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heart of another, and that of MarieAntoinette already fostered the principle in its fullest influence. The queen,' said she, remembers not the quarrels of the dauphiness, and I now request that the marquis of Pontecoulant will no longer recollect what I have blotted from my memory'.

sufficient sound, would occasion. These musicians are very dexte rous, and will play pieces in three parts; producing the first and second treble with the two hands on the upper set of keys, and the bass as before described. By this invention a whole town is entertained in every quarter of it. That spirit of industry which pervades the kingdom no doubt originally

ACCOUNT of the CARILLONS; or, suggested this sudorific mode of

CHIMES HOLLAND.

[From sir John Curr's Tour through

Holland.]

THESE carillons are played upon by means of a kind of keys communicating with the bells, as those of the piano-forte and organ do with strings and pipes, by a person called the Carilloneur, who is regularly instructed in the science, the labour of the practical part of which is very severe, he being almost always obliged to perform it in his shirt, with his collar unbuttoned, and generally forced by exertion into a profuse perspiration, some of the keys requiring a two-pound weight to depress them. After the performance the carilloneur is frequently obliged to go to bed. By pedals communicating with the great bells, he is enabled with his feet to play the bass to several sprightly, and even difficult airs, which he performs with both his hands upon the upper species of keys, which are projecting sticks wide enough to be struck with violence and celerity by either of the two hands edgewise, without the danger of hitting the adjoining keys. The player uses a thick leather covering for the little finger of each hand, to prevent the excessive pain which the violence of the stroke necessary to produce

ausing a large population, without making it necessary for them to quit their avocations one moment to enjoy them. They have often sounded to my ear at a distance, like the sounds of a very sweet hand-organ; but the want of something to stop the vibration of each beli, to prevent the notes of one passage from running into another, is a desideratum which would render this sort of music still more highly delightful. Holland is the only country I have been in where the sound of bells was gratifying. The dismal tone of our own on solemn occasions, and the horrible indiscriminate clashing of the bells of the Greek church in Russia, are, at least to. my ear, intolerable nuisances. I afterwards learnt that the ca❤ rillons at Amsterdam have three actaves, with all the semi-tones complete on the manual, and two octaves in the pedals. Each key for the natural sound projects near a foot; and those for the flats and sharps, which are played several inches higher, only half as much. The British army vas equally surprised and gratified by hearing played upon the carillons of the principal church at Alkmaar, their favourite air of God save the king', played in a masterly manner when they entered that town.

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Poets may boast, as safely vain,

Their works shall with the world remain:
Both bound together live, or die,
The verses and the prophecy.'

WITH thee, O Fancy! and thy phan

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Waller.

Above her slacken'd zone; whilst loosely swings

Upon her arm a lyre, and 'cross its strings

Her hand now soft she sweeps, and now ungovern'd flings.

Bright and yet mild as gleams the rising

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Dear youth! when on thy mother's breast

In infant slumbers thou didst rest,
I saw thy life's beginning fair,
Een then began my guardian care;
I saw young Hope of azure eye
Point to the flow'ry paths of Joy,
But e'er thou reach'd'st her fairy ground,
The fiend Misfortune on thee frown'd;
I mark'd how later years arose
Amidst accumulated woes,
With pleasure saw thy noble pride
Pale Mis'ry's haggard train defied;
And mark'd, with joy, thy haughty soul
Still firm beneath their harsh controul:
I saw thy youthful mind expand,
And still the spark of Genius fann'd;
Would smile when at the gloomy hour
Of midnight thou didst woo my pow'r,
Or when amidst the lonely glen,
Far from the noisy haunts of men,
Thou stray'd'st at evening's close serene,
And gaz'd, with mildly-pensive mien,"
On Nature in her rustic charms,
The wood-clad hill, the scatter'd farins,
The village spire, the mountain gray,
The peasant on his homeward way,
His children tott'ring by his side,
His distant cot, and homely bride;
I heard thee sigh, the world forgot,
To pass thy days in such a cot,
With Nature, and Simplicity,
And mild Content, and Poesy!
Again I heard thy rising sigh,
As once again the town drew nigh.
For thou amidst its bustling throng
Obscure, unnotic'd pass'd along,
Or haply met weak Folly's smile,
Or the dark brow of canker'd Guile.
But still preserve thy tow'ring soul,
Press onward to the destin'd goal,

And thou, the wish'd-for moed shall gain,

The bard's high hope-the deathless

name!

Yes, tho' as yet thy humble lay,
Its sounds scarce risen, fades away;
Yes, tho' as yet it listless secins,
And lost to thee young Fancy's dreams,
The time shall come, nor far the date,
When thou shalt wake a lay refin'd,
Shall sing of deeds unsung before,
In strains that ne'er shall die."

And thus she falt'ring ceas'd; for now drew near

A hermit-form with wrinkled cheek, and pale

E'en as the slave of soul-subduing fear, And his hoar beard hung loosely to the gale:

Bent was his brow as one deep-lost in thought,

And in his looks with anxious meaning Sat pictur'd discontent, and haggard woe: fraught, He nearer drew, and then, in accents slow,

From his pale quiv'ring lip these sounds did seem to flow.

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arose,

Whilst flashes anger from her sparkling eyes,

And in her bosom indignation glows, Fly far from hence, mean grov lling wretch,' she cries;

Nor damp the ardours of the youthful mind!

To dull oblivion be thy strain consign'd, And lost the lore that deadens young desire!' But thou, O youth! to higher hopes aspire,

Be thine the sensate breast, be thine the golden lyre!

Yes, tho' the sons of Prudence chide, Tho' Folly's senseless crowd der le Thy wild desires, and simple plea

sures,

Yet to the mind which owns my sway, To many a kindred bosom, they

Are dearer than the world's vain trea

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Be thine the bliss unknown to sordid souls,

The wild-wove dream that round the minstrel rolls!

Let deeds of high emprize thy lay in spire,

To Liberty and Truth devoted be thy lyre,

And thou, O youth, shalt see again

My visionary form! shalt see decreed When manhood breathes a bolder strain, The poet's best reward, the deathless meed !

She ceas'd she fled: again I sighing sought

The noisy town; but soon her soothing tone,

By Memory cherish'd, check'd each murm'ring thought;

It bid me sigh no more at Fortune's

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That, fraught with Poesy's bright fire,
Thy son belov'd should sweep the lyre:
Should form its sounds to Rapture's lay
In frolic Fancy's measures gay,
Or bid the piteous tale of woe
In tender cadence sadly flow,

Oh wish it not!

For tho' 'tis true it has the pow'r
To chase Misfortune's heavy hour,
Can many a bliss supreme impart
That never warm'd the selfish heart,

FOREIGN NEWS.

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Three days ago the treaty of peace concluded between Russia and France was notified to the diplomatic court by the minister for foreign affairs; and the day before yesterday M. Lesseps, the accredited French Charge d'Affaires to this court, had his audience of introduction in that capacity of his imperial majesty.

Venice, Aug. 23. On the 7th inst. the French from Dalmatia took possession of Cattaro, Castel Nuovo, and the other forts at the mouth of the Cattaro; and the Russian garrison there embarked for Corfu.

The Republic of the Seven Islauds will be taken possession of by the French; for in the beginning of the present month all the vessels at Otranto and the other Neapolitan ports on the Adriatic Sea, were put in requisition to convey French troops to Corfu.-Hamburgh Correspondenten, Sept. 11.

Rome, Aug. 22. A great number of French troops are marching from Upper Italy to the kingdom of Naples, whence it is concluded that an attack on the island of Sicily is not far distant. The court of Palermo has, in consequence, by way of precaution, already removed its treasury and other valuables to Malta.

Milan, Aug. 24. Cattaro and its territory having been given up to the French, it will be immediately organized according to the laws of the kingdom of Italy. It will also be more strongly fortified.

Bologna, Sept. 4. The French have not only entered the kingdom of Etru VOL. XXXVIII.

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ria, but they will also occupy all the ports in the ecclesiastical states, in order to cut off all communication of the English with Italy. According to the most recent intelligence from Rome,, Civita Vecchia is already occupied by: French troops.

Trieste, Sept. 4. The fate of Ragusa is decided. General Marmont arrived, in that city on the 14th ult. immediately assembled the members of the government, and acquainted them that the republic of Ragusa now belonged to France, and that it, as well as Dalmatia, should be henceforth united with the kingdom of Italy. This information caused great joy to all the inhabitants, and particularly the commercial part of them. General Lauriston is appointed governor of Ragusa, and of the whole of Albania.

The disagreeable intelligence has reached us that the English, who for this fortnight have left our coasts, have taken 13 vessels from Cattaro, Corfu, Zante, &c. bound for this port, and laden with oil, wine, raisins, and other commodities of the Levant. They advance, as a pretence for this violence, that since Cattaro, and the republic of the Seven Islands have been taken possession of by the French, they must treat them as hostile territories.

Milan, Sept. 5. Hopes are entertained here that we shall see the emperor and king Napoleon, in the course of this Autumn, in Italy, and preparations are already made for his reception in Venice and other places. It is said that arrangements of the utmost importance will be made, during his stay

in this country.

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