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of them ahare in the enthusiasm 

 of their daughters : some of tliein 

 pretended that they neglected 

 household affairs, in proportion 

 as their spiritual exercises multi- 

 plied. At last, some persons hav- 

 ing turned into ridicule and dis- 

 turbed these exercises by scan- 

 dalous scenes, the government 

 prohibited them, offering never- 

 theless to Mr. Empeytas, if he 

 chose to take out a license as an 

 ecclesiastic, permission to preach 

 in the French church : but he 

 quitted Basle, together with Ma- 

 dame Krudener, and endeavoxued 

 to re-establish their worship in 

 the vicinity. In the course of 

 time, the fervour of novelty hav- 

 ing cooled, they repaired to Aran, 

 where they resumed their exer- 

 cises with success : the inhabi- 

 tants of the country flocked in 

 crowds to attend them. Madame 

 Krudener says prayers in the 

 morning, and harangues the au- 

 ditors in German; in the after- 

 noon !Mr. Empeytas preaches in 

 Frencli before a more cultivated 

 class of hearers." 



MAY. 



1 . Williams, the famous Eng- 

 lish deserter, who for years had 

 found refuge with the Sieur Bar- 

 bazan in the Isle Jourdain, has, 

 according to accounts from Auch, 

 at lengtii been arrested. The 

 prodigious strength and violent 

 characti'r of this man had ren- 

 dered him the terror of all the 

 peasants and servants in the can- 

 ton. M. Barbazan was the only 

 person who could control him. 

 His terrible strength was parti- 

 cularly displayed when he was 



intoxicated. Nothing could re- 

 sist his efforts. He then tv/isted 

 bars of iron as if they were frail 

 twigs ; with a blow of his fist he 

 broke through partitions ; and, 

 with no other help than his fin- 

 gers, tore out the largest nails. 

 In one of his fits, he one day 

 took up a servant by the niiddlfe 

 of the body, ran with him to the 

 distance of 50 paces, and threw 

 him over a wall 20 feet high, on 

 the other side of which a small 

 river flowed. Happily some trees 

 In-oke his fall, ancl he got off" with 

 no other harm than a good fright. 

 The prefect has, on the applica- 

 tion of the mayor, ordered him to 

 be conducted from brigade to bri- 

 gade, lurtil he be lodged in Tou- 

 lon. — Paris. 



2. The nuptials of the Princess 

 Charlotte of Wales and the Prince 

 of Saxe-Cobourg. 



Tlie preparations for the august 

 ceremonial of tliis important day 

 were select dinner-parties given 

 by the Prince of Saxe-Cobourg, 

 the Prince Regent, and the Queen, 

 at the latter of which were the 

 Royal Princesses and the Bride. 

 At the appointed hour, a guard of 

 honoin- of the grenadiers of tlie 

 foot guards, with the band of the 

 Coldstream regiment in full dress, 

 marched from the parade into 

 Pall-mall, and the conrt-yaid of 

 Carlton-house, accompanied by 

 Sir N. Conant and Mr. Birnie, 

 the police magistrates, and about 

 .50 police-officers and constables, 

 to keep order in the public streets. 

 The entrance hall of Buckingham- 

 ho<ise was filled with ladies and 

 gentlemen, who were permitted 

 to station themselves there, to see 

 the royal pei'sonages as they came 

 out to their carriages. The Prin- 

 cess 



