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considerable, and they are charitable, 
bat the institution is very rigid; they are 
forbidden to speak to any person, or to 
seach other ; they eat no animal food, 
drink no wise, sleep on straw, aid go 
bare-footed : we need not wonder there- 
fore that they are wot more numerous, 
. We foand out an inn, suchas it was, 
“sand the people knowing we were from 
‘bCasiiz, flocked around us: enquiring. for 
news ? and among other questions, whe- 
ther we were English or Lrish? oA pos- 
tilion, who was in the court, answered 
for us and said, we were Englishmen by 
our countenance’, bet not: Christians! 
For you must’ know that the Irish, or 
those under that name, are more highly 
respected than the English; the people 
deing carefully taught ‘that all the Erish 
“ae catholics. We of course left those 
"sages as soon as we could have something 
“dike a room provided for us alone; and 
Savhich accommodation, dirty enpugh, we 
shad great difficulty to obtains*> We or- 
~dered diner, and were supplied with 
nearly a dozen dishes or platés, of dit- 
“erent meat, soup, oils, bouilli, fish, fruit, 
-&e. and some good bottled London por- 
ster, whichis 2 great rarity here, and costs 
-ahout $s. 6d. per bottle; we had a bottie 
of sherry wine also, and the whole did 
-act cost a dollar each. 
The master of the inn told us that the 
inhabitants were in hourly alarm lest the 
French prisoners there, who had formed 
part of Dupont’s army, should break from 
their confinement, and massacre the in- 
habitants, as they were yuarded only by 
a few volunteers; as had nearly been 
«the case afew days ago at Lebrifa, a 
‘town near this, when one hundred and 
_ twenty of the Frenchmen were put to 
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death in the streets by the populace, in 
consequence .of their ill behaviour, and 
killing the sentry. The interference and 
activity of the clergy alone restrained 
them trom massacring the. whole of the 
prisoners in confinement; but the people - 
would not at first listen to the priests, and 
they butehered the French while’ they 
were on their knees, unarmed, and beg- 
ging for mercy, confounding the i mnocent 
witirthose who were guilty of the tumult. 
But such is the hatred of the lower 
classes, at Jeast to the French; and°es- 
pecially when they are sure of victory? 
We teft Port St. Mary soon after din- 
ner, rather disappointed with the place, 
"as from the harbour we were disposed ta 
expect seeing a handsome town, since the 
hovses appeared so lofty, large, and 
~neatiy white-limed, The wind had now 
become contrary again, aud we’ were 
- three hours getting back to Cadiz, where 
we arrived just in time to save ourgelves 
from a mght’s lodging on. board some 
friendly ship, as the drum was beating 
at the barrier, which would have been 
closedin a few minutes, 
While we were returning, we observed 
a bustle among some boats | jn the bay, at 
a’short distance from us; on enquiring 
thie cause of it, our boatmen coolly replied 
that two sailors were terminating a. dis- 
pute with knives; they were lounging at 
each other from ‘their boats, while the 
others were looking on; but: we could 
not learn how the atiray ended. Qn my 
remarking that English sailors would: have 
referred to a more mahly method; at 
least, with their fists instead-of to so 
cowardly a one as theirs, they said, “Oh, 
-but our method of fighting sooner shews ’ 
which is the most-valiantman.” 
tat MEMOIRS AND REMAINS OF EMINENT PERSONS, 
“ ne rsof the ancient and noble Family 
of DOUGLAS; with a BIOGRAPEICAL 
“SkETCH of the Lire of the late Most 
Noble wittiam DovuGLAs, LoRD Dou- 
bts of Ambresbury in England, DUKE 
Of QUEENSBERRY aud DUMPRIES, EARL 
Of QUEENSBERKY, MARCH, RUGLEN, Ac. 
im Scotland, and Knieur of the most 
_ ancient und most noble Order of the 
.. WHISTLE. 
Ei MUL family of Douglas, so long iilas- 
‘sdk rious in the annals of Scotland, has 
produced many yreat warriors and states- 
amen. The keart surmounted with a royal 
sawn; assuing¢d’ as a Crest,.und quartered 
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twice in the arms, proves that i in, it a 
subject had allied with the blood of the 
reigning monarch; while the double tres 
sure, granted - by Jyon King at Arms, 
exactly as itis in the Roy al. Achieve- 
ment, in consequence of special orders 
from the sovereiyn, shews the favour ia 
which it was held at a latter period. Ig 
Short, so far as birth add antiquity may 
be supposed at this enlightened period 
to.convey greatnesa, the “Douylasses ase 
suredly possess not only a fair claim, but 
even igh ‘pretensions. In. them we 
behold a jong train of illustrictis: ances- 
tors, distinguished by the highest titles, 
connected 
