greater part of his jewels, of which, in his days of prosperity, he had despoiled the church of Loretto, to adorn his own person; and the curious have lately noticed, among the ornaments of a high born, celebrated Italian lady, renowned for the passions she inspired by her beauty, even in old age, the very diamond which, for many years, had sparkled on the hand of the Pontiff. Berthier gave him time to send ambassadors, who went with Azara, the Spanish minister, as mediator to Bonaparte, who granted them peace; and the Pope ceded Bologna, Ferrara, and Ravenna, with all their territories, together with a part of the Romagna, anciently called Emilia. Bonaparte signed this treaty at Tolentino. But the changes which soon after took place in Italy, were such as no imagination could conceive. Venice, by a public treaty signed by Bonaparte, was, after fourteen centuries of independence, made over to Austria by a secret treaty, signed, at the same time, by the same individual. The revolts set on foot by the Jesuits ceased in Lombardy the moment it was formed into a republic. But the Pope was unable to restrain them in Rome. The police, with out the knowledge of the Pope, raised a tumult, for the purpose of massacreing the French and the conspirators. The French General, Duplot, was killed by some of the Pope's soldiers. This was the signal for the populace to fall on the French and the revolutionists. Joseph Bonaparte, at that time ambassador, escaped with difficulty. Military possession was now taken of Rome; Pius was, one night, seized in his bed, forced into a carriage, with a prelate, a senator, and a servant, and at the age of eighty, and in the twenty-third year of his pontificate, conducted out of his territories, to die in the midst of a ferocious soldiery! On beholding the tri-coloured flag waving over the capitol, he said, with a sigh, "This is the anniversary of the day on which I was raised to the chair of St. Peter. I have before had similar warnings from Heaven, to think seriously, and weep bitterly, over my errors, which have hastened the ruin of my people." He was conducted to the convent of the Chartreuse, near Florence, where, through cany, he was permitted to remain for some time. But the French Directory soon wrested him from the dominions of the Grand Duke, and conducted Pius, like a criminal, into France. He was carried through the most populous cities of Italy in open day; but his presence excited neither alarm, anger, nor curiosity. The Directory, however, fearing the effect of his presence among the French, did not permit him to proceed beyond Mount Cenis, and shut him up in the fortress of Briançon: the advance of the allies into Piedmont, soon forced him into a new prison; and he was lodged in the citadel of Valence, where he endured many privations, which he bore without a murmur. The Count de Labrador had the courage to exert himself for the dying Pontiff; and a French lady bestowed on him all those cares and consolations which were requisite for one worn down by age, infirmity, and solitude. Pius was soon afterwards ordered to Dijon, through the suspicions of the Directory: this was a severe blow; but on being ordered to quit his pontifical habit, he summoned all his courage. He had always worn it; and requesting to be carried in his chair, in full canonicals, before the French commissioners, he said, "I am ready to follow you: I had forgotten that I was one of the monarchs of the earth; but the ministry to which Providence has called me, ought not to finish but when I shall have rendered up my account to my Eternal Judge." His legs had been swelled for some weeks; and the fear that he might die during the journey, induced them to yield to the remonstrances of De Labrador against his removal. For some time past, remorse had given place, in the breast of the Pope, to the consciousness of having expiated his errors. His prayers, which had long been accompanied with tears, were now uttered with confidence and serenity. His resignation, probably, rendered the last days of his life the happiest he had yet known; and he seemed to sink, at last, more under the weight of age than misfortune. A palsy consumed him; and he yielded up his life with the same courage with which he had renounced his greatness. During the eighteen months of his exile and impri the mediation of the Grand Duke of Tus-sonment, he had been supported by cha rities he never had solicited; he always | tues: people, too, are always fond of those declined whatever was not absolutely necessary; and he had nothing to bequeath to his companions in misery except a little linen and a few pious books, with the plate he had been allowed to retain for the services of religion. When breathing his last, he was told he had no right to make a will; for that all he had, belonged to the nation whose prisoner he was! He died the latter end of August, 1799. Princes who are prodigal of the public money, and exercise their despotism to humble the great. He displayed wonderful magnanimity when he was dragged from his dominions. On his arrival at Sienna, an earthquake threatened the destruction of the city instead of taking advantage of this event, as directed against his impious oppressors, he attributed it to his own wrongs towards God; and issued a bull, in which, after releasing his subjects from their oath of allegiance, he recommended docility and submission to the laws of Pro : The Romans now regret Pius VI.; not because they are discontented with their present condition, but because, with all his faults, Pius VI. had some shining vir-vidence, and to the new government. EPITOME OF FRENCH MANNERS. IT IS ALWAYS REQUISITE TO KNOW TALENTS and riches are the keys which will open many doors: in Paris, especially, they exercise an unlimited power, against which no man dares to exalt his voice. Fortune covers a multitude of follies; wit conceals a number of faults: and such is their influence, that a man may be, without contradiction, a worthy man, if he is but rich and endowed with wit. I was busied in a train of such kind of reflections, when the following sentences, pronounced in a decisive tone of voice, struck my ear-"I will see him, I must speak to him." The door of my closet opened, and M. de Soran was announced: he was an old naval officer, whom I had met with two or three times in company, and who, without ceremony, enlisted himself amongst the number of my friends. "Pardon me, my good fellow," said he," as he sat himself down, "perhaps I incommode you." Politeness prevented me from confessing he did to his face; but a trifling motion with my head, and my silence, expressed as much.-" M. de Soran is not versed in signs," he added, with rapidity. "No! oh, so much the better.I should have been very sorry to have had you waste your precious minutes, but as I have been fortunate enough to find you at leisure, 1 shall take advantage of it to tell you what I went through last Monday evening." As I opened my mouth, in order || to request him to put off his recital to another opportunity, he said, I know what you are going to say, therefore I shall tell you every circumstance; neither will I conceal from you the names of those with whom I had to do. "You must know then, my dear fellow," continued he, taking up the pen that I had laid down on my writing desk, "that I was invited to dine, last Monday, with M. le Comte de B a man of singular merit, who gives the most charming parties, and whose integrity is looked over on account of his opulence. I cannot tell how I came to take it into my head, that such an illus trious nobleman would certainly only receive those who were of irreproachable character; but, in short, when I arrived at his dwelling, I found myself involuntarily seized with the most profound respect for every guest that had been invited; almost all the men wore embroidery, which added much to the esteem I already felt for them: the greater part of the women were young and pretty, and why should they be the less chaste on that account? I distinguished one, in particular, whose regular features, dulcet voice, modest, and downcast looks, inspired the most tender emotions; 1 found myself attracted towards her by a sentiment of preference I did not seek to combat; and chance favoured me as much as my choice, by placing me next to her at the time the conversation was taken up with the praise of woman. I marked, with surprise, that the young men, sparing of their praises, and abounding in epigrams, treated the subjects of love, and the fair sex, with a licentious freedom of manuer, that, according to my opinion, did not ap pear sufficiently to displease her. I have some gratitude about me, and I defended, with energy, the interests of that sex to whom I owe all the happiest hours of my youthful life. This recollection inspired|| me with eloquence; and, carried away by the subject, I drew, after my own manner, a picture of that homage which ought ever to be offered to a virtuous woman; I dwelt on the attentions and respect that a faithful wife and tender mother have a right to demand; and as I only took my part in this discussion with the hopes of being noticed by the beautiful female by whom I was seated, I took care to terminate every sentence by turning towards her, as if to solicit her approbation. She blushed, and this I regarded as a good omen; and I cared but little for the satiric kind of smile which played on the lips of the greater part of my auditors, and the grimaces of an old woman, who sought to drown my panegyric by the reiterated attacks of a dry cough. I continued without mercy; when a servant, addressing the lady of the house, announced that dinner was ready. I hastened to give my hand to the young lady, who, herself, offered her's to a young man who did not seem to care for the honour; and I had the misfortune of seeing that when she cast her eyes on me at table, it was only to express her disdain. "On my right-hand sat a man about fifty years of age; he spoke of silver and gold. His conversation proved that he was accustomed to business, and had a thorough knowledge of commerce. It was not diffi cult for me to discover that he was a very rich merchant, whose speculations had been constantly crowned with success: I felicitated him on his good fortune, and immediately I began audibly to exalt the honour and that careful fidelity that never forgets to fulfil its engagements. I could not imagine in what part I had wounded the merchant; but, in the midst of my discourse, he turned his back upon me, and never spoke to me again the whole evening. "On my left hand sat a tall man, whose coat button was adorned with a little red ribbon. I seized the first opportunity I could get hold of to enter into some kiud of conversation with him. General M— having mentioned the recruiting of the army, I prepared an eulogium on our heroes, and I took care to compliment him who sat on my left side on his having been honoured with the recompence due to the brave. I believe this compliment was not exempt from being accompanied with some little satiric remarks against those individuals who, by dint of meanness and intriguing, had imposed upon authority, and had gained those honours that were not their due. I rather think that in this part of my discourse some expressions were mingled of too pointed a nature; at least, his silence towards me made me fancy so; for instead of answering me, he conversed all the rest of the dinner time with an old man who sat on his left, and did not affect to know that I had been speaking to him. "Thus isolated, repulsed from right to Jeft, I waited impatiently till dinner was over. It was, at length, finished; we rose from table, and we entered the drawingroom to take coffee: the old lady who had been making faces, now endeavoured to draw near me; she seemed to me the only one that was animated by any spirit of benevolence; and yet, I knew not for what reason, I still tried to avoid her. "The praises I had bestowed had not operated in my favour; I knew not why; but I resolved to change my plan, and [ took the contrary part. A new comedy was spoken of, whereof every one of the guests took a pleasure to retrace the merit of its different situations, the elegance, and man, whom I was unacquainted with, smiled at all these eulogiums, so as to give me reason to suppose he was not of the same opinion; I joined him, and I hazarded a few critical observations, the solidity of which probably astonished the assembly, able profession of a merchant. I particu-purity of its style: I perceived a young larly endeavoured to introduce into conversation the respect that ought to be shown to him who has procured a fortune by dint of labour, and which is secured to him by his well-known probity; I dwelt in the most polite manner on the great advantages of an unblemished reputation, || for no one contradicted them. In order to give the stronger expression to my criticism, I addressed the young man in a par ticular manner, who contented himself by replying to every objection I made," it is very possible:" and this sentence he pronounced with increasing difficulty every time he repeated it, and which ended so as only to be heard by myself. the prettiest women in company; “I only lost a thousand crowns: the Marquis, bere, can assure you of it himself." "This reply disconcerted me extremely; I retreated as far as I possibly could, suspecting already how guilty I had been in committing several blunders, only for want of knowing who I was speaking to. As I muttered, in part, these thoughts to myself, the old woman, whom I had avoided so carefully, overheard me, and came up to me." I was desirous,” said she, “ of spar "The admirers of the comedy were now dispersed; the greater part were gathered together before a painting which had fell to the lot of the Count at the distribution of pictures among the friends of the Societying you all this: I perceived, the moment of Arts. All the spectators alternately praised the effect of the picture, the neatness of the design, the exquisite strokes of the pencil, and the beauty of the colours. A little man, tucked up in one corner of the apartment, did not unite his praises with those of the other guests; I thought he disapproved of their exaggerated eulo- || giums, and I was in haste to point out some of the defects of the work, which had struck me very forcibly. Scarce had 1 opened my lips, when the little man turned as red as crimson, rose up, and, casting on me a look of scorn, quitted the drawingroom, and went to the billiard-table. "I followed him thither. Surprised at his conduct, and reflecting, perhaps, that he was bound by the ties of friendship to the painter I had been criticising, 1 resolved not to go back; but I was, at the same time, determined to be silent, on whatever I saw, for the remainder of the evening: and, in effect, for a whole hour 1 scrupulously fulfilled the obligation I had imposed upon myself; when the conversation, by chance, falling on the fury of gambling, every one began to calculate his winnings and losings for the last week. "I have been assured," said I, looking with a degree of embarrassment at the ladies, who were all entire strangers to me, "that at the last evening party given by the Duke de L, the Marchioness de lost two thousand louis."-" They are mistaken," replied immediately one of you came in, that we were all strangers to you, and I wished to save you those little painful circumstances of which you have been the dupe. When you were speaking of maternal tenderness and conjugal fidelity, it was to a very pretty woman that has abandoned her husband and children, under the pretension of an invincible attachment to a young missionary; you have thereby rendered the beautiful Madame A your most irreconcilable enemy. The fat Mr. N, who has failed twice, will never forgive your eulogium on probity: the tall G, who is indebted to the intrigues of the little Countess for his ribbon"—"I see plainly," interrupted I, as I bowed to my benevolent instructress, and saving myself further mortification, as I left the house, "that I have made myself more than half-a-dozen enemies, by praising honour, virtue, and probity, mal-apropos." "Such, my dear friend, were the mistakes of this evening. What do you think of them?" “Sir,” replied I, taking up the pen he had just laid down, "if it would not be abusing your confidence, I would write, as you dictated, the recital of those adventures."-" Do as you please," said he; "[ will begin over again.”—It is, therefore, the relation of M. de Soran that I now offer to my readers, without a single observation of my own. LE BON HOMME. DIEGO DE COLMENARE. (Continued from page 160.) bitants shewed him the greatest partiality. Diego, by degrees, became familiarized to the customs of the country, he seldom thought of Spain, and more seldom still did he wish to return there. In vain did Diego endeavour to recal || had really been his son, and all the inhaTlaquica to life. His complaints no longer reached the ears of him whose sorrows were all at an end. The recollection of his own danger made him get up, collect the sad legacy that had been bequeathed him, and he walked on with little hopes of a better fate awaiting him. However, the sun was going to set, when Diego descried at a distauce some bushes, here and there a tree, and a little further still a forest, which he reached before dark. Here, after eating of a reddish coloured fruit, and of some roots that he knew, he laid himself down under a tree and fell asleep. At a short distance from Xintckal's hut stood another, inhabited by an aged man and his only daughter. She excelled in beauty all the lasses of the tribe, and to corporeal perfection united every mental accomplishment. Her name was Holnara, which, in the language of the country, signified constancy, aud no one, in truth, was possessed of more than herself. In vain had all the young men of the country tried to gain her affections; kind as she was to the whole of them, no one had gained a preference. Meanwhile Diego arrived: the rumour of his adoption was spread over all the tribes, and all the girls wished to see the Spaniard. Holnara, no less curious than the rest, hastened to come and see him. When she came her heart was free, before she went away it was en It was rather late when he awoke the next morning. Anxious to meet with human beings, he proceeded on his jour ney, but he had scarcely gone a hundred yards when two savages, rushing from behind a thicket, seized him, bound his hands behind his back, and dragged him away. In vain did he sue for mercy, for he knew a few words of their language, they would not release him. At last he remembered the quipos, pronounced the name of Xintc-gaged. kal, and they remained stupified. He made them understand that if they were to search his pockets they would find something there, and indeed they were not a little surprised at finding the quipos. They then carried him to Xintckal's. The venerable old man knew the knots immediately to have belonged to his son, whose fate they apprized him of; and after shedding tears to his memory, he took the Spaniard by the hand, and said to him"Stranger, hitherto you have been a kind master to my son, I can see it by these knots: you have been the occasion of his death, yet I willingly forgive you; nevertheless, I had only that son! are you willing to replace him?"-" Be you my father!". Well, quit your garments; strip off those deceitful trappings. I hope I shall find in you the disposition of a Hologuas; be so outwardly also, as much as possible." Diego had also noticed the young maiden: from that moment she engrossed all his thoughts, and the possession of her became the object of his every desire. He found means to procure admittance into her hut, and immediately perceived that he had already found the way to her heart. The behaviour, superior wit, and agreeable person of Diego were much in his favour; and Holnara's father himself was so prepossessed in his behalf that one single word only would have been wanted to make him consent to the young man's union with his daughter. But, alas! that word Diego could not pronounce. Xintekal and Amatzu (so was Holnara's father called,) had long ago been at variance. At a less advanced age, both had several times solicited the command of the forces during the wars: Amatzu had obtained it three times, Xintckal only once, because more qualified to negociate a peace, Diego obeyed him. Xintckal, with Xintckal, with he did not appear to be possessed of suffiwhom he dwelt, soon loved him as if he "cient military spirit. Hence had originated |