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The wonder of the Caudine Forks:
Those modern Fabricii,

Who were invulnerable at Lisonjas and Amenazas,

Those national troops who saved Castile : An everlasting crown and laurel Is decreed by the city of Madrid." On the side which looks towards the TownHall, there is also a crown, with the following inscription:

"To the valour and patriotism

fields of Pavia exist, the memory of Spani ards will be preserved. The whole oppro brium will fall upon Napoleon, who has made known to Europe our triumphs, and manifested his own weakness. This sword, which was before a monument of our superiority in arms to France, will now be also a record of the iniquity of her government. Frenchmen, beware of shewing to the curious stranger the sword of your king Francis, least he should say, "Napoleon regained

Of those warriors who have overthrown the by perfidy what Spain acquired with streams eagle of France,

By the grateful people of Madrid."

Beneath is a garland of laurel and a crown of olive on the right appears an eagle soaring into the air bearing a lamb in his talons: Spain with Plenty, on one side, and surrounded by French troops, led on by their commander Murat, who holds a dagger in his hand : the treacherous eagle, the destructive ensign of his army, is attacked on all sides; and below are the following words:

"To commemorate the crimes

Of a monster whom we cherished in our bosom;

To commemorate the perfidy of Napoleon,
The innocence and the integrity
Of Ferdinand, now a captive;
To commemorate the profanation of the
temples,

And the ravages sustained by our towns.
Spain rises more glorious,
Even from her ashes."

On the left is represented Spain encompassed by her sons, who crowd around her for protection, being terrified at the approach of the devouring eagle. Close to one of them is the following inscription :

"To the victims of French cowardice,
On the 2d and 3d of May;

To the innocent blood which cries aloud for vengeance;

To the souls of Velarde and Daoiz
Who, inflamed with the holy love
Of religion and of their country,
Soared to the empyreal heaven,
From the park of artillery:
The national sword,

By the grateful city of Madrid."

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The Sword of Francis I.-[For the history of the surrender of this sword to the Corsican, see Panorama, Vol. IV. p. 587.] -The Tyrant of France, who has omitted no expedient to degrade our generous nation, demanded and obtained of our ill-advised government the sword of Francis I. Perfidious man! It was not thus our ancestors acquired it. Do you fancy that you can by this proceeding erase from the records of history our heroic deeds? As long as the

of the blood of your ancestors." France might be proud had she gained this as she acquired the sword of the Great Frederick. The battle of Jena threw down the column. of Rostock; but what triumphs have you gained over us? Declare it, deceived Ferdinand! who was delivered up to the most perfidious of men! Tell it, Madrid, bathed in the blood of your unarmed inhabitants! Raise your voices, Cordova, Jaen, Andujar, and the towns, whose temples the generous French troops have profaned, whose inhabitants they have plundered, whose women they have violated! These are the glories, these are the deeds of arms by which Napoleon has conquered the sword of Francis I. -Brave Spaniards! Ye have already taken vengeance; yours is not the shame; it is all his his is the ignominy with which he purposed to load you. The plains of Baylen, the walls of Valencia, the fields of Saragossa -names which will reach the most distant posterity! see here your true glory, and the confusion of those armies of assassins who foolishly fancied they could elude your vengeance. Let us prepare for new triumphs. There are other swords for you of greater

value. Fly and snatch them from the traitor who deceived us. But he will not come to meet us. The man of blood and before our battalions; be it then your slaughter is a coward; he will fly from. task to pursue him to the confines of the earth, to deliver it from the tyrant who destroyed it.-[From a Spanish Paper.]

Execution of the Undertaking for continuing the Meridian Line through Spain, to the Balearic Islands.-The following is the report of a commission appointed by the Board of Longitude, for the purpose of examining and calculating with the greatest accuracy, the observations made on the subject of the meridian line, now continued through Spain, to the Balearic islands.— The new measurement extends from Fort Montjoui at Barcelona, to the small island of Tormentera in the Mediterranean. The extent of the arc in the direction of the Meridian, from the obelisk at Matas to Tormentera, is 315, 552 metres. As the arc passes over an extent of sea, it has been measured by connecting a chain of triangles.

along the coast of Spain, from Barcelona to
the kingdom of Valencia, and uniting the
coast of Valencia to the islands by means of
a very large triangle, one side of which
measured more than 160,000 mêtres (82,555
fathoms), and as the great distance between
the different points respectively rendered,
made a communication by signals during the
day impossible, the commissioners used night
signals, made by means of tubular lamps
[Argand?] with reflecting mirrors-which
we re placed at the different points of obser-
va ion, and kept lighted from sunset to sun-
ris. The angles were measured by means
of a large repeating circle of Lenoir, and
the accuracy of the measurement was proved,
by a variety of observations. The formation
of the triangle was begun in the winter of
1800; winter being the only season of the
year, during which the weather is at times
sufficiently clear for observing triangles of
extensive dimensions. Towards the latter
end of summer of 1807, the geometrical
part of the observations was concluded.
From the above statement it appears, that
this new measurement of the Meridian, ex-
ecuted in Spain, not only confirms the
utility of the metre, but gives it an addition-
al degree of accuracy, by making it almost
independent of the flattening of the globe;
and the junction of this Meridian to that
of Franco, formerly measured, gives an
are of nearly 14 degrees, situated equally
distant from the aquator and the poles;
whence, latitudes, azimuths, and differences
in the power of gravitation have been ob-
served at several distinct points. For its
extent, its situation, and the accuracy of the
means employed in the measurement, this
operation forms the most admirable of the
kind.-The first part of the measurement
was executed by Messrs. Mechain and De-
lambre; that which relates to Spain was
entrusted to Messrs. Biot and Arago assist-
ants to the Board of Longitude, aided by
the Spanish commissaries Chaix and Ro-
driguez.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

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Tumults. We regret to find that some serious disturbances have taken place in this settlement; but it appears by the following proclamation, that they have happily subsided. This proclamation is by the lieutenant governor; governor Bligh, being, it is said, on his way home in a state of arrest :Proclamation.-George Johnston.-The public peace being happily, and, I trust in Almighty God, permanently established, I hereby proclaim the cessation of martial law. -I have this day appointed magistrates and other public functionaries, from amongst the most respectable officers and inhabitants, which will, I hope, secure the impartial

administration of justice, according to the laws of England, as secured to us by the patent of our most gracious sovereign.— Words cannot too strongly convey my approbation of the behaviour of the whole body of people, on the late memorable event. By their manly, firm, and orderly conduct, they have shewn themselves deserving of that protection which I have felt it my duty to give them, and which, I doubt not, they will continue to merit.-In future no man shall have just cause to complain of violence, injustice, or oppression :-no free man shall be taken, inprisoned, or deprived of his house, land, or liberty, but by the law. Justice shall be impartially administered, without regard to, or respect of persons; and every man shall enjoy the fruits of his industry in security.-Soldiers!-Your conduct has endeared you to every well disposed inhabitant in this settlement ! Persevere in the same honourable path, and you will establish the credit of the New South Wales corps on a basis not to be shaken. God save the King.

By Command of his Honour, the Lieutenant-Governor,- NICHOLAS BAYLY, Secretary. - Head-quarters, Sydney, Jan. 27, 1808.

Destruction of Convicts by the Anthropophagi.-We are informed that the Venus, a vessel seized and carried off by some convicts at Port Dalrymple to New Zealand, was there taken by the natives, who killed and ate all the people. The vessel itself they drew on shore, and burnt it for the sake of the iron. This information was communicated to the Mercury, a vessel that touched at New Zealand, and was in danger of being taken by one Druse, a man who deserted from the Lady Nelson about two years ago, and who is now become a chief, tattooed from head to foot; and has a number of natives under his command.

TURKEY.

The revolution in Turkey, which the reader will find under the head of Austria, p. 159, appears to have originated in a detection of the schemes of France against this empire. Very little is correctly known concerning it : but from the displeasure expressed by Buona parte in mentioning it to his Senate, in a public address, we infer that he thinks it contrary to his interest. In fact, the French interest has lately been declining at the Porte: in consequence as it is understood of a discovery of the secret articles of the treaty of Tilsit. Query. Whence did the Turks procure them?-Does the communication of them form one of the crimes to be imputed to Austria in Buonaparte's manifesto indicating his attempts against that empire?

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LINES TO A YOUNG LADY, ON HER RECOVERY FROM INDISPOSITION.

Sprung from the bed of pale disease,

Safe from the Fiend's embrace,
Louisa, on thy virtuous brow

The glow of health we trace.
We trace, and thank the Power divine,
Whose hand supreme we see,

Thro' the vicissitude of life

Has kindly guided thee.

May that same Power, as years revolve
Protect thee with his eye:

Thy lengthen'd days delighted speed,
Without a heaving sigh.

Yet should affliction's woe return
And pain thy guileless heart,
May resignation's soothing balm

The antidote impart.

May friendship wipe with pitying hand,
The tear which dews thine eyes,
And virtue lift thy thoughts from earth
To mansions in the skies.
S. R.

As we hither came we found,

Roving in disorder wild,

With his eyes by 'kerchief bound,

In his hand a torch-this child!

By his 'kerchief and torch, it is Cupid we see ; And as thou art his mother we bring him to thee.

An Invitation to his Friends, by Mons. Montbilliard, written over his Door. Lit. Pan. Vol. IV. p. 354.

Peace, mirth, and wisdom, to my cabin come,
Hasten; and make it your enchanting home;
Discord, Excess, profane Ambition, fly,
Nor soil this fane of pure Felicity.

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THE LANDSCAPE.

How pleas'd within my native bowers,
Ere while I passed the day;

Was ever scene so decked with flowers,
Were ever flowers so gay?

How sweetly smil'd the hill, the vale,
And all the landscape round,
The river gliding down the dale,

The hill with bushes crown'd.
But now when urged by tender woes,
I speed to meet my dear;

That hill and stream my zeal oppose,

And check my fond career.

No more, since Daphne was my theme
Their wonted charms I see;
That verdant hill, and silver stream,
Divide my love and me.
J. W.

TO VAINE HOPE.

Thou dreame of madmen, ever changing gale, Swell with thy wanton breath the gaudie saile, Of glorious fooles! Thou guid'st them who thee

court

To rocks, to quick-sands, or some faithlesse port.
Were I not mad, who, when secure at ease
I might i'th' cabin passe the raging seas,
Would, like a franticke ship-boy, wildly haste
To climbe the giddy top of th' unsafe mast?
Ambition never to her hopes did faine
A greatnesse but I really obtaine

In my Castara. Were't not fondnesse then
To clip the shadowes of true blisse? And when
My Paradise all flowres and fruits doth breed,
To rob a barren garden for a weed?

Habington's Castara, edit. 4to. 1634, p. 67.

THE GATHERER.

No. V.

Of the Clock at Basle in Switzerland. Every traveller knows, that the computation of time, in this city, is one hour in advance.

1 am but a Gatherer and disposer of other men's Various reasons are assigned for this usage. A

stuff.-WOTTON.

Hyberbolical Inscription to Napoleon. The following modest inscription deserves a place in the Gatherer.

The monument or column erected at Kalisch, in honour of his Majesty the Emperor and King Napoleon the great, has the following inscription engraven on its pedestal. The author is the late Vice Chancellor Kallonlay.

story however prevails, that when the cathedral was built, the architect by mistake, turned the side whereon was placed the sun. dial, too much to the east, and caused this erroneous reckoning. There have been several attempts made to reform the singularity. Some years ago an Englishman went to reside at Basle, and being desirous of setting the Baslois right in this particular, he used his utmost endeavours, by writing and persuasion, to convince them of the absurdity of continuing so erroneous a method for computation. He gained many proselytes to his opinion, but the bulk of the people thought no way cou'd be right but the old, and his efforts ended in his being ridiculed. A cari

making a run at the hands of the clock, to drive them an hour later, while the people were pulling him back by the tail.

"Napoleoni, magno, justo, pio, beneficio, Gallorum Imperatori invicto; Italorum Regi; Germanorum Protectori; Italico, Germanico, Austriaco, Hungarico, Bohemico, Helvetico, Batavico, Hispanico, Lusitanico, Sarmatico, Prussico, Suecico, Russico, Egyp-cature represented this reformer as a goat tiaco, Syriaco, Arabico, &c. Dominatori, Triumphatori, Pacificatori; Populorum per Europam Legislatori; Nominis Poloni Restauratori et Vindici-Cohortes Legionis II. Duce Josepho Zajonczek, ejusdem Legionis Præfecto, Generali ac Ludovico Davoust, Imperii Gallorum Mareschallo, tunc temporis copiarum armataru mper Polonium Supremo Duce Frutori magnanimus ob restitutiain Polonis patriam ævicternæ gratitudinis, ergo posuerunt anno æra vulgaris- restitutæ patriæ anno

Three unfortunate epochs are mentioned in the annals of Basle; a plague in 1314, which carried off 1100 persons; an earthquake in 1356 which destroyed almost the whole city; and another plague in 1564, when 7000 souls perished. They may since add a fourth: that in which the French republicans overrun their country, and forced them to accept the fraternal hug.

"To Napoleon the great, the just, the pious, the beneficent, the invincible Empe- Exquisite Dancing no Attraction. ror of France, the King of Italy, the protec- The following anecdote occurred long tor of Germany, the triumphant conqueror before the days of Vestris, Deshayes, or Parisot, and pacificator of Austria, Hungary, Bohe- As we have in reviewing a work on dancing mia, Switzerland, Holland, Spain, Portugal, admitted the highest eulogies on the art, it is Poland, Sweden, Russia, Egypt, Syria, Ara- but fair that we should admit something by bia, &c. the Legislator of the nations of Eu-way of counterpoise on the otherside, rope, the restorer and arenger of the Polish ame, the Cohorts of the second legion, their general Joseph Zajonczek, commander of that legion, and Louis Davoust, marshal of the French empire, and commander in chief of the forces in Poland, have erected this menument as a testimony of eternal gratitude for the restoration of the country of Poland, in the year of the common æraand of the res

toration of the country —
A much shorter but equally senseless in-
scription for a Christian country, and in the
nineteenth century, has been put up at Paris
-The Class of the National Institute appro-
priated to history and ancient literature, hay-
ing the charge of composing inscriptions for
The different monuments of the metropolis, de-
termined on the following for the Fountain
near the Medical School at Paris.

Napoleonis. Augusti. Providentia.

Divergium. Sequance.
Cirium. Commodo. Asclepiudei. Ornamentą.
MDCCCIV.

In a work entitled. "A Comparison between the two Stages," p. 48. et seq. we read: "The late duke of Monmouth was a good judge of dancing, and a good dancer himself, when he returned from France, he brought with him St. Andre, then the best master in France. The duke presented him to the stage, the stage to gratify the duke admitted him, and the duke himself thought he might prove a mighty advantage to them, though he had nobody else of his opinion. A day was published in the bills for him to dance, but not one more besides the duke and his friends came to see him; the reason was, the plays were then so good, and Hart and Mohun acted them so well, that the audience would not be interrupted for so short a tine, though it was to see the best master in Europe."

The expences of a benefit night at the old house, i. e. Drury-Lane Theatre, to an author in 1702, i. e. “ the ordinary charge, was about four and thirty pounds a day." In Mr. Garrick's time they were 64 pounds.

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POLITICAL PERISCOPE.

PROTEST OF HIS HOLINESS THE POPE AGAINST

BUONAPARTE.

Catholic Sovereign, and of binding himself to make war upon him. But all the representations, and all the reasons so frequently submitted to his Majesty with paternal mildness, have not produced the least impression.

It has been sought to justify the spoliation upon

To Signor Cavaliero Aldini, Chargé d'Affaires of another pretext, by assigning, as the second motive

the Kingdom of Italy.

From the Quirinal Palace, May 19, 180S.His Holiness having received the painful notification of the union which is about to take place, of his four duchies of Urbino, Macerato, Ancona, and Camerino, with the kingdom of Italy, amid the cruel uneasiness which this rigorous treatment causes him, has charged the Cardinal Gabrielli, Pro-Secretary of State, to make the following frank declaration to your Most Illustrious Highness.

The Holy Father has seen, with infinite pain, that the force of the reasons contained in the note of the 19th of April, addressed to M. Lefebvre, the Chargé D'Affaires, has not prevented his Imperial and Royal Majesty from putting his threats in execution. He has seen, with the same feelings, that this powerful Monarch, in whose hands he placed, at the altar, the sceptre, and the rod of justice, has proceeded, contrary to every species of right, to inflict upon him a new spoliation of the best part of the states which remained to him.

But what has been the astonishment of his Holiness in observing a decree, dated one day anterior to the note of M. Champagny; so that even before that minister had renewed his propositions and received an answer, the fate of the three usurped provinces was already decided!

The astonishment of the Holy Father was still farther augmented, when he saw it assigned as a legitimate cause of this spoliation, that he had constantly refused to make war upon England, and to confederate with the Kings of Naples and of Italy. However, his Holiness had never ceased to represent, that his sacred character of Minister of Peace-the God, whose representative he is upon earth, being the God of Peace-that his quality of universal Pastor, and of the common Father of all the Faithful-that the holy laws of justice, of which, as the representative of the God who is their source, he ought to be the guardian and the avenger-could never permit him to enter into a permanent system of war, and much less still to declare war, without any motive, against the British government, from which he had never received the slightest offence. However, the Holy Father conjured his Majesty to reflect, that not having, and not being in the capacity of having enemies, because he is the Vicar of Jesus Christ, who came into the world not to foment, but to destroy animosities, he could not bind himself and his successors, in perpetuity, as the Emperor wished, to make war for the quarrels of another.

But his Holiness had also urged the incalculable evils which would result to religion, should he enter into a system of perpetual confederation, and that, with out compromising his honour, without incurring universal hatred, without betraying his duties and his conscience, he could not place himself in the situation, by the league proposed, of becoming the enemy of every state, even a

which produced it, that the interests of the two kingdoms, and of the two armies of Italy and Naples, demanded that their communications should not be interrupted by a hostile power.

If by this power is meant to be understood England, the history of almost two centuries will shew the falsity of this specious pretence. The Catholic Princes of Spain, and of the House of Austria, from the Emperor Charles V. to Charles II. of Spain, possessed the kingdom of Naples and the duchy of Milan, which forms at present the principal part of the kingdom of Italy, and they neve perceived that their interests were. compromised; they never experienced this pretended obstacle to the communication of their armies. They were frequently at war with Great Britain, and still oftener with France, but they were never apprehensive of an intermediate debarkation upon the territory of the Holy See; still less did they pretend to force the Pontiffs of that period to unite and confederate with them, or to despoil them of their possessions, should they have refused.

But putting history aside, what risks could the interests of these separated kingdoms even run? The neutrality of the Holy Father, recognised and respected by all other Powers, and the measures taken to prevent its violation, are more than sufficient to place these interests in security.

To render this security still greater, and to take away every sort of pretext, his Holiness carried his compliance as far as he consistently could; he declared himself disposed to shut his ports against the English during the present war, and to employ his troops to guard the coasts of his states from every hostility whatever.

But what attack could be dreaded upon these two kingdoms, which border upon the states of the Holy See, while French troops, for so long a period, without regard to the interests of the public or of individuals, have violated his neutrality, occupied all his ports, and covered all his coasts?

If, however, by a hostile power, it was wished to designate the person of the Holy Father, his character itself, mild and pacific, puts an end to this injurious imputation; but the better to refute it, his Holiness calls to witness the French empire and the kingdom of Italy, in favour of which he signed two Concordats, whose violation has been the source of perpetual grief to his heart, in having constantly, but in vain, pressed their faithful execution. He calls Europe itself to witness, which has seen him, in his old age, in the most rigorous season of the year, traverse the Alps, and proceed to Paris, not without exciting the jealousy and disgust of other great Powers, in order to consecrate and crown his Imperial and Royal Majesty. He calls to witness the whole French troops, from the commander to the meanest soldier, either those who have traversed the states of the Holy See, or those who have resided there, whether they have not ex

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