North Wales Gazette

ON PLEASURE. -List. c,-cormornnts of joy! Pleasure liclI not in excess, greatest mirt-h will soonest cloy. Pain on pleasure's footsteps prest. Sence the rustic's more delight In his rurte unpolish'(i play Hence the most attractive sight Fails to please the great and gay. Those but seldom taste of plearmre. These of pleatiure make a trade; Those for sport have little leisure, These of leisure are afraid. iTremadoc.

WISH. When tempests roll along the plain, .And horror marks its dreaded reigns When thro' the leafless grove is heard, The hatred shriek of night's fell bird;, .And where the litinot iis"d to,sin,, 'Tbe raveri ilaps hit; heavy wing: Give me, ye Gods, the joy to prove, To waste the hours with her I love I What time, by awful silence crown'd, Jfight hear- the deepened thunder's ssund; When darkness strikes the wretch with fears, Whose tread the rtifran's sword uprears, TThiie lisht'nings point his devious way, And mark the murderer's destin'd prey 5 Give me ye Gods, the joy to prove, To waste the hours with her;! love I Jn village neat, in cottage clean, Where sweet content o'er trips the green Where in my chitdren'sev'ry grace, Their mother's varied charms I trace-" To thet, irotind my sparkling fire ndbllt a friend-and I desire No more ye Hods but still to prove, The joys of friendship, peace and love 1 ORLANDO.

MR. CAVENDISH. This gentleman, who was son of the late Lord Charles Cavendish, great uncle to the present Duke of Devonshire, although not, much heard of in the common paths of life, was well known and highly distinguished in the scientific world. He had studied and ren- dered himself familiarly conversant with every part of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy, the principles of which he applied, near forty years ago, to an investigation of the laws on which the phenomena of electricity depend. Pursuing the game scieoca, on the occasion of Mr. Watsh'sexperimcnts with the torpedo, he gave a satisfactory explanation of the remark- able powers of electrical fishes-; pointing out that distinction between- coramua and animal electricity, which-has since fcecii amply coil- firmed by the brilliant discoveries in galva- nism. Having turned hisatteotk»irve~ry early to pneumatic chemistry, lie-asce-fkiined in 1765, theextrome levity of air, now called hydrogen gas. On this discovery, many curious experiments, and parlifrulKiMyj that of aeriel navigation, have been founded. In the same path of s<-«ence he made the iit) portant disco-veri of the composition of wafer1 by the union of two airs; and thus laid the?, loundatio,1 of the modern system of ►try, which rests principally on this fact, and that of the decomposition of water, announc- ed soon afterwards by 1\1. Lavoisier. As ilie purity of atmospherical air had been a subject of Controversy, Mr. Cavendish coetrWed es. sential improvements in the method of I)el.- forming experiments with an eudiometer, by means of which, he was the first who shewed; that the proportion of pure air in the almos. phcre, is nearly the name in all open places. The other and much larger portion of our nt- mosphere he sagaciously conjectured to be the basis of the acid of nitre an opinion that he soott brought to the test by an ingenious alid laborious experiment, which completely proved its truth whence thisair has now very generally obtained the name of nitrogen. So man- and stich great discoveries spread his fame throughout Europe., and he was univer, sally considered as one of the first.philosophersJ of the age. Among the labours at his latter days, is the nice and difficult experiment 1>y which he determined the mean destiny of the earth: an element of consequence in delicate calculations of astronomy, as well as i'n geolo- gical enquiries. Even in the last year of his I life, at the advanced age of 77, he proposed and described improvements in the manner of dividing large astronomical instruments; which though not yet executed, promise very great advantages. These pursuits, together with reading of va- rious kinds, by which he acquired a deep in- sight into almost every topic of general know- ledge, formed the whole occupation of his life, and were w fact his sole amusement..— The love of truth was sufficient -to fili IKS mind. Fro-,ni his attachment to snch occupa- tions, and the constant resource he found in them, together with a shyness and -diffidence natural to his disposition, his habits had, from early life, been secluded. His manners were mild, his mind firm, his nature benevolent and complacent. He wasliberal without pro- fusion; and charitable without ostentation.— He assessed great affluence, which was to him rather matter of embarrassment than of gratification but however careless about its improvement, he was regular in its manage- 11 1 ment and discretion. He was borK October 10, 1731, and died February €4, 1810.

To the Editors of the North fVtzte3 Gazelle. GENTLEMEN, THE Ladies of Lima ,ii-c not It-sifashionably nor less extravagantly disposed, it seems than those of London, as the following complaints of a mati who had an extravagant wife, ad- dressed to the Academy of Lima, may serve to demonstrate. The following extract is taken frt>m a book entitled The present State of Peru, 4to. To you, Gentlemen, as lovers of the country, I have recourse for counsel, and for relieffrom the anxieties, sufferings, and per. ptexstiM, which oppress and drive me to de- spair. I am a reputable and well disposed man, very much at your service gentlemen, and wedded to a lady of great judgment and talents, according to \ulgar report;—weli born, of a gentle disposition, possessing ma- ny graces and accomplishments, and endowed with a rare wit. A certain friend of mine, a great observer in these matters, has noticed in her twenty-five.different modes of laughing, -i,iid more than forty of looking. As a .proof of her vrvpeify, he says that he has never seen her either to gape or stretch herself, not- withstanding she has passed four nights in suc- cession without sleep. In short, she is a pre- cious pearl., and the theme of the assemblies. We will now take a view of the reverse of the medallion,, which I shall describe with all possible fidelity. This same nym-ph, so gra- cious, and gifted with so many choice and exalted qualities, is the cause of my principal torments. I have a settled annual income of little more than a thousand piastres, to which certain perquisites being added, my revenue estimated at two thousand. I sincerely *vlsh that I had miltiottl lo lay at tile feet of my spouse but I can assure you that 1 fcave not more than I have mentioned. Now to proceed to a recital of my troubles. She never misses a play and at the bull feasts she must have her gallery provided. In the winter season come the excursions to the mountains; the promenades, and the extra-promenades, to the banks of the Amancaes river; and, to crown the whole, she must set out to see the tower of Atocongo, otherwise the house would be thrown into disorder. In the summer the evenings are passed at the promenade of La Pudra Lisa. She regularly bathes with a fe- male companion, and after quitting the bath, takes a store of refreshments and fruits that are ltawked about. The regutar meals within doors are not on that account ajot diminished. From time to time we keep the f-estivalsof Lurin, and numerous others once a week, at least a day is fixed for an excursion to a garden or plantation in the neighbourhood. Not all ecclesiastic takes the religious habit, nor a nun, nor even a monk, the vows, but she is the firstto hasten to the ceremony. At the festivals of ttic-blessed Virgin, and the Masses of the new year, her devotion is incredible; she scarcely sleeps, that she may not lose any of these holy assemblies. But what deprives me of all patience is-this, that in the midst of these rambles, and not satisfied with them, she never absents herself from a public execu- tion. She knows to a minute when a capital punishment is to be inflicted on one; when another is to be whipped and on these morn- ings she rises early, makes a hasty breakfast, and we set out for the square. I have not yet done when one of the lottery clerks passes by the house, during the few hours she is within, she calls him in, and after a long chat about the prizes past, present, and to come, stakes on four numbers at the least, which, with as many smaller adventures, amount to eight piastres per month. 11 Ilmy them my soul," she says to me. I have inot any loose-cash about me." One day to my great misfortune, she had a hit, but such was the concourse of female visitants, and their at- tendanfs, to pariake of the treat, andso many presents distributed on the occasion, that I may say the tart coat me nioi-e than the loaf, or in other words, I was obliged to make considerable disbursements, the hundred and twenty.five piastres gained by our fortunate adventure., Got sufficing to pay the expences. These rhings torment me not a little, but who is capable of resisting a lady ? We have three little feqys, whose rearing is contined to the juurse, -tiid to a certain female, the bosom tiviefid -of my wife, who is the oracle of the house. I have already mentioned my receipts and revenues, now see what are our expenditures. The rudt of the house is 450 piastres, and slill she is not-satisfied, because the parlour is too small for country dances. The ordinary expences of housekeeping. &c. is not Icss than 1000 piastres. The extraordi- naries of calash and uiule, promenades and visits exceed-trCM}. Here are spent more than the 20M piastres which I am able to scrape together with all my diligence. But how are 6 we to be clad; how are the physician and surgeon, who make at least a hundred visits in the year, to he paid ? Four fuldcllins are required for the summer, and Uvo for winter; a thousaftd supernumerary dresses ai'e needed, j because imc faldetiin, on one occasion, is not fto be another. Where arc the means to-pay the goldsmith who renews the fashions, the tailor who invents, changes, and rech&ages; the merchant who delivers to my wife oncredit the satins, plushes, velvets, &e. The commodes, the canopy, the ornamental I paper, and the dial which stands on the table are yet unpaid for. I owe more than one half of the amount of the calash, and which is al- ready in a ruinous condition. I am indebted for the fashionable hammock in which we sleep. I know not how much I owe to the tailor, shoemaker, washerman, cigaree-ma- ker, poulterer, perukemakor, dresser, aud to how many others I cannot say. All I know is, that a few days ago, I saw an account of tli^e shoemaker, amounting to no less than 185 piastres for shoes for my blessed spouse. 1 appeal to your consciences and good under- standing, genlemen what would you do oil- der such embarrassments." Give me your advice, &c,

Russian Anecdotes from the Jlfemeirs of Count de Hordt. Tire Archbishop of Moscow, who was a worthy and respectable old man-, one day- caused sotite junctures to be removed into a convent, there )eiug too many of them in one of his churches. The populace, who every where are ignorant and superstitious, but no where perhaps more fanatical than in Russia, where knowledge, as it were, is but in its jll-'1 fancy, deemed this removal of images an act of irreligion and impiety. The mob gathered, gave loose to their fury, aiidr-esolved to in- flict on the Archbishop the punishment due to his prophane conduct. The good man fled from his house, took refuge in a church of a convent, and hid himself in the sanctuary, where according to the Greek church, none but ecclesiastics have a right to enter. A boy had unfortunately seen him pass, and disco- vered his retreat. The populace came, rush- ed into the church, laid hold of the venerable pastor, and dragged him to the door in order to murder him. The unfortunate prelate, who saw death at hand, entreated his execu- tioners at least to step to the altar, and take the siicraMMJut for the last time. The populacc consented, and during the pious ceremony looked with the greatest sangfroid at the de- plorable victim of fanaticism and superstition, whom they were going to immoialc; then rushed on the defenceless old man, dragged' him out of church, and cut him all to pieces. The officers of police came too late to rescue him but the principle authors of the liorsi- ble murder were apprehended* and were all hanged or broken on the wheel. An uncle of my wife "happening to die, a rich smui-or in Saxony came to her by inheri- tance; I beiti, very fond of agriculture, and partial to a country life, visited the estate in order to make various arrangements we had proposed. I explored all the villages on the manor, and in one of them found the precise spot where I had been taken prisoner, by the Cossacks during the war. Changeable fortune! but a few years before I had been plunge^ into a state of wretched captivity, oti.i.lic,v ety grouud where 1 am now the happy owner.

tOVRT Of CHANCEftY. IIR, R. CORBETT BART. V. ARCHDEACON CORBETT. There was an application on the part of the defendant to dispauper plaintiff, who had fi- led his bill and stied in forma pauperis. It was stated on affidavit, that plaintiff had ap. plied to the public for a subscription for the support of himself and family, and to enable him to carry on his suit; and that such sub- scription had put him out of that situation which entitled him to avail himself of this privilege. In answer to which, plaintiff s af- fidavit stated, that he was the heir at law of Sir Richard Corbett, of Longnor, in the couti- ty (if Salop, and devisee of his estates by will, but that being deprived by a codicil, made at a very advanced age of the Baronet, Jie had been reducedfo indigence, and obliged to ob- tain his livelihood as a la-hotirer in the East India Company's employ, which had necessi- tated >himfto sue in forma pauperis, and that the subscription promoted in his behalf had I not so-suoceeded as to enablehiin to sueotiler. wise. After llr. Richards and Mr. Benyon were heard oig the part of the defendant, Sir S. Ro- milly replied. He said, it was very hard on j his cliei.it that* the defendant came before the Court, pretending that lie did not believe plaintiff to be Sit fi. CorbeLt,whereas he could assure his Lordship, that he had as much right to the title of Baronet as his Lordship had to that to which lie had so much honour. He considered his present situation, adorned with that title, gave him a much stronger claim to the commiscr-ation of the public. As to the subscÔption" it did not deprive him of the right to sue in forma pauperis, as in a suit there was 110 othef provisions than Council and six Clerks assigned, but no provision for Solici- ter, stationary, witnesses, &c. He, there fore, trust fd his Lordship would not deprive plainlitrofany advantage which the lenity of the Court liid usually granted on such occa- sions. Mr. BcM followed, calling the attention of his to the instruments on which this suit was tiounded, and particularly to the co- dicil whicii deprived plaintiff of the estates to which hit birth entitled him, which, he con- tended, liad sufficient internal evidence to prove, it must hare been made under the in- fluence of the parties interested in the devisee of the ejitutes, giving reasons for disinheriting pla inlitr, as were the most extraordinary and unheard of. He observed, that on the crea- tion ofa, title, there was a tacit agreement be- tween th Crown, and the person 011 whom it was conferred, that the title should be sup- ported b y the estates to which it was attached. In the present instance, his client was the re- presentative of an ancient and honourable family, illeprived of his paternal estates, and for the recovery of which he came into this Court. A iter other remarks on the ctse, lie appealed .to the usage of that Court, and in- treated his Lordship to extend the utmost ad- vantage on this occasion. After Mtr. Richards had replied, In behalf of the defentdiwt, the Chancellor ordered the motion to st^nd over till Monday, when he went over r ill the arguments of defendant, and conclvi ded, l)y observing, that had this been a motion to stay proceedings until the costs of tl -t,,L fornier suit had been paid, he could not bave.grauted it, because there were no cos's c In record. As to any vexatious con duct of t he lie had uot observed it, since he had been before the Court; and on the w bole his Lordship .dismissed the rao- i tion.

JJfiscçllaneo zt8. We understand that, at the general meet- ing of t he Caledonian Horticultural Society, held on the 6th instant, several very interest- ing and important communications were read, particularly, an account of a method of pre- paring a soporific medicine from the inspissa- ted white juice (If tile common garden let- tuce, l)>y Dr. Duncan,, sen. 5 an^essay on the curl iu potatoes, by John Shei'iff, Esq., an essay < m the same subject, by T. Dickson, Esq. aij account of a new method of planting aspara grus, by Mr. Smith, lrdeue.. at Keith- hall; methods of destroying goostfh&rry ca- terpillars and oniou maggots, %y Mr. Mac- nitirre Y, Stranraer; and for remedying the canke r in fruit-trees, &c. by Mr. Wightou, Aleiviltt, house, Fife, The silver medal was awardd to A lexander Gibson Hunter, Esq, for 11 ie best si* heads o! spring brocoli. An extraordinary circumstance is said to have; taken place in the musical world. A celebrated performer on: the, violin" hitherto presiuewed of the masculine gender, and not motfe>admired for science and execution, than for ike softness and gentility of his manners, has lr.itly been, delivered of a chopping boy. A servant, lately in the employ of Lord Yapfearough, of Brockelsby, in Lincolnshire, of the name of Gascoigne, who was a very dist aÆt relative of the late Sir Thotnas Gas- coij.;Re, has succeeded to the estates of t he latf er, in Yorkshire, said to be worth 20,0001. a-y Da r, ,1/fee following repartee was lately made by a YOlung lady at a boarding-school within a do zen mites of Halifax. One of her school- mutes, who was priding herself over the rest of the scholars on account cf the superior dignity of her extraction, and alluding to the D uke of R—n as being a-near relation other's, w ith haughty demeanour exclaimed- thank iH enven, I have yetdrop of noble blood itt wc!" To w[iiclf illc other tady immedi- ately rel)licd--l' riiett pray, Miss, never get btaoded, lest the odd drop should chance to flast week an extraordinary occurrence to f)k get out." I pface in the. river Eden, near Drumbrugh. Christopher Thobinson, an experienced lister man, placed a flounder net in the-river;; and on his return to drag his net,-instead Of find- ing fish, he found it loaden with ^'M ducks During his absence a flight of wild ducks h«-Jt a'/ighted below'ihe net, and on the flowing of Mie tide they were carried, from the contrac- tion of the channel, with great impetuosity by the water into the net, got eutangled and were drowned. In six tides he caught 170 golden-eyed wild ducks, supposed to ba from the Orkneys, as none of that species is ever seen in thatipasrt of the country. y ,# tialtant Jetton.—At the late Capture of G ua* daloupe, Major Henderson, with three com- panies who first ascended the beight, was at- tacked by five hundred of the enemy's best troops who poured a most destructive fire oil his small party, This intrepid officer did not return the tire till within about 25 yards dis- tance, and immediately charged, followed by the rest of the regiment, and in a few minute* routed them. Yesterday the sale of live animals belong- ing to the late Menagerie, at Exeter 'Change* commenced, amidst a numerous body of spec- tators. The Elephant, winch arrived a short time since, in the Lord Keith Indiaman.wat disposed of by private contract. Two Lions were sent to the Tower, as the property of the Prince of Brunswick, and the remainder of the savage collection remained to be pur- chased by the best bidder. A Lion and Lioitessi of majestic deportment, were sold to a perW* named Miles, for 260 guineas Both thegg aiiimals were so tame, that a child might ca. ress%nd play with them without danger. It was- stated that they had been taken in aFrencb prize, going as a present to Buonaparte. A Royal Bengal Tyger sold for 80 guineas, aDd many more scarce and beautiful Quadrupedl produced large sums. This Menagerie oiicO comprised a very useful and valuable con"c" tion of wild animals. Our artists have 0<- casioually derived great information by co'" pying the living subjects in their deus i Illdl on the whole, its dissolution may be consider- ed a loss to the metropolis. The purchaser in general are showmen, who intend to exha" bit their savage companions in country fairf. A letter on the genius and dispositions 6* tite French Government, by an American speaking of Boiiaparte's feelings and desigo^j says?—" During my residence in Paris, heard from every man, both in and out Of office, who had any intimate connection with theGovernment, the language of contempt auti menace on the subject of the United States. The peculiar phraseology was, I i-hat we were a nation of fraudulent shopkeepers—Brili'h in prejudices and predilection, and equaUf objects of aversion to the Emperor, who b<K* taken a fixed determination to bring uy t, reasan in due time.7 It was iiiiiversilly tilitier' stood, that our sluggishness in acceding to all his wishes—the bold strictures in which sometimes indulge, concerning his charactr and conduct, and the nature of our ins tituti- ons, were inexpiable offences, and to bu final' ly retributed by the full weight of his resent' ment. The British he hates, and dreads, respects. The people of this country he de. tests and despises. He detests us as the pro- geny of Ihe British, and as the citizens of free Government. He despises us as a body of traders, according to his view, withoit national fame or national character; wIth" out military strength, or military virtues." Anecdote.—The desire of gaitt will some- times inspire with dishonest cunning the i 11 if era t c savage. After a successful attach on the royal party in 1145, a highlauder h1 gained a watch, as his share of the spoils0 the vanquished. Unacquainted with its Lise, he listened with equal surprise and pleasure to the tinkting sound with which his new acqur" stfion amused him after a few hour*, how- ever, the watch was down, the aoise teased* and the dispirited owner, looking oly. tile tof no longer with any satisfaction, deterriained LO conceal (he misfortune which had belalle" 1 • and to dispose of it to the first person who 0'' fered him a trifle in exchange. He 1 0011 met with a purchaser, but, at i),trtiii- he c(,'Jld not conceal his triumph, iiii(I exliiti*,ngly e" claimed, "Why, she died last night t" Bon Mot of Mr. Fe.r.—There can Ibe notbiflg more ridiculous, said the I ate Lard N ortb, one day, Than the manner in which w9 council of state assen\ble in certaici negro nad tiens. In the council chamber arc place twelve large jars half-full of watCf r. Tvreivo cetmceflors of state enter naked and stalklnrt along with great gravity, each Soaps into hl jar, and immerses himself up to the chin all in this pretty attitude, ifhey deliberate on th* national affairs." You do not smile. continued the Yriiii", ter, ad(Iressit)g Iiiiiiself t-o Mr. )I ox. S said Charles, "No; I <see ev-ery day more ridiculous than that."—More ridicu- lous 1" returned his Lordship, with an air" surprise. Yes!" answered the other;- a country where the jar, a lone sit in C()uJ1. cij." Jij^cdole of James 1. -A.f most all our bis. jaiis have represented Jairleo 1. as a prilico whphadnoidea.ofcconomr, and never stowed a thought on the regul ation of his do inestic expencc. It will app ear, howcvcr, from the following letter, tou< ;hing the abart:; ment of his Majesty's h tmehot ild charge, llta lic.-not only reflected (rfhjsSií ibject, but :dsa made efforts to wards Preformation ia tlje ses of the household MV LORDS,—- FT() worldlftbing is so precí" ous as time. Y .Illow what ta-tk I give Y()Uv. to work upon during my>absefu'c and what: time was Iimi f-jd unto you for the I)el-fo,Y)aiico of it. Ibis wont to t',{} roe twenty-four years ago, that my hoii' £ could not be kept upon Epigram'' Long di .courses and fair tales will never rep0 my est ate. Onwis viriis in actione consp'1' Remember that I told you, the shoe mind h* t"ae,c for the fool; and let that he ilia 'qual" ot all your proceedings in the .business. A teste superfluities iu all thi 115; and nU>|u' Uides of unnecessary ojficers, wherever ^1 be placed. But. for tliS household, warded and pensions, cut and carve as many as 111"a agree withtheposfcibifity of tnv-vueans Excee. not you r own ru Ic of fifty /^[Sand pounds W the 'household. U Vo', can make it rwtll aectnsnt it for g«» ;,d servu. e> Atui, tbf yotr-may seel wiH fU)tS()are ra ine own per*>J A ^vesentvv, the bearer n note of the'J. perftuous c concerning my mouth. vinft lai i|le J^appy opjiortu nity of tKi* stngc;, in ari er,-ail{{ C01)Cenij 0orhis plate* eipect no answer iu 'word or out only the real performaru :e, for a bL'H,()f mug to relieve me out of mv miseries. j<j| now the ball is at 31 our feet and ti|C ^rlif* shall bear me witness that I U ave puty°u ,0${ ly to it; and so, praying, G od to biesS J [ labours, I bid jou heartily [ arewell. Your wii, St. James's, I' Nov,