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mentioned, who had been confined to her 
bed for nearly twelve years, in a ftate of 
apparent infenfibility ; fhe has net indeed 
ct the. power of feeling altogether, al- 
though fhe feems to have almoft entirely 
Joh the power of exprefling it; the prefence 
of the medical attendant feems to excite 
an ineffectual ftruggle for . utterance-—— 
- ftill fhe remains in the fame melancholy 
condition. . Her mind is as it were kept 
in a flate. of prefervaiiow by being for fo 
Tong a time Jocked up fromthe agency of 
external objects. , Zt is not time that de- 
ftroys life, it is fexfatter. Every fingle 
imprefion that is made. upon the body or 
the mind takes fomething from the ori- 
ginal fund of vitality. . Other circum- 
flances being the fame, the lefs a perfon 
feels the longer will-he lives. The difeafe 
of this patient was firft occafioned by a. 
tate of Publie Affairs iz November 160}. 
| {Dee. “2 
fall upon her head, that produced a pref 
fure, probably an effufion, upon the brain. 
Medicine in fuch a cafe as this can be 
of no avail; the only chance ef recovery 
would arife from the performance of a 
painful and dangerous furgical operation. 
-—Her countenance is evidently phthifical ; 
—a phyfiognomy that is in general, efpe- 
cially in females, more than commonly 
interefting and aterraétive. es 
The qualities which it 1s delightful to. 
contemplate it is not always defirable te 
‘pofiefs! Thofe exquifite charms that are 
felt by lovers, and are celebrated by poets, 
and the {plendor of that genius which in 
man dazzles and delights, both touch alike 
on the confine of difeafe. Beauty is al- 
lied to phthifis—wit is almoft contiguous 
to infanity. , j. Ra 
* 
STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, 
du November, 1801. Yeuiye 
=e ae 
FRANCE. 
} ‘HE ‘peace has undoubtedly been not 
le(s popular inFrance than in England: 
ot this an unequivocal -proof is the fa- 
vourable reception given to an Englifh 
@pinifter. Lord Cornwallis was conduct- 
ed to Boulogne from Calais by Ferrand, 
General of Brigade, commanding on the 
coaft of the department of Calais, at the 
head of a numerous efcort. His excel- 
lency invited Ferrand -to fupper at Bou- 
logne. His lordfhip flept one night at 
Amiens, at the houfe taken for him dur- 
ang his refidence at the Congrefs. About 
two potts from. Paris, Lord Cornwallis 
was met by’ Mr. Merry, with whom he 
entered Paris in his chariot ard: four. 
The other carriages followed, efcorted by 
ene hundred and fifty of the fineft huffars 
“gn the French fervice. ‘Thy Parifians had 
previous notice of his -arrival, and the 
fireets werelined with pecple. © 
The French féte in honour of the peace 
took place onthe 9th of November at Pa- 
ris, with all the brilliancy that was to be 
expected. Gn the Pont -Neuf was raifed 
a magnificent triumphal arch. Oppofite 
to the port of St. Nicholas was a temple 
dedicated to Commeice, and built cnboats 
tied together and baarded over. Fire- 
works were let off, from boats placed by 
he fide of this temple. The arches on 
the Pont Neuf were: covered with cireular 
frames, loaded with variegated lamps. 
‘The elegant: baths of Vigier- added to this 
. 
illumination a piiurefque efect. Farther 
‘mediately fo evacuate that eleétorate. 
‘mander ‘of ‘thé Pruflian troops to 
on- appeared the Altar of the Invalids, at 
the gate of which had been raifed a trium- 
phal arch, decorated with antiyue crowns. 
From the bafement was hung’a globe, be- 
fpangled with fiars ; and a frame, placed 
ebove the key-ftone-of the arch, exhibited 
in letters of fire, of prodigious dimenfion, - 
the name of Bonaparte. Four Pyramids 
were difplayed along the front.—WNear the 
Place de Concorde an immenfe Theatre was. 
conftruéted, on which was elevated the 
Temple of Peace, the fame which was 
raifed on the 14th of July, on one of the 
fquares of the interior of the Champs Ely- 
fees. twas fuppofted by ninety-four co- 
Jumns of the Ionic order,/difpofed in aright 
angle of ten to fixteen. ‘Two other tent- 
ples, on a fmaller fcale, were erected befide 
that of Peace. On béth fides of the grand . 
alley of the Thuilleries were raifed ar- - 
cades, with their fub-bafements. The 
cétagonal bafon was illuminated in all its 
circumference. * ares 
On. the morning of the fete an appro- 
priate proclimation was iffued by the 
Chief Conftd. > ; 
From Bétlin it was reported about the 
beginning of November, that, in confe- 
quence vi the reftoration of Peace betwixt 
Great Btitain and France, the motives 
which led to tie poffeffion of Hanover no 
Jonge? exifting, his Majefty had agreed ee 
confequence of this refolution, orders were 
to be forwarded without delay tothe com-_ 
with- 
diaw 
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