m between these two extraordi- 
y persons, are said to have been 
concordat, for the provisions of 
hich, with regard to the celibacy 
f the clergy, Bonaparte was at 
eat pains to justify himself to Mr. 
‘ox; and the trial by jury, which 
gir. Fox vindicated against the at- 
ks of Bonaparte, saying, in an- 
er to the complaint of the first 
asul, that juries were often ex- 
imely inconvenient to the go- 
ronment; that he liked them for it 
Oo much the better. 
‘On every occasion the first consul 
tified the high consideration in 
hich he held him; and constantly 
eclared “¢ that, if the then English 
hinisters had been such men as Mr. 
fox, England and France might 
emain at eternal peace, and mntu- 
ily concur in each other’s hap- 
iness.”” 
_ The following agreeable incident, 
{s repeated here, as it accords with 
e character of Mr. Fox :-— 
»On the 16th of September, he 
isted at an extraorinary sitting of 
e tribunate. A few minutes be- 
fore the opening of the sitting, M. 
oyer, captain of the guard of the 
bunate, advanced to Mr. Fox, 
nd addressed him in these words: 
“1 am one, sir, of two hundred 
1 rench prisoners, who, in the year 
3, (1795) were prisoners at Port- 
chester. We applied to you, and 
de had thegenerosity to exert your 
uence in our favour. On a 
idden our chains were broken, 
d we were almost free. This 
Benofit will never be forgotten by 
my companions in misfortune: but 
Iam at present happier than they 
are, because I am able to declare to 
ou publicly my gratitude. I en- 
reat you to add to it, if it be possi- 
e, by condescending to accept my 
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weak, but sincere, expression of it.” 
He replied to this emanation of gra- 
titude, with his wonted modesty : 
“6 Yes, sir, I believe'I have the 
pleasure to recollect you.” 
The following account of the cir- 
cumstances of his residence was also 
circulated with so much confidence 
in various ways, that it is inserted 
without other authority.—It is be- 
lieved to have come originally from 
a writer to whom the public is at 
the same time indebted for much 
Science. 
<¢'To ape Mr. Fox was now the 
fashion ‘at Paris. His dress, his 
manner of speaking, nay, his very 
dinners, were imitated. The beaux 
of Paris exhibited a singular con- 
trast between what they actually 
were and what they endeavoured to 
appear. It was the fashion to be a 
hinking man—to think like Fox ; 
and the coxcombs endeavoured to 
model their features to that charac- 
ter! At the opera he attracted overy 
eye, and was followed as a spectacle 
through the streets. ° His picture 
was exhibited in every window, and 
no medallions had such a ready sale 
as those which bore the head of Mr. 
Fox. The artists alone felt some 
dissatisfaction, as he refused to sit 
for his portrait. It is said that a 
celebrated statuary sent his respects 
to Mr, Fox, and informed him that, 
being desirous to partake of his 
immortality, he purposed to execute 
a statue of him, and would call the 
following day, when he flattered 
himself that Mr. Fox would have na 
objection to sit half an hour in his 
shirt, while he took the exact con~ 
tour of his body ! 
‘“* Among the fashionables of 
Paris, (continues this account) whe 
were particularly attentive to Mr. 
Fox, was Madame Recamier. She 
called 
