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rience all the vengeance of indignant 
huttory ! 
"THE CI-DEVANT CouNT DE ——. - 
‘This nobleman was onc cf Louis KVI's 
Hides de Canzp,and remained inthe Thu- 
Hleries during the attack of the palace, 
converted into a fortrefs by that part of 
the Notlefe which had not emigrated, 
but remained firmiy attached to what 
they deemed their intereft, and, perhaps, 
their duty. After the melancholy cataf- 
trophe that enfued, this oficer repaired 
to England, where he expeéted to be re- 
teived with open arms ; .but he now exe- 
efates the day that he left his native 
country. Whenali his Lows dors were 
expended, he endeavoured to procure 
fubfiftence by meansof his pen; but failed, 
ws he was entirely ignorant of our ver- 
macular tongue, and his own is not fo 
generally underftood in this metropolis, 
#s-to reward a French author fer his 
- Jabours. 
‘I met him one day, merry as ulual, 
“and to the full as jocular as ever, re{pect- 
ing his cwn misrortanes; but yet there 
_was an air of chagrin m his countenance, 
a fqualidrefs im his looks, and a degree 
ef nepligence, if not mifery, in his drefs, 
‘thet Betokened imdigence. After a few 
Tinutes’ convVerfation, I learned, that 
-tiy furmifes were but too true; for he 
told me frankly, that being reduced in 
dint of circumfances, and having a turn 
fcr fAcchanics frem his eariy youth, he 
-as determined te convert his former at- 
tachment into a trade, and gain his live- 
hood by the faw ard the plane. On 
txprefiing my furprife, he affured me 
that he did net blush at fach a frhation, 
but, on the contrary, tock credit to him- 
felf for his réefolution of living indepen- 
deat of his friends. “ But by what means 
wre You to fecure this independence ?” 
“ Loyalement, comme un charpertier !” 
-$ind on faying fo, he folicited to Fe cm- 
ployed by me. Trefpedct the misfortunes 
ef a man whom i efeem, while I differ 
with Ain ia Opiion ; the forrows, even 
wf dn enemy, Eight to be held facred; 
end 1 peffeis too much delicacy, to men- 
rion the ‘naine of a nobleman, who has 
- become the vidtith of a blind attachment 
to rovalty. . 
The count de --—— is not the only 
petfon of rank avé family, who has been 
jeduéed ‘to the Mcit humiliatiye fituation, 
in confequence of @ fimilar partiality. A 
tyedesaat dike 3s faid to be in pattnerfhip 
with his former cock, in anordimary, at 
Original Ancedotes-—Céunt de auu .. . Necker. 
Hamburgh, where he himfelf aéts as a 
traitenr. A a-devent princefs lodges in 
a two-pair of ftairs room, in my own 
neighbourhood. A female, one of the 
baute Nobleffe, has jatt received, with gra- 
titude, a few caps and gowns for 
children, from a friend of mine ; and, 
finally, a near relation of my own has, with- 
in thefe few weeks, a€tually purchaftd a 
Farren-fiitch gown, wrought by the hands 
of a lovely cemtcfé, who once figured 
away amidft all the fplendsur of the iuxu- 
rious and diffolute court of Verfailles._ 
If we are to give credit to an Englith 
newfpaper, no lefs than thirty-three 
priefts have died of want, in confequence 
of their allowance being withdrawn. 
Many of the monks, in the primitive 
ages, were obliged by their inftirutions ro 
learn trades, in order to contribute to 
their own fupport; and I myfelf know, 
that three or four French priefts have 
fettled in the neighbourhood cf Hamp- 
ftead, where they carn fofhtient to main- 
tain themfelves comfortably. Their chief 
employment is in toys, jewelry, &c. I 
have feen fome geld ear-rings, finithed 
by them, in a manner that would do no 
diferedit to our beft workmen. A pric 
lately refufed a pre/ent, alchough offered 
to him inthe moft polite manner, faymg, 
- 
that he maintained himfelf by means of a — 
tutning loom. On the other hand, a 
ci-divant profeffor at the Lyceum affured 
me, that on returning from Wandfworth, 
he was unable to pafs the Thames at Bat- 
terfea, becatfe he had net a haifpenny ta’ 
pay the toll, and was a€tually obliged 
tc goround by Weftminfter-bridge, where 
there is not any tax levied on paffengers. 
NECKER, -. 
A native of Geneva, abanker of Paris, 
and for fome time partner td an eminent 
inerchant of London (Lows Texier). 
This celebrated man was deftined to rife 
from the defk of a compting-honfe, to one 
of the highet employments in Europe, 
that of minifter of finance to the French 
monarchy. Vanity, egotifm, oftentarion ; 
thefe are {aid to be kis failings; but, on 
the other hand, a good hufband, a good 
father, a good citizen ;—he is in poffeifion 
of all the public and private virtues. HH 
he evinces Icfs ability than his rival, Ca- 
Yonne, be it remembered, that he can 
boat of a fpotlefs integrity. Sufpicion ~ 
has never blafted his fair fame, with the 
chatge of unaccounted millions. A man _ 
of bufinels in office, a philéfepher in dif- 
eract ; he never allowed himfelf to be 
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