amined, but he refused to answer the interrogations of his judges. His irons were taken off, and instead of being sent back to his dungeon, he was allowed the best apartment in the prison, in which a guard, commanded by a captain and lieutenant, was placed expressly on his account. The persons composing his retinue were meanwhile examined relative to the supposed design of withdrawing Martinico from its subjection to France, and without farther ceremony the principal person was condemned to the gallies, or to labour at the king's fortifications in Africa, and his attendants were banished the dominions of Spain.

The time at length arrived when he was to set off for Cadiz, where those condemned to labour at the fortifications at Ceuta in Africa were assembled. A carriage drawn by six mules appeared at the gates of the prison, and the whole garrison of Seville was under arms. The Prince, supported by the captain and lieutenant, entered the carriage, and proceeded through Seville between two files of infantry which lined the streets.

It has been asserted that apprehensions were entertained of a commotion in his favour. It is certain that the imaginations of the inhabitants were highly inflamed, and that at this time wagers to the amount of 60,000 piastres were depending in Spain on the question, whether he was the real Prince of Modena or an impostor. What appeared the most extraordinary, the court prohibited the laying of wagers. Some of the parties then went in quest of the real Prince of Modena, but it was a long time before he was discovered. He was neither at Modena nor at Reggio, nor at Massa-Carrara. It was said that he was gone to Venice; but four notaries attested that he had not made his appearance in that city, so that it might almost have been surmised that he concealed himself in order to keep alive the doubts and uncertainty of the public.

When the prisoner arrived at Cadiz, he was conducted to the Fort of la Caragna, which commands the port. The commandant was informed, that he must be answerable for the prisoner; but his order at the same time directed that he should treat him con maniera, with politeThe commandant, a native of France, named Devau, who had raised himself by his merit to the situation

ness.

he held, after reading his orders, observed: "When I am to be answerable for the safety of any person, I know but one maniera of treating him, and that is, to put him in irons."

When the moment arrived for the departure of the convoy for Ceuta, he was put into a vessel separate from the other galley-slaves. When they were setting sail, a secretary of the governor appeared. He brought what remained from the sale of his effects, after deducting from the produce all that had been expended on his account. The surplus amounted to seven or eight hundred reals, (about ten guineas). "Aha!" said he, "the governor takes me for his almoner."---Then raising his voice, he continued: "Sailors, the governor is very generous he has sent you some money ;" and then distributed the whole among them in the presence of the secretary.

Nadau, who had been ordered home to France to give an account of his conduct, received, on his return to Martinico, a pair of pistols of the finest workmanship, accompanied by a letter from the Prince, in which, after some excuses for the uneasiness he must have caused him, he informed that officer that he was at Ceuta in the convent of the Cordeliers, where he was very well treated, and under little restraint. He pretended that he had received a visit from Ali Obaba, the brother of the Emperor of Morocco, who had offered him 40,000 men and artillery to attack the Spaniards; but motives of honour and of religion obliged him to refuse his assistance. After relating the particulars of his interview with Ali Obaba, he informed Nadau that he had received a letter from a mulatto named Louison, one of the two valets-de-chambre who had accompanied him to Europe, in which the unfortunate man had stated that he was out of place and afflicted with a disease, the cure of which was very expensive. In consequence of this intelligence, he had caused him to be placed under the hands of an able surgeon at Cadiz, whom he had directed to be paid, and had transmitted to Louison sufficient to enable him to return to Martinico. Thus, both by his actions and his words, he supported the character he had originally manifested, which is certainly not the least extraordinary part of his history.

Liewain likewise received a letter, in which he lamented the losses he had suffered on his account, and gave him hopes that he should one day make him a compensation for them. These letters were the first and the last. It appears, that being tired of his prison, however comfortable it might have been made for him, the young man found an opportunity of escaping. About this time a merchantman came to an anchor in the road of Gibraltar. The captain, who was an Englishman, went on shore, and informed the governor that he had on board his ship the person known by the name of the prince of Modena, who demanded permission to land. "Let him beware of

coming on shore here," replied the governor, “I should treat him con maniera, in the English style-he would be. apprehended immediately." The captain took him at his word; he set sail, and with him disappeared for ever this extraordinary youth, leaving behind him no trace of his existence excepting the recollection of an enigma, which in all probability will never be explained.

GEORGE BRUCE.

GEORGE BRUCE, son of John Bruce, foreman aud clerk to Mr. Wood, distiller, at Limehouse, was born in the parish of Radcliffe-highway, in 1779. In 1789 he entered on board the Royal Admiral East Indiaman, Capt. Bond, as boatswain's boy. Sailed from England for New South Wales, and arrived at Port Jackson in 1790, where, with the consent of Captain Bond, he quitted the ship, and remained in New South Wales.

At Port Jackson, Bruce entered into the naval colonial service, and was employed for several years under Lieutenants Robins, Flinders, and others, in exploring_the coasts, surveying harbours, head-lands, rocks, &c. During this time Bruce experienced various adventures, which do not come within the design of this narrative. After being thus employed for several years, in vessels of survey, he was turned over to the Lady Nelson, Captain

Simmonds, a vessel fitted up for the express purpose of conveying Tippahee, king of New Zealand, from a visit which he made to the government of Port Jackson, to his own country. The king embarked, and the Lady Nelson sailed on her destination. During the passage, Tippahee was taken dangerously ill, and Bruce was appointed to attend him; he acquitted himself so highly to the king's satisfaction, that he was honoured with his special favour; and on their arrival, the king requested that he should be allowed to remain with him at New Zealand, to which Captain Simmonds consented, and Bruce was received into the family of Tippahee. Bruce spent his first few months in New Zealand, in exploring the country, and in acquiring a knowledge of the language, manners, and customs of the people. He found the country healthy and pleasant, full of romantic scenery agreeably diversified by hills and dales, and covered with wood. The people were hospitable, frank and open; though rude and ignorant, yet worshipping neither images or idols, nor aught that is the work of human hand; acknowledging one Omnipotent Supreme Being.

As the king proposed to place the young Englishman at the head of his army, it was a previously necessary step that he should be tattooed, as, without having undergone that ceremony, he could not be regarded as a warrior. The case was urgent, and admitted of no alternative. He therefore submitted resolutely to this painful ceremony; and his countenance presents a master specimen of the art of tattooing. Being now tattooed in due form, Bruce was recognized as a warrior of the first rank, naturalized as a New Zealander, received into the bosom of the king's family and honoured with the hand of the Princess Aetockoe, the youngest daughter of Tippahee, a maiden of fifteen or sixteen years of age, whose native beauty had probably been great, but which was so much improved by the fashionable embellishments of art, that all the softer charms of nature, all the sweetness of expression, were lost in the bolder impressions of tattooing.

Bruce now became the chief member of the King's family, and was vested with the government of the island. Six or eight months after his marriage, the English ship Inspector, the Ferret, a South Sea whaler, and several

other English vessels, touched at New Zealand for supplies, and all of them found the beneficial influence of having a countryman and friend at the head of affairs in that island. They were liberally supplied with fish, ve

getables, &c. &c.

Our Englishman and his wife were now contented and happy, in the full enjoyment of domestic comfort, with no wants that were ungratified, blessed with health and perfect independence. Bruce looked forward with satisfaction to the progress of civilization, which he expected to introduce among the people with whom, by a singular destiny, he seemed doomed to remain during his life. While enjoying these hopes, the ship General Wellesley, about twelve or fourteen months ago, touched at a point of New Zealand, where Bruce and his wife then chanced to be. This was at some distance from the king's place of residence. Captain Dalrymple applied to Mr. Bruce to assist him in procuring a cargo of spars and benjamin, and requested specimens of the principal articles of produce of the island, all which was cheerfully done. Čaptain Dalrymple then proposed to Bruce to accompany him to North Cape, distant about twenty-five or thirty leagues, where it was reported that gold dust could be procured, and Captain Dalrymple conceived that Bruce might prove useful to him in search for the gold_dust. With great reluctance, and after many entreaties, Bruce consented to accompany Captain Dalrymple, under the most solemn assurances of being safely brought back and landed at the Bay of Islands. He accordingly embarked with his wife on board the General Wellesley, representing, at the same time, to Captain Dalrymple, the dangerous consequences of taking the king's daughter from the island; but that fear was quieted by the solemn and repeated assurances of Captain Dalrymple, that he would, at every hazard, re-land them at the Bay of Islands, the place from which they embarked. Being at length all on board, the Wellesley sailed for the North Cape, where they soon arrived and landed. Finding that they had been entirely misinformed as to the gold dust, the Wellesley made sail, in order to return to New Zealand; but the wind becoming foul, and continuing so for 48 hours, they were driven from the island. On the 3d day the