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A characteristic precipitation led himto wander through Holland last spring,and as the power of the French Usurp­ er waned, he approached his Metropo-lis, where, through the valuable intro-duction of his friend, Mr. T. EldeDarby, a fellow collegian, whose abi-lities and exertions had unfortunatelybeen long lost to his country in thegloomy dungeons of a French fortress,he was honoured by the notice of oneof the most distinguished families atthe Parisian court, whose condescend-ing goodness requires no further enco-mium than that bestowed upon it bythe innumerable and well-known actsof benevolence which universally fol-low the steps of the accomplished andamiable Countess de Sainte Aulaire.

Leaving Paris with sentiments ofindividual gratitude, rather than ofpublic esteem, he proceeded into Swit-