fusion, which disturbed the spectators at the treaty. The speaker on this ceased, for a moment, on which the Raven arose from his seat, and directed two young warriors, who composed a part of the audience, to step over and tie the rioters. They sprang immediately to a canoe, crossed the river, and in a few minutes quieted the camp, as if nothing had happened; and rejoined the audience, who experienced no farther interruption.

It may be remarked that such an affray would have been harder to quell under the boasted regulations of a civilised system; yet these were savages!

List of the Works of the late Colonel Tatham.

1. A Memorial on the Civil and Military Government of the Tenessee Country, published in America.

2. A History of the Western Country, America.-N. B. The facts were furnished by Colonel Todd, of Kentuckie, and the text by Col. Tatham.

3. An Analysis of the State of Virginia. Philadelphia, 1790-1.

4. The Case of Kamfer against Hawkins. Philadelphia, 1794.

5. Plan for insulating the Metropolis, by means of a Navigable Canal. London.

6. Remarks on Inland Canals, the small System of Interior Navigation, and various Uses of the Inclined Plane. London, 1798.

7. The Political Economy of Inland Navigation, Irrigation and Drainage, with Thoughts on the Multiplication of Commercial Resources. London, 1799.

8. Communications concerning the Agriculture and Commerce of the United States of America, being an Auxiliary to a Report made by Wm. Strickland, Esq. London, 1800.

9. The same subject continued, with the addition of a Memorial on the Commerce of Spain. London, 1800.

10. An Historical and Practical Essay on the Culture and Commerce of Tobacco. London, 1800.

11. Auxiliary Remarks on an Essay on the Comparative Advantages of Oxen for Tillage in Competition with Horses, London, 1801.

12. National Irrigation; or the various Methods of watering Meadows. London, 1801.

13. Report on a View of certain Impediments and Obstructions, in the Navigation of the River Thames. London, 1803.

14. Navigation and Conservancy of the River Thames, London, 1803. And,

15. Characters of the American Indians, now published for the first time, in the present volume.

FOR APPLEBY.

WHILE detailing the memoirs of the subject of the present narrative, the writer is well aware that he has undertaken no ordinary task. It is his object to describe a most singular and a highly-gifted man, on whom the public eye has been steadily fixed during a period of nearly half a century. Entering into active life at a period when our youth are still employed in their studies, he soon exhibited rare talents for business. His conduct in India; his deportment afterwards in parliament, in conjunction with Mr. Fox; the numerous and important productions that issued from his pen and, above all, perhaps, the reputation lately assigned to him, as the supposed author of Junius, taken in the aggregate, have ren

11. Auxiliary Remarks on an Essay on the Comparat Advantages of Oxen for Tillage in Competition with Hor London, 1801.

12. National Irrigation; or the various Methods of w ing Meadows. London, 1801.

13. Report on a View of certain Impediments and Obs tions, in the Navigation of the River Thames. Lo 1803.

14. Navigation and Conservancy of the River Th London, 1803. And,

consequence of the athe American Indie's, now publish

of late, has prevailed in that unhappy and distracted cwtry. Yet there are traces of the antiquity of this family; although it is pretty evident from the name that it could not have been aboriginal. The probability, indeed, is, that the Francises emigrated from England, in the train of some of our great men, and we find them dignitaries of the Established Church in that kingdom at a period comparatively remote. John, the paternal grandfather of the subject of this memoir, was nominated dean of the cathedral of Lismore in 1722, and his great-grandfather, also named John, who became dean of Leighlin in 1696, appears, from Ware's History, to have afterwards sat in convocation at Dublin, in 1704. Beyond this, we believe, all is conjecture; and if we are not greatly mistaken, but few of the English settlers in Ireland can boast either so remote or so respectable a genealogy. Yet, in the opinion of the luminous historian of the "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," Philip Francis has still greater claims than

* A friend, who drew up a memoir of Sir Philip Francis, which was inserted in a periodical publication, while treating of his descent, observes as follows: "These particulars have been carefully collected from the Heralds'-office, Dublin, and Doctors' Commons. In the form it was discovered by a great antiquary, whose business it was to find materials for the pedigree of Sir Philip, on his admission to the order of the Bath; that previous to the coronation of Richard II., Richard Francis, who bore exactly the same arms as the present knight, was created knight of the Bath; and if Sir Philip does not descend lineally from that person, it is his own fault. The heralds offered to prove it by an exact genealogy; provided always, that Sir Philip would pay down two hundred pounds for such advantage. After maturely weighing the honour against the price, he is believed to have declined that liberal offer."

posterity of Confucius have maintained, above two thousand two hundred years, their peaceful honours and perpetual succession. The chief of the family is still revered by the sovereign and the people, as the living image of the wisest of mankind."

Philip, the father of the gentleman of whom we now treat, was educated at the university of Dublin, and after distinguishing himself there, as an excellent scholar, determined, like his progenitors, to become a churchman. As his patrimony was not very ample, he settled in the county of Surry, about the year 1750, where his talents and his writings soon attracted the sons of a very respectable class of society to his academy. As the translator of Horace, his version still maintains a high esteem; and he obtained far greater reputation for learning by clothing Demosthenes in an English dress. We learn his own liberal sentiments on the subject of government from the introduction. * He was also the author of two tragedies,

* "Our orator now appears upon the scene in a character well worthy of his own great abilities; endowed with all the powers of eloquence. We behold him in personal 'opposition to, perhaps, the greatest prince that ever sat upon a throne; yet neither awed by his power, imposed upon by his artifices, or corrupted by his gold. Animated by the love of liberty, that noblest of all human passions, he stands forth the guardian and defender of his country; an equal terror to the tyrant who would enslave her, as to the traitors who would betray. Whatever sentiments that passion can inspire; whatever arguments good sense can dictate; whatever ideas of highest sublimity his own great genius could conceive, the reader will find in the following