400 Adventures of the 



tliat of compositors in printins-ofTicrs, 

 and lliesc would employ another 6000. 



Bookliindins in all its branches niiglit 

 also he perl'ornicd hy women. 



Watch and elockniaking is also 

 admirahly adapted to the sex, and 

 mi^rht employ 5000. 



We iiave many female engravers and 

 •workers in various arts, and these 

 might he increased another 5000. 



As acconntants and bookkeepers, they 

 are on the Continent unrivalled, and in 

 Tjritain these employments might occupy 

 10,000. 



'i'hns I have pointed out, with little 

 energy of invention, means of etnploy- 

 Jiin; nearly 200,000 of the sex ; but, if 

 altcn/ion were drawn to the subject by 

 a society for the purpose, and the object 

 were specially promoted, I have no 

 doubt it might lie extended to 300,000 ; 

 the sex, in consequence, be raised in 

 social utility, importance, independence, 

 anil happiness; and the 100,000 now 

 living in degradation might be reduced 

 to 10,000. 



It is usual to treat this subject jest- 

 ingly and sneeriiigly, and hence nothing 

 is done. But, in making these ohscrva- 

 tiiins, I am serious and in earnest. At 

 ])reseiit great evils exist, and much un- 

 Jiappiuess prevails. Is it not our duty 

 1o endeavour to remove then* ? Can it 

 Ijc done, if it is not attempted ? And can 

 it be attempted, if not considered with 

 a solemnity and sobriety befitting its 

 great importance? 



I have always considered women, in 

 regard to virtue and social qualities, as 

 the best portion of llie human race; yet 

 the laws of custom have rendered ail 

 their fine endowments unavailicg, and 

 made them slaves, dependents, and sub- 

 ordiuales. There seems no good or jnst 

 reason 'why they should not be allowed 

 to play the entire part in society lor 

 which nature has fitted them ; at h-ast, 

 lei us cn<|uirc on the subject, and be 

 governed in our policy by the ascertained 

 result. Common Sense. 



For the BTontlily 3lagazine. 



ADVENTURES of the BKOTHERS BACHE- 



VILLE2H various countries, ic/breand 



after the UNHAPPY RESTORATION of 

 the BOURBONS. 



-mfARCHA, 1816.— At4 o'clock we 

 h/fJL ^vere returning to Trevonx, and, 

 on approaching one of tlie gates, la Porte 

 (VAiise, the commissary and marechal 

 des logis, who had been following ns 

 unobserved, accosted us in a rough 

 mantier, demanding my passport : my 

 answer was, "I live only a league from 

 kere, and have somu property in Villi- 



Brothers BacheviUc, [June f 



francho: T am not ol)liged to take out ;i 

 passport, coming to take a family din- 

 ner in a place where I am well known." 

 " Known or not known, the officers have 

 sent me for your pass[)ort." Here I 

 presented a copy, in form, of the ordon- 

 nance which excluded me from the 

 army. " Whether a militaire or not, I 

 arrest yon." — "I am ready to follow 

 you: show me your order." "I have 

 none to show yon ; but am determined 

 to make you suirender yourself." Ho 

 then seized me by the collar, and laid 

 bis hand on his sabre: I drew a jiistol 

 out of my pocket, and, showing him ono 

 end of it, exclaimed, "No violence}" 

 Saltel immedialely disappeared among 

 the crowd that had gathered round n;* ; 

 and the commissary,wiih a<iuick motion, 

 withdrew from my brother, who had 

 been a spectator of this scene. 



My first intention was to go and com- 

 plain to the mnnicipal authority ; biit 

 my brother dissundcd me ; alleging that 

 wc could have no justice here. " I 

 shall take (said he,) the high road to 

 the Saone: our safety is in flight." 



'I'he marechal des logis and the com- 

 missary, to justify their panic, spread 

 outcries of alarm tlirougli the town ; the 

 chasseurs of the Pyrenees .sound to 

 horse, and gallop in the track of my 

 brother; the gendarmerie, pistol in 

 hand, follow in that which I had taken, 

 insulling the peaceable citizens, ashavi- 

 ing favoured our flight. 



I had reached the Quay de Franc, 

 and threw myself into a boat, which we 

 were pushing off from the shore, when 

 Saltel, followed by his troop, came u[>, 

 quite out of breath: " Arrete, arrete," 

 (stop, stop,) he vociferates to the boat- 

 man, whom I threatened for form's sake, 

 for the brave man was entirely devoted 

 to my interest. I continued rowing, 

 without saying any thing; when the 

 marechal des logis, roaring out lustily, 

 " Brigand, the galleys, the galleys, Jcc." 

 fired his pistol at me, and ordered his 

 troop to do the like. 



I was then so near, that it seemed 

 unaccountable they should miss me. 

 The boatman let fall his oar, and lay 

 down in the bo^t, which was left to niy 

 management. "When about the middlo 

 of the stream, so that the current alono 

 would carry us along, 1 dropped the oar 

 for a moment, and in my turn fired my 

 pistol at Saltel, well knowing that he I 

 was out of reach. He pretended, before 

 the Provost Court, that it went through I 

 his hat, which was impossible; and, be- 

 sides, he bad taken the precaution to dis- 

 mount, and planthimselfbehindhisbor&e. J 



In the mean time, I gained the other 

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