for the kingston gazette parody on cnvpers selkirk in the lland of juan femiudez applied to bonaparte in ihe ifiaud of st helena i am a monarch of nought i furvey my right i have none to defend in he centre of earth and of fea not a fowl or a brute i command o ba ilhment thefe are thy chyims what hero rculd dote on thy face better die m the field of alarm 5 thai live in this horrible place j am ihut fom proud conquefr afar mv coaffe i mn ft imifh alone 4 nvver hear the fveet mulic of war or exult at the found of a groan the men hat inhabit thefe hills mv fame with indifference fee iyy bio d at their impudence boils tbiy are fo unacquainted with me authorities powers by chance belle wvd upon pivilcped men 0 had i ihe teg tons of france how fonn would 1 fee yon again mv flfrg9 i thn might unfold in the bujlle of bailie and rg jvht trend or live necks or t lie bold anjluugb ai fhevyrdotn of age a battle what pleafurc untold rrpvars in the proud raging irife f 0e grateful than mountains of gold v all the c joyrnent of life jb t the bill twing horn and the drum 1 hefc raonsit2ins and locks never knew never echoed the found of a gun or gind when a war trumpet blew ye fn tunc that wantonly guile who have ruined my profptfs at lad- 0 bauifli this drfnfatc ifle the femernbtance of all that i pafl mv foes ni thev ver then boaft of the fall of ambition and rre o tell them viiat treafure it cofl and minsfie rejroach wih their glee 1 whit emotion can fancy bellow m the arch of the rainbow ic rides or leaving all ohcfc helow ii the region f wviwinds rvfioes when 1 think of the days of my pride frun a throne 1 am dictating lav iii lea reel y fecurey ride when my fcerrre u turned to a ftrawj h t he miiilml iii- rone to iris reft laheduycrc has retired to his home and here fa m orfl forrny dull 7ven lure l the place of a tomb theres a grave proimd in every land and the grave o i encouraging thought shall rb my proud foes of command rj reconcile are to my lot avy for the klmston gazette w d6 afaiig gfafi c a f d in vain our tears lamented mriij are bed 2n vain with fehs we mourn thine early doom the pangs ot woe cm never peach tlic dead or pierce the filent manfion of the tomb yet facrcd hade tire tributary iigh which fiiendlhip pays as due to thee re- ceive whitetk the lot of worth like yours to die it mull be natures privilege to gueve thy tender heart is now no longer warm thy checks oertpread with blushes now no more for death nhs has triumphed oer a form ifiond tabids the lot of man before hence mortals learn this truth by heaven dofinb how frail is life bow fhorf the prefent flate and know that all the virtu of the mind can neer exempt us from the iroke of fate thy bright example let me drive to be that i may rftett with joy the drake of leaih thee and mare dcarell c a i eternal blifs with rom the gleaner the cogitations of uncle john affesforr is faid to iefcend the love of cnudren to their parents it is contended dears no proportion to the love of parents to their children the former it is maintained is a fentinent the lattef a paflion chil dren are fa f el to conform to the will of their parents from jufy while the devotion of pa rents to their children fprings from love hence in every hate of fociety civilized or parents is g jiily proportioned to the decree refinement eibg rr fociety by refinement it flioild not be under food mt ftate where every man can feik fench pay whilt cut a pfgo- wmi4 watz kill iiis friend the fird hot or fule whm the iieart u rankling with anger m bc where moial tnt i rtftued where rirre is chtrtlhed and the u ill of the high a j h one is eflccmed fnpremand ia- jnd it ij hated by lewi and clark in ui ir of indians when about to change their plate of refidence fet before their old men provif- ionsforafew days and then abandon them to perifh every refined generous bofom is ftrttck with horror at fuch barbarity notwithftanding thisfacl andtlie general opinion cxpreited to the contrary i think there is good ground to conclude that a ftrong natural affection exiils in the hearts of chl- dten to their parents if not whence anfes the horror and detcflation that fprngs in ev ery bofom at the recital of the condnft of the dautrhtersof lear and whence the unnfual delight that is felt in contemplating the eon- duct of eneas in bearing on hi ihonlders bis father the god anchises from the names of troy whatever opinions may eriil on this point one thin will be agreed to bv even good man that there is so duty more imperative or that mould be performed with more chee- fdlnrfs md delicacy than thai of rendering the declining years of our parents happy many little delicate attentions to then wiihes and opinions are due a tlfmifand times due for their care of us ii our infancy as you hope young man for the reipit of your children or for the bmtiugs of heaven i charge you to ccrfult the del res and to pro mote the hapninefs of your parents re member that honor thv father and thy mother is among the folemn bchefts of the decalogue diforaeefnl as the rifi is vet we mud ad- rnit that even in this enlightened age and country i fiances have occurred of children btinrr difrefpectil nl to their parents iotim times rude and occafionrdlv cruel a in fiance recently mentioned in the public print aft having lately taken place in a neighbor ing date is confiderifr the late of f icietv riorediajraceful and bubarous than the cii- dutl of the miifouri favages twj ions having obtained the ellate of their father ftjftvred him to be ied and actually imjiril- rtucd for a final debt tefufing to relieve bii if i fee a man treatliis father viiti difrel- pecl i let him down as lacking imdrland- inr fheifi cruel in rirv mem6r4ndutubo be is noted is a favge but a child 1srhp could work on a parents affect in and eonhi- cleuee to obtain his property and then aoail- don him to want mull h a wretch fo vile that nn name exprefliv of his balcnefs has yet been difcovered prudence is an eftimable virtue it i an acl of fuperlative ly for any man to give all his property to his children keep enough for vour own wants and trufl no man to fa- puulenee never injured any man confidence lias ruined thou sands liften a moment and i will tell you a ffiory an old man bad a large efiate and at the folieitation of his children upon pro mifes of the kinder treatment he maae it all over to them immediately their conduct towavds him changed inflead of iirrkorio f- ther it was t tk old mar in the place of what will vou ckootk for din- ner sir it was ie theres ftmr for ridge t ti s although the old pentiemai had lo property he retained hi wit and hunger y u know is a wonderful fharpener of the faculties he took his mcafures 5 and pretty loon a neighbor who wa about to remove brought home an old ironbounded eheft vry heavy obferving that be had long felt uneafy at having the property of other peo ple ui his care and was glad of an excufe to return it into the hands of its owner very well faid the old rentleman a fiw thoufmds more or lefs h no great matter to one who has enough but it may be of fervfee to my dear children when i am gone the cheit was placed in his room and a lock d now and then he was put on 1 the d d oor an overheard counting and throwing fnmething oho it that chinked like gold no one doubt ed his wealth and to the enquiries of his children he anfwered that his will would be found enclofed the fcene was inltantly changed again no children could be more dutiful and attentive no father was ever ferved more to his hearts content at hi death bis children waited half an hour for decencys fake and then ran to open the cheit where to their great furprfie they found fome old pieces of iron and a malet with this homely but wife dillich labelled on the handle that gives away his estate before hs is dead tale ibis wallet and knock him on ihe head on the ohcr hand befides the cafe cited of jeneas hiilory furnilhes us with numerous inltanees of filial a ffe km worthy to be re corded a noble roman was condemned to be far- ved to death his daughter wa3 admitted to viiit him but was carefully examined to fee that hie took no provisions to her father luf he did not die its was expected and on looking ficrctly inio his prifon the father was fecxl drawing his fufluance from the bretlts of his daughter a fight fo lovely melted the hearts of his tyrants and he vt pardoned the fart is often alluded to 7 he unnalural circumjlanca her- alluded fi occurred in green county m ths statf a btitke tn one of his fpeeches hfh the fcarcity which the old world has felt would have been a defoliating famine if this child of their old age america with true filial piety with a roman charity had not put the lull bread of its youthful exuberance to the mouth of its exhauftcd parent with one more beautiful instance of filial affection i mall elofe this paper when eli jah cafl his mantle on elifha with ihe com mand to follow him ad devote himftlf to the most high what did eliiha afk to bury his treafnre or to place his gold at ufury oh no l let me 1 pray thee faid he kiss my tather and my mother and lien i will follow thee exeelleut man thou wert indeed worthy to be a prophet m ifrdel 3 tm flwr r 1- w- rr mlfplaesa from an american paper guess work when 1 fee a young man poflels no more honor than to be duncl 1 duels he will nev r er make a man of relmclabiitv when i fee a man quit work becaufe ne ha three 01 four hired men to overfet i cfotu he will have to o ojai ro pay them when i fee a man fnffer a simple wife to run in debt at the stmt for whatever me fancies i guefs lie witj icon wlfu he had ne ver been married- when i fee a young lady poitvfsn larj portion of pndt- and afflciaiioriy i guefs ihe lacks delitacy iwftnfe when i paa by a houfe and fee the yard covered with humps old hoop and broken earthen i guefa the man n a haifi jockeys and the women a fpinncr of jl reel yarn when i lee a women landing the door jtipjoefvfitih ahalf a dozen ragged children and as many more heads peeping through the broken window- i gucfs her hufband mar ried for love and do not think he bis afjecuons or begrudge him his happipefsg when i fee a women ufurp the whole eomerfai ion 1 gucf ihe has mure loquacity then ftiff when i pafs ahoufe dkl fee the windows broken a bundle of rags in one and a bat ro the other 1 gueg the miltrefa is a ttaii and the mailer loves mm wheal fee a girl viht often t gucfs fhe fninns tftmejbref yarh than roton when i hear a women filing ptfatic ian- guare i think it time tr iveaiingto be out c j- it or jijmon when i fee a country merchant hire two clerks to tend his store whih he fits by the stove driwktng m 1 guefs he will to foon have to take thebeiuhi of the injotvtnt ah or take a pleanttour to neworleans projected journey to the north fole mr score fby of whitby fays a late englun pvpyi has announced a determina tion to vifit the north pole the green land mips advance to 81 t 2 degrees fo may not be impracticable to travel over the ice a degree per day and to go and return in eighteen or twenty day than ourfelves no peifon can more heartily wifh for the fuccets of fuch an enterprife becaufe it would fettle forever the long centered que 11 ion whether the earth is flattened or 2 at the poles but from feveral con- iiaeratiors we entirely deipair oi its conium- mauon each man compifmg the expedi tion tor eertaiuy jjo individual would be io mad as to attempt it unaccompanied mull on the fmalleft computation be pro vided with twenty pounds u provifidn an ecjual quantity of fur or thick woollens fire arms and ammunition n edged weapon and a fpike ftaff to allllt him in afcending and defcending the ice hills making in all about 60 weight averdapois under fuch a load 69 miles per day would be an aftonifhing ef fort in the mild eft clime and on the bell or roads but in a region of entire ice and mow which ha been increafintf fince the rdobe fprung into exifiece when one falfe or unfteady fcep will precipitate the daring ad venturer over tremendous precipices upon fragments of broken icq and duih him to pieces whore the air in the warmeft iu ti mer is cold enough to chill the moll robuft of mankind in fuch a climate we fay twenty in head of fixtv miles a day would be a much if not more than human natwre is cal culated to per fa 1 m fro m i8io not f h latitude to the pole which lies in 90 is a di lance of eight and a half degrees or 510 nautical miles which makis the p jefted journey to coniit of one thou fa nd and twenty miles fo that allowing 20 miles per day and ore day for making altronomi c2i obi ovation the journey could rt be pei formed in es han 2 days which is a much longer period ihail any inhabitant of the civilicrl pa is of europe could pvefervc animation in with mow for his bed and ice for lis pillow that roan dm 1 n 1 one word would be requifite to rts maction 1eurnpt vit en london aptil 27 fr a ni private accounts from pans flate that the letter of the duke of wel lington to his mnjeity and the fnbfcqnent vifit of mr jules de poligaci who was de puted to hi grace have given a totally new afpecr l pubbc affairs i have bren hie faye the correspondent of the london courier to procure from a mod unqueftio- nabie anthoity the following extract of that memorable document which proniiles fuch falutary refult your majcfcy has permitted me to ad- defs you in circumllanees which i might conceive worthy of fixing- your attention never were there more momentous ones than fhofe in which we are now placed pit a pas cu plus n emeriti tifts bue cedes dans lefyiilbs nous nnu trvavons europe abide in peace by my word jud on my refponfioi- litv vet but ionfe ir from falxfur ma parole el fm refpjnfdihte r that word will be uttered if more iuhilitf and prudence a not introduced into the go vernment 1 he tranquility of this country depends entirey on ihe pi e fence of the al lied troops their removal would be the fig- nal of a new and irevitablr convufi n the lltrarnyalits majority of the chamber fo ments diltenffons and dilti ud the left phpfe of the letter is literally as fmows et vo ire fvlajtste pent roirdcr conmc dan vcfrs propre palais and your majeily may reft afturccl that the greater evil has its fouree in your own palace t it is remirked that the language of mi i- ftcrs toward- the chamber erf deputies has aitumed a firmer tone land thev have declared that the loos will cufider anv further refiflance to the law partfed in sentember t s 14 difpctug f tlae royal forefis as a crc attack on the koval authority the diftolutim of either the chamber or the miniflry is faid to be inevitable private letters to the z 2d irfr contain the following ititmatips i the complicated butlncfs f the budget i it is fuid iifeely fo terminate in a martnef nioreconfonant to the wifh of the govern ment than was at tiifl expected the recent fnmnefs of lone taken by minifrers h ld to have nrduccd this efect vet diil funecf tlie private letters talk of a crifis tht fol lowing is the p v to a letter we have juffc received daed enday paris mrch 2 2 p m a crius dttmd on it u approaching the due dr te- iieu petliaps is the only minillcr ffrcerely defifotis of n tiring from the helm of the a- gitated vefleiof flate the confternatiou is fuch that it is fuopofed umleafant ifefefli- gence has been received from lyons andthe neighbouriricr department the authentici ty of the duke of wellingtons letter is un- qurrtliouable c reductions ie the staff ol the arttvjqm foreign spa nam canada 1 major general aide de camp 1 major of brigade i depurr a- fiflsnt quarter mallet general 1 hofpital 1 deputy purveyor a hi fl ants not a s surgeon z hofpia jft9tifak bahama i hofpital mate bfttffra i major general r aide de camp- i hofpitj altillant- i difpen- fer of ivledceines- i purveyors clerk jamaica i commander of forces 4 aides de camp 1 surgeon ghjralt a r t general 9 ytfides de camp 1 aluilant barrack mafler general i surgeon 9 hofpital afliflant malta and ionian llasus 4 lieut general 3 aides de camp 1 major ge neral 1 aide de camp 2 chaplains of the forces- 1 major of brigade capb cf goon hope r commander of forces 4 aide de camp- 1 depy a 1st general 1 brigade major 1 phyfician 1 deputy putveyor mauritius- commander or the for ces a aides de camp to be replaced by a major general with one aide de camp t deputy yffiilant quarter mafler general c i oiirgeoiu cflon i commander of the forces 4 aides de camp st helena one infpeor ofmrhtia included in fhe eflrmate through a clerical error total o 1 n foreign station annual fa- r 203i ss 6d i this year 10787- rtd the whole of thefe redufans make a to- tai annual favfng f 81397 6s ed ad for the prefent year a laving of 418 til 2 3- f edraordiuary snale letler to the editor of the bait frnorc rcjgifter notices as r hi a cutiou ity the kiuing of a ha ttlcj naae 0l- alegrroy motutains n that hd twenty h rattles and mull therefore rmive been thirl vtwo years old it was foiw feci ions paris march 27 lyons ii not me ftate of infurreciion but the minds of the people are in a ferment this city is def crjbed 1 the french papers as enjoying pro- fouiid cianquilbty it mult be admitted that the precautions are employed to maintain tha tranquility several pieces of cannon iv plr before the door o the governors