pleased with anything or anybody that supplied him entertainment without the cost of thinking.

One of the ladies, a romantic lass of nineteen, had sung,

Row gently here,
My gondolier!'

and accompanied herself on the guitar with so much skill, that even to his unpractised ears it was really agreeable, and he longed to see the gondolas.

His disappointment, however, was great when he beheld those fleet vehicles darting through canals, so black, and dingy, and unadorned. They were contemptible in his eyes compared with the smart wherries of his native Thames; and, indeed, he looked upon them as no better than so many juvenile coal-barges starved to the genteelest proportions. He stood upon the Bridge of Sighs,' and declared it was no size at all,-not much bigger than the bridge of a bass viol. A base violation of the truth, according to most travellers, and for which Mr. Chimpanzee ought to have been made to answer in the Court of Arches.

In Canton he found the tea very strong, (while in Scotland he discovered that their Tay,' was all water.) As for the men of China he was surprised to find them composed of common clay. He expressed great curiosity to pass the gates and view the wonders beyond, but neither his wealth nor his influence could obtain the desired boon. He never passed the mystic barrier; although as he paradoxically observed, some of the natives did take him in' before his departure.

He had a peep at Holland where the King is the Baroness D'Aultremont's 'leman,' and the Prince of Orange's father. He thought that they must be good soldiers, as he was told they had been long famous for having mounted' more 'breeches' than any other nation under the sun!

When asked about their fine arts, he confessed that he had seen an immense number of those celebrated paintings in blue and white, termed Dutch tiles,' and that he purchased a hat there! As for the country, it was flat as a bowling-green; the cheese and women round as bowls. He wondered much from whom such a race had sprung declaring that he had never heard them speak of their sires, although they eulogised their dams continually.

One observation he did make, which really had some degree of sense in it, he said that he thought it would be a vast improvement, in an agricultural point of view, if they could pull the Boot of Italy on the Calf of Man! And uttered a truism, which was incontrover tible, namely, that when speaking of the beauties of the East, he asserted that Arabia' bore the palm!'

He laughed at the idea of the world being round as a gross absurdity, and assured everybody that he had been in all parts, and found it flat-very flat! He had sailed on the White, the Red, and the Black sea, only to discover the accuracy of his school-grammar in stating, 'the sea is green,' and the errors of the hydrographers, who had really no colourable pretext for calling them names which they do not deserve.

Of course, like most English travellers, he had seen but a small portion of his own country; although, like Cook, he had made a voyage round the world. In fact, Chimpanzee's voyage might not inappro.

priately be termed a cook's,-for, being much inclined to good eating, (the only thing in which he evinced any real taste,)-he estimated the qualities of the countries he visited by the number of good dishes wherewith he was entertained. He was indeed a perfect gourmand, and, like a goose, was 'indifferent' unless well stuffed.

Even his speech was tinctured by his heliogabalic foible. And his ordinary phrase when he threatened to punish a varlet of a waiter was that he would dress him, or 'settle his hash.'

When a friend-such friends as he could boast-took him in his yacht to the Isle of Wight, all the admiration he expressed was for the shrimps. As for the beauties of Shanklin Chine, or any other chine, unaccompanied by turkey, he regarded them with most ineffable contempt; and New-port could not by any means be palatable to a bon vivant, and a man of his way of drinking.

The ladies, of course, no sooner heard of his prandial propensities than they regarded him with contempt, notwithstanding the fame of his wealth; but still, to his fortune, and this very inclination to the good things of the world combined, he was ultimately indebted for a wife.

In a certain fox-hunting county there dwelt, in all the pride and bloom of five-and-twenty, a squire's daughter, whose personal charms and vanity were much upon a par; and whose pa was very much reduced in worldly circumstances by keeping a stud and kennel far above his means; in fine, when he first fell in with Mr. Chimpanzee, he was mounted on a fine hunter, going to cover, and going to the dogs.

He certainly extended his optics when he beheld the youth in the field, comparing him to a monkey bestriding a pitchfork; but being flattered by his purchasing a horse at his recommendation (one of his own stud, by the by), he not only invited him to his house, but returned the visit to his splendid residence at Chimpanzee Folly.' The acute fox-hunter saw at a glance, as he afterwards declared, that he had started the game, and was determined to bag it. For, although he could not admire his seat,' he was extravagant in the praise of his mansion.

'His Poll and this youngster,' he declared, 'would make a most excellent "couple." And he took care to improve the acquaintance by inviting Mr. Chimpanzee to spend a week at his 'box, where an excellent dinner baited the trap into which it was intended he should run. 'His Poll,' he proudly proclaimed, was the best cook in the country, and had superintended the whole dinner. A bland smile. spread over the dull countenance of Chimpanzee; and when he beheld the belle he certainly thought she was very handsome, especially after a confederate of the fox-hunter's had clenched the nail he had so dexterously driven, by informing Chimpanzee that she was a great toast, and happy would that young man be who had her for his wife.' Of course he nibbled the inviting bait, and was caught.

There are more Chimpanzees in the world than people wot of, albeit they are cried up as such rarities! The matter-of-fact critics may, after all, perhaps chuckle, and declare this to be only the disjointed tale of a Chimpanzee, and laugh at the wag.

ALFRED CROWQUILL.

LOUIS PHILIPPE :

A NEW CHAPTER IN THE ROMANCE OF MODERN HISTORY.

THE following narrative, which is attributed to General Cass,* will be read with peculiar interest at the present moment, in consequence of the late attempt on the life of Louis Philippe.-EDIT.

LOUIS PHILIPPE, it is well known, travelled through the United States in early life. He did not, like the princes of the elder branch of the House of Bourbon, join the enemy. He never bore arms against his country. But he travelled into Switzerland, where he concealed himself some time, while performing the functions of Professor at an institution of education at Reichenau,-and there is now at the Palais Royal a picture of this interesting event of his life. He remained at this establishment eight months, teaching geography, history, the French and English languages, and mathematics. Previously to admission he underwent a severe and satisfactory examination, and when he quitted his Chair he received a certificate, acknowledg ing the useful services he had rendered to the institution. Let his descendants preserve this precious document. It may be long before the House of Orleans receives, in the person of one of its members, a reward more worthy the regard of every man interested in the true dignity of human nature. The young Professor was then twentytwo years of age; and he not only preserved his incognito, but his conduct was so discreet that he was elected a deputy to the assembly at Coire.

Even in the disastrous circumstances of his personal position he was still anxious to serve his country; and General Montesquieu having agreed to accept him as his aide-de-camp, he left his peaceful retreat at Reichenau, and joined the General, with whom he remained till 1794, under the name of Corby. Suspicions having, however, been excited respecting his true character, he abandoned the family of General Montesquieu, and determined to remove himself farther from France. There was not wanting a party even then which hoped to see a constitutional monarchy established, with the Duke of Orleans at its head; and the weight of character he had acquired rendered him an object of hatred and suspicion to the terrible and ever-changing rulers who at that era of desperate energy governed and died in blood. His own wish was to seek refuge in the United States; but the heir of the House of Orleans, and the descendant of Henry the Fourth, was too poor to undertake so distant an expedition. He was obliged, therefore, to postpone the realization of this project, until he could procure the means of defraying its expense; but, as he commenced at this period the pilgrimage which ultimately conducted him to America, a general outline of the King's adventures till he left for the United States will not be uninteresting. The facts here communicated may be relied on.

From Switzerland Louis Philippe repaired to Hamburg, and

*The work to which we allude was published in the United States during the present year, and is called 'France, its King, Court, and Government.'

thence through Jutland to Copenhagen and Elsineur. From the last city, peculiarly interesting to an Englishman by its association with one of the proudest monuments of the genius of Shakspeare, he crossed the Sound, and landed upon the Scandinavian Peninsula. After visiting Gottenburg and a part of Sweden, he entered Norway, and stopped a short time at Frederickshall, the scene of the last occurrence in the eventful life of Charles the Twelfth, one of the most impressive illustrations which history has left of the vanity of human glory.

Hence the King continued his route to Christiana, where he remained some time, tranquil and unsuspected, enjoying the primitive kindness of Norwegian hospitality. A curious incident happened one day to disturb his equanimity, and which at first led him to fear he was discovered. It is the habit of society in that city at the proper season, after having breakfasted, to go into the country, and there pass the residue of the day. After one of these excursions, when the family where the stranger had been received was preparing to return to town, he heard the son exclaim, with a loud voice'The carriage of the Duke of Orleans!' He was recognized without doubt-but how could it be? Preserving his self-possession, however, and perceiving that the young man did not regard him, he was anxious to learn the cause of this singular annunciation. Why, said he, smiling, did you call the carriage of the Duke of Orleans, and what relations have you with the Prince - None, indeed,' answered his Norwegian friend; but while at Paris, whenever we issued from the Opera, I heard repeated from all quarters, “The carriage of the Duke of Orleans!" I have been more than once stunned with the noise, and I just took it into my head to make the same exclamation.'

The King continued his tour to Drontheim, and thence to Hamersfeldt, the most northern town in Europe. He even continued his journey to the North Cape, the Ultima Thule of Europe, where he arrived the 24th of August, 1795. Here he found himself among a new race of men; and, accompanied by the Laplanders and their reindeer, and on foot, he traversed the country extending to the Gulf of Bothnia, and arrived at Tornea, a little port situated at its northern extremity. He advanced into Finland, as far as the Russian frontier, but the Gallophobia of the Northern Semiramis was too well known to allow him to run the risk of Siberia and the knout, and he crossed the Gulf of Finland to Stockholm.

If the political events in France had overturned the throne of Capet, and sent forth his descendants to wander in foreign lands, it must be confessed that this young member of the exiled family had turned his misfortunes to the most profitable account. He was studying human nature in the best of all schools, the school of experience and adversity; and by bringing himself into contact with every variety of life, and by adding the treasures of personal observation to the stores of learning with which his mind was fraught, he was preparing himself for that course of events which has given him such a powerful influence over the destinies of his own country and of Europe.

After completing the examination of these ancient kingdoms, and after having been recognized at Stockholm, he proceeded to Denmark, and, under an assumed name, withdrew himself from observa

tion. During his expedition no amelioration had taken place in his pecuniary resources or political prospects. No reverses, however, could shake the determination which he had formed not to bear arms against France, and he declined the invitation of Louis XVIII. to join the army under the Prince of Condé.

His father had perished upon the scaffold, his mother had been imprisoned at Paris, and his two brothers, the Duc de Montpensier and the Count de Beaujolais, had been shut up in the Castle of St. Jean, at Marseilles, where these young men, without any other crime but that of their birth, were treated with great cruelty. Gradually, however, the condition of the Duchess of Orleans became ameliorated, and she was released from prison, though still she was subject. ed to a rigorous surveillance. Her great moral worth may have had its effect in procuring this relaxation of severity, for all accounts represent her as adorning the high position she filled in society.

Louis Philippe had taken his measures with such prudence that the French government had lost all traces of him. But the mystery in which he had enveloped himself probably increased their suspicion of his designs, and their desire to discover him. French political agents exerted themselves to discover, if possible, his place of refuge. Attention was particularly directed to Prussia and Poland, in one or other of which countries he was thought to be. These efforts were, however, baffied, and were finally succeeded by an attempt of a different character, making such an appeal to the feelings of the son and brother, as left him no hesitation in accepting the offer of a more distant expatriation, which was made to him. A communication was opened between the Directory and the Duchess of Orleans; and she was informed, that if she would prevail upon her eldest son to repair to the United States, her own position should be rendered more tolerable, and the sequestration removed from her property; and that her two youngest sons, moreover, should be released, and permitted to join their brother in America. To this proposition the Duchess assented, and wrote a letter to her son, recommending a compliance with the terms proposed, and adding May the prospect of relieving the sufferings of your poor mother, of rendering the situation of your brothers less painful, and of contributing to give quiet to your country, recompense your generosity!'

The Government charged itself with the transmission of this letter to the exile, and again renewed its search for his discovery. These still proving fruitless, recourse was had to a Mr. Westford, a merchant of Hamburg, who, from some circumstance, was supposed to be in correspondence with the Prince. This suspicion was well founded; but this faithful friend received with proper incredulity the declaration of the French Chargé d'Affaires at Hamburg, that his object in opening a communication with the King was to convey to him a letter from his mother, on the part of the Government; and disclaimed all knowledge of his actual residence. He, however, immediately communicated to Louis Philippe a statement of what had taken place, and the latter determined to risk the exposure, in the hope of receiving a letter directly from his mother. He was at that time in the neighbourhood of Hamburg, though in the Danish States, where he had changed his residence from time to time, as a due regard to secrecy required. An interview was ar