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/ / / / ■ i: ■* H' “w 1X17] L _ j K V IF - yitii I **~*~)iiiiirflinnwitrMi CATSKILL (N ew -Y qrk ) published by MACKAY CROSWELL. W. rnsMSifmMm Vot. II. M O N D A T, Septemk:-’ 9, 1805, N o . 70* «*r ■,rinr.,Tn>» i'» ^ , im n i-irTm C l ^ ihe Fublic Ledger. ^HE LAY-CURATE. j prefies vrith his own hand the hand of his I ioveiy: friend : and, while he gazes on her j chaVms with a tiembling admiration, he ex- I prefies all that pafles in his foul by one fim- He faid unto Sarai, his JFiJ’e^— hehold nonv ' pie, rfetural and delicate compliment- ** be- 1 kns^jj that thou art a f a ir ivoman io loch uponP 1 hold now I know thoii art a fair woman tO * look upon.” He was a fuperanrmated, uxorious fool — caught in the trammels of doaring love—• deceived by the blandilhmerits of a w'anton beauty— a willing fuhpTl to the capricesM ; r . . i r ____ ___ 1, - ■ J . . u : . From thofe we refpe£t, eileem, ■ or love, the lUghtcO: word of approbation, praife or flattery, imparts an univerfal thrill of plea- fure to the nerves, and finks with a deep ini- an artful female, who cxadttd this grofs fiat-1 preffion on the heart. This pkafure will al 1 • r t • n_ • • ^ f U * A* a .fc*<•r r o**i tery as the price of domiftic <^uiet.—She w^as a true woman, and he knew not how to ma nage her. He knew not that by this facrifice to her vanity, he only added another link to the chain by which he was already enflavcd — another thong to the fcourge with which £he ebaftifed him into fubjedHou.-—Such compliment might do we^l enough before marriage; but had he not been a ways be in proportion to the neceflity we are under o f obtaining or preferving the good opinion of thofe from whom it proceeds* Such is the fituation of every woman, who, from motives of afFe6lion, has been prevail- ed upon to encounter the imminent hazard of bellowing upon man the ineftimable pri- vikdge of making her happy or miferable. To receive from him who is the depohtary of lier joys, thofe foft atteclions which befpeak Softly, my good friend, foftly: yciu* no lions irh; ht applv vtry well to a l.^odem h u L | me lover as W'eJl as the fiiend and huiband, band, but yo’a kem to be altogether ignorant is certainly to her the nioilfupreme of earth- . . ' r-h .1 A _ I T T r .. f x r u . . . ___ r r r r . i r . ________ '$ of the chara£ltr of the worthy A bram ! He w^as liot iupeiannuated, nor was he uxorious, not was he dcating. He had but jofl enter ed upos* his Uxtecntli lullre 5 and he lived to number one hundred and three ftore and fif teen revoluti<^ns of the fealons. Nor was liis W'ife a vain woman, who decked herfeif in meretricious arnaments to iofiarne the iiiia- gination of the lacivious! file w’as in all things in voluntary obedience to the will of her lord j even in matters which would have fevetitly tefted the complaifance of the moft dutiful and bed bred wife of the prefent age. ^ Ifi iouceJ, a vtry dlherent man from the h^fbaud of our time. He knew how to tivar vvilh a jail degree of refpcCl, the ten der and faiilifui partner of his bofum, who, wiihout a figh or a murmur, accompanied Lis w’amlering footfleps, in defiance of ail the toils, perils, and difficulties which he have encountered, in his erratic fearch |V by idai l . deceive?. He clLigr.tnd in giving pleafure to her who was ibutce of fo many joys to him. He lov ed to cheer, by tliofe delicate attentions which aie never bdlow^ed in vain, the ipirits of her w-ho was the fnpport of his own for- titirle. IT knew the advantage of preferv- irig tb's harmony of that mind, whofe fere- r.ity couii never he diiluroed w'iibout im- parriug its troubles to his o'wn btcaft. He knew that it was his duty to love and che- hcr as bis w i f , but he wdflied alfo to ly feikities. What man poflefied of fympa- thy, would not fed himfelf tranfported- be yond vulgar thoughts, wffien he fees the eyes of a wife fparkle with that intelligence which iiiuil have beamed from the foul of S arai , when the tongue of him fhe molb reverend pronounced' that praife fo grateful to a fe male — ** behold, now I know that thou art a fair woman /” Take the general character of females, freed from pafticuiar exceptions, it is open, candid, generous, charitable, fufeeptibie, and juft.— Domcftic habits preferve them from a participation in the chicane, fufpicion, de ception, diffipation, and hard-heartednefs, which man acquires by his free intercourfe with man.— ; The want of what is called knowledge of the world, preferves them from many of irs vices, and is at the fame time a ftrong palliative of a w'eaknefs which they by the hiiffiands we hourly converfe with, to prove -thernfelves very diffierent men from the wife and atfetlionate A bram . Hereafter I may perhapa offer lome examples, where an early regard to the JefTon taught by the pa triarch, might have averted the mifery of nlany years. At prefent I (hall only offer a few reflections which may be novel, but they are true, 3 nd derived from experience. _____ . _ ____ ____ Not life itfeif hangs by a more fragile j mouth's i'ucce^or hi the Cabiilet, aad Mr. thread thkfrei^ the domiftic felicities. Tndr j Yorke as Lord Camdtn's fucctffov ia the conneOrion is often broken, and their txif-1 V/-ar Dcp-aitment. tetice oeffroyed, by a word or a lock. As I The Earl of Buckinghamihire, wc under*^ we watch the approach and ravages of the j Hand, has alfo refigned the the poft of Chan- difeafes whicn.* ' ' _ - tered, there is alfo great glory to b;?' All t he oppefitjonifts, as was. to t»:*j expftbcda have opened upon him.for having unioufed him felf from the Addingtonsv Their cris$ and -inve£Uves are fo many tributes to ths greatnefs of .his talent^-— we always knovj? when a bird of pjffey is neari by the icieam- ing of the fmallet birdsi. ; Earl Camden k m.^htioned as Lord Sid impair the corporeal ftrength, and exhaulli its vital energies; fo ought, we to be on our guard againft the approach of thofe paffioiiS which ioterrupc the harnroay of a facial intercoiirfe, and catt a gloom over the Dutch ports : that feene which ftiould forever fmilc be neath ihe vernal fun lif hallowed friendlliip ana teiiuCi affection. Mofi: of all tliouM this waten^'uhids correct the temper of thofe who are bound to bear a mutual intereff in all the ilis and all the comforts which, intrinfi- erJiy or i:icidentally, proceed from or accom pany, the C 3 mmbial ft ate. He who, for the fuperiority, which not nature fo much as the partiality of ,,ivil inftitutions has created, will orilt no occaiion of proving that he has the power to make' thofe mifetable who depend upon him lor happinefs; who, rather than not difturb the eafe and tranquility of others. cdlor of the Duchy of Lancaftcr. June 8. 'Fhe following is, according to a private letter, the ftate of the naval pieparaiioos m At Antwerp, building, 6 fhips of the line, and 2 frigates. At Anifteidamj i ihip of 74 guns, j kanched : i do, gone tv the Texel. At Rotterdam, x Ihip of 90 guns, to bs launched in about 3 months, and i frigate of 32 guns. . In the the Texel, 6 fhips of the line, with giatificatim. of a weak defire of Ihewing 3 ^ feveral frigates f and from 40 to 50 tianl ports, 0 ‘ from 400 to 500 tons burthen. The mariceuvres of the Expedition Army, in the Dutch camp at IZeyft, began on the 16th ult. in the prefence of the Ihench Gvn- eral Marmont. Mddame Jerome Bonaparte was yefterday v/ill make n voluntary furrender of his own; morning fafely delivered of a fon, at her rc- who will r-|e6t with intemperate brutality, the endearing folidtucle of a kind and virtu ous female, [who has no wdffi mors fincere than that of’ bleffing his domcftic hours; who can by peevifh contumely, render her tender attentions, and call them impertinent and obtrufiv^; ftiould be confidered as an unhumanized monfter, and be driven with ignominy, frdm the fociety of man, to dweii lidence in Park place, Camberwell. Mro Aveiinc, of Camberwell was the accoucheur. A dmiralty O ffice , July 6 , 1805. Copy of a letter frqm Rear Admiral Driirv, to William Marfdon; Efq. dated mi boaui the Trent, in Cork Harbor, June 2O5 1805. S ir —■ fr quentiy exhibit, that of fretting at trifling with thofe v^hofe natures more refemble hi j f J'**'^* ' £*7 riih cithrence Reader. convince h:r that his tafte could ftill do jiif- tke to her attractions as a nvsman. Benevolent, prudent, 2nd happy man !— rotthinks thou art at this moment before mine tvvS 1— who can behold thy fituation with in- , conceive that thou now feeft the H-tle family of the patriarch*— l i e had led them over a vaft territory, from his native Haran, through Canaan, even to the diftant border^ vf Egypt; yet were not their pere grinations at an end.— Suppofe them to be aflhmbkd round a frugal meal, fuch as tra* veiicrs are often obliged to be contented with, recoimti'Og the hardfliips they had pall, and . conjecturing the pleafureg that v/ere to come. — h.% the faithful memory of A bram recall ed in fucceilion every inftance in which the refolution of his hearFs companion had even excelled a mafeuline exertion, every inftance in which the conftancy of her mind had been proved by the viciffitudes of their condition, could he be otherwife than fond and grateful! Y ----- While with fuch feelings, and with the eyes of ail ardent lover, he contemplated the ’^iull bloom of that beauty whofe early buds had captivated his afrections, was it not 11a- for him to think that their effcdl upon other.% in the luxurious nadoa into which /file wa«> about to enter, would be the fame i as upon himfelf ! Rrader, it thy breaft has ever felt the de- } Ifdous tbrobbings of a, chafte and delicate J p'fli?n^ thy osvo experience will tell thee tvhat were at that moment his fenfations : but if thou an yet a ftranger to the thrilling anxkiks of love, it would be in vain that I eflayed to make thee enter into the fenti- mems of A bram .— Pcihaps at that moment his fancy beheld her torn from him and pol luted by the brutal force of a plebeian I per haps com minded to receive the embrace of focnc lordly vilUin i^ T h e pidure fpreads it- fd f before him ; ihc tear of fenfibiiity fuf- iilfes and add a brilliancy to his eye ; he J V Wilivii liiV.- ptU'aCnt attributc-s to its proper caufe, and paffes over with a compafionate unobfervance. ' It is conflftent with the defigns of uner-- ring wifdom, that with the excellencies of the bell confutation, fhould be conne£led fo ne of the blemiffies of humanity. He that looks for perfedYion in her whom he has chof* en as a companion for life, mull find him felf deceived, but fhould recoiie6l that he is his own deceiver. If the intimacy which en- fues their union, fhould gradually deveiope thofe unfavorable traits which the more dif tant and cautious refpedl of courtfhip kid concealed, he ought to refledl that perhaps the failings of his own temper and difpofi- tion are, in a great degree, the means of calling them from their lurking place into adion. His firft duty, therefore, is to fab j'-' ~ man tribunal; but ftill This morning arrived here His Ma /efeYbie h h ! w * frjp Loi«> .rc there ^ fn audit which he muft abide. He will there be flicwu, in blazing charadters, the nuptial vow which he has violated, the laws of man hood which he has contemned, the laws of fentiment which he has outraged ; and will receive from an inipartial judge,' the the itu- tence which he has labored to deferve. O thou ! to whom my heart has p&onoin- ced its indifiblubie vow ! to whole foul mine feels itfeif united by the ftrongeft tics oi fympath'y ! 4'hofe happinefs is the firft ob- jedl of my wifhes 1— never mayeft thou have to charge me with the offence, moft unpar donable and moft ungenerous, of returning a cold look, a harfh expreffion, or a chaftiflng frown for that bieffmg which was conferred on me, -when, in the warmth o f youth, thou ?61: himfelf to fevere ferutiny ; and refoiute-Igaveft thy heart, thy hopes, and thy c 5 m- iy to apply a corredive to the caufe, before iforts of life, into my keeping I Should we he attempk to overcome the effe6t. | together arrive at that meridian of a patriar chal life, fiiouldft thou, like S aria , preferve that happy chearfuinefs which now bleffcth thofe who love to be xvithin its influence, to thy fiitieth and fixth year, while on my heaffas on that of A bram , a fixteenth Itiftre begins to fired its venerable honors; ftill may I, while clafping thee to ray bofom with all the ardor of youthful affeefion improved by a long experience of thy riper virtues, be file capturfed four 'Gays'Aga. as tain Maitland's letter herewith^encloied., the information of my Lords Commiffioi of the Admiralty. am, &c. W . O’B. D R U R Y O' In moft inftaaces the character of a wife is whatever the plaftick care of a hufband fhall chufe to make it. If he is prudent, feniible and difeerning, he will endeavor by gentle applications, to correcR any original diftemper which may irfjure the defign he has in view; when that is done it is eafy to give to the difpofition the proper and deAra ble bias* This is only to be cfrc6ted by ten- dernefs ana example, if he loves, he can- enabled, in the language of holy fincerity. not be harfh ; if his admonitions are accom panied by the demonftrations of true affec- d c ’?, they never can be difregarded. Above all there fhould be no referve: between equals, whofe interefts are fo clofely inter woven. there fhould be no myftery : from a wife there fhould be no concealments. Eve ry thing that betrays a w^ant o f confidence, conveys to the mind of her who has a rights, to demand it, the fad idea that fhe is deem- ' ed unworthy. Beware of that— there is no affediien fo ftrong as to brook any thing in the moft diftant degree approaching to con tempt. Deny not, therefore, ye who wifh to be happy, deny not to your wives a full participation in your every pleafure, nor e- ven refufe to partake with them your cares. We love thofe moft who deem us worthy to fiiare their forrows; omit nothing, then, that can convince her that fhe is indted the partner of your breaft. Already has this intcrefting topic drawn me beyond the limits preferibed to each of ray difeourfes. I hope I may be pardoned.— I fhall not now detain the indulgent reader, by enumerating the various methods chofen to exult and fay— “ behold, now I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon I” A L A Y - C U R a TE. E g g g S - » >»«i» 9 jg»3ratJ<« F O R E IG N N E W S . Selefled from London papers to the oth of July. LONDON, July 6. W e mentioned in part of our imprefiion yefterday, that Lord Sidmonth has at length t t o i d s yefterday, upon the Duke of Athol His Mujejly’s fiip Loire at fea^ June 25 , ’0 S ir , I have much pfeafure in announcing to you the capture of the Yaliant of Bordeaux, 4, frigate privateer, carrying thirty gunsj and two hundred and forty men, by His Majviiivk ihip under my command, in lat 49 deg.^o mio. and long. l6 deg. i o min. after a very hard chace of twelve hour’s ; when nearly within gun ihot, the Mrlampus and Brilliant hove in fight on the weather bow, which ob« Hged her to bear up, and threw her into our hands about two hours fooncr than fhe other- wife would have been. She is reckoned one of the moft cooiplete fiiips ever fitted at Bc<r- deaux, and is per£e£Uy calculated to be taken into His Majsfty's fervice, fails Incomparabiy faft, carries twenty 18 pounders on her main deck, and 6 fixes (winch fee threw overboard in the chace) on her quarter-deck* The Ya« iiant had been tv/en-ty days from Bordeaux^ was vi£luaiied and fleered for a four cruize ; the only capture fiie has made is th« Lord Spencer, Halifax Packet- I have the honour to be, 8cc. ^ FRED. MAITL24ND. To Rear-Admiral Drury, &c. Cave. July 9. •- Bonaparte is vifiting his Italian Mantua has been carefully infp.& d , Cm additional works have been ordercc to bs compleated as foon as poffiale. Hr gone to Genoa to receive the fubmilTion of g people who formerly were the Maftsrs of rha? little Illand that gave him birth. A fnarp debate took place io the houfe of retired from, the Cabinet. Mr. N . Vanfit- tart has xefigned the office of Principal Se cretary to thy Lord Lieutenant of ireiaiid, and Mr. Fofter the poft of Irifh ChancHlor of the Exchequer. W e heartily congratu late the country'^pon thefe events. The Addingtons were a dead weight upon Mr. Pitt, which checked the fpring of his genius and the energy of his talents. W e are ghd they are at laft removed. He hands now al one, unclouded and free. He ftands alone, but ftrqng in the confidence of the , he will juftify his claim to that pre-eminence, where, if there be great peiil to he ct.eeoa- Bill. Our readers know that this is one o£ the £ubje6l§ upon which P ut and the Adding ton party difagree. Lord Sidmoutli aud tlie ’ Earl of,Buckinghamfiiire no longer occupies, the benefit upon which the Cabinet Minifteris ufualiy fit* hut feated themfelvcs on one of the CROSS benches (a bench well adopted to, and generally referred for the ^oppofition) whprt they continue dufing the whole de bate— Ldrffpidmouth^ as will be ietri bv oui’ Pariiamentary Rdpertj oppofed the £)u k of Athol’s bUi in a long fpcech, a§ did Lofd El* lenboToojfli. In ihe Houfe of G*>moions, thrift eight ar y F-: vk, • Y-.
