triots would be received in no country, it is they themselves that are now in that predicament. There is scarcely a nation with whom they are not in hos tility; not even their Antipodes, the Chinese. But it is time, having brought both parties into Court, to give them a day, and make a short adjournment of the cause. DESCRIPTION OF MADAME BONA- The following account of Madame Bonaparte and her daughter the Empress Josephine, by Counsellor Sampsom, puts this yery distinguished woman in a most amiable point of view, very different from the hired pews writers of the British press, whose scandalous misrepresentations, are not only directed against the most eminent virtues in our sex, but are shamefully applied to the cowardly and disgusting task of attacking the moral character of the fairest reputation of the other. This British spirit, is not exclusively exercised by news writers, it pervades every rank: the traveller and the Senator, the Divine and the me chanic, all agree, that any people who are spirited enough to reject English influence, or impeach its sincerity, are an inferior species to themselves. The French are treacherous, the Spaniards are haughty, the Portuguese cowardly, and the Irish idle and superstitious. Bonaparte is a murderer; this accusation against an enemy may approach to manliness, as far as an Englishman is capable of sustaining that character. But to invent the most atrocious false. hoods, and to fasten them on the character of a woman of irreproachable name. is the vilest application of letters, it is British and only British, we have felt their asperity as Irishmen, their odious misrepresentations, their ingratitude and severe dominion. As to Josephine, the freedom which reigns at watering-places, gave me daily opportunity of observing her; and I was often of those rural excur nor. sions in which she joined, and invited to the entertainments given in her ho Were then to pronounce, I should ascribe her ascendancy to the gentleness and flexibility of her dispor sition; to a graceful person, an elegant deportment, with an habitual or constitutional desire of pleasing, polished by the usage of the best society. These are, indeed, truly feminine attributes. culine endowments of the understandmore winning, undoubtedly, than masing, which sometimes excite to contention, and encroach upon the natural tence is also of an affable character, graces of the sex. Madamoiselle Hor mother, to the gaiety natural to her adding the agreeable manners of her years; honor of sometimes playing hotinsomuch that I have had the cockles and draw-gloves with her. I had obtained her permission to write occasions not requiring it, I no further to her on behalf of a friend; whose availed myself of it. This I almost edly proud of such a correspondent. regret, as I should have been undoubtShe possesses various accomplish ments-rides well-dances well-and designs well. She was then employed Madame Bonaparte, the mother, is a fine person undoubtedly, for her years; a sensible Italian physiognathe day of a fete champetre, in the my-fresh, alert, and vigorous. On enchanting valley called the Val-da-gol, the rendevous of the ladies was on a steep and rugged mountain. She took my arm to descend the abrupt decli, 3 Z 2 vity. This is not said because this lady is now a Queen, but because she was then so amiable. vity, which she achieved with the lightness of a nymph; proving herself the true mother of her intrepid son. I asked her would it not be delightful to pass away life in peace amongst these craggy mountains and flowery fields and she answered, as if from her heart, with an accent that marked asoul: On n'y serait que trop hereux. This, my dear friend, is all I can call to mind. If these little gossipings be of no importance in themselves, the persons of whom they are related, and their growing and extraordinary fortunes may give them some. If they afford you the slightest amusement, I am repaid. A might have had the honor of be ing, on my return to Paris, presented at the circles of these ladies, and at the court; but after the arrival of the English ambassador, a rule was made, that no stranger should be presented, but by the ministers of their respective countries; and I, a poor Irish exile, had no country nor no minister. That however does not hinder me to live in peace with myself and all the world. REVIEW OF SWADLING PREACHERS. MR. LATOUCHE. The Gospelizers of Dublin have latterly done wonders in thinning the ranks of Popery. The Penal Statutes and State enmity failed in effecting a ruin of Roman Catholic faith, which is now nearly brought about by the sinonic friendship of Swadlers, by Quakerly philanthropy, and by the liberality of Protestants. Fever Hospitals, Dispensaries, and Sunday schools, have been found happy media of introduction for antipapists; and by means of these tools, the godly loyalists have pioneered away many of the idolatrous excresences in the minds of the Popish children; and whilst, by work they have filled empty guts with calcannon, by word and inspiration they have inflated souls with a true notion of the abomination of Romish doctrines, and with loyal horrors of Popery. The ranks of Methodism can boast few men, who in zeal and inspiration have attempted more effective atchieve. ments than Mr. John Latouche-he is the very Massena of Swadling, the darling child of heavenly bolderdash, his religious tactics are new, he has the mammon of unrighteousness as his aid-de-camp, and with the tenpennies of his bank in the van of his Sermon, he has found a corps de reserve, that was never resisted by the obduracy of popish basket women, newgate felons, or Channel-row sinners. Mr. La touche has formed a great plan, he proposes to be a Swadling Saint Patrick, and to make this idolatrous country an island of Methodists. The bibles he has distributed in Irish with Anti-Popery translations, have had the happiest effect in Connaught and Munster, and on the Poddle. His plan of buying up the beads of old women, and giving them Wesly's Hymn Books in their place, was found productive of much convenience; his furnishing old women with holy writ to light their pipes, was observed to cause them to inhale much sentiment of heavenly grace, and sense of error of their former state. His plan of preaching to sinners in the state of mental derangement in the mad-houses, and to hospital inmates in agony, has been discovered power. ful in the cause of truth. His profusion of pious advice to sinners is nearly equalled by his religious economy towards them in point of mammen, yulgarly called money, for he would sooner give them an hours advice, than the price of a glass of whisky. He is fond of an arithmetical mode of preaching, and he introduces his learning of Voster and Gough, into all his Sermons in his Sermon on Charity, Charity, he derives great aid by illus tration, drawn from a knowledge of decimal fractions-in his Sermon on fornication, he ellucidates by tare and tret-and in his celebrated discourse upon the necessity of hypocrisy, or kissing the devil in the dark, he has drawn some of his most beautiful passages from the golden, or Rule of Three in verse-in his manner he wants confidence, such as would bespeak intimacy with the Lord, and consciousness of heavenly favor-but for that, he has a holy groveling, a sanctified meanness, a pious kind of creepmouse orthodoxy about him, that first makes you pity, and as pity is a kin to love, the pity ends in holy interest for the little man of God and his doctrine-His controversial writings are said to be very able-he impugned some schismatic tenets set up by the Major, respecting silver spoons and cups defiled by seditious drinking of toasts thereout, and he so convinced that great Swadling heresiarch, that the Major was going to beat the holy money changer for his reproof. He wrote also, a pastoral letter to Sir Rubens Legboard, upon the virtuoso humbugging, and the villainy of fooling fools; which had the effect of making Sir Rubens return 1500. to Lord Hardwicke, and contritely explain the whole trick of the picture he sold him. His religious poetry supposed to have some sublime pas sages, not surpassed by Sternhold or Hopkins, it is published by Dugdale, for the use of schools and barracks. His Epithalamium upon Dr. Duigenan's marriage, shews that he is a man of religion and sentiment, and Mrs. Duigenan was known to get into hysterics at the beautiful introduction which he makes therein, of her brother-in-law the walking gallows, Mr. Hepenstall but this is copied from Tu Marcellis eris-siquid tua fata aspera rumpas-with respect to this great character, we regret that we cannot include him in the observation. Beautiful are the feet of those who preach is the gospel; because Mr. Latouche, along with his other gifts from heaven has got a pair of very bandy legs. (The Saint Hackball, alias the Big Beggarman, in our next.) PLANS FOR PUTTING DOWN THE The utmost activity prevailsthrough every district in the country to put down our Irish Magazine. Orange Protestants, Orange Papists, and every description of degenerated Irishmen, are unceasing in their efforts to extinguish the last remnant of the Irish Press. Every means that cowardice, meaness and profligacy can muŝter are applied to influence the corrupt, terrify the timid, or alarm the zeal of the ignorant, to impede the sale, or banish the Irish Magazine în the various towns of Ireland. In the Catholic city of Kilkenny, the Corporation succeeded with a poor Bookseller there, by a bribe of eigh teen guineas and a promise of an appointment to the next vacancy at a Turnpike, which had the desired effect; for two years the circulation of it was suspended, until another person who had more elevated feelings had undertaken the obnoxious sale, and again that city has an opportunity of enjoying in the pages of the Irish Magazine, a vindication of our rights, an exposition of our sufferings, and a faithful character of our oppressors. We regret to say that some of the Clergy have volunteered in the ranks of our persecutors, and have used every stratagem that hypocrisy. and misrepresentatio could effect to injure our publication, we have the names of these worthies, and will not fail to give them and their characters at some future period. Kilkenny and Carlow, not only furnishes their quotas of such degeneracy, but Limerick, Cork, and Dublin, exhibit a very disgusting catalogue! If a Protestant sells the Magazine, he is terrified by these instruments of oppression, who insinuate that the book book is treasonable. If a Catholic sells it, he is told the Magazine is an enemy to religion, and its author an infidel. If a man has strength of mind to resist such calumnies, and is perverse enough to continue the sale, he is attacked in some other manner, his landlord is brought on his back, or his creditors hunted out, and at last he is obliged to submit to severe cir cumstances or be ruined. TRANSLATION OF THE CHARTER OF KILKENNY. Continued from page 503 of our last.) And constitutions, or any of them as to the said Mayor and Aldermen for the time being, or the greater part of them, (of which we Will the Mayor to be one) shall seem proper, fit, requisite to make, ordain, limit, and provide for the observance of the same laws, institutions, decrees, ordinances and constitutions. (41) And may have power to levy, and have the said fines and amerciaments by distress,' or any other lawful way whatsoever. (42) And put themselves in possession thereof, by (43) themselves, their ministers, or deputies in support (44) of the charges of said city without any hindrance, or contradiction of us, our heirs or successors, or any of the ministers of us, our heirs and successors, (45) or of the deputy or Lieutenant of us, our heirs and successors; and (46) without giving any account, or any manner of account to us, our heirs, and successors. (47) All and singular of which laws, ordinances, institutions, constitutions, decrees, acts, and statutes be made as aforesaid, we Will may be observed under the penalties contained in the same; (48) so that such laws, institutions, ordinances, constitutions, fines, imprisonments, and amerciaments be reasonable, and not repugnant, nor contrary to the laws, statutes, customs, and rights of our Kingdoms of England and Ireland. (49) And for the better execution of our will, and grant in this behalf we have assigned, named cre. ated, appointed and made; and by these presents for us, our heirs and successors do assign, name, create, appoint and make our beloved Thomas Ley to be the first and modern Mayor of said City of Kilkenny, (50) Wiling that the said Thomas Ley shall be, and continue in the office of Mayor of said city, from the making of these presents, until the feast of (51) Saint Michael the Archangel, next following the date of these presents. (52) And from thence until another of the citizens of said city shall be duly elected, set up and sworn into that office according to the ordinances and provisions, hereinafter in these presents expressed and declared. (53) And we also have assigned, named, constituted and made, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do assign name, constitute, and make our beloved Robert Rothe, Arthur Shee, Richard Raggett, Elias Shee, Henry Shee, Thomas Archer, Patrick Archer, Luke Shee, Edward Rothe, John Rothe Fitzpiers, Nicholas Langton, Edward Shee, Thomas Ley, David Rothe, Walter Archer. Michael Cowley, Thomas Shee, Walter Lawless, and William Shee, inhabitants of said city, to be the first and modern Aldermen of said city: (54) and to be continued in the said office of Aldermen of said city during their na tural lives, (55) unless in the mean time for any reasonable cause, they or any of them be removed from that office. (56) And that the said Mayor and Citizens of said City of Kilkenny, and their successors, can and may have one common seal, to serve for the executing of all the facts, and causes and transactions of them and their successors. (57) And another seal for the office of Mayor of said city, (58) to be and to remain in the cus tody of the Mayor for the time being, to seal all and every testimonial certi. ficate, attachment, and process what soever soever. (58) And that it may, and in these presents declared. (68) And life |