating
contrast to the convalsed and thundering bra
vura. She was, throughont, the untutered
child of Nature: she sang without effort, and
generally without the accompemment of -
straentsy and whoever Lunh her Dead of
ihe Nioht, and her Sweet Bird,e'ther in puhe
lie or privaie, if they had any soul, must have
sarrendered at diseretion
The last scene & a sad contrast, On the
Continent, “ cetranged from those she loved,
us aleo from that profession the resort to which
hutd vever failed to restore her ammaiion and
arause her faney; mental malady =oon com
municated its contugion to the physical organ
izt ion, and sickuess began to inake visible in=
roads on the heretofore healthy person of thi
lamentad ludy. We have seen that she es.
tablished herself, in the first place, at Bolog
necar-Mer, A coltage was selecied by hor at
Murquetra, about a quarter of a mile from the |
gate of the fortress. Often bave | sinece, as i
on classic ground, strolled down the little gnr
den which had been there her greatest source,
The cottage is very small, but neat, comino
dious, and of a choerfal aspect. A flower and |
feuit garden of corresponding dimensons, and
a hitle paddock (comprising less than hall” an
acre,) l!:rmml her demesne, o an adjoining
cottagoe resided her old Jandludy, Madame Du- |
wmp, who was in a staté of competence, and |
altogether an ongimal, She hml married a |
qardonor, much younger and of humbler birth '
than herself. 1 think sho had becn once |
handsome: her «tory | pever heard fullv; Dot |
it il[""llr"'! that she had foarishod darmg tie
PROVIDENCE.
MRS. JORDAN.
‘Revolution. She spoke English well, when
she pleased; and, like most Frencbwomen
‘when d’age mur, was querous, iatrusive, and
curious beyond limitadion, with as much pro-
Jessed goud nature ae would serve at least ity
of our old English gestlewomen She was
not, in good truth, devoid of the roalit{ as well
as the semblance of that guality; hut she over
acted the philanthropist, snd consequengly did
not deceive those accustomed to look lower
than the surface. This good lady is still in
statu ?uo. und most likeqy to remain so. Un
der colour of taking Ler vacant cottage for a
friend, a party of us went to Marquetra, Lo
learn what we could respecting Mrs. Jordan's
residence there. The ord lady recognised her
nawme, but pronounced it in a way which it
was scarcely possible for us to recognise. A
long conversation ensued, in some parts as
deeply interesting and in others nearly as lu
dicrous as the subject could admit of. Mad
ame Ducamp repeated to us a hundred times,
in five minutes, that she had ¢ beaucoup, bea
ucoup de veneration pour cette chere, chera
malbeurcuse dame Anglaise!” whom sbe as
sured us, with a deep sigh, was ‘ sans doute us
ange superieur!’ She was proceeding to tell us
every thing she knew, or I suppose could in
vent, when, perceiving achild in the garden
ru!ling the tlowers, she abruptly discontinued
ier eulogium, and ran oft to drive away the
intruder; having done which, she returned to
resuire: but too late! in her absence her place
had been fully and fairly occupied by Agnes,
an ordinary French girl, Madame Ducamp’s
bonne (servant of all work) whomn we soon
found was likely to prove a much more truth
telling person than Y)er misiress. Agnes in
formed us, with great feeling, that ¢ the econ
omy of that charming lady was very strict ;
necessairement je erains,” added she, with &
slow movement of her head and a truly elo
quent look. They had found out (she said)
that their lodger imd been once ‘iche et mag
nifique, but when there she was very, oerr
roor indeed. ¢ But,” exclaimed the poor girl,
wer eye brightening up and her tone becom
ing firmer, * that could make no ditferénce to
me! sij'aime, j'aime! J'ai servi cette pauvre
dame avec le meme acle (peut-etre encores
plus) que si elle eut ete use princesse!’ This
frank-hearted display of poor Agnes’s senti
ments was, however, not in fact called for in
speaking of Mrs, Jordan, since she might have
cowmmanded, during the whole period of her
continental residence, any sums she thought
proper. She bhad money in the bank, in the
funds, and in miscellancous pro; erty, and had
just before received several thousands. But
she was become nearly careless as well of pe
cuniary as other matters, and took up a whim
(for it was nothing more) to affect poverty;
thus deceiving the world, and giving, herself,
a vantage-ground to the goss:ping and censo
rious. Agnes’ information ent on (o slow
that Mrs, Jordan’s wholg time was passed in
anxious oxpoctation of letters from Kngland,
and on the English post-days slie was peculiar
ly miserable. We collected from the girl,that
her garden and guitar were ccr only resources
against that coasuming ocluncholy wbich
steals away even the ofi eats of existonce,
and plunges both body ard raind into a state
of morbid languor—the fri.tful parent of dis
eace, insanity, and death. At this point of
the story, Madame Ducamp vould wo longer
bo restrained, and returncd to the chirge with
redoubled assertions of her own fr‘xcnds*nip ‘to
the poor lady,” and donns nature in general.
‘Did you know her, wonsieur?’ said she:—
“alas! she wearly broke my hcart by trying to
break her own.” I have hewrd o wer since
L arrived here, madame, « picd [ cautously.
¢ Ah! monseur, monsieur,” reomed Madaise
Ducawmp, “if you had kovn Ler as well as
Agnes und I did, you waould nave loved her
Just asaneh, lam swce stie bud been accus
*omed to grandeur,thoug! I conid never clear-
Iy inake out the cause of her reverses. Ahb!’
pursied Madame, ‘she v s wniable et honnete
beyond description; and though so very poor,
paia her lonaze like a goddess.” At tius mo
ment, some other matier, perhaps suggesied
by ihe word lovage, canie across the old wom
ai’e brain, and she agyn trotted ofl. The |
repvoning mtelligence which we gathered from
\gnes related chiefly to Mrs. Jordain 8 l'oml-l
ness for esic and perpetual indulgence there
in and to her own achievements n the musi
cal way, wherchy, she toid us with infinite
nzivete, she had frequently experiened the
grafification of plnyini and singing mada ¢ to
#leep! She said that there was sowme little mu
tual difiiculty in the first place as to under
standing each other, since the stranger was
ignorant of the French lunguage, and she her
¢olf ¢ had not the honour,” to speak English.
‘ However,” continned Agnes, * we formed a
gort of language of our own, coussting of
looks and signs, and m these moedame was
mare clegant than any o herperson 1 had ever
knovwn.” Here the giri < vecollections scemed
fairly to overcome herj and with that appar
en'ly exaggerated sensibility which is, never
theless, natural to the character of her coun
try, she burst into tears, exclaiming, * Oa ciel!
oh cicl! elle est morte! eile est morte! »°
¢ Atter Mrs. Jordan nad lefi Botlogne, it
appears that she repaired to Versailies, and
cupsequently, in still greater secrecy, to St.
Cloud, where, totally secluded, and under tae
niciae of Johnson, she . ontinued to await, in a
state of extreme depression, and with agitated
impatience, the answer to sone letters, hy
which was to be deicrmined ner future con
duet as to the distressing business that had led
her to the contment. er solicitude arose not
so much from the real importance of this aifair,
as from her indignation and disgust at the in
gratitude which had been displayed towards
ner, and which by drawing aside the curt vin
from before her unwilling eyes, had exposed o
novel and painful view of human nature. |at
that period occupied a lirge oiel adoning
the Bois de Boulogne. No' a wile infeinvened
L between nsg yot, untii bong atier Mrs, Jordan's
decease, I never heard she was momy negi
borhiood. There was no o cl¢ on whatever io.
such an entire seclusion; but tie anguish of
her mind had by this tue so enfeebled her,
that a bilious compluint was generated, and
gradually increased. I's giowih, indeed, di
not appear to give her much .n: ¢ ness—=so
dejected and lost had she become. Dayv afier
day ber misery avgimented, and at length she
seemed, we were told, actually to regurd the
approach of dissolution with a kiad of placid
welcome! The apartinents she occupied at St,
Cloud, were n a hovse in the squaro adjoining
the palice. This house was large, gloomy,
cold, and inconvenient; —just the sort of place
which would tell in desviption in a romance,
In faet, it looked to e alizost in a state of
dilapidation. 1 could not, [am sure, wander
over it al nig'it without a superstitious fecling.
The rooins were nmerons, hut smally the fur.
niters seanty, old, and tatrered. The hotel
had oby sy onee helanged to some noble
man, aned o Tong, lof v Raged gllory stretehe |
|ed from one wing to the other. Mrs. Jordan'e
chawmbers were shabby; mo English comforts
~solaced her in her latter moments! In her little
‘ drawing-room, a swall old sofs was the best
looking piece of furnitura; on this she constant
ly reclined, and on it she expired. The ac
count given to us of her last moments, by the
master of the house, was very aflecting; he
likewise thought sha waa poor, and. offered hor
the use of woney, which offer was of course
declinod. Nevertheless, he said, he always
considered her apparent poverty, and a mag
nificent diamond ring which .{\o coml.ntfy
wore, as quite incompatible, and to him inex
plicable. I have happened to learn since, that
ske geve four hundred guineas for that superb
ring. She had also with her, as I heard, many
other valuable trinkets; aud on her death, scals
were put upon all her eflects, which I under
stand still remain unclaimed by any legal heir.
From the time of her arrival at St Cloud, it
appears Mys. Jordan had exhibited the most
restless anxioty for wtelligence from England.
Every pos. give rise to-mcroused solicitude,
and every lctter she received seemed to have
a difitrent effect on her fealings. Latterly,
she appeared more anxious and miserable than,
usual: her uncasiness increased almost momen
tarily, and her skin became wholly discoloured.
From morning till night, she lay sighing upon
ber sofa. At length an interval of some posts
occurred, during which she received no ans
wers to her letters, and her consequent anx
iety, my informant said, scemed too great for 1‘
mortal strength to bear up against. On the ‘
morning of her death, this impatient feeling
reached its ersis. The agitation was almost
fearful: her eyes were now restless, now fixed;
her motion rapid and uumeaning; and her 1
whole manner scemed to bespeak the attack
of some conclusive paroxysm. She eagerly re
quested Nlr. C***, before the usual hour of de
livery, to go for her lctters to the post. On
his return, she started up and held out her
hand, as if impatient to receiva them. He
told her there were none. She stood a mo
ment motionless; looked towards him with a 1
vacant stare; held out her hand again as if by
an involuntary action, instantly withdrew it,]
and sank back upon the sofa from which she
had arisen. He left the room to send up her ‘
attendant, who liowever had gone out, and
Mr. C*** rqturned himself to Mrs. Jordan. 1
On his return, be observed some chango in her
looks that alarmed him: she spoke not a word, |
but gazed at him steadfastly. She wept not— 1
no tear flowed: her fuce was one moment flush
ed, and another livid: she sighed deeply, and |
her heart scemed bursting. Mr. C*** stood
uncertain what to do; but in a minute, he heard
her breath drawn more hardly, and as it were
sobbingly. He was now thoroughly terrified:
be hastily approached the sofi, and leaning
over the unfortunate lady, disenvered that
those deep-drawn sobs had imizcd.ately pre
ceded the woment of Mrs Jordun's discolu
tion. She was already no more! 7Ti.us teimi
nated the worldly carcer of a wonizn at ths
very head of her profission, and one of the
best-hearted of her sex! Thus did she oxpire,
after a life of celebrity and magnificence; in
exile »ud solitude, and literally of a broken.
heart! She wus buried by Mr. Forster, now
Chaplain to the Amabassador.”’
THE DUCIIESS OF ST. ALBANS.
Fiom the same infcresting work, that the
foregoing was extracted, we copy the annexz
od article, relative to the Duchess of St. Al
bans. This lady, from her infancy upwards,
has tilllod a large placein the eye of the world;
and whether she roved in .the lowly guise of
Miss Mellon, Mrs, Coutts, or the Duchess of
St. Albuns, she has been pre-cminently inter
esting. Her firat husband, Coutts, the famous
London Bauker, married Ler at an advanced
age; and in doing so, incurred the displeasure
of his children; who refused to sanction the
choice of their paront. Ollinded thus in bis
oid age, the indignant Banker, by his will, east |
ther oif from the enjoyment of his estate, with
the excepiion of soine inconsiderable legacics, :
and gave all to his new, young and lovely i
wife. One of his daughters, if we misukel
not, was married to Sir Francis Burdett. But
to the article itself. |
It is rather a curious tircumstance that {le
marriage of these high parties brings together
two persons, though very diflerently horn, yet
yet both connected with tho st.n.—the
gentleman by lineage, and the lady by peo
fession.
The ancestress of the Dules of St. Albans,
is well known to have been the celebrated
Nell Gwynn, m the early part of her life an ac
tress, like tive present Duchess of Bt. Alhane.
The origiu of the Dacal famiiy from her, on
the femnale =ide, and 11 descent, will be found
noticed in the Poerages,
Charles, tirst Duke of B¢, Alhins, was born
in 1670, i his mother’s houge 10 Lincoln's Inn
square; a piace where she often entertained
the Kng with concer(s, and whiech Colly Cib
ber motices in his * Apoiogy.”—The howse
was lately standing, and had a hack waw into
Poriagal-street, His father conterred on hin,
at bic butliy ‘he name of Beauclare, or Beaie
clure, s Gwillim has it in his heraldry., Wil
Lam Avbrey de Vere, the present Dake, i
the ninth in deseent from hin, and takes the
addi on of Aubrey de Vere fom Duke Charles
marrisge, in 164, with Diana Vere, danelitor
of Aubrey de Vere, 20th, aad last, Earl or Ox
ford,
Granger, i noticing the portraits from Gwil
lim of 'iin and b brotier, theie styled
*“Charles Doeauclaire, Earl of Burlord, and
Jawnes Lord Beanclaire,’ says— |
“The Kol of Burford and Lord Boeauclaire
were the naitaial sons of King Cliales 11, by
Mes, Guwvin, The former was eron'ed Daka
of' St Abos Toh Jan, 1683 4, tie latter
died at Par« 1680, There is a preture of Mra,
Goynn and her two eons at \éolbm-k. It is
sa:d that, betore the Dulic of &, Albane was
cnnobled, Lis mother, calling to him, in the
King's presence, saud, Come hither, vou lit
tle bastard,” which the King, in a gnm,e mane
ner rebuking her for, she toid him she Fal ne
beiter nawmo to eall him by; he was =oon afier
creatod Baron of Hoddington and Farl of Bar-i
ford,”’
The Duchiees of €B, Albhane, wheo Miss Mel
lon, made her tirst appeavance at Drary-lyne
i Lydiv Langash, w Soeridan’s comedy of
the * Rivals,' Jan. 31, 1795, Inthe ‘ Theatri-
cal Jownal® of the European Magaz'ue for
ithat year, we find her appearance annyunced
in the following terms -«
“dan 31, Drocy-lane —<This evening pro
duced a voung lady of the nane ot Mollon, in
Ledim Lang vshymn The Rinle® She congge
from the country, and possesscs en agrecable
mereon, with a good veice; bat at the same
tiwe, 4 manaor belter adapted 30 a provincial
stage than to a Theatre Royal.’ .
We find the parts she nanmly played
for some years, in a dogree to justify this opin-.
iou: they were mestly wrifling, From different
periods of times, we select the following, in
new pieces then b:ou'tot outs
April 13, 1796 * The Smmhn,?‘fi..tf:«“
ry, Miss Mellon; April 19, same year, * The
Will,” Dolly Rustic, Miss Mellon; AMay 18,
‘ She's eloped,’ Grace, Miss Mellon; April 2,
1799, * The Twins,” Lucy, Miss Molon; May
8, same year, ‘ First Faults,’ *Tulilp, Miss
Mollen; April 16, 1808, * The Mlflil& Pro
mise,’’ Magy Woodland, Miss Mellon. * The
Prologue (says the Journal we have quotgd
from in the l!ufopean Magazine of that year)
was spoken by Mr, Dwyer, and the Epl'iog\.o
by Miss Mellon, but in neither did we disce:n
any etriking gxcellence.’
Some of the subscquent parte in pew pieces
in which her Grace appeared till she guitted
the stage, were as follows: 10th Dee. 1865,
Lucy, in * The Sehool for friends;’ 20th Jun.
(next year) Polly, in * The Land we live in”
Tan. 28, 1808, Tiptoe, in * The Assignation;®
Oct. 27, 1807, Lady Declmar, in * Time’s
Teli Tale;” and 14¢h Oct. 18il, (wbile tha
Drury-lane Cowpany vwere at the Lycwm}
Mrs. Jaundice, i The Green-ey'd Monster."*
By the marrisge of Charles, the first Doke
of SBt. Albans, with the Earl of Oxford’s davgli
ter, ho became related to the very anclent
family of Dezere, which name, a2s we lLave
stated, his descendants afterwards added to
that of Beauclerc; and by subsequent mar-,
riages of Lis offspring, we find the ducal fumni
ly related, amongst others, to Ithe noble and
ancient families of the Spencers, Dukes ot
Marlborough; the Earls of Pembroke and
Montgomery; the late Shute Barrington, Bisi .
op of Durham; Sir William Draper; Thowas
Chambers, of Hanworth, county of Middlesc~,
(whence the later ducal title of Baren Har:-
worth); the Ponsonbys, Eatls of Besboreugi: :
the Viscount D.llon; the Dundas fam'ly; the
Karls of Coventry; and the Capels, Eals of
Essex.
The duce! arms are those of Charles 11, witl
& batan simister gules, charged with three rose.
es, argent eaded and properj supporters, en
antelope and a greyhoua£ The Right Hon.
and Rev. John Prederick Beauclerk, D. D. by
whoma the Duke and Mrs. Coutts were warried
on Saturday, is his Grace’s brother, and Leir
presumptive to the dukedom.
The same author, in another part of his Bi
grophical History, drawe tha fuilowing sketel:
of his mother,—
“ Mss. Ellen Gwyun, better knowa by the
familiar namo of Nelly, wae, at hor first sei
ting out in the world, a plebeian of the lowest
rank, and sold oranges in the play-hduse. Na
ture scems to have qualified her for the thea
tre. Her person, though below the middle
se, was well turned; she bad a good natur:d
wir, and a sprightiiess that promiscd every
thing in comedy. She wus instructed by Hart,
end Lacy, who weta both actoss of eminence,
and in a short time she became cminent her.
self in the same professian. She actcd the
most epirited and il:utustie parts, and asoko A,
prolegue or epilogue with admirable address,
The pert and vivacious prattle of the orange
wench was by degrees refined inta euch wit wa
could please Charles 11. Endeed, it was some
times carried te ex'tavagance; but cven her
highest flights wese o natural, that they rath
er provoked laughter than "excited disgust
She is said to have heen kept by Lord Dorsern
before she was retained by the King, and in
have been intraduced to the latter by the Duke
of Buckingham, with a view of supplanting
the Duchess of Cleveland. Nell, who knew
Bow to mimie every thing ridiculous abont the
Court, presently ingratiuted berself with her
merry soveseign. and refained a considerab!e
place in his as'ortion to the time of his death,
She coutinued to hang on her clothes with -
same negligence, when she was the ling's
mistress: hut whatever ehe did becamie her, -
Ob, 1687,
Evelrn, spaaks of Lier with mere severlts
but he wase niiogether in‘mical to the stage,
and particulaily to females being anit. o
wotuld have thhught difecently bad he lived in
our days, whon he wenld not only have seen
them occesionally raised te the highest rank,
but aderning 1. as ia the present instance, be
the’r virtues.
Mentioning his walking with the King in
the garden of St. James's Pavk, he aave: T
there both saw and heard & verv furliny dis.
courze between his Majesty and My, AT!ic,
as they called an impudent comedian: sios
looking out of her garden ona teirsce at il ¢
top of the wall, and the King standiag on th
green walk vader in T was heanily sorry s
this seena ™ Ife speaks witllequal severiiv of
her, avd theatricals genesally, in other pass:-
oes ot hie Diary,
‘ Foul and indecent wemen eve now permi
ted to aet,” Le says, ¢ and nevertill now; wiho,
inflaming several yonng nonlemen and gallants,
harome their miszes, and "o come their wives
to the reproach of their families.
Tt ie but justice to mention, that as she a--
quired practice, Miss Mellon gradualiy br
came of more importance inthe theatre, st
at length a public faverite. Printe of her
were seen in the windowa, and other evidences
afpopularity, At Livermne! she was in gl o=
team with the audience, as waa evinced. b,
naviiape, the best of all criterione, her bener..
This one vear fur «nceeeded Misa Leake's
theee, thenrly thenonr fest rate singer; obseers .
e on which, one of the newspapers gave u«
a pim (as we renember to have read) **theay
tire Liverpool paaple appeared (o bo londer of
a melon than a Jeehl!
4 Nell Gwenn then lived iw Pallanall, in the firet
bnnse, Pennunt tells us, on the lolt hawd of &,
Jumes’s square, as we onter Pallemo!l. The hack
room on the ground floar, he adds was within memn -
ory entirely of looking.gluss, a 5 was said 1o have haen
tha eoilimg, Tt former'y Lelonged 1 Me. Brand, of
Moo, in Nertfordshive.
On eeeng a flake of snow full and melt on o
lady’s bosom,
The envious Aperw comes dowi in Lastt, .
To provethy breast les fur;
But gricves to wee naelf su passad,
Aud melts mie a tagr,
The exocution of Strang, for the murder of
Whipple, was to have taken place = Albaty
yestorday.
i It is expected that the Hon. Daniel Webster
{ and the Hon. IJudge Story, will le presont wt
{ the Commencement of Brown Unfvemity, an
| Wedneatun, optemier 5,
NO. 38.